'A Suitcase of Memories'

05-12-2007
while listening to Before Today [Chicane Remix] (Everything But The Girl/Like The Deserts Miss The Rain)

i've lost two bands this week.

Lisa says Brendan's being a prick and had acrimoniously split up Dead Can Dance. my heart sank.

Hooky says he 'hated carryin' on as normal with an awful secret'. and New Order dissolves once again. my heart breaks.

in 2005 i traveled separately to NYC to see both of them for the last time. New Order at the Hammerstein Ballroom. it was filmed and i waited a year until they finally shelved the DVD after repeated failures to release it. the show was 6 days after Coachella. i traveled across America and back for them. both were only of a handful of North American shows. it was worth the trip. (5May05)

DCD, in the pouring rain, alone, at Radio City Music Hall.(8oct05) Lisa was sick but still moved the audience. it was a make up show for me. over 9 years after i chose the worst Cure show over their appearance in my back yard (practically). (10jul96)

and i find solace in Ben & Tracey's cover of Cyndi's classic:
Time After Time