Tonight, at 7:15

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k2btm

Danny spoke brilliantly about Morrissey at the ICA panel event earlier this year, and as the man at the NME when the poop hit the Xpelair, it should make for an interesting listen. On the Tweet announcing the programme, he described Mr. M as "Confused old Morrissey". What could he mean?

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Irregular Regular posted the link with additional details / sleeve:

Your Arsenal - true-to-you.net

On 24 February 2014, Parlophone Records will release a remaster of Morrissey's 1992 album Your Arsenal on CD, heavyweight gatefold vinyl LP, and digital download formats. The CD format will come with a DVD of Morrissey's 31 October 1991 concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.

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An anonymous person writes:

Looks like those who predicted a Your Arsenal re-release were right.

Your Arsenal (CD+DVD) - Amazon.com

Curiously, Rhino is listed as the label.

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
2. Glamorous Glue
3...

Oh, look, a heterosexual graffiti. Goes nicely with the edited hardback autobiography... (eyeroll).

Re: MEN letter writers take issue with Morrissey's account of school days and teacher recollections

Morrissey never said that all of the students were miserable. He was brutally honest about his experience which was obviously different than Roy Rileys’s.

An anonymous person writes:

I picked up my copy of the American edition of Autobiography today and started reading through it, and when I reached the part of the book where Jake is introduced, I noticed that his picture was missing. I didn't really think anything of it, but then I realized that his section of the book is heavily edited, with certain paragraphs detailing the relationship truncated considerably and some lines and anecdotes omitted entirely. What's really strange is how trivial some of these changes are; for example, in the UK version of the book, Morrissey describes a night out with Jake and Chrissie Hynde at a Battersea pub, but in the American version it is only Morrissey with Chrissie.

This part of the book contains the only editorial differences between the UK/US editions I've noticed so far, though I haven't read through it all so there could be more. However, I find these changes very odd and they stymy the flow of Morrissey's prose somewhat, to the...

Following five weeks at the number one spot, Autobiography by Morrissey is spending a second week at number 2 in the UK paperback chart - true-to-you.net

Vu writes:

I've just listened to Dana Gould's comedy album "I Know It’s Wrong" (out now) and he quotes Morrissey in his "serious" speech at the end (hear excerpt mp3, 1MB):

"The Smiths were really right: It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind ..."

Dana Gould is a comedian and writer, best known for his work on the hit TV show "The Simpsons." The "I Know It’s Wrong" album was recorded live at The Neptune Theater in Seattle, Washington on March 29th, 2013.

"Satellite Of Love": Digital download released today in the UK - true-to-you.net

Parlophone Records release "Satellite Of Love" by Morrissey as a digital download today in the UK.

The release was recorded live at the Chelsea Ballroom at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on 25 November 2011.

The release of "Satellite Of Love" is in tribute to the writer of the song, Lou Reed, who died on 27 October 2013.

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Stoned also posted the links to the pre-orders for the 7" and...