Happy Mondays

No. 34: Happy Mondays, “Jelly Bean”

noah | November 3, 2009 1:00 pm
noah | November 3, 2009 1:00 pm

hapDance beats that sound like they were concocted in a pharmacy, breasts sprouting from nowhere, hooking for fun (and profit)—guess elder statesman of musical decadence Shaun Ryder felt that he needed to show those Last Night’s Party whippersnappers how to engage in excess the right way. More »


Re-Examining The Happy Mondays: My Domestic Squabble Decided By You, The Reader

dangibs | January 10, 2008 3:30 am
dangibs | January 10, 2008 3:30 am

greatestbandever.jpgLike every home, I’m certain, the Casa de Gibson has been busy compiling our own year in review package for publication in our annual Arbor Day newsletter (it’s a long lead-time publication). While we were discussing our top five events of 2007, there was some disagreement about the top spot, with my wife Tara’s contention that the birth of our daughter should be No. 1, and my contention that since said birth on Dec. 17 missed the Dec. 15 cutoff it will have to wait and see how it does in 2008. Rules are rules, I say. I placed the Happy Mondays reunion at Coachella up top, and that’s when the real ugliness began.

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jharv | August 17, 2007 10:15 am
jharv | August 17, 2007 10:15 am

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Happy Mondays Start Repaying Their Debt To Tony Wilson

noah | July 11, 2007 2:30 am
noah | July 11, 2007 2:30 am

Earth can they afford this?” The money the band is reaping from all those canceled shows and craptastic songs can’t be that good.Mondays help fund label guru’s cancer fight… More »


Listening Station: The New Happy Mondays Song Nearly Breaks Us

noah | May 31, 2007 3:10 am
noah | May 31, 2007 3:10 am

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maura@idolator (2:41:40 PM): oh my god
maura@idolator (2:41:43 PM): this new happy mondays song
JesshM4M (2:40:53 PM): uh oh
maura@idolator (2:42:07 PM): can we have an IM CONFERENCE about it
maura@idolator (2:42:11 PM): please
JesshM4M (2:41:11 PM): im supposed to be working!
JesshM4M (2:41:15 PM): ok send it to me
maura@idolator (2:42:22 PM): it’ll take the length of the song

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Unhappy Mondays To Go Bezless In America

noah | April 27, 2007 11:34 am
noah | April 27, 2007 11:34 am

Those of you pumped up to see the Happy Mondays at Coachella on Sunday night are about to have your melons twisted–Bez, the band’s maraca-wielding mascot, has been barred from entering the U.S.: A statement released by the band said: “Due to tightening immigration and working visa legislation,… More »



Coachella’s Latest Reunion Announcement Will Twist Your Melon, Man

noah | January 22, 2007 10:46 am
noah | January 22, 2007 10:46 am

hap.jpgLos Angeles radio station KROQ has the full Coachella lineup on its site; in addition to the Rage-Chili Peppers-Bjork headlining trio, the lineup includes Willie Nelson, the Arcade Fire, Fountains of Wayne, and–the Happy Mondays? What?

The full lineup after the jump.

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