“‘Private Diary Of A Middle-Aged Man’, Morrissey interview by Shaun Phillips. Cover (‘Confessions Of A Big Mouth’) and inside photos by Mary Scanlon. Topics: ‘Viva Hate’, lyrics, touring, ‘Rank’, collaborations, plans, new songs.”
Tag Archives: Morrissey
Smash Hits – December 1988 Yearbook
“A Day In The Life Of Morrissey”
“Very interesting and entertaining insight into Morrissey’s daily life, from his own point of view.”
Rockin’ On – May 1988
Japanese translation of the Len Brown interview done in the February NME.
No. 1 – 12 March 1988
“Selection of Morrissey quotes, on a wide variety of topics.”
NME – 13-20 February 1988
“Morrissey interview by Len Brown: “Morrissey Gets It Off His Chest” / “Born To Be Wilde”. Photos by Eammon J. McCabe. Morrissey on cover. Topics: Smiths split, Johnny Marr, the 1985 legal problems with Rough Trade, the current chart thoughts, hip-hop and rap, The Primitives, his acting debut, success, Oscar Wilde, the South Bank Show, old age and politics. The issue also includes news about the new single “Suedehead”.”
Just Seventeen – March 1988
“Featured a two page profile and a fact-file which listed Morrissey’s hobbies as ‘taxidermy and wig upholstery.’ There was also a full page photo, the same as the recent NME cover.”
Hero – December 1988
“Rewrite of the interview originally published in Blitz in April”
Fabiola – January 1988
“Interview with Morrissey following The Smiths’ split, by Christian Sevret, with photographs by Paul Slattery and Zybsin Rodak. Morrissey on cover.”
Elle – March 1988
“Very short interview by Elisa Van Poznak titled “Morrissey Strikes Again / The Mouth That Roared”. Full page photo by Kevin Davies.”
Crossbeat – October 1988
“Extensive Smiths/Morrissey history and discography for fans of imported rock. Cover colour photo. Photo credits: cover by Tom Sheehan; article photos by Ron Delaney, Peter Anderson, Kenji Kubo, Jo Novark and Cindy Palmano.”
Illness As Art 