tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57157780294859711302024-03-19T23:07:17.809+00:00FUC51FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-70785676888205751742010-09-09T10:30:00.009+01:002010-09-09T10:33:04.386+01:00Mani Rants and We Briefly Oil The Creaking Hinge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXx3sYRq39XLfoXv2XmaNx-AubzTg3iaC5UEbWeMD1xNzktuVuvkRK838gE8Mqo3TSRrURXjk3s2acCSxbBaPFsZoQqA-dUGUul65KUa1XbR7Ldy1NBNt8HCKIbpYSsBuAE2jLuzMoPs/s1600/mani.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXx3sYRq39XLfoXv2XmaNx-AubzTg3iaC5UEbWeMD1xNzktuVuvkRK838gE8Mqo3TSRrURXjk3s2acCSxbBaPFsZoQqA-dUGUul65KUa1XbR7Ldy1NBNt8HCKIbpYSsBuAE2jLuzMoPs/s320/mani.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Stone Roses, Primal Scream and no longer Freebasser Mani, has gone on a huge Twitter rant provoking FUC51 to peer out from the duvet and share his rallying cry against a certain someone who has been something of a target on these very pages. Is the Manc old guard finally turning on itself like a shark attacking its own wound? Read over for Mani's diatribes.</div><a name='more'></a><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Here are Mani's rants against Peter Hook (all [sic]):</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"3 things visible from space, great wall of china, peter hooks wallet stuffed with ian Curtis blood money, man citys empty trophy cabinet !."</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"quite disgusting and very crass and self centred violation of memories for personal financial gain. Scummy behaviour really"</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"he ain't got time for me now he's getting fortunes for dragging his mates cadaver round the world getting himself paid. Thank fuck"</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"used to adore the man, now he's a self centred sellout reduced to hawking his mates corpse around to get paid. And he can't play"</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"I'm fine, dunno about the vulture who is ravenously devouring the last morsels of putrid flesh from Wilson/Curtis bones [...] I'm getting back with the "real"players tomorrow thank fuck. Can't be doing with talentless nostalgia fuckwit whores."</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"and I haven't even started on the cunts amateur night, one trick pony shite 2 string bass playing yet either. Used to laugh [...] we were all laughing behind his back watching the stupid wank struggle to do the same old shit he's done for the last 30 years !!"</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">On Freebass - <i>"it's where it belongs mate.... In the fuckin bargain bin before it's even released. you live and learn. I'm still no 1 though." </i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">And finally - <i>"recovered from my vicious rants of last night.dont take to kindly to getting mugged off by people who cant hold a torch to me</i> [...] <i>either personally or professionally. ever wondered why im universally loved, and another manc ex legend in his own mind is despised by most </i>[...] <i>simple really, treat people with the same respect as you would expect from them,live in the present, and dont surround yourself with</i> [...] <i>yes men,nodding dogs and sycophants</i> !!!"</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Of course, Mani is covering himself in glory by saying he's universally loved, which of course, he isn't. However, it is funny to imagine him sat in front of a spittle-flecked screen, hammering away on Twitter in the early hours... well worth coming out of retirement for.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">This clearly makes us as bad as Hooky by not quitting when we really should have. As penance, FUC51 is off to FAC251 to talk to pink faced 40somethings about how Es were better when they cost £20 whilst wearing a floppy sunhat. <i style="color: #6aa84f;">[You </i><i style="color: #6aa84f;">self-centred sellout</i><i style="color: #6aa84f;">, </i><i style="color: #6aa84f;">devouring the last morsels of putrid flesh</i><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><i style="color: #6aa84f;">from this once-proud blog etc </i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">- a.n.other Fuc51 writer]</span></div>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-71887929893390704442010-07-12T20:12:00.001+01:002010-07-15T16:32:15.645+01:00FUC R.I.P.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSK2uxiOSqPHsQ150YCVL6Dih-ni2Qr9VXhSxFsvTbt7niKAPVlF-4hMCkGkDufZH-5WA3A0lhSTvl-0VGQO_Bj2PKEOmKpf2swrVrpu62CgoG1Ph3li2ZRzI6WF_dxfUQ2o0hAAkVfNs/s1600/fuc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSK2uxiOSqPHsQ150YCVL6Dih-ni2Qr9VXhSxFsvTbt7niKAPVlF-4hMCkGkDufZH-5WA3A0lhSTvl-0VGQO_Bj2PKEOmKpf2swrVrpu62CgoG1Ph3li2ZRzI6WF_dxfUQ2o0hAAkVfNs/s320/fuc.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're off. It's been real, thanks for the memories. Remember back in January? The posts were stronger and cost £15 to read, and hardly any fucker used to come here. Needless to say, those that did have all got book deals now.</div><div class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We weren't here to provide an answer, just kick off a debate. Hundreds of you loved us, hundreds of you fucking hated us. Manchester is a passionate and sarcastic city and for both of these things, we should be grateful. Musically, it is in safe hands. PR companies - up your game. Journalists - up your game. Thanks. We'll hand the reins back to those on the ground. </div><div class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">FUC51 RIP.</div>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-50594894052114589452010-07-02T23:42:00.000+01:002010-07-02T23:42:44.644+01:00This was NOT us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l2d7kIxghlirn2_hYF734pBvDhQkz37NdGmeC1D4xr9z7OKoZcBe0FWYfMzjFdUPXGu1Kfli3RaPVGJWChpK69MDp80A3WUz_ovpsnUQwZfz0yBaq-4lAhozScllLFnCqL1-dGkbd3w/s1600/123536905-a003a331e5ad862f7d98730657e3b615.4c2e6868-full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l2d7kIxghlirn2_hYF734pBvDhQkz37NdGmeC1D4xr9z7OKoZcBe0FWYfMzjFdUPXGu1Kfli3RaPVGJWChpK69MDp80A3WUz_ovpsnUQwZfz0yBaq-4lAhozScllLFnCqL1-dGkbd3w/s320/123536905-a003a331e5ad862f7d98730657e3b615.4c2e6868-full.jpg" /></a></div>Castle Hotel, Oldham St.<br />
(Thanks to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mark_webster">@mark_webster</a>)FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-54587990757052884892010-07-01T14:00:00.001+01:002010-07-01T14:00:04.565+01:00Manchester versus Glasgow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzzv78hUFxAr62lzcGE-BEpg0BAaACRUxOte3QKB0JkXluyo6Q_CsnVs8w4EUWPZmNVUPvtWOWM6HuykuURlQPeRm6eGICHnbFBEKVTOp1chlQQSRHkD6_nCxmH7_khAj6ADD3jXXd1U/s1600/buckie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzzv78hUFxAr62lzcGE-BEpg0BAaACRUxOte3QKB0JkXluyo6Q_CsnVs8w4EUWPZmNVUPvtWOWM6HuykuURlQPeRm6eGICHnbFBEKVTOp1chlQQSRHkD6_nCxmH7_khAj6ADD3jXXd1U/s320/buckie.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
First off, I don't proclaim to know a great deal about the current state of the Manchester music scene. After all I only moved here in April after thirteen years living in Glasgow. All I am offering then are some observations on what I've seen here, and some comparisons between the two cities. I may be completely wrong, so have a large pinch of salt at the ready.<br />
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What attracted me to Glasgow, and also to Manchester, is the fact that they are both heavily musical cities.<br />
I love music, it's my religion. And people feel like that here too - pubs still have live music slots, people sing in the streets, you see wannabe MCs practicing their flows as they walk down the road, you can hear a rude boy's car a mile off from the big bottom end. I even like to think that those scallies you see swaggering down the road have been exposed to one-too-many dubby breakbeats and it has infected their nervous system. In Glasgow it's more of a head-butt-friendly happy hardcore rhythm, helped by the caffeine content of both Irn-Bru and Buckfast.<br />
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Another of the things that brought me to this city was the tolerance of certain, ahem, alternative lifestyle "choices", having as it does a more diverse social scene than Glasgow. Since moving I have been to a dancehall night in Moss Side, a gay foam party in Legends, I have ventured deep into the Manchester Academy, seen some of the council-funded electronica gigs of Future Everything, and been to band shows at non-trad venues like the Soup Kitchen and Islington Mill. I don't think I'd be able to go to a spread of nights like that in Glasgow - but still that city, for all its drawbacks, has a thriving, healthy music scene. So what's the difference between the two?<br />
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Well for me it can be summed up in my experience at the Islington Mill. I like the venue a lot, it reminds me of some of the reclaimed-space art venues I have been involved with in Glasgow - with the crucial difference being that Islington Mill feels very professionally run. Similar spaces in Glasgow are a bit more haphazard, for better and for worse. So while the Islington Mill (from what I hear) may be supported by the income and reputation of the Ting Tings and other residents, somewhere like the Chateau (which was co-founded by Franz Ferdinand) literally had stairs falling in and no funding from the council or any Scottish arts bodies. We got any money we needed by throwing illegal parties.<br />
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Now, snigger as you may at what appears to be Scottish incompetence, but the point I am trying to make is that things happen in Glasgow out of sheer necessity. If the Chateau didn't need to exist, it wouldn't have. And from the chaos and freedom of DIY culture spring artists who have had enough time to incubate and develop their art without A&R influence. The Glasgow music scene at the moment is also very heavily influenced by the Glasgow School of Art, again or better and for worse, but what that does throw up is a culture of crazy student house parties that serve as both art installation spaces and impromptu gig venues. The Manchester music scene doesn't seem to have such a large art school impetus, but I could be wrong there.<br />
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Glasgow has recently been claimed by the Guardian to be the clubbing capital of the UK (strange how they ran a piece on Numbers and Glasgow clubbing only after Numbers had been offered a Fabric residency) but the truth is that it's getting harder than ever to start a small grass roots DJ night there. Lack of decent venues is one major factor, but also lack of punters, as there simply are not enough residents of the town to fill all the spaces that do exist. What we have begun seeing, in particular at the last few Optimos before the club ended in April, is an influx of tourists coming to have a look at all the crazy people. It's strange, I don't like it, and it's not what Glasgow's nightlife is about for me.<br />
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"Aha! But we've already been there..." I can hear you hypothetically whispering in my ear. Yes, and that's the other half of my point. Glasgow has never had an explosion of popular bands that could be lumped into some semi-coherent scene the way Manchester has. This rich musical legacy <i>is</i> something to Manchester's credit, but I feel the success means Manchester has been assimilated into the cynical corporate world of the London music business in a way that Glasgow hasn't (yet). That feeds back into my point about bands playing for the sheer joy of it., as opposed to seeing it as merely a platform for A&R attention, or as a stepping stone to getting to the big city. And those A&R you complain about never leaving London to check out Manchester music on its home ground? Well if you think you've got it bad here, spare a thought for those over the border!<br />
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Ok, so here's where I come out of a certain type of closet: I am not averse to a bit of nostalgia tripping. I love thinking about the glory days of disco and house and how it would have been great to experience them. I would be lying if I said those original bands didn't have a huge effect on my younger self, The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays in particular. On my first few trips here I reveled in seeing and feeling the musical history of this city. I am tiring of the constant reference to the 80s and I am slap bang in the middle of the target demographic for a "Madchester" revival. Yes, I actually enjoyed "How Not To Run A Nightclub", and I even intend to go and have my picture taken outside the Salford's Lads Club at some point (ironically, of course).<br />
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So why then am I writing a piece for FUC51?<br />
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Well when I first found this blog a light went on and I thought "of course!". Isn't the pitch-black, negative humour of FUC just as accurate and relevant a reflection of the Northern English psyche as anything else? Prone as I am to some mythical "Manchester" imaginings (and it's acid house for me mate), I actually find it heartening that this blog exists - to remind people that the future lies ahead, not behind. Sure, we can enjoy the past, but we have to live in the present and build for the future. So I consider FUC51 to be supplying some kind of social service - it's the Mark E Smith of blogs about Manchester. Unfortunately though, I think the Madchester revival is just beginning to spread outside the city, and has a good few years left in it to be rinsed. As interest in the '80s wanes, it's the perfect gateway into some sort of 90s revival. FUC, I think you've got your work cut out!<br />
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<a href="http://www.shallowrave.com/" target="_blank">www.shallowrave.com</a>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-81258794763519320252010-07-01T11:03:00.001+01:002010-07-01T11:14:51.999+01:00"The reality is much murkier and disconnected..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap2DR2S5tnxYqd2npeDAXSzDTYIFPABJcUYfblInZuoxtAqDtruh17hwGxDMn-WqfYnwCHBaexo1aF098K-TmgJbNHGIUsT3eP47KNOPtXqfbpOH_rgVbBlsRZqTYosqc95grbBSm5to/s1600/lonelady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap2DR2S5tnxYqd2npeDAXSzDTYIFPABJcUYfblInZuoxtAqDtruh17hwGxDMn-WqfYnwCHBaexo1aF098K-TmgJbNHGIUsT3eP47KNOPtXqfbpOH_rgVbBlsRZqTYosqc95grbBSm5to/s320/lonelady.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Julie from LoneLady got in touch with us (after that MOJO piece). Read her views over the jump.<br />
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I felt article on 'new music from Manchester' was very surface-y and didn't really say anything. I wonder why journalists bother to meet artists/bands etc face to face and record their words only to omit virtually everything they've said. When I spoke to Mojo I was very critical of music 'journalism' for not trying to present a more nuanced view of the way music happens and emerges. I criticised clique-iness and closed-mindedness, and snobbiness (hardly particular only to Manchester). None of this criticism appeared.<br />
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I tried to describe that I felt music was full of echoes of what went before, but combined with imagination; hard work, originality can still exist.<br />
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Many times I have been asked about a 'Manchester sound'. Journalists who have never been to Manchester, or have visited once, tell me with total authority that my album 'has a Manchester sound'. a) I don't know what this means b) they haven't listened to more that the opening 3 tracks at best c) imagine this is some catch-all term for 'a bit dark', whatever that means.<br />
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I have said I find certain bands from Manchester of that period inspiring, but I am not exclusively informed by music from this era/region. The latter part of that sentence gets cut as it doesn't fit the journalists' angle.<br />
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Its very reductive for an artist to be shoehorned into some lineage because of short-sighted dull-witted journalism. It seems no longer possible for media to allow breathing space around emerging bands/artists ..to let them be uncertain, murky, a hybrid of lots of different feelings, colours, turnings and cul-de-sacs.<br />
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There are hobby bands and nakedly ambitious bands; I feel they dilute the reasons for music-making, and music itself... as though there are 'how to be post-punk/ [insert favoured era] DIY kits for sale. And bad journalism/TV programmes/articles etc strengthen this..treating music fans as though we were all cretins who couldn't manage or cope with a more in-depth article that might contain criticism or not fit with the received template of what music/ an artist / a music listener should be.<br />
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Anyone might be forgiven for thinking I am some flag waving Factory/Manchester patriot, given some of the misrepresentation of LoneLady out there. Nor am I interested in being attached to some 'scene' of new music. The reality is much murkier and disconnected than that, as most normal people know. I can only continue to convey this, to whoever might be listening."FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-2159720420060533542010-06-30T21:17:00.002+01:002010-07-05T12:05:21.490+01:00FINALLY, some Hac memorabilia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cerysmaticfactory.info/images/hacienda/fac51_the_hacienda_bass_guitar_and_peter_hook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In case you missed Tuesday 29th June's North West Tonight, D from Manchester fills us in:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Last night, NW tonight featured an item on Peter Hook and the acquisition of his new bass guitar.<br />
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Not just any bass guitar. He's had a custom instrument made, crafted from the boards of the hallowed Hacienda Dancefloor, decorated in stripes coulored yellow and black (both colours of which Peter has bought exclusive ownership of) and with the numbers 5 & 1 adorned (again Peter owns exclusive rights to both of these two numerals)"<br />
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more info <a href="http://cerysmaticfactory.info/fac51_the_hacienda_bass_guitar.html">here</a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-22790999703193329172010-06-21T16:50:00.000+01:002010-06-21T16:50:26.422+01:00Frank Sidebottom RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMPYJrSPtAmrr7CLVwG0ZwnIyjvq6Qu3D-o7CiDkuKlCa789pINnyH571q57NX6BvHFHq4ZWcvIWcAglTf1NmEN-WdFX3oV5prFxZ2aRWKL_YJuVjBiplPsKqexdACuDOBAxVJyn73_U/s1600/FrankSidebottom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMPYJrSPtAmrr7CLVwG0ZwnIyjvq6Qu3D-o7CiDkuKlCa789pINnyH571q57NX6BvHFHq4ZWcvIWcAglTf1NmEN-WdFX3oV5prFxZ2aRWKL_YJuVjBiplPsKqexdACuDOBAxVJyn73_U/s320/FrankSidebottom.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Fuck all this squabbling. Really sad news reaches FUC51.<br />
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Frank Sidebottom has passed away after collapsing at home. Chris/Frank was a really lovely bloke and our thoughts go out to his family and everyone close to him.<br />
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<a href="http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1257872_frank_sidebottom_dies_after_collapsing_at_home">Full story at the MEN here</a>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-42361046028831749102010-06-09T21:07:00.007+01:002010-06-09T21:52:18.023+01:00A Fac-ing Treasure Hunt!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Hac DJ booth. Oh, if wood could tell a story. All the greats. Jack leads. A mixer. A box of miscallaneous wires. The last record played within its confines (2 copies of Jamiroquai's 'Cosmic Girl', so the legend goes). </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And then... well, it got flogged, along with everything else in the building (and a bunch of stuff that wasn't, so we hear). Where did it end up?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cerysmaticfactory.info/images/hacienda/fac51_the_hacienda_dj_booth_as_bought_by_bobby_langley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://cerysmaticfactory.info/images/hacienda/fac51_the_hacienda_dj_booth_as_bought_by_bobby_langley.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A source (who may or may not have owned it once) tells us it was <i>'last seen on the land behind The Mackintosh Building near The Ritz. It's an 11ft x 18ft shed sat under some blue tarpaulin. Maybe it could be auctioned off to some idiots and you could go out drinking for a few days'.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">CAN. YOU. IMAGINE? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Imagine getting your hands on that thing! Oh, the things you could do with it...</span><br />
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According to our calculations, that could comfortably hold a Qualcast Easitrack 320,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Black and Decker Wm301 Workmate, </span><br />
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A Hornby Cornish Pullman train set,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AND a stack of DeConstruction promos that won't shift on eBay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Somebody find it, before Hooky does! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">[disclaimer: someone was telling us earlier where they'd last seen the DJ booth. If you're looking for some kind of point, perhaps try another post on here]</span>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-44254465952361734992010-06-06T11:00:00.000+01:002010-06-06T11:00:00.190+01:00Elevated Pub Rant vrs Elevated Pub Rock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8uytbqIUZrBEbGSPg-H9AVSnLob42ASJg8KtpWhyphenhyphenZu9h2IgyGB87YZl5aLl05ZLC344uEOPaM83aZKHgCk_fxbhHXXj4PDhYj2P3QNCXkKjwsthupmvTQtNUDl0mQu2kM-0ROMqmF-0/s1600/johnny_marr_john_robb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8uytbqIUZrBEbGSPg-H9AVSnLob42ASJg8KtpWhyphenhyphenZu9h2IgyGB87YZl5aLl05ZLC344uEOPaM83aZKHgCk_fxbhHXXj4PDhYj2P3QNCXkKjwsthupmvTQtNUDl0mQu2kM-0ROMqmF-0/s320/johnny_marr_john_robb.jpg" /></a></div><br />
John Robb gave us a mention <a href="http://johnrobb77.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/172/">on his personal blog</a> after reading FUC51's Guardian piece. It was only a matter of time wasn't it? <br />
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He wrote: "I don’t know if anyone saw that rant in the Guardian about Manchester living in the past by Fuc51 but day by day I’m hearing band after band that proves this rather elevated pub rant wrong."<br />
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John has a point. There <i>are</i> loads of cool things going on in the city.<br />
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However, the irony doesn't escape us when being chided by someone who <a href="http://johnrobb77.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/freebass/">fawned over Freebass</a> recently and gave us the literary delights of 'The Stone Roses And The Resurrection Of British Pop', 'The Charlatans: We Are Rock', 'The Nineties: What The Fuck Was That All About' and 'The North Will Rise Again- Manchester Music City 1976-1996'. Oh, and that lovely article about vital new Manchester act <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/feb/09/rowetta-cheryl-cole-brit-awards">Rowetta in the Guardian</a>.<br />
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Death To Trad Rock, eh?FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-46765234134557647642010-06-06T09:31:00.006+01:002010-06-06T10:24:52.552+01:00Hac-Beens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZrQSNBz19mqqEDI9Ewb2aRvZzACalDOo_MT-ZZj5XvWdeXUuuEOCsPRiBfzeuURtZvOfwJ_0DYnz-ktHpZcMnRNUqei2ACcx4Ylh7Q1okOXnwUIhNEGko9Psdu_svREVlwyF_QnqcDc/s1600/IMAG0049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZrQSNBz19mqqEDI9Ewb2aRvZzACalDOo_MT-ZZj5XvWdeXUuuEOCsPRiBfzeuURtZvOfwJ_0DYnz-ktHpZcMnRNUqei2ACcx4Ylh7Q1okOXnwUIhNEGko9Psdu_svREVlwyF_QnqcDc/s320/IMAG0049.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">One commentator said to FUC51 that, if we actually bothered to go to Fac251, we'd "see that it's actually packed full of teenagers having a great time to new bands or modern tunes". Yes, we know they have a dubstep night. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
Alas, this point isn't exactly helped by this poster, spotted this weekend promoting a veritable array of Hacienda Dad's Army types.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i><br />
Allister Whitehead (CHECK!) Hooky (CHECK!) Elliott 'last record at the Hacienda' Eastwick (CHECK!) Greg Wilson (CHECK!)</i> Graeme Park (CHECK!) Martin Moscrop (CHECK!)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
Arthur Baker, in case you'd forgotten, is credited with teaching Hooky to do his trademark 'ride the bass EQ like a champion jockey' DJ move, as mentioned on his Myspace:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>"Im messing with the eq. on the desk , as taught to me by the great Arthur Baker, to emphasise rolls hand claps effects etc, then you sneak the bottom end out then bring it back in suddenly for added frisson. Shit he will kill me for telling you!"</i><br />
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See this 'secret weapon' in action here<i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Our fee has been donated to the proper Manchester heroes at Christie Hospital.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's <a href="http://factoryfoundation.ithinkmusic.com/my-store/index.php">this</a>? A label set up by the late Tony Wilson and Esther O'Callaghan before he died, called Factory Foundation Recordings? Oh fucking hell - this is going to be hilarious, bet they're putting out 'Pills and Thrills' again inside a massive ltd-edition black and yellow E, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wait, what's this? Silverclub? Aren't they a new band? <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But, but, they're <i>new...</i>? And we hear a band called Suzuki Method are next up to release something? But they </span>weren't even </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">there</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">! Shurely shome mishtake? Nope, they really are putting out releases by new bands, and there's a not a press release full of stale Hac anecdotes anywhere to be seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The profits from the label also go back into providing free music workshops for disadvantaged children and young people. Let it never be said we're not positive on this blog, and here's heritage being used for the powers of good. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good on them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(yes, we know the Foundation's been going since 2003, but the label's a new thing) </span>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-116054767065293192010-06-03T10:14:00.001+01:002010-06-03T10:14:00.083+01:00FAC251 to honour Manchester's musical heritage!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxX9lLXW7ci02qBONfZkNp2L8D9-D3HS1CX4IW82W60Va5_GG73KeMMZzhbHvT9lrBYgpR_MrjLHzmovKQJzZCXIjTXxqw3kdr13XsmUXEAPpW2KJ8HX8T3X_FmtCVI_vwAPts3jCR8g/s1600/maurice_gibb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxX9lLXW7ci02qBONfZkNp2L8D9-D3HS1CX4IW82W60Va5_GG73KeMMZzhbHvT9lrBYgpR_MrjLHzmovKQJzZCXIjTXxqw3kdr13XsmUXEAPpW2KJ8HX8T3X_FmtCVI_vwAPts3jCR8g/s320/maurice_gibb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
We've been slating Hooky and Co (not be confused with Legs & Co) for rolling around in Manchester's 20 year musical heritage like a pig in shit, but we can't fault his latest foray into the past as it has been announced that Factory251 is to host an evening in tribute to Maurice Gibb.<br />
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Hook: "Mo' made loads of albums that never got released. There was 'The Loner', 'Strings and Things' and 'A Breed Apart'. He also did that musical called 'Sing a Rude Song' as well as producing albums and that one for that Swedish bird, Carola. Does anyone remember? Do they fuck. That's where we come in."<br />
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"Sadly, I haven't heard the albums and I don't like musicals, but in true Factory style, I won't let a little thing like that get in the way of celebrating one of Manchester's most famous sons! What I've done is formed a hastily assembled band made entirely of Mancunian legends to perform 'Bizarre Love Triangle' for 3 hours. Cressa from the Roses is on-board, as is Waggs from the Mondays and Rowetta said she's up for it if she can stay out of the spirits in The Northern long enough to not piss her knickers. I'll be on double neck bass."<br />
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<i>The Maurice Gibb tribute night - 'Fanny Be Tender With My Love' - will be Thursday 15th July, tickets £20. Compere for the night is Toby Anstis.</i>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-18688560475455481502010-06-02T17:42:00.002+01:002010-06-02T17:44:48.511+01:00Peter Hook's Extraordinary Stories!Some wag has been showcasing some of Hooky's amazing stories that he shares when he's "out and about".<br /><br />Called Peter Hook's Extraordinary Stories, we see the Freebasing Manc' at his mercurial best! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AgentsofEnt">Click here</a> to see them all!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kkYveRd5DwU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kkYveRd5DwU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-54074566473670084662010-05-31T10:38:00.001+01:002010-05-31T10:38:00.164+01:00You won't FUCing believe your poor, poor earsSometimes, there are no words. None. Some things are so fucking mindfuckingly woeful that you're resorted to baffled, stunned, pre-sick watery silence. So with that, we'll hand over to The Complete Stone Roses to tell you all about their cover of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' featuring Clint Boon and Hooky. Yes. You read <span style="font-style: italic;">all</span> of that correctly.<br /><br />"This is the music promo video for a re-worked cover version of legendary "Joy Division/New Order" song "Love Will Tear Us Apart" performed and recorded by Scottish tribute band "The Complete Stone Roses" Special guests on the recording which took place at "Parr Street Studios" in Liverpool (Coldplay, echo & the bunnymen etc) are "Peter Hook" and "Clint Boon" and the track was also co-produced by "Hooky" with "the completes" band members and management.<br /><br />This song will be available [and you can fuck off if you think we're giving you details of how to buy it, even if it IS for charity].<br /><br />Watch and weep (and be sure to click through to the video and read some of the hilarious comments. Props to the 'Nickelback' commenter)<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rQYg4Jq_DX8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rQYg4Jq_DX8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-9135899240947373372010-05-29T18:00:00.006+01:002010-05-29T18:17:59.471+01:00What's hot in May 2010A guest post today from a new contributor to Fuc. Name supplied.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszqyVekE1CXzedMeOdoLK5QnRdqdV9SehGPUa_7QtHC9mUlxsDGB8ZSLtuiHnCbqa__HLMByqa8RDRAkVFRPKzWpkhdwR70l2rH_jN8_0EG4uQCKQP9pPhjmGOXk7azGoufl5aJPUXGw/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszqyVekE1CXzedMeOdoLK5QnRdqdV9SehGPUa_7QtHC9mUlxsDGB8ZSLtuiHnCbqa__HLMByqa8RDRAkVFRPKzWpkhdwR70l2rH_jN8_0EG4uQCKQP9pPhjmGOXk7azGoufl5aJPUXGw/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476740789775776850" border="0" /></a><br />This month's copy of "<span style="font-style: italic;">Britain's largest circulating music magazine</span>" The Fly has a great little roundup of what's hot up here right now - be sure to have a look at who our Manchester Regional Correspondent has decided to highlight - that's right, four unassuming young lads from Burnage have been featured as 'album of the month'- let's just hope this much-needed exposure gives them the career lift they need.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVlWQigqmcFrbBnvPqbxL9gEJs3v11Ia1GJB7sfAU_ZgYDRkBiCtwrN5Fjsqfm1WHQCuBWUGC2_vE60XxRSRV1EMxNjIfU4lXLleVcOeVmYkxLNRsu78Z4tF3mI1QjfDk8cDEFCEpcLE/s1600/l_82fa1e98f620a49e5731349293448739.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVlWQigqmcFrbBnvPqbxL9gEJs3v11Ia1GJB7sfAU_ZgYDRkBiCtwrN5Fjsqfm1WHQCuBWUGC2_vE60XxRSRV1EMxNjIfU4lXLleVcOeVmYkxLNRsu78Z4tF3mI1QjfDk8cDEFCEpcLE/s320/l_82fa1e98f620a49e5731349293448739.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476739927395747858" border="0" /></a><br />See also this month's recommended gig - 'Ian Brown'. Excellent. So on a platform that could potentially be read by over 100,000 people nationwide (if you believe their stats), we tell Britain that the city is fuuuuucckking buuuuzzzing about another Oasis' greatest hits album, and the eagerly-anticipated "Manc bravado" sure to be provided by Ian Brown. Keep up the good work, Kelly Murray.FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-39553208014055795302010-05-27T13:34:00.005+01:002010-06-02T17:53:43.540+01:00Last time we bought Mojo, The Beatles were on the cover<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkuj0QXV5g10FCcyNAovC1y0lhWl79f3JwdJsNotBAjGIhPyFWvZ7wyYqiXh6Hku-Bl8YrKptK5HA0FVae-0nJUiBEjdbyiqMhvujO_Gd-l41YlHiWExTOpx64o4yLkOa8GLwJ9wDsqQ/s1600/TomWaits02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475930719283836434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkuj0QXV5g10FCcyNAovC1y0lhWl79f3JwdJsNotBAjGIhPyFWvZ7wyYqiXh6Hku-Bl8YrKptK5HA0FVae-0nJUiBEjdbyiqMhvujO_Gd-l41YlHiWExTOpx64o4yLkOa8GLwJ9wDsqQ/s320/TomWaits02.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a><br />
Fuc spoke to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mojo4music.com">Mojo</a> recently for a piece about Manchester. It's in the July issue, the one with <s>Pet Soun</s> <s>Dark Side of Th</s> Tom Waits on the cover.<br />
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If even the heritage mags are looking forward now, then maybe we're winning. The unabridged interview follows over the jump.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">When was FUC51 founded?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>1981. We lost money for years, it was mental! Then we were just in the right place in the right time, the drugs were right and people started coming in their droves.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>There's been something of an elephant in the collective Mancunian room. Manchester has always been a great city for music, from the Halle orchestra straight through to the burgeoning folkie scene in the fashionable leafy bits of South Manchester. However, every time you pick up a magazine or newspaper, Manchester is little more than a Factory Records theme park. All music that comes from Manchester is tied to The Happy Mondays, Joy Division or whatever. The irony here, is that there's a lot of Mancs who really despise Liverpool for being something of a BeatleWorld, when really, this city is just as bad - if not worse. At least Liverpool are fawning over the most famous band in pop history, whilst Mancunians are still in a circle jerk over three or four indie LPs.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Was there a pivotal event, a “that’s it, I’ve had enough” moment?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>Not especially. It would appear to many that Peter Hook's re-opening of The Factory nightclub would be it, but to be completely honest, we were just fortuitous that it opened when it did. The debate had already started a long time ago, there was just no central platform for it. It's been more of a constant nagging that won't go away - building steadily over the last 15 years perhaps, rather than an apoplectic 'Falling Down' moment.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>What situation is the modern Manchester music scene in and how does that relate to the Factory/Roses heritage industry?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> Manchester, like any other city worth its salt, has a great music scene. There's still a lot of bands breaking through and being popular. The Ting Tings did alright for themselves and Egyptian Hip Hop are making a stink in the music rags. Both of these bands, regardless of whether we/you like them or not, managed to forge a career without leaning on Tony H. Wilson's corpse.<br />
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There's a healthy amount of promoters sticking their necks out and we're in a much better place venue-wise than we have been in a long time. The city's always been good at that DIY ethic, and if there's any kind of legacy worth wearing around our necks, let that be it.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Why do you think this has happened?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> There's always going to be revivalists in the music world. Chimp Magazine [for example] do favour Madchester artists and we eagerly await their Northside special, however, it's a localised version of Mojo's use of '60s and '70s artists on the cover. That said, national publications have the rest of the publishing world to fall back on. Don't like The Stones? Buy The NME. In Manchester, no local publication is given a chance because people are far too keen on using the same, tired old faces again and again.<br />
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It's a comfort thing - no matter that Ian Brown's not really doing anything that interesting any more - it's as simple as 'he played in that band we first got drunk to and let's have a reminisce'. There's a real culture of 'paying your dues' in Manchester as well. A mentality where if you once sold 500,000 records you get elevated to 'untouchable' status. Nonsense - you're never untouchable, you're only as good as the last thing you did.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Who is your bete noire, the Manchester figure(s) you most bemoan the appearance of?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> Peter Hook features quite heavily on our pages and seems to rile most of our readers. That said, he's not the problem as such. He's just a musician trying to earn a living and if he can exploit his back catalogue, then it only seems fair. Our main bugbear is the press. Whilst we may poke fun at Hooky for reopening The Factory, broadsheets and music magazines are by far the worst offenders with their continued use of Factory records every time a new band appears.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">What is the most pathetic example of the Manchester/Factory heritage industry you have witnessed? (A list is acceptable).</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>One Guardian article, about the folk scene revolving around Chorlton, managed to crow-bar in a reference to the Hacienda regarding an artist called John Stammers. Here, we have a bloke who makes pastoral Nick Drake-ish music being prodded and poked with the acid house stick. It is possible to make an album in Manchester and be influenced by music away from the city. There's bands that are more inspired by Detroit or New York than they are by their immediate surroundings, just like any other band from any other part of the world. A new band, Delphic, are continually likened to New Order because their brand of pop uses guitars and synthesizers, despite the fact they continually reference krautrock bands.They even said "We're very proud of Manchester but we were inspired by what we didn't like in Manchester, and that was Manchester refusing to move on. We felt it was in danger of drowning under its heritage. We wanted to help it look forward and were sick of the Madchester stereotypes." Not that anyone took any notice.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> What kind of support have you had from within Manchester?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> The response has been great both positive and negative, which is wholly the point of FUC51. Many have praised us for daring to kick a thing that's been canonised by those that were in it and, more importantly, those that were hangers-on. Others have chastised us for not promoting what is good about the city, which is fair. However, we wanted to start the debate about Manchester's future and people /are/ talking. Tony Wilson's son, after reading the blog, was prompted into asking if Manchester is becoming a Madchester Theme Park on a TV show and former Hacienda DJ and writer Dave Haslam was critical of the revivalism. Naturally, there's a certain irony in both cases, but support has come from the most unlikely of places.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Who from Manchester’s post punk history has managed to retain their dignity?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>Rock stars aren't supposed to retain their dignity. That's part of the trade we all make when we sign up with a band. When a rock star gets older, for the most part, all they have are memories. Mark E. Smith is by no means a dignified human, but at least he's still looking forward and making new, grumpy LPs. Then again, he's a Salford boy.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Who from Manchester’s post punk history has welcomed the site: “About bloody time” (I know Jon Savage is a fan)</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>Apart from the aforementioned, no-one has explicitly come forward to support FUC51. Not that we know of, anyway. It's hardly surprisingly really as Manchester is a small city and everyone knows each other. Collectively, we all know everyone from the Factory set-up.<br />
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There's a bit of the 'mob mentality' as far as the music scene goes. Toe the line and don't speak up, your turn will come. There's a bit of a 'Manchester Mafia' in a way - consisting of balding ex-DJs and rhythm sections of bands from yesteryear. From what we've seen they're all closet internet warriors, and consequently people can be a little afraid to speak out sometimes.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">What is your aim?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> Merely to start the debate. If people want to promote what's good about Manchester, then our shoddy little blog should show them just how easy it is to start their own. Invariably, the end result we want is to be completely and utterly revered and end up as talking heads on television shows whenever anyone wants to talk about Madchester. We'll probably build apartments on the site of FUC51's URL. In 5 year's time we'll start releasing strictly limited, numbered CDRs containing every word ever committed to the blog. Signed by Ian Curtis, natch.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Does the current Manchester music “:scene” suffer as a result of the manc heritage industry?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span> Suffer isn't the right word. Bands that come through Manchester are often helped by lazy journalism and press releases. However, the Mancunian way of thinking is, in many respects, very backward. For such a musical city, you'd hope that more bands would emerge - especially the myriad of great artists that don't sound anything like Joy Division, New Order, Oasis or Happy Mondays.<br />
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You have this weird situation where bands like, say, The Longcut have in the past been given passing comparisons to New Order. Sorry, but they sound absolutely nothing like New Order. We all know how difficult it is to get a London A+R up here when it's not In The City - if the other 51 weeks of the year they're reading all this revival crap about bands across the press then well, there's almost a danger of it self-propagating. They then come up here looking out for 'the new Joy Division' and the cycle repeats.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Who from the current scene is worth checking out/is overlooked?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> Bearing in mind that we do actually like some of the old guard, there's a few bands that have been making waves around Manchester. Mazes, Ten Bears, Maladies of Bellafontaine, Sisters of Transistors - (the irony, they feature Graham Massey amongst their number!), Jim Noir, Voice of the Seven Thunders (he's from Bolton, still, the Charlatans are hardly Mancs either) , Working for a Nuclear Free City, Cats in Paris, Magic Arm, just for starters! Not to mention the likes of clubs and promoters like Aa, Up the Racket, Naive Melody, Hoya Hoya, The Deaf Institute... [list continues at length, you get the idea...]<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">What do you think of artists like Lonelady who are clearly in love with that old Manc sound but are also drawing on the current mood within the city?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc:</span> There's nothing wrong with drawing inspiration from the old Manchester sound. It would just be nice if the music press noticed that there were a whole load of bands that don't fit in the whole post-punk slot that has been foisted upon the city. FUC51 wouldn't begrudge a band from London listening to The Kinks, and nor will we deny the importance and legacy of, say, Unknown Pleasures. To assume that LoneLady is tapping into the mood of Manchester currently is exactly what's wrong with the perception of the city. Believe it or not, there's really cheery bands in Manchester who like The Beach Boys more than some assumed industrial romanticism. People in Manchester don't hang around disused warehouses dressed in black jeans. If you want to know where the kids are at, look at Egyptian Hip Hop or Dirty North and their brilliantly awful taste in clothes.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> What question(s) have I stupidly forgot to ask you that you’d like to answer at length?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fuc: </span>Q: Are you nihilists?<br />
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A: No - Manchester's ace - we love it. The people behind Fuc have been involved with or been present at uncountable great moments over the years - from Sankeys to The Roadhouse. Almost all of the greatest moments have been spontaneous, forward-thinking and involved massive risk-taking on the part of the perpetrators, with scant regard for what's gone before. If there's a Manchester to go all misty-eyed about in reminiscence, then that's it.</div>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-26591221312130901002010-05-27T10:00:00.000+01:002010-05-27T10:00:04.618+01:00Spike Island: 20th AnniversaryDid you know that it is the 20th anniversary of The Stone Roses Spike Island gig today? Yep. 27th May 1990 is when the world's most disappointing mini festival took place which saw people faced with a thousand hours of DJs and people shouting "<span style="font-style: italic;">MVITA! Manchester Vibes In The Area!</span>" from the mouths in their round little sun-burned heads (apart from those in Reni sunhats of course).<br /><br />Over to the words of Everett True, writing for the Melody Maker at the time:<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">So today’s show – and it’s plusses an minuses – doesn’t matter. It’ll have been enough for The Stone Roses to have said they played in front of 28,000 people, it’ll be enough for the faithful to be able to wear their “Spike Island: 1990” tee-shirts and announce, “I was there when Manchester vibes were full on in the area”.</span>"<br /><br />All he missed was the fact that half of Manchester would be saying it for the next 20 years. Anyway, here are some children re-enacting that fabled weekend in a fashion much more entertaining and enthusiastic than the performance given by The Stone Roses on the day itself. Feel free to wallow in nostalgia Mockunians.<br /><p><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uV2bNKAjTmc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uV2bNKAjTmc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-19634662112358725462010-05-21T03:19:00.014+01:002010-06-02T17:58:34.953+01:00Get Your Hopes Up (Win, Win, Win)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMoSqkZpEHNw_JCZBoX-1rsypynKzDc0T2-aHR7TQQ5-3uD9xmZUAfE7SnQmlN5ck-6eATJz4IuQZP8RQ-ZIcvMGhMMXDiwIydlJdcEl42iOU1jjTHGXPKCdaT27SA7S2aVrOp9nSg7s/s1600/clint+boon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMoSqkZpEHNw_JCZBoX-1rsypynKzDc0T2-aHR7TQQ5-3uD9xmZUAfE7SnQmlN5ck-6eATJz4IuQZP8RQ-ZIcvMGhMMXDiwIydlJdcEl42iOU1jjTHGXPKCdaT27SA7S2aVrOp9nSg7s/s320/clint+boon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Seriously. What in fuck's name is this? If you can think of a worse World Cup song than this, including the dreadful 'We're On The Ball', then you're off-your-fuuuuuckinnnng-tiiiiits-maaaan.<br />
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Of course, this isn't surprising when you look at who is involved. Firstly, you have Gideon Conn who, for reasons unclear, has made a name for himself by melding Damien Rice with the sounds of Scatman John. He's fast winning hearts as '<span style="font-style: italic;">Manchester's acoustic Jamiroquai</span>'. ((c) us))<br />
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Our favourite bit of heckling in recent memory was when Gideon Conn supported Bobby Conn (see what they did there?) - a lone audience member simply shouted 'please die'. (It wasn't us)<br />
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Secondly, you've got Clint Boon - currently leading the 'Boon Army' (the Dad's Army of music, bellowing "DON'T PANIC!" every time someone dares to imply that Manchester may have been a bit shit around 1990). Boon Army and a sea of blokes poking shelltoes into a lager-soaked South nightclub dancefloor go arm-in-arm. <br />
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Who the fuck thought it might be a good idea to get this pair into a studio?<br />
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Even the notoriously-shit PWEI made a better world cup song than this. *necks dove*<br />
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It's nearly time!<br /><br />There's a festival on the curry mile and there's music and fun to be had! Hang on. What's this? Just how many Manclichés are there? Lets see: Ian Brown of The Stone Roses (CHECK!); Sumner playing with Bad Lieutenant formerly of Joy Division and New Order (CHECK!); Peter Hook (CHECK!); Mike Pickering and Justin Robertson of Hacienda fame (CHECK!); A Certain Ratio, who were signed to Factory (CHECK!); Mr Scruff of Eastern Bloc P45 (CHECK!).<br /><br />We wouldn't be surprised if Clint Boon is the master of ceremonies on the day as well!<br /><br />It is obvious that Manchester could be improved greatly by dropping a slab of concrete the exact width and breadth of Platt Fields on Friday 11th of June. We'll have to sacrifice some ducks in that boating lake thing, but in war, innocents will always die.<br /><br />That, or we can simply thrill at the fact that everywhere else in Manchester on the night won't be filled with pot-bellied fortysomethings requesting 'Step On' as they'll all be reliving imagined glory years when UNKLE finally take to the stage to play the hip-hop equivalent of watery yoghurt.<br /><br />Seriously though, if you are going, don't forget to make up alternative lyrics for that simian twat's 'F.E.A.R.' like "<font style="font-style: italic;">Formulaic egocentric ape rocker, fellating everyone after Reading96.</font>" And take sun-cream.<br /><br />(Our tips: Catch Unabombers / Krysko / Now Wave and El Diablos, then get the fuck out of there)FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-73173287106758834012010-05-19T10:57:00.007+01:002010-05-19T21:28:08.896+01:00Elevating the dead over the living<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Zr8grk1gcbiwUvqbLuDOO0_Rxfuhd51_5X-StvqDAR37-rXYLdOqhwUKvpH1WMXYZGK3CZF2IAumeTXlVMctMWgyplrq_qgbDXDAM0RKtB-xDx1OLkBWbzcWiuCtTmviNoaWojF8e1o/s1600/oiuoiuouoiuiouou.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Zr8grk1gcbiwUvqbLuDOO0_Rxfuhd51_5X-StvqDAR37-rXYLdOqhwUKvpH1WMXYZGK3CZF2IAumeTXlVMctMWgyplrq_qgbDXDAM0RKtB-xDx1OLkBWbzcWiuCtTmviNoaWojF8e1o/s320/oiuoiuouoiuiouou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473077709712164194" border="0" /></a><br />30 years have gone by, as good a time as any to get a hack to write another hagiographic puff piece. Or just dig out the one you rehash every few months in the paper.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/may/18/ian-curtis">http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/may/18/ian-curtis</a><br /><br />Does no-one matter until they're dead? [(c) Fugazi] - If we were Performance's press guy we'd be weighing up our options.<br /><br />It'll be <span style="font-weight: bold;">31 </span>years next year, <span style="font-weight: bold;">32</span> after that. Plenty more reminiscing to be done, more articles like this one to be written, despite any emotional impact they may have had having been diminished years ago, thanks to the revival industry. Big things planned for the 35th we hear. And the 40th.FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-8615952028578640732010-05-13T10:56:00.002+01:002010-05-13T11:02:18.134+01:00Unbelievable! Not a sniff of Madchester in sight!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_drvW1KDcviimK3lDbC2WSmx6y7vUCovGntb-0nqWRM9J-6d0TXwK0TWoTOV3DjKF01DIZvoYvMxndGQofzxT0EM3Jkm3m_QBoJamR2EGLtM2u-Zw2a7bvNiSopjiQHlnIkO4NODqofs/s1600/dungen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_drvW1KDcviimK3lDbC2WSmx6y7vUCovGntb-0nqWRM9J-6d0TXwK0TWoTOV3DjKF01DIZvoYvMxndGQofzxT0EM3Jkm3m_QBoJamR2EGLtM2u-Zw2a7bvNiSopjiQHlnIkO4NODqofs/s320/dungen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470691649100508210" border="0" /></a>It is not impossible. Honestly, you press cunts really can write about what is going on in Manchester without wheeling out tired old lines about 'rave' and the imagined 'spirit' of a dwelling.<br /><br />So a big hats off to CreativeTourist who have written an article about 5 festivals going on in Manchester without once resorting to dribbling on about '<span style="font-style: italic;">the glory days</span>'.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.creativetourist.com/word-of-mouth/festival-fever-strikes-the-city-our-pick-of-whats-on">Click here</a> to read an article that effectively says 'here's a load of great stuff going on in Manchester concerning a load of bands that aren't necessarily from Manchester because Mancs, like anyone from any other city like to listen to music from all over the world'.<br /><br />*doffs cap*FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-28080027041879221252010-05-13T10:29:00.001+01:002010-05-13T10:32:36.099+01:00Why don't we go Fuc ourselves?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczscSTSRbF8dW6-yN4pKcnVRzbuzm-iluVIr2p_YalFr56wSw2vEZLvCUfJjej3lJUtbqeasPoAuXondtbErCHgqnl9ZptBSBhDrw8C2a14pntOdzHNr_A7FuSBN_zhEMv7xh4UCy5AQ/s1600/fucfuc51.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczscSTSRbF8dW6-yN4pKcnVRzbuzm-iluVIr2p_YalFr56wSw2vEZLvCUfJjej3lJUtbqeasPoAuXondtbErCHgqnl9ZptBSBhDrw8C2a14pntOdzHNr_A7FuSBN_zhEMv7xh4UCy5AQ/s320/fucfuc51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470684555483208626" border="0" /></a><br />Ha ha ha! This is brilliant! A Facebook page has been set up called <span style="font-weight: bold;">FUCFUC51</span>.<br /><br />Their/his/her mandate is this:<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">We are interested in anything good and positive for Manchester music. We are NOT like the desperate negative fools of the faceless FUC51.You wont be hearing the needy outpourings of a bitter wannabe on here.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"why can't it be meeeeeeeee that manchester is talking about"...'cos your a nerdy little dweeb and if you actually had the courage of your convictions you wouldn't post your ill-informed shite under a cloak of anonymity.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lets keep it all good, after all, it's only a facebook page.</span>"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/FUCFUC51/116557601717205#%21/pages/FUCFUC51/116557601717205?v=wall">Click here</a> and pay them a visit.FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-74063710785002500152010-04-16T23:37:00.010+01:002010-06-02T17:55:11.903+01:00Not breaking with convention<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVekSe6kAUysNfTOUGK3wyXoEzemoPY5ZWNtLDiFmBcXcsvUrtbvkiGGh_hCSL-ju7MuXjNj6TgvbVK8PPt3c92R3QAryAPXZr5m3XBb5TJB7CRCEoSljm-1sXxikAUPU6idv9KhEcJ6s/s1600/fhfhfhf.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460879166954018050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVekSe6kAUysNfTOUGK3wyXoEzemoPY5ZWNtLDiFmBcXcsvUrtbvkiGGh_hCSL-ju7MuXjNj6TgvbVK8PPt3c92R3QAryAPXZr5m3XBb5TJB7CRCEoSljm-1sXxikAUPU6idv9KhEcJ6s/s320/fhfhfhf.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 224px;" /></a>Hey! New talent! Come to this workshop and bow down to the old guard... Our department of contrived, shitty post-modern ideas have tied what might have otherwise been a worthwhile afternoon in with meaningless history - wheeling out Ian Curtis in the name of progress has never been so much fun!<br />
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'Cutting edge' meets well, the really fucking predictable. Destroy this cuntery.<br />
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Here's the itinerary, try and stay awake!<br />
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<span style="color: #009900; font-weight: bold;">Un-Convention Factory – 15th May, 2010</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">As part of a larger event called Unknown Pleasures, celebrating the life of Ian Curtis on the 30th anniversary of his death, Un-Convention has been commissioned to develop a very special version of the event.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">In just one day 8 bands, 60 invited creatives and music industry professionals and 200 participants will embark on an experiment – to create, record and release a new record, while exploring the challenges, ideas and debates within the music industry.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The invited creatives and music industry professionals will be those at the cutting edge of music, from past and present. The participants will be anyone connected to music – from fans, to labels, to promoters to bands.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">This is not a conventional conference. It is an event where the experienced connect with young talent and create a record, whilst debating and networking along the way.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Macclesfield Football Stadium will be transformed into a factory containing all the elements and processes involved in creating a record. Participants will be free to explore the factory, interact with the invited creatives and ultimately make all the decisions along the way.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">At the end of the day, the record will be available for people to download, hear or buy (depending on what is decided by the participants). 8 new and un-conventional bands/collaborators will cover a track from Iggy Pop’s ‘The Idiot’ (the record Ian Curtis was listening to at the time of his death) and write a new track inspired by Joy Division/Ian Curtis. Each band will perform the songs, in front of an audience, while the songs are recorded for the album.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The stadium will be split into different areas – a graphic design studio, a performance and production area, a digital space, a mix studio and an idea/debate area. The graphic design studio will be occupied by designers, who, once given a brief on the day will produce a sleeve for the record. The digital space will be occupied by bloggers, new digital businesses (such as Music Glue, Sound Cloud and Spotify) and digital strategists who will all explore the best way to release and promote the record. The production area will have experienced producers who will record and mix the tracks.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The event will involve invited experienced participants such as Peter Saville, MPs, legendary record labels and some high profile bands.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Documentation</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The whole process will be documented with podcasts and video and made available on the Un-Convention web hub after the event. We also have good links with BBC 6Music and expect they would broadcast live from the event – featuring the bands on the show.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">IDEAS SPACE (capacity 300 people) – inspired by Ian Curtis and Factory Records:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">9am – 9:30am</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Introduction and keynote speech (Mike McNally, Andrew Dubber and Ruth Daniel). The session will address how the day will work, introduce the bands and talk about the idea behind the day.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 11:15am</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Music As Culture – ‘Some people make money and some make history’ Tony Wilson</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Joy Division and Factory Records are inextricably linked. From the music, to the sleeve designs, to the look and imagery to the philosophy of both the band and the label and of course both had strong, identifiable front men in Ian Curtis and Tony Wilson.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Much has been said and written about Tony Wilson and Factory but it is undeniable that music was a passion for the founders, particularly music that originated in and around Manchester. While there is no doubt that they wanted the label to make money, or at least break even, history shows us this was not their primary concern.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">As Dave Haslam has written 'They were never 'great businessmen' in the classic sense; they were flakey, inspiring, music enthusiasts who got entangled in the manacles of the business world'.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Both Joy Division and Factory however have left an indelible mark on music and popular culture in this country, the fact we are here today is tantamount to this. And it is this idea, that music is much more than merely an economic pursuit, that it is part of our culture, that we are interested in discussing.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Music as culture is not represented at any policy level and so important decisions are being made without consideration for the cultural aspect of music itself.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">When commerce is the only consideration, we believe the cultural, social, intellectual and artistic life of the citizenry suffers. Innovation suffers and the creative economy is hamstrung as a result.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Panelists – Andrew Dubber (New Music Strategist), Jez Collins (Birmingham City Music Archive), Steve Lawson (Artist), Sion Simon (The Minister for Culture), Alan Erasmus (Factory Records), Jarvis Coker, Denis Jones.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">11.15am – 11.45</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">11:45am – 1pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Death of the Rock and Roll Star</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Curtis was the classic rock and roll star. Years after his death, critics and fans continue to write and discuss at length Curtis's music, as well as possible motivations and inspirations for his work.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">As websites like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook allow fans to connect directly with bands, is there room for the rock and roll star anymore?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Panelists: John Robb, Mark E Smith, Jon McClure, Guy Garvey (Elbow), Liam Frost, Al Farquhar, Sumit Bothra, Dave Bianchi</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">1pm – 2pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Lunch and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">2pm – 3.15pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The Aesthetics of Music – a study of Factory Records</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The panel will explore how a music scene or band can be defined through visual creative arts - such as video, sleeve art, fonts, images.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Increasingly finished recorded formats such as CD albums and singles play a decreasing role in the fan's engagement with a label. Artists/labels nowadays publish a steady stream of content (digital & physical) - things like blog posts, event flyers, videos, iPhone apps, t-shirts, posters etc. This panel will explore how Factory pioneered this rather unique catalogue approach and how artists/labels should take inspiration from that.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Panelists – Peter Saville (Factory), Mark Brown (Mark Brown Studios – record sleeve designer), Pedro Winter (Ed Banger Records), Chris Cunningham, Steve Beckett (Warp Records).</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">3.15pm – 3.45pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">3.45pm – 5pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">‘Successful DIYers’ – Something From Nothing</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Case studies of the most innovative DIYers in the UK and internationally.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Moderator: Mike McNally (McNally Consulting), with Fabricio Nombre (Brazil), Vijay Nair (Only Much Louder, India), Martin Giraldo (Colombia) and Jay Taylor (The Ruby Lounge), Enter Shakari.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE SPACE (capacity 50 people in each)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 5pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Recording, mixing and production process of 8 bands</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Participants: Reverend and The Makers,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Producer: Youth</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Engineer and space manager: Dan Thomas</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">DESIGN SPACE (capacity 40 people)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 5pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Design of album sleeve, posters and digital creative content for the website</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Participants: Stanley Chow, Peter Saville, Mark Brown, (plus 4 young local students studying graphic design)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">DIGITAL SPACE (capacity 60 people)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Upload area</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">An upload area, will be available for those documenting the event with flip of phone cameras to download content, that will immediately be available to view on the website.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Website and blog creation</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Websites can be created on Macs during the event to promote the process and release.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Platforms</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Music Glue, SoundCloud and BandCamp will have the opportunity to showcase their platforms and compete for the participants vote on which platform should be used to release the record.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Blogspot</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">This area will have 2 dedicated computers for bloggers to post their commentary on the event.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Roundtable Sessions</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">These sessions will define the release strategy for the record and will be presented as part of the closing session (6pm – 7pm). Each roundtable will have space for up to 15 participants to ensure constructive discussion. Participants can sign up to these sessions before the event on the website.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 11.15am</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Release strategy roundtable led by Mark Meharry, Music Glue – a sales/release strategy for the record</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">11.15am – 11.45am</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">11.45am – 1pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Digital Marketing roundtable led by Karen Piper, Radar Maker – building the campaign.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">1pm – 2pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Lunch and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">2pm – 3.15pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">International approaches led by Martin Giraldo, La Capsula (Colombia) – building international strategy. Participants: Fabricio Nombre, Lykle De Vries, Wolfgang Senges, Keith Wallang</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">3.15pm – 3.45pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">3.45pm – 5pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Zero outlay marketing strategies led by Andrew Dubber, New Music Strategies.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">CLOSING SESSION – IN IDEAS SPACE</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">5pm – 6pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break for participants</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">6pm – 7:30pm</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Presenting the album, artwork and promotional campaign. Feedback from all sessions. Release of the album.</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Un-Convention Factory – 15th May, 2010</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">As part of a larger event called Unknown Pleasures, celebrating the life of Ian Curtis on the 30th anniversary of his death, Un-Convention has been commissioned to develop a very special version of the event.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">In just one day 8 bands, 60 invited creatives and music industry professionals and 200 participants will embark on an experiment – to create, record and release a new record, while exploring the challenges, ideas and debates within the music industry.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The invited creatives and music industry professionals will be those at the cutting edge of music, from past and present. The participants will be anyone connected to music – from fans, to labels, to promoters to bands.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">This is not a conventional conference. It is an event where the experienced connect with young talent and create a record, whilst debating and networking along the way.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Macclesfield Football Stadium will be transformed into a factory containing all the elements and processes involved in creating a record. Participants will be free to explore the factory, interact with the invited creatives and ultimately make all the decisions along the way.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">At the end of the day, the record will be available for people to download, hear or buy (depending on what is decided by the participants). 8 new and un-conventional bands/collaborators will cover a track from Iggy Pop’s ‘The Idiot’ (the record Ian Curtis was listening to at the time of his death) and write a new track inspired by Joy Division/Ian Curtis. Each band will perform the songs, in front of an audience, while the songs are recorded for the album.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The stadium will be split into different areas – a graphic design studio, a performance and production area, a digital space, a mix studio and an idea/debate area. The graphic design studio will be occupied by designers, who, once given a brief on the day will produce a sleeve for the record. The digital space will be occupied by bloggers, new digital businesses (such as Music Glue, Sound Cloud and Spotify) and digital strategists who will all explore the best way to release and promote the record. The production area will have experienced producers who will record and mix the tracks.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The event will involve invited experienced participants such as Peter Saville, MPs, legendary record labels and some high profile bands.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Documentation</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The whole process will be documented with podcasts and video and made available on the Un-Convention web hub after the event. We also have good links with BBC 6Music and expect they would broadcast live from the event – featuring the bands on the show.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">IDEAS SPACE (capacity 300 people) – inspired by Ian Curtis and Factory Records:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">9am – 9:30am</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Introduction and keynote speech (Mike McNally, Andrew Dubber and Ruth Daniel). The session will address how the day will work, introduce the bands and talk about the idea behind the day.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 11:15am</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Music As Culture – ‘Some people make money and some make history’ Tony Wilson</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Joy Division and Factory Records are inextricably linked. From the music, to the sleeve designs, to the look and imagery to the philosophy of both the band and the label and of course both had strong, identifiable front men in Ian Curtis and Tony Wilson.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Much has been said and written about Tony Wilson and Factory but it is undeniable that music was a passion for the founders, particularly music that originated in and around Manchester. While there is no doubt that they wanted the label to make money, or at least break even, history shows us this was not their primary concern.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">As Dave Haslam has written 'They were never 'great businessmen' in the classic sense; they were flakey, inspiring, music enthusiasts who got entangled in the manacles of the business world'.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Both Joy Division and Factory however have left an indelible mark on music and popular culture in this country, the fact we are here today is tantamount to this. And it is this idea, that music is much more than merely an economic pursuit, that it is part of our culture, that we are interested in discussing.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Music as culture is not represented at any policy level and so important decisions are being made without consideration for the cultural aspect of music itself.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">When commerce is the only consideration, we believe the cultural, social, intellectual and artistic life of the citizenry suffers. Innovation suffers and the creative economy is hamstrung as a result.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Panelists – Andrew Dubber (New Music Strategist), Jez Collins (Birmingham City Music Archive), Steve Lawson (Artist), Sion Simon (The Minister for Culture), Alan Erasmus (Factory Records), Jarvis Coker, Denis Jones.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">11.15am – 11.45</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">11:45am – 1pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Death of the Rock and Roll Star</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Curtis was the classic rock and roll star. Years after his death, critics and fans continue to write and discuss at length Curtis's music, as well as possible motivations and inspirations for his work.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">As websites like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook allow fans to connect directly with bands, is there room for the rock and roll star anymore?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Panelists: John Robb, Mark E Smith, Jon McClure, Guy Garvey (Elbow), Liam Frost, Al Farquhar, Sumit Bothra, Dave Bianchi</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">1pm – 2pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Lunch and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">2pm – 3.15pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The Aesthetics of Music – a study of Factory Records</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">The panel will explore how a music scene or band can be defined through visual creative arts - such as video, sleeve art, fonts, images.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Increasingly finished recorded formats such as CD albums and singles play a decreasing role in the fan's engagement with a label. Artists/labels nowadays publish a steady stream of content (digital & physical) - things like blog posts, event flyers, videos, iPhone apps, t-shirts, posters etc. This panel will explore how Factory pioneered this rather unique catalogue approach and how artists/labels should take inspiration from that.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Panelists – Peter Saville (Factory), Mark Brown (Mark Brown Studios – record sleeve designer), Pedro Winter (Ed Banger Records), Chris Cunningham, Steve Beckett (Warp Records).</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">3.15pm – 3.45pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">3.45pm – 5pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">‘Successful DIYers’ – Something From Nothing</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Case studies of the most innovative DIYers in the UK and internationally.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Moderator: Mike McNally (McNally Consulting), with Fabricio Nombre (Brazil), Vijay Nair (Only Much Louder, India), Martin Giraldo (Colombia) and Jay Taylor (The Ruby Lounge), Enter Shakari.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE SPACE (capacity 50 people in each)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 5pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Recording, mixing and production process of 8 bands</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Participants: Reverend and The Makers,</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Producer: Youth</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Engineer and space manager: Dan Thomas</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">DESIGN SPACE (capacity 40 people)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 5pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Design of album sleeve, posters and digital creative content for the website</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Participants: Stanley Chow, Peter Saville, Mark Brown, (plus 4 young local students studying graphic design)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">DIGITAL SPACE (capacity 60 people)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Upload area</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">An upload area, will be available for those documenting the event with flip of phone cameras to download content, that will immediately be available to view on the website.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Website and blog creation</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Websites can be created on Macs during the event to promote the process and release.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Platforms</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Music Glue, SoundCloud and BandCamp will have the opportunity to showcase their platforms and compete for the participants vote on which platform should be used to release the record.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Blogspot</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">This area will have 2 dedicated computers for bloggers to post their commentary on the event.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">Roundtable Sessions</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">These sessions will define the release strategy for the record and will be presented as part of the closing session (6pm – 7pm). Each roundtable will have space for up to 15 participants to ensure constructive discussion. Participants can sign up to these sessions before the event on the website.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">10am – 11.15am</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Release strategy roundtable led by Mark Meharry, Music Glue – a sales/release strategy for the record</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">11.15am – 11.45am</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">11.45am – 1pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Digital Marketing roundtable led by Karen Piper, Radar Maker – building the campaign.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">1pm – 2pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Lunch and networking</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">2pm – 3.15pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">International approaches led by Martin Giraldo, La Capsula (Colombia) – building international strategy. Participants: Fabricio Nombre, Lykle De Vries, Wolfgang Senges, Keith Wallang</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">3.15pm – 3.45pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break and networking</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">3.45pm – 5pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Zero outlay marketing strategies led by Andrew Dubber, New Music Strategies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">CLOSING SESSION – IN IDEAS SPACE</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">5pm – 6pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Break for participants</span><br />
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<span style="color: #009900;">6pm – 7:30pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #009900;">Presenting the album, artwork and promotional campaign. Feedback from all sessions. Release of the album.</span>FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715778029485971130.post-47027593991484986922010-04-13T14:05:00.002+01:002010-04-13T14:44:13.412+01:00Jilly's Rockworld and Music Box to close?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1/4050193-Jillys_Rock_World_Manchester-Manchester.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 182px;" src="http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1/4050193-Jillys_Rock_World_Manchester-Manchester.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />To stop sniping briefly, FUC51 has just heard that Jilly's Rockworld and Music Box are to close. Whilst we may not have liked the music especially, it was always nice to know these places existed.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#%21/jillys.rockworld?v=wall&ref=ts">Jilly's Facebook</a> page: "<span style="font-style: italic;">This is the worse news I have will ever have to impart here. It is with the heaviest of heart that I must tell you all that Jilly's Rockworld has finally closed its doors for the last time. As of now we are no longer. The recession has another victim. A great club and an institution in Manchester for many many years is now only history.</span>"FUC51http://www.blogger.com/profile/12650288108399791591noreply@blogger.com21