The "Smiths"

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To Live In The Past.. - Rated
There is no doubt that to live in the past is not the most intellegent course of action to undertake. I doubt very much whether anyone who was a teenager during The Smiths reign still actually listens to their music. We all grow old, tastes change, people move on.
However, The Smiths image was undeniably enticing and I suppose I will forgive myself one day for stepping back in time to relive that image once more.
Never forget though that real life is in the present.. How Soon Is Now..

These charming men! - Rated
This is a book of photographs. But it is a collection of photographs of the greatest band in the history of popular music. Pictures of The Smiths between 83-84 when they were fresh faced mavericks wielding gladioli and Woolworth's jewellery as they took on the world.

I know very little if anything about photography but I do know that these pictures moved me and left me very nostalgic for a time in my distant past when I would have readily sold my grandmother to a travelling circus had Steven Patrick Morrissey or Johnny Marr ever asked me to.

If you have ever loved The Smiths (and you had to love them, you could never just `like' them) then you need this book more than your kidneys. Drape yourself on the settee , throw on `Hatful of hollow' (preferably vinyl) and savour these images as the handsomely devilish memories come flooding back. Unutterable bliss!