Mickey Mouse Will Tear Us Apart
January 24th, 2012

Believe it or not but this is a Joy Division-inspired t-shirt being sold by Disney. I guess I should be outraged at this besmirching of a band that meant so much to me when I was 18 but I just find it funny as I’m too old to have a dog in that fight anymore. I might even get one myself.
Download: Novelty – Joy Division (mp3)








This is sad/hilarious, but the design came before the album:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_pleasures#References
I know, but Peter Saville reversed it out of black and centred it. I don’t think Disney are ripping off The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy.
This is just wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. But kind of funny too.
Perhaps a better choice of song would have been Half Man Half Biscuit’s “Joy Division Oven Gloves”?
Sadly I don’t have that.
Disney apparently withdrew the t-shirt, so I hope you ordered one already, I like it, it’s kind of stupid in a sweet way. Here is peter hooks take on it in LA Times.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/01/peter-hook-on-disneys-joy-division-shirt-in-old-age-you-can-appreciate-the-irony.html
I heard about that. Didn’t manage to get one unfortunately, apparently they’re going on eBay for $200.
It’s what Ian Curtis would have wanted.