#moz angeles

[whitetrashsoul]

[speedwayy]

Robert Mackie meeting up with pen-pal Morrissey in the early 80s

Prompted by Steven [Morrissey] we did what all pen-friends do— exchanged photos and agreed to meet. We decided it was best that I went to Manchester, and we joked about wearing buttonholes for identification, and as it turned out, this would have been a good idea. At the bus station in Manchester I did not immediately recognise Steven. On approaching him and introducing myself I was overwhelmed by his appearance and manner, and although he immediately made me feel very welcome, on first impressions I could not help feeling that I was out of my depth, and as a result I never felt as comfortable as I should have. We spent the afternoon shopping for writing materials and we visited a second hand clothes shop before going for a meal. His mother, to save embarrassment, had suggested we eat out, as I was not a vegetarian.

Steven's room was very neat with a bookcase containing only one shelf of records and the rest books. The record collection included Magazine, The Fall, The New York Dolls and Jobriath.

Around his room he had artwork for both his James Dean book and The Buzzcocks' Orgasm Addict sleeve. I was shown a collage of Bowie cutting[s] composed by Steven while at school for which his art teacher scored him poorly, owing to Bowie's bisexuality. That evening we went to a bar hosted by a well-known Mancunian transvestite. We talked all night, Steven turning the conversation into an analysis of my personality questioning why I wanted to work and did not hate it. He once said "I’d rather look fascinating than have a permanent income." We continued to write for a while after this. In the last letter he mentioned forming a band called Angels Are Genderless. The next time I heard from him was when I receive a promo poster for Hand In Glove by a group called The Smiths through the post. Soon after I saw him on The Tube, and the rest is Rock and Roll history.

Robert Mackie in fanzine The Loop

[mooseyspooky]

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[wearemozzerians]

Celebrating Morrissey’s ‘YOU ARE THE QUARRY’ and the landmark album's 20th anniversary, two globally exclusive performances in Southern California: Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, January 26 and Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 27.

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[devinwolfi]

i love using the wrong pasta shapes for things. spag and cheese. vegetable penne. tortellini-lasagna.

[tenderperversion]

good morning beautiful Mika heres hoping today's transferral of misery works!

good morning (early afternoon for you?) angel my angel ! 💘 ... i dont even have much negative energy to transfer today tbh im on the train next to some guy who is reading JJK on his phone and the velvet underground is on repeat peace on earth. as soon as something goes wrong i will be blasting moz with the misery beam for sure though ! ... sending some of my unbearable serotonin syndrome energy to you. 💋

[iamveronica]

My Marrissey Musings

Moz is a lying liar but in a good way, in a way that keeps you on your toes and gives you whiplash. he had once described Johnny as "schizophrenic"(*) with regard to his sentiments towards the Smiths which is rather rich coming from Moz because no one's yo-yoed as intensely as he has what i got from Autobiography and from the open letter is Moz hates to see Johnny weaponized against him in the book, it was the legal team, Joyce and Rourke, the judge, everyone and anyone, that he blamed for using Johnny against him during the Smiths trial(*). in the open letter, it's the media. the letter wasn't so much "don't talk about me" as "don't let them play you" between "I was discovered by Johnny, the guitarist, who came and unearthed me one day (0:25)... he found me, I was just there, dying, and he rescued me" (0:52) and Angel Angel Down We Go Together, i feel like TO THIS DAY Moz harbours a saviour complex towards Johnny, like he feels he owes him that i think, in his mind, Moz has been quite magnanimous towards Johnny yet the littlest perceived slight attributed to Marr gets magnified in his mind to ridiculous proportions such as "Morrissey is a bad smell in the attic", "Morrissey is a death-machine"(*), "an eyesore monster"(**). classic Morrissey language if Moz has truly moved on, would the January 2022 open letter to Johnny Marr exist? some people ask 'why didn't he address it to the press?' or 'why didn't he contact Johnny privately?' well, obviously, Moz cares little about tabloids as a whole but it must cut him deep to see Johnny used against him. asking Johnny privately would put the burden on Johnny to reject the topic so Moz did what he thought best and wedged himself between Johnny and the media. should he be applauded for it or was it as clumsy as could be? In my own sick way / I'll always stay true to you as much as i'd like a Moz and Marr public reconciliation, stuff like the open letter makes me think that perhaps things are as raw, unresolved and unworked out as they were 35 years ago

A week later his Mercedes pulls up outside my mother’s house and we are both briefly united. Behind the wheel, he makes for Saddleworth Moor, and the social unit slots back together again. ‘You really don’t know the full story of what happened at the end, do you?’ Johnny asks me as rain whacks the window screen. If anyone has a right to raise their voice, it is me. So I do. ‘I know NOTHING!!!’ I shout. Does anyone go to war and win? No. ... The seething rot that had shot the Smiths down remained undisclosed by Johnny on this drive to Saddleworth Moor (oh, Saddleworth Moor, so much to answer for)...

(*) In months to come, Johnny will appear on television several times under scorching lights. He struggles with the truth, half-forgetting, he says he split the Smiths up, and then in a later television spot he says he did no such thing. Johnny spits out my name, changing his story as he shifts from foot to foot; he says he had no idea, and then he says he fully intended to ‘move on’. Always saying too much, something has happened to Johnny once again, and each appearance gives an entirely different account. He no longer listens to the Smiths’ music and he criticizes it. Morrissey is a bad smell in the attic. Morrissey is a death-machine. Morrissey is evil and should be stuffed. But as Johnny spouts he looks all wrong. His clothes are crooked and the eyes are in torment. What had happened since the serenity of our drive to Saddleworth Moor, when the coffin-lid shifted and the old spark rose like a small miracle? Someone, by now, is preparing to save Johnny’s soul as the nightmare of the Joyce Case flexes itself in readiness. The petty guidance of advisors are grooming Johnny for his upcoming role as sacrificial lamb – always a hit with judges who demand subservience above truth. Darting schizophrenically in the pursuit of self-interest, Johnny now looks pale on the scaffold – the opportunism of wolves giving him a notably punished look. Revenge is calling, and I am the quarry. (**) You found me inspirational enough to make music with me for 6 years. If I was, as you claim, such an eyesore monster, where exactly did this leave you? Kidnapped? Mute? Chained? Abducted by cross-eyed extraterrestrials?

[some-greatreward]

billy budd is obviously about marr, like herman melville had a whole poem titled “john marr and other sailors” and it’s part of the same collection as billy budd. so like.

mmm yeah agree, hence why i let myself have the obvious ones, like this one and Speedway and IWSY for example. As well as Angel Angel which is confirmed by moz himself to be about johnny and Hand in Glove which johnny personally signed off on as being about them.

another thing is just, it makes complete sense for personalities like moz (or, if we're taking it back to the original post, p/c) to write these sorts of cryptic, referential songs to the other. like a reference like this would NOT be a coincidence in moz's hands. (and im sure there'd be others we miss but would be obvious to johnny, going off what we know about what their communication style was like when they were still Smiths.) Whereas i feel like someone like johnny wouldn't love to dwell on the past and would probably steer his music away from that kind of association. But i'm not too familiar with solo johnny apart from the hits so happy to be proven wrong by someone who knows better.

i do kind of love it when lyricists refuse to clarify or explain their words though. like it's kind of neat that there's only one person in the world who knows for certain who the subject of IWSY is, and god knows he's taking that to the grave with him

[asisterwithnomercy]

Dear Dee,

I hope you slept well, tucked up underneath your blanket of kind stars. Dreaming of sweet elusions. As Angels dance upon your forehead whispering kind words of wisdom to you.

I also hope that you and Danny are happy together ❤️ I’m very excited for your wedding/part thing.

Written with a red right hand,

Yours forever,

Nick Xxx

We're happy, but we're apart now. He's off doing something until monday evening. It's fine. I'm used to being at home without people. Although less so, since you and Blixa and Moz come over often enough now. Plus I always have the kittens.

[drrubinspomade]

#moz couture

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YOU ARE THE LIGHT

Dr Rubin’s Pomade

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[mooseyspooky]

Songs Moz says he wrote about Johnny:

-Angel, Angel Down We Go Together

Meanwhile, all the songs that I think are actually about Johnny, or in some way referring to him:

-Hand In Glove (1983)

-No, it's not like any other love. This one is different, because it's us.

-So, hand in glove I stake my claim. I'll fight to the last breath. If they dare touch a hair on your head, I'll fight to the last breath. For the good life is out there somewhere. So stay on my arm, you little charmer, but I know my luck too well. Yes, I know my luck too well. And I'll probably never see you again.

-Reel Around The Fountain (1983)

-Fifteen minutes with you. Well, I wouldn't say no. Oh, people said that you were virtually dead, and they were so wrong.

-I dreamt about you last night, and I fell out of bed twice. You can pin and mount me like a butterfly, but, "Take me to the haven of your bed" was something that you never said. Two lumps, please. You're the bee's knees but so am I.

-What Difference Does It Make? (1982)

-All men have secrets and here is mine. So let it be known. For we have been through hell and high tide. I think I can rely on you, and yet you start to recoil. Heavy words are so lightly thrown, but still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you.

-But now you know the truth about me. You won't see me anymore. Well, I'm still fond of you.

-But I'm still fond of you. Oh, my sacred one.

-Miserable Lie (Linder/Johnny) (1982)

-I know I need hardly say how much I love your casual way. Oh, but please put your tongue away. A little higher and we're well away. The dark nights are drawing in, and your humor is as black as them. I look at yours, you laugh at mine, and "love" is just a miserable lie. You have destroyed my flower-like life. Not once - twice. You have corrupt my innocent mind. Not once - twice.

-This Charming Man (1983)

-When in this charming car. This charming man.

-Why pamper life's complexity when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

-This man said, "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care."

-These Things Take Time (1982)

-Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind.

-But I can't believe that you'd ever care, and this is why you will never care.

-I'm spellbound, but a woman divides, and the hills are alive with celibate cries. But you know where you came from, you know where you're going, and you know where you belong. You said I was ill and you were not wrong.

-The alcoholic afternoons when we sat in your room - they meant more to me than any than any living thing on earth. It had more worth than any living thing on earth. Vivid and in your prime. You will leave me behind.

-Handsome Devil (1982)

-You ask me the time, but I sense something more. And I would like to give what I think you're asking for.

-You handsome devil. Oh, you handsome devil. Let me get my hands on your mammary glands, and let me get your head on the conjugal bed.

-I crack the whip, and you skip, but you deserve it. And when we're in your scholarly room, who will swallow whom?

-Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (1984)

-So for once in my life let me get what I want. Lord knows it would be the last time.

-I Want The One I Can't Have (1984)

-On the day that your mentality decides to try to catch up with your biology - come 'round. 'Cause I want the one I can't have, and it's driving me mad. It's all over, all over, all over my face.

-And if you ever need self-validation just meet me in the alley by the railway-station. It's all over my face.

-That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (1984)

-Park the car at the side of the road. You should know time's tide will smother you - and I will too. When you laugh about people who feel so very lonely their only desire is to die - well, I'm afraid it doesn't make me smile.

-It was dark as I drove the point home, and on cold leather seats - well, it suddenly struck me. I just might die with a smile on my face after all.

-Well I Wonder (1983/1984)

-Do you hear me when you sleep? I hoarsely cry.

-Do you see me when we pass? I half-die.

-Please keep me in mind.

-I Know It's Over (1985)

-I know it's over - still I cling. I don't know where else I can go.

-Sad veiled bride, please be happy. Handsome groom, give her room. Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly. Though she needs you more than she loves you.

-I know it's over, and it never really began, but in my heart it was so real. And you even spoke to me, and said: "If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight? And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight? If you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight? If you're so very good-looking why do you sleep alone tonight?"

-Love is natural and real, but not for you, my love. Not tonight, my love. Love is natural and real, but not for such as you and I, my love.

-Never Had No One Ever (1985)

-Now I'm outside your house - I'm alone. And I'm outside your house. I hate to intrude.

-The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (1985)

-How can they look into my eyes, and still they don't believe me? How can they hear me say those words - still they don't believe me? And if they don't believe me now will they ever believe me?

-How can they see the love in our eyes, and still they don't believe us? And after all this time they don't want to believe us. And if they don't believe us now will they ever believe us?

-There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1985)

-Driving in your car. I never, never want to go home. Because I haven't got one anymore.

-Driving in your car. Please don't drop me home.

-And if a double-decker bus crashes into us - to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die. And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us - to die by your side...well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine.

-Take me out tonight. Take me anywhere, I don't care. And in the darkened underpass I thought, "Oh God, my chance has come at last." But then a strange fear gripped me, and I just couldn't ask.

-Stretch Out and Wait (1985)

-All the lies that you make up...what's at the back of your mind? Your face I can see, and it's desperately kind - but what's at the back of your mind?

-Amid concrete and clay, and general decay, nature must still find a way. So ignore all the codes of the day. Let your juvenile impulses sway...God, how sex implores you to let yourself lose yourself.

-Stretch out and wait. Let your puny body lie down. As we lie, you say...stretch out and...

-Shakespeare's Sister (1985)

-But I'm going to meet the one I love. So, please don't stand in my way, because I'm going to meet the one I love.

-I can smile about it now, but at the time it was terrible.

-Sweet and Tender Hooligan (1986)

-He said that he'd never, never do it again, and of course he won't - not until the next time.

-Would you look into those motherly eyes? I love you for you, my love, you, my love.

-Is It Really So Strange? (1986)

-And I can't help the way I feel. You can kick me, and you can punch me, and you can break my face, but you won't change the way I feel. 'Cause I love you.

-Is it really so strange? I say no, you say yes - and you will change your mind.

-London (1986)

-Smoke lingers 'round your fingers. Train a-heave on to Euston. Do you think you've made the right decision this time?

-You left your girlfriend on the platform with this really ragged notion that you'll return, but she knows that when he goes, he really goes. And do you think you've made the right decision this time?

-Ask (1986)

-So if there's something you'd like to try...Ask me, I won't say no, how could I?

-Because if it's not love then it's the bomb...that will bring us together.

-Nature is a language, can't you read?

-I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (1987)

-The lanes were silent. There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles. I doused our friendly venture with a hard-faced, three-word gesture.

-I started something, I forced you to a zone - and you were clearly never meant to go. Hair brushed and parted, typical me...I started something, and now I'm not too sure.

-I grabbed you by guilded beams. That's what tradition means. And I doused another venture with a gesture that was absolutely vile.

-Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (1987)

-Nothing's changed. I still love you, oh, I still love you...only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love.

-Who said I'd lied to her? Who said I'd lied, because I never...

-Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (1987)

-Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me. No hope, no harm. Just another false alarm.

-Last night I felt real arms around me. No hope, no harm. Just another false alarm.

-I Won't Share You (1987)

-I won't share you, no. I won't share you. With the drive and ambition. The zeal I feel, this is my time.

-Life tends to come and go. That's okay...as long as you know.

-I'll see you somewhere. I'll see you sometime, darling.

-I Keep Mine Hidden (1987)

-Hate, love and war force emotions to the fore, but not for me of course, of course. I keep mine hidden.

-But it's so easy for you...because you let yours flail into public view.

-The lies are so easy for you, because you let yours slide into public view.

-Alsatian Cousin (1987)

-Were you and he lovers? And would you say so if you were?

-A note upon his desk. "P.S. Bring Me Home And Have Me!" Leather elbows on a tweed coat -is that the best you can do? So came his reply: "But on the desk is where I want you."

-Angel, Angel Down We Go Together (1987)

-Note: I personally believe that this song is Johnny speaking to Morrissey shortly after the breakup.

-Angel, angel. Don't take your life tonight. I know they take, and that they take in turn. And they give you nothing real for yourself in return, but when they've used you and they've broken you, and wasted all your money, and cast your shell aside - and when they've bought you and they've sold you, and they've billed you for the pleasure, and they've made your parents cry. I will be here, oh, believe me. I will be here, believe me. Angel, don't take your life. Some people have got no pride. They do not understand the urgency of life. But I love you more than life.

-Late Night, Maudlin Street (1987)

-Note: In a similar vein, I think this is Morrissey's side of the conversation from Angel, Angel Down We Go Together. It is the very next song on the album (Viva Hate). This song is a mix of movie quotes, description of movie scenes, and (more or less) spoken word pieces. Those spoken word pieces I think are Moz' response to Johnny in Angel, Angel. 'Don't take your life, tonight.' 'I took strange pills, but I never meant to hurt you,' ect.

-Love at first sight. May sound trite, but it's true, you know. I could list the details of everything you ever wore, or said, or how you stood that day.

-Truly I do love you. Oh, truly I do love you.

-When I sleep with that picture of you framed beside my bed...Oh, it's childish and it's silly, but I think it's you in my room by the bed. Yes, I told you it was silly, and I know I took strange pills, but I never meant to hurt you. Oh, truly I love you.

-The last bus I missed to Maudlin Street. So, he drove me home in the van, complaining, "Women only like me for my mind..."

-And so we crept through the park. No, I cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline for you...but you without clothes. Oh, I could not keep a straight face. Me, without clothes? Well, a nation turns its back and gags.

-Oh, truly I do love you...wherever you are.

-Suedehead (1987)

-Why do you come here? And why, why do you hang around? I'm so sorry...Why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me? ...Why do you telephone? And why send me silly notes? I'm so sorry.

-You had to sneak into my room just to read my diary. "It was just to see, just to see." All the things you knew I'd written about you. Oh, so many illustrations. But I'm so very sickened. I am so sickened now...Oh, it was a good lay, good lay.

-Break Up the Family (1987)

-The strange logic in your clumsiest line - it stayed emblazoned on my mind. You say, break up the family, and let's begin to live our lives.

-Yes, you found love, but you weren't at peace with your life. Home late, full of hate. Despise the ties that bind.

-I Don't Mind If You Forget Me (1987)

-I don't mind - I don't mind if you forget me.

-So now you send me your hardened 'regards' when once you'd send me 'Love.' Sincerely I must tell you your mild 'best wishes' - they make me suspicious.

-The pressure to change, to move on was strange, and very strong. So this is why I tell you - I really do understand. Bye bye.

-Rejection is one thing, but rejection from a fool is cruel.

-I Know Very Well How I Got My Name (1987)

-A child in a curious phase. A man with sullen ways. I know very well how I got my name. You think you were my first love. You think you were my first love, but you're wrong. You were the only one. Who's come and gone.

-Treat Me Like a Human Being (1987)

-It's hard, but try...for once, just for once...Leave all your hate behind you. It's still all so strange and obscene for you to look and see one who is real and who feels life.

-Three words could change my life. So once, just for once...let the night pass with ease, son. Treat me like a human being. I'd like to know how this feels.

-Three words could change my life, yet you treat me like you never care.

-Happy Lovers at Last United (1988)

-Happy lovers, back together, and I do feel proud. Happy lovers, reunited, and I do feel proud now. I'm not the type to boast as you know, though it was me who brought them back together. He is so kind, and she is so clever, but they don't want me now, hanging around.

-I rang to her to explain of how he really wants to see you again. I said more or less the same thing to him too, which wasn't true. And now they walk, hand in hand, all is planned, by the silent glance I believe, that only lovers share. And I'm proud to have done something good for once. And she is so kind, and he's so clever, but they don't need me now, hanging around.

-Will Never Marry (1988)

-For whether you stay, or you stray, an inbuilt guilt that catches up with you - and as it comes around to your place at 5 a.m., wakes you up, and it laughs in your face.

-He Knows I'd Love to See Him (1989)

-He knows, he knows, or...I think he does. 'Cause when I lived in the arse of the world...he knows, he knows. He knows I'd love to see him happy, or as close as is allowed.

-Oh, my name still conjures up deadly deeds, and a bad taste in the mouth.

-He doesn't know...

-Yes, I Am Blind (1989)

-Love's young dream. I'm the one who shocked you. I'm the one who stopped you, 'cause in my sorry way I love you.

-Love's young dream...aren't you sorry for what you've done? Well, you're not the only one, and in my sorry way I love you.

-Yes, I am blind, but I do see evil people prosper over the likes of you and me always.

-Oh Phoney (1989)

-May this lovely letter reach its destination...if only. Question one is why do you pretend that you like me? Oh Phoney. See how the outside contradicts what's inside.

-Who can make Hitler seem like a bus conductor? You do, oh Phoney you do. You sing a lovely song to a scale, and the words spell out my name. Oh Phoney. But then you kick me down below, 'cause you know it won't show. How could you?

-King Leer (Linder?/Johnny) (1990)

-Your boyfriend, he went down on one knee...Well, could it be he's only got one knee?

-Your boyfriend, he has the gift of the gab, or, could it be...the gift of the grab?

-Your boyfriend, he has displayed to me more than just a real hint of cruelty.

-Found Found Found (Peter Hogg?/Johnny) (1990)

-Found, found, found...someone who's worth it in this murkiness. Someone who's never seeming to be scheming...(Oh, but if I'd never found)...I do believe that the more you give your love, and I do believe that the more you give your trust...the more you're bound to lose. (Oh, but if I'd never found)...Somebody who wants to be who wants to be with me...all the time.

-The Loop (1990)

-I just want to say I haven't been away. I'm still right here, where I always was. So one day, if you're bored by all means call. Because you can do...but only if you want to. I just want to say I haven't been away. I am still right here, where I always was. So one day, when you're bored by all means call. Because you can do...but you might not get through.

-My Love Life (1991)

-Come on to my house. Come on and do something new. I know you love one person so why can't you love two? (Note: Moz once changed this line to "I know you love one person, but why don't you love two?")

-Give a little something...give a little something to my love life.

-I know you love one person so why don't you love two, love? Love two (Note: Moz once changed this line to "I know you love one person, but why can't you love two?")

-Seasick, Yet Still Docked (1992)

-Wish I knew the way to reach the one I love. There is no way. Wish I had the charm to attract the one I love, but you see, I've got no charm.

-Tonight I've consumed much more than I can hold. Oh, this is very clear to you. And you can tell I have never really loved. You can tell by the way I sleep all day, and all of my life no one gave me anything...My love is as sharp as a needle in your eye. You must be such a fool to pass me by.

-I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday (1992)

-My love, wherever you are, whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you. Please wait...

-You say that the day just never arrives, and it's never seemed so far away. Still, I know it's gonna happen someday to you.

-Tomorrow (1992)

-All I ask of you is one thing that you never do - would you put your arms around me? I won't tell anyone. Tomorrow...does it have to come?

-And what must come before. Oh, the pain in my arms. Oh, the pain in my legs. Oh, my shiftless body. Tomorrow. It's surely nearer now. You don't think I'll make it. I never said I wanted to - well, did I?

-All I ask of you is would you tell me that you love me. Tell me, tell me that you love me. Ah, I know you don't mean it.

-I'd Love To (1993)

-Again I lay awake, and I cried because of waste. I'd love to, but only with you...Oh, time is gonna wipe us out. There, I've said it loud and clear so that you will hear. There's no one in view. Just you...and time will never wipe you out. Now I've had enough. I've had more than could be my rightful share of nights I can't bear. How can it be fair? Time must wipe them out. So, again, I lay awake in a trance. Oh, I just want my chance, but only with you...that's all...

-Spring-Heeled Jim (1993)

-Spring-heeled Jim lives to love. Now kissing with his mouth full, and his eyes on some other fool. So many women - his head should be spinning. Ah, but no!

-Spring-heeled Jim slurs the words: "There's no need to be so knowing. Take life at five times your average speed, like I do."

-Billy Budd (1993)

-Say, Billy Budd. So you think that you should? Everyone's laughing! Since I took up with you. Things have been bad. Yeah, but now it's twelve years on. Now it's twelve years on. Yes, and I took up with you.

-Yes, and it's all because of us. Oh, and what was in our eyes...I said, Billy Budd I would happily lose both of my legs...I would lose both of my legs if it meant you could be free.

-Hold On to Your Friends (1993)

-A bond of trust has been abused. Something of value may be lost. Give up your job. Squander your cash - be rash. Just hold on to your friends. There are more than enough to fight and oppose. Why waste good time fighting the people you like? Who will fall defending your name?

-But now you only call me when you're feeling depressed. When you feel happy I'm so far from your mind. My patience is stretched. My loyalty vexed.

-Be mad, be rash. Smoke and explode. Sell all of your clothes. Just bear in mind: Oh, there just might come a time when you need some friends.

-Speedway (1993) (Johnny/Issues with the NME)

-And when you slam down the hammer can you see it in your heart? All of the rumors...keeping me grounded. I never said, I never said that they were completely unfounded.

-So when you slam down the hammer can you see it in your heart? Can you delve so low? And when you're standing on my fingers can you see it in your heart? And when you try to break my spirit it won't work, because there's nothing left to break...anymore.

-You won't sleep until the earth that wants me finally has me. Oh you've done it now. You won't rest. Until the hearse that becomes me finally takes me...And you won't smile until my loving mouth is shut good and proper. Forever.

-And all those lies, written lies, twisted lies. Well, they weren't lies. They weren't lies...I never said...I could have mentioned your name. I could have dragged you in. Guilt by implication. By association. I've always been true to you in my own strange way. I've always been true to you in my own sick way. I'll always stay true to you.

-You Must Please Remember (1994)

-A small boy, big ideas. You must please remember. A long road, with no turn-off. Oh, you must remember. Caught in your headlights like a frightened animal. You must remember. Someone cries twice nightly. Of course, I do remember. Someone cries, and you think quite rightly so, but you refuse to remember.

-Low-lights and long nights. I try hard to not remember. And you - too beautiful. I can't look. I've done so very many stupid things. It's too late.

-Honey, You Know Where To Find Me (1994)

-Honey, I'm not gonna cry for the things that never occurred. So do not remind me. Happy to be as I was in the first place. Honey you know where to find me...Kicking away from the mundane everyday. The envy is beyond me. I'm not gonna pine for the things that can never be mine. Do not expect me to. I'm happy to be who I was in the first place.

-Whatever Happens I Love You (1994)

-Names, secret names, but never in my favour. But when all is said and done - it's you I love. Cold loving prose. We stole each other's clothes, but when all is said and done - it's you I love. Yes, yes, yes, oh, yes. (Note: Moz often sings this as 'we wore each other's clothes')

-Fights for rights. Everyone's oh so quick with advice, and when they've all said their piece - it's still you I love. Now just like then...yes, yes. No, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

-You Should Have Been Nice to Me (Jake?/Johnny) (1994/1995)

-You could have told me at the right time. You could have introduced me proudly. Never need to have to kiss me. Never need to ever touch me, but you should have been nice to me. It would have been so easy. And on the moments when I was down you could have been there. You could have once just spoke in favor. You'd never need to ever touch me. But you should have been nice to me...It wouldn't cost you money. And on the moments when I fell down - not for you to say, oh, I told you so. You could have waited...

-Trouble Loves Me (1996/1997)

-Trouble loves me. Trouble needs me. Two things more than you do, or would attempt to. So, console me. Otherwise, hold me. Just when it seems like everything's evened out, and the balance seems serene...

-Trouble loves me. Walks beside me. To chide me. Not to guide me. It's still much more than you'll do.

-Go to waste in the wrong arms. Still running 'round. Trouble loves me. Seeks and finds me. To charlatanize me, which is only as it should be. Oh, please fulfill me. Otherwise, kill me.

-Then at midnight I can't get you out of my head. A disenchanted taste...still running 'round.

-Heir Apparent (1996/1997)

-It's all changed. You were there. Departing, starting a trek I had once took. With that "no-one's gonna stop me when I feel this way" look.

-You think it's so easy, I tell you - it isn't. But you may change minds with your winning smile.

-So I tried to make my way back to the station. You were still there, gleaming and leaving. Wide-eyed and awestruck, saying "How can anybody hate me if I love them first off?"

-Heir apparent. You say that you want it, I'm sure that you'll get it. They'll seduce your heart, and then they'll slap your arse.

-The Edges Are No Longer Parallel (1997)

-All of the things you said...so meaningful. They are all so suddenly meaningless. And the looks you gave...so meaningful. They are all so suddenly meaningless.

-My only mistake is I keep hoping...

-I Like You (Jake/Johnny) (2000-2002)

-Something in you caused me to take a new tact with you. You were going through something I had just about scraped through. Why do you think I let you get away with the things you say to me? Could it be I like you? It's so shameful of me - I like you. No one I ever knew or have spoken to resembles you. This is good or bad all depending on my general mood.

-Magistrates who spend their lives hiding their mistakes - they look at you and I, and envy makes them cry. Envy makes them cry. Forces of containment. They shove their fat faces into mine. You and I just smile, because we're thinking the same line.

-You're not right in the head, and nor am I, and this is why...you're not right in the head, and nor am I, and this is why...this is why I like you.

-Let Me Kiss You (Jake?/Johnny?) (2000-2002)

-There's a place in the sun for anyone who has the will to chase one. And I think I've found mine...so close your eyes. And think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you.

-Say, would you let me cry, on your shoulder. I've heard that you'll will try anything twice. (Note: Moz often sings this as 'you'll try anyone twice')

-But then you open your eyes, and you see someone that you physically despise. But my heart is open. My heart is open to you.

-Friday Mourning (2004)

-For years, I warned you. Through tears, I told you.

-This dawn raid soon put paid to all the things I'd whispered to you at night time. And I will never stand naked in front of you, or if I do, it won't be for a long time. Look once to me, look once to me - then look away. Look once to me, then look away.

-The Never-Played Symphonies (2004)

-I can't see those who tried to love me, or those who felt they understood me. And I can't see those who very patiently put up with me. All I can see are the never-laid, or the never played symphonies.

-You were one, you meant to be one. And you jumped into my face and laughed and kissed me on the cheek. And then were gone forever. Not quite.

-You were one, you knew you were one. And you slid right through my fingers. No, not literally, but metaphorically. And now you're all I see as the light fades.

-I Am Two People (2004)

-I love you. It's murder. I am two people. One you know, but don't like. The other one you don't know, but you don't want to.

-I love you. It's pointless. In my soul if I live or die this life.

-I have two faces. One of which you know. The other one, for your sake, I never would show. It's just because I love you. I cannot bear to be around you, and if only one or the other of us would drop down dead.

-You Have Killed Me (2005)

-Pasolini is me. 'Accattone' you'll be. I entered nothing and nothing entered me 'til you came with the key. And you did your best, but as I live and breathe - you have killed me.

-And there is no point saying this again - there is no point saying this again, but I forgive you, I forgive you. Always I do forgive you.

-Life is a Pigsty (2005)

-And once again I turn to you. Once again, I do. I turn to you.

-Life is a pigsty. And if you don't know this then what do you know? Every second of my life I only live for you. And you can shoot me, and you can throw me off a train. I still maintain...

-I can't reach you. I can't reach you. I can't reach you anymore. Can you please stop time? Can you stop the pain? I feel too cold. And now I feel too warm again. Can you stop this pain? Can you stop this pain? Even now in the final hour of my life I'm falling in love again...again.

-I Just Want to See the Boy Happy (2005)

-I want to see the boy happy with some hope in his pale eyes. Is that too much to ask?

-I want to see the boy happy with his arms around his first love. Is that too much to ask? Before I die I have one final dream. For my own life I don't care anything. And I just want to...I want to see this boy happy. Why is this such a bad thing?

-To Me You Are A Work of Art (Jake?/Johnny?) (2005)

-I see the world. It makes me puke. But then I look at you and know that somewhere there's a someone who can soothe me.

-To me you are a work of art. And I would give you my heart - that's if I had one.

-Black Cloud (2007)

-The one I love is standing near. The one I love is everywhere. I can woo you. I can amuse you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine. Black cloud, black cloud. The one I love roosts in the mind. Can snap this spell, or increase hell. I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.

-I play the game of favorites now. I can, I must. I will, I do. I can please you, or I can freeze you out, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine. Black cloud, black cloud, black cloud...I can choke myself to please you, and I can sink much lower than usual. But there's nothing I can do to make you mine.

-Sorry Doesn't Help (2007)

-Sorries pour out of you. All wide-eyed simple smiles. Certain to see you through like a QC full of fake humility. You say: "Oh, please forgive..." You say: "Oh, live and let live..." But sorry doesn't help us, and sorry will not save us, and sorry will not bring my teen years back to me any time soon. Forced back, it springs right out. Seasoned, you have no doubts. You lied about the lies that you told - which is the full extent of what being you is all about.

-Sorry will not bring my love into my arms as far as I know...

-Sorry is just a word you find so easy to say...So you say it anyway. Sorry doesn't help us. Sorry won't protect us. Sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong, my love.

-I'm Ok By Myself (2007)

-Now this might surprise you, but I find I'm ok by myself. And I don't need you, or your morality to save me.

-Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm ok by myself, and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.

-After all these years I find I'm ok by myself. And I don't need you, or your homespun philosophy. No, no, no, no...This might make you throw up in your bed: I'm ok by myself! And I don't need you, and I never have, I never have.

-Forgive Someone (2010-2014)

-Use a weapon of words, or a fight with your fists. But can you forgive someone? Stand your ground and persist, and be the last one to blink - but can you forgive someone? And if you do...I'll run to you. Betray you? With a word? I would slit my own throat first of all, I will. The black peat of the hills...when I was still ill. See this mess and forgive someone, and then recall if you can...how all this even began.

-Our truth will die with me. Our truth will die with me...Shorts and supports and faulty shower heads. At track and field we dreamt of our beds. In the bleachers you sit with your legs spread, smiling: "Here's one thing you'll never have." Our truth will die with me.

-Home is a Question Mark (written 2003, released 2017)

-I hug the land but nothing more, because I haven't met you. I've wined and I've dined with every bogus music mogul. No sign of you.

-I have been brave. Deep in every shaven cave. None were you.

-If I ever find home...if I get there, would you meet me? Wrap your legs around my face just to greet me.

-My Love, I'd Do Anything for You (possibly?) (2017)

-My love, I'd do anything for you. Society's hell. You need me just like I need you.

-You know me well. My love, I'd do anything for you.

-We all go our own ways, separately in the same direction, and here am I every night of my life always missing someone. I'd like to be rotted out just before I become aware of the pain. The more I wish in my heart for someone less likely they come.

-Never Again Will I Be A Twin (2017) (Possibly?)

-Never again will I be a twin. The operation went well, but the patient died. Never again will there be a smile to wipe off my face once it's too much. In a twin-like realm, in the plastic arts of falling in love, what a joke that was. What a joke that was.

-Darling, I Hug A Pillow (2020)

-Darling, I hug a pillow in absence of you. Darling, I hug a pillow to replace your face. Loving you is a trauma no one else should face, or sit still for. Why can't you give me some physical love?

-Darling, you will cry for me in the years to come. In the hope of a moment that cannot return...thankfully. Why can't you bring figs all pulpy and moist? Roasted in passion and salty in voice? No longer keeping a secret of your secret place.

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[wearemozzerians]

RELEASE

October 29, 2022

Capitol Records (Los Angeles) will release Morrissey’s ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ in February 2023. The album will be released worldwide except for the United Kingdom, where there is no label deal. ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ is produced by Grammy-producer Andrew Watt, and was recorded in Los Angeles. The musicians on the album are Jesse Tobias, Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer (ex-Chili Peppers), and Chad Smith and Flea (both of the Chili Peppers). The album features Miley Cyrus and Iggy Pop on additional vocals. The eleven tracks are: I Am Veronica, Rebels Without Applause, Kerouac’s Crack, Ha Ha Harlem,I Live in Oblivion, Bonfire of Teenagers, My Funeral, Diana Dors, I Ex-love You, Sure Enough The Telephone Rings, Saint In a Stained Glass Window. Album art is by Liam Lynch. Capitol Records (Los Angeles) has also licensed the rights to re-release Morrissey’s albums ‘Southpaw Grammar’, ‘You Are The Quarry’, ‘Ringleader of the Tormentors’, ‘Years of Refusal’ and ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’, and these will be available in deluxe vinyl/LP formats. As with ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’, the albums will be issued worldwide except for the United Kingdom until a UK label steps in. Morrissey is managed by Maverick/Quest in Los Angeles.

Morrissey’s next concert is at the Toyota Arena, Ontario, California on November 11.

📸: Morrissey photos courtesy of @samestyrayner.

[lookinla]

Beginner's Guide to SEO: Understanding the Basics and Getting Started

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a vital aspect of digital marketing that helps improve a website's visibility and organic search rankings. If you're new to SEO and eager to learn, this beginner's guide is the perfect starting point. In this blog post, we'll demystify the basics of SEO and provide you with the knowledge and tools to get started on optimising your website for search engines.

What is SEO? 

SEO is the practice of optimising your website and its content to improve its visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). The goal is to attract more organic (non-paid) traffic and rank higher in search engine rankings. SEO encompasses various techniques, including keyword research, on-page optimization, link building, and technical optimization. By implementing SEO strategies, you can increase your website's chances of being discovered by search engine users who are actively searching for relevant information, products, or services.

Keyword Research

In SEO, keyword research is an essential phase. It entails figuring out the terms and phrases that people in your target market are most likely to look for. Finding appropriate keywords with enough search volume and little competition can be made easier with the use of tools like Google Keyword Planner, SEMrush, or Moz's Keyword Explorer. You may improve the likelihood that your website will appear higher in search results when visitors use such keywords by carefully incorporating them into the content, titles, headings, and meta tags of your website.

On-Page Optimization

Individual web pages are optimised as part of on-page optimisation in order to increase their relevance and visibility in search results. This entails optimising the content, page names, meta descriptions, headers, and URLs. Put your energy into producing valuable content for your target audience that is of the highest quality, is instructive, and is entertaining. Include pertinent keywords in your article naturally to minimise keyword stuffing and to preserve readability. To improve the overall user experience and search engine crawlability, you should also speed up your website's loading time, make it more mobile-friendly, and ensure good internal linking.

Conclusion 

Understanding the basics of SEO is the first step towards building a strong online presence. By grasping the concept of SEO, conducting effective keyword research, and implementing on-page optimization strategies, you can lay a solid foundation for your website's success in search engine rankings. If you're seeking professional assistance, consider partnering with a reputable SEO agency in Los Angeles to further optimise your website and drive organic traffic.

[iamveronica]

Thank you so much for uploading the interview of Moz talking about "Getting away with it"! It does kind of answer this question I've been pondering over which is Moz's opinion on Electronic. Him "worrying" about it kills me and it does fit with how I suspect Moz thought about Johnny after the breakup. No matter how much he tries to hide it, Moz is clearly obsessed with Johnny and that tends reverberate in both negative and positive ways, while generally this obsession clearly makes him act crazy or delusional 😭. I think at this time his attitude towards Johnny was more protective ("see Angel, Angel Down we go together") and the impression I get from his Autobiography and the interviews I have seen is that Moz would never attack Johnny's artistic credentials. In this interview,I feel, he reconciliates his feelings towards Johnny and his dislike of the music by showing worry and going after Neil Tennant instead. I hope I am making sense LMAO

I LOVE ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS. i've somewhat overanalyzed this subject (of Morrissey's overprotectiveness) in my attempt to rationalize the Open Letter to Johnny Marr (anniversary soon!). i do believe Moz has always loved, respected and remained loyal to Johnny. he would never diss his artistry, and i don't believe he ever has. but come on, you're still thinking about the man if his words reach you and wound you 35 whole years down the line. he obviously wanted the same courtesy extended from Johnny to him that he has to Johnny.

honestly, this Johnny interview really stuck out to me. he's embarking on a solo career and most of the questions to him are about his past and the Smiths and their potential reunion. and you think "wouldn't Johnny rather like to talk about his solo aspirations?" so Morrissey in his open letter had a point. it was well-intentioned. Would you please, instead, discuss your own career, your own unstoppable solo achievements and your own music?

the one thing that gave me pause in his response about Getting Away With It ("very apt title" LMFAOOO 💀) was Moz talking about artists who "fall into favor with people who expect nothing of them" and, obviously, he feels he's the antithesis of that (everyone expects so much of him and holds him up to impossible standards), but who really fell into favour in the Electronic lineup (was it Neil Tennant, Bernard Sumner or could it be Johnny who's always "had it easy" on account of being so affable? [*coughpeoplepleasercough*]). i feel like Moz's bitterness could be directed at any of them, although i do get the impression that Moz at least then held to the notion that Johnny's talents and easy-going nature got taken advantage of by his collaborators. (he probably did mean Neil.)

#MozMarrMakeUpIn2023

[jamiefantana]

Sunday Scaries Somedays Scare Me

   This was my first ever tinyletter column.  Written... oh damn, 2/20/22.  

   I had something totally different for this, already written, but I want to save it for later.  Also, it's Sunday evening and I'm in my feelings.   The first time I heard the phrase "the Sunday Scaries," I was in South Korea.  It was 2016, and a co-worker of mine just let the phrase drop in the middle of whatever mixture of self-deprecating-rants-masking-actual-self-loathing talk he was talking.  I remember asking him about it, and he explained that it was the dread one feels right before the beginning of another week.   I was shocked and awed.  It put into perfect definition a feeling I've had basically my entire life.  I don't know who was the first person to come up with the term "Sunday Scaries," but they were probably German.  East German.   Even as a young James, a Lil Baby Jamie if you will, I've had periods of things being rough.  Middle school, as a whole, was pretty awful.  Puberty was striking everyone down, like Darth Vader.  Or Covid.  We were getting the hormones without the maturity.  And oh did I dread going to school, being at school, doing school work... high school was alright.  Even went to prom with a pretty redhead.  But around that, school could suck.  To this day, my pulse quickens when I hear the theme song to King of the Hill.  And I like King of the Hill!  Everybody does!  But hearing that country-fried guitar meant that the week was coming.   Times change, people grow.  You enter a period of your life called college, and suddenly your biggest concern is "am I going to pass this class?" which if you're like me, your answer will be "of course, you're an English major, you'd have to work harder to fail it."   But then with that English degree so easily won, you get out into the real world, and upon learning you can't just show up in Los Angeles with a diploma and get hired to write for King of the Hill, you tend to find work wherever you can find it.  Hell, not just liberal arts majors, a large part of millennial job interviews go like this-   "Says here you graduated in 2011 with an English degree."   "Yeah, that's right."   "Then you got a job at Home Depot."   "Sure did."   "And then a job as a barback at Flannigan's Hole."   "Uh huh."   "Your last job was as a mutual fund representative for DNR Analytics."   "It was."   "Just curious, why did you choose this career path after college?"   "Because I didn't want to be homeless.  Now Bob, tell me if I'm gonna be able to pay rent this month or not."   As an adult, you get reacquainted with the Sunday Scaries real quick.  And if you missed them the first time, you partake in the shared experience of the rest of us.   The Sunday Scaries exist as a kind of silent alarm.  A sign that you're not where you want to be, either socially, financially, geographically, or psychologically.  Nobody completely satisfied with their life feels them.  John Cena probably wakes up, does the "you can't see me" taunt to the sun, and then gets ready for his day of being a beloved former-professional wrestler/current critically acclaimed action-comedy star.  Mark Zuckerberg probably gets up, attempts to mimic human emotion, reboots, then recommits to his mission of brainwashing Boomers and destroying democracy.   The Sunday Scaries are for the rest of us.  And they existed long before the official term.   In music, Moz moped that "every day is like Sunday/every day is silent and grey."   In literature, Toru Watanabe in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood wondered "how many Sundays - how many hundreds of Sundays like this - lay ahead of me?  'Quiet, peaceful, and lonely' I said aloud to myself."   Saturday night is the party night.  S-A-TUR-DAY-Night.  Sundays are the hangover.  As a kid, you get the world's most uncomfortable clothes pulled over you and find out how you were born hellbound.  As an adult, you wake up with a headache, sometimes alone, sometimes with a stranger, as you listlessly scroll through social media and compare your unedited behind-the-scenes footage to the world's highlight reels and realize even the mature and secular can create their own hell.   All one can do is try to attain a life where the Sunday Scaries don't exist.  To return to those halcyon days, whenever they were for you personally, where the upcoming week held no particular power over you.  Or, god forbid, held promise and pleasure.  Sure, it might be tough to do in a world with a global pandemic, global military conflict, global unrest, growing income disparity... but nobody every said it'd be easy!   Now if you excuse me, I'll wrap it up here.  I have to do my weekly wash and prepare for another week as... data... transponder for a financial... oversight... I have a desk and quotas.  I know that much.