Recent content by miss anna

NME gave Kill Uncle a really positive review. 8 out of 10 if memory serves. It was written by, of all people, David Quantick, who later incurred M's wrath in the Word, which was briefly a big deal. Oh and Select, that Britpop influenced mag of later years, also loved Kill Uncle. The album was...

I agree. Nick Cave is a considerable talent and his comments on Morrissey, no matter how belated, are most welcome.

Very witty! Of course that was Mc reacting to terrible news without having a chance to frame a premeditated answer, but it's gone down in history.

johnny once called Joe Moss something akin to the heart and soul of the Smiths. Or at least 'the real hero of the Smiths' story'. I can only concur. RIP.

I'm usually terribly sceptical about the veracity of these foreign language interviews, but this is the exception. It's one of the best interviews I've read with Morrissey in ages. It's quite considered and philosophical in places. It's so good to read something that isn't merely flippant or...

That’s an incredibly insightful and intelligent interview by Nick Kent. His speculations are fascinating to hear. I love the way he asks several times about the identity of the first two songs they composed. Morrissey declines to answer in the end, but at least Kent pushed the question as far as...

Well said. This post really resonated with me in terms of the way I'd like to see Morrissey approach his work. It's also endearingly positive which makes a change from some of the more negative postings. This has HOPE and some faith.

Unfortunately, this article is essentially a much shorter rewrite of Craig Brown's review of 'Autobiography'. I don't know if the review was included on 'Solo' but it's worth checking out. It was very provocative but an intelligent read, even if he ended up awarding the book only two stars. I'm...

This doesn't make much sense to me. Firstly, the word for written material is 'libel' not 'slander'. Secondly, as I think someone pointed out before, libel laws are infinitely more stringent in the UK than the US. If there was such a problem the book would have been withdrawn from UK bookshops...

Well, I’ve always wanted to know the origin of the name ‘Uncle Skinny’. I always assumed the ‘Uncle’ was inspired by ‘Kill Uncle’ and the ‘skinny’ referred to your – I can only assume – fashion model thinness. Then again, maybe the name was for completely different reasons or based on some song...

Just read the Uncut piece. Wow. Although ‘Uncle Skinny’ is not named, writer David Cavanagh clearly suggests that he is actually “a Yorkshire based formulation chemist named Peter Finan.” It’s a bit like witnessing the unmasking of Batman. The Uncle Skinny character himself admits he was...

Sweden?! This is wonderful. Priceless. What next?

The 660 pages delivered were presumably a typescript, possibly even double spaced. As far as I know, there's no evidence that the book was ever cut down by a couple of hundred pages. It all depends on the typeface, point size etc used by the publisher. 660 A4 typed pages could easily translate...

Well, does anybody know what happened with that copy/copies advertised on ebay. Were they sold? Were they real? Did anyone out there bid, or win?