I thought I had read all Mark Simpson’s blog, and heard all Morrissey’s songs, but this one passed me by till now. All You Need Is Me. http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2007/10/17/all-you-need-is-me/ Apart from the fact Moz’s 2007 (?) performance on a chat show confirms my belief he has become a ‘psychotic lounge singer’ I couldn’t help but smile [...]
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The Closer I Get
Posted: December 17, 2011 in Letters From An Alien, Mark Simpson, Morrissey, WritingTags: biography, Death At The Mall, Janet Malcolm, Mark Simpson, Morrissey
Mark Simpson’s 1996 book, Its A Queer World, begins with an enigmatic dedication: ‘For M – (whether he wants it or not)’. The line, ‘whether he wants it or not’, reminds me of the 1994 Morrissey track – The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get. The particularly resonant part of the song is: I [...]
If You’re Feeling Sinister
Posted: December 9, 2011 in Mark Simpson, Metrosexy, Morrissey, WritingTags: Death At The Mall, Mark Simpson, Metrosexy, Morrissey, saint morrissey, Scribbling on Foucault's walls
‘Hilary went to her death because she couldn’t think of anything to say Everybody thought that she was boring, so they never listened anyway Nobody was really saying anything of interest, she fell asleep She was into S&M and bible studies Not everyone’s cup of tea she would admit to me Her cup of tea, [...]
‘Don’t rake up my mistakes. I know exactly what they are…’ Vauxhall and I. Made Morrissey make sense, entirely, for the first time, for me, separately from The Smiths (because The Smiths only made sense as Morrissey/Marr). Briefly. Gloriously. Complete. And now I hear echoes of 1994, and the way hope is contained in [...]
The Uses of Literacy
Posted: July 9, 2011 in Mark Simpson, Morrissey, Scribbling On Foucault's Walls, WritingTags: Fans
The problem with writing is it never finishes. Foucault’s Daughter was supposed to mark the ‘end’ of something but it has failed in that. I started talking about fandom, and Pulp and (Saint) Morrissey, and the Great Men of Pop Mythology. Of ‘fagiography’ . And then I remembered The Uses of Literacy. The artist Jeremy [...]
Unruly Girls…
Posted: April 28, 2011 in Feminism, Freedom of Speech, Morrissey, UncategorizedTags: Clarisse Thorn, feminism
‘QRG is a good example of someone I want to respect because she’s smart and sometimes says interesting things — but her constant grandstanding and insistence on trying to dominate discussions that have nothing to do with what SHE wants to talk about*, always piss me off. She doesn’t listen to moderators, she dismisses attempts [...]
