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So, when Pitbull's "Hotel Room Service" is hilariously yet rightly paired with Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough," 20-somethings and 30 and 40-somethings arrive at the idea of what's augmenting what from different vantage points, but there's a universal recognition among those at the show that the pairing works, gaining a multiplicative effect as a result of their convergence.

Phil West: Collage, Alchemy, and Glowsticks: A Night With Girl Talk Phil West 2011

Tonight, problems pop up on Ugly Betty (ABC, 8 ET/PT) as Betty discovers that Mode's finances are not what they once were.

Critic's Corner Thursday 2009

So, when Pitbull's "Hotel Room Service" is hilariously yet rightly paired with Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough," 20-somethings and 30 and 40-somethings arrive at the idea of what's augmenting what from different vantage points, but there's a universal recognition among those at the show that the pairing works, gaining a multiplicative effect as a result of their convergence.

Phil West: Collage, Alchemy, and Glowsticks: A Night With Girl Talk Phil West 2011

Flo Rida's "Right Round" is not a patch on Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round", the Saturdays '"Just Can't Get Enough" is not a patch on Depeche Mode's original and the other day I heard a completely annoying cover version of Mike & the Mechanics'"The Living Years".

Crap cover versions Not a sheep 2009

As long as we're quoting from Depeche Mode's back catalogue, here are two more traffic-related gems:

People Are People: Dealing With It BikeSnobNYC 2010

Depeche Mode's most extensive tour in years, "Tour of the Universe," comes to L.A. on Sunday, Aug. 16 and Monday, Aug. 17 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Franklin Avenue 2009

Representatives of Apple and EMI declined to say how many users have signed up for Depeche Mode's iTunes Pass since it became available in February.

Music Firms Pitch iTunes Packages for Fans 2009

I liked the imagery in Depeche Mode's "People Are People."

at the end of the drive, the lawmen arrive 2008

Depeche Mode's song about not getting the podium is played out.

Extra-Ordinary: From Publicity to P-Fars BikeSnobNYC 2008

What began as Father Mode's master's thesis turned into a book called "The Grunt Padre," published in 2000.

Tending a Flock Under Fire 2008