What Kind of Monday Are You Having?Mondays are generally the most maligned day of the week. The weekend is over and you're back to work or school, where you'll be trapped for five days.Though the day is mostly unfavorable, there are different types of Mondays, all with different levels of displeasure, some of which aren't too bad.Here's the first of four examples with a brief description of th...
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What Kind of Monday Are You Having?A "Happy Monday"?You are on drugs. Enjoy it while it lasts (Hopefully till Friday).~~
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I neglected to link it below, but Todd's paper, on anti-rave laws in Britain, is online. You should read it.
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Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London.In 2000 Q magazine placed Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches at number 31 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2005, the album was voted the 51st greatest album of all time by Channel 4 viewers...
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Happy Mondays have announced plans for a full comeback, including live dates and their first new album in over 15 years.The Madchester legends are understood to have recently signed a label deal with Sanctuary Records and are nearing completion on a follow-up to 1992's "Yes Please".Shaun Ryder confirmed the news earlier this week, explaining that Howie B and Sonny Levine - Quincy Jones' grand...
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"Son, I'm 40, I only went with yer mam coz I'm portly." Who can forget the great lyrics of Shaun "X" Ryder? Celebrate your Madchester youth with this lovingly handmade jigsaw of the Happy Mondays head-honcho looking a bit fat and sweaty on stage. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001TN6XSA/b3ta-21..CLASS!
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Happy Mondays * Uncle Dysfunktional...Happy Mondays - Brighton Pier- = In the Blood - JellybeanObituaries of the Happy Mondays and Shaun Ryder where surely being prepped, but the surreal poet of Madchester isn’t quite dead yet. His superb contribution to the 2005 Gorillaz hit DARE was proof of that. All the same, the mere arrival of this, the first Happy Mondays album in 15 years, is a shock. T.
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No, No, No! Only 2 posts about the Happy Mondays? Not good enough. Let's be 'avin it LARGE.Wrote For Luck ..Manchester pop impresario Tony Wilson discovered the Mondays (then managed by Phil Saxe) at a battle of the bands contest held at his Haçienda nightclub. The story goes that Wilson signed them to his label, Factory Records, even though they came in last. Their first album, Squirrel and G-..
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The group Happy Mondays announced an extention of their U.K tourdates, including a spot in London, on June 6th. "Happy Mondays Blog":http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=122207073&blogID=253943173&MyToken=cb8b6882-202e-4215-8cfd-a79959cf9508the new full schedule looks as follows:Apr 20 2007 7:30P Carling Academy Bristol Bristol, Southwest Apr 21 2007 7:30P Nottingh...
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i will take a moment to ponder a cliché. having resumed Mogging, i got all keyed up over what of my Camboland stories to tell first. there are many, but it turns out my first story is not about Cambodia. (life is what happens while you're busy making plans.)my grandmother died. on either side of the family, she had been the sole surviving grandparent by the time i was born. this made her my onl..
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Listening to Pills n Thrills is like stepping back into the awkward days of high school. I can't even list the plethora of bands who helped me through those teenage years. They helped define who I am. The Happy Mondays were one of those bands that expanded my taste for modern music. So if you want to think back at all the crushes you had, or how that bully never stopped messing with you...t...
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More deadline craziness for me this week, but before I take the plunge here's a little happiness for you all on this fine Monday morning!
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Awesome to see others who love that ol Manchester sound!Would you like to meet some other like minded folks?The Happy Mondays track Kinky Afro will be aired on Aural Bliss this coming Sunday night (1/14).Aural Bliss airs from 10PM-Midnight EST on Auralgasms Radio. You can also expect to hear from The Charlatans, Suede, Spiritualized, Cocteau Twins, Trespassers William and Delerium this week.Joi...
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Am I the only one still listening to the trippy, dippy, funky, dancy sounds from late-80's early-90's Manchester?
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