Vote for The Cure in Triple J's Hottest 100

"Voting is now on in Triple J's Hottest 100. The list of the top 100 songs of 2008. Freakshow and The Only One have both made the standard list, but we can also add The Perfect Boy and Sleep When I'm Dead manually. Let's get voting!!!!" (Thanks Jo)

Updated version of Never Enough in April

"I was poking around on the official site of Jeff Apter (author of the Cure bio "Never Enough") and I saw that a revised version of the book will be out in April. If you go to jeffapter.com.au and check the "current releases" sidebar on the right hand side, you'll see a mention of what I'm talking about. No details about new content are given, but I looked it up on Amazon and it will have 352 pages versus the original 338." (Thanks Natalie)

Looks like it will be an updated version in paperback and is scheduled for release in April.

Curespotting

"Last night I was watching the Utah Jazz tromp all over Chris Paul and New Orleans (sorry Craig). They were honoring Utah Announcer Hot Rod Hundley for announcing his 3,000th game and the background music during the presentation…All I Want by The Cure! Very surprising." (Thanks Sam)

"A silly, but funny, Curespotting." (Thanks Kate)

COF for iPhone

Xuan has created a free COF app for iPhone: "I wrote a small IPhone app for my personal use which updates my IPhone with the latest COF feed. I find the app useful when I'm traveling and need to get my COF fix on the go." (Thanks Xuan)
Note: If the link doesn't work, just search for Chain of Flowers in the App store.

All kinds of stuff

You can vote for 4:13 Dream in the Best Album Artwork for the NME Shockwave awards. Click here to give it an automatic 10. (Thanks Anthony)

Anthony has created some new Cure fonts. (Thanks Anthony)

The Denver Post has posted some Images That Will Reverb From 2008, and RS at Red Rocks is one of them. (Thanks Kate)

Actor Paul Bettany mentioned The Cure in the Metro on Dec. 16th. (Thanks Ed)

People magazine saw Kirsten Dunst dancing at the Troubadour show. (Thanks Heron)

There was a Robert sighting on the awful tv show, TMZ. They insulted him, made asses out of themselves, and that's all I'm posting about that. (Thanks to everyone who sent the info in)

"Looking around the great blog, mutant sounds, and found this. Seems there was a band back in the early 80's inspired by the best song from 'faith' (IMO). download to find some tracks that somewhat resemble skeletal cure songs from that period, as well as an interesting cover of 'the forest' - from 1983 - guessing it was the first cure cover ever released (on cassette, anyway)."
(Thanks Trevin)

"There's a jazz version of "In Between Days" on iTunes. The artist is a German jazz musician I've never heard of before."
(Thanks Thomas)

Just Like Heaven covers compilation

Tetsuo Lumiere has made a video compilation of JLH cover versions. (Thanks The)

UTS (Renholder remix)

You can hear the Underneath The Stars remix on the MySpace page for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The track is credited to "The Cure (f/ Maynard James Keenan/Puscifer and Milla) - Underneath The Stars (Renholder Remix). " (Thanks Ryan)

Note: Please stop posting download links for the song. This is commercially available, so either buy the album, or download the track when available. Thanks.

Cure make more Best of 2008 lists

The Troubadour secret show was #1 on Lyndsey Parker's Top Ten L.A. Gigs of 2008. (Thanks Heron)

4:13 Dream is #23 on Planet Sounds' Top 50 Albums of 2008 chart. (Thanks Andrew)

The album is also #2 on Jeremy Willets' Top 10 of 2008 list in the Cleveland Free Times, and #7 on Craig S. Semon's Top 10 of 2008 list in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

The 4Tour is mentioned as one of the best shows in Tampa this year, by the Tampa Tribune. (Thanks Kate)

5 new Cure shirts

Rev. Heron is starting the new year right, with 5 new shirt designs! (Thanks Heron)

New Robert Photo

NME has posted a new photo of Robert, from when he was doing the photo shoot for the recent NME cover story. (Thanks Aaron)

Memories of the 4Tour

Timo sent in some great photos during the Euro 4Tour, and now he's made a very nice video, reflecting on all of the shows he went to. (Thanks Timo)

Merry Christmas!

Have a Very Merry Christmas, and the Happiest of Holidays!

Trilogy on Blu-Ray update

As first mentioned back on Oct. 14th, Eagle Rock will be releasing Trilogy on Blu-Ray in 2009. The date has slipped a bit, but it IS coming. It's now scheduled for release on Feb. 3rd, 2009 (US) and on Feb. 9th, 2009 (Europe). (Thanks Fuji)

Update: Listed for pre-ordering at CDJapan, Amazon (UK), Amazon (Germany), Play (UK), Play (Euro). (Thanks Andreas)

Cure on Best of 2008 lists

"The Portuguese music magazine called "Blitz" (blitz.aeiou.pt) asked their readers to choose the best 20 concerts in Portugal in 2008. The Cure were listed #9 for their concert in the Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon (March, 8th 2008)!! Not bad!!
From the same magazine, "Blitz", 4:13 Dream was chosen by the readers as #30 in the Best International 2008 Album category." (I've posted the full lists in the comments section)
(Thanks JupiterMain)

Hungry Ghost on Kimmel

The Cure's performance of The Hungry Ghost has finally been posted on the Jimmy Kimmel website. Just wait for the commercial to finish, and the clip will start.

Cure make Top 10 of 2008 list

Okay, it's People magazine, but you take what you can get. : )
"Just reading the Best and Worst of 2008 PEOPLE Magazine. THE CURE 4:13 Dream has made the Top 10 Best of Music in 2008 list. They come in at #7. " (Thanks Pauline)

Cure on NPR's World Cafe today

Setlist: Push, The Perfect Boy, The Only One, RS Interview, The End of the World, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry.

Audio - Full Cure segment (Thanks J.)
Interview - Transcription (Thanks V)

The Cure recorded a World Cafe session on May 10th in Philadelphia, and it will air this afternoon. The easiest way for most of us to hear it will be to listen to WXPN. The show airs from 2-4pm eastern, 1-3pm central, noon-2pm mountain and 11am-1pm pacific. You can also listen to the show on your local NPR station. But be sure to check if/when your station carries the World Cafe show.
If you missed it, you can catch it again at 1-3am eastern, midnight-2am central, 11pm-1am mountain, 10pm-midnight pacific.

Update: Oh well, so much for the rumors of it being recorded in LA this week. This interview and performance was recorded on May 10th, after the Philadelphia 4Tour show, and has already been posted online. (Thanks Kate)

Update 2: Looks like the broadcast is slightly different than what was posted online.

More on UTS (remix) on Underworld soundtrack

As mentioned back on Dec. 1st, there will be a remix of Underneath The Stars on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans soundtrack album. It will be released on Jan. 13th, and Ideal Copy has it up for pre-orders, and has the full tracklist.

Carson Daly taping

The Cure taped an appearance for Last Call with Carson Daly on Dec. 12th. The show aired on Dec. 18/19th. Here's what they played:

Soundcheck: Sleep When I'm Dead.
Setlist: The Only One (aired on the show), Sleep When I'm Dead, Boys Don't Cry.
(Thanks Sara, Brian and Stephanie)

Video - The Only One
Review - Rev. Heron, Kittencult


(Thanks Stephanie)

Laura and Debi at Carson. Photo by Heron. (Thanks Debi)

Troubadour audio

The Real Snow White.
Update: Full show on Dime in 24 bit or 16 bit. And on Megaupload as 190KB or 320KB. (Thanks crowbi_wan, Pierre and Andy)