I was trying to be polite, but yeah, I got a similar vibe as well.

john.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <flamingo@theworld.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: joy division biopic


> 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
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