Photo by catenin on FlickrThe current tour Morrissey's on, while a welcome thing for all his fans, feels like a bit of a downer. Sure, where Moz is concerned, that's probably the point. But the show we saw this week wasn't so much the glorious, ironic celebration of melancholy that we all associate with the man and his music.  It was a downer because Morrissey himself just seemed like he was going through the motions, just as cynical as ever but almost dismissive of the audience who's funding his retirement. With record sales in the shitter across the industry, perhaps he's bitter about having to tour so much to make any cash.  But we just wish he hadn't been quite so reluctant about it all. He even made some remarks about spending two hours surfing through American television from his hotel room, unable to find a single thing worth watching, and that this seemed to him a specifically American phenomenon.  He kind of waved this off, implying he doesn't even like traveling here, and maybe a segment of fans get off on this abuse. But why piss on your fans and cut your set short, Morrissey, old friend?

Read our full review of the show on SFist.