"Inspired by the iconic sleeve of Joy Division's
Unknown Pleasures album,
this Waves Mickey Mouse Tee incorporates Mickey's image within the graphic of the pulse of a star. That's appropriate given few stars have made bigger waves than Mickey!"
posted by obscurator
on Jan 23, 2012 -
95 comments
"We caught up with the legendary Peter Hook to interview him about the good old days." Peter Hook's Extraordinary Stories. (
1,
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9) (MLYT)
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Jun 10, 2010 -
14 comments
Connecticut's
Have a Nice Life is responsible for one of the year's most
acclaimed, highly conceptual albums this year, Deathconsciousness.
The two discs (entitled The Plow That Broke The Plains and The Future, respectively) feature music spanning over five years of collaboration between the two artists, and are accompanied by a 75-page booklet on medieval Italian heretics in lieu of liner notes. Combining elements of
shoegaze,
new wave,
ambient drone,
post-rock,
experimental industrial,
avant-garde dark metal, and
electronic music, and citing references such as
My Bloody Valentine and
Joy Division to their credit, the original and only pressings sold out
within hours. Full stream of all 85 minutes available
here. Direct mp3 samples
here and
here.
[more inside]
posted by Christ, what an asshole
on Jun 28, 2008 -
34 comments
"I was just besotted." Rock music does not lack for
tragic heroes; perhaps none more doomed than
Ian Curtis, lead singer of
Joy Division, the post-punk precursor to Madchester's
New Order. Debilitating epilepsy, depression, charges of Naziism, an impending divorce -- 25 years ago, the day before the start of a US tour, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his flat while Iggy Pop's "The idiot" played. His widow Deborah speaks in this
new interview in
The Guardian; is she drumming up interest for the new starring-Jude-Law
biopic?
posted by docgonzo
on Apr 11, 2005 -
62 comments