That was a good read. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting this review, Anna.
Good and entertaining piece by brummieboy.
In a summer of wonders, WPINOYB is the stunner, the climax, the zenith that arrived to spin midsummer, a quantum leap into a new dimension. All the various dramas and foibles that attend it's troubled gestation and birth will be forgotten. "in the interregnum, morbid symptoms appears". There's no doubt now that "Morrissey" has burnt his bridges and also, hilariously, doesn't give a fcuk. After 5 years of fuming, plotting, scheming, he faced yet another Corporate Rock Plot as well as byzantine tour machinations and just said "Fcuk it!"
Other than the unconfirmed claim that "Morrissey" is now a genuine vegan aiming for a PlanetOfPlants dietary harmony, the money shot of this review is in these words:
"a troubled confrontation with everyday hegemony"
Whether or not "Morrissey" collapses and caves in and allows himself to be herded back into the Adult Fake Rebel Yell Rock Radio of Green Day-esque drivel is now irrelevant: he had the bollocks to tear up his own selfie in front of a very public mirror and in doing so, smashed down the wall that was imprisoning him with a dysfunctional coterie of 'fans' who love him only as a reflection of their own memories of fading youth.
There's no money to be made in recorded music and playing live appears to be a total prison bitch situation of travelling 18 hours a day to play to who? You lot? No thanks, would be the rational answer of anyone sane. If his health allows him to decamp to 'developing world' territories to tour this music and build a new Audience, then good luck to him. If he only craves money then writing is probably a better bet, but the novelty of "AutoHagiography" will not be repeated. Nobody reads books nowadays: if books were going to change anything, it would have happened with the printing press, etc. Ditto the gramophone. We're doomed.
If he retires, I hope he finds some kind of peace after turbulent decades wasted chasing the chimera of 'fame'. When he's laid to rest, the consensus will emerge that this record was his defining moment, his absolute rebellion against everything and everyone, including, of course, "Morrissey".
With every good wish
"BrummieBoy"
[swirling in the Black Pool of Dublin
Friday 1st August 2014 CE]
ps: Nobody is 'anonymous' on the internet. I pointed that out with my very first post on this site long ago and far away. Carry on imagining your ravings arent' being monitored by HR, but they are! ....trust me.....they are....
pps: still no sign of "Morrissey" here on the other island.
In a summer of wonders, WPINOYB is the stunner, the climax, the zenith that arrived to spin midsummer, a quantum leap into a new dimension. All the various dramas and foibles that attend it's troubled gestation and birth will be forgotten. "in the interregnum, morbid symptoms appears". There's no doubt now that "Morrissey" has burnt his bridges and also, hilariously, doesn't give a fcuk. After 5 years of fuming, plotting, scheming, he faced yet another Corporate Rock Plot as well as byzantine tour machinations and just said "Fcuk it!"
Other than the unconfirmed claim that "Morrissey" is now a genuine vegan aiming for a PlanetOfPlants dietary harmony, the money shot of this review is in these words:
"a troubled confrontation with everyday hegemony"
Whether or not "Morrissey" collapses and caves in and allows himself to be herded back into the Adult Fake Rebel Yell Rock Radio of Green Day-esque drivel is now irrelevant: he had the bollocks to tear up his own selfie in front of a very public mirror and in doing so, smashed down the wall that was imprisoning him with a dysfunctional coterie of 'fans' who love him only as a reflection of their own memories of fading youth.
There's no money to be made in recorded music and playing live appears to be a total prison bitch situation of travelling 18 hours a day to play to who? You lot? No thanks, would be the rational answer of anyone sane. If his health allows him to decamp to 'developing world' territories to tour this music and build a new Audience, then good luck to him. If he only craves money then writing is probably a better bet, but the novelty of "AutoHagiography" will not be repeated. Nobody reads books nowadays: if books were going to change anything, it would have happened with the printing press, etc. Ditto the gramophone. We're doomed.
If he retires, I hope he finds some kind of peace after turbulent decades wasted chasing the chimera of 'fame'. When he's laid to rest, the consensus will emerge that this record was his defining moment, his absolute rebellion against everything and everyone, including, of course, "Morrissey".
With every good wish
"BrummieBoy"
[swirling in the Black Pool of Dublin
Friday 1st August 2014 CE]
ps: Nobody is 'anonymous' on the internet. I pointed that out with my very first post on this site long ago and far away. Carry on imagining your ravings arent' being monitored by HR, but they are! ....trust me.....they are....
pps: still no sign of "Morrissey" here on the other island.
What utter bollocks.
Dear hag,
You said - "I don't have 'WP..."
we'll let you know
Again, I repeat - utter bollocks.
I have WP.
What does 'we'll let you know' mean? You'll let me know what?
Dear little sister,
"I never bought it" - YOUR STATEMENT!
we'll let you know
No, I haven't bought it but I have it.
And you'll let me know what? How strange.
Dear little sister,
So, ("I haven't bought it") it is stolen! And you dare to judge masterpiece! WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
we'll let you know
Why are you calling me your little sister? What are you going to let me know? Why the bizarre insertion of the album title in capitals?
we'll let you know - (that) you know nothing.
Gosh brummie, I actually like the statements sometimes. But f$&@ man, I have to look up so many words you use to know what you mean.
Good to read ol' Armond White. Thoughtful essay, as always.
It has been reported a while back about his book on Morrissey called, "Knee Deep in Great Experiences" being published in the near future. Has anyone seen this book out yet?