[Luca]

No, I had never heard of him before. I was just working the desk at the library and he came in and asked for a book on reserve. There was a problem because he didn't have an account (he had only registered for a single class) so my supervisor came out and gave him temporary borrowing privileges.

She said he seemed familiar and when we were entering his info she noticed his name - Kelvin Trent Tucker. After he left she told me he was a former basketball player for the Timberwolves who also had done coaching and announcing.

I'm not a basketball fan though... oh well.

[Wrao]

My brother recently told me about a story of his friend who was at a whole foods market when some dude bumped into her cart accidentally. He looked at her food casually and struck up a conversation. They talked for a little bit and he asked if she'd like to come out to a pub with his mates that night. She politely refused and he walked away. After he left. Some friends of the girl(that work at the whole foods) came up to her like "omg! how could you do that! that was morissey!"

Apparently, one of her friends passed by his car shortly after and saw that he was crying.

as for trent tucker, I don't really know him. I am a basketball fan, but I've never really gotten into the whole studying of players and teams. I just enjoy the game a lot.

[Luca]

Who's Morissey? Does he have a first name/last name?

[kscherer]

Originally Posted by Luca Who's Morissey? Does he have a first name/last name?

Who's Morissey? Hell, I was struggling with the other guy!

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by Luca Who's Morissey? Does he have a first name/last name?

Ya, he's some music guy, I'm not all that familiar with him myself, but I think he's really big in the female young adult 'alternative' music scene.

[psmith2.0]

A singer. The Smiths. Strikes me as a bit of a tortured, flamboyant soul. Not a fan, but I dig that one song with the churning tremolo...

[709]

Originally Posted by Wrao Apparently, one of her friends passed by his car shortly after and saw that he was crying.

Then it was definitely Morissey.

[Luca]

So, Morissey Smith then?



Is it a family band???

[kscherer]

You guys have loast me. Am I that old? Well, no, P2.0 is older than me and he at least knows something. I must be out of the loop! Oh, well . . .

[Luca]

Believe me, kscherer, I had no idea who this Morissey guy is, nor have I ever heard of a band called The Smiths. And I'm not old at all (21).

[psmith2.0]

Well, I don't think they're together anymore. Morrissey is doing the solo thing, and the guitarist, Johnny Marr, is doing his own thing.

I think they were more an 80's deal...at least that's when I became aware of them and my friends had their tapes and albums.

Ah... here you go!

[murbot]

Whoa, you guys obviously have no idea if you think you have to be young to know who Morrissey is.

Yikes.

[709]

I think you had to have owned a paisley shirt at one point or another.

[thegelding]

you all suck


hatful of hollow was a great album...

plus i always had a soft spot for girlfriend in a coma


the hit was how soon is now


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when you say you don't know who the smiths are you make baby jesus' gay friends cry

[SKMDC]

"And the flesh you so fancifully fry
the meat in your mouth as you savor the flavor
is murder"

in between his overwrought poetry and his bored delivery I could never tell if Morrissey was pulling one over on everyone or not.

and for no other reason than the guitar part in How Soon Is Now, Johnny Marr's feet should never have to touch pavement, he should be carried where ever he goes.

[sunrain]

I always liked "Cemetry Gates" best.

Wow, Morrissey got turned down. That would make him cry.

BTW - Morrissey is his last name. He just dropped the usage of his first and middle name. Steve was his first name, don't know about the middle name.

[Luca]

Well no wonder my Google attempts were fruitless! Wrao misspelled his name - it has two R's, not one. Everyone else followed suit.

At first I was pretty confused as to why my last name turned up twice as many hits as his name.

[psmith2.0]

Originally Posted by SKMDC and for no other reason than the guitar part in How Soon Is Now, Johnny Marr's feet should never have to touch pavement, he should be carried where ever he goes.

Preach it, brother. I agree.



Listen to that with headphones...between the churning bed of tremolo, the cascading slides and just the general "beautiful racket", you'll feel quite swirly and goo-gooey.



I make it a point to play it at least twice a week, just to remind myself how cool a wall of guitars can sound...

[sunrain]

Originally Posted by SKMDC in between his overwrought poetry and his bored delivery I could never tell if Morrissey was pulling one over on everyone or not.

They don't call him the 'Pope of Mope' for nothing.

[murbot]

Originally Posted by thegelding plus i always had a soft spot for girlfriend in a coma

TigerWoods99 was a big fan, IIRC.

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by Luca Well no wonder my Google attempts were fruitless! Wrao misspelled his name - it has two R's, not one. Everyone else followed suit. At first I was pretty confused as to why my last name turned up twice as many hits as his name.

oh blah blah blah

[kscherer]

You guys are gettin' all weird and stuff. Is this gonna become the next AN poetry channel, or what?

[thegelding]

And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine.

[Amadeus]

Congratulations Luca. Now you have a treasured memory.

[BuonRotto]

I thought Morrisey was gay? Or is he bi?

[SKMDC]

Originally Posted by thegelding And if a ten-ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine.

jesus, he can be so hilarious, but then he sings it so deadpan.

You know why all those brit rockers from punk and after that changed their names? So they could stay on the dole. British welfare took a long time to track that stuff down, so you have strummer's, your vicious's, stings, and rottens.
it wasn't posturing, well it was, but it was also getting $$ to live on.

[alcimedes]

Originally Posted by murbot TigerWoods99 was a big fan, IIRC.

How am I the only one who remembers that?

[SKMDC]

Originally Posted by BuonRotto I thought Morrisey was gay? Or is he bi?

he was androgynous up to the point where he appealed to straight gay and bi
folks, appealing all without turning off too many.
He's like Stipe, keep 'em guessing without making it a political thing. But I never read interviews with him or anything maybe he was more open about his preferences. (from his pull down menu?)

And like Robert Smith (and Buddy Holly) all his die-hard followers* tend to look like him, or cultivate the look anyway.


*edit- changed from fan, I mean I'm a fan, but I never tried to look like him. But man, I knew about a dozen....

[kscherer]

Welcome all to AppleNova
Where the dribble's so bad you'll roll ova!

We're yakkin' 'bout this
And we're yakkin' 'bout that
And the members are all old, ugly and fat!

Yer in the celebrity thread
Where Luca and Murbot are scrathin' their head

This thread is a crock
give's me brain a block
And attracts the likes of Mister Dancy Lock!

[thegelding]

queef


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