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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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

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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