May 23, 2026

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr is an English-born Irish musician, singer and songwriter. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous other bands and embarked on a solo career.

Slow Joy

Registered Historical Facts: Slow Joy is Miserable Now, Morrissey death threats, and Mike Joyce to release his autobiography

vusleeper September 19, 2025

In Morrissey/The Smiths news: Slow Joy releases “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now”, Morrissey’s life is threaten, and Mike Joyce releases his autobiography, The Drums.

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Registered Historical Facts 2025

vusleeper August 17, 2025

When I was moving, I couldn’t bring everything with me. So, I thought the easiest thing was to leave my CDs, DVDs, and books behind. I figure I had already ripped all my DVDs and CDs, and, you know, I could always rebuild. I just didn’t have the room to bring everything with me.
Turns out, leaving books and CDs behind was one of the biggest regrets of my life.

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Pigeon Pit

Minneapolis: This Week (10/20/2024)

vusleeper October 12, 2024

Minneapolis: This Week (10/20/2024) - Pigeon Pit, julie, Mdou Moctar, Cortex, Superchunk, The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain, Johnny Marr and James , Daniel Nunnelee, Everclear, Skillet and Seether

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Blitz Vega

Smiths is it!

vusleeper February 27, 2024

In celebration of the late Andy Rourke, Blitz Vega announced his final album Northern Gentlemen. This was Rourke’s last project with Kav Blaggers. Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr is a greatest hits album from guitarist extraordinaire Johnny Marr came out last year. Unfortunately, no The Smiths songs on the tracklisting. This is probably due to rights issue and most likely because they wanted to keep this strictly Marr’s solo work. The official Morrissey merchandise store, Mporium is offering a limited-edition Morrissey Peace Sign Harrington Jacket for £85 pre-order (shipping in April 2024). Unfortunately, this is only offered on their UK website. I kind of want it, I would’ve ordered it, but unfortunately, I don’t live in the UK.

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Remembering Andy Rourke

vusleeper May 21, 2023

The news of Andy Rourke’s death came to me suddenly on Friday. I had no idea the former The Smiths bassist was dying… but on retrospect, I should have seen it coming. Especially since I wrote about how Rourke and Johnny Marr came together to produce “Strong Forever” in Jan 2023. The two were friends since the age of 13, before joining The Smiths, and it was likely a dying man’s last request.

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More Morrissey: Blitz Vega and The More You Ignore Me

vusleeper January 16, 2023

Blitz Vega’s “Strong Forever”, What is incredibly important about this single is that it features a team-up of Andy Rourke and Johnny Marr, a long time The Smiths reunion of some sort… a meeting that only took 35 years in the making. We all know that Morrissey has never forgiven the other band members (and in fact had an online spat with Marr a few years ago), so seeing Rourke and Marr together is good enough for me!

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Minneapolis: September 17 to September 19, 2018

vusleeper September 13, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 17 to...

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