July 23rd marks Mr. Martin L. Gore’s 49th birthday. To celebrate, this week’s freebie is a Martin wallpaper with a nice, relevant quote from him regarding getting older. There are two high resolution sizes available: 1280×800 and 1280×1024.
Martin, I hope you have a wonderful birthday weekend! Thanks for all that you share with the world through your words and music, and thank you for being so kind and patient with fans on. You are truly a warm soul.
Southend Tech, 1980
Today’s freebie is a very early unreleased track played during the Speak and Spell era. I’m not even sure where or when it was recorded, as it came as part of a Speak and Spell Live comprehensive collection. I have my fare share of early unreleased songs, but I’d never heard of “Tomorrow’s Dance” until last year. It’s a pretty cool track, so enjoy!
Depeche Mode – “Tomorrow’s Dance” (Live, 1980)
Alan has posted the new dates on his website and there are quite a few to look forward to, with more to come!
For quite a while, Disney has been circulating a trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice prominently featuring Depeche Mode’s “A Pain that I’m Used To.” A new character trailer ups the DM quotient by actually namechecking the band in the dialog. Someone who made that movie must be a fan! Check it at about 1m30s in:
(Thanks to Susie for the tip on Facebook!)
May was swamped with preparations for FanimeCon, the annual anime convention for which I manage art and illustration. I also sell my own work at the event, so I was really swamped and slacked on posting. Despite some juicy topics popping up this month I have been so busy with work and supporting my boyfriend who’s been diagnosed with Gallstones that I have been behind on updating.
However, June marks the 1st year anniversary of this blog! Yay! In celebration, I’ve updated the look a bit. The blue was just to harsh, I think. I’ll be trying to learn how to tweek a few more things here and there, but until then, I hope you enjoy the new look and you should see some more posts and special features coming your way.
PS. Finally Andy has some representation! I was never able to get my hands on some good fan-shot photos from the tour. Boo. Sorry, Andy!
Left: My birthday card. Middle-Right: A creation for more DM friends.
One of the things I love about passionate fans is creativity and industriousness. Stephanie Dawson has a unique medium in which she often applies her love of Depeche Mode: hand-made cards! Stephanie (also known as @depmodechick) combines her love for creating crafty cards of all kinds and her love for the band to bring smiles to her friends and fellow fans across the country. I was lucky enough to receive a lovely birthday card from her yesterday (first card, from left to right above), which is now proudly displayed on my “shelf of happy” at work. Her DM card creations are diverse and include birthday greetings, get well and just because cards. She’s rounded up all the fun and well-crafted Depeche cards she’s created so far over at her blog, so check them out! While you’re there, take a look at her non-Depeche creations, and her useful video tutorials for the creatively inclined.
Die-hard fan-musician, Glezpik, had the chance to meet Alan Wilder at the recent Recoil gig in Mexico City. Of course Glezpik requested an autograph, but then he gets creative and teams up to play a one-off iPhone duet with The Maestro himself! Check it out:
