The new Ian Curtis book "Torn Apart:The Life Of Ian Cur

Tommy Martyn · Post by **Tommy Martyn** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:32 am

When my mum got married, her M-in-law to be said, "You must always listen to what your husband tells you. Believe none of it." Paul Morley is a bit like that. You have to listen to him.

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:36 am

Well if he helped Manchester music get more popular, good on him, but I really do believe if you saw the shite he puts in my Joy Division book, you would see what I mean. I mean the crap he was writing had absolutely no traceable logical link to the band at all. It was just pompous titwankery.

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:40 am

Can't find my glasses. Must go to bed soon. Toodaloo

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:41 am

Oh good they were in front of the CD player. Must go to bed soon.

Bye.

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:51 am

Last thing for tonight is I must say in all serious sobriety that I do believe the Durutti Column album released this year "Keep Breathing" MUST be a career peak for Vini. It's not perfect, but I don't expect perfection from him. All the same it seems a better album to me than he's done in many years, a real achievement, I think.

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:01 am

Oh damnit I need to go to sleep but look at this:

You guys know New Order is doing the music for the fucking Ian Curtis film right? Sigh...well they've been playing all kinds of JD songs at their gigs these days so what the hell? How can we say it won't be good? Answer: We can't.

http://www.neworderonline.com/News/News ... ewsID=1260

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:00 am

There is one Martin Hannett record I want and have found it impossible to find. It's a 7" by Tim Green called "Who Can Tell" on the Rabid label. I guess it was probably 1978 or something. I've never even seen a single copy for sale ever. Because Kate Bush doesn't love me, obviously.

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:03 am

I'd pay upwards of $200 for that.

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:09 am

Just like the website says:

tim green
discography of martin hannett productions

who can tell/keep me with you 7" rabid (tosh 110) tim green

i'm rather desperately looking for this record, so if you've got it and are willing to part with it, mail me.
if you have it and are not willing to sell, please email me and let me know if hannett did indeed produce it, or send me a scan or something, please!

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:10 am

$400 and that's my final offer.

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:24 pm

Never mind, look. Joy Division. No one would even be talking about them now if it weren't for Martin Hannett. I'm serious. Listen to "Decades" off Closer and tell me who's the greatest producer in the world? I'm serious, they would have been nothing without Martin Hannett. It's sad to say, but true.

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:25 pm

Also isn't it great that I saw a young lad no older than 16 wearing a Love Will Tear Us Apart shirt? Doesn't that give you faith for the new generation of kids coming up?

Good on 'im I say!

marky · Post by **marky** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:24 am

Since I've read much further in the Ian Curtis book by now I thought I'd comment:

First of all, even though I think it's a fantastic book, they should not have called Crispy Ambulance "funksters". This was a huge crime. As though they were somehow related to A Certain Ratio, that's just fucking ridiculous. There was no funk to Crispy Ambulance's music at all.

Also doesn't Vini Reilly kill you every single time with his modest sensitive personality? Isn't he a genius despite the fact that he's imperfect? I'm telling you if his album this year isn't the best thing I've heard from him since the 80's. Never underestimate Vini. Anyway. Never mind. First Morrissey album, he was on. Which you knew already McC. I know you knew that already.

Never mind:

a Fall lyric came up in my head today, randomly:

"Business man hits train/business man hits train"

marky · Post by **marky** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:24 am

Fuck I forgot to mention that on the other board.

marky · Post by **marky** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:51 am

New Durutti Column this year:

"See the ghost of Bob Marley/as he gets up to go/
driven out by the new/reality TV show/in the ghost
of ideals, we've got nothing to show..."

etc and then oh god dancechester never mind I
shouldn't have ever mentioned why this is happening
to me. DANCECHESTER DANCECHESTER