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.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Still Worth Seeing Live?

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Still worth seeing live - which musicians have stood the test of time? Who would you still go and see after all these years? I'm afraid ...

Cathal Coughlan - Only Losers Take The Bus

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Monday, October 08, 2007

Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance

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How could anybody from Bolton be this talented? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXi6hg90LUU
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

The Return of Phil 'the Swagman' Sorah

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The Return of the Swagman. Rumour has it that Phil 'from down under' Sorah is due to return to dear old blighty on October 15. After...
Monday, September 03, 2007

MyFootballClub

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Well I've finally gone and done it....I've bought a share in a football club. Bizarrely it's not Wigan - I can't afford a Pr...
Sunday, September 02, 2007

Tony Wilson

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Relecting on the life and times of Tony Wilson, I think it is only right and appropriate that there is a tribute on the open neck shirt blog...
Tuesday, August 07, 2007

BoredByTheBig4

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There is a strong feeling that monopoly power is condemning the ideal of the people's game to an early twenty-first century grave. Not ...
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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