I wasn't planning to write another blog entry until Sunday, but these past two days have been so crazily busy in the world of Moz and Parody Moz, that if I don't write something now, then by Sunday the blog entry will be 15 miles long - especially as there are another couple of concerts between then and now.
Keeping up with everything that has happened has been extremely difficult, especially as I'm away from home and only able to check the internet sporadically, but let me try and put things into some sort of order - what is going to make this doubly difficult, is that I don't have my laptop, so I am writing this in 'Notes' on my very dated iPhone 5, which I will then copy and paste onto blogger.
*Takes deep breath*
Yesterday morning I got up early and set off on a long drive to the city of York - a city that I've always wanted to visit, but never gotten around to.
Having arrived in York, myself and the current, Mrs Whiskers spent the afternoon looking around the beautiful City centre, before then checking into our hotel. It was at this point, at approximately 4.25pm (9.25am LA time), that I was first able to get online. Upon logging on, I discovered that Morrissey (as Dawn) had left me a DM at 3.46pm (York time) 8.46am (LA time). It read:
"The parody is done. The parody is being tarted up. You can expect publication today."
I replied that I was both surprised and excited, and got the reply:
"I trust you will advertise on my behalf. With me having no followers." (Ed - and whose fault is that?!)
I then left my hotel to go and do some more walking, and on my return at 5.30pm (10.30am LA), I found that Dawn had linked me to the True Morrissey blog, and a new parody titled, Master Swine. I read it through twice, grinning like a Cheshire cat - it is a cracker, right up there with the very best of the MorrisseysWorld parodies. It is a parody based on the TV programme, Mastermind, and sees various Morrissey fans, including me, on the show attempting to answer questions on the seminal artist. I am made to look a buffoon - I'd have expected no less! Within the parody Morrissey criticises FTM, stating that I need to write with more panache! Bloody cheek.
I DM'd Dawn to congratulate His Mozzness on the excellent parody, and asked it the error in calling Michael Bracewell 'Mickey' instead of 'Mikey' was the fault of 'R' the admin man? Dawn replied, "Do I need to answer?" The error was then amended.
Half an hour later, I received another DM from Dawn:
"I have a request. No, a demand. I want access to the BRS account. Immediately."
I replied to say that I would happily hand over access to the account, but didn't have the password with me. I received no reply, but no doubt M wasn't very pleased with my inability to carry out his demand. I have since contacted Twitter to request a new password, and have sent it to Dawn, so I guess we will just have to wait and see if Mozzer uses the BRS account, or perhaps the moment has passed.
The first thing I did this morning when I woke up in York, was log-on to the internet to look at the setlist from last night's concert in Ventura. As soon as I saw it, I rubbed my eyes - what a cracker, and within it, a number of songs that members of the BRS were quick to point out had reason to be labelled, 'coincidences':
A) The inclusion of Hairdresser on Fire immediately reminded Boozey Kerry of Broken's recent tweet to me, "I need to see hairdressers" (see FTM Day 2601).
B) The song Sunny got a very rare live outing, which reminded Heather of the recent parody on True Morrissey about Barking Billy, which included the line, "I love Sunni".
C) The Barking Billy parody was about Billy Bragg, and finished with a re-working of the song Dagenham Dave..... and coincidentally, just before the first encore song last night, Morrissey recited two lines from.... Dagenham Dave!
D) Is it Really so Strange was a welcome addition to the set, and Nordic Nat (@hoarselycry) immediately saw this as a nod to her, as last week Dawn started following her new Twitter account (@morrisseyangels), which last Friday had tweeted lines from Is it Really So Strange.
E) Break up the Family was another song to get a rare live play, and a number of BRS members saw this as a nod to the un-following of everyone on Twitter by Dawn & Broken.
We may of course all be seeing things that really aren't there, but some of those 'coincidences' are pretty strong ones. Other songs in the amazing set included: William, Something is Squeezing My Skull and Dial a Cliché - played live for the first time.
There were no roses in Ventura, and this was despite both Vulgar Angie & Jaz being present. However, Angie has vowed to take a blue rose to tonight's concert, as is Portland Jo.
I didn't have enough time to watch much YouTube footage this morning, as I had to leave York to drive up to Newcastle, but of what I did get to see, it showed Moz on top form, with the voice as strong as ever - he's back!
Having driven to Newcastle, I logged back onto the internet and
found another new parody - posted in the comments section of Day 2598 of FTM by Broken. It had been posted there in two parts at 3.42am & 4.05am LA time - someone was obviously wired after that first concert of the tour!
Along with the parody was a message to me to insert appropriate photos and correct typos. It had obviously slipped Morrissey's mind that I was away travelling! I sent Dawn a Twitter DM to thank Broken for the parody and to explain that I can't publish it until I get home. I would have sent the message to Broken, but he's locked everyone out. I again received no reply from Dawn - I have been a double let down within the space of 12 hours! No doubt M is truly disappointed with me, but what can I do? He probably doesn't appreciate such things, but I sometimes have an actual life to live.
And there's more! And it's ANOTHER BIG coincidence.
This afternoon, Morrissey officially released the video for the new single, Back on the Chain Gang, and it features Morrissey playing guitar. Day 2569 of FTM is a parody piece, written by me, about Morrissey learning to play guitar!
And now, as it is virtually midnight, and I'm shattered, I'm off to bed. My apologies for no pictures, no links, and any errors. I can't be bothered to proof read. Goodness only knows what I will wake up to tomorrow!
