“I don’t think a true Morrissey fan would want to see a Morrissey cover band,” Barbu says without a hint of inflection. “Morrissey would be depressed if he showed up here. He’d cry for a week. Have you seen those people around here wearing T-shirts that say ‘Got Morrissey?’ instead of ‘Got Milk?’ It’s ridiculous. Morrissey would hate this.” It’s obvious that Barbu and Hensley are smart, and they’re endlessly, hopelessly sarcastic. There was a time when they would have embodied everything Morrissey seemed to represent. But Moz didn’t hang on to his friends. He found new ones who liked him more.
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