Episode 269: 12/8/2024

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Half Machine Lip Moves logo with ‘#269’ on it.

We debuted a set of new post-punk and darkwave tracks in the first block of this episode. The second block was a set of synthpop, darkwave, and industrial with an apocalyptic theme. The first portion of the third block was a set of lostwave tracks, including the recently identified “Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”; the second portion of the block was goth and post-punk about December. And we finished the show with some soothing ambient tracks.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction
  2. The Sea at Midnight: Burning (Burning, 2024, Self-Released)
  3. Lunar Paths: Seen (Seen, 2024, Self-Released)
  4. Reviser: Darksiders (Darksiders, 2024, Self-Released)
  5. Ghost Bones: Eternity Forever (Eternity Forever, 2024, Self-Released)
  6. Magic Wands: Armour (Armour, 2024, Metropolis)
  7. Camlann: Ronny (Burn in Hell) (Ronny (Burn in Hell), 2024, Self-Released)
  8. Assemblage 23: Welcome, Apocalypse (Mourn, 2020, Metropolis)
  9. Alien Vampires: Bring On the Apocalypse (Evil Twin, 2018, Alfa Matrix)
  10. Uranium: We Deserve Death (Wormboiler, 2021, Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
  11. Ozzuario: Gaze of the Apocalypse (荒廃 عذاب (Desolation/Destruction), 2018, Distort//Discos)
  12. Hocico: Broken Empires (Hyper Violent, 2022, Out of Line)
  13. FEX: Subways Of Your Mind (FKA “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet” or “Like the Wind”) (Demo Cassette 1983, 1983, Self-Released)
  14. Mephisto Walz: Like the Wind (All These Winding Roads, 2020, Dark Vinyl/Self-Released)
  15. Unknown Artist: “CIA/Russian Winter” (Unknown Release, 1982-1984, No Label)
  16. Who’s Who?: Ulterior Motives (Ulterior Motives (The Lost Album), 2024, Spooked Music Releasing/Self-Released)
  17. Blade Fetish: Last December (Absinthe, 1992, Tess Records)
  18. Iron Curtain: One December Day (Artifact, 2008, Pylon Records)
  19. Quiet Evenings: Heights (Inscriptions Vol. 2 Compilation, 2012, Sacred Phrases)
  20. Rachel Evans/Motion Sickness of Time Travel: Barbara and Martha’s Wandering Theme (The Rabbit and the Hawk, 2024, Hooker Vision)
  21. Chihei Hatakeyama: Quiet Forest (Scene, 2018, Constellation Tatsu)

† Local artist

Flyer for Club Nevermore’s Last Rites: a goth+industrial dance party event. There is a photo of a skull, which is on top of a background which shows a drawing of an hourglass and skulls. The text reads, “Last Rites: a goth + industrial dance party. Saturday, January 4, 2025. Door at 7 PM, $10 cover, 21+ up. Featuring DJs: 10.29, Graveyard Gloria, Hollow, Operator OT, and Wilhelm. At Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas. Presented by Club Nevermore and Darkness Resurrected.”

Come start off the new year with Club Nevermore’s Last Rites event! On Saturday, January 4, 2025 at Stickyz in Little Rock. This will have sets by DJ 10.29, DJ Graveyard Gloria, DJ Hollow, DJ Operator OT, and DJ Wilhelm. Doors open at 7 PM; the cover is $10; ages 21+ up.

Stickyz has a full bar and a food menu. We advise parking in the library parking garage (It’s typically free and is a safe place to park!). More info can be found at this Facebook event page.

Show Notes

Lostwave

Lost Waves Wiki - a site about Lost Wave media

“The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”

Reddit.com/r/TheMysteriousSong — Reddit for discussing “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet” (AKA, “Like the Wind”), which has been identified as “Subways of Your Mind” by FEX.

“Subways of Your Mind” article on Wikipedia

Rolling Stone article about “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”

Three of FEX’s members got together and played “Subways of Your Mind” on NDR.

“CIA/Russian Winter”

“CIA/Russian Winter” on the Lost Waves Wiki

Ulterior Motives (FKA, “Everyone Knows It”)

Wikipedia article on “Ulterior Motives” (AKA, “Everyone Knows It”)

The Backrooms

Wikipedia article on The Backrooms

NSS Mag: “The Actual Location of ‘The Backrooms’ Has been Found”

This is an Internet Archive cache of the webpage that the original Backrooms image was taken from.