Category Archives: Tributes

Happy Birthday, Martin!

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 [...]

The Devotee’s Apprentice

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: [...]

We Share Something: Memories of the Universe

Some of you may remember Kaleidoscope, the fanbook project I did a couple years ago. Well, I’m at it again in a slightly different format. With the tour nearing it’s end, I thought it would be fun to put together a photo book to commemorate it. This is a strictly not-for-profit, unofficial book commemorating Tour [...]

From Hungary, With Accordions

@designlk posted this gem to Twitter yesterday and I just had to share. YouTube is chuck full of cover songs, most of them bad, and Depeche Mode tracks are no exception. However, this accordion cover of “Wrong” by Zsadany Csaky and Szlobodan Wertetics manages to successfully capture every layer and intricacy of one of Depeche’s [...]