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Genius. Poet. Twat.
Aug. 11th, 2007 10:19 pmThe title of this post is the tagline of the movie 24 Hour Party People. A movie which told the story of Tony Wilson, one of the key figures in the Manchester music scene. I was saddened to read that Tony passed away yesterday. He was only 57 years old. I admire people who live their lives without following conventions and without worrying about what other people think. Tony was one of those people. Without him we would never have heard Joy Division, New Order or the Happy Mondays. The Hacienda would never have existed. He introduced Punk to the North West and championed house music. All the while he held down his 'day job' as a news/political correspondent/presenter on local televison. The world will be a less interesting place without him.
This was meant to be a rather solemn post but I received some good news today which I can't not include. Cardiff Bloke (who seems to have a monopoly on good news at present) has become an uncle to a 9 pound 11 ounce (ouch!) baby boy. I am so happy for him.
At present I'm watching British Film Forever which is looking at Social Realism. A couple of Press Gang regulars have appeared in clips of the films being discussed (Lee Ross in Secrets & Lies and Charlie Creed-Miles in Nil by Mouth). I'm a bit confused about why 'If' and 'A Clockwork Orange' have been included in the Social Realism episode. I consider them to very surreal rather than real.
Oooh, and I finally saw a repeat of Julia Sawalha's episode of 'A taste of my life' this morning. It always suprises me how much she laughs in real life. I'm so used to watching her play oh so serious characters like Lynda and Saffy I can't cope with her having a sense of humour.
This was meant to be a rather solemn post but I received some good news today which I can't not include. Cardiff Bloke (who seems to have a monopoly on good news at present) has become an uncle to a 9 pound 11 ounce (ouch!) baby boy. I am so happy for him.
At present I'm watching British Film Forever which is looking at Social Realism. A couple of Press Gang regulars have appeared in clips of the films being discussed (Lee Ross in Secrets & Lies and Charlie Creed-Miles in Nil by Mouth). I'm a bit confused about why 'If' and 'A Clockwork Orange' have been included in the Social Realism episode. I consider them to very surreal rather than real.
Oooh, and I finally saw a repeat of Julia Sawalha's episode of 'A taste of my life' this morning. It always suprises me how much she laughs in real life. I'm so used to watching her play oh so serious characters like Lynda and Saffy I can't cope with her having a sense of humour.
