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So long as the paternal plan to make a State functionary contradicted myown inclinations only in the abstract, the conflict was easy to bear. Icould be discreet about expressing my personal views and thus avoidconstantly recurrent disputes. My own resolution not to become aGovernment official was sufficient for the time being to put my mindcompletely at rest. I held on to that resolution inexorably. But thesituation became more difficult once I had a positive plan of my ownwhich I might present to my father as a counter-suggestion. Thishappened when I was twelve years old. How it came about I cannot exactlysay now; but one day it became clear to me that I would be a painter--Imean an artist. That I had an aptitude for drawing was an admitted fact.It was even one of the reasons why my father had sent me to theREALSCHULE; but he had never thought of having that talent developed insuch a way that I could take up painting as a professional career. Quitethe contrary. When, as a result of my renewed refusal to adopt hisfavourite plan, my father asked me for the first time what I myselfreally wished to be, the resolution that I had already formed expresseditself almost automatically. For a while my father was speechless. "Apainter? An artist-painter?" he exclaimed.
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My opinion of the 'German Labour Party' was not very different after Ihad listened to their proceedings for about two hours. I was glad whenFeder finally came to a close. I had observed enough and was just aboutto leave when it was announced that anybody who wished was free to opena discussion. Thereupon, I decided to remain. But the discussion seemedto proceed without anything of vital importance being mentioned, whensuddenly a 'professor' commenced to speak. He opened by throwing doubton the accuracy of what Feder had said, and then. after Feder hadreplied very effectively, the professor suddenly took up his position onwhat he called 'the basis of facts,' but before this he recommended theyoung party most urgently to introduce the secession of Bavaria fromPrussia as one of the leading proposals in its programme. In the mostself-assured way, this man kept on insisting that German-Austria wouldjoin Bavaria and that the peace would then function much better. He madeother similarly extravagant statements. At this juncture I felt bound toask for permission to speak and to tell the learned gentleman what Ithought. The result was that the honourable gentleman who had lastspoken slipped out of his place, like a whipped cur, without uttering asound. While I was speaking the audience listened with an expression ofsurprise on their faces. When I was just about to say good-night to theassembly and to leave, a man came after me quickly and introducedhimself. I did not grasp the name correctly; but he placed a little bookin my hand, which was obviously a political pamphlet, and asked me veryearnestly to read it.
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......亲爱勒你不好生学嘛..哈哈..不过现在也找多好工作咯.不得事``
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,..还嗨勒.. 日本人所.. 作者: 毛毛是个猪猪 ===============是Heil不是”哈一”
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Early 1977: Warsaw Concerto Just passing through, till we reach the next stage Little is documented about the fledgling band in early 1977. During this period they used to rehearse at the Black Swan pub in Salford, among other venues. Although they now had a full complement, they were not ready for public performances. Neither did they have a name. The name Stiff Kittens was proposed by Richard Boon (the idea is also credited to Pete Shelley) but this was never adopted by the band. In fact they disliked the name, which was used only to publicise their first gig because they had to be called something!The band were due to appear at Manchester's Electric Circus on May 29th 1977 on a bill which included the Buzzcocks. Just before this gig they decided on the name Warsaw, inspired by the song Warszawa on David Bowie's Low album. They had also managed to recruit a drummer, Tony Tabac. Their first performance earned them a mention (not entirely favourable) in the national music magazines.At that time Martin Hannett was involved in arranging gigs for local bands, and he took Warsaw on his books. During June 1977 Warsaw made a number of appearances at The Squat and at Rafters Club in Manchester. The resident DJ at Rafters was Rob Gretton, who was also involved in the management of a couple of local bands.From the start Warsaw set out to write their own songs. Their initial efforts were crude but enthusiastic, and were soon left behind as they became more practised. This meant that very little material from this early period survived long enough to be recorded. The band's musical influences and ambitions inclined more towards the sound of The Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop than towards "mainstream" rock.
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In January 1978 the band became Joy Division. In November 1977 the London-based group Warsaw Pakt had released an album, so Warsaw decided to change their name to avoid being confused with another band. They chose the new name from a harrowing account of life in a concentration camp during World War 2. This book, The House Of Dolls by Karol Cetinsky, is quoted by Ian in a spoken insert to the song No Love Lost. The Joy Division was the corps of young women kept in the camp for the pleasure of Nazi officers on leave.Partly due to the name, Joy Division (and later New Order) often had problems with Nazi accusations spreading around in the press. These both puzzled and angered the band, and they did not wish to dignify them with a reply. Far from containing Nazi propaganda, their lyrics preach quite the contrary message. Many other punk bands used much more direct Nazi symbolism with much less press comment.The first gig as Joy Division was played at Pips Disco in Manchester on January 25th 1978. It was not an auspicious start as fighting broke out in the crowd. Rioting became a feature of many later gigs, usually because the audience did not get to hear as much of Joy Division as they wanted.At the Stiff Records Test / Chiswick Challenge at Rafters on April 14th, the band had an opportunity to impress not only Rob Gretton but also Tony Wilson, already a well-known presenter on Granada TV. Joy Division were scheduled to appear last. As a result the band were so wound up that Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton were won over by the sheer energy of their performanceAt the beginning of May Joy Division recorded material for what was intended to be their debut album. This was done in collaboration with Richard Searling (who worked for RCA and was also a soul DJ), Bernie Binnick and John Anderson. John Anderson decided to put synthesisers on the final mix in an effort to produce a more "professional" sound. The band were unhappy with the recording session and disliked the result (especially the mix of Transmission). As no-one could agree what to do about re-mixing, the album was not released and became a source for bootlegs, eventually surfacing as the Warsaw album.Terry Mason, who had taken on the role of manager, was struggling to book gigs for the band. So around this time Rob Gretton became Joy Division's manager. Apparently Rob initially discussed this possibility at a chance meeting with Bernard, who invited him to attend a rehearsal and to talk to the band. Unfortunately Bernard forgot to tell the other members of the band about it until Rob had sat through the rehearsal session
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The Russell Club in Manchester had been taken over on Friday nights for gigs organised by Tony Wilson and friends. They called this venue The Factory. Joy Division's first Factory gig was on June 9th 1978. Peter Saville was asked to design the poster for the early Factory concerts, the first of many designs which became a feature of Factory's work in general and Joy Division's albums in particular.In the summer of 1978 Joy Division were members of the Manchester Musicians Collective, which held court at the Band on the Wall. The band was now rehearsing at a disused warehouse, converted into a rehearsal studio complex by Tony Davidson, owner of the TJM record label (some accounts also involve Tony Davidson in the production of An Ideal For Living; in other versions he was approached but was not interested). The austere rehearsal room seemed to reflect and amplify the band's haunting sound, which was starting to move away from its punk roots.Tony Wilson arranged for the band to appear on Granada TV on September 20th. They performed Shadowplay on the magazine program Granada Reports. A stark set, overlaid with bleak "centre of the city" shots taken from a Granada documentary programme, enhanced the impact of the music to make it a memorable performance.Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus had decided to start up a record label. Like the Factory club, Factory Records was intended to encourage and promote local talent. Soon afterwards Peter Saville joined on a regular footing, and later Rob Gretton and Martin Hannett also became partners. Initially Factory's main band was Durutti Column, but when the new label decided to put together a sample of the work of several local artists, Joy Division were one of those asked to participate.On October 11th they went into the Cargo Studios in Rochdale to record two songs for the compilation EP A Factory Sample. This was financed by Tony Wilson and sold out its only pressing two months after its release, in December 1978. This was the band's first session with Martin Hannett as producer, performing Digital and Glass.Around this time there were rumours that Joy Division would leave Factory and sign for a major label. One rumour had them signing for RCA (Ian Curtis was a frequent visitor to RCA's Manchester office, where he was well known to the manager, Derek Brandwood). There was another rumour that they would sign for Warner Brothers (they recorded a demo with Martin Rushent for Genetic Records, a Warner affiliate). But in the end these came to nothing and the band decided to stay with Factory.On December 27th Joy Division played their first concert in London, at the Hope And Anchor in Islington. Only 30 people paid to get in, although the price was only 60 pence! This gig was disastrous in other ways: Bernard was struggling with a bad attack of flu, and Ian had a violent fit when the band were travelling home after the gig.
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