The Open Neck Shirt

'The Open Neck Shirt - A Blog for Our Times.' This is a forum for a group of disparate students and some Manchester based friends, who started at Manchester Polytechnic in 1978. Ian Harry Aspinall, Neil Aloysius Smith, Peter Sebastian Younger, Phil G'day Sorah, Kenneth Albert Thorpe, Ian Stan Shaw, Gary Vicary, Ian Clark, Graham Sutherland, Jon Marshall and various other occasional guests.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Hitlers Sheffield Utd Suffer Their Downfall

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A meisterwerk....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The Summer Open Neck Shirt 2007

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The Summer Open Neck Shirt will commence at Dukes 92 in Castlefield, Manchester, England at 12.45 on Friday 13 July 2007. Full location deta...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

A Conversation....

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harry just had a look at the blog, very interesting mate, good work. excellent weather isn't it ? went to see a french thriller called ...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Manchester International Festival

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Manchester International Festival (28 June - 15 July) http://www.manchesterinternationalfestival.com/ fortunately happens to coincide with ...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

joy division

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The provisional date for the summer open neck shirt is now Friday 13th July! In the meantime here's Joy Division performing Transmission...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

A Certain Ratio - Shack Up

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Just spotted this seminal video from ACR on the phenomenon that is YouTube. If you are not already addicted to YouTube, it is only a matter ...
Monday, March 12, 2007

The Word Interview with Stuart Maconie

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Stuart Maconie recently did an interview with David Hepworth of The Word magazine about his recommended new book 'Pies and Prejudice - ...
Friday, March 02, 2007

Football, Photography & the World

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I've been a fan of Stuart Clarke's photography for a number of years having bought his wonderful book 'Football in Our Time'...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Pies and Prejudice - In Search of the North

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Well it finally arrived yesterday Stuart Maconie's new book 'Pies and Prejudice - In Search of the North'. I'm only half wa...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Talking Moose

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Was there really a Talking Moose at the Open Neck Shirt on Friday, or was it just a figment of my imagination?
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Twenty Eight Bloody Years

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The Open Neck Shirt 17 November 2006, Manchester, England 1pm The Sevenoaks 2pm Albert Square - Christmas Market 3pm Circus Tavern 5pm La Ta...
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Monday, October 02, 2006

The Open Neck Shirt 2006

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Another year has passed, but what are the significant changes that have taken place in the lives of the Open Neck Shirters..... Will Phil no...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Hacienda Exhibition

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The Haçienda - Photographs of Manchester's Legendary Club 18 Oct - 4 Dec Urbis As part of it's Manchester Season, Urbis has commissi...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Manchester Music Archive

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I recently purchased the Q Classic magazine 'Morrissey & The Story of Manchester', which is highly recommended for nostalgia fr...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Musical Nostalgia Reigns

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Musical Nostalgia Reigns Why are we always listening to old records and CD's? Is it because we are nostalgic and like to remember our as...
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Sunday, December 18, 2005

Ten Great Albums of 1980

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1. Remain in Light - Talking Heads 2. Boy - U2 3. Crocodiles - Echo and the Bunnymen 4. Empires and Dance - Simple Minds 5. Strange Boutique...
Monday, November 28, 2005

Dodgy Photos

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Well it was a great turn out on Friday, the only obvious absentee was Phil G'day Sorah and he had a legitimate excuse. We'll expect ...
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Monday, November 21, 2005

OU` EST LA MAISON DE FROMAGE?

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To celebrate The Open Neck Shirt, the bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke has re-issued his 1978 classic album, Ou` est la maison de fromage...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Ten Great Albums of 1979

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1. Dragnet - The Fall 2. Entertainment! - Gang of Four 3. London Calling - The Clash 4. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division 5. Three Imaginary ...
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Friday, November 11, 2005

Only Two Weeks To Go

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Only two weeks to go to 'The Open Neck Shirt 2005'. The key questions to be asked..... Will Phil fly in from Australia? Will Pete fi...
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