Jan 9 2004
My Life Is A Series Of People Saying Goodbye
More Moz news! Yesterday NME executed the age old journalistic technique known as "the follow up" and spoke to Morrissey guitarist Alan Whyte about the Mozzer's upcoming album. 
"It's going to be a great album. Think the fans will be really, really excited. I personally think it's the best Morrissey album to date. It's kind of like a cross between Your Arsenal and Vauxhall & I musically - there's real variety there. There are some slow songs, some uptempo ones and a few real tough-sounding tracks." It goes without saying that Your Arsenal is the grestest Moz solo record (with Vauxhall a close second) so this is clearly good news.
The report goes on to say there have been 30 songs recorded during the session, not the 21 that was reported yesterday. Hopefully this means lots and lots of b-sides. Also, new song titles have been reported with names like My Life Is A Series Of People Saying Goodbye, Teenage Dad On His Estate and Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice.
Strange that #1 Moz fan Emily has not weighed in on this news...
NME is full of good stories today, which has been rare for them lately. For instance, former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire is putting on an exhibition of his paintings in London to coincide with his new album. How best is that? I met John Squire once, back in the days of the Seahorses, and I can say with authority that he was the biggest egotistical douchebag rockstar that I have ever had the displeasure of talking to. I was gutted with disappointment as like every Brit-head, I thought the Roses were the bee's knees. Well, his artwork did turn me on to Jackson Pollack so it's not all bad.
Woo Hoo! Stereolab are back with a new album and a tour of the UK. It's their first on both fronts since the unfortunate death of founding member Mary Hansen in 2002.
REM to release a live DVD of their tour from last year. Sweet. I was busy seeing the Super Furries when they came to the area so this will make up for it. The tracklisting is pretty decent (Begin The Begin, Orange Crush, Electrolite, Country Feedback, etc.) so consider this added to my Amazon wishlist.
Last but certainly not least, with only 8 weeks (ugh) to go before the new episodes of The Sopranos hits the airwaves, it has been announcd that none other than Mr. Pink has been added to the cast. That's right, Steve Buscemi, who has directed episodes of the show in the past, will play Tony Soprano's cousin Tony Blundetto. The new season debuts March 7th at 9 PM. The season's 13 episodes will focus on Tony Soprano's separation from his wife, Carmela, as well as the new challenges he faces at home and work, from within his immediate family, other mob families and law enforcement. So more of the same then. Newsday also reports that Peter Bogdanovich will be directing an episode this season.
Yesterday I forgot to give props to Method1 of 1115.org fame for turning me on to a little program called iChat Status which displays the songs I am listening to in iTunes directly under my iChat buddy icon. Basically if you have it and are running iTunes, anyone else with iChat can see what you are listening to and vice versa. It's hella sweet. Nice one.
Crash into my arms / I want you
You don’t agree / But you don’t refuse
I know you
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