Tag Archives: Tony Wilson

All Night Party People – in conversation with A Certain Ratio’s Jez Kerr

Posted on May 19, 2019 by writewyattuk

It promises to be a busy year for industrial punk-funk pioneers and indie-dance survivors A Certain Ratio, currently playing a series of UK dates to coincide with new Mute collection, ACR:BOX. After 2018’s acr:set compilation and their LP reissue campaign, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged A Certain Ratio, Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias, Band on the Wall, C.P. Lee, Eddie Thomas, Factory Records, Gordon the Moron, Grace Jones, Jez Kerr, Jilted John, Joy Division, Manchester, Manchester Musicians Collective, Manchester United, Manchester Youth Theatre, Martin Hannett, Mute, New Order, Pips, Russell Club, Shack Up, Tony Wilson | Leave a comment

A Manchester love affair on record – the C.P. Lee interview

Posted on January 25, 2019 by writewyattuk

It wouldn’t be right to call C.P. Lee an unsung hero of the North West music scene. He’s sung a fair bit in his time and those who truly know the Manchester scene know full well who he is. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Ace Records, Ady Croasdell, Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, Blue Monday, Bob Dylan, Buzzcocks, C.P. Lee, Capital Radio, Eric Haydock, Greasy Bear, John Cooper Clarke, John Scott, Manchester, Martin Hannett, New Order, Northern Soul, Pete Shelley, Sex Pistols, Stiff Records, Teach Yourself Gibberish, The Hollies, Tony Wilson | 3 Comments

A man of Substance – the Peter Hook interview

Posted on December 14, 2017 by writewyattuk

‘I’m here now … sorry,’ read my text message, and after a couple of days struggling to locate Peter Hook, it seemed I finally had my chance. We’d missed each other a few times, but seeing as it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Anton Corbijn, Bernard Sumner, Buzzcocks, David Potts, Electric Circus, Freebass, Hacienda, Hacienda Classical, Half Man half Biscuit, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Michael Winterbottom, Monaco, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and the Light, Revenge, Rezillos, Rowetta, Salford, Sex Pistols, Substance, The Clash, The Undertones, Tony Wilson, University of Central Lancashire | 1 Comment

Renewable Power in the Darkness – back in touch with Tom Robinson

Posted on October 12, 2017 by writewyattuk

As I may have mentioned on these pages before, few TV shows of yore hold as much magic as Top of the Pops re-runs for this nostalgic, and recently I was digging among the online archives for the October 1977 … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged 2-4-6-8 Motorway, Adam Phillips, Andy Treacey, Chris Thomas, Danny Kustow, Gerry Diver, Glad To Be Gay, Jim Simmons, John Lydon, Mark Ambler, Northern Ireland, Power in the Darkness, Rock Against Racism, So It Goes, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, Tom Robinson, Tony Wilson, Too Good to Be True, Top of the Pops, TRB, Up Against The Wall, Vic Maile, Wessex Studios, Winter of '79 | 2 Comments

After the pills ‘n’ thrills and bellyaches – the Rowetta interview

Posted on August 10, 2017 by writewyattuk

Legendary Madchester trailblazers Happy Mondays are set to return later this year for a 25-date UK and Irish tour, their Twenty Four Hour Party People Greatest Hits Show, with those November and December appearances marking the 30th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Andrew Marr, Bez, Hacienda Classical, Happy Mondays, Howard Marks, Inner City, Johnny Marr, Joy Division, Manchester, Manchester Arena, Manchester Camerata, Peter Hook, Rowetta, Saffie Roussos, Shaun Ryder, The X Factor, Tony Wilson | 5 Comments

St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H. Wilson

Posted on August 11, 2015 by writewyattuk

I’ve probably said this before, but I don’t tend to do plugs on this blog. But this is a project I feel deserves wider recognition, involving a touching tribute to Anthony H. Wilson, the mouthpiece-turned-icon for so much great music … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Christopher Eccleston, Factory Records, Iggy pop, John Cooper Clarke, Joy Division, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Manchester, Mark Radcliffe, Mike Garry, New Order, Richard Madeley, Shaun Ryder, Steve Coogan, Tony Wilson | 3 Comments

Three Poets Walk Into a Club …

Posted on February 25, 2013 by writewyattuk

IF YOU still reckon poetry’s all about stuffy old school textbooks or finger-in-the-ear performance nights upstairs at your local boozer, think on. For away from the quieter corners in Waterstone’s and uni lecture rooms, there’s evidence that this ancient art … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged 53 Degrees, Fallowfield, John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright, Manchester, Mike Garry, poetry, Preston, Salford, Tony Wilson | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Tony Wilson

All Night Party People – in conversation with A Certain Ratio’s Jez Kerr

A Manchester love affair on record – the C.P. Lee interview

A man of Substance – the Peter Hook interview

Renewable Power in the Darkness – back in touch with Tom Robinson

After the pills ‘n’ thrills and bellyaches – the Rowetta interview

St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H. Wilson

Three Poets Walk Into a Club …

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