| 17.10.2006 |  |
 The City of Manchester Stadium hosts an exhibition of Manchester's legendary music scene. The Manchester District Music Archive has got together with Manchester City FC to explore the city's twin passions of football and music in the form of the 'Sounds Of The City' exhibition.Items on show include the famous pollocked Reni hat (pictured, right) as worn in the classic 'Nevermind The Pollocks' NME cover photograph (Kevin Cummings) and featured on the 10th Anniversary edition of the debut album, John Squire's artwork that he provided for the Ten From Ten compilation (2004) and Mani's written workings on Fools Gold along with plenty of items from other legendary Manc acts. The exhibition is open now until the end of the year at the Man City museum which is housed above the shop at the City of Manchester Stadium. Entry to the exhibition is £5 for adults and £3 for kids/seniors/students, visit the website for more info. The BBC Manchester site gives more info and photos. If that wasn't enough, the organisers (MDMArchive) are building an online community archive in celebration of Manchester music which is set to expand as time goes on. |
| 16.10.2006 | |
 It's been a quiet time for Stone Roses news lately, but, as you must know by now, I like to keep myself busy... so I'm pleased to give you (yet another) upgrade to my Roses discography site, The Definitive Stone Roses Discography.Most obviously I've given the front page a fresh new look (I liked the old one for about 10 minutes after I did it). I've also tidied up the format on the individual discographies and completely redesigned the item entries, putting all the information together in one place and spurred on by my recent work with Record Collector, I've added approximate values, rarity ratings and my own notes on each release and because I like to make work for myself, all extra images (inside, obi strips, booklets, etc) are getting their own pages rather than just being images to fit in with the whole style. For an example, check out this new entry with an old one. Finally I've added dozens of new items to the discography, with plenty more to come, for a full list of new additions, click here, to visit the Discography, click here. |