At 01:18 PM 5/20/2004 -0400, John L. Micek wrote:
>Speaking of which has anyone read Deborah Curtis' memoir "Touching From A
>Distance?"
>It's pretty riveting stuff. Ian was every bit the tortured soul you'd have
>imagined him to be. Apparently, it made him a bit of a bastard to be around
>though.

I did, and frankly, I found the book to be a little self-serving.  I got
the nagging feeling that Deborah's take was, "Oh, what a saint I was to put
up with this!  Please feel sorry for poor me!"  The Joy Division material
in Mick Middle's Factory Records history reads as slightly less slanted,
but that may just be me.

S