{"id":875,"date":"2008-05-22T22:50:22","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T06:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2008-05-22T22:50:22","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T06:50:22","slug":"a-morrissey-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/a-morrissey-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"A Morrissey Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last night, the entire Sister Wolf family got off our asses and went to see the Dresden Dolls<\/a> perform at the Wiltern. The Sons were intent on standing right by the stage, and did so.<\/p>\n

The Husband and I chose to take one of the few tables in the back of the theater, the better to have a drink and sit our two asses back down. It’s not like I can’t stand up for hours and scream my head off if I want to, but last night I didn’t want to, and here’s why: \u00a0 Because god in his infinite wisdom wanted to let me cast my eyes upon Morrissey, who stood just a few feet away from me!<\/p>\n

If you don’t revere Morrissey<\/a>, it may be due to your lack of cultural literacy, i.e. you haven’t heard his masterpiece, “I Know It’s Over.” \u00a0 I admit that until I heard it, I just thought of Morrissey as an interesting songwriter with an arresting persona.<\/p>\n

Then, I heard Jeff Buckley’s version of I Know It’s Over, and my heart nearly imploded from its beauty and intensity. \u00a0 It is one of the most exquisitely poetic songs of all time. You can read the lyrics here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So there was Morrissey, but one can hardly go up to him and bother him when his whole deal is about being alone and asexual. For an asexual man, he is pretty damn unbelievably attractive.<\/p>\n

So, shit, I now wish I could have taken a photo or kissed the hem of his robe. But he’ll always be there when I close my eyes.<\/p>\n

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The Dresden Dolls were terrific, and they basked in the love of their hardcore fans, who tended toward the Disenfranchised…..the strange, the fat, the emaciated, the ambiguously gendered and of course, the Queer. God bless them every one, and Jeff Buckley<\/a> too, may his soul rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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