Happy Mondays

Review: Happy Mondays – Excess All Areas – by Simon Spence

This is the third Simon Spence book that I have read. He is a very talented music journalist from Manchester with a taste for documenting, wild, stylish cultural movements that have emerged from the Madchester craziness. Excess All Areas covers perhaps the most successful and innovative band to have ridden…

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Review: Touching from a Distance – Ian Curtis and Joy Division – by Deborah Curtis

I am a massive fan of Joy Division and feel that the band’s greatness has always been tainted by lead singer, Ian Curtis’ early death. He was a modern day British Jim Morrison, a trapped poet, muse to millions. This book, a heartfelt examination of the real man by his…

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Wez G Sessions – Episode 9

Another refreshing hour’s blend of music in the Wez G Sessions radio show, episode 9 :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Jinny Keep Warm (Original Extended Mix) 2 Portishead Sour Times 3 Bjork Big Time Sensuality 4 Nush Nush 5 Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side 6 Belinda…

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Wez G Sessions – Episode 5

This week’s show has a predominantly dance flavour, with some burned vinyl from the Wez G vaults to compliment the mp3s and wavs. :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Inner City Good Life 2 Joy Division Transmission 3 Opus III When You Made The Mountain 4 Röyksopp Tricky Tricky…

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