Fucking brilliant. I don't to tell people because I want to steal jokes from it. But I might relent.

Carcass, I'm not really joking. I'd rather have a job that revolved around Joy Division instead of medical devices. But I wouldn't want to do anything that would cheapen or besmirch their good name.

"And so what do you do?"

"I'm in the Joy Division."

Hmmm.

I keep thinking 'The Quiet Us - a website for fans of the Kings of Convenience.'

Thanks for all your kind words. Our very own Minty Pachyderm's wise words on perceptions of disco will be up by 2pm this avo.

When we launch as a website in June all the stuff like writer's pages will get ironed out.

Mueller's R.E.M. review up now.

Chris Robert's fantastic musings on Joy Division now up for anyone interested.

Pricey's piece has been linked to in an approving manner by an American baseball blog of all things.

I suppose the baseball blog was attracted by Simon's reference to the (vaguely homophobic) disco record bonfire at a baseball stadium in Chicago.

Yeah, it was more the approving tone of it that I was surprised at.

Looks like a very good site so far. Looking forward to keeping tabs on it.

just had a quick peek and looks promising..

Chris Roberts spot on about the Joy Division industry although not sure his attempt to put the legacy of their music into perspective benefited from unflattering comparisons with The Sound Comsat Angels or the Bunnymen...

Some very interesting stuff so far. Could be just what we need.

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The Quietus is a fairly old name meaning the definitive account of something, the authoritative voice, the state of being dead or releasing, it is also the name of the massive gun at the end level of Doom, the virus that makes everyone sterile in Children of Men and it makes me think of an egregore of hooded cabalists up to something mysterious.

[pedantry]Actually it's the name of the suicide pills in Children of Men[/pedantry]

Haha, I'd love to have been there at the pitch to the money men: "If you're ready, gentlemen, prey listen <raises eyebrows and looks side to side>. 'The Quietus.' Picture, if you will, an egregore of hooded cabalists up to something mysterious. <raises left eyebrow> That picture, my friends, is about to become a reality. With disco, and swearing."

I wish I could post the original logo I designed with the Sisters of Mercy font and the outline of Sunn O))) stood behind it. They said no, immediately.

True story: after reading the Lebowski article on The Quietus and having the Abide logo thingy imprinted on my brain, I kept thinking of it as the John Doran logo.

Ha ha! I wish there was a John Doran logo. It would probably be like a road sign but a bottle of wine with a red line through it.

It's going to look a lot more slick when we launch as a website but I can't be bothered in getting involved with that kind of thing.

There's a piece by Plan B/NME/Guardian scribe Louis Pattison on the new lo-fi by No Age and Times New Viking.

One for fans of early Mercury Rev, Bongwater and Sebadoh definitely. 'Nouns' by No Age is superb.

Mmmmm, that anti-corduroy tirade has left me slightly upset...