The Best Warcraft Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt guardian.co.uk Depeche Mode guitarist to testify against WarcraftNational PostThat’s why Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore has been subpoenaed by a video game enthusiast’s lawsuit against the makers of World of Warcraft. …‘Sad, lonely’ Depeche Mode told to testify in ‘World Of Warcraft‘...
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Want to hear something a little wild? Actress Winona Ryder and alternative group Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore have been subpoenaed in a video gamer’s lawsuit against Activision Blizzard and its World Of Warcraft game, reports CHARTattack. A gamer from San Francisco is suing the company for $1 million U.S. in damages. He is particularly upset with the [...]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
US videogamer asks Martin Gore to explain themes of loneliness in the courtroom
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
What do you do when a videogame makes you miserable? You take its makers to court and get the Depeche Mode guitarist to testify on the nature of melancholy, of course In one of this year's loonier lawsuits, Depeche Mode's Martin Gore has been subpoenaed by an American videogamer and asked to testify on the subject of "alienation". Erik Estavillo is suing the makers of World of Warcraft,...
The Best Warcraft Online (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
webmaster@technorati.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHere’s probably the weirdest news you’ll read this week. Depeche Mode ’s Martin Gore has been subpoenaed in a video gamer’s lawsuit against Activision Blizzard and their World Of Warcraft game. Read the rest of this great post here
The Best Warcraft Online (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Exclaim! Martin Gore Subpoenaed in ‘World of Warcraft‘ LawsuitLime Wire (blog)… best known for his near 30-year career with Depeche Mode, has been subpoenaed for a lawsuit involving World of Warcraft. Gamespot reports that an avid …World of Warcraft target of latest suit from PSN [...]
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Slicing Up Eyeballs : Depeche Mode songwriter Martin L. Gore reportedly has been subpoenaed by a litigious video gamer who’s suing the makers of the online behemoth “World of Warcraft” and wants the famously downbeat musician to testify about being “sad, lonely and alienated.” Estavillo — who unsuccessfully sued Sony after being banned from the Playstation Network,...
Music Video, Lyrics, Mp3 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Depeche Mode - Fragile Tension Video and Lyrics . Fragile Tension / Hole to Feed is the third single by Depeche Mode, from their most recent studio album, “Sounds of the Universe”, their 48th UK single overall, and their third double A-side single. Song Information Released December 7, 2009; Recorded 2008; Genre Electronica, alternative; Length 3:36/3:27 (Radio mixes; Label Mute - BONG...
TheFrontloader.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I’m pretty sure all of you have heard “Personal Jesus”, and if you haven’t, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? “Personal Jesus” was released on August 29, 1989, and was the first single from Depeche Mode’s Violator album. According Wikipedia, the song reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart, #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 2004 was ranked #368 in Rolling Stone’s...
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Dark Young Hearts is the debut album from frYars (Ben Garrett), a young Londoner with a promising future. The album offers a diverse blend of both genres and themes from alternative, pop and the darker side of electro. Although some might assume that an album attempting so much by someone so young may not deliver all it promises, thankfully frYars has created an album with depth that is both refreshing...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive In 2004, before Nouvelle Vague co-founder Marc Collin knew there'd be a market for his jazzy lounge-pop remakes of old New Wave tunes, the French producer and musician had little reason to believe he'd ever work with his post-punk heroes. "It's really ambitious to think, 'We're going to do some covers, and we're going to ask the [the original artists]...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
I can't believe noone has already started this thread. I've just got round to watching it and have to say I really enjoyed it though was a bit disappointed as I'd thought it was the usual 3-parter rather than a one-off. It certainly took me back to the late 70s/early 80s, which suddenly seemed soooo long ago and a bit bleak. And didn't people look so young - Depeche Mode looked about 12, especially...
The AIR Users Blog :: The Number 1 Source for AIR... (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Last night the BBC aired a show that demonstrates what they are really good at, making shows that have no real commercial value, but are essential programme making. The show was not some expose of political corruption, or a look into 15th century Italian architecture (although these are just as likely to be made by the BBC) but Synth Britannia . Often these shows have an hour of inane clips of all...
USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
A couple of days ago, Depeche Mode was in Peru, performing in front of a 3,000 strong audience at the Explanada del Estadio Monumental. At the end of the show, after the band performed “Never Let Me Down Again,” frontman Dave Gahan yelled in the microphone something that sounded like “Thank you very much, Chile!” which understandably upset many. The thing is, as Daniel Barassi,...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Depechemode.com webmaster Daniel Barassi would like you to know that Dave Gahan did NOT shout “Thank you very much Chile!" at the end of a concert in Peru. Sure, it kind of sounds like he says "Thank you very much Chile!" but really he didn't. He said "Thank you very much, good night!" Everyone knows that Dave Gahan always ends his shows by saying "Thank you very...
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