Good Looking Man About Town

Ah yes, it's today ... the 49th birthday of Morrissey, my favorite star. Still a charming man (heh), the former Smiths frontman is readying the release of "All You Need is Me," the second single -- out June 2nd according to morrissey-solo -- from his latest Greatest Hits collection. Mozzer, you don't look too shabby.

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Paint a Vulgar Picture, my friends ... Morrissey gets sketched.



Check out Etchasketchist's Flickr page for more sketchy badassery. Amy Winehouse, NY Giants QB Eli Manning, Herbie Hancock, and Eliot Spitzer are just a few who also receive some lineographic love.

Don't forget, Morrissey's long-awaited booty shot in his Greatest Hits album drops via Decca today! Is your head on the bar yet?

Thanks Briana!

If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me: Morrissey Photo Exhibit

If you're a Moz fan-for-life like myself, you know that there's nothing like a Morrissey fan. They're ultimately devoted, passionately and madly in love with Steven Patrick Morrissey, aka Morrissey--the man who's best known for making moping around a thing of style. NYC-based photographer, Ryan McGinley, knows this quite well. He spent the last two years following Moz's maniacal fan base across the US, the UK, and Mexico. His photo exhibition, Irregular Regulars, debuted at Team Gallery, (83 Grand Street, between Wooster & Green, 6-8, NYC) last Thursday, and is scheduled to run through the 10th of February.

Thanks to Morrissey-Solo for the heads up!
*Photo credit: Untitled (Morrissey 17), 2006, color photograph, 14 x 9 inches.

MacKenzieLand: Top 10 Albums of 2006

1. White Whale – WWI
[Featuring members of the Get Up Kids, Butterglory, The Higher Burning Fire, and Boys Life, the Lawrence, KS quintet is everything indie rock is searching for.]


2. The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
[Yeah he's sober now, but Greg Dulli still kills.]


3. Joanna Newsom – Ys
[I tried to ignore her, but Newsom is lovely.]


4. Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
[Gorgeous sonic goodness that'll make Lush fans squeal.]


5. Tap Tap – Lanzafame
[Reading, England's answer to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.]


6. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
[Just one listen to "Life Is a Pigsty" and you'll understand why this Moz album rules.]


7. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
[A Sub Pop gem featuring former members of Carissa's Wierd.]


8. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - The Dust of Retreat
[A New York City scape lush in poetry and romance. Thank you Richard Edwards.]


9. Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics
[Lady is a vamp. 'Nuff said.]


10. I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness - Fear Is on Our Side
[Sounds like early '90s synth rock without the kitsch. Second coming of 24 Gone?]


Honorable mentions:
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles
Isobel Campbell - Milk White Sheets
Russian Circles - Enter
The Long Winters - Putting The Days To Bed
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Nelly Furtado - Loose
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
Black Heart Procession - The Spell
Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist
Jim Noir – Tower of Love
Dani Siciliano - Slappers
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Rosewood Thieves - From the Decker House EP
The Walkmen - Pussy Cats

Morrissey Just Wants to See the Boy Happy

"I Just Want To See The Boy Happy," the fourth single from Morrissey's 2006 stunner, Ringleader of the Tormentors, hit the U.K. yesterday. The new single is available on Maxi CD, limited edition gatefold 7" vinyl, limited edition picture disc 7" vinyl, AND digital download (via iTunes). All formats will feature previously unreleased b-sides, including live recordings. Live versions of "Speedway" and "Late Night, Maudlin Street?" KILLER!

The U.K. Maxi CD single:
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Sweetie-Pie
I Want The One I Can't Have (recorded live at The Royal Albert Hall 2002)
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy (enhanced video)

The U.K. limited edition gatefold 7" vinyl single:
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Speedway (recorded live at The Royal Albert Hall 2002)

The U.K. limited edition picture disc 7" vinyl single:
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
Late Night, Maudlin Street (recorded live at The Royal Albert Hall 2002)

MP3: Sweetie Pie Thanks Torr!

Because It's November