Ian Curtis' head rendered stoneless

[threecoffins]

No rest for the poor bastard:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 486280.stm

[MadModWorld]

I read that at school today.
And I found it really say...

[JennyB]

Ugh...please don't turn him into a Jim Morrisson-type dead rock god. Though Ian Curtis actually had talent.

[nsc]

Ugh...please don't turn him into a Jim Morrisson-type dead rock god. Though Ian Curtis actually had talent.

thank fuck they never buried joe and put up a headstone. all the wailing hippies visiting and posting their photographs taken beside
the graffitied monolith would have been an insult. maybe the camden steps are the stone memorial?

you can never have too many photographs of people who've visited the steps.

[KokaKola]

Ugh...please don't turn him into a Jim Morrisson-type dead rock god. Though Ian Curtis actually had talent.

thank fuck they never buried joe and put up a headstone. all the wailing hippies visiting and posting their photographs taken beside
the spray painted monolith would have been an insult. maybe the camden steps are the stone memorial?

you can never have too many photographs of people who've visited the steps.

I have to agree, I think his family was smart for not putting up a headstone, too ---- his 'memorial stone' is a giant boulder (rendering it un-stealable, perhaps) at Glasto. Smart, smart, smart.

I think the Steps are a good 2nd (and easier to get to ).
(I've got my photos.... heh)

(Oh yeah, and I was actually coming into this forum to post about Ian's headstone..... Fucking people. I swear, if people were REALLY fans of his, they wouldn't be disrespecting his widow, et al. Bitches.)

[laxman]

A police spokesman said: "There is no CCTV in the area and there are no apparent leads as to who is responsible for the theft.

Dear Macc police. I'd guess it might be a Joy Division fan. I hope this is a useful first apparent lead.

[Dirty Harry]

Joy Division man appeals for return of Ian Curtis' memorial stone

http://www.nme.com/news/joy-division/37841

[JennyB]

Ugh...please don't turn him into a Jim Morrisson-type dead rock god. Though Ian Curtis actually had talent.

thank fuck they never buried joe and put up a headstone. all the wailing hippies visiting and posting their photographs taken beside
the spray painted monolith would have been an insult. maybe the camden steps are the stone memorial?

you can never have too many photographs of people who've visited the steps.

I have to agree, I think his family was smart for not putting up a headstone, too ---- his 'memorial stone' is a giant boulder (rendering it un-stealable, perhaps) at Glasto. Smart, smart, smart.

I think the Steps are a good 2nd (and easier to get to ).
(I've got my photos.... heh)

(Oh yeah, and I was actually coming into this forum to post about Ian's headstone..... Fucking people. I swear, if people were REALLY fans of his, they wouldn't be disrespecting his widow, et al. Bitches.)

Speaking of, and I realize this is probably a dumb question, but whatever happened to Annik Honore?

[eumaas]

A real fan would've stolen his skull.

[Marky Dread]

A real fan would've stolen his skull.

A real fan would've shown some fucking respect!

[eumaas]

A real fan would've stolen his skull.

A real fan would've shown some fucking respect!

You can show plenty of respect with the old naked grin sitting on your coffee table.

Hell, make it into a bong.

[101Walterton]

Every story or article I have ever read about him always says he died "shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US". Why ??? its as if they are saying he didnt do much but he nearly did, his band was ok but they were nearly really big, they made some money but they nearly made a lot more !! Why not say he died shortly before he was due a haircut or before they made their next album.

[eumaas]

Every story or article I have ever read about him always says he died "shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US". Why ??? its as if they are saying he didnt do much but he nearly did, his band was ok but they were nearly really big, they made some money but they nearly made a lot more !! Why not say he died shortly before he was due a haircut or before they made their next album.

everybody knows you make it big in America, silly

[Dr. Medulla]

Every story or article I have ever read about him always says he died "shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US". Why ??? its as if they are saying he didnt do much but he nearly did, his band was ok but they were nearly really big, they made some money but they nearly made a lot more !! Why not say he died shortly before he was due a haircut or before they made their next album.

I don't think it's Americo-centric to state that. The next stage of the band's career was to break into a new and sizable market. And on their schedule, that was going to happen before making their next album or single or any other tour. Plenty of those write-ups mention that he died before the release of their second album, too.

[eumaas]

Every story or article I have ever read about him always says he died "shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US". Why ??? its as if they are saying he didnt do much but he nearly did, his band was ok but they were nearly really big, they made some money but they nearly made a lot more !! Why not say he died shortly before he was due a haircut or before they made their next album.

I don't think it's Americo-centric to state that. The next stage of the band's career was to break into a new and sizable market. And on their schedule, that was going to happen before making their next album or single or any other tour. Plenty of those write-ups mention that he died before the release of their second album, too.

Don't worry about 101. He's just on an anti-American rampage because of my refusal to become an Anglophile and surrender control of my vocabulary to the British Crown.