Cure Fans photoshoot in LA

"I’m starting a personal photo project which will feature portraits of hardcore Cure fans. I was inspired to do this after seeing last week’s Cure show at the Pantages, and being an avid Cure fan myself I’m confident that this will be a cool project."
See Scott's blog for more info. (Thanks Andythecurefan)

Update (04/18/12): "I'll be unveiling my new photo project "Cure People" Friday April 27th at Fifth Studios. The project is a series of portraits I have created over the past several months of diehard fans of the music group The Cure. This event, called Slideluck Potshow, will be showcasing artist's work in a slideshow presentation (I believe starts at 9pm). Fifth studios is located directly behind Urth Caffe at Hewitt and 5th (Little Tokyo Arts District). Would love to see you there and please spread the word!" (Thanks Andythecurefan)

Update (04/23/12): From Scott Witter - "Sneak peek of my photo project 'Cure People' happening at @slideluckLA this Friday at Fifth studios. http://pic.twitter.com/rja6qhQI" Also, "Me with Cure fans Katie & Raeschel."

Update (05/05/12): Here's the Cure People slideshow from the exhibit. The photos are also now posted on Scott's website.

The Balearic Sound Of The Cure

From Boomkat: "Ace twelve featuring the extended 12" version of "Lullaby", The extended dub version of "Pictures Of You", plus the original 12" extended version of "Close To Me". Oh yeah, the excellent flamenco pastiche of "The Blood" is also included - which makes this a winner in our books." (Thanks Benj/fatpie)

No idea if this is an official release or a bootleg.

Secret 7" auction

The remaining Secret 7" singles are up for auction on the Teenage Cancer Trust ebay page. The auctions will run for 1 week.

From @Secret7s - "Brush up on your interpretation skills tonight, the remaining sleeves will go live on the @TeenageCancer eBay page tomorrow from 5pm. There will be over a hundred 7'' - including records from all our 7 hosts - starting at just a penny!"

Update (5-4-12): Congratulations to everyone who won a sleeve and  helped the Teenage Cancer Trust. From @Secret7s  - "Told by @TeenageCancer we just raised £9,605.97 on eBay!! That is incredible. Thank you all."

Also, the Robert Smith sleeve should be re-listed soon, and they still have the Robert signed test pressings auction coming soon.

Jason at Teenage Cancer Trust event tonight

"I attended an evening for the Teenage Cancer Trust Charity in Soho (London) that my friend runs... The evening was based on an auction of artworks sold for the charity (and raised £80.000 from what i heard- which is great!) and i bumped into Jason! Had a great chat, they are in the middle of rehearsals for the festivals and it's going great! Totally unexpected... And such a nice man!! I feel privileged to meet members from my favourite band in such a random way and just wanted to share that with my fellow Cure fans!" (Thanks JC/Perfect.Murder)

Wedding help?

Luigi & his girlfriend are getting married and need some help. Does anyone know/have the arrangement partiture for the String Quartet Tribute album version of Just Like Heaven? Thanks!

Cure article in Ruta 66

Robert cover and Cure article ("No interview, but there is an extensive report about the band since 1979 - 2012"), in the new issue of Ruta 66 in Spain.
(Thanks Alex and Maria)

The Cure Guitar Parts

Santiago has started a YouTube page, The Cure Guitar Parts, showcasing & playing Porl & Robert's guitar parts in various songs. As he put it, "My homage to Robert Smith and Porl Thompson: the most underrated dynamic duo of guitar players in the history of Rock."

Cure on Ticket magazine cover

The Cure are on this month's cover of Austrian magazine Ticket, which is available now at oeticket (Eventim) outlets, oeticket Center, Media Markt, Saturn, Libro, tobacco stores, etc.
(Thanks Michelle)

Roger update

From Roger: "Clip from the upcoming Requiem DVD. Winter, well 3 minutes of it! Sound and looks amazing"

"I'm a huge fan of Roger O'Donnell's solo work. So I decided to create this Facebook page about his discography. Enjoy!"
(Thanks Rod)

Update (5/2/12): 'The Fallen Dress' performed by Roger and the Corktown Chamber Orchestra in Toronto last Nov. And for those without Facebook, watch it here.

A note from Porl

Porl, who is now Pearl, has asked me to post this:

"thank you to everyone for all your thoughts and support...
as for all the comments; good and bad!
keep the freedom flag flying  ; )

for those who do care.....
i apologise if i upset you with this decision
but i will no longer be playing in this inspirational band,  (hence the auction;)

i am working on a lot of new projects..jewellery, music, art and mixed media;
all of which will take time to ferment...

paint still flows and my mind state is better than it has been for long while;

much love ~Pearl

formally porl  RIP   xxx"

Thank you so much for everything, Pearl! Good luck in all future projects, and please keep us updated on them, whenever you can.

Disintegration featured on Wikipedia

'Disintegration' is today's featured article at Wikipedia.
(Thanks Perfect.Murder)

Good day to revisit Roger's fantastic Memories of Making Disintegration, along with the 'Disintegration' microsite, and Adam's wonderful Another Time Undone article.

Curefest Party in Peru on May 5th

Thanks Walter

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #11: The Cure

"2012 marks FILTER Magazine’s tenth year in print. To celebrate, we are looking back at some of our favorite magazine features, from July 2002’s Issue #1 all the way up to this coming November’s Issue #50.

 
Below you will find Issue #11’s cover story, in full, where we sat down with Robert Smith of The Cure and we tried our hardest to learn the ins and outs of a legendary artist. How successful were we? Read on friends." (Thanks David)

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!