Sunday, 23 August 2026

Ace Of Clubs

"The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook is a reread, I think, and I didn't like the font, but I love the cover from the story about FAC51, The Haçienda. The first chapter features Hooky working the door at the club, then lists clubs in New York and England that influenced what The Haçienda became.

The name came from a book Tont Wilson read, and he added the cedilla to the "C" to make it look like the number 51, the club's Factory sequence number.

I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it, which is good

The music is "Temptation" by New Order, one of my favourites.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:e ndars

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram

Friday, 21 August 2026

The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club

"Twenty Four Hour Party People"  by the sadly missed Tony Wilson is complete and everything has crashed and burned, so next up is "The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook about one of the reasons what happened in th eprevious book happened.

I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it, which is good

The music is "Atmosphere" by Joy Division

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:e ndars

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Guns And Drugs And Nothing's Cool

"Twenty Four Hour Party People" is the book for the film by the sadly missed Tony Wilson.  It is drawing to a close and The  is beseiged by tooled up drug runners selling "E" and the police are not interested, apart from trying to stop drugged up punters dancing, but shooting is OK.

I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it, which is good

The music is "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" by Goldie Lookin' Chain

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:e & Calendars

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram

Sunday, 16 August 2026

Happy Mondays


"Twenty Four Hour Party People" is the book for the film by the sadly missed Tony Wilson.  Contues and now The Happy Mondays have turned up, and Martin Hannett returns as their producer. Tony Wilson reckons that Shaun Ryder is the greatest lyricist ever, and should be Poet Laureate.

The initial producer for the Mondays was New Order's Bernard Sumner, who Tony Wilson reckons was the greatest since the aforementioned Martin Hannett.

I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it, which is good

The music is "24 Hour Party People" by The Happy Mondays

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:e & Calendars

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram

Friday, 14 August 2026

The Haçienda Opens


"Twenty Four Hour Party People" is the book for the film by the sadly missed Tony Wilson. Tony lost is job with World in Action after a bust up with Keith Joseph, but  after lots of setbacks the Haçienda Opensl


I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it, which is good

The music is "Blue Monday" by New Order

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

Time & Calendars

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram

Sunday, 9 August 2026

The Factory Opens

"Twenty Four Hour Party People" is the book for the film by the sadly missed Tony Wilson. We've hit the part where they find a run-down club in Hulme and call it The Factory, which will become the label. We see the genesis of Joy Division via Warsaw and The Durutti Column as well.

This is where it starts.

I was thinking I was doing too many posts on this blog, this is my sixth and it is only the ninth of the month, but whatever.

I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it, which is good

The music is "Digital" by Joy Division

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram

Thursday, 6 August 2026

There's Only One Tony Wilson

"Twenty Four Hour Party People" the book for the film by the sadly missed Tony Wilson. This is a novelisation of the film script by Tony. I thought he had written a few books, as I have a few in by libraray, but thi sis his only book, the others I have are about him. But I think all the music I feature in this sequence will be probaly Factory Records or Tony Wilson related

I am still reading "Imajica" by Clive Barker on my Kindle. This is a book I never want to end. When I finish it, I just restart it

The music is "All Night Party" by A Certain Ratio , the first Factory Records individual band release.

Mike Singleton - Vocal Stories


I am not sure if you are aware of my writing on Vocal, but these are a few of my stories if you would like to sample them:

  1. The Plagiaristic Poetry Series - Poems Taken From Random-Themed Lines
  2. Another Raven - A Take On Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"
  3. The Cleaner - An Autism-Focused Christmas Special
  4. The King Of Elfland's Daughter - A Wonderful Book By Lord Dunsany
  5. An Owl In A Towel - A Beautiful Book by Lesley and Cheryl
  6. Barter Books - An Amazing Bookshop In A Railway Station In Alnwick
  7. God Knows I'm Good (I Really Do) - Thoughts on Vocal Writing
  8. The Accidental Book - Helping a Great Vocal Friend Resulted In Me Publishing My First Book
  9. Call Me Les - A Great Friend and An Amazing Writer, and this is her Instagram