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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008I know it seems like all I ever do is post about nothingelseon stuff & Joy Division, but really, this takes the cake:
Full details here: http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/joy_division_trainers.html
**Actually that site is great if you’re in any way interested in Factory records**
So, yeah they’re ‘unreleased’ or whatever, but really?????
Oh, there’s these too:
If that’s enoughto put you over the […]
New Bloc Party Single - Mercury
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Due out August 11 - listen to it here: http://blocparty.com/, or check the video out:
And, yes, in case you’re wondering, it does sound a little like Britney’s Toxic!
Bill
If you happened to be in Manchester over the weekend…
Monday, June 23rd, 2008… I hope you went to this: the Tony Wilson Experience.
At noon on 21 June, 2008 some of the biggest names in design, the creative industries, media, and the arts will launch a 24 hour conversation and debate in the centre of Manchester, with a selected audience of two hundred talented and creative young people […]
Finally, the Joy Division DVD!
Thursday, June 19th, 2008From the NME:
Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook deejayed and participated in a revealing Q&A session in Los Angeles last night (June 17) to mark the US release of the ‘Joy Division’ documentary DVD.
The film, directed by Grant Gee, concentrates on Joy Division’s groundbreaking sound and on the Manchester band’s tragic frontman Ian […]
Perfect song length proven by Science!
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Just go and read this - otherwise I’d have to paste the whole thing in here - it’s all gold!
Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven by Joshua Allen at The Morning News.
He even provides a mix of 2:42 songs for your aural pleasure at Muxtape.
Enjoy!
Bill
From Monkey to Puppet
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner’s new side-project is a band called The Last Shadow Puppets. The group is Turner and Miles Kane, frontman of The Rascals. Firm friends ever since Arctic Monkeys toured with Kane’s previous group, The Little Flames, the pair were inspired by listening to Scott Walker, early Bowie and David Axelrod amongst […]
Why Are People So Grudgeful? The Green Eyed Loco Man!
Thursday, April 10th, 2008You couldn’t make it up! ‘Veteran rocker’ [sic] Mark E Smith faces RSPCA probe for chopping up rare red squirrels with hedge-clippers. More from the Daily Mail
Um, like wow!
Friday, March 14th, 2008If you ever imagined Jarvis Cocker’s words in a cartoon character’s mouth, you are officially in heaven right about now! Common People with a little help from the folk from Riverdale
And you thought Shatner’s version was the be-all-and-end-all?!
Hat tip to Idolator
How to lose 3 million fans in one easy step
Monday, March 10th, 2008Nice article in the Guardian from St Etienne’s Bob Stanley.
With just one album, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark more or less destroyed their career. And they weren’t the only ones: the early 1980s were littered with commercial suicides. Bob Stanley finds out how it all went wrong
Read it here.
New Velvet Underground track! No, really!
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008From Dead Flowers:
I’m not into VU bootlegs really, but apparently this is a big deal. It’s the ONLY available live stuff from 1967 and has only become available in literally the last two days. Recorded just after the release of The Velvet Underground And Nico and featuring the debut performance of Sister Ray (19 mins […]
