Pupper celebrity Doug the Pug and his interactions with tiny pug puppies. Hear that sound? It’s the world getting saved by all this cuteness.
Want To Own Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan’s Leather Jacket? Here You Go.
Are you one of them? Are you one of the millions of Depeche Mode fans from all around the world? If so, you are in a very special situation here. A guy based in Newmarket, Ontario is putting up for auction one of, if not the most important item ever offered in the history of Depeche Mode – Dave Gahan’s leather jacket wore in the “Shake the Disease” video, on stage in concerts, television programs and in many magazines and books. The jacket was also shown on the recent CNN television program called “The Eighties”. And if that wasn’t enough, Dave seemed to like the jacket a lot.
1) Worn in the “Shake the Disease” video.
2) In the inner sleeve of the 1985 album “Catching Up with Depeche Mode” and “The Singles 81 – 85” is a photo of David Gahan wearing this jacket from the “Shake the Disease” video, location on the London docks, April 1985.
3) On March 31, 2016 CNN aired a new original series program called “The Eighties”, a television documentary produced by Emmy award winning producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman. On May 26, 2016 episode #7 entitled “Video Killed the Radio Star” aired. This episode includes a discussion of bands such as The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, The Police and Depeche Mode. At 6:38 you will see David Gahan wearing this leather jacket on stage.
4) David Gahan wore this jacket on the MTV interview with Mark Goodman on July 3, 1985. (Reference: Please Google the video: “Depeche Mode – Mark Goodman interview 1985 – CZ 2”).
5) David Gahan wore this jacket on the German television show called “Thommys Pop Show” in 1984 for the song “People are People”. (Reference: Please Google the video: “People are People (4D) (1984) Live 2DF).
6) David Gahan wore this jacket on the German television show called: “Tele Illustrierte” in 1984 for the song “Blasphemous Rumors”. (Reference: Please Google the video: “Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours (Tele Illustrierte Germany 10.12.1984)).
7) David Gahan wore this jacket on the German television show called “Bayerisher Rundfunk Alabama” for the song Blasphemous Rumors”. (Reference: Please Google the video: “Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours & Interview (Bayerisher Rundfunk Alabama 19.11.84)).
8) David Gahan wore this jacket on stage for some of the concerts in Europe in 1984, specifically in Italy and Poland and perhaps in other countries as well.
9) David Gahan wore this jacket on an Italian television interview at a fair ground. (Reference: Please Google the video: “Depeche Mode intw in a fair ground, Italian TV 1984).
10) The German author Diddi Zill wrote a book called: “Depeche Mode Photos 1982-197”. This book contains photos of David Gahan wearing the leather jacket.
11) Many other books and magazines have photos of David Gahan wearing this jacket such as: “No1”, “It”, “Rockin’on”, “New Wave” from Shinko Music Pub in Japan.
The bidding is currently over $1,000, and you can never let yourself down again here.
Doritos Just Made A Sick Beat
After a 14 year hiatus, guess who’s back? It’s Doritos Sonic Sour Cream. One of the most requested throwback flavours of Doritos and this fan favourite is returning to stores across Canada for a limited time. There are no words to describe the bold flavour, so they made a track instead with AutoErotique.
https://youtu.be/FkzXzgDod4Q
Clive Davis’s Rules For Working With Artists
What are your cardinal rules for handling talent?
The first thing is that you’ve got to understand that it’s their career. Number one.
Second, when it comes to a rock or self-contained artist who writes his or her own material, that’s who you’re dealing with. You’re dealing with their genius, their creativity. You don’t give artists like Patti Smith, Simon & Garfunkel, Alicia Keys, or Springsteen material.
When you’re in the area where artists are totally dependent on hit singles in ratio to how much their album sells, if an artist doesn’t write—Dionne Warwick, Aretha [Franklin] for the most part—you’re there suggesting material, and there’s no complication, because they need the hit song.
The most complicated is a pop artist who writes well, the way [Barry] Manilow did—but not enough to provide the magnitude of his commercial success. Barry gave me two shots on each album to pick the songs, but he didn’t want to be Andy Williams—he wanted to be a composer. Over many years, we’ve seen him fulfill his ambition, and he’s in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. But for him to be, still, 42 years later, headlining in arenas all over the world, required the hits he got from me. And you’ve got to be very careful when an artist writes but needs more.
Each artist has got to be treated differently depending on what they bring to the table. If they bring their songs, you’re trying to bring the largest audience to that artist without bastardizing their creative and artistic integrity. I have never met an artist who is not interested in their sales, even if they do nothing to further them. The idea that they don’t care was promulgated probably during Haight-Ashbury, during Monterey, with the rebellion with the social culture, and when the revolution was so much at its height. You didn’t ever want to think that commercial success was a desirable goal.
This was never true. They all are interested. Whether you’re Tennessee Williams or Eugene O’Neill, you’re going to want to know if your show was successful. There’s no artist I’ve ever met, no matter how they appear disdainful, with no interest in commercial. It’s just not accurate.
John Carpenter’s Halloween by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
From the upcoming John Carpenter’s ‘Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, here’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s version of John Carpenter’s theme from Halloween.
Why Henry Rollins Never Gets Writer’s Block
I don’t know if I’ve ever had one. I’m not trying to say I’m somebody with a volcanic output coming out of me all the time, but if somebody ever says, “Well, what do you do about writer’s block?” I’m like, “I don’t think I’m a writer.” I don’t put any of those titles on myself, so I don’t acknowledge those pressures. Some days I got stuff, some days I don’t, and some days I write about the fact I got nothing to write about. But, I do try to write 1,000 words a day. It’s just like going to the gym. Some workouts are better than others. I think the less pressure you put on yourself, the better. In my opinion, it’d be hard to sit in a room and go, “Okay, damnit. Be creative.”
Some days you might not want to face the agony it takes to process the stuff you have in you—but this kind of work is not for the fragile. You have to be somewhat of a warrior. It’s why you see a lot of writer types that are kind of angry, itchy people. That’s because they’re playing chess with their psyche all the time. You have to be ready to grapple with the fact that some days there will be nothing. You’ve got to trust and remember that on other days there’ll be too much and it’ll make you crazy in a different way. So, I don’t really put that much pressure on myself to be like: “Okay, it’s Tuesday, I must be creative.” I’m gonna see if there’s anything there first.
More often than not, I just don’t have the time or the strength to heft all the dots I want to connect in my mind. Finding the time to put it all down and having the skill to articulate it into a form that’s understandable by someone else—that’s the challenge. Rarely is it a case of “I’ve got nothing.” Sometimes when I’m really depressed, there’ll be nothing there because I’m grappling with depression. But as soon as that lifts an inch, I can get my fingers under the door, jam it open, and get out.
Animation Of When 14 Year Old Beatles Fan Snuck Into John Lennon’s Hotel Room To Do An Interview With Him
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short and won the 2009 Emmy for New Approaches, making it the first film to win an Emmy on behalf of the internet.
Photo Gallery: Paramore at Toronto’s Massey Hall
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
These aren’t nightmares. IT’S HAPPENING. It’s The Last Trailer For “Stranger Things”
It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived. Visit Stranger Things on Netflix. Stranger Things 2 debuts on October 27th.
And everything happens for a reason. On this Friday the 13th…just 13 days from launch…experience the second and final trailer for the Netflix Original Series Stranger Things 2.
