"There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry and you want to die.
Then you say it's gonna happen now
Well, when exactly do you mean?
But I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone"
This way to...
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Volume 1, Issue #1
And now an introduction...
Greetings...
I just thought I'd introduce myself and the board we've started.
My name is Kevin and have been a Smiths/Morrissey fan since 1987
or so. I had a weird friend in high school that got me hooked on
their music (of course that weird friend is now goes to West
Point...I hope you get a copy of this, John). So here I am,
student of the illustrious University of California, Irvine as an
Info and Computer Science major and have noticed that although
there are a lot of Smiths fans, they are not ever in one place.
I don't really know anyone at school who LIKES The Smiths and/or
Morrissey (most just make fun of him..."Oh my cat died today...I
didn't really like him anyway..."). So, this newsletter is
dedicated to the real Smiths fans out there, the few, the proud,
the warped of mind.
My favorite Smiths song is "How Soon Is Now?" (it has a really cool
video if you ever get to see it - MTV play the Smiths...yeah right).
I guess that explains the title quote. From Morrissey as a soloist,
I love "Everyday is Like Sunday" and "November Spawned A Monster".
(I also found "Get Off the Stage" an amusing little song. I
expect it was directed towards Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.
I guess you have to listen to the KROQ interview to get that).
Strangeways is a place we can get together to discuss the Smiths
in any detail without having to deal with the flames of those who
do not enjoy their music (I suppose many of you have been reading
alt.rock-n-roll). So lets get started...Enjoy and please send
posts...I'm sure this would quickly loose value if no one
bothered to send information.
=K= "Won't somebody stop me from thinking all the time"
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Here's an introduction from Michael Massengale, who will be
distributing this newsletter weekly to our subscribers.
Date: 24 Feb 91 19:26:38
From: Michael.C.Massengale%
[email protected]
Subject: Strangeways Introduction
Anyway, I'm a freshman/person at Dartmouth College - a true Texan transplanted
in New Hampshire. My home's in Fort Worth, but I now live in rural bliss.
Being cut off from much of the real world, I now depend on the net for
information about the music I like (**Morrissey & The Smiths** + significant
others like The Cure and other standard alternative fare). Also, I'm a DJ on
the college radio station which helps me hear the new stuff sooner, but not
soon enough. That's probably all you WANT to know about me, so I'll stop
there, except to say that Morrissey & The Smiths account for almost 100% of
the money that I spend, knowing that I can't (thank goodness CD prices don't
rise at the rate of college tuition!)
Later,
Michael
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Alright...here's the format for this mailing list. I'm going to try to
group all relevant articles together so hopefully there will be a little
order to these newsletters. Basically, you will make this letter...I
will merely compile the posts and try to answer some of them. A
newsletter should go out approximately every week or so depending on the
number of posts I get (it would be kinda stupid to send out a newsletter
of just posts by myself and Michael). For your information, send all
posts to:
[email protected]. Send all requests for
subscriptions to Strangeways to
[email protected]
(tell your friends!).
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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 91 21:28:56 -0800
From: Carrion Child <loviatar%
[email protected]>
Subject: STRANGEWAYS
Greetings and Salutations fellow Smith fans. . .
I got into the Smiths the summer they broke up ('87) and have been
following all of them ever since. I have a lot of their stuff in
one form or another, not to mention quite a few lyric books and
singles.
I have heard that Morrissey will be touring for his new album,
"Kill Uncle" (released feb 25th) early summer in europe, with considerations
for the U.S. in the late fall. . . anyone else?
Loviatar
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From:
[email protected]
Subject: Strangeways - Morrissey Tour, New Single
I've heard that the Morrissey album is due out March 5 in the US. Is the
Feb. 25th date a UK release? My import sources don't know when the album
is due out from London.
KROQ radio (Pasadena - L.A.) says that Morrissey is planning a US tour
in March but I seriously doubt that. It's possible that he might start
touring in April or so in the states and then go to Europe in the summer.
I know Morrissey is popular in L.A., but how popular is he throughout the
nation?
Well, as most of you should know, the new Morrissey single came out
last week on CD format so I went out and got it. It's titled "Our
Frank" and has b-sides "Journalists Who Lie" and "Tony the Pony".
Overall, the single was good, but not as good as "November Spawned
A Monster" or "Everyday is Like Sunday". Other opinions?
=K=
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From:
[email protected]
Subject: Strangeways - fan club info
Michael and I wanted to know generally how distributed the Strangeways
members were distributed across the nation. I'm sure many others are
curious as well. We're going to try to keep track of the locations
everyone writes in from and see where Morrissey/The Smiths are most
popular. Please write in and tell us where you live.
Also, is anyone interested in typing up a discography for Morrissey/
The Smiths for the members of Strangeways? I really don't have the
time to type one in. I would really like to know what albums/CDs
are out there from the UK that we never really get to see in the
United States. I think there are also some collections from Japan
that I've never seen, either. Any volunteers?
I've got two tapes: one of the KROQ interview with Morrissey last year
and one "concert vault" tape of one of their 1985-86 tour shows. If
someone would like to be in charge of copying and distributing them,
please let me know. Please don't send requests for them just yet.
=K=
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Date: 23 Feb 91 21:23:38
From: Michael.C.Massengale%
[email protected]
Subject: Strangeways...Morrissey Discography
Howdy,
I just threw this together - it's everything that I own plus everything I've
seen. I added catalogue numbers for the things I've got. You will probably be
able to add or correct it.
MORRISSEY DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
1988 "Viva Hate" - Alsatian Cousin/Little Man, What Now?/Everyday Is Like
Sunday/Bengali in Platforms/Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together/Late Night,
Maudlin Street/Suedehead/Break Up the Family/Hairdresser on Fire/The Ordinary
Boys/I Don't Mind If You Forget Me/Dial-A-Cliche/Maragaret on the Guillotine
US: Sire/Reprise LP (?), cassette, CD (9 25699-2)
1990 "Bona Drag" - Piccadilly Palare/Interesting Drug/November Spawned a
Monster/Will Never Marry/Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference/The
Last of the Famous International Playboys/Ouija Board, Ouija Board/Hairdresser
on Fire/Everyday Is Like Sunday/He Knows I'd Love To See Him/Yes, I Am
Blind/Lucky Lisp/Suedehead/Disappointed
US: Sire/Reprise LP (?), cassette, CD (9 26221-2)
1991 "Kill Uncle"
Singles
1988 "Suedehead" - Suedehead/I Know Very Well How I Got My Name/Hairdresser On
Fire/Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
US: Sire/Reprise 12" (missing "Oh Well, I'll Never Learn")
UK: EMI CD (CDPOP 1618)
1988 "Everyday Is Like Sunday" - Everyday Is Like Sunday/Sister, I'm a
Poet/Disappointed/Will Never Marry
US: Sire/Reprise 12"
UK: EMI CD (CDPOP 1619)
1989 "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" - The Last of the Famous
International Playboys/Lucky Lisp/Michael's Bones
US: Sire/Reprise 12", cassette maxi single (9 21163-4)
UK: EMI CD
1989 "Interesting Drug" - Interesting Drug/Such a Little Thing Makes Such a
Big Difference/Sweet and Tender Hooligan
US: Sire/Reprise 12", cassette maxi single (9 21232-4)
UK: EMI CD
1989 "Interesting Drug" - Interesting Drug/The Last of the Famous
International Playboys/Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference/Lucky
Lisp/Michael's Bones
Japan: EMI CD (CDP15-5889)
1989 "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" - Ouija Board, Ouija Board/Yes, I Am
Blind/East West
US: Sire/Reprise 12", cassette maxi single, CD (9 21424-2)
UK: EMI CD
1990 "November Spawned a Monster" - November Spawned a Monster/He Knows I'd
Love To See Him/Girl Least Likely To
US: Sire/Reprise 12", cassette maxi single, CD (9 21529-2)
UK: EMI CD
1990 "Piccadilly Palare" - Piccadilly Palare/At Amber/Get Off The Stage
UK: EMI CD (CDPOP 1624)
1991 "Our Frank" - Our Frank/Journalists Who Lie/Tony the Pony
UK: EMI CD
Hope this saves you some time. Someone will probably ask for it on
"Strangeways"!
Later,
Michael
[I think all UK singles have been released by "His Masters Voice" which
is a subsidiary of EMI. (I may be wrong).]
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Well, not bad for a first issue. That's about it for now...this will
give Micheal something to work on for a while. I hope everyone gets
this. Enjoy.
=K=
