The debate continues as to what design should be used for the new Blue Rose Society t-shirt, so today I am going to throw some more options out to the members of the BRS. A number of the members seem to like the idea of having the photo of Jean Cocteau doing his drawing at the Notre Dame de France church in London, but aren't so sure on the wording to use.


JEAN COCTEAU DRAWING AT THE NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE CHURCH IN LONDON - 1959

Some members of the BRS have argued that the t-shirt shouldn't be asking the question "Who are the Blue Rose Society?", because we already know who we are, although if the shirt is just for Morrissey to wear, then that wouldn't matter as much. Personally, I think we have to have a t-shirt that everybody can wear, Morrissey included, so perhaps the idea of asking the question isn't such a good one.

Maybe we could use the picture of Cocteau and use it as him responding to Wilde's question of "WHO IS MORRISSEY?", with our t-shirt saying "MORRISSEY IS THE ROSE!" or rather, "MORRISSEY EST LA ROSE!".... although I'm not sure Morrissey would wear that... but he might, he might.

 If the objective is for us to design a BRS shirt that Morrissey will wear, then I would think that subtlety has to be the key. GWO has suggested that we just have a shirt with the name Morrissey written on it, with NO picture, and that the letters o, r, s and e are all in the colour BLUE, thus creating a blue rose within the name Morrissey without it being obvious. The other letters of his name could perhaps be in red and white, thus giving the effect of it representing America, or France, or the UK etc MORRISSEY.

If we are to stick with using a Cocteau photo; and after all, Cocteau has played a major part in our journey this winter, then perhaps it would be better to use a colour version of his painting of the Blue Rose, but the photo doesn't have Cocteau in it, so we would have to have a slogan as opposed to speech bubbles.



If we were to use the above photo, we could have the word 'Morrissey' above the photo, and "I'm Not a Man"(title of one of the new album songs) underneath, which could be interpreted as Mary not being a man, or the camp soldier not being a man, or indeed the wearer of the t-shirt making the statement that they aren't a man, which actually makes a great t-shirt for the humasexual. The t-shirt would also include an actual blue rose, and what is more, it's Cocteau's blue rose.

Right then, here are the options:

A) Black & White Cocteau photo with a speech bubble saying "MORRISSEY EST LA ROSE!"

B) A slightly more subtle version of the above, with the speech bubble saying "MAURICET EST LA ROSE!"


C) A black shirt with no picture and the name  MORRISSEYwritten in red, white and blue, with the word rose written in blue.

D) The coloured Cocteau painting with Morrissey written above and "I'm Not a Man" written below.


Yesterday I wrote about Clover Dean's first ever meeting with Moz, and although she posted a blurry picture of Moz, and was obviously very excited by the experience, I asked her to actually write how she felt, and she came back with this.... which is just BRILLIANT :

Clover Dean Ⓜ️ ‏@MozzeriansATW  

CLOVER DEAN (LEFT) OUTSIDE THE CAT & FIDDLE YESTERDAY


OLD SPARKLY BLUE EYES

I am really short of time today, so I shall now sign off, but Heather has brought to my attention this recent picture by Morrissey's nephew, Sam Esty-Rayner, of 'Morrissey's Marilyn Monroe', in which MM appears to be sporting a BLUE ROSE on her arm! It was only last week that I posted a picture of MM on my blog, suggesting that she could be the new Fifi! Coincidence? Yes, but still interesting!


MORRISSEY'S MARILYN BY SAM ESTY-RAYNER

Astraea has returned to the Twitterdilly Arms, and has been playing songs on the jukebox by Joe Dolan. All of Astraea's selections have of course shot straight into the Twitterdilly Arms Chart. There have been no other sightings of pessoas to report.


And finally, the president of the Blue Rose Society has met Kristeen Young, whose album, The Knife Shift is in danger of being worn out by me soon.... I JUST LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.





KRISTEEN YOUNG - JEALOUS OF LOVED CHILDREN, OR HAPPY TO MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE BRS?


TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 20

1. LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME (LIVE IN SINGAPORE.... LOOKING FOR A BLUE ROSE AT THE END.... OH, MANC LAD!) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwJjeUMvbww



2. DEATH OF A DISCO DANCER - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk8qObWe3f0

3. A RUSH AND A PUSH AND THE LAND IS OURS (LIVE IN MANCHESTER) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS09X83gk18



4. OH OH CHERI - FRANÇOISE HARDY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy7QglZfKHo&feature=youtu.be

5. FUNNEL OF LOVE - WANDA JACKSON (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXV19NfP3hA&feature=youtu.be

6. YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD LOOKING WOMAN - JOE DOLAN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGVOEm0apoI

7. MOI JE JOUE - BRIGITTE BARDOT (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5wtZ_Spjm4&feature=youtu.be





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

9. CRAZY WOMAN - JOE DOLAN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6nIiTNf9k

10. THAT'S ALL - SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9bX5mzdihs

11. SOME VELVET MORNING - NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZELWOOD (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4km_BfbPxJw&feature=youtu.be

12. MALADJUSTED - MORRISSEY (DOWN 3):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJggmIqPIU

13. TAUT DE BELLES CHOSES - FRANÇOISE HARDY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Ts8Ix1gqA&feature=youtu.be

14. I WON'T SHARE YOU - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyfXnhcL4I0

15. GOODBYE VENICE - JOE DOLAN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzYAuKwYskI

16. YOU'RE THE BEST THING - THE STYLE COUNCIL (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HMAVU1k7kg&feature=youtu.be

17. STILL ILL (LIVE IN GENOA) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jThg9kdDJ0&feature=youtu.be

18. GOOD LOOKING MAN ABOUT TOWN - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ68YXIuyMU

19. THE RAT - THE WALKMEN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWR1h-5EzUo



20. OBOE CONCERTO - MOZART (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhygJyCvYeA

The debate rumbles on regarding the design for a new Blue Rose Society t-shirt, and it doesn't look as though any of the candidates can get ahead in the polls. We could end up with a hung t-shirt..... as opposed to a worn one!

My current preference is for the picture of Cocteau drawing the rose at the Notre Dame church in London, with a speech bubble saying "MORRISSEY? SACRÉ BLEU!"

The reason that I particularly like this idea, is because it features Cocteau (tick), and it features a blue rose (tick), although what makes this idea subtle, is that the rose in the photo is still in it's uncoloured state, which therefore doesn't make it obvious that it has anything to do with the Blue Rose Society. I also like that with this picture, it is a work in progress, symbolising that the Blue Rose, and the Blue Rose Society, is incomplete; it is a work in progress.

When Cocteau drew his picture at the Notre Dame church in London (in 1959, the year of Morrissey's birth), he would light a candle each morning, and would speak to Mother Mary, perhaps asking for guidance for his drawing. By using the caption "MORRISSEY? SACRÉ BLEU!", it is as though Cocteau has just been told by Mary that the rose is for Morrissey, and Cocteau is showing his utter dismay and surprise, "MORRISSEY?" he asks, "you mean all this hard work is for MORRISSEY?", and then Cocteau continues to display his astonishment by saying "SACRÉ BLEU!", which is not only a French term of astonishment, but it also translates as "sacred blue", which is perfect for us, just perfect. The fact that Cocteau's drawing is in a Catholic church adds to the perfection of this idea. It is ALL perfect, and although modesty would normally prevent me from stating this..... I am a genius, well, a genius in the rat world, at least!

I am unable to post a picture of my idea, because I am useless with computers and design, but here is one that Jjaz made earlier, with a different caption. A white shirt would look better then grey.



I have nothing else to add today, except to share this tweet from Nancy Sinatra:




Last week, Astraea was playing Nancy Sinatra songs in the Twitterdilly Arms, but Astraea is NOT Morrissey, it was a coincidence. EVERYTHING is a coincidence.

*Goes off singing* But then, you open your eyes........ 'OO'

Fifi is out of rehab, her bag is packed, and she is on her way back to the Twitterdilly Arms, probably holding her head in despair at the ineptitude of the BRS in stringing together a few words of French, and place them on a t-shirt!


MADAME FIFI


Here is the word received yesterday from Fifi's sunscreen spreader, Jeanne Gabin:




JEANNE GABIN - MORRISSEY'S OFFICIAL TEA-STIRRER, FIFI'S SUNSCREEN SPREADER AND MY PERSONAL TRANSLATOR.... SHE'S FRENCH DON'T YOU KNOW!


So there we have it, Morrissey likes all our ideas, and thinks it would be fun to use a French phrase. He also has told us to "keep it as simple as possible" and to "think about something that most people would not understand if they are not part of the BRS." This makes the idea of the shirt with Jean Cocteau exclaiming in surprise that he is drawing the Blue Rose for Morrissey perfect. It is subtle, and yet we, the BRS understand it's meaning and origin.

Jjazzy has prepared an image of the shirt, and although Jeanne Gabin has advised that "Sacrebleu" is one word, the word originates from Sacré Bleu, meaning sacred blue, so I don't think it matters which way we use it...... trust me, I too am French, well, as French born as our new friend Jeanne Gabin!



The idea of a t-shirt with just the name MORRISSEY written on it, with the four letters in blue, is also a simple, subtle and poplar idea, so if Vulgar Angie and Jjazzy dont like the Cocteau idea, then perhaps they could make that one. Jjazzy is also working on an idea using the Conan picture with the owl eyes.



It has been announced by a twitter user called Lee Thompson (@leethommo), that Morrissey is set to release three new singles in a three week period.... one a week, around the time of his birthday in May. Thompson has also added that the album is on it's way, probably through Virgin EMI in the UK, as they look after Capitol in these parts:



Lee Thompson ‏@leethommo  1h


THREE NEW BIRTHDAY SINGLES

I have not heard of Lee Thompson before, but..... hold on, why has my type set changed, and how do I put it back to how it should be? Bloody computers. Never mind, where was I? Oh yes, Lee Thompson is apparently the Music Editor at 'Record of the Day' so it is his job to keep his ear to the ground. The idea of Morrissey releasing singles in this manner seems VERY feasible to me, and it is something I wrote about on Day 149 of FTM, back in February 2012. It makes perfect sense in this day and age for an artist to release more than one single prior to an album release, and I have no idea why more artists haven't done it before. Eminem did it very successfully last year, releasing four singles over an eight week period in the lead up to releasing The Marshall Mathers LP 2. 

A big difference between Morrissey and Eminem, is that Moz will want his singles to be released on vinyl (as will we), but is this likely to happen straight away, or will Moz release the vinyls at a later date, as he did with Satellite of Love? Personally I hope the vinyl is available on the same release date as the download, to maximise week one sales, and ensure that each of the singles does well in the singles chart.

THREE NEW MORRISSEY SINGLES! COMING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH! I honestly believe that I may actually wet myself. At my age, it's an easy enough feat to wet oneself without any reason, but with THREE NEW MORRISSEY SINGLES........Let the pissing begin.

It is 8am, and there is so much to catch up on in MorrisseysWorld, but I have an unbelievably busy day lined up in the real world, so rather frustratingly, I will not be able to write what I would like to write.

As promised by Jeanne Gabin, Fifi yesterday returned to the Twitterdilly Arms, and brought with her both Astraea, and rather unexpectedly, Our Mozzer, aka '@MorrisseyParody'.... as opposed to '@ParodyMorrissey', which is somebody completely different.

Our Mozzer was in particularly good form, and I planned to copy and paste his Twit highlights, but unsurprisingly, the account has once again been closed, so I can't. Luckily I managed to screenshot some of his tweets, so here goes:

The Highlights of Our Mozzer's Visit to the Twitterdilly Arms

"Humour softens suffering and hardens the heart."

"Gladness is an emotion wasted"

"I'm ageing gracefully. Unfortunately my face isn't."




"I'm the herpes of the pop world. Nobody wants me, but a lot of people are stuck with me."

"Twittering is the most artless form of communication ever conceived. Unless I'm here of course."

"@mwBATTERY Didn't you always know it was me, Matthew? Wear a blue rose in 2014."


MATTHEW WALKER - WILL HE WEAR A BLUE ROSE IN 2014? (PHOTO OWNED BY MATT WALKER AND USED WITHOUT PERMISSION)


"As a certain person said to Barack Obama, WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS."


BARACK OBAMA - WHO ACCORDING TO OUR MOZZER, IS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF 'WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS'..... REMEMBER WHERE YOU READ IT FIRST..... AND REMEMBER THAT OUR MOZZER ORIGINALLY AIMED THE PHRASE AT TONY BLAIR


"Johnny Marr's singing career is what happens when confidence exceeds talent and talent exceeds shame."

"My entire career is an endurance test. It's an endurance test for YOU."

Regarding Judd Trump's defeat to Neil Robertson in the World snooker championship: "Neil Robertson isn't fit to chalk Judd's tip. Broken and I watched the game with a bottle of gin and three tissues. Broken is heart broken. Which cause him problems walking."


NEIL ROBERTSON (LEFT) AND OUR MOZZER'S FAVOURITE SNOOKER PLAYER, JUDD TRUMP

"The essential problem in Britain is that fifty teachers all work and pay taxes solely to support Ash and Tiffany's eleven benefit kids."

"It's high time the British government stopped stealing the money of the British people only to waste it on war and madness."

"The BBC steals the money of glass blowers, only to spend it on dropping caravans from cranes."

"The government steals money from the working poor to reward those on benefits who actually paid their rent this week."

"Ed Miliband's talents could grace any Carphone Warehouse."

"If one could blend Cameron and Miliband together, one would have.... Tony Blair."

"And people wonder why Britain is turning to UKIP."


NIGEL BARRAGE

In response to me pointing out that there aren't enough photos of just Moz and Boz together: "@TheRatsBack There are many photos of us together on men's websites."



BOZ & MOZ (PICTURE COPYRIGHT OWNED BY BOZ AND STOLEN BY ME FROM HIS FACEBOOK PAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION) - MORE PHOTOS OF THE PAIR AVAILABLE ON VARIOUS "MEN'S WEBSITES".


MOZ & BOZ - THERE AIN'T MUCH SUN IN EDG'E'WARE


"I ask you: could anybody else really be this Morrisseyesque?"

"Shall I tell you the inspiration behind the song Mountjoy? The little mountjoy.co.uk vans I saw driving around the Isle of Wight. It was a message. It was code."

"@TheRatsBack I may meet you on the Isle of Wight. You have been warned."

COMING TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT? HE WOULD FIT IN WELL WITH THAT BOSS EYED LOOK, ALTHOUGH HIS RIGHT EYE REMAINS FAR TOO STRAIGHT! HE NEEDS TO KEEP PRACTISING


AN ISLE OF WIGHTER


"@Bunnygal833 Little of what I say and little of what I write is true. The truth is too dull to publish, so why not publish lies instead?"

"@MorrisseyWorld wasn't me. Neither is Fifi. I'm the only genuine fake."

"@vulgar1mkela Thank you for keeping me sane."

"Yet.... the BlueRoseSociety barely exists anymore."


'@Vulgar1mkela' - VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BRS AND SANITY KEEPER TO THE MOZ

Does Our Mozzer's mention of both World Peace is none of your Business and Mountjoy have any relevance to my blog if yesterday, where I mentioned that three singles were to be release from the forthcoming album? Could these be two of the singles? It is also interesting to note that yesterday I was playing songs on the Twitterdilly Arms jukebox that I hoped Moz might sing on the new tour. Just one of my choices was re-tweeted by Our Mozzer, I Know It's Gonna Happen Sometime! Remember where you read it first!


Fifi and Astraea's visit to The Arms was also fairly brief, but they certainly managed to pull in a crowd, and for a short period, the old Twit Arms was rocking like the old days. Fifi entered The Arms saying, "Out of rehab. At The Arms for an hour only. Back on May 7th. I've missed you little charmers." Astraea played a few songs on the jukebox; which will no doubt feature in Tuesday's chart, but Fifi played just one song, People are the Same Everywhere. Another hint to the setlist? Fifi also retweeted Kirky's tweet which said, "I think a uk visit is long overdue and eagerly awaited." Is it too much to hope for a UK tour this year, with perhaps a stop off on the Isle of Wight?

And on the subject of European concerts, there has still been no further news on possible appearances at the Castlefields festival on July 12th, or the Sicily concert on July 28th. WHAT is happening? Bid from the Monochrome Set continues to tweet Morrissey songs, so I am sticking to my hunch that he will be supporting Moz at Castlefields, but if it is happening, then surely there must be an announcement soon? I do hope so, some of us have cricket matches to organise!

That's it, I'm out of time. Will Vulgar Angie, the keeper of the sanity get the Jean Cocteau t-shirt made, and give it to Moz next week? Will Moz wear it? Will Matt Walker wear a blue rose? Will Boz Boorer appear on anymore men's websites? Is WPINOYB aimed at Barack Obama? Is Mountjoy about a building firm on the Isle of Wight? Will either be singles? Will I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday be on the new tour setlist alongside People are the Same Everywhere? It's all hotting up.... See you next week.

Britain looks set to bathe in sunshine this weekend, so today I am off to Canford Magna in Dorset to watch some cricket, and tomorrow I will be heading to Brighton in Sussex for more of the same. I have waited a long time for the cricket season to get underway, and after last week's rain, which put me in a foul mood, and stopped me visiting Boz Boorer, it at last looks as though summer has arrived.

Did I mention that I was going to see Boz? No? Well, last week I went to Oxford for a few days, and I was going to pop in to Vinyl Boutique, between watching cricket, but it never happened because of the rain and the mood. I tweeted to mention this, and got a reply from Lyn Boorer via @Vinyl_Boutique saying that it was a shame I hadn't called in, because BB was there. At least, I think I received a tweet, it seems to have disappeared now! Perhaps I dreamt it! Hmm.

And on the subject of Boz and dreams, I recently stumbled over this classic parody piece from the FTM archives. It deserves another read, SO READ IT!

MOZ AND BOZ IN NYC - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON OCT 2 2012

(It was reported that on Sunday September 23rd 2012, that Morrissey had helped an elderly lady who had fainted in a New York bookstore. Here now, is the truth.)

(Sunday Sept 23rd 2012 - 9am : The setting is the foyer of an unknown hotel in the middle of Manhattan, NYC. Rock-a-billy musician Martin 'Boz' Boorer enters the hotel and approaches the reception desk, where he is attended to by the attractive receptionist.)


BOZ BOORER: (to receptionist. In thick Cockney accent) All right (Looks at name tag) Patsy, how's tricks?

PATSY:(in a southern american country drawl) I'm fine thank you sir. I LOVE your accent, are you from Eng-er-land?

BOZ: That's right love, I'm from Landon.

PATSY: (beaming and playing with her hair) Wow, I LOVE London.

BOZ: I've just flown in from Portugal, can you tell me what room Morrissey is in please?

PATSY: (sounding impressed) Portugal? What a jet setter. You look like a real playboy. Who is Morrissey?


PATSY - "WHO IS MORRISSEY?"


BOZ: You're not the first person to ask that lately sweetheart, he's a singer from England, he's staying here.

PATSY: (Looks on computer screen)We have nobody booked in under that name sir.

BOZ: No, of course not, silly me. How about Kenneth Williams?

PATSY: (Looks at computer screen) No sir.

BOZ: Charles Hawtrey?

PATSY: How are you spelling that?

BOZ: Blimey, I don't know, er, H-A-W-T-R-E-E? No, wait, I think that's how I spelt it on Mozzer's twitter thing the other week and he ended up hitting me for making such a schoolboy error, it's E-Y. H-A-W-T-R-E-Y.

PATSY: (Looks at computer) I'm sorry sir, we don't have anybody of that name staying either.

BOZ: (under his breath) For fuck's sake. (Pauses for thought, and then excitedly says) STANLEY BAKER, he MUST be Stanley Baker.

PATSY: (Looks at computer) We DO have a Mister Baker staying, but not a Stanley.

STANLEY BAKER - NOT IN NYC


BOZ: Hold on gal, I'll give Moz a call. (Boz dials a number on his mobile (cell) phone and waits. There is no answer.) This is ridiculous, look, how about if I describe him. He's mid fifties (smirks to himself), greying hair, which may have some sort of quiff to it, and he's slightly balding on top, but don't tell him I said so. (The reception girl looks blank). He might be wearing a coloured plaster on his right index finger, particularly if it was a bad flight!

PATSY: (face lighting up) YES, YES we DO have somebody fitting that description staying here, a Mister Wycherley, he has a blue band aid on his finger and two bright red rings.

BOZ: THAT'S HIM, that's my man, what room number is he in darlin'?

PATSY: I'm sorry sir, I can't tell you that, I shouldn't really have told you his name.

BOZ: Well could you just ring up to his room for me then please, it really is VERY important, he's expecting me.

PATSY: (teasing her hair and looking adoringly into Boz's eyes) I shouldn't really, but I DO so love your accent, and you are such a handsome man. Who should I say is here for him?

BOZ: Boz Boorer.

PATSY: (ecstatic) REALLY? YOU'RE BOZ BOORER?

BOZ: (surprised)You've heard of me?

PATSY: Heard of you? You're my frickin hero, I have ALL your albums. I am the Polecats BIGGEST fan. OH MY GOD, wait 'til I tell Joanie, she'll die. You can go on up to Mister Wycherley's room Mister Boorer, it's number seventeen thirty four. I am SO thrilled to have met you. I don't suppose you would sign my breasts would you?

(We cut to Morrissey's hotel bedroom. Morrissey is laying in bed with his glasses on, reading a newspaper, Boz Boorer is laying next to him, fast asleep and snoring loudly)

MOZ: (shaking Boz): WAKE UP WAKE UP

BOZ: (coming around) Patsy?

MOZ: PATSY? Boz, were you dreaming again?

BOZ (LEFT) & MOZ IN A HOTEL BEDROOM IN MANHATTAN

BOZ: Oh, er, yeah, er, sorry Moz, I must've nodded off for a minute.

(It should be noted that Morrissey is in a Kenneth Williams style 'woe is me' type of  mood and actually makes for better reading if you imagine Moz saying it in a Kenneth Williams voice!)

MOZ: It's no wonder we haven't managed to cobble together a 'single' new song this year Boz, what with you spending half your time out in Portugal twiddling knobs for nobodies, and the other half fast asleep. (there is a pause for a minute or so as Moz pretends to carry on reading his newspaper) I honestly CANNOT remember the last time you handed me an half decent tune, or for that matter, a tune of ANY level of decency whatsoever, for me to add my lyrical genius to. (pause) It really ISN'T good enough Boz. (another pause) It was NEVER like this with Johnny, he NEVER dried up on me. (licks his lips). You do realise Boz, we're heading nowhere fast (smirks to himself behind his newspaper. )

BOZ: There's no need to mention 'HIM', and anyway, I thought you said there was no point in you writing any new songs without a record deal?

MOZ: (throws newspaper down on bed, aannoyed) I didn't say that! 'When' did I say THAT?

BOZ: In Hawaii, when we were celebrating my birthday. You said to me not to bother writing any new stuff for you until you'd signed a new deal.

MOZ: STUFF? Now I know you're lying Boz, when would I EVER use the word stuff? Mind you, 'stuff' is actually quite apt to describe some of your more recent work. I can't help but feel that my words to Art-Hounds were wasted on that lumpy backing track of yours, I wonder if it's too late to use the words elsewhere, I don't think anyone would notice. (pauses momentarily for thought). Anyway, I'd had a couple of drinks on your birthday, so if I DID say not to write any more songs, I certainly didn't mean it, and what is more Boz, you are a writer of music, it is what you do, so why would you stop just because 'I' told you to? Would you do 'anything' I say? Actually, don't answer that old son, there are certain things that don't need to be said.

BOZ: I didn't stop writing Moz, I just used all the new tunes for myself.

MOZ: Ah yes, 'Vicars and Tarts'.

BOZ: 'Some Of The Parts'.

MOZ: (smirking) Mmm, perhaps it's for the best that you've not submitted any tunes to me for a while. I suppose Jesse's told you about the three new mesmerizing tunes he's presented for my consideration?

(Boz doesn't reply, but instead, gets out of bed, scratches his balls (at which point Moz screws up his face in disgust and starts to re-read his newspaper), and then goes into the bathroom where he can be heard brushing his teeth and then gargling. As he gargles Moz again screws up his face in disgust. The shower is turned on. Boz emerges ten minutes later and starts to put his trousers on.)

BOZ GETTING DRESSED



MOZ: What are you doing?

BOZ: Getting dressed.

MOZ: Martin, do you not recall what I said to you when we arrived last night? The fans all think you're in LA, they think I'm here alone.

BOZ: I know, I tweeted it last week, just like you told me too. What's that got to do with me getting dressed?

MOZ: Boz, I don't want ANYBODY knowing that you are already here in New York, I need to keep up the pretence that a) we NEVER see each other when we aren't on stage, and b) that I spend all day every day holed up in a room on my own. It adds to my Garboesque.

BOZ: Pretence? You DO lock yourself away all day every day. You sit on twitter, pretending not to be you.

MOZ: BOZ! I have NEVER been on twitter in my life! Urgh, the very thought of ME, an international megastar, on such a cheap and degrading thing as twitter. How disgusting, how could you even suggest such a thing? Say sorry (glares at Boz).

BOZ: Sorry Moz.

MOZ: That's better. Now, back  to the point I was trying to make before you rudely interrupted me. The reason that you CANNOT get dressed in that attire, is because you CANNOT be seen in New York.

BOZ: But you said we were going to go and have a butcher's around that book shop.

 (*American readers please note, a 'butcher's' is a shortened version of 'butcher's hook', which is cockney rhyming slang for the word 'look'. Carry on*)

MOZ: And so we shall, but you will have to dress as Gaynor.

BOZ: Oh for fuck's sake, do I 'ave to?

MOZ: Yes Boz, you "'ave to." Now hurry up, and we can get going.

(Morrissey gets dressed in jeans and shirt, while Boz changes into his full stage drag costume, and puts his guitar on)

MARTIN 'BOZ''GAYNOR TENSION' BOORER - ROCK-A-BILLY


MOZ: Boz, what are you doing? You don't need a guitar, we're going down the shops.

BOZ: (Taking guitar off) Oh yeah, force of habit.

MOZ: Right, I'll set off first. Give me five minutes and then follow. We're going to Strand bookstore on the corner of twelfth and Broadway, do you know where that is?

BOZ: Yeah, I know, this outfit ain't half hot...

MOZ: ...mum (they both laugh). Stop moaning Boz. I'll see you in five minutes.

(Morrissey sets off and goes into Strand Bookstore, where he starts to look at books in the photographic section.)


STRAND BOOKSTORE

(Half an hour passes but there is no sign of Boz. Moz then hears a clumping of stiletto heels coming towards him)

BOZ: Ah Moz, there you are, I've been looking all around this shop for you, I thought you'd be in the music section, or the arty farty bit, I didn't realise you'd be looking at picture books.

MOZ: They're not picture books Boz, I'm looking at books on American homosexuality in the nineteen fifties, they're really VERY interesting. They've given me a number of ideas for new stage back drops, here look. (Moz hands Boz half a dozen books).



BOZ: I don't think I can hold that many books Moz, I really do feel quite hot in this dress. Moz, I think I'm going to....(Boz faints)

PASSER BY 1: Oh my god, that lady's fainted.

PASSER BY 2: Somebody do something.

STRAND BOOKSTORE WORKER: Does anybody know first aid?

MOZ: (Moz picks up the books that Boz has dropped, and puts them into Boz's bag while nobody is looking.) Don't worry, I'll help him, I mean her. Moz gently lifts Boz and sits him up. Boz comes around.)

MOZ SITS BOZ UP



BOOKSTORE WORKER: (to the small crowd who have gathered) Wow, I recognise that guy, it's the former lead singer of eighties band The Smiths, it's Morrissey.

PASSER BY 3: The Smiths? Hell, aren't they supposed to be getting back together?

PASSER BY 4: Nah, that's just a rumour that won't go away. Morrissey would NEVER reform The Smiths, he'd rather eat his own balls, ain't that right Moz?

MOZ: (smiles politely) (whispers to Boz through gritted teeth) Don't say anything, they'll hear your voice.

BOOKSTORE WORKER: Morrissey, is that elderly lady ok?

BOZ: (sitting up) ELDERLY? Who are you calling el (Moz puts his hand across Boz's mouth).

MOZ: Try not to talk old thing. Can I get you some water? (Boz stands up and goes to grab Morrissey's throat before stopping himself and gently stroking his face instead).

PASSER BY 5: Ain't that sweet, the old gal's thanking him. I don't even think she knows who her saviour is.

(Morrissey hands Boz his bag, full of the stolen books, and both men hurriedly exit the store. Boz walks off around the corner, where Moz catches him up.)

MOZ: You got the books?

BOZ: Yep.

MOZ: Like Bonnie and Clyde, Boz, like Bonnie and Clyde, and tomorrow we'll hit the record shops.

(Both men go off into the sunset singing)

MOZ & BOZ: Shoplifters of the world, unite and take over, shoplifters of the world, hand it over, hand it over.

UNITE AND TAKE OVER

Dorset was beautiful yesterday, and the sun shone all day. The cricket was not so beautiful, but early May always brings sticky wickets. The good news is that the long range forecast is for Britain to have a long hot summer. Happy days.

All quiet on the Moz front yesterday, although both Astraea and Fifi popped into The Arms very briefly, just to listen to me playing Janitor of Lunacy on the jukebox. It is a song that Astraea introduced to me a while ago.



It would appear that I was mistaken about my tweet from Lyn Boorer disappearing, I just couldn't see it in the new mishmash of a set up that the twitter people must see as progress:



And on the subject of Boz,.... hold on, what's happened to the type set? Bloody thing! Anyway,  it would appear that Boz has been busy record shopping in LA. No doubt this little lot will be hidden in his suitcase among his Y-fronts, and if customs do find them, he will, I'm sure, convince them that the goods are for his "own personal use"!:









And while Boz shops for records, Morrissey has been issuing a statement on TTY regarding recent deaths:

Into this world, and out of it

Right then, I'm off to Brighton to watch some more cricket, so I shall leave you with another blast from the FTM past. A 'Dear Diary' written back in November 2011. There are no pictures with it, because it's a diary entry, but it's worth sticking with it, particularly for the bit about Moz having his hair cut, or to read the lyrics to the song In the Brain:


'DEAR DIARY' - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DAY 65 OF FTM, RECEIVING 88 HITS, AND NO COMMENTS

(The setting is The Mozziah's private cabin on the band's tour bus, driving through the night from Dallas, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Current day, 2am local time).

Dear Diary, Where do I start? Come to think of it, why do I start? What is the point of all this, really, what IS the point? How many times have I asked you that my dearest diary? And of course you don't really understand anyway do you, after all, you are just paper in a book; you're as manufactured as the rest of them. Why do I write Dear Diary when we both know that it is to Oscar that I write every night? Dearest, earnest, Oscar. Darling, darling, desperately misunderstood Oscar. What wouldn't I have done to have been born in your time, to have sat at your feet, to have been your very own Cecily or even to have been in Paris at the end? In fact, it would be Paris that I choose, to have been the one to scoop you up and save you. Just me and you. There has never been anybody else like you, but I do try, you know I try don't you?

So what of today Dear Oscar? To kill some time, I accompanied Jesse, Solomon and Boz to a local barber shop, the originally entitled Rob's Chop Shop, owned by a guy called Rob Villareal. Isn't that a Spanish football team? Boz thought it was a butcher's shop, and to be fair, he wasn't far wrong. Of course Mum is the only one who usually touches MY barnet, but old Rob did a fairly good job on Jesse, so I decided to let him loose on me. Not the quiff of course, just a little off the back and sides. Whilst cutting it, Rob mentioned he could make a killing on ebay by selling MY hair. Well I wasn't having that, will these b*stards stop at nothing? I got Jesse and Solomon to pick the hair up from the floor, every last strand, and stuff it in their pockets.

It then occurred to me that they TOO could try and put my hair on ebay, so I took it off them and put it in my pockets instead. Old Villareal took offence to all this, and started spouting on about it being HIS property, because it was on his floor. It all got a bit embarrassing as he tried to grab it back and at one point we were all pulling on it; it reminded me of the scenes at my concerts when the Meatheads fight over the shirt. Anyway, in the end Boz stuck one on Villareal's chin and we made a run for it. I emptied my pockets when we got back to the bus and burnt the hair. The smell was awful but what else could I do?

Burning the hair gave me a great idea, I gave Boz the lighter and told him to go back and 'torch' Rob's Chop Shop. It brings a whole new meaning to Hairdresser on Fire. Boz refused. C***! I'm sure some of that hair in my pocket was his; all greasy and silver it was, with brown dye rubbing off. I KNEW he coloured it!

 The whole barber's experience ruined my day, I considered cancelling the Dallas show in protest but Boz said there'd be consequences, which was rich coming from him after Chicago. I cancelled the 'freebie' Jimmy Kimmel show instead, no consequences there. It wasn't actually me that cancelled it, but I'll let 'THEM' think I did, they'll only think it was me anyway.

After the barbers, I took to my cabin for the rest of the day and logged on to the internet. I really wish I could leave it alone but what else is there to do with ALL these spare hours? I wish I hadn't bothered, the wifi has been sporadic and what do I find on ebay?.... Only one of MY personal letters for sale! It reminded me why I no longer write to anybody. Nothing is safe, nothing. At least they are asking a fair price, six hundred and forty nine dollars. Should I bid for it? It would stop anybody else getting hold of it. No, I won't bother, there's nothing in the letter anyway apart from reference to those 12 bloody Adam Faith records I regrettably bought. I wonder if Mum's still got them? That was the most generous Christmas present I ever gave her. Parlophone.

The So-Lowers are at it again, pulling MY latest set list to pieces. Did any of them actually go to the show? NO, of course not and yet once again they think they can tell me which of MY songs I should sing. And even if they did go, what right does it give them? Wankers. I really aught to persist with my own 'fan site', but it's such a waste of my true creative talents, and they are all philistines anyway. How many of them had any idea about the Green Carnation society? None. How can they claim to be fans of mine when they haven't read a scrap of your material dear Oscar, and know NOTHING about you? I should've known, I really should've known. It shouldn't have been me instigating the idea of a Secret Society in the first place, one of them should've started it, but how could that EVER have happened, when not one of the bastards knew anything about Green Carnation?

Anyway, again no roses this evening in Dallas, that's three concerts in a row now, and not a single petal has reached the stage. I saw somebody with a whole bunch of red roses at San An, but did they throw them to the stage? Did they f***. And I read on twotter that one of my fans brought a rose to Austin and then..... took it home again! I ask you!

I despair, only me! It could only happen to me. Oh well. I have a new song dear heart; may I? I've called it In the Brain. All your influence of course; it always is. Nobody will notice though, apart from perhaps Dr. Hoops. Clever man, Dr. Hoops.

In the Brain by Me
Locked deep away, the sins all start to decay
Could I ever be me, for all the public to see?
It would be art to extreme, with me locked in a cage
Right now my cage is a stage, an open prison
Could I run? Should I run?
Guide me, show me, help me, TELL me.
Shut away, shut away, shut away, shut away, shut away, shut away, shut away.
Away, away, away, away, I'm shut away.

I'm now thinking perhaps I should re title it Shut Away. What do you think? Of course "the greatest events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also." Impressed? Shall I continue dearest dearest Oscar? "You, Mr.Gray, you yourself, with your rose-red youth and your rose-white boyhood, you have had passions that have made you afraid, thoughts that have filled you with terror, daydreams and sleeping dreams whose memory might stain your cheek with shame."

I must get some sleep now. Oh the concert? I was good, in fact, very good, although I will of course take the compliments with my usual self deprecation, but I really was extremely good if I'm honest. Mind you, I had to stop midway through FOTG; somebody was in trouble in the crowd. I really should detach myself but I'm just TOO caring. No clips yet on Youtube, I'll look again in the morning. Finger is completely fine now but I'll keep the plaster on a bit longer, just in case.

Where to now, you ask? Let me look at my tour schedule. Dallas to Santa Fe, 637 miles. Approximate travel time 10 hours 44 minutes. Christ, I hope Boz doesn't start that game again. HE may think it's funny playing 'Guess the Song' as he burps a tune, but I find it both distasteful and vulgar. Did I really write modern poetry like Trouble Loves Me and Let Me Kiss You, just to have that oaf and is muso mates burp their way them on a bus? Oh bollocks, they HAVE started playing it again. For fuck's sake, what have I done to deserve this? Hold on, I know that one. *Shouts to Boz & the boys* "EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY".


ROB IN ACTION

Fifi, Astraea and Our Mozzer have all paid a visit to The Arms in the past 24 hours, and Our Mozzer has also posted Part IV of his parody piece Lounging Around in the comments section of Day 929 of FTM. I have no idea if there is any relevance to the final part of the parody piece being placed on my blog entry about Banjaxer, but I am guessing not.

Here is PART IV of LOUNGING AROUND written by Our Mozzer aka Morrissey (but don't ever ask him if he is Our Mozzer, or he'll kick yer teeth in.)

"Sir, they've posted another comment on your blog!"

"How many in total, Boz?"

"Seventeen, Moz."

"..And how many by that bored rodent bod?"

"... erm... uhm...most of them, sire."

The seminal artiste closes his eyes, as if tired of this world, and too tired to breathe any longer.

"It's puzzling, Morr-ee-say," says Mikey Bracewell with a look of concern in his eyes. "Your blog is the online equivalent of Ricky Gervais' Extras: it's very arch, ironic, postmodern..."

"-It's also edited by an incompetent c***," says Broken, gazing at Mikey with glassy eyes.

"Good point Broken," says Morr-ee-say, opening his electric blue eyes. "Perhaps the editing is to blame for my blog's lack of success, just as it was to blame for my book's critical mauling?"

Mikey Bracewell gulps.




"I thought Mikey did a splendid job, Mowwissey!" says Wossy with a glib smile. "Maybe the reason your blog isn't widely known about is because you keep deleting it?!"

"Oh come now, Jonathan. A truly great piece of art will draw people in, regardless of whether it's immediately available."

"A bit like my c*ck!" swoons Russell.

Morrissey glowers at Russell Brand.

"...Well sometimes it's not immeditely available.... depends on the old swab test!"

Morrissey rolls his eyes and looks out of the window.



"The weather's awful," says Mikey.

"Absolutely, Mr Bracewell," says Boz. "It's p*ssing it down out there."

"Boz Boorer, would you kindly watch your language?" asks Morrissey primly. "Stop acting like a c***."



Nobody speaks for thirteen minutes and four seconds.

"Another comment, sir!"

"That's it... delete the b*****d thing." Morrissey utters solemnly. "It's over. Until Blue Rose is finally fulfilled..."





The only question is, what exactly does "fulfilled" actually mean? Does it mean somebody getting a BLUE ROSE to Moz on stage; just as Kyle did in 2012, and Devan and Vulgar Angie did in 2013, or is there MORE to it than that? Our Mozzer often hinted that there was more to BLUE ROSE, but what?

For now, let's just presume that Our Mozzer means that we have to get a BLUE ROSE to him on this new tour, so who's going to attempt it first? I presumed that Vulgar Angie had a ticket to the concert at Santa Ana Observatory on the 8th, but she hasn't, so unless the name Angela Reyes just happens to be on the guest list (it may be worth asking, Angie, because you never know!), then it will be up to Clover Dean to try and get a BLUE ROSE to Moz. The good news is that Angie will be at a couple of other concerts, including one in Utah, and she has also agreed to get the Cocteau t-shirt made, and give it to Morrissey.

And on the subject of t-shirts, Jjazzy is going to get one made of Morrissey doing the 'owl eyes' sign:





tshirt







Fifi's visit to The Arms was a silent visit, but she was definitely present, just lingering near the jukebox. Astraea's visit amounted to watching a compilation video of Elvis swinging his hips, and later meowing, yes, you read that right, meowing. I once met the woman who sang the Meow Mix Cat Food song, but that's another story. (Her name is Toni Wine, and she was also in the pop group The Archies. I met her at a Tony Orlando backstage party in Vegas, along with Tony Orlando who gave me his cell phone number, but that's another story too!)

Our Mozzer's visit to The Arms was also brief, mainly because the pub was virtually empty. His account was quickly closed down again, but I managed to pick up these highlights:

"Are you around, my little online worms?"
"Americanized spellings. Rose symbolism. Owl eyes ("ridiculous signs, Morrissey wouldn't do that.")

And finally for today, a poster campaign has started in NYC and LA for WPINOYB:




And this from Sam Esty-Rayner on twitter:


TALK TO THE HAND, BECAUSE THE FACE ISN'T LISTENING


It is interesting that CAPITAL LETTERS are being used for WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. Remember it was @MorrisseyWorld who tweeted it in capitals first. Whatever happened to that MorrisseysWorld.Com site? Perhaps it will never come to anything, but if we want the original  MorrisseysWorld back, then BLUE ROSE has to be fulfilled, so it is now up to the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY to make it happen. EVERYBODY has to take a BLUE ROSE for Morrissey. Two days to go.

It has been revealed today by @LeeThommo that Morrissey's first three singles will be:

1. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (To be released 14/5)
2. ISTANBUL (21/05)
3. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLACE  (4/6) (Ed - this should of course be PLANET, NOT PLACE)

This obviously means that Morrissey will be NUMBER 1 in the UK Chart on his birthday with WORLD PEACE.

The only other thing to report today is that the band have been spotted rehearsing in LA..... which is a rare occurrence. Oh to be a fly on that wall.

And tomorrow..... let the show begin.


TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 40

1. I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY (LIVE IN MANCHESTER 2005) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C3LfTrVcjY



2. STILL ILL (LIVE AT RADIO CITY 2012.... WITH MORRISSEY RECEIVING HIS FIRST BLUE ROSE) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPqwwA0ZQiQ



3. ALMA MATTERS (LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH 2013..... WITH MORRISSEY RECEIVING ANOTHER BLUE ROSE) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWcitbV5bg




4. YOU HAVE KILLED ME (LIVE IN BOGOTA 2012..... WITH MORRISSEY RECEIVING HIS FIRST ROSE) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVaezmLcyi4


5. TROUBLE LOVES ME - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7n2BBKc0iQ


6. JANITOR OF LUNACY - NICO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM6qZXfwfHc



7. MADEMOISELLE FIFI - MAE WEST (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh21alaxalc

8. ALL THE LAZY DYKES (LIVE AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL LONDON 2004) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_adV-vK4g


9. COME BACK TO CAMDEN (LIVE IN DUBLIN 2011) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BWbM57mgrE&feature=youtu.be

10. LONE STAR QUEEN - NEW YORK DOLLS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZp_3_SSio4

11. GLORIA - PATTI SMITH (RE-ENTRY.... LAST ON THE CHART WHEN OUR MOZZER & RAT DID AN IMPROMPTU COUNTDOWN TOGETHER IN NOVEMBER 2012): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxygqSTO1lQ

12. QUANDO QUANDO QUANDO (STARRING A DANCING ROYCE REED) - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9lsnMh_tNA


13. BABY'S ON FIRE - BRIAN ENO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItuhuY1U04

14. HAND IN GLOVE (LIVE) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYlD4CyoYYE

15. REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN (1983 REHEARSAL) - THE SMITHS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmiQiKYDoCQ

16. JEANE (LIVE IN THE HAÇIENDA 1983) - THE SMITHS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FEVHbqF_E

17. WHY DON'T YOU FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF (DEMO VERSION) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlk1UasYRE&sns=tw

18. TOUS LES GARCONS EXT LES FILLES - FRANÇOISE HARDY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbKUZFEyjI


19. RUSHOLME RUFFIANS (STUDIO OUTTAKE) - THE SMITHS (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_kubvxHu0M&sns=tw

20. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE MANCHESTER 2004) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8AR7XQ2K4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

21. LET ME KISS YOU - NANCY SINATRA (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj6VqmMVyo

22. HOW SOON IS NOW? - t.A.T.u (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRP7-hJzdpE

23. SUNDAY MORNING - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWzxJvgWc8

24. VIENS FIFINE - JEAN GABIN (NEW ENTRY):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rPPcxOJSKw


25. READER MEET AUTHOR (ACOUSTIC DEMO) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYK-diwkyjs&sns=tw

26. LOST - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxNJi40nuF4

27. SWEETIE PIE (ORIGINAL VERSION) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qROrCnl5aJ8&feature=youtu.be

28. THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS (LIVE AT BOWERY ELECTRIC) - KRISTEEN YOUNG (DOWN 20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJSBDmJhHPk

29. REBELLIOUS JUKEBOX - THE FALL (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAxwCMqDbVw

30. EUROPEAN SON - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igWyYA_r06Y

31. PEOPLE ARE THE SAME EVERYWHERE (STUDIO IN SESSION 2011) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY9FFJ5Lpg

32. ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE (HAMMERSMITH '73) - DAVID BOWIE (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZNBbxJ2xo

33. THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT - THE MAGIC NUMBERS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_JGR7T5hw

34. MY DEATH (HAMMERSMITH '73) - DAVID BOWIE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WSqQS1PJg

35. HEART - RITA PAVONE (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nCLVvpA7gI

36. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (LIVE) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvnX1SZxS6o

37. SUMMER HOLIDAY - CLIFF RICHARD (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbajf_rHzys



38. THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - JOHNNY CASH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKbMSKI4q8

39. WELCOME HOME - PETERS & LEE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww4v2cP-MDo

40. IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - JOHNNY CASH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLmLOFhx7Ps

As Michael Jackson once said, "THIS IS IT"; although in MJ's case, 'it'turned out to be death by 'milk' as opposed to an exciting series of concerts, but as long as Moz doesn't have Boz acting as his personal physician, we should be alright! *I am now really tempted to write an impromptu parody piece with Moz laying in bed a la Michael Jackson, with Boz playing the part of a rock-a-billy Conrad Murray. Should I? Is it a bit too sick? Oh f*** it!*

(The setting is Morrissey's bedroom in some luxury hotel in LA. It is present day. Morrissey is laying in bed. The curtains are all drawn shut. Morrissey's long-time friend/musical director/Guru of the Grape/Polecat/Record Shop Owner/Cross dressing guitarist/Slightly over-weight bod, Martin 'Boz' Boorer excitedly leaps onto the bed, and begins bouncing up and down.)

BOZ: WAKE UP! WAKE UP! This is it, Moz, This... is... IT! (Boz does an extra high bounce on the bed, and bangs his head on the ceiling.)

(Morrissey doesn't stir. Boz rubs his head.)

BOZ: Come on Moz, please wake up, the tour starts today. *starts singing* I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it, I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it.

(Morrissey's eyes remain closed)

MOZ: Whoever you are, GO AWAY.

BOZ: It's me, Moz, Boz! Aren't you excited? We've waited a long time for this day.

(Boz gets off the bed, and sits down at Morrissey's dressing table. Morrissey keeps his eyes closed, and stretches out a hand onto his bedside table, where he blindly feels around. The feeling gets more frantic until eventually Morrissey opens one eye. He then opens his other eye and sits up in panic.)

MOZ: Where's my Omeprazole, Boz? Who's taken my Omeprazole?

BOZ: O-me what, Moz?

MOZ: My Omeprazole, Boz, my acid reducing tablets. Where are they?

(Boz looks down at the dressing table, which has lots of different medicine bottles and packets on it, and picks up a large packet of tablets.)

BOZ: They're here, Moz. How many do you want, two?

MOZ: I'm burning, Boz, burning. Me Barrett's has taken hold. Throw me the whole box.

BOZ: I really don't think you should-

MOZ: -Just throw me the box, you c***.

(Boz tosses the box to Morrissey, who then swallows a handful of the tablets, using a gin bottle by the side of the bed to help wash them down. He closes his eyes again, and rests his head back down on the pillow. 2 minutes 31 seconds pass, and then Morrissey sits bolt up right and looks over towards Boz.)

MOZ: BOZ? I haven't got my contact lenses in yet, so luckily you are just a blur, albeit a rather large blur, but tell me, are you naked?

BOZ: Oh, er, yes Sir, sorry about that, but in my excitement, I forgot to put any clothes on.

MOZ: And what's that in your hand?

BOZ: It's my Herbie Hancock.

MOZ: Well, if you are trying to impress me, you haven't.



BOZ: I've hardly slept Moz, it's the old nerves. Do you still get them?

MOZ: One has to have feelings to have nerves, Boz.

BOZ: I've been thinking about the setlist Moz. I was thinking Crashing bores, Like You, Camden.

MOZ: Hmm, those ones weren't written by you Boz, were they?

BOZ: Oh, I forget which ones I've written, Moz, but now you come to mention it, I think I did write those three, but that's not why I mention them.

MOZ: "Forget which ones"? You've only written me about five songs in the past twenty years, Boz, and most of those were over a decade ago. Black Cloud has been just about your only decent effort in recent years, and even that was rehashed from Alain's Swallow on my doo dah! Anyway, why are you even thinking about set lists, they are my domain, not yours!

BOZ: I, er-

MOZ: -Of course, what I would really like to be able to do, is make impromptu decisions as to what songs I sing, depending on my mood at the time, but would you and your band be able to cope without a pre-arranged set list?

BOZ: We, er-

MOZ: -Anyway, enough talk of set lists and incompetent musicians, I'm ill Boz, I can't sing tonight, you'd better cancel the show.











BOZ: Oh shit, I had a feeling that this might happen. Moz, you'll be fine.

MOZ: FINE? I have NEVER been fine in my life, and even if I weren't at death's door, which I am, we always cancel the first night, it just wouldn't be a Morrissey tour if we played the opening night. How many times must I tell you, Boz, it's all about the Mysterious otherness, all about the mysterious otherness.

BOZ: Ok, Moz, I'll go and let everybody know.

MOZ: It's too late now, Boz, you should have cancelled it yesterday, I can't cancel now. I will just have to do my best, but this is your first and last warning Boz, I don't want these sort of mistakes being made throughout the tour. I will also be taking something out of your wage packet this month, to cover the cost of the inconvenience.

BOZ: But, I-

MOZ: -No need to thank me, Boz. Now, tell me what's been written in the press about me this week.

(Boz looks slightly perplexed, and then opens up a lap top that is sat on the desk. A couple of minutes pass whilst Boz searches the internet.)

BOZ: Not much to report, Moz. Some bloke called Lee has been tweeting that you are going to release three singles in three weeks, and some other bod from the Telegraph has written about Mountjoy.

MOZ: Mountjoy? My new song, Mountjoy?

BOZ: Er, yes.

MOZ: Unbelievable, perhaps the British press are not as brain dead as I had thought. Read what he's written, Boz.

(Boz, touches the screen with his right index finger, and starts to read, following each word with his finger.)

BOZ: "so what a thrill, buried towards the back of the new album, right after Kick The Bride Down The Aisle, is track 11: Mountjoy. We will have to wait until its July release to find out whether this is indeed a musical tribute to one of Wales's best-loved snooker players, but the thought alone inspires paro, parox, parox, paroxy-

MOZ: -Spell it out, Boz.

BOZ: P-A-R-O-X-Y-S-M-S

MOZ: Paroxysms-

BOZ: -"paroxysms of relish."

MOZ: What a t***!

BOZ: Your MorrisseysWorld blog mentioned Doug Mountjoy a full two years ago, Moz.

MOZ: I'm not sure that you're totally correct there Boz, old son, but there has definitely been some referencing to snooker players over the years on the old blog. Some of my best writing is hidden in those old articles, you know. Read me the My Live Tour Journal 2011, Boz.

BOZ: I can't, you've closed the blog down again.

MOZ: We can still access the articles, it's just the dreary fans who can't. Go on Boz, read me the 2011 journal, and I might even forgive you for not cancelling tonight's show.

(Boz, clicks a few buttons on the lap top.)

BOZ: What's the password again, Moz?

MOZ: boz, underscore, bores, underscore, em. Boz Bores 'em. All lower case.

(Boz types in the password and then starts reading.)

BOZ: "My Live Tour Journal 2011. July 12th to 18th. These days drifted by like confetti thrown in the blackness of night. The funeral atmosphere around myself and the lads was entirely due to the malicious hate-campaign being waged against me by my own online fans.-

MOZ: - C***s!

BOZ: "I don't think they comprehend how painful it is to dedicate your life selflessly to your fans; and to face such contempt from those whom you have stood up for over the many years - the lonely, the lost, the disillusioned. Each man kills the thing he loves. Perhaps I should accept it as a perverse compliment? A part of my soul faded away during these days. A part of me died."

MOZ: How very true. Thank god I managed to save myself with the Blue Rose Society.

BOZ: But Solow is still going Moz, and once the tour starts, even your Blue Rose fans will feel the need to go there to get the setlist. It's apparently the only reason they go there now.

MOZ: Hmm, you may be right there, Boz. Perhaps I should let that fawning rat have the set lists before Solow get their hands on them. It would liven things up a bit.

BOZ: You could even give him the set lists beforehand Moz, or at least an occasional one.

MOZ: No, there's no chance of that happening, Boz, but perhaps I will give the poor s*d a little snippet here and there. In fact, he's bound to be reading this, so let's give him and his dreary friends a little hint for tonight. Still alive. Still ill. Still sleepy. Anyway, forget about the fawning rat, carry on reading my mesmerizing tour journal. The bit about the snooker players is coming up.

(Boz places his index finger back on the screen, and continues to read.)

BOZ: "Stayed in bed for most of the 12th. Watched a DVD of 1970s 'Coronation Street' episodes I'd brought with me. Watched a bit of 'Jim Davidson's Big Break' too but broke down in tears during the pot black challenge with Ray Reardon. I was on my feet cheering as he got down for the pink. Raised a glass as he lined up the black and... same old story. Reminded me of the reviews for 'Years of Refusal' actually. Falling at the final hurdle. He missed the black; I tagged 'OK By Myslef' on the end of an otherwise classic album. Like myself, he's another who enjoyed his career peak in the Autumn of his life. A kindred spirit, a late blossomed. He's not quite Judd Trump or Ronnie O'Whitevan, of course, but he's still got it, old Ray. Don't dismiss him just because he's getting on a bit, will you? Cardinal error."

MOZ: There you go, Boz, I told you it wasn't Doug Mountjoy, it was good old Ray Reardon I wrote about.

BOZ: Still very funny, Moz. You aren't half good at the old parody stuff.

MOZ: Yes Boz, you 're right, I am, and my blog really does deserve a wider audience, but I mean what I said recently; unless the BRS get roses to me, and Blue Rose is fulfilled, it's not coming back.

Fin

So, there we have it. We MUST get roses to Moz. And what of the clue regarding tonight's set. "Still alive. Still ill. Still sleepy." My guess is Well I Wonder, Still Ill and Rubber Ring, or perhaps Asleep. I don't think I've ever been so excited about a concert I'm not attending. If Moz sings either I Know it's Gonna Happen Someday or Trouble Loves Me, I might just abandon my son and his GCSEs, and catch the next flight to LA.

FOOT NOTE - My thanks to Dickie Felton and Boz Boorer for the use of their photographs, and my thanks to Our Mozzer for providing the 2011 Tour Journal piece. Finally, my thanks to Fifi for the set clue.

7:00 am: Fifi promised a treat for the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY, but what she didn't promise was Christmas f******g Day! I have awoken this morning to find that last night, on the opening night of the tour, Morrissey sang TROUBLE LOVES ME! YES, TROUBLE LOVES ME! HE SANG THE BRS SONG! I can hardly type, I am so excited, but it doesn't stop there; Moz also sang I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY, our COCTEAU song, and the ONLY song that Fifi re-tweeted when I was trying to guess the setlist the other day. AND THERE'S MORE! MOZ SANG HAND IN GLOVE, our other Fifi Cocteau song! AND THERE'S MORE, Morrissey sang Life is a Pigsty, The National Front Disco, Asleep, Everyday is Like Sunday, I Have Forgiven Jesus...... I actually think I might self combust with excitement. GET ME ON A PLANE.

I will update this blog entry throughout the day as I find Youtube footage, photos etc, and I would like to invite all BRS members to post their comments throughout the day too. Please feel free to post as many times as you like, and let your excitement flood out.

I have so far seen snippets of Hand in Glove, That's How People Grow Up, The National Front Disco, World Peace is None of Your Business, and One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell, where Moz seems to get mobbed, and the song is cut short. Were there any roses delivered? I'm sure I saw a backdrop of Bruce Lee and a vase of roses! I shall return later. Here is the setlist:

WEDNESDAY MAY 7 - SAN JOSE NATIONAL CIVIC

SET LIST

1. HAND IN GLOVE
2. THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP
3.GANGLORD
4. SPEEDWAY
5. I HAVE FORGIVEN JESUS
6. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
7. I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS
8. YES, I AM BLIND
9. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES
10. LIFE IS A PIGSTY
11. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
12.  EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET
13. TROUBLE LOVES ME
14. MEAT IS MURDER
15. FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE
16. THE YOUNGEST WAS THE MOST LOVED
17. I KNOW IT''S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY
18. THE NATIONAL FRONT DISCO
19. ASLEEP
20. ONE DAY GOODBYE WILL BE FAREWELL

UPDATE 7:54 am: Drummer Matt Walker has tweeted and favourited my reply to him of "Welcome home, Matthew.":


There are new backdrop photos. My thanks to Clover Dean and Erica Calil for supplying the photos..... supplying them to me that is, not to Moz, who I guess found them himself! They WEREN'T ROSES in Bruce Lee's vase after all! :











UPDATE 8:30 am: I have been trawling through twitter for the past half hour, and keep checking Youtube every five minutes. No new videos have been posted, which is really frustrating, but understandable as it is now 12.30 am in LA. A tweeter called '@xamat' has posted to say that Earth is the Loneliest Planet is a Rumba, so I can't wait to her that, and I also can't wait to hear The Bullfighter Dies and World Peace in it's entirety (the clip I have so far seen only lasts 20 seconds, but it has whetted the old appetite). Clover Dean tweeted during the concert to say that there were blue roses at the concert, but did any get to Moz?



WHERE OH WHERE is the Youtube footage for Trouble Loves Me? Aghhhhh! I do believe that this is quite possibly the BEST setlist there has EVER been!

*Goes off singing* World Peace is none of your business, you must not tamper with arrangements. Work hard and sweetly pay la la la......




UPDATE 9:00 am: Fifi has been in touch, saying, "What can I say? Trouble does love me." It certainly does Fifi, old son, it certainly does! I have continued to check Youtube every five minutes, using the simple search of 'Morrissey', and what has just popped up?..... a new teaser video by Boz Boorer, promoting his new single, Girl from Atlanta:


And now, at last, some more footage from last night, thanks to Youtube user 650CaliGirl. There are only little snippets, but it all counts."Did you feel anything?" asks Moz after Throwing my Arms Around Paris, and then adds, "What was it like?" before gliding seamlessly into Yes I am Blind. 650Caligirl has also added a short clip of I Know it's Gonna Happen Somedayand OMG, I could cry, in fact, I think I will. Morrissey's voice is on top, top form, and he sounds like he means every word. He DOES mean every word. It's the BRS Cocteau song. This song is special. Also added are Sunday and Speedway snippets.


PHOTO CURTESY OF DICKIE FELTON - WHO IS THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE ROSE IN HER HAIR?

UPDATE 9:17 am: "I should tell you, that, a miracle has occurred, and we are about to release the follow-up to Viva Hate. It's been a long wait, but, we shall release a new CD and a new LP, and, however much you like to think otherwise, WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS":



UPDATE 9:33 am: I have written out the lyrics to WPINOYB, which is a SPELLBINDING and POWERFUL new song. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I am especially unsure of the "boo hoo"!:

WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

World peace is none of your business
You must not tamper with arrangements
Work hard and sweetly pay your taxes
Never asking what for
Oh oh, you poor little fool
Oh oh boo hoo

World peace is none of your business
Police will stun you with their stun guns
Or they'll disable you with tasers
That's what Government's for
Oh oh, you poor little fool
Oh oh boo hoo

World peace is none of your business
So would you, kindly keep your nose out
The rich must profit and get richer
And the poor must stay poor
Oh oh, you poor little fool
Oh oh boo hoo

Each time you vote, you support the process
Each time you vote, you support the process
Each time you vote, you support the process
Brazil, Bahrain, Egypt, Ukraine
So many people in pain

No more you poor little fools
No more you fool

UPDATE 11:06 am: I have just got back from a VERY wet dog walk, and there is LOADS of new Youtube footage. I have added the songs as links to the playlist at the top. We've got Yes, I am Blind, The Bullfighter Diesand Earth is the Loneliest Planet, but I haven't even had the chance to listen to Earth yet. Here is the video of Bullfighter (it is after Y,IAB) plus the lyrics (correct me if I've got them wrong). It is an INCREDIBLE song. LOVE IT , LOVE IT, LOVE IT. There is just too much to take in at the moments, it really IS like Christmas day, and I don't know what present to play with first. I will probably end up in a corner, just shaking and crying:


THE BULLFIGHTER DIES

Mad in Madrid
Ill in Seville
Lonely in Barcelona
Then someone told you
And you cheered

Hooray, Hooray
The Bullfighter dies
Hooray, Hooray
The Bullfighter dies
And nobody cries
Nobody cries
Because we all want the bull to survive

Gaga in Malaga
No mercy in Mercia
Mental in Valencia
Then someone tells you
And you cheer

Hooray, Hooray
The Bullfighter dies
Hooray, Hooray
The Bullfighter dies
And nobody cries
Nobody cries
Because we all want the bull to survive



UPDATE 11:30 am: Here is the video for the mesmerizing Earth is the Loneliest Planet plus the lyrics. I haven't been able to work out all the lyrics, so if somebody could post to let me know what they are, I will correct them:



"I have, I have travelled extensively in my very young life, and I have discovered that Earth is the loneliest Planet." - Morrissey San Jose May 7 2014

EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET

Earth is the loneliest planet of all
Earth is the loneliest planet of all
Day after day you say "one day, one day"
Day after day you say "one day, one day"
But you're in the wrong place
And you've got the wrong face
And humans are not really very humane
And earth is the loneliest planet of all

Earth is the loneliest planet of all
Live with a loneness than no one else knows
Time after time you say "next time, next time"
Time after time you say "next time, next time"
But you play it as a pawn
And you lose as a man
Oh we do what we can
And earth has become this place you will never understand

??????
Let it begin
And earth is the loneliest planet of all
Earth is the loneliest planet of all
Earth is the loneliest planet of all
Day after day you say "one day, one day"
Day after day you say "one day, one day"
And there's always a reason why your ?
They always blame you, you, you
And there is nothing anyone can do

UPDATE 11:35 am: It seemed to all kick off during the encore, with multiple invasions, and One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell was cut short due to Moz being throttled! Excellent footage:



I have read that during the evening, Morrissey DID receive some flowers, but were they roses, and were they blue?

UPDATE 11:50 am:Blue Roses have been spotted in the audience, but I still don't know if it was roses that Moz accepted on stage, or some other flowers! It had to be roses. It's ONLY ever roses!

UPDATE 1:20 pm: In all the excitement, I haven't had the chance to mention MorrisseysWorld. The MorrisseysWorld blog appeared again yesterday, and both Our Mozzer and Fifi put in an appearance at The Twitterdilly Arms. Even Broken appeared yesterday; in the MW chatroom, but just as I was about to converse with him, I got hauled back into the real world, and missed him.

Needless to say, both the MW blog and the twitter account have now disappeared once again. Here are MW's highlights from yesterday:

In response to @vulgar1mkela's tweet which said, "I do hope I get in (to the Santa Ana Observatory)": "@vulgar1mkela Good luck." This was then followed by, "Luck is the thrill of the rich and the curse of the poor."

Hopefully Vulgar Angie, the Vice President of the BRS, will manage to buy a ticket for tonight's VERY small venue, but if not, I have advised her to give a BLUE ROSE to Donnie, or one of the crew, and see if the rose has the power to get Angie in. It worked for me in NYC, so it might just work for Angie. The fact that Our Mozzer also retweeted Angie's tweet that said, "thank you, I will have roses in hand if I do get in" might just be a sign that Moz will get her in.


THE BRS VP 'VULGAR ANGIE ' - HEADING TO SANTA ANA (WITH FRIEND) AND HOPING TO MAKE IT INTO TONIGHT'S CONCERT, WHERE SHE WILL HAVE ROSES IN HAND


Our Mozzer's Twitter Highlight's Continued:

"Sadness is to art as joy is to faith."

In response to @LizzyCatMoz's tweet which said, "I might start a Twitter bet on what the first song will be": "@LizzyCatMoz World peace is not on your setlist." ANOTHER HUGE CLUE as to what was on the way.... and then he was gone!







WORLD PEACE - WAS ON THE SETLIST

I was both surprised and deeply honoured to be dragged into the toilets of The Arms in the early hours of yesterday morning by none other than Mademoiselle Fifi, which was much more of a treat than being dragged in by Banjaxer! I won't repeat our whole conversation, and Fifi will probably kick me for even mentioning the conversation at all, but it is EXTREMELY relevant. In the conversation Fifi mentioned "Lonely Planet" and also asked "Am I the only one?" These were obviously clues to the set list, but I didn't pick up on them. I had a pretty strong feeling that Moz would sing I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday (after Fifi retweeted it the other day), but Trouble Loves Me was a MASSIVE surprise, and something the BRS has been waiting for for a long, long time.... although from my earlier hours conversation with Fifi, I had an inkling that it too was coming last night. Here is part of our conversation:

FIFI: Enjoy what is coming next. You should.

ME: Trouble? Are you ready to sing Trouble?

FIFI: I don't SING "Trouble", I AM "Trouble". There will be a BRS treat but I cannot say any more."

There is STILL no video footage of Trouble on Youtube..... or Pigsty! Arghhh! WHAT a setlist!













UPDATE 2:50 pm: Broken is awake, and has posted these messages in the comments section of today's blog:

Broken 
A magnificent show, as ever. World Peace is the only new one I've watched on YouTube and it had me swaying at my laptop. Thanks to TRM for the MW 'V' sign via Bruce Lee. Honour to those who waved their blue roses.
And then it was over.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:02

Broken 
Climb on stage and present him with a blue rose and a blue rose society t-shirt as soon as you can.
D'0'n't f'0'rget to make the sign.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:18

Broken 
World Peace will sound wonderful sandwiched between RnB and some dreadful chart pop ditty. If only TOTP was still running.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:20

Broken 
Thank the Rat for this site. If not for it, we'd all be on the so-low forum.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:22

Vulgar1mkela 
Broken my love the shirt will be made tomorrow
If I do get tickets tonight that will be my goal get them to him while on stage
Posted by Vulgar1mkela to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:21

Broken 
Be brave my darling. There are no prizes for waving a rose. Lots of love.
World Peace Is None Of Your Business - his anti-NWO protest song.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:24


Somebody has reported on twitter that Kristeen Young started her set with the stage backdrop of 'Amanda and Amy' by Diane Arbus. It is a photo that Moz used when I saw him in NYC last January. I have just googled Diane Arbus, and her work is UNBELIEVABLE. No wonder Morrissey and Kristeen both like her work:


AMANDA (AGED 9) AND HER COUSIN AMY (8) - KY BACKDROP



TWO FEMALE IMPERSONATORS BACKSTAGE N.Y.C. 1961 BY DIANE ARBUS

STILL no sign of Trouble Loves Me. I'd better go and walk the dog again.

UPDATE 3:15 pm: GWO has posted this:

girlwithout 
What a setlist!
The image on the drums and the stage pass is of Mrs Shufflewick.
Posted by girlwithout to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:49


She certainly has good eye sight, that GWO. I haven't seen any close up footage of the drum, but I am presuming it is this picture of Mrs Shufflewick:



I have never heard of Mrs S before, I am FAR too young, so I now have A Drop of the Hard Stuff to look forward to. I have just listened to the first 5 minutes, and I'm hooked!:

Astraea has also awoken, and left this comment:

Astraea 
So much beauty here. So much beauty on the stage last night. So much beauty in the songs.
So much love here.
And if love and beauty make the heart soar, my heart is gone now.
Forever.
The music, the music, the music... It carries me now, it will carry me always.
And until the end, while music exists within me, I will never be alone.
It is the only thing I have ever loved.
It is the only thing.
Posted by Astraea to Following The Mozziah at 8 May 2014 14:56

I really MUST take that dog out, he's got his legs crossed.

UPDATE 4:15 pm: A video clip of Asleep has been added to Youtube, and it is STUNNING, although annoyingly some twat kept shouting, which even caused Moz to stop singing. The band are all dressed in local Los Feliz t-shirts:


My thanks to GWO for supplying a picture of an official pass, which depicts Mrs Shufflewick again:











UPDATE 6:35 pm: A youtube clip of the intro and the first three songs has been added. Moz looks tanned and it is like he has never been away. He also opens the evening by saying, "Bonsoir", but he is NOT Fifi:



Vulgar Angie has got her BLUE ROSES, and is ready for tonight. The only question now, is WILL her BLUE ROSE manage to get her in to a concert where she DOESN'T have a ticket?



UPDATE 7:15 pm Fifi has paid a visit to The Arms, and I have rather unexpectedly received an email from Moz, although he has pointed out that he didn't actually type it, because "My little finger got a bit twisted last night." No doubt His Mozzness will be wearing a HUGE plaster cast on his pinkie tonight. I have more to add from Moz, but I have just been called for tea.



UPDATE 8:00 pm: Right then, where was I? Oh yes, my email from Morrissey's assistant. He has pointed out that in Hand in Glove, Morrissey can be seen "reaching for the hand of the "little charmer(s)"", adding, "Where did I hear that before? Reach for the hand... Hand in glove... Little charmers...?" You had your clue but missed it. That's OK, I sometimes struggle to understand myself too." He goes on, "Have fun in looking for all the clues. Some of them are obvious, some less obvious. This is what keeps it interesting. I am not telling you any more. There will be much more to say but not now."

I have to say, that my head is spinning with all the information I have tried to take in today, and I WON'T be repeating this tomorrow; mainly because I have a cricket match to attend.

I think Moz may have sensed that my brain is close to frazzling, because Fifi has since dragged me back into the toilets of The Twit Arms, to tell me this:

"Hand in glove/ I know.../ Trouble = BRS anthems.
Speedway = Ping pong."

STOP PRESS: A second email has been received (and YES, I DO know I am lucky), saying, "No more clues, you are not good at this game. Just enjoy the show. The first date was a BRS treat. Now, it's time to please the rest of the world. Ps. You're still a ****"

I do hope that this doesn't mean Glove, I Know and Trouble will now be off the setlist, we haven't even seen Trouble yet!

And finally for today (because my family now need me), Vulgar's roses are ready. Will a BLUE ROSE get her in to tonight's show? We wait with bated (or is it baited? My English is as bad as my French) breath.














ANGIE'S ROSES

UPDATE 9:30 pm: This REALLY is my last posting today. How could I NOT add this comment that has been added to my blog? Thank you, thank you, thank you. WHAT a memory. Hmmm:


Anonymous:
A transcript of significant lyric changes and in-between song banter, typed by my secretary. I really wished she'd stop swearing every time she types an "e". (editor note: I bet you wished you had sabotaged the "z" letter instead now. That's what you get for being such a berk.)

"Bon soir!"

Hand In Glove

"Thank you."

That's How People Grow Up ("NO I'M NOT" instead of "for now anyway")

Ganglord ("Just get your FAT ass back to the ghetto, kill yourself back in the ghetto")

"You know it's true"

Speedway ("Can you see it in your heart - yes or no", "until my loving mouth gets slashed good and proper")

I Have Forgiven Jesus ("By Friday, this job has killed me", "why did you give me so much love in a loveless world when there's no one I can run to to give up all this love")

"I should tell you that a miracle has occured, and we are about to release the follow-up to Viva Hate, it's been a long wait, but we shall release a new CD, and a new LP, and however much you like to think otherwise, world peace is none of your business."

World Peace Is None Of Your Business

I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

"Thank you. Did you feel anything? What was it like?" (editor note: I somehow felt like stabbing myself in front and back at the same time)

Yes I Am Blind

The Bullfighter Dies

"Thank you."

Life Is A Pigsty ("How come I'm still the same underneath, does anybody know?")

"Thank you. Well, (...) very kind person, a very kind person who recognises all of the band members, (...) person would like to step on the stage and introduce everybody, I don't mind. But if you're too shy, that's ok, I will do it myself."

Everyday Is Like Sunday

"Thank you. Ahm, I have travelled extensively in my very young life, and I have discovered that earth is the loneliest planet."

Earth Is The Loneliest Planet (editor note: After "next time" I think he's singing "but you fail as a woman and you lose as a man", as opposed to the lyrics published on this blog, what was that guy hearing??)

Trouble Loves Me

Meat Is Murder ("kill (it) - eat - kill (it) - eat" (editor note: I much prefer this because death for no reason isn't always murder), "do you care, do you care, do you care?")

"Would be please (put something?) together for - Gustavo Mansur. Would you please squeeze something for Jesse Tobias. On the drums - Matthew Walker. On the bass - Solomon Walker. And the notorious B-O-G (?) - Boz Boorer."

First Of The Gang To Die

The Youngest Was The Most Loved

(editor note: Now he seems to repeatedly say "good evening" but I'm not sure. Then, the music starts off as if Trouble Loves Me is played again, same chords, but it leads into:)

I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday

So anyway, (..) you were saying (obviously hands mic to crowd now): "I love you", "I love you Morr-EE-say!""Morrissy you're my dream boy" (obviously gets back microphone now)

National Front Disco ("..., the wind blows" (ed note: doesn't sound like "David" but can't make out what he sings. Song ends as if Kristeen Young had put on a Gustavo costume, or the other way around))

----------------------

Asleep

One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell (sings "and before you know goodbye will be fare..." and flees from stage)



B.M.V.






Fin

6:00 am: As I write this, Morrissey is still on stage, but let it be known, he took a BLUE ROSE from ten year old Devan (who he also took one from at Hollywood High) during Yes, I am Blind, and IS WEARING IT:














I know NOTHING else at this stage, and I am hungry, so I shall go and have some breakfast, and will return later, but please start adding your comments and observations.








DEVAN - PRE CONCERT

THE OBSERVATORY SANTA ANA - MAY 8 2014

SETLIST (Unconfirmed)

1. Hand In Glove
4.The Youngest Was the Most Loved
3. Ganglord
4.I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
5. Speedway
6. World Peace is None of Your Business
7. That's How People Grow Up
8. Earth is the Loneliest Planet
9. Life is a Pigsty
10. The Bullfighter Dies
11. I Have forgiven Jesus
12. Yes, I am Blind
13. Everyday is like Sunday
14. Meat is Murder
15. Trouble Loves Me
16. Forst of the Gang to Die
17. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
18. The National Front Disco
19. Asleep
20. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell

UPDATE 7:40 am: KABOOM! The first video is in..... and what is more, Trouble Loves Me has been played again.... AND, I have now seen yesterday's Trouble. WOW! WOW! WOW! MY FLABBER IS GASTED ! Back later.



UPDATE 8:25: I am struggling to take everything in. I am still savouring everything from yesterday's concert, let alone today's. Oh, WHERE to begin? I have added clips to yesterday's blog Setlist, but haven't even had the time to watch them all yet. Trouble Loves Me and I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday where DEFINITELY the highlights, but WHAT a concert! WHAT a day. These are SPECIAL times. When, oh when, will they believe us about BLUE ROSE? How many times does Moz have to wear the rose before the penny drops? Back later.















BRS VICE PRESIDENT VULGAR ANGIE WITH HER SANTA ANA TICKET, BOUGHT FROM SOMEBODY IN CHICAGO. THE POWER OF THE BLUE ROSE TO GAIN ENTRY WASN'T TESTED


UPDATE 9:50: I am now at work, and I have a VERY busy morning, before heading off to watch a cricket match this afternoon, so today's blog entry will not be like yesterday's, but then again, NO blog entry will be like yesterday's. I am also supposed to be buying tickets to take my eldest son to see Eminem at Wembley on July 11th, but I am already losing patience with Ticketmaster. There must be a better system for buying tickets than sitting on an internet screen all morning, watching it whir! I have already been kicked out three times, and if it does it again, I shall give up, and take him to Alton Towers instead! Aghhh! Alton Towers it is!

Right then, as there isn't much information available yet about the Santa Ana concert, I shall quickly mention some events of yesterday. So much happened in such a short period of time, that none of us were able to savour the flavour. Perhaps Moz should only do one show a week, so that we can let it all softly sink in, rather than us having to ram it all home.

One of the stand out parts of yesterday was the contribution to my blog by B.M.V (who is he/she? Hmm) who posted a transcript of ALL of Morrissey's 'chit chat' in San Jose, and also corrected me on one or two things, including the lyrics to Earth is the loneliest Planet. The lyric is NOT "You play as a pawn" as I had written, but "you fail as a woman"! An easy mistake to make! If anybody missed B.M.V's contribution, then I would strongly suggest you go back to yesterday's entry and read it. Hopefully B.M.V will post again today with all the audio.

STOP PRESS: New MorrisseysWorld blog article. He wants our opinion on BLUE ROSE. Back later.
















UPDATE 11:50 am: The new MorrisseysWorld blog entry, is entitled '100 word messages for Morrissey from BRS. Do you believe yet? What will you do when everyone believes? Should the entire MW archive be republished? When will the entire venue be awash with roses? Whom will he take one from next?' The article was posted at 1:39 am LA time (9:39 UK), and I posted my 100 word entry straight away, although I 'm sure that the last question about who will be next wasn't there when I wrote my bit!

I have written that I will "smile" when everybody believes, and "welcome them to our world". I have also written that "YES" the whole MW blog should be republished, the genius of MW deserves a MUCH larger audience than just the 'Dreary Deluded Dozen' it has attracted thus far. As to "when will the entire venue be awash with roses", I have written that if Morrissey keeps accepting and wearing them, then it will be sOOn, VERY sOOn....... but actually, WILL it? Are we attracting new members to the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY? Yes, I think we must be. There is very rarely a concert that doesn't now have roses, and hopefully those who persist in bringing their gladioli from the nineteen haties, will soon realise that it is ONLY roses that Morrissey accepts, and ONLY BLUE ROSES that he wears.

Our Blue Rose equivalent of Oscar Wilde's Green Carnation continues to grow at it's own pace, and I am sure that Morrissey will continue to endorse it by accepting roses and wearing them. As to whether people believe Moz is behind the BRS or not is irrelevant. What is important, is that Morrissey fully backs the idea of BLUE ROSE, and the sooner everybody realises that, the sooner each concert venue will be awash with roses..... just as Mam asked for, back in that original 'Bans Committee' parody article of 2011! As to who will be next to get a BLUE ROSE to Moz, we will just have to wait and see. Perhaps it will be Tom Jones on Saturday! Now that would get everybody talking.

The latest MW article signs off with Our Mozzer stating that "When this item has 1000 comments, the next article will be published." The article has now been live for 2 hours, and as well as my 100 word response, there is one from JohnGill (aka Loughton Lil), and THAT IS IT! We may be waiting some time for the next article!

I am desperate to find some time to watch/listen to Mrs Shufflewick, and I hope I don't forget about her, she looks hilarious. I could imagine Boz dressing as her. Is it my imagination, or does Mrs S have BLUE ROSES on that dress of hers?:






It was also pointed out yesterday that the new backdrop picture of Bruce Lee has him doing a 'V' sign, which is one of the signs of MW. Are Bruce and Mrs S further little BRS signs? It is also interesting to note that WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS was yesterday referred to by Broken as Morrissey's "anti-NWO protest song." Yet ANOTHER link to the MorrisseysWorld blog, which made LOTS of references to the NWO (New World Order), and acted as PROOF to the likes of Rosy Mires that MW COULDN'T be the work of Morrissey, because "Morrissey just wouldn't do that". How Rosy Mires, Still.I.Cling et al must be kicking themselves now. What would be really great, would be if they came back to the BRS, and just swallowed their pride, admitting they made a MASSIVE mistake in presuming what Morrissey would or wouldn't do, but I doubt they will, they will probably cling closer to the Solow mods and the sinking Solow ship. Such is human behaviour. No doubt the Solow lot will start slagging off the new songs, they probably have already started, but for the VERY first time during a Moz tour, I have not even been tempted to look. Nobody needs them.

Look at the time. I have to go. Hopefully Youtube clips will appear throughout the day. If anybody finds one, please post the link. I am just stepping out, and I may be some time.

And breathe.

With no show last night..... sorry, I should clarify, when I say "no show", I don't mean Morrissey didn't turn up, I mean there actually was NO SHOW.... where was I? Oh yes, with no show last night, it has meant that I have had a bit of time to catch up with the events of the past 48 hours, and WHAT a 48 hours they have been. Because SO much has happened, I haven't be able to pay enough attention to the fact that the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY anthem, Trouble Loves Me, has been sung TWICE in as many days, including Morrissey singing it in Santa Ana whilst WEARING a BLUE ROSE. They said it would never happen..... IT HAPPENED! Play it again, Sam:

I should add at this point, that all of those who have been beside themselves with joy at Trouble Loves Me being added to the setlist, you should make the most of what we have had, because I don't think it is a permanent addition. From what Mademoiselle Fifi has told me, I think Trouble was only originally intended to be played on that opening night in San Jose, but because no video clip of it had appeared on Youtube, Morrissey played it again for us in Santa Ana. Hopefully I am wrong. PLEASE may I be wrong.

I have more news for the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY from Morrissey, received via Mademoiselle Fifi's secretary, during a rendezvous in the toilets of The Twitterdilly Arms. Here is the news:

"Sire asks if you noticed (probably not, you never pay attention) Day 1 - Bonsoir + Hand in glove. Day 2 - Hand in glove + Merci. HIG = the Cocteau link = BRS treat."


MERCI...... BUT NO MERCY IN MURCIA.... I LOVE THAT LINE!


Actually, YES, WE DID NOTICE, and it was a thrill, albeit a cheap thrill, but a thrill none the less.

M.Fifi's secretary continued, "That tiny blue rose was not easy to spot and yet, he lunges (in a ratty manner), takes it and keeps it in his pocket. Kid on stage = BRS member Pride."

And the most touching thing EVER, was this statement from The Mozziah (I haven't called him that for ages): "Trouble with the Blue Rose was such an emotional moment." We couldn't agree more. Hopefully some Youtube footage will emerge of Moz singing Trouble in Santa Ana, wearing the BRS rose. Fulfilled.


MORRISSEY WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE IN SANTA ANA

Although Trouble Loves Me may be disappearing from the setlist, the good news is that All the Lazy Dykes might soon be appearing, well, at some stage during the tour at any rate. Apparently it depends on whether or not I show enough respect to His Mozzness. I will try my utmost, but he can be a **** at times.... sorry, sorry, sorry. *Must try harder to be respectful*

Before I move on, I would also like to just a spend a moment taking in I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday. In previous years when Morrissey has sung this song live, he hasn't used the radio interference at the beginning, but this time he HAD to. It is a MASSIVE part of the BLUE ROSE story. Many people think that the radio interference used on the record is just random, but it ISN'T! Morrissey doesn't do random. The interference, AND the song, is all Jean Cocteau related, and now that Morrissey has shared that information with the BRS, it makes it a VERY special song for us. Almost as special as Trouble. Hand in Glove is the same...... Fucking hell (excuse my French), are we actually aware of just WHAT is happening via this whole MW/BRS phenomenon? Morrissey is sharing 'stuff' with us that NOBODY else knows about. I don't think any of us quite comprehend just how historically important all of this is. Morrissey is the modern day Oscar Wilde, who won't be fully appreciated for his genius until he is long gone, and WE are in his world.... PINCH ME. HARDER. If Oscar had been around today, the MW blog would have been exactly what he would have created..... although it would probably have been called OscarsWorld, no, no, no..... WildeWorld.

I seem to have gone off at a tangent, I want to take a moment to savour I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday, and whilst I am at it, I also want to savour Life is a Pigsty, which despite being my favourite Morrissey song of all time, has somehow not been mentioned in all the excitement of the past two days. Breathe.







And whilst I am playing videos, here is Moz singing Everyday is Like Sunday in Santa Ana, whilst wearing HIS Blue Rose. Yes, it's HIS Blue Rose.


A number of other video clips of the Santa Ana concert have now surfaced on Youtube, and I have added them as links on the setlist of yesterday's blog. The clips include the brilliant new songs WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS and The Bullfighter Dies. There is also a fantastic new version of First of the Gang to Die, which I thought was a Samba, but it is apparently a kind of Mexican folk music called Mariachi. Asleep with Moz STILL wearing the BLUE ROSE has also appeared. I DO hope that Trouble emerges, if not, Moz will HAVE to play it again, and will HAVE to take another Blue Rose.

So, what happens now with the BRS? Morrissey has now taken a BLUE ROSE on at least four occasions, and has worn it on three, but will the masses come running to us? I believe that the answer is NO. The Solowers have written us off as a bunch of fruit cakes and nut jobs. Even with Morrissey blatantly showing his support for the BRS, they are SO lost up themselves, that they can't see ANY of what is going on, but the Solowers aren't alone. Even a seasoned Moz fan like Dickie Felton CANNOT see what is going on right in front of his own eyes. I like Dickie, I think his books about Moz are well written, and he is never negative about anything to do with Morrissey. I also like his Scouse wit, and the BRS would really benefit from having him in our ranks, but despite me having sent Dickie many, many pieces of evidence, proving that Moz is behind MW and the BRS, Dickie just doesn't want to know. This week, Dickie has stood right in front of Moz in Santa Ana, watching him sing the BRS theme tune, whilst wearing a BLUE ROSE, and STILL he cannot see. You therefore have to say, if the likes of a switched on cookie like Dickie are failing to realise that Moz is behind the BRS, then there is NO hope of the masses seeing. This could run and run.

The most recent MorrisseysWorld blog article has currently amassed forty two comments. The target figure before any new articles are posted is one thousand. There have been some excellent contributions, none more so than this, from Broken:

"I hope hardly anyone discovers our oasis of peace and Morrissey-adoration on the chemical-cesspit that is the world wide pleb. We are lucky to have a group united in loving Morrissey, his beautiful songs, and his wistful words. We need nothing more. We are open, not secretive, yet our existence is largely a secret. Gradually our membership grows, aware MW is not Morrissey, but equally aware Morrissey loves BRS. Until he issues a legal injunction and orders us to cease and desist, we will remain true to YOU. The beautiful days and hilarious nights will continue. Our peaceful, witty community is something close to a genuine home. All are welcome; just be beautiful. Whispers of blue roses spread far and wide - from Columbia to Salford; Los Angeles to Krakow. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday." Broken - BRS

Harrison left these wise words:

"I am not sure if the masses will ever believe Morrissey is behind MW. It does take some thought, intelligence and time to read through FTM and MW. It seems most people are only interested in their own little pathetic worlds and have little time to bother with anything else."

So there we have it, the BRS remains WELL under the radar, and it would appear that the members are all more than happy with that. There was once a time when we all got VERY frustrated that nobody could see, but now, we are happy that they don't. It is more exciting when the odd one or two stumble upon us. It means more that way.







THE BLUE ROSE SOCIETY T-SHIRT THAT VULGAR ANGIE HAS MADE FOR MOZ

Early this morning, Mademoiselle Fifi popped into The Twitterdilly Arms, and chatted very briefly with myself and Jazzy. Jazzy asked which of these t-shirts she should give to Moz:

















Fifi replied, "OOh tricky question." Let's now see if Jazzy can get the shirt to Moz, and then let's see if he will wear it. We must also wait to see if Angie gets the BRS Cocteau shirt to Moz. Exciting times ahead.

Fifi also posted a video of YESTERDAY MAN by CHRIS ANDREWS:



Rather spookily, I had already posted that video on this very blog entry, along with
EMMENEZ-MOI by CHARLES AZNAVOUR



Both of these videos are in the new pre-concert montage.

There is much more that I could write today, but as usual, time is short, so I will add the rest in bullet points:

1. Moz has so far been wearing a blazer on this tour. I believe it is because he KNEW he was going to wear a BLUE ROSE, and therefore needed a button hill to display it.

2. Moz hasn't stripped and tossed yet on this tour. A lot of people are hoping this situation changes soon.

3. The drum has once again had red and blue lighting around it, a la Dr Jacoby's glasses in Twin Peaks; a MW link.

4. I believe that all three of the new songs that have been played so far are Jesse Tobias songs. They just sound like they should be. I have illegally downloaded them from Youtube, and have been listening non stop. I love them all, but particularly Bullfighter at the moment, although this will no doubt change. There is something special about a 2 minute pop song, and the lyrics are both witty, and yet strong. I also seem to have WPINOYB in my head the whole time.... that is when Trouble, I Know It's and Pigsty allow it to surface. It could become the anthem of the non voter. And on the subject of WPINOYB, not only are there posters in LA and NYC, but now Manchester too! I haven't seen any around my way, but if I do, I will post it on here!

Trouble Loves Me remains in the set..... and all is well with the world.... MorrisseysWorld. I won't write today, but will add videos and pictures from yesterday's show. The MorrisseysWorld blog has not had any further articles added, but seeing as there are only 45 comments, that isn't surprising! Meanwhile, there is news regarding the release of the single version of WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.... it is available to download from May 13th, and here is the sleeve artwork. It's the photo of Moz in the gardens of La Fabrique in France, with Paula the dog, his Mont Blanc pen, plus an old bike and a wall added to the background. What is more, Morrissey is wearing Fifi's plimsols. IT'S A COVER FOR THE BLUE ROSE SOCIETY!.... well, the plimsols at any rate.

The rumour was true. @LeeThommo was right. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a BRAND NEW MORRISSEY single available to buy on TUESDAY, and the chances are we will have Istanbul next week and Earth is the Loneliest Planet after that. Exciting times.




LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA - MAY 10TH 2014

SETLIST

1. HAND IN GLOVE
2. SPEEDWAY
3. GANGLORD
4. I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS
5. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES
6. I HAVE FORGIVEN JESUS
7. LIFE IS A PIGSTY
8. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (With a close up of Liam. Different to video further down)
9. TO GIVE (IS THE REASON I LIVE)
10. YES, I AM BLIND
11. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
12. TROUBLE LOVES ME
13. MEAT IS MURDER
14. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET
15. FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE
16. THE YOUNGEST WAS THE MOST LOVED
17. I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY
18. THE NATIONAL FRONT DISCO
ENCORE
19. ASLEEP (+ close up video different to one further down. Look at Boz at 2 mins 40. Hilarious)
20. ONE DAY GOODBYE WILL BE FAREWELL












































"Shalom, Shalom"..... Hand in Glove:




"So, hopefully Tom and Kristeen haven't exhausted you".... Speedway:


Ganglord:






I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris:


Everyday is Like Sunday:


Just a snippet: TROUBLE LOVES ME - SWEATY BLUE SHIRT WITH LOVE HEART ON FRONT



And there's more:


First of the Gang to Die:






























Asleep:



"Thanks to divine inspiration and Harvest records, we're about to release a new cd." - Morrissey

"Thank you, Banksy! Thank you, Banksy! Thank you, Banksy!" - Morrissey

"I'm proud of everyone here for loving Morrissey so much" - @JenKirkman

"Morrissey played Speedway. Now I'm dead. Any correspondence from here on out is with a guy who is dead." - @20sideddie

"It was violent, fights were starting & people fainting & pulled out. Morrissey sounded great but it was brutal." - @Intl_Playboy

"Hurray for Hollywood. I love it here." - @DickieFelton

"Where I was at it was really crazy. I can do large ga but crowd was horrible!People were passing out. Fight! Just horrible! The crowd was really too much. He was wonderful." - @vulgar1mkela The Blue Rose Society Vice President

"My roses didn't make it sadly. I'm sorry guys, I was so close to handing the shirt over. F it. I failed, but not miserably. I'm quite happy. It must be concussion. Second to rail. Hair ripped. Knee to back of the head. Elbow in face. I literally got the blue rose ripped from my hair by a fucking c***. He was mesmerizing." - BRS member @Jazissey (Note from Ed- Jazissey was referring to Morrissey being mesmerizing, and NOT the "fucking c***"!)

"You don't know pain until you've been front row at a Morrissey concert in LA." - @BrattyKittyBB



























MEMBERS OF THE BLUE ROSE SOCIETY














LA



LONDON

Another heavy downpour of good old fashioned English rain on Friday night, put an end to me watching any cricket over the weekend, which meant I was able to catch up on all the recent concert footage from LA. It is most disappointing that there is still NO Youtube footage of Morrissey singing Trouble Loves Me in Santa Ana whilst wearing a BLUE ROSE, but the fact that it happened is all that matters. There is also no Youtube footage of Morrissey actually receiving the rose from Devan during Yes, I am Blind, but again, it happened.

Luckily, some more Youtube footage has emerged of Trouble Loves Me being sung at the LA Sports Arena on Saturday. God, I love that song:



I still haven't gotten around to watching Mrs Shufflewick live at The Black Cap, but I have a feeling that Morrissey has chosen to bring Mrs Shufflewick to our attention to highlight The Black Cap, and NOT Mrs S. The Black Cap is a notorious gay pub in Camden, and I wonder if it is the image that Moz has of The Twitterdilly Arms?


THE BLACK CAP - CAMDEN

I wonder if they spank people with wet plimsolls in The Black Cap, because a lot of that seems to go on in The Arms. Willow got very excited yesterday when the image was released of the new Morrissey single, with Moz wearing plimsolls. For months, Willow and Fifi have been going on about wet plimsolls, and I have had no idea why, so yesterday I decided to ask Willow. She tutted, before informing me "wet plimsoll" is a famous Morrissey quote from 1987. Well how was I supposed to know?! "Whoever says The Smiths have split shall be severely spanked by me with a wet plimsoll."

Fifi made a very brief appearance in The Arms yesterday, but I couldn't hang around to chat. She was very complementary toward me though, saying, "Lovely, Rat, so lovely. YOU ****&&$*****@@@@*!" At least I think it was a compliment! Fifi also added, "I wasn't here for Rat anyway. Only for my little charmers." Fifi has always called the BRS girls her little charmers, which is why Hand in Glove is a BRS song; along with the fact that it was the BRS who revealed that HIG is a Jean Cocteau related song..... well, Fifi revealed it, but she IS a member of the BRS, or at the very least a "Blue Rose Society enthusiast". It says so on her twitter profile. Fifi has also started using the picture that I first published on FTM as her new profile pic. It suits her:

MADEMOISELLE FIFI (NOTE - TO RETRIEVE THIS PHOTO FROM MY BLOG, I CARRIED OUT A GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH OF 'FOLLOWING MOZZIAH FIFI'. IT'S INTRIGUING WHAT OTHER PICTURES CAME UP. THE STORY OF FTM IN PICTURES)


And whilst on the subject of the man who split The Smiths, Johnny Marr has today tweeted to say that he will be playing the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth on August 2nd. The last time JM played at this excellent venue, he allegedly"blew the roof off", so I have decided to go and check him out live. I have at times been a little scathing about Johnny's abilities as a singer, and received a hard rap across the knuckles from Morrissey for criticising him, but there is no doubting Johnny's ability as a guitarist, so I will go and see for myself what he is like. I shall buy a ticket for Fifi. Can you imagine if she came with me? Why not? I'll ask her. A night out with a rat, in the glamorous city of Portsmouth. Perhaps Fifi could wear her plimsolls.


JOHNNY MARR PLAYING THE WEDGEWOOD ROOMS

Incidentally, I can't make it to the Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City this coming Friday to watch Morrissey live in concert, so instead, I am going to the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth City, to watch The Smyths. I don't suppose there is much difference, and as The Smyths are going to be playing the whole of Hatful of Hollow, at least I will get to see and hear What Difference Does It Make, which the good people of Utah DEFINITELY won't!

I would dearly LOVE to be in the USA watching Morrissey with other members of the BRS, but my eldest son has started his GCSES this week, so as a responsible parent, I am remaining in the UK, and will just have to be satisfied with watching a pretend Morrissey with Big Mick! Big Mick always gets a bit touchy feely when he's had a few jars, so there is that to look forward to as well. Who said romance was dead?

THE SMYTHS - I HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHO

Can you imagine having the job title of 'Mike Joyce Impersonator'? Come to think of it, can you imagine having the job title of 'Mike Joyce'? I'll probably get rap across the knuckles for having a pop at Joyce now! Perhaps not.


Whilst I am writing this blog entry, I keep checking Youtube to see if any more clips have surfaced. You would think that with all those people using their phones to film, EVERY song from EVERY concert would find it's way onto Youtube, but that doesn't seem to be the case. It is probably just as well, or my humiliation of Gt Yarmouth in 2009 would be there for all the world to see.

I still can't believe the setlist that is on this tour. I desperately hope that Trouble Loves Me stays. I thought from what Fifi had said, that it wouldn't be sung again after Santa Ana, but I get the feeling that Moz is really enjoying singing it. It's almost as though this is the 'Unofficial Blue Rose Tour'. Bear  with me whilst I just watch Trouble again:



Saturday night at the LA Sports Arena was apparently a rough place to be, with even battle hardened war horses like Vulgar Angie and Jazissey finding it hard going, but I can't believe that it was any different to Manchester in 2012, where we literally could not move an inch for the whole concert..... although I did manage to find just enough room to blow up my inflatable red rose! Oh, happy days. Dear Moz, COME BACK TO THE UK..... PLEASE!

By all accounts, Tom Jones was on top form on Saturday night, with It's Not Unusual being a highlight for many people. Both Louis Theroux and Kimberly Kane attended the concert on Saturday, although I am presuming not together, and I am also presuming neither of them were there in a professional capacity. It would be great to have Theroux investigate the secrets of MorrisseysWorld, but of course he will be blissfully unaware. They are ALL blissfully unaware. It has been announced over the weekend that a new biopic is to be made later this year about Morrissey's pre-Smiths life in Manchester. It is provisionally called Steven. Perhaps Kimberly Kane has been asked to play Moz! It is not known at this stage if Morrissey has given his backing to the project.

I will move on from the Californian concerts now, but I had to laugh when I saw a clip of Moz singing Asleep on Saturday night. At 2 mins 40, you can see that Moz is lost in the emotion of the song, where as Boz is picking something off his fingers. You've got to love musicians.


Does Johnny Marr sing Asleep, and if so, does he lose himself in the lyric, or does he concentrate on playing the guitar? I've never really understood how anybody can do both. If you are singing a song, and truly meaning what you sing, then how can you possibly think about what notes to play? Mind you, what would I know, I can't do either! I am actually looking forward to seeing JM, and I will definitely attend open minded, but I just cannot believe that listening to Marr and his band singing/playing Smiths songs, can be anywhere near as good as hearing Morrissey and his band singing/playing Smiths songs. It just can't be, but Johnny IS a fantastic guitar player, and so is Boz Boorer.






THE MORRISSEY BAND - SATURDAY NIGHT IN LA

The comments being left on the MorrisseysWorld blog have all but dried up. There are now 48 out of a target of 1000. Any thought that the masses would come running to the MW blog once Morrissey had sung Trouble Loves Me were misguided. Any thoughts that the masses would come running once Morrissey had sung Trouble whilst wearing a BLUE ROSE were further misguided. Any thoughts that the masses would come running once Morrissey had sung Trouble whilst sporting a blue shirt revealing a sweat shaped heart were even further further misguided. The masses ain't coming. We remain a secret. Not through choice, but a secret no less. Despite me writing about MorrisseysWorld for the past 971 days, the masses don't even know that MW or the BRS exist. Quite a few hardcore Morrissey fans know we exist, but they will NEVER believe that Morrissey is involved, and have no interest in being convinced otherwise. Dickie Felton is a prime example, he just isn't interested.

I have no idea why any fan of Morrissey, who is prepared to fly half way around the world to see him sing, would have NO interest in interacting with him on twitter. Rosy Mires once said that she would eat her hat if Morrissey ever sung Trouble Loves Me, but even through he has now sung it three times in a row, and whilst wearing a BLUE ROSE, Rosy STILL won't accept what is right in front of her eyes, and she has followed the whole phenomenal story from the start. These people just don't want to believe the truth. To quote Jack Nicholson, they can't handle the truth. Personally, I believe it is a fear. Morrissey is their untouchable God, and to talk to him, would be to make him mortal, and they don't want their God to be mortal. They want him up on his Mount, preaching through word of song, and NOTHING more.


MORRISSEY - ISSUED A CODE BLUE

True-To-You have now announced that WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS will be released as a digital download tomorrow. It would appear that the release has been brought forward by a day, which would suggest that Morrissey wants to maximise sales to get a better chart position, although thinking about it, that can't be the case, or otherwise a physical version would have been released at the same time.

I wrote last week that WPINOYB could be Number 1 on Morrissey's birthday, but the reality is, there isn't a cat in hells chance of the single even charting. These days, unless Capitol FM play your song, or unless you have collaborated with Will.I.Am, or David Guetta, or Calvin Harris, or Rihanna, you haven't got a chance of having a hit. I also believe that a number of Morrissey's fans won't actually bother purchasing the song at this stage, and instead will wait for the whole LP, or for the physical version of the song. Many fans will have downloaded the live version of WPINOYB from Youtube, and will be content to listen to that (and other concert versions) until July.

Morrissey released Satellite of Love as just a download initially, and I think I am right in thinking that it only reached the chart (Number 124) once the physical version came out. Maybe I am completely wrong, and WPINOYB will sail into the Top 40, but I really doubt it. The song is far superior to anything currently in the chart, but then again, bearing in mind the lyrics, it would be quite apt for it NOT to chart. If the masses aren't being told to buy it, they won't buy it. I wonder how many people have seen the WPINOYB posters that are going up in major cities all over the world, and have bothered to investigate what they relate to? *Goes off to google 'World Peace is None of Your Business Poster'* It would appear that NOBODY has written anything about the poster campaign. WHAT is wrong with people? Has nobody got an inquisitive mind anymore? No wonder MorrisseysWorld wasn't discovered!




Although I don't believe WPINOYB will make the Top 40, it might be a different story for the release of Istanbul next week, IF Morrissey doesn't sing it this week. The fact that the song has NEVER been heard might be enough to get people parting with 99p out of curiosity. Time, as ever, will tell. I should of course make it clear that I still fully expect Steve Barnett to get WPINOYB to Number 1 in the album chart.

That will do for today. I must make mention that the mysterious B.M.V. left a comment last week to say that the stage back drop of Amanda and her cousin Amy is NOT the work of Diane Arbus, but from Mary Ellen Mark. Another stage back drop has also been identified by Erica Calil. It's a black and white photo by Danny Fitzgerald called 'Johnny, New York, 1962.":


JOHNNY, NEW YORK, 1962 BY DANNY FITZGERALD

Not to be outdone, GWO has identified the original artwork of the new sword wielding Morrissey poster:


(SWORD WIELDING MOZ - TOP LEFT)

It is David Slaying Goliath by Rubens:



Personally, I think it's about time Brigitte made it onto a Moz back drop or t-shirt.



BB IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS - POSTER APPEARED ON THE WALLS OF THE TWIT ARMS AT THE WEEKEND

*Goes off singing* Each time you vote, you support the process, each time you vote, you support the process, each time you vote, you support the process...... all men have secrets and here is mine......


STOP PRESS: The WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS album has appeared on i tunes with extra tracks listed. Expected release date is July 11th. The tracks are: Scandinavia, One of Our Own, Drag the River, Forgive Someone, Julie in the Weeds and Art-Hounds. HAPPY DAYS!!!!

Hmmm, where do I start? Do I start with the fact that Morrissey's new single and promo video are OUT, or do I start with something far more personal to our small little community? Easy.

At last, at last, at last..... Youtube footage has emerged of Morrissey receiving the BLUE ROSE in Santa Ana, and not only does he receive the rose, he seems to serenade it, before proudly placing it in his top pocket to display to the world. How much MORE blatant could Morrissey make it? MORRISSEY SUPPORTS THE BLUE ROSE SOCIETY..... but the world can't see.



Even more important than the footage of Morrissey receiving the rose during Yes, I Am Blind, is the footage of him WEARING his BLUE ROSE during Trouble Loves Me; the anthem song of the BRS. This truly IS a special moment for the Blue Rose Society. To the masses it means nothing, to US it means EVERYTHING. Thanks to mozboy76 for posting on Youtube:




Trouble Loves Me has also been posted on Youtube by our very own, Vulgar Angie. How apt that our Vice President captured the moment:


Angie also recorded and posted I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday, another BRS song, made extra special by having Moz sing it wearing his BLUE ROSE:



Right then, now I can move onto World Peace Is None Of Your Business. I lay in bed last night watching concert videos, and then at midnight, I just couldn't get World Peace Is None Of Your Business out of my head...... so I downloaded it....... and have continued to play it on repeat ever since.

 This morning, I discovered that a promo video had also been added to i tunes. The video stars Moz sitting at a piano wearing a tux, reciting (not singing) the words to WPINOYB. Nancy Sinatra enters the room and gives Morrissey a brief case containing white flowers (lilies?) and the written words of WPINOYB. It has been noted by a number of the BRS members, that the video is very surreal and 'Lynch Like'. Perhaps it is Morrissey's version of the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks. A surreal dream, with a sinister looking Nancy giving the maestro a message that he has to pass on to the people of the world. The maestro looks surprised as he opens the brief case. WHAT can the lilies mean? I can't help but wonder what would have happened today if that video had appeared with Moz wearing a BLUE ROSE...... actually, probably NOTHING!





MORRISSEY - FROM THE PROMO VIDEO OF WPINOYB

The song itself is just gripping. It is a really strong political message, with Morrissey singing from the point of view of an unknown world leader, mocking the masses for continuing to do what they are told to do, without ever questioning why. As we in the BRS know, both Bollock Obama and Tony Bliar have been named by Our Mozzer as the possible world leader in question, but it could be any of them. As Morrissey wrote in his TTY statement last November , "I believe that the most powerful vote you can give is No vote; for the days of Prime Ministers have gone, and it's time for a form of change that is far more meaningful than simply switching blue to red." And of course Moz is right, whilst people continue to vote, the system CANNOT change, it is only when NOBODY votes, that a change HAS to come about.

Broken has also informed us that WPINOYB is Morrissey's anti NWO song. There are of course parallels with the whole MorrisseysWorld phenomenon. Nobody believed that MW was Morrissey because there was no Government minister available to tell them to believe! Even Morrissey wasn't there to tell them to believe..... so they didn't believe!

And on the subject of the MorrisseysWorld blog, the last entry now has 51 comments, so just 949 to go until we get another article! 51 is also the chart position that WPINOYB is currently at in the UK ITunes chart (time now 1 pm). It was at No.93 at 10 am this morning, so it's on the climb. Maybe I was wrong yesterday, when I said it wouldn't make the chart. Janice Long gave it it's first play last night on Radio 2, but will any other radio station play it? Surely the lyrics would care them. I expect Janice has already been told not to play it again.



HOLLAND PARK LONDON

The excitement surrounding the release of WPINOYB was electric in The Twitterdilly Arms yesterday, and even Mademoiselle Fifi took the time to pop into The Arms very briefly, to give us a link to iTunes in New Zealand, (where the single was released first) and instructed us to "listen".... so we did!

Mademoiselle Fifi also responded to my question as to whether or not I should buy her a ticket to accompany me to watch Johnny Marr in Portsmouth in August. She said, "No purchase necessary for me, either I get in for free or will be denied entry. It's a gamble." She also added, "Have you suddenly been upgraded to my + 1?" before then adding, "I'll think about it. And I will obviously dress up." I informed M.Fifi that I too would dress up, in pink, and that if we are denied access we could always go and have a drink in the Lady Hamilton. M.Fifi replied, "The style might work for the gig but it won't go down too well at Lady Hamilton's."

"I'll think about it"! I am already starting to picture me and Moz watching Johnny Marr from the back of the Wedgewood Rooms. It could happen. No, it couldn't happen! It could! No, it couldn't!...... sorry, I just went in to one of my self help therapy moments. Perhaps this is my surreal Black Lodge moment. Mind you, I think the Black Lodge is bigger than the Wedgewood Rooms.

Before leaving The Arms, Mademoiselle Fifi spoke to Willow regarding the new single, saying, "I knew you'd enjoy a bit of tambourine" and also told Heather and GWO, "Enjoy the new single tomorrow, the other songs will be released soon enough", which suggests that the rumour is true about Istanbul and Earth Is The Loneliest Planet being released within the next few weeks.

Erica Calil has pulled off another great find, discovering an article regarding the photo of the wall with WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS written on it. Unfortunately the article is written in Spanish.... or is it Portuguese? It's foreign!




There is so much more that I could write about today, but I just have no time. I have another cricket match to watch, and I am also working.

The Vice President of the Blue Rose Society, Vulgar Angie, has tweeted to say that Blue_Rose_Society is now on Instagram. I have NO idea what Instagram is, or how it works, but we are on it!
























And finally for today, GWO has asked me to point out that in the recently released Peter Blake Royal Albert Hall mural , of the 400+ stars who appear in the montage, it is Morrissey that Blake chose to put right in the very centre of the FRONT ROW..... which is exactly where he belongs.





Tonight, Morrissey returns to the stage in El Paso Texas, at the beautiful looking Plaza Theatre. Will Trouble remain? Will there be any BLUE ROSES in Texas? Time, as ever.......


PLAZA THEATRE TEXAS


THE TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 10 (ALL SONGS ARE NEW ENTRIES)

1. TROUBLE LOVES ME (LIVE IN CALIFORNIA 2014) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-LmvAUAJYU + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvZvitpZ_U&feature=youtu.be


SAN JOSE MAY 7



SANTA ANA  MAY 8

2. I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY (LIVE IN CALIFORNIA 2014) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZiWpXRPTt4 + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXS7ce8v5qs&list=UUvKic3sCNUy08kteJjZdfMg


SAN JOSE


3. LIFE IS A PIGSTY (LIVE IN SAN JOSE 2014) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iqKTINYqWo



4. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (LIVE IN SAN JOSE 2014) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDsF-6-b0dg



5. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (LIVE IN SAN JOSE 2014) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jHl2LTFYg



6. YES, I AM BLIND/THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (LIVE IN SAN JOSE 2014) (DOUBLE 'A' SIDE) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1TY9jGY7A



7. HAND IN GLOVE (LIVE IN SANATA ANA 2014.... MERCI) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuME7CXmDpA&feature=youtu.be



8. ASLEEP/ONE DAY GOODBYE WILL BE FAREWELL (LIVE IN SANTA ANA 2014 WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE & SIGNING DEVAN'S SHIRT ON STAGE) (DOUBLE 'A' SIDE) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY95z_Ih_uk




9. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN SANTA ANA 2014 WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF--r0aZbnQ




10. FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE (LIVE IN SANTA ANA 2014 WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE) - MORRISSEY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMxGBRzaYI&feature=youtu.be

06:40 am: My timeline is empty, except there is this; a video of Morrissey walking off mid song. WHAT happened in El Paso to cause it to happen? I shall update during the day.




UPDATE 07:40 am: Absolutely NO information is coming through from El Paso, except for an instagram clip showing Moz leaving the building. Somebody called 'B' has left a comment saying that the show was stopped because the security in the front row were being violent towards the fans, but as to whether this was the case or not, who knows. So whilst we wait for events to unfold, I will report on something far more important than an abandoned Morrissey concert, Our Mozzer's visit yesterday to The Twitterdilly Arms. After all, this blog was created for Our Mozzer and NOT Morrissey.

I was unable to join in with the conversation, but I was able to peek in through the window, so here are the highlights:

"a disenchanted taste, I'm still running round. Finally I wear a blue rose, sing "Trouble Loves Me" and all the while with Bruce Lee making an MW sign behind me... But nobody notices. It's like I hardly even exist. Yes you all love Nancy and Morrissey, but with NO idea to what I'm referring. Only a small group understand the reference. One day you will regret ignoring me. Or perhaps on reflection you might be glad. I named my new song after a tweet, sang live with a blue rose and did a Twin Peaks style video... But you know... I'm not Morrissey. Boy George is perhaps the only person who fully understands. And he can remember when I pledged to sing Trouble with a blue rose. Perhaps you can show him? Or perhaps Boy George already knew."


MORRISSEY WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE & SINGING TROUBLE LOVES ME IN SANTA ANA, WITH BRUCE LEE BEHIND GIVING THE 'V' SIGN OF MORRISSEYSWORLD

MORRISSEY AND NANCY SINATRA IN THE MORRISSEYSWORLD/TWIN PEAKS STYLE VIDEO OF WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Boy George replied to @MorrisseyParody saying, "I can't say I do. I do, however, live in hope! :)"
"@BoyGeorge Hope is wasted on the living."
"@BoyGeorge Just as life is wasted on the living."In reply to @PapaSonsFilm who had tweeted to say that "a few of us did notice"..... "Yes... fifty one to be precise." (Ed - this is a reference to the number of people who had left comment on the latest MW blog article, although it should be noted that this number has shot up to 57 comments today..... although it should also be noted that of those 57 comments, there are only 23 different people writing them, and three or four of those could well be Morrissey pesssoas, or 'members of the MW team', i.e. Broken, Poetic Morrissey and Con Morrissey Theorist.

"Success is nine parts effort and one part effortless."
"All great poetry is one word away from an Elton John lyric."
"Joey Essex is what happens when luck usurps talent and confidence usurps charm."
"@TheRatsBack Will they never believe? Will they never, ever believe us." (I did slip in a quick reply at this stage to say "Never, ever, ever, ever", which Our Mozzer retweeted.)

"@Heathercat222 Heather, despair is the only emotion with indulging."
"@Jazzissey @smashingblouse7 @TheRatsBack @heathercat222 Tweet me, oh oh tweet me.... tweet me if you think that you love the BlueRose."

Retweet of @Eddie_did_it, who had retweeted this: "Johnny Marr's singing career is what happens when confidence exceeds talent and talent exceeds shame."
"@Eddie_did_it Thanks for retweeting me... few do."

"The Arms is alive with the sound of music. And tonight's Twitterdilly Arms floor filler is... Art-Hounds."

@edgeindustphoto tweeted, "FIRST ON FLOOR!!!!!!"
"@edgeindustphoto Loyalty."

"My sense of style left me when I realised who I was."
"The nights have stolen much more from me than the days ever gave."
"Loneliness upon loneliness upon emptiness."
"A bed which screams soundlessly deep in my skull. A name which whispers longingly far, far away. He knifed me in the back. Yes, I'm dead."
"Today's tear is tomorrow's fluoridated tea."

@Rough_seas2 tweeted, "We want you to have a good time tonight. Anything we can do?"
"@Roughseas2 Perhaps exchange your ticket for a Barry Manilow show?"

Right, I had better get dressed and go to work. I have lots more to report from Our Mozzer's visit to The Arms yesterday, and hopefully news will soon start to filter through from El Paso, so tune back in later for more from the internet's Number 1 rodent Moz blogger, TRB. *Gone*

ALYSSA SADGIRL AT EL PASO.... SADGIRL IS ALYSSA'S INSTAGRAM USER NAME, NOT MY DESCRIPTION OF HER

UPDATE 10:28 am: Still not much news from El Paso, although Dickie Felton's tour partner @whoiseuan has cleared up what all the shenanigans was about. Here is his whole twitter feed from El Paso:

7pm (local time, 2am UK) "Almost no one queing(sic) in El Paso for Moz tonight- I'm 2nd in line. Cushy barrier spot for me. El Paso is one of the weirdest places I've ever been but I've got a good feeling about this venue."

2am (9am UK) "I was trying to get on stage and was getting manhandled by security. He (Moz) shook my hand and said "I'm sorry and left. Morrissey stopped tonight's gig because his security were getting rough with me & possibly one other fan. He shook my hand and apologised. I tried to get on stage. I didn't get near him at first but Moz thought they were hurting me & stopped then shook my hand. I tried to get on stage. The security wrestled with my head and neck a bit. Moz didn't like it and stopped. I'm fine. "

2.45am (9.45am UK) "I really didn't mean to ruin anyone's night. From what I can tell Moz just didn't like the look of it and stopped to apologise. I have a little neck soreness but nothing I won't shake off. I'm at El Paso airport and flying back to LA. The trip moves on. I was being persistent, I was in a neck hold at one point. They didn't hit me, just wrestling me away."

2.51am (9.51am UK) "Er, in other news I have some pretty good photos of Morrissey, the venue and the unique crowd from tonight. It was a very good show."

3.07am (10.07am UK) Here's Morrissey starting Asleep tonight, the 2nd to last encore. Love the backdrop."









MORRISSEY AT EL PASO - PHOTO BY @WHOISEUAN

So, it would appear that it was all a bit of a storm in a tea-cup, and nothing that you wouldn't expect at any Morrissey concert. What Euan has got dreadfully mixed up is that it was NOT Morrissey's security roughing him up, that was the venue security. There is a BIG difference. Having said that, having watched the video of the incident, I had to chuckle at Liam hauling that guy off around the neck, because he is one of the people who had a go at me in New York for bringing roses. That guy (Anthony?) jumps on stage a lot, and if you jump on The Mozzer's stage, you have to be prepared for the defensive midfield pairing of  Nammock and Joannides..... they DON'T take prisoners; although if they did take prisoners, then they would hand the prisoners to be looked after by the slightly psychotic prison warder, Knutson! It's a lose lose situation.


NAMMOCK & KNUTSON

It is rather ironic that Euan has mentioned liking the backdrop. Euan, old son, the backdrop is a MorrisseysWorld sign! OPEN YOUR EYES AND WAKE UP TO WHAT YOU ARE MISSING. If only Euan, Dickie, and the rest of their group had realised that the Blue Rose Society and MorrisseysWorld is the work of Morrissey, then this tour could have been so, so much more fulfilling for them, but like all the others, they had their chance, but chose NOT to believe.

I will return later with more from Our Mozzer's visit to The Twit Arms, and hopefully some more news from El Paso. I will also give news on how World Peace Is None Of Your Business is currently fairing in the UK iTunes chart.

UPDATE 11:00 am: So, as we await news from El Paso, here are some more of the highlight's from Our Mozzer's visit to The Twitterdilly Arms yesterday:

"@edgeindusphoto The day is just a night, without the hope of blind longing."
"@MOZISMYSHEPHERD Don't forget - BlueRoseSociety will never die."
"The beautiful take what they want and ugly take what they need."
"If Prince Charles isn't the most unintelligent man in England, he's certainly the dimmest in Wales. Hashtag David Cameron." (Ed- The reason I have written hashtag & not actually used one is because I can't work out how to use the hashtag on my new laptop! It is shown on the same button as 3 & £. Can anybody help?)
'If you eat animals, you are eating my friends."


In reply to Heather saying, "You could sing Trouble while wearing a Bieber shirt, blue rose, & a sign saying, 'I am MW' and still they wouldn't believe", "@Heathercat222 This is a good idea. A lyric change perhaps?"

In reply to @Jazissey asking, "Are you back from the Black Lodge yet?", "@Jazissey I'm trapped there.... with R&J, Justin Bieber and Pharrell on repeat ad infinitum." Interestingly, Johnny Marr has recently collaborated with Pharrrell on the Spiderman 3 movie theme. HOW have Morrissey and Marr managed to go in such opposite directions? HOW?

"I don't do understatement. As you probably realised in 1983."
"My wit is as blunt as a spoon in your eye... you must be so wise to pass me by."
"Have you ever slept all day and remembered what it is to be truly alone, truly desperate, truly alive?"
"There will  be no Stone Roses style Smiths reunion. Unless Ian Brown fancies filling in for me and 'keeping it real' once again?"
"The Stone Roses are the only British band whose musical performance is actually enhanced when the football hooligans begin singing along."
"I am beautiful, like all discarded humans."

In response to @Jhu19 asking Moz to come to Mexico, "England first, or..."

And on the subject of England, @MorrisseysMum yesterday tweeted to say, "Sans UK." Does this mean there will be NO UK tour?

I must leave once again, but will return later with MUCH MORE from Our Mozzer, and hopefully a setlist from El Paso. I have even stooped to looking at Solow, but the tumbleweed is blowing over there. Somebody has mentioned that it was the same setlist as Saturday, but with Girl Least Likely To replacing To Give. Back later.

UPDATE 1:50 pm: How coincidental that earlier today I wrote about Our Mozzer using hashtags, and now a poster has appeared in London advertising WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, but unlike previous posters, a hashtag has been added:















Rather amusingly, the guy who posted the above picture on twitter, @ColinGPaterson, commented to a friend that, "I suspect he (Morrissey) might know nothing about it." Colin, old son, I think we can safely assume that Morrissey knows EVERYTHING about it!

There is still no setlist, and still no footage from El Paso, although Setlist.fm have posted this unconfirmed list:

1. HAND IN GLOVE
2. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
3. GANGLORD
4. THE YOUNGEST WAS THE MOST LOVED
5. I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS
6. SPEEDWAY
7. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
8. THAT\S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP
9. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET
10. LIFE IS A PIGSTY
11. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES
12. I HAVE FORGIVEN JESUS
13. YES, I AM BLIND
14. MEAT IS MURDER
15. TROUBLE LOVES ME
16. I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY
17. THE NATIONAL FRONT DISCO
ENCORE
18. ASLEEP
19. ONE DAY GOODBYE WILL BE FAREWELL

Right then, I'm off again for now, but will be back soon with more from Our Mozzer. I will sign off for now by mentioning that WPINOYB is currently sitting at Number 44 in the UK iTunes chart, having entered yesterday morning at 93, before peaking at 37. The pre-order album is currently at No.23, having peaked at 21.

And whilst there is no footage yet from El Paso, some more footage has emerged from Saturday's concert in LA, including the superb The Bullfighter Dies. This song is currently my favourite of the three new ones that we have heard:




UPDATE 2:35 pm: Here is the first footage from Texas, showing Asleep, One Day Goodby Will Be Farewell, and the early finish:



UPDATE 3:05 pm: Resident BRS Detective, Erica Calil, has been kind enough to translate the Brazilian magazine article that I wrote about yesterday, with regard to the WPINOYB wall. Here is what Erica has to say, "The picture was taken at La Fabrique Studios by the producer Tiago Abrahão. Tiago was advised to keep it secret until Morrissey had disclosed the cover of WPINOYB."

And on the subject of WPINOYB, the new website that I wrote about a few weeks ago has gone LIVE. WorldPeaceIsNoneOfYourBusiness.Com seems to be offering the new LP, signed books, Box Sets, Fanified Posters and all sorts of other goodies, but as it isn't available in the UK, I can't be totally sure!




There is however, NO news on the new website MorrisseysWorld.Com, which still links into TTY. Has there been a massive backtrack on this idea, or is Moz waiting until EVERYBODY knows about the BRS before launching it as the official take over of Solow? The ONLY reason that any decent Morrissey fan would go to Solow, is to get a setlist, and to read comments from fellow fans, but a new site offering the same thing in a friendly environment would easily kill Solow. The majority of people who continue to use Solow are NOT fans, they are critics. They seem to only get pleasure out of having a go at Morrissey, so WHY bother? WHY?

The main Solow moderator, Uncle Skinny, posted this yesterday about the new single, "I find it plodding, one-dimensional, and uninspiring. Not a quantum leap in quality." This man hasn't had anything positive to write about Morrissey in years, so WHY does he hang around? WHY doesn't he just look in a mirror and say, "do you know what Peter old son, I don't actually like Morrissey's songs anymore, so I'll do something else with my life rather than keep visiting a website every day just to keep telling everybody I don't like him anymore"?


WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS - "PLODDING, ONE-DIMENSIONAL, AND UNINSPIRING" - UNCLE SKINNY SOLOW

Anyway, enough about Solow, although a number of BRS members have been drawn back to Solow by a commentator on there called Brummie Boy, who some are suggesting might be Moz. I barely have the time to write this blog, follow the tour, and write about Our Mozzer, let alone trawl Solow for possible Morrissey pessoa's, so I will have to take their word for it regarding Brummie Boy. If anybody wants to post any of his words on here, then please do.

And on the subject of Our Mozzer (@MorrisseyParody), I shall now continue with the highlights of his twitter visit yesterday. He entered The Twitterdilly Arms at around 1pm Texas time, and stayed for about an hour. Here are some more of his highlights:

"All this effort and still.... the world won't listen."

Actually, sorry, I need a break. Back later.

UPDATE 5:35 pm: In response to @JamesArthur23 tweeting, "the support you show me everyday is amazing", "@JamesArthur23 That's not actually the correct use of everyday, James, as I once learned to my cost."

"I may look like a slightly irked 1970s geography teacher, but at least I don't look like Ed Miliband."
In response to @PapaSonsFilm tweeting, "You may look like a slightly irked 1970s Geography teacher but at least your (sic) our slightly irked 1970s Geography teacher", "Your Islington aesthetic needs a dose of Southpaw."

"Who will you be voting for in the Euro 'elections?' UKIP I hope?"

In response to @MadAlix14 saying, "I thought we weren't voting", "You may vote in the EU elections, because it's not a proper election: it's a fact. UKIP's sole purpose is to highlight this."

In response to @Heathercat222 saying, "Because all candidates are puppets of the same corrupt system", "@Heathercat222 Correct. They represent the elite. They represent your own marginalisation. UKIP, for all their faults, do not. The people are shouting, "yes!" to UKIP and the establishment are waving their finger: "No, no! Most British people are told how to vote by their favourite newspaper."

UKIP LEADER NIGEL FARAGE - GETS OUR MOZZER'S VOTE

"@stracy1675 The British way of life: work all week; go into a coma all weekend; drink in between comas."
"@LouiseMensch I'm glad you left parliament. Your hypocrisy is much more useful outside of Westminster."
"Louise Mensch is every Daily Mail headline, all rolled into one. She is beyond parody."
"Vote Tory and... get the same old rubbish."

"@Bunnygal833 The US is a one party state, and both parties hate humanity."

"The Tories want to take your wealth and give it to bankers. Labour want to borrow, so you owe the bankers still more. When will you realise that banks simply invent money and counterfeiting is theft?"

"NOTHING could be worse than New Labour under Ed Miliband."

"Those with nothing to say and no style in saying it are the Kings of Twitter. Hashtag katyperryjustinbieberbarackobama."

In response to @MozzeriansATW saying, "I just love you", "You don't know me."

Our Mozzer retweeted @PapaSons Film's tweet that said, "You are too strict. Let Fifi run your blog."

"I'll delete the blog unless it reaches 1000 within a week." (Ed- It's currently had just 62 comments, and I posted the last two!)

"I would be perfectly happy to work with Joyce again. It's just that a drum machine offers so much more charm and better conversation. Had Joyce not whined for a million in court, he might have earned much more from The Smiths in 2014. Joyce will have to live with that decision. He lost much more than he'll ever earn."

"Thank you to Matt, Solomon, Jesse, Boz and Gus-bravo."

THE MORRISSEY BAND - NO DRUM MACHINE NEEDED HERE

In response to @OscillateWilder asking, "Why do you favour Boz so much?""Boz is the only guitarist I know equally at home in drag or feeding one grapes."

In response to the same person asking, "Boz vs. Marr?""Both are magnificent. Until they try to sing."

"Did you expect roses in the briefcase? It is a joke. Twin Peaks style."



That will do for today, although I have LOADS more to report from Our Mozzer's trip to The Arms. I shall continue with it tomorrow. Let's also hope we get more information from the concert in Albuquerque tonight, then we did from El Paso. The people of El Paso must have been too cool to film. Will we EVER get to know the setlist?











MORRISSEY FANS IN EL PASO - PHOTO BY @WHOISEUAN

STOP PRESS: Mademoiselle Fifi has just popped into The Arms, perhaps she can post the setlist. Now THAT would be a first.

*Heads off to The Arms singing* Arty in The Arms, Pissed off in El Paso.

Let the fun and frolics begin. Yesterday, at 7.47 pm UK time, Morrissey 'officially' joined twitter. After 5 years without a single tweet, the account '@ItsMorrissey' brushed off it's cobwebs, and sprung into life saying, "Hello. Testing, 1, 2, 3. Planet Earth, are you there? One can only hope...". As tweets go, it was hardly in the same league as anything that Our Mozzer has ever tweeted, but it sent the masses wild with excitement.


@ITSMORRISSEY

Despite having not tweeted for 5 years, the @ItsMorrissey account still had 77,800 followers attached to it, simply because it has the official twitter tick, and within half an hour of that first tweet, 700 more followers were added, which baring in mind that Our Mozzer has posted 3,463 mesmerizing tweets and only has 645 followers is just ridiculously unbelievable.... although of course, it is NOT unbelievable, it is expected. We all KNEW it would happen this way. The masses are sheep, they only believe in officialdom.

That small blue twitter tick has more power than any word. Ed Miliband and David Cameron will have millions of people voting for them next year because they wear the badge of officialdom. If Ed Miliband were an independent candidate in you local constituency, he would lose his deposit money. He wouldn't hold the interest of three men and a dog in his local pub, and yet he will attract the vote of most of those earning less than £20,000 a year, whilst David Cameron will pull the vote of 'Middle Britain' and the rich elite, simply on the basis of his tie being blue, and each time you vote, you support this process.

The song World Peace Is None Of Your Business is as powerful a song as Meat Is Murder. I have been listening to it on repeat all day, and apart from the fact that the production of the song is stunning, the lyrics are as powerful as any lyric Morrissey has written EVER. I am already picturing a video being played whilst the song is sung on stage, with the video depicting people placing their vote into the ballot box, whilst politicians laugh, point and drink champagne. This song could become "The Times They Are a-Changin'" of the new millennium.

Within an hour of that first tweet by @ItsMorrissey, the follower numbers were up to 90,000, and by the time I went to bed at 10pm, they had reached 115,000, helped in no small measure by the fact that Russell Brand, with his 7.79 million followers, posted a tweet saying, "The real Morrissey, @itsmorrissey on twitter. If there is such a thing as real Morrissey or real twitter. Hash tag thereisalight."






Russell used the words, "The real Morrissey", which is what I have been calling him in this bliog for MONTHS, in fact, YEARS! Russell knows! But then again, we've always known that Russell knows.

I awoke this morning to find that @ItsMorrissey had posted a second tweet yesterday; three hours after the first one, it said, "Follow, follow, follow. Twitter is the perfect metaphor for...something. Dunno what." The follower numbers had also increased by 55,000 whilst I slept, and by 9am that figure had risen another 10,000 to 180,000. By 2.30pm, once the media had started reporting "Morrissey's first tweet", the followers were up to 219,000. The power of the tick. The power of the media.

The use of the word "Dunno" in the tweet immediately created a debate as to whether it was really Morrissey behind the account, with some saying, "Morrissey would never use the word "Dunno"", but when it was pointed out that Morrissey did use the word "dunno", in the lyrics of Still Ill, the "Morrissey would never" brigade rejoiced, and screamed, "It IS The Mozziah, it IS."

Morrissey himself has yet to make any sort of official comment as to whether he himself is behind this sparkly new twitter account, but according to a report on the Pitchfork website, "A rep has confirmed that it is indeed Morrissey Tweeting. Over on Morrissey's Facebook page, it says "twitter.com/itsmorrissey Feel free to reach out." It also has a photo of Morrissey reaching out:



Somebody calling themselves 'Betty', left this comment on my blog last night regarding the 'reaching out' photo on Morrissey's Facebook account, "His official facebook account posted the link to the @itsmorrissey twitter account with a photo of Moz reaching for the hands of the audience and it says "feel free to reach out". Reminds me of that tweet from Fifi saying reach for the hand. I wonder if they're (harvest) doing that so we know moz knows about brs or if it's just coincidence?? "

Betty is of course correct about the Fifi tweet. On May 8, BEFORE official Moz mentioned "reach out", Fifi posted this:




The Fifi tweet gets added to the very long list of 'Coincidences' that have occurred on this whole phenomenal journey.

I have no idea if it is Morrissey himself using the @Itsmorrissey account, but there are two things that make me question that it may not actually be Moz; firstly, I sent a message to Banjaxer a couple of weeks ago saying that I wish somebody would get rid of the old @ItsMorrissey account, and secondly, in that second tweet of @Itsmorrissey, there is NO GAP after the three ...'s. Morrissey would NEVER not leave a gap.

Perhaps the 'official' Morrissey twitter account is a social experiment to see if people will believe anything they are told..... or perhaps, the account has risen from the flames to simply help sell records and merchandise!

And on that subject, yesterday I received an email from the marketing people, offering all sorts of wonderful packages for World Peace Is None of Your Business. I chose the 'Uber Deluxe Bundle' for £69.99 which includes; the vinyl LP with digital card, standard CD, album litho and lyrics, Deluxe Digital Album, T-shirt and a poster featuring your and other fan's names! The price rose to £75.69 by the time postage was added on, but I'd have happily paid £1000 for this bundle if it meant that Mozzer could maintain the lifestyle to which he has become accustomed. God only knows what name will go on the 'Fan Poster', because there was no option to choose a name. By purchasing this bundle, it also means I have purchased the song WPINOYB again, but if it helps Mozzer get into the chart, I would happily pay to download it another fifty times.





And on the subject of charts, TTY has posted an article showing the chart position across the world for WPINOYB based on first day sales:

First day sales chart positions for Morrissey's new single, WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

No wonder Moz chose Sweden for his book signing, they obviously have far more taste over there than anywhere else in the world.

Anyway, enough about chart positions, official twitter accounts, album bundles, WPINOFB being the strongest song Morrissey has ever written, Russell Brand and anything else that I may have written about already today, I have a FAR more important subject to write about, and NO, I don't mean Morrissey's concert in Albuquerque last night, I am referring to the visit yesterday of Our Mozzer to The Twitterdilly Arms. In fact there were a couple of visits, including one after the new official account had been launched.

All the BRS members piled into the World's Number 1 online Morrissey theme pub, and an impromptu party was thrown. Unfortunately, I was SO tired from having blogged all day, that I just couldn't muster the energy to join in, so I left. I fully expected Our Mozzer to have deleted his account by this morning, like he usually does, but he hasn't, it is still there, and from what I have read, I think that we may be in for some very exciting times now that there are TWO Morrisseys' in town. Here are Our Mozzer's highlights:

FIRST SESSION - BEFORE THE NEW @ITSMORRISSEY ACCOUNT HAD APPEARED:

"hash tag worldpeaceisnoneofyourbusiness"

"I am not Morrissey, but I know a man who is." (Ed- A clue as to what was coming?)

"Did I ever say? Uncle Skinny is not welcome in MorrisseysWorld."

"followingthemozziah.blogspot.co.uk is the second best blog on the web, after Ann Widdecomb's homepage."


WIDDECOMB - NO.1

"@Vulgar1mkela Angela. Thanks for the ring. Thanks for keeping me insane."
In response to Vulgar pointing out that @TheRatsBack should be thanked for buying the BRS ring, "His head's big enough without more praise from me. No, I'll thank you instead."

"@sorcha69 I like to think if Oscar Wilde was among us, mine is the only twitter account he'd be following."

"Shakespeare had his plays, Wilde had his witticisms and I have twitter."

"Wilde put the poetry in wit. Morrissey put the wit in poetry."

"This is the finest account on twitter, it's just that hardly anybody realises it."

"RIP Stephen Sutton. Hash tag dearhumansadlydeparted."

"Occasional alcohol makes one less anxious. A bit more makes one more interesting. Too much makes one utterly tedious to one and all."

"A broken heart visited upon a broken mind, and the outcome was love."

SECOND SESSION - AFTER @ITSMORRISSEY HAD BEEN LAUNCHED:

In response to @vulgar1mkela asking which account is the real one,"I have told you for three years I am not real. I am not worthy. Yet still I am the finest wit on twitter. It's Morrissey will clarify things, of course."

"@Jazissey @itsmorrissey The real Morrissey adores my tweets, Why else would I still be here?"

"When TRM and I chat on Twitter something strange will happen; a new twitter reality will be born."



If this actually happens, and 'Official' Morrissey and 'Parody' Morrissey converse on twitter, Morrissey will be creating something that NOBODY else has EVER done. It would be surreal. Nobody would of course believe that Prody Moz was the real Morrissey, but once the penny dropped..... WOW!

Alternatively, if Morrissey decides to simply fade out Parody Moz, and instead take Our Mozzer's twitter wit to the masses via @itsmorrissey, then he will become the most followed person on twitter. At this point people would surely link the wit to the old parody account, and the genius of the three year lead up to this point would come spilling out, in no short means thanks to FTM. People would be left dumbfounded by it all. It works for Morrissey either way; genius interaction with his parody self, or the modern day Wilde on twitter.

It may be that The Twit Arms has served as the equivalent of an old Working Men's Club, and we may have been the small audience, watching Morrissey cut his teeth on the Twit circuit, before he hits the big time. Some of the BRS may be horrified if we were to lose Our Mozzer, but it would be very selfish for us to keep him to ourselves. Personally, I feel it is time for the world to be treated to what we have had, and I would be excited by whatever way Morrissey decides to play it. But will M want to play it, or is he happy to keep Parody Moz under the radar? Time, as ever..... back to those highlights:

"Stupidity sells and intelligence repels. Except in Morrissey's World."

"@MOZKIDKYLE BlueRoseSociety President, we salute you. You and Devan had more guts than most grown ups. You delivered roses."

"@MOZKIDKYLE @itsmorrissey I have drawn Morrissey on to the twittersphere. He will surely follow me? Will he? Won't he?"

"I am merely a cyber-figment of everybody's imagination."

"I'm quite witty for a hairy-backed lollipop lady from Salford."


OUR MOZZER RELAXING AT HOME AFTER A HARD DAY HOLDING THE LOLLIPOP

@Heathercat222 posted this observational tweet, which Our Mozzer retweeted, "@MorrisseyParody So you're responsible for his arrival on twitter, something that people said he would never do?"

"I suppose now people will debate the proofs that @itsmorrissey isn't Moz. Perhaps he will tweet during the encore?"

"Sorry, but the real Morrissey just isn't Morrisseyesque enough for me @itsmorrissey."

"@MadAlix14 @itsmorrissey Who does he think he is? I've been pretending to be the b*****d for 3 years on twitter - this is my turf. If the real Morrissey thinks he can steal my thunder, he can f*** off."

"The drip, drip, drip of the media cycle. The same stories on half-hourly repeat. Man in suit. Younger woman with expensive perm."

"If Morrissey posts a selfie with a BlueRose it's all over."


MORRISSEY WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE - NOT A SELFIE


"Will @itsmorrissey's first retweet be one of mine? Is it unbecoming for the parody to fall in love with the subject of the parody?"

"Log Lady did tell you he'd be joining twitter. Don't you remember?"

"On twitter, wit, flair, intrigue and genius are eclipsed by a small blue tick."

"@theratsback will be spitting his coffee over the screen. When he logs back on... there are two MORRISSEY'S now! He'll need a new blog -- followingtheothermozziah.blogspot.co.uk" (Ed - note the gap after the three ...s? I told you!)

"If @itsmorrissey asks me to close my account, I will - instantly. But he won't; he adores me."

"A small prediction: I'll have more followers soon."

"With the real Morrissey on Twitter @itsmorrissey perhaps I should leave. After all, why would you drink Lambrini when there's Champagne?"

Our Mozzer retweeted @MadAlix14's tweet which said, "It all becomes more Lynchian by the hour!"

And it's true, it is becoming more Lynchian by the hour! The MorrisseysWorld blog heavily featured David Lynch's Twin Peaks, including introducing Log Lady to MorrisseysWorld, and also creating a Black Lodge, and now the real Morrissey has released a Lynch like promo film for WPINOYB, and now he's created TWO Morrissey's on twitter! Well, actually there are MORE than two, but that's another story.


DAVID LYNCH - AN INSPIRATION TO MORRISSEYSWORLD

"The only unpardonable sin in art is frankness."

In response to @PapaSonsFilm's question, "How many followers do you think the official Morrissey will get by June?""2 million. But perhaps it's all a ploy to bring @Morrisseyparody to the masses?"

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

So, we wait and see what develops now. It is exciting times.

It has taken me so long to write today's blog, that thankfully, some concert footage and photos have emerged from last night's concert at the Sunshine Theatre in Albuquerque. I have no idea on the setlist, but the footage looks superb. There is also, AT LAST,  some footage of Kristeen Young, and watching/listening to her sing the new album songs live has actually brought tears to my eyes. The Knife Shift has not been taken out of the CD player in my car since it arrived. It is one of THE best albums I have ever bought. If I'm honest, I am shocked at just how much I like this album, and I cannot wait to see the songs live, although WHEN this will happen, God only knows.


THE SUNSHINE THEATRE ALBUQUERQUE

"There are times in life when it pays to have a sense of humour." HIG:



Pigsty *STUNNING!* Always STUNNING:



Happen & Asleep:



Bottle:



Pearl of a Girl (with technical hitch) "I love you. You're the only one I love. Again.":




In other news, Mademoiselle Fifi dragged me into the toilets of The Arms yesterday, and whispered in my ear, "Surprised you haven't mentioned I'm not a man and Istanbul yet. No one's mentioned them actually. Surely I am not the only one who knows?"

Aghhhhhh! What does Fifi mean? What have we missed?


Astraea has also paid a couple of visits to The Arms in the past two days, leaving a couple of Nico posts, including her looking (and sounding) amazing in the Warhol film I, a Man:



A clip of Morrissey singing Swinging on a Star has also appeared on Youtube this morning. I am presuming it is from 2009, when Moz often sang this song. I have not seen a clip of it before, and I missed it being sung in Gt Yarmouth in 2009 because I had already left the concert..... not by choice!


@RFerdenzi posted on twitter that the Swinging On a Star video was from last night's concert, but you can tell that it isn't because Morrissey is now MUCH slimmer:




STOP PRESS: I have just dragged Fifi into the loos of The Twit Arms, and have slapped her with a wet plimsoll, to get her to talk..... and it worked. She was referring to the editors notes on iTunes, released to them by Harvest, and she is right, NOBODY has picked up on what is written there about Istanbul and I'm not a Man. Here is what it says:

"Morrissey's razor-sharp wit and lofting melodies have shaped one of the most distinctive careers in rock, but World Peace Is None of Your Business shows the pop icon isn't content to rest on his laurels - the follow-up to 2009's Years of Refusal combines ratty WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH.... "RATTY???!!!! Oh, Fifi, you beauty. I shall carry on.... ratty electric guitars and forceful hooks in one of his most exploratory, gritty solo albums. The lyrics bear the singer's biting and brilliant signature: within the first three tracks he rattles WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH... FUCKING RATTLES???!!! WHEN HAS MOZ "RATTLED"? It's another rat reference! Where was I?...... rattles off a list of countries in political turmoil, makes waggish rhymes about infectious diseases and sings a first-person account of an abusive husband called "I'm Not a Man". But the big production of Joe Chiccarelli and the incendiary fury of guitarist Boz Boorer give World Peace... a treacherous, spine-tingling vigour. Among the many highlights are "Istanbul", an uptempo rocker set on the streets of the Turkish metropolis and jubilant melody of "The Bullfighter Dies".

That's enough from this Rat for today. All this blogging is exhausting me. There is no concert tonight, and Fifi has apparently gone back to bed, so The Arms should be quiet tonight. And on Friday, Vulgar Angie will offer Moz a single Blue Rose in Utah, and hopefully present him with the BLUE ROSE SOCIETY t-shirt.

I shall leave you with this, @itsmorrissey now has over 226,000 followers, so it is pointless any of the BRS bothering to tweet him, he will not see your tweet. That account is NOT Our Mozzer, for now it is corporate Mozzer, but keep 'em peeled.

@mikejoycedrums currently has 15,900 followers. How long before he asks for 25% of @itsmorrissey's followers?

Goodnight.

SUNSHINE THEATRE ALBUQUERQUE (UNCONFIRMED)

SET LIST:

1. GLOVE
2. SPEEDWAY
3. GANGLORD
4. JESUS
5. PARIS
6. PEACE
7. BLIND
8. PIGSTY
9. BULLFIGHTER
10. GIVE
11. MEAT
12. SUNDAY
13. EARTH
14. TROUBLE
15. NATIONAL
16. HAPPEN
17. ASLEEP
18. FAREWELL

MorrisseysWorld has GONE, with Parody Moz (@MorrisseyParody) announcing in 'The Arms' this morning, "If Morrissey wants me to return to Twitter, he knows what he has to do. Rat will report it on his blog."

The MorrisseysWorld blog had already closed yesterday evening, and the twitter account followed suit straight after the above tweet was posted at 7.15 am (4.14 am Utah time) this morning.

Also this morning, I deleted EVERY entry from this blog of mine; or at least I have put every entry away in a dark cupboard, and like Our Mozzer, I will only bring them back if Morrissey asks me to. MorrisseysWorld is dead, and FollowingTheMozziah has lost it's memory.


DEAD

Since re-opening it's doors two days ago, 'Official Morrissey' (@itsmorrissey) has posted five tweets, with the latest three from yesterday being as follows:

"Albuquerque, thank you. Salt Lake City, you're up next. We will see you tomorrow night."
"Have you seen the album + autograph book bundle? It won't be available for long. https://store.universalmusic.com/morrissey/"
"Are you joining us on tour? worldpeaceisnoneofyourbusiness.com"


MORRISSEY ON STAGE IN ALBUQUERQUE

I am sincerely hoping that the closure of MorrisseysWorld will be the cue for Morrissey to start tweeting from the @itsmorrissey twitter account, because at the moment, all we are getting from 'Official Morrissey' is corporate tweets. There was initial excitement two days ago, when it was announced by Pitchfork that Morrissey was tweeting from the @itsmorrissey account himself, but that excitement has subsided with these latest tweets; although the follower numbers haven't, they have now risen to 248,000.


With all the evidence from MW and FTM now gone, the decks are clear for Morrissey to start tweeting from the @itsmorrissey account in the style that we have been used to for the past three years, i.e, as HIMSELF.... whoever himself actually is! If Morrissey does start to tweet, it surely won't be long until somebody somewhere starts to put two and two together, and works out that MorrisseysWorld must have been Morrissey after all. Oh the irony, if all those non believers start trying to convince everybody that MW was Morrissey after all. There will be no evidence to support their claim. It will also dawn on people that if MW was Moz, then he must be behind the BRS too, but again, there will be no evidence to support their claims. I am salivating at the very thought.


MORRISSEY WEARING HIS BLUE ROSE IN SANTA ANA

I will continue to write my blog in the same style as I always have, and our little band of outsiders will be able to share our observations and thoughts, but I shall probably delete each entry after 24 hours, including this one. Nobody will be able to prove anything, it will all be speculation.

MEMBERS OF THE BRS DANCING IN THE ARMS (L TO R) TRB, WILLOW AND LOUGHTON LIL

If Morrissey doesn't start tweeting with @itsmorrissey, then FTM will probably close. I started writing this blog to chart the phenomenal story of MorrisseysWorld, not to start a new Morrissey fan site. Hopefully MorrisseysWorld.Com will open soon and offer an alternative to the hatred and vile of Solow. I have enjoyed posting Youtube clips from concerts, but ultimately people can find these for themselves, they don't need me to share them. I will continue to write only if something emerges from a concert that is either MW or Blue Rose Society related, and that could very well start tonight, as the BRS Vice President, Vulgar Angie attempts to hand Morrissey a BLUE ROSE on stage at the rather grand looking Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City in Utah.


KINGSBURY HALL, SALT LAKE CITY UTAH

Before I sign off for today, here are the highlights from Parody Morrissey's visits to The Arms over the past 24 hours. There were a number of visits, and quite a lot of dialogue, so I will only share some of his words:

The Twitter Highlights of @MorrisseyParody 15th May 2014:

"My new album is my finest album."

In response to Vulgar Angie asking if he was in Utah yet: "I'm in a bedsit with a mobile connection; he, on the other hand, might well be."

In response to Rosy Mires mocking us: "FollowingTheMozziah: a blog devoted to proving that I'm not Moz (when I'm not) and TRM isn't Moz (when he is). Genius. Why can't they just get it into their heads that I'm some bloke with a hairy back?" (Ed- I don't follow @RosyMires, so I have no idea what she has tweeted, but I am presuming that she believes that Morrissey has posted the tweets on the @itsmorrissey account. Well she would, wouldn't she, it has a blue tick!)


"@itsmorrissey Don't be half-hearted Morrissey. Either give your heart to twitter, or don't tweet."

"@itsmorrissey Announce the UK bits and pieces!"

"Laura Palmer, we love you."

"Twin Peaks is none of your business."









PICTURE FROM @DAVID_LYNCH TWITTER PAGE. POSTED YESTERDAY

"Vote for Britain, not for Scottish independence."

"Never apologise. Never defend yourself. Never be spiteful, cruel or untoward."

"The blog is dead forever unless Mozzer gives us the sign of life."


The Twitter Highlights of @MorrisseyParody 16th May 2014:

"Good morning is not a term I know. I say "hello.""

TRB: "@MorrisseyParody For FUCK'S sake delete this account and get yourself tweeting as @itsmorrissey. The masses need this."

In response: "@TheRatsBack Ask @itsmorrissey to give me his account, and I shall. I could tear up the Twitter script in 7 short days."

"Single named after a tweet. Log Lady predicted he'd be on twitter in 2014. Novel - tick. Nobody notices."

"The fake Morrissey is quite real, while the genuine Morrissey appears rather synthetic. British irony?"

"The heart is heavy with imaginary sin and quite real integrity."

"It's a miracle that I haven't run out of wit. Three years in and somehow I'm still finding new ways to demean myself in a public spectacle."

"I've contributed more wit than Wilde and something Twitter has never seen before: intelligence. Yet... I sink without trace."

"Perhaps @itsmorrissey and I should swap accounts?"

'It's a strange world, a lonely planet, a sphere of utter contempt."

"I just can't help it... cheesy wotsits."

"I turned my back on fame in 1990. Since then I've sought to make music and succeed in my field while studiously avoiding 'fame.' Fame is for pop stars and popular writers, not for artists. The irony of fame is that the truly famous are those great people we remember who shunned the media. Artistic integrity minus fame = mystique. The more one seeks fame, the more one will be remembered for one's trivial life and not for one's meaningful art. My life is only a show. It is nothing more. I don't live. I exist. Music is my life, and singing is my blood."

"And then... he was gone. Soon you will only remember me as a vague dream."

"And now.... farewell"

"My life is a show with no encore. Goodbye"



And then he was gone. There is one other tweet that I should mention:

"You will all be rather surprised later this week."

And here was a word of encouragement for Morrissey from @whoiseuan, the young lad who Morrissey came to the rescue of in El Paso, when the security were strangling him:




Before I sign off for today, BRS member, GWO left this comment on yesterday's blog, regarding the spoken Morrissey video: "The video for "World Peace Is None Of Your Business" is the first in a series of spoken-word performances directed by Natalie Johns and filmed at the legendary Capitol Studios. The short film features a cameo by Nancy Sinatra and is streaming at iTunes." FIRST IN A SERIES OF SPOKEN-WORD PERFORMANCES. How many of us had read that press release and not picked up on that? Well done GWO.

And finally, Mademoiselle Fifi has also left us. All eyes on @itsmorrissey.

Goes off singing *I take the cue from certain people I know, I use the cue and then I hand it on to you

*Comes in singing* It's really laughable, a-ha ha ha ha ha, a-ha ha ha ha, a-ha aha ha, oh o o, a ha ha ha ha

The following statement was published yesterday on True-To-You.net:

Statement

Can one actually laugh one's head off? Is it physically possible? I do hope not..... I'm scared. The above statement, as Loughton Lil pointed out in the comments section of yesterday's blog entry, is pure parody. The funniest part of the statement is the fact that Morrissey has called the twitter account "It's Morrissey', as though he has no idea that twitter accounts can't have apostrophes in them. I just can't stop smiling to myself, you REALLY,REALLY couldn't make this up.

The other part of the statement that had me spitting my morning tea as I read it, is the part that says, "but it is NOT Morrissey." It is of course grammatically incorrect, it should read, "but it is'Not Morrissey', with 'Not Morrissey' being the name that Morrissey has been using to tweet for the past three years! The three other funny parts to the statement are, "I gather", which suggests that Morrissey has only found out about this bogus account through a third party, "I do not know who has opened this recent Twitter account, but please be aware that it is bogus", and "Untwitterably yours." A-ha ha ha ha ha, a-ha ha ha ha, a-ha aha ha, oh o o, a ha ha ha ha.

"YOU BOY, WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE"

'Not Morrissey' (aka Our Mozzer & Parody Moz) had suggested to us the other day in The Arms, that he would write a parody piece about this new twitter account, and you can just picture the scene of Boz Boorer informing Moz that somebody has opened a twitter account in his name. I guess the only reason Moz hasn't written us the new parody piece, is because I have closed down all my old blog pages, so he has nowhere to post it. He can't email it to me, because the Morrissey who occasionally emails me is The Real Morrissey, and NOT 'Not Morrissey', so emailing it would be an admission by Moz that he is'Not Moz', which he will NEVER do! Are you still with me?

The TTY statement has caused all sorts of eruptions, and it has also brought a halt to the rapid rise of new followers to the @itsmorrissey account. They have stalled at 248,000.

The question that everybody should be asking is, "HOW can Morrissey possibly not know anything about this account? Is he suggesting that the record label people have opened the account without his permission? Is he suggesting that the 'rep' who issued the statement to the media saying that it really is Moz tweeting, is lying? Or, is Morrissey suggesting that the account has been hacked?

If Morrissey is suggesting that the account has been hacked, or indeed being used by somebody within the record label without his permission, then it paves the way for 'Parody Moz' to start tweeting, which would bring Our Mozzer to the masses. Follower numbers would soar as Our Mozzer lays into celebs, self deprecates, and spouts his Mozzean wit. It wouldn't of course last for very long, because the impostor will have to be stopped, but while it is going on, surely some of those 248,000 people will ask the same sort of questions that the 'Deluded Dozen' asked, and surely a journalist somewhere in the world, will write that they don't believe the TTY denial, and that they believe it IS Morrissey tweeting? This story could be huge. It's genius, f******* genius. But will it happen?

Yesterday's TTY statement is also reminiscent of the TTY statement of 2011, when Parody Moz arrived on the twitter scene:

Statement

The point of the TTY statement in 2011 was two fold; 1) to promote the MorrisseysWorld twitter account, and 2) to promote 'The Smiths Complete'. Advertising in reverse.

This latest TTY statement could be seen as an advert for the new twitter account, but of course the denial will mean that most people don't see it as an advert, they will accept what they are being told, and accept that any further tweets from @itsmorrissey aren't the words of Morrissey. But what is stronger, the official blue tick of twitter that tells us that it IS Morrissey, or a denial by the real Morrissey? There could be a further twist, with Morrissey issuing a statement to the media that he did NOT make the statement on TTY fanzine, and that it was made without his knowledge. Oh the excitement of it all, but again I ask, will any of it actually happen? Time, as ever....

I only got to read the TTY statement this morning, because I went out last night to watch a Smiths tribute band called The Smyths; but I knew there had been a statement made, because the parody Morrissey form The Smyths told the audience about the statement! I was therefore informed about a fake Moz twitter account by a fake singing Moz. It becomes more surreal by the second.

In other news, a concert took place last night in Utah, with the Blue Rose Society Vice President, Vulgar Angie attempting to give a blue rose and BRS t-shirt to Moz, but it would appear from initial reports that she was unsuccessful this time. Never mind, it can't happen every time or it wouldn't be so mysterious.

The only Youtube clip to have surfaced so far is of Everyday is Like Sunday, and as ever, Moz and the band were on top form. Morrissey's voice is sounding stronger than ever before.






As I listened to The Smyths last night, I was reminded once again that the vast majority of Morrissey's greatest songs are his solo songs, and with the power of the new songs that we have heard, it would appear that Morrissey is at his peak.

I will sign off for today with this Youtube clip that turned up yesterday of Earth is the Loneliest Planet, from last Saturday's concert at the LA Sports Arena. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was a great song in 1984, but in 2014, Earth is TLP is the song to listen to: