Factory Records ⁽⁴⁾

This memory comes from about 33 years ago, isn't it scary how time passes by so quickly, life felt different, I had very little responsibility and was pretty care free, my life consisted pretty much of working, earning and going out spending it and enjoying myself, I didn't have much thought of house, mortgage, wife and kids scenario at the time (I wouldn't swap having that now though). I was a lot younger and as well as being in love…

Well, another weekend and another trot around the Capital, we had booked some free tickets for an Art Exhibition at the Town Hall in High Street Kensington with over 200 artists' work on display, to be honest it didn't take so long to look at, the work was good in some cases, but quite over priced, still made a nice change. We came out and headed along High Street Kensington via some charity shops towards the Design Museum (again another…

After a recent trip to a part of London I hadn't been to for a long while, which you can read at: Dead Beats & Kings Cross Indie 80's. I decided to take another little trip down memory lane at the end of October and revisit a place further afield that I haven't been to for over 20 years, so I took the couple of hours train journey to 'Steel City' aka Sheffield. I used to work there on frequent…

Post-Punk Indie Rock From Over The 'Pond'. The Misery Of Cities from the mini-album 'Eureka' released on the Southwest Audio Reproductions label in 1986. The name of the band apparently relates to a 16th century German sect that rejected all human learning 'Smiling Monarchs' was a slightly more dance oriented number which was released on the UK Factory Records label and also for a 'Barney-Bonus' it was mixed by Bernard Sumner from New Order and also Donald Johnson who was…