And Hinds and Buzzy Lee and Paul Russell, more recently. I’d name Ethel Cain, but her stuff typically isn’t stuff you can dance to.
The funny thing is that I myself dance exactly like the girl pictured.
Tag Archives: Depeche Mode
“You can’t change the world, but you can change the facts.”
You can’t change the world,
But you can change the facts.
And when you change the facts,
You change points of view.
If you change points of view,
You may change a vote.
And when you change a vote,
You may change the world.
— from Depeche Mode’s “New Dress,” 1986
Cover to Depeche Mode’s “Blasphemous Rumors” Single (1984)
Music Works (Highbury, London), Hansa Mischraum (Berlin).
Promotional poster for Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” (1990)
Mute Records.
Album cover for Depeche Mode’s “Some Great Reward” (1984)
Mute Records.
Throwback Thursday: Depeche Mode’s “Blue Dress” (1990)
This is just a deep cut from Depeche Mode’s 1990 “Violator” album. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone mention “Blue Dress” as one of their favorite DM songs, but I still think it’s a great, moody techno ballad.
Rest in peace, Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher — who died a week ago today at age 60.
WHAT IS “DEPECHE MODE?”
I’ll take college nostalgia for $500, Alex.
(I’m told that this was from tonight’s episode.)
What’s the most Gen-X thing you’ve ever done?
There is a thread on Twitter asking people to comment, “What’s the most GenX thing you did?” It’s a riot — check it out.
These are my responses:
- I brought a typewriter to my freshman year at Mary Washington College.
- I stood in line outside the registrar’s office to register for classes. I once had to camp out there overnight so that I could be first in line, because there was only one spot left in a course I really needed. My girlfriend brought me snacks.
- I walked to air-conditioned “computer pods” in a designated academic building when a computer was required to properly format term papers.
- I had a 5-disc CD player that could play songs at random, and I filled it with U2, Nirvana, Depeche Mode and Pearl Jam. I marveled at how cool this advanced technology made me.
- I wore a jean jacket.
- I wore fluorescent clothes and went to raves.
- I’ve watched every Kevin Smith movie at least twice.
Cover art for Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” single, 1990
Mute Records.
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