The World of The Smiths and Morrissey by Angie J Cooke nee Lewis

KILL UNCLE 30 Year Anniversary 1991-2021 The classic Kill Uncle sleeve Dickie Felton , boss chap and author of The Day I Met Morrissey and Morrissey International Airport - Travels with a Pop Star and his People , kindly invited me to get involved in a project he's undertaken to mark the 30 year anniversary (I KNOW!) of the release of Mozzer's second solo studio album Kill Uncle :   https://dickiefelton.com/2021/01/22/kill-uncle-at-30-oddball-album-or-timeless-classic/ Below are the questions Dickie asked, together with my responses: Name:  Angie Cooke (nee Lewis) Age:  48 Where are you from: Huddersfield, England, UK Can you remember buying Kill Uncle?  Yes, on cassette as that was my format of choice at the time. Affordable and portable, what's not to love? I still have it, too!        Me with my original Kill Uncle (on tape!), purchased at the time of release in 1991 What did you think of the record?  I liked it, but at the time I didn'...

The Death of Elizabeth Anne Dwyer Elizabeth Anne Dwyer , the adored and treasured mother of (Steven Patrick Francis)   Morrissey , sadly passed away earlier this month (August 2020).  This is my small but entirely heartfelt tribute to her. Morrissey and his Mum May you forever Rest In Power, Elizabeth Anne Dwyer .   The unshakeable belief you had in your beloved son was so immense, so strong and so beautiful.  He has changed countless lives across the globe, including mine, which you played a huge part in.  Thank you ❤🙏 Photo courtesy of John from Venus Flowers of Manchester, after he delivered the bouquet I sent to the home of Elizabeth Anne Dwyer Rest In Power, Elizabeth Anne Dwyer.  L ove, Angela Jennifer Cooke  Beloved: Worldwide Tribute to Elizabeth Anne Dwyer courtesy of Morrissey Central August 31, 2020 https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/276461-beloved

MORRISSEY – FIRST DIRECT ARENA, LEEDS FRIDAY, 06 MARCH 2020 Vocals:  MORRISSEY Guitars:  BOZ BOORER Guitars:  JESSE TOBIAS Bass:  MANDO LOPEZ Drums:  MATT WALKER Keyboards:  GUSTAVO MANZUR Support:  None Moz Tour Poster 2020: All four European Dates.  Sadly, Paris was called off due to the Corona virus (aka  Miley Cyrus) Before I begin, if I may, I’d like to go back in the mists of time now to two years ago.  After the European tour was pulled in the summer of 2018, I really thought that Moz would never play in Blighty again. I had tickets for both of the Manchester Castlefield Bowl dates, as did some of my friends who had travelled all the way from the US and Canada, and we were all devastated to say the very least. Please do forgive my rant now, but a certain so-called “Superstar” DJ who held his pathetic little anti-Morrissey event on the same night as the ill-fated first Castlefield date, who wa...

THE RECESSION: A COMPANY IN PROFILE THE ROUGH TRADE GROUP It's a right Rough Trade, is the entertainment business! For the Final Year Project of my A Level equivalent course ( BTEC National Certificate in Business and Finance ) which I completed at what was then Huddersfield Technical College (now Kirklees College Huddersfield Centre ), I submitted an assignment entitled: "The Recession and Rough Trade" , which involved me investigating and examining the impact of the economic decline of the time in 1991 on an iconic record label.  I was required to relay my findings by means of a presentation, which I was able to achieve with the aid of some significant props.  These were vinyl releases (from my personal collection) by The Smiths , by a considerable distance the biggest success story in the "indie" music scene in which the label founder Geoff Travis , who signed the band to Rough Trade  before they split in 1987, played a huge part. The lege...