Reach out and touch faith

I have been posting in JD chat rooms and forums, on the quest to get people to turn me on to some as yet undiscovered tribute bands. Today, I heard from a fan in Austrialia. It is so fasinating to me how this band, who put out TWO RECORDS, the lead singer who has been dead for THIRTY YEARS, can still inspire so much dedication.

Hi Jennifer, I guess I should fill in some gaps about myself. I live in Perth, Western Australia. I’ve lived here for 22yrs. I was born & raised near Cambridge, England, Left there to come to Australia when I was 25.
I was totally obsessed by music from a very early age, I had parents who loved (their music), & an older sister & brother. My ‘time’ arrived just as punk took hold. My bands were, amongst many others.. Blondie & the Boomtown Rats (these 2 bands both strangely had 6 band members, try & name 6 piece bands...not easy). I saw them both at their peak at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in ’78 & ’79.
My love for JD started I guess in 2002 when I saw 24hr Party People, & since then I’ve been obsessed, I have numerous books, posters, vinyl, DVDs, cd’s...& now..tattoos. What I love about JD is that the music is the closest thing to art in a musical sense. I love the people surrounding the story, & THE story. The movie Control obsessed me, I followed it on the net. I was in Chicago in Oct ’07, I read that it was showing at a movie theatre in West Houston, NYC the next day so..... I caught a 6am flight the next day, went to the movie, then flew back to Chicago the same day!!!
I’m not good at blogging, so You can post my thoughts if You want...sorry I have no idea!!!

Sowing the Seeds of Love?

So I was in the student union at school the other day, buying a stamp. As I was about to hand over my money, out of the corner of my eye I saw THAT FACE. You know, the one that has been haunting every room I have had since, oh, like I was 13 years old- like the last TWO FUCKING decades of my life (yes, I seriously need to grow up. But can I help it if Kevin Cummins created art? Sorry- aside....).

There was Ian, AGAIN on the cover of a magazine. UNCUT had yet ANOTHER cover story on the "real" testament of Curtis.

I screamed. Yes, I fucking squaled like a pig on Christmas morning, ran out of my spot in line, plucked the mag from the stand, and purchased it (tempted to succumb to my old habits of buying more than one- one to REALLY LOOK AT, cut up and slobber on- and one to keep in the masoleum of all my Joy Division collectibles. But I held back, and only got one copy).

Inside, what did I think I would find? That Ian was Elvis like, still walking with the living?

That there were several unreleased, newly discovered Joy Division reels?

NEW PICTURES I HAD NEVER SEEN?

No.

It was the same story. The same people that are always filling in the roles: band members left behind, "No one knew!", blah blah blah.

I do not know what compels me to KEEP buying in.

There will not be any new stories, no more pictures or tales.

Yet today, I search for a video of "Disorder," again, as if some nugget from a Curtis grave will be dug from the ancient sacred tomb of YouTube.

No, the same stuff I have scene a million times.

So why do we not look away?
What are we searching for?