Cure Night at London Stone tonight

INBETWEEN DAYS [ A Cure night at the London Stone]
APRIL 28TH 2012
DJs Valeriun, Stix, The Baron and guest DJ Mr Pink Eyes will be playing music from from The Cure's entire musical history from post punk days to goth days to the recent albums and all inbetween[days]
£6 entry. 10pm-3am.
The London Stone, 109 Cannon St, London, EC4N 5AD
(Thanks Thomas)

Nightmares Of The Cure's Robert Smith

From Grammy.com: "Video director Tim Pope discusses the ghoulish inspiration behind the Cure's "Lullaby" in this week's edition of Forgotten Videos." (Thanks @SixDifferentWay)

NME's 100 Best Songs of the 80s

The Cure came in at #8 ('Inbetween Days') & #53 ('Just Like Heaven') in the NME 100 Best Songs of the 80s.
(Thanks Perfect.Murder and Darrell)

Update: The Cure also came in at #7 on NME's 25 Reasons Why Everything Was Better In The 80s list. (Thanks Pom)

Gui Borchert on his Secret 7" design

Perfect.Murder purchased Secret 7" #595 by Gui Borchert and contacted him to ask about his design. Here's his response:
"The idea comes from distilling the song into two icons: Friday and Love, hence the colour red. I wanted to build a sleeve that felt as delicate as a heart ( Love, much like a Friday, often starts and ends before we can really enjoy it all the way. So the idea is a sleeve that can break, crack, scratch, depending on what you do with it. I hope that makes sense. :) " (Thanks Perfect.Murder)

He also contacted @davidshrigley about his designs (042, 190, 398, 456 & 539). His reply? "They are all Robert Smith. That's all I can tell you." Okay. : )

Update on Robert's Secret 7" and new auction

Robert has updated the official site with news of a positive resolution to the ebay auction of his Secret 7" sleeve, and news on plans to auction off signed test pressings soon:
"SO...I WILL SIGN THE FIVE (I THINK THERE ARE FIVE?) VINYL 7" TEST PRESSINGS THAT WERE MADE FOR THE SECRET 7 CAMPAIGN (NOT SURE IF THEY ARE ALL 'FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE' THOUGH?!! MIGHT HAVE TO THROW SOMETHING CURE IN WITH THEM IF THEY ARE NOT!) AND THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION VIA THE TCT EBAY SITE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK...
MORE DETAILS WHEN I HAVE THEM
A GOOD OUTCOME I THINK"

Jared Leto wants to work with Robert

From Gigwise: "Asked by the magazine (Rolling Stone) who he'd most like to work with, Leto answered: "I'd love to do something with Eminem. That would be pretty mind-blowing." He also said that he would love to collaborate with Bjork, The Cure's Robert Smith and Sigur Ros." (Thanks @john_malloy)

Secret 7" Singles

Update (4/24): Robert has updated the official site with his thoughts on the the ebay debacle, and news that there will be 7 sleeves officially auctioned off for The Teenage Cancer Trust. Thank you, Robert!

"MY ADVICE? DONT BOTHER BIDDING ON THIS ITEM AS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ON EBAY YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FIND...

SEVEN MORE RS 'FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE' SECRET 7 SLEEVES/VINYL ALL SIGNED ALL WITH DIFFERENT HANDWRITTEN LINES FROM THE SONG AND ALL AUCTIONED WITH EVERY PENNY GOING TO THE TEENAGE CANCER TRUST

FULL DETAILS HERE TOMORROW"

If you bought one of The Cure's 'Friday I'm in Love' 7" singles, please send me a photo of it, along with sleeve # and designer. And if artists want to reveal their designs, please do. Thanks! Here's #123, Robert's design.

Update: Sigh...and of course, it's already up on ebay. Please don't bid on it. But if you absolutely must have it, please also donate to The Teenage Cancer Trust. Remember, that's what this was all about. (Thanks @miles_donovan and @seanpledger)

#007 by Guillaume Grivaz (Thanks @guillaumegrivaz)
#022 by 835 835 (Thanks @cookiepusher)
#025 by KeFF (Thanks Ville)
#042 by David Shrigley (Thanks @marsworld)
#050 by Fabien G (Thanks Fabien G)
#065 by Erin Dawson (Thanks Erin)
#081 by Harry Pye & Gordon Beswick (Thanks Chris)
#082 by Sergio Fernandez (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#123 by Robert Smith (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#172 by Stanley Chow (Thanks Darren)
#173 by Steve Clark (Thanks @spcdesigns)
#182 by Oscar Serrano (Thanks @OscarCure)
#190 by David Shrigley (Thanks Chris)
#191 by Sergio Salla (Thanks Daren)
#211 by David Hurley (Thanks Darren)
#215 by Owen Tozer (Thanks Darren)
#220 (2) by Martin Gauthier (Thanks Kissingcrimson)
#223 by Zack Nipper (Thanks Zack)
#240 (2) by Jo Robertson (Thanks Kissingcrimson)
#259 (2) by Toby Mott (Thanks @peterbrooks8)
#287 by Sarah McPhail (Thanks @cookiepusher) 
#297 by Chet Slater
#320 by Harry Pye & Gordon Beswick (Thanks @marsworld)
#330 by John Debono-Cullen (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#353 by Harry Pye & Gordon Beswick (Thanks Chris)
#361 by Shantell Martin (Thanks @marsworld)
#364 by Miss M (Thanks @marsworld)
#398 by David Shrigley (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#456 & 539 by David Shrigley (Thanks @willstuff)
#471 by Bela Backes (Thanks Darren)
#483 by Julie Van Wezemael (Thanks Julie)
#510 by Andy Vella (Thanks Darren)
#512 by Justin Scott Shirley (Thanks @guillaumegrivaz)
#521 by Sebas & Clim (Thanks Jon) 
#525 by Brad Kruger (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#540 by Harry Pye (Thanks Chris)
#591 by Andrew Rae (Thanks @miles_donovan)
#595 by Gui Borchert (Thanks Perfect.Murder)
#602 by Simon Donald (Thanks @RickSkilbeck) 
#603 (Back) (Video) by Si Scott (Thanks @seanpledger)
#608 by Jim Chancellor of Fiction Records (Thanks @marsworld)
? by ?  (Thanks @Umusicuk)


If anyone has #287 by Sarah McPhail (@cookiepusher) or #182 by Oscar Serrano (@OscarCure), please let them know. Thanks!

Cure colored vinyl RSD UK list

Update (4/27/12): All 5 albums are now available online from Rough Trade Shops. (Thanks @nil_by_mouth)

Update (4/23-25): Perfect.Murder reports that Rough Trade East in London still has 15-20 copies each of the 5 @RSDUK Cure colored vinyl in stock.
And from @crawleyrocket - "I got all 5 RSD albums at Rough Trade East last night (24/04/12) and there were still plenty of copies of each. 17 Seconds only had about 5 but the others had up to 20."

In hopes of helping other fans find them, if you see the UK Record Store Day Cure colored vinyl releases today, please let me know the store, city, etc. Photos would be nice, too. Thanks!

Photos - All 5 / Three Imaginary Boys / Seventeen Seconds 1 - 2 / Faith / Pornography / The Top 1 - 2 (Thanks Marion and Guillaume)

Dom found Faith at Flashback in Crouch End, London. Had all 5, but only The Top & Faith left when he arrived.

Guillaume - "London. Bought the last 3 (TIB, 17, Top) at Sister Ray. Found Faith & Pornography at Phonica. They still had some."

Marion - "got all 5 Cure vinyls at @roughtradeshops and Rough Trade East had loads of all 5 cure vinyls left when I was there this afternoon! They had alot of stock."

Le Felt Yannick - "found the 5 coloured vinyl for record store day in imagin shop (langueux,brittanny ,France). great day for a big fan."

Matthew - "I got 4 of them at Rise records in Bristol, one missing was Seventeen Seconds that I got in DaDa in Chiswick (yes I was doing a road trip yesterday), but Dada did have a few others left in stock. I cant recommend this shop enough a proper music shop run by people that know music"