They are a Magnet, and I am?

Magnet Magazine is celebrating their 15th Anniversary of spreading the word about good music. Their based in Philly and so they decided to spotlight "15 in Philly" and I am very honored to have been selected as one.

Hobart Rowland write the piece. He also wrote the very first piece published about me after I started doing music full time. That piece, first published in 1937 is only available on microfiche found in the National Archives, but Hobart has been a great supporter over the years and we've gotten to know each other personally.

Which may explain why he seems a bit concerned for me in this article. "Well-crafted suicide note" is one of the more remarkable things to have appeared in print about one of my records; I'm supposed to be the happy-go-lucky pop guy. Still, now I feel like I have loads of artistic cred - I'm depressed, I'm deep, I'm like Morrissey!

I probably could've done without the comment about me and the cats. I go from being Morrissey to being Morrissey's 78 year old great aunt that never married.

Oh well - I love you, Hobart.

Check it:

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