30 Years Today
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To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, I have published 3 interviews I conducted in 2007 with the surviving members of Joy Division. The interviews are over 15,000 words long and provide a profound commentary on Ian’s life and death. There's loads of stuff even a Joy Division geek like me didn't know. I guess I could sell the interviews, but getting them out into the public is enough really; http://tinyurl.com/JDdh18May.
Haslam wrote: To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, I have published 3 interviews I conducted in 2007 with the surviving members of Joy Division. The interviews are over 15,000 words long and provide a profound commentary on Ian’s life and death. There's loads of stuff even a Joy Division geek like me didn't know. I guess I could sell the interviews, but getting them out into the public is enough really; http://tinyurl.com/JDdh18May.
Fuckin magic, have printed them off for reading later 
And all God's angels beware,And all you judges beware,Sons of chance, take good care,For all the people not there,I'm not afraid anymore,I'm not afraid anymore,I'm not afraid anymore,Oh, I'm not afraid anymore...
R.I.P. Ian.
leather_girl wrote: RIP, Ian Curtis.
(I wasn't alive 30 years ago, so I don't really know what to say.)
I was but I don't know what to say either...
twp wrote:
leather_girl wrote: RIP, Ian Curtis.
(I wasn't alive 30 years ago, so I don't really know what to say.)
I was but I don't know what to say either...
I was just 5 
Haslam wrote: To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, I have published 3 interviews I conducted in 2007 with the surviving members of Joy Division. The interviews are over 15,000 words long and provide a profound commentary on Ian’s life and death. There's loads of stuff even a Joy Division geek like me didn't know. I guess I could sell the interviews, but getting them out into the public is enough really; http://tinyurl.com/JDdh18May.
You're already a legend,just now even more so 
Remember the young man.R.I.P.
amazing how so many of you remember the 30th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption, especially as it happened on the west coast of the US, pretty far from the UK....
The gig at the Factory last night was fabulous. Hooky sang every one like he meant it, there were moments of proper magic in his singing and the bass riffs were crisp and loud. Kudos to Jack too - he played a lot of these. It was great to hear and see Paul getting in around the most familiar drumlines with his usual combination of precision and chaos. It must be hard to gauge whether to try to copy the original and risk getting it wrong, or to do it your own way. Or maybe it's not hard, maybe you just turn up and batter the fuck out of the drums. I think Paul got it spot on, anyway.
Rowetta came on for a couple and did wonderfully. I'm always nervous of Rowetta as we all know she's capable of a very powerful sound that wouldn't have gone well here. But she got it just right, loads of energy but sensitive with it.
I wondered before the gig whether it would be a pure band effort or would have added electronica and effects like the album. Well the effects were there, and worked really well.
High point for me was Disorder, Hooky spat it out with such venom, a real moment.
There was minimal chat between songs, just a brief dedication to 'the man' at the start and that was about it.
The whole thing was up there with the NO/JD set at the John Peel Night for me and that's high praise.
Not feeling feeling feeling too special this morning though, mainly because I was trapped next to the bar for most of set and, it being quite warm in there, drank several cans of cold Red Stripe. Which was nice, but explains if none of this makes sense.
I wish I was going tonight, now. In fact, I might try to get a ticket. Anyone else going?
AND ANOTHER THING!
Whatever they've done to the acoustics in the Factory has worked a treat, that awful ringing has all gone but it was still nice and loud (even from the bar). The sound generally was brilliant, indeed several people went over to the sound desk to say so.
