April 2012
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Hacienda 30 XXX
In May 2012, Manchester’s Haçienda will be 30 years old!
Manchester Photographic Gallery is very proud to be hosting
‘Haçienda 30 XXX’
The Haçienda’s Thirtieth
Anniversary Exhibition
3rd – 29th May
This exhibition will feature: rare and seldom seen ‘FAC51 – Haçienda’ memorabilia from Peter Hook’s private collection, an incredible model of the Haçienda interior, created by Nick Hardy and some...
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Sky Magazine Presents...
Flyer of the Day - Mike Pickering @ Venus, Nottingham. Purdys - remember that? Disgustingly flavoured energy drink marketed at clubbers not ravers.
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food4funkyfeet
Flyer of the day - from the Acid Grandad’s Archives - Bounce @ Venus, Nottingham. Brought to you by the DIY collective, featuring Sasha.
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We aim to please.
More contributions from our Facebook friends. This time from Drew Scanlan, who remembered that the Joy rave at the Ashworth Valley was our first party and so scanned the event flyer above (cheers Drew).
If you have anything that you think might look good on the blog, then follow us on Facebook and send us your stuff. http://www.facebook.com/acidgrandads
*goes misty-eyed over...
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Terry Christian: Nude at the Hacienda... →
classof808:
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Last Night...
Not from the Acid Grandad’s archives, but rather from the archives of Dave Johnston, who contacted us over on that Facebook. Ticket from the final night at the Hacienda. Or in Dave’s own words:
“Thought this might interest you. The last time ever the Hac was open. It has pride of place on the wall. Granted it wasnt a patch on the old days and we used to go in the...
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Space Invadery Sort of Things.
Flyer of the Day - Fever 2 @ Busbys, London. Not sure if we would ever have been that bothered about attending a reunion for an island that we’ve never been to, but this flyer finds its way on to the blog courtesy of the ‘Attractions’ list. From the Acid Grandad’s archives etc.
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Wall art of the day
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A Decade of Pride
Staff picture of the day.
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Can You Handle It?
Flyer of the day. Jon Da Silva and Noel Watson at Leeds Poly. From the Acid Grandad’s Archives.
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Tea Drinkers and Hellraisers
Apologies for the recent slow down in the number of posts on the blog over the last few days. We’re over in Germany, stalking Westbam. Normal service will be resumed on our return later this week. That mug has been laced with MDMA, by the way.
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Mix
Flyer of the day. Wevvers/Park/Gunner/Wain, ‘91. From the Acid Grandad’s archives.
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Party's On!
Flyer of the day. From the Acid Grandad’s archive.
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End of Summer Ball.
Flyer of the day. Energy, Oxfordshire. September 1990. From the Acid Grandad’s Archives.
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Blog of the day/mix of the morning
Our good friend Scott Rapson runs the tremendous Back and Forth blog. If you’re into gents fashion and decent music, then you should check it out here:
http://www.back-and-forth.net/
In addition to being thoroughly suave gent about town, Scott is also a DJ and will be playing at the forthcoming Proper Magazine party at Kraak in Manchester on 26th May, with Steve Lee and Graeme...
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Chapter and the Verse
From the Acid Grandad’s archives. News of Gerald’s spilt with Chapter & the Verse.
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Allnighter
Flyer of the day - from the Acid Grandad’s archives. House, Hip Hop, Soul at Precinct 13. 1990.
Crap Flyers #2
Second in the Crap Flyers series. This effort from Newcastle from the early 90s.
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Join In The Chant
Another promotional postcard that came to us via routes unknown. A bit of EBM for the WU crowd.
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"They see it as something wicked and want to stop...
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Merry Men
One especially for Mr Proctor. Flyer of the day - Venus, Nottingham. May Bank Holiday, 1991.
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Crap Flyers #1
Taking the DIY ethic of the early house scene to its extreme, the Acid Grandads bring you the first in a series entitled ‘Crap Flyers’. And lord knows, we have a few.
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Selected pages from 'Freaky Dancing' #4
This ones for Suddi. More pages from the Hacienda house comic.
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Funkadelic
George Clinton hits the Hac in 1990. From the Acid Grandad’s archives.
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Acid Grandads in the mix
At one of our rare gigs - in Blackburn last weekend.
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A Most Savoury Dish...!
Flyer of the day - Especially for Timm. of course, back then we knew him as Tim. Eat the Pig at the Carter Club, Nottingham. May ‘91.
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ihouseyou:
Some more Chicago posters
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Kool
Flyer of the day - Kool Kat, Nottingham, April ‘91. Previously the Garage, former home of Graeme Park and Alister Whitehead. (from the Acid Grandad’s archives).
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Football team of the day.
“Ordsall Juniors, who are currently undefeated in the under 12s City of Salford Soccer League Division 2, have been sponsored by New Order, Joy Division andHacienda legend Peter Hook who hails from Ordsall.
“We’ve been in contact with Hooky and thanked him for what he’s done” Ordsall Juniors manager Paul Morris told Ordsall Undercover magazine this month...
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A belated happy birthday
We read that Hooky is seeking permission for a ‘rave up’ in the underground car park of the Hacienda Apartments (directly below the where the dance floor of the original Hacienda would have been) on 21st May, in order to celebrate the 30th birthday of Fac 51 and raise money for Nordoff Robbins.
We think that it would be a bad idea for the Acid Grandads to go to this event. Firstly,...
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The other side of midnight
The event that started it all for me. Having just moved to nearby Norden a few weeks earlier, I noticed a lot of kids in cars and vans heading through the village. A taxi pulled up. ”Do you know where it is mate?” ”No” Want a lift anyway?”
The beginning of a journey that lasted right up to the present day.
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Saturday Night
If you’re stuck for something to do on Saturday and reside oop north, then one of the Acid Grandads will be playing some old vinyl records on a record player in a nightclub in Blackburn.
Selling it to you? No?
Here’s the guff from the organisers:
Here at Spangled State Promotions we are proud to present our latest venture into the Old Skool Realm. We aim to take you...
Easter inspired re-post
Have a great bank holiday weekend!
