I got thoroughly confused the other day trying to explain to someone that Yaz were not Yazz but were Yazoo.

So, in order to have a single point of reference in the future, I present to you the Shallow Bay Guide to Bands That Vince Clarke Done Been In.

He started off in “No Romance in China” before forming “French Look” which then become “Composition of Sound” before finally becoming the slightly better known “Depeche Mode”. He quit after the release of The Mode’s Speak and Spell and went on to form “Yazoo” (who were known as “Yaz” in the United States due to their already being a “Yazoo” there) with the deep-voiced Alison Moyet, then he went on to the short lived “The Assembly” before creating the legendary synth-pop hit machine, “Erasure”.

Yazz, or Yasmina Evans as she was born, knew that the only way was up.

Here is some Yazoo/Yaz:

Here is some Erasure: 

Here is some Yazz (the obvious choice):

Here is the summary:

Yazoo is Yaz, but not Yazz who is Yasmina.

Here is the end.

P.S. Here is some non-Clarke Depeche Mode:

OMG! This magazine is the shizz. Seriously, dudes. Awesome! LOL! Classics lecturer (M, 48). Possibly out of his depth with today’s youth. KTHX! Box no. 2680.

via Guide to dating: The classified ads of the London Review of Books | Life and style | The Guardian .

I like good design. Do you like good design? If so, check out Olly Moss. He has a bunch of Threadless shirts to his name and he is (very possibly) a good designer.

Check out his re-imagining of classic film posters:

This is the year that I simplify and reduce the number of active obsessions. Of my (many) obsessions one regards shoes and another concerns jeans. If I could combine the two (and I think in a perfect world I would be able to) I would.

But I don’t live in a perfect world. Thing is though, Sebastian Errazuriz does. See:
 

(via Boing Boing)

RAVE! HOW TO GET FREE SHOES! – Articles – Sneaker Freaker Magazine.

Thought Bubbles in Brooklyn at Urban Prankster. Another one of those things that I wish I had thought of (and that I hope I can pass off as my own idea when I start putting them up around town).