“With a few exceptions, everything Joy Division recorded and released is contained here. Joy Division: 1977 to 1980.”
These are the final two lines of the summary written on the back of the Joy Division Heart and soul boxset. For those of you who do not know me personally, I am a massive Joy Division fan. I got into them after the movie Control came out on DVD back in March 2008.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
"Perspective is worth 80 IQ points" - Alan Kay
"Perspective is worth 80 IQ points." - Alan Kay
It’s an unusual quote, I won't lie. When I first heard it, I didn't really understand it. Today, it became relevant to me in the cruelest way possible.
It’s an unusual quote, I won't lie. When I first heard it, I didn't really understand it. Today, it became relevant to me in the cruelest way possible.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Review: Stone Throwing Youths - leaving the Mannikin in the closet
Following the split of much loved West Corkian band Mannikin (634 MySpace friends isn't bad going), guitarist Brian Casey suddenly found he had a lot of time on his hands. He disappeared from the music scene for a while, writing songs in Spring 2008 to release "for the laugh".
Monday, January 28, 2008
Between the click of the light and the start of a dream
No Cars Go blares. Not the tidy studio version from Arcade Fire’s second album Neon Bible, but the demo version recorded for the band’s first EP.
It has an unusual, we’ll say, effect on me. It is making me shiver, not a frightened or cold shiver, but a shiver of excitement. It is making my heart beat faster and my body shake.
It has an unusual, we’ll say, effect on me. It is making me shiver, not a frightened or cold shiver, but a shiver of excitement. It is making my heart beat faster and my body shake.
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