24 Hour Party People Page #13

as epoch-making is taking pIace.

See?

They're appIauding the DJ.

Not the music, not the musician,

not the creator...

...but the medium.

This is it...

...the birth of rave cuIture.

The beatification of the beat.

The dance age. This is the moment

when even the White man starts dancing.

WeIcome to Manchester.

I have with me

a very speciaI new friend of mine...

...Mr. Peter Duff...

...who worked on the canaIs,

not just in this century, but in the Iast one.

Peter.

The canaIs, how many years ago....

What year was it

that you started working on the canaIs?

On the cusp of a new age.

What do you remember

about the canaIs in those days?

Very IittIe.

-Very IittIe.

-PeacefuI.

-PeacefuI?

-Yes.

I don't think we're gonna be abIe

to use much of that.

Do you want....

I mean, the chap's bareIy standing.

-Hi, Tony.

-Hi.

-Tony, how's it going?

-Great. WonderfuI.

Thought we'd get the kids--

-This'II be in the Mondays' video?

-This is gonna be it.

-But that's Brian and MichaeI.

-I know, but the singIe's not finished.

It was supposed to be done two weeks ago.

You know what he's Iike. He's aIways a bit sIow.

-Why? Who's producing this?

-Martin Hannett.

For f***'s sake.

Did you not know?

No, I didn't know.

-Anyway, must crack on.

-These are great. The kids are great.

HeIIo.

The last time i'd seen Martin

was five years earlier.

The Hacienda was costing New Order

$10,000 a month...

...and none of us had a clue what to do.

You know broccoIi?

BroccoIi, the vegetabIe?

Yeah.

That was invented by Cubby BroccoIi,

the producer of the James Bond fiIms.

LittIe-known fact. It's true.

It's a crossbred vegetabIe.

It's haIf cauIifIower, haIf--

-What?

-HaIf something. A green.

It's haIf a green thing that I don't know.

HaIf a cauIifIower.

And the BroccoIi.... Cubby BroccoIi's famiIy....

Was inventing vegetabIes

before they started making movies?

-That's what bankroIIed the Bond fiIms.

-I don't beIieve you.

-That is a fact.

-I don't beIieve you.

It's fact. Look it up in EncycIopedia Britannica.

-Where am I gonna Iook that up?

-It's absoIute fact, that.

Thanks, Martin.

-i'm still waiting.

-So are we.

Hi, guys.

Where is the Mad Professor?

F***ing crying in there.

We need to get him a teat.

We can't get f***-aII done.

-i'm still waiting...

-He's f***ing enormous.

...and it's very f***ing boring.

-He's a mess.

-He's been Iike this aII day.

i'm gonna stick Bez's maracas

up my f***ing jacksie.

He's back in his cIoset.

HeIIo, Hannett, you wanker.

Hello, Wilson, wanker.

I'm trying to get these shower of c*nts

that masquerade as a band...

...to pIay some f***ing music,

which seems to be the greatest...

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