I'm here, though.

It's on YouTube: youtu.be/6SoICqXUgMM?...

The story is reasonably well known. I don't think it's him either, but there's nothing definitive. Would need dates to check against known movements :-)

Yes: recorded 9 November 1977, released 11 August 1978.

Hey Factory completists, have you got Fac2.07? Printout of the Factory Too website. 1994 maybe. Mark E Smith is unhappy with Kim Philby.

See the archived Annotated Fall: web.archive.org/web/20240614.... Eventually I will get around to it on my rebuild: annotatedfall.thebiggestlibraryyet.org.uk/tempo-house/

"We" don't know (I'm sure someone does) what Tempo House represented. A Tempo House has been identified, but whether it's the right one is unknown. "Grouse" has generally been interpreted to mean "complain", and this is the first time I've seen "Famous Grouse" mentioned - worth noting!

Just noticed: should say p.44,not p.40!

Inspiral Carpets, not the Charlatans! And he didn't sing through a megaphone. Here it is on youtube: youtu.be/pIHZ_rilmzE?...

I don't see what is Smith-like about this. It's more Half Man Half Biscuit territory.

That's looking up Little Peter Street towards the former Gaythorn Gas Works. So not Salford, surely.

I tracked down the Tong interview back in August 2019:

Chapter and verse here: web.archive.org/web/20240810...