"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... _________________________________________________ | \ | S T R A N G E W A Y S > |_________________________________________________/ 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" ------ 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%mac.dartmouth.edu@ICS.UCI.EDU 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 ----- 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: kkawado@bonnie.ics.uci.edu. Send all requests for subscriptions to Strangeways to Micahel.C.Massengale@mac.dartmouth.edu (tell your friends!). ----- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 91 21:28:56 -0800 From: Carrion Child 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 ----- From: kkawado@bonnie.ics.uci.edu 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= ----- From: kkawado@bonnie.ics.uci.edu 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= ----- Date: 23 Feb 91 21:23:38 From: Michael.C.Massengale%mac.dartmouth.edu@ICS.UCI.EDU 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).] ----- 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=