charles byron writes:

not a nice article I'm afraid...

Miserable Lie
Alistair Fitchett ponders The Smiths and remembers Sophie and Peter Johnston

Excerpt:

...Strangeways Here We Come was a terribly empty record, a flaccid piece of irrelevance that seemed to capture the end of the group perfectly. It can be argued that Morrissey achieved something of a reprise with his Viva Hate solo debut, complete with the unarguably delightful 'Everyday is like Sunday' and of course Vini Reilly on guitar, but it's a moot point, because from there it was certainly a dramatic nose-dive. Except it seems in the USA where he simply rose to greater popularity on the back of a variety of postures and poses that in the UK merely cemented his image as the worst kind of Nationalist Englishman Abroad imaginable.

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There's also another recent Smiths article at the same site:

Not Just a Consumer Monkey
Ruvi Simmons on The Smiths

Ginge writes:

I thought it would be interesting for Morrissey fans to know that Boz is playing with Sonny George tonight in London at the 12 Bar Club at 10pm London Time (5pm Eastern Time and 2pm Pacific). Lyn Boorer will also be on bass of course!

The show is going to be broadast live on the web at http://onlinetvuk.com/. Just go and select "Live from The 12 Bar".