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BBC4 Documentary: Factory - Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

Item — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:04:47 -0800

'This is the story of how Factory pioneered Briton's independent pop culture, imagined a new Manchester, and blew a shedload of money:

Factory - Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays'

Remembering Tony Wilson

MrMerlot — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:46:01 -0800

The late, great Tony Wilson is being honoured today with a 24-hour long "intelligent" conversation in Manchester, England. Wilson was a musical Svengali par excellence. He co-founded Factory Records, helped discover both Joy Division and the Happy Mondays and has been credited with reviving the city that was cradle to the industrial revolution. The Tony Wilson Experience is a 24-hour long conversation being held today at Urbis in Manchester. It celebrates the life and work of Tony Wilson, who would have been 58 today, had he not died of cancer in August 2007. Speakers today include Peter Hook, Irvine Welsh, Paul Morley, Alan McGhee and Steve Coogan (who played Wilson in the movie adaptation 24-hour Party People).

maudlin — Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:14:32 -0800

What is truth, said jesting Tony? You may have already seen 24 Hour Party People, an openly self-serving, dishonest and very enjoyable account of the rise and fall of Manchester's Factory Records and its associated projects, such as the Hacienda. I tried to find more accurate, coherent and comprehensive accounts of the company's history. If you have the cash, you can always ring up Tony for some more mythology.