joy-division

Choire · 10/08/07 10:10AM

How "square" is New Yorker critic Anthony Lane? He is "so irretrievably square that I not only never listened to [Joy Division] but didn't even know anyone who liked it," he admits in today's review of Control. Also, he uses the word "square." [NYer]

Shoes Will Tear Us Apart

Choire · 04/03/07 02:59PM


Someone did a Joy Division sneaker for New Balance, on sale in the U.K. now. Yeah, that's how we always pictured Ian Curtis. Jogging like a prat. Maybe with some ankle weights, and a track suit! Right up until the moment he hanged himself.