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Are you a diehard Smiths fan? This month you're going broke with all these magazines featuring Morrissey or Johnny Marr on its covers.

NME
www.nme.com

Go, Johnny, Go! Sure, as Johnny Marr readies for his upcoming USA 2013 tour, he wins this year's NME's Godlike Genius Award. No big deal, just another day in the Marr universe.

Johnny Marr is on the cover of the latest print edition of NME (16 Feb 2013), the magazine is on newsstand in the UK now.

You can preview the issue on issuu.com

NME describes the issue as:

Johnny Marr: Ultimate Guitar Hero - Inside This Week's Magazine
This year's Godlike Genius Award goes to the man whose guitar skills redefined indie music forever. Full interview with Marr himself where he reflects on his entire career, looks to the future, has a pop at the government and settles the score on The Smiths reunion rumours, for now...

Thanks to @bentcousin.

LOADED
loaded.co.uk

Loaded's latest issue (March 2013) featured Johnny Marr, but their February 2013 clearly shows Morrissey's head under a naked woman on its cover. As I have previously mentioned, this is a lad's mag.

Here is how Loaded describe the Feb issue:

This issue loaded celebrates legends: the men and women who are so astonishingly damn good that they rise beyond the usual dross to become proper icons. We talk hell raising with Arnie, music with Morrissey, rom coms with Gerard Butler and punch ups with Britain’s best heavyweight, David Haye. But if all this excellence is too much for you, we speak to the man who holds the world record the most world records (yes really) and crown Alan Partridge’s PA Lynn as our Greatest Living Englishman. We also get to see Floyd Mayweather’s Mrs wearing very little and get warm and cosy with the stunning Sabine. Only in loaded issue 228, on sale now.

MOJO
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In Mojo's previous magazine (cover date: February 2013), Johnny Marr is on its cover - along with a special CD called "Marr and Friends". Over the years of buying import magazines, my favorite has always been Select… but after their death, I've really come around to really loving Mojo.

Excerpt of the issue's description:

In this issue

FREE CD! MARR AND FRIENDS: A celebration of Johnny’s genius by Edwyn Collins, John Frusciante, Sandie Shaw, Beth Orton, The Cribs, Modest Mouse, The The & more...

JOHNNY MARR: Can the Smiths genius, solo at last, out-sprint the shadow of the ’80s greatest band? And what’s the truth about The The and the tomatoes? Plus: tributes by Noel Gallagher, Radiohead, and more.

Q MAGAZINE
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Finally, not to be outdone, Q Magazine's March 2013 issue put Morrissey (circa 1986-era) photo with the captions "The Ten Greatest Gigs... Of All Time". Then on the lower corner, we also see a modern Johnny Marr answering questions "for cash". Is this a new thing? Do fans send in money to have their heroes answer their questions? And if that's true, why would you ask "What did Morrissey’s teenage bedroom smell like?" Trust me, no one wants to know.

Excerpt of the issue's description:

Q320 March 2013

Plus Johnny Marr, Kraftwerk, Jake Bugg, David Bowie & more

The ten big questions answered by the new issue of Q:
1. What are The Ten Greatest Gigs Of All Time? The Smiths. Oasis. White Stripes. Madonna. Nirvana. U2…
Find out which iconic shows have made the cut – complete with exclusive archive pictures – and have your say… Heated debate guaranteed

3. What did Morrissey’s teenage bedroom smell like?
Johnny Marr answers your Cash For Questions

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W♥M058: Q Magazine's Britpop Quiz

W♥M058 (53 mins)

 

Me Me Me - Hanging Around

Recorded in the same session as Britpop Top Ten Countdown (which I still consider the best show ever), this super hard quiz was written by some hardcore journalist at Q Magazine, published in a paperback book called Q Quiz Book. The book is free, along with Q Greatest Rock & Pop Miscellany Book, as bonuses for an annual subscription. I got the book via one of their magazine off the stand.

Some questions are dubious, as far as Britpop is concern, like The Verve question... but overall one of the better quiz out there.

The later part of the show, we talk a bit about The Abercrombie Hotel closing down, Pavement, and Empire of the Sun.

Also, don't forget to see DJ Sal in Sydney at britpop.com.au.

Below are the questions and answers.

Q Quiz				Answer				Points
01 From which London suburb did The Bluetones hail?				Hounslow				0
02 What was the Boo Radley's debut album called?				Ichabod and I (1990)				0
03 What was the name of Elastica's long-delayed second album?				The Menace (2000)				1
04 What was Pulp's original name?				Abacus Pulp				1.5
05 What was the name of the band fronted by Danny Goffrey's wife Pearl?				Powder				1
06 What was the name of Sleeper's first Top 10 single?				"Sale of the Century"				0.5
07 Who replaced Bernard Butler on Suede?				Richard Oakes				1.5
08 What were Blur originally known as?				Seymour				1
09 Which Ocean Colour Scene song was the theme music on Chris Evans's TV show TFI Friday?				"The Riverboat Song"				1
10 Which Britpop supergroup featured both Blur's Alex James and Justine Frischmann Justin Welch from Elastica?				Me Me Me				1.5
11 How many Brit Awards did the Verve take home in 1998?				3				0
12 In which year was Pulp's first Peel Session?				1981				1
13 What was the name of Echobelly's singer?				Sonya Madan				0
14 Which Britpop frontman had his shoes stolen by muggers in 1997?				Rick Witter				0
15 Which member of John Power's band Cast also performed with Shack?				Peter Wilkinson				0
16 One of the follow was not a member of Kula Shaker. Which one? a) Alonza Bevan b) Jay Darlington c) Steve Peck d) Paul Winterhart				C				0
17 Who was the singer of the Seahorses, John Squire's post-Stone Roses outfit?				Chris Helme				0
18 Which member of Dodgy went out with Denise Van Outen?				Andy Miller				0
19 In 1995, with Britpop at its zenith, which three acts headlined the Reading Festival?				Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, and Neil Diamond				0
20 What item of furniture played a prominent role in the video to Supergrass's Alright?				bed				1
21 What was Marion frontman Jaime Harding convicted of stealing in 2000?				a garden gnome				0
22 Which Britpop outfit were the first to appear on Top of the Pops without releasing a record?				Menswe@r				0
23 How many Top 5 UK albums did Space manage?				2				1
24 Gene's 1994 debut single For the Dead came in a limited run of how many?				1994				0
25 Which former member of Pulp now runs a ceramics shop?				Nick Banks				1
Bonus Questions
26 The infamous "Battle of Britpop" - name the two singles by Oasis and Blur that went head to head that same week. Bonus point: Who won in term of most singles sold.				"Roll With It" vs "Country House"; Blur won the battle (but Oasis won the war).				1.5
27 Elastica stole the guitar riff of "Connection" from what 70s punk band? Bonus point: name the song.				Wire; "Three Girl Rhumba"				0
28 Name Blur's bassist Alex James' unusual hobby?				Cheese lover				1
29 Before Kanye's "I'll let you finish" upstage, which Britpop maverick danced his way on stage during Michael Jackson's performance of an award show. Bonus point: name the award show.				Jarvis Cocker; The Brit Award				1.5
30 Name the lead singers of (1) Oasis, (2) Blur, (3) Pulp, (4) Suede, (5) Sleeper, and (6) Elastica.				Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Brett Anderson, Louise Wener, and Justine Frischmann				3

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News: Q Quiz Book and Edward Elgar Turns 150

 

 

Q Quiz Book

This was a free book that came with last month's Q Magazine. There's special categories for Oasis and Nirvana, etc, but I'm going to pick selections from their music genre category. I picked these questions because I didn't know the answer to them (well except for the Motley Crue question).

SELECTIONS FROM THE ESSENTIAL Q QUIZ BOOK INDIE: Upon which book is The Cure's Killing an Arab based? METAL: What is the name of Motley Crue's autobiography? HIP HOP: What did the BIG in Notorious BIG stand for? PUNK: Who was replaced in the Sex Pistols by Sid Vicious? POP: Name two members of Erasure.

If you need these questions answered, let me know, I'll do the research and post it later :)

 

 

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance (5 marches for orchestra Op. 39) - No. 01

Excerpt from NPR: Edward Elgar, Britain's Musical Icon, Turns 150 (written by Tom Huizenga):

 

This year-June 2nd to be exact-there's another such birthday. Edward Elgar was born 150 years ago in the west of England. He's no Mozart. In fact, he doesn't even come close to a top-10 list of all-time great composers, and there won't be much hoopla over the anniversary in this country.

After all, over here, we know Elgar almost exclusively for writing a little marching tune that gets trotted out about this time of year when students graduate. It's from Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1."

Related Entry: Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance

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