The Cure Funko set is now available at Funko Europe. Thanks, Eric.
Friday, September 29, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Crosses on working with Robert Smith
† † † (Crosses) tell The Ion Pack about working with Robert Smith on their new track Girls Float † Boys Cry. Starts at 12:57.
Monday, September 25, 2023
Lol's interview with OutsideLeft
ONE IMAGINARY GOTH
Alan Rider talks to The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst about Curious Creatures, getting back to recording basics, and his new book; Goth: A History.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
CoF is now on Bluesky
I know lots of you have left or are planning to leave Twitter, but I plan on being on there until The Bitter End.
However, CoF is also on Bluesky now. Thanks, Paul.
I'm @craigatcof.bsky.social
Goth review in The Guardian
Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst review – the dark is rising.
The former Cure drummer traces the genre from its 18th-century literary roots to its flourishing as a music subculture.
Goth review in Financial Times
Goth by Lol Tolhurst — doom and musical gloom
Funereal outfits, trippy guitars, thunderous drums: goth music is one of the most enduring sub-genres in rock. But why?
https://www.ft.com/content/d85b11b7-f4eb-4078-8ee3-15f5a997ef38
Lol's interview with The Irish Independent
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘Goth made it acceptable for teenage boys to be vulnerable’
The veteran musician recalls the band’s early days, the origins of the goth movement, and how he created his guest-heavy new album Los Angeles, a tribute to his home of the past 30 year.
Lol's interview with The Guardian
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘Goth is about being in love with the melancholy beauty of existence’
The band’s co-founder – whose new book examines the emergence of post-punk in Thatcher’s Britain – on reconciling with Robert Smith and the real meaning of the dark music subculture.
Lol's interview with NME
Lol Tolhurst on his new book, ‘Goth’: “Bowie’s ‘Low’ was a template for Robert Smith and I”.
The former drummer for The Cure tells us how the band were really a goth band all along, and how artists like David Bowie, Joy Division and Nine Inch Nails shaped the scene.
Lol's interview with The Irish Times
Lol Tolhurst: "We had seen the disease of Thatcher’s Britain. The Cure was inevitable"
The Cure objected to being called goth. But that’s exactly what Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and I were as we searched for meaning in the malaise around us.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Funko 5 pack is shipping
The Funko 5 pack has started shipping, with people getting their confirmation emails today.
Robert involved with new Blink-182 album
Update: Song is out now,and despite the report of Robert Smith being involved with it, he doesn't sing on it.
There's a clear Close to Me influence, but that's about it. Maybe Robert is doing the claps.😀
Interview with Andy Vella
‘We Didn’t Look Homogenized’: The Cure’s Go-To Cover Artist on the Creative Spark Behind the Band’s Most Enduring Album Sleeves
Andy Vella walked us through five of his most iconic designs for the band.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-cure-andy-vella-album-art-2338346
Sunday, September 17, 2023
The Cure play Riot Fest in Chicago tonight
Setlist: Alone, Pictures of You, High, Lovesong, And Nothing is Forever, Cold, Burn, Fascination Street, A Night Like This, Push, In Between Days, Just Like Heaven, At Night, Play for Today, A Forest, Shake Dog Shake, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Endsong
Encore: Lullaby, The Walk, Friday I'm in Love, Close to Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Boys Don't Cry, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
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