Comments on: The ancient 80s – Mark Kermode, Madchester and the end of ‘Alternative’ http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/skv-conversation/the-ancient-80s-mark-kermode-madchester-and-the-end-of-alternative/ Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Antonette Tacopino http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/skv-conversation/the-ancient-80s-mark-kermode-madchester-and-the-end-of-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Antonette Tacopino Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:38:07 +0000 http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/?p=2525#comment-1214 Just have to tell you, I truly had great fun at this webblog. i find it to be refreshing and very informative. wish there were more websites like it. In any case, I felt it was about time I posted, I will put your site on my blogroll. Thanks once more for taking the time to put this online. I definitely liked every bit of it. Just have to tell you, I truly had great fun at this webblog. i find it to be refreshing and very informative. wish there were more websites like it. In any case, I felt it was about time I posted, I will put your site on my blogroll. Thanks once more for taking the time to put this online. I definitely liked every bit of it.

]]> By: Paul Johnston http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/skv-conversation/the-ancient-80s-mark-kermode-madchester-and-the-end-of-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Paul Johnston Sat, 29 May 2010 11:30:24 +0000 http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/?p=2525#comment-587 Andy as one of the few thousand readers back in the day I always enjoyed the City Life worldview. There's definitely a fascinating week by week 'diary' of mid 80's Manchester book in here waiting to be written. A John Robb project perhaps? Andy as one of the few thousand readers back in the day I always enjoyed the City Life worldview. There’s definitely a fascinating week by week ‘diary’ of mid 80′s Manchester book in here waiting to be written. A John Robb project perhaps?

]]> By: Luke Bainbridge http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/skv-conversation/the-ancient-80s-mark-kermode-madchester-and-the-end-of-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Luke Bainbridge Fri, 28 May 2010 08:45:53 +0000 http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/?p=2525#comment-583 The MEN still had the back copies of City Life when I left in 2003, although they may have disposed of them since, particularly under the new regime. I know they're closed at the moment but the Manchester archives and local studies at Central Library would surely be interested? Or maybe even Museum of Science and Industry - when Rob Gretton passed away, his family gave a whole bunch of Hacienda stuff to MOSI. It's in storage, but I went and had a look through it a couple of years ago and it was fascinating - they've got everything from accounts to guest lists ("Noel from Inspirals +3") to minutes from management meetings. The MEN still had the back copies of City Life when I left in 2003, although they may have disposed of them since, particularly under the new regime.

I know they’re closed at the moment but the Manchester archives and local studies at Central Library would surely be interested?

Or maybe even Museum of Science and Industry – when Rob Gretton passed away, his family gave a whole bunch of Hacienda stuff to MOSI. It’s in storage, but I went and had a look through it a couple of years ago and it was fascinating – they’ve got everything from accounts to guest lists (“Noel from Inspirals +3″) to minutes from management meetings.

]]> By: Darren Poyzer http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/skv-conversation/the-ancient-80s-mark-kermode-madchester-and-the-end-of-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Darren Poyzer Thu, 27 May 2010 19:18:49 +0000 http://www.skvcommunications.co.uk/?p=2525#comment-581 Andy, fine read, well put fella ... spot on have I read this right, surely you're not giving those magazines away? Historically City Life mag is as much an icon of our city as The Hacienda, as cutting edge as Brown's cheekbones, as charming as Ryder's centre-parting, and as off the wall as Sidebottom's papier-mache Seriously - not to be under-sold, this is a collection of worth and it's about time something happened to commemorate City Life magazine ... do they still do that Blue Plaque stuff? hope these find a home, and some level of respectable landmarking takes place sooner rather than later dp :-) Andy, fine read, well put fella … spot on

have I read this right, surely you’re not giving those magazines away?

Historically City Life mag is as much an icon of our city as The Hacienda, as cutting edge as Brown’s cheekbones, as charming as Ryder’s centre-parting, and as off the wall as Sidebottom’s papier-mache

Seriously – not to be under-sold, this is a collection of worth and it’s about time something happened to commemorate City Life magazine … do they still do that Blue Plaque stuff?

hope these find a home, and some level of respectable landmarking takes place sooner rather than later

dp :-)

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