Your friend in the north

This month's edition of the TV Cream Update, due to be sent out from the site this weekend, boasts as its main feature a tribute to Tony Wilson. By way of an overture, here's a last look at the man, best browsed while listening to 'Requiem Again' off Vini Reilly's eponymous 1989 album (FACT 244).

1) Tony notices the ceiling and starts to wonder what potent piece of office furniture might be hung there:






















2) News breaks that Phil Redmond is once again trying to take over the North West and fill its television screens with 18 hours of community broadcasting a day:















3) Steve reminds Tony of the time he went on record as saying "the thing about Steven Morrissey is I could never work out whether being a cunt was intentional":






















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