[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by sycamore
Because of my devotion to Depeche Mode, I:

--learned how to use a Windows-based computer
--learned how to build a website
--learned about mp3's
--met people from places as far flung as Brisbane, Australia and Moscow...and as close as 20 minutes from my house
--met Mimi, spent a lot of time in Chicago in 1998, and tried to move there at one time
--met Rhoda, moved to Washington, then later moved to Philadelphia
--met my friend Meg (who lives here in Philadelphia)
--met my friend Maya (who lives in Toronto, and was just down here a few weeks ago)
--met my friend Yuhao (who you all know here on the Cellar as pjshimmer)
--learned about a bunch of great bands that I either never heard of, or only vaguely knew
--became a huge fan of Nitzer Ebb
--learned that US CD releases can vary greatly from what is released in other countries
--was able to practice my Spanish on a regular basis
--have an ICQ buddy list that still consists mainly of folks I met through the old DM chat room...and I still talk to them here and there
--discovered that DM fans are loyal, to the point of almost being stalker-like
--discovered that there are some folks that took Alan Wilder's side after he left the band to work on Recoil full-time...those folks are evil evil evil, and will be smoted if they do not change their ways

I sometimes wonder where I would be had Depeche Mode not been a catalyst of sorts in my life...I mean, it's not like I have an altar built for them here at the apartment. But to say that they have not had a profound influence on my life would be a huge lie.

Gotta agree with all of that (lol at the Alan fan diss! Yeah, some of them are over the top). If it weren't for DM, I'd never have met you eh? (guess we gotta thank Andrew for that one...winkwinknudgenudge).

Thank goodness that a band can last as long as they have and still be relevant to the music world.