Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Mr Smith Rants

"I really can't stand it when blokes feel the need to comment on your drinking habits. It's rampant, all that malarkey: New Labour trying to keep people alive for ever. I don't see them berating the royals or their backbenchers about having a cig or a large gin in the afternoon. If you put it in the context of the current climate, having a few pints and a Benson after work is hardly the worst crime. It's the same when you go to the doctor. It's common knowledge that some doctors are the worst degenerates in existence. They've been on everything in their time. But as soon as you tell them you've got a bad back or a gammy leg, their first question is, "Well, are you a smoker?" What the fuck does that have to do with it? I'm annoyed by the lack of smoking on TV as well. We should have more ashtrays on morning TV, and presenters wheezing."

Mark E Smith's autobiography "Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E Smith" is due out later this month. Should be a brilliant caustic...

Extracts are on the Guardian website. Find them yerselves you lazy proles.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Rock Implodes on its sorry self


The fallout from this still reverberates today...