Hope everyone enjoyed a nice holiday, if you celebrate any.
It has been my absolute pleasure to serve as news/show correspondent for Breakfast with The Smiths-The World of Morrissey on Indie103.1 since March 2009, a month after the show began, and three months after Indie 103.1 went off the FM dial. The opportunity to participate in two dedicated hours every week (on the Indie netwaves, no less!) to Morrissey and The Smiths was one I would have never dreamed.
I've made the personal decision that tomorrow will be my last regularly scheduled appearance on the show. It's become very clear in recent months that this is the right time to move on and dedicate myself to other projects.
The show has been a labour of love, completely volunteered, and purely for the love of Moz and the artists he supports. Thank you to all who have shown their support and encouragement of my work on the show (and the show in general), both in public and private. It has meant a great deal to me throughout my tenure on the show.
I'd like to also give enormous Thanks to David Tseng (without whom...), Jose Maldonado, April Richardson, Joe Escalante, engineers Stuart Akin (I mean, Peter Hornswaggle, III!) and Stephanie Lebow (look out for her new band 'And the Only Panda'), station producers Chuck P and (now) Nick Handman. Also to Mike Farrell, Girl in a Coma, Janice Whaley and Kristeen Young for joining us in the studio; call-in guests Dickie Felton and Simon Goddard; as well as Grant Showbiz, though we did not have the pleasure of meeting.
And last but opposite of least, I'd like to thank Morrissey, especially for helping in a very important way to raise our awareness against political apathy and media garble to elect President Barak Obama (who, with our elected Congress in 2010, has fought tirelessly to pass historic and much-needed health care, economic and housing reform, averting a complete Depression, invested in historic numbers in education and clean energy, and oversaw the repeal of the discriminatory Don't Ask Don't Tell military policy in the U.S.). There is still work to be done, partly to undo, but the fact that so many found a new commitment to vote their voice with the ballot and pay attention to our policymakers and not blindly accept what mainstream media feeds us is truly appreciated and cannot be lost. That Morrissey made so many of us care, some of whom hadn't before, speaks volumes. If nothing else, he's taught us that cynicism is healthy, especially if applied the right way.
In Thanks to everyone, I want to share "This Charming Man" (second night at the Roundhouse in Camden, London from 2008):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkTofDVnjlA
It'll be obvious why I don't usually video at Moz concerts, but I hope you enjoy the memory nonetheless. I recall that show as being flawless and one of the best I'd seen.
I hope listeners will choose to continue this thread for the show, reminding each other to tune in, as it was when we started...
This will be my last reminder... at least for a while...
A friendly reminder to everyone for Breakfast w/The Smiths-World of Morrissey this Sunday, 9-11am PST/5-7pm GMT.
www.Indie1031.com
Cheers
,
romeogirl