international news _ 28th February, 2007
Louis Osbourne Lashes Manchester
Text by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)
Birmingham born DJ Louis Osbourne emailed Skrufff this week about our recent
story about Manchester being England's second city, to stress he disagrees
completely with comments by Steve Lawler, Mark Reeder and Guy Called Gerald
that Mancunians are great.
"I think Manchester sucks personally, they're all so f**king cocky, to be
honest", Louis stormed.
"Just because they've had a couple of good bands and one good football team
(Man City? Ed) they think they’re the bollocks", he continued, "Well
bollocks I say; we had the industrial revolution!"
His claims were savaged by Londoner in Manchester Simon Morrison, one of the
city’s top music PRs who also writes round-the-world club features for DJ
Magazine.
"They are cocky here and they love it; but they are charmingly cocky", Simon
cooed.
"Mancunians live life with a Gallagher-esque swagger - shaggy hair, glasses
down, loose cigarette limp from lip, two fingers up at the world. They
think they've got the best home town in the country and they're right", he
gushed.
Simon even clamed Manchester as the 'birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
- now those Satanic mills and warehouses are home to bars, and apartments,
and businesses' and ridiculed Louis' hometown, with typical Mancunian wit.
Louis suggested contacting Bugged Out chief Johnno for another
anti-Manchester view (he's Brummie by origin who had lot's of dealings and
has lived in Manchester) though in the event, the erstwhile editor of
Jockey Slut sided more with Simon.
"I'm a Brummie Manc Cockney", Johnno told Skrufff, "I lived in Manchester
for ten years, moving there to study in 1989 and experiencing the glorious
days of the Hacienda and Madchester. Suitably inspired I started Bugged Out
and Jockey Slut and lived there for ten years. It’s still the most exciting
place outside of London", he claimed.
His views matched those of Berlin based Manc Guy Called Gerald, who told
Skrufff last week "I think the problem with Birmingham is it's just too big.
Even going into the city centre in Manchester was just like going down to
the local shops. I feel privileged and thankful to have be born in
Manchester".
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