Following The Mozziah

I fully intended for today to be the first day of me blogging without an audience, but a comment left on my blog yesterday by Kerry Richards (@AmIMoving2Fast) has left me heartened, so despite @RFerdenzi celebrating my demise with a photo of a mouse holding a placard reading "FTM RIP 2011-2014", FTM remains. Sorry Roberto, but you just haven't earned it yet , baby.... and neither are you EVER likely too!

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ROBERTO FER-DENSE'S PREMATURE PLACARD. HE CONTINUES TO GET EVERYTHING WRONG

Here is Kerry's heartening comment from yesterday:

As you suggest to many newcomers that they should read from the beginning, so they can make their own mind up; I have been.
Currently up to day 481.
Firstly, I think that there are just far too many coincidences, to just be coincidence.
The list is quite extensive up to day 481.
The theory could be that Morrissey is simply "playing along", but from the evidence you have documented to include announcements that were first posted on twitter or MW blog; that have THEN been announced officially on TTY, can only mean that Morrissey or his "people" are behind MW blog and the MW twitter account (which was still active and tweeting on day 481).

Secondly, as it's obvious that Morrissey is aware of MW blog (if he isn't actually behind it), proven by the TTY statements denying that he is MW blog, would he allow someone else, who is nothing to do with him carry on with all this?
I mean some of the opinions expressed, pictures posted etc are very to the bone, if they weren't his opinions/humour would he allow it to run? It has upset "fans" in the past, surely if it was someone pretending to be him he would make it close down immediately?
Look how much he despises So-Low, look how he will take on the NME etc.

Thirdly, I think accounts have been set up on twitter to throw people off the scent and stop this getting huge.
Morrissey seems to want to interact with fans/BRS members that are willing to think "outside the box", think for themselves and not just to believe everything they are told.
The TTY statements reflect this, most people would read these and instantly believed what they've read without bothering to question (I'm embarrassed to admit I did with the first two, but the third statement made me curious and got me thinking)!
There seems to be a pattern of OM interacting regularly with 20 or so BRS members and as the regular BRS members that interact with him grow to say 35 plus, a new twitter account arrives throwing doubt on the whole phenomenon and hey presto about 10/15 BRS members stop believing/interacting.
I personally think this happens as Morrissey would only want BRS members that are interacting with him to be people that are willing to follow their own minds and work out for themselves the truth. I guess as the following gets bigger some people must slip through the net that aren't particularly what he is looking for. He knows those people will be easy to manipulate and hey presto they go and he is left with a nice small audience and fan base to interact with, again?

Please forgive my grammar/punctuation etc etc, it's 23.49!
Posted by Kerry Richards to Following The Mozziah at 29 July 2014 23:52

At last, at last, at last. Rather than take the easy option of just dismissing MorrisseysWorld because, "Morrissey would NEVER do that", Kerry has actually bothered to read the evidence and make an intellectual and balanced decision. The likes of Fer-Dense, @Sean_Classic and Uncle Skinny haven't done this, they just keep saying, "NO, NO, NO" in the hope that it will all just go away. I suspect that all three of the aforementioned people actually DO believe deep down that Morrissey IS behind MW, but because they have been so, so vocal in their insistence that it isn't Moz, they now feel they would lose face if they U-turned. Sean has bought himself an insurance policy by tweeting, "@stillMozsworld I know that if the bore that composes these tweets really is Morrissey, then the person I've admired for all my life is the biggest let down ever!" Poor Sean; but if he'd opened his eyes rather than shoot off his mouth, then he and Roberto and many more could have been part of this whole wonderful journey. Those who think they KNOW Morrissey, know nothing.... that should be on a t-shirt!

I have closed my twitter account for now, mainly to stop me from hogging The Mozziah, so that other people like Kerry can interact with him, but also because I am fed up with getting drawn into arguments with fools who are too lazy to find the truth out for themselves. Their logic is, "it CAN'T be Morrissey, so therefore, it HAS to be Rat!"

Our Mozzer turned up in the Twitterdilly Arms again yesterday evening, so with my account closed, I watched quietly from the snug, sat with Cousin Fluff (@Upthepier). Here are OM's highlights:

"@TheRatsBack Do not be forced away from me due to 'others' Rat. Stay." (Actually posted on July 28th)

"Well here we are."

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuhlOlLHs58"

In response to OM posting the clip of Alma Cogan's 'Just Couldn't Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor', @FadingGoldLeaf (Astraea) tweeted, "Oh God... 'He goes wild when she flips that dial'. And she whispers it each time. I think I'm in love", to which OM then replied, "Alma Matters." Astraea then added, "That was darling. She was darling. I need a pocket transistor", to which OM tweeted, "Alas, I know of nowhere that sells them. Music is dying." Astraea added, "Life is full of small disappointments. But songs like that one and girls who know how to whisper make up for some of them", to which OM replied, "Her whisper slaps me around the face harder than any guitar solo."

ALMA COGAN - "EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW HOW TO WHISPER" - @FADINGGOLDLEAF 29/7/14

"My faith in you all is still devout."

"It's like 1987 all over again"

"I am sure to be remembered less favourably than Alf Garnett"

ALF GARNETT AND HIS "SILLY OLD MOO" OF A WIFE.

"Is nobody here? I am alone. Alone. Forevermore"

In response to @Jazissey tweeting, "@stillMozsworld I'm here, not much I know": "This could prove enough. Sweetness of words means so much."

"I see the non believers have their heads stuck in the sand. The stretch of the beach that the truth just doesn't reach." In response to this tweet, @AmIMoving2Fast tweeted, "@stillMozsworld No meaning, no reason The lonely season?", to which OM then rather interestingly tweeted, "There is not just one lonely season. A fatal lyrical regret."

KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE - "A FATAL LYRICAL REGRET" - OUR MOZZER

In response to @Jazissey asking, "stillMozsworld So what was your favourite song of the album?": "Remains a secret. Although I do believe Art-Hounds is the best thing I've ever recorded. That is how time will see it."

"In 2 years Ed Sheeran will be a blip in musical history. Yet today he has sold nearly 400,000 copies of his album. Hash tag Publicdistaste"

"Dread Sheeran's grimace will haunt my dreams for life." In response to this, @AmIMoving2Fast tweeted, "And his double chin", to which OM replied, as quick as a flash, "get that man with double chin Who'll always cheat and always win, Who washes his repulsive skin In women's tears" (This is an extract from John Betjeman's Slough).

JB.... NOT JUSTIN BIEBER

In response to the very silly tweet from @LizzyCatMoz saying, "@TheRatsBack now appearing as @stillMozsworld": "Nobody 'appears' as me. I just am." Poor Lizzy. Despite having seen most of the evidence, and having followed the MW story, Lizzy still ends up pointing the finger at me, probably because she made the wrong calls. It is far easier to blame another.

In response to @LizzyCatMoz asking, "You are Morrissey are you?": "I've been telling the truth my entire life. Except when I lie. I always stay true to you."

"And if nobody believes me here perhaps I will have to become a parody again."

"If you could hear one song live what would it be?" There were many responses to this question, but this one from @Jazissey is the most interesting one, as it brings a further revelation, "@stillMozsworld One of our Own. I'd really love to hear that": "Ah, the follow up to First Of The Gang To Die".

ONE OF OUR OWN - THE FOLLOW UP TO FOTGTD

"Arseholes to our souls"

In response to Astraea's tweet about a Wham reunion: "George Michael will crash three more cars before this happens. He always crashes his car but never breaks his spine. I once picked up a letter and my back destroyed itself."

'There is nothing noble in murdering friends. I should know."

"The deepest pits of hell is where I will end up. It is my fate."

At this point OM disappeared, but then returned very quickly, saying "I find the draw is too much. Is this what life has become?" He then left again, and the twitter account is currently closed.

And finally for today, Astraea has requested that I remove her poem from yesterday's blog, and has tried to buy me off by tweeting pictures of Brigitte Bardot. It might just work.

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I am now off to play cricket, so I shall leave Kerry to get on with her reading of FTM. Day 482 is a particularly good one, because it is the day that a blue rose got me into the sold out David Letterman Show. Another coincidence, of course! Welcome to the Dreary Deluded Dozen, Kerry.

So here we are again. It has now been one thousand and sixty four days since I discovered that Morrissey was on twitter (via http://morrisseysworldismoz.blogspot.co.uk), and yet his latest twitter account (@stillMozsworld) has just 98 followers, of which only a handful of those actually believe it is the real Morrissey! I started writing my blog thirteen days after having discovered @MorrisseysWorld, and have continued ever since. My blog entry of yesterday was one of the best ones I have written, but it was read by just a few dozen people. Instead of the phenomenal story of MorrisseysWorld gaining more and more followers, the opposite has happened. You couldn't make this up, although many people still think that "somebody"is making it all up, although who? and why? and more to the point how?, they do not say.

Our old friend and ex-MorrisseysWorlder, Rosy Mires (@RosyMires) tweeted yesterday, "Oh look, Morrissey is on twitter. Again. Not." They all fail to believe, and yet they can't walk away. And they can't explain.

Yesterday's visit to the Twitterdilly Arms by Morrissey started in controversial style, with him jokingly announcing, "One awoke to the news that Robbie Williams has died. How will Take That survive." The tweet was soon followed by, "I have the deepest respect for Robin's decision. He has taken final control of his life. It was his decision. He couldn't live anymore. RIP." Later on, in a conversation with me, Morrissey added, "There was nothing behind the eyes. It looks like he was on auto-pilot for years. Public face is not private reality."

Both Broken and Astraea also left touching comments on my blog of yesterday, with Broken giving a tribute to Williams, whilst Astraea made an observation on the human mind:

"Robin Williams was a charming and talented human being who lived in darkness, yet brought light to others. Suicide is always a tragedy, but at least his suffering is now at an end.

An elderly Robin Williams would have been an entirely fitting character - perhaps the charm and humanity he embodied would have found their true voice only as senility crept ever closer.

But we don't know the whole truth. Perhaps he suspected dementia was descending over him like a veil; perhaps he didn't want to live out his days being patronised by people half his age and with a quarter of his talent."

Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 13 August 2014 07:45

"Nobody ever knows another man's heart and mind.

Nobody.

We are given eyes to look with and mouths to smile with, but the profound emptiness and desolation that creeps into a person's mind is a tortuous monster who knows only how to crush, how to suffocate, and how to never let go.

Gentle souls who never deserved suffering of an immensity others cannot even begin to imagine. Everyone tries their best to smile and pretend it will go away. Because the scales of justice sway one way.

Blackness consumes, until the heart itself becomes too heavy to bear.
Some people understand this. Some people know this. And some people never will.
And because it won't stop, because every beat is pain, sometimes people take it into their own hands to stop this pain.

A finality that many balk from, and a finality that many would not have the courage for, is a finality born of unspeakable anguish. And still, there is so little sympathy and understanding. People paying lip service nothing more, because in 2014 it's now trending on their phones.

It is true that we come into this world alone, and that we go out of this world alone. For some of us however, we travel through this time and place alone as well, and no outward smile will ever be able to change that, or to fool anyone.

Perhaps we were only ever given eyes to cry with, and nothing more.

With the blackness of a thousand nights, and with the heaviness and anguished misery of a thousand broken souls,

My heart is stark
because I know no other way

I hold it in my hand
because I know no other way

I look inwards
because I know no other way

And my quiet, gentle sighs are love
because I know no other way

With my eyes, with my body, and with my being

And with a tenderness with no home and with no anchor, because no one ever warned us that this is what it would be like."

Posted by Astraea to Following The Mozziah at 13 August 2014 15:28

Morrissey's joke about Take That brought him some flack, with @sorcha69 tweeting, "@stillMozsworld that isn't funny, someone talented died", and @Boyafraid1 adding, "@stillMozsworld Not funny, fake Morrissey. Not funny."

Death is a funny old thing, and people's reactions to it are VERY different. Some people have a black sense of humour regarding death, whilst others cannot even mention the word because of the fear it brings. Reactions are also different depending on the closeness of the death. If the death of a person has no connection to one's own life, then it becomes much easier to laugh and joke about it, as in a way, the death isn't real.

When people shared jokes about Rod Hull falling off the roof of his house and dying, it was easy for them to do so, because they'd never met Rod Hull, and his death didn't affect them, but if a family member fell off the roof and died, instead of being funny, it would suddenly become tragic, although those with a dark sense of humour would still be able to joke about it.

My dad died when I was just eleven, and I often tell people he was burnt. They offer their sympathies, and ask if it was a house fire. I say, "no, he was cremated." Am I sick for being able to laugh about the death of my own father? No, I just have a warped sense of humour.

When Whitney Houston died, Our Mozzer made a joke about it, which for some people was enough to convince them that OM definitely wasn't Morrissey. The only logic they used, was that "Morrissey would NEVER say that", and yet Morrissey has spent a lifetime saying things that people would never have predicted he would say.

If Morrissey were to die tomorrow, jokes would be made of it. Many people would laugh at the jokes, whilst others would call them insensitive. As someone once said, about four paragraphs ago, death is a funny old thing, and people's reactions to it are VERY different.

ROD HULL (ON THE RIGHT) - FELL OFF A ROOF AND DIED

I will report on the rest of yesterday's Twit Arms visit by Morrissey tomorrow, but now it is time to reveal the new chart, and this week it is an absolute belter. The chart was presented by @UpthePier in the Twitterdilly Arms at 4.30pm today, including at 4.49pm, @UpthePier playing 'I've Changed My Plea To Guilty' from the 1990 Jonathan Ross Show. At 5.09pm, Jonathan Ross (@Wossy) tweeted EXACTLY the same Youtube clip. Jonathan KNOWS, you know!

TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 46

1. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (THE 3 VIDEO EP) - MORRISSEY (UP 21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBCg28Pxc0Q + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzDsSPiH0CA + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-uOIJKEm0

2. TROUBLE LOVES ME (LIVE AT LA SPORTS ARENA 2014) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ric03zoToc

MORRISSEY SINGS TROUBLE LOVES ME TO AN AUDIENCE OF 20,000 - MAY 10 2014

3. I'VE CHANGED MY PLEA TO GUILTY (LIVE ON THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW 1990) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am5AVaeGg7o

4. KISS ME A LOT (EXCELLENT NEW VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (UP 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutsRPLFeFY

5. SING YOUR LIFE (LIVE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW 1991) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1hjbPfynKM

MORRISSEY SINGING HIS LIFE

6. ART-HOUNDS (NEW VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (UP 10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-dDNsNU2_E&feature=youtu.be

7. OBOE CONCERTO (NEW VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_IDcxFRKs

8. LES PETITS PAPIERS - RÉGINE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK8xOxuhYMQ

L TO R: JANE BIRKIN, SERGE GAINSBOURG AND RÉGINE 'QUEEN OF THE NIGHT' ZYLBERBERG

9. AT LAST I AM BORN (LIVE AT PINKPOP 2006) - MORRISSEY (UP 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4O3S3plzQ&feature=youtu.be

10. THE WORLD IS FULL OF CRASHING BORES - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2GJXatOiaI

STEVE BARNETT CEO CAPITOL RECORDS - CRASHING BORE

11. STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY - MORRISSEY (DOWN 10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEsFCscYRcU&feature=youtu.be

12. SUNDAY MORNING - VELVET UNDERGROUND (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuM3SteeAgY

13. BUBBLE GUM - BRIGITTE BARDOT (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TtUchwQQO0

14. REMEMBER THE GOOD - ROY ORBISON (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTqnw6OQXS0

15. FORGIVE SOMEONE - MORRISSEY (UP 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka7Ocldto2U

16. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET (LOST IN SPACE VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP-SQyCaZr0

17. HIER OU DEMAIN - MARIANNE FAITHFULL (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f38dGrL82B4

18. THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT (LIVE IN SÃO PAULO 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdG61G44LK4

19. CAMERA OBSCURA - NICO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8v4M7PxOWY

20. MY HEART IS EMPTY (LIVE) - NICO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Ca3L0LsbU

21. TO GIVE (THE REASON I LIVE) (LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH 2013) - MORRISSEY (UP 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJNLvXwLoRE

22. ONE OF OUR OWN (WITH VIDEO FROM THE BLOOD OF A POET) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 5 ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLNl6Qn-LWc

23. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (LIVE IN SAN JOSE 2014) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp_bS1g0QE4

24. SHEILA TAKE A BOW (LIVE IN PERU 2012) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtVTsKnHfuE

25. I'M NOT A MAN - MORRISSEY (DOWN 13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2oAyMhFheo

26. WHAT SHE SAID (LIVE IN DUBLIN 2008) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-IWrCNypVw

27. NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD - MORRISSEY (DOWN 13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ToWK5n8Zk

28. WIDE TO RECEIVE - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxvC_FPP304

29. HORSES/HEY JOE (LIVE ON OGWT 1976) - PATTI SMITH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3coSfks4rQ

30. THE PRETTIEST STAR - DAVID BOWIE (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHr6BbEEhQ

31. EUROPEAN ME - JOHNNY MARR (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWWq5u5XxxY

32. MARIA NINGUÉM - BRIGITTE BARDOT (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhIC4JzcqIo

33. SUEDEHEAD (LIVE IN JAPAN 2002) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOGgyR5G324

34. SCANDINAVIA (LIVE IN CHILE 2012) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz1B8B7LrXU&feature=youtu.be

35. KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE (LIVE IN BOSTON) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfYLV_mTbls

36. I KNOW IT'S OVER (LIVE IN MANCHESTER 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWkLFsMYrZM

MANCHESTER 2012

37. MOUNTJOY - MORRISSEY (DOWN 17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H7mXyRYng

38. SMILER WITH KNIFE - MORRISSEY (DOWN 24): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGbv8JR8x0s&feature=youtu.be

39. YES, I AM BLIND (LIVE IN SANTA ANA 2014) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTDWGqBdfo

40. JULIE IN THE WEEDS - MORRISSEY (DOWN 16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IztcOrlIU8g

41. ISTANBUL - MORRISSEY (DOWN 16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWn5iqSdJUs&feature=youtu.be

42. LES PETITS PAPIERS - BIRKIN, DUTRONC & GAINSBOURG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doYLWFftJ2M

43. DRAG THE RIVER - MORRISSEY (DOWN 22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm97uQSpRDI&feature=youtu.be

44. BANGA (LIVE 2014 WITH A FAN ON GUITAR) - PATTI SMITH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsIMKiJvf94

45. UNKNOWN SPECIES (FEATURING LOG LADY) - PRETTY LITTLE DEMONS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_xWcXK6Z8

46. EQUALITY STREET - BRENT AND JOHNSON (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmTV62mE1PA

After 16 days, 666 tweets, and having gained 102 followers, Morrissey (@stillMozsworld) has once again left twitter. At 10pm last night, Morrissey tweeted, "I cannot take it here any longer. Nobody cares. The story is over."

I partly blame myself for Morrissey leaving, because last night, even though I was logged on to twitter, I offered up NO interaction with Morrissey, and as I wrote on Tuesday, it is interaction that he needs.

The reason that I was quietly observing last night rather than interacting, was because I am more than aware that it is always me who hogs Morrissey when he comes into The Twitterdilly Arms. I can't help myself; whenever I see Morrissey on twitter, my immediate thought is to converse with him, after all, THIS IS MORRISSEY, my hero, a living genius, and although this story is three years old, I could neverpossibly tire of his company.

This hogging has not only led to numerous accusations that I am pretending to be Morrissey, but has also led to accusations that I am fuelling my own ego, so last night I purposely stood back so that other people could interact with Morrissey instead of me.... but they didn't, and now he has gone!

MORRISSEY HAS LEFT THE BUILDING - AN EMPTY TWITTERDILLY ARMS

This morning I am full of regret. I am now asking myself, "if I walked into my local pub and saw a friend of mine at the bar, would I ignore him all evening?", and the answer is of course, "no", so I shouldn't have ignored Morrissey last night. Perhaps if I had interacted with him, he would have stayed, but the frustrating part is that NOBODY else interacted, or at least not in a way that offered him stimulating conversation. To all those Morrissey fans who spent the evening of August 13th on twitter, twittering about nothing to nobodies when you could have been interacting with the greatest poet of a generation, I pity you. I only wish there had been something I could have done to convince people that this reallyreally was Morrissey, but despite my thousands of goes over a three year period, I have failed miserably! Ultimately, it is something that they need to find out for themselves, and so far, they haven't displayed the intelligence to even l'oo'k properly. Mozziah, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

By the time I did jump in to interact with Morrissey last night, it was too late, he was already half way out of the saloon doors of The Arms, but his very last tweet did offer some light that this may not quite be the end, "@TheRatsBack This is my farewell. This story is over. Perhaps over time I will return but as of now it is over. Tumbleweed through twitter."

Of course, as we all know that Morrissey is a fickle b***er, and perhaps he might just stroll back into The Twitterdilly Arms later today, but I'm not holding my breath.

One day, this blog of mine will be read by Morrissey fans in utter disbelief, but for now, my words are not read at all, or if they are, then they are read disbelievingly by most. For the dreary deluded dozen who read these words of mine knowing the truth, here are the words of Morrissey from last night:

In response to @wossy's tweet saying, "The first time Morrissey ever appeared on one of my shows! Over twenty years ago!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am5AVaeGg7o": "@wossy My Édiath Piaf moment."

Before I move on, I really MUST watch this video again, as to me, it really is one of the greatest pieces of television EVER:

And why not throw Édith in for good measure?:

Edith Piaf in 1936: even at an early age, her tiny frame could create an astounding amount of noise – “enough to drown out the lions”, winced her father Louis

Edith Piaf in 1936: even at an early age, her tiny frame could create an astounding amount of noise – “enough to drown out the lions”, winced her father Louis

A YOUNG, SMILING, ÉDITH PIAF

MORRISSEY'S (AND YES, IT REALLY REALLY REALLY WAS MORRISSEY) TWITTER HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED:

In response to @smashingblouse7 and @MadAlix14 tweeting about Morrissey's hands being "artistic" (with particular reference to the Jonathan Ross clip): "Its because I'm not too sure what to do when I sing. Hands are a prop."

"@MorrisseysMum Mother?"

*Note to self - Have a photo taken with one's own Mother as there hasn't been one taken for about 20 years*

Morrissey's next set of tweets were all retweets of PETA campaign pictures, including this one:

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"Animal cruelty gets me angry."

in response to @LizzyCatMoz asking, "Do you care about animals more than people?": "How can I care about people when it is people that do this to animals? We are not above animals. It is arrogance to think so."

"@peta thank you for existing."

"Vomit comes to my mouth when I think of meat."

"The first aspect of being a human should be to defend those who cannot defend themselves. Animals need us to help them."

"Kids do not know where there (not their, it does not belong to them) food comes from. Repeating myself I know."

"I will never apologise for standing up for animals."

"Meat in your mouth as you savour the flavour of MURDER."

In response to @mancladmozfan asking, "read any good books lately?": "Man In The High Castle."

"Oh I am really ready for the electric chair."

"Take me as I am or do not take me at all."

And that is it!

I shall sign off with more words from Astraea, which were posted yesterday on FTM. The words make mention of a picture of BB that I posted yesterday, so I have added it again at the end:

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind
You took me behind a dis-used railway line
And said "I know a place where we can go
Where we are not known"
And then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon...

I just adore the first picture of Brigitte that you've posted above of the two. She has such very pretty rings in that photo, don't you think?

Such very, very pretty little fingers and rings. Yes. And YES.

And now, lovingly on the move again. Aching but to never arrive. Sparing nothing but a thought, and a touch. And the needle on the record.

Without a rebel but forever the cause,

Dissident, to the core.

Posted by Astraea to Following The Mozziah at 13 August 2014 18:29

One day the outside world will realise that Morrissey IS MorrisseysWorld, but these thing take time.

*Goes off singing* Take me anywhere, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care

Morrissey has issued the following statement:

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Repeating.

Repeat.

In the end we all end up in the ground. This is of no surprise to anyone. As I stumble and fall through this “life” I lead I come closer to the ground with each passing day. However last night I took the immediate decision to remove myself from the world of twitter. When I re-emerged yawns were stifled or sometimes let out in my face. The apathy of the majority was palpable. However I stuck around and slowly (ever so slowly) people found me. Although most of them doubted, and still doubt, it was me.
“This is not Morrissey” they cry whilst they remained glued to my page and refreshing to make sure they miss nothing. They are too scared to even look away to dunk their biscuits. As I take a rest from twitter it has dawned on me that only about six people actually conversed with me on a regular basis and even some of these, when they thought my back was turned, dispute the authenticity of the account. Do I have to drop anchor like a sailor?....
Some even ignore my existence but yet cannot help tweet about me just to say that the twitter account couldn't possibly be me. If I ever see a tweet by Roberto Bordenzi again I may just claw my own eyes out. You’re not Morrissey he will say and so do many others. Well if I am not he then who else can I be? This is all quite absurd. Even more incongruous, irksome and irrational is the fact that some ridiculous individuals actually believe that I am a character called The Rat who runs the Follow the Mozziah blog. Let us pause and draw the line here like mad, mad lovers do. If I was The Rat, if The Rat was passing himself off as me, this means he would be having conversations with himself on an almost daily basis and then reporting it on a blog that very few people even read. Let’s be honest, why would Rat features do this? And yet. And yet some think The Rat has nothing better to do than to impersonate me to keep his blog afloat? Please.... Of course the fact that The Rat has left twitter as well does not help matters. But for once and FOR ALL I am not The Rat. I am the real deal.

The abuse I have suffered since returning has been incredible and this is even from people who are following me! I cannot continue whilst people who follow me harbour such doubts and ill feeling. I will reactive my twitter account and anyone who thinks it is not me can just 'unfollow'. If they then seek to speak to me after 'unfollowing', they will be blocked.

For now. For ever.
M.

If the above statement had been issued on True-To-You, then the re-appearance of @stillMozsworld to twitter would see the follower numbers go through the roof, but the statement actually appeared on MorrisseysWorldStill.blogspot.uk , so when Morrissey does re-activate his account, the follower numbers will remain at 102, or may in fact fall if the likes of Roberto Bordenzi (I wish I had come up with that name) unfollow as requested by Morrissey.

When Morrissey re-launched* MorrisseysWorld in May 2011, he did so NOT as a parody, but as himself, but he then changed direction; firstly by officially denying that MorrisseysWorld was him on TTY, and therein after by portraying MW as a parody, with the central person being 'Our Mozzer' instead of Morrissey. What many people have failed to grasp, is that when Morrissey returned to twitter on July 28th of this year, he did so NOT as a parody, i.e. Our Mozzer, but as himself again. I guess this has been missed by so many because they now only associate MW as a parody. You have to stay awake to follow this phenomenal story.

MORRISSEYSWORLD - NOT ALWAYS A PARODY

I don't want to make this a long-winded blog entry today, and I also don't have much time to write because; A) My two day residency at The Kings Head Inn in the beautiful city of Salisbury has now come to an end and B) I have the important matter of finalising my fantasy football team before the new season starts tomorrow. There is NO C).

It would appear that £100m doesn't get you very far in the football world these days, but at the moment I'm going with: Mannone, Jones, Gibbs, Mangala, Azpllicueta, Mata, Fábregas, Touré, Agbonlahor, Costa and Rooney. I change my mind quicker than Morrissey changes drummers, so by kick off time tomorrow, my team could be completely different.

THE KING'S HEAD INN - SALISBURY

Before I sign off, here are Morrissey's twitter highlights from Tuesday:

"There are many things I have put the M into. Morrissey. Manchester. Moanchester. Mankfester. EMI."

"I predict Harvest will be a blip on the record."

Before I move on with the rest of the highlights, I was thinking this morning about "things", and for some reason, I found myself researching David Bowie at the age off 55, the age that Morrissey is now. At 55, Bowie released the album Heathen for a new record label, Columbia. The album featured Kristeen Young on it, and reached number 14 in the USA. The album had NO hit singles, and NO videos were made for any of the songs, with Bowie saying at the time, "I'm pretty much a realist. There's a certain age you get to when you're not really going to be shown (on TV) anymore. The young have to kill the old... That's how life works... It's how culture works." Wise words from Mr Bowie. Heathen peaked at number 5 in the UK chart. *Smiles to self, although unsure why*

DAVID BOWIE AT THE AGE OF 55, BITING HIS LIP WITH VERY SECURE LOOKING TEETH

MORRISSEY'S TUESDAY TWITTER HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED:

"Fuck fur."

"Nature is a language, CAN'T YOU READ?"

"Sometimes I forget how far I have come." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcmUZ2QGhTA

In response to @MadAlix14 posting Morrissey dressed as a catholic priest and then tweeting, "9 RTs and 13 favs for a picture of Moz dressed as a catholic priest caressing his naked torso. You big bunch of pervs!": "People have their catholic shame."

In response to @GirlOnBike1102 tweeting, @stillMozsworld Glad you are back after leaving rather suddenly earlier": "Moods come and go." Now, isn't THAT the truth!

MOZ: "I slept through youth and now I wake up fighting."

JAZ (@Jazissey): "Mine was a living nightmare I had to fight through, I feel older not much wiser."

MOZ: "Nobody ever gets wise. The generations regress in intellect."

"I am in dialogue with my audience and that's something that I need."

In response to @GirlOnBike1102 asking, "@stillMozsworld Have you ever had counselling? Sorry if that is too personal...": "There would be no point. They will sit and doodle and I will sit and cry."

ME: "I see your Take That joke led to calls that you are a fake. It reminded me of the similar response to the Oprah comment."

MOZ: "Every time I open my mouth I seem to offend someone."

ME: "Quite an art. Never a dull moment when you are around."

MOZ: No. I do wonder how Whitney is doing. Not heard anything from her in a while."

ME: "Planning a comeback tour."

MOZ: "I've come back from worse."

WHITNEY HOUSTON - QUIET OF LATE

"I feel all at sea tonight."

In response to @GirlOnBike1102 tweeting, "@stillMozsworld Maybe I'll buy you a compass": "A compass would sway me this way and that way, this way and that way."

"The boat that I row won't cross no ocean
The boat that I row won't get me there soon"

In response to @OdysseyNumber5 tweeting, "@stillMozsworld Geez, I had to look that up, Neil Diamond, interesting.": "The Lulu version."

In response to @OdysseyNumber5 tweeting, "@stillMozsworld Didn't Lulu turn into a heavy metal gal for a while?": "She will always be the Lulu that starred in "To Sir, With Love" to me."

TO SIR, WITH LOVE - I'D NEVER NOTICED THE BUS REGISTRATION NUMBER BEFORE... LLU

In response to me tweeting that I regret not having written professionally: "@TheRatsBack There is always time. I may hand the novel on."

Now, if I were to write part of a novel, and then tell the world that it was mostly written by Morrissey, I think I might just get carted away!

ME, AFTER THE RELEASE OF 'MAKE ME A MONSTER, BUT DON'T KILL ME FOR BEING MONSTROUS'..... "I CO-WROTE IT WITH MORRISSEY, WHY WON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?"

Right, it is time to go. I have once again managed to go on for far too long, and the inclusion of Gabriel Agbonlahor in my fantasy team is giving me pre-season jitters, but at £5m, he's cheap! Oh, the dilemmas of life.

Finally, finally, a fascinating interview with Morrissey's producer and engineer has been published on MixOnline.Com. In the interview, Joe Chiccarelli and Maxime Le Guil talk about the recording of WPINOYB. Here are some of the most interesting bits from the interview:

JOE: "I insisted on those demos, and he (Morrissey) said, 'Absolutely,' and sent me 26 of them, but there were no vocals. It was a surprise to me, but this is the way he always works. Sometimes the people he writes with put demos together, and then for the ones that inspire him, he'll come up with melodies and lyrics to put on top, but you never know what that is until you go into the studio. First, Morrissey would sing two or three takes to the demo, or maybe with the band; these would be very raw-just an indication of where the song needed to go in terms of dynamics and rhythm-but often they would be strong and inspirational; it would all be there in those performances."

*All together now, "They are NOT performances!"*

JOE: "At least half of the vocals on the album ended up being those guide vocals. We certainly re-sang a number of them, or improved on them, or comped between the guide vocal takes and new takes, but many of those raw vocals got used because they captured the spirit of the song."

JOE: "Morrissey would give guidance. Sometimes it would be as simple as, 'It needs to be big and grand,' or, 'This spot needs to be violent and ugly, but this spot needs to be more open. Then he'd go away for a few hours while we worked, and when he came back after lunch, he would hear it and respond to it: 'I love that, but this part needs to be more aggressive,' or, 'It's too safe.' He pushed me and the band in greatways."

JOE: "This place (La Fabrique) is gorgeous, and the studio is world-class. They fell in love with the place, especially Morrissey. He even loved to go look at the frogs in the pond."

THE POND AT LA FAB, AS SEEN FROM THE HOUSE

And on the subject of the pond at La Fab, take a close look at the photo above. I first published it on my blog entry of Day 913, in which I hid it among a number of other photos of La Fab. There is a very good reason I added a "cough" to my original caption, but NOBODY picked up on it. You will notice something VERY unprofessional at the top of the above photo; it is, I am informed, the photographer's finger. The person who took the photo happens to be a much better guitar player than he is photographer ; )

Have a good weekend.

*Goes off smiling and singing* The sanest days are mad, why don't you find out for yourself.

*First launch of MorrisseysWorld was in 2009. A brief history can be found here: http://followingthemozziah.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/history-of-morrisseysworld.html

It is amazing that virtually every single day, there is something dramatic happening in the world of Morrissey. Forget "My life is opera", what Morrissey should have sung in Art-Hounds is "My life is soap opera". The dramas that surround Morrissey don't seem to occur in the lives of other top singers from the 1980s, such as Tom Bailey or Tony Hadley, but then again, well.....

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TOM BAILEY OF THE THOMPSON TWINS - A GREY LIFE

Since my last blog entry of Friday, a story has broken saying that Harvest have NOT dropped Morrissey from their label, which Morrissey was quick to counteract by announcing on TTY that he had proof that he had been dropped:

16 August 2014

Billboard report Morrissey Wasn't Dropped By His Record Label

In response to Andrew Flanagan's incorrect report for Billboard online (15 August 2014), both Morrissey and Morrissey's lawyer are in possession of email correspondence from Steve Barnett (head of Capitol-Harvest Records), and also from Steve Barnett's personal assistant, both of whom confirm that Capitol-Harvest have ended their relationship with Morrissey. No recording Agreement with Capitol-Harvest was ever signed by Morrissey, and Morrissey retains full ownership of World Peace is None Of Your Business. Contrary to the assured Billboard report, Capitol-Harvest have very clearly stated that they would have no interest in licensing a second album by Morrissey. Russells (London), who represent Morrissey, are presently concluding Morrissey's relationship with Harvest Records.
Once again, Morrissey is in search of a new label.

Subsequently, all the official spoken word promotional videos have disappeared from Youtube, and the WPINOYB.Com website has gone. Even the LettersToMoz.Com website has vanished. It's as though Morrissey no longer exists, although I'm not sure Harvest realised he existed in the first place!

Morrissey then issued another TTY statement, where he thanked fans for their efforts in making videos for his songs, and it has to be said, some of them really are excellent:

17 August 2014

More thanks

"Thank you to everyone who has added new videos on You Tube to support World peace is none of your business. Of the newer batch, I am especially moved by The bullfighter dies by trentmorrison, and also by Oboe concerto by Sharon Jheeta. I am so glad that you understand.
I am so sorry that Harvest Records did not understand what they had.
You have explained it to them, and I will always be in your debt".

God only knows what will now happen to future pressings of WPINOYB, but I still haven't purchased a vinyl copy of it yet, as I have been waiting for Boz Boorer to get some in stock at Vinyl Boutique. I tweeted him yesterday to ask if he had any in, but he replied, "No."

VINYL BOUTIQUE CAMDEN - NO COPIES OF WPINOYB

Apart from the dramas with Harvest, this past weekend has also seen "that man" at the SoLow cesspit sink to unbelievably new depths. I don't want to waste any of my time writing about him, other than to say that he has somehow managed to get himself very mixed-up in life. Even his own staff can now see that he is no longer posting "news items" regarding Morrissey, he is just aiming to hurt Morrissey in any way he possibly can. SoLow is self-destructing, and the quicker it goes off-line, the better. What the world needs now, is MorrisseysWorld.Com to open up and replace it. Whatever did happen to that venture? I was sure that Kevin 'Banjaxer Walter Ego' Marrinan was going to launch it, but ever since he collared me in the toilets of The Twitterdilly Arms back in March, we haven't heard a thing.

Morrissey has made a few visits to The Twitterdilly Arms over the weekend, but there isn't an awful lot to report. He re-opened his Twitter account on Friday evening, following on from his blog posting of Thursday, in which he wrote, "I will reactivate my twitter account and anyone who thinks it is not me can just 'unfollow'.

Morrissey's opening gambit was, "Now is your chance". Roberto Bordenzi (@RFerdenzi) immediately 'unfollower', but couldn't just walk away, he tweeted, "I've had confirmation that I am 100% right! YES! YES! YES!" Hopefully we won't hear from this bore again.

Highlights:

"I see one person has taken the chance. I can only trust that the rest of you are here because you believe?" In response to this, @Bunnygal833 tweeted, "Do they believe or are they following the flock?", to which Moz replied, "Like the others who follow the non believing flock?"

Why does anyone follow either flock? Why don't they find out for themselves?

In response to me saying, "It is so sad to see our towns with no record shops": "Soon it will be a whole country. Can you imagine a life without physical purchases? All electronic? Dear God Please Help Me."

Saturday Highlights:

"I have been dropped, I repeat, dropped."

"Morrissey, you have left Harvest. Good luck and goodbye. Steve."

STEVE BARNETT AND MORRISSEY IN HAPPIER TIMES

In response to me tweeting, "@stillMozsworld On a brighter note, a recruitment drive has raised your follower numbers to 147; something Judd Trump hasn't managed in a while!: "Too interested in his loss of hair and sparkling shoes."

For the first time EVER, since this phenomenal MW journey started, I bumped into him in the toilets of The Arms on Saturday. Here is some of what was said:

MOZ: "The mood has darkened only a day after returning. What is the point? I feel less loved than Harold Shipman."

ME: "Lol. No doubt his mother loved him.... he didn't bump her off too, did he?"

MOZ: "Nothing would surprise me. A knife plunged in the neck when the lights were out."

ME: "That wasn't his MO. A pills man."

MOZ: "But his mother would surely know all to well about pills? She wouldn't have taken anything he'd have given her. A knife would be safest."

And finally, back in the main bar..... "And no one knows a thing about my life. I can come and go as I please. And if I want, I can stay. Oh, or if I want to, I can leave." And he did.

Last night, Broken briefly arrived in The Arms, but I wasn't around. He posted a few Bieber pics, suggested that "Bullfighter is weak", and that "Staircase is heavenly", and then he too was gone.

For once, all is quiet in Morrissey's world. St.Ill Morrissey (@stillMozsworld) did pop into The Twitterdilly Arms yesterday evening, but his only words were, "Evening", and "Staircase could have been released by now."

The Twitterdilly Arms chart countdown was greeted by an audience of one, and is now officially dead.

TWITTERDILLY ARMS TOP 42:

1. KISS ME A LOT - MORRISSEY (UP 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutsRPLFeFY

2. TO SIR, WITH LOVE - LULU (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTapoA5RQyo

3. I'VE CHANGED MY PLEA TO GUILTY (LIVE ON THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW 1990) - MORRISSEY (NO CHANGE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am5AVaeGg7o

4. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (THE 3 VIDEO EP) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 3): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBCg28Pxc0Q + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzDsSPiH0CA + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-uOIJKEm0

5. OBOE CONCERTO (FAN VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (UP 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_IDcxFRKs

6. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (NEW FAN VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXVtaYCDoLo&app=desktop

7. I'M NOT A MAN (NEW FAN VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (UP 18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGUqqFqn5qM&sns=tw

8. ISTANBUL (NEW FAN VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (UP 33): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNpbm1GQbWU&sns=tw

9. PLAY IT COOL - BILLY FURY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5U8jERyfSE

10. KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzZ8X1oOES4

11. WHY DON'T YOU FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF (LIVE IN SALISBURY 2009) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOsNqiOVG_k

12.WHEN LAST I SPOKE TO CAROL (LIVE IN MEXICO 2011?) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X24iL3WW1nY

13. ALL THE LAZY DYKES (LIVE IN POMONA 2011) - MORRISSEY ( ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42EMVU5-AEI

14. SWEET AND TENDER HOOLIGAN (LIVE IN NIAGARA FALLS 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6qesf1LOo

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

16. MAGIC - SHANE FENTON & BILLY FURY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zdqj0X9aqU

17. YOU JUST HAVEN'T EARNED IT YET, BABY - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yIdeYrbBR4

18. STRETCH OUT AND WAIT (LIVE IN IRVINE 1985) - THE SMITHS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEOnDJ-QifA&sns=em

19. I WON'T SHARE YOU - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1A74q78A0w&feature=youtu.be

20. SPEEDWAY (WITH THESE THINGS TAKE TIME A CAPPELLA) (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2013) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW2tosFJcG4&feature=player_embedded

21. SUCH A LITTLE THING MAKES SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE (LIVE IN SWEDEN 2004) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nipgid_P7AQ

22. SPEEDWAY (WITH ASLEEP A CAPPELLA) (LIVE AT HOLLYWOOD HIGH) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UU4a25_9Ec

23. INTERLUDE - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF3j_CrKMQM

24. INTERLUDE - TIMI YURO (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCjQxMxjJio

25. THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE A SONG - ELVIS PRESLEY & NANCY SINATRA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc4T-40l1uA

26. THE BOAT THAT I ROW - LULU (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvy3gLJZVf4

27. ART-HOUNDS (NEW VIDEO) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-dDNsNU2_E&feature=youtu.be

28. STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY - MORRISSEY (DOWN 17): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEsFCscYRcU&feature=youtu.be

29. I KNOW IT'S OVER (LIVE IN MANCHESTER 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWkLFsMYrZM

30. STRIPTEASE WITH A DIFFERENCE - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0u4l0v4QE

31. I WILL - BILLY FURY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8qTDqso5PQ

32. RUN TO MY LOVIN' ARMS - BILLY FURY (RE-ENTRY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ5QhIkplsA

33. THESE THINGS TAKE TIME (LIVE IN MANCHESTER 1983) - THE SMITHS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPV3yc6QQx8

34. BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN (LIVE ON THE WHISTLE TEST 1986) - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Ro7HLmUrY

35. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnhidBHw0Eo

36. YOUR GROOVY SELF - NANCY SINATRA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-0nRJps_mg

37. YOUR TIME HASN'T COME YET, BABY - ELVIS PRESLEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35e8pUTZptU

38. SPEEDWAY - ELVIS PRESLEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK2T_1LRYlY

39. WHO ARE YOU (WHO AM I?) - ELVIS PRESLEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRVEbL4UBg

40. MICHAEL'S BONES - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdayZHy6LD4

41. THIS IS NOT YOUR COUNTRY - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsuGHXuUedw

42. PEOPLE ARE STRANGE - THE DOORS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9oR9x171w

I am having the shittiest day that I have had in months, so I won't linger or I will no doubt end up upsetting somebody or other. It may help my black mood if I have a quick swearing session..... fuck bollocks twat cunt arseholes wanky fuck wank bollocks shit toss fuck shit twat bollocky cunt knob shit..... hmm, a slight help, but not much.

St.Ill Morrissey (@stillMozsworld) made a visit to The Twitterdilly Arms last night, but the b*****d closed his account before I had time to screen shot all of his words, so I am therefore only able to report a snippet of the action here on the Worlds's Number 1 Mozziah Following Blog, FollowingTheMozziah. Here is what I did manage to grab:

"The energy has drained from legs. Soon my body will be defunct and all I will have is a head. A head with dire hair." In response to this, @geniussteals replied, "Your hair is quite lovely. Your choice in labels however...", to which SMW replied, "I simply take what I am given. Do I spot a quiff in your picture there? Get your own style. I kid, imitation is flattery."

@MozFiend also responded to St.Ill M's opening tweet, pointing out, "@stillmozsworld All of us will sooner or later be dust and bones. Death makes us all equals in the end", to which Moz replied, "Death is the great equaliser. Rattle my bones all over the stones."

@MadAlix14 was another to respond to Morrissey's "drained legs" tweet, suggesting, "@stillMozsworld have a cup of tea and a digestive", to which he replied, "Can I not have a scone and a Vodka?"

@Bunnygal833 chipped in to the above by saying, "Vodka goes with anything", to which St.Ill Morrissey replied, "Except happiness."

When @MozFiend pointed out that Morrissey had "beautiful hair", he replied, "I find my hairline quite depressing." (Ed - On this subject, His Mozzness will get no sympathy from me!)

MORRISSEY - STILL HIRSUTE

In response to @MozFiend saying, "@stillmozsworld You bring happiness and joy to my life": "I never meant to but that is quite lovely." (Ed - I never fail to smile when I hear Moz give somebody the "I never meant to" line. Morrissey's self-deprecation is my favourite trait of his.... for the next 30 seconds at any rate.)

In response to @MozFiend tweeting, "@stillMozsworld I almost missed my stop on the train tweeting you. It would have been worth it": "I am worth missing entire towns for." (Ed - I never fail to smile when I hear Moz singing his own praises. Morrissey's egotism is my favourite trait of his.... for the next 30 seconds at any rate.)

In response to @MozFiend suggesting "alcohol and xanax will make you forget you are you": "I've never really known who I am." (Ed - I never fail to smile when I etc etc)

In response to @Mancladmozfan asking, "@stillmozsworld Ever thought of taking up togger?": "I once used to be quite nifty", but Moz then added, "I can barely walk without dislocating something. Walking and kicking could prove too much for me."

IN THOSE HALCYON "NIFTY" DAYS

In response to me asking, "@stillMozsworld Yo, Moz dude. How's your day been? Tour sorted? Label found? Novel written? Drummer dismissed?: "Dude? Why have you suddenly become twelve? But since you ask... Yes, No, No and how could I?"

MATTHEW WALKER - JOB SECURE

It is good to hear that the tour is sorted, so hopefully we will have an announcement soon. I went on to ask Moz if the tour would be a leisure centre, arena or pub tour, to which he replied, "Car parks", adding something along the lines of it "reflecting recent album sales", but I didn't manage to copy the exact quote.

There was more from Still.Ill Morrissey, but as I wrote at the beginning, I failed to copy it all, so I shall try and grab the best bits on his next appearance.

Whilst I have been writing this, Broken (@Broken1andonly) has turned up in The Arms. I should point out for any new readers of FTM (Ed - yeah, right, there aren't any new readers, in fact, there aren't any readers!) that it is my belief that Broken is a pessoa of Morrissey's, but if you try and engage with him on twitter, you should remember that he is NOT Morrissey, and be warned, he can bit...... oh, and he likes Justin Bieber.... A LOT!

Here are Broken's highlights:

In response to @Jazissey asking if high school reunions happen outside the US: "They happen in England too. But over here, those without accomplishments of note usually denigrate those who have. Hash tag GreatBritain."

"Bored of life, but not bored enough to choose death."

"Is anything sexier than @justinbieber 's back? His front perhaps?"

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In response to me asking, "@Broken1andonly Why Bieber? WHY?": "The combination of charisma, beauty and masculinity."

In response to me asking, "@Broken1and only What do you think will become of him?": "Bankruptcy and early death."

"MW parody complete - but who cares? It's a soap with no audience; it's a car with no petrol. Hash tag BrooksideSaab"

"Intelligence is the enemy of good sleep."

"The virtue of the lonely is their dissatisfaction with themselves."

Having Broken back has lifted my spirits, and the possibility of a new MW parody is even more uplifting, although I won't hold my breath as Broken has promised parodies before and then not delivered.

And finally, Phil Collins has announced his first concert in four years..... the crowd went mild!

PHIL COLLINS - TAKE A LOOK AT HIM NOW, HE LOOKS LIKE JACKIE WRIGHT

It's just a quickie today, as I have been busy celebrating GCSE results and playing cricket. Broken signed off yesterday by saying that he would publish a new parody if 50 comments were left on FTM, but despite my loyal readership achieving what was asked, there has so far been NO sign of the parody. It wouldn't be the first time that Broken has welched on a promise of a parody.

In the meantime, St.Ill Morrissey reappeared in The Twitterdilly Arms last night, and his final words before signing off for the night were, "My hackles bristled as my bristles heckled". Moments later, a lengthy new TTY statement appeared, which included the sentence, "I hope to finish this statement whilst I'm still clean-shaven". As usual, those outside of the BRS would label that a coincidence, but as they will all be blissfully unaware of it's context or meaning, they won't actually label it anything at all! We few in the BRS live an over-active fantasy life, which the hardcore Moz fans aren't interested in. Funnily enough, Morrissey mentions having an "over-active fantasy life" in the TTY statement, and one would think that the "hardcore" would wonder what this means, but "wondering" might lead them to somewhere they don't want to be led, so I doubt they'll give it a second thought. The clues to MorrisseysWorld are all there, but of course nobody knows to look.

BRISTLED

There are other little nods to the BRS members in the TTY statement, including the title; 'PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND ME', which I believe is a reference to me asking St.Ill Morrissey to "leave the door on the latch" the other day, so that I could copy his twitter sayings, and also LizzyCatMoz asked St.Ill to "please close the door on the way out." There is also another mention of the number 38 in the TTY statement, which St. Ill confirmed to me the other day might have been a reference to the number of followers he had when Morrissey made reference to the number 38 in the Hot Press interview. Here is the statement:

PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND ME
Morrissey statement

In response to 77 million questions I can only say this much on the subject of the Harvest drama. It is quite true that Harvest initially appeared like a saintly beacon of light, and they instantly packed us off to France where we recorded World peace is none of your business. The universe was back in balance, and we all considered this to be the very best Morrissey recording ever, and even the boo-hoo-suck-it-off elements of the press appeared to want to agree. At last I am born.
It all seemed too good to be true. It was. I believed that the rich soil of the album had several strong hit singles. Frayed tempers began when Harvest arranged the 'spoken word' films, none of which gave any clue as to what World peace is none of your business intended to be, or is. The films were OK, but they went nowhere and stayed there.
With every nerve alert, we pushed the label for a proper video for Istanbul to precede the album, not least of all because a single ahead of the album release might inch the album to a higher chart position. The label backed off, even though Istanbul received 55 radio plays in just seven days on a major US station. Instead, the label requested a fifth spoken-word film, which naturally had me fumbling around for an axe: no independent thought required. The UK label, meanwhile, created a quite fantastic television advertisement to transmit during the week ahead of the album release. I could taste excitement once again. The TV ad never appeared and my hackles bristled as my bristles heckled. The label responded with frosty aloofness, and I suddenly realized that we were not, after all, of the same species. I ploughed into them insisting upon "proper band videos, where the band play and I sing" - an evidently confusing concept that required seven weeks of explanation, detailed graphs and several drawn up maps.
The label suggested I come to Los Angeles and read passages from Autobiography in front of selected audiences. As frightening as that idea was, I hung on, desperate to believe that Harvest were not as cheap as they now looked. I hope to finish this statement whilst I'm still clean-shaven, so I will jump to the final curtain: during the weeks of the album release, the label were minus one single structural idea, and it appeared evident that each member of the team was acting in separate rooms without doors or windows. Mutual mistrust exploded between Harvest and I, and with fashionable pessimism, the label boss yawned and ordered the surface smartness of dropping World peace is none of your business three weeks after its release. There, now! This would not have happened to the Teletubbies.
Sorrily botched the project may now be, but it's worth it to get Morrissey out of our Inbox. Yes, I can be intensely persistent, and I certainly have an over-active fantasy-life, but the Harvest experience tells us that despite the blinding flash of teeth and smiles, it doesn't take much for the coin to flip and suddenly we're all compromised and shattered. All you need to do is disagree with the vanity of the label boss and your beheading will be slotted in between bottles of the most average champagne on the market. Just one weak-chinned drone can assert the fist of injustice and all of our efforts are flushed away. And thus ... they were.
I might be wrong, but I think World peace is none of your business will instantly disappear from iTunes and record stores and every download-upload-offload outlet on the planet, because Harvest technically have no right to sell it.
Most of the Harvest team are very nice, and I sincerely thank them for trying and caring so much - even if their promotional duties were fully undertaken by the Morrissey audience themselves, whose You Tube videos for World peace is none of your business fully provide the art that the label could not muster. The listeners instantly understood how entertainment could also be art.
Staggeringly, I still believe that there's a label out there with my name on it, and one that will issue World peace is none of your business, and afford it the respect it deserves.

Thanks for reading this (rashly assuming that you have), and thanks once again to the Harvesters who tried.

We are boot-camp ready for Lisbon in October, so with the will of many gods, hopefully at least 38 of you will turn up.

MORRISSEY
20 August 2014

Many people have noticed that despite Morrissey's obvious disappointment with Harvest, the latest statement sounds as though he has his mojo back. This has also been noticed in the upbeat words of St. Ill Morrissey is The Twit Arms. Maybe he's not still ill. I have a feeling that the tour arrangements are virtually ready to announce, and Moz is starting to get excited, as are we!

Here are the rest of St. Ill Morrissey's (@stillMozsworld) highlights from yesterday:

In response to me posting my blog entry entitled 'Bollocks!': "@TheRatsBack Please refrain from public displays of indecency. Nobody needs to see your bollocks. Thank you."

In response to @GirlOnBike1102 tweeting, "I keep missing @stillMozsworld Hash tag PassingShipsInTheNight": "One day we will collide. Throw mw overboard will you? Buried at sea."

In response to me making reference to there being just two comments on my blog: "@TheRatsBack Deserting Deluded Dozen."

In response to me suggesting that Moz change his twitter account name to @itsMorrissey: "Perhaps I should change it to a One Direction song? 3 million followers in 40 seconds", to which @tabootlb replied, "Nooooooooooooooooooooo", and Morrissey responded by saying, "Such an objection. I haven't seen that long of a No since the drummer was asked if he had too much money."

SMIRKY JOYCE - IN THE MONEY, BUT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH

In response to me tweeting, "@stillmozsworld I love the fact that MW has gone backwards. It adds to the brilliance of the story": "It wouldn't feel right if it was popular. I would probably leave forever if it exploded."

HOW TRUE, HOW TRUE, HOW TRUE. If truth be known, despite the frustrations that everybody is too blind to see, we wouldn't change what we've got for the world!

In response to @AmIMoving2Fast saying, "@stillMozsworld So if we keep it dead quiet - you'll stay?": "As silent as the promotion for my little old album."

That is it for today, as I am tired and ready for bed. I have just noticed that Morrissey visited The Arms again this evening, so if he leaves the door on the latch, I will try and catch up tomorrow.

For the record, Morrissey currently has 153 twitter followers.

Long live over-active fantasy lives.

Much debate has gone on amongst Morrissey fans since his recent split from Harvest, with there being many different ideas as to what Moz should do next. Some fans are suggesting that Morrissey should form his own label, whilst others think he should get his fans to fund his next album, but what the vast majority of Morrissey fans fail to realise, is that despite appearances, Morrissey is in FULL control of what is happening with his career.

Every time a record company fails Morrissey, it adds to the tragedy of his life as an artist, so therefore, in a sadistic way, Morrissey actually likes falling out with labels, as it is now a part of who he is. Despite Steve Barnett's email to Morrissey saying that they no longer wanted him, it would appear that Steve changed his mind, so Harvest would have kept Morrissey for a second LP, and if Morrissey had wanted to, he could have sat down with Steve Barnett and his team and thrashed things out so that there was an improvement for the second album, but instead Moz chose to walk away.

In Morrissey's recent TTY statement about Harvest he wrote, "Most of the Harvest team are very nice", which immediately made me think of the song Disappointed, in which Moz sings, "don't talk to me now about people who are "nice"'cause I have spent my WHOLE LIFE in RUINS... because of people who were "nice"."

On Friday evening in The Twitterdilly Arms, Morrissey stated, "I am not desperate. There is no rush. There is a second album." Morrissey is in FULL control!

I cannot currently report on Morrissey's visits to The Arms on both Thursday and Friday, as he has once again deactivated his account, but I don't think I missed any great revelations. It has been mentioned that Moz had a go at the Friday night Moz Army quiz on twitter, but it would appear that he got bored after a couple of questions and stopped. Maybe he didn't know the answers!

There is no sign of the MW parody that Broken promised. We have once again been had!

And finally, Astraea has returned to The Arms, and on request has brought song:

Last Tuesday I asked Morrissey if his next tour would be "leisure centres, arenas or pubs?" to which he replied, "car parks", before adding, "I'd probably end up under a wheel". This morning I awoke to find this concert poster on TTY:
Morrissey Vienna Date 24 October 2014

It would appear that Moz has shelved any idea of car parks, and is instead sticking to what suits him best; the most glamorous theatres in the world. Here is Vienna's Konzerthaus:

KONZERTHAUS VIENNA - HOSTING MORRISSEY OCTOBER 24TH

Oeticket.com doen't yet have tickets for sale, but they have posted the following:

The Mozzer Strikes Back! In over 20 years of a solo career since the dissolution of his band, The Smiths, Morrissey, also called "Moz" or "Mozzer", has written brilliant albums full of social statements, personal stories and noble sounding.

He is one of the few music icons, that still deals with radical themes and comments on current events in their songs, without mincing their words. On 11 July 2014, the Brit released "World Peace Is None Of Your Business" his 10th studio album.

The Mozzer is indeed striking back, and now we await further dates, which according to Morrissey (@stillMozsworld), will include Rome at the end of October. Here is what he said to Kerry (@AmIMoving2Fast) in The Twitterdilly Arms last Thursday:

MOZ: "He whom fate sees fit to favour."

KERRY: "I really need you to announce your Rome date."

MOZ: "Are you attending?"

KERRY: "Yes!!"

MOZ: "Then I will have to cancel. I jest of course. End of October."

Lisbon has been booked for October 6th, and we know that the O2 arena in Dublin is booked, so where else is The Mozzer going, and when?

Morrissey hasn't been seen in The Arms since Friday night, but here are a few of highlights from recent visits:

August 8th:

In response to @edgeindustphoto tweeting, "The Veronicas would be perfect supporting Morrissey @stillMozsworld": "I do need a support act. Timi Yuro is otherwise engaged." (Ed - it is interesting to note that George Edge obviously still believes that @stillMozsworld is Moz.)

In response to @PapaSonsfilm suggesting Boy George as support: "Not in this century. I am open to a duet. We will cover Big Spender."

In response to @southkirk tweeting, "@stillmozsworld I heard Culture Club have reformed?": "I would like an audience left when I begin my concert."

In response to @jake_cfc tweeting, "Morrissey + band is actually the best group since the Smiths": "Best band since The Smiths is ironically The Smyths."

"There will be a UK tour."

August 10th:

"No doubt if i had released a terrible album and the reviews were poor I'd have gotten a number 1. "Oh, old Moz has lost it a bit hasn't he?""

"I used to walk through my 20's thinking I was the ugliest man alive. It is a shock to me when I see photos."

In response to the above statement, @Bunnygal833 posted, "@stillMozsworld I can't imagine that at all", to which Moz replied, "It is true. This is why I hid behind cover stars mostly."

" I always marvel at how many pictures of ones self can be found."

And on this subject, a photo has been posted on twitter today by Simon Wolstencroft (@SimonWolstencr1) of Morrissey backstage in 1984:

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Highlights continued:

"I am available for backing singing @CherylOfficial"

"@CherylOfficial She does not sing. Just talks into a microphone and auto-tune does the rest."

"@CherylOfficial Leave me alone I was only miming"

August 11th:

In response to @MozOccasions tweeting Morrissey lyrics: "Where are my royalties?", to which @MozOccasions responded, "@stillMozsworld We're sorry, we just can't help quoting you ; )", to which M replied, "I will let you off. But if I cannot find a record label I will stand outside your office or home and beg."

(Ed - it is interesting to see that Morrissey's sense of humour had really started to return by Aug 11th, probably just as the tour days were starting to come together. At last he is born.)

"I long to be a X Factor judge. Scary Spice and the Regretful Spice."

In response to @OscillateWildy asking, "@stillMozsworld Marr or Boz? I think you'd chose Boz over anyone any day": "Correct. Marr was a brief period of my life. Boz has been here longer."

(Ed - I would imagine that without realising it, @OscillateWildy has bagged himself an exclusive. Has Morrissey ever before admitted publicly that he would choose Boz over Johnny?)

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BOZ - PICTURED OUTSIDE HIS RECORD SHOP OVER THE WEEKEND

August 19th:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGbv8JR8x0s (Smiler With Knife)

August 21st:

In response to @OscillateWildy tweeting, "Morrissey is back on twitter. @stillMozsworld why did you go missing for like two days?": "I am always missing in action. Not that I see any action."

"Education in reverse."

"@itsmorrisseynow If you are Morrissey now, just who were you before?"

"Yes, I really believe the time has come. At last. At last." In response to this statement, @HeatherCat222 asked, "For what?", to which Morrissey replied, "The Wrong Box. One must watch The Wrong Box staring Peter Cook." (Ed - No doubt Moz will kick himself for misspelling "starring", but it is only right that I draw attention to it, especially as he always draws attention to my mistakes, such as my grocer's apostrophe. No doubt Moz would say he misspelt it on purpose to see if anybody was paying attention!)

NICOLE (@Bunnygal833): "How are you?"

MOZ: "Not too sad"

NICOLE: "What have you been listening to lately?"

MOZ: "Myself"

NICOLE: "That makes two of us"

MOZ: "You have released an album? It was promoted less than mine. No small feat."

I won't write anymore for now, as A) I am waffling on too much B) The @stillMozsworld account remains closed so I haven't got access to any more and C) .... There is NO C!

Richard Attenborough died yesterday at the age of 90. @MorrisseysMum has paid tribute on twitter:

"Richard was a great man in the purest, most honest sense. He brought colour and charm into the dullest house on the bleakest street."

Here Here.

And as I press the publish button, I see that Broken is in The Arms.

Back tomorrow.

It was a busy day in MorrisseysWorld yesterday, with Our Mozzer (Parody Moz) returning to The Twitterdilly Arms disguised as Broken, whilst Broken paid a visit to The Arms; disguised as nobody other than himself, to declare amongst other things, that the BRS is dead! St.Ill Morrissey also popped in briefly to announce that when he was younger, he had wanted to work for Glam Cabs, whilst today, the NEW Morrissey's World (@MorrisseyWorld) has tweeted for the first time since April! You couldn't make any of this up! Meanwhile, The Real Morrissey (TRM) has announced a European tour.

GLAM CABS - THE FICTITIOUS FIRM FROM CARRY ON CABBY

Let me start with Broken, who arrived in The Arms just after lunchtime, and announced that, "the new parody is awaiting approval from OM". Broken then went on to praise GWO for spotting that last week's TTY statement about the split from Harvest contained the line, "detailed graphs and several drawn up maps", which GWO saw as a comparable to a very old MorrisseysWorld piece that had a graph with flawed data. Broken said, "As usual GWO is sharper than a razor. Yes - it was a graph of YOR sales Vs. insulting comments about the Chinese." I have to admit, I only have a vague recollection of the piece, but then again, I do have a dreadful memory, which is why I try to write everything down! Broken added, "So many references. None but the MW cognoscenti would ever realise."

THE MW COGNOSCENTI (INTERESTINGLY, THE LAST TIME I USED THIS PHOTO ON DAY 435 OF FTM, THE COGNOSCENTI IN THE PICTURE WERE LISTED AS HEATHER, MARCUS, CATHY5, ROSY, REGI, CHIO AND FANCYS123. HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED... OR MEMBERS OF THE MW COGNOSCENTI AT LEAST!)

Broken added, "OM is sulking. He might be found in his bathroom with a Dolls vinyl spinning and a bottle of gin. He won't be found online.... which means he won't approve the (parody) piece."

I pointed out to Broken that OM's twitter account, @MorrisseyParody, had actually expired, so he didn't have an account to come back online with. Broken replied, "OM is furious. He wonders why you've all accepted a fraud as OM." He then added, "BRS is dead." Before leaving The Arms, Broken announced, "A big surprise is JUST around the corner."

A couple of hours later, Broken (@Broken1andonly) returned, but after a few tweets, he announced, "OM has just *taken over my account* - this is the real OM." Here are OM's tweets (disguised as Broken):

"Sadness chases Morrissey like rush hour traffic."

"The poor love money and the rich love everything else."

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In response to @edgeindustphoto posting a picture of James Dean: "JB is the new JD."

"@edgeindustphoto I apologise edge - I was unacceptably harsh towards you."

"The purpose of life is to realise there isn't one."

"As Cameron contemplates getting behind Assad, Orwell's 1984 unravels before our very eyes."

"Reason saves us from poverty but also from spontaneity."

"That morning she dipped her hair in the river and knew that sunrise would never be seen in the water again."

"And so I'm back to little or no public fanfare." I pointed out that using Broken's account name may be a little confusing for some people and suggested asking @MorrisseyWorld to give back the original @MorrisseysWorld account, which is now in their possession, although when I say "their", that could of course mean Moz! My god, this is complicated! WHO IS MORRISSEY?

"Elegance is..... A PASSING FANTASY."

"It's like I don't even exist - thank you Harvest."

In response to @southkirk asking, "@Broken1andonly who are Harvest?": "A muck raking company par excellence."

And then he was gone. Broken has this morning added a comment to FTM reinforcing Our Mozzer's dislike for @stillMozsworld:

Rat's continued insistence that the imposter without wit or poetry is TRM is frankly preposterous. I have told you and I will tell you one final time: OM will not return until you stop promoting stillMozsworld who has nothing whatever to do with MW and nothing whatever to do with TRM.

Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 26 August 2014 07:17

I guess I now have a decision to make; do I denounce the person that I believe to be the real Morrissey in order to get Our Mozzer back, or do I continue to report the offerings of @stillMozsworld, meaning that OM won't return? I have been here before, and last time I chose to denounce Fifi for OM. I have been given little choice, so I therefore denounce @stillMozsworld with immediate effect..... although before I do, St.Ill Morrissey's very brief appearance last night in The Arms enabled me to see his answers to last Friday's Moz Army quiz. Hilariously, he wasn't quick enough to score any points. Here are his highlights from Friday:

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"@Mozarmyquiz Panic. My God."

"@Mozarmyquiz Has it come down to this? I knew one day it would. Continue."

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"@Mozarmyquiz Suffer little children? Although who the hell knows."

In response to @AmIMoving2Fast asking, "@stillMozsworld Are you really bored?""Horribly", and then added, "Please allow me this one moment."@AmIMoving2Fast then added, "Are you winning?" to which M replied, "I have not registered a point yet. Although I joined in the middle. Late to the party again. Winning is a distant dream."

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"I give up" (Ed - It was apparently Asleep... Ass leap!)

So, that is the end of me reporting on @stillMozsworld, although I have a feeling he might now disappear. Broken's account is once again closed, so all eyes are now on @MorrisseyWorld who has this morning tweeted, "In the beginning." Are we at last about to see MorrisseysWorld.Com replace SoLow as a proper Morrissey fan site, or is this another false dawn? Will we also see Our Mozzer return with a new account? Time, as ever.....

Here is the TTY statement announcing the European tour:

25 August 2014

Morrissey confirmations

Monday October 6 LISBON, Portugal (Coliseum)
Monday October 13 ROMA, Italy (Atlantico)
Thursday October 16 MILAN, Italy (Teatro Linear)
Friday October 17 BOLOGNA, Italy (Paladozza)
Sunday October 19 PESCARA, Italy (Pala Gpii)
Tuesday October 21 FLORENCE, Italy (Obihall)
Wednesday October 22 PADOVA, Italy (Geox Theater)
Friday October 24 VIENNA, Austria (Konzerthaus)
Wednesday November 5 HANNOVER, Germany (Capitol)
Saturday November 8 LUND, Sweden (Sparbank Arena)
Sunday November 9 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Falconer)
Tuesday November 11 GOTEBORG, Sweden (Lisebergshallen)
Thursday November 13 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Hovet)
Wednesday November 19 WARSAW, Poland (Stodola)
Friday November 21 KRAKOW, Poland (Laznia Nowa)
Sunday November 23 BERLIN, Germany (Columbiahalle)
Monday November 24 ESSEN, Germany (Colosseum)
Saturday November 29 LONDON, England (02 Arena)

Morrissey is urgently seeking a label to issue World Peace Is None of Your Business, which is now withdrawn from the Capitol-Harvest Records catalogue.

I am still hoping that @stillMozsworld's promise of a UK tour in January will prove to be true, but no doubt I will manage one or two of those dates whilst I wait.

And finally for today, instead of the usual Tuesday chart, which is now defunct due to lack of interest, I present:

World Peace is None of Your Business in video format, with ALL videos made by Morrissey's fans:

1. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

2. NEAL CASSADY DROPS DEAD

3. I'M NOT A MAN

4. ISTANBUL

5. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET

6. STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY

7. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES

8. KISS ME A LOT

9. SMILER WITH KNIFE

10. KICK THE BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE

11. MOUNTJOY - NONE MADE

12. OBOE CONCERTO

13. SCANDINAVIA

14. ONE OF OUR OWN

15. DRAG THE RIVER

16. FORGIVE SOMEONE (Starring Kyle Douglas, the President of the BRS)

17. JULIE IN THE WEEDS

18. ART-HOUNDS

Yesterday evening, events took a rather bizarre and surreal turn, as Broken and St.Ill Morrissey came head to head in The Twitterdilly Arms, with me wedged in the middle. I suppose I knew that there would be some kind of backlash after I denounced St.Ill Morrissey in yesterday's blog, but I didn't expect a full blown argument between the two pessoas. Here is how the conversation went, and NO, this is NOT a parody piece, it really happened!:

ST.ILL MOZ: (To me) Fickle. May the truth destroy you.

RAT: I am a pawn.

ST.ILL MOZ: You had better not converse with me had you? The law has been passed.

RAT: Hmm, a tough one. Maybe I should introduce you to Broken?

ST.ILL MOZ: I am aware of his work.

RAT: Lol.

MOZ FIEND(@Mozfiend): What law?

RAT: I had to choose between real Moz and Parody Moz.

ST.ILL MOZ: How quick you were. Now what did someone say about false friends?

RAT: You ****! You keep kicking me.... but I have no feeling.

BROKEN: St ill Morrissey lacks the wit, charm, poetry and cynical irony of OM. He's a shallow copy, a bland photograph.

ST.ILL MOZ: You talk of bland photographs but when I look on your page all I see is bland photographs of a bland boy.

RAT: *Grabs fruit gums*

KERRY(@AmIMoving2Fast): This is beyond ridiculous but so funny!

RAT: No wonder NOBODY believes any of it!

KERRY: Exactly- pure genius.

ST.ILL MOZ: Not a whiff of wit or genius.

BROKEN: Yes, I think you're talking about yourself there. Only an idiot would believe you are OM.

ST.ILL MOZ: I am an idiot.

BROKEN: Yes, we know. OM brought us 5000 tweets of wit tantamount to genius. You type shit and say, "whiff." As if saying 'whiff' or 'absurd' makes you Morrisseyesque. You're irrelevant. Carve out your own identity - don't impersonate and pass yourself off as.. irony. I don't mind you saying what you want. I am astonished, though, that a handful think you're OM!

ST.ILL MOZ: I'm astonished you're a human yet here we are.

BROKEN: That was about as witty as a fart. I wish you'd stop irritating me. You type like Morrisseysmum and that's not a compliment. Witless.

ST.ILL MOZ: You and Rat? Remind me not to hire you as my bodyguards. Treacherous.

BROKEN: I'm not concerned about you. You can do what you want - you're an idiot. I'm just stressing that you're NOT OM.

ST.ILL MOZ: You know where the door is.

At this point, Broken and St.Ill Moz then went their separate ways, but conversations continued:

ST.ILL MOZ: Today you are presented with a Janus conundrum. The past or the future.

MENIPPUS(@Menippus) Ancient references aren't really my thing, but OM might follow this with a discussion of Samantha as tour support.

RAT: Lol. The night gets crazier.

MENIPPUS: When Moz walks on stage and shouts "Game on!" we will have accumulated just another COINCIDENCE.

ST.ILL MOZ: (To me) Come to think of it you have been the most divisive thing about this whole adventure. I'm glad you're gone.

RAT: I haven't gone, but that's typical of you to blame others. **** again!.... The "bodyguard" tweet is my favourite of the night. Sorry Broken, but I HAVE to write about that one!

ST.ILL MOZ: I forbid it.

KERRY: "I forbid it" is my 2nd favourite!

RAT: (To St.Ill Moz) Hmm, I have always done as you've asked, but I'm afraid I must ignore your request in the name of comedy.

ST.ILL MOZ: Comedy? This is tragedy.

RAT: The two always go hand in hand. I'm still grinning at the "bodyguard" line. How can that c*** Broken say you have no wit?

ST.ILL MOZ: Far too late.

RAT: It was merely an observation, not a back track. Just like I had to let Fifi go, I have no choice than to let you go.

ST.ILL MOZ: Perhaps it is true... The BRS is dead.

ESTA(@hiddensun11): I'm lost, but pretending that I'm not. This place is a bit baffling.

MOZ FIEND: I am beginning to understand, slowly but surely.

GOB(@Girlonbike1102): (To St.Ill Moz) If you can't agree on who is who, how is anyone meant to follow?

MENIPPUS: I think we need to democratically elect a new Morrissey every 6 months.

ST.ILL MOZ: Can I be Morrissey for December only?

MENIPPUS: Well, you understand how democracy works, at least... I'm afraid we're fully booked this winter. Oct-Dec is the entire town of Llandudno; Jan-Feb is Stewart Lee.

STEWART LEE - ELECTED TO BE MORRISSEY FOR THE MONTHS OF JAN & FEB

ST.ILL MOZ: Do our politicians not pick what months they wish to work?

MENIPPUS: Yeah, the twats - but winter is the summer of Moz impersonation; you need to arrange well in advance.

That was the end of yesterday's session in The Twitterdilly Arms, and as both Broken and St.Ill Morrissey have now announced the end of the Blue Rose Society, then I guess this is where the journey ends.

With the exception of myself and EARS, there was NOBODY else who was prepared to take a rose for Moz this winter anyway, so the death of the BRS will not be mourned; not on this side of the Atlantic at any rate. In fact, Manclad yesterday declared, "pushing to the front and handing Moz a rose would be unthinkable." If the BRS members wouldn't take roses, then there was never any hope of anybody else taking them.

Despite Morrissey's VERYobvious indications that he wanted blue roses, his fans have been either too blind to see, or too scared of ridicule. If only Morrissey had chosen TTY back in 2011 to announce that he wanted roses rather than MorrisseysWorld.... but then we wouldn't have had the fun we have had.

MORRISSEY WEARING A BLUE ROSE IN 2012

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MORRISSEY ACCEPTING (AND THEN WEARING) A BLUE ROSE IN 2013

MORRISSEY WEARING A BLUE ROSE 2014

And meanwhile, back in the real world, not only can I not find anybody to come to Europe with me to watch Moz in concert, but this morning I have learnt that the friend who first coined the phrase "the rat's back" (during a rather successful display of bowling by yours truly in a cricket match in 1991) has lost his wife to cancer. Life is a pigsty.

The End.

Yesterday I wrote that I presumed the MorrisseysWorld journey had come to an end because Morrissey no longer wants blue roses, but whilst Morrissey continues to use twitter unnoticed by the masses, I will continue to record the phenomenal story. For the time being, I won't publish my recordings, as most people have become completely and utterly bored of me, and who can blame them? Even I am bored of me!

My announcement yesterday that my blog was ending went hardly unnoticed, with the entry receiving just 100 hits, and only six people bothered leaving a comment. I also announced my retirement from twitter, which brought much merriment, with somebody called @DandyInTheRough telling George Edge and Mad Alix, "He's a sad no life cunt. Your (sic) not allowed to disagree with anything Moz says or like other singers or his little gang comes after you." REALLY? I don't even know who this Dandy character is, but if that is the perception people have of me, then it is a good thing that I back away. Ultimately, I became too involved in the whole MW story, and if I'm honest, I probably ruined it. I shall continue to write the story, but I will keep out of the picture.

ME IN BROOKLYN 2013 - TOO INVOLVED

Anyway, enough about me, let me turn to happenings in MorrisseysWorld.

Broken has now closed his twitter account, but the man he calls a fraud, St.Ill Morrissey (@stillMozsworld), has kept his open for a change. St. Ill Moz paid a visit to twitter yesterday and posted the following:

"The story is old."

In response to @MozFiend asking, "But will it go on?": "No."

In response to @Mancladmozfan saying, "I think you and Broken should get a hotel room together": "This is impossible. We would spend far too much on room service."

MORRISSEY AFTER A NIGHT ON THE MINI-BAR

In response to @MozzeriansATW tweeting, "Don't forget to take a blue, red, white rose to MorrisseyTour2014": "I wouldn't bother with that."

In response to @Bunnygal833 tweeting, "Perhaps something new?": "Hearts on sleeves is what we need."

NOT QUITE ON SLEEVE, BUT STILL

In response to @sorcha69 tweeting, "I'm ganning to the O2 but such a huge venue": "It may perhaps be hard to reach the stage", to which @Bunnygal833 then asked Moz, "Is that the idea?" to which he replied, "No. I find the idea of selling it out fabulously funny."

LONDON'S O2

And then he was gone. Interestingly, Astraea retweeted a number of St.Ill Moz's tweets, so despite Broken's protests that he is a fraud, Astraea obviously doesn't think so.

A number of people are moaning about Morrissey choosing the O2 to play in, but he had no choice; Morrissey HAS to play the O2, because it is one of the few major venues in the UK where he hasn't played. It is a box that needs ticking, nothing more, nothing less.

In other Moz news, a statement has been posted on TTY regarding the deaths of Richard Attenborough, Lauren Bacall and Dora Bryan. The TTY statement praises both Attenborough and Bacall but doesn't offer any praise for Williams, which may explain St.Ill Morrissey's ability to joke about his death when it happened. It should also be noted that a few days after Williams death, Broken said, "I'm not surprised that Morrissey hasn't commented on the death of Robin Williams, but he will". Here is the statement :

26 August 2014

Richard Attenborough dies

"I was thrilled beyond words to have met Richard Attenborough, who, of course, played Pinkie in Brighton Rock (1947), a central theme of my song Now my heart is full. When I met Sir Richard he was delightful, and I asked him if Brighton Rock seemed like a hundred years ago. He replied 'Oh, much more than that ...'.
I also had the extraordinary pleasure of meeting the recently deceased Lauren Bacall ... so beautiful, so cautious ... and so sad that her death was overshadowed by that of Robin Williams. It was Lauren, not Robin, who changed motion picture history. Yet modern media has an odd way of forgetting the more senior servers of the arts. Dora Bryan, whom I knew personally in the late 80s, and who also died in recent weeks, had pitifully slim attention from the British news media, yet her talents were a treasured staple of British life throughout the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. Dora had agreed to introduce the Smiths onstage at the London Palladium in 1986, but at the last minute her agent asked for a fee which we, the Smiths, just couldn't afford.
However, in our X-factory society, it seems that anyone who has NOT appeared on Big Brother just isn't worth remembering by the British media ... alas."

Morrissey.

DORA BRYAN IN A TASTE OF HONEY - DIED JULY 23RD

LAUREN BACALL IN DARK PASSAGE - DIED AUGUST 12TH

Morrissey is of course right about the media attention surrounding Williams's death being disproportionate to Bacall, but his age and circumstance of death make it much more of a story. The passing of Jimmy Scott in June AT THE AGE OF 90 has gone unnoticed by EVERYBODY.

JIMMY SCOTT - DIED JUNE 12TH

So that's about it for another day in MorrisseysWorld. The website MorrisseysWorld.Com, which has been linking to TTY since April, has now stopped linking, and has become a blank white page with the heading "In the beginning". Is this site about to go live, or is this just a play on the title of Kate Bush's new concert 'Before the Dawn'? And on that subject, Kate Bush's much heralded comeback to the stage after a 35 year absence is crying out for a Morrissey style parody... if only there were a parody Moz website.... one can but dream.

Tickets for Morrissey's November concert at the O2 Arena in London go on sale tomorrow, so I shall attempt to buy a standing ticket, and although the BRS may be dead, and although it would be impossible to get a blue rose to Moz, the sight of an inflatable red rose might just raise the odd smile in certain quarters.

It also looks as though a trip to Europe may be on after all, so perhaps that inflatable red rose might be spotted elsewhere too!

BB - TWEETED BY ASTRAEA

I continue to peer into The Twitterdilly Arms unnoticed, and although yesterday there was not much activity from within, I present my findings:

Broken (@Broken1andonly) entered The Arms at 6.49pm, shortly followed by St.Ill Morrissey (@stillmozsworld) at 7.03pm. The two didn't interact with each other, and neither stayed very long. Broken concentrated mainly on his favourite past time of posting Justin Bieber pictures, although he did have a brief and interesting conversation with Jaz (@Jazissey) about favourite lyrics on WPINOYB. Broken stated, "I like "look at that cow... in the field... it knows more than your bride knows now". Finally a song targeted against old sexist roles... not afraid to mock the female, as well as the male. The critics, of course, didn't get the progressive nature of the message; they see only misogyny."

Broken is absolutely right about critics failing to understand the meaning of Kick the Bride Down the Aisle, which I interpret as a mocking of marriage in general, and NOT just the female role within the marriage. Morrissey has always been a champion of women, and it should also be remembered that Kristeen Young sings on Bride, which she would NEVER have agreed to do if she thought it was a song of misogyny.

That was about it from Broken yesterday, although his mentioning of the lyrics to Kick the Bride has reminded me of a conversation back on Friday August 8th, between St.Ill Morrissey, Esta (@hiddensun11) and George Edge (@edgeindustphoto) on the subject of women. I never got around to reporting the conversation at the time, so now that it's a bit quieter, here are St.Ill Moz's words on the subject matter from that evening of the 8th:

"We need strong women."
"Do women have to become strong due to harshness of men? Do we cause women to change themselves?"
"Women are often shouted down when they make a point. I've seen it. The music industry cannot deal with intelligent women."

That Friday, St.Ill Moz also said these words to @southkirk:

"I'm Not A Man will lead to a shirt change."

Interestingly, St.Ill Moz also signed off that Friday evening by saying, "This is my farewell for the night. May I thank those who have returned and those that have remained. Sadness has lifted." Ever since that evening, things have seemingly got better and better.... apart from the Harvest split and the BRS being disbanded of course!

Here are St.Ill Morrissey's offerings from yesterday. I guess it's a good thing I'm not making my blog public at the moment, otherwise Broken would go mad at seeing me still writing about St.Ill Morrissey, although as Our Mozzer hasn't made the return that Broken promised, then there is actually no harm in me writing about St.Ill Moz! Here are his words from yesterday:

ST.ILL MORRISSEY: Paradoxical

JESSE NOTHING (@MozFiend): What is?

ST.ILL MOZ: The entire essence of life.

Moz then disappeared, but returned two hours later to post a fan made video of Last of the International Playboys with a tweet saying, "I cannot and I do not approve- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6nVCxeI-M#t=38.

It will be interesting to see if this video is forced off Youtube, although Morrissey has never previously bothered to have Youtube postings removed, even though some postings have cost him thousands and thousands of pounds in lost revenue, with fans using http://www.youtube-mp3.org to copy songs. EVERY song from WPINOYB was made available on Youtube from day one of it's release, and therefore, the songs have been FREE for anybody who wants them.

Most artists have something in place to stop the copying of new songs using Youtube converter, but Morrissey doesn't, and I also noticed the same when Beck's new album was released earlier this year. If artists don't stop people taking their songs for FREE, then the music industry will surely die. I also believe that Morrissey's album sales were greatly hampered by the leak that appeared on twitter the week before the official release of WPINOYB. WHY don't record companies simply employ somebody to jump on any Youtube postings of new songs, and get them remove? After a few weeks of release, it doesn't matter so much, but during the initial impact period, it is imperative that people can't get hold of music for free. Perhaps this is one of the many things that annoyed Morrissey about Harvest.

WPINOYB - TOO EASY TO GET HOLD OF FOR FREE (AND I BET THAT PINK DISC WAS YET ANOTHER HARVEST COCK-UP!)

St.Ill Morrissey's last words of yesterday were another exchange with @MozFiend. Moz Fiend tweeted him to say that she couldn't access the video of Playboys that he had posted, to which he replied, "Even the internet does not approve."

That's all for today from MorrisseysWorld. The Twitterdilly Arms is pretty much empty, and the MW.Com site that I mentioned yesterday is still showing a blank page. In other news, I have today bought my ticket for the O2, but the European trip is once again looking unlikely due to my friend's work commitments; although Big Mick has expressed an interest in going, so perhaps perhaps perhaps. Buying tickets for a Morrissey concert usually involves pressing the refresh button a hundred times and just hoping you are eventually successful, but this morning it was a completely different experience. At 8.59am I logged on to See Tickets and searched for Morrissey O2. The event appeared just as the clock turned to 9.00, so I pressed the button for standing tickets, and by 9.02am the process was complete. Now, where are those inflatable red roses?

I will once again sign off with an offering from Astraea (@Fadinggoldleaf), who tweeted:
"I'M HERE WITH THE CAUSE
I'M HOLDING THE TORCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpf6gJU3520"

Astraea then added:
"And when you're dancing and laughing
And finally living...

Never turn the music off

Hear my voice in your head
And think kindly of me"

WHAT a song! WHAT a song! Now, how good would it be to see that back on the set list?

There has been no sign of either Broken, St.Ill Moz or indeed Our Mozzer, so I shouldn't really be here writing, but old habits die hard, so for now I type on; although I will continue not to publish my blog.

I guess I just don't want to believe that we have come to the end of our phenomenal journey, and if I'm honest, I don'tbelieve that it has ended, but maybe that's just wishful thinking on my behalf.

I genuinely believe that Morrissey has thoroughly enjoyed this interaction with his fans, and I have no doubt that he LOVES the BRS, so surely he won't let it die?

Despite The Arms being bereft of pessoas, a message has been left for me by Astraea (@Fadinggoldleaf), who yesterday tweeted, "@TheRatsBack I hope the cricket's cracking and that you're back here twitting around again after the weekend."

The Twitterdilly Arms may be dead, but twitter itself is abuzz, as Morrissey fans discuss the upcoming tour. The standing tickets for the O2 in London sold out within minutes, which just goes to prove that old Mozzer has still got it..... not that it was ever in doubt.

Whilst I wait to see if Morrissey returns to The Arms, I shall amuse myself with some parody writing:

(The scene is set in Morrissey's bedroom. It is present day. Morrissey is laying on the floor reading something on his i pad, whilst his trusty friend and band mate, Boz Boorer is reclined on the bed reading a magazine. Morrissey is giving out a series of tuts and huffs whilst shaking his head.)

MOZ: (Sounding surprised, and in a mocking tone) Life jackets! Really?

(Boz looks up from his magazine)

BOZ: Life jackets? What life jackets?

(Morrissey turns to Boz)

MOZ: Boz, I know that I can trust you to tell me the truth; you're not just a yes man like the rest are you?

BOZ: Er, no Moz. I mean, er, yes. No... no! What was the question again?

MOZ: Boz, is Basil Bush a greater icon of popular music than me?

BOZ: Basil Bush? Don't you mean Basil Brush? No, of course not, Moz.

MOZ: No, Boz, of course I don't mean Basil Brush; even I realise that I am just about more iconic in the pop world than a fox with a hand up it's jacksey, I am referring to her with the five hundred and thirty eight sold out nights at the Hammersmith Apollo.

BOZ: Oh, Kate Bush!

MOZ: Yes Boz, Basil Bush! Well, is she a greater icon than I?

BOZ: No Moz, of course she's not not. (There is a pause) What does icon actually mean?

MOZ: What do you think it means, Boz? And why did you say "no", if you didn't understand the question?

BOZ: Well whatever an icon thing is, you're a better one than Kate Bush. I mean a bigger one. Greater one even.

(Morrissey mutters "give me strength" under his breath, and rolls his eyes)

MOZ: I wish Broken were here; he would give it to me straight.

(Morrissey goes back to his iPad, and continues reading reviews of Kate Bush's comeback concerts at Hammersmith Apollo, whilst also watching video footage.)

(A minute or two later)

MOZ: Boz, is Kate Bush a better song writer than me?

BOZ: No Moz, of course not.

MOZ: (suspiciously) Do you actually know any of her songs, Boz?

BOZ: Yes, of course. This Woman's Work is one of Lynn's all time favourites.

MOZ: (Giving Boz an icy stare) But surely it pales into insignificance when compared to say, All the Lazy Dykes?

BOZ: (Answering as quickly as he can) Oh yes, of course Moz.

MOZ: And she doesn't sing very clearly does she? You can't pick out all the words like you can with my songs.

(Boz doesn't answer, he has been distracted.)

MOZ: Boz, you aren't listening to me, are you? What are you reading?

BOZ: Sorry Moz, I'm reading Wines & Vines, it's a monthly magazine for wine makers; there's a really interesting article on compromised fruit.
(Morrissey reaches up to the table next to him, picks up a satsuma, and hurls it at Boz who manages to duck just in time. The satsuma thumps into the wall behind him and then drops down onto the bed.)

MOZ: It's no good Boz, I am only fooling myself. Old Basil may be unbearable and have a voice of trash, but she has pulled off a masterstroke in enigmatic otherness by disappearing from the stage for thirty five years and reappearing like this; we need to up our game, old son.

BOZ: Are you going to take a thirty five year break, Moz?

MOZ: Well it's a bit late for that now, Boz. I don't think the concert going public of 2049 will be queueing around the block to have a nonagenarian cough spittle all over them whilst wheezing out the words to Let Me Kiss You, do you? (There is a pause and Morrissey goes deep into thought) Of course what I should have done, was completely disappear in 1987 after, well, after you know who split the you know whats, and then I could have made a glorious return, just about now.

(Morrissey walks over to the window and stares out, as though in a dream)

The media and fans wouldn't be able to get enough of me, Boz. Record companies would be throwing themselves at my feet, offering me anything I wanted. All of my new singles would be topping the charts, and Justin Bieber would be begging to collaborate with me. Every new album of mine would go platinum within a week and the biggest and best concert halls around the world would sell out in seconds. Nobody would give a four X for Dread Sheeran, and old Basil's Before the Dawn would be left floundering in the dark.

(Morrissey pauses and comes out of his dream-like stare, but continues to look out of the window)

But I didn't disappear in 1987. Oh no, instead I have aimlessly wandered from one disaster to another. It's all your fault Boz; you and all those other two bit musicians who've encouraged me along the way to keep getting back on the stage. (Adopting an authoritative voice) "It's where you belong" you all said, "You're at your happiest on the stage" you all crowed, and yet what good has it brought me, eh? None! I drag myself up onto the stage night after night, after night, through illness after illness, after illness, all in the name of art, and yet nobody cares, and nobody thanks me. NOBODY! (There is a pause for a minute or two, as Morrissey once again stares out) And now here we are, with old Basil Bush casually wandering back into my industry after thirty five years of making strawberry jam in the countryside with Andrew Ridgeley, and suddenly the critics think she's a "legend" and an "icon". I have given and given and given and given, and for what? It just isn't fair Boz. (Morrissey turns away from the window and looks at Boz. Boz is fast asleep on the bed; a satsuma peel next to him.)

It would appear that I was right; the MW journey isn't over just yet! Broken left this message yesterday on my last published blog entry of Wednesday:

Rat's inclusion of a pic of JB made my day. Hence I've emailed OM to persuade him to post a new parody or at least to email it to me.

I'll keep you posted.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 30 August 2014 16:39

Two minutes after posting the above message, Broken appeared in The Twitterdilly Arms, where he once again posted some pictures of JB, and also offered these words:

"@Jazissey @FadingGoldLeaf My favourite women on twitter."

"My favourite men on twitter: @mancladmozfan @morrisseyparody"

"My favourite person of indeterminate gender on twitter: @TheRatsBack"

In response to @Heather tweeting, "@Broken1andonly Thx for your comment on FTM - there's a glimmer of hope": "There could be another slew of parodies."

I shall now keep an eye on old FTM entries, to see if a parody piece appears. As Heather has said, there is a glimmer of hope. I wonder why Broken keeps referring to Our Mozzer as '@MorrisseyParody' when that account name is now available to anybody? OM as @MorrisseyParody no longer exists!

St.Ill Morrissey made a return to The Arms late on Saturday evening, mainly to converse with the founder of a new society calling themselves the Blue Knicker Society (@BlueKnickers). It would appear that the account has been set up as a parody to the BRS, with the author (I think it is somebody called @Mozfreek) claiming to be neutral in his beliefs about whether Morrissey is behind the BRS or not; although it is quite clear that this isn't true. Here are the highlights of the conversation:

BLUE KNICKERS: I do love to tamper with arrangements.

ST.ILL MOZ: Just do not tamper with my undergarments. It is a near criminal offence.

BK: I'm afraid it's too late for that now, all in good humour, whoever you are.

ST.ILL: Am I going to take to the stage and be slapped in the face by flying knickers?

BK: You won't. Morrissey might however, if he can see out the tour.

ST.ILL: I thought you were neutral.

BK: And why would that matter to you?

ST.ILL: Nothing matters to me but the written word. Stand by what you have written. At least.

BK: That's far too boring, let's spice things up around here.

ST.ILL: There is such a lack of real spice in your life. Caffeine on the other hand?

BK: If this is truly Morrissey, release a True-To-You statement.

ST.ILL: THAT is far too boring.

BK: Well isn't that surprising.

ST.ILL: There are many surprises in life.

BK: I'm sure there is indeed. The fact you wouldn't release a statement isn't one.

ST.ILL: What would you want the statement to say? Not that I ever do as I'm told.

BK: Anything along the lines of proving this account's validity. Don't leave us waiting.

ST.ILL: It is more likely I will prove your accounts validity then mention this one.

BK: Feel free. I await a picture of blue undergarments on TTY.

ST.ILL: Do not hold your breath. Or in fact, please do.

ST.ILL: I didn't mean that. Carry on breathing. This makes my mouth widen into a smile.

BK: There is no need to be so cruel.

ST.ILL: What if my eye is injured in an underwear throwing incident? That is cruel.

Here are the rest of St.Ill Morrissey''s Saturday night highlights:

"Blame and no praise, the way I was raised."

In response to @WPINOYB asking, "@stillMozsworld Are you Morrissey?": "I leave this to your imagination. Who else could I be? I'm not Kenneth Williams. I can speak perfect palare though. People simply refuse to believe that "He" would be on twitter. I am here and people stay away."

In response to @WPINOYB tweeting, "@stillMozsworld You are funny": "I came out of the womb telling jokes", to which @WPINOYB replied, "Not according to Autobiography.". St.Ill Moz responded, "Well I did nearly kill my mother and then my sister tried to kill me. Sounds like a joke to me."

In response to @WPINOYB tweeting to @MOZfreek that "(Morrissey being MW) was denied three times on TTY, that makes me smell a rat": "Please do not mention Rats." When @WPINOYB asked why, St.Ill Moz replied, "You have a lot to learn. @TheRatsBack", to which @WPINOYB replied, "He's the guy who writes the blog I read. Do you not like him?". St.Ill Moz replied, "Edward Gibbon would have trouble documenting the relationship." A moment or two later, St.Ill Moz wrote, "@WPINOYB Do you read or do you write?"

At the end of the day, you can never kid a kidder, and Morrissey is KING of the kidders. Unfortunately the vast majority of Morrissey's fans just don't get him... but they love his songs!

In other news, a new fan video for I'm Not a Man has appeared on Youtube:

And finally, Lauren LoPrete, the person behind the This Charming Charlie cartoon strip, has written an open letter to Morrissey inviting him to join her record label, which is called.... wait for it.... LOGLADY RECORDS. Oh the ironies if Moz were to join Log Lady Records, but of course, he won't, it is hardly Beggars Banquet.

I suppose I may as well publish this blog entry and all the others from the past few days. This journey has a LONG way to go yet.

There is still been no sign of MorrisseysWorld returning, so I will keep this brief. St. Ill Morrissey (@stillmozsworld) returned to twitter yesterday, but I am not going to report his interactions, as they comprised mainly of him just exchanging niceties with people. One fan (@Matt_1976) even asked Moz who is favourite character is in the Disney film, Frozen! Morrissey is on twitter, is available to ALL his fans, and he is asked that!

Although available to ALL his fans, Morrissey's twitter follower numbers amount to just 161, and the vast majority of those probably don't believe it is really him. Only around half a dozen people ever interact with Morrissey, and he also continues to be told by a number of his fans that he is a fraud. Why don't they just steer clear? As St.Ill Moz said to an abusive Justin the Tranmere fan (@OneOclockGun) yesterday, "Do you have a fear of missing out?" Of course he does! They all do, but they are all too lazy to find out the truth.

I am still optimistic that the BRS isn't dead, and hope that Morrissey will soon give us a sign that he wants roses at his next round of concerts, which start in 36 days time. Unfortunately, there is such a hatred towards the BRS among Morrissey fans on twitter, that I fail to see how the society will grow. Perhaps it will just be a case of people stumbling across the BRS, like Kerry (@AmIMoving2Fast) did recently. I suppose the BlueRoseSociety doesn't have to have thousands of members, but it would have been a wonderful sight to see concert halls full of roses. Maybe one day.

I am so utterly bored with twitter, that I continue to stay away. It would appear that most of the other members of the Dreary Deluded Dozen feel the same. Things certainly ain't what they used to be.

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AMERICAN SAILOR BEING INKED ABOARD USS NEW JERSEY DECEMBER 1944 - POSTED ON TWITTER BY @HISTORYINPICS & RETWEETED BY ST.ILL MORRISSEY WITH HIM TWEETING, "LOOKS FAMILIAR"

I think it is time to finally accept that MorrisseysWorld, at least in it's original format, is dead. The 'Parody Moz', who we have affectionately referred to as 'Our Mozzer', has not been seen now for months; except for a very brief period last Monday when he took over Broken's twitter account, and with OM's own twitter account (@MorrisseyParody) defunct, a return looks highly unlikely.

MORRISSEYSWORLD - A RETURN UNLIKELY

OM's right-hand man, Broken, has recently been hinting that OM might make a return, and that "there could be another slew of parodies", but this is starting to look like yet more false promises from the man whose addiction to posting Justin Bieber pictures on twitter shows no sign of abating.

Last Tuesday, I denounced the real Morrissey (@stillMozsworld) following Broken's threat that OM would only return if I did so, but today I am retracting my denunciation, am eating humble pie, and am offering a public apology to Morrissey..... and here it is:

Dear Morrissey, I apologise for denouncing you, it was both ill-housed and ill-advised. My reasoning was that Broken, whose work I believe you are aware of, informed me that you were an imposter, and that unless I stopped promoting you as the real Morrissey (TRM)... actually, here are his exact words:

"Rat's continued insistence that the imposter without wit or poetry is TRM is frankly preposterous. I have told you and I will tell you one final time: OM will not return until you stop promoting stillMozsworld who has nothing whatever to do with MW and nothing whatever to do with TRM."

Although I didn't believe Broken for one minute, MorrisseysWorld has meant a great deal to me, so I felt that I had no choice other than to follow Broken's instruction, but what a terrible mess I've made of my blog, oh, what a mess I've made of my blog.

I hope that you can see it in your heart to forgive me for my poor error of judgement, after all, EVERYBODY deserves a second, third and fourth chance.... or will this be my fifth?, I really can't remember, but however many it is, I'm sure you'll agree that after all my dedication to the cause, I deserve another chance.

On a final note, could I please ask that you don't give up on the Blue Rose Society. It is a real shame that the vast majority of your fans have not been able to see that you have given the BRS your full blessing by wearing a blue rose on at least THREE occasions now, but there is still a desire amongst fans to bring you roses, and even yesterday an Italian twitter user called @CinziaCoccia announced that they will be taking a blue rose to your concert in Rome on October 13, so please stick with it. The rose has not wilted.

Thank you in advance for your kindness, which I realise takes strength.

Your faithful rodent blogger

Rat

Although the old MorrisseysWorld looks dead, I still have a feeling that a new MorrisseysWorld will soon emerge in the form of MorrisseysWorld.Com. If it does, I am hoping that it will be a properly run fan site, which can then take over from Morrissey-Solo.Com as the Morrissey fan site for the masses. Solo used to be a great website, but unfortunately it has now become nothing more than a hateful cesspit, and the owner of the site is now more interested in kicking Morrissey rather than promoting him.

If my hunch is right, then it is probable that there are a few people, including Kevin 'Banjaxer' Marrinan, working very long hours loading the new site with data. If the site is to be the Number 1 Morrissey fan site, it will need to have information on EVERY concert that has ever taken place, EVERY record released, and lots lots more. Loading all that information will take a very long time, which I am guessing is why the site is still not live. It could even be that the parody articles from the old MorrisseysWorld are to be included on the new MW site, although I expect that if the new site is to win over ALL Morrissey fans, then anything to do with the old MorrisseysWorld might have to be forgotten.

And now to St.Ill Morrissey's twitter highlights from yesterday.

"They will spit in your face and tell you your time is up"
"They will bruise your face and tell you it's your time to go"
"The icy lump of silence"
"The robe makes the priest and the uniform the soldier"

In response to @MadAlix14 tweeting about the Blue Knicker Society: "Can this knickers thing be put to rest please. I've no interest."

In response to @blueknickers mockingly tweeting, ""Be put to rest, I've no interest" Faux Moz sounding a little bit royal-ish. Stay in character dear, minions count on your nonsense": "I'm not a character, I'm hardly Melville Farr"

DIRK BOGARDE PLAYING MELVILLE FARR IN THE 1961 FILM, VICTIM. (I HAVE TO EMBARRASSINGLY ADMIT THAT I HAD TO GOOGLE IT.... BUT I'M GUESSING THAT MOST PEOPLE READING THIS WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO THE SAME!)

"In response to Broken posting a photo of Bieber with his trousers at half mast: "@Broken1andonly I never knew they made trousers that only reach the knee. I must buy some." (Interesting to see these two interacting!)

In response to a number of the BRS discussing the fact that many people follow @stillMozsworld purely because they are frightened of missing out, and that it is like a Peepshow: "I feel you are forcing my burlesque nature onto other people."

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In response to @MozFiend asking how many twitter accounts I have: "Well, according to most people, he's made this whole thing up. So about twenty-five. Including me."

In response to @AmI Moving2Fast asking if the whole thing were a huge joke: "No. I was merely referencing the scepticism surrounding me."

"Life is a sick parody of something, I'm not too sure what. Have my facilities deserted me already?"

In response to @aikeaguinea1 tweeting, "You may have to do things differently now in order to keep yourself going": "Such as? I've already cut out digestives and started on the green stuff."

In response to @aikeaguinea1 tweeting, "Because your (sic... it happens a lot round here) a man I would steer away from soy": "I'm not a man."

"I lose followers like sugar obsessed children lose teeth." (Follower numbers are actually up to 164!)

In response to @AmIMoving2 Fast tweeting, "Apparently crisps are worse for your teeth than sweets": "A lie developed by Cadbury's as they hate Gary Lineker."

GARY LINEKER - HATED BY CADBURY'S

"Wrestling on the shop floor, we stop and stare in awe. Some girls are bigger than others." (Is this a future lyric change?)

"Today I was listening to Radio Ethiopia. Patti Smith is more than human."

"Oboe Concert-O2"

"This blue tick lark has been the thorn in my side."

ST.ILL MORRISSEY'S NEW TWITTER AVATAR

http://bluerosesociety.blogspot.co.uk

Yesterday afternoon, I issued a public apology to Morrissey on my blog, and in the evening we embraced in the dirty old toilets of The Twitterdilly Arms and made friends again. I suppose that I aught to point out to any new readers of this little blog of mine that The Twitterdilly Arms is actually just twitter, but it's our own little place on twitter; a make-belief pub where passionate Moz fans (and Morrissey) meet. The toilets are the DM section of twitter. Here are some bits of my conversation with Morrissey (@stillMozsworld) from yesterday evening:

MOZ: Make your choice now and stick to it. Sorry will no longer work.

RAT: I shall just quietly observe. I became too involved. This is not about me. I am hated for loving.

MOZ: There will be no parody. Why do you even need a parody when the real thing sits in front of you as proud as a painting?

RAT: I loved the parody. Many did. Billy Fury or Elvis? Loss of sight or loss of hearing? To Sir, With Love or Heart?

MOZ: Am I being interviewed by the NME?

RAT: Does the NME still exist? Will you accept their God like Genius award next year? What 10 items that you own would you keep if only 10 could be kept? Has any other artist played such great & varied venues as you?

MOZ: My head has exploded from these ridiculous questions. I have no intention of accepting any award from them. Billy Elvis. I refuse to choose and you will not and can not make me.

RAT: My friend has called his baby Morrissey Elvis. He obviously had the same dilemma... although not with Billy, obviously.

MOZ: Morrissey Elvis? I am honoured. Although why not throw Oscar in there as well? But I am not a fan of first names Ratty boy. Otherwise I'd just be called that name beginning with S.

RAT: Can I interview you on FTM? You can ask the questions if you'd like; they would be far better than mine!

MOZ: You may interview me. I am not coming to your offices though.

RAT: My offices are in need of a lick of paint. You are wise to steer clear.

MOZ: I know a good painter. Ok. I am giving you the first interview for the promotion of my tour. I am happy to answer your questions, although if they bore me I will add my own. No pressure. I would write my own questions but I would make it too easy on myself.

RAT: I don't believe that. You'd ask the gritty stuff that others are too scared to ask. I hate watching people interview you. Most are so scared. You put the fear of god in everybody. Plus, most of the interviewers are so dull.

MOZ: I have slipped into a boredom induced coma once or twice before.

RAT: I've noticed. A Zane Lowe interview springs to mind. People who aren't interested enough to ask the right questions, but love the fact they they've interviewed Morrissey!

MOZ: Are you referencing the interview from 2009? Zane Lowe is a man that is brimming with his own self-importance but in reality has the personality of a twig and the intelligence of Kate Middleton after a severe knock to the head. Lauren Laverne was a fairly good interviewer.

LAUREN LAVERNE - GOOD INTERVIEWER

Today, Morrissey has contacted me again to add the following:

MOZ: I have decided to do something a tad different. Please encourage your readers to leave me a question on your blog. I will then answer all of them. No restrictions except the bodyguard.

So there we have it, the Blue Rose Society are to be granted the exclusive first interview in promotion of the new tour. Please post your question in the comments section below, but make it interesting! Here are the questions that I had prepared before I knew that questions were being invited by others:

1. The LP World Peace is None of Your Business has been out for nearly two months now, and the reception to it has been very favourable, but with hindsight, is there anything that you would have changed about it?

2. Are there any songs on World Peace that have recently made you say to yourself, "that really is an absolute belter"?

3. Harvest clearly had no understanding of what was needed to promote an artist like yourself. Do you think this is a problem with all record companies now have, in that they haven't been able to move with the changing times?

4. What will happen to the LP now, ie would you re-release it with another label?

5. Have there been any negotiations yet with a new record company?

6. Is there another album ready to record, and if so, when would you like to see it released?

7. So, to the tour. Are you still able to get excited at the prospect of returning to the stage, or does the fear of unexpected problems, particularly with your health, erode your excitement?

8. The last tour, earlier this year, ended with a quite public bust up with old friends, including your longtime support artist, Kristeen Young. Have you spoken to Kristeen since, and have bridges been built?

9. Can we expect to see Kristeen back on the road with you in the future?

10. You've played some unbelievable venues in your career, including virtually ALL of the major places in London. On this up-coming tour you will play London's O2. Presumably this was on your tick list, but are there any other unplayed London venues still on your list?

11. How do you go about choosing your worldwide venues?

12. You will at last be playing Switzerland, and on the shores of Lake Geneva no less, how do you think the Swiss will take to you and why so long a wait to play there?

13. So, to the songs that will be played on the European tour; what ones are you most excited about debuting?

14. Are there any songs on the LP that won't work live?

15. You have sung Kick the Bride Down the Aisle just once so far, and the lyrics made the audience laugh, but some fans have called the song misogynistic. Presumably they have misinterpreted it?

16. What songs from your vast back catalogue will be in the set?

17. Many fans were very excited to see Trouble Loves Me and I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday in the set earlier this year. Will they be remaining?

18. Will there be a full UK tour in 2015?

19. No interview with you would EVER be complete without the obligatory "are the Smiths reuniting" question, but I won't waste your time with such nonsense, although I do have a Johnny Marr related question; Nobody has ever publicly asked you your opinion on Johnny Marr's debut album Messenger, so what did you make of it?

20. Finally, do you still want your fans to bring you blue roses, and if so, will you accept and wear them?

Morrissey wasn't just hanging about in the toilets of The Arms last night, he also made a visit to the main bar, but I fear that I have already written too much today, so I will keep his highlights to a minimum:

In response to @edgeindustphoto tweeting, "Whatever happened? It was a great 3 year journey": "It is not over just yet old boy. When I walk onto the stage and hurl the blue roses back into the crowd, then it is over."

"Art-Hounds will be sung at the o2"(Remember where you read it first!)

"The only thing about me that is a parody is the way I whip the microphone cord. I did it once in 1972 and it just stuck."

In response to me asking, "@stillmozsworld What 'whipping' songs are on WPINOYB? Do you picture 'whipping' in advance of being on stage or is it on impulse?": "Impulse. There are a few songs on World Peace that are certainly 'whipping' songs as you put it."

In response to me asking, "Any regrets on the track listing on WPINOYB or does it sit how you wanted it to sit?": "World Peace does not sit. It paces around the room like a baby on cocaine."

WPINOYB - "PACES AROUND THE ROOM LIKE A BABY ON COCAINE"

In other news, Broken was obviously none too pleased that I chose Morrissey over him, but hopefully he will find peace. Unfortunately, with MorrisseysWorld now having come to an end, Astra has decided to leave us. Her twitter account has been closed, and she left these words on yesterday's FTM entry:

If this is the end of MW as it was, then this is the end of this star-baby as she was too, and I will call time on myself.

This blog was like the strawberry compôte in a Victoria sponge, Rat. Although as I never indulge in Victoria sponge myself - I'm not entirely sure what that's to say. So some mysteries are best left untold after all, it seems.

What I did like, was that your little rodent heart was always in the right place, and that it always BEAT BEAT BEAT with love.

My heart always did too.

No stars in the sky tonight, nor in the reservoirs, nor in my eyes... but as girlwithout said just above,

As long as there is a faint pulse, the rhythm of life goes 'round.

Astra

Posted by Astraea to Following The Mozziah at 3 September 2014 00:59

Astra will be greatly missed.

It feels like a new chapter is just about to begin in this incredible story. Morrissey is no longer hiding the fact that he is on twitter; he is openly admitting he is. To date, he has just 169 followers. Will the rest of his fans manage to find him?

This morning, I have updated the BlueRoseSociety blog.

Now, get your questions in.

Morrissey (@stillMozsworld) has informed me that he will be spending a week away from the internet; so the many interview questions posted on FTM by not only members of the BRS, but also by other Morrissey fans who have seemingly appeared from nowhere, will not be answered just yet. Morrissey has however given an excellent and informative interview to VeganLogic, in which he mentions having "suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for several years." I know how he feels!

Meanwhile, a backlash has arrived from MorrisseysWorlder's, Broken and Menippus, who are none too pleased that myself and others have walked away from MorrisseysWorld; although in fairness, MorrisseysWorld walked away from us! Here are the comments left by firstly Broken & then Mennipus:

Amazing. You're now interacting with a fool who lacks any of the wit, poetry and insight of OM. This is a pale imitation of an amusingly coy parody.

You have hit new depths.

I think I'll join OM. By the pool. For a very long time.

Well done rat - for putting numbers above BRS.

You are now following Morrisseysmum - FTM is as drab as that.

That is not even OM, much less M. Forgive them Moz - they know not what they do.
Posted by Broken to Following The Mozziah at 4 September 2014 20:45

Doesn't all of this whole-arsed enthusiasm for an unrefined, limited, unamusing and unoriginal account devalue the original, delicate parody? How could this new effort be appreciated by the same minds which understood the nuances of MorrisseysWorld?

Where is the subtle wordplay? The carefully engineered displays of underlying motivations and trends? The construction of an actual character?

If THIS is the fake Morrissey you want, why are you even interested in Morrissey at all?

Posted by Menippus to Following The Mozziah at 5 September 2014 11:08

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BROKEN - NOW BY THE POOL

There are elements of truth in what both Broken & Menippus say, but OM (Our Mozzer) had long since gone, and Broken's numerous promises of new parodies never materialised, so it is hardly as though a choice had to be made. It should also be remembered that I previously chose OM over Morrissey (See here: Day 999 of FTM), which resulted in Morrissey severing our friendship and stopping his email correspondences with me. MorrisseysWorld meant that much to me. I have embraced St.Ill Morrissey because OM was no longer an option, and as my old mother has always said, 'If there is a Moz on offer, grab him.'

The ending of MorrisseysWorld seems to have pleased those who fell out with Broken. Willow, George Edge and Sarah Sorcha all took to twitter yesterday to say how they wish everything could now go back to how it was. Willow tweeted, "I'd genuinely like believers, non-believers, & half-believers like myself to just accept each other." It would appear that peace could be about to break out in The Twitterdilly Arms.

One person who doesn't seem to want to live and let live though, is RosyMires. Rosy was one of the original members of the Blue Rose Society, but she left in February 2012 when OM showed a lack of sympathy at the death of Whitney Houston and also likened Jonathan Ross & Russell Brand to the Moors Murderers.

LIKENED TO THE MOORS MURDERERS BY OUR MOZZER

Rosy took to twitter yesterday to mock those who have accepted St.Ill Morrissey's claims that he is the actual Morrissey. Here is her tweet: "Oh dear. People don't really think that's Moz do they? Lol Dafties." Rosy followed this up with: "I do have a weakness for laughing AT people sometimes."

Why oh why do the likes of Rosy, Roberto Bordenzi, MozFreek etc, continually feel the need to have a go at those of us who are quietly going about of own lives, interacting with Morrissey on twitter? It doesn't affect their lives, so why don't they just stay away? The answer of course, is because they are scared stiff that they may actually be wrong, and that they are missing out. And of course they are wrong, and they are missing out!

If truth be known, I feel a little sorry for all those who mock, because I actually know the truth, where as they are just desperately confused by it all. The reason I knowthat it's Morrissey, is not only because of all the very obvious signs throughout the past three years, but also because from January 29th to June 9th of this year, Morrissey and I actually exchanged a number of emails. In some of the emails, Morrissey sent me photographs from La Fabrique in France. I have hidden these photos subtly within various blog entries, although on Day 1066 I did make it very obvious that a certain photo was sent to me by Morrissey, but because very few people actually read my blog, no one outside of the BRS picked up on it.

In the name of fair play, I have decided to post the photo from Day 1066 again today, and what is more, I have decided to post the email that came with it. The email was sent to me by Morrissey on February 26th 2014:

Subject: Punctured water hose on a hillside desolate
From: ******** *********
To: *****
Date: 02/26/14
Time: 10:49:36

The man with a large smile took this photo last week.
It would have made a nice virtual postcard if his finger wasn't spoiling it.

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Not many words, and yet it says so much. "The man with a large smile" is allegedly Boz Boorer. Whilst I am in the mood, let me share another of my previously unpublished emails from Morrissey:

Subject: Merci Grumpy
From: ******** *********
To: *****
Date: 02/25/14
Time: 19:36:12

I went to a local flea market at the weekend.
An old grumpy man was sitting on his own, surrounded by vinyls.
As I browsed through the boxes, I asked 'Any Mauricet in here?'
He looked at me and said 'Qui?!'
But then he pointed at another box and looked away again.
I don't know what he was trying to show me but in that box, among strange 60's french 7", I found this. Françoise.
I gave him one euro and he did not thank me. I did.

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No more emails for now. Perhaps one day I shall reveal others. I am not expecting any of the non believers to contact me with an apology for all their mocking, because human behaviour being what it is, they won't be able to. Instead, I expect them all to come up with yet another reason why this isn't Morrissey. I also expect them to continue watching the whole story, and I have no doubt that they will continue to mock. Maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.... but I won't hold my breath.

In other news, English singer Anna Calvi has been named as Morrissey's new opening act for a number of the upcoming tour dates. I have to confess that I have never heard of Anna, and I am still very disappointed that Kristeen Young won't be on the tour, as The Knife Shift is still one of my favourite albums of all time. In fact, I posted a tweet the other day to this effect, and Kristeen replied:

RAT: I listened to the whole of The Knife Shift this morning as I walked the dog. Excuse my French but, fuck me it's a good album.

KY:That's my favourite French dialect.

I remain hopeful that one day Kristeen will return to the Moz tour, and that she will join Morrissey on stage to sing her vocals to Kick the Bride Down the Aisle.

*Goes off not laughing AT anybody.... but laughing none the less*

FOOT NOTE - ADDED AT 20:31:

Well done to Jaz for spotting that a goat was mentioned in the VeganLogic interview. The Joyce Goat was of course a character from MorrisseysWorld. It should also be noted that on Sept 3rd, St.Ill Morrissey tweeted, " I must swoosh my coattails now and wish you a goodnight. Perhaps there will be an interview soon? I do love a tease."..... and now two days later, an interview appears!

Day 1050 - It's Morrissey

Day 1064 - "Nobody ever knows another man's heart and mind"

Day 1065 - These things take time

Day 1066 - "I am the real deal" .... Morrissey speaks.

Day 1069 - "Morrissey, you have left Harvest. Good luck and goodbye. Steve."

Day 1070 - The Chart is Dead

Day 1071 - Bollocks!

Day 1072 - Bristled hackles and heckled bristles

Day 1075 - Full Control

Day 1076 - The Mozzer Strikes Back!

Day 1077 - Our Mozzer Returns, TRM Announces a European Tour, Broken declares the BRS to be dead, and much much more.

Day 1078 - When two worlds collide

Day 1079 - Hearts on sleeves

Day 1080 - I'm here with the cause.... I'm holding the torch

Day 1081 - Basil Bush

Day 1082 - You can't kid a kidder

Day 1083 - Things ain't what they used to be

Day 1084 - MorrisseysWorld is Dead & An Apology to Morrissey

Day 1085 - Because we all want Blue Rose to survive... Your chance to interview Morrissey

Day 1086 - Punctured water hose on a hillside desolate