Episode 239: 11/26/2023

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We’re back from our post-Halloween break! The first set consisted of tracks by local bands playing shows in the area soon. The second block was a set of new post-punk, darkwave, etc. The third block was a set of morose post-punk songs. The fourth block was a set of industrial, post-punk, etc. tracks themed around consumerism and shopping, because of Black Friday. The fifth block was a set of cold and November-y feeling tracks. Then we finished the show with a set of shoegaze, experimental, etc. tracks.

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Episode 238: 10/29/2023 - The 2023 Halloween Hellshow

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This show was supposed to be both our Halloween show and our return to live radio. However, The Radio Gremlins ruined everything by sabotaging my car and I had to cancel the show. However, I threw together a pre-recorded show because I put too much work into making this playlist for it to go unused and dammit, we’re doing a Halloween show!

We started this show with a “mood setting” block. We followed that with a set of tracks and theme songs from horror movies. The third block was a set of metal tracks, recent and old, referring to or about Halloween. The fourth block was a set of songs about horror movies in general. The fifth block was a set of moody dark ambient and dungeon synth tracks, and we closed the show with a mix of industrial and goth tracks celebrating All Hallow’s Eve. We hope The Great Pumpkin blesses you and that you have a great Halloween—or a nice Tuesday, if you don’t do Halloween.

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Episode 237: 10/22/2023

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We played songs by artists that are playing shows in the Central Arkansas area this week in the first block. Then we began the show proper, our dark atmospheric special, with two sets of dark ambient tracks that have a vague space theme. The fourth block was a set of weird, lo-fi experimental tracks. The fifth block was a set of death industrial tracks, then we closed the show with another dark ambient set.

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Episode 236: 10/15/2023

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We began this show with some darkwave and industrial tracks from new releases. The second block was a set of goth, darkwave, deathrock, industrial, etc. tracks with a theme of curses, jinxes, hexes, etc., because last Friday was a Friday the 13th. The third set was block of synthwave, punk, darkwave, etc. with a theme of hexes, superstition, fortune, and good luck to help break the curse. The fourth and final set was a mix of goth, post-punk, and deathrock tracks.

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Episode 235: 10/8/2023

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We began this show with some new post-punk, synthpop, and darkwave tracks. The first half of the second block was darkwave and goth; the block’s second half was black metal tracks by indigenous/Native American artists. The third block was a set of death industrial and power electronics, mixing both old and new tracks. The fourth, and final, block of this show was an autumn/October-themed set of experimental tracks.

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Episode 234: 10/1/2023

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We began this episode with some new industrial and synthwave tracks. We followed that with a “October mood setting” block, which was a set of deathrock, goth, metal, etc. that feels vaguely autumnal. Then we played a set of harder techno-y EBM and synthwave tracks. The fourth block was a set of goth and post-punk songs. The fifth set was a block of noise rock, then we closed the show with some experimantal and dark ambient tracks.

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Episode 233: 9/24/2023

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We began this show with a set of new industrial, post-punk, and EBM tracks. Then we played a set of post-punk and darkwave tracks. The following four sets had darkwave, post-punk, goth, shoegaze, weird and dark folk, experimental, etc. tracks with a fall/autumn theme, because this show aired on the day after the Fall Equinox.

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Episode 232: 9/17/2023

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We started this show with some new post-punk and darkwave tracks. The second block was a set of moody post-punk songs. The third block was a set of noisy and dirty industrial and power electronics. The fourth and fifth blocks were a mix of goth, industrial, darkwave, post-punk, synthwave, etc. tracks that I played in my DJ sets at the Club Nevermore event on September 9th. And we finished up the show with a set of shoegaze and experimental tracks.

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Episode 231: 9/10/2023

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We kicked this show off with some brand new post-punk, synthpunk, etc. tracks. The second set was mostly new industrial tracks, including what was going to be an exclusive premier of a new Zwaremachine track, but alas, didn’t happen because of a recent illness. (And RIP Zwaremachine’s Dein Offizier.) The third block of the show was a set of synthpop-leaning songs. The fourth set was goth, deathrock, and post-punk songs. The fifth block saw us revisit the set of songs followed by a band/artist who named themselves after the previous one. And we wrapped up the show with some ambient, etc.

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Episode 230: 8/20/2023

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We started this show with some new industrial and synthwave tracks. We followed that with a set themed around heatwaves and summertime, because we’ve been broiled under a heatwave recently. The three sets that after that featured songs which were followed by an aritst who took their name from the previous song. Then we wound things down with experimental and ambient tracks.

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