In the early hours of Sunday,
May 18,
1980 in his kitchen after having viewed
Werner Herzog's film
Stroszek and listening to
Iggy Pop's
The Idiot, Ian Curtis hanged himself. Many rumours surround the possible specifics and reasons for his self-hanging.
That's from wikipedia. A friend once told me he hung himself by standing on a block of ice and waiting for it to melt with a noose around his neck, and judging by the amount of cigarettes smoked, it took a while. However, the friend that told me that had a flair for the theatrical.
Its about 90 degrees here in kentucky, in october. Ridiculous. Its stopped raining. Its like living in Florida, except its dry.