Mary Margaret O'Hara will replace Kristeen on 'THPGU' by 'giving birth' as in NSAM Pt 2?
All the demo'd songs have intrinsic merit I.M.H.O. This bodes well: Morrissey has history for casually 'tossing off' classic tracks as B-sides, album rarities, if you‘ll excuse the vulgarity of the phrase.
Given the quality of the recently demo'd tracks, what has he got 'under his Stetson' for the late 2008 official new Decca album?
Seriously, who wants another re-package/re-issue of Moz Solo gems: We've all got them. As a consumer-fetishist-obsessive-collector-completist: I don't want some scuzzy CD where I cannot see the ArtWork / Lyrics without a microscope. Never mind hearing aids: Will Decca issue free high-intensity reading glasses with this next release? I'm almost as old as Moz so my sight is not quite what it was.
Or maybe Merck could go a different route? Moz has recently expressed intoxication with the scenic grandeur of Scandinavia, as he evolves from parochial English provincial to International Playboy C21st World Citizen.
He could try this approach, similar, though superior, to the Radiohead Box-Set, from a band, not from Scandinavia, but from Iceland, where he recently played:
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/press/book.php
Whether you like their music or not: They are so far ahead of the curve in creating a business model that works outside of the collapsing corporate Big Music model.
Although I know it's 'illegal' to mention R*******D on this site-
I would love a Stanley Dornwood lithograph for Xmas:
http://shop.slowlydownward.com/Store/DisplayItems/1.html,.
How much would the 'core' Moz fanbase pay for premium limited edition EP's of these new songs? Or lithographs? The price of recorded music is 'trending to zero' due to file-sharing. But Moz has produced such amazing artwork in the past. I've got a copy of 'Peepholism' next to me as I maniacally type this. I think Moz should include interviews, exclusive photos and all 4 new songs as part of a 'retro-nouveau traditional EP' style release for the 'cognoscenti'. See, I told you I was drunk...and insane...does that make me a bad person? Peace y'all!
AndyM