Madchester

Watched '24 Hour Party People' last night - top flick. Traces the Manchester music scene through the rise and fall of Tony Wilson's Factory Records. Begins with a small Sex Pistols' gig in Manchester in 1976, which inspires Wilson, the Joy Division, the Buzzcocks (and, er, Mick Hucknall), then progresses through the 80s with the suicide of Ian Curtis, the transformation of Joy Division into New Order, the opening of the Hacienda, the success of the Happy Mondays and ends in the early 90s with the disintegration of Factory. Made me stick on my tape of "Bummed" and dance round the room like Bez. Essential viewing for anyone who grew up in Madchester - like you, Tucola... ps It never ceases to amaze me what a great tune "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is.