Blog: PopMatters

Northern Portrait likes the Smiths. In the Guardian's "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction" feature a few weeks ago, Michael Moorcock advised young writers to imitate their idols. Northern Portrait likes the Smiths. The musicians make no secret of it, even throwing a little of Morrissey's glum wit into the lyrics, a romantic sweetness in one line finding itself undercut in the next, a car running over a Valentine's Day card. "Listen to the sea as it kisses the shore /...