Ian Curtis’ impressive literary influences: Gogol, Kafka and Ballard, science fiction (”second-hand copies of New Worlds”), and “Burroughs, Burroughs, Burroughs.” (via.) Most people know what “Joy Division” means, but not the book where he found the reference — The House of Dolls by Ka-Tzetnik.

Peter Saville’s illustration of PSR B1919+21 for Unknown Pleasures is dissolving into a design cliche, like deer or birds on a wire. Previously spotted on pink and turquoise Urban Outfitters t-shirts, the soles of New Balance sneakers, now there’s now a Zune player to celebrate the DVD release of Control.

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