Just Like Heaven on soundtrack

'Just Like Heaven' will be on the soundtrack CD (out on Aug. 24th) for the new movie 'Going the Distance' (opening on Aug. 27th). (Thanks Friend of CoF)

Cure at Roskilde 1985

20 minutes of The Cure's set at the 1985 Roskilde Festival. (Thanks James)

Porl at Tool show

Mike saw Porl at the Tool show in San Diego on July 15th. Check the comments for the details. (Thanks Mike/Grindinghalt)

WMS clown on ebay

For those of you still trying to find the wind-up toys from the Wild Mood Swings era, there's a clown up on ebay right now.
(Thanks Ange)

Update: You can also buy the clown and panda at Jesters. (Thanks Deadboycraved)

Vote for Le Cure

"Dallas-based tribute band for The Cure, Le Cure, has been nominated for “2010 Cover Band/Tribute Band of the Year” by the Dallas Observer, but needs your help to win! As a way of saying thank you for voting, and helping the band win in this category, Le Cure will donate an upcoming performance to benefit cancer research on behalf of The Cure fans everywhere. Don't wait, voting ends July 17, 2010.

Voting is easy and you won't need to enter any personal/private information besides your name. Access the online ballot at www.lecureonline.com. For a Quick Vote: Simply access the ballot from our site and enter your first/last name, click "next" four times (4x), select "Le Cure" under "30. BEST COVER/TRIBUTE ACT", click "next", then "Submit". That's it!" (Thanks Jerko)

No Disintegration in Portugal?

Update: Universal Portugal now says it will be out in August, but only on CD, no vinyl. (Thanks to Smitha@Cureconnections)

"The Disintegration remaster is not on sale in Portuguese stores yet. if you go to a fnac store, which are the main stores around here, there are none selling. and if you go to the universal.pt site there is no word about it on the new releases." (Thanks Paulo)

Andy Anderson & Gary Biddles interviews

Cure Colours have posted interviews with Andy Anderson and Gary Biddles. (Thanks Scottm)

New Friday shirt

Urban Outfitters have a new Friday I'm In Love shirt.
(Thanks Aaron)

Lance Armstrong this morning...

Before this morning's stage of the Tour de France:
Lance Armstrong - Stage starts out through a village called "La Cure". If Robert Smith isn't standing by the roadside then I'm going to be super pissed! (Thanks Lars)

Q review

Update: Here's the review. Also, in case you missed it, here's the Record Collector review that was posted yesterday. (Thanks JC)

Can anyone provide us with a scan of the 4 star review of Disintegration Deluxe that's in the new issue of Q magazine? Thanks! (Thanks to Andy for the tip)

Lol to guest DJ at Part Time Punks

"Lol is slated to DJ the next Cure Nite at Part Time Punks, a weekly, Sunday night post-punk-oriented dance event at the Echo in L.A. The event takes place August 22. Here's the link to the Part Time Punks website: http://www.parttimepunks.com." (Thanks Amorn and Griffith)

Disintegration Deluxe US sales

Update 2: 964 sold in its 4th week. 12,206 total sales to date. (Thanks Friend of CoF)

Update: This week's sales figures - 1,541 sold in its 3rd week. Total sales are now 11,242. And here's how sales break down along formats - 8,268 on CD, 1,735 downloads, and 1,239 on vinyl.
Also, here are the totals for the other deluxe editions (2 disc editions only, doesn't include the single disc versions) so far:
Three Imaginary Boys (2004) - 31,622
Seventeen Seconds (2005) - 15,257
Faith (2005) - 16,103
Pornography (2005) - 21,085
The Top (2006) - 7,615
Head On The Door (2006) - 13,853
Kiss Me (2006)- 18,750.
So, as FoC says, given the lack of any real promotion at all, Disintegration is off to a pretty solid start.
(Thanks Friend of CoF)

Figures from last week - 3,001 sold in its 2nd week. Total sales are now 9,695. (Thanks Friend of CoF)

Disintegration Deluxe #7 on Quietus list

Disintegration Deluxe is #7 on The Quietus' list of Best Compilations, Reissues & Live Albums Of 2010 So Far.
(Thanks Darrell)

Comic artist needed

Anyone interested in helping James with this? "I’m writing and launching a web comic called THE PUTTO. However, I have an eight page story which finishes with a rather big twist involving a Cure record that I’m looking for an illustrator for! I’m wondering if there are any big Cure fans with some skills in comic book illustrating that may wish to come on board?"
Check the comments section for more details.

More Cure on BBC iPlayer

"Mark Sutherland profiles Robert Smith and the Cure in the third part of 6 Music's The Alternative 80s. Available until 12:32am Thursday 8th July 2010" (Thanks JC)

Entreat vs. Entreat Plus

"The Cure 24.07.1989 London - Wembley Arena. 30 second comparisons of the 1989 mix vs. the 2010 mix. It's pretty obvious, the effects of digial mixing vs. real faders, outboard gear, tape masters, recording trends in general & 35+ years of loud music. For educational purposes only." (Thanks Michael)

Andy Anderson interview

Wow, so nice to hear from Andy again! Read the interview at A Pink Dream. (Thanks Toberr)
And check out Andy on his MySpace page. (Thanks Lindsey)

NME best album of the past decade

Yet another endless NME poll. What was the best album of the past decade? You can vote for Bloodflowers and 4:13 Dream. (Thanks Greg)

Disintegration reviews and articles

Reviews - Q (4) / Record Collector (5) / Onda Rock / MOG / Rolling Stone France (4) / London Sunday Times / In This Week / Express Night Out / Chimpomatic (5) / Pop Dose / Rolling Stone (3.5) / AV Club (A/A-) / iF Magazine (A) / Aversion (5) / Pitchfork (10) / Las Vegas Weekly (4.5) / Austin American Statesman (A+) / Reverb / Louisville Courier-Journal / Boston Phoenix (3) / Uncut / Mojo / The Quietus / Drowned in Sound (8) / Entertainment Weekly (A) / Culturemap / Slicing Up Eyeballs / BBC / CD Start (10) / Laut (5) / Medienkonverter (6) / CoF.

Articles - Pop Matters / Spinner / Red Bull / Hagley Road to Ladywood / A.V. Club / Punk News / Filter / Rock on the Streets / Fearnet / Westword / Slicing Up Eyeballs / Consequence of Sound / TwentyFourBit / USA Today / Pitchfork / Spinner / NME / Side-Line / Silver Tongue /Zona Zero / ZM / Muzikalia / Cucharasonica.

(Thanks Pierluigi, David, Donal, Darrell, Wirebaughs, Frank, JC, theseashallnothavethem, Jorge/Mad Bob, sy33, Aaron, Claude, Kate, and Lindsey)

Interpol pre-order bonus

If you pre-order Interpol's new album from Matador, you get a free poster and an Interpol 45 adapter, and you have a chance to win a silkscreen print that will be given away each day.