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@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social This is one of the very few instances where the North American version is superior. Unlike the original UK album, the US/Canada/Australia version, Boys Don’t Cry, does have “Killing an Arab”…a song that became so controversial that Robert had it removed from The Cure’s entire catalogue. Fortunately, I still have it on both Boys Don’t Cry and their 1986 singles compilation Standing on a Beach…a brilliant but incredibly misunderstood song.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Luigi did the right thing.

@Lana This would never happen in a country like Canada or the UK, because the consequences of the Prime Minister being assassinated would be…nothing. Government would continue to function, the Deputy PM would take over until a leadership convention was convened, and everything would continue as normal. But the USA doesn’t have a normal government…it has a monarchy by another name. #USpol

@newsguyusa@flipboard.social Good riddance to bad Russian-owned rubbish. #USpol

@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social I bought this album in high school because, in the cover photo, Joey looks exactly like my best friend Jeff (which I believe was Joey’s actual first name). As it turned out, it was a great decision on my part.

@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social The Mozart of our age.

@WiteWulf@cyberplace.social @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social The UK practice of not putting singles on albums led to the creation of some great compilations, including Standing On A Beach. (I'm also a big fan of the Joy Division singles compilation Substance.) I bought my vinyl copy of Standing when it was first released (40 years ago this Friday), and the sound quality is still perfect.

@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social When I was in art school, I designed an alternative sleeve for this single, featuring a monstrously detourned photo of Henry Kissinger. I was convinced that not only would I fail the assignment, but I would have to go through a psychiatric assessment to be re-admitted into the program. In the end, my worries were for nothing…I got an A+ on the assignment, and no one ever fucked with me again.

@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop Hardly surprising, given that the USSR hasn’t existed since 1991.

@historyofpunkrock Oh, to have been there. Alas, I was 13 years old and living in exciting metropolitan North Bay, Ontario (Canada) at the time.

@historyofpunkrock This show was immortalized on disc 2 of the posthumous Joy Division album “Still”.

@mayintoronto @rotnroll666 Anyone who attempts to duplicate the “products” of my last employer deserves what’s coming to them.

@project1enigma @akareilly @Npars01 They would be if we slaughtered them under rabbinical supervision.

@AnarchoNinaWrites The Islanders have always been garbage. I stopped watching hockey entirely (as a child) because of them.

@WiteWulf@cyberplace.social @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social Apple Music does have some oddities in terms of album availability. For instance, the Primal Scream album XTRMNTR is not available on Apple Music Canada, although it is in the US and the UK. All the other Primal Scream albums are available in Canada, however.

@cstross@wandering.shop Engineering? WTF?

@aby Unbelievable. What the hell happened to journalism?

@WiteWulf@cyberplace.social @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social It doesn’t seem to be available in Canada on Apple Music…they have the Three Imaginary Boys album, but not Boys Don’t Cry. I remember the informational sticker on Staring At The Sea, but that that album is no longer available here either (fortunately, I still have the original vinyl edition that I bought when it was first released). I assumed Robert eventually pulled the plug on the song entirely, but I may be mistaken.

@canadianglen@mstdn.ca “Kevin Strange’s daughter, Aisha Strange, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury when she was hit by an impaired driver in 2019 while on her way to work at a summer camp for children with special needs.” I presume a serial impaired driver/killer like Saskatchewan’s alleged “Premier” and UPC buddy, Scott Moe. #abpoli #skpoli