I went to my office building's cafe to grab something for lunch. The music that was playing over the PA system while I waited for my vegetable wrap was Depeche Mode's "See You," from their underappreciated (IMO) 1982 album A Broken Frame. For those of you who don't know I am a Depeche Mode FREAK of the highest order. They are my most favoritest ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with a chunk of some unknown song endlessly running through my head. Just the same snippet over and over and over. Thing was, I had no idea what the song was. I figured I must have heard it before because it was very specific. I just kept hearing "the air was better up there" clearly. "The air was better up there." That was ( Read more... )

Berlin, "Riding on the Metro."

That chick was some kind of eighties sexy, wasn't she?

Last night John and I were listening to CBC Radio before going to sleep. Usually they play classical music but they were taking a short news break. Prime Minister this, Toronto that, blah, blah, blah, not the usual news with which I've been saturated due to listening to NPR. Hardly a mention of Iraq or El Shrubbo! Do you know how refreshing that ( Read more... )