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18th May - The Number One Album in the UK - 1993 (New Order - Republic)

discovermusictv wrote 20 hours ago: New Order formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division – Peter Hook (bass, vocals … more →

Tags: Music 2, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Alternative Dance, Alternative Rock, Bad Lieutenant, bernard sumner, Brotherhood, Corruption & Lies, electronic

New Order - Ruined In A Day (single) - Republic (album)

discovermusictv wrote 1 day ago: The second single – from the Republic album – was released on 21st June 1993. The music … more →

Tags: Music 2, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Peter Saville, new order, Alternative Rock, movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life

New Order - World (The Price of Love) (single) - Republic (album)

discovermusictv wrote 1 day ago: The third single – from the Republic album – released on 23rd August 1993. The track is … more →

Tags: Music 2, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Alternative Dance, Alternative Rock, Bad Lieutenant, bernard sumner, Brotherhood, Corruption & Lies, electronic

Synth Britannia

Matterhorn wrote 2 days ago: One for the fellow synth pop nerds! Synth Britannia naturally looks in depth at the late 70’s/ 80’s … more →

Tags: Documentaries, Music Features, 80's Drum sound, 80's fashion, 80's music, 80's Production, bernard sumner, Depeche Mode, eighties

Hidden Gems : OMD - 88 Seconds In Greensboro

Stevo Music Man wrote 4 days ago: Today I thought I’d highlight the rockier side of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark with a son … more →

Tags: Music video, virgin, Factory Records, Paul Humphreys, Dindisc Records, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, boomtown rats, I don't like Mondays, 88 Seconds In Greensboro

Who are you?14 comments

Ronnie Hughes wrote 4 days ago: I don’t mean the song by The Who, though it is a very good later days Who song. I really mean … more →

Tags: A sense of place, Anthony H Wilson, creative exercise, Dee Estuary, Granby, Granby 4 Streets, hampsfell, Liverpool, Lost Liverpool

Day 68: Joy Division: Closer (era)

saucyjackdc wrote 6 days ago: I’m going to cheat here: I am expanding the remit of what constitutes a record. “Closer … more →

Tags: 1980s, 1980, atmosphere, BasS Records, bernard sumner, closer, Factory, ian curtis, Indie

Writing Advice and Snake Oil

kateforster wrote 1 week ago: There is a book on writing out at the moment that I am undecided on whether to read. It promises ric … more →

Tags: Culture, art 2, Bestseller, book, Jonathan Coe, Stephen King, writer, writing

The Look of Love - Smut's entertainment

Dave wrote 2 weeks ago: Ladies’ Manager: Steve Coogan with Anna Friel in The Look of Love There was a time when Steve … more →

Tags: film, 24 hour party people, A Cock and Bull Story, Alan Partridge, Anna Friel, Chris Addison, Control?, David Walliams, Francis Ford Coppola

24 Hour Party People

Matterhorn wrote 3 weeks ago: http://clicktoview.org/ijvjz7n6j7m5 With 24 Hour party people being based around Tony Wilson, Factor … more →

Tags: Music Features, Documentaries, new order, Factory Records, Joy Division, martin hannet, manchester, 24 hour party people, Happy Mondays

Peter Saville on Tony Wilson's Headstone

inventory of everything wrote 1 month ago: Inspirational figures get personal and share a passion with us in AnOther Thing I Wanted to Tell You … more →

Tags: Graphic Design, Peter Saville

Control - One Sentence Review

harmonov wrote 1 month ago: Exquisitely shot biopic (directed by Anton Corbijn) of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis which pulls … more →

Tags: One-Sentence Reviews, Raves, alexandra maria lara, Annik Honoré, Anton Corbijn, bernard sumner, Debbie Curtis, Factory Records, ian curtis

Players

Miffy F wrote 1 month ago: Players by Tony Wilson My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you love footy (AFL) with all your heart, and you … more →

Tags: Reviews, AFL, Sport

Princesses and hidden peas

carriegelson wrote 2 months ago: Fairy tales are fantastic and fractured fairy tales offer fun and quirky twists on those stories tha … more →

Tags: art 2, Art, Deep space sparkle, Favourite Illustrators, Fiction, fractured fairy tale, great read alouds, Mini Grey, Picture Books

Tony Targets Transport for London

jellylondon wrote 2 months ago: Our very own extremely talented illustrator, Tony Wilson was recently commissioned by the branding c … more →

Tags: Illustration, news 2, 2d, Hand-drawn, Photo-Illustration, London, Creative Director, Transport, train

Monday March 11th, 201321 comments

carriegelson wrote 2 months ago: It’s Monday! What are you Reading? I enjoyed a week of reading fractured fairy tales to my cla … more →

Tags: It's Monday What Are You Reading?, What is your teacher reading?, A.S. King, Cathie Felstead, chris k soentpiet, Clare Vanderpool, Fiction, fractured fairy tale, Georg Hallensleben

Comic Relief Challenge day 4 - Ugly Little Dreams

Simon Hickson (sometimes Stan Tenchard) wrote 2 months ago: Today’s choice for my Comic Relief  Team Tracey Thorn Challenge has been picked by none other than @ … more →

Tags: Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Television, Movies, Events, Comic Relief, Everything But The Girl, tracey thorn

Three Poets Walk Into a Club ...

writewyattuk wrote 2 months ago: IF YOU still reckon poetry’s all about stuffy old school textbooks or finger-in-the-ear performance … more →

Tags: Music, Books, Films, & TV, manchester, Preston, john cooper clarke, Luke Wright, mike garry, Salford, fallowfield

Peel Sessions : Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Stevo Music Man wrote 3 months ago: OMD are a band many forget released their first single ‘Electricity‘ on the iconic label … more →

Tags: Music video, electronic, OMD, Factory Records, Messages, Dindisc Records, Julia's Song, Red Frame White Light, Bunker Soldiers


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