The Magic of the Three's

As I have been away for a few weeks, leading the life of a tourist in my homecountry mostly. I started catching up on blogs, Twitter and other asocial media. While I noticed many were surprised about the video placed on TTY of the blind girl in a mixed live version of Now My Heart is Full. I was immediatly struck by the number 3. (Oh no, not again!) Yes, again....and it's all your fault, Kerry! You started this nonsense, which truthfully doesn't seem to be nonsense in the end.

On July 31^st I was visiting my (near) blind mother. We decided to go see an art exhibit at the local modern art museum. This is always something special to my mother as she needs others to tell her mostly what is seen (or not seen) in paintings. Touching is unfortunately out of the question. 

Well, my mother has a new guidedog since a few months, the old one has retired, and this new one is not so fond of museums, or maybe it's just the modern art she doesn't like. Who knows. At one point she had enough of it and layed herself down quietly below a piece of art while we were standing in the middle of the room talking. It was to me so funny she let it be known she had enough of it, I took a picture of her. This picture I tweeted that same day.

It was soon RT'd by the ever poetic and loving Astraea.

It was only last night I noticed the video on TTY which was posted on August 3. Three days after the guidedog tweet, and on the third of the month. 

 

Numbers x 3

Now I might be taking this numbers thing too far but I think my work are in on the joke..

Sincerely yours
Bitter Bobby Neville

TTY post: Blind girl climbs on stage

The latest TTY message features a video of Now My Heart Is Full, where a blind girl climbs on stage to hug Morrissey in Sao Paulo, Brazil. There is no apparent reason for this post, so you certainly didn't expect that we wouldn't see a sign in this one. Apart from the obvious Paulo Coelho connection and the Brazil story, Jaz's eagle eyes also spotted that El Moz seems to wear a white rose here (2:45)! He didn't wear it in Sao Paulo, the video is a collection of footage from different concerts, but the rose is visible right after the Sao Paulo snippet. Coincidence?

But that's of course not all. In a recent article I reported on Johnny Marr's tweet with the picture of him with a red rose, and that particular tweet contained an announcement of his concert in... Sao Paulo, Brazil!

I certainly have a tendency to just make things up and see signs where there are none, but this one makes me VERY suspicious.

Larry King - TTY post

There's been a number of rather upsetting TTY statements recently; the murder of Cecil, the airport incident, Lynn Anderson's death. But there's also good news - Morrissey has agreed to a TV interview with Larry King, read his statement below:


Larry King

Morrissey will be interviewed by famed American television host Larry King on August 17th. Larry King has conducted over 30,000 television interviews. Mr King hosted Larry King Live at CNN for 25 years, and also wrote a column for USA Today for 20 years. He has received ten Cable ACE Awards and two Peabody Awards, and he has been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame, the Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and is a recipient of the Golden Mike Award for Lifetime Achievement.


I'm not sure how you've read it, but this left me very suspicious. It had escaped me before that Moz is such a huge Larry King fan that he feels obliged to mention all his achievements along with the announcement of the interview. So what was the point? Has everyone noticed the numbers? 17. THIRTY thousand. 25. 20. Ten. Two. There can only be one conclusion:
A certain Monsieur might be taking the piss out of us and our numbers obsession. Which is of course a huge honour. How many people on this earth can claim that Morrissey himself took the piss out of them? I'm very proud.