Brooce!
The Guardian’s Dave Simpson meets and celebrates an unsung hero of Manchester music – light and sound engineer and Vini’s loyal drummer, Bruce Mitchell.
Crazy wisdom
Not so long ago the Factory fan behind The construction in hand moved to Amsterdam. He has cunningly used this relocation to perform the conceptual act of writing about the entire Factory Benelux catalogue from within the ‘Ne’ of Benelux. While eating space cake and drinking Westmalle. The three-part result is unusual for a sustained [...]
For Belgian friends
I’ve been trying to convince myself that this Durutti Column classic qualifies as a B side, having written it for Backed with thinking that it was, but on checking the discographies, I’ve been forced to admit that it cannot be, for the A Factory quartet from which it comes is not in fact FAC 24 [...]
FAC 161
As ever with Momus, the plot is a woman, but you also get his take on Tony Wilson: ‘It infuriates me when people say (as some have, even on the day he died) that Tony was a bad businessman. He was an amazing – and influential – businessman. Or should we say “anti-businessman”? His contract was [...]
Songs for Anthony H. Wilson
‘Hey everyone have you worked it out? Who do you think we’re talking about? If you know him, you love him no doubt He goes on and on, and yet he says nowt And he’s so proud of the club But it’s just a glorified pub ha ha ha Because he’s condescending and he’s running [...]
