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''My first US tour was huge venues and incredible sellouts, but the band were quite poor and I lost a lot of my audience, who quite rightly said, 'The Smiths were better'. But I've worked hard at America, and these amount to the very best of days for me."

First, I wonder how Boz privately feels about that statement. Second, it is just not true that he "lost a lot of [his American] audience" - certainly not during 1991 - 1995. And when have select factions of his fanbase EVER stopped saying "The Smiths were better." It goes on to this day.

Did the original iteration of the Lads get off to a rough start? Fair to say there were jagged edges aplenty in their early performances. But I find it quite sad that he makes such an offhand dismissal of a band that he once professed was a lifeline. It also ignores the dramatic effect Alain and Boz immediately had on his material, most of which holds up nicely against his own solo catalog and the Smiths'.

I don't know if...

Dave Haslam sends:

Manchester District Music Archive's brand new online exhibition: "City Fun - The Hidden History of Manchester's Post-Punk Fanzines" went live over the weekend.

Included in the pages of 'City Fun' is an article credited to Burt Macho which has been established as the work of Morrissey.

The 'City Fun' fanzine was published between 1978 and 1984 and is a remarkable eye-witness account of one of the most fertile periods in Manchester's music history; in its pages you get the unfolding insider story of the rise of Joy Division, the death of Ian Curtis, the beginnings of the Smiths, and the launch of the Hacienda plus a unique insight into the city's independent labels, long-lost venues and half-forgotten bands.

'City Fun' was one of many fanzines of the era; home-made, and cheaply but passionately produced magazines aimed at lovers of non-mainstream music, and sold by hand at gigs and in record shops.

Many contributors have since found fame, among them the...

A 2011 documentary titled (A)sexual mentions Morrissey and his celibacy in the context of how celibacy might differ from asexuality. "The Importance Of Being Morrissey" is excerpted. The documentary is available for streaming through Netflix, and the Morrissey-related portion runs from about 20m26s to 21m26s.

Re: Morrissey interview and song on NZ TV

The first 10 seconds of You Have killed Me vid

An anonymous person writes:

On Thursday 13 December BBC Radio 2 will broadcast " The Smiths at the BBC" at 22.00. It will feature interviews with Morrissey and Marr and session tracks from the John Peel and Kid Jensen shows.

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UPDATE 8:05 AM PT:

See also the forum thread started by Black Eyed:

BBC Radio 2 Thurs 13/12 'The Smiths at the BBC'