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How much Joy Division is too much Joy Division?

Posted on July 8, 2008 by admin

I know it seems like all I ever do is post about nothingelseon stuff & Joy Division, but really, this takes the cake: Full details here: http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/joy_division_trainers.html **Actually that site is great if you’re in any way interested in Factory … Continue reading →

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Perfect song length proven by Science!

Posted on April 17, 2008 by admin

Just go and read this – otherwise I’d have to paste the whole thing in here – it’s all gold! Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven by Joshua Allen at The Morning News. He even provides a mix of … Continue reading →

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How to lose 3 million fans in one easy step

Posted on March 10, 2008 by admin

Nice article in the Guardian from St Etienne‘s Bob Stanley. With just one album, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark more or less destroyed their career. And they weren’t the only ones: the early 1980s were littered with commercial suicides. Bob … Continue reading →

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Mani, Hook, Rourke, … Briggs??

Posted on February 21, 2008 by admin

From the NME Freebass, the group consisting of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke, New Order’s Peter Hook and The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani, have revealed their new singer. Gary Briggs, formerly of Cornish-by-Manchester band Haven, will join the … Continue reading →

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My list is BIGGER than your list!

Posted on November 20, 2007 by admin

You know how magazines & newspapers always seem to be printing lists of the best <genre> albums ever, or 100 albums you must hear before you do <activity X>? Well, the Guardian’s obviously trying to be the Daddy of ’em … Continue reading →

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Slash Story

Posted on October 16, 2007 by admin

In what could quite possibly be a better book than the Crue’s The Dirt, Guns N’ Roses own Slash has a story to tell. Guns! Drugs! Porn Stars! Axl! Drugs! More Drugs!! Even More Drugs!!! ‘Yeah, yeah, cool, man,’ I … Continue reading →

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Just like waiting for a bus, along comes another Joy Division movie…

Posted on September 13, 2007 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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Tony Wilson R.I.P.

Posted on August 13, 2007 by admin

Tony Wilson, legendary co-founder of Factory Records, has died at the age of 57. Other people can put this better than me, but a sad day, the loss of a true personality & innovator. Rest in peace. Announcement from the … Continue reading →

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Where are my friends tonight? Again…

Posted on July 26, 2007 by admin

Great article on the ‘melancholy greatness’ of LCD Soundsystem’s fabulous ‘All My Friends’ by Hua Hsu at Slate. Read it here. Big thanks go to ‘friend of nothingelseon’ James for the link. B

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Smiths still split! New DVD out though!

Posted on July 21, 2007 by admin

In other news, former bassist with The Smiths Andy Rourke has quashed hopes for a future Smiths reunion, insisting Morrissey is impossible to even contact, let alone coax into reforming, so says the NME here anyway. Best quote of the … Continue reading →

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