If you’re “feeling upbeat and optimistic about life,” said Dave Itzkoff in The New York Times, that may soon change: Morrissey, the “dour dauphin of rock,” has announced that he’s writing his memoirs. Apparently, the former Smiths frontman and “symbol of romanticized depression” wants to “communicate directly with his fans,” without the “filter of the mainstream media.”
Great, said Sean Michaels in the Guardian online, now Morrissey can “talk about himself, seals, and vegetarianism” as much as he wants. It’s not hard to predict what this autobiography will offer: “More than 25% of his Wikipedia page is taken up by the sections on ‘Music Industry Feuds,’ ‘[Arguments with] Political Leaders,’ ‘Accusations of Racism’ and ‘Animal Rights.’”
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