A Manchester bookstore recently played host to a launch party for Gavin Hopps’s study of Morrissey’s work – about which USA Today said “Dive in, grab a highlighter, and savor the plentiful footnotes.” Which, let’s face it, are probably more fun to savor than the flavor of murder.
Here’s some footage of the book launch, from a Manchester news site (that’s not Gavin on the drums, by the way):
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A really terrifying section of the first video occurs between :20 and :25 in which one sees Gavin Hopps age 50 years in 5 seconds. Yikes.