Memories of Disintegration update

From Roger's website: "This has turned into a bit of a dialogue with myself and I'm sorry for that but the good news is I have decided to publish the Disintegration memories page and it will go live on December 28th. I've written, re written, edited and revised and I'm happy with it now. I've also let a few friends whose opinions I respect read it and it they have all encourgaged me to publish."

My Days Beyond free download

The last of Roger's free downloads concludes with 1997's unreleased album My Days Beyond - "Written and recorded in my apartment in London during 1997, this is quite a large group of songs which would have been at the time written as possible songs for the upcoming Cure record (Bloodflowers)."

Cure live at Shepherd's Bush 1997 on BBC 6

On the BBC iPlayer for a limited time - The Cure recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in 1997. Presented by Chris Hawkins. (Thanks JC)

Cure best of the decade polls

I'm going to be adding a few Cure - Best of This Decade polls over the coming days, and will start with the best album and tour. What do you think? Which Cure album and tour was the best of this decade (2000-2009)? Why?

Daryl update

Daryl has a new website up at Bamonte.com, and you can hear Andrew Phillpott's "In The Bush" remix of Compact Space's Push Push here.

Big Buildings free download

Roger continues his series of free downloads, with his previously unreleased album Big Buildings.

Glove cover

"A month late, but Burnt Fur covered "Orgy" by the Glove back at their Halloween show. You might remember a post a few months ago about them covering "The Upstairs Room"."
(Thanks AndytheCurefan)

Curespotting

"My favourite Cure song and favourite song ever, Plainsong, was used in a BBC documentary about the 1989 Czechoslovakian revolution." (Thanks James)

"Tonight (11/27) on France Inter, in the program 'La Vie Comme Si', the whole program was about cats (in mythology, literature, etc...), and they played 'the lovecats'." (Thanks Fabien G)

"Local newspaper mag In This Week has a holiday blu-ray gift guide in which Trilogy is highly recommended." (Thanks Heron)

Kiss Me (remastered) was a pick of the week. (Thanks Kate)

Some Cure mentions in reviews of the new The Bravery album, and another in an article about the Russian band Manicure. (Thanks Kate)

The Vault: An Exploration of the Gothic. (Thanks Kate)

Rob Edmonds talks about his Caterpillar poster. (Thanks Kate)

"In the video 'Girls: Lust For Life' (Warning: NSFW!), the guitarist is wearing a Cure T-Shirt." (Thanks McIntosh)

Stranger Than Fiction download

Update 2: Here are those other 2 Tim Pope songs (which aired on the Cure 102 radio show on Oct. 6th, 1990) - I Need You and Drive You Round The Bend. And here's Tim's full segment, and interview with Robert, from the show. (Thanks Olivier)

Update: Here's the Tim Pope 12". (Thanks Moggieboy)

"Just to let you know that I've uploaded the Stranger Than Fiction compilation to my blog, Ripped In Glasgow. I've got the full 12" rip of Tim Pope's record as well to put up if the demand's there." (Thanks Moggieboy)

Fade Away: The Early Years vinyl

Update: "I checked with Universal UK who told me this is a bootleg, a Dutch supplier claims its from Russia."
(Thanks Chris White)

Been getting a lot of inquiries about this release, and it looks to be another repackaging of the previously released Russian vinyl editions that Vinyl Lovers/Lilith put out in 2007, much like the Into The Dark set I posted about back in July, but possibly with the bonus tracks from the new remastered cds. More info on it here (though their track list is wrong. See the comments for the full list). (Thanks to everyone who emailed about this)

Grey Clouds Red Sky free download

As previously mentioned, Roger will be offering 3 of his early albums for free downloading over the next few weeks. First up is Grey Clouds Red Sky, which will be available from Dec. 1st - 7th. The MIDI files are also available.

Cure 4Play in Charlotte repeat

HDNet will be repeating The Cure 4Play in Charlotte on Sunday, Nov. 29th, at 5:25 pm eastern. And if you missed them the first time, you can get the video from Dime or Megaupload, watch most of it on YouTube, and get the MP3s from Piratebay.

Help Shawn pick Cure songs

Update: "Due to circumstances beyond my and DJ ArcaTek's control, I will not be on Radiation Radio this weekend as originally planned. However, I WILL still be on, just one week later, from 2am (possibly earlier) to 6am on the night of December 5/morning of December 6, so keep voting for which Cure tracks you want me to play. Just as a reminder, the show plays dance-oriented music (synthpop, industrial, new wave, etc.), so please keep that in mind when you vote. Thanks, and I look forward to playing your selections! :)

Shawn will be a guest DJ on the Radiation Radio show, which is broadcast on WBNY 91.3 in Buffalo, NY, on Nov. 28th/29th, and he wants your input on which Cure songs to play. See the comments for the info. (Thanks Shawn)

Twilight Garden candles

"I just wanted to let you know that my best friend and I started our own business - Twilight Garden Candles. 100% soy candles - completely green and animal friendly! And OF COURSE - all scent names were inspired by The Cure!" (Thanks Chris)

Curespotting

Cold Case used Other Voices in a flashback scene last Sunday. (Thanks Gregg)

"Boys Don't Cry is on a trailer for 500 DAYS OF SUMMER. Here is a link to the video. This is an Italian trailer, don't know if the song has been used in other countries too." (Thanks Laura)

"on french tv France 2 thursday 12th Nov, the program 'Envoye Special' (investigation and reports) has a long report about piracy (films and music) and during the infos about bootlegs and computer sharing, they played 'boys don't cry and the lovecats' sound clips." (Thanks Fabien G)

Crawdaddy really loves Plainsong. (Thanks Heron)

A Robert mention in an NPR article on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series, and a Cure mention in a John Mayer review in The Daily Iowan. (Thanks Kate)

Charlie Crow video

Check out the new video for the title track from Charlie Crow's excellent EP, Trains On Bridges.

Memories of Disintegration

Update: Roger will be posting his memories, and the answers to your questions, very soon. You're in for quite a treat. : )

As he mentioned a couple of days ago, Roger is putting together his memories and photos from the Disintegration era, and will post them on his website by the end of the year, but he wants to know if there's anything you've always wondered about and would like to know? Just post your questions for him in the comments, or email them to me and I'll post them for you. (Thanks Roger)

Dom Joly uses Cure for goth recruitment

"Dom Joly goes door to door with 10 Imaginary Years to talk about Robert & recruit goths." (Thanks Adam)

A Forest on Starbucks compilation

A Forest is featured on the new Starbucks compilation CD, Up, Down, Turn Around. (Thanks Joshua)

Curespotting

"I just uploaded this old video clip. Came across it while watching an old tape of "120 Minutes" that someone converted to DVD for me. It's basically a TV commercial for "Wish" that ran on MTV a couple days before the record came out."
(Thanks Slicing Up Eyeballs and Erika)

"The Swedish band Katatonia mentions the Cure as one of their major influences in a clip, where they talk about their new album." (Thanks Tobias and eboa)

"Ror-Shak doing a version of a Forest for Fringe." (Thanks Dodge)

"Today I was watching a news show (called "Revu et corrigé") on French TV channel France 5 and they used A Chain of Flowers as background music for an interview about French actor Gerard Darmon who is releasing his first album." (Thanks Sylvain)

"This cap is advertised on a french site( similar to ebay)...and it says "Very rare, The Cure limited edition cap of 100, one of them specially made for the singer".. (Hmm, could be wrong but somehow i don't see RS with that one on!!). Also last friday(30th Oct) on a tv quizz show on BBC called Mastermind where contestants are asked questions on specialised subjects of their choice, one of the question was -"Who is the lead singer of the band The Cure?" and obviously the contestant got the answer right..." (Thanks JC)

"I was at the Get Up Kids show last night at Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and they played "Close to me" at the beginning of their encore." (Thanks Nexy)

"This is the review of a new book, a biography of the italian football player Daniele De Rossi. It name-drops The Cure (Push in particular), Sex Pistols and Joy Division, probably to add some "depth" to the story." (Thanks Pietro)

"One of my best friends is the guitarist for the band Daughtry. I know, I know... obviously not my favorite music either. Anyway, he did an interview with a student from the University of Kansas and mentioned the Cure as one of his influences. I got him into The Cure when we were roommates and in a band together about ten years ago. Anyway, I thought it was cool to see that there is some Cure influence even in the American Idol machine."
(Thanks Muir)

Roger update

Lots of exciting info from Roger. First is news of his new "goth" project, Unterbrucke, which will feature Roger on keyboards and vocals(!), Norelle French on bass and vocals, and a "very, very special guest" on drums. The album, Detach, will be out next Spring, and a world tour is planned.

Also, Roger is going to be posting his first 3 albums, Grey Clouds Red Sky, Big Buildings, and My Days Beyond, as free downloads on his website. One a week, up until Christmas.

And finally, and it is so nice to see someone finally doing something to commemorate the 20th anniversary, Roger is putting together his memories of the Disintegration sessions and "lots of exclusive never before seen photos from that period", and will be posting them on his website before the end of the year. Here's a teaser. For more info on all of these projects, check out Roger's website and his Facebook.

Cure socks in Sweden

"I bought them a couple of weeks ago, in a shop called JC (Jeans & Clothes), Kungsbacka, Sweden. Price 7 USD. They don't have them online."
(Thanks Jakob)

Cure tattoos

LisaLoveCat and Jason added some Cure ink.

Happy Birthday, Porl!

Hope you have a great day. Cheers to you!

Cure T-shirts

Update: And here's a new George shirt being sold at ASDA stores in the UK. (Thanks Steeve) As you might remember, ASDA carried a couple of other Cure shirts by George this past summer.

Some new, and old, Cure shirts at 8Ball. (Thanks Aaron)