Gunchester And Calculators

"The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook is over having reached 1997. The club is closed, not by the gun toting gangs but by liquidators with bailiffs and court orders. The calculator is mightier that the gun, though Hooky was blamed by the gangs for closing the club, when they were a big part of the reason.

The Haçienda owed Whitbread a lot of money, and stopped their beer so it was a club with no beer., which also speeded the closure.

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 "A Pub With No Beer" by Slim Dusty

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

Just Gangsters, Gangs And Guns In Manchester

"The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook continues into 1993 and now the situation is guns , drugs, gangs and the Haçienda losing more money. There is very little music happening, New Order helping bankrupt Factory with the Ibiza overrun and Happy Mondays helping out with their drug fuelled recording sessions in Barbados.

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 "Ruined In A Day" by New Order appropriately 

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

Haçienda 1989

"The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook continues into 1989 with the coming of Rave/Baggy/Madchester "culture" and the club being packed every night but still losing money hand over fist and being financed by the success of New Order.

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 "Fine Time" by New Order embracing Rave "culture"

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

Tearing Through The Years

I stopped posting after twelve posts last month, as I thought that was too many for one book, but whatever. 

"The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook has gone from 1983 to 1988 since my last post, eventually ending up with car crashes while on Es in Ibiza while recording "Technique with New Order and getting involved with Sham 69 on a raft. They only finished two songs, "Fine Time" and "Run", but came back to England to finish recording at Peter Gabriel's "Real World" studios.

So here we are in September, and we got to start with the Sex Pistols. Earth, Wind and Fire mash-up.

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 "God Save September ", an Earth, Wind and Fire / Sex Pistols mashup.

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

Haçienda Years And A Shout

 "The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club" by Peter Hook is still a bit of a slow read, but gives a great indication as to why the club failed. I have just noticed that the chapters are named after the years the club was running with some extra bits.

I am currently up to 1983 with lots of over the seas sounds, plus The Smiths and Happy Mondays playing there and a favourite song played being "Shout" by Lulu.

It is ridiculaous that thi sis my 12th post on this blog this month.

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 "Shout" by Lulu

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

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

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