Lovely stuff...

What a great weekend. Lots of laughter and good times. Its been entertaining and a real education in music and the city i live in. I'd like to say a big thank you to Mr B and Tall Sarah for inviting me and Gareth to their 18th wedding anniversary. It was such a pleasure to have a great night in their fantastic home and be supremely educated with an archive of music. Once again thank you.

For those who have seen me DJ you know that i use a laptop when playing. Its not for purists but it does save a lot of trouble hauling records from A to B. At the anniversary however playing on anything but vinyl was a big no no, not only that but there was no music allowed past the nineties. it was great to play with vinyl again, and go through Sarah's enormous record collection, it was full of so many delights and rarities, i felt like a was a kid playing with a box of lego again.

During Saturday afternoon Gareth invited me to go on the Factory Records walking tour around Manchester, which is organised by Urbis. The route is taken along Whitworth street and along Oxford Road as well as the areas that are around the streets. The tour takes you to the key buildings in the factory records story, including the Ritz, Paradise Factory, The Boardwalk and of course the Hacienda. There are other places that you see and is full of information, all the facts are presented well, but it made me feel like i had a really productive afternoon, not only that but it was a nice walk around the city. I've only been here for a few months but i still do not know some sections of the city.

More information is available at the Urbis website as well as who to contact about tours, also if you haven't been to the Hacienda exhibition now showing at the museum i'd highly recommend it. it runs until February so there really is no excuse

Here are some of the tracks spun on Saturday night:

A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (1989)




Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1985)




Joy Division - Transmission (1979)



Blondie - Transmission (1980)



808 State - Pacific State (1989)