Line Out - Comments on Tony Wilson, Founder of Factory Records, Dead at 57 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d Here's a link to the BBC obituary. And here's a quote from said obit: Wilson was a founder of Factory Records in the late 1970s, the label behind Joy Division, New Order and The Happy Mondays. He continued to work... Copyright 2008 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:59:16 -0800 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:33:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by folklife Heaven's Nose! I'm miserable now!

]]> folklife http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781376 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781376 RIP Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:21:14 -0800 Comment by TJ Love him or hate him, he was a true music pioneer. The music of Factory Records changed my life forever. Plus, Tony's interviews were always some of the most interesting and entertaining.

RIP Tony Wilson, you will be missed.

]]> TJ http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781448 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781448 RIP Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:12:49 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Tony Wilson was one of those rare individuals who drags the world kicking and screaming into the modern. Factory wasn't just a record label; it was a paradigm shift. Fucking massive. He should have been knighted. Sorry to see you go, sir.

]]> Fnarf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781513 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781513 RIP Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:08:31 -0800 Comment by Garrett That spendy archival Factory book in all the Easy Boom shops should satisfy your sympathies. I'm waitin for the SPL version. Though I'd love to see a review TJ, and the reciept, and a photo of you carrying it down Broadway, and the story about the time we pretended shooting up in the Danceteria bathroom. Bright Lights Little City! Tonight! c u thennnnnnnnn

]]> Garrett http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781533 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781533 RIP Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:31:56 -0800 Comment by Garrett Also, at Conor Byrne later, Pufferfish is playing. I bought a nifty cd envelope from them a few weeks back at Tractor. I think a slog commentator has been sitting in with them since I saw em, will probably add a dynamic, esp during the wrought iron percussive song, cool stuff.

]]> Garrett http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781584 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781584 RIP Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:18:11 -0800 Comment by at Fletcher This is one iconic individual to be sadly missed. RIP Tony Wilson.

]]> at Fletcher http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781745 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/08/tony_wilson_founder_of_factory_records_d#c781745 RIP Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:33:51 -0800