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: : Kind Mr. Y (may I call you "Y" or do you insist : : on formality?): : : : On a possibly related note... : : Wherefore derive you, a self-professed Voodo- : : Billy Man, such effortless conversational : : knowledge of that quintessentially "eighties" : : British pop combo The Smiths? Careful, my good : : man, or you run the risk of invoking the wrath : of : : Patrique and the contempt of Lady Di with such : : musical associations. As for me, well, I will : : simply quote Christopher Rock from his : brilliant : : and by now classic repartee on OJ : : Simpson: "...now I'm not saying what he did : was : : right - but I understand..." : : Simplistically Yours, : : Chancaca! : . : Actually, Chancaca!, with Detroit being similar : to Manchester in geographic locale(both being : decadent Northern industrial cities) and basic : taste(dark, forboding, bleak), I became aware of : certain similar music "scenes" early on in my : development. As an avowed anti- : electronica/dance "punk" in the early '80s, I : never got into Joy Division/ New Order but The : Smiths, regardless of Morrissey's gay Meat is : Murder stance, at least were a simple traditional : 4-piece outfit devoid of computer enhancement. : Love 'em or hate 'em, Johnny Marr's talent with : that 12-string Rickenbacher back in 1986 was : unprecedented. I fully admit to a fascination as : a 15-year-old of this Brit band coming to America : and exploring Americana(for lack of a better : word) and way before U2 did it. Morrissey filming : a video in James Dean's hometown, hiring Boz : Boorer(perhaps the UK's : best "rockabilly"[rockabilly being an undeniably : American phenomenon] guitarist) for his band, his : living in LA for a spell, etc. all allow me to : respect the band/Morrissey, regardless of my : distaste for their/his politics, etc. You never : saw Robert Smith hanging out in Vegas, Memphis, : etc.!!! : I now await numerous and various vicious replies : to this post denouncing me as an art fag, : etc....lol. But I'm SURE not a single one of you : was blasting Johnny Cash while wrenching on small- : block Chevys at Jimbo's Garage drinking Pabsts : dressed in cuffed black Levis and wifebeaters : thinking about what next traditional tattoo : you're gonna get to complete your sleeves back in : 1983. Spare me all that bullshit. : I also rode a skateboard. Wish I still had my : Skull Skates Hosoi "Hammerhead" deck. Could : prolly sell that on eBay now for $200+. : YDSM