Just admit it, you love The Smiths. And, since you love The Smiths, you love "This Charming Man". You love it so much that you know the words. So, readers, feel free to sing along to this blast from the poppy past.

In the off chance you don't know the words, we've posted them after the jump. Now you have no excuse...

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As you know, we absolutely adore tips from our readers. It's nice to have a few extra pairs of eyes out in the homonet, because otherwise so many juicy bits'll go unnoticed. For example, we never would have known that The Observer ran an all-gay music issue yesterday had a charming reader not sent us this link.

While the issue's headlined by an interview between Elton John and Jakes Shears (in which John laments all the teenage sex he could have had had he come out earlier and has some choice words on religion, which we'll get to in the next posting), the really juicy bits comes in the form of more obscure topics.

For example, Jon Savage's piece delves into the history of a gay record producer named Joe Meek, who produced the first gay-pop single only to shoot himself six months later. Meanwhile, Stuart Brumfitt takes a tour through the seemingly-contradictory world of gay ragga clubs, Ed Vulliamy tracks the trials and tribulations of the The Village People and a bevy of gay movers and shakers offer their favorite queer pop culture memories. Don't think you'll see any Lance Bass action here, readers. Boy George remembers his first sighting of David Bowie, Peter Tatchell pens a little ditty on the first pride anthem and Morrissey lauds Bruce Wayne Campbell's glam rock alter ego, Jobriath.

Now that's something to sing about. (If that's not a gay comment, nothing is...)

• An AIDS pill already on the market has stopped monkeys from being infected with HIV. Humans tests will be underway soon. [AP]

• Morrissey loves baby seals too much to play a concert in Canada. [Pitchfork]

• Young straight couple kills old gay couple in Louisville. The mystery is the motive. [365 Gay]

• Former Canadian hostage James Loney was rescued from his Iraqi captors last Thursday, having been kept alive for months along with two other members of his Christian Peacemaker team. Loney decided it was better not to tell the religious extremists about his preference for penis, which was a smart move by everyone's estimation. [CBC]

• Taiwan legislators voted to include gays in their domestic violence protection law, citing the rough sex in Brokeback Mountain as evidence that gays are capable of causing each other physical pain. [Taipei Times]

When Morrissey sings, the boys listen--and sections of the audience at Morrissey's SXSW show looked like a gay-hipster bar. What's the allure? Hype over his new album, Ringleader For The Tormentors? General anti-dance music backlash? Whatever the draw, his gay fans are unfaulteringly loyal. This show was packed. Gay, gay, gay.

Morrissey's show was among the most talked about of the festival in genreal, up there with The Beastie Boys and The Pretenders, as he performed new songs that held up to the old tunes by The Smiths he threw in for kicks. Unlike his usual pity-party music of the past, with lyrics that could pass for suicide letters, "Ringleader For The Notorious" (on sale April 4) has already won critical praise, and holds more optimistic fare. (A little.)

In a pre-show interview, he said The Smiths were offered $5 million to reunite and play at Coachella, but they turned it down for personal reasons. Fools. The gays will just have to settle for The Scissor Sisters, Paul Oakenfold and Madonna at Coachella instead.

• Australia's Treasurer says that gays should count their lucky stars the country doesn't criminalize homosexuality. Fortunately for him, being a total idiot is also still legal. [Sydney Morning Herald]

• The FBI has interviewed Morrissey to determine if he might be a threat. He might be if they mean being a talented musician in a world full of droning Simpson sisters. [Towleroad]

• Star Jones is very slow to catch on. She's only now beginning to suspect that her husband might be a big old 'mo. [A Socialite's Life]

• Newsflash! The Golden Girls are gay icons! [AZ Central]

• Yet another reason for New Yorkers to never leave Manhattan. AIDS/HIV cases are increasing in Long Island.[Newsday]