This is a hard question: I pick Closer over Unknown Pleasures because the songs on Closer are more clear to me, it allows me to better conjecture over what I...
There's a market over here that never got filled in properly. I think the only bands that came close to speaking on the poverty of the soul was Depeche, REM,...
They would have gone down a staorm in New York, but bombed like the manic street preachers in L.A. As we all know NY has its art scene, L.a has nothing! (i.e...
Actually, LWTUA got to number 20 in the disco charts in 1980 in America, but the disco charts were pretty much yesteryear's version of the "dance singles"...
any of you in the uk who have digital tv, tune into the play uk channel at 11.10pm tonight (friday 5th july) because they have a 30 mins documentary on joy...
so i had my 18th birthday this past saturday. what did my mom get me? heart and soul box set. yay! i had a few friends over to have cake and celebrate before...
hey alison, i'm glad you got heart & soul! what do you think of the ceremony+in a lonely place demos on disc 3? i think they're both great...i hope you had a...
what do you think of this interview? my favourite part is when ian says "with all due respect to gary numan...." as we're on the subject of the bbc recordings...
... Every time I listen to that part, I can't understand what he says (because I have the misfortune of being American). Could someone write down what Ian says...
I was very surprised to read an article about the Factory/Hacienda in the New York Daily News. They also announced the opening of 24hr people on Friday. Truly...
i'd say the bits about jd are correct (apart from ian's death scene) and as for the happy monday..im not so sure..as im not a fan of them. its a good film...
i've read that ian was a big fan of T.S. Elliot. is anyone else here a fan of elliot? or what poetry do you like to read? i'm a fan of sylvia plath and arthur...
Don't like sylvia plath at the moment because everyone does (especially people who haven't read any!!!) and (Jean Nicholas) Arthur Rimbaud is my hero eternal...
I like Adrienne Rich, Gwendolyn Brooks, Poe, and Plath, Shakespeare ( including the plays but there is more inspired poetry that he wrote, and I cannot for the...
I saw 24hrpp today, and I liked the movie overall. I loved the music. It was very self-aware and at times bittersweet. It was part truth and legend. The acting...
yeah it is a good movie..the scenes depicting ian's death were (factually) incorrect but i don't think any of us could expect a graphic depiction of his...
Thanks for your input! However I would like to clarify the piece on Ian's death. I actually felt that the moviemakers should have made Ian's death a bit more ...
was it the best record label ever?! i'd say it was, but with 4AD a close second, as 4AD had Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Clan Of Xymox and Xmal...
... Les Temps Modernes is amazing. I don't know that I think they are better than Factory, but it makes it easier for me to wake up every day knowing that...
no, you said it yourself: '4AD had Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance...' and don't forget pixies. sure, joy division is great, but the rest of the bands...
I think SY joined Geffen basically because they were able to secure a contract where they could release basically whatever type of music they wanted...I also...
