First off, THANKS to all you wonderful people who came down to Atomic on Saturday night – another truly excellent night. You are beautiful.
And here’s the proof! Photos are up here.
The setlist (in case you can’t remember) is available here.
And, the new 24 Hour Party People poster can be seen here.
Don’t forget the next 24 Hour is on Saturday October 6th from 9pm. See y’all there!
Bill
Just when you thought Control may well be the only Joy Division related film you’d ever see, comes news of another, showing at the Toronto Film Festival (naturally enough alongside Control). The imaginatively titled Joy Division is directed by Grant Gee, who has also directed Radiohead’s Meeting People Is Easy movie. More info at Reuters here.
Oh, and just so you know – it’s a documentary written by Jon Savage & featuring archive footage, interviews with the band (tho probably not Ian), Tony Wilson, and others. Looking forward to it already…
I’ve had to remove the Atomic photos from 2001 & 2002 as I’m running out of disk space. Hope you don’t mind! If you do ever want to see them again, let me know, I’ve still got ’em all lying around somewhere.
Hilly Kristal, founder of legendary punk venue CBGB has died at the age of 75.Obituary from the NME here.
Bill
It’s been a while since I posted any YouTube videos, so here you go to get you in the mood for ATOMIC. 3 clips of New Order live in the BBC Radio 1 studios, 1984. Fantastic stuff, and well worth watching for the clothes alone (it must have been summer!!), and check Hooky’s work on the drum pads in Blue Monday!
… but I have just found out that I have been voted Best DJ in the Other category of the Capital Times’ Best of Wellington Survey. Proof here if you don’t believe me.
Wow! This was totally unexpected & I feel very humble (I didn’t even vote for myself). Thanks to all of you who voted, it really is very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Bill
According to the NME today (http://www.nme.com/news/30599):
Morrissey has revealed he has turned down a near-£40 million offer to tour again with his old band The Smiths.
The star, who also rejected a request to headline the Coachella Festival with the group in 2006, was asked if he would perform 50 shows throughout the world in 2008 and 2009.
The only condition was that he would have to tour with the band’s guitarist and co-songwriter Johnny Marr, thus meaning it the reunion not dependent on the participation of bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
This from the Slow Boat website:
We are pleased to announce that we are selling tickets for the December 8th show at the San Fran Bathhouse by Riot Grrl-ly types The Gossip. Fronted by the idiosyncratic Beth Ditto, the band have been around since ’99 and achieved crossover success with recent single, the pro-same sex marriage, anti-Bush “Standing In The Way Of Control”.
The first 100 earlybird tickets are $46 including booking fee…
Might be a good idea to get in early…
So, I’ve finally got around to deciphering my scrawl & the setlist from Saturday night’s epic 24 Hour Party people is up here (if you’re interested).
I’ve also got the tracklist for volume 2 of the 24 Hour mix CD up here – let me know if you like it!
Photos from Saturday night’s brilliant 24 Hour Party People are now up. Just browse the 24 Hour menu on your right or just click here. A great big thank you to all who came down to the Bath House. Hope you had a good time – I had a blast!
For any of you who got a CD – let me know what you think of it. Tracklisting & setlists will be up soon…
Cheers, Bill
All shows at San Fran, 171 Cuba Street, Wellington
San Fran
4 July, 8 pm
$20, door sales only
San Fran
8 August, 8 pm
$20, door sales only
San Fran
29 August, 8 pm
$20, door sales only
San Fran
24 October, 8 pm
$20, door sales only
Please note: Dates may be subject to change.
