Episode 215: 2/5/2023 - Operator's Choice Special 2023

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This show was our Operator’s Choice Special, in which I played whatever I wanted—some of them are favorites, and some were tracks that recently caught my ear. The first block was one of EBM, industrial, etc. The second block leaned towards darkwave, post-punk, and synthpop. The third block was a set of vaguely wintry-feeling post-punk tracks. We followed that with a set of shoegaze and adjacent tracks. The fifth block was a set of psychedelic post-punk and experimental tracks. Then we wrapped up the show with some experimental and ambient tracks.

  1. Introduction
  2. Aesthetic Perfection: Living the Wasted Life (A Violent Emotion, 2008, Bractune Records/Out of Line/Gravitator Records/Deathwatch Asia)
  3. Maduro: Feels Like Sin (Night Parade, 2022, Self-Released)
  4. Linea Aspera: Attica (Preservation Bias, 2019, Dark Entries)
  5. Physical Wash: Deprived (Physical Death, 2019, Self-Released/Studio Flesh Industries/Oráculo Records)
  6. Punch Drunk: Karma Mechanics (Upload the Past… Download the Future, 2002, Floating Fish Studios)
  7. Icy Men: Polupustyye Avtobusy (Uninhabited Busses) (Low Light, 2020, Cold Transmission Music)
  8. Urban Heat: Have You Ever? (Wellness, 2022, Self-Released)
  9. Neva: Louchald (Fausse Conscience, 1989, Self-Released/Darkside)
  10. SRSQ: Saved For Summer (Ever Crashing, 2022, Dais Records)
  11. Biokonstruktor: Teleturizm (Tantsy Po Video, 1987, Self-Released/Zeko Records/Maschina Records)
  12. Al’yans: Na Zare (NRG/Al’yans Split, 1991, Melodiya)
  13. Asylum Party: First Days of Winter (Borderline, 1989, Lively Art/Deanwell Global Music)
  14. Ides of March: On the Face (On the Face, 1986, RS Records)
  15. The Cure: How Beautiful You Are (Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, 1987, Fiction Records/Elektra)
  16. Cold Showers: Sinking World (Motionless, 2019, Dais Records)
  17. Smurno: Sklo (Sklo, 2021, Self-Released)
  18. Traitrs: Mouth Poisons (Horses in the Abattoir, 2021, Freakwave)
  19. Lungfish: Friend to Friend in Endtime (Talking Songs For Walking, 1992, Dischord)
  20. Cold Gawd: Gin (God Get Me the Fuck Out of Here, 2021, Self-Released/The Void Trademark/Dais Records)
  21. Apollo Heights: Everlasting Gobstopper (White Music For Black People, 2007, Manimal Vinyl Records)
  22. The Field Mice: Emma’s House (Where’d You Learn to Kiss That Way?, 1998, Shinkansen Recordings)
  23. The Gun Club: The Breaking Hands (Mother Juno, 1987, Red Rhino Records/What’s So Funny About…/Solid/Danceteria/Thirsty Ear/2.13.61 Records/Cooking Vinyl)
  24. Pot Valiant: Low Dexterity Points (Volar/Low Dexterity Points, 1993, Sunney Sindicut Records/The Numero Group)
  25. Jack Frost: Every Hour God Sends (Jack Frost, 1990, Polydor/Red Eye Records/Arista/Karmic Hit)
  26. A Neon Rome: Society Rag (New Heroin, 1986, Fringe Product/New Rose/Right Side Records)
  27. Morwan: Где-то Там, Вдали [Gdye-To Tam, Vdali] (Somewhere in the Distance) (Zola Zemlya, 2020, Sierpien Records/Feel It Records/Death Shadow Records/Reclusion Records)
  28. Coil: The Sea Priestess (Astral Disaster, 1999, Prescription/Threshold House)
  29. Mist: Twin Lanes (House, 2011, Spectrum Spools)
  30. Emeralds: Candy Shoppe (Does it Look Like I’m Here?, 2010, Editions Mego/P-Vine Records)
  31. Tortoise: Whitewater (A Lazarus Taxon, 2006, Thrill Jockey/Headz)
  32. Hammock: We Watched You Disappear (Universalis, 2018, Hammock Music)

The music video for “Na Zare” (“At Dawn”) by Al’yans. The aforementioned Keyboard Guy, Oleg Parastaev.

Flyer for the February Full Moon Market at The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 6 PM to 9 PM. Monthly indoor vendor market, with free entry. Some of the vendors include: Beautywood Books, Shop Popychild, Dragon Jewelz, Readings by Crystal Glass, Nicole Lamondie, Posse Paper Goods, BWG Herbal Tea, Angel Mays Art, FashionAddictzz, Mouth Mouth, Terahdacyl Candles, The Green Thumb Artist, Flake Baby, Houseplant Colection, and more

The next Full Moon Market is Wednesday, February 8, at 6 PM-9 PM, at The Labyrinth, 619 S. Spring Street in downtown Little Rock. This will have local vendors—some of whom include: Beautywood Books, Shop Popychild, Dragon Jewelz, Readings by Crystal Glass, Nicole Lamondie, Posse Paper Goods, BWG Herbal Tea, Angel Mays Art, FashionAddictzz, Mouth Mouth, Terahdacyl Candles, The Green Thumb Artist, Flake Baby, Houseplant Colection, and more—selling their goods. Admission is free. More details are available on this Facebook event page

The Labyrinth is at 619 South Spring Street in downtown Little Rock. Here is a Google Map:

Flyer for Club Nevermore’s ‘The Raven’ Event. There are two ravens in the picture. The text reads, ‘Club Nevermore. Saturday, February 11th 2023. Goth-industrial dance night. With Resident DJs DJ 10.29, DJ Graveyard Gloria, DJ Operator OT, and DJ Wilhelm, with a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven at midnight. At The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street in downtown Little Rock. Doors open at 8 PM. Admission is $15 for ages 18+, $10 for ages 21 and up. More info can be found at clubnevermore.com.’

The February edition of Club Nevermore, central Arkansas’s monthly goth-industrial event, is happening on Saturday, February 11th at The Labyrinth in Little Rock. This will have sets by Club Nevermore’s resident DJs, plus a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” at midnight. It starts at 8 PM. Admission is $15 for ages 18+, and $10 for ages 21+. More info can be found on this Facebook event post.

The Labyrinth is at 619 South Spring Street in downtown Little Rock. Here is a Google Map:

Flyer for Friday Night Frights at The Labyrinth - Monthly Movie Night, Last Friday of the Month. Friday, February 24, 2023 is Deep Red. 100% of ticket sales benefits Arkansas Community Advocates. Ages 18 plus, $10 entry. At The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street in downtown Little Rock.

This month’s Friday Night Frights is a screening of Deep Red (AKA, Profondo Rosso). All proceeds benefit Arkansas Community Advocates. More info about the event can be found on this Facebook event page.