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k-punk: Nihil Rebound: Joy Division

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"If you shoot yourself, you'll become God, isn't that right?" "Yes, I'll become God." – Dostoyevsky, The Devils ‘… [O]ut of the corner of my eye I saw him. He was kneeling in the kitchen. I was relieved – glad he was still there ‘Now what are you up to?’ I took a step towards him, about to speak. His head was bowed, his hands resting on the washing machine. I stared at him, he was so still. Then the rope – I hadn’t noticed the rope. The rope from the clothes rack was around his neck. I ran through to the sitting room and picked up the telephone. No, supposing I was wrong – another false alarm. I ran back to the kitchen and looked at his face – a long string of saliva hung from his mouth. Yes, he really had done it…’ - Deborah Curtis, Touching From a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division, 133 So there it is, sublimation and desublimation. Suicide as Theological Art work (‘I’ll become God’), and suicide as a pathetic mess (‘a long string of saliva’) for someone else to clear up. This pos

k-punk: Nihil Rebound: Joy Division --> k-punk << Bacteria grrrl speaks | Main | Calling all reactive agents >> January 09, 2005 Nihil Rebound: Joy Division "If you shoot yourself, you'll become God, isn't that right?" "Yes, I'll become God." � Dostoyevsky, The Devils �� [O]ut of the corner of my eye I saw him. He was kneeling in the kitchen. I was relieved � glad he was still there �Now what are you up to?� I took a step towards him, about to speak. His head was bowed, his hands resting on the washing machine. I stared at him, he was so still. Then the rope � I hadn�t noticed the rope. The ro

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