Gothamist was still a little skeptical of Bama fans' dedication, until we learned that Warren's honeymoon was postponed because of his book tour through the South later this month. Touche. He agreed to answer some questions Gothamist had about being an Alabama fan, college sports, NYC sports, and men who get pedicures.
Of all the attention Steven Patrick Morrissey has garnered, he is perhaps best known for not doing the nasty. His abstinence is seen as symbol, proof and cause of his eccentricity. After all, in an age utterly obsessed with and possessed by SEX, such party-pooping is inconsiderate, anti-democratic, downright unhealthy, and, well, positively sinful. And in a pop star who hasn't been knighted and whose main audience isn't grandmums, it's actually heretical.Praise for the book (it's only making its U.S. appearance now), see the new Morrissey video (via Stereogum, who calls it "Morrissey Week") and photos of the Apollo from rion. And Morrissey is a prototypical quirkyalone...well, duh.
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Simpson also discusses being credited (or not) for the term's origins; oddly enough, British journalists say the idea is from "New York admen" whereas U.S. journalists do credit him. Read the interview, it's filled with a lot of interesting thoughts about hetero and homo as well as metrosexuality. And we're not giving anything away when we leave you with Simpson's final words, "The only thing that's certain about the metrosexual is that he's the kind of man that the modern world deserves. "
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