Episode 168: 12/12/2021

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Half Machine Lip Moves logo with ‘#168’ on it.

We began this pre-recorded episode with a batch of new and pretty recent synthpop and darkwave tracks. The next four blocks were a mix of goth, deathrock, post-punk, and darkwave tracks from my DJ sets at Club Nevermore on December 11, 2021. Then we closed up shop for the night with a set of mallsoft tracks.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction [0:00:00 - 0:07:01]
  2. Wingtips: Wish U the Best (Cutting Room Floor, 2021, Artoffact Records) [0:07:01 - 0:11:34]
  3. Riki: Marigold (Gold, 2021, Dais Records) [0:11:34 - 0:14:38]
  4. Bootblacks: Traveling Light (Thin Skies, 2020, Artoffact Records) [0:14:38 - 0:18:10]
  5. Icy Men: Полупустые Автобусы (Uninhabited Buses) (Low Light, 2020, Cold Transmission Music) [0:18:10 - 0:22:03]
  6. Kiss of the Whip: We’re Not Here (We’re Not Here, 2020, Cold Transmission Music) [0:22:03 - 0:25:32]
  7. Bauhaus: Stigmata Martyr (In the Flat Field, 1980, 4AD/Beggars Banquet) [0:28:04 - 0:31:41]
  8. Traitrs: Mouth Poisons (Horses in the Abattoir, 2021, Freakwave Records) [0:31:41 - 0:34:33]
  9. Getting the Fear: Against the Wind (Death is Bigger 1984-85, 2021, Dais Records) [0:34:33 - 0:38:09]
  10. Xmal Deutschland: Qual (Fetisch, 1983, 4AD) [0:38:09 - 0:41:47]
  11. Scarlet’s Remains: Far From Paradise (Scarlet’s Remains, 2005, Alice In… Records) [0:41:47 - 0:45:46]
  12. Killing Joke: Love Like Blood (Night Time, 1985, EG/Polydor/Let Them Eat Vinyl/Music On Vinyl) [0:45:46 - 0:52:31]
  13. The Cure: Primary (Faith, 1981, Fiction Records) [0:56:28 - 1:00:00]
  14. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry: Driving Me (Blasting Off, 1992, Deathwish Office/Release Entertainment) [1:00:00 - 1:03:15]
  15. The Mission UK: Deliverance (Carved in Sand, 1990, Mercury) [1:03:15 - 1:07:56]
  16. Adrenochrome: Call of the Void (Adrenochrome/The Buzz or Howl Sessions, 2018, Near Dark Records/Oscuridad En Mi Vida/Self-Released) [1:09:45 - 1:13:01]
  17. Molchat Doma: Tantsevat (Etazhi, 2018, Detriti Records/Sacred Bones Records) [1:13:01 - 1:17:14]
  18. The Foreign Resort: Obsessing (Outnumbered, 2019, Artoffact Records) [1:20:34 - 1:24:49]
  19. Jack Frost: Every Hour God Sends (Jack Frost, 1990, Red Eye Records/Polydor/Karmic Hit) [1:24:49 - 1:28:00]
  20. Sisters of Mercy: A Rock and a Hard Place (First and Last and Always, 1985, Merciful Release/Eastwest Records) [1:28:00 - 1:32:42]
  21. Nox Novacula: Last Will and Testament (Ascension, 2021, Manic Depression/Bat-Cave Productions) [1:32:42 - 1:39:34]
  22. Ides of March: On the Face (On the Face, 1986, RS Records) [1:39:34 - 1:43:26]
  23. Alien Sex Fiend: Stuff the Turkey (The Best of Alien Sex Fiend, 2001, Anagram Records/Cleopatra) [1:39:34 - 1:43:26]
  24. Horror Vacui: Lost (Living For Nothing, 2020, Agipunk/Bat-Cave Productions/HeavyTape/Self-Released) [1:46:26 - 1:50:50]
  25. Virgin Prunes: Baby Turns Blue (…If I Die, I Die, 1982, Rough Trade) [1:50:50 - 1:54:25]
  26. Twisted Nerve: When I’m Alone (Caught in Session, 1982, Playlist Records) [1:54:25 - 1:57:23]
  27. Switchblade Symphony: Doll House (Serpentine Gallery, 1995, Cleopatra) [1:57:23 - 2:01:27]
  28. Twin Tribes: Fantasmas (Ceremony, 2019, Negative Gain Productions/Manic Depression/Young and Cold Records) [2:01:27 - 2:04:35]
  29. Skeletal Family: Promised Land (Futile Combat, 1985, Red Rhino Records/Anagram Records/Restless Empire) [2:04:35 - 2:08:58]
  30. Wayfarer: Welcome to the Lobby (Unknown Album, Unknown Year) [2:12:05 - 2:14:55]
  31. VHS Dreams: North Point Mall ノースポイントモール (North Point Mall, 2014, Colosseum Records/Pool House Ltd.) [2:14:55 - 2:18:52]
  32. m a l i b l u e : (: Falling (No Sleep, 2015, Self-Released/Illuminated Paths) [2:18:52 - 2:21:12]
  33. O c e a n S h o r e s: Reminiscent of Girl Once Loved, Since Passed (Beyond Life, 2016, Self-Released/VICE ‘98) [2:21:12 - 2:26:52]
  34. PowerPCME: Bluelight Specials Going On Now! (Kmart 1989-1992, 2016, Lost Angles/Goodnight Tapes/The Basement Labs/Self-Released) [2:26:52 - 2:28:50]
  35. Tom Fazzini: Cradle Song (Neck to Neck, 1984, A-Mission Records/Locust Music) [2:28:50 - 2:33:05]
  36. The Gun Club: The Breaking Hands (Mother Juno, 1987, Red Rhino Records/What’s So Funny About…/Danceteria/Sympathy For the Record Industry/2.13.61/Cooking Vinyl) [2:38:13 - 2:42:24]

The Wayfarer track “Welcome to the Lobby” is essentially the song “Broadway Boulevard” by Chris Paul slowed down to about 70-75%. Try it with the Youtube video below…

Flyer for New Year’s Noir: A Bragi Events and Club Nevermore Dark Dance Party, on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Area 51, 6511 Warden Road in Sherwood, Arkansas. Tickets are $15 adavce online, $20 at the door. Doors open at 9 PM. Ages 21+ only. Spinning goth, industrial, synthpop, and EBM all night! We will be taking requests! Cash balloon drop at midnight. Afterparty: we are serving till 5 AM. Champagne toast at midnight. Drink specials all night.

Club Nevermore and Bragi events are presenting New Year’s Noir: Dark Dance Party at Area 51, 6511 Warden Road in Sherwood, on Friday, December 31, 2021. Tickets are $15 advance purchase online, $20 at the door. Ages 21+ only. Spinning goth, industrial, EBM, synthpop, all night! There is also an after party. They are serving till 5 AM with champagne toast at midnight and drink specials. Further info is available at https://www.facebook.com/events/960191001576434/.

I (Operator OT) don’t necessarily condone taking the directions to Area 51 that Google provides—Google’s directions might get you stuck in an alley without an easy way out. This is what I advise…

For those travelling from Little Rock, take I-30 north to I-40 East, then turn onto Highway 67/167 North. Take Exit 4, Brockington Road. Get in the left lane and go north till you reach the traffic light at Brookswood Road. Turn left and go south for two blocks to Warden Road, which is a one-way road (and the access road for Highway 67/167 South). Turn right onto Warden Road and go south for about half a mile. Area 51 will be in the strip mall on the right, between a car dealership and a Waffle House. Enter Area 51 by going into Alibis Bar, which does the admissions for Area 51.

For those travelling from North Little Rock, get on JFK Boulevard and go north till you reach East Kiehl Avenue. Turn right and go east, following the signs directing drivers to Highway 67/167 South, which will turn right onto Warden Road.

Or use the embedded Google Map below to find directions.