hmm... a book about - err... us?
well... i am not so sure thats a good thing.
when the la times put the story "moz the cat" up on the net, a few youtube videos went up that were posted by one of our dallows...
and the next thing you know, the best youtube channel is disabled because of all the attention and we can no longer enjoy those videos.
i think we are doing just fine in the dark.
but thats just me... i am sure she is a lovely person and all that... and if it makes mozza happy then good... but gosh... how many curious eyes could it point in this direction... just curious folk who want to see the degree of - whatever this is -
no thank you.
i have to admit that my adoration for Morrissey is somewhat of an enigma - even to me. My heart is in it... but my mind sometimes turns to me and says... "this is the definition of imbalance." my mind is sometimes embarrassed.
I am 30 years old and I am driving to Northampton - thats 3 hours each way - to see Morrissey. . . its not the first time i have driven that far to see Morrissey live... oh no...
and...
I am undoubtedly going to get to the Borgata show early and try to be front row... fighting and hustling up in the front... just for air and some footing...
I nearly lost a finger trying to get a bit of that shirt in 92... I slept on the street in nyc - patiently waiting to meet Morrissey - not for hours... no, for days, furthermore, after meeting him and hugging him and whatnot... I was happy... walking on cloud 9 back to my house - In other words, it may have all looked off balance... but boy was it worth it!
however -
I was 16 then :/
I should have - I was supposed to grow out of it... but no.
some things are not a phase.
still...
now, its nearly embarrassing. not quite. but if i had any real capacity for embarrassment over these things... this would definitely qualify as a good trigger for that emotion.
the adoration and devotion that this man generates is nearly religious and its inexplicable and incredible how one could feel a protective love and devotion toward somebody they have never really met (tower records signings do not count for meeting!)
Do I want people to question, witness, read about, pry into, investigate, try to explain that?
no, i do not. Because I am pretty sure many of the people here are highly developed and intelligent folk... and we cannot explain it ourselves.
if it is mearly an illustration - fine... but how can you write a book without triggering the curious media minded people/approach? these days?
there is nothing wrong with investigating facts and news stories... but this kind of phenomenon is simply inexplicable... and i do not know that it can be done in an honest way.
i think the videos of the live performances speak for themselves.
VIVA MOZ.