Excerpt from his upcoming Memoir, Unknown Pleasures (to be released later this month), in the NYT Magazine: That was the thing about Joy Division, though: writing the songs was dead easy because the group was really balanced. We had a great guitarist, a great drummer, a great bass player and a great singer. Ian would listen to… Read More Peter Hook Remembers Joy Division
Blogging will be light today: one of those Mondays when one feels the need to get ahead of everything, and an 18-hour day is expected. So my day is to be swallowed up. Enjoy some music instead. Here’s the First Lady of the Blues, Mamie Smith: And just for a left turn, some Joy Division:
My wife mentioned this to me yesterday, and while I could understand what she was telling me, my mind’s eye did not fully grasp the horror of Disney’s Joy Divison T-Shirt (h/t Other McCain): Pitchfork is aghast: Uhhhhhhhhh…. Does Disney know that the singer of this band hanged himself?! Do they know where the name… Read More Disney Flings Itself, With the Terrifying Enthusiasm of a Drunk Girl at 2:24 am, at the Hipster Market
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