.With the release of Control next month (UK & US), news now of a feature length documentary directed by Grammy nominated Grant Gee (Radiohead's Meeting People Is Easy, Director of Photography & Editor Scott Walker: 30 Century Man) and co-written by acclaimed journalist/writer Jon Savage (England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond).More info in comments....
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*BBC, one of the few corporate titans who have managed to maintain a respected and popular national radio broadcast, turns forty tomorrow.*It is hard to believe that Radio 1 still encapsulates the love of diversity in music. Its' radio personalities a decisive ear and fellow listener, evoking a nostalgic timeline of years past. The utopian mix of mass and niche.A great read for a Sunday! Since ...
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War Child is a charity that works to help children living in war zones. The organization has partnered with several labels and artists to publish an album of cover tracks called War Child: Heroes. The album will be released in the UK by Parlophone and internationally by EMI on February 16. A North America version [...]
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Heard Tony Wilson dead today. Immediately thought about this.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN0721666920070908Getting ready for the release of Control, the Ian Curtis biopic, and I was reminded of the movie 24 Hour Party People, about the Manchester scene.
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Damn, 1979 was a great year, even if I was a candy ass playing Atari who didn't know it at the time. The bands all lived it, felt it, BELIEVED it. Watch. Joy Division. 1979.
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best joy division cover version in the world!How fucking lovely is this???Thanks to Jeremy Deller we see that music transcends disparate musical tastes.I am in love with the idea and celebrate from afar.
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So no one's put this up yet? It's one of the best rock performances in television history, I'd say! Joy Division on Something Else, performing a transcendent version of "Transmission," with a very odd introduction from whom I believe to be John Cooper Clarke. Enjoy!
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[Currently playing: Whatever it says on my MOG page. :-D]So, as I haven't glanced around this entire MOGworld yet, I should ask whoever's looking at this right now:Are there any New Order/Joy Division fans in this world besides me?...maybe? :-\I guess this is just one nice humble way of saying, if you don't know either, here's an intro to one piece of it: Joy Division.This band started in '77 w...
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Way back when I just a little kinkadoink the first alternative song I heard on the radio was "Transmission," by Joy Division. It was a life changing experience which opened my ears and then my eyes to the broader world of music. The station was KFML (AM) in Denver. The DJ of the Sunday morning alternative show was a guy named Duane Davis who also happened to own Wax Trax the only local shop...
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Is it just me or is Hot Chip churning out some fantastic covers lately? Their grown-up electronic rendition of Vampire Weekend's "Cape Cod…" with Peter Gabriel was one of the finer moments in cover-song history, and now their take on Joy Devision's devious "Transmission." In the hands of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddar (Hot Chip in [...]
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