(Thanks Aaron, Chris and Andre)

"I just picked up the lateset compilation CD from the metal label Roadrunner Records. It's called "The Heart of Roadrunner Records". The band Chimaira does a cover of Fascination Street. It's very heavy and worth a listen. "

(Thanks Amber)

"One curespotting and a follow-up to the Charlotte Martin one.

Somebody in México City's Metro (the subway) must like the Cure. There's usually some easy-listening or popular music coming throught the sound system, while one waits for the subway or changes direction. But it's not usual to listen not only to one, but to four Cure songs. When I listened to "one more time" I simply thought I was lucky, right before I got on the subway. But when I got down (from the green line) and changed direction (to the pink line), I recognized "boys don't cry", "let's go to bed" and "round and round and round".

Something more about Charlotte Martin, this time, taken from her website (http://www.charlottemartin.com): "Among her more interesting idiosyncrasies are a fascination with drag queens and a love of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Also worth noting are her two pet turtles, one of which is named for The Cure's Robert Smith."

(Thanks Leonardo)

"In this week's n.m.e there is an article on the south-by-south-west music conference/showcase. i quote:

"Stellastarr* are the best band NME has seen all day. Frontman Shawn Christiansen has a MOVE AWAY FROM THE FREAK!, could-dribble-at-any-moment intensity that all good frontment should. If interpol= joy division + a good tailor, Stellastarr* equate to the Cure's Robert Smith going back to 1982 in a time machine, killing Bernard Sumner and replacing him in New Order. Well, that's at least what their best song, 'My Coco', sounds like".

they sound pretty cool, this stellastarr*!

all this 2 or so weeks after hot hot heat (who NME love) were compared quite favourably to the cure. makes a change from the pisstaking or general igorance of recent years"."

(Thanks Dom.)

"Monday night, 24 March, I was watching a documentary-fiction, "Il mestiere di vivere- Residence Bastoggi", on Italian Tv, Rai3. About 11.55 p.m. they sent, like a foundation melody for some scene of the film, "Friday I'm in love"! Lovely!"

(Thanks Francesca)

"I work at BMG Hungary and yesterday we got a mail from Eagle Records with the Trilogy DVD release informations. Here's the letter and the cover of the box.

Dear All

Please find below Information on The Cure DVD release, please note that his will be a A+ title and will be packaged with special packaging similar to YES.

DISC ONE

PORNOGRAPHY Set

DISINTEGRATION Set

DISC TWO

BLOODFLOWERS Set

ENCORE Set

INTERVIEW

PORNOGRAPHY Set:

01.ONE HUNDRED YEARS 02.A SHORT TERM EFFECT

03.THE HANGING GARDEN 04.SIAMESE TWINS

05.THE FIGUREHEAD 06.A STRANGE DAY

07.COLD 08.PORNOGRAPHY

DISINTEGRATION Set:

01.PLAINSONG 02.PICTURES OF YOU 03.CLOSEDOWN 04.LOVESONG 05.LAST DANCE

06.LULLABY 07.FASCINATION STREET 08.PRAYERS FOR RAIN 09.THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU

10.DISINTEGRATION 11.HOMESICK 12.UNTITLED

BLOODFLOWERS Set: 01.OUT OF THIS WORLD 02.WATCHING ME FALL

03.WHERE THE BIRDS ALWAYS SING 04.MAYBE SOMEDAY

05.THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER 06.THERE IS NO IF... 07.THE LOUDEST SOUND 08.39

09.BLOODFLOWERS

ENCORE Set: 01.IF ONLY TONIGHT WE COULD SLEEP > > 02.THE KISS

ROBERT SMITH: Voice / Guitar / 6 String Bass

SIMON GALLUP: Bass / 6 String Bass

PERRY BAMONTE: Guitar / 6 String Bass / Keyboard

JASON COOPER: Drums / Percussion

ROGER O'DONNELL: Keyboard / Percussion

Three of The Cure's most admired and influential albums performed live in their entirety to sell-out crowds over two memorable nights in the Tempodrom Berlin November 2002; a three-hours-plus epic captured in Hi-Definition video and 5.1 surround sound.

"The albums PORNOGRAPHY, DISINTEGRATION and BLOODFLOWERS are inextricably linked in so many ways, and the realization of this TRILOGY show is one of the highlights of my time in THE CURE." Robert Smith 2002

Tech Info

Dolby Digital 5.1

PCM Stereo

DVD9

16:9

PAL 0

English

Running times: Disc 1 = 122 mins Disc 2 = 101 mins total - 223 mins

Bonus Features: Interview (25 mins on disc 2) & 3 Hidden Selections (2 on disc 1 & 1 on disc 2).

VHS screening copies will be order in the next couple of days. "

(Thanks Gyorgy)

"It sounds like Robert will be appearing on a "re-working" of "A Forest" for an upcoming Earl Slick (longtime Bowie guitarist) record. Details, as well as a photo of Robert, Earl, David & co. can be found on Bowie's official site: http://www.davidbowie.com/freebowie2/news/index.html (about a third of the way down the page)

No release date as of yet."

(Thanks Bruce)

"From July on The Cure are on their way to the studio. It is to be questioned, whether the choice of their new producer is to push them to harder sounds: Ross Robinson, whose home is Nu-Metal and who already pushed Slipknot and Limp Bizkit, wants to produce the upcoming three albums with Robert Smith and his band. Robinson declared, that The Cure had been one of his favourite bands for years. Headbanger's Delight.

The Cure begeben sich ab Juli wieder ins Studio. Nun rätselt man, ob die Wahl des Produzenten sie in härtere Soundgefilde pushen soll: Ross Robinson, der sich im Nu-Metal tummelt und als karriereförderlich für Slipknot und Limp Bizkit erwies, möchte mit Robert Smith und Konsorten die nächsten drei Alben schaffen. Robinson erklärte, The Cure seien jahrelang eine seiner Lieblingsbands gewesen. Headbanger's Delight."

www.intro.de

(Thanks Silke)

"The show which we all missed before will be repeated on Wednesday April 2nd on UK Horizons at 10.55 and again an hour later on UK Horizons+1"

(Thanks Hugh)

"I saw yesterday on canadian television a cover of "The Lovecats" by a band called S.T.A.R.S and that's awful ! It seems like the Spice Girls ! How the band can let this sort of things, they need money ? I'm joking of course."

(Thanks Yan)

"I don't know whether you already know, but there is a great german dancehall and reggae band called "Seeed" - they and some other reggae artists took the rhythm from The Cure's "Close to Me" and created a fantastic Reggae-Song called "Release". It's really nice and worth listenig (allthough I couldn't imagine this mixture it works, really!). You can get more informations at www.seeed.de just search for "Cure-Riddim". Have fun and enjoy!!!! "

(Thanks Silke)

"Today (3/25/03) in between periods of the Wild Vs Red Wings game, a video of the Wilds playoff clinching win was shown and "WANT" was playing in the background! Hockey & the Cure what a combo!"

(Thanks Apparition)

"Last week, on Polish PolSat channel, in a very popular TV quiz called 'Awantura o kase', (where three teams bid for questions (knowing only their category) there was a very difficult question. The team that bought the question wanted to buy a hint - usually 10-20% of the bid. In this case the hint cost almost 50%. The question was 'Who is - and give the name&surname - the singer of The Cure'. That expensive hint contained: Michael Hutchinson, Robert Smith and two completely unknown guys. At this time the team shouted 'Robert Smith'!"

(Thanks Tais)

"Jane Magazine - April 2003 mentions that those who worship "Robert Smith, God of Rock" will be so happy because dark makeup around the eyes is back in (as if it ever left)."

(Thanks Michelle)

"THE CURE will appear in 2 brand new compilations on DVD :

- "WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH" : 18 alternative videos, including "in between days" and "A forest".

- "ICE COOL 80'S" : 18 classic videos, including "A forest" again...

These 2 DVDs will be available in France from tuesday 25, march and are released by BMG France for the "Uncut Masters" series.

(Thanks to Jerome at www.plainsong.net)

"Good news, AAE have finished 'Apart' and it sounds divine..."

(Thanks Anonymous)

"For those of you in the UK that have'nt got it yet Splash DVD has the Greatest Hits DVD for £7.99

http://www.splashdvd.com/splash/search.cfm?item_id=5893889&act=detail"

(Thanks Shane)

"I just wanted to tell you that Norwegian State Broadcasting (NRK) has banned Killing an Arab for as long as the war in Iraq lasts."

(Thanks Henning)

"A heavy-metal magazine would be the unlikeliest place to find not one, but five references to The Cure, but that’s what happens in the latest issue of Revolver (http://revolvermag.com), which has Marilyn Manson on the cover, in two of their features in their “Men in Black” dossier.

In “The History of Goth Metal” (p. 66-70), in the body of the text, recalling the early years of goth, it’s said that: “The same year that ‘Bela Lugosi’is Dead” came out, another British band called The Cure released their debut album, Boys Don’t Cry. Bridging the gap between goth’s morbid angst and the poppy punk of bands like the Buzzcocks, the album forshadowed the future work of what would become one of the most succesful bands of the Eighties and Nineties. Not only would the Cure prove to be one of goth’s few mainstream exports, lead singer Robert Smith pioneered the scene’s look with his explosive shock of black hair, porcelain complexion, smudged lipstick, and eyes ringed with eyeliner.”

At the end of the next paragraph, which deals with the Batcave: “Everyone from [Robert] Smith to Ian Atsbury of goth band the Southern Death Cult (later the Cult) hung out at the club [the Batcave], watching death-rockers like Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend.”

Pornography is included among the “13 Essential Goth Records”, saying that: “The first in the Cure’s goth trilogy (followed by 1989’s Disintegration and 2000’s Bloodlfowers), this is one of the saddest albums of all time. Over his band’s bleak, ethereal accompaniment, Robert Smith wails such self-flagellating lyrics as ‘I laughed in the mirror for the first time in a year’ (‘The Figurehead’).

The next feature in “Men in Black” is an interview with AFI (p. 72-76). Describing their sound, the writer says: “But AFI have not abandoned those trademark big, melodic choruses so redolent of SoCal punk’s ‘testosterone glee club’ sing-alongs. Nor has [Davey] Havok lost his penchant for segueing between episodes of grand mal yowling and passages of Robert Smith vulnerability.” Among his musical influences, Havok mentions: “It wasn’t only punk rock and hardcore that were into, either. We were listening to stuff like Ministry and Nitzer Ebb as well as Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Slayer, and the darker British bands like Joy Division, the Cure, and Bauhaus.”

There’s another reference to The Cure, this time in Women Who Rock (http://www.womenwhorockmag.com), but I didn’t buy it, so I can’t quote verbatim. On a feature of the female musicians to look for this year, the brief interview and bio of Charlotte Martin begins with: “If Kate Bush and Robert Smith [of the Cure] had a child, and she played piano, it would be me."

(Thanks Leonardo)

"taken from www.gardenofdreams.com

lead vocalist Gene:

Musical Influences: The Cure, Human Drama, Ashes, Danny Elfman, The Smiths, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen

Favorite Band Of All Time: The Cure / The Smiths

bass player Jameson:

Musical Influences: The Cure, Siousxie and The Banshees, Duran Duran, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Poe, VAST, Rasputina. A lot of 80's and early 90's synth-pop. Most music that could be classified as Ethereal.

Favorite Band Of All Time: The Cure or Poe"

(Thanks snow in summer)

"Ryan Adams mentions The Cure...http://www.nme.com/news/104443.htm"

(Thanks Petr)

"Yesterday evening I looked at a report on the plastic surgery in Vis ma vie (Live my life) on French channel TF1. The basic music was "How beautiful you are!". This emission is streetwalker but the programmers seems to have good taste! "

(Thanks Olivier)

"A new programe on channel 4 is called the clinik and is about plastic surgery. They advertise it using inbetween days as background music!"

(Thanks Vicky)

"this is the new flyer from a french bar which proposes a cold wave party every thursday."

(Thanks Jean-François)

"I have to send this in as the strangest Curespotting I've seen yet. In the local coverage of the recovery of Elizabeth Smart, there is a photo of the apartment where she stayed briefly, and on the wall in the background you can clearly see a big poster of Robert and Siouxie. http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=84&sid=13751 (bottom photo)

(Thanks Heron and Mark)

"In the new April 2003 Blender, their cover story is "the 500 CD's You Must Own Before You Die!" As fate would have it, the Cure have made the list with Greatest Hits (Elektra 2001). The blurb: Eighteen songs over 23 years, from the post-punk benchmark ("Boys Don't Cry") and Eurodisco ("The Walk") to melancholy passion plays ("Lovesong") and '90's hits ("Friday I'm In Love"), this is the perfect introduction to Robert Smith and the Cure's pop mopery. Standout track: "Just Like Heaven."

(Thanks Rust)

"In the french rolling stone magazine (march) there is a top 100 of the alternative albums that changed rock history. I was having a look at the 3 or 4 pages of it especially the 2 last ones but didnt see any cure albums..... Of course !!! their first album (3 imaginary boys) was in 3rd place !!!! can you beleive it ??

1st is "nevermind" Nirvana, and the second is "nevermind (again?) the bollocks" sex pistols. The fourth one is "unknown pleasures" from joy division."

(Thanks Philippe)

"I have just watched the roadies 2 episode with the Hyde park show. it was on UK horizons here on sky in the UK. the road crew talked alot about it being filmed for a dvd release. finished the show off with from the edge of the deep green sea. a great show."

(Thanks John)

"Just noticed the Trilogy DVD is listed on www.HMV.co.uk to be released 02.06.03. No image available yet.

(Thanks Steven)

"Here is a new cover of “the Figurehead” from the Spinning Tops.

Guitars: Olivier Pommeret & Bass/Vocals: Fred Delalay

http://membres.lycos.fr/thespinningtops/figurehead.rm

website: www.thespinningtops.com"

(Thanks Fred)

"Wasn't sure if you had this one yet, but the April 2003 issue of SPIN (w/ Eminem on the cover) listes the "5 greatest guitar solos of all time".....

Jimmy Page on "Stairway to Heaven"

Kurt Cobain on "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Jeff Beck on "Led Boots"

Tom Morello (RATM) on "Killing in the Name"

and of course.....

ROBERT SMITH on 'A FOREST' !!!!!

Yeah!!!! Some pretty elite company, I would say!!!!!"

(Thanks Dave)

"In the april 2003 issue of spin magazine, there is a sex, drugs, and rock & roll survey. there is one for the 10 most infamous rock hairdos. Robert Smith falls in 2nd place, trailing the lead singer of Flock Of Seagulls."

(Thanks Nando)

"A few days late but here it is.This Past thursday on CNN Headline news on the outro to comercials they were using Hot Hot Hot !! as they faded out,..... they did it several times over the course of the night,,,, they also were using Depeche Mode and the Church......"

(Thanks Tre)

"Today, friday march 7, in El Pais de las Tentaciones, a spanish magazine, Billy Corgan says: "do you know what i was listening when i was young? The Cure and Joy Division" and someone says: "did you have any friends?"

(Thanks María)

Petition for The Cure Live in Japan ________ Never give up, never enough!

Japanese the Cure fans are all awaiting for the Cure's live concert in Japan these 19 years. Give us a chance to see their shows! Please sign our "Petition for The Cure Live in Japan"!!!

Visit our petition site at http://www.thecure.jp/petition/en/ and our Cure site to see some Cure stuff related to Japan at http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~tetes/

(Thanks Sakurai)

(Thanks Sean C.)

"CIE (Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento), a mexican company (http://www.cie-mexico.com.mx), is in charge of organizing music events in Latin America, especially Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and others... Boris Rosenblit, one of the producers, mentioned at some news media that "invitations have been made and we are waiting confirmations" referring to music artists who don't want to tour on Europe or Asia because of the security issues with the Iraq war. The list of probable artists coming to Latin America this year are "Christina Aguilera, Santana, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and The Cure" This info was taken from Clarín newspaper at http://www.clarin.com/diario/hoy/um/m-525156.htm on March 3rd 2003."

(Thanks Adeline)

"I am LVG and i find recently a cover of The Cure made by a Punk Band called "Beatsteaks". The song is "Just Like Heaven" and made out in 2002 on an EP called "Wohnzimmer"."

(Thanks Ludovic)

"MTV Brasil, trying to be different from all the other TV channels during the Carnival, is showing a "Top 500" stuff with videos being played non-stop during the 4 days (no VJs, just videos and a few breaks). Cure scored #50 with Inbetween Days and probably JLH also appears somewhere in the list too. Top 3 positions were:

#3 - Beastie Boys - Sabotage (huh?)

#2 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (but of course!)

#1 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (which has the same beginning as Wrong Number!)"

(Thanks BACO)

"Just wanted to say that saturday afternoon on Swiss radio Couleur 3 they played The Cure's 'friday i'm in love' and did lots of play-on-words with the name 'cure, then they played Indochine (french band) saying they have the same haircut (how original) , and finally aired an interview from another french band called Daisybox (guitars pop-rock) during which the singer said he grew up in Mexico and listened to a lot of The Cure & Depeche Mode and later Pixies, Nirvana, Sonic Youth."

(Thanks Fabien G)

"German national radio station Deutschlandfunk will broadcast a 45 minute Cure feature by Paul Baskerville on Monday, March 3rd, 10.05 pm. The report is titled "Konstante Sehnsucht – die englische Band The Cure" and includes an interview with Robert. Details on www.dradio.de "

(Thanks Michael and Marcus)

(Thanks Sean C.)

"Famous French Electropop recording star Vicarious Bliss is taking time out from recording his new album with Mark Plati (Wrong Number, Cut Here...Producer) to record a track for the upcoming Cure Tribute Album Jumping Someone Else's Jubilee......the party just gets better and better......"

(Thanks Anonymous)

(Thanks Cambria)

I'll be back on Wednesday with a little more on the Rock Masters dvd, but until then:

Happy Mardi Gras!