Poll Favorite Depeche Mode Albums?

Ok, I like this one. Ganked from flemco, 15 albums that "made an impact" in my life.

1. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

In 1989, an online friend sent me a mix tape with "This Corrosion" on it, and I never looked back.

2. Peter Murphy - Deep (Cascade is a close second ( Read more... )

Courtesy my iPod serving up some lovely Mr. Mister, a meditation on-or maybe just a question about-80s pop music.

I don't know whether it's because that's when I was growing up, or if it was an intrinsic part of the music, but I always felt there was an individual innocence to the music of that decade. (At least the music I listened to, which ( Read more... )

I know that taking time to go see a concert is probably the last thing I should have done, given that it's 2:30 and I'm still (yes, still) packing.

But Xavier Rudd is absolutely amazing - musically astounding, insanely physically coordinated, and possessing of much good spirit. If he's coming anywhere near you, do your best to go see him ( Read more... )

Whew, busy week.

( last week's trip to Dallas )

And now for the CD version:

1. Total number of albums I own on CD:

Somewhere north of 2500. (A partial, out-of-date list dating from about 2002, can be found here.) I own a very few (<10) pieces of vinyl, almost all old Sisters of Mercy releases.

2. The last CD I bought:Three CDs by Sarah Fimm when she opened for Peter Murphy this last weekend ( Read more... )

Blame pinkpleasures.

1. Total number of films I own on DVD/video:

Two. And one is a collection of PC "demos", so I'm not sure if that qualifies as a "film" or not.

(Huh, does pr0n count? I have a few of those...)

2. The last film I bought:

The MindCandy DVD mentioned above.

3. The last film I watched:

deliriumdreams and I watched Einstürtzende Neubauten's ½ Mensch ( Read more... )

Want!


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deliriumdreams and I saw Collide at Brick by Brick tonight. It was a great show! They're touring the West Coast right now -- if you get a chance, check them out.

The opening act was Call Me Alice; they were pretty interesting, had a lot of fun, and had lots of fans in the crowd. There was a weirdness where it felt like a bunch of Stevie Nicks impersonators ( Read more... )

With a weekend of much fun sadly behind me, I realize that I actually have this coming weekend "off": no plans, no visitors, no nuthin'. So I thought I'd recap the last few weekends.

October 9-10: Had some lovely friends in town, drove around a lot, got silly. Much fun.

October 1-3: Flew to Phoenix to meet up with deliriumdreams, jettdelirium, and mandini11 for the RAM show. chancellor_d ( Read more... )