Bats set listies: 072113 - 081813

'ello folks.

I'm in limbo.

I'm stuck in between multiple worlds.

It's like Prince, "Controversy":
I just can't believe all the things people say
Am I black or white?  Am I straight or gay?
Do I believe in god?  Do I believe in me?
I can't understand human curiosity
Was it good for you?  Was I what you wanted me to be?

But at the same time, as confusing as it sometimes may be, at least it's showing me worlds upon worlds of options and ideas.

And that, if anything, is always a welcomed constant.

There's also a werewolf DJ battle in here.  True story.

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072113

(Technically) Gray Room

Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles
Einstürzende Neubauten – Feurio!
Tuxedomoon - No Tears
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Love in a Void
The Cramps – Sunglasses After Dark
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
The Soft Moon – Die Life

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080413

White Room

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT DJ BATTLE: BATS V. NECROMOS!!!

N: Ghosting – Bombed the World
B: The Cure – One Hundred Years
N: Nightmares in Wax – Black Leather
B: Einstürzende Neubauten – Feurio!
N: Specimen – Hex
B: Sexbeat – Sex Beat
N: Nina Hagen – Born in Xixax
B: Klaus Nomi – Total Eclipse
N: Rozz Williams – I’m Not in Love
B: The Faint – Worked Up So Sexual
B: The Soft Moon – Die Life

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081113

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White Room

Black Flag – TV Party
FEAR – More Beer
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Love in a Void
The Misfits – Astro Zombies
The Exploited – Horror Epics
Vice Device – Breathless
The Cure – Killing an Arab
Skinny Puppy – Chainsaw
Bauhaus – Terror Couple Kill Colonel
Garbage – Queer
Alien Sex Fiend – Ignore the Machine
X-Mal Deutschland – Schwarz Welt
Ministry – Stigmata

II

White Room

Christian Death – Romeo’s Distress
The Misfits – Skulls
Morrissey – Suedehead
The Cramps – Sunglasses After Dark
Bauhaus – Stigmata Martyr
Virgin Prunes – Baby Turns Blue
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust
Sisters of Mercy – More (Extended Mix)
Fields of the Nephilim – Preacher Man

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081813

Heathers v. Fight Club Night

(I willingly represent team Heathers.)

I

White Room

AFI - The Hanging Garden
Rudimentary Peni - Blissful Myth
The Misfits - Die, Die My Darling
Murder City Devils - Ready For More
Bauhaus - She's in Parties
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Cramps - I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
Sisters of Mercy - More (Extended Mix)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me?
Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel
Yaz - Don't Go
Joy Division - Dead Souls
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?

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Vice Device - Breathless
Joy Division - Transmission
Yaz - Situation
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk the Line
New Order - True Faith
Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños del Parque
Nitzer Ebb - Join in the Chant (Burn!)
Big Fun - Teenage Suicide (Don't Do It)
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

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Keeping in line with promoting acts like Secret Society of the Sonic Six and The Soft Moon, I GREATLY recommend you all check out Vice Device via the links provided in the sets.  Hailing out of that quirky and often gloomy town of Portland, OR, they play old school analog synths with driving bass lines, creating dark, minimal grooves.  Also, a quiet saxophone haunts certain tracks, adding sort of a neo-noir sound to a stripped electronic landscape.

It basically sounds how Blade Runner plays out, visually.

Check 'em out.

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In the meantime, the big debut of Weird_POP--a night of off-beat 80s/90s tunes, minimal/new/darkwave, post-punk and indie pop--has been delayed until next month.  Sorry folks.  Myself and the others involved were pretty excited, but this may be a blessing in disguise.

It gives me more time to pull out any stops and make it a very cool night for all who  attend.

So, you know, stay put.

Because it's going to be rad.

I'll keep you posted.

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- Em