New Morrissey Video - "All You Need Is Me" (And New Album Title)

He's been implying as much for a really long time, so this song has been a career in the making. "All You Need Is Me," which we first heard via Craig Ferguson, gets a video pitting Moz in a tropical...  CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY VIDEO - "ALL YOU NEED IS ME" (AND NEW ALBUM TITLE)»

Posted on May 30, 2008 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Morrissey

Morrissey To Craig Ferguson: "All You Need Is Me"

At Coachella we spotted a couple Moz tattoos. People probably got that ink based on Steven Patrick's older work. The McCain disser, decked in an American Idol tee and jacket, doesn't sound as great as he once did during this...  CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY TO CRAIG FERGUSON: "ALL YOU NEED IS ME"»

Posted on April 29, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Craig Ferguson | Morrissey

Russell Brand Has A Music Video, Morrissey's E-Mail

Russell Brand is a famous personality across the pond, now on America's radar thanks to Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (Lindsay at Videogum finally found screengrabs of Jason Segel's penis, you're welcome.) At 32, Brand already has quite a Wiki: he kicked...  CONTINUE READING RUSSELL BRAND HAS A MUSIC VIDEO, MORRISSEY'S E-MAIL»

Posted on April 24, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Infant Sorrow | Jason Segal | Morrissey | Russell Brand

You Could Be A Bigger Morrissey Fan

To your right, Exhibit A. This advert (click on 'Advert') for Moz's forthcoming Greatest Hits presents Exhibit B through U people are crazy. Viva la rock tat. Sweet tracklist.

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Posted on February 1, 2008 in VIDEO (2 comments)

You'd Probably Get Fired As Morrissey's Roadie In Under Two Days, Too

Today the Times Online published the tale of Andrew Winters's short-lived stint as assistant road manager for Moz, and it serves as the definitive guide on how to curry Morrissey's favor in such a situation -- its lesson distilled to...  CONTINUE READING YOU'D PROBABLY GET FIRED AS MORRISSEY'S ROADIE IN UNDER TWO DAYS, TOO»

Posted on January 25, 2008 (8 comments)
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New Morrissey Live Video - "Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed" / "Something Is Squeezing My Skull"

This past Friday night, Moz took the stage at La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France, sans Je Suis Morrissey tee, but armed with good tidings and evidence of work being underway on the next studio effort. We've been charting "That's How...  CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY LIVE VIDEO - "MAMA LAY SOFTLY ON THE RIVERBED" / "SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL"»

Posted on January 21, 2008 in Video (0 comments)
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New Morrissey Video - "That's How People Grow Up"

Funny, just last night one of us was listening to the Smiths in a bar when someone asked if Morrissey still unbuttoned his shirt during his lives shows. The answer ... "Of course." And here's the James Dean-approved live video...  CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY VIDEO - "THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP"»

Posted on January 17, 2008 in Video (1 comments)
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New Morrissey - "That's How People Grow Up"

Last summer he showed it live, and then he showed to Letterman, and now Moz is coming of age and realizing "yes there are things worse in life than never being someone's sweetie" in an MP3 format near you. It's one of two previously unreleased tunes from his forthcoming Greatest Hits package, the other being this one.

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Posted on January 15, 2008 in MP3 (0 comments)

Morrissey: "I Apologise ... For Speaking To NME"

Last week Moz and the New Music Express began to relive their good ol' conflict of '92, which then boiled down to the mag alleging Stephen Patrick had racist tendencies in his lyrics after a show in Finsbury Park in...  NME"'">CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY: "I APOLOGISE ... FOR SPEAKING TO NME"»

Posted on December 4, 2007 in Where's The Beef? (12 comments)
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Moz Vs. NME

Bona drag, man, Morrissey and NME are in the midst of a scuffle. This week's issue of the magazine includes an interview with Moz in which statements he makes about immigration are characterized as racist. Viva hate! For his part,...  CONTINUE READING MOZ VS. NME»

Posted on November 29, 2007 in Where's The Beef? (13 comments)
Tags: Morrissey

Morrissey Hits NYC With New Tunes, Support Act

Who made it to Moz's five-nighter at Hammerstein this past week? The ever charming man kept it eventful, performing new material and kicking his opening act off the tour. We've already heard the new song not about Paris Hilton, "Throw...  CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY HITS NYC WITH NEW TUNES, SUPPORT ACT»

Posted on October 29, 2007 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Carson Daly | KristeenYoung | Morrissey

Morrissey Descends Upon Hammerstein Ballroom

Really wish we had legs that felt fully recovered from CMJ, but you know, these things take time. That hasn't stopped fellow Moz-freaks from making the trip uptown (for us) to Hammerstein Ballroom (or as Morrissey's been calling it, "Frankenstein...  CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY DESCENDS UPON HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM»

Posted on October 24, 2007 in Concert (13 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | The Smiths

Separate Ways, Here We Come

One from the archives! There's a lot going on in this shaky clip of the Smiths at London's Brixton Academy in 1986. A fan pop onto the stage, Morrissey flails, Johnny manages to never lose a precariously dangling cigarette. More...  CONTINUE READING SEPARATE WAYS, HERE WE COME»

Posted on August 3, 2007 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Johnny Marr | Morrissey | The Smiths

New Morrissey Song NOT About Paris Hilton

Morrissey fanboards lit up after the Mozfather's Jacksonville show two nights ago, when he unveiled a third unreleased song (see also: "That's How People Grow Up," "All You Need Is Me") that was later reported to be titled "Wrapping My...  CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY SONG NOT ABOUT PARIS HILTON»

Posted on July 19, 2007 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | Paris Hilton

Morrissey Shows Letterman "That's How People Grow Up"

Well, we get to see a whole lot more Moz in this clip than the camera-phone YouTube of a few weeks ago. (We also get to see a very bubbly opera singer.) Though throat issues had him bail on MSG...  CONTINUE READING MORRISSEY SHOWS LETTERMAN "THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP"»

Posted on July 2, 2007 in Video (13 comments)
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New Morrissey Live Video - "That's How People Grow Up"

At about 1:23 you'll see Moz's head and shoulders (just enough of a glimpse to confirm that yes, he had his shirt on), but the visual's not the point with this one; a courageous digicam-toting fan captured the new Morrissey...  CONTINUE READING NEW MORRISSEY LIVE VIDEO - "THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP"»

Posted on June 13, 2007 in Video (10 comments)
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Jeff Buckley Covers The Smiths

Few artists could sustain the sort of rarity scrounging posthumous repackaging treatment Jeff gets -- but naturally we've bought just about every boxed set/live show/remastered demo release mom Mary Guibert's put together (and then some she hasn't). But the tenth...  CONTINUE READING JEFF BUCKLEY COVERS THE SMITHS»

Posted on May 2, 2007 (44 comments)
Tags: Jeff Buckley | Johnny Marr | Morrissey | The Smiths

The Smiths Approve Of Ronson's "Stop Me"

Mark Ronson's been taking heat for his awesome cover of "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before," but Moz and Marr are on board. He wrote on MySpace (via NME):when i recorded the original demo of "stop...  CONTINUE READING THE SMITHS APPROVE OF RONSON'S "STOP ME"»

Posted on April 10, 2007 (11 comments)
Tags: Johnny Marr | Mark Ronson | Morrissey | The Smiths

More Moz Dates For The States

We'd load this post up with tons of Morrissey puns, but that joke isn't funny anymore. So instead, we spread the good news posted by Morrissey zine True To You that Moz has added dates to his U.S. tour. The...  CONTINUE READING MORE MOZ DATES FOR THE STATES»

Posted on March 22, 2007 in Tour Dates (8 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | The Smiths

Strange Grave, Here He Comes

Maladjusted to the vagaries of life, Morrissey has given deep thought to the cemetery gates that house his ultimate resting spot. Via Metro:The 48-year-old star wants a spot at the celebrity cemetery Hollywood Forever, near his home in Los Angeles,...  CONTINUE READING STRANGE GRAVE, HERE HE COMES»

Posted on February 8, 2007 (39 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | The Smiths

BBC's Iconic Brits

The folks at BBC are holding a poll to determine the UK's Top Living Icons. At this point, they're soliciting votes only for the Top 3, between David Attenborough, Paul McCartney, and Moz. Here's the rest of the list, which...  CONTINUE READING BBC'S ICONIC BRITS»

Posted on December 4, 2006 (12 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | Paul McCartney

The Dears Diva-nize Morrissey

Until this year's Gang Of Losers (their best effort yet), The Dears were never mentioned without a passing reference to The Smiths, and it’s a tagline they've usually embraced (while pointing to other references like Serge Gainsbourg along the way)....  CONTINUE READING THE DEARS DIVA-NIZE MORRISSEY»

Posted on October 25, 2006 in Where's The Beef? (17 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | The Smiths

The World's Worst MP3 Blog Would Look Like This

We know this is old news, but for the five of you who haven't read it yet ... hilarious:August 7th, 2006 Mash-up in the house, y'all! Some bedroom producer from Norway who calls himself Calvin Johnsven just sent me this...  CONTINUE READING THE WORLD'S WORST MP3 BLOG WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS»

Posted on September 20, 2006 (19 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Morrissey | Sufjan Stevens | The Killers | The Smiths

Nor-wave Goodbye To Oslo: Stereogum @ Øya 2006

One thing to know about Oslo: Most people are honest (except cabbies), friendly (except customs agents), extremely beautiful (no exceptions), and obsessed with the export of their arts. So Øya is ostensibly an international festival, drawing on credible, on-the-rise indie...  CONTINUE READING NOR-WAVE GOODBYE TO OSLO: STEREOGUM @ ØYA 2006»

Posted on August 15, 2006 (27 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses | Beck | Cold War Kids | Doveman | Hot Chip | Les Savy Fav | Liars | Love Is All | Midlake | Morrissey | Snow Patrol | Spank Rock | The Smiths | The Twilight Singers | The Whitest Boy Alive | The Wrens | Yoko Ono

Found Found Found

No, not Jerry Garcia's toilet (sadly still MIA). But rather I'm referring to Morrissey's sex drive, last seen in the dorm room of William (though, allegedly, it was really nothing). Lyrics on the singer's new album have listeners once again...  CONTINUE READING FOUND FOUND FOUND»

Posted on April 10, 2006 (14 comments)
Tags: Morrissey | The Smiths