Day 1521 - Only so much despair

There is STILL no Youtube footage of Saturday's Morrissey concert in Ecuador; unless you count a minute long blurred clip of How Soon is Now? with dreadful fan sing-a-long:



Photos of Morrissey in Ecuador have continued to appear on the internet, including lots of Moz signing things outside his hotel.



FLYING THE FLAG



ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE NEAREST RECORD SHOP



DOLLS IN HAND

Astra paid a quick visit to The Loveless just before 1am this morning (10pm Chilean time), but only to swap pleasantries with a couple of the regulars. There has been no sign of Our Mozzer since October 26th.

Following on from me mentioning Joe Dallesandro in yesterday's blog entry, Joe not only 'liked' (it's no longer called favourite on twitter) my tweet mentioning the blog entry, but also went on to post a tweet of the cover of The Queen is Dead LP, and added @BRSChairman to the tweet! Hmm.

As I don't have anything else to write about, I thought I would mention the current MorrisseysBand football squad. When I last mentioned the squad in February 2014, it looked like this:

1. Matt Walker (Goalkeeper/Drummer)
2. Boz Boorer (Clogging Right Back/Musical Director/Head of Catering/Guitar/Clarinet/Cross Dresser)
3. Gustavo Manzur (Left Back/Keyboards/Translator)
4. Liam Nammock (Holding Midfielder (usually around the neck)/Personal Bodyguard to the Moz/Hard Bastard/Driver/Licensed Thug)
5. Solomon Walker (Centre Back/Bass Guitar/Dumb Waiter/Singer of Backing Vocals on Maladjusted)
6. Jesse Tobias (Centre Back who likes to show flair by pushing forward. A modern day Bobby Moore/Guitars/Looks)
7. Donnie Knutson (Midfielder/Tour Manager/Rider Provider/Rose Supplier)
8. Jay Joannides (Midfielder... likes to get stuck in alongside Nammock/Roadie/Security)
9. Damon 'Kevin Phillips' Anacreonte (Centre Forward...the only genuine footballer in the side/Hairdresser... have you been on your holidays this year?/Encourager)
10. George 'Morrissey' Best (Attack!/Playmaker/Genius/Singer/Defender of the defenseless)
11. Arturo Hernandez (Nifty Winger(?)/Security/Man Mountain)
12. Kristeen Young (Playmaker/Singer/Professional Wailer)

Nammock has gone out on loan, and so Damon 'Kevin Phillips' Anacreonte has dropped into the holding position. He has impressed with his light touch and his caress of the ball is simply beautiful. Central defender Solomon Walker has been replaced by the left footed, no nonsense, Mando 'Loopy' Lopez, whilst Hernandez and Young have been transferred out. With no financial backer at the moment, the latter two haven't been replaced, and so sponge man Dave 'Milky' Millward has been drafted in to try and engineer some umph.



I haven't mentioned List of the Lost recently, and it is a book that keeps on giving, so I shall mention it again today. Marianne tweeted a great line this morning, "Only so much despair can be survived before the mind finally caves in."HOW powerful is that! We await to see if that audio book appears on Thursday.




And finally for today, whilst looking for Quito footage on Youtube, I cam across this. It is a song by a band called Hot Dad, entitled, What's Wrong Now, Morrissey? It made me smile... but only slightly!




THE LOVELESS CHART (Counted down in The Loveless today at 12.45pm by @UpThePier aka Fluff (Deceased).)

1. REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN (LIVE IN MANCHESTER 1983) - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rdV7p3Qudc



2. EARTH IS THE LONELIEST PLANET - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VWLUY_GHw

3. TROUBLE LOVES ME (LIVE IN SPAIN 2006) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7n2BBKc0iQ&feature=youtu.be

4. ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES - ODETTA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7QXidR_Aks




5. I WISH IT WERE ME - FRANÇOISE HARDY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=471VAsTZlhY



6. HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISSING HIM NOW - SANDIE SHAW (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiYEpm_1lI8


7. ONLY LOVE ME - TIMI YURO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWtJJLAKpkg

8. SHE SAID - EVE BOSWELL (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuZrPwEOVI

9. YOU WERE GOOD IN YOUR TIME - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlCutGGguLo&feature=youtu.be

10. ONE OF OUR OWN (LIVE IN SEATTLE 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLeR7IKF5XA

11. SMILER WITH KNIFE (LIVE IN HULL 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trjByaAF3Jo

12. ALL I NEED IS YOU - TIMI YURO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjC2feQ0kw


MY MOST RECENT VINYL PURCHASE

13. BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON - SERGE GAINSBOURG (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDuE4U_fZg


14. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD - ODETTA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXg9UFUXFXU

15. I'VE CHANGED MY PLEA TO GUILTY (LIVE ON THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW 1990) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRh_vgS2dFE


16. ARE YOU SATISFIED? - SLAVES (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Eovib6BCk

17. I CALL YOUR NAME - THE BEATLES (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5zei3ES0Hc&feature=youtu.be




18. GET OFF THE STAGE - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FCRd4xQPDA



19. THE ANSWER - SAVAGES (DOWN 14): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvvhHT0B5ck


20. JANE B. - JANE BIRKIN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNimEUTmQy8



20. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE - TIMI YURO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDI7lyHwPGw

21. MY FOOLISH HEART - TIMI YURO (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdRT-q40Tr8

22. THAT'S NOT ME - SKEPTA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyONbqggasY

23. QUEEN'S SPEECH EP 4 - LADY LESHURR (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyodeHtVvkA

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

25. I HAVE FORGIVEN JESUS - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ASok9tBWc

26. LIVE IN PARIS 1973 (WALK ON THE WILD SIDE/HEROIN/WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT) - LOU REED (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9jmZNrCPnM



27. 69 ANNEE EROTIQUE - JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tFRgK9ubzc



28. SKIN STORM - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byw5YkUp8OI&feature=youtu.be

29. IF I HAD A RIBBON BOW - ODETTA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xQdzN4Vykk

30. DEEP BLUE SEA - ODETTA (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG-yUOVdYk

31. DI DOO DAA - JANE BIRKIN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmkH6ng_wY#t=10

32. LA DECADANSE - JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxj8hNamb0#t=12



FOOT NOTE: The photo of Gustavo and the white rose featured on yesterday's FTM blog entry, has been added to the BRS tumblr.