The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Yesterday's big news about The Smiths having their songs turned into a comic book, left me with mixed feelings.  Of course, every time there is news about the Smiths, it's always a good day...but the more I thought about it, I became a little concer... more info

Guardian Music — Where to enjoy buzzing nights and laid-back days in Manchester, home of The Smiths, Happy Mondays and Elbow. See also our insiders' guides to Belfast, Birmingham and BristolDespite ever-increasing gentrification, the Northern Quarter, a square half-m... more info

NME — Unite and Take Over: Comic Stories Inspired By The Smiths will be out in November more info

Gigwise — Set for release in November... more info

Guardian Music — US publisher hopes to create a series of comic-book stories based on songs by Morrissey and Johnny Marr• The Smiths' songs as comics – in pictures What if the Smiths' songs were comics? An American publisher is taking that idea to the printing-pr... more info

Guardian Music — A US publisher is creating an anthology of comic-book stories based on songs by Morrissey and Marr. But how do you draw Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before? more info

Big Apple Music Scene — In the September issue of Architectural Digest , Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith will let the world in on a little secret: their home is ridiculous. Maybe that’s not exactly a revelation, but did anybody (besides their architect, designers, and ... more info

Guardian Music — Midland Railway Centre, ButterleyStaged at a vintage railway centre – a site patrons travel to on a Thomas the Tank Engine-like steam train while serenaded by artists so obscure you have to wonder if they've even heard of themselves – Indietrack... more info

Altsounds — Irish 3 piece Funeral Suits (http://www.myspace.com/thefuneralsuits) have just unveiled this stunning, sci-fi inspired video for new track 'Florida'. Produced by Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths, Kaiser Chiefs), the track is taken from the bands soo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Help fund an anthology of comic stories inspired by Smiths songs. At the New York Review of Books, Lorrie Moore writes about Friday Night Lights. Friday Night Lights is held together by a cast of disconcertingly attractive young people with... more info