love will

Last night Shane, Elena, and I spent an evening chowing on suprisingly edible card casino fare (try the Frech Dip); playing pool and darts at our favorite downtown dive, where John joined us; and misbehaving in various ways at the Den. I only just now, at noon, managed to drag my ass out of bed. Clearly I'm too old for this. I just thank my lucky stars I don't teach on Wednesdays.

So I was on my morning stroll through the music blogosphere and saw that Matthew Perpetua over at Fluxblog had written that J. Edward Keyes, who is a staff writer for eMusic, had "found the holy grail of mash-ups: Malcolm McLaren's mix of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and 'Love Will Keep Us Together.'" I'm a sucker for a well-conceived mash-up, so I immediately bounced over to Keyes's blog and downloaded it.

It's a strange, haunting, halting mix of the Captain and Tenille's huge hit you know and love to hate (or hate to love) and Joy Division's legendary ur-text of goth angst. I'll let Keyes's describe it for you, but be sure you also read about the evening he first discovered it after attending a disappointing New Order show.

Happy Valentine's Day.