And Morrissey is okay with this? That can't be right.

Penguin Classics: why are they publishing Morrissey's autobiography? - The Guardian
The imprint normally reserved for such luminaries as Homer, Virgil and Henry James is publishing the singer's memoir

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The Smiths Part 2 More Bath 83 unseeness!! - asceneinbetween

Hey here's the rest of that cryptically cool Smiths 83 set from Martin Whitehead.
How these remained out of view for thirty years is beyond my comprehension?!
Thankfully the negatives survived the extended sentence of cruel cold isolation to bring so much curious intrigue and revelry to the world today.





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• "The Smiths unseen pics from Bath Moles Club, 16th September 1983" - asceneinbetween - Oct. 11, 2013

Michael sends the link:

Bigmouth Strikes Again: Smiths Bassist Andy Rourke Tells All - The Daily Beast
by Michael Moynihan Oct 13, 2013 12:17 PM EDT

Excerpt:

All of this was unsurprising: the terrifically wealthy singer is both notoriously prickly and embarrassingly tight-fisted. The Penguin affair reminded me of a lovely afternoon I spent in the East Village with his former band mate Andy Rourke, the talent behind (partially) bass-driven Smiths classics “This Charming Man,” “Pretty Girls Make Graves,” “Barbarism Begins at Home,” and “You’ve Got Everything Now.” Morrissey and Rourke haven’t spoken in decades; he has since dismissively referred to The Smiths’ rhythm section as mere session musicians. When we chatted in 2011, Rourke dryly noted that his songwriting credits with Morrissey resulted in no royalties.

During a long, meandering conversation...

In publishing Morrissey's autobiography as a classic, Penguin has destroyed its own reputation - The Telegraph
by Brendan O'Neill

Excerpt:

But it isn't Morrissey we should be slating here; it's Penguin. In agreeing to publish Moz's apparently revealing life story as a classic, Penguin has unwittingly set fire to its own reputation. It has shown itself willing to cave in spectacularly to cultural relativism, to embrace the modern fashion for eschewing judgment in favour of squawking: "Everything is equally valid."

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Also similarly, link posted by mozzeriansaroundtheworld / Tumblr...

Ex-frontman of Power Of Dreams and now a quarter of new 359 band Mineral, Craig Walker discusses his early days - including his love of The Smiths

CRAIG WALKER: the mouthcast (1) - The Mouth Magazine

News from TTY...

Morrissey in Sweden - true-to-you.net
11 October 2013

Morrissey in Sweden

Morrissey will appear at Akademibokhandeln Nordstan in Goteborg (Sweden) on Thursday 17 October to sign copies of his Autobiography. The book is available throughout Europe on this date.
Akademibokhandeln Nordstan is at Norra Hamngatan 26, 411 06 Goteborg. Their telephone number is +46 31 61 70 30, and their email is [email protected].
Morrissey will appear at 5 pm.
No additional book signings are planned.

Link posted by intlplayboy / Tumblr:

Q&A WITH MAKEUP ARTIST AMY CHANCE- Bernstein & Andriulli

Excerpt:

How about Morrissey?

Working with him was really cool. I was thinking, "Of course, I'll work with Morrissey. It'll be great! It'll be so exciting!" And then I received a list of all the products that I couldn’t use on him because of his beliefs. I'm totally in favor of that, but I had to make sure I didn’t have any of those items in my kit.

When I was driving there, I became so nervous: "What was I thinking, saying I would work with Morrissey? What if it's not a good experience? What if it's awful?" Because I'm such a big fan. It turned out that he was lovely. Then, he told me he wanted eye shadow and I didn't have any with me, but I had these little pots of eyeliner. Still, I had no...