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MARKUS KAVKA ON DEPECHE MODE
Reading and talk at the Faust Museum in Knittlingen
On Friday, November 29, 2024 at 8 pm
What's it actually like to be a seasoned music journalist and interview your favorite band? As a fan, you actually want to confess your eternal love for them, but of course you can't do that from a professional point of view. Markus Kavka is such a music journalist and at the same time a hardcore fan of superstars Depeche Mode. In his book "Markus Kavka über Depeche Mode", which was published by KiWi-Musikbibliothek in October 2020 and was a regular on the Spiegel non-fiction bestseller list in the weeks that followed, he deals with this dilemma - and others. In 128 pages, Kavka tells a ravishingly funny story of a youth in the Bavarian provinces in the 1980s, of the poetry of the mixtape, of Dave Gahan memory hairstyles, goths in Bravo and of football duels with Martin L. Gore. In his reading, entitled "Markus Kavka reads Depeche Mode", the author reads and tells sympathetic, funny, unpretentious and honest stories about the life of a Depeche Mode fanboy and goth from the country, stories about being young and growing up, about his personal meetings with his idols, about love and passion for music.
Kavka enriches the read passages from the book with the corresponding Depeche Mode songs, videos, private photos and excerpts from interviews he conducted with the band. And, as befits a nerd, there is also a personal hit list or two - all presented in a highly entertaining and thoroughly self-deprecating way!
Depeche Mode can also currently be seen in the context of the special exhibition "Rock music as a Faustian transgression" at the Faust Museum. In conversation with museum director Dr. Denise Roth, Markus Kavka will also shed light on Dave Gahan and Martin L. Gore's Faustian sides.
Markus Kavka, born in Ingolstadt in 1967, is a journalist and presenter. After working in print and radio, he began his music TV career at VIVA in 1995. In 1997 he moved to VIVA ZWEI, and from 2000-2009 he was a presenter and producer at MTV Germany. After further formats at Kabel Eins, ZDFkultur and Nitro, he has been on Deluxe Music since 2015. He is also a radio presenter, author, podcaster and DJ.
Information and booking: Faust Museum/Faust Archive Knittlingen,
Admission: 20 euros, reduced 18 euros.
Tel.: 07043/373-453 and 373-450, e-mail: faustmuseum@knittlingen.de and at www.faustmuseum.de and Instagram @faustmuseum.
MARKUS KAVKA ON DEPECHE MODE
Reading and talk at the Faust Museum in Knittlingen
On Friday, November 29, 2024 at 8 pm
What's it actually like to be a seasoned music journalist and interview your favorite band? As a fan, you actually want to confess your eternal love for them, but of course you can't do that from a professional point of view. Markus Kavka is such a music journalist and at the same time a hardcore fan of superstars Depeche Mode. In his book "Markus Kavka über Depeche Mode", which was published by KiWi-Musikbibliothek in October 2020 and was a regular on the Spiegel non-fiction bestseller list in the weeks that followed, he deals with this dilemma - and others. In 128 pages, Kavka tells a ravishingly funny story of a youth in the Bavarian provinces in the 1980s, of the poetry of the mixtape, of Dave Gahan memory hairstyles, goths in Bravo and of football duels with Martin L. Gore. In his reading, entitled "Markus Kavka reads Depeche Mode", the author reads and tells sympathetic, funny, unpretentious and honest stories about the life of a Depeche Mode fanboy and goth from the country, stories about being young and growing up, about his personal meetings with his idols, about love and passion for music.
Kavka enriches the read passages from the book with the corresponding Depeche Mode songs, videos, private photos and excerpts from interviews he conducted with the band. And, as befits a nerd, there is also a personal hit list or two - all presented in a highly entertaining and thoroughly self-deprecating way!
Depeche Mode can also currently be seen in the context of the special exhibition "Rock music as a Faustian transgression" at the Faust Museum. In conversation with museum director Dr. Denise Roth, Markus Kavka will also shed light on Dave Gahan and Martin L. Gore's Faustian sides.
Markus Kavka, born in Ingolstadt in 1967, is a journalist and presenter. After working in print and radio, he began his music TV career at VIVA in 1995. In 1997 he moved to VIVA ZWEI, and from 2000-2009 he was a presenter and producer at MTV Germany. After further formats at Kabel Eins, ZDFkultur and Nitro, he has been on Deluxe Music since 2015. He is also a radio presenter, author, podcaster and DJ.
Information and booking: Faust Museum/Faust Archive Knittlingen,
Admission: 20 euros, reduced 18 euros.
Tel.: 07043/373-453 and 373-450, e-mail: faustmuseum@knittlingen.de and at www.faustmuseum.de and Instagram @faustmuseum.
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