... When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat

Unforunately, I'm doing other things the weekend this is on. Otherwise.. I would have been there.

Why Pamper Life’s Complexities? - A Symposium on The Smiths

The event seeks to draw together academics and others who wish to critically examine what The Smiths meant and continue to mean almost two decades after their untimely demise. Among the themes that we hope to address are: gender and sexuality, race and nationality, a sense of place, the imagination of class, the significance of Manchester in popular music, the aesthetics of the band, fan cultures and musical innovation.

These sessions look interesting:
Melinda Hsu (Meikai University, Japan) Posing as a 'Somdomite' on Top of the Pops: The Smiths and Camp Performance
Cordelia Bradby (Goldsmiths College, London) Does the Body Rule the Mind or Does the Mind Rule the Body? I Dunno
Amanda Graham (University of Oxford) The Music of The Smiths as Inside Joke

Then there's this:
Lisa Garrett (Roger Davies Artist Management) I Stole and Lied Because You Asked Me To: Considering the Transparency of the Smiths’ Business Practice in Relation to Their Creativity’ !!

I found out about this event just I finished reading Mark Simpson's Saint Morrissey - quite a good read, he has a fine turn of phrase - but I got a bit bored when he started going on about Morrissey's solo career. But it's not as good as Anti Gay.