NME's Greatest Guitarist Ever

Yes, another endless NME poll. Vote for Robert here. (Thanks Ed)

Public Perversions

Going to clean up all of the Interpol stuff on CoF, and move it to my new Interpol blog, Public Perversions. Stop by and say hello, and become a Public Pervert. : )

Cure covers

Superchunk covered 'Inbetween Days' for the A.V. Club's Undercover series. (Thanks Slicing Up Eyeballs)

Ashengrace covered "Like Cockatoos" during a show in Tucson, AZ on 7/17/10. (Thanks Ian)

"The Philadelphia Inquirer mentions that the Parx casino club band covered “Just Like Heaven” during the opening of table game play yesterday." (Thanks Chris)

Kill Hannah covered 'Lovesong'. (Thanks notdeadyet)

Runner Runner covered 'Friday I'm In Love'.

Tim Pope on the Close To Me video

Tim talks about the making of the 'Close To Me' video.
(Thanks Aaron)

Roger update

rogerodonnell - Couple of piano pieces for a grey Saturday evening... What's It Like There? and Will You Stay? Kind of audio sketches?

Update: Roger has removed them, saying they are just meant to be for the moment, but new ones will be up soon.

1989 MTV Rockumentary

thesoundofindie - Yesterday's @slicingeyeballs post was inspiration for posting this Cure MTV documentary from '89.

Win Disintegration Deluxe and sampler

From Rhino on Twitter: Rhino_Ent New Rhino Contest! Follow @Rhino_Ent and RT to win The Cure's "Disintegration Deluxe" CD+ltd edition sampler. Winner announced this Thursday

More on the John Martyn tribute

As Robert mentioned back in January, he's recorded 'Small Hours' for an upcoming John Martyn tribute album, and now Twentyfourbit has details about the other artists involved. (Thanks Kate)

Update: Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork, NME, and ProSieben also picked up the story. (Thanks JC and Debi)

The Cure - That was then...This is now

"I've had a Cure documentary on VHS for the past 22 years (seriously). My older brother (who was a huge Cure fan) recorded it back in 1988. I've finally got a friend of mine to digitise it so i can get it on DVD and onto YouTube.

The documentary is called "That Was Then... This Is Now" and is part of a series of 30 minute rock documentaries." (Thanks Ed)

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)