FIIL in new movie trailer - Take 2

On May 28th, 2008, I posted about Friday I'm In Love being used in the movie trailer for He's Just Not That Into You. I guess the release was delayed, since I've been getting a bunch of e-mails about it again. So if you're interested, check out the old post. The movie is finally out on Feb. 6th.

Old Robert interview

Way back in the bad old days of Oct. 2007, I posted a link to an interview with Robert in Metro Active. But that was just bits and pieces of the full interview, which can now be read on Stereo Warning. And though they posted it in Oct. 08, the interview is from Oct. 07. (Thanks to Rob S. for finding this for us)

Rumor: Cure to play Werchter?

"I was just on Curefans today, and in the top right corner there was a link to this thread about a rumor that The Cure will be playing the Werchter festival this year." (Thanks Emily)

Note: Please understand that this is only a rumor, which started here. No official announcement (either way) has been made. DO NOT buy tickets yet! : )

Rumor: Robert on Sirius XM?

"Last night (Jan. 15th) I heard one of the dj's (didn't catch his name) mention that he was negotiating with Robert Smith to come to the studio for a week and play all Cure songs on Sirius XM's First Wave channel." (Thanks Leslie)

Cure books for sale

"I've posted all my Cure books to ebay (45 total, many quite rare). Auctions end between Thurs and Sat of this week. Collage links - 1 and 2. (Thanks MickelCure)

New design at Cure's MySpace

"This might be old news but -- I was poking around Myspace and noticed that the Cure finally have a new page design!
(Thanks Andrew)

Congratulations to Geri for the nice work!

The Capture (Cure tribute) plays Dallas

The Capture - a tribute to the Cure
Saturday, January 31 @ The Cavern
1914 Greenville, Dallas, TX 75206
Cover is $5 and we should go on at 10:30.
More information at www.thecapture.net
(Thanks Brian)

Return of the Pink Pig Project

"Hello everyone in PinkPigland! Sorry for this long absence: the pig was in bed curing his leg to be able to run on the streets again. And he is, finally, doing well. I apologize from the heart, but sometimes real life hits you hard and you have to switch off your dreams for a while.

I know I asked for your help, patience and generosity many times before, and I don’t promise this is gonna be the last time I am doing so. You don’t have to promise while into a dream because if you do you take the risk of waking-up forever. Let’s keep the dream alive, this dream of sounds and thoughts, this door to our collective childhood, this healing cloud. Push the train with me, please: we can make it move, we are gonna make it slide into his pink flight.

So, here we go for it, for the whole thing: let’s cover all the new album and singles and complete our beloved Pink Pig Atlas!

The songs from the new album 4:13 Dream will be available for reserving and recording from next Friday the 23rd of January, 2009, 00:00 GMT

Go to the blog and see the list and everything else. Or to the MySpace page. Or to the old web-page (Juan José is going to update it in a few days).

I am happy to be back, hope somebody out there feels happy about Pink Pig too.The piggy needs you, and he will give all of his love to the project as he always did, as you always did. It really never stopped. Believe me. All love. Germán."

Vote for the FIIL shirt

"The very clever and cool Friday I'm In Love teeshirt design on Threadless is a finalist for their Bestee Award for Design of the Year and you can vote for it here. You'll need a Threadless account to vote, but it is easy to sign up." (Thanks Heron)

Robert parody

This is old, but I don't think I ever posted it.

"There was this humour series with this Robert character (together with kenny g!!!). Here and here." (Thanks Oscar)

World Cafe rebroadcasts

Geffen has updated the official site with news of rebroadcasts of the World Cafe show on Jan. 31st and Feb. 2nd.

Update: The dates have been changed to Feb. 14th and 16th.

30th Anniversary fan tribute book

"Since I will be heading over to London for the O2 show, I wanted to do a thank you book for the Cure for their 30th Anniversary and I am inviting Cure fans worldwide to contribute pages. If you could let your readers know about the project I would be very grateful! Here are the details." (Thanks Heron)

Roger update

Busy time for Roger and Erin, as the release of Roger's new album, "Songs From the Silver Box", nears release on Jan. 20th. There's a free download of "Tiny Pieces of You", a video for that song, and you can pre-order the album at Amazon or Insound.

Cure take 1st place in Latvia

"The Cure "The Only One” takes first place in Latvian alternative radio station Radio Naba Top 100 of the Year! "Sleep When I'm Dead" takes 6th place in the same poll." (Thanks Guntars)

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)