So This Is Permanence

“This is Permanence” reveals the personal writings of Joy Division songwriter and frontman Ian Curtis in a beautiful cloth-bound anthology. Curtis committed suicide in 1980, and the insightful book includes a foreword by his widow, Deborah, as well as song lyrics, an appendix listing his personal book library and a selection of interviews from his relatively short but important career.

Warby Parker + Ghosty “Curtis” Sunglasses

A special edition eyewear collaboration inspired by Joy Division's enigmatic frontman

Stage lights can be blinding, so it’s no wonder that musicians and sunglasses have always gone together like front-row seats and ringing ears. Socially conscious eyewear brand Warby Parker teamed up with one of our favorite art and record labels, Ghostly International—marking the small label’s second collaboration in as many months—to release a special edition pair of sunglasses, out today. The Curtis, with its smooth …