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DLD 5/18/10: This day in history

The Treaty of Westphalia was signed on 15 May 1648.

Ian Curtis, lead singer for Joy Division, died on 18 May 1980:

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the songwriter and lyricist of the British post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released its critically-acclaimed debut album Unknown Pleasures in 1979, and recorded their follow-up Closer in 1980. Suffering from epilepsy and a failing marriage, Curtis committed suicide on 18 May 1980, on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour. Curtis's life and death have been dramatised in the films 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Control (2007).
Curtis's last live performance was on 2 May 1980 at Birmingham University, a show that included Joy Division's first and only performance of the song "Ceremony", later recorded by New Order and released as their first single. The last song Curtis performed on stage was "Digital". The recording of this performance can be found on the compilation album Still.
Detailed in Debbie Curtis's Touching from a Distance, Curtis was staying at his parents' house at this time and attempted to talk his wife into staying with him on 17 May 1980, to no avail. He told her to leave him alone in the house until he caught his train to Manchester the next morning. In the early hours of 18 May 1980, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield. He had just viewed Werner Herzog's film Stroszek and listened to Iggy Pop's The Idiot. At the time of his death, his health was failing as a result of the epilepsy and attempting to balance his musical ambitions with his marriage, which was foundering in the aftermath of his affair with journalist Annik Honoré. His wife found his body the next morning.

Some people are pissed off because May 20 is Draw Mohammed Day.

The penultimate episode of Lost airs tonight, who will die next?

(please be Kate)

The Lost finale Sunday night will be DVR'd as it's up against Breaking Bad.

Breaking Bad as an ABC sitcom:

Baseball links below

Royals Review: The 25 Man Roster as Kitchen Tools

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Jason Kendall

Knife sharpener – relies on grit, not as useful as the newer models.


Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright in talks for 'Moneyball'

The cast for the long-gestating, Brad Pitt-starring Moneyball may soon be filling out, with Variety reporting that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright are both in early talks to join the movie, which was adapted by Aaron Sorkin and will be directed by Hoffman’s Capote director Bennett Miller. Based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book about stats and baseball, the story follows the 2002 Oakland As and their winning season under GM Billy Beane (Pitt). Jonah Hill is already on board playing stats expert Paul DePodesta. Hoffman is in talks to play manager Art Howe, while Wright is circling the role of Beane’s ex-wife. I find the possibility of Hoffman clashing with Pitt onscreen an almost irresistible combo, and it’d be great to see Wright in a high-profile project. Is Moneyball starting to sound like a win?


From the last DLD:
Iraqi baseball team checks out America's pastime on U.S. visit