Pulling back slightly from the raw, dance-oriented Technique, New Order took a break for four years and then crafted another slice of prime guitar pop. In keeping with previous work, Republic simply borrows elements of contemporary innovations in club music to frame a set of effortlessly enjoyable alternative pop songs. As on Technique, the singles ("World," "Spooky") are the most danceable on the record, while lyrical concerns are among the most direct of the group's career, including "Ruined in a Day" and "Times Change," sure signs of the demise of Factory Records.
I watched Grant Gee's brilliant documentary Joy Division last night. What struck me most was the candid humor of the living members Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook. I was surpised at their recation, twenty some odd years later at their reaction to Ian Curtis' suicide. They seemed emotionally detached as if they're in some kind of denial that their former mate had died. It's kind o...
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He lost a lot of money. He took a lot of drugs. His marriage to actress Caroline Aherne ended in a fog of binge drinking and nasty public outbursts. He and the Factory empire ran a club...badly.Today's Manchester Evening News interviews Peter Hook, bass player with New Order who is promoting his book of recollections titled "The Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club". He admits that he and fellow ban...
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this weekend i had my debut as a DJ (i use that term very loosely seeing as i only had an ipod to work with and a club that didn't know what kind of cable you need to connect the ipod to their system. good lord...). needless to say it was at my amazing friends wedding in the city of love..las vegas. no kidding. even though the reception was complete with a mechanical bull (that aunt sally took ...
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