Yikes! That's unexpected; harsh judgements, from The would-be Greatest. Morrissey's been prominent in the public eye since his twenties when he was a skinny dark-haired blue-eyed boy. 'I apologise, I grow old', as the lyric goes. It's easy to track someone like that as their features alter to indicate age, but equally, as Morrissey does his rounds year after year, he must register familiar faces, note silver threads spreading, and 'see these lines'. Dorian Grey paused the ravages of the passage of time, but that's a work of fiction, isn't it? Reality check time, on that score. Put Morrissey in a line-up of 64-year-olds, and he's still the pick of the crop.
Irish Tribute band These Charming Men continue their tour, and given the regrettable absences in Mexico and other South American dates, it's interesting to read that they were "requested to appear in Morrissey’s absence at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan 2004 to play to an audience of some 35,000 people."
"Him not being taken to court for cancelling gigs." What does that signify? Re. new artist management, you might have seen
this tweet, unfortunately reversing the news Peter Katsis is back. May someone suitable step forward soon and ease the load.
Any sign of Carmen, btw? We still don't actually know who's sick. Nice to see the discretion and solidarity of band-mates. Speedy recovery wished to them laid low.
Incidentally,
Miley Cyrus just managed to bag 5 MTV awards. But will they make her happy?
Autumn falls here, nights grow darker, and an air of melancholy descends. Another year of growing sputters out, the harvest's nearly in, and firewood piled up. Poor us ephemeral humans, and yet, despite inevitable trials, only plying more on ourselves. So, as the appetite for complaining is so voracious here at the moment, how about letting off steam on a few other concerning developments, such as
the state of the world's oceans
weapons fair in London
the end of the world, literally
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