SotD: "Give It To You" by Jordan Knight

Gosh, you guys, sorry it's been so long since I've updated, but my head imploded with the news that Depeche Mode finally announced their North American tour dates and I'll be going to the August 10th show in Seattle, which is very good because they'll have six days off so they'll be fresh. I'm so freakin' excited.

I'll get back into the swing of things by linking you to this very good song by Jordan Knight. This song shocked me when I was in middle school and now I find it very amusing. The random oom-pa-pa rhythm makes this song.

This is not a blog post

Oh my god, bandslash.

New Recoil site addition and Meika Pauley

Taken from the Recoil blog on MySpace

Now at Shunt - the official Recoil website, you can read the revamped retrospective editorial dedicated to the Depeche Mode singles released between 1981 and 1985. In his own words, including a couple of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collection, Alan Wilder shares some interesting insight into the recording of DM's early singles and the circumstances surrounding this period in the band's history. Part two (86-95) coming soon...

-The Shunt Staff

Editorial located here (direct link).

Singer/songwriter Meika Pauley and Cosmopolitan magazine have made Meika's album Elijah Drop Your Gun available for free as an mp3 download on amazon.com

Meika Pauley performed at my college last year and she also won Cosmopolitan's new talent contest.

SotD: "The Logical Song" by Supertramp

For some reason, I really like this song and it reminds me of when I was a kid even though I have no memories of hearing this song growing up. (Boring video with just lyrics because what I think was the original music video is not available on YouTube. Warner, is that you again?)

In A Manner of Speaking

When I have two covers of a song, I get understandably curious about the original. Both Nouvelle Vague and Martin Gore have covered "In A Manner of Speaking" by New Wave outfit Tuxedomoon. So I checked it out and I found a great song ready to be rearranged. My favorite is Martin Gore's (homemade vid). His strong vibrato contrasts with Winston Tong's lack of vibrato(band vid). Also listen to Nouvelle Vague's version (vid I didn't even watch because I was typing this).

First DM leak from Sounds of the Universe

I found a leaked version of "Fragile Tension" posted on a Depeche Mode related LiveJournal community yesterday. The comments were mostly negative and someone pointed out that this could just be a demo. There are aspects I like but the mix leaves stuff to be desired.

You know what makes me happy? Topical humor and remixes of people saying crazy shit. I love that song made from Sen. Ted Stevens internet speech even two years later. Just hours after the Christian Bale shitfest audio came out on the internet, there were countless remixes and mash-ups. I haven't hunted these down, because bestweekever.tv did it for me. One is by indie band Mae Shi. This one is pretty great because it contains Barbra Streisand.




Also, F*ckin Newsies trailer

Moby, yay!

Moby revealed on his blog that he's ready to begin working on the final mix of his next album, with a release date hopefully set for June. Great news! Have I said before that I'm big Moby fan? Well I am. If you're not the link-hoppy sort, the vibe on this album will be much quieter, especially compared to the club sound of Last Night.