Tim Booth is a Leeds lad

Could have sworn he's from Bradford??

Greater Leeds I suppose.

Oh but, isnt it funny how Loiners dont like the idea of a 'Greater Manchester'. funny that.

Tim Booth is a Leeds lad


Could have sworn he's from Bradford??

Greater Leeds I suppose.



Really? God I didn't know that! Of course he never spoke with a Manc accent anyway - his accent was sort of camp and fey, but I never realised he was from W Yorkshire originally!

I thought that he was from Harrogate. Deffo a Leeds Utd fan though.

NINE BLACK ALPS - saw them in dec, v.good. maybe a bit heavy to make it big mainstream, but v.good never the less. worth giving a listen

You have got be fucking joking!!!!!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/5037792.stm

You have got be fucking joking!!!!!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/5037792.stm

that i can just about hack- whats the story morning glory better than dark side of the moon- that gets me angry.

You have got be fucking joking!!!!!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/5037792.stm


Absolutely! What's the Story (Morning Glory) should have been number 1 :)

things seem to be moving forward for the reopening of band on the wall.

http://www.bandonthewall.org/

details of the application with a view to reopen in 2007- be good to have another quality live venue in the city especially one that forms such an integral part of the N4's heritage.

You have got be fucking joking!!!!!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/5037792.stm

Ive got to agree, as much as i love Oasis, and agree that Definately Maybe is a classic, it is not as good as The Beatles Revolver or Pink Floyd.

does it matter. The NME publish one of these shite polls every 6 months. With a different answer every time.

Edit: Mez got there first!

they must have asked 40,000 white 30 something men with thinning hair who think Stone Island is the height of fashion

Where are the fucking black people????????
No Whats Going On!
No Songs in the Key of Life or InnerVisions!
For Gods sake even Off The Wall is better than the majority of the bobbins in there!
I'm with Issac and Mez on this one - the NME is borderline racist and homophobic anyway.
They dismissed hip hop until the Beastie Boys and did the same with House music until white, middle class boys from the Home Counties started making it.

Now this is what I call music... raw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFfcTo1tXeI&search=Candombe

Nowhere in Britain can compete with this
http://www.youtube.com/results?search=kersal&search_type=search_videos&search=Search
top Manchester talent.
Start with Kersal Massive Beatbox
These boys will go far .

I hate Oasis, if it was up to me they wouldn't be breathing let alone being voted for Best album of ALL TIME...DO ME A FUCKIN FAVOUR!!!THEY ARE SHITE!!!!

Fucking mediocre ordinary so-so nothing special white indie rock/pop, no originality whatsoever, "E R our kid, lets just rob all the Beatles chords an that, no one'll notice an that, then we'll say were the best band in the world an that, whatjareckon?Top one"

the only reason they got noticed in the first place was because their lead singer made stupendously outrageous claims that they were the best band in the world just as he twatted some photographer who was giving them the publicity they so craved. If I saw either of those 2 wankers in the street I'd gladly cave their heads in.

And yes where ARE all the black people on that list?

calm down kev :)

I hate Oasis, if it was up to me they wouldn't be breathing let alone being voted for Best album of ALL TIME...DO ME A FUCKIN FAVOUR!!!THEY ARE SHITE!!!!

Fucking mediocre ordinary so-so nothing special white indie rock/pop, no originality whatsoever, "E R our kid, lets just rob all the Beatles chords an that, no one'll notice an that, then we'll say were the best band in the world an that, whatjareckon?Top one"

the only reason they got noticed in the first place was because their lead singer made stupendously outrageous claims that they were the best band in the world just as he twatted some photographer who was giving them the publicity they so craved. If I saw either of those 2 wankers in the street I'd gladly cave their heads in.

And yes where ARE all the black people on that list?

:applause:

:applause:

I hate that handclappy smilie... its the worst one. And I hate this one as well :cheers: , and this one :runaway: and this one :carrot: and its variants, they are definitely a :nono:

I think we need more smilies :thankyou: how do we get em?

White, Black, it's all going to be Anglo/American centric, listen to Arabic lute music and you can here where the blues originates, listen to Indian drummers, listen to anything, just give these boring pop bands a miss for a few weeks.

I hate that handclappy smilie... its the worst one. And I hate this one as well :cheers: , and this one :runaway: and this one :carrot: and its variants, they are definitely a :nono:

I think we need more smilies :thankyou: how do we get em?

There is something quite creepy about it isnt there? I promise never to use it again!!!!!! I was making the tea at the time so couldnt be bothered to write a long rant about Oasis being rubbish etc etc. so thats my excuse.

We definitely need a "Oh! the irony!" smilie aswell as a "Now THAT is sarcasm" one and a "take that last comment with a pinch of salt" one.

I personally would like a "you are talking out of your arse and to enter into a discourse with you is not only below me but pointless because you are an immature dickhead who cannot have a reasonable discussion without resorting to childish insults and besides i have superior intelligence to you and you wouldnt know the difference between Louis Kahn and Chaka Khan anyway" smilie.

My 'favourites' are: :poke: :horse: and :hug:

calm down kev :)

I'm calm, I just hate Oasis. What I hate more is all these Mancunians who bought into that hype as if they were something to be proud of, as if they gave a shit about Manchester from their mansions in St Johns Wood. They're an embarrassment to Manchester not something to be proud of.Fuckin monkey boy and his dull fuckin brother, they make my blood boil. Talentless tosswanks. :)

I'm calm, I just hate Oasis. What I hate more is all these Mancunians who bought into that hype as if they were something to be proud of, as if they gave a shit about Manchester from their mansions in St Johns Wood. They're an embarrassment to Manchester not something to be proud of.Fuckin monkey boy and his dull fuckin brother, they make my blood boil. Talentless tosswanks. :)

I'm not allowed to use the clap smilie so i'll just agree with you roly!
You'll like this blingster- i had the 'honour' of barring monkey boy from Dry for being an all round general arse and treating the staff like morons when six months earlier he had been just a normal polite lad.
I dont resent some people success but those two and their ostentatious firm are vermin.

Good for you, I hope you gave him a dig aswell while you were at it. :applause:

I can use it.

Good for you, I hope you gave him a dig aswell while you were at it. ;)

I can use it.

no you cant :)

Have a look.

http://www.swapfestival.co.uk/

This one for all you graphic designers out there (of which there are many!).

Picked up a copy of Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album for 20 quid from FOPP.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0500513007.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Every graphic designer should own a copy of this book IMO. It doesnt get much better than this!

ah yes, based on the old 5.25 and 8 inch floppy disks...

http://www.discinterchange.com/media_photos/Floppy8-100.gif

There are "hard sector" and "soft sector" 8" disks. This specification only describes soft sector. See Floppy Disk Media Specifications for more.

All 8" drives were 48 TPI, with 77 cylinders.

Both single and double density recording (FM and MFM) were common.

Sector sizes from 128 to 1024 were all common (128, 256, 512, 1024). Other sector sizes were possible.

The single and double sided media have the index hole in different locations, so the drive knows which type of disk you inserted

ah yes, based on the old 5.25 and 8 inch floppy disks...

There are "hard sector" and "soft sector" 8" disks. This specification only describes soft sector. See Floppy Disk Media Specifications for more.

All 8" drives were 48 TPI, with 77 cylinders.

Both single and double density recording (FM and MFM) were common.

Sector sizes from 128 to 1024 were all common (128, 256, 512, 1024). Other sector sizes were possible.

The single and double sided media have the index hole in different locations, so the drive knows which type of disk you inserted

:blahblah:
Where is a yawn smilie when you need one?

:blahblah:
Where is a yawn smilie when you need one?

http://www.computerhope.com/help/floppyd3.gif

5.25-Inch diskette

Older diskette popular in the 1970's that is similar in concept to the 3.5-inch floppy diskette with less capacity and a larger dimension of 13.3cm by 13.3cm in size. Unlike the 3.5-inch diskettes, the 5.25-inch diskettes did not have a hard shell and were flimsy. The 5.25-inch diskettes were available in a capacity of 360kb low-density and 1.2MB high-density size; by 1994 the 5.25-inch disk was extinct and was replaced by the popularity of the 3.5-inch disks.

You are now on my Ignore List!

You are now on my Ignore List!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/030606/saville.jpg

Purveyor of borrowed esoteric photography. And fraud.... At least Malcom Garrett could hold an intelligent conversation.

http://img.forministry.com/0/0E/0ED0A97A-0B00-47F6-8B1953AAF2551F37/958EF7E6-7990-4C42-BB945A905858895C.jpg

"Dont listen to what b51mmy says Peter, you really are the Son of God. His evil words cannot hurt you my Lord"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/030606/saville.jpg

Pretty boy done good. And done nowt since about 1984.

Just bought "The Longcut" new album.

Classic , the best album ive heard this year ,,Music from Mancunia strikes again :)

The Queen is Dead was released 20 years ago this week.

Just bought "The Longcut" new album.

Classic , the best album ive heard this year ,,Music from Mancunia strikes again :)

:) nice 1 highriser; heard good things about them, must check them out.

the nightjars seem to be a pretty good ne band from god's own city -

http://www.myspace.com/thenightjars

The end of Manchester’s Spirit?]/B]
The School of Sound Recordings’ Spirit Studios has known its fair share of Mancunian stars in its 21 years – The Stone Roses, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and The Fall have all used it – but now it’s closed its doors for a final time.[/B]
The studios became a central point for the city’s music scene in 1980s, providing rehearsal and recording space for many Mancunian bands. Indeed, it’s held in such affection that all four of the Stone Roses have been moved to comment on its demise.

John Squire remembers being impressed by the musicians that would come and go in the studios.

“I think my most important memory of Spirit Studios was rehearsing with the Stone Roses when Howard Jones came in and saw us for the first time,” he said. “It wasn’t long before we signed our first recording deal with Howard’s label, Thin Line.”

Slayer's Tom Araya said that the tea served in Sprit was the best brew his lips had ever welcomed!

Former Roses bassist Mani paid tribute to the founder of the studios, John Breakell, who he says was “instrumental in giving us free studio time in Spirit when money was tight. It gave us the springboard to launch our recording career.”

Ian Brown and Reni’s praise for Spirit was a much simpler affair. Brown recalls that “Spirit Studios were the greatest recording and rehearsal rooms in the country”, adding that a lot of “important people got together down there,” while drummer Reni sums it up best of all with a suitably touching compliment.
“I will miss Spirit. Just knowing it’s gone feels like losing a tooth – a tooth used when smiling!”

Gone but not forgotten
All isn’t lost though, as John Breakell’s influence on Manc music continues with SSR, and Spirit is being replaced with a purpose-built audio and media training centre, the prospect of which John is very excited about.

“We are lucky to have played a small part in the success of the city’s music scene in the past, and we are determined to help continue Manchester’s creative success. We hope that the new studio complex will help that.”
And if the new studios weren’t enough, SSR are also offering an annual scholarship to commemorate Spirit and celebrate the launch of the new studios which will see over £10,000 go to three students each year to aid their studios in music production, sound engineering, post-production, DJ skills or whatever other path they choose to take through the school!

So, as sad as it is the see the closure of such an important part of Manchester’s musical history, it seems the spirit of the place will live on after its demise.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/07/25/old_spirit_studios_203x152.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/07/25/stone_roses_200x150.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/07/25/old_spirit_john_bill_180x150.jpg
http://headbanger.wplanet.hu/be/htdocs/updir/slayer_tom%20araya1.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/images/recipes/tea_300x193.jpg

Morrissey Talks About Where He Grew Up
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Oh! Cheer up you miserable old git!

"When people ask me my nationality, I never reply British, I repy that I am from Manchester, in England. It dosn't mean I am nostalgic about the place. I was created bitter and resentful by Manchester. It is not a spiritual environment"

Gensis P Oridge.

Who's that you may ask? Skinny nutjob in this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8klW9trVTQ

I must be getting old :laugh: what a fucking racket that is :laugh:

That's a Manchester upbringing for you. (and a adolescents in a Miltary school just outside Bimingham does to you.

Didn't Primal Screen name check TG when the release a single with "a throbbing gristle vibe" a couple of years ago?

Primal Scream now ya talking :)

If my mother taught me one thing, it's never take advice on spirituality from a big titted man with a self awarded, pretentious yet meaningless name.

"When people ask me my nationality, I never reply British, I repy that I am from Manchester, in England. It dosn't mean I am nostalgic about the place. I was created bitter and resentful by Manchester. It is not a spiritual environment"

Gensis P Oridge.

Who's that you may ask? Skinny nutjob in this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8klW9trVTQ

I once saw Psychic TV, supported by Zodiac Minwarp.

A strange occasion attended by a strange group of people.

A long time ago.

...

A little taste of Manchester´s grimey side:dj:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcDgY88JnM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79B3jKbUDY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQM9Yr-HyM

I once saw Psychic TV, supported by Zodiac Minwarp.

A strange occasion attended by a strange group of people.

A long time ago.

I went to the same school as Zodiac Mindwarp. Not at the same time though. (edited to add, jusy checked this, and would appear the rumours at school were wrong! he's a Leeds lad)

And Enoch powell although he didn't stay long.

Sorry, rambling off topic again.

Granada Ian Brown Special from 2001, presented by Antony H W
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Ian Curtis Feature, Granada 1995
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Joy Division, Hall of fame (modern program, in cheesy nostalgia style)
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This one looks good: A tour round the old haunts.
New Order Feature, APB, 1988
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Check out the rest of this bloke's youtube collection. There's fucking loads of stuff.

Contains thelike of buzzcocks, the sex pistols & sid vicious (loads), james, johnny marr plus many more.

Nice one, Stuart Chameleon (if you ever read this):
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=StuartChameleon&page=1

Wheeeeeeeeeeey the Green Half! come on lad!!! (ok im biased) (http://www.myspace.com/thegreenhalf)

Wheeeeeeeeeeey the Green Half! come on lad!!! (ok im biased) (http://www.myspace.com/thegreenhalf)

Nice one Mez.

Are there any other up and coming local bands people know about or are involved in?

These folk were parding through the Northern Quarter last week dressed up in their monster raving loony style attire, promoting themselves by means of a megaphone. Its good to see such enthusiasm.
http://www.myspace.com/thenouvelles

There was an Article about the tigerpicks (http://www.myspace.com/thetigerpicks) in the MEN a few days ago. Signed after only 5 gigs! Thats not bad going. Unfortunately they're now based in Liverpool (boo!)

I love the way manchester does so much to promote its musicians. I doubt there's a better city in Britain to be in a band but to be honest, given this support I think our music scene i somewhat under achieving. There's loads of okay bands but its about time we had a few more hit the main stream.

You can't underestimate the influence that popular youth cultures can have on a city. Just look at the effects of old Madchester scene and its about time we had a new one. So come on boys and girls: pull your bloody finger out and get writting some top tunes.

There is a government move to make it very difficult for musicians
to perform live in small venues, or for schools, pubs and charities to
raise money for causes through musical events.

The new legislation will inhibit the central role music making has in our lives and communities.

If you circulate this to your friends, all each person has to do is
go to the government's petitions website below, give your name, email
and address - it takes about 30 seconds.

And it could make a vital difference to the nurturing of community
music making, and enabling young musicians to find their feet in the
performing world.


The live music/licensing e-petition now has nearly 46,000 signatures. It currently stands at no.4 in the list of 1,702 petitions on the Number 10


This is good, especially in just under a month - and there are five
more months in which people can sign. But the petition needs to do much
better to make an impression on ministers, and to encourage DCMS to implement music-friendly amendments.


http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/

My favourite Manchester band is The Stone Roses, and there debut is one of my favourite albums ever. My other favourites are Happy Mondays, Joy Division, John Cooper Clark, Superqueens, Inspiral Carpets, World Of Twist, New Order, The Charlatans, and early Oasis. I saw Oasis in December 1997 at the G-Mex, when they were supported by Travis. And I saw The Happy Mondays at the Manchester Evening News Arena in April 1999. The latter was my favourite gig, because of the enrgy on stage, and seeing Bez freaky dancin' with his marracus, was a great an experience as any gigs i've seen before or since.

Just realised that iv'e disgracefully forgotten four of my favourite Manchester bands ever. The Fall, who are now as good as ever I feel, The Seahorses who I saw at Middlesbrough Town Hall in 1997, Black Grape who I also saw at Middlesbrough Town Hall in 1997 and last but by no means least 808 State. I love 808 State, and it was through 'Pacific' that I got into electronic & dance music in the first place. I can still remember when it was in the top 40 and it sounded like no other song in the charts. I hope they are still going, and would buy any new material that they did. Does anyone remember a Manchester band called the Dust Junkies?. There lead rapper/Singer was MC Tunes who featured on 'The Only Rhyme That Bites' by 808 State?. I can remember going to see them at Middlesbrough Arena about 10 years ago, then heard nothing from them ever again.

http://www.visitmanchester.com/podcast/

podcasts about manchester music from:
Mike Joyce
John Robb
Hooky
Liam Frost
Guy Garvey (elbow)

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/KingStSteetEntertainerManchester.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/ManchesterSamba4.jpg

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http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/ManchesterSamba.jpg

Plus a little street entertainment

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/StreetEntertainerManchester.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/ManchesterSamba4.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/ManchesterSamba3.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/ManchesterSamba2.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/ManchesterSamba.jpg



Interesting pictures Marky! :yes:

I used to play with this band - they're called Sambangra - one of about six different percussion collectives that took up much of my most enjoyable years in all manner of musical collaborations between 1996 and 2003. The other large drum band were the Manchester School Of Samba who are often seen playing their Brazilian grooves outside the same Marks & Spencer / Harvey Nichols corner of Cathedral Street - although the latter boast almost 100 members in total, their line ups have been rather thin of late (mainly cos all their best players have left to have families or teach other groups or start other bands or semi-retired etc etc).

Sambangra is fronted by Ian Holmes-Lewis (the increasingly grizzled-looking chap with the whistle seen here leading them) and are, as the name implies, a fusion of Brazilian Samba and Punjabi Bhangra rhythms, with some Afro-Carribean influences as well.

The dancer in the pics is our good friend and "vibemaster" Danny Henry - you will more than likely see him strutting his stuff whenever there is any percussion or African music busking in the city centre. :yes: This guy just lives for this sort of thing and is probably the single most famous dancer on the city scene after Bez - no shit!! :lol:

I was drumming with so many bands around this time (eight - including one rock band, a metal one, a punk one, an experimental noise one, and three Latin/Afro/Fusion drum collectives, it started getting too schizoid, so one by one I left them all to do my own thing.)

As for the street entertainers, that chap looks familiar as well, because whilst with all these drum bands I was also taking part as a performer and photographer in Manchester's most famous annual city centre street theatre festival of all - "Streets Ahead" - which took place every May in towns around Greater Manchester between 1994 and 2000. This was an annual festival that was promoted by Manchester International Arts - who still lay on the odd bit of street theatre events to this day - and in the coming months (between May and October) will once more have yet another exclusive programme of entertainment to liven up the city streets and parks. You will see me there at a fair few of these events - whilst no longer taking part as a player in these events, I will be taking pictures for all the performers' websites! :)

Just realised that iv'e disgracefully forgotten four of my favourite Manchester bands ever. The Fall, who are now as good as ever I feel, The Seahorses who I saw at Middlesbrough Town Hall in 1997, Black Grape who I also saw at Middlesbrough Town Hall in 1997 and last but by no means least 808 State. I love 808 State, and it was through 'Pacific' that I got into electronic & dance music in the first place. I can still remember when it was in the top 40 and it sounded like no other song in the charts. I hope they are still going, and would buy any new material that they did. Does anyone remember a Manchester band called the Dust Junkies?. There lead rapper/Singer was MC Tunes who featured on 'The Only Rhyme That Bites' by 808 State?. I can remember going to see them at Middlesbrough Arena about 10 years ago, then heard nothing from them ever again.

I did a very very bizarre gig which also featured Graham Massey in 1998 at Manchester Band On The Wall - he ended up playing his sax and clarinet locked in a wardrobe (don't ask why). I myself ended up reciting some strange improvised poem with my hand stuck up a cardboard cut-out dog's arse (again, don't ask). Another person started singing on stage between mouthfuls of pizza whilst builders were sawing away at planks of wood actually building another stage on top of the existing one. I guess you had to be there.

Said gig was one of a series of odd events under the umbrella name "Hip Replacement" which was the brainchild of old Manchester poet, eccentric and video director/artist Ed Barton (he did vids for Inspiral Carpets and James and wrote that huge post-house club hit "It's A Fine Day"), who seems to have disappeared off the scene of late due to illness. I miss the mad bugger....I wanted to collaborate with him on a voice- and percussion-only music project about 8 years back but nothing came of it because he'd already gone AWOL into enforced hiding.....

As for 808 State, I am proud to say I was in a drum band which supported them at the huge Castlefield open air gig they did in 1996 just after the bomb. We opened for them [as the Manchester School Of Samba]. Fantastic gig that was - and one of our drums ended up being used on the back cover of the album they had out at the time - "Don Solaris" - if you have the CD, take a look at the back cover and you can see the drum in the picture.