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Tony Wilson and the Crimes of Parochialism

Tony Wilson and the Crimes of Parochialism

“Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs. That’s what did it in the end. Not the money, not the music, not even the guns. That is my heroic flaw: my excess of civic pride.” – Tony Wilson. That is a “Heroic” quote taken from 24-Hour Party People and, contrary to his civic pride claim, the true focus of the film, Tony Wilson himself. The film is an indulgent, tedious “celebration” of…

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John Cooper Clarke – Poetry should sound good

John Cooper Clarke – Poetry should sound good

John Cooper Clarke If you don’t know who John Cooper Clarke is, Today is the right time to discover him. If you already know of his work, I don’t need to say anything. I am a recent convert who finds his words Amazing. What I do Object Is performance Poetry. I think this distinction has been invented by all the poets who can’t read their own stuff in an effective way so they had to create this distinction between us….

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