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zippy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:31:42 -0800

Nouvelle Vague covers New Wave and Punk (MLYT) Nouvelle Vague (no, not this one) does Bossa Nova covers of New Wave and Punk songs, including: Dance with me (Lords of the New Church), Master and Servant (Depeche Mode), Love will tear us apart (Joy Division), Making plans for Nigel (XTC), Blue Monday (New Order), This is not a love song (PiL), The guns of Brixton (The Clash), and one NSFW title Too drunk to fuck (Dead Kennedys). Previously: 1, 2, 3, 4.

BBC4 Documentary: Factory - Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

Item — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:04:47 -0800

'This is the story of how Factory pioneered Briton's independent pop culture, imagined a new Manchester, and blew a shedload of money:

Factory - Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays'

Joy Division - Heart and Soul, what will burn

the_very_hungry_caterpillar — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:43:08 -0800

Control, the biopic covering the the life and untimely death of Joy Division's singer Ian Curtis, opens in the US today (on a limited release) [ trailer | fan site | on set interview ]. This is director Anton Corbijn's debut full length film [ interview ] and was co-produced by Tony Wilson (a giant in the Manchester and UK music scene, sadly missed. Check out 24 Hour Party People [trailer | clip]) . Control opened in the UK several days ago and the reviews are largely positive [ Guardian | Times Online | Independent | Channel 4 | Time Out | Manchester Evening News ]. Joy Division had a short existence [ complete recording sessions ] but made a huge impact on the British post-punk music scene. Their debut EP An Ideal for Living (and the cult "Warsaw" demo bootleg) [ No Love Lost | Warsaw ] set the tone for their bleak sound (and lyrics), and their two studio LPs Unknown Pleasures [ Shadowplay | She's Lost Control | Disorder | New Dawn Fades ] and Closer [ Colony | 24 Hours | Isolation ] along with a clutch of outstanding non-LP singles [ Love Will Tear Us Apart | Transmission | Atmosphere ] only re-enforced their unique sound (in no small part due to ther maverick producer Martin Hannett [ wiki ]). Their final release Still is patchy (some good early demos including Walked in Line), but for the whole story see the Heart and Soul four CD compilations. Add the BBC Sessions, and you've got just about everything they recorded. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? See Interpol, Editors and Jah Division!

“Blue Monday” Owners’ Club

joeclark — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:51:19 -0800

“Blue Monday” Owners’ Club Photos of actual original “Blue Monday” sleeves (Peter Saville die-cut design) as brandished by their owners. Also You Are There! photos of searching for “Blue Monday” in the wild and finding it. (Creaky old frame-based site)

She's lost control?

docgonzo — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:11:57 -0800

"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?