Kandinsky Painting

sexta-feira, 11 de outubro de 2013

Superstars: Andy Warhol e os Velvet Underground














































































































About The Velvet Underground:

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, its best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited by many critics as one of the most important and influential groups of the 1960s.[1] In a 1982 interview Brian Eno made the often repeated statement that while the first Velvet Underground album may have sold only 30,000 copies in its early years, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."[2]
Andy Warhol managed the Velvet Underground and it was the house band at his studio, the Factory, and his Exploding Plastic Inevitable events. The provocative lyrics of some of the band's songs gave a nihilistic outlook to some of their music.[3][4]
Their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (which featured German singer Nico, with whom the band collaborated), was named the 13th Greatest Album of All Time, and the "most prophetic rock album ever made" by Rolling Stone in 2003.[5][6] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the band No. 19 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[7] The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, by Patti Smith.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground )












Carícias Distantes (Biografia de Ian Curtis)














































































































About Touching from a Distance:

Touching from a Distance is a biography written by Deborah Curtis. It details her life and marriage with Ian Curtis, lead singer of the 1970s British post-punk rock band Joy Division. In the book, Deborah Curtis speaks of Ian's infidelity, their troubled marriage, Ian's volatile and sometimes troubled personality, and his health problems (which included epileptic seizures and depression) that likely led to his suicide in 1980, on the eve of Joy Division's first U.S. tour.[1]

Adaptations

The book has been used as a reference for the Anton Corbijn's film Control (2007), for which Deborah Curtis was a co-producer. The role of Deborah was played by Samantha Morton.

Notes

The title is a reference to a line in one of Joy Division's most popular songs, "Transmission".
The foreword was written by the music journalist Jon Savage.
The appendix contains four sections: Discography, Lyrics, Unseen Lyrics, and Gig List. The Unseen Lyrics section contains songs that either were not recorded or finished.[2]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_from_a_Distance )

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_curtis )
































About Control (related with the book):

Control is a 2007 biographical film about the life of Ian Curtis, singer of the late-1970s English post-punk band Joy Division. It is the first feature film directed by Anton Corbijn, who had worked with Joy Division as a photographer. The screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh was based on the biography Touching from a Distance by Curtis' widow Deborah, who served as a co-producer on the film. Tony Wilson, who released Joy Division's records through his Factory Records label, also served as a co-producer. Curtis' bandmates Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris provided incidental music for the soundtrack via their post-Joy Division act New Order. Control was filmed partly on location in Nottingham, Manchester, and Macclesfield, including areas where Curtis lived, and was shot in colour and then printed to black-and-white. Its title comes from the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control".
Sam Riley and Samantha Morton star as Ian and Deborah Curtis, and the film portrays the events of the couple's lives from 1973 to 1980, focusing on their marriage, the formation and career of Joy Division, Ian's struggle with epilepsy, and his extramarital affair with Belgian journalist Annik Honoré, culminating in his May 1980 suicide. Alexandra Maria Lara plays Honoré, while James Anthony Pearson, Joe Anderson, and Harry Treadaway play Sumner, Hook, and Morris, respectively. The film also features Toby Kebbell as band manager Rob Gretton and Craig Parkinson as Tony Wilson.
Control premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007 where it won several awards including the Director's Fortnight, the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the Regards Jeunes Prize for best first/second directed feature film, and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar.[2][3] It went on to win five British Independent Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director for Corbijn, Most Promising Newcomer for Riley, and Best Supporting Actor for Kebbell.[4] It was named Best Film at the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards, and Greenhalgh was given the Carl Foreman award for outstanding achievement in his first feature film at the 61st British Academy Film Awards.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(2007_film) )


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Ian Curtis / Joy Division (Antologia Poética)



























































































































































































































About Ian Curtis:

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 — 18 May 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980. Curtis, who suffered from epilepsy and depression, committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, resulting in the band's dissolution and the subsequent formation of New Order.
Curtis was known for his baritone voice, dance style, and songwriting filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation.
In 1995, Curtis' widow Deborah published Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division, a biography of the singer. His life and death have been dramatised in the films 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Control (2007).

Early life and marriage

Curtis was born at the Memorial Hospital in Stretford, Lancashire. He grew up in Macclesfield, a town in Cheshire,[1] and from an early age he exhibited talent as a poet. He was awarded a scholarship at the age of 11 by The King's School, Macclesfield. Despite this, he was not a dedicated student and did not further his education beyond O-level.[2]
After leaving school he focused on the pursuit of art, literature and music. Curtis was employed in a variety of jobs, including civil servant in Manchester and later Macclesfield.
On 23 August 1975 Curtis married a school friend, Deborah Woodruff. He was 19 and she 18. Their daughter Natalie was born on 16 April 1979. She is a photographer and revealed that Ian was a Manchester City fan.[3]

Joy Division

In 1976 at a Sex Pistols gig, Curtis met Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook. They were trying to form a band, and Curtis immediately proposed himself as vocalist and lyricist. The trio then unsuccessfully recruited a number of drummers before selecting Stephen Morris as their final member.
Initially the band was called Warsaw, but as their name conflicted with that of another group, Warsaw Pakt, the name was changed to Joy Division. The moniker was derived from a 1955 novel The House of Dolls, which featured a Nazi concentration camp with a sexual slavery wing called the "Joy Division". The cover of the band's first EP depicted a drawing of a Hitler Youth beating a drum and the A-side contained a song "Warsaw" which was a musical retelling of the life of Nazi leader Rudolf Hess. Although Joy Division admitted to a fascination with Nazism, they denied any actual support for its ideologies.[citation needed]
After starting Factory Records with Alan Erasmus, Tony Wilson signed the band to his label[citation needed] following the band's appearance on Wilson's Something Else television programme, itself prompted by an abusive letter sent to Wilson by Curtis.[4]
Whilst performing for Joy Division, Curtis became known for his quiet and awkward demeanor, as well as a unique dancing style reminiscent of the epileptic seizures he experienced, sometimes even on stage.[5] There were several incidents when he collapsed and had to be helped off stage.[6] In an interview for Northern Lights cassette magazine in November 1979, Ian Curtis made his only public comment on his dancing and performance. He explained the dance as a type of sign language with which to further express a song's emotional and lyrical content: "Instead of just singing about something you could show it as well, put it over in the way that it is, if you were totally involved in what you were doing".[citation needed]
Curtis' writing was filled with imagery of emotional isolation, death, alienation, and urban decay.[original research?] He sang in a baritone voice, in contrast to his speaking voice, which fell in the tenor range. Earlier in their career, Curtis would sing in a loud snarling voice similar to shouting; it is best displayed on the band's debut EP, An Ideal for Living (1978). Producer Martin Hannett developed Joy Division's sparse recording style, and some of their most innovative work was created in Strawberry Studios in Stockport (owned by Manchester act 10cc) and Cargo Recording Studios Rochdale in 1979), which was developed from John Peel's investing money into the music business in Rochdale.[citation needed]
Although predominantly a vocalist, Curtis also played guitar on a handful of tracks (usually when Sumner was playing synthesizer; "Incubation" and a Peel session version of "Transmission" were rare instances when both played guitar). At first Curtis played Sumner's Shergold Masquerader, but in September 1979 he acquired his own guitar, a Vox Phantom Special VI (often described incorrectly as a Teardrop or ordinary Phantom model) which had many built-in effects used both live and in studio. After Curtis' death, Sumner inherited the guitar and used it in several early New Order songs, such as "Everything's Gone Green". Curtis also played keyboard on some live versions of "She's Lost Control". He also played the melodica on "Decades" and "In a Lonely Place"; the latter was written and rehearsed for the cancelled American tour and later salvaged as a New Order B-side.[citation needed]

Death

Curtis' last live performance was on 2 May 1980, at High Hall of Birmingham University, a show that included Joy Division's first and only performance of "Ceremony", later recorded by New Order and released as their first single. The last song Curtis performed on stage was "Digital". The recording of this performance is on the Still album.[7]
Detailed in Debbie Curtis' Touching from a Distance, Curtis was staying at his parents' house at this time and attempted to talk his wife into staying with him on 17 May 1980, to no avail. He told her to leave him alone in the house until he caught his train to Manchester the next morning.[8] In the early hours of 18 May 1980, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house at 77 Barton Street, Macclesfield. He had just viewed Werner Herzog's film Stroszek and listened to Iggy Pop's The Idiot. At the time of his death, his health was failing as a result of the epilepsy and, attempting to balance his musical ambitions with his marriage, which was foundering in the aftermath of his close relationship with journalist Annik Honoré (who in 2010 would claim it was not an "affair" and merely a close and platonic relationship).[9] His wife found Ian's body the next morning; he had used the kitchen's washing line to hang himself. Deborah claimed later that he had confided to her on several occasions that he had no desire to live past his 20s.[10][11]
Curtis was cremated at Macclesfield Crematorium and his ashes were buried. His memorial stone, inscribed with "Ian Curtis 18 – 5 – 80" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart", was stolen in July 2008 from the grounds of Macclesfield Cemetery.[12] The missing memorial stone was later replaced by a new stone.[13]
In a 1987 interview with Option, Stephen Morris commented on how he would describe Curtis to those who asked what he was like: "An ordinary bloke just like you or me, liked a bit of a laugh, a bit of a joke."[14]

Tributes

Label mate band The Durutti Column released in 1981 their album LC, including the Ian Curtis tribute song "The Missing Boy".
In 1990, Psychic TV released "I.C. Water", a song dedicated to Curtis.
Deborah Curtis wrote Touching from a Distance, published in 1995, a biographical account of their marriage, detailing in part his supposed infidelity with Annik Honoré, which the latter still denies.
In 1999, the post-hardcore band Thursday released a song titled "Ian Curtis" on their debut album, Waiting.
Authors Mick Middles and Lindsay Reade released the book Torn Apart: The Life of Ian Curtis in 2006. This biography takes a more intimate look at Curtis and includes photographs from personal family albums and excerpts from his letters to Honoré during their alleged affair.
Paul Morley wrote Joy Division, Piece by Piece, writing about Joy Division 1977–2007; it was published in late 2007. The book documents all of his writings and reviews about Joy Division, from their formation until Tony Wilson's death.
The words "Ian Curtis Lives" are written on a wall in Wallace Street, Wellington, New Zealand. The message, which appeared shortly after the singer's death in 1980, is repainted whenever it is painted over. A nearby wall on the same street on 4 January 2005 was originally emblazoned "Ian Curtis RIP", later modified to read "Ian Curtis RIP Walk In Silence" along with the incorrect dates "1960–1980".[15] Both are referred to as "The Ian Curtis Wall".[16] Steve McKinlay recalls after having watched 24 Hour Party People and drinking several pints with his brother, a well known New Zealand beer brewer, in the early hours of the morning he drove with a bucket of paint and a small roller to Wallace Street and repainted the wall after it had long since faded. On 10 September 2009, the wall was painted over by Wellington City Council's anti-graffiti team.[17] The wall was chalked back up on 16 September 2009. Following this, council spokesman Richard MacLean said, "They [the anti-graffiti team] may turn a blind eye to it".[18] The wall was repainted on 17 September 2009, and has been removed and repainted on and off. A new and improved design, with correct dates and the original "Walk In Silence", was painted on the wall on 27 February 2013.[19]


Taken From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis

More: http://www.spectrumgothic.com.br/musica/grandes_icones/ian_curtis.htm




A 2008 oil painting of Curtis

sexta-feira, 4 de outubro de 2013

Joy Division ‎– Heart And Soul

































































About Heart and Soul:

Heart and Soul is a Joy Division box set containing nearly every track the band recorded. The first two discs contain their entire studio output, including the albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer, along with singles and compilation appearances. Discs three and four collect rare demos and live recordings, many of which were previously unreleased. All tracks are digitally remastered. It reached #70 in the UK.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Joy Division.

Disc one: Unknown Pleasures Plus

  1. "Digital" – 2:53
  2. "Glass" – 3:56
  3. "Disorder" – 3:31
  4. "Day of the Lords" – 4:49
  5. "Candidate" – 3:05
  6. "Insight" – 4:28
  7. "New Dawn Fades" – 4:48
  8. "She's Lost Control" – 3:56
  9. "Shadowplay" – 3:55
  10. "Wilderness" – 2:38
  11. "Interzone" – 2:16
  12. "I Remember Nothing" – 5:56
  13. "Ice Age" – 2:25
  14. "Exercise One" – 3:08
  15. "Transmission" – 3:37
  16. "Novelty" – 4:01
  17. "The Kill" – 2:16
  18. "The Only Mistake" – 4:19
  19. "Something Must Break" – 2:53
  20. "Autosuggestion" – 6:10
  21. "From Safety to Where...?" – 2:27
Notes
  • All tracks had been previously released.
  • Tracks 1 and 2 recorded in October 1978 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale. First released on the A Factory Sample EP in 1978.
  • Tracks 3 to 12 recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. First released as the entire Unknown Pleasures album in 1979.
  • Track 13 recorded in October/November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, during sessions for the Licht und Blindheit single. First released in the Still album in 1981.
  • Tracks 14, 17 and 18 recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, during sessions for the Unknown Pleasures album. First released in the Still album in 1981.
  • Tracks 15 and 16 recorded in July/August 1979 at Strawberry Studios. First released as the "Transmission" single in 1979.
  • Track 19 recorded in July/August 1979 at Central Sound Studios, Manchester, during sessions for the "Transmission" single. First released in the Still album in 1981.
  • Tracks 20 and 21 recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, during sessions for the Unknown Pleasures album. First released on the Earcom 2: Contradiction EP in 1979.

Disc two: Closer Plus

  1. "She's Lost Control" (12" version) – 4:57
  2. "Sound of Music" – 3:55
  3. "Atmosphere" – 4:11
  4. "Dead Souls" – 4:57
  5. "Komakino" – 3:54
  6. "Incubation" – 2:52
  7. "Atrocity Exhibition" – 6:05
  8. "Isolation" – 2:52
  9. "Passover" – 4:46
  10. "Colony" – 3:55
  11. "A Means to an End" – 4:07
  12. "Heart and Soul" – 5:51
  13. "Twenty Four Hours" – 4:26
  14. "The Eternal" – 6:07
  15. "Decades" – 6:13
  16. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:27
  17. "These Days" – 3:26
Notes
  • All tracks had been previously released.
  • Track 1 recorded in March 1980 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. First released on "Atmosphere" single in 1980.
  • Track 2 recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, during sessions for the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single. First released on the Still album in 1981.
  • Tracks 3 and 4 recorded in October/November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale. First released as the Licht und Blindheit single in 1980.
  • Tracks 5 and 6 recorded in March 1980 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington, during the sessions for the Closer album. First released on the "Komakino" single in 1980.
  • Tracks 7 to 15 recorded in March 1980 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington. First released as the entire Closer album in 1980.
  • Tracks 16 recorded in March 1980 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. First released on "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single in 1980.
  • Track 17 recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham. First released on "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single in 1980.

Disc three: Rarities

  1. "Warsaw" – 2:26
  2. "No Love Lost" – 3:42
  3. "Leaders of Men" – 2:34
  4. "Failures" – 3:44
  5. "The Drawback" (Demo) – 1:46
  6. "Interzone" (Demo) – 2:11
  7. "Shadowplay" (Demo) – 4:10
  8. "Exercise One" (Peel Session) – 2:28
  9. "Insight" (Demo) – 4:05
  10. "Glass" (Demo) – 3:29
  11. "Transmission" (Demo) – 3:51
  12. "Dead Souls" (Outtake) – 4:55
  13. "Something Must Break" (Rough Mix) – 2:53
  14. "Ice Age" (Demo) – 2:36
  15. "Walked in Line" (Rough Mix) – 2:46
  16. "These Days" (Piccadilly Radio Session) – 3:27
  17. "Candidate" (Piccadilly Radio Session) – 1:57
  18. "The Only Mistake" (Piccadilly Radio Session) – 3:43
  19. "Chance (Atmosphere)" (Piccadilly Radio Session) – 4:54
  20. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Peel Session) – 3:22
  21. "Colony" (Peel Session) – 4:03
  22. "As You Said" – 2:01
  23. "Ceremony" (Demo) – 4:57
  24. "In a Lonely Place (Detail)" (Demo) – 2:26
Notes
  • Contains 14 previously unreleased tracks.
  • Tracks 1 to 4 recorded in December 1977 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham. First released as the An Ideal for Living EP in 1978.
  • Tracks 5 to 7 recorded in May 1978 at Arrow Studios for the unreleased album ("RCA demo"). Previously unreleased.
  • Track 8 recorded in January 1979 at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London. Previously released on The Peel Sessions in 1986.
  • Tracks 9, 10, 11 and 14 recorded in March 1979 at Eden Studios, London, during a one-day demo session. Previously unreleased.
  • Tracks 12 and 13 recorded in July 1979 at Central Sound Studios, Manchester, during sessions for the "Transmission" single. Previously unreleased.
  • Track 15 recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during sessions for Unknown Pleasures album. A re-mixed version of this recording was released on the Still album in 1981.
  • Tracks 16 to 19 recorded in June 1979 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, during a session for Piccadilly Radio. Previously unreleased.
  • Tracks 20 and 21 recorded in November 1979 at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale. First released on The Peel Sessions in 1987.
  • Track 22 recorded in March 1980 at Britannia Row Studios, Islington. First released on the "Komakino" single in 1980.
  • Track 23 recorded on 14 May 1980 at Graveyard Studios, Prestwich.[3]
  • Track 24 taken from an April 1980 rehearsal tape salvaged by Peter Hook. Tracks 23 and 24 later recorded and released by New Order on "Ceremony" single in 1981.

Disc four: Live

  1. "Dead Souls" (live) – 4:17
  2. "The Only Mistake" (live) – 4:04
  3. "Insight" (live) – 3:48
  4. "Candidate" (live) – 2:03
  5. "Wilderness" (live) – 2:27
  6. "She's Lost Control" (live) – 3:38
  7. "Disorder" (live) – 3:12
  8. "Interzone" (live) – 2:03
  9. "Atrocity Exhibition" (live) – 5:52
  10. "Novelty" (live) – 4:27
  11. "Autosuggestion" (live) – 4:05
  12. "I Remember Nothing" (live) – 5:53
  13. "Colony" (live) – 3:53
  14. "These Days" (live) – 3:38
  15. "Incubation" (live) – 3:36
  16. "The Eternal" (live) – 6:33
  17. "Heart and Soul" (live) – 4:56
  18. "Isolation" (live) – 3:09
  19. "She's Lost Control" (live) – 5:30
Notes
  • All tracks previously unreleased.
  • Tracks 1 to 10 recorded on 13 July 1979 at the Factory, Manchester.
  • Track 11 recorded on 2 August 1979 at the YMCA, London.
  • Tracks 12 to 14 recorded on 2 Nov 1979 at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.
  • Tracks 15 to 19 recorded on 29 February 1980 at the Lyceum, London.










terça-feira, 14 de maio de 2013

Os Mestres e as Criaturas Novas (The Lords and the New Creatures)





























































































About The Lords: Notes on Vision
(from wikiquote...):


The Lords: Notes on Vision

  • Yoga powers.
    To make oneself invisible or small.
    To become gigantic and reach to the farthest things.
    To change the course of nature.
    To place oneself anywhere in space or time.
    To summon the dead.
    To exalt senses and perceive inaccessible images, of events on other worlds,
    in one's deepest inner mind, or in the minds of others.
  • (Windows work two ways, mirrors one way.)
    You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.
  • The world becomes an apparently infinite,
    yet possibly finite, card game.
    Image combinations,
    permutations,
    comprise the world game.
  • Cinema has evolved in two paths. One is spectacle. Like the phantasmagoria, its goal is the creation of a total substitute sensory world. The other is peep show, which claims for its realm both the erotic and the untampered observance of real life, and imitates the keyhole or voyeur's window without need of color, noise, grandeur.
  • The subject says "I see first lots of things which dance — then everything becomes gradually connected".
  • Few would defend a small view of Alchemy as "Mother of Chemistry", and confuse its true goal with those external metal arts. Alchemy is an erotic science, involved in buried aspects of reality, aimed at purifying and transforming all being and matter. Not to suggest that material operations are ever abandoned. The adept holds to both the mystical and physical work.
  • They can picture love affairs of chemicals and stars, a romance of stones, or the fertility of fire. Strange, fertile correspondences the alchemists sensed in unlikely orders of being. Between men and planets, plants and gestures, words and weather.
  • Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and beings. Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.
  • The Lords. Events take place beyond our knowledge or control. Our lives are lived for us. We can only try to enslave others. But gradually, special perceptions are being developed. The idea of the "Lords" is beginning to form in some minds. We should enlist them into bands of perceivers to tour the labyrinth during their mysterious nocturnal appearances. The Lords have secret entrances and they know disguises. But they give themselves away in minor ways. Too much glint of light in the eye. A wrong gesture. Too long and curious a glance.
  • More or less, we're all afflicted with the psychology of the voyeur. Not in a strictly clinical or criminal sense, but in our whole physical and emotional stance before the world. Whenever we seek to break this spell of passivity, our actions are cruel and awkward and generally obscene, like an invalid who has forgotten to walk.



About The New Creatures
(from wikiquote...):


The New Creatures

  • I can't believe this is happening
    I can't believe all these people
    are sniffing each other
    & backing away
    teeth grinning
    hair raised, growling, here in
    the slaughtered wind
  • Do you dare
    deny my
    potency
    my kindness
    or forgiveness?
  • Camel caravans bear
    witness guns to Caesar.
    Hordes crawl and seep inside
    the walls. The streets
    flow stone. Life goes
    on absorbing war. Violence
    kills the temple of no sex.
  • Cool pools
    from a tired land
    sink now
    in the peace of evening
    Clouds weaken
    and die.
    The sun, an orange skull,
    whispers quietly, becomes an
    island, & is gone. There they are
    watching
    us everything
    will be dark.
    The light changed.
    We were aware
    knee-deep in the fluttering air
    as the ships move on
    trains in their wake.
  • This is it
    no more fun
    the death of all joy
    has come.