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Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp 1926

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But now alone I lie

And weep beside the tree

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P O R N O G R A P H Y

The Cure

1 9 8 2

Photos: Michael Costiff

Hanging Garden video: Chris Gabrin

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"The Crack Up" by Alexis Petridis (01/08/2003, interview with Robert Smith)

MOJO Magazine UK (The Cure articles)

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Whatever is done from love always occurs beyond good and evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

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My spine is the bassline

And the top line is the distant past

All that history

All those books have gone

They've been blown away

On a breath of LUST

...... ...... .......

No guts, no blood

No brains at all

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The Angels of ashes

Will give back your passions

Again and again

Their light shafts

Will reach through the darkness

And touch you my friend

They'll fly in a mind dance

And blind you with wings

Wrapped in flame

If you're down to an echo

They just might remember

Your name

Scott Walker 'Angels Of Ashes'

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Rosebud

R o p e

Rolled

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H A P P Y N E W Y E A R

Noir Memoirs

Sunset Boulevard, 1950

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〰️ T H E S M I T H S 〰️

David & Maureen (Hindley) Smith

The Smiths: Band Name

David Smith: Moors Murders

Sonic Youth: 'Goo' album cover

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T H E S M I T H S

📀 A L B U M C O V E R S 📀

▶️ Louder Than Bombs (LP)

▶️ The World Won't Listen (LP)

▶️ Girlfriend In A Coma

▶️ The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

▶️ How Soon Is Now

▶️ Shoplifters Of The World Unite

▶️ That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

▶️ Big Mouth Strikes Again

▶️ The World Won't Listen (LP)

▶️ What Difference Does It Make

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T H E C U R E

No one lifts their hands

No one lifts their eyes

Justified with empty words

The party just gets better and better

I went away alone

With nothing left

But f a i t h

▶️ Faith: The Cure (1981) Full album

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The Crystal Gazer

(1911)

Gertrude Käsebier 🇺🇸

From the book The Artistic Side of Photography, 1914

4 ½ X 3 ½ inches. TRRF Collection.

Image used on the cover of the E.P (4 A D)

▶️ The Spangle Maker (1984) Cocteau Twins

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Ansel Adams

1 9 3 7

Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park

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Alice Adams

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Biker Couple © Dennis Hopper Trust; courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, 1961 💿 The Smiths: The Best Of (L.P)

Andy Warhol's FLESH. Joe Dallesandro (L) Louis Walden (R), 1968 💿 The Smiths: The Smiths (L.P)

In The Year Of The Pig, directed by Emile de Antonio. Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in Da Nang, South Vietnam, September 1967

Michael Wynn speaks

💿 The Smiths: Meat Is Murder (L.P)

Alain Delon in "L'Insoumis" 1964 💿 The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (L.P)

Rock n Roll Times/Rockers by Juergen Vollmer, Hamburg, Germany 1961

💿 The Smiths: The World Won't Listen (Double L.P)

Birds of Britain John d' Green 'Alexandra Bastedo' (actress, writer) 1967 💿 The Smiths: Rank (live L.P)

Orphée by Jean Cocteau. Jean Marais, 1950

💿 The Smiths: This Charming Man (single)

East Of Eden by Elia Kazan James Dean, Richard Davalos, 1955 💿 The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come (L.P)

George O'Mara (Adonis), photographed by Jim French (Colt Studios), from Margaret Walters’ book The Nude Male: A New Perspective, 1978 💿 The Smiths: Hand In Glove (single)

Women In Revolt, by Andy Warhol. Directed by Paul Morrissey. Candy Darling, 1971 💿 The Smiths: Sheila Take A Bow (single)

T H E S M I T H S

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