I have spent the past few days re-reading, 'The Book'. *adopts writing style from Autobiography* The second read brings to light a number of things missed from the first hurried skip through. The first read was all about getting to the end as soon as possible, where as the second read is more about savoring and observing. Pages are marked and notes are taken. The first read had seen mention of a number of rats, but the second read allows an actual tally to be written down, and recorded thus:
"Burning rats" - Page 13
"rat refusing to die" - Page 24
"Rat pack" - Page 30
"pack rats" - Page 33
"stoning a rat to its death" - Page 39
"rat is large" - Page 39
"rat falls back" - Page 39
"Sewer rats" - Page 138
"Rats that talk" - Page 158
"Feast for rats" - Page 300
"Giant rat" -Page 302
"desert rats" - Page 352
"rats at bay" - Page 352
"Rug-rats" - Page 430
"Dissected rat" - Page 450, although this page is actually unnumbered!)
The second read also brings to light hilarious quotes that were missed first time around, and it soon becomes apparent that 'The Book' will have to be re-read a number of times to fully take these all in. There seems no doubt that 'The Book' will be quoted from for generations to come, and Penguin Classic status is definitely deserved. This second read also brings the opportunity to list ALL 'The Songs and albums mentioned in Autobiography', but I won't repeat the list here, there are rather a lot!
*Stops writing in Autobiography style* There is SO much to take in from 'The Book', that it is impossible to list all the most interesting bits. One of my favourite sections is the lengthy description of the Joyce court case, in which Joyce, along with his lawyer and the Judge are absolutely slaughtered by Moz, and despite a number of people calling this section of 'The Book' a rant, I absolutely love it. For those who may not have been following my blog from the beginning, I managed to get a reaction from Joyce two years ago, after I accused him of being in the wrong taking Morrissey to court. Here was his statement, that can be found on Day 46 of Following The Mozziah:
Mike Joyce said...
OK RB, a few relevant facts … You stated ”In 1996 Mike Joyce took Morrissey & Marr to court believing he should be paid 25% of royalties because there were four members of the band, even though it was only Morrissey & Marr who wrote the songs.”
However much Joyce protests, as 'The Book' points out, Joyce lost any chance of a Smiths reunion the day he entered court.
Work commitments have meant that my blogging days are few and far between these days, but it would appear Morrissey has returned to LA, and with MorrisseysWorld still showing no signs of returning, I guess I have nothing to write about. The Morrissey 25 Live dvd has entered the UK chart at Number 2, one place ahead of Def Leppard, which made me smile, as in the early days of MW, Def Leppard fans were quite scathing about Moz. Oh happy days... was it really over two years ago?
It is rumoured (rumored) that Morrissey has agreed a book deal in America, so it is VERY likely that 'The Book' could be released in time for Christmas. If it is successful in the US (and why wouldn't it be?), then surely a screen play will be the next step. Could it be that Morrissey may actually get the recognition he deserves in his life time, instead of having to wait until he dies?
Until next time, it's goodbye from me, and I sign off with this....who IS Gelato, the Italian man mentioned in Autobiography that Moz first met in Dublin? Does Romina know? Hmm. And WHAT is the secret message to the Blue Rose Society that is supposedly in 'The Book'? Are the references to Beryl Reid and British Rail codes for Blue Rose? Back for a third read....
"Burning rats" - Page 13
"rat refusing to die" - Page 24
"Rat pack" - Page 30
"pack rats" - Page 33
"stoning a rat to its death" - Page 39
"rat is large" - Page 39
"rat falls back" - Page 39
"Sewer rats" - Page 138
"Rats that talk" - Page 158
"Feast for rats" - Page 300
"Giant rat" -Page 302
"desert rats" - Page 352
"rats at bay" - Page 352
"Rug-rats" - Page 430
"Dissected rat" - Page 450, although this page is actually unnumbered!)
The second read also brings to light hilarious quotes that were missed first time around, and it soon becomes apparent that 'The Book' will have to be re-read a number of times to fully take these all in. There seems no doubt that 'The Book' will be quoted from for generations to come, and Penguin Classic status is definitely deserved. This second read also brings the opportunity to list ALL 'The Songs and albums mentioned in Autobiography', but I won't repeat the list here, there are rather a lot!
*Stops writing in Autobiography style* There is SO much to take in from 'The Book', that it is impossible to list all the most interesting bits. One of my favourite sections is the lengthy description of the Joyce court case, in which Joyce, along with his lawyer and the Judge are absolutely slaughtered by Moz, and despite a number of people calling this section of 'The Book' a rant, I absolutely love it. For those who may not have been following my blog from the beginning, I managed to get a reaction from Joyce two years ago, after I accused him of being in the wrong taking Morrissey to court. Here was his statement, that can be found on Day 46 of Following The Mozziah:
Mike Joyce said...
You also stated “The Mozziah & Johnny Marr wrote the songs, they deserved the majority of the royalties, very few people, with the exception of Judge Weeks, dispute that.”
I think you’re slightly confused regarding the issue of royalties.
Fact:
They receive all the publishing royalties for writing the songs. In fact, Morrissey receives 50% of publishing royalties from all instrumentals recorded by The Smiths! M & M did write the songs and that’s why they received, and still do, 50% each of the publishing.
Publishing royalties are a completely separate revenue income than mechanical royalties. Mechanical royalties are generated from actual sales of an album/ single/ 12” etc.
It was the unequal share (40%-40%-10%-10%) of these royalties that was disputed.
I do regret that it had to go to trial and I’m also sorry that we all had to go through the process, but in my opinion, I wasn’t wrong to take up proceedings in the first place, nor will I ever be.
Mike
However much Joyce protests, as 'The Book' points out, Joyce lost any chance of a Smiths reunion the day he entered court.
Work commitments have meant that my blogging days are few and far between these days, but it would appear Morrissey has returned to LA, and with MorrisseysWorld still showing no signs of returning, I guess I have nothing to write about. The Morrissey 25 Live dvd has entered the UK chart at Number 2, one place ahead of Def Leppard, which made me smile, as in the early days of MW, Def Leppard fans were quite scathing about Moz. Oh happy days... was it really over two years ago?
It is rumoured (rumored) that Morrissey has agreed a book deal in America, so it is VERY likely that 'The Book' could be released in time for Christmas. If it is successful in the US (and why wouldn't it be?), then surely a screen play will be the next step. Could it be that Morrissey may actually get the recognition he deserves in his life time, instead of having to wait until he dies?
Until next time, it's goodbye from me, and I sign off with this....who IS Gelato, the Italian man mentioned in Autobiography that Moz first met in Dublin? Does Romina know? Hmm. And WHAT is the secret message to the Blue Rose Society that is supposedly in 'The Book'? Are the references to Beryl Reid and British Rail codes for Blue Rose? Back for a third read....