Friday, December 21, 2012

Bats set listies: 1209-121612

I'm laying low tonight, hence I'm updating this little guy.

Normally I would be out and about, drinking, smoking and getting angry at the jukebox for not playing my song soon enough.  It happens.

Not tonight, friends.  I'm literally waiting for the water to heat up on my stove so I can make some instant Thai tea and be warm.  I may even break open the new book I've been reading (Lunatic Heroes by C Anthony Martignetti; damn fine read, he's got a good voice and is very poignant)--OR my new favorite comics, Gloomcookie.  Possibly both.

WOAH, WATCH OUT!!  WE GOT A REAL WILD ONE OVER HERE! 

I'm also hoping to jog tomorrow.

Here are my latest sets from The Box.

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120912

White Room

Her Black Wings - Danzig
The Hanging Garden - AFI
Mourn - Apoptygma Berzerk
Situation - Yaz
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
Temptation - New Order
Heartbeats - The Knife
Anarchy - KMFDM
Head Like a Hole - NIN
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus

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121612

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White Room

Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees 
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
She’s Lost Control - Joy Division
Human Fly - The Cramps
Jumping Someone Else’s Train - The Cure
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Glass Danse - The Faint
Only - NIN
We Share Our Mother’s Health - The Knife
Anarchy - KMFDM

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Black Room

Water - OhGr
Army of Me - Björk
As We Fall - Imperative Reaction
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Victim - FGFC820
Violence  - Implant/Angelspit

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White Room

Transmission - Joy Division
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Blue Monday - New Order
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive

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I'm taking this Sunday off and am heading back to the Northern Lands.  Family stuff, yuletide gaiety, reconnecting with old friends...that kinda stuff.  Samhain and I will brave the trek together.  I will be back next Sunday, though, in full effect. 

Happy holidays, all.  I don't care if you celebrate or not, I DON'T CARE.  You read this thing and take interest in whatever I'm spinning but also whatever's on my mind, and I really appreciate that.  You are awesome, and I'm thankful to have really cool people in my life--directly or indirectly--wanting to give support and props.  And be friends.

So you're the fire lighting my yule log.

(That's what she said)

Thank you.

- Em

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Bats set listies: 111812-120212

Things are crazy.

Crazy crazy crazy.

But it's life.  And that's what makes it so...interesting.  It's dark, it's light, it's all muddled and grey, but it's something I can feel.  It's something to cultivate idears.  You're just breathing it all in.

Anyway.

Introspection.  It happens.

Here are set lists from the past three weeks at The Box.

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111812

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White Room

Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Spiritual Cramp - Christian Death
Sex Beat – Sex Beat
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Temptation - New Order

II

Black Room

Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-r
Never Ending - Imperative Reaction
Snuff on Digital [request] - Blaqk Audio
Going Nowhere  - Access Zero
Megalomaniac - KMFDM
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit

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112512

I

White Room

Hong Kong Garden  - Siouxsie and the Banshees 
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Worlock - Skinny Puppy
The Beat and the Pulse - Austra
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
Heartbeats - The Knife
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
Blue Monday - New Order
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb

II

Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Tanz Mit Laibach - Laibach
TZDV - Faderhead
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist
Breathe - Prodigy
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers

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120212

I

White Room

She's Lost Control - Joy Divsion
She's In Parties - Bauhaus
Now I'm Feeling Zombified - Alien Sex Fiend
Spiritual Cramp - Christian Death
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division [request]
True Faith - New Order
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

II

Black Room

Violence - Implant/Angelspit
American Porn Song - 16 Volt
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-X
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
This Is My Rifle - Combichrist
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit
Going Nowhere - Access Zero
Only - NIN

III

Black Room

Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-r
As We Fall - Imperative Reaction
Breakfast in Vegas - Praga Khan
Dead Stars - Covenant [request]
Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy
Structure - VNV Nation

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I'm going to take a nap before heading out again.

Sleep now, hush.

- Emelyn Bats

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Bats set listies: 111112

Let me wax poetic for just one second.

I'm the youngest child in my (very diverse) family.  My two oldest brothers are actually a couple decades older than myself; this has been a blessing, musically, because they introduced me to a thoroughly awesome, exponential variety right from the start.

My elder brother would listen to New Order and Joy Division while rocking me to sleep.  This can explain a number of things about my personality.

Anyway, they were lucky enough to grow up in Southern California in the early 80s, when Oingo Boingo were really getting going and would play frequent shows at The Roxy in L.A.

At some point, one of them got this shirt at one of their concerts:


As a little girl, they passed it onto me, and it became my favorite PJ top.

And as that same little girl, my favorite films were all Tim Burton: Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas.

And as a teenager, I finally got around to listening to the group of the favorite childhood PJ top, and I Got It.  I understood why the older bros would always want to see them.  That voice.  The arrangements.

So I guess you can say, I've had an affinity for Mr. Elfman all my life.

So it was rad to spin some Oingo Boingo this past Sunday, much to the delight of a very receptive (and varied!) crowd.

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White Room

#1 Crush - Garbage
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Smash It Up (Part 2) - The Damned
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Sex Beat – Sex Beat
Dead Man’s Party  - Oingo Boingo

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Black Room

The Unknown - Terrorfakt
Spill - Demodulate
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x
Without Emotions - Combichrist
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit

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Oh...and I don't know what happened to that shirt.

So this waxing poetic is ended on a bittersweet note.

(How very Burtonesque)

- Em

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Bats set listies: 110412

Hi there, how goes it?

I went to...three shows this week?  I believe so.  It's kind of been a blur.  It started off with a bang, though: I saw GWAR on Monday for the first time ever.

HOLY BALLS, GUYS.  If ever you get the chance to see them, DO IT.  I woke up covered in fake blood.  Rad!

Best part about it: totally saw them on a whim with a new friend.  One of the best kinds of concert experiences, in my opinion.

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I should update this before it gets too backlogged.

Brace thyselves.

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110412

The Box
Santa Cruz, CA

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White Room

Dead Souls - Joy Division
Zoo Music Girl - The Birthday Party [ed. note: put this on to drive off already-too-drunk college dbags, as well as make attractive death rock-types dance; worked out swimmingly]
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Human Fly - The Cramps
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
All Night Long - Peter Murphy
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
True Faith - New Order
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths
Jumping Someone Else’s Train -The Cure
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

II

Black Room

Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist
Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
American Porn Song - 16 Volt
Surge of Power - Noisecontrollers
Megalomaniac - KMFDM

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I'll be seeing you all tonight.

Also I'm itching to write something again, soon, so...stay tuned.

- Em

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Bats set listies: Happy Halloween

I want ghouls, I want witches, I want dancing skeletons and the darkest parts of the season.

According to many a culture, we are entering just that.

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Happy Halloween, everyone.  I hope yours is phenomenal.

My costume?  Madonna in the "Express Yourself" video.

Don't hate.  It's not just a costume this year: it's a statement.

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A brief review, to satiate any curiosities. 

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102012

The Box

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White Room

All Night Long - Peter Murphy
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
Transmission - Joy Division
True Faith - New Order
Headhunter - Front 242
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Jumping Someone Else’s Train - The Cure
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

II

White Room

Do You Love Me? -Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
So Alive - Love and Rockets
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode
Blue Monday - New Order

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102812

The Box's 13th Anniversary

Black Room (closing set)

One-Eyed Man -This Morn’ Omina
TZDV - Faderhead
Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Army of Me - Björk
Stand Up - Stromkern
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit

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The anniversary was one memorable night for everyone.  I'm very proud to have been part of such a monumental occasion.  And I am especially flattered to have seen all those smiling faces out there, rocking the right fuck out along with me, at the end there.  You guys know how to make a gal feel special.

Thanks for making our club awesome.

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Now if you'll excuse me, I have a wig to play around with.

'til next time...

Happy All Hallow's

- Bats

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Statue

I've written a song about a woman in love with a statue.

Here are the lyrics.  Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

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She stood there, frozen
Still as the mist surrounding
Staring
Ever watching
A Figure cast in Stone

Any other day
She would dance
Entertain
Graze wispy fingers
Across The Statue's brow

Any other day
A longing glance
An adoring whisper
A subtle kiss
Upon dulled marble lips

Any other day
Her love would flourish

But today just ain't the same
Today just ain't the same

An angry fist beat against
The Statue's stone chest
As hot tears drenched her face
She roared
She wailed and she roared
'Oh god, I love you so'
'Oh god, I love you so'
And crumpled to the base

(Today just ain't the same) [repeated in the background during this next verse]
And she rose
Balled her hand to a fist
Struck out
Making contact on the lips
Oh, but to her surprise
A crimson hand returned
And blood dripped down
From The Statue

And the mouth cracked open
As a gentle voice spoke out
'Oh god, how I love you so'
'Oh god, how I love you so'

The Statue reached out a stone hand
And wiped away the tears
She stepped onto the platform
Held The Figure in her arms
And as they kissed
They grew set in stone
In a frozen embrace
Still as the mist surrounding

Any other day
Any other day
But today just ain't the same
Today just ain't the same...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bats set listies: Autumn Magic Edition.

October is one magical month, friends. Seeing people actually celebrating the season, putting up spooky decorations, the sight of all the pumpkins, the PUMPKIN FLAVORED EVERYTHING...

Warms this withered heart of mine.

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Hence I got a kitten. Her name's Samhain and we love each other very much. I also got another pumpkin today. That makes two.

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The life things, and embracing of the season, has delayed me from updating this thing. I'm sorry. I know I've been delaying updating this thing rather consistently. Sorry, bro. Don't hate.

(Also, The Walking Dead Season 3; amiright?)

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NO MORE DELAYS. UPDATES.

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092312

The Box

Santa Cruz, CA   

White Room

Blue Monday - New Order
Transmission - Joy Division
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Kiss - London After Midnight
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive

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093012


The Box

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White Room

El Wraith - Amon Tobin
Summer Prelude - Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet
Mourn - Apoptygma Berzerk
Bela Lugosi’s Dead - Bauhaus
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Who’s That Girl? - Eurythmics

II

Black Room

Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-r
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-X
Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit
Neverending - Imperative Reaction
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection

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100612

Wicked Lounge
Santa Cruz, CA

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Halloween - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Dead Souls - Joy Division
Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
After the Flesh - Thrill Kill Kult
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
Strict Machine - Goldfrapp

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Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
We Share Our Mother's Health - The Knife
More Human Than Human - White Zombie
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module

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100712

The Box

I

White Room

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
Spiritual Cramp - Christian Death
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Policy of Truth (Extended Mix) - Depeche Mode
Blue Monday - New Order
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Jumping Someone Else’s Train - The Cure

II

Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Without Emotions - Combichrist
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x

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In just over two weeks, The Box will be having its ultra spiffy 13th Anniversary celebration!! I hope to see you all out there shaking those bones to our spooky beats. Costumes are encouraged! Celebrate with the coolest goth kids you know: The Box.

In the meantime: moar wine.

- Emelyn Bats

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Bats set listies: House Party 2 - 090912



Just like that.

Went back to the hometown over the weekend, then rushed back to The Box Sunday evening. Though a bit scatterbrained throughout most of the club that night, I feel both were very successful endeavors.

So let's start off with that (GINORMOUS) house party set list. As with last time, I started off with more downtempo/hip-hop kinda stuff, but segued into more indie/electro stuff, hopped into the stuff normally spun at the club, then finished off with an 80s dance party.

But then I just got drunk and started playing pop music that I normally hear at Rainbow Room and mixed it up with whatever came to mind just for the hell of it.

BECAUSE VARIETY IS FUN.

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House Party 2
090812
The Lovely Bonnie's Abode
Ukiah, CA (Pooptown)
ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!

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Downtempo with hints of sitar

Who's the Realest - The Herbaliser
Starlight - Roots Manuva/The Herbaliser
Exploration - Bonobo
Sultan Drops - Amon Tobin
Karma Sitar - 101 Strings

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Hip-hop leading into indie/electro dance party

A Dead Mouse - MF DOOM
It Takes a Seven Nation Army to Hold Us Back - Apathy feat. Emilio Lopez
Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
Dogz n Sledgez - Million Dan
Royal T - Crookers feat. Roisin Murphy
Creator - Santigold
I Fink U Freeky - Die Antwoord
212 - Azealia Banks
Switchboard - Kid Sister feat. DJ Gant Man
24 Hours (The Aston Shuffle A-Bomb Remix) - Terry Poison
Pluto - Bjork
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul Mix) - DJ Shadow
Chop You - Demodulate

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Goth/industrial stuff usually played at The Box

Wreath of Barbs - Wumpscut
Army of Me - Bjork
#1 Crush - Garbage
Strict Machine - Goldfrapp
We Share Our Mother's Health - The Knife
Ramalama (Bang Bang) - Roisin Murphy
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
Structure - VNV Nation
Megalomaniac - KMFDM
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x
One-Eyed Man - This Morn' Omina
Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Only - Nine Inch Nails

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Indie/electro dream gay bar mix

The Swisher - Summer's Eve
Hella Nervous - Gravy Train!!!!
TKO - Le Tigre
Girls and Boys - Blur
Echoes - The Rapture
Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
Crystal Beaches Never Turned Me On (EP Version) - Neon Blonde
We Used to be Friends - The Dandy Warhols
Glass Danse - The Faint
Modern Romance - The Rapture
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

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80s dance party

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
This is Radio Clash - The Clash
Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
Situation - Yaz
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Blue Monday - New Order
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
Get Into the Groove - Madonna
You Spin Me Round - Dead or Alive
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Maneater - Hall and Oates
Rapture - Blondie

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DDRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKK!!!/'I might as well be at Rainbow Room.'

Shots - LMFAO ft. Lil' Jon
Lovegame - Lady Gaga
Fergalicious - Fergie
Worked Up So Sexual - The Faint
What You Waiting For - Gwen Stefani
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist
Ring My Bell - Anita Baker
Killer Queen - Queen
Close to Me - The Cure
Garbage Man - The Cramps

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Dayum.

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090912
The Box
Santa Cruz, CA

I

White Room

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths

II

White Room

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode
Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Human Fly - The Cramps
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Zoo Music Girl - The Birthday Party
True Faith - New Order
Strict Machine - Goldfrapp
We Share Our Mother’s Health - The Knife
Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Breathe - Prodigy

III

Black Room

Implant/Angelspit – Violence
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x
Without Emotions - Combichrist
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Going Nowhere - Access Zero

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YEP!

THAT'S HOW WE DO!

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Bats set listies: ALL THE THINGS.

Oh, hello.

I've been a little busy. Sorry about that.

I have a lot of set lists you may be interested in checking out. You'll have to forgive me in advanced for any repetitions. I just wanna make you happy.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.

IS THAT SUCH A CRIME??

Just kidding. I do want to make you happy, but I also get tired/lazy from time to time.

Most of these are from The Box, though there might be an Apparition set peppered in there, for flavor.

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071512

Black Room

Without Emotions - Combichrist
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Straftanz Ost - Strafanz
Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module

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072212

I

White Room

She’s Lost Control - Joy Division
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Hanging Garden - AFI
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Temptation - New Order
Vogue (Em Edit) - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Half Asleep - Apoptygma Berzerk

II

Black Room

No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist
Something Something German, Something Something Angry (Laibach/Faderhead Mash Up) - DJ Sparquis
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
Structure - VNV Nation
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit

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072912

I

White Room

Transmission - Joy Division
London - The Smiths
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode
The Hanging Garden - AFI
The Witch - The Cult
Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
We Share Our Mother’s Health - The Knife
Army of Me - Björk
Time is Running Out - Muse
Zero - Smashing Pumpkins

II

Black Room

Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Dominate - Hex Rx
Something Something German, Something Something Angry (Laibach/Faderhead Mash Up) - DJ Sparquis
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Stiff Kittens - Blaqk Audio
Victim - FGFC820
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit

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080512

I

White Room

Cry Little Sister - Gerard McCann
Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode
So Alive - Love and Rockets
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Some Kinda Hate - The Misfits [RIP Marilyn Monroe]
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
#1 Crush - Garbage

II

Black Room

Without Emotions - Combichrist
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Intergalactic - Beastie Boys [RIP/Happy Birthday MCA]
Structure - VNV Nation
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico

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081912

I

White Room

Face to Face - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Time Is Running Out - Muse
True Faith - New Order
It’s No Good - Depeche Mode
Situation - Yaz
Headhunter - Front 242
Vogue (Em Edit) - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Only - NIN

II

White Room

She’s Lost Control - Joy Division
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Human Fly - The Cramps
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode
Blue Monday - New Order
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello [request]

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082312

Club Apparition
13th Sky CD release party
San Jose, CA

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Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Human Fly - The Cramps
Romeo's Distress - Christian Death
A New Ritual - 13th Sky
London - The Smiths
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus

II

Transmission - Joy Division
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
Through the Ashes - 13th Sky
Kiss - London After Midnight [request]

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082612

I

White Room

Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
Kiss - London After Midnight
#1 Crush - Garbage

II

White Room

Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy
Transmission - Joy Division
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
We Share Our Mother’s Health - The Knife
More Human Than Human - White Zombie

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090212

Labor Day Night @ The Box

Black Room

Army of Me - Björk
My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Something Something German, Something Something Angry (Laibach/Faderhead Mash Up) - DJ Sparquis
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Hit Me Hard - Noisuf-x
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando

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And there you have it.

I may be doing a hometown throwdown this coming weekend, but don't hold me to it. If it does happen, it'll hopefully be the equal to a pretty epic house party I spun at back in January, ending at 5:00 in the morning and only because the computer was low on battery.

Otherwise, yes, I will be up in the northern lands this weekend. Back by Sunday evening. You have been warned.

I'm also excited to announce I've been enlisted as the guest DJ at the next Wicked Lounge in October, and am completely stoked. Favorite month, favorite season, and I get to be called a witch. Rad. RSVP here!

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Lastly, I have other things concocting (see what I did there? Witch? Eh? Eh??) that I'm entirely proud and excited about, mainly in that it's a challenge to myself...but I'm keeping mum on all that, for now. Don't want to jinx anything.

Let's just say, I have a few ideas in mind that I'm really set on executing.

So stay tuned, friends.

Shit is getting real.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Bats set listies: Helluv (061012-070812).

Boy, is life funny.

It's kept me from updating this thing. Sorry about that, dudes and dudettes. Not like it hasn't been haunting me in the back of my mind, really.

Here's a month's worth of sets, all at The Box in Santa Cruz.

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061012

White Room

In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
Transmission - Joy Division
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Strange Love - Depeche Mode
We Share Our Mother’s Health - The Knife
Army of Me - Björk
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
Headhunter - Front 242
True Faith - New Order

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061712

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White Room

She’s Lost Control - Joy Division
From Her to Eternity (’87 Version) - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Human Fly - The Cramps
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
Code Blue - TSOL
Last Caress - The Misfits
Zoo Music Girl - The Birthday Party
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
#1 Crush - Garbage
The End is the Beginning is the End - Smashing Pumpkins
Dragula - Rob Zombie



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Black Room

No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Structure - VNV Nation
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
It Speaks - Alter der Ruine

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062412

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White Room

Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death
Zoo Music Girl - The Birthday Party
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Twist of Cain - Danzig
Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
More Human Than Human - White Zombie
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nizter Ebb
Headhunter - Front 242
Blue Monday - New Order



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Black Room

Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Breathe - Prodigy
Pluto - Björk
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Surge of Power - Noisecontrollers



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Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-R
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Strongbad Techno - Strongbad
I Fink U Freeky - Die Antwoord

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070812

White Room

Suedehead - Morrissey
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove - Dead Can Dance
The Hanging Garden - AFI
Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
I Walk the Line - Alien Sex Fiend
True Faith - New Order
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nizter Ebb
Headhunter - Front 242
Only - NIN

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I hate it when I repeat transitions.

Alas.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Bats set listies 053112

So about that Danzig show...

It was fucking rad. Guy was in top form, did a half-hour Misfits set as well as a couple encores at the end, and really put on a hell of a performance.

But it also reignited something that was dormant within me for the longest time.

I'm fixing to go back to the horrorpunk roots, guys.

Apologies to those who are more into the oontz. I like the oontz, but it's like...it's like dating this really hot chick you've only met within the year, and the relationship is really great, the sex is awesome, and people think you're a great couple, but something about it doesn't ignite your passion.

My horrorpunk love...we had rekindling sex recently and it made me remember why I fell for her in the first place. I like her mohawk and ferocity more than oontz's devil-may-care and PVC corsets (while it would look truly flattering on either).

I guess it's an open relationship.

Anyway.

That metaphor got out of hand.

I digress: I spun at Club Apparition this past Thursday, and did just that: one set more punky, the other more oontz. Give the folks what they want, I always say.

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Bats
Club Apparition - San Jose (goth/deathrock/horrorpunk/new wave/industrial/ebm/noisy)



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Release the Bats! - The Birthday Party
Code Blue - TSOL
Romeo's Distress - Christian Death
Some Kinda Hate - The Misfits
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Phantoms - 45 Grave
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees



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Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
We Share our Mother's Health - The Knife
Army of Me - Björk
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Violence - Implant/Angelspit
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint

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'til next time, ladies and gents.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Bat set listies 051312/052012

I'm actually pretty tired, so there won't be much of a witty intro this time around. Alas.

I got to spin some Danzig last week.

Danzig, motherfucker!

(Who I will be seeing in SF next week WITH DOYLE SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A MISFITS SET. 16-year-old Emelyn is FREAKING THE FUCK OUT.)

Let's get to it.

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)
051312
Mother's Day



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White Room

Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths
Jumping Someone Else’s Train - The Cure
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Mother - Danzig (!!!!) [request]
Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
Only - NIN
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics



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Black Room

Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Dominate - Hex Rx
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Going Nowhere - Access Zero
It Speaks - Alter der Ruine
Structure - VNV Nation
*ENCORE!!!*
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit



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052012



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Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-r
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Xcess (Rammstein Remix) - Slick Idiot
Dragula - Rob Zombie
SS Deathstar Supergalactik - Hanzel und Gretyl



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Black Room

Violence - Implant/Angelspit
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
One-Eyed Man - This Morn’ Omina
Satisfaction (Club Mix) - Benny Benassi
It Speaks - Alter der Ruine
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers

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'til next time, folks.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Bats set listies 050612

I love being able to play "Pluto" by Björk whenever I can, however I can.

Such a good goddamn song.

Any hoot, I'm actually working on some ideas for tonight's sets, so I'll keep it brief. Here's last week's sets!

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

A Familiar Taste - Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross
Zero (Totakeke Remix) - Terrorfakt
Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Breathe - Prodigy
Pluto - Björk
Relax and Ride It (Aesthetic Perfection Remix) - Alter der Ruine
Stand Up - Stromkern



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Black Room

Xcess (Remix) - Slick Idiot
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Sleep Now (Angelspit Remix) - Angelspit
Join in the Chant (Burn!) [request] - Nitzer Ebb
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
It Speaks - Alter der Ruine
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode

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On a completely unrelated note from DJing: I'm so glad to see so many people took interest in my latest short, A Pale Horse (The Man in Grey). Despite how *quiet* you've all been (I'm still not sure if that's a good or bad thing) most of the hits for this humble site have been for that particular post. Rad. Please, if you want to post any comments or criticisms, feel free to comment or shoot me an email.

'til next time!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

A Pale Horse (The Man in Grey)

I wrote this for my friend's zine down in Buenos Aires; it's still got a second to be published down there, so I wanted to post it here, first.

I hope you dig it. It's especially fun because it's interactive. Check it:

Whenever the gent with the guitar starts to play something, listen to the following songs in this order:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-2y2ovSkCU&feature=relmfu
(Complete Rumba Flamenca)

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsz4zNtHQ9k
(Moonlight Sonata Classical Guitar Eric Henderson)

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_aBRAqgX7k
(Farruca: A Simple Arpeggio Falsetta)

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gzhc7b-ruI&feature=relmfu
(Flamenco Tremolo [Quintuplet])

And for the last section, listen to number two as a bit of a reprise.

I hope you like it.

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September, 1891

The desert

Somewhere in the Old West

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The desert can be so treacherous.

It's so vast, this landscape. So empty. Occasionally, a tumbleweed would trail along my front or back, but eventually the wind would have it dance away to my right. Sometimes a critter would scurry out of the corner of the eye, and if I'm fast enough I could get something of a meal for later. I managed to get a gopher, earlier. I paused behind one of those mounds of rocks that dot the terrain marking someone's grave to light one of my hand rolled cigarettes.

Maybe it was someone I knew. Maybe it was one of their kin.

I took slow strides of steps, my clothes covered in dust and drying sweat.

The red sky was sweltering, but I knew it'd grow cold too quickly.

You can imagine my surprise to see a figure sitting behind a warm glow in the distance, out of the left corner of my eye. He just seemed to appear out of no where. I'd been walking through the desert for weeks, I surely would've seen him at some point beforehand. I came up and made acquaintances. He didn't say anything. He was the man in grey.

He sat across from me, behind the warm yet meager fire, quietly strumming his guitar. He kept toying around with the same few strings; I reckon he was tuning it. He was fixated on whatever it was.

I turned over the gopher from earlier, listening to the meat and fat sizzling over the flames. It'd been cooking for about an hour. Just about done.

He strummed the guitar, seeming satisfied, and began to play something brisk. Powerful. Picking at individual notes before laying down flowing, rapturous chords. Sometimes he'd tap the body of the instrument before strumming more of those cascading notes. His fingers seemed to tap dance with the rhythms he played. I let my mind drift with the melody.

Half his face was covered by the low brim of a wide black hat. He appeared to wear only grey in the dwindling light--a grey jacket, a faded white button-up undershirt, and some grey slacks whose legs were crossed Indian-style beneath him, hiding the feet. All grey, except for the hat and some black gloves seeming to be made of silk, the tips cut off on the top for his strumming and picking. The nails were pale, long and pointy--almost sharpened. You could make out thin, nimble fingers through the material, like a spider's legs, dexterous enough to handle the complicated positions his fingers would make for the intricate chords and arpeggios ringing throughout the desert dusk.

He plucked a few more notes of the guitar before giving a powerful ending strum, and sat still for a moment.

'That's a good'n. Where'd you pick it up?' I asked.

He adjusted one of the nobs on the head of the guitar.

'Feller from Mexico, transplanted from Spain. Said it's a flamenco number he messed around with. Some love story.'

Some love story.

It made me think of the wedding ceremony I took part in some years ago. Not by invitation, not even by choice, but only loathing--both for the institution itself, and the parties at hand. It just happened to be there, in the town I was passing through. I killed the small wedding party. Every last one of them. The parents of the groom, and the father of the bride, as well as her little sister, not more than an adolescent. The bride was the one I took down last. After everyone else's blood and brains were splattered on that pretty dress of hers, I took her down.

He began to play a different song. Something about it immediately caught my attention.

'Wait a second! I know that one! I heard it on piano, once.'

He paused his playing, seeming a bit perturbed, but patiently responded.

'It's Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. I managed to interpret it for guitar.'

I asked him to start from the beginning, to which he obliged.

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo...

I stared up at the darkening sky, as the notes drifted throughout the air, beyond the flames of our modest fire. Small stars scattered the nightscape, just beginning their emergence. The dulled colors of the sky and land began to match that of the man in grey. He swayed rhythmically with the gloomy notes he played.

I could hear it over piano, in my mind, but the guitar was equally as beautiful and haunting.

The last time I heard it, I was at a saloon just outside of Reno, making nice with one of the dancers there--her long black hair smelling so vibrantly, taking in every scent as she rested in my arms, kissing me with those rose petal lips.

We were up in her room, getting closer...

'Touch me' she cooed. She rubbed against me. 'Get closer.'

'I ain't in the right state of mind..' I replied, swigging off the whiskey bottle.

'That's kind of the point, cowboy' she laughed as she slinked her fingers through mine, deftly removing the bottle from my hand.

We kissed deeply. She grabbed my neck and brought me closer to her, panting.

'Get closer to me.'

I did. I wanted her.

But something inside of me wanted more.

I turned her around and started kissing the back of her neck, watching her reactions in the stand-up mirror, staring at our reflection.

Then I brought out the knife. My Bowie knife.

I held it against her neck and watched her freeze--her eyes growing wide with fear. She started gasping.

'No--no, I--I didn't--please--please, honey--'

She was so panicked. She walloped me good with the back of her hand against my cheek as she tried to make her escape, cutting me, and pushed me away trying to make a run for it. I laughed and grabbed her by her arm, then pushed her to the ground. She struggled, again taking swats at me however she could. We wrestled a bit more before I sat on her arms with my knees, and clasped her mouth shut. Her eyes were wide; frozen with terror.

I loved it.

'Say goodnight, baby.'

I slid it across her throat and stared into her eyes as I felt her warm blood spray over my shirtless stomach. I watched the terror dim from her eyes and become nothing more than a dulled stare. Her face grew paler and paler and paler, save for the splashes of blood reaching up to her cheek.

As her blood-soaked body lay there, I gingerly picked her up and held her for a moment, staring at the draining beauty.

'If only you knew--' I whispered to her. 'If only you knew. Sorry darlin'.'

I kissed her once more and laid her on the bed, face down. Someone would find her by the morning.

He finished the last few cascading notes, again pausing for a moment and tinkering with the strings and nobs.

The man in grey didn't know from whom he was sitting across.

It's what you do for survival out here: make alliances whenever you can. That's exactly how it happened for me and the stranger: I wandered, he had a fire going, I offered some food and he nodded. A fair trade; no matter of what may occur as the darkness grows.

He began to play another slow, somber piece, and I listened closely. It was a haunting melody. I took a swig of the tequila I nabbed off a tradesman from earlier, and offered him a swig that went unnoticed. He was fixated on his craft at hand, letting nothing else interrupt him. Again he swayed the whole of his body with the tempo of the morose tune. I tipped the tequila back and studied his fingers. He began to play the same notes, but in a more rapid fashion, a quicker tempo. It seemed to change the tone of the piece completely. It came to a frantic, feverish end. After another swig, I gave him a round of applause.

'Thank you,' he quietly acknowledged.

'Quite the minstrel, ain't ya?'

It grew quiet for another moment, as he readjusted the nobs again. I turned over the gopher once more, and tried to get a glimpse of the rest of his face in the glow of the fire's light. No luck. That damn hat was so big it cast a shadow over his mouth and chin, dimming the features.

'Not a man of many words, I take it?'

He shrugged. 'Music is what does the talkin'. Only thing that needs to, really.'

I saw a lizard scurry to my right out of the corner of my eye, whipped around and stabbed it in the back of its neck with my Bowie knife. I'll gut it and put it on another stick over the fire later. Desert dessert. I looked back at the wide-brimmed hat.

'Pretty fascinating how much music can transcend, I do say,' I acknowledged.

He strummed the guitar a bit more and finally responded with another nod.

'It's associated with everything. People write songs to emote the things words can't. The moon, the stars, even this damn desert. No 'ifs,' 'ands,' nor 'buts.''

'Y'know, they say the devil plays a fiddle,' I prompted.

'Indeed, they do,' he responded. There seemed to be a hint of laughter in his tone.

I continued, as I cut the head off the lizard: 'Some say if you outplay him, you can save your soul or make a bargain or what have you. Others say you hear it right before you die, as kind of a courtesy notice of where you're ending up.'

'Interesting...' he half-responded.

As I flayed open its belly, he started playing another slow piece--be it all too brief. Lots of tremolo in this one.

'What about that one? Where'd you learn it?'

He adjusted his hat, slightly.

'That's one they teach kids back in Spain, when they want to learn how to pick up flamenco guitar. Teaches them finger placement, as well as pacing.'

'It's short.'

'I suppose so. Gotta start them off with something, though.'

'Play it again. I like it.'

He thought for a moment, and started playing it again at an even slower pace.

It took me back to the small spot I grew up in, down in New Mexico.

Of my momma.

Religious woman, she was. Feared God and expected the same of me. Drank heavily at the same time, off her White Lightning. Didn't want me getting any smarter, and leaving her. Beating me to a pulp while cursing me for being too much like my 'bastard daddy.' Didn't want me seeing 'any of those whores of girls' in town.

Always keeping me apart from Rebecca, the prettiest girl in town, unapproving of our innocent flirtations with each other. O, how I loved her...

Lessons to live by, she'd call them.

The last time she used the belt on me, spitting out damnations, breath hot with White Lightning, I grabbed it out of her hand and wrapped it around her neck. Her eyes bugged out in those last moments. She was sputtering curses all the while until she gagged the last breath and her tongue stuck out, off to the side.

I broke the bottle and let it spill over the floor.

Burnt the whole house down, I did; her in it.

I then left town. Raised myself since.

Rebecca married soon after, last I heard.

Just then a similar sort of darkness came over me. A trigger was set off within. My eyes honed on in that damn instrument, and the annoyingly quiet musician behind it.

Talk, you smug bastard. Say something more than two goddamn sentences.

'Where'd you get it?' I asked, absently nodding toward the guitar.

I could make out a thin smile cross over the man in grey's face.

'Got it just outside of Albuquerque some 18 years back.'

My brow furrowed and I looked off to the side. 18 years back? That was when...

'Been traveling the land with it ever since. Use it to make money where I can. Saloons, celebrations, weddings...'

I turned my head. Something in my memory remembered a stray guitarist in both the saloon and the wedding ceremony--years apart, but a similar sort of man being there both times.

'Funerals...'

I glared, staring daggers at the stranger before me.

'Wherever I may roam.'

A grimace crossed over my face.

'Always been a nomad, actually.'

I stood up and began to stalk toward the sitting man in grey. I pulled out my Smith & Wesson and aimed it straight at him, yet still he didn't budge. I pulled back the hammer.

'It's a nice instrument. Bet I could make some good money with it, myself.'

He almost stubbornly refused to look up at me.

'Hand it over, padre,' I ordered.

He didn't budge. He didn't even breathe.

'Fine. Make it easy for me.'

I aimed to his heart and pulled the trigger, sending a bullet through the top corner of the guitar which was resting against his chest. The bang echoed throughout the desert sky, traveling onward toward distant canyons and causing the strings to inadvertently play out.

There was gunsmoke coming from my weapon, and some emoting from the bullet hole itself, yet...the man didn't bleed. He didn't even fall back. It was then he raised his head to look up at me with a sinister, skeletal smile.

The stranger had a thin, bony face, with black stained teeth and grey stringy hair dangling beneath his wide brimmed hat. His pallid skin seemed to be stretched out in a thin layer over his skull. His eyes were colorless--just two perfectly round orbs of black. His smile was permanent. My position was stuck, and the gun was still pointing towards him but I couldn't make an effort to pull the trigger again. He then snatched me by the throat.

I suddenly realized that his fingers weren't just dexterous and pointed for fashion: they were, in fact, actual bones. He rose, and as he gripped my neck, I felt an icy chill shoot throughout my entire body; from the beginning of the actual neck, down into my core and spreading with a numbing cold onto my extremities, all the way to the tips of my fingers and toes. I wanted to call out, I wanted to scream, but all I could do was stare back at the petrifying figure before me.

His eyes reflected the firelight like black onyx stones. He smiled that same cadaverous smile back at me after a moment, still clutching my windpipe.

'You should've known, boy, that we never travel alone. Ain't no such thing as a free ride. I'm your shadow, always stalking you.'

He tightened his grip and brought me closer to the horrifying grimace. His voice dropped to a demonic growl:

'Always.'

He opened his mouth to let out an almost animal-like roar directly to my face. In doing so, he released a stomach-turning sweetly sour stench accompanied by a swarm of thousands of black flies whizzing out and all around, none of which I could react to, save for a few blinks here and there.

I could feel my lips growing purple and my eyes becoming permanently stuck in a fearful stare. I couldn't move, I couldn't even sputter out a plea. At best, I could only wince at the Pale Death staring me down.

He suddenly dropped me to the ground just as a gust of wind blew out the small fire which brought me to my fate. I could feel everything draining from my being, but my eyes were stuck open, watching his every move.

He smiled down that terrifying grin at me once more, and then strode off some 10 feet before letting out a brief whistle through those black and grey teeth. I began to hear galloping in the distance.

From his right, a gaunt, grey horse with dark spots blotting its body came toward him. His expression didn't change but he patted the animal's rear with sort of a satisfied compassion, as you would a trusty old friend. The guitar had fallen off his wispy body during our altercation, and he strapped it back over his shoulders and swung one slender leg after the other over the horse's black saddle.

He gave me one last tip of his large brimmed hat.

'Been a pleasure, stranger.'

He gave a quick 'Hyah!' and nudged his heels into the Pale Horse, riding off into the night.

I could feel it all washing over me.

It seemed it was about time. I could only look out at the dark landscape and the dots of stars above me. I was so cold inside, it didn't really matter how frigid it actually was all around. I reckon it was supposed to be this way.

A lone fat scorpion crawled next to me and raised itself onto my cheek, when I heard it:

The faint sound of a fiddle playing right behind me, only growing louder and closer to my back.

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Riding away from me in the distance, I heard the stranger's maniacal laughter.

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End.

Bats set listies 042912

The times, they are a-changin'.

Farewell, Stats.

May your move be swift, your arrival be joyous, and your adaptation be as gentle as the cat you snuggle. (Her name's Tyler and she's bunny soft)

Yes, my sets were affected and influenced by your move. Well, the first one, mainly.

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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White Room

Dead Souls - Joy Division
Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Human Fly - The Cramps
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Ava Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
It’s No Good - Depeche Mode
Kiss - London After Midnight
Chainsaw - Skinny Puppy



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Black Room

Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist

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See y'all next Sunday.

Same bat time.

Same bat channel.,

Monday, April 23, 2012

Bats set listies: Kevorkian Death Cycle/Hex Rx show 042212

Holy shit, all.

Last night was awesome.

I DJ'd for the first time at DNA Lounge in San Fran-fucking-cisco. Evar.

And despite an ungodly amount of tourist traffic on Highway 17 North on the way there trying to thwart me, things went off without a hitch. It was fantastic playing for y'all, and especially for the likes of Kevorkian Death Cycle and Hex Rx. (holy shit.)

And that sound system!

THAT SOUND SYSTEM!

THE SOUND SYSTEM OF GOD.

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Bats
042212
DNA Lounge
San Francisco, CA
Kevorkian Death Cycle/Hex Rx show

Set I
8:50-9:10

Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-r
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl



Set II (9:45-10:30)

Violence - Implant ft. Angelspit
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Spill - Demodulate
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Victim - FGFC820
AK 47 - Fiendflug

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I think my only complaint is I didn't switch a couple songs here and there, otherwise...

Thanks for coming out, everyone. And thank you for the compliments I received after both sets.

I drink a fine Chianti tonight, in celebration.

(And because I can't make it to Death Guild tonight, unfortunately. Alas.)

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This Sunday, I'm back at The Box to bid the lovely DJ Stats a fond adieu along with everyone else. Shall be a bittersweet affair, indeed.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Kevorkian Death Cycle/Hex Rx at the DNA Lounge 042212



I'll be guest DJing there. Yes, I'm very excited.

You should check it out. It's gonna be pretty awesome all around.

Show and ticket info riiiiiight..here.

Hope to see you all there!

Friday, April 13, 2012

Bats set listies 0401-040812

April Fool's Day.

An all-female DJ night at Club Apparition.

Another awesome birthday celebration.

Wine tasting in and around Paso Robles, and eating alligator etouffee. (Seriously. Not joking.)

I've been getting around. It's nice. :)

Let's review, shall we?

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040112
April Fool's Day
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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White Room

Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Romeo’s Distress - Christian Death [kinda sorta request]
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
Transmission - Joy Division
True Faith - New Order
Situation - Yaz
Master and Servant - Depeche Mode
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
She Wants Animals - NIN v. Ace of Base (DJ Tripp)
Time Is Running Out - Muse
Dragula - Rob Zombie



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Black Room

Stand Up - Stromkern
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Remix) - Nachtmahr
James Brown Is Dead - L.A. Style
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
I Want It (iVardensphere Remix) - Zombie Girl
Victim - FGFC820
Dominate - Hex Rx



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040512
Dickless DJ Night
Club Apparition - San Jose (goth/deathrock/horrorpunk/new wave/industrial/ebm/noisy)



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Never Let Me Down - Depeche Mode
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Blue Monday - New Order
Headhunter v. 1.0 - Front 242
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Mix) - Thrill Kill Kult



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Stiff Kittens - Blaqk Audio [request]
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Night Riders - Stromkern
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
*exit song* Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor - Flight of the Conchords [request]


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040812
Capri's bday celebration
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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White Room

So Alive - Love and Rockets
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Dead and Buried - Alien Sex Fiend
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Headhunter v. 1.0 - Front 242
Blue Monday - New Order
Head Like a Hole - NIN
Vogue (Em Edit) - KMFDM



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Black Room

Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Without Emotions - Combichrist [request]
Spill - Demodulate
100% - Angelspit
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor) - Flight of the Conchords [amazing bday request]

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A Friday the 13th that involves rain seems to be a perfect pair.

It may also call for pho, in the evening.

And a scary movie or five. And a documentary on Vampira (the original glamor ghoul; perfection).

'til next time, friends.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Bats set listies 032512

Hello there, how are you?

Another grey, rapidly becoming rainy Friday.

It calls for cigarettes, warm tea, and some Soviet Kitsch/Dresden Dolls' self-titled blasting through my headphones.

Soon. Soon, child.

In the meantime, it's Chinese television in the background, while I hit you with my most recent sets from The Box. Check it!

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

Worlock - Skinny Puppy
Ava Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
Wreath of Barbs - Wumpscut
Memento Mori - Demodulate
Black Hearts White Souls - Hex Rx
Night Riders - Stromkern
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint



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Black Room

Structure - VNV Nation
Dominate - Hex Rx
Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Stand Up - Stromkern
Going Nowhere - Access Zero
Victim - FGFC820

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This coming Thursday, Stats and I will be taking part in an all-girl DJ invasion at Club Apparition. BE THERE. IT WILL BE RAD. LOOK AT THE KICK ASS FLYER, DUDES AND DUDETTES.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Writer's spotlight

My interview with Underneath the Juniper Tree is up and ready to read! Go, go, go!!!!

http://underneaththejunipertree.com/?p=1575

Most satisfactory, indeed. :)

I'm working on a spooky old west sorta deal for a friend's zine down in Buenos Aires, but when it's finished I'll be posting it here, first.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Bats set listies: 030412 - 031112

Yeah, I got sick. It was lame. I stayed in bed for a few days straight, and only had soup in the process. Ssssooooo, that delayed me updating this thing, as well as The Box's main site.

But now, all is well.

I'm taking the opportunity this particular rainy evening to update this little fella.

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

030412

(I was still near-death this night, so I only did one set; still managed to dance off most of the sickness, which was rad)



Black Room

Agenda Suicide (ADULT. Remix) - The Faint
Pluto - Björk
Spill - Demodulate
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
AK 47 - Fiendflug
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx
You Bet Right - The Strand



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Black Room

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Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Chop You - Demodulate
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
Wreath of Barbs - Wumpscut
Worlock - Skinny Puppy
Army of Me - Björk
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN



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Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex-Rx
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Surge of Power - Noisecontrollers [request]
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers [request]
Pluto - Björk
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando [request]



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It's supposed to be raining all week.

I love the rain.

I'm probably going to step out and smoke one of the last actual clove cigarettes in the country while drinking tea and listening to classical music, like I did in high school.

Fuck yes.

Friday, March 2, 2012

M.I.A.

Back up in yo' ass with the resurrection!

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Evidently, turning 25 means your life becomes a whirlwind, and you're jettisoning around all over the place.

Hi there.

I'm taking this slightly sickly moment to update this little spot of the interwebz. It's been a month. Let's get to it!

First things first.

The third and final part of my short story, Orphanage, was posted in Underneath the Juniper Tree's February edition. I love how the story came out, and am proud of all the artists who collaborated with UtJT's editors in bringing the story to a wider audience.

Mayra Milk and Ivy Martin can now live happily ever after, with their routine visits to the haunted cemetery.

A couple weeks from now, UtJT will be posting a writer's spotlight on me, so you can plan on it being posted here, as well.

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Now to the meat of it all.

A month's worth of set lists, ranging from the marvelous Nerd Night to another (extra-long) stint at Club Apparition, to a pre-Valentine's Day set...whew. This will be epic.

Brace yourselves.

Here we GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING NEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
020512



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Black Room

Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
A Familiar Taste - Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross
Army of Me - Björk
Wreath of Barbs - Wumpscut
Automatic Love - Die Form
Chop You - Demodulate
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx



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Black Room

Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
AK 47 - Fiendflug
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Confusion (Pump Panel Mix) - New Order
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection



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Club Apparition - San Jose (goth/deathrock/horrorpunk/new wave/industrial/ebm/noisy)

020912



Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-R
Fucking Negative - Alien Vampires
American Porn Song - 16 Volt
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Ditch the Rest (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit
Bass and Percussion - [x]-Rx
Without Emotions - Combichrist
Army of Me - Björk
My Eyes Are Red - Hex-Rx
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Structure - VNV Nation
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Vena Cava - Angelspit
Relax and Ride It (Aesthetic Perfection Mix) - Alter Der Ruine



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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

Pre-Valentine's Day Massacre
021212



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White Room (FINALLY.)

Do You Love Me? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Some Kinda Hate - The Misfits
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Chainsaw - Skinny Puppy
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Blue Monday - New Order
Join in the Chant (Burn!) - Nitzer Ebb [kinda-sorta request]
Vogue (Em Edit) - KMFDM
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode



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Black Room

Without Emotions - Combichrist
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Pharmaceutical Grade - Shiv-R
Ecos (Move Bastard Mix) - Hocico
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
*ENCORE!!!*
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit



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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

021912



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Black Room

Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Lust - KMFDM
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Army of Me - Björk
You Bet Right - The Strand
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection
Bind, Torture, Kill - Suicide Commando
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl



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Black Room

Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
I Want It (iVardensphere mix) - Zombie Girl
Structure - VNV Nation
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
Spill - Demodulate
100% - Angelspit [super rad bday request]
Ecos (Move Bastard mix) - Hocico



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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)

022612



White Room

So Alive - Love and Rockets
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Master and Servant - Depeche Mode
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Headhunter v.1.0 - Front 242
Juke-Joint Jezebel (Metropolis Mix) - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Half Asleep - Apoptygma Berzerk
Blue Monday - New Order



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WOW. WHOLE LOTTA SETS.

And only more to come.

See you on Sunday!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Bats set listies 012912: Bats birthday celebration

Technically, my birthday isn't until Wednesday (February 1).

Bbbbuuuuuttttttt...I couldn't resist partying up with my favorite group of goth kids/rivetheads/everything in between.

It was rad.

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)




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Black Room

Piggy - NIN
El Wraith - Amon Tobin
Torture - KMFDM
A Familiar Taste - Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross
Queer - Garbage
Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself
Worlock - Skinny Puppy



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Black Room

Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Lust - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM Mix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Half Asleep - Apoptygma Berzerk
Never Say Never - Kevorkian Death Cycle



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Black Room

My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
I Want It (iVardensphere Mix) - Zombie Girl
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Structure - VNV Nation
Satisfaction (Club Mix) - Benny Benassi
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers
LoveGame (Aesthetic Perfection Remix) - Lady Gaga
Strong Bad’s techno song - Strong Bad

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This Sunday far exceeded my expectations as far as being amazing was concerned. I almost died of an overdose from all the love/respect/hugs/kisses that were passed my way. Thank you all so much for making this gal feel so special. Y’all made me very happy. 25 isn’t starting out so bad. :)

Thank you again, the lot of you.

Now let's shake it.

Bats set listies 012212

This is delayed!

But it was also kind of a weird night, so it's all good!

WOO!

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)




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Black Room

Blood (Evil Mix) - KMFDM
Funker Vogt – Funker Vogt
Psychosomatic - Front Line Assembly
Memento Mori - Demodulate
Total Job (Photek Mix) - The Faint
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles



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Black Room

No Frequency (Imperative Reaction Mix) - Terrorfakt
Feuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Structure - VNV Nation
Sleep Now (Angelspit Mix) - Angelspit
Chop You - Demodulate
The Siren - Aesthetic Perfection

Monday, January 16, 2012

Bats set listies 011512

This whole weekend was completely crazypants for me.

But...in a good way, mostly. Needless to say, I'm laying low tonight.

Thanks for rocking out with me, guys. It makes my withered excuse of a heart *sing!*

*Jazz hands!*

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(I'm so tired.)

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

Ich Bin Eine Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself
Land of Milk and Honey - Funker Vogt
Half Asleep - Apoptygma Berzerk
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM remix) - Thrill Kill Kult
I Feel Loved - Depeche Mode
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Memento Mori - Demodulate



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Black Room

Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
Living the Wasted Life (Machineries Mix) - Aesthetic Perfection
Boom Boom Boom - Nachtmahr
This Shit Will Fuck You Up - Combichrist [request]
My Violent Heart (Remix) - NIN
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz [request]
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Bats set listies: House party edition.

I got to go back to the hometown on Friday night, after being invited to be a guest DJ for my lovely friend, Elk's, birthday.

It was a house party.



Somewhat in the same vein as that, yes.

It was a hootenanny, though, and I was very delighted/flattered by the crowd participation and appreciation. Though the theme was Russian Gypsy, I played quite the variety. I got to spin stuff that wasn't just goth/industrial! Not that I don't love the stuff but I mean, hey, variety is the spice of life, n'est pas?

Went from gypsy stuff the bellydancers could hula-hoop/spin poi to, to hip-hop people could get fresh to, to the goth/industrial I'm usually spinning at The Box, and then transitioning into more indie/electro stuff. Topped the night off with an 80s/early 90s dance party. Went to nearly 5:00 in the morning.

The only reason I stopped was because my comp's battery was in dire need of recharging. Success!

And booze.

There was a lotta booze.

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Bats
Elk's birthday shindig
The Lovely Bonnie's abode
(Fucking) Ukiah, CA
WHATEVER THE FUCK WE COULD GET AWAY WITH



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Gypsy-ish transitioning into Hip-Hop

Hotel California - Gipsy Kings
Such a Lovely Thing - DeVotchKa!
A Dead Mouse - MF DOOM
It Takes a Seven Nation Army to Hold Us Back (feat. Emilio Lopez) - Apathy
Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
Dogz n Sledgez - Million Dan
Love Me Or Hate Me - Lady Sovereign
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
Beef Jerky - Cibo Matto
Buddy - De La Soul
Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force
Organ Donor - DJ Shadow
Who's the Realest? - The Herbaliser



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Goth/industrial

Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove - Dead Can Dance
#1 Crush - Garbage
It's No Good - Depeche Mode
Situation - Yaz
I'm Your Boogie Man (Sex on the Rocks mix) - White Zombie
Only - NIN
Courtship Dating - Crystal Castles
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM mix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Megalomaniac - KMFDM
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
Heartbeats - The Knife
Structure - VNV Nation
Fuck the System--OH SHIT THE COMPUTER DROPPED OFF THE TABLE HALFWAY THROUGH IT BECAUSE WE WERE ALL ROCKING OUT SO FUCKING HARD. Luckily, it landed on my cushy travel bag. RESTART COMPY!!
Chop You - Demodulate
Satisfaction (Club mix) - Benny Benassi
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf mix) - Cyberpunkers [reprise]



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Indie/electro/my dream gay bar soundtrack

House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
Echoes - The Rapture
The Swisher - Summer's Eve
DARE - Gorillaz
Girls and Boys - Blur
Hella Nervous - Gravy Train!!!!
*break*
LoveGame (Aesthetic Perfection remix) - Lady Gaga [kinda-sorta request]
Bitches - Mindless Self Indulgence
Crystal Beaches Never Turned Me On - Neon Blonde
Cars Pass In Cold Blood - The Faint
We Used to be Friends - The Dandy Warhols
L'via L'Viaquez - The Mars Volta
Total Job (Photek mix) - The Faint
Modern Romance - The Rapture
Your Retro Career Melted - The Faint



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80s/early 90s dance party

This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
Need You Tonight - INXS
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
Temptation - New Order
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
I Can't Go For That - Hall and Oates
Groove Is In the Heart - Deee-Lite
Blue Monday - New Order
How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
*break*
Lucky Star - Madonna [special birthday dedication #1]
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Killer Queen - Queen [special birthday dedication #2]
Just Like Heaven - The Cure [request]
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

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Thanks again for having me, folks. Thanks for being born, Elk. :)

And now to start plottin' for tonight. See you all there!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Bats set listies 010812

Sunday night was rad. It was nice to return to The Box after a quick second. It was also a fun role reversal, having the DJs from Club Apparition invade our shores.

Good times, guys.

The Moon was on our side.

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Bats
The Box - Santa Cruz (industrial/noise/ebm/gothy/punky/post-punk/anything that wears predominantly black)



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Black Room

Perfect World - Killing Floor
Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Pop Will Eat Itself
Worlock - Skinny Puppy
Lust - KMFDM
Days of Swine and Roses (KMFDM mix) - Thrill Kill Kult
Virus (Aggro Mix) - Front Line Assembly (request)



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Black Room

Without Emotions - Combichrist
Rituals (iVardensphere Mix) - God Module
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
Structure - VNV Nation
Freuer Frei! (Straftanz Mix) - Nachtmahr
Spill - Demodulate
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf Mix) - Cyberpunkers



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I head up to the northern lands this Friday for a friends' big birthday party, and will be spinning there. Set lists will follow. But I will be back in time for The Box, rest assured!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Bats set listies 010512

Happy New Year, everybody.

I took a bit of a vacation/came down with the plague, so I didn't spin these past couple of weeks. It was a nice little breather, if you don't count the instances where I was hacking up viscous fluid.

But the spell was broken last night, when I was wrangled into spinning at Club Apparition with Mr. DJ Shadow Angel. And like Sleeping Beauty awakening by the kiss of her true love, it was magical. And stompy. Just like the fairy tale.

It was a lovely event, and I'm glad to have been part of it with y'all.

I may be making some more appearances there over the next month or so. I'll keep you posted. :)

So it goes: first set swirly, second set stompy.

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Bats
Club Apparition - San Jose (goth/deathrock/horrorpunk/new wave/industrial/ebm/noisy)



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Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths
From Her To Eternity ('87 version) - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
Transmission - Joy Division
True Faith - New Order
It's No Good - Depeche Mode
#1 Crush - Garbage
Chainsaw - Skinny Puppy



***BIRTHDAY CAAAAAAAAAKEEE!!!!!!!***



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My Eyes Are Red - Hex Rx
Rituals (iVardensphere Remix) - God Module
Go Zombie! - Zombie Girl
Boom Boom Boom! - Nachtmahr
Structure - VNV Nation [kinda-sorta request]
Straftanz Ost - Straftanz
100% - Angelspit
Megalomaniac - KMFDM [special bday dedication]
Fuck the System (Fukkk Offf mix) - Cyberpunkers

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And so I prepare for The Box this Sunday. Hope to see you all there!