Day 916 - Putting the Boom-Boom In

March 18, 2014, 10:42 am

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I recently wrote that the dynamics of my blog have changed since I struck up, what I deludedly believe to be, a friendship with Morrissey, but I am not going to watch my p's and q's, I shall carry on writing in the same way that I always have, after all, this has always been my honest online diary, albeit that the vast majority of people who have stumbled across it, have dismissed it as the workings of a fantasising bullshitter, which if I'm honest, I wouldn't want any other way. That is too long for a first sentence isn't it? Too many commas again too. And now I've used the word too, too much. This is already shaping up to be a shit blog entry, my advice to my twelve regular readers is to bail out now. Leave. Just go. I won't be offended. I too wouldn't bother staying. Shit, another too. Aggggh! Why is it that some days, you start writing, and you keep using the same words or phrases? I had a bad case of the 'of course' the other day. Anyway, I have hopefully now seen everybody off, so I can get on with writing my fantasising bullshit. Eyes down, and look in for your first number this time..... it's a bingo phrase..... shall I bother writing today? Really?

As I was saying, well, writing actually, I am not going to watch my p's and q's, and if I therefore end up writing something that upsets the Mozziah to the extent that he banishes me to a further side of hell than Joyce and Weeks, then so be it. I have now reached a point where I am absolutely relaxed in Morrissey's company, and I no longer feel the need to try and impress him, or to say what I think he might want to hear. I have even taken the step of admitting that I am a Wham fan, which could have meant the end, but so far, our friendship has survived..... although I suppose a postcard addressed to my car windscreen wiper could be on it's way.


JOYCE, WEEKS, ROURKE, NIGEL DAVIS, PETRIDIS, ROBERT SMITH.... THEY ARE ALL IN HERE SOMEWHERE..... CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT JOINED THEM YESTERDAY..... I COULD BE NEXT

I shall keep my car locked in my garage, just in case.... and on the subject of keeping mine hidden, yesterday saw Morrissey return to the Twitterdilly Arms, as everybody's favourite pessoa, Fifi, and the topic of conversation turned to my infamous knee lunging antics of 2009 (See Day 33 of this blog), in which I attempted to stage invade during the song I Keep Mine Hidden. During our conversation, I mentioned how I had met the grandparents of Sabastian, the baby on the cover of YOR. Fifi quickly corrected me, and informed me that Charlie Browne's baby's name is actually "Sebastien with an E, it's spelled the French way." Silly me! *tuts to self* Fifi tried to find some Youtube footage of my famous 'knee lunge', but none has ever surfaced. The closest she could find was a bizarre clip, that has made it into our Twit Arms chart, although WHY anybody would take the time to upload such a clip, is beyond me.

Fifi has visited the Twit Arms for the past five days now, and the talk among the locals has been nothing more than idle chit chat. It would appear that Morrissey is feeling very relaxed, and is happy to be passing away these 'lull' days just talking about nothing with a few deluded fans. Perhaps he has been soothed by mixing with the donkeys at La Fabrique!


DONKEYS!

It's not all idle chit chat though, there is plenty of piss taking as well, usually at my expense, but I don't mind, in fact, I like it. Anything to be the centre of attention!

Meanwhile Boz Boorer has announced that he is back in Britain, and this Saturday will be playing with the Polecats at The Islington in London. I did ask Moz if he would be going, but he replied, "no, I have a swimming lesson." I wonder if he'll be with his new mate, Cliff?



This blog entry really is going nowhere, so I think I will end it, and just publish the new Top 20. I suppose the main reason that I have written a blog entry at all today, is to keep on record that Morrissey is still actively integrating with us, while the whole world carries on ignoring him. Fifi has gained NO extra followers (still 55), so unless some journalist somewhere has been watching this whole phenomenal story, and finally decides to lift the lid, things will pretty much keep on as they are. The only journalist who has been watching everything, is Kevin Marrinan, but I still can't work out if he is in the know about MorrisseysWorld, or if he just doesn't think anybody will take him seriously if he were to write the story. Maybe he is worried that Morrissey will sue him, but surely there is more than enough evidence to prove everything.... or IS there? Actually, of course (shit, the of course is back) there isn't enough evidence, EVERYTHING  remains coincidence, which is why nobody new is joining us. I really can't wait for the new tour, because Morrissey really can do ANYTHING now, without anybody cottoning on. This can't last forever, but WHAT will finally expose us?

FIFI HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TWIT ARMS:

"Sexual ambiguity has completely vanished. Nowadays if you're a girl, you twirk and if you are a man you flex your big muscles. The human brain must have shrunk in the last 30 years. I miss the good old days."

(Ed- Morrissey even has his own unique spelling of twerk.)











FIFI HIGHLIGHTS (CNTD)

"I'm not too sure about the "Marry Me" tattoo on my chest anymore. Youth mistake."


YOUTH MISTAKE

In response to my Wham confession:

"Rat created the Patel daisy society for George. He's leaving us."
"Following the Whammiah is a hit amongst pina colada lovers."
"Wham! definitely put the boom-boom into my heart." (Ed- Yes, I KNEW he was a fan!)

That will do for today. I still haven't managed to find out when Linder Sterling's birthday is. Will SOMEBODY please post it in the comments section. I am happy to take it from an anonymous. I have emailed the St Ives School of Painting, to ask them, so perhaps they'll reply.


SCHOOL OF PAINTING - PORTHMEORSTUDIOS - ST IVES CORNWALL

TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 20 - PRESENTED TODAY BY FLUFF RAT IN THE TWIT ARMS TO: Erica, Heather, Tracey, Fifi, Willow, Yunara, Bunny, MancLad and Old Willoughby.



1. ALL THE LAZY DYKES (LIVE IN DENMARK 2004) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b16NdzpjdLI


I DON'T THINK SOPHIE MONK ACTUALLY IS, BUT I LIKED THE BLUE ROSE








THE BLUE ROSE SOCIETY VICE PRESIDENT, VULGAR ANGIE. SHE'S OURS!


2. WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO (TOTP 1984) - WHAM! (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h75mqUm0lIo



3. HAND IN GLOVE (LIVE ON THE TUBE 1984) - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xik6LrUvygs




4. THE BIRTH OF THE SONG INITIALS BB - SERGE GAINSBOURG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO7Eq3b6t8E

5. BELLES, BELLES, BELLES - CLAUDE FRANÇOIS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFxQ9sV0axc

6. CLUB TROPICANA - WHAM! (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8




7. RATS - SYD BARRETT (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqeuieaeAI

8. BREAKING THE RULES - LUDUS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQKQmXyyac




9. LES YEUX BLEUS - SACHA DISTEL (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYnXsjHrV8U&feature=youtu.be

10. HARLEY DAVIDSON - BRIGITTE BARDOT (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai2As4XFZDY&feature=youtu.be







11. LIFEGUARD ON DUTY (VIVA HATE SESSIONS) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGt-ETl4TU&feature=youtu.be

12. IRISH BLOOD, ENGLISH HEART (JOOLS HOLLAND 2004) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwsfbuPBm4&feature=youtu.be

13. THIS CHARMING MAN (LIVE IN GT YARMOUTH 2009) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEX11INgMn0

14. I'M A MAN - JOBRIATH (DOWN 10):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVTGcQX1Mi4

15. ONCE UPON A DREAM - BILLY FURY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_ogriURVk

16. SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND - PINK FLOYD (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKCeFDnDiI

17. 1970 (LIVE AT GOOSE LAKE 1970) - THE STOOGES (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=U001Zh7YS98&app=desktop

18. SWAY - DEAN MARTIN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsgcXZzu6io&feature=youtu.be

19. BACK HOME - THE ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 1970 (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLpyriMOttA

20. I KEEP MINE HIDDEN (LIVE IN GT YARMOUTH 2009) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBA5_enFaB8 (Possibly the best piece of video footage on Youtube!)

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Day 917 - Our Mozzer Returns with a NEW Parody

March 19, 2014, 3:43 am

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Last night, I glanced into the inbox of my email, and there, staring up at me, was an email bearing the name Morrissey. I instantly knew it wasn't an actual email from Morrissey, it was an email notifying me that Morrissey, or rather, Our Mozzer, had left a comment on my blog. I hastily opened the email, and quickly realised that he had written the first part of a new parody piece, exclusively for my blog. He had placed it in the comments section of Day 108, which could be a random choice, or it could be because it was the day where I stated that I wanted to commit an act of gross public indecency. Oh, what a funny little rat I was back then, fortunately I have now reached adulthood, and fully matured. *coughs*

Anyway, further emails followed (one more last night, and two more this morning), and I now have a brand new MorrisseysWorld parody to give to YOU, my loyal readers. I have no idea if there is a part 2, but if there is, then my twelve loyal readers will be the first to know.

This parody piece couldn't have come at a better time, as my blog entry of yesterday has proven that I have run out of ideas. I have hit a block. In fact, I am now going to take four days off from blogging, and will return on Monday, refreshed. This also means that Our Mozzer's BRAND NEW parody piece, will get four days of exposure, which it thoroughly deserves. Hopefully FTM will be graced with more pieces from HM Mozzer.

I have added my own pictures, which no doubt will NOT be what Our Mozzer would have wanted, so I await a slating. I have also made up the title, because he didn't provide one!


LOUNGING AROUND (A PARODY) WRITTEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR FOLLOWINGTHEMOZZIAH BY OUR MOZZER

Seminal artiste Morr-ee-say, musical director Boz Boorer, former novelist Mikey Bracewell, unpublished poet Broken, and Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross (low brow TV bods) sit around an extender table in Morrissey's house. The iconic star is flanked on either side by Mikey and Broken. Boz is sitting opposite, between Russell and Wossy. Boz is drinking from a pint glass. Morrissey cradles a G&T. Broken guards a glass of red wine. Russell has 'purified meditation water' in jug, and Jonathan a half of cider. Mikey Bracewell has a pot of tea served in fine bone china.

Mikey Bracewell extends his pinkie and sips thoughtfully.


MIKEY BRACEWELL (CIRCA 1970)


"I do wish you wouldn't do that b*****d thing with your little finger, Mikey. It makes one feel one is in the presence of royalty; such arrogant people; one doesn't wish to be reminded..."

With that Morrissey downs his G&T in one gulp. "More please. Chop! Chop!" He cracks his hands together sharply. In trots Solomon Walker. Solomon is wearing a waiter's uniform over his torso, and a light blue mini skirt underneath. He pours three or four measures of gin into the artiste's glass.


A WALKER BROTHER


The artiste rolls his eyes and sighs, puffing out his cheeks. "I did stipulate the mini-skirt should have a pink hem," he mutters, swooshing up the skirt with his fingers nonchalantly. Then he gazes intently at the gin as it sloshes into his glass.

"Come now, Matthew. I'm not signed to Sanctuary records anymore you know, old son. Fill her up."

"I think that's Solomon, Morr-ee-say," says Mikey with a flick of the forehead.

"Solomon who?"

"Solomon Walker... you know... Matthew's brother."

Broken rolls his eyes and looks away.

"But I stipulated Matthew Walker should serve drinks tonight," says Morrissey, licking his lips. "In a blue mini-skirt ... with a pink hem."

"Permission to speak, sir," mutters Solomon, his lips taped up.

"Absolutely not," cries Morrissey.

"If you want a job doing these days..." mutters the artiste under his breath. "Since I stipulated it should be Matthew, I'll call you Matthew henceforth."

"How ironic," Broken says in his melodic voice, fiddling with the wine glass.

"Ironic?" asks Morrissey quizzically.

"Yes. Normally you get their names wrong by accident. Now finally you know his name, you've decided to get it wrong intentionally."

Wossy sniggers.

WOSSY

"Is something funny, Jonathan?" Asks Morrissey, his eyes wide and steely.

"I was just laughing at the irony, Mozzer! I don't think Broken realises you intended it that way!"

"I'm just surprised you have a sense of irony, being on ITV..."

"Hahaha, oh... hahaha... hohoho... oh... hahaha," laughs Boz Boorer, slapping his thigh. "Very droll, sir."

"What was droll, Boz?" asks Morrisey.

"The comment you just made, Moz - it was ironic. Very ironic. Very, very..."

"What comment, Boz?"

"That... comment... sire. The comment you just made."

"...And what was that Boz?" Asks Morrissey, motioning for Solomon to add the tonic water.

Boz Boorer looks red. He fiddles with his top button. Then he sinks into his chair.

"I've forgotten, sir."

"But... you didn't ever really know, did you, Boz?"

Boz Boorer shakes his head. "Stop!" screams Morrissey. "That's QUITE enough tonic water, old son. I don't want a b******d hangover."

A few minutes pass silently as the men drink their drinks.

BROKEN AND MORRISSEY


"Did you see Justin Bieber's deposition, Mozzer? I must say he resembled you, Morrissey; what with his quiff and archly dismissive demeanour towards SCRIBES and-"

"-Must you ALWAYS use twenty words when five will suffice, Russell?"

"I'm sorry Mozzer, Lord of adolescent despair, and Duke of postmodern poetry, and..."

The artiste rolls his eyes and sticks a theatrical tongue into a tightly-packed cheek (facial).

"Yes," says Morrissey sternly. "I did see it. Broken and I watched it on YouTube on Sunday."

"It was like watching Lil Wayne's deposition, if Lil Wayne had visited Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon," utters Broken. "Rather pathetic... a child throwing his toys out of the pram... a spoilt white boy pretending he was raised in the Atlanta ghetto."

"I haven't seen it, Broken," adds Wossy with mock-interest.

"Too busy eating I expect, Jonathan," says Morrissey.

Boz Boorer laughs. Russell Brand sticks his little finger against his lips and grins.

"The most hilarious moment by far was when Justin was asked whether Usher was instrumental to his career," says Broken, showing rare enthusiasm. "Justin stormed out once again. When he returned, he spoke in a low, serious voice, as if delivering words of poetry. He stated: 'I was down on YouTube... and I was detrimental to my own career.'"

"I didn't know he was insane," says Boz Boorer, picking up his pint.

"Insane, Boz?" Mikey Bracewell asks.

"He said he was detrimental Mikey. And I believe him. It's sad really. When I think back to the nice kid who sang his heart out in 'Never Say Never.' It brings a tear to me eye, and that of Mrs Boorer too, actually..."

Morrissey shakes his head, smiles and downs the remaining gin.

"I did read your review on IMDB, Boz! Very well-written. Very dry!" shrieks Russell.


RUSSELL BRAND


"Lyn helped me," says Boz with a dejected look in his eyes. "That poor kid... we were both moved by his plight."

"His plight of having to overcome the odds of being loved by every teenage girl in the West, and finally having to cancel a couple of multi-million dollar concerts because he had a sore throat?" Broken asks. "And they say Romeo and Juliet had it hard."

"Poor kid," murmurs Boz.

"Fat c***," murmurs Broken softly.

Boz Boorer looks up and his jaw drops. His face reddens. He casts a judgemental look towards Broken.

"Boz isn't fat, Broken - he's just big boned," says Wossy.

Boz Boorer nods. Noticing this, Morrissey motions to speak:

"I beg to differ, Jonathan. Boz Boorer is a fat c*** and will need to lose some weight if he wants to camp it up on a certain seminal artiste's US tour."


BOZ

"Have you seen this on FollowingTheMozziah, Mozzer?" asks Russell with his iPhone pointed towards the iconic star.

"I'm afraid Morr-ee-say's stopped reading that blog, Russell; it's not nearly fawning enough," says Mikey.

Morrissey looks away from the i-Phone, before gazing out of the corner of his right eye.

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Day 923 - Following The Whammiah

March 25, 2014, 9:14 am

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Last Tuesday, I wrote that my friendship with Morrissey had survived the fact that I had admitted to liking Wham!, but since then, our relationship has rapidly nose-dived, to the extent that I seem to have driven him away from the Twitterdilly Arms, and out of my email in-box. First of all, things didn't seem too bad, with Fifi light heartedly suggesting that I take up writing 'Following The Whammiah' or going into 'Wham! Rehab', but then she disappeared from the Twit Arms, and I have heard nothing since. I have emailed, in an attempt to keep our friendship alive, but thus far there has been no reply. The windscreen wipers of my car await the postcard, confirming that it is all over.

ME IN MY CAR, AWAITING THE POSTCARD

It could of course be that Morrissey has decided to take a break from the Twit Arms, and who could blame him? Twitterdilly is a very addictive place, and if you aren't disciplined, it can take over your life. If Morrissey has decided to take a break, I will follow suit, as I too could do with rediscovering the outside world. I wonder if anything has changed in the past two and a half years, since I discovered MorrisseysWorld? I wonder if Rustle Brand has led a revolution to overturn the British government and Monarchy yet? *Pokes head out of window* Nope, it would seem not! Rustle had 3.2 million twitter followers when I first discovered MW, he now has 7.63 MILLION! Ridiculous as it may sound, Rustle could one day have enough support to create a revolution, the only question is, does he really want one, or is it all just hot air? Brand may not have the vision and desire of Wolfie Smith, but Wolfie didn't have twitter.... or a beard!

CITIZEN SMITH - NO TWITTER OR BEARD


Unless MorrisseysWorld suddenly reappears, or Fifi skips into the Twit Arms, or something else happens that warrants my return, this will be my last blog entry for a while, and my bar tab in the twit  Arms will also be settled. Morrissey's, 'World Peace is None of Your Business' tour starts in six weeks (I presume that's what the tour will be called), so I shall return then. In the meantime, I will make sure I am TOTALLY cured of my Wham! habit.

If Morrissey IS having a break away from twitter, then WHO is behind the '@MorrisseysMum' account, because that is still active? I know, I know, it's an old story, and I seem to be the ONLY person who thinks that Morrissey is behind it, so maybe now is the time for me to finally admit I am wrong, and admit that the account is run by Kevin 'Banjaxer/Walter Ego' Marrinan. I have to trust that others KNOW what they are talking about, and long-time MorrisseysWorlder, 'GirlWithout', INSISTS that Marrinan is behind the account. Rosy Mires has also informed me that Marrinan TOLD her he runs the account, and even Uncle Skinny promotes the Mum account on Solow, so I HAVE to accept it can't be Morrissey. The only reason that I initially thought the account was owned by Morrissey, was because he promoted it from the MW blog, but perhaps he was just taunting Marrinan?

MARRINAN - TAUNTED?

I have always presumed that Marrinan was involved with MW, but as time has gone on, I don't really believe that anybody else could have been involved, it was probably ALL the work of Morrissey. There are however a couple of other things that do link Marrinan to Morrissey and MorrisseysWorld. Firstly, in a very early parody piece on MW, Our Mozzer stated that Walter Ego was employed by him to post things on the internet, and secondly, Our Mozzer announced that Banjaxer would be in charge whilst he was away. Hold on.... other things are coming back to me now. It was Morrisseys Mum who, on October 9th 2011, warned us all to keep an eye out for a woman carrying wood, and then the very next day, LOG LADY appeared for the first time on the MW blog! THEY ARE LINKED! THEY ARE LINKED! THEY ARE LINKED! AND I WILL KEEP ON SHOUTING IT UNTIL EVERYBODY AGREES WITH ME.......

..... or perhaps Marrinan runs the Mum site, for Morrissey? But hold on, Morrissey informed us all on  a number of occasions that Marrinan was just somebody who had interviewed him once, and who had written to MorrisseysWorld, pretending to be Morrissey's lawyer, asking him to close the blog. Oh, what to believe, what to believe? Actually, who cares? This is my last blog for six weeks, so there is no point me getting worked up about it. The only reason I have really bothered mentioning the Mum account, is because it has recently posted these photos:

The photo at the top is obviously of Morrissey with Aunt Mary and her family, in the USA in the mid 70s, but I have NO idea who the other photos are of. If the Mum account IS run by Morrissey, then WHY would he be posting old family photos, whilst he is currently on holiday in France? And if it IS run by Banjaxer, then where is he getting the photos from? STOP ASKING YOURSELF QUESTIONS, YOU WROTE IN YOUR LAST PARAGRAPH THAT YOU DIDN'T CARE! AND STOP SHOUTING. Aghhhhhhh, the voices in my head. I am going mad, and it is ALL Morrissey's fault. I MUST get back to the real world.



My last blog entry (before this one), was the parody piece written exclusively for Following The Mozziah by Our Mozzer. I left it up as the front page for seven days, but only a dozen or so (genuine) people left comment, so it proves that there really are very few people still following this whole story. Moz stopped writing his blog because he said it was too much work for too little reward, but perhaps MorrisseysWorld was like any underground art movement, and if it had received mass public acceptance, it wouldn't have been as special. In years to come, MorrisseysWorld may well be accepted as something that was quite groundbreaking. Our little corner of twitter, the Twitterdilly Arms, may even be seen as being a modern day version of Warhols Factory.

EDIE SEDGWICK, ANDY WARHOL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY

Morrissey is a modern day Andy Warhol. Morrissey is a modern day Jean Cocteau. Morrissey is a modern day Oscar Wilde. Morrissey is a modern day Fernando Pessoa. Morrissey is not just a singer, he is an artist, just as Wilde, Pessoa, Cocteau and Warhol were artists. Morrissey has written an autobiography. Morrissey is writing a novel. Morrissey has written a self aware parody blog. Morrissey has made a film. Morrissey writes a diary.... well, I presume he still does. Now, if I could just persuade Morrissey to come and paint the walls of my house.


THE LIVING ROOM OF VILLA SANTO SOSPIR IN FRANCE - PAINTED BY COCTEAU. THE WALLS OF MY HOUSE ARE WHITE, AND THEY AWAIT MORRISSEY.


Of the comments that were left on my last blog entry, Girlwithout instructed me how to embed a video into a blog, so I was able to add the Justin Bieber deposition into the parody piece. It also means I am able to add videos to the chart. Bieber has been a topic of conversation from the very early days of MorrisseysWorld, and Our Mozzer's most recent parody piece reminded us of the hilarious review of Never Say Never, which was allegedly written by B Boorer. I added a link to the review on the parody piece, but it is worth seeing it in full, so here it is:

Reviews & Ratings forJustin Bieber: Never Say Never More at IMDbPro »

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3 out of 10 people found the following review useful:

An inspiring tale of success against all the odds

Author: bboorer from Isle of Man, England
3 August 2011

I'm not one for crying but I have to admit I cried my eyes out during this movie. Justin Bieber reveals himself to be a thoroughly likable guy with a good nose for a pop song. I thought it was amazing how he continued fighting against everything that came his way to achieve his goal of success as an artist. I cried profusively in the final scenes.

Watching this heart-rendering movie made me re-evaluate my own life-goals and career. As someone who dreamed of being the next Buddy Holly as a kid I can't help but think I lost my insperation somewhere along the long and dusty road. Doing what I do now is OK but it's just not what I signed up for. As Justin says, "never give up on you're dreams." The man is a true inspiration for all and this movie proves what a decent all-round lad he is and what a superb role model for youngsters. This movie has it all - twists and turns, interal and external demons and a story of success and redemption.

I recommend highly. Best movie I've seen since 'Terminator' with Arnie back in the day.

BOZ BOORER - MOVED TO TEARS

What makes the review even funnier, is that 3 out of 10 people found it 'useful'. Oh, happy days. I had to check to see if  the band were actually on the Isle of Man on August 3rd 2011, and they were! Whilst doing my research, I stumbled across this hilarious review of the Isle of Man concert:

The Educated Fool - August 4, 2011, 01:18 PM

Hey all,

Let me start by saying I am an Iron Maiden fan, absolutely love metal and I live on the Isle of Man.

Usually not much happens here, so when an gig is announced it sells out pretty quick no matter who they are (except for Stephen K. Amos). Anyway when it was announced that Morrissey was coming over I decided to get tickets based on the fact it would be a night out.

Now as said I'm a metal head so didn't really know many tunes that were played during the evening but I thought it was a pretty good gig in itself (nothing compared to Maiden BTW) and I like the the way Morrissey himself acts on stage.

Some of the songs I liked are:

Irish Blood, English Heart
You Have Killed Me
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Everyday Is Like Sunday ---------- (I really, really felt for this tune)
People Are The Same Everywhere
First Of The Gang To Die

Can you recommend either more songs similar to those listed above, or an album that I should listen to.

Thanks,

Up The Irons

'Up the Irons' is of course *tuts at self for using an 'of course'* the phrase used by West ham fans. Could it have been written by Rustle? Could it have been written by Moz pretending to be an anonymous Rustle? Perhaps it really was written by an Iron Maiden fan, but the more I have read of Morrissey's parody writing, the more I seem to stumble across that I think bears his hallmark. I wonder if his diaries will ever reveal the truth? If they do, then Morrissey fans will be trawling the internet for years, looking for all his gems. As well as being Cocteau, Pessoa, Wilde and Warhol, Morrissey is also Peter Cook.


PETER COOK.... MAKING BOWIE AND DUDLEY LAUGH

Anyway, back to Bieber. On Day 863 of my blog thing, I compared Bieber to James Dean, and now, Bieber has started comparing himself to James Dean! Is Bieber reading my blog? Here is a photo that Bieber has posted on the net:




And the original:





As I have nothing to report about Morrissey, it is time to bring my blog entry to an end, but first, let me share this picture, which I stumbled across today. It is of Lady Gaga in Rio, in November 2012, and she is holding a BLUE ROSE:



I am guessing that Gaga was given the rose by a fan, but it really is time for Morrissey to claim the BLUE ROSE as HIS symbol. This coming tour is crucial, the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY has to grow.....  unless of course *tuts to self again* it is destined to stay as an underground movement. The question is, whether underground or not, WILL Morrissey wear the rose?

Before I sign off, I must send apologies to a donkey. In my blog entry of last Monday, I posted this picture, with the caption 'DONKEYS!' It has been pointed out to me that the beautiful animal on the left, is of course *tuts again* a pony. It is Tony the Pony. I shall call the donkey Bowie:

NOT DONKEYS! WELL, ONE IS.

And finally Cyril, and finally Esther, the brand new Twitterdilly Arms chart was counted down today, by Fluff Rat (@UpthePier), but the Youtube video for our Number 1, Pearl of a Girl by Kristeen Young, has been removed. Fluff asked her why, and got this response:

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  13h

@UpThePier Because it WASN'T my video. It's NOT the video for Pearl. It was assembled by a disgruntled fired "editor".

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  13h

@UpThePier The video for Pearl won't be finished until late April

Fluff Rat ‏@UpThePier  13h

@KRISTEENYOUNG Ouch! If it's any consolation, I loved it, especially the use of the 'C***' book, and the song is just..... JUST! #Excited

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  12h

@UpThePier This is the preview for the real video. The image you mentioned is in here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-a2QOSGxw&feature=youtu.be

It is a phenomenal song, and rightly deserves to be at Number 1 in our chart. I wonder why the editor got fired, and it is bizarre that some of the video remains (including Kristeen reading a book called Cunt.... I wonder if that will get past the MTV censors?). Perhaps somebody could leave comment (anonymously will be fine) to tell us WHAT happened with the video editor? Perhaps Romina knows? Romina knows MANY things, including the fact that Linder Sterling is apparently a Scorpio, which means her 60th birthday must be in late October/November. HOW does Romina know these things?


LINDER STERLING - AT LAST WEEK'S OPENING OF THE PENWITH GALLERY SPRING SHOW..... WITH EMPTY RED WINE GLASS. LINDER WILL BE 60 IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER, AND IS CURRENTLY AT NUMBER 3 IN THE TWITTERDILLY CHART.



TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 10 - BROADCAST TO THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS TODAY AT 12.45 BY FLUFF, TO AN AUDIENCE THAT INCLUDED: HEATHER, WILLOW, BUNNY, TRACEY BROWN, CLOVER DEAN, ROMINA, MANC LAD, KELLY THE CRISP, GIRL WITHOUT, EARS AND THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE @MORRISSEYSWORLD ACCOUNT.

1. PEARL OF A GIRL - KRISTEEN YOUNG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sC-cRvZZpw&feature=youtu.be (PLEASE NOTE, THE VIDEO HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED BY KRISTEEN, SO HERE IS THE INTRO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-a2QOSGxw&list=UULl6HOfRcdOaUf-bNqhobrw)

FROM THE FORTHCOMING LP, 'THE KNIFE SHIFT':




NUMBER 1


2. WILLIAM, IT WAS REALLY NOTHING (TOTP) - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nUlA4_xz8Y



3. NUE AU SOLEIL - LUDUS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1HaSPmYUao




4. TROUBLE LOVES ME (LIVE AT BENICASSIM 2006) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7n2BBKc0iQ



5. LET ME KISS YOU (LIVE IN ISTANBUL) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfMpKVXHSo8

6. NO ONE CAN HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU (LIVE IN MANCHESTER) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EubHj2Ol9eM

7. I LIKE YOU - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz8VezofZLA

8. THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT (LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3GxsTaGE0&app=desktop

9. THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE - DAVID BOWIE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2L4hL2IvUk

10. QUEL MAY Y A-T-IL À ÇA? - FRANÇOISE HARDY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsSJdv2zd28











BRIGITTE BARDOT - NOT FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S CHART!

Day 924 - Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois pour l'un des enfants terribles

March 26, 2014, 9:07 am

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RULE 1: TRUST YOUR OWN INSTINCTS...... and don't believe what others want you to believe, or what other others believe, if you yourself don't believe that their belief is correct!

I decided NOT to have a break after all, firstly because Fifi left a message on yesterday's blog, secondly because Morrissey has announced he is to play the very intimate and exciting venue of Santa Ana observatory, and thirdly because anonymous comments were left on my blog yesterday from people wanting me to delete everything I've ever written, and leave, which OBVIOUSLY is a sure fire way to keep me here! Sorry anons, you are going to have to put up with me for a little bit longer. Actually, WHY do you bother reading and commenting if you don't like what I write? Life is too short. Go and read Proust instead, or listen to Moz reading Proust:

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Can you imagine being in the audience at a Howard Deveto concert, and suddenly Morrissey walks out to read Proust..... or read ANYTHING for that matter! It must have been incredible. At the end of the reading Moz almost burst into song. I wonder if that happens with EVERY book he reads. Perhaps it is just as well that he didn't narrate his own autobiography, although to have Morrissey literally sing his life, would be awesome, and  I don't think I've ever used the word awesome in my blog before. Cool! I've never used cool either. Anyway (which I've used far too much), back to the plot. Here is Fifi's comment from yesterday:

Anonymous25 March 2014 22:00

The words of my little charmers

Sweeter than strawberry champers

My shimmying days are not over. They're never over.
Always in my heart,

Fifi

FIFI - GOING DOWN TO THE CELLAR OF THE TWIT ARMS, TO GET MORE BABYCHAM AND VEUVE



FIFI - MAKING HER WAY HOME AFTER A NIGHT ON THE BABYCHAM AND VEUVE (WOULD IT ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE TO DRINK BOTH BABYCHAM AND VEUVE ON THE SAME NIGHT OUT?)


Another interesting comment added to yesterday's blog entry, came from Romina. Romina seems to know MANY things, and she seems to have an explanation for the fall out between Kristeen Young and the editor of her video, who is apparently called Mr Devon:

romina26 March 2014 09:42

Well, Kristeen's song is a bomb! I like it very much, it could be a summer hit, she found the right balance between Icona Pop and punk, it's a shame for the video and I misjudjed her, but now I saw her tweet and I know it was just a controvery between her and a certain Mister Devon, this man is officially the owner of the footage as Kristeen is the owner of the song and of her pretty face, of course, what Mister Devon could do with the footage without the song I don't know and it's not my business anyway Kristeen blocked the video and is working for another one as Mister Devon moaning by facebook's page because Kristeen worked at his footage with someone else. Case closed. Facebook is a source of news and of old pics as young Morrissey with his beautiful Aunt Mary, but the question is why this pics are posted in the main page of a certain site who, usually, Morrissey does'nt like? Has something changed? Aunt Mary got a facebook page and posts pics with her young and famous nephew, the Mum posted the same pic on twitter, but of course, she's her sister and Santa is busy with Rudolph the red nose reindeer...Someone is playing along and we only got to wait.

ROMINA

WHAT is Romina trying to say about the twitter account MorrisseysMum, that it belongs to..... Morrissey's Mum? Hold on, I think she might be right! It has been staring us in the face all along. Morrissey is NOT MorrisseysMum. Morrissey is NOT MorrisseysWorld. Morrissey is NOT True-To-You.... they are all technically owned by somebody else, but does he have access to all? YES! YES! YES! It all makes sense.

Another comment placed on my blog yesterday mentioned that not all of those old photographs that I posted yesterday, came from Aunt Mary's Facebook page, so maybe it was Morrissey's mum who made the decision to post them. Or maybe Morrissey posted them. One thing is for sure, there is DEFINITELY a link. Rule 1: Trust your own instincts..... and NEVER forget the 'woman in the shed carrying wood' tweet!

Before I move on to the Santa Ana observatory, and the fact that Mum tweeted about planet earth a WEEK AGO, I must mention these two tweets from Kristeen Young, posted yesterday, after it was announced that she had made it to Number 1 on the greatest chart of all:

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  17h

Adam McCollum (wearing ME), Dita Von Teese, and Marilyn Manson: The Midwest Alliance: Indiana, Missouri, Michigan http://twitpic.com/dzdc7h 

ADAM MCCOLLUM, DITA VON TESSE AND MARILYN MANSON

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  17h

OOps ....and OHIO....

I am sure it is just coincidence that Kristeen's second tweet, which added Manson's birthplace of Ohio, contained an 'OO' at the beginning of Oops, but it is STILL worth a mention.

I had never heard of Dita Von Tesse before, so this morning i have been researching her. It would appear that she was Manson's wife. They may even still be married, I don't know, but WHAT a woman. Could we hire her for the Twitterdilly Arms Christmas party?


DITA VON TESSE

And whilst I am on the subject of Kristeen Young, yesterday, I decided to pre-order her new album, from the website KristeenYoung.com. I couldn't decide whether to buy the cd or the vinyl LP. The problem is, these days, I want to be able to own albums on vinyl, cd AND have mp3 copies of all the song, but hardly any artists/record companies seem to have cottoned on to what the buying public want.

When cds replaced vinyl, there wasn't a big problem. I, along with most of the music buying public, eventually gave in to the fact that vinyl was dead, and although I hated giving in, I had no choice. Morrissey remained one of the very few artists to continue to release everything on both formats, but the vast majority of artists didn't, and what is more, we all wanted to listen to our music on the go, i.e. in cars and on Walkmans, so the cd did actually make more sense.

CDs - MADE SENSE L TO R: MANCLAD, WILLOW, GWO AND LOUGHTON LIL

Since the advent and mass acceptance of the download, the cd is now dying, as we no longer have a need for it, but it would appear that the music buying public want to own something tangible, hence the sudden re-birth of vinyl.

I went into HMV last week, and was both shocked, and delighted, to see that their vinyl section had doubled in size since my last visit. Admittedly there were no singles for sale, but there were LOTS of LPs, including The Smiths, Magazine, Bowie, T Rex, The Velvet Underground, and even more encouraging, new releases from artists such as the Arctic Monkeys. All LPs were priced around £15 to £20, but only one artist was offering the sort of bundle I wanted, i.e. the vinyl album PLUS the cd PLUS a code to access the download, and all for £19.99. WHO is this ground breaking artist, with the foresight to be offering the public what they want?.......... Kylie Minogue!




Before I get banished to Kylie rehab, I should explain that I didn't buy the UK's new Number 2 best selling album, Kiss Me Once (beaten to the Number 1 by G****e M*****l) , but although Kylie may not be offering the actual record I want to buy, she IS offering the package I am now after when I buy a new album.

For me to buy Kristeen's album in every format, it will cost me $12 for the cd, $20 for the vinyl LP and $9.99 for the downloads, presuming that there is no code to unlock a download. I could, of course (tuts to self), burn the cd onto my laptop, but therein lies another problem, my new laptop doesn't actually have a cd drive, so I would have to go and buy an external drive, which I can't be bothered to do! I want simplicity. The times are a changing.

What is more, if I am to buy Kristeen's new album from her website, it has to be shipped from the US, so there is another $11 to add for the cd, and another $17.50 to add for the record. There is no option to buy both and combine shipping, which has resulted in..... me not yet buying the new Kristeen Young album yet! Oh, the dilemmas of life.


KRISTEEN YOUNG WITH THE PRODUCER OF THE KNIFE SHIFT *ADOPTS VOICE OF THE ANNOUNCER AT A BOXING MATCH...... DON'T ASK ME WHY* MR TONY VISCONTI


Right then, to the observatory. Here is the TTY announcement:

25 March 2014

Morrissey will play a special show at Santa Ana Observatory (California) on May 8th. Tickets for this show will be available on March 31st.

The observatory only holds 550 people, so it really will be quite special, and it means there is hope that Moz may play other smaller venues. Perhaps the people of the Isle of Wight will get to see Morrissey play at Shanklin theatre. It would possibly go some way toward healing the wounds of the poor souls who had bought tickets to see Adam Ant play there this Saturday, only to have him cancel!


THE OBSERVATORY SANTA ANA

So, am I back for good, or is this blog entry just a one off during my break? I guess it depends on Moz. If there is something to write, I shall write it, if not, then I won't. Everything seems to have gone quiet on the rumoured concerts in Sicily and Manchester, but surely there will be an announcement soon about UK or European dates?

And on the subject of Europe, Morrissey's friend Patti Smith has been spotted out and about, at the opening of the Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, where she sang a BRAND NEW, and specially written song. I'm not sure what it the song is called, but it is excellent. Perhaps it is not too late for me to get into Patti. I am guessing the song is either called 'I Came to Paris in 1969' or 'Looking for Robert Mapplethorpe' or maybe 'Robert in Paris'. If anybody knows, or can find out, please leave comment. Here is the clip of Patti singing:

 

And here is a link to a review of the exhibition, and a mention of Patti's performance: http://network2.tv/patti-smith-song-opens-the-mapplethorpe-retrospective-at-the-grand-palais/

Interestingly, the review quotes Patti as telling the 400 guests, "I would rather sing than talk to evoke Robert. Robert and I were like the infants terribles of Cocteau." I sometimes feel that way about myself and Fifi when we bicker in the Twitterdilly Arms! Oh Jean, Jean, Jean, so much to answer for.


ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE - ARTIST AND LONGTIME FRIEND OF PATTI SMITH



Here is a Mapplethorpe clip that is also linked from the review:










LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES


So, now all we need is for Morrissey to announce a concert in Paris before July 14th.... not that I would probably be able to make it, the cricket season is upon us. One day I shall get to see Paris. One day.


And finally, Morrissey's autograph and self portrait have been spotted on the wall of the dressing room at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago:



And as pointed out by Erica Calil on twitter, our idol is a cereal!:




Although, there is a DEFINITE likeness:





And finally finally Andrew, and finally finally George, for some reason, the number of hits to my blog from Sweden has, for some reason, gone through the roof! I am currently getting more hits from Sweden than from the UK! WHY? Who is out there? Please show yourselves. Leave comment and say hello.

And on the subject of Sweden, earlier today, I stumbled across this EXCELLENT photo video of Morrissey's book signing last year. Magic happens at the 1 minute 36 sec mark:

 

*Goes off singing* I want to start from before the beginning

Day 926 - Kevin 'Walter Ego''Banjaxer' MarRinan

March 28, 2014, 11:05 am

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THERAPY

THERAPY ME: Hello, this is a pleasant surprise. Have you come for one of our self help therapy sessions?

ME: You know I have. We haven't done one of these for ages, so I thought it might be fun.

THERAPY ME: Fun? They aren't supposed to be fun. These sessions are for you to clear your head.

ME: And for you.

THERAPY ME: Yes, and for me, although let's not forget that I am the professional here, and YOU are the patient. So, what is it then?

ME: Eh?

THERAPY ME: What is it that you'd like to talk to me about? Not having homo-erotic dreams about Morrissey are you? I've told you before, it's quite normal for straight men to fancy Moz, even burly builders in Norwich fancy Morrissey.

ME: No, no homo-erotic dreams. No dreams at all actually. Now you come to mention it, I could do with a good dream. Anyway, there is no such thing as homo-erotic anymore. Ever since Moz put the word humasexual into the Oxford English dictionary, homo-eroticism ceased to exist. Something is either erotic, or it's not, sexuality doesn't come into it.

THERAPY ME: Ooooo! Look at Mister Professor of eroticism. I don't think you'll find that humasexual is actually in the Oxford English.

ME: Give it time, give it time. Anyway, can we get on with today's topic?

THERAPY ME: Yes, of course. What are we going to talk about? Is it your new friend, Kevin?

ME: Yes, how did you know?

THERAPY ME: Oh, just a guess. Come on then, tell me about Kevin. Do you want to lay on the couch?

ME: No, it'll be too difficult to type. I'm fine sat here, thanks.

THERAPY ME: Well, if you're doing the typing, do you mind if I have a lay down, it's been a busy day?

ME: Help yourself, but don't go thinking that you're getting paid for this.

THERAPY ME: Fair enough. Off you go then, tell me about Kevin.

ME: Well, as you know, I closed my twitter account last week. I decided to ditch my 1800 plus followers and get rid of the 15000 plus tweets.

THERAPY ME: Yes, I noticed that. Why did you do that again?

ME: I just didn't like the idea that anybody could trawl through everything I've ever tweeted. I also read something recently that said our twitter accounts will one day act like photo albums, and that when we are dead and buried, our children will trawl through everything we ever tweeted.

THERAPY ME: How horrifying!

ME: Exactly. So I deleted the account last week, and opened a new one a couple of days ago. Keep it fresh.

THERAPY ME: What's all this got to do with your new friend Kevin?

ME: I'm getting to that. Be patient.

THERAPY ME: No, you're the patient.

ME: Oh, very droll, and actually, as you're the one laying down, I think we've switched roles, so would you like to take over with the story?

THERAPY ME: Yes, ok. Let's call me 'ME', and you are now 'THERAPY ME'. Can I get naked?

THERAPY ME: Why?

ME: I just thought it would be quite funny..... oh, and I want to be a woman.

THERAPY ME: For fuck's sake, can we PLEASE just get on with this?

ME: No, no, no. The therapist has to be softly spoken and understanding. Right, I'm now naked, female and blond. Why don't you lay on the floor, close your eyes, and I'll proceed.




ME: Yesterday morning, I was all alone in the Twitterdilly Arms, minding my own business, playing the jukebox, when suddenly I was pulled into the loo.

THERAPY ME: Pulled into the loo? What do you mean?

ME: The 'Direct Message' box on twitter is known amongst us all as the Twitterdilly Arms toilets. It's where the private conversations take place.

THERAPY ME: Oh yes, I remember now. I think Rosy Mires invented that. Very funny. I miss her wit in the Twit Arms. Anyway, carry on. You were being pulled off in the Twit Arms toilets.

ME: No, I was being pulled into the Twit Arms toilets, by none other than the mysterious Banjaxer.

THERAPY ME: Go on.

ME: There has been an awful lot of mention of Banjaxer in this blog of mine over the past two and a half years, and not always complimentary.

THERAPY ME: Very rarely in fact!

ME: I have thrown all sorts of allegations and accusations his way, but he has always kept mum.

THERAPY ME: Which is rather ironic really, isn't it?

ME: Yes, because yesterday morning, in the Twit Arms toilets, Banjaxer proved to me that he was behind the MorrisseysMum twitter account, although in the words of the late, great, John Lennon, he added, "but I'm not the only one."

THERAPY ME: Hold on a second. What compelled you to call John Lennon "great". I have no problem with the "late" bit, but was he great? Really? How many of Lennon's lyrics can touch Morrissey's? None.

ME: Well, there was She's leaving home and A day in the life.

THERAPY ME: Yes, I'll grant you those two are good, but McCartney actually wrote some of the lyrics on both of those, so Lennon can't take all the credit. What is it Morrissey said, The Beatles wrote four good songs?

ME: Yes, something like that, but I'm not here to talk about John Lennon, I'm here to talk about Kevin Marrinan.

THERAPY ME: Ok, but it's going to have to wait.

ME: What? 

THERAPY ME: Your time's up.

ME: But you're not real, you can't call time.

THERAPY ME: Is any of this real? Listen, you and I have been so busy at work today, that we just  haven't got the time to finish this blog today. We're going out to our friend's house for dinner this evening, had you forgotten?

ME: Yes, I had. Thanks for reminding me. I haven't told you anything about me and Kevin becoming friends.

THERAPY ME: I'm sure your little tale of making a new friend in the toilet of a make belief internet pub can wait. We'll continue this tomorrow.

ME: We're busy tomorrow.

THERAPY ME: Sunday then.

ME: We probably won't get a chance, it's Mother's day.

THERAPY ME: Oh for fuck's sake, when then?

ME: How do I know, you cunt.

THERAPY ME: Don't call me a cunt, you cunt.

ME: This is pathetic. Really pathetic.

THERAPY ME: Somebody, somewhere might find it slightly amusing. Right then, let's get out of here, but let's leave our audience with that great video you found on Youtube. That Brigid Berlin was something else.

ME: She's still alive you know.

THERAPY ME: Does she still get her tits out?

ME: I have NO idea. Here's the video:

THERAPY ME: Are we done now?

ME: No, I just need to post those photos that Astraea brought into the Twit Arms:
















THERAPY ME: Now are we finished, we really have to go. We'll finish your Kevin story soon. Meanwhile, let's post his finest two moments in life, other than the birth of his two or three children; his starring role in a FTM parody (from Day 574, about Thatcher's death), and his interview with Morrissey:

FROM DAY 574 OF FTM:

(The scene is the living room of the two-up, two-down terraced house shared by Morrissey and his mother, Betty. Both Morrissey and his mother are sat in arm chairs opposite each other, with a small coffee table in between them. They are playing a card game called 'Old Maid'. Radio 4 is on quietly in the background. It is just after 1.30pm on Monday April 8th.)

BETTY: *Takes a card from her son's hand and throws down her final 'pair'* (In a mixed Irish/Mancunian accent) Well, Steven, that's another game to me. What's the score now?

MORRISSEY: Seventeen all.

BETTY: (Irate) Is it 'eckers loicke! How can we be drawing, I was five games ahead before.

MORRISSEY: That was ages ago, mother. I've just won six games on the trot, I was winning before that game.

BETTY: Six games on the trot? You haven't won six games all morning! If you can't play fairly Steven, then there is no point playing at all! (stands up) I'm going to go and make something for us dinner, what would you like?

MORRISSEY: Mother, 'please'! It's lunch, NOT dinner.

BETTY: Don't go getting all lah-de-dah with me, my boy, do you want something to eat or not?

MORRISSEY: Oh go on then, I'll have a cheese and pickle sandwich.

BETTY: I thought you were going to give up the cheese?

MORRISSEY: (Defensively) It's my ONE vice mother, my ONE vice! I don't feel good about myself when I eat it, but it helps remind me that we ALL have flaws. No animal actually dies in the process of cheese making you know, so I can just about cope with the exploitation. (Betty leaves the room and heads for the kitchen) (Shouting) Actually, I'll have some mushroom soup, you've made me feel bad about myself with your quite unnecessary cheese jibe.

BETTY: (Shouting) Well, if you hadn't cheated with the cards, I wouldn't have brought it up. Perhaps you'll think on next time.

(The telephone rings in the front room. Morrissey is sat right next to it, but ignores it as it rings six times)

BETTY: (Shouting) Steven, are you going to answer the telephone? (Morrissey ignores both the phone and his mother until eventually she walks back into the room. She is now wearing her pinny) Why haven't you answered the telephone, Steven?

MORRISSEY: I don't want to talk to them.

BETTY: You don't even know who it is yet, and anyway, it moight be for me.

MORRISSEY: It is irrelevant WHO it is, I don't want to talk to them, and I very much doubt that it's for you, the only person who ever calls you is me, and I'm here.

BETTY: Well that's not true on both counts! Your sister rings me regular, as do the boys, whereas YOU never ring. Anyway, I'd better answer it. You never know, it moight be your friend Mortin, such a lovely boy.

MORRISSEY: It won't be! Boz is far too busy playing Polecats to be bothered with me. (Betty picks up the phone).

BETTY: (Talking into the receiver) Hello, yes?

BANJAXER: Hello Ms Dwyer, it's me Kevin, Kevin Marrinan.

BETTY: Oh hello Kevin, how's the family?

BANJAXER: All good thanks Ms Dwyer. Is Morrissey there please, I need to talk to him about Margaret Thatcher, she's died.

BETTY: Oh yes, we know, we heard it on the wireless a little earlier. I'll pass you over Kevin, love, hold on. (Betty holds the receiver towards Morrissey to take, but he doesn't.)

MORRISSEY: (To Betty) Who is it?

BETTY: It's Kevin, the journalist friend of yours from Wythenshawe.

MORRISSEY: Mother, I don't 'have' friends, and if I ever did care to 'take a friend', it would certainly NOT be a journalist.

BETTY: (To Morrissey) Are you going to speak to him or not?

MORRISSEY: Not!

BETTY: (To Morrissey) But he can hear that you are here, don't make this awkward for me, you're always doing this. (Betty covers the receiver with her hand)

MORRISSEY: Then you shouldn't make false promises to people.

BETTY: (To Morrissey) What false promises?

MORRISSEY: Promises that you will put me on the phone, when I have made no indication whatsoever that I wish to speak on the phone! It's like the Isle of Wight festival and the Andy Rourke incident all over again! You people only have yourselves to blame for getting into these 'awkward' positions, and then you all come running to me to dig you all out of the shit?

BETTY: (To Morrissey) Mind your language Steven, I won't have that sort of filth under my roof, and how DARE you put me in the same bracket as all those others, I'm your Mother for Christ's sake *crosses herself* and DON'T you forget it.

(Morrissey licks his upper lip and smiles to himself.)

MORRISSEY: I'll tell you what Mother, if you are prepared to concede the current Old Maid tournament, I will dig you out of your hole, and I'll take the telephone call from this dreadful little journalist.

BETTY: (To Morrissey) Ah, bollocks to your Old Maid, you can have the win if you want it that much.

MORRISSEY: YES! Hand over the trophy, Mother.

BETTY: (To Morrissey) I'll hand it over once you've spoken tho Kevin, and once you've finished your exploitation.

MORRISSEY: Exploitation?

BETTY: (To Morrissey) Your cheese sandwich!

(Betty hands Morrissey the telephone receiver and heads back to the kitchen)

MORRISSEY: (Shouting to his mother with hand over the receiver) I said I'd have soup! (Talking into the receiver) Hello, who is it?

BANJAXER: Hi Moz, it's me, Kevin Marrinan.

MORRISSEY: Who?

BANJAXER: Walter Ego?! I'm the one who does your internet work.

MORRISSEY: Oh yes, Walter Ego, my troll. What do you want Walter? I'm a very busy man.

BANJAXER: Yes, sorry to disturb you Moz, but Maggie Thatcher's died.

MORRISSEY: Yes, I heard it on the wireless. Please don't make her sound warm by giving her a christian name, her name was Thatcher, nothing more. Anyway, why are you telephoning me with this most uninteresting news?

BANJAXER: The press want to know your thoughts Moz, they want word from the man who wanted to put her on a guillotine.

MORRISSEY: I am FAR too busy and far too disinterested to write a statement about that hateful piece of shit. On the wireless they were saying how much she'd done for feminism, which is utter crap Kieron, she HATED feminists, even though it was largely due to the progression of the women's movement that British people allowed themselves to accept that a Prime Minister could actually be female! Because of Thatcher, there will never again be another woman in power in British politics. No, Walter, I just cannot be bothered to release a statement about THAT woman, I have tours to arrange, record executives to speak to, t-shirts to design, I am an artiste, and my art needs me. I also have a thirty question interview that I have promised to answer for my fans. I suppose you think that I just sit around all day playing Old Maid with my Mother?

BANJAXER: (Laughing) No, of course not, I realise that you are very busy, but I really do think you should issue some sort of statement today, your fans are expecting it. I don't mind writing it for you!

MORRISSEY: (Sounding incredulous) YOU, write on behalf of ME, the people's poet? Oh the thought of it. I have started to spasm.

BANJAXER: Well, if you don't get something out there today Moz, then the papers will go after Bragg or Costello for the eighties indie music comment! They may even go for Dave Wakeling!

MORRISSEY: (Sounding incredulous.... again!) Bragg or Costello? Fucking Wakeling? Who cares what THEY think? Bragg's gone soft in his old age, I bet he'll even use her christian name, or god forbid, refer to her as Baroness. In fact, I can tell you EXACTLY what Bragg will say, he'll say, (adopts a wide boy London accent) "The death of Margaret Thatcher is nothing more than a salient reminder of how Britain got into the mess that we are in today." It's all so predictable.

BANJAXER: There's talk among the journalists I know, that they are seeking Russell Brand's view on Thatcher.

MORRISSEY: (Sounding incredulous... AGAIN!) Gristle? What the FUCK does he know? He wasn't even born when she was sinking retreating ships. Oh Christ, OK, I'll give you a statement, but I don't want to see any of your shitty journo spin on it, I don't want any "Outburst" or "Explosive attack" pinned to my statement, do you understand?

BANJAXER: I can't control the headlines they give Moz. Shall we get to work?

MORRISSEY: Get to work? Sod that, old son, just copy everything I said in that Loaded interview about the old cow, and add in that bit I gave you a minute ago about the feminists. I can't waste anymore time on this, I REALLY AM extraordinarily busy. *Puts down the phone* (Shouting to the kitchen) Mother, how do you fancy another championship? First to twenty five!




MEETING MORRISSEYKevin Marrinan, Manchester Evening News, 11th August 1997

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On the day his new album is released, a brief encounter with the enigmatic star. 

There was no mistaking the worried expression on Morrissey's face as he walked over the neat garden and down towards the heavily padlocked black ornamental gate. He wouldn't have been the first super-rich resident on this exclusive side of town to discover someone from the nearby council estate loitering outside their property, so his anxiety was for good reason. Having waited many years for this moment, I refused to be intimidated by his piercing gaze and confidently stood my ground, looking straight ahead and wondering if it was obvious I really was from the nearby council estate.
As we peered at each other through the rusty iron bars of the garden gate, I thought about the anonymous telephone call I'd received that afternoon, saying there was a chance of meeting Morrissey if I moved fast. Now, only half an hour later, here I was at a secret address and about to meet the "devious, truculent and unreliable" man with a reputation for chewing up journalists before spitting them out and stamping on their pencils.
On this warm, sunny afternoon near Manchester, Morrissey was, in fact, softly spoken and polite. In conversation, he was a man of few words, but each one is carefully chosen, polished, then delivered with the kind of accuracy Stephen Hendry would give his right arm for.
His famous wit and much celebrated one-liners did not disappoint, but most unnerving was the way he would cut dead the topic of conversation without saying a word. I knew it was time to change the subject when his expression changed slightly and his eyes looked down to the floor.
My time had finally come. Outside, in the summer heat, a cat spied on us from the shade of a tree.
As I prepared to launch my first question, Morrissey suddenly became agitated and displayed the first signs of his mistrust of the British press.
"What's that ?" he asked, pointing to a highly suspicious little black wallet in my hand. After a quick examination of the contents, a small notepad and a press card, I asked about his new album, Maladjusted, out today.
"I'm afraid it will probably sink without trace."
The first single was quite well received.
"Yes, and I'll be happy if those who do buy the album, treasure it."
The title track, Maladjusted, opens the album with a screech of distortion and Moz crooning: "I want to start from the beginning." [sic]
It's the sorry tale of a "working girl, like me," who, in true Morrissey style, is feeling a bit cheesed off, "with my hands on my head, I flop on your bed, with my head full of dread, for all the things I've said."
Hmm, does this mean Manchester's most famous big mouth has decided to repent for all those nasty things he's said over the years about certain people he knows ? Not a chance.
As we discussed the lengths some people will go to get close to him, I make the mistake of saying he must know how Sandie Shaw felt when he turned up at her door.
"She's a very cold person. No feelings at all."
She made some good pop records, though, don't you think ?
"She has lost the ability to feel anything."
I wouldn't know. Has she upset you ?
"It's because she had too much success when she was young. And no success after that. That's what caused it."

The UK pressing of Maladjusted is missing a track that's on the American release. Sorrow Will Come In The End drags the listener into the dark and deeply worrying thoughts of a man out to get his bitter revenge from someone who's "pleaded and squealed".
Suggestions that Morrissey's recent experience in the High Court inspired lines such as "legalised theft, leaves me bereft, I get it straight in the neck, somehow expecting no less," and "a court of justice, with no use for truth, lawyer, liar," have been dismissed by his record company. A few months ago, I read these lyrics to ex-Smiths drummer, Mike Joyce. Mike had just won a £1 million settlement from Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr in the High Court. He laughed off the song's content, saying, "Morrissey will probably say it's about his cat."
If I were Morrissey's cat, I'd be worried. Heavy strings serve to add to the chill of the words spoken - not sung - by Morrissey as he resolves: "I'm going to get you. So don't ever close your eyes, don't ever close your eyes."
This was delicate, and had to be approached carefully. The last thing I wanted to do was upset Morrissey.
Who knows what could happen if I did ? My clever strategy was not clever enough. When I asked if he'd seen a letter that appeared in the national music press recently, which suggested that one of the songs had been dropped from the album because it referred to the court case, he ignored my point and made his own.
"They make up all the letters themselves."
Not all of them. I had one published a few years ago.
"Yes, all of them. Any good letters that arrive in the post go straight into the bin."
That must be why mine survived. So they write their own, instead ?
"That's right. It's all made up by the journalists. They're not real letters sent in by the readers."
Morrissey had that look on his face again. The one that told me I should change the subject, or go home. The Smiths were the darlings of the music press. Every interview was used as a vehicle to display Morrissey's unique charm and unending wit.
As a solo performer, Morrissey has had to deal with the critics in a way The Smiths never encountered.
"Yes, things have changed. I suppose it's because we all move on. When you're young, you tend to believe in things more. As the years pass, the cynicism takes over."
Maybe the press has less to write about these days, and they resent not having you to brighten up their lives ?
"They're just interested in the latest fad. Pages full of nonsense about Oasis and whoever else happens to turn up on the day.
"Manchester, especially, is crammed with the stuff. It's all very strange and a complete mystery.
"They're horrible to me all the time. Nothing good ever appears."
The release of Maladjusted, and the tour planned later in the year, means that Morrissey is once more up for discussion.
Only those of us whose lives were changed by The Smiths, and who have grown alongside his solo work, can ever begin to understand why this "working girl" inspires such passion. No amount of bad press or stories about his alleged exploitation of those around him will change that.
A taxi crawls up the driveway, Morrissey announces, "I'm off to Paddyland," and is gone.
The cat looks across at me standing alone on the path. He knows I had a lucky escape.

Day 929 - Kevin 'Banjaxer''Walter Ego' Marrinan.... Thoughts from the toilet

March 31, 2014, 1:19 pm

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Today I shall continue the story of my new friend Kevin Marrinan, but I can't be bothered to write it  as another self-therapy session; mainly because A) I go off at too many tangents and B) With the exception of EARS, nobody else seems to appreciate my witty self-therapy sessions, which I find dreadfully disappointing, because I really like writing them, but then again, I would, wouldn't I, because it is not only 'all about me', but it's double 'all about me'! So, instead of a not particularly funny self-therapy session, I will just give you Kevin's own words instead, and for a man who is a walking contradiction, he speaks a lot of sense..... at least, I presume he can walk, I can't say I have ever seen his legs..... or any other part of him for that matter.

THERAPY ME: Why have you just called your new friend Kevin a walking contradiction?

ME: What are you doing here? I've just been telling our twelve deluded readers that we weren't going to do one of these sessions today.

THERAPY ME: Yes, I know you did, in fact, it was me wot typed it!

ME: So, f**k off then.

THERAPY ME: Not until you explain about Kevin being a contradiction.

ME: Well, he's a socialist and Man City fan isn't he! The two things are the biggest contradiction EVER. By continuing to support a football team that is the complete opposite of socialism, i.e. NOT  "owned or regulated by the community as a whole", Kevin, along with all the other socialist City fans, leave themselves open to ridicule..... and with the door that wide open, I couldn't resist a petty dig.

THERAPY ME: Well, you're a capitalist, and your football team, Portsmouth, is owned by the social community, i.e. the FANS!

ME: Yep, it's a fucked up world, but a least I've had the decency to disown my club.

THERAPY ME: Eh? You didn't disown them for going against your capitalist values, you disowned them because they play shit football.

ME: Fair point, and I can't really call myself a capitalist, I can't stand the Tories. I suppose I'm just as much a contradiction.

THERAPY ME: I'll tell you what you are, you're a c**t. Now get on with whatever shit it is you've decided to write today, although I don't know why you bother, because A) Nobody reads it, B) You aren't funny, C) Nobody reads it, D) You are full of your own self importance, E) Nobody reads it and F) You are still a c**t.

ME: Thank you.

THERAPY ME: You're welcome.

KEVIN'S WORDS...... FROM THE TOILETS OF THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS:

ON THE '@MORRISSEYSMUM' TWITTER ACCOUNT:

"Three people use it, of which I am one. If I get permission, I will gladly name the other two. This whole thing is supposed to be fun, not a way to cause disharmony, especially with devotees of Moz. We are all in the same stinking, sinking ship, the least we can do is enjoy the music together as we slide around the deck.

The log lady incident was nothing to do with me, and I cannot explain it. Perhaps if/when you know the other two names, it might help. I'm not playing word games here, I had no involvement with this, and have never asked."

LOG LADY - NOTHING TO DO WITH KEVIN

THE MORRISSEY BAND ISTANBUL WITH SOMEBODY L'OO'KING REMARKABLY LIKE LOG LADY.



ON MORRISSEY'S INVOLVEMENT WITH MORRISSEYSWORLD: 

"I believe that, at the very least, Morrissey plays along with the MW... what is it, thing?" He is aware of it and I'm sure he sometimes, in his own way, joins in. The 'evidence' you write of is pretty convincing when read with an open mind, although some of it is far fetched or mistaken. I think the assumption would be reached by any fair minded, unbiased person that Morrissey has a mischeviuos hand in it somewhere. Having a bit of fun during his many hours alone with only an internet connection for company?... well, it is not beyond the realms to imagine his mischievous streak sometimes comes into play."


MORRISSEY COPIES THE SIGN FROM THE MORRISSEYSWORLD BLOG - "MISCHIEVOUS HAND(S)"?



MORRISSEY WEARS AN 'IMMACULATE CONCEPTION' T-SHIRT TWO DAYS AFTER MORRISSEYSWORLD TWEETED IT - "HAVING A BIT OF FUN"?

MORE 'OO' SIGNS - "PLAYS ALONG"?



A BIZARRE BLUE ROSE(?) TIE IN TEL AVIV - "EVIDENCE"?

REACHING FOR A BLUE ROSE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH - "AWARE OF IT"



ON KEVIN'S INVOLVEMENT WITH MORRISSEYSWORLD:

All I can say, and will say, because it is the truth, is that I have never knowingly had any connection with MW or whoever runs it. Moz, as you know has family member(s) and others who might have the time and motivation, I don't know.

ON NOT BEING ONE OF THE DELUDED DOZEN/ BLUE ROSE SOCIETY:

"During my brief glimpses at this whole palaver, I find there's a certain amount of disharmony amongst some of those interested enough in Moz to be following the MW saga. For this reason I have tended to keep my distance, but it would be dishonest of me to say I have not kept at least one eye on unfolding events. The drawing of battle lines is one of the reasons I don't get more involved."

KEEPING ONE EYE ON UNFOLDING EVENTS



ON SOLO:

"I know Moz's position re Solo, and I understand it, but I am not him and therefore I do not allow his feelings to overshadow my own on any subject. I truly regret that the site that sustained me and many more in the 'years of wilderness', is now so full of negativity. Perhaps this is the cost of free speech, I don't know or really want to care. As for my personal friendship with one of the Solo mods, Peter McSkinny,  I have always found him to be an interesting, intelligent and positive person. He is a bloke I met in Dublin for five minutes, in Kerry for a while longer, and in England a couple of times. I found him to be smart and funny and enjoyed his company. If I get the opportunity, I look forward to meeting him again.


"INTERESTING, INTELLIGENT, POSITIVE, SMART AND FUNNY"


ON THE ORIGINAL 'THATCHER DEATH' PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS CREDITED TO MOZ BUT BELIEVED BY SOME (INCLUDING ME) TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY KEVIN:

You don't really imagine such a man would EVER need ANYONE'S help to write ANYTHING? Least of all that of a semi-literate, school drop-out from Wythenshawe who's only real success was as an unsuccessful musician a hundred and four years ago? Come on, that really is stretching credibility, but flattering, so thanks. 



FIELD BY SILENT FIELD - RECORDED A HUNDRED AND FOUR YEARS AGO



PLAY YOUR PART - THE SILENT PARTY


ON MORRISSEY:

"I  am of the opinion he hopes for, but rarely receives, just a few basics from those close to him. And if you think about it, it's nothing more than he, or we, deserve. Loyalty. Support. Forgiveness. Understanding. Loyalty and perhaps a bit more loyalty thrown in. Personally, I don't think this always means agreeing with him, because that kind of agreement is surely of little value. For me, Moz's music is everything."

SUMMARY:

"Morrissey unites us, and for me, that means a whole lot more than any internet to-ing and fro-ing about who thinks what or who said what online. Whoever is right or wrong about details of MW, I think we have one overwhelming common bond, Moz. This should be enough to unite us."

Day 930 - Balanced Views, Blue Roses, Vinyl Boutique.... and Patti Smith hits the Top of the Chart.

April 1, 2014, 12:39 pm

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Banjaxer's balanced view on 'MorrisseysWorld' will hopefully help unite all of the Morrissey fans who rather ridiculously fell out over it. There will always be the deluded dozen who are absolutely CONVINCED that Morrissey was behind it all, and there will no doubt always be a large number of people who will NEVER believe Morrissey ever had anything to do with any of it, not because of any 'evidence', but simply because 'Morrissey would NEVER do such a thing'. Somewhere in between, will sit the vast majority who, having weighed EVERYTHING up, will conclude, as Banjaxer has, that "at the very least, Morrissey plays along."

Morrissey issued FOUR denials regarding his involvement in MorrisseysWorld, which either meant, he was being "mischievous" or he changed his mind about MorrisseysWorld, and decided to play along with it because he thought it was fun. One thing is for sure, Morrissey DEFINITELY likes the idea of a Blue Rose Society, because the only flowers that Moz has accepted on stage in the last three years have been ROSES; which included receiving and then WEARING a BLUE ROSE on at least TWO occasions, once at Radio City, and once at Hollywood High:

 
MORRISSEY TAKES A BLUE ROSE AND WEARS IT IN HIS POCKET


MORRISSEY AGAIN TAKES A BLUE ROSE AND WEARS IT IN HIS POCKET

The nuts and bolts of Morrissey's involvement in MorrisseysWorld are now irrelevant, it has come and gone, and we have all moved on. Those of us who witnessed either all or some of the whole MW 'thing' will take from it whatever we choose to take. It would however, be great if the message of the Blue Rose Society spreads. To see Morrissey concerts awash with roses would be some sight, and would be reminiscent of the good old days, where flowers ruled the waves.



It has been all quiet on the Moz front in the Twitterdilly Arms these past few days. I know that he is around, because of a certain comment that was posted on my blog the other day, but he is choosing not to let himself get sucked in to the pub chatter. I too have managed to drag myself away for a while, but all of us tend to dip a toe in from time to time. Astraea popped in very briefly yesterday to post a couple of pictures of Alain Delon, and 'Mum' has also popped in, although God only knows which of the three Mum's we are getting! Mum has changed her user name to Jane F Elgee, who as we all know, was Oscar Wilde's mum. Am I the only one getting a feeling that one of the users of the '@MorrisseysMum' account might actually be..... Morrissey's mum? It can't be, it just can't! Kevin, are we allowed to know? Mum, is that YOU?


MORRISSEY'S MUM..... SURELY NOT?



ALAIN DELON IN ST MARK'S SQUARE VENICE 1962 - POSTED BY ASTRAEA



AND ONE FROM ME


Boz Boorer has tweeted to say that he and his wife Lyn are going to open a record shop in Camden called Vinyl Boutique. Boz could be the next Richard Branson, after all, that's how Branson started, but I would guess that it's more likely that Lyn will be the brains of the outfit, especially with Boz away so much. The store will be at 230/231 Camden Lock Village Market NW 1. Let's face it, we have ALL dreamt of owning our own record shop, so good for the Boorers (Boorer's? Boorers'?..... Grocer Rat strikes again).


VINYL BOUTIQUE - CAMDEN..... COMING SOON

And finally, Morrissey's concert at the Santa Ana Observatory has sold out in 1 minute! The anticipation builds.

THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 20 - PRESENTED EARLIER TODAY IN THE TWIT ARMS BY @UpThePier

1. ROBERT IN PARIS - PATTI SMITH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxYzLs3KksM

 


2. MALADJUSTED (THE BOOK SIGNING) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdL_hHWFwk8


3. I'VE CHANGED MY PLEA TO GUILTY (LIVE ON THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW 1990) (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylwJJfCUFJk

 


4. COME BACK TO CAMDEN (LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Ne547qyVU&feature=youtu.be

5. STONE IS VERY VERY COLD - PRISCILLA PARIS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdP4vIpLfHs

6. TROUBLE LOVES ME - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzQxCvVYNks&list=UUIozOftCXFyXvJE1o-V_UeQ

7. LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME (LIVE IN NAGOYA, JAPAN) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTY7oO3Tm9s&feature=youtu.be

8. I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME - PARIS SISTERS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwGSKea-lGw&feature=youtu.be

9. I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY (LIVE IN MANCHESTER) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocxntBic-Cc

10. TIMES PASSING BY - FRANÇOISE HARDY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRymyMYYq9A&feature=youtu.be

11. ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - FRANÇOISE HARDY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smpR4kUtRv0&feature=youtu.be

12. TOUS LES GARCONS ET LES FILLES - FRANÇOISE HARDY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-b8QIYOpM&feature=youtu.be

13. L'ANAMOUR - FRANÇOISE HARDY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_gedcTEzNI&feature=youtu.be

14. NIGHTBOAT TO CAIRO - MADNESS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZLSJJLRQSc

15. NEUKÖLN - DAVID BOWIE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CFQgwJrCdM

16. COMIC STRIP - SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGITTE BARDOT (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKEk2FblRec

17. ELECTRIC BARBARELLA - DURAN DURAN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1g5dMYR3s (Blame Willow!)

18. 505 - ARCTIC MONKEYS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV5VKdcQOJE

19. POING POING POING - IRWIN GOODMAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btil9Z5nONg

20. FIELD - THE SILENT PARTY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miSjL9uJJWI

Day 931 - An I for an I.... and 'I' Love Patti Smith!

April 2, 2014, 9:41 am

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A couple of weeks ago, the Twitterdilly Arms was being described by some of the regulars as a modern day equivalent of either Max's Kansas City or Andy Warhol's Factory of the 1960s, but with Morrissey currently not frequenting The Arms, it feels more like a British Leyland factory of the 1970s! I somehow managed to put together a chart yesterday, but with Morrissey away, most of the regulars have disappeared, and the ones that are still propping up the bar of 'The World's Number 1 Morrissey Themed Internet Pub', seem more interested in discussing kittens and penguins than playing the jukebox or discussing Morrissey. This is not what I signed up for.

THE EMPTY TWITTERDILLY ARMS


As we all wait patiently for Morrissey's new tour, and for the release of 'World Peace is None of Your Business', I have been thinking about what sort of songs might be on the new LP. I have decided that my favourite 'type' of Moz song are the songs where he sings about himself, i.e, the 'I' and 'Me' songs, which is not to say I don't like Morrissey's 'story' songs such as 'Little Man, What Now?' and 'National Front Disco', it's just that the 'I' songs are the ones that really seem to mean the most.

It would be impossible to say what my favourite Morrissey album is, because it depends on a mood, but if push came to shove, and I could keep just ONE Moz/Smiths album, it would probably be 'You Are the Quarry'.... the deluxe version, obviously!


DELUXE EDITION..... MORE SONGS!


Interestingly, on Quarry, there are LOTS of 'I' songs; 'I Have Forgiven Jesus', 'I'm Not Sorry', 'How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?', 'I Like You', and 'You Know I Couldn't Last'. Add to this the songs that have the word 'I' in the lyrics, 'America Is Not the World', 'Irish Blood, English Heart', 'Come Back to Camden', 'The World is Full of Crashing Bores' and 'Let Me Kiss You', and it shows just why I like this album so much. The fact that the two other tracks on the LP, 'First of the Gang to Die and All the Lazy Dykes', are two of Morrissey's greatest 'story' songs, really does make this the greatest album of all time..... for today, at least!

As I think of my favourite Morrissey songs off the top of my head, there are SO many of them that are 'I'/'Me' songs; 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me', 'I've Change My Plea to Guilty', 'Trouble Loves Me', 'I Know It's Gonna Happen Sometime', '(I'm) The End of the Family Line', 'Now My Heart is Full', 'Dear God Please Help Me', 'You Have Killed Me', 'Something is Squeezing My Skull', 'I'm OK by Myself', 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish', 'I Won't Share You', 'I Know It's Over', 'I Want the One I Can't Have', 'Well I Wonder'...... there are HUNDREDS of them! The question is, will 'World Peace is None of Your Business' have any 'I'/'Me' songs?


MALCOLM 'LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW?' MCFEE


There are NO Morrissey records available for this year's Record Store Day, but there are two products available, a Morrissey tea towel, and a Morrissey/Marr Unhappy Birthday card!


TEA TOWEL AVAILABLE FROM 10TH APRIL AT RECORDSTORE.CO.UK £9.99


A BIRTHDAY CARD FROM MORRISSEY & MARR £3.99

I really do have nothing else to write about today. With the Twit Arms so quiet, I have taken the opportunity to AT LAST started listening to the music of Patti Smith, and OH MY GOD, WHY have I never bothered listening to her before? WHAT A VOICE! WHAT A WRITER! Somebody really should shoot me, I have wasted SO much of my life listening to mainstream crap. I have today discovered a couple more Youtube videos of Patti Smith playing last week at the Grand Palias in Paris. It is particularly worth watching the video of 'William Blake', not only for the song, but to hear Patti speak about Blake, and she talks about the struggle of the artist, relating Blake's story to Robert Mapplethorpe. The other thing to note, is that Patti Smith's voice is still INCREDIBLY strong. I LOVE PATTI SMITHHHHHHHHHHH.










PATTI BY ROBERT

And finally, Romina has posed a question, "Will Morrissey play Venice?" Well, perhaps those Alain Delon photos set Romina's mind wandering. There is STILL no news on UK/Europe concerts.... although Mum/Oscar Wilde's Mum has tweeted this:

Jane F Elgee ‏@MorrisseysMum  20h

Castlefield. If we must.

It looks as though the Castlefield concert in July could be happening after all!

And finally, finally, for no reason other than somebody posted it in The Arms......Jean:




*Goes off singing* Voice voices mesmerise, voices voices beckoning sea.

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Day 932 - Iron Henry.... and a Red Pullover

April 3, 2014, 3:03 am

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Following The Mozziah is no longer just my blog, it has become a community meeting place for members of the Blue Rose Society, and I have always been happy to publish writings from other BRS members. I have today received  a submission from a BRS member, who wishes to remain anonymous. I think it is possibly a dig at me, but as I don't understand a word of it, I couldn't really say, and if I'm honest, it leaves me, the Young Princess, more confused than ever! Enjoy:

Iron Henry – A Grimm tale

Cast:
The Young Princess - the honourable Monarch of the pen; The Rats Back
Golden Ball - MorrisseysWorld
Frog - MorrisseysMum, appearing on alternate nights; An Other, T’Other One and Tease a Mystery
The King, the Princess’s father - Skinny Uncle

One balmy afternoon in early spring a young princess went for a walk in the woods. She had a golden ball in her hand that was her favourite plaything, always throwing it into the air and catching it as it fell. The princess came to a well, chucked a penny in, and made a wish. Peering down into the well she saw a blue rose floating on top of the water. This enthralled her and she hopped excitedly from foot to foot, tossing her golden ball in the air. Now the princess did not always give her full attention to the job in hand and had a tendency to be distracted by any new, shiny thing. As her golden ball started to make its descent, she glanced down at the blue rose glistening on the water, and the golden ball bounced off her head and into the well. The golden ball and the blue rose were united at last, floating on top of the water deep in the well.

The princess began to weep and wail, tears rolling off her downturned cheeks into the water as she whimpered ‘Alas! If only I could get my golden ball back again, I would give everything that I have in the world for it’. And as she lamented, someone said ‘Princess, I want to talk to you.’ The princess looked around, baffled as to whence the voice came. She gazed down the well and was surprised to see a frog floating on its back with his arms folded behind his head. The princess sniffed and whined, ‘Never mind about you. My golden ball has fallen into the water.’ ‘Quit snivelling,’ said the frog, ‘I can help, but what will you do for me if I return your plaything to you?’ The princess thought ‘what nonsense the silly frog is croaking! He cannot get out of the well, so I shall tell him he can have whatever he asks for.’ She composed herself and said ‘Dearest frog, I would give anything you ask for to have my golden ball back. It means the world to me’. The frog said, ‘I do not want material goods, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow; let me eat and drink with you, and sleep on your bed, we could live in harmony. Promise this and I will return your golden ball.’ The princess thought about this carefully for a second and said ‘OK, but I want the blue rose as well.’

The frog disappeared under the water and with a mighty push from his froggy legs the golden ball shot out of the water, spinning up the well shaft into the waiting arms of the princess. Next, the blue rose came flying out of the water. The princess caught the rose, tucked it jauntily behind her ear and skipped away, gently rolling the golden ball between her hands. Huffing and puffing the frog finally hauled his slimy, wet body over the rim of the well, having crawled up the well shaft brick by brick, only to find himself alone again (naturally).

That evening, just as the princess had sat down to supper with the king she heard a strange noise – splish, splash, tap, tap. She thought this noise was from her iPhone so checked her twitter timeline, chuckled to herself and tweeted ‘Kumquat may.’ She was about to dip her spoon into her leak (sic) and potato soup when she heard a loud rap at the door and a voice cried out:

‘I could have mentioned your name
I could have dragged you in
Guilt by implication
By association
I've always been true to you
In my own strange way
I've always been true to you’

Hearing these words the princess ran to the door and opened it. No one was there, but looking down at the ground she saw the frog grinning broadly. Disappointed she slammed the door in the frogs face and sat down to supper again. The king, her father, noticing that something had ruffled the princess’s normally calm demeanour, asked her if there was perchance a giant outside who wants to carry her off.

‘It is no giant, but is a disgusting frog. He rescued my golden ball for me when it fell down the well. And he gave me this beautiful blue rose’ she says preening and tilting her head to one side to show it off to full advantage. ‘What did you have to do for that? You don’t get owt for nowt’ says the king. ‘Don’t worry’, says the princess nonchalantly, ‘I just promised to love him, be his companion and play-fellow; eat and drink with him; let him sleep on my bed; and live in harmony with him. Nothing really.’

Then the king said to the young princess, ‘As you have given your word you must keep it; so go and let him in.’ The princess sighed heavily, and dragging her feet across the floor, opened the door and let the still beaming frog in. The frog leapt across the floor, jumped on to the table and settled himself in next to the princess. ‘Now put your soup bowl nearer to me that I may eat from it’ the frog said, slurp, slurp, slurping and finally belching as he has had his fill of the soup. ‘Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, tuck me into your bed’ commands the frog, ‘and if you are lucky I will whisper sweet nothings to you.’

The princess reluctantly did as she was instructed and the frog twittered in her ear all night.
‘I am three people.’
‘We are all in the same stinking, sinking ship.’
‘I love logs.’
‘I’m not playing word-games here.’
‘I have fun in my many hours alone with only an internet connection for company.’
‘I don’t know.’

By the morning the princess’s head is spinning like a 45. This same scenario carried on for the next two nights though strangely the frog seems slightly different every night, but whispered identical sweet nothings to her. By the third morning the princess had truly had enough and lifting up the frog by its hind legs she swings it around her head and out of the open bedroom window. ‘Now will you be quiet, odorous frog,’ said she. The frog flew through the air, thumping into the king’s chest as he was returning from his early morning hike. The impact knocked the king off his feet and as he got his wind back he was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a man he thought he recognised from his past. ‘You,’ said the man to the king, ‘have broken a cruel charm put on me by a spiteful fairy that changed me into a smelly frog. It just needed a crack on the head to break the spell.’ ‘I’m touched’, said the king. His nose twitched, sniffing he adds, ‘you are fragrant’.

And so our tale ends. The man looks forward to meeting the king again someday. The king does not really know what has hit him, but he can smell it a mile off. The princess clutches her golden ball tightly to her chest, her faded blue rose just a memory. The other two frogs unconsciously coupled and lived unhappily ever after.


THE END


No amphibians were harmed in the making of this tale.
Any resemblance to any dead or living real person is a coincidence.
For the true and proper version of this fairy tale read ‘The Frog-King’ by the Brothers Grimm.


If the above tale is designed to tell me that the twitter account of '@MorrisseysMum' is NOTHING to do with Morrissey, then it hasn't worked, as today, Mum has posted a couple of songs by The Monochrome Set, and it's got me thinking that Mum is cryptically telling us that The Monochrome Set are to be supporting Morrissey at Castle Fields...... but WHAT do I know, I'm just a silly air head of a Princess!

The songs Mum has posted are 'Up' and 'He's Frank'. In the song 'He's Frank', there is a lyric "he's got clothes all red." Is there a possibility that the "red pullover" from Morrissey's 'Our Frank' was borrowed from those 'clothes all red' of The Monochrome Set? A Fifi theory is needed.



STOP PRESS: I have just notched that Bid, the lead singer of The Monochrome Set, yesterday tweeted Youtube footage of a Morrissey concert!!! Something is a foot!


BID AKS @Bidspellesbid (LEFT) AND THE MONOCHROME SET - TWEETED FOOTAGE OF A MOZ CONCERT YESTERDAY.... WHY? (LESTER SQUARE'S MOWIE IS LOOKING GREAT!)


Meanwhile, Astraea popped into the Twit Arms in the early hours of this morning, to post a photo of Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour. Astraea added the words: "Belle de Jour. A moment in time. And how surreal life seems. And is." I forgot to mention that the other day, Astraea posted this, "Twitter thinks I should be following Cher. However what I think, is that men should give more importance to the correct length of a sleeve."




CATHERINE

So, am I clutching the golden ball of MorrisseysWorld tightly to my chest whilst the blue rose withers and becomes a distant memory? I certainly wasn't aware of this. As far as I am concerned, the blue rose is but a mere seed, and it is yet to blossom. Can anybody help explain to this Young Princess? 

Day 933 - "Many people do not LIVE what they ARE."

April 4, 2014, 7:44 am

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I have been informed by the author of yesterday's blog tale, that the tale wasn't a dig at me (I actually quite liked being a Princess), and that the mentioning of blue rose withering was a mistake. I think, but I don't actually know, that the author was trying to say they didn't believe Banjaxer's toilet confession to me about Mum being three people, although personally, I have no idea why Banjaxer would make such a thing up! I have to say, I have accepted Banjaxer's confession to be true, and if I am being made a fool of, then so be it...... and whilst on the subject of Mum, there has been no further tweets about The Monochrome Set, and NOBODY else seems interested in the subject at all, so although I have now gained Bid as a follower, it is time to move on.


BID, MY LATEST TWITTER FOLLOWER...... BUT NOT A DRINKER IN THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS.... THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, A BIG DIFFERENCE


All remains quiet on the Moz front. The only thing of any interest for me to write about today, is Astraea's visit to the Twitterdilly Arms in the early hours of this morning. Astraea posted pictures, played T.Rex on the jukebox and conversed with Harrison about art; a conversation which included the thought provoking title of today's blog :

Astraea ‏@FadingGoldLeaf  13h

Through art to virtue, he said. But a life, can also be art. You can make, mold, or shape a life. But my life is also my art. So,... not through art to virtue, like he said. But through LIFE to art,... said she. Because art is not a separate, finite, stand alone thing. An extrinsic output, or detachable from one's self, like a child's hood. NEVER. And so when it strikes me that many people do not LIVE what they ARE, I wonder to myself, then what ARE they? And what ARE they LIVING? Vous comprenez? Life should always be art.

Harrison ‏@OdysseyNumber5  13h

@FadingGoldLeaf May I humbly ask a question? Art can be such a broad term. I wonder what your definition or interpretation of art is?

Astraea ‏@FadingGoldLeaf  13h

@OdysseyNumber5 Art is what elevates you to a place where no one can touch your thoughts anymore, where you finally feel yourself come alive.

Harrison ‏@OdysseyNumber5  13h

@FadingGoldLeaf Do you think most people live the way society tells them and don't really think outside outside of that box?

Astraea ‏@FadingGoldLeaf  13h

@OdysseyNumber5 With my tongue only marginally ensconced in my cheek, I am tempted to say I think most people don't think very much - at all.

PLAYED BY ASTRAEA IN THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS












STEVE MCQUEEN - POSTED BY ASTRAEA



MARILYN MONROE AND ARTHUR MILLER..... IT'S ALL IN THE EYES - POSTED BY ASTRAEA



BRIGITTE BARDOT AND MICHEL PICCOLI IN JEAN-LUC GODARD'S CONTEMPT - POSTED BY ASTRAEA



JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO AND AND ANNA KARINA IN GODARD'S PIERROT LE FOU - PICTURES POSTED BY ASTRAEA

I am guessing that Astraea has been watching a few Jean-Luc Godard films. As I had a free morning, this morning, I decided to read up on the work of Jean-Luc Godard. I had no idea that he was A) Still alive or B) Once married to Anna Karina..... but then again, why would I know, I know nothing! I have also been looking at photos as I read:


GODARD, KARINA AND BELMONDO



KARINA AND GODARD



KARINA AND GODARD AGAIN

It would appear that the reason Karina left Godard, was because of his devotion to his art. They divorced in 1965, the year that Pierrot Le Fou was made.

Astraea has pointed out that, "life is my art", but if somebody like Godard's life is their art, then how can they possibly be expected to have the distraction of another person FULL TIME in their life? The answer is, they can't, it's impossible. Artists such as Godard and Morrissey would surely end up NOT living what they ARE if they had the distraction of a partner?

The only way it could ever possibly work for an artist to have a full time partner, is for the partner to want nothing! According to Anna Karina's bio, she spent her childhood "terribly wanting to be loved", so falling in love with an artist was NOT a good idea. Karina has since had four more husbands, so I guess her childhood search continued right through adulthood. She is now 73. Has she found love yet? I cannot seem to find reference as to what she is currently up to, or if she is married.


ANNA KARINA IN 2009




Rather interestingly, Godard had Brigitte Bardot wear a wig for some of the scenes in in the film Contempt, which made her look distinctly like Anna:


BRIGITTE BARDOT IN BLACK WIG




BARDOT AND GODARD



BLONDE BRIGITTE WITH GODARD

And what of Jean-Luc Godard? I have read that he now lives reclusively in Switzerland. He is 83.  "Through LIFE to art,.... she said."

I wonder if Morrissey has ever met Godard? And WHO are the he and she that Astraea wrote of? I seem to spend my life asking questions, but rarely finding answers.

And finally, Kristeen Young has tweeted that her new album has arrived in stock. Despite my dilemma of last week (was it last week, it all blurs), I finally decided to order the cd, and NOT the vinyl..... there was no 'Kylie option'!....... and so I now eagerly await it's arrival. I have been playing the song Pearl of a Girl on repeat, and I LOVE it.




And finally finally, "Life is a pigsty,.... he said", and yesterday I visited LIFE.... new life:

Day 934 - "Lounging Around Part 2". A Parody by Our Mozzer

April 5, 2014, 11:03 am

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"Lounging Around" Part II

(Part I can be found on Day 917 of this blog. The story so far...... seminal artiste Morr-ee-say, musical director Boz Boorer, former novelist Mikey Bracewell, unpublished poet Broken, and low brow TV bods Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, are sitting around an extender table in Morrissey's house...... that's about it, really. The topic of conversation has just moved from Justin Bieber, to the semi-mesmerizing blog, FollowingTheMozziah.)




"Have you seen this on FollowingTheMozziah, Mozzer?" asks Russell with his iPhone pointing towards the iconic star.

"I'm afraid Morr-ee-say's stopped reading that blog, Russell; it's not nearly fawning enough," says Mikey.

Morrissey looks away from the i-Phone, before gazing out of the corner of his right eye.

"C***," says Morrissey. "The dreary c***ing b*****d."

"Chwist, Mozza! What's that Wat done this time?" asks Jonathan with a deadpan worried look, pouting slightly. "He hasn't closed down his blog again, has he?"

Or worse - is it still running?" asks Broken archly.

"...Or perhaps, kind sir, the Rat has offended thine eye by posting black and white stars of too obvious a vintage, rather than darkly homoerotic iconoclasts, a la... a certain seminal artiste?..." squeaks Russell, rolling his Rs. "...Oh Morrissey, my fountain of masculinity and waterfall of femininity, Oh Morrissey, my beloved poet and icon of loneliness, symbol of loveliness and-"

"-Oh, why don't you shut up, Russell?"

Morrissey strokes his chin and sighs; his eyes dart about the room.

"Boz, did you know about THIS?"

"I have no knowledge of it, sire."

"Of what, Boz?"

"Of whatever it is you're asking about, sir."

"How can you be sure you have no knowledge of it when you don't even know what I'm asking about, Boz?"

"I have amnesia, sir. Since I bumped my shoulder on your cupboard door last night, sir, making your gin and tonic with slice of Colombian lime, all my memories of recent events have gone."

Morrissey licks his lips.

"Boz," says Broken softly. "I've never heard of amnesia being caused by a blow to the shoulder. Normally it requires a blow to the cranium where the brain resides. Had you had a blow to the arse I could have understood it..."

Wossy laughs thinly and Mikey titters, trying to avoid eye contact with Broken.

"What HAS happened, sir?" asks Boz Boorer, peering towards the i-phone.

"The b*****d has posted my latest parody article. Sixty two comments. Worldwide."

"How many by the Rat?" asks Broken.

"At least sixty, judging by the paucity of wit, charm and due diligence," moans Morrissey. "With fans like these who needs enemies?"

"They're dreary c***s, sir," says Boz Boorer proudly.

"...Poor choice of words there Boz, old son."

"Quite so, Morr-ee-say," adds Mikey Bracewell with an understated nod. "To call Morr-ee-say's fans dreary Boz - well it's just not on, quite frankly. They're blessed with exquisite taste, not to mention loyalty. They're anything BUT dreary"

Wossy nods thinly. Broken looks sceptical.

"I wasn't taking issue with Boz's use of the word dreary old friend. My fans are certainly dreary - in fact some of them make Boz Boorer seem fascinating by comparison - no, I was quibbling with Boz's use of the word 'c***s' when my fans are clearly more dreary b*****ds, and less dreary c***s."

Jonathan Ross smirks and Russell Brand looks terribly serious, cocking his head on to one side, resembling a jack-in-the-box mounted upon a stretched flesh-coloured banana.


JACKIE BOX


"What have they done this time?" asks Broken wearily.

"Well they've posted my parody article..." replies the iconic star.

"...You mean MY article?" asks Broken.

"Yes, yes YOUR parody article... but... they haven't posted a single shirtless photograph of this extraordinary thing to accompany it, to bring out the eroticism, to magnify the wit and masculine energy of the piece..."

Morrissey with slow, careful fingers pulls a tuft of shirt out of his M&S briefs and ties it mesmerizingly into a knot, revealing just a crest of manflesh above the left hip and gazes out towards an imaginary sweaty moshpit looking almost statuesque.

Boz Boorer cooes and then wolf-whistles. Russell Brand throws his hair back and stares. Wossy smirks and sips his cider.

"You saucy old thing," laughs Russell.

The seminal artiste licks his lips.

"You saucy YOUNG thing!" cries Russell. "In your very late forties, maturing slowly like the finest La Romanee Conti..."

"Nah, Moz is more like a fine wine than a gypsy c***," announces Boz Boorer. "And it's quite rude of you to suggest otherwise, Mr Brand."

Morrissey laughs and draws the back of his hand theatrically across his brow, shaking his head in disbelief.

"...How good of you to translate for me, Boz," Morrissey says. "I had no idea you were a polyglot, much less a wine connoisseur"

"I'm not at all sir - I like gypsies actually."

"Which is your favourite vintage, Boz?" asks Wossy.

"Erm," wonders Boz awkwardly. "I have to say my own wine... from the vineyard me and Lyn are looking after..."

"You have a vineyard, Boz?" asks Russell.

"Yes, Mr Brand. We're trying to replicate the techniques and flavours of the finest wines we've ever sampled."


LYN AND BOZ BOORER AT THEIR VINEYARD

"Boz - what is the finest wine you've sampled?" asks Mikey with a note of curiosity, picking up his cup of Darjeeling.

Boz Boorer pauses, deep in thought. Then he goes on:

"Blue Nun Mikey," says Boz.

Russell laughs hysterically: "Very good Boz! Very dry!"

"It's sweet actually," replies Boz. "They do a very good sweet white at my local off-license."

Morrissey rolls his eyes and gazes at the clock. Broken soundlessly sips his red wine.

"Where is the vineyard? France? Spain? Australia?" asks Wossy.

"...Edgeware," says Martin Boorer. "In me greenhouse. It's my pride and joy Mr Ross - it's fifty feet by thirty feet."

"That's a big one, Boz" says Wossy.

"It is," says Boz. "You could fit a Morrissey concert in there!"


"What a splendid idea Boz," whispers Broken. "With Jesse Tobias and Mozzer playing the old Years of Refusal b-side you'll have no need for yeast. The sourness of the music alone will ferment those grapes into wine."

"Really sire?" asks Boz Boorer naively.

Wossy, Russell and Broken laugh; Mikey thinks better of it. Morrissey glowers at Russell Brand.


"I don't know what to think sir," says Boz Boorer, rubbing his belly and suppressing a belch. "First Alexis Petridis-"

"-Alexis Petriditis..."

"...Yes, sire, Alexis Petriditis I think it was - yes sir, that was his name; he said in his Years of Refusal review that your album could turn milk sour if you placed a bottle on top of the speakers... and now THIS... maybe there is something in it, sir, maybe your music emits some sort of energy that has unique powers..."

"Very New Age, Boz," says Broken. "Why not try it? For the man who booked himself in to play the Oasis Leisure Centre, surely playing Boz Boorer's Greenhouse in Edgeware isn't such a fall from grace? And just think of the marketability: Morrissey-fermented wine. Christ! Forget naked life-sized posters and cheaply knocked off polyester t-shirts - you chaps are sitting on a goldmine..."

Nobody says a thing. Then Morrissey strokes his chin.




BOZ BOORER'S GREENHOUSE - EDGEWARE


"It's an interesting concept. Could it be done? Of course I'd need a share of the old royalties Boz, if I'm going to assist you with the fermentation process."

"Ahem," bumbles Boz uncomfortably. "Lyn's in charge of the finances, sir. She was quite clear. She told me under no circumstances would she allow me to cock this one up, not after 2002, sir..."

"-Then it's agreed, Boz. I'll take 50% of profits and... shazzam!...From online erotic assistance to wine fermenting... tricks of the trade... diversifying one's assets... it's no walk in the park, this fame game. And - just think of the enigmatic otherness factor of Morrissey wine"

"...Very enigmatic sir... But sire, Lyn won't like that, sire, not 50% sir, not half of all our profits, sir..."

"What's mine is yours, Boz, and what's yours is mine - don't you remember the solemn vow you took upon joining the MorrisseyBand?"

"Yes, sir, but..."

The seminal artiste claps his hands.

"More gin!"

In trots Solomon Walker wearing a 'Matthew Porker' badge; he pours the rest of the gin into the singer's plastic cup.

"...dismissed. And don't forget to submit your fine for seeking permission to speak earlier, Matthew."

"Yes sir" says Solomon. "....oh shit."

The seminal artiste smiles: "Make that two fines, old friend-"

"-Sir," says Boz Boorer desperately. "You said you weren't going to play any British dates since everyone hates you there now.... in case you didn't sell enough tickets. Don't you remember sir? Have you changed your mind sir? 'ave you seen sense and realised you can sell out lots of concerts even though everyone hates you?"

"Oh come now, Boz. You're speaking to the man who sold out the Santa Ana Observatory... I hardly think there's much chance of having empty seats in your Greenhouse. No, this is a fascinating idea. I'll ferment your grapes, and you can sell it as Morrissey wine, with a few coppers in the old piggy bank for a once-famous singer..."

"Well sir, maybe Lyn won't mind so much losing out on the royalties... if there's another tour. She always tells me how she loves it when I go on tour, especially on the other side of the world, sir..."

"Just think of the increased revenues thanks to the name Morr-ee-say: hint of vanilla, lingering aftertaste, enjoyable with roasted vegetables or pasta..." Morrissey's voice trails off with a flourish.

"...Just like Blue Nun, sir."

"Is that what you're aiming for, Boz? The Blue Nun aftertaste?" asks Wossy with a glib grin.

"Not really Mr Ross - Lyn just wants to sell it two for the price of one down the covered market, just like our favourite Blue Nun."

"A lofty aspiration," says Broken.

"Don't you think journalists might make a bit of a scene if you play a concert in greenhouse, Morr-ee-say?" asks Mikey.

"Well I played Brentwood Leisure Centre in 2009, didn't I?"

Mikey Bracewell raises an eyebrow and smiles thinly.

"No, this is going to be extraordinary. Boz...! Boz....! Ah... there you are…! Book me into your greenhouse in late 2014. And please, old son - no meat vendors at the venue and - make SURE there's standing space, not just seats. I'm not Cher just yet."

"Cher retires to a residency in Vegas... Morrissey comes to Boz Boorer's greenhouse. Yes, I can see the parallels, Morrissey," Broken says, lifting up his glass jubilantly.

The men drink their drinks and Boz Boorer finally belches; then he swallows with a red face and shiny cheeks, smiling fulsomely at Morrissey.

"Lyn will be thrilled, sir," he says meekly. "Thrilled..."

Day 937 - Back, Back, Back, Book

April 8, 2014, 9:37 am

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Morrissey Parody is BACK (as opposed to Parody Morrissey, who is somebody completely different), Broken is BACK (as opposed to BrokenMorrissey, who is somebody completely different, although when I say completely, I only mean in characteristic, as it is quite possible that the same person is behind both the 'Broken' characters, but 'BrokenMorrissey' is the actual Morrissey, whereas 'Broken' is a caustic, bitter, argumentative c**t (and that's just his good points!), and what is more, it is very important that you don't get the two Broken's mixed up, or you could find yourself in a 'Marcus Situation', but that's another story..... Where was I? Oh yes, I was trying to start today's blog piece by writing a dynamic headline, which was intended to read, 'Parody Moz is BACK, Broken is BACK, Fifi is BACK, and Morrissey remains in France writing his BOOK', but I have managed to get myself so waylaid with all the explaining of who's who, that I am now stuck inside a set of brackets! How did that happen? To make this opening sentence grammatically correct, I now need to get out of these brackets, and continue with the original headline, which means finishing the sentence with 'Fifi is BACK, and Morrissey remains in France writing his BOOK', but by the time I do that, you will have already read it twice! Oh well, here goes....), Fifi IS BACK, and Morrissey remains in France writing his BOOK!



First things first, Parody Moz is BACK, not only in the Twitterdilly Arms, but also on MY blog. It is a shame that the MorrisseysWorld blog hasn't returned, but who am I to complain when I am getting exclusive parody pieces for FollowingTheMozziah. For anybody who may have thought that I wrote the parody piece that I posted on Saturday, I am deeply flattered, but my writing is nowhere near the standard of Our Mozzer's. If you want to see the original, he posted the draft in the comments section of Day 251 of this blog. You can read the draft for yourselves if you wish. Day 251 is May 22nd 2012: http://followingthemozziah.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/following-mozziah-day-251-tuesday-may.html

As I write this, Parody Moz's twitter account has disappeared once again, but luckily I took a copy of most of his words before he closed the account, so I am able to bring you his highlights. It would appear that he strolled into the Twit Arms 'late last night', his first appearance in the pub since February 25th. Here are the words of the Mozziah:

"I am still right there, where I never was. Stardom."
"The purpose of life is to realise there isn't one. The purpose of death is to realise purpose is overrated."
"Tony Blair, world peace is none of your business, as I once tweeted."
"The bed was stiff with regret, Your hands were colder than lust, My name is a knife, It cuts deep into your soul, Like hydraulic acid, Like absolutely nothing."
"Beyond Death lies a promise, Beyond death lies hope, Beyond death lies envy and freedom, Beyond death I am, Like a parasite, Eating still."




OUR MOZZER TWIT HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED:

"@PiersMorgan I suppose it's difficult to remain pretentious now that your show's been axed."
"@PiersMorgan Piers without his political show is like Madonna without a face - less than nothing."
"As horrific as Madonna's face is, it is hers and she's proud of it."
"Piers was too ambitious for England and too smug for America. I suppose there's always Wales."

Re the Parody piece written for FTM: "I shall post part III soon."

"@JustinBieber What does one have to do for a man with facial tattoos in return for a $2 million car?"


JB AND HIS  BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4 GRAND SPORT - GIVEN TO HIM THIS WEEK AS A PRESENT BY A MAN CALLED BIRDMAN - A CAR TO DIE FOR, OR A CAR TO DIE IN?

HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED:

"Life is nothing but a respite from death."
"I'm as pure as the driven slush."
"My novel will be ready for mid 2015. The next album early 2016. We're plotting a global takeover of pop culture."
"@KristeenYoung Fancy seeing me here. Kristeen, did you know that life is that bridge between death and art?"
'@KristeenYoung Childhood is spent wishing for adulthood. Adulthood is spent wishing to be a child. In old age one wishes one had wished less." (NB: This tweet is a repeat! Ed)
"I'm walking the plank too willingly. I'm climbing the tower block without question. I'm lingering for too long on a suspension bridge."
"Yet no one lives more than I."
"Death is more inspiring than any religion. Soon you will be dust. Doesn't it focus the mind?"
"Madonna and McDonalds have much in common: they both offer cheap meat, as tasteless as it is bland; both are hugely profitable; both are based in the US but invaded England in the 80s; both mistakenly believe they are fashionable; both are exclusively see by idiots; and both of them allow men to pop in and use the conveniences overnight."

The mention of the novel would tend to suggest that Mozzer has spent the past four or five weeks writing, and as Fifi yesterday left a comment on my blog entry of Friday, with a link to a French TV guide, it would appear that Moz is still in France, which I have to admit, comes as no surprise to me because A) My blog hits from France remain quite high (although nowhere near as high as when Boz & Co were in France.... Hmm) B) Moz told me in an email a number of weeks ago that he was going to be staying on in France and C).... there is NO C!

Here is Fifi's comment:

Anonymous7 April 2014 20:14

On TV tonight 'Le Mepris' by Godard.
http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/018170-000/le-mepris

Great post Rah and beautiful words by lovely Astraea.

You are missed.
Mademoiselle F.

BRIGITTE IN LE MEPRIS AKA CONTEMPT



AND ANOTHER FROM LE MEPRIS



LE MOZZIE

I have now posted THREE shirtless pictures of Morrissey on today's blog, as instructed by Fifi, who left this comment yesterday:

Anonymous7 April 2014 20:18

If Willow demands more manflesh, she should get some. Give the girl what she wants, Rat.

Plimsoll hugger

And just incase three lots of Moz 'manflesh' isn't enough, here is another, although surely this picture has had some airbrushing/touching up?




Anyway, back to the return of Parody Moz. Not only did he mention his novel, it is MORE than exciting to read that Morrissey's next album will be released in early 2016, and of course, when it IS released in 2016, NOBODY will remember that Parody Moz mentioned it first, and even if they DO remember, they will say it is yet ANOTHER coincidence.

Parody Moz also made quite a few references to death last night, which was probably sparked by the death of Leee Black Childers, the infamous 60s & 70s Rock n Roll photographer, or who knows, maybe Our Mozzer was moved by yesterday's death of Peaches Geldof? Either way, death was on his mind..... but then again, it often is!


MORRISSEY WITH LEEE BLACK CHILDERS

Another VERY interesting tweet of note from Parody Moz yesterday, was the confirmation that the new album title WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, was inspired by a tweet from Our Mozzer, aimed at Tony Blair, and therefore DIDN'T come from Abraham-Hicks, as was initially thought by some. Let me repeat that, Morrissey's new album title is a direct quote from MorrisseysWorld! You couldn't make this up.

And what was this tweet all about?: "The bed was stiff with regret, Your hands were colder than lust, My name is a knife, It cuts deep into your soul, Like hydraulic acid, Like absolutely nothing. Beyond Death lies a promise, Beyond death lies hope, Beyond death lies envy and freedom, Beyond death I am, Like a parasite, Eating still."

Is it from the novel?

IGGY BY CHILDERS


Broken has yet to return to the Twitterdilly Arms, but he did make a return to FTM 'late last night' *coughs* to leave these comments regarding MorrisseysWorld and the latest parody piece. Notice how Broken starts off being nice to me, and within two minuted is calling me a c***!:

Broken8 April 2014 00:02

You can't leave MW. It's a curse - only a pleasant one.

TRB is the hero of MW.

Broken8 April 2014 00:04

You missed out the first speech marks. And you called it 'greenhouse' instead of 'a greenhouse.' And you didn't put 'Morrissey wine' in italics, only the wine bit. C***.

Plus, you need at least two shirtless pics of Moz and one gratuitous pic of JB shirtless, as well as Boz in drag.

Christ - everyone knows that. Come on, up your game. 

Broken8 April 2014 00:05

Adjust the piece as per the above, and who knows? Perhaps parts III and IV will be forthcoming?

Broken8 April 2014 00:06

Oh and don't repost the thing. Just add the pics in and adjust the grammar.

So that's it. Our Mozzer, Broken and Fifi have all put in an appearance, but was it a one off, or are they back? Will Part III of the parody piece appear soon..... or EVER?

There was no Twitterdilly Chart produced today, mainly because there was very little music played in the Arms over the past seven days, but Astraea has made an appearance this afternoon, and has been playing some Timi Yuro, Lesley Gore, Wanda Jackson and The Smiths, so we should be ok for a chart next week.

And finally, our old friend Rosy Mires has tweeted to say that she is currently on Jury service. Bearing in mind that Rosy has seen ALL the evidence of MorrisseysWorld, and has NOT been able to deduce that Morrissey is involved, then god only knows what she will make of whatever evidence is put in front of her in a court case. It is a parody story in the waiting. Just picture the scene; the defendant's DNA is all over the weapon, he was witnessed committing the crime, but when he issues not one, but four denials, it's enough for Rosy, and she sets about on her campaign to convince the other eleven that the Brighton Basher is completely innocent.

Foot Note: The web address WorldPeaceIsNoneOfYourBusiness.Com was registered on March 7th. Is Moz building a website?

Another Foot Note: Universal are still sending out emails as if they are from Morrissey, regarding Record Store Day. I received one to say that So little time by Diana Dors is being released. And on the subject of records, Boz Boorer's record shop, Vinyl Boutique, is opening this Sunday. I wonder if he's have any of his wine on sale too?...... if the wine still belongs to him!

Day 938 - Moz Back in LA and The Knife Shift by Kristeen Young Reviewed.

April 9, 2014, 9:35 am

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It has now become more apparent as to why the three (four if you count Astraea) Morrissey's appeared yesterday, it was because Moz was just about to leave France, to head back to LA. It isn't the first time that Moz has paid a visit to The Arms before jetting off, and it makes me wonder if he sees it as leaving a final message, just incase..... well, you know!

Anyway, Moz is back in LA! He was photographed this morning (which would have been last night in LA) arriving at LAX International Airport wearing a floral shirt..... of course!


MORRISSEY AT LA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAST NIGHT - PICTURED WITH JOE NAPOLES FROM THE SMITHS TRIBUTE BAND 'LOUDER THAN BOMBS'...... WHO LOOKS LIKE HE MAY BE HAVING A STROKE..... AM I ALLOWED TO WRITE THAT, OR IS IT TOO SICK TO EVEN THINK SUCH A THING? OH, BUGGER IT, WHO CARES?

The fact that Morrissey was flying overnight, would presumably mean that he didn't post this anonymous comment on my blog, or could it be that he had inflight internet access, and the "just passing by" comment was literal, as he flew past Britain?:

Anonymous8 April 2014 22:19

Airbrushed?
Insolent!

P. Nya c/o Lada - Just passing by

According to BRS member, Clover Dean, who was at LAX Airport, Moz arrived with both Liam and Damon. Why am I writing this? My blog is supposed to be about MorrisseysWorld and the Blue Rose Society, not about stalking The Moz. I shall stop right now, and go back to listening to my new Kristeen Young album, which arrived yesterday. I have been listening to it all day, and I LOVE IT! The stand out tracks so far are Track 1- This is War, Track 2 Pearl of a Girl...... actually, I think I will do a short review:

THE KNIFE SHIFT - KRISTEEN YOUNG

1. THIS IS WAR 
     The perfect track to start the album. Kristeen comes out all guns blaring, all knives slashing, and all keyboards hammering. It feels almost like a live recording and from the very first note, you get the urge to pogo..... you don't see that word used much these days anymore! This is NOT a tap your foot song, "THIS IS WAR", and any song with the the lyric, "I hate you so hard I see stars"has to be good, and it is, in fact, it's a VERY good song. Guitars by Toni Visconti and Dave Grohl.

2. PEARL OF A GIRL
"It's so severe, it's brutal." I absolutely LOVE this track, and it's another 'in your face' song that just demands to be listened to at full volume. It is also COMPULSORY to scream the "na na na nuff" lyrics at the top of your voice. The song title comes from the 1962 film 'David and Lisa', which is about a man and woman who meet in a residential treatment centre. Lisa has a dissociative identity disorder (don't we all!), whilst David has OCD. The video to this song features Kristeen reading a book called C**t. It doesn't get better than this. Visconti guitar.




3. PICTURES OF SASHA GREY
This song is Kristeen's observation of the abuse left my men on the Facebook page of former porn star Sasha Grey. Once somebody has been a porn star, can they ever move on? After four plays, this song hasn't gripped me like others on the album, but Kristeen's vocals are as amazing as ever, and as we all know, sometimes it takes quite a while for certain album tracks to take hold. Guitar Lou Rossi.

4. I'LL SHOW YOU
Back on the bike. Another thumping entrance, with Grohl giving the skins a right good going over, whilst KY smashes into the keyboards and lyrically lays into somebody from her past, as she sings, "I'm gonna show you I'm not the same way I was then." And some more great lyrics, "Looking on the outside, always on the outside. But, what do you know about the outside?" Guitars Visconti & Grohl.

5. JEALOUS OF LOVED CHILDREN
The pace is slowed down, guitars are put away, and the vocal range is racked up as Kristeen asks, "Just for one time, what would it be like to feel that I'm loved and not only jealous of loved children?" Very Morrisseyesque, which obviously makes it instantly likeable.

6. ROUGH UP THE GROOVE
And from Moz, to Boz, as Boz Boorer puts in an appearance on guitar. Grohl and Young once again get the song off to a stonking start, but this one is more of a foot tapper rather than a pogoer, although that doesn't mean it's less of a song than the opening two tracks, it's not, it's one of my favourites. The song is about Kristeen's early days in St Loius, where she refused to tow the line and "dress like a feminist". Kristeen has explained in interview that "many of the songs are about my experiences growing up in St Louis, and musically I went back to my first loves in many ways. One of my biggest influences has always been the film, 'Urgh! A Music War', not just one band in the film, but all of them." I would bet any money that one of Kristeen's favourite songs in the film is 'Tear It Up' by The Cramps.


7. THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS IS IN THIS LITTLE BOTTLE
"Should I call upon all my powers and save his pitiful life?" I'm not sure if this song is written about a real experience, but somebody certainly let somebody down. Grohl is back on guitar for this track which is good without being a highlight of the album.

8. EVERYTHING IS MINE BECAUSE I AM POOR
Kristeen moves out of the box to take a look at the world and ownership. An 80s feel to this track, thanks in no small part to Visconti's excellent bass playing.

9. RED
A song from Kristeen's youth explaining that beneath the various skin colours, we all have red blood, although the red can be brought to the surface with "passion circles of purple", which is the greatest description EVER of a love bite! I bet Kristeen also liked Devo's 'Uncontrollable Urge' from 'Urgh! A Music War'.


10. PUT DOWN
I really, really like this song, in fact, I think it is probably my favourite song of the album. Kristeen explains to a coke taking photographer that he needs to "put down every little thing that takes from you and feeeeeeeeel.""You wear the skin of a friend I used to have. What have you done with him?" It's beautiful and touching. Has anybody ever sung the word "feel" better? Guitars from Visconti, Rossi and Grohl, but it is Kristeen who absolutely owns this song.

11. THEN, I SCREAMED
Forget what I just wrote, this is my favourite song of the album, it HAS to be! I stood mesmerised watching Kristeen sing it for the very first time last January in New York, and it still manages to have the same grip. It will always grip. I do not exaggerate for a song!

All Vocals and Keyboards Kristeen Young. All bass Toni Visconti. All drums Dave Grohl.

Tonight, Kristeen starts her Wednesday night April residency in The Bowery Electric. I wish I lived in New York!


And finally, for no reason whatsoever, some pictures:












BLUE ROSE BY COMRADE HARPS

Day 940 - MorrisseysWorld Goes Dot Com

April 11, 2014, 8:13 am

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The problem with writing a review on something when it first comes out, especially an album, is that over a period of time, one's opinion can change. It was only two days ago that I wrote my review of Kristeen Young's new album, The Knife Shift, but already I am finding that some of the tracks that initially didn't grab me, are now gripping me around the throat and squeezing tight. I have already re-written my review twice, but if I were to re-write it again today, I would be raving about The Answer To All Your Problems Is In This Little Bottle, and yet two days ago, I wrote "good without being a highlight of the album." It IS a highlight of the album!

I have now had The Knife Shift playing constantly for two and a half days, and I have surprised myself at just how much I love it. I LOVE IT! The one thing that I am really pleased about, is that the lyrics are included, otherwise I'm not sure I would have quite the same attachment to the songs.  Put Down is DEFINITELY the best song on the album......... although by tea time, that may well have changed!


BATTERED, BRUISED AND THROAT GRIPPINGLY GOOD

Right then, back to MorrisseysWorld, or should that be MorrisseysWorld.Com? A new twitter account arrived on the scene yesterday called '@MorrisseyWorld'. The first two tweets were pretty nondescript, and so my initial thought was that somebody was pretending to be 'Pretend Moz'..... which is sacrilege! The account had an avatar showing a man's hand with 'Take me home' written on it in black pen. Was this Morrissey's hand, and had he written it whilst flying back to LA, or was it the faker's hand, trying to give the impression that it was Moz flying back to LA? And would Morrissey call LA home? The last time I asked him, home was a question mark*.

'@MorrisseyWorld' quickly disappeared, but reappeared a little later, and started tweeting about art, and parody within art. These tweets made me sit up and pay attention, the account certainly bore a similarity to the 'Fake Mozzer' we know and love, but having gone out to do a bit of work in my garden, I returned to find that the account had once again disappeared.

This morning, I awoke to find that '@MorrisseyWorld' was back, this time with an avatar of Oscar Wilde's hand written words to Roses and Rue. The new MW account is using the moniker Morrissey's World (Note the apostrophe), and has a website listed, 'MorrisseysWorld.Com'. Now, either this is one elaborate hoax; or actually a hoax of a hoax if you believe that the whole of MorrisseysWorld was a hoax in the first place, or something is brewing.


WILDE AND BOSIE CONTEMPLATE THE OWNERSHIP OF MORRISSEYSWORLD.COM

A few days ago, I mentioned that I had carried out a little bit of research, and discovered that somebody had registered the web address 'WorldPeaceIsNoneOfYourBusiness.Com'. This morning I carried out some similar research, to find out more about the registration of 'MorrisseysWorld.Com', and I quickly discovered that the website was registered YESTERDAY, and is currently being hosted by a hosting company called Go Daddy.Com. I immediately remembered that 'WorldPeaceIsNoneOfYourBusiness.Com' was also being hosted by Go Daddy! A coincidence? Possibly. I researched a little further, and discovered that the World Peace website was registered in March by...... a Mr Donald Knutson of Austin Texas!


BLUE ROSE MEMBER DONALD KNUTSON - MORRISSEY'S TOUR MANAGER AND REGISTERED OWNER OF WORLDPEACEISNONEOFYOURBUSINESS.COM

'MorrisseysWorld.Com' seems to have been registered in Arizona, but the register's name has been withheld. It would appear that for now, the owner of MorrissyesWorld is NONE of our business. The person behind the new MW twitter account has tweeted, "true-to-you.net morrisseysworld.com". They have also tweeted "WORLDPEACEISNONEOFYOURBUSINESS". Are we about to see an 'Official' Morrissey website take over from TTY? Are the two new websites going to be linked together? Oh the irony if Morrissey were to start an official website, and call it MorrisseysWorld. It would be the BIGGEST coincidence of all.


ROSES AND RUE

I have nothing else to add today, except to say that it looks as though we may have lost Fifi for good! This comment was left yesterday:

Anonymous10 April 2014 19:58

I have my own theory on fifi. I think she is a 30-something french spinster who has no friends.
She doesn't work and is on benefits.
She doesn't speak to anyone but her horse.
She's read too much Cocteau and watched too much Godard and she is boring us with her french so called culture.
Go back where you came from Fifi, we don't need you here.

I don't believe for one minute that Fifi was on benefits..... although come to think of it, I don't remember her ever putting her hand in her purse to buy the drinks, so maybe she was! If Fifi has been left behind in France, we must hope that an LA replacement has been lined up to keep us entertained in The Twitterdilly Arms.


FIFI - LEFT IN FRANCE WITH HER CHEVAL



BB - ALSO LEFT BEHIND IN FRANCE


WE WILL MISS YOU BRIGITTE




THE NEW LA FIFI?

And finally, Manc Lad left a comment on my last blog entry to say that Morrissey couldn't have left the message about airbrushing, as he was mid flight, and Manc Lad was right! It has been brought to my attention that the person who called me insolent for mentioning airbrushing, and who signed themselves off as P.Nya c/o Lada, may have been none other than the 'Guru of the Grape' himself, Mr Martin 'Boz' Boorer.

And on the subject of the man behind the subtle rock-a-billy guitar sound on Kristeen Young's Rough Up The Groove, the very slim looking Mr Boorer, will this Sunday be opening his new record shop, Vinyl Boutique. We here at FTM wish Boz and Lyn all the very best in their exciting new venture, and I look forward to visiting VERY soon. You have been warned!


BOZ 'GURU OF THE GRAPE' BOORER AND WIFE LYN OUTSIDE @VINYL_BOUTIQUE


COMIC BOOK NIGHTMARE BY BOZ BOORER - 7 INCH PURPLE VINYL RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STRORE DAY - APRIL 19TH

* Home is a question mark was the answer given by Morrissey during my interview with him in May 2012 - See Here: http://followingthemozziah.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/interview-with-morrissey-conducted-on.html

*Goes off singing* You wear the skin of a friend I used to have. What have you done with him?

Foot Note..... which has NOT been written by my foot - Donnie Knutson isn't new to websites, he once had a blog, which in fact bore a striking resemblance to both the original MorrisseysWorld blog and the Ringleader blog that proceeded it. It makes you wonder if Donnie is somewhere hidden amongst the characters of MorrisseysWorld. I'd FANCY he is!

http://donnieknutson.blogspot.co.uk/2009_06_01_archive.html

http://ringleaderofthetormentors1972.blogspot.co.uk

Day 941 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad MorrisseysWorld

April 12, 2014, 8:02 am

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Yesterday I wrote that the new twitter account, '@MorrisseyWorld' had posted a tweet saying "WORLDPEACEISNONEOFYOURBUSINESS". Just a few hours later, True-To-You.net posted this:

Release information and tracklisting for Morrissey's new album, World Peace Is None Of Your Business

11 April 2014

Morrissey's new album, World Peace Is None Of Your Business, is confirmed for July release.

The tracks are:

1 WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (4:21)
2 NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD (4:02)
3 ISTANBUL (4:40)
4 I'M NOT A MAN (7:50)
5 EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (3:38)
6 STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (5:30)
7 THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (2:05)
8 KISS ME A LOT (4:03)
9 SMILER WITH KNIFE (5:13)
10 KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (5:18)
11 MOUNTJOY (5:08)
12 OBOE CONCERTO (4:07)

The record will be released worldwide on the Harvest label through the Capitol Music Group in Los Angeles.

Is it just a coincidence that all the song titles are listed in CAPITAL letters, just as the MW tweet was posted in CAPITALS? And is it also just a coincidence that the TTY statement followed fast on the heels of the MW tweet? How MANY coincidences do there have to be before the non believers believe? HOW MANY? WAKE UP, THE WORLD IS YOURS!




This morning, a further tweet was posted by MW to say that Morrissey's Autobiography would remain a UK Penguin Classic, and would NOT be translated into various other languages. An hour later, this TTY statement appeared:

Information regarding Morrissey's Autobiography

11 April 2014

Morrissey has rejected the many and varied requests to have his Autobiography translated into several languages. As per his wishes, the book will remain a UK Penguin Classic, and will not be printed in the countries listed on this site some months ago.

MorrisseysWorld IS Morrissey, and what is more, for a very brief period this morning, the new website that I wrote about yesterday, 'MorrisseysWorld.Com', linked straight to TTY! WHAT is happening? Is MorrisseysWorld.Com going to take over from TTY, as I suggested yesterday, or is MW going to remain as a parody, but as a dot com parody instead of a blogger site? I guess we will find out soon. Banjaxer has tweeted to say that the MorrisseysWorld.Com site will go live next week. He knows, you know.


AUTOBIOGRAPHY - STAYING AS A UK CLASSIC, AS EXCLUSIVELY REVEALED BY MORRISSEYSWORLD


The Blue Rose Society and The Twitterdilly Arms are abuzz with excitement following the TTY statement regarding the track listing. I was a little slow receiving the news, as last night I was out at the theatre watching Suggs in his one man show, but this morning, I too have been reading down the list of songs, trying to work out what each might be about. I have also been trying to second guess which songs might be potential singles. Let me analyse each of the songs:

1. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

The major point of interest to this song, is the very fact that is IS a song, and not just the title of the album. We have already speculated that the title may have come from the words of Abraham-Hicks, and MW has told us that it comes from a tweet he made about Tony Blair, so perhaps the lyrics will give us the answer..... presuming that there are some lyrics! Will Tony Blair be name checked in the song? MW also told us that this album had a The Queen is Dead feel to it, so perhaps this opening song is political. It certainly sounds like a political song. It is also interesting to note that this is the first album since Maladjusted to have a song which is the same as the album title. At 4 minutes 21 seconds long, it might be too long to be a single, but I wouldn't bet against it.



TONY BLAIR - IS WORLD PEACE NONE OF HIS BUSINESS?


2. NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD

I had never heard of Neal Cassady before today, but have spent a few hours this afternoon reading about him. Neal Cassady is probably best known for having an on/off sexual relationship with Allen Ginsberg, and is also mentioned (by initials only) in Ginsberg's notorious and groundbreaking poem Howl: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179381

The most interesting thing that I have so far read about Cassady and Ginsberg, is their love letters. They were obviously very much in love, and yet they never became an item. Here is a link:
http://rictornorton.co.uk/ginsberg.htm

The song title itself, would suggest that Morrissey is telling the story of Cassady's death. According to Wiki, his death remains uncertain. Neal Cassady died in 1968 at the age of 41, walking along a railway track in the middle of the cold night, in just jeans and a t-shirt. As the song title suggests, Neal Cassady dropped dead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Cassady I would be surprised if this song is a candidate for a single.


ALLEN GINSBERG AND NEAL CASSADY

3. ISTANBUL

MW once wrote 'Istanbul'..... and that was it! And here it is as a song title on the new album. Morrissey has also written of his love for Istanbul, and in August 2012 on TTY, Morrissey listed the concert in Istanbul as the No.1 of his "Nights of wine and roses". In the same statement Morrissey also wrote the immortal words "WAKE UP WAKE UP", adding that he'd seen these words written in large blue letters: http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_120804_01 . A possible single choice, but it is 4 minutes 40 seconds long, which may rule it out, although as NO radio stations ever play Morrissey songs anyway, I don't suppose the length of a single matters so much these days!

4. I'M NOT A MAN

Surely this song HAS to be a 'Pong' to Jobriath's 'Ping' of I'm a Man, or could it be the story of one of Warhol's superstars, such as Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis or Jayne County? It is unlikely that Morrissey is singing about himself, unless he is telling us that he isn't a man in the 'acceptable to society' way. I hope in many ways that it IS an autobiographical song, because as I wrote recently, these type of songs are my favourite Moz songs, and this is the ONLY song on the album with 'I' in the title. It may well be that Morrissey's life has been so tediously boring in recent years, that he has had nothing to write about regarding himself, so many songs on the album could be observational story songs. At nearly eight minutes long, this song DEFINITELY won't be a single, but I reckon it will be the highlight of the album. This is the Pigsty song.





HOLLY WOODLAWN


5. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET

This sounds like a first person Moz song title, and at three minutes 38, a prime candidate to be a single. It will no doubt be christened the new Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by the press.

6. STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY

I cannot even start to guess at what this song is about...... although I shall try. Could it be a place where two would be lovers regularly pass each other, but never speak?  It's 5 minutes 30 seconds long, so again it is unlikely to be a single, although the title could be a great appeal to a student audience, especially a student audience who already know and like the music of The Smiths. This song could be BIG!

7. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES

I am expecting two minutes and 5 seconds of frantic guitar playing by Jesse Tobias, as the murderer is murdered. An unlikely choice as a single, mainly because it's so short, but in the olden days, LOTS of singles were only two minutes long, so why not.... although the kids might feel short changed spending 99p for a two minute download!



8. KISS ME A LOT

The fact that the word 'Me' is very exciting, as it gives the impression that it will be a first person song, although that isn't necessarily the case. Unlikely to be a single because Let Me Kiss You was, although such things would never bother Morrissey!

9. SMILER WITH KNIFE

This is the most surprising song title on the album, although I guess it could be a Jack the Ripper sort of song. It could be about absolutely ANYBODY! Is it fictional, or about an actual person? Perhaps it is about OJ Simpson? Another 5 minute song, which isn't jumping out at me as a single.


SMILER WITH KNIFE?

10. KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE

I am hoping that this is another All the Lazy Dykes..... God, I love that song..... which I think I may have mentioned once or twice on this blog thing. Although it is again over 5 minutes long, I think the title would make it a great single.

11. MOUNTJOY

Surely this can't be about former snooker legend, Doug Mountjoy? We know that Our Mozzer likes his snooker, because he used to always be tweeting about Judd Trump, but did he ever mention Doug? The other suggestion put forward, is that this song could relate to Mountjoy prison in Dublin. Could the song be the story of Annie Walsh, who was sent to the gallows at Mountjoy in 1925, after being found guilty of murdering her husband? Annie Walsh is, to date, the ONLY woman ever executed by the Irish state: http://www.penandclink.com/mjmuseum/anniewalsh.htm A possible single, depending on what it's about.





DOUG MOUNTJOY

12. OBOE CONCERTO

A concerto of cock! It's an orgy. It's the Carry On song of the album. I am laughing out loud at this song, and I haven't even heard it yet. This HAS to be the opening single, it just HAS to be, Let's just hope the lyrics live up to the hype that I am about to start. I know they will.

AN OBOE CONCERTO? STOP MESSING ABOUT!

We were told to look out for roses, rats, pings and pongs. What song will contain a message to Johnny? Is there a French influence to any of the songs? Is there a Cocteau link anywhere? We already have BLUE ROSES hidden within the title of the album, but will there be a rat in the lyrics, or was MW pulling my leg? July is too far away.

In other news, Kristeen Young has very kindly sent me these two tweets:

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  11h

@TheRatsBack Thank you for taking the time to review the songs...each one....and not review my life or what appears to be my life.

KRISTEENYOUNG ‏@KRISTEENYOUNG  4h

@TheRatsBack I'm glad you like Put Down so much....but, everyone has different favorites....which is fine as long as they are on my album.

Put Down does indeed remain my favourite song, although today, I have had This Is War on repeat. I cannot stress enough how much I am loving The Knife Shift, and I keep picking up great lyrics that I missed first/second/thIrd and fourth time around. I really hope that it achieves the sales it deserves.

*Goes off chuckling* "Oboe Concerto"? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 

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Day 942 - MorrisseysWorld.Blogspot.Com Returns & The Long-Forgotton BRS Interview (Part 1)

April 13, 2014, 7:25 am

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Now WHO would have thought it? Despite all the talk of a new dot com website, and against all the odds, the MorrisseysWorld blog has returned, with the first new material since January 9th!

The new article, which was posted at 1.18pm today UK time (5.18am LA time), is entitled:

 "MW returns... with the first part of the long-forgotten BRS interview... and a few old gems... and ... nobody notices. C***s."

It's a catchy and embracing title. I had, of course, noticed the return of the MW blog, and tweeted yesterday evening to alert others..... but there aren't any others... well, hardly any. Willow tweeted back to say that she would take a look, but as I type this, over an hour since the latest MW article was posted, NOBODY, with the exception of myself and Heather have left comment. NOBODY! 

There actually isn't an article as such to go with the title, although this has been added under the heading:



Time, as ever, will-



POSTED BY MORRISSEY AT 05:18

The "long-forgotten BRS interview that is mentioned in the heading, has indeed been added to the MW site, although it is hidden away, and dated Tuesday 17 December 2013. I can only guess that it was originally intended that the interview would be published back in December, but for some reason, it didn't happen. The original interview questions were posted on FollowingTheMozziah on 5 April  2013, so MW is quite right when he says it is a "long-forgotten BRS interview", but it's still exciting..... at least for the few of us who are left to get excited! Here is a link to the original 30 questions:
http://followingthemozziah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/day-569-thirty-questions-for-our-mozzer.html

And here is the article from the MW blog, which answers the first 9 questions:

TUESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2013

The Forgotten Blue Rose Society Interview

Q1: From Climmy Worseapple
Sometimes, when I cry, I sit with a mirror before me and imagine that I am my own nonexistent disillusioned long-term partner, looking with scorn at my puffy, leaking face - immune to the rotting diseases of affection and empathy for "myself" thanks to a tough course of painful injections and some hard-earned antibodies. Your recent release of 'Last of the Famous International Playboys', did not make it into the Top 100 in the UK, did this disappoint you?

PLAYBOYS - DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP 100

Morrissey: Now that I'm about as relevant as a bar of soap at a heavy metal gathering, it came as little surprise that my single failed to chart. The noise generation want immediate, unimaginative melody, words attuned to the repulsive cannabis-fuelled orgy that passes for pop culture these days, and electronic sounds. I gave them... well, I gave them exactly that - and it still failed!


Q2: From girlwithout
Question from me for Our Mozzer. When he met you at a recent Hollywood party, Gristle Bandage commented that you were like Bette Davis and Garbo, sat in a corner uniquely like someone from another era. How do you feel about this comparison and is there some other Hollywood star that you would have preferred to be compared to?


Morrissey: I recently saw an interview in which Justin Bieber was described as a hybrid of Elvis Presley and James Dean by a fawning Australian dimwit-journalist; Bieber smugly agreed. I developed a week-long tension headache and seventeen new grey hairs.



Similarly my mystique could never be compared to that of Garbo. I would compare myself to Julie Goodyear, or, at a push, Larry Grayson.


JULIE GOODYEAR - WITH THE MYSTIQUE OF MOZ

Q3: From Chuck Norrissey
Ok here comes my question. Don't be disappointed. Dear Our Mozzer, was there anything about this whole journey that surprised you, that came unexpected - concerning your followers/fans and/or media? Was it a mudslide, or did it all develop and unfold according to your plans?

Morrissey: I fully expected to have three million followers by Christmas 2011. I expected the Sun's gossip column to be scratching its head over the authorship of the twitter account. But, no. Looking back, I made the mistake of being too interesting. The British media would have been fascinated had I tweeted about what I'd eaten for breakfast and which fly on the wall I was watching, or pretending to.

Joey Ess-icks is the first polished product of the reality TV culture - he is more vacuous, in fact, than reality TV - and therefore he's utterly marketable in the present climate. These days less is more. The less you know, the more interesting the media will consider you to be, as they fire endless banal questions in your direction: anyone of intelligence would be rightly offended, and would soon get bored or cause trouble. The chief virtue of the modern 'celebrity' is an extremely high threshold for taking offence.

As far as the British media is concerned, the less you've achieved, the more deserving you are of your fame. Artists, on the other hand, are dragged backwards through hedges by their underpants, subjected to brutal character assassination and welcomed back briefly into the fold, only so as to begin the whole process again. It's very Freudian.


JOEY ESS-ICKS - POLISHED

Q4: From Uncle Halfwit
This is ridiculous, you are just a "dickhead pulling a scam." You are just "some wanker who hatched a plan to make a film about internet gullibility", with the subject, "Morrissey fans." How long do you possibly think you can get away with pretending to be Morrissey before you are caught out? Tops P.

Morrissey: Morrissey has spent the past two decades pretending to be Morrissey. I haven't pretended to be Morrissey for a single moment.

MORRISSEY - PRETENDING TO BE MORRISSEY


Q5: From Mme de Staël
What is your favourite cover version of one of your songs? And is there any song of another artist(e) that you think would be worthwhile covering?

Tatu. Many - but I don't want to do karaoke. There are cheaper and more interesting ways to humiliate oneself in public - sex, for example.


TATU - FAVOURITE COVER

Q6: From Lizzycatmoz
My question for Morrissey AKA Our Mozzer is, and I consider this to be ' personal' however not ' personal life.' Having been extremely ill and on IV drips for 5 weeks, I'm sure the
experience changed you, but what I'd really like to know, but am afraid to ask, so am relying on that b**tard Rat to completely change and 'sex up' my question a bit, is:  You have used lots of homoerotic imagery in your art over the years, and yet I have found you quite flirty, do you bat for both sides?


BATTING IN BOTH CREASES?

Morrissey: I don't bat at all. And on the odd occasion I've tried, the balls always seem to catch me off-guard.

Q7: From TRB
I'm sorry about Lizzy's deeply personal question, I did warn them not to, but they just ignored me. Let's cut to the chase and get down to the nitty gritty, do you have a fold away sofa bed in your bedsit, or a proper bed that takes the place of a couch?

Morrissey: That question is too dreary to contemplate.


Q8: On Behalf Of  Marcus 'The Greek' Marcou
I saw it as my calling to travel to Manchester with a Blue Rose, but I couldn't get it to you. I have recently released my debut feature film, 'Papadopolous and Sons', would you do me the honour of watching it and letting me know what you think?


MARCUS MARKOU WITH HIS BLUE ROSE IN MANCHESTER

Morrissey: I thought the film showed potential. Unfortunately it wasn't quite my cup of tea. However I did enjoy A/S/L very much. If you do create a MorrisseysWorld production, I expect an invitation to the premier, a goodie bag and three shop warm Co-Op pain-au-raisin.

Q9: From Vulgar1mkela
I was so honored that you took the blue rose ring from me in Moz Angeles but what happened to it after I gave it to you and have you any plans for it?


ANGELA 'VULGAR' REYES WITH KRISTEEN YOUNG AND THE BLUE ROSE RING

 The ring remains on my bedside cabinet. I use it to cast spells on carnivores, war-mongers and knighted pop singers.

to be continued

POSTED BY MORRISSEY AT 20:00

I shall now work my way through the rest of the old postings of MW. Happy days.

In other news, the buzz continues as to what the new album songs might be about. Comrade Harps immediately thought of the NYD's Lonely Planet Boy when he saw the title Earth Is the Loneliest Planet:




It has also been noted that Kick the Bride Down the Aisle is likely to have come from the Reparata song Shoes, which is an old favourite of both Morrissey and Marr:




A recent Marr interview mentioned Shoes, so could Kick the Bride be a Morrissey Pong?: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/trying-to-talk-to-johnny-marr-about-shoes/Content?oid=16455731


Smiler With (a) knife was an unmade film by Orson Welles, and the book it would have been based on has a character called Strangeways. Heather Cat has mentioned that Smiler, Kick and Mountjoy (if the song is about the prison), could all have loose Strangeways references. Heather also remembered Astraea recently mentioning Strangeways. The buzz continues.

And finally, it would appear that Clover Dean was wrong about Liam being in LA with Moz, he's in Camden, with Boz!







VINYL BOUTIQUE IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS - COME BACK TO CAMDEN.

Day 944 - Will MorrisseysWorld Unite the Mozophiles?

April 15, 2014, 7:55 am

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Nothing more has come from the MorrisseysWorld blog in the past two days, but comments have been left by members of the 'Dreary Deluded Dozen', so for the record, here is a roll call of all those who are still 'Following the Mozziah', and have left comment on the latest MW blog article:

 1. TRB
 2. Willow
 3. Edge Industrial Photography
 4. Comrade Harps
 5. Heathercat
 6. Southkirk
 7. Harrison
 8. Manc Lad
 9. Jjazmine
10. Johngill (aka Loughton Lil)
11. Girlwithout
12. Bunny
13. Yunaragunarso
14. Moz is My Shepherd (aka Father Brian)
15. Emotional Air raid Survivor (comment actually left on the BRS interview, but it still counts!)

I know that the following are still around, but perhaps they just don't follow the whole MW phenomenon on a daily basis: Romina, Kellie the Crisp, Vulgar Angie, Clover Dean and Fancy123.

Then of course there is: Marcus, GOB, Lizzy and Chuck, all of whom I would guess still believe that Morrissey is behind MW, but no longer feel part of the Blue Rose Society.

And finally, there is the mysterious Banjaxer, who believes Morrissey has "a mischievous hand in it somewhere", but denies that he himself, has ever "knowingly had any connection with MW"...... but it would appear that Banjaxer DEFINITELY knows more about the new 'MorrisseysWorld.Com' and '@MorrisseyWorld' thing. Last week Banjaxer tweeted to say that the new MorrisseysWorld website should go live next week...... although I can no longer find a copy of that tweet..... did I dream it?

The new website hasn't yet gone live, but it now links to TTY, although one of the people behind the twitter account (well, let's face it, there is bound to be more than one) has been quick to point out that "This should not be seen as an endorsement of our site by Morrissey or TTY. It is not." It is interesting that the word "our" is used..... I told you back in those brackets that it wasn't just one person! The MW twitter account has also tweeted this:

Morrissey's World ‏@MorrisseyWorld  16h

Our new unofficial website, for and by Mozophiles, is temporarily redirecting to TTY.

So, it looks as though it is a new fan site, possibly set up as an alternative to Solow, but WHY call it MorrisseysWorld if it is NOTHING to do with the other MorrisseysWorld? The question on everybody's lips (or finger tips in this digital age) is, "are MorrisseysWolrd.blogspot.com and MorrisseysWorld.Com all one and the same, or two entirely different animals altogether?

Southkirk seems to think they are DEFINITELY linked, as he tweeted to Chuck on Saturday to say that he had very briefly caught a glimpse of the website's content, and it showed a page of roses and signs. Here is one of Kirky's tweets:

? ‏@southkirk  Apr 12

@chuck_307 when I clicked it early yesterday it was a page of signs confirmed

Banjaxer was quick to jump on Kirky, tweeting that Kirky DIDN'T see anything of the sort..... but the question now being asked by the DDD, is how would Banjaxer KNOW what Kirky did or didn't see, and WHY is Banjaxer so keen to dispel the notion that the new website is full of 'signs'?

 The answer may be that there has been a change of plan. Perhaps the new MorrisseysWorld.Com website was going to take MorrisseysWorld.blogspot to a bigger mainstream audience, but now, somebody has decided that it is going to be a new fan site instead, with NO obvious connection to the previous MorrisseysWorld! If that is the case, I'm not sure that certain people are going to like a new Morrissey fan site being called MorrisseysWorld, in fact here is Banjaxer's announcement, and Uncle Skinny's reaction:

Kevin ‏@banjaxer  Apr 11

@Uncleskinny@RosyMires Gubbins afoot. Good gubbins.

Plastic Letters Band ‏@Uncleskinny  Apr 11

@banjaxer@RosyMires On that account? Fuck that shit. Excuse me. Nope. Me no likey.

Dr Devereux's interest was also aroused. The not-so-good Doctor is another one of those who was quick to dismiss the original MorrisseysWorld as a hoax, and put a block on me for having an opinion that didn't match his, so I would guess that he too would not be keen to embrace a new fan site bearing the name 'MorrisseysWorld'.

Eoin Devereux ‏@DrDevereux  Apr 11

@banjaxer@Uncleskinny@RosyMires Do tell the Dr all...

Meanwhile, the VERY long forgotten, and totally irrelevant Aurora, posted this:

♕ ‏Aurora ♚ ‏@amor_y_locura  Apr 10

@banjaxer they actually look nothing alike but all blacks look the same to you right? Maybe get out more often.

So, all we can do now is sit back and wait. An email address of '@MorrisseyWorld@gmail.com' has been tweeted by MW (the new one), but WHAT do they want us to email to them, and is anybody likely to email until we know who is behind this account?




THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 20 - AS COUNTED DOWN TODAY AT 12.45 IN THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS BY @UPTHEPIER

1. THEN I SCREAMED - KRISTEEN YOUNG (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuuLjrjbjCE

2. THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS IS IN THIS LITTLE BOTTLE - KRISTEEN YOUNG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJSBDmJhHPk#t=51

3. SHOES - REPARATA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDX7ly8Jyo



4. MALADJUSTED - MORRISSEY (LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 2013) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJggmIqPIU

5. PAINT A VULGAR PICTURE - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbYmQKIy2z0

6. HEAVEN HELP THE WORKING GIRL - NORMA JEAN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7zH76TrYu4

7. YOU DON'T OWN ME - LESLEY GORE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUjeR01wnU

8. MONOLITH - T. REX (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdgKGGlELY

9. TEAR IT UP - THE CRAMPS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQR_3TPtJw

10. TEENAGE DREAM - T.REX (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-f8un0Nfw

11. LONELY PLANET BOY - NEW YORK DOLLS (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsr1XdVY0A

12. LE MARIAGE - SYLVIE VARTAN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCdxI65IW5U



SYLVIE VARTAN

13. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - LOU REED (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYyQIIGQcc

14. I'M A MAN - JOBRIATH (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lp_e4wUnz4

15. JUST SAY I LOVE YOU - TIMI YURO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EOXBAbBcyI.

16. PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER - WANDA JACKSON (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVrOITR4l8

17. SWEETEST FREEDOM - KRISTEEN YOUNG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0fDYeJL8C8&list=PLE64qVcRaXo-b900MDcnihECrTlwmnDXK

18. DEBORA (LIVE AT KEMPTON PARK 1968) - TYRANNOSAURUS REX (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngShAssaH4s

19. ONE INCH ROCK - T.REX (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDr_k09EYI

20. SAVIOUR - KRISTEEN YOUNG & DAVID BOWIE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Hkxzd1mbE


And there is still no sign of a Fifi replacement in The Arms.

Day 946 - The Story of Morrissey's Blue Rose Society

April 17, 2014, 5:50 am

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In 2011, a mysterious website called MorrisseysWorld  formed the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY, in honour of Morrissey's literary hero, Oscar Wilde, who had a theme of roses running through his work.

In the 1890's, Oscar Wilde had his own society, the GREEN CARNATION, and Wilde and his followers would often be seen wearing green carnations in their lapels. Much speculation was made regarding the meaning of GREEN CARNATION, but Wilde himself never publicly explained it's significance.

Morrissey's Blue Rose Society, is a modern day equivalent to Oscar's Green Carnation. Blue roses, just like green carnations, are an unnatural flower, and they are often portrayed in literature as a symbol of unrequited love.

Word has started to spread about the Blue Rose Society, and more and more people have been seen with  RED, WHITE and BLUE ROSES at Morrissey concerts. Some people have even presented Morrissey with their roses.

MORRISSEY WITH A RED ROSE IN POMONA - November 2011

Morrissey taking a white rose in Bogotá at the end of You Have Killed Me - March 2012:

MORRISSEY WITH THE WHITE ROSE IN BOGOTA

On May 2nd 2012, an Oscar Wilde backdrop appeared at Morrissey's concerts, asking, "WHO IS MORRISSEY?" Was this a coincidence, or was Morrissey acknowledging the Blue Rose Society?

A MORRISSEY FAN WITH BLUE ROSES AT THE SAN DIEGO CONCERT - MAY 22ND 2012

On July 5th 2012, Morrissey's wikipedia entry was updated, to make reference to both the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY and GREEN CARNATION, it read:

"The sign of this secret society is the blue rose; blue roses - as well as their other signs, the red and white rose - have been seen at many Morrissey concerts in 2011-2012 from the US to Colombia. The Blue Rose Society is seen by some as a reference to Oscar Wilde's green carnation-wearing followers."

That VERY evening, Morrissey appeared on stage in Liege, Belgium, wearing a GREEN CARNATION. The next day, the wikipedia entry mysteriously disappeared. Members of the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY saw this as absolute proof that Morrissey was either behind the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY, or at the very least, he supported it.

 Morrissey can be seen coming on stage wearing the GREEN CARNATION in Liege in this video footage:

MORRISSEY WEARS A GREEN CARNATION IN LIEGE - JULY 2012

MORRISSEY WITH RED ROSES - BOSTON OCTOBER 2012

On October 10th 2012, Brian, a keen follower of the MorrisseysWorld website, took his eleven year old son, Kyle to Morrissey's concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Brian and Kyle positioned themselves on the front row, and Kyle leapt onto the stage at the encore, in an attempt to present Morrissey with a BLUE ROSE. Morrissey couldn't reach it, but made a special journey back to Kyle, to take the rose, which he then WORE for the whole of the encore. This was the FIRST BLUE ROSE that Morrissey had ever accepted on stage. See here:

KYLE LEAVES HOME WITH HIS BLUE ROSE...........

.....AND MORRISSEY PLACES IT IN HIS POCKET....................

.........WHERE IT REMAINED FOR THE WHOLE ENCORE IN NEW YORK

On January 8th 2013, another BLUE ROSE SOCIETY member, TRB, asked Morrissey's tour manager Donnie Knutson if he could get him into the SOLD OUT David Letterman tv show, but Knutson said, "No." TRB asked Knutson to give a BLUE ROSE to Morrissey to see if the situation could be changed. Half an hour later, TRB and his two companions were ushered in to see Morrissey via the stage door, again proving that Morrissey loves the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY.

MORRISSEY'S TOUR MANAGER DONNIE KNUTSON WITH THE BLUE ROSE THAT MYSTERIOUSLY GOT A BLUE ROSE MEMBER INTO A SOLD OUT TV SHOW

MORRISSEY MOVES IN TO ACCEPT  BLUE ROSES IN SAN DIEGO 2013

The BLUE ROSE SOCIETY has a BLUE ROSE RING which is passed from member to member at Morrissey concerts. It was first passed over in Manchester in July 2012, and having travelled to Edinburgh, it then made it's way to New York and eventually ended up on the West Coast of America with 'Vulgar Angie'. 

On February 27th 2013, Morrissey's long time support act, Kristeen Young, was photographed with Angie and the ring.

ANGIE AND KRISTEEN WITH THE BLUE ROSE RING

Coincidentally, Kristeen Young had presented Morrissey with 100 BLUE ROSES IN 2007:

MORRISSEY WITH BLUE ROSES IN SAN FRAN IN 2007 - PRESENTED TO HIM BY KRISTEEN YOUNG

On March 1st 2013, 'Vulgar Angie' was handed the mic at Morrissey's concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and she made a speech about the Blue Rose Society. Angie also asked Morrissey to accept the BRS ring, which he did.  

On March 2nd 2013 at the concert in Hollywood High School, Morrissey leant deep into the crowd to accept a BLUE ROSE from a young Morrissey fan called  Devan. This is shown clearly in the film and dvd, Morrissey 25:Live. Morrissey not only wore the BLUE ROSE in his pocket for the whole of the first song, Alma Matters, but he also placed it on top of the drum, where it remained for the whole concert.

MORRISSEY REACHES TO RECEIVE A BLUE ROSE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - AS SEEN ON FILM AND DVD HERE:

                                                  

THE BLUE ROSE IN MORRISSEY'S RIGHT TROUSER POCKET

On October 17th 2013 Morrissey launched his Autobiography in a book shop in Gothenburg, Sweden. Placed in front of Morrissey's table were.... a vase of RED ROSES, which Morrissey made a point of touching.

MORRISSEY LEANS TO TOUCH THE ROSES IN GOTHENBURG

On December 11th 2013, Morrissey returned to the stage after a nine month break, and sang three songs at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, where he subtly wore... a bracelet of WHITE ROSES.

MORRISSEY RETURNS TO THE STAGE AND WEARS A BRACELET OF WHITE ROSES

It has become very evident that Morrissey loves roses, and is FULLY supportive of the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY. Morrissey has even started wearing shirts on stage with roses on:


A ROSE SHIRT - WORN AT MORRISSEY'S BIRTHDAY SHOW IN SAN DIEGO IN MAY 2012

MORRISSEY WITH A ROSE SHIRT IN HOLLYWOOD MARCH 2013 WITH ROSES IN THE AUDIENCE TOO

Morrissey even wore a gaudy BLUE ROSE tie when he accepted the 'Key to the City of Tel Aviv'in July 2012.

MORRISSEY SHOWS HIS SUPPORT FOR THE BLUE ROSE SOCIETY WITH A GAUDY BLUE ROSE TIE

A dozen deluded fans believe that Morrissey himself may have started the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY, just as it was Oscar Wilde who formed the GREEN CARNATION SOCIETY, but even if Morrissey didn't actually form the BRS, he is certainly aware of it, and OBVIOUSLY likes the idea, hence the reason he ONLY receives ROSES on stage.

In May 2014, Morrissey will embark on a new tour. More people than ever are expected to take roses.   Will Morrissey wear one?

Morrissey's new album is to be called World Peace is None of Your Business, which has the words BLUE ROSE hidden within the title. The story continues.

A BLUE ROSE IN MANCHESTER - JULY 2012

A BLUE ROSE IN BROOKLYN - JAN 2013

Day 952 - Brainwashed..... and The Top 20 Chart

April 23, 2014, 8:00 am

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It had been a fairly quiet week on the MorrisseysWorld front, until yesterday, when at 3.51am LA time, Part 3 of the parody story Lounging Around was posted on the MW blog. It is another hilarious piece of parody writing, which once again sees Our Mozzer mock those closest to him.

Regular readers will know that Parts 1 and 2 of Lounging Around had been exclusively posted on the "demi-semi-mesmerizing blogspot FollowingTheMozziah", but as the MW blog is now back up and running, Our Mozzer naturally chose to post Part 3 on his own groundbreaking blog..... although as FTM has currently had a total of 458,413 hits, as opposed to MW's 381,753 hits, Our Mozzer's talents would probably have reached a larger audience had he decided to stick to posting his parody work on the blog which brought him 58 comments to his last piece..... Part 3 of Lounging Around has currently amassed *coughs* 12 comments. *Demi-Semi unemployed bod from the Isle of Wight licks his upper lip and softly smiles*


MARTIN 'BOZ' BOORER - THE GURU OF THE GRAPE, RECORD SHOP OWNER AND ONE OF THE STARS OF THE PARODY PIECE 'LOUNGING AROUND'

The other MorrisseysWorld, i.e. '@MorrisseyWorld/MorrisseysWorld.Com' has still not posted anything new, apart from a tweeted picture saying 'Away with the fairies' and another tweet this morning that simply reads, "In the beginning...". Where oh where is this going, and more to the point WHEN is it going?

The real Morrissey has also been fairly quiet, although there has been a new True-To-You statement entitled This sorrowful Canada, in which Morrissey calls Canada a "beautiful country", and the people of Canada "good people", but he calmly points out that the Canadian federal Fisheries Minister, Gail Shea, is wrong to state that shooting baby seals is humane. Gail Shea has responded to Morrissey's statement in an article for Canada.Com , where she says, "Mr. Morrissey and his Hollywood buddies have been brainwashed by decades of propaganda from fringe animal rights groups and radical environmentalists."

Gail Shea obviously doesn't have the intelligence to see that Morrissey hasn't been brainwashed at all, but is merely continuing to offer a voice for those who don't have one, which he has done consistently all his adult life. All Morrissey has stated is that baby seals would choose not to be shot dead, and yet Gail Shea responds with all guns blazing.... well, she would, wouldn't she.


GAIL SHEA'S DEFINITION OF HUMANE


THE WORLD'S DEFINITION OF A FAT CUNT

And finally, because it had been so quiet on the Moz front, I decided last week to send the person who I deludedly believe to be Morrissey an email, in which I told him how excited I am for the new album, and asked him how preparations were going for the tour. I also asked him to send some words... any words! I don't usually post my emails from Morrissey on this blog, especially without his permission, but I'm sure he won't mind me sharing this little snippet with the BRS, and if he does mind, I guess he'll just never send me one again, but I like to live life on the edge, so I'll take the risk. I have taken out the names to protect, er, nobody really!:

FRIDAY APRIL 18 17:36:12

Dear -------- ---,

Words are overrated, you know.

Preparations are slightly chaotic but I am used to chaos. 

I am too busy to stop at The Arms nowadays and I miss its company, music and plimsoll abuse.

I still have my membership card and I am determined to use it again some day.

But will I return to an empty public house? Or worse! A W**m! theme bar smelling of piña colada and spray tan?

Fifi introduced me to her cousin from LA and she would make a perfect replacement (Fifi still being in shimmying rehab - I am sorry to say it's not getting any better, last weekend she escaped once more and was only found at dawn, on stage at Moulin Rouge).

She may join the BRS soon but she is not sure if she wants to accept our cordial invitation yet.

I'll let you know.

The new El Pea is something to feel excited about and I am glad to hear you are almost as enthusiastic about it as you would be if G***** and A***** were doing a special reunion gig. It's heartwarming.

---- -----

Ps. Fifi says bonjour

Mademoiselle Fifi's show can be seen here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh21alaxalc

Deluded, I know.... but I'm happy in my own little world, with my twelve deluded friends. Would Morrissey really have been awake writing parody pieces at three in the morning? YES, of course he would!

And now, as I have been ill for the past three days, it is time to rest.

Brainwashed indeed..... Fat cunt.

TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 20 CHART

1. HORSES (OGWT 1976) - PATTI SMITH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8egNoThqJng




2. DARK SUNGLASSES - CHRISSIE HYNDE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypjrw7MDcaM





3. SIGN OF THE TIMES - PETULA CLARK (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzrdZ9-fcBs

4. SO ALONE - JOHNNY THUNDERS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsv5JMRrlvs



5. THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS IS IN THIS LITTLE BOTTLE - KRISTEEN YOUNG (DOWN 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJSBDmJhHPk#t=51

6. SEND ME A POSTCARD - THE SHOCKING BLUE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH475IxSMTs




7. SO LITTLE TIME - DIANA DORS (RE-ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD_Ske1MyRg

















8. DIARY OF A LOVER - JOHNNY THUNDERS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg-53k3elI8

9. MALADJUSTED (LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH) - MORRISSEY (DOWN  5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJggmIqPIU

10. JACKSON - NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnkuRQ8tjIE&feature=kp





11. THEN I SCREAMED - KRISTEEN YOUNG (DOWN 10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuuLjrjbjCE


12. SUNDOWN SUNDOWN - NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIPvGpFJ0v0&feature=kp

13. SOLEIL - FRANÇOISE HARDY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOlEv_FpSnQ

14. MADAME - JANE BIRKIN (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0D4YbgBvjc&feature=youtu.be

15. ROLLER COASTER BLUES - DIANA DORS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJZhrAIDOhI

16. '68 COMEBACK SPECIAL MEDLEY - ELVIS PRESLEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DPYSoTECE



17. 7 AND 7 IS - LOVE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6An7KGK6U3c

18. HEY JOE - CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ddEkj-7qA8




19. BOOGIE WOOGIE STOMP - ALBERT AMMONS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jG1KwUX3A0

20. HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN - THE SEX PISTOLS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ah1JM9mf60



DELON & BARDOT - NO RELEVANCE TO THE CHART WHATSOEVER

Day 957 - Qui Sont La Société Bleue Rose?

April 28, 2014, 11:07 am

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The Twitterdilly Arms has been buzzing today, not just because Jonathan Simpson, the Mayor of Camden popped in for some tea, but because 'Clover Dean'(@MozzeriansATW) announced that she had just met Moz in the Cat & Fiddle, the infamous British theme pub in LA.


MORRISSEY AND JESSE AT THE CAT & FIDDLE YESTERDAY - PHOTO BY @DANMOZ

A month ago the Twitterdilly Arms was like the Moulin Rouge, full of show girls and shimmying, as Morrissey's 'Fifi pessoa' joined us whilst Morrissey was in France, but now, with Morrissey in LA, I will be picturing the Twit Arms to be like the Cat & Fiddle.

THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS AFTER IT'S RECENT MAKE OVER, INCLUDING FOUNTAIN TO REEL AROUND

Clover Dean's excitement at meeting Moz for the first time was almost tangible, and she could barely stand as she propped up the bar of the Twit Arms. Others shared in Clover's excitement, and the realisation that NEXT WEEK Morrissey will at last be back on stage, had the Blue Rose Society regulars streaming into the 'World's Number 1 Online Morrissey Theme Pub' by the second. They included; Willow, Heather, Bunny Gal, Vulgar Angie, Kellie the Crisp, GWO, Old Willoughby and Jack Shet, as well as myself and The Mayor of Camden, who probably hasn't yet realised what all this is about!

 The Twit Arms has been pretty quiet in recent weeks, but by this time next week, the 'World's Number 1 Online Morrissey Theme Pub' will be at fever pitch. As I pointed out to those in The Arms, it is almost like the build up to a World Cup. Let the chanting begin, "MORR-EE-SAY, MORR-EE-SAY, MORR-EE-SAY".




The excited chatter among the BRS soon led to discussion about Blue Rose Society t-shirts. The days of people being too embarrassed to take roses to Morrissey concerts are long gone, and things look set to be VERY different on this coming tour. It surely won't be long before EVERY concert venue is awash with roses. The likes of Vulgar Angie want to make t-shirts to give to Moz, and there is no reason that Morrissey won't wear a BRS t-shirt if we get the design right, but it will have to be subtle. The original BRS t-shirts designed by Father Brian were a simple statement saying 'BLUEROSE SOCIETY', but ultimately Morrissey can't be seen to wear one of these, his involvement MUSTN'T be revealed.


KYLE - THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRS WITH HIS T-SHIRT






HEATHER'S T, WITH BADGE AND THE BRS RING (WHICH IS NOW IN A BEDSIDE CABINET, IN EITHER LONDON, LA, ROME OR GT YARMOUTH)

Some really good ideas have been thrown around, but we need to put it to the vote, so I am now asking for comments from the BRS members, so that Angie can get a shirt made, to give to Morrissey at one of the concerts in LA. It's a shame we haven't got Linder Sterling as a member of the BRS, she would be the ideal person to design us some shirts. Even better still, we could do with Boz 'Guru of the Grape' Boorer to help us, as only last week he came up with some new shirts for his record shop in Camden, Vinyl Boutique.


















ENTREPRENEUR/BREWER/PART TIME MUSICIAN/T-SHIRT DESIGNER, BB

Here are some of the ideas. Please vote for your favourite in the comments section, or post your own idea:
1. A picture of Jean Cocteau with a speech bubble saying "Who are the Blue Rose Society?"
2. A picture of Jean Cocteau with a speech bubble saying "Qui Sont La Société Rose Bleue" (Is this the correct way of writing it? It would be a little embarrassing to get it wrong!)

QUI SONT LA SOCIETE ROSE BLEUE?

3. A picture of Cocteau's 'Blue Man' from the Tapestry for Judith and Holopherne with a blue rose added as a tattoo on his shoulder and the slogan "You Don't Want to Believe" tattooed underneath the rose.
4. As above but with the slogan "The sun shines out of our behinds".
5. As above but with the slogan "Blue Rose Society"


THE BLUE MAN (LEFT), WHO THE BRS KNOW TO BE THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE 'HAND IN GLOVE' PICTURE COVER


6. A picture of Cocteau's Blue Rose from the Church of Notre Dame in Leicester Place, London (with a slogan?)

JEAN COCTEAU'S BLUE ROSE IN THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME IN LONDON

And finally for today, Boz Boorer has set off for LA, and the MorrisseysWorld blog has been closed..... AGAIN, which I guess means that FTM once again become the umbilical cord.

*Goes off chanting* MORR-EE-SAY, MORR-EE-SAY, MORR-EE-SAY