January 2010
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ektoposny: How does it feel when your heart grows cold? [Klutae - Blue Monday (New Order Cover] ♫ http://blip.fm/~k0skz
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Jan 27th
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Cold Waves tumblr →
postpunk: This is a blog about a compilation that is being released on Angular Records in early 2010. It is called ‘Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics Vol.1’. Two years in the making, this compilation is a definitive artifact of the lost genres of Coldwave, Synthwave and Minimal Wave. Speaking of which, I wish I could find a video or MP3 of Absolute Body Control’s live cover of...
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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you guessed it
“The best action in New York is on the street corners where the truly great walkmans stand guard blasting out the wonderful WBLS radio station (a  constant non stop disco mix where the DJs just sit and mix and segue the  songs together, never speaking - Peter Powell take note) and black kids of no more than twelve spin, twist and wriggle to ‘IOU’, ‘Buffalo Bill/Gals’,...
Jan 25th
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No new clothes
“Virtually alone amongst their contemporaries, they retain their independence. Proud, stubborn, unique, they court resentment and - perhaps for the same  reasons - inspire devotion.” “With no advertising, no promotional videos, no new clothes, no pictures on it’s sleeve, their recent 12” single sold 250,000 copies in Britain alone. “Blue Monday”, a thin...
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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We've got the talent
“When Divine’s ‘Love Reaction’ came out a while ago, Rob Gretton told me that the band was quite happy with the record’s plagarism of ‘Blue Monday’ as they themselves have stolen ideas in their time. How true is that?” “Absolutely true. It’s dead interesting what Divine or rather Bobby O did to that record. The new single is another...
Jan 25th
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“Judging from the new single, “Blue Monday”, you could be forgiven...”
– Melody Maker 26/3/83, Live review by Lynden Barber
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Jan 20th
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Orange Monday →
Linking back to myself, for those who’ve started following after last August. This is a good one. Yes, here it is, the version of “Blue Monday” Barney recorded for a Sunkist beverage advert.
Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Factory Rust →
Let’s say you’re hankering for some New Order. And not the acid-house-tinged stuff from the late 1980s—you want the classics. So you order the singles compilation Substance from the iTunes store, and within no time, you’re dancing in your bedroom to “Temptation.” But instead of the gorgeous artwork for the original 1982 single, designed by Peter Saville, the legendary art director of Manchester’s...
Jan 14th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Obscure original
tiphereth: What’s one thing you own that you should probably throw away, but never will? Some vinyl records - obscure originals like the first release of New Order Blue Monday. And some op shop vinyl finds, some kept for artwork alone Ask me anything
Jan 11th
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Jan 7th
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“New Order’s original video for “Blue Monday” was an early masterpiece. It...”
– from “New Order’s Art Videos”
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