A Light That Never Goes Out
Morrissey and The Nosebleeds: Setting The Record Straight
I’m sure nobody who reads Morrissey’s Autobiography expects every word to be true. Fact-checking tends to be the provenance of the third party biographer, who is expected to conduct thorough...
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December 19, 2013
A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths, US paperback out now
Out today, December 3, 2013: The US paperback edition of A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths. As with the US hardback, the front cover...
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December 3, 2013
Upcoming Event in New Paltz
On Friday December 13, I’ll be conducting my final reading of 2013, at Inquiring Minds Bookstore in New Paltz, my first time there and long overdue. I’ll hopefully find a...
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November 25, 2013
Autobiography by Morrissey: A Full Review
Morrissey’s Autobiography largely lives up to the reputation of its author – sometimes for better, often for worse. “Naturally my birth almost kills my mother, for my head is too...
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October 16, 2013
Now in paperback: A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths
The UK paperback edition of A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths is published today, September 5th, by Windmill Books/Random House, precisely twelve months after...
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September 5, 2013
The Smiths and R.E.M.: Compare and Contrast
Back in April, I gave a talk at a local library on R.E.M. and The Smiths, comparing and contrasting what I firmly consider the two most important and influential bands...
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July 30, 2013
Morrissey: Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer, 1983
Happy Birthday, Morrissey, 54 years young today. I’m not typically in the habit of giving birthday shout-outs (e.g., a belated best wishes to Mr. Pete Townshend, 68 last Sunday), but...
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May 22, 2013
The Smiths at the Haçienda, February 1983
As we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of The Smiths as recording artists, with ‘Hand In Glove,’ let’s go back three more months to the gig that produced its B-side: The...
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May 17, 2013