Blast from the Past

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 30, 2004). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Something I never realized before — apparently, the person in this iconic ad for Maxell audiocassettes…

Maxell Audiocasette ad

…is none other than then-Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy. Nifty!

(trivia via Cult of Mac, image from Stangbangers, clumsily Photoshopped together by me — sorry, my Photoshop-fu isn’t good enough to remove the horrid moiré pattern from the original scan)

iTunesSister of Night” by Depeche Mode from the album Ultra (1997, 6:04).