posted by davidt on Sunday July 01 2001, @07:00AM
To NME, feel free to link to any of the original stories on this site so others can see the full details and original context. Whenever I include content from other sites, including yours, I always try to give credit where it is due. Link from Matthew Fawcett:

Morrissey threatens legal action in documentary row - NME.com
Candid footage of the star on tour last year has been offered for sale on the web by Barry Derbyshire - but Moz says he's really not allowed...
Jun 30 2001 09:05:00:000AM
posted by davidt on Sunday July 01 2001, @07:00AM
Earl Graphite writes: Tonight on VH1, Morrissey got a brief mention on VH1's "The Struggling Singer-Songwriter". Aimee Mann was being interviewed at the time, they were discussing what happened when Geffen was swallowed up by Interscope and how many artists lost their contracts.

A real eye opener on the current state of the music industry and a must see for everyone. Aimee Mann's interview was particularly moving, that is, seeing how she handled her own loss of a record deal by starting her own label "Super Ego Records".

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tibby also writes: I was watching a show on VH-1 called "Struggling Singer Songwriters" and Aimee Mann was on there discussing her troubles with her former record label. And how they regarded her album when the label merged. The narrarator also mentioned other artists who were dropped by this label among them was Morrissey. They also showed a tiny clip of the "The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get Video" if you blink you`ll miss it.The show was about how in the age of bubble gum pop the singer songwriter struggles to get heard in the sea of boy bands and brainless fluff.
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Looks like the next airing is on Fri. (July 6). Aimee Mann mentions her label in this article also: Musicians find Net success without record labels - CNN.com, May 10, 2001
posted by davidt on Sunday July 01 2001, @07:00AM
fell out of bed twice writes:

I was looking through a book called 'Star Tunes' edited by Michael Friedman. It's a list of various famous people's favorite ten albums. Chloe Sevigny's list is as follows:

1) Smiths - Smiths
2) Smiths - Meat is Murder
3) Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
4) Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
5) Smiths - Rank
6) Smiths - Queen is Dead
7) Morrissey - Viva Hate
8) Morrissey - Bona Drag
9) Dirty Three - Ocean Song
10) Nico - Marble Index
posted by davidt on Sunday July 01 2001, @07:00AM
Brad C writes:

I have no connection to the band, other than I feel truly blessed when I play their record. To quote a local paper; “Tossing off his jacket and crooning about fractured love like the black Morrissey, the singer eventually ended up on his knees, howling like a wounded animal.” Do we need to know anymore? Murray Lightburn of Montreal strum-pop combo the Dears, a band still not signed by a major label.

Check them out, and by the way they offer free tracks.

http://www.thedears.org/
posted by davidt on Sunday July 01 2001, @07:00AM
SuperKarateMonkeyDeathCar writes:

Starsailor made their US debut at the Irving Plaza in NYC on 6/28.
I knew I was in for a good show when they played 6 Smiths tracks, all early songs, before they came onstage. More info on Starsailor at www.starsailor.net
posted by davidt on Sunday July 01 2001, @07:00AM
The Alain Whyte Syte writes:

Leave your birthday messages and wishes for Alain at: www.geocities.com/alain_whyte
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