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Next Tuesday marks the thirtieth anniversary of Ian Curtis's very untimely death so a small nod in the direction of Joy Division is appropriate tonight. I chose the Unknown Pleasures version of She's Lost Control over the 12 inch because I like the way it almost falls apart at the end. The Ramones demo version of I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend shows evidence that jangly guitars may be somewhere on their first LP, buried under Johnny Ramone's barre chord barrage. Archeologists are making their way to New York as I write.

Boys - First Time Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (demo)
Gun Club - Devil In The Woods
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Triffids - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
Echo & The Bunnymen - Monkeys
That Petrol Emotion - Lettuce
Flys - Love & A Molotov Cocktail
Girls At Our Best! - Fast Boyfriends
The Fall - The Man Whose Head Expanded
Mo-Dettes - Satisfy
Velvet Underground - New Age
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl