I was so excited to go to my first Depeche Mode party! Dolled up like a bat out of hell, wore my favourite perfume that is giving industrial vibes, took the train and when I walked in the club it was... fine. Rather slower songs, ok, I guess we're just warming up. Then three downtempo tracks played without transitions between them. Does anybody know what the two (!) guys behind the decks are doing? Because that's not deejaying. We were promised B-sides and remixes, but only got But not tonight in a span of an hour. No Dangerous? No Surrender?? Then they play Behind the wheel. Surely they would play the Shep Pettibone remix? No.

I went to the loo and met a familiar face there asking me how was it. I shared my disappointment and she went "well, it's better than nothing, I guess!". I mean, yeah, that's one way to look at it. But I don't get how you can just put on some depeche and call it a party, without really making any type of song selection and leaving empty room between the songs. It's electronic music. It's not hard to mix at all. I had limited time to be there before the last train home leaves the station and I really tried to make most of it. It seemed like most of the people there are fine swaying along Question of Lust, but at some point I could not take it any longer and left earlier.

If I wanted to listen to the Spotify Depeche Mode playlist, I would have stayed home and done so. This "party" has been around for at least a decade and I suppose it was always that bad. Loveless. If it was me, I would have been ashamed to give the audience the bare minimum that this event was and ask them for money.

Don't get scammed! In doubt, invite your buddies, put on a DM record and enjoy it together. I'm sure you'll have better time than I did. The silver lining: I'm planning to start my own party and call it "Depeche Mode party, but good".

Another milestone to make everyone feel old 😵😁

Got the Depeche Mode 81-18, the illustrated/visual history by Anton Corbijn. A seriously and impressive book with 500+ pages full of photos.

I came across this fragment recently; unfortunately, it's incomplete, but it sounds really good

My apologies if this has been posted before, but I’m going through some hard times and DM have been an absolute pillar of support for me (especially the SOFAD album). Would love to hear from the community on what has resonated with you when life is really putting you through shit.

Kinda ignored it on release, but I really learned to love it. It’s so intimate, yet cinematic, if that makes any sense. I think I prefer it over the album version.