Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Curepedia audio book

From Simon Price: "Finally finished recording my bits for the #Curepedia audiobook. Took 6 days! It's LONG (I reckon well over 24 hours' content: the Cure gig of audiobooks) but we got there - @PierProdLtd were amazing."

Preorder:

UK

North America



Monday, October 2, 2023

Some prints of Robert's artwork on sale tomorrow

 Heads up from @heartresearchuk: 

"we've got some of Roberts prints going up for sale on eBay tomorrow from 9am - i'll be sending out a tweet at 9 with the links etc." 

There's a limited amount available, so if you want them, get them as soon as they go up.

Here's the link:  https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/heartresearchuk_shop




Eddie Vedder covers Just Like Heaven again

Friday, September 29, 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.

Apple

Spotify

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.

https://www.outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=2826

Lol in West Hollywood on Thursday

 


Sunday, September 24, 2023

Lol in Brooklyn on Tuesday



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

Riot Fest multicam

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.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/21/goth-a-history-by-lol-tolhurst-review-the-dark-is-rising

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.

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-cures-lol-tolhurst-goth-made-it-acceptable-for-teenage-boys-to-be-vulnerable/a858333879.html

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.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/09/24/lol-tolhurst-we-had-seen-the-disease-of-thatchers-britain-the-cure-was-inevitable/

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