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I've never been able to confirm this, however, once John Robert's pictures began appearing in the media during the Senate judiciary nomination hearing, I flashed on images of a man I would frequently notice at Smiths Concerts, that had remained lodged in my memory after nearly twenty years, clearly because the man, with his Wallstreet clothes and tidy haircut, seemed so out of place among the "usual suspects," if you will.
As a learned more about Robert's life, I came to understand the aesthetic appeal the Smiths held for him and having read this quote from Morrissey, I perhaps uncovered an additional philosophical attraction Morrissey might have had for him:
"he described hip-hop's presence in the charts as "a stench," dismissed reggae as "vile" and derided R&B's gross caricature of sexuality --"
