I've been reading Deborah Curtis's Touching From a Distance:Ian Curtis and Joy Division
(1995) in preparation for Anton Corbijn's adaptation Control.
Here's my favorite non-musical bit:
When Ian finished work that evening,
we drove up into the hills to Windyway Kennels, the local animal sanctuary. A litter of chubby Border collies was just about ready to find new homes, and we chose a friendly but frisky female. Ian named her Candy, after the Velvet Underground song 'Candy Says,' and was so delighted with her that I wondered why we hadn’t thought of having a dog before. While I took it upon myself to housetrain Candy and teach her to sit, Ian readily volunteered for the walkies. He never made any attempt to persuade her to walk to heel.
I can still see them together—a lanky young man being pulled along,
arm outstretched, by a panting, over-excited dog.
Endnote: Walkies—gotta love it. (I named my cat after VU guitarist Sterling Morrison.) Control opens in Seattle on Oct 26. It was produced by Curtis and Tony Wilson. Image from Joy Division Central (photo by Philippe Carly). Click here for part two.
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