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06 Dec 2012

One more to go…

I’m very happy to report that I recently finally got the limited Factory boxed cassette of Happy Mondays’ first album, Squirrel & G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carn’t Smile (White Out) (explanation) Back in the late ’80s, Factory Records started producing a number of special boxed cassettes of their bands’ albums.  Since I was a big ‘walkman’ listener, I bought a number of them.  They were really cheap ($7.50), because I bought most of them directly from […]

24 May 2010

New book!

Those who know me know I’m pretty excited about this. Hot off the press (pub date is actually June 1) from the UK, Shadowplayers by James Nice (LTM records founder, etc.) seeks to be the definitive word on the rise and fall of Factory Records. And if Simon Reynolds and Jon Savage both have good things to say about it, you know that’s a good sign. Can’t wait to start it soon.

05 Oct 2008

Peter Saville in New York

Peter Saville (one of the greatest designers of album covers and other mediums, not to mention a founding partner of Factory Records) was in New York on Friday for a panel discussion and signing at White Columns in the village. He was supporting a book that documented a recent show in Zurich of his design ephemera. I was a huge fan of Saville’s work growing up, so it was a real honor meeting him. It turns out that, like most […]