So it goes

[hirez]

I'm from too far south to use words like 'gobshite' in anything other than an ironic sense, so I'm just going to assemble some words.

I don't know what the generation of wannabe Mancunians who were 'mad fer it, like' will think, but for us pre-Smiths angst-ridden teenage miserablist malcontents, Tony Wilson was the bloke who put out all the good records that Peelie played.

And now they're both gone, and just y'know...Fuck.

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[jozafeen.livejournal.com]

For us slightly older gits, he put punk bands on the telly in 'So It Goes'. He was a bit of a twat but definitely a heroic twat and his passing has made me quite unsmiley.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Shit is he dead? i just rewatched 24 hr party People..

[jozafeen.livejournal.com]

Doh - should take note of post titles. I've failed miserably in finding out if he was also responsible for The Oxford Road Show due to being waylaid by Orm & Cheep on TV Cream.

Oh and Morley and Madeley trying to out-earnest each other on the Newsnight obit was class.

[twicezero.livejournal.com]

f*cknuts, god damn f*cknuts

I'm glad i danced to Joy division tonight. I should have danced to the mondays too though.

[spride.livejournal.com]

Oh no. That was fast. Poor bastard; and we're all poorer for his loss.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

I fear so. I suspect swisstone was there first with the news.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

ORS was the beeb, wasn't it? I seem to recall watching A Flock of Haircuts Seagulls on there. Shit. And the Farmer's Boys. (Although it could have been the Tube or Switch or...)

Damn. I wish I'd remembered to watch that. I mean, Madeley?

[quercus.livejournal.com]

The announcement by earthquake (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6940546.stm) was a nice touch.

[arkady.livejournal.com]

Diva told me about his passing this morning, to which my reaction was "Oh shit." I mean, we knew it was coming, but... yeah. Fuck.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

(Later, after faffing with Beardy-Branson's magical tellybox thing)

Newsnight. Yes.

Saville looks like a strange combination of Lee and Herring.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

"What was that?"

"That fookin' gobshite's ego leavin' the planet."

[reddragdiva]

FACT.50 (with dot), shirley.

[outerego.livejournal.com]

Seeing the footage of him on that piece on Newsnight was saddening and heartening.

He looked so old and frail...
...then he opened his gob:-)

FAC 512 for the headstone?

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

*nods*

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

He has an IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934240/

[serpentstar.livejournal.com]

"Heroic Twat" seems to be the right phrase for the guy. I think I can forgive any Hero the occasional outburst of Twattery.

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

Died too young, just like dear old Peelie. :o(