Zune’s ode to Joy Division

Somewhere in BritPunk Heaven, Ian Curtis is all smiles as he awaits the June 17th release of the Joy Division 80GB Zune media player. Available for $399 from zuneoriginals.net, the limited edition player (only 500 will be made available) not only sports a design courtesy of noted graphic artist Peter Saville, who provided artwork for both Joy Division’s albums, it also serves as a handy promotional tool for the new Joy Division documentary DVD; the movie will be pre-loaded on the player.

All we need now is for Apple to come out with a New Order Special Edition iPod if Steve Jobs truly wants to stick a burr under Microsoft’s pop culture saddle. New Order, of course, is the band that Joy Division became after lead singer Curtis’ suicide in 1980. Dueling commemorative media players would prove Joy Division only half-right: love, and technology, will indeed tear us apart.

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