Jan. 26th
"This is from a story in Music Week (Jan. 28) about the promotion of Placebo's new album due out in March. It says Virgin is releasing a special edition of the album: "Placebo's special edition will offer a DVD, containing a documentary filmed by Trainspotting actor Ewen Bremner, which follows the band to promotional events, and a TV performance for Canal+ with The Cure's Robert Smith. It also contains a virtual booklet featuring lyrics and a photo gallery and an extended 40-page booklet in case-bound packaging."
(Thanks Lenore)
"In the french magazine "rock and folk" (N°462 - february 2006) there is an interview of Richard Bellia, the famous french photograph of the Melody
maker magasine (UK). He made a lot of photography of The Cure in 1982 and he's a friend of Robert since this périod.
"I'm still friends with the Cure. Recently they changed the line-up and asked me to shoot them [...]. This friendship ravish me. I exchange a lot of mail with Robert (Smith). he has health problems, he inflate like someone lost his hair. his look makes me sad.""
Can anyone provide a better translation? That last bit doesn't make much sense.
(Thanks Johan)
"the fender bass vi has been reissued by the fender custom shop it's a bit pricey but should be superior to the Japanese reissue from 95/96
more info can be found on the fender site."
(Thanks John)
100: Derek And Clive - Live
99: Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
98: Roots Manuva - Run Com Save Me
97: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
96: Adam And The Ants - KingsOf The Wild Frontier
95: Julian Cope - Jehovakill
94: The Futureheads - The Futureheads
93: Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
92: Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
91: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
90: Supergrass - I Should Coco
89: Blur - Parklife
88: Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
87: Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
86: George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
85: ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
84: Redskins - Neither Washington Nor Moscow
83: Wire - Pink Flag
82: Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
81: Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Brid Now
80: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
79: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
78: Aphex Twin - Slected Ambient Works 85-92
77: The Beta Band - The Three Eps
76: Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
75: Tricky - Maxinquaye
74: Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
73: Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
72: Joy Division - Closer
71: Buzzcocks - Love Bites
70: Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
69: Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
68: The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
67: Coldlay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
66: Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
65: Radiohead - Kid A
64: Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
63: David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
62: Saint Etienne - Fox Base Alpha
61: Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocena Rain
60: The Human League - Dare!
59: The Clash - The Clash
58: Suede - Dog Man Star
57: The Cure - Head On The Door
56: Portishead - Portishead
55: Bloc Party - Bloc Party
54: Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
53: The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
52: Madness - One Step Beyond
51: Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
50: The La's - The La's
49: The Who - My Generation
48: Elastica - Elastica
47: The Libertines - The Libertines
46: Pulp - His 'n' Hers
45: The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
44: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
43: The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
42: The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
41: Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
40: Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
39: Ride - Nowhere
38: Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
37: Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
36: The Beatles - The Beatles
35: Radiohead - OK Computer
34: The Jam - All Mod Cons
33: Coldplay - Parachutes
32: The Zombies - Odessy And Oracle
31: Massive Attack - Blue Lines
30: Suede - Suede
29: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
28: Nick Drake - Bryter Later
27: PJ Harvey - Dry
26: The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
25: The Kinks - The Village Green Appreciation Society
24: Pet Shop Boys - Please
23: New Order - Technique
22: Super Furry Animals - Radiator
21: Muse - Absolution
20: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
19: The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
18: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
17: The Streets - Original Pirate Material
16: Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
15: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
14: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
13: The Verve - A Northern Soul
12: The Specials - Specials
11: Radiohead - The Bends
10: The Libertines - Up The Bracket
9: The Beatles - Revolver
8: The Clash - London Calling
7: Pulp - Different Class
6: Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
5: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
4: Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
3: Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
(Thanks to Uncleskinny @ Morrissey-Solo)
"thank you very much for the sustained enthusiasm and the faith on the project. All the songs of the present 'Pink Pig Update: The Rope is Long Enough' have been reserved and are in the recording process. There are no songs left! For those of you who wants to record a Cure cover for Pink Pig but couldn't reserve a song on time, we remind you that in ninety days some of the songs already reserved may be available again. This may happen if the people who reserved a song do not deliver the recorded version in the term of three months.
You will also have another chance of doing your cover once the new Cure album get released. We'll make the new songs available one month after the album's release date. Of course all b-sides of new singles and the known outtakes from the new sessions will also be included in the present update.
And a last thing: remember that the project has new sections and we invite you all to take part: the pink pig wall of word, the pink pig song and the tibetan book of the pigs. Lately in the year we'll announce details of the forthcoming 'Pink Pig World Tour' (we hope everyone get involved in this!).
Visit us at www.pinkpigupdate.com.ar or www.pinkpigproject.com.ar
read all abouth the update and write, record and deliver a song titled 'pink pig'! Everyone can do it. Everybody must!
Thank You Thank You Thank You again and again and again and again and again!"
(Thanks Germán and Juan José)
Jan. 25th
(Thanks Jau, Tempest, Benjamin, Andre, Dan)
From Scotsman
"The reality is that Mogwai have played up and down the States regularly over the years, putting in the necessary groundwork that now appears to be paying off. Having said that, the band's last US tour wasn't exactly a slog, as they found themselves opening for childhood heroes The Cure on a travelling mini-festival.
"They're a band I've loved since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, although I'm not much taller than that now," says Braithwaite.
"That was great fun, we were treated really well, a lot of our friends were on that tour, like Interpol and the Rapture, and we made a lot of new friends too. Robert Smith really liked us, and it went down well with the crowds."
(Thanks Tempest)
And while we're on the subject
of Mogwai:
"Also, for those, like me, who appreciate MOGWAI and had the chance to see them playing live during the Curiosa Tour, the new album "Mr. Beast" will be out on march 6th. I have a promo copy of the album and I must say that this is the best ever album from the scottish band ! Please go and see them playing live during the European tour this spring, it's a big experience !!!"
(Thanks Jerome)
"They have 3 Cure shirts available for The Sims 2! Make your Sims a Cure fan - http://thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/search_the%20cure"
(Thanks Johanna)
"The New-York City jazz artist PYENG THREADGILL is covering CLOSE TO ME on her new album "Of the air". This is a great smooth and jazzy version ! Have a look on the website : www.pyeng.com"
(Thanks Jerome and Jeff)
"Cure Night Chicago 2006
The yearly tribute to the Cure will take place on April 25, 2006. I know its a few months off, but if people from out of town would like to attend, they can email me @ djkamar@retrforward.com if they need help looking for hotels and stuff. Last year we had close to 300 people attend. These Cure nights are tons of fun. Pictures from last years event can be seen @ www.planetearthchicago.com
More info on the club hosting the event can be found @ www.neo-chicago.com
This will be a free event, 21 and over, and six hours of The Cure from 10pm-4am.
ps - i'll be guest dj'ing this event again with Dave Roberts but if people in Chicago want to hear Cure in a cool place they can check out our weekly event @ Holiday Club. More info. @ www.qbot.net"
(Thanks Kamar)
"In Jan 24th's episode of CBS's new show "Love Monkey", the character Julia is asked to name her top 5 songs. #2 was "The Cure - Just Like Heaven" (Hey, this show could be ok...) I think #1 was Bob Dylan's Vision of Johanna.
And a quite random one: In a driver safety training video for new employees of the world's largest drug company, "Mint Car" is played when they show how a "good driver" handles a vehicle. Just gave me an unexpected chuckle...."
(Thanks Lisa)
"Cure was featured in a comic strip in Swedens largest daily newspaper last week."
(Thanks Birx)
"During the Olympic snowboarding trials on NBC, they played Mint Car as the backing music to a short bio clip of one of the snowboarders. They played about a minute or two of the song, and loud enough so you could actually hear it."
(Thanks Untitled)
Jan. 18th
"Rhino Listening party for Future Retro, including the walk remix. I found these links on www.morrissey-solo.com:
Windows Player: http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/73198_album_100.asx
Real Player: http://www.rhino.com/fun/listeningparties/73198_album.ram"
(Thanks Greg)
(Thanks to Ben @ Everything English)
"just a quick note to say that the songs to be recorded for the appendix of the 'concise pink pig atlas: the whole cure in the mirror' are flying away really quickly. After just two days of opening the game, only twenty songs are still available. A friend's advice: if you want to take part of this 'pink pig update: the rope is long enough' don't hesitate: visit us at www.pinkpigupdate.com.ar and pick up your song to cover. once again we thank you all for the marvellous enthusiasm. see ya!"
(Thanks Germán and Juan José)
Cryfest at the Black Cat in DC:
FRI JAN 20- FYM Productions presents: CRYFEST- Cure vs. Smiths DanceParty featuring DJ Steve EP, Melli Mel, and Killa K $9 mainstage 9:30
(Thanks Greg)
"Grant-Lee Phillips, formerly of Grant Lee Buffalo, is releasing an album of covers. It is a collection of his favorite songs from the 80s. This album should be fantastic, and he is even covering a Cure track. http://www.grantleephillips.com/news.html "
(Thanks John)
of 15 years. The cover is from the recent record "Rio" (River).
http://rapidshare.de/files/11200109/In_Between_days_by_La_Portuaria.mp3.html "
(Thanks Artolai)
"Here are a few Curespottings ! All about the US series "One Tree Hill" !...
First one :
"Apart" was used as soundtrack in the 19th episode of the 1st season called " What Is and What Should Never Be"… Check this out :
http://music.onetreehillweb.net/episode119.html
Second one :
The 18th episode of the 2nd season was called "To wish impossible thing"... Doesn’t that ring a bell ? :) As u can read here :
http://www.tv.com/to-wish-impossible-things/episode/313866/summary.html
”The title [To Wish Impossible Things] refers to The Cure's from the 1992 album 'Wish'."
And finally…
Third one :
In the 10th episode of the 3rd season (aired last wednesday), Ellie and Peyton speak about Cure music and specially about the Disintegration and
Wish albums !…
Here's a transcript of this sequence :
Ellie : cure fan ? (handing Peyton the Wish album)
Peyton : ewwww… up until this album !
Ellie : come ON ! "Wish" is a great record !
Peyton : No... "Disintegration" is a great record... "Wish" was pretty much the end
Ellie : oh really ?
Peyton (nodding) : huh huh
Ellie : you can’t tell me you don’t get chills everytime you hear the violon on "to wish impossible thing"
Peyton : yeah everytime...
Ellie : but ?
Peyton : but... i don’t remember the day
Ellie : the day ?
Peyton : yeah you know it’s like... like with "Disintegration" i remember the very first time i heard that record... you know like i remember everything about that day, the weather outside, the smell in the air...it’s just i remember all of those things and that’s because that day i fell in love with something
Ellie : you fell in love with an album
Peyton : no... i fell in love with music... (silence) so speaking of The Cure, are you in remission ?
(the conversation goes on about Ellie’s breast cancer...)
It seems like the creator of this series - Mark Schwahn, who btw is also the head writer - is a true Cure fan... don’t u think ?? :)
(thanks to my sister who gave me this information as well as the transcript !!! You rock lil’ sister ! :p) "
(Thanks Rod x & Muldy)
"I went to see Mogwai at the ICA in London last night (January 13). During the main set Stuart Braithwaite (guitar/vocals) was wearing a hoodie, but
during the encore he was wearing a black Cure T-shirt (circa 1985)."
(Thanks Fab G)
"Other Voices was being played just before Mogwai came on stage at The ICA in London Jan 13th."
(Thanks Benj)
"From Genre Magazine
You even included “Love Song” by the Cure.
Yeah, that’s a really hot track. That’s one of my favorites. It blends well and is sort of a cool-down towards the end."
(Thanks Peter)
Pop Matters has an article about Nouvelle Vague and their Cure cover.
(Thanks Tempest)
"today, during Vh-1's 40 freakiest concert moments, they played the intro to "alt.end" during #3 freakiest concert moment: when The Who's drummer, keith moon, passed out during a show from taking horse tranquilizers..."
(Thanks Danny)
VH1 100 Greatest Kid Stars
Aired January 12, 2006 9-10pm Los Angeles
The part with Molly Ringwald...clips of Lovesong and Friday I'm in Love
(Thanks Naphtali)
"Today, Tue 17th at 2:00 MST about 10 seconds of "Want" was played on NPR."
(Thanks Crystal816)
Stine was the guy who saw David Byrne and Talking Heads in a New York club, and had the instinct to know that Byrne's unconventional screech
of a voice could actually sell records. He saw past Cure founder Robert Smith's makeup and knew the English mope star was a hell of a songwriter."
(Thanks Tempest)
Jan. 11th
"It seems like the Cure have done something special for iTunes: the 4 tracks TIB, 17 seconds, Faith and Pornography have been re-recorded. The package is called '4 play' which includes some interviews about the 4 preview Deluxe editions and also couple tracks from it. But, as always with iTunes, you could not buy this album if you're not living in the UK!"
(Thanks Julien, Steeve, Mark and Frazer)
"On December 31st, it came out in one of our most prestigious newspaper "Jornal de Noticias" an article about The Cure releasing a new album
this summer and that they will promote the new album with a new tour, and according to it, they might be back in Portugal for another festival
in August."
(Thanks Sandro)
"Came across a great website http://www.youtube.com which lets people upload old TV shows for everyone to see. Searching for The Cure on there
turns up quite a few results...this one is good, with some interview footage from the Wish tour and Just Live Heaven live circa
1989: http://www.youtube.com/w/The-Cure---just-like-heaven?v=RTvspn-_2Bw&search=cure. It made me misty eyed with nostalgia, especially Simon's 'prayerman' hat :-) "
(Thanks Dan)
"I think you will be pleased to know that the forum members of the popular greek music site www.electrowave.gr have voted for the Cure concert on September 1st 2005 in Athens as the best that took place in Greece for 2005.
Here's the link: http://www.electrowave.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=7988"
(Thanks Eleni)
11:00 - Dragon Hunters
Another French production, this time from the FuturIkon studio. Dragon Hunters is a wild mix of Last Exile, Skyland and Dungeons & Dragons, with maybe a flavor of Asterix The Goth for seasoning. Set in the distant future, Earth has been shattered into a cluster of floating islands by all manner of monsters the natives collectively call dragons. In this world resides two dragon hunters, the conniving Gbwizdo and the super warrior Lian Chen. The two slay these monsters for a living, but in these futuristic medieval times that's a lot easier said than done. A remarkably smart show, don't be surprised if this one becomes a truly huge hit.
"Dragon Hunters is pure, fun, comedic story-telling," says Higgins. "The dragons come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and temperaments. These amazing creatures populate a fantastical world which even has floating islands in the sky! If that's not enough, for music fans, the series comes complete with a great theme song by The Cure."
At present, CN is probably going to be devoting an incredible amount of its resources to insure this new block gets off the ground. Then again, if it is successful it stands to reason it will be expanded on.
(Thanks Catterpillarboy)
"thanks to everyone for the enthusiastic response to the first pink pig update news. It was great to get back in touch with all of you and also to meet lots of new pinkpiggers! We remind you that song reservation opens next sunday 15th of january, 00:00 hs. Buenos Aires time. So please choose your song and e-mail us on the first minute of january 15th if you want to cover it, later may be 2 late!
The web site has been updated with a bunch of pictures of the 'concise pink pig atlas: the whole cure in the mirror' for all those of you who have never seen a copy. Please visit the site project at www.pinkpigupdate.com.ar and join us, we need everyone on board! See ya all."
(Thanks Germán and Juan José)
"There is a new instrumental Cure tribute from South America called "Solo". The track list is:
Boys Don't Cry
Close to Me
Let's Go to Bed
In Between Days
Why Can't I Be You
Fascination Street
Just Like Heaven
Killing An Arab
Hot Hot Hot
Lovesong
Lullaby
Friday I'm In Love
Untitled
A Forest
The CD doesn't give any artist/group information at all."
(Thanks Pete)
" 'Fire in cairo' and 'pornography' from naboo on icomposition.com - http://www.icompositions.com/artists/naboo/ "
(Thanks Naboo)
"Thursday 1/5/06, under the category Literary Rock and Roll, the clue was something to the point of "The Cure's "Killing an Arab" was based on
this novel by Albert Camus." Of course the answer was "What is The Stranger?" "
(Thanks CubanDudeNJNY)
"PS2 has released "Singstar 80's" A game where you can sing along through a mic to 80's classics. As you sing you can see on the screen how good you are singing. The Cure's Just Like Heaven appears on the game.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BAZGD0/202-1407696-9341431
Q magazine Feb 2006 issue (235) put The Cure's Disintegration in at number 90 for "100 Greatest Albums Ever" Other bands such as Pixies, Bowie, Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins and Joy Division got in but Radiohead's Ok Computer came in at no. 1
In the same Q issue in the Downloads chapter it mentions the "Live @ Launch" videos of The Cure...a little late."
(Thanks Lips)
"Last night(5th jan), on BBC1, during a trailer for Chimp week, (various programms about apes, to be aired next week)they played Close to me(remix) in the background,and later on BBC2, on a programm called "Pay off your mortgage in 2 years", they played the Greatest Hits's accoustic version of A Forest...
Always nice to hear your favourite band in a different context, but strange choice of program....."
(Thanks JC and Frazer)
From the Seattle Times:
"One year, 7,000 songs and a dozen Prozac refills later, I completed my wretched task. I can safely say that there are way more than 50 depressing
tunes in the world, and the Cure has recorded half of them. I ended up stretching the list to 52 songs just to make room for Harry Chapin and that
scary chick from Evanescence."
(Thanks Axel and Christine)
"Funny quote regarding retirement of Tana Umaga as captain of the All Blacks...
"Boys don't cry, so the song goes. But All Blacks do when their captain tells them he's just played his last test for his country.
That was the response of several of Tana Umaga's team-mates when the All Black captain informed them following last November's Grand Slam-clinching test victory over Scotland that he was stepping down."
(Thanks Matt)
Jan. 3rd
Thank You & Good Luck - Roger O' Donnell, Perry Bamonte and Daryl Bamonte are no longer with The Cure. Reasons for their departure have not been made public. You can read Roger's statement here and Perry's here. Once again, thank you all for the numerous and invaluable contributions you've made to The Cure, and to the fanbase. You will be greatly missed, but we wish you nothing but good luck and success with all future projects. Cheers! You can read press reports here: Billboard, Side-Line, Filter, Contact Music, Reuters/Yahoo News, BBC, Chart Attack, Launch, Stuff, The Irish Examiner, RTE, Rate The Music, CNN, Area VIP, Las Ultimas Noticias, VH1, Soul Shine, MTV, NME, Curlio, AntiMusic, The Miami Herald, Undercover, Politiken, La Republica.
"just read in the austrian television newspaper "tv-media" in the section music outlook 2006- the best new albums" on place 9 the cure!!
robert has written 20 new songs, they would go in january in the studio, and the release date is august 2006."
(Thanks Drowning)
(Thanks Exploding Boy)
(Thanks Axel)
(Thanks Simon)
“The Pink Pig Project, the magnificent idea through which more than five hundred Cure fans from around the world have recorded all of Robert Smith’s band’s songs making a superb 14 CD set titled ‘Concise Pink Pig Atlas: The Whole Cure in the Mirror’ which was presented to Robert and The Cure as a gift from their fans to celebrate the end of the millennium, is coming back. Because there are more than fifty new songs to be recorded and added to the set, and because there are some new and exciting ideas and goals to be achieved, we invite everyone in the world to visit the project’s new web site at www.pinkpigupdate.com.ar to know about all the new activities and to join us in order to keep going our endless way. This is gonna be exciting and extremely fun, believe us. We deserve the credit, don’t we?”
(Thanks Germán and Juan José)
"I'm looking to sell my Fender Bass VI reissue from the mid 90's. Being a huge Cure fan for many years, I bought it with the sole purpose of playing my favourite songs... but now, I need to part ways with it. Believe me, if not for the sake of love I would never let go of it... but, a slightly overly expensive engagement ring calls. We do what we must for the cause :) Anyway, its in great condition and plays great too. In fact, you can hear it at myspace.com/therainythursdays by listening to an old song of mine, "Yearn". there's only minimal wear, one paint blemish (which isn't really noticeable from on stage) and is missing the original tremolo (but, no one ever uses that anyway). It includes the original Fender case, too. Again, its in great shape overall and plays really well. I'd like to sell it for $1,200... which is a really good number in comparison to what people get onEbay...but,
I don't necessarily want to go through all the trouble and again; I WANT A CURE FAN TO OWN THIS! It would make parting ways with it a lot easier for me. I might be willing to go a little lower than $1,200 if you make a good enough offer. Obviously, you pay the shipping...like $50 through
UPS. If you're interested in knowing more...just e-mail me at Smdpwtrasu@aol.com ... and I'll send you some pictures. Thank you and happy holidays everyone!"
(Thanks Erik)
"Last week's Dutch tv magazine "Veronica" contained two interesting items about The Cure. First of all they had an interview with singer/actress
Hilary Duff in which she was asked what music she listened to nowadays and amongst others like Gwen Stefani, Muse and HIM she also mentioned
The Cure. In the same magazine they also listed the Radio Veronica Top 1000 of all times which was broadcasted last week. Unfortunately The Cure only had two songs in that list. "Close to me" was a new entry at number 360 and "A Forest" fell down from last year's 215 spot to number 245. Let's hope that 2006 brings them back in the spotlights again.
(Thanks Richie)
"Actor, Jared Leto puts The Cure-Fascination Street in his Itunes Playlist
"Fascination Street" (Track 6): "Atmospheric. Moody. Dark. Makes me want top ut on lipstick and fishnets. Enough said."
(Thanks Johanna)
"Tonight I was watching CNBC news and they had "LULLABY" playing as background music on a news story."
(Thanks Diane Cooper)
"Jereme Rogers, a skateboarder for Girl, DVS, etc., was on the relatively new "action sports" show, The Daily Habit, on Fuel TV. On that show,
pros are able to request a couple music videos. Jereme's picks included One Hundred Years from the Trilogy DVD. An unusual selection, particularly for that show, that I thought was neat. The video is truncated, but appreciated nonetheless. The show repeats from time to time on Fuel TV."
(Thanks Robert)
"A mere few weeks and yet another promotional item for Israeli TV (channel 2 this time, a short promo for upcoming shows) uses a cure song: the first few lines of the chorus of 'Friday I'm in Love'", vocals and all."
(Thanks gady b)