Posts tagged moz

Day: 601

Shirt: Morrissey - Oh Manchester So Much To Answer For

Color: White

Brand: Gilden Softstyle

Source: yeah i went to the Morrissey show last night at Hollywood High.  yeah it was pretty fucking good.  solid set list, good energy, great crowd and awesome venue.  pretty much all you could ask for.  no complaints here.  I’m just glad it wasn’t a let down show.  it really delivered and i was really happy for that.  if that was the last Morrissey show i ever went to i would be ok with it.  

side note dude has been working out..  dang.  i hope i look that ripped when i 60.

Day: 596 Shirt: Morrissey - Head Shot Color: Black Brand: Gilden Heavy Cotton Source: Just me being bummed that Morrissey Cancelled his Kimmel performance i had tickets to tonight.  THIS is also me being stoked about the show he put on sale this AM to play at Hollywood High School that i got tickets to!   For some reason the idea of MOZ playing in a cafeteria or something similar sounds so entertaining to me.  If for nothing else that to hear what kind of banter Morrissey comes up with based on this location.  This picture below really sums up what i expect out of this show…

Day: 596

Shirt: Morrissey - Head Shot

Color: Black

Brand: Gilden Heavy Cotton

Source: Just me being bummed that Morrissey Cancelled his Kimmel performance i had tickets to tonight.  THIS is also me being stoked about the show he put on sale this AM to play at Hollywood High School that i got tickets to!  

For some reason the idea of MOZ playing in a cafeteria or something similar sounds so entertaining to me.  If for nothing else that to hear what kind of banter Morrissey comes up with based on this location.  This picture below really sums up what i expect out of this show…

Day #166 the Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

Day: 166

Shirt: the Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

Color: White

Brand: Tag Missing

Source: This hands down is my favorite Smiths record.  I know it is the record that broke the band up, or so they say, but to me i may be biased.  I will try to paint  a picture for you.  When i was a Jr. in high school, i got my very first car it was a 1970 VW Fastback, Oxidized orange with a white racing stripe along the bottom.  It wasn’t pretty, but it was mine and i loved it.  

It had a tape player in side and a decent stereo.  Nothing that would go boom, or anything but it did the trick.  After say day 3 of having this car i put in my Strangeways cassette in and i felt like i had a newfound freedom that i never felt before.  trips to the gas station to fill up on REGULAR gas, not unleaded for 97 cents a gallon.  Trips to the store to get one item, drive over to friends houses just to see if they are home.  load of the car with my friends and go hit the local church for a thursday night session i had it all.  All except power windows, air conditioning, and that kind of thing but i made due.  I had a stereo that played cassettes and that was all that mattered to me. 

So after a good 3 days straight of driving around Sacramento with the Strangeways as my soundtrack i thought it was time too move on, to something else, maybe it was Music for The Masses or Misfits at that time, some dark shit :).  this 1970 VW Fastback had its own opinion of what i should listen to and refused to eject my tape.  Screwdrivers and paperclips were of no use, it wasn’t going to budge.  In lieu of damaging the stereo and having no music at all i decided to hang with Strangeways for the next year or so.  everywhere i went, it was Girlfriend in a Coma, Stop Me, Rush..it was engrained in my brain.  I didn’t care though.  Imagine that today, there isn’t much i could get stuck in my player without taking a crowbar to it and smashing it before i went crazy.  but Strangeways could play and play and play and i would never think twice about it.

I think i ended up selling the car tape included to a friend of mine and that was that. Still to this day i can listen to that album and it brings me nothing but good memories.  and every time i get into an old car that smells of gas, oil and weird fiber seats it time warps me back to when i was 17 again instantly.  That car and that album were good to me.

Day: 136 Shirt: Morrissey - The Barber Shop Color: White Brand: Gilden Source: So, Last night was one of 3 Morrissey shows i bought tickets to.  I tools some friends with me who are Morrissey fans as well, but not the nerdy level i am.  Tickets were kinda steep, I’m not gonna lie, hurt for me to even pay for them.  but like i said in previous posts, i always go in hopes of the next show being better than the last, i have hopes..otherwise why would i go.  so yeah, tix $75.  Moz played 14 songs, and hour and 15 min. I was thinking about what i would pay for $75 an hour.  these things came to mind. A Good Massage A Car Mechanic A Cheap Lawyer (not such a good thing to be cheap about) An Expensive Meal. A Psychiatrist I’m sure there are more (feel free to leave them in the comments) but my point is (to my friends who felt cheated) there are a lot of things that we waste money on in our lives, and i guess its all just a matter of perspective.  If i said hey, wanna come to this party where Morrissey is gonna play for an hour, but its invite only and 75 bucks, you would be in. If i said hey, Morrissey is on the Corner and is playing songs for you for $4.41 to hear one, I’m sure you would buy 10! right?  my point is yeah it was pricy, but if you were there last night it was because you absolutely loved Morrissey and the smiths at one point, and you don’t even love a mechanic, or a lawyer they are just necessities.  so this was a labor of love. Granted, i would have liked a little better song selection, there were some deep cuts that i woulda traded in to hear some older MOZ hits but hey, i don’t get to pick and choose you know.  which brings me to my next idea.  ill put it out there.  any band can feel free to steal it. but.. New tour idea. next time a band announces a tour BEFORE it goes on sale.  pick the setlist for each city.  change it up, so each night is different.  then put the fix on sale, so you know exactly what kind of set you are going to hear that night.  if i want the deep cuts night, i will travel to Tallahassee, if i want the hits night i can go to portland.  I i want to see the night where the only time they play the one rare b side i love is in north Dakota, i can pack my bags.  think about it.  good idea right. Ironically on the “less sunny side of the street” on the same night you have the Cure playing for over 3hrs. which in my opinion was a little too long. Oh yeah I’m not the kind of guy to buy a shirt and wear it next day, but i had something to say, and hey, its a good shirt.

Day: 136

Shirt: Morrissey - The Barber Shop

Color: White

Brand: Gilden

Source: So, Last night was one of 3 Morrissey shows i bought tickets to.  I tools some friends with me who are Morrissey fans as well, but not the nerdy level i am.  Tickets were kinda steep, I’m not gonna lie, hurt for me to even pay for them.  but like i said in previous posts, i always go in hopes of the next show being better than the last, i have hopes..otherwise why would i go.  so yeah, tix $75.  Moz played 14 songs, and hour and 15 min.

I was thinking about what i would pay for $75 an hour.  these things came to mind.

A Good Massage

A Car Mechanic

A Cheap Lawyer (not such a good thing to be cheap about)

An Expensive Meal.

A Psychiatrist

I’m sure there are more (feel free to leave them in the comments) but my point is (to my friends who felt cheated) there are a lot of things that we waste money on in our lives, and i guess its all just a matter of perspective.  If i said hey, wanna come to this party where Morrissey is gonna play for an hour, but its invite only and 75 bucks, you would be in.

If i said hey, Morrissey is on the Corner and is playing songs for you for $4.41 to hear one, I’m sure you would buy 10! right?  my point is yeah it was pricy, but if you were there last night it was because you absolutely loved Morrissey and the smiths at one point, and you don’t even love a mechanic, or a lawyer they are just necessities.  so this was a labor of love.

Granted, i would have liked a little better song selection, there were some deep cuts that i woulda traded in to hear some older MOZ hits but hey, i don’t get to pick and choose you know.  which brings me to my next idea.  ill put it out there.  any band can feel free to steal it. but..

New tour idea. next time a band announces a tour BEFORE it goes on sale.  pick the setlist for each city.  change it up, so each night is different.  then put the fix on sale, so you know exactly what kind of set you are going to hear that night.  if i want the deep cuts night, i will travel to Tallahassee, if i want the hits night i can go to portland.  I i want to see the night where the only time they play the one rare b side i love is in north Dakota, i can pack my bags.  think about it.  good idea right.

Ironically on the “less sunny side of the street” on the same night you have the Cure playing for over 3hrs. which in my opinion was a little too long.

Oh yeah I’m not the kind of guy to buy a shirt and wear it next day, but i had something to say, and hey, its a good shirt.

Day: 127 Shirt: Morrissey - Kill Uncle Color: White Brand: Hanes Source: One of my favorite holidays is coming up soon.  no its not thanks giving…but i do give thanks that Morrisey can still write a song, tour, and keep fans happy after like 40+ years.  thats pretty epic.  i wish i was good at something and i could stay at a job for 40 years.  perhaps he makes it interesting for himself by seeing wheat crazy shit he can demand, or outrageous requests he could make.  I’m going to tell everyone in the office here not to wear cotton cause i find it kills the earth and see how that goes over. Excited to see Morrissey next week two times. its a big week.  The Cure, Morrissey, and Noel Gallagher..so yeah.

Day: 127

Shirt: Morrissey - Kill Uncle

Color: White

Brand: Hanes

Source: One of my favorite holidays is coming up soon.  no its not thanks giving…but i do give thanks that Morrisey can still write a song, tour, and keep fans happy after like 40+ years.  thats pretty epic.  i wish i was good at something and i could stay at a job for 40 years.  perhaps he makes it interesting for himself by seeing wheat crazy shit he can demand, or outrageous requests he could make.  I’m going to tell everyone in the office here not to wear cotton cause i find it kills the earth and see how that goes over.

Excited to see Morrissey next week two times. its a big week.  The Cure, Morrissey, and Noel Gallagher..so yeah.

Day: 101 Shirt: Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar Tour Color: White Brand: NO TAG Source:  So there it was..yesterday was 100 shirts.  did anyone care?  or was it usual internet greed of all take and no give.  should i keep posting these things up?  hauling a camera around with me on every trip i go to?  sitting around a trying to come up with something worthwhile to say about each post? probably not, you wouldn’t care if i stopped today or in 2 weeks from now.  i will be just as interesting to your life as some video of a guy getting hit in the balls by his sons football.   chalk it up to short attention spans i guess.  but this blog is way more for me than it is for any of you, like most things in my life.  i will continue to to do them as long as i enjoy it whiter you like it or not.  that is just me.  haven’t really cared much about popularity my whole life, now shouldn’t be much different.   This shirt today was bought straight off the back of someone at a club.  i think i traded the guy a vinyl version of whatever band was playing for it.  he took his friends button up and walked in to the bathroom and swapped it out, and viola, i am the proud owner of a morrissey shirt form my fav era, Southpaw Grammar.  whats the moral of this story?  I will buy the motherfucking shirt off your back at a show, so watch out, i keep a pocket full of cash for such an occasion, and I’m not scared to ask.

Day: 101

Shirt: Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar Tour

Color: White

Brand: NO TAG

Source:  So there it was..yesterday was 100 shirts.  did anyone care?  or was it usual internet greed of all take and no give.  should i keep posting these things up?  hauling a camera around with me on every trip i go to?  sitting around a trying to come up with something worthwhile to say about each post? probably not, you wouldn’t care if i stopped today or in 2 weeks from now.  i will be just as interesting to your life as some video of a guy getting hit in the balls by his sons football.   chalk it up to short attention spans i guess.  but this blog is way more for me than it is for any of you, like most things in my life.  i will continue to to do them as long as i enjoy it whiter you like it or not.  that is just me.  haven’t really cared much about popularity my whole life, now shouldn’t be much different.  

This shirt today was bought straight off the back of someone at a club.  i think i traded the guy a vinyl version of whatever band was playing for it.  he took his friends button up and walked in to the bathroom and swapped it out, and viola, i am the proud owner of a morrissey shirt form my fav era, Southpaw Grammar.  whats the moral of this story?  I will buy the motherfucking shirt off your back at a show, so watch out, i keep a pocket full of cash for such an occasion, and I’m not scared to ask.

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