I didn’t want to do it…

A “leaked” rough mix version of Depeche Mode’s new single, “Precious”, not set for release until September/October has been circulating around the ‘net for a week or two. I’ve been good resisting the tempation, but my weakness for new dm got the best of me and today I download the rough single version, video and five remixes!

This song is great! Most posts on the dm mailing list were saying that and I totally agree! Now I really liked Ultra and Exciter which many fans didn’t like. Most seem to think Violator was tops - and “Precious” is very “Enjoy the Silence”-ish, but darker. I’m totally psyched for the new album - and tour! And the remixes rock! People that didn’t like some of the remixes over the past few years will like these!

Oh… and I don’t care if it was the record company that leaked it.

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Sometimes things way outside your direct contact can affect you - or maybe effect, I could never get those straight. A recent boing boing post announced Pam Bricker’s death. I had never heard of her, but I saw that she sang for Thievery Corporation, who I really dig. So it just is one of those things that brings you down - even though I didn’t even know this person, I was touched somehow by her voice. It’s sad and amazing at the same time. I hope I can have that same effect on someone, somehow, someday.

She sang the great “Lebanese Blonde” from The Mirror Conspiracy and “All That We Perceive” from The Richest Man in Babylon. It’s really great stuff. I didn’t know any of her more jazzy stuff, but will check it out.

I highly recommend the Thievery Corporation stuff. Probably my favorite “downtempo” artists - jazzy, worldly, loungey… check it out.

Also, turns out I went to CCM with David Pescovitz, a writer for boing boing. We were both in the Electronic Media program at the same time. Small world, eh? I never finished, but he did.

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Last night “The Curiosa Festival” made its way through the tri-state to Riverbend. I bet 99% of all of the “festival” goers were there just for the Cure - I admit I was. I had heard of Interpol and I like them a lot, but the Cure was why we were there.

Kevin got sick so our gang was one short, but we still managed to do a fair share of people watching. There weren’t as many “goths” as I would have expected - actually the turnout in general wasn’t like I expected. I figured the Cure would draw a pretty decent crowd, but the lawn had tons of space left. (In contrast, a few months ago we saw James Taylor there and it was blanket to blanket packed!)

I have to say the Cure put on a pretty decent just under two hour set. I’m not one to take notes at a concert so you’ll have to go elsewhere for a full set list.

I have to admit that I don’t have some of the more recent Cure stuff. Before the latest one, the last CD I actually purchased of theirs was “Wish”. The new CD is starting to grow on me though…

They did play quite a bit from “Disintegration” including (off the top of my head) Plainsong, Pictures of You (for some reason I had the urge to buy a HP printer during this one!), Love Song (of course!), Lullaby, Fascination Street and Disintegration.

They played some from the new CD and, of course, some of the classics showed up like Boys Don’t Cry, A Forest, Close To Me, In Between Days and Why Can’t I Be You.

The lighting and screen displays were pretty cool. The playing was great and Robert Smith’s voice is still pretty good after all these years.

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I was out of the loop and missed the first week back, but i’m happy that 97X is back. Go listen now!

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Looks like 97X is coming back! From an email I got today and also now posted on woxy.com:

Also posted on the Enquirer’s site.

So forget about my previous post!

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97X is gone. I posted that they were moving to an all Internet station, which was cool with me. But I guess they didn’t do their homework or something cuz they didn’t have enough to keep the Internet streams alive. Now all we’ve got it dead air. 97X was the only real radio station left playing the good stuff… it’s a bit sad…

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Tomorrow Depeche Mode’s 101 comes out on DVD.

I know some fans were hoping for the whole concert, etc. But I’m pleased just to have it on DVD in 5.1.

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Although I’m not as happy with emusic since the stupid change in the subscription policy, I have found some great music.

Hefner’s Dead Media is quite a good album.

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Check out samples at emusic if you like. Also, you can check out Hefnet, or their new band, The French.

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what would go great with my new toys? well some spanking new music! emusic’s trial is pretty good… 50 mp3s for 14 days - free! then, you sign up for a 3 month ($15) or 12 month ($10) subscription and you get unlimited downloads - yes unlimited. mind you it’s not your main top 40 “music”, but for those of us that are a little more risk taking in our music selections, it’s got a pretty good amount - and growing. most of the 4ad/beggars banquet releases are there - yup, all the pixes, cult, cocteau twins albums are there. for comedy, there’s george carlin. there’s stuff from ella and miles and coltrane. yo la tengo and apples in stereo. and tons more. the downloader app is pretty cool and i’m pleased with the speed. i’ll probably join. oh yeah - most of the stuff is in high quality vbr mp3 now - and the vbr mp3s play fine in the car! sweet!

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if you follow depeche mode at all, you’re probably aware that martin gore’s second solo project counterfeit2 is out now and dave gahan’s paper monsters comes out on june 3rd.

i’m still letting counterfeit2 sink in, but so far i like it. and i really dig the first single from paper monsters, “dirty sticky floors” - although it kinda reminds me of a new year’s party a few years ago at my buddy kevin’s apartment - not pretty… (in my defense i think i had food poisoning!)

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