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. [ Download them both here. ] Martin, I hope you have a wonderful birthday weekend! Thanks for [...]
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 [...]
Alan has posted the new dates on his website and there are quite a few to look forward to, with more to come! 10/18/10 Recoil in Seattle at Triple Door 10/19/10 Recoil in Portland at Aladdin Theatre 10/21/10 Recoil in San Francisco at Mezzanine 10/22/10 Recoil in Los Angeles at El Rey Theatre 10/27/10 Recoil [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
