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obituaries

Jerry Finn, R.I.P.

Last Thursday—two weeks after being taken off life support—producer and mixer Jerry Finn died from complications from a brain hemorrhage. Finn mixed a number of significant alternative releases of the '90s, including Green Day's Dookie and Jawbreaker's Dear You before breaking out into production with albums like the Smoking Popes' Destination Failure, Superdrag's Head Trip In Every Key, several Blink-182 and Blink-related side projects, the two most recent AFI discs, and both You Are The Quarry and the forthcoming Morrissey release Years of Refusal. Although Finn was not the sort of producer who commanded the spotlight, the short list above barely scratches the surface of his catalog of work, and if nothing else, I will personally remember Finn for his ability to make Morrissey sound rejuvenated on Quarry. Finn was 39. [Billboard]

11:45 AM on Tue Aug 26 2008
By Dan Gibson
341 views, 5 comments

Latest by the earl grey: wow superdrags headtrip. listened to it a week ago - one of the most under-rated 90s LPs. more »

videodrone extra

Feliz Cumpleaños, Morrissey

Happy birthday to Morrissey, who turns turned 49 today yesterday. To celebrate, we could go the easy route and throw some Smiths videos together, or even some of the highlights of his solo career. But what would Morrissey want for his birthday? What would make him happiest, and properly thank him for all the (emotional) misery and (musical) joy he's provided over the years? More »

10:30 AM on Fri May 23 2008
By Dan Gibson
947 views, 14 comments

lol nipples

The Dirtiest, Sexiest Album Covers That Do Not Feature The Female Anatomy

In honor of Madonna's "highly sexed up" cover for Hard Candy, Gigwise put up a list of 50 album covers they consider the "dirtiest and sexiest" ever. Unsurprisingly, naked women outnumber naked men by a rather large margin. But with rare exception, the appearance of a naked man is used as comedy. What, no shirtless Jim Morrison? No I'm In You? Check out what passes for beefcake with these guys (NSFW!!). More »

12:15 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Anthony Miccio
2,841 views, 10 comments

You can take semi-literate gossip site TMZ's latest "'Memba Him?," which is about the former lead singer of popular "alternative/emo/indie" band the Smiths, in one of two ways: One, TMZ assumes that its readership is so Idiocratic that it's only able to identify members of the axis of celebrities who regularly appear on the site's radar, forgetting about anyone who may fall off it for more than a day; or two, indie kids really are cut off from the rest of society and living in their own universe. Not that I'm saying that being off the radar of AOL's cash cow/sign of the apocalypse is a bad thing, mind you. [TMZ]

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international relations

Morrissey To Play Tel Aviv, More Middle East Dates To Come?

Morrissey will perform at the Heatwave Festival in Tel Aviv on July 29. Last January, Morrissey was rumored to be planning a tour throughout the Middle East, including stops in Tehran and Beirut, but this is the only date in the region to be announced so far. After the jump is a lovely clip of Morrissey announcing the engagement and blowing kisses with "Israel" written in Hebrew on his arm. More »

2:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Anthony Miccio
694 views, 16 comments

Morrissey won a court apology from Word Magazine for suggesting that the author of "Asian Rut" was a racist and a hypocrite. His case against the NME's similar accusations is still pending. Sez Mozz: "Word Magazine made the mistake of repeating [the NME's] allegations, which they now accept are false and, as a result, have apologised in Open Court. I will now continue to pursue my legal action against the NME and its editor until they do the same." [BBC]

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feuds?

Sparks Are Not Starting Any Sort Of Beef With Morrissey


Fans thought that Los Angeles pop group Sparks had some sort of issue with The Last of the International Playboys, what with "Lighten Up, Morrissey" being a song title on the group's forthcoming album, Exotic Creatures Of The Deep. But it's totally not like that: More »

4:30 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Maria T Sciarrino
963 views, 6 comments

servitude

What Can Get You Kicked Off A Morrissey Tour?

Just about anything if this kinda amazing story by Andrew Winters is anything to go by. Winters applied to become "assistant road manager" for Morrissey's 2007 U.S. tour, and he quickly discovered the promise of "the most unusual gig [he would] ever experience" was quite the understatement, proving no match for Morrissey's legendarily inscrutable and mercurial moods and sent home to the U.K. after just a day. Why? Maybe it was Winters' meek approval of Henry Rollins' radio show? His carnivorous nature? Or that fact that Moz is, you know, nuts? More »

2:30 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Jess Harvell
1,474 views, 7 comments

Latest by the earl grey: i totally agree with mox about the veggie dictate and i think the flamenco beer is cool n kinky more »

leak of the day

A Broken-Hearted Morrissey Grows Up (And Forgets The Grace)

ARTIST: Morrissey
TITLE: "That's How People Grow Up"
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 19, 2008
WEB DEBUT: Jan. 14, 2008
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clara peller dept.

Morrissey To NME: Racism Is "Beyond Common Sense" (Also, You Suck Now)

Well, the NME learned a valuable lesson this week: Never corner Morrissey, because he'll put you on blast with a volubility that shames just about anyone you currently have on staff. Responding to the accusation that statements he made during a recent interview were racist and in addition to the lawsuit he's reportedly bringing against the tabloid, Morrissey has penned a withering 1,800-word NME take down for The Guardian that's mostly designed to clear his name, but also turns out to be one of the more eloquent summations of the rag's post-'90s/Britpop irrelevance. More »

10:30 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By jharv
980 views, 8 comments

Latest by FunkyJ: Irrelevance. A word that perdectly describes Morrissey, so why even interview the prick? more »

clara peller dept.

NME Gets Morrissey's Panties In A Bunch Over Accusations Of Racism

Even though it's not the first time bigoted statements/iconography have earned him terrible "Big Mouth Strikes Again" headlines from the English tabloids, an older, more retiring Morrissey has had enough of being scrutinized for his indefensible positions on evil foreigners and whatnot. Living in America must have made him more litigious as well, because now he's planning on suing the NME for defamation because they called him a racist after he made remarks about how immigration is destroying the moral fiber of her majesty's Great Britain. More »

9:15 AM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By jharv
860 views, 14 comments

Latest by busdriverstu: @Audif Jackson Winters III: So did you listen to the rest of the song or just jump straight to the "England for the English" part? more »

cancellations

Morrissey Kicks Opening Act Off Tour For Naughty Words On Stage

Glam piano duo KRISTEENYOUNG has lost its opening slot on Morrissey's run of shows in New York because of a statement Kristeen uttered onstage Tuesday night that, to quote her, "has been perceived as being profane (when, actually, one of the two words in question is a scientific term found in junior high, health class text books, and the other word, I feel most would agree, is lightweight slang) or defamatory." The joke, according to someone from the always-reliable Brooklyn Vegan comments section: More »

3:35 PM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By mjohnston
1,606 views, 10 comments

Latest by FunkyJ: But it has to be true... Morrissey does give good head. How else does it explain his popularity, when the driving force of the Smiths is Johnny Marr??? more »

The second and third shows in Morrissey's 10-night run at the Palladium in Los Angeles have been canceled because of a reported ruptured water pipe at the venue. Ticketholders who can make the Oct. 8 or 9 shows are apparently allowed to use their tickets for tonight last night's and tomorrow night's shows on those dates—tickets to which were being discounted yesterday anyway. [Buzz Bands]

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Two of the Reno 911 guys are apparently concocting a musical based on the life and times of Stephen Patrick Morrissey. In response, the other ex-members of The State have sped up work on Everything's Coming Up Roddy!, their own musical based on the works of Aztec Camera. [NME]

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Morrissey has turned down an inconcievable $75 million to engineer a Smiths reunion tour, citing the usual issues of pride, ongoing blood feud with Johnny Marr, act of God, blah blah. I will be more than happy to take his place in Morrissey drag for $30, $35 million tops. [Billboard]

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Morrissey's voice is back, and he's using it to say offensive things about Madonna! "I wouldn't be surprised if she [Madonna] made that African boy into a coat and wore him ... for 15 minutes, and then threw it away." Because she likes fur, you see. He should review movies or something with John Mayer, it'd be awesome. [24/Sizzler, via The Daily Swarm]

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Morrissey fans organizing "boycott" of Late Show With David Letterman over late-night host's "anti-vegetarian" "humor" during their idol's appearance. If they were real fans, they'd boycott over the air conditioning. [senorita incognito]

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they get letters

Live Nation's Attempt To Be "Helpful" Only Prolongs Morrissey Fans' Anguish

Today, this e-mail went out to people who bought tickets for Morrissey's Saturday night show at New York's Madison Square Garden—which didn't happen, thanks to the throat infection that's plagued the singer for the past week and a half (via The Music Slut): More »

5:45 PM on Thu Jul 5 2007
By mjohnston
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