January 22, 2003

I'd be a heavenly person today.

The history of Factory Records and its founder Tony Wilson is an amazing one, encompassing, as it does, Joy Division, New Order, The Happy Mondays, and the birth of rave culture in the UK. Just released on DVD in the States (and forthcoming in the UK next week), Michael Winterbottom's amazing film '24 Hour Party People' stars the genius Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson himself, and is a joyous, thoughtful, seminal trip through the Madchester of the 70s, 80s, and 90s - let's face it, any movie with Bez in it _has_ to rock.

Posted by h0l211 at January 22, 2003 06:30 PM