Countdown to Disintegration

The re release of Disintegration is less than two weeks away and there has been quite a few goodies dropped to wet the whistle. The re release comes with two extra discs. One that is out takes and rarities from the recording sessions and the other is the entire album played live in 1989 at Wembley Arena. There site has posted free streams of an alternate rarities disc and alternate live version of the album from Dallas. So good!!!

unHappy Anniversary Ian!

Thirty years ago today Ian Curtis had decided that he had enough with life and hanged himself in his home for his wife (that had thrown him out for the affair that he insisted on not ending) to find after work. It is a pathetic and tragic ending to an artist about to see his greatest success. Curtis' death fell near the release of the song that his band, Joy Division, would come to be known for, "Love Will Tear us Apart." Perhaps it ended a fledgeling career or solidified his place among legends. I like to think both.

There is an unusual tribute to him under development to coincide with this anniversary that I find a little disturbing, yet fitting.