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If Beetham Tower is a phallic landmark, then perhaps Alexandra Park is its yonic opposite. (I didn’t know the word “yonic” until I looked up “phallic opposite” just…
I bought this ticket on a friend’s recommendation in 2012, but have since realised that I don’t like Alt-J. Not only is their sound very contrived, but their…
Last month, this caught my eye outside Night & Day on Oldham Street… I thought: It looks like 1983! …black & white photos, the violinist’s short-back-and-sides and white…
This website is built using WordPress software, which can be downloaded free from www.wordpress.org. When I started using WordPress last spring, I had no idea that it was…
BLANKSPACE is an art gallery at the dead end of Hulme Street, five minutes walk from Oxford Road: The old ‘Moonfish’ building stands in the lee of the…
Johann Kloos – Market Street “It’s a stream of ugly people coming towards you…” I first heard this song while I was photographing Hulme Hippodrome last November… Johann…
Contains my correspondence with the BBC Email response from Chris Humphrys, Content and Schedules Manager, Radio 1 and 1Xtra Friday 4th November 2011 Thank you for your comments…
Concerning Lowkey & Radio 1Xtra’s massive London bias. On my way to the Clarendon Road shops, I passed some lads on the corner and I asked them what…
Last month, Jez Kerr, the lead singer and bass player of A Certain Ratio, released a new album “Numb Mouth Eat Waste” under his own name; I went…
If you think this looks like fun then you’ll love the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club at Band On The Wall each month. However if, like me,…
Concerning Self Made, a film by Gillian Wearing OBE. Self Made was shown at Manchester Cornerhouse on Saturday September 3rd 2011 (and simultaneously in other cities across Britain.)…
Concerning ‘Crazy Mad’ by Magda Archer @ The Cornerhouse The short journey on foot from UMIST multi-storey car-park to The Cornerhouse with my four kids was as stupidly…
Phil Giblin
"All the Perry boys I knew were , without exception, either fully-fledged football ..."
Jinny Martin
"Mancky I like your post by the way, it’s not pretentious rubbish about ..."
Jinny Martin
"Added to the vibe??? Sheer buzz of the place?? Best nights ever??? I ..."
Jinny Martin
"I’m so glad to see this. People are so intent on seeing this ..."
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"I worked the lights on a jungle night there in 1995 and the ..."