Love to Chicago - It's Midnight Somewhere
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We have a lot of love for Chicago, and beyond Wax Trax, we highlight several bands from the Windy City in this episode.
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Raymond Watts (PIG) - Sounds and Shadows
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This week, Ken, Collin, and Katy had the enormous pleasure to chat with Raymond Watts about the upcoming PIG album, "Pain is God." The crew takes a deep dive with Raymond into the persona of PIG, the pains of releasing an album during a pandemic, amazing tour stories from the beforetimes, and so much more.
Read MoreBloodletting and Leeches - Morbid Curiosity
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Bloodletting is an ancient treatment that persisted until the 18th century. One of the techniques used to let blood were leeches, blood-sucking worms. In this episode, we discuss both the history of bloodletting and these fascinating yet creepy creatures.
Read MoreThe Skylight's Gone Out PT 2 - Born in the Batcave
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Patti Smith's revolutionary rock is in the air, as is the smell of Nick cooking bacon in Simon's vegetarian-only frying pan, this week. We discover how our weedy heroes found their dream flat in Camden High Street, only for it to be plunged into darkness and nightmare as the skylight went out. A goth hothouse was born, burned for a little while, then puttered out. Oh, the merciless scourings of time!
Read MoreNothing of Man Remains - The Arcane Machine
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Themes of religion, apocalypse, and dark sci-fi manifest themselves in this month’s playlist, with songs from Slovenian performance artists Laibach, some absolute classics from Ministry and The Sisters of Mercy, and some brand-new goth rock from Motuvius Rex.
Read MoreCurse Tablets - Morbid Curiosity
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One of the most common types of magic in the ancient Graeco-Roman world were curses. These binding spells were placed on special tablets & figurines that have since been unearthed by archaeologists. In this episode, we discuss these curse tablets, & how they were made & used.
Read MoreChatting with DJs Arcanus & Motia of Xiled Radio - It's Midnight Somewhere
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On this episode, we chat with DJs Arcanus & Motia of Xiled Radio about their show, DJing online, music we love and Convergence in Boston.
Read MoreThe Cats of Ulthar - Morbid Curiosity
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Every Halloween Hallie reads a creepy story to celebrate. This year The MCP presents The Cats of Ulthar by H.P. Lovecraft. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!
Read MoreThe Skylight's Gone Out - Born in the Batcave
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Moving into a flat across the road from the legendary Camden Palace club in London, heady days of smoke, noise, intense discussion and musical exploration ensued. An unforeseen windowless darkness descended from above. O Lord, were these headless, heedless pilgrims prepared? Does a goth where any colour except purple?
Read MoreThe Future of Goth Spaces - Cemetery Confessions
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This month we are looking at the ever shifting spaces goths inhabit, reifying their ritualistic, embodied bringing forth of identity into the world around us. The future of these spaces is now forever changed as the current pandemic robs us of our sacred curated temples to goth.
Read MoreChapter Ten: Dissolving Like a Dream - The Arcane Machine
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October is upon us, and that means it’s time to get a little more spooky than usual! Is that even possible? Anyways, we’ve included a few tracks on this month’s podcast that really creep us out, along with some dancefloor classics by Ministry, Peter Murphy, Spahn Ranch, and more.
Read MoreVazum - Sounds and Shadows
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In this week's edition of the Sounds and Shadows Podcast, Ken and Katy interview Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm about their latest album, "Vampyre Villa". This interview features the video for Vazum's song, "Schema," off the album "Vampyre Villa".
Read MoreThe Hinterkaifeck Murders - Morbid Curiosity
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On March 31, 1922, an entire family and their maid were murdered in their home, an isolated farmstead in Bavaria, Germany, known as Hinterkaifeck. The killer has never been discovered, and a web of mystery has been woven around the incident since it occurred. In this episode we discuss the case, the suspects, and try to separate fact from fiction.
Read MoreThe Hurtling Bones, The Graveyard Scene, Part 2 - Born in the Batcave
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From a glorified shed on an allotment in Brighton, UK, our simpering heroes try to make the best of life during the pandemic, getting straight into the featured albums - Nick experiences his first spiritual flight via the haunting melodies and choral majesties of Dead Can Dance.
Read MoreSongs that Shaped us - It's Midnight Somewhere
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Some formative tunes from back when. This episode is a nostalgia trip!
Featuring The Cure, Cubanate, VNV Nation, Lycia, Suicide Commando and Tones on Tail.
Read MoreLucifer Fulci - Horror Addicts
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david mark stashko | lucifer fulci | insidious the last key, 2018
Read MoreCaroline Blind - Sounds and Shadows
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The crew reminisces about Sunshine Blind, discusses everything that went into the new album "The Spell Between," and talks about what everyone can look forward to in the future with Caroline.
Read MoreMorbid Curiosity
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In this episode, we discuss the Shuar, how tsantsas were made, and how trade in tsantsas impacted the Western perception of the Shuar.
Read MoreThe Hurtling Bones, The Graveyard Scene - Born in the Batcave
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The wildest year of our simmering heroes' saga of heartache, triumph and disaster arrives. Simon finds himself in the forest of the London night, partying, protesting and writing essays under the influence. Nick plays a showcase gig in Covent Garden, hoping for every talent scout and A&R man in town to beg Felo de Se to sign with their label.
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