WANTED: Adverts for album & single releases.

To all bands & artists out there who might happen across this (hopefully widely shared) post.

I just had a thought. An epiphany, if you will.

If a band can record an album or single for public release, why not take the time to record an *advert* for its public release?
I play the same advert halfway through my show every week. It's nice and all, but wouldn't it be more fitting if I spared that 30-second break for something more appropriate and most of all, different?

So, to set the standard, if there are any bands or artists in the goth & dark alternative scene who have material coming out and who are prepared to record a short, preferably 30 seconds or so advert for it, I will play it on my show. It's not out of your ability to make, and really wouldn't be a waste of time to make, it might even be fun to do. I always appreciate your promos, and I'm happy to go that one step further if you will.

I'm also throwing this idea out to everyone else who presents a show, podcast, mix or whatever, wouldn't it be good to have not just promos, but the artists themselves plugging their music on your production?

Sanctuary playlist - WGW 31st Oct 2013

Derived from the Facebook page of martin oldgoth

https://www.facebook.com/martin.oldgoth

Sanctuary playlist - WGW 31st Oct 2013

November 6, 2013 at 4:37pm

Well, looks like the first Sanctuary night was a success..  thanks to the DJ's on both floors, and to Dead Eyes Opened and Berlin Black for two great sets. We made £807.50 for the Sophie Lancaster Foundation.  Huge thanks also to Esk Audio who provided the PA and gave us a great sound.. Here's the music from the main floor..

 

martin oldgoth

Cocteau Twins - Lorelei

Miranda Sex Garden - Ardre Tempre

Autumn - How It Came To Be This Way

This Burning Effigy (with Julianne Regen)- Exquisite

The Eden House - Timeflows

Red Sun Revival - Nothing to Hide

Razor Skyline - Sahara

The Creatures - 2nd Floor

 

Cruel Britannia

Star Industry - Last Crusade

Rosetta Stone - Something Strange

Grooving in Green - Stranglehold

The Wake - Sheet Metal Eyes

Hatesex - Unwant

Play Dead - Propaganda

Loud - D Generation

Faith and the Muse - Relic Song

Kindred Spirits - Freakshow

Marionettes - Like Christobel

Still Patient? - Bad Dreams

Blacklist - Dawn of the Idols

 

** Dead Eyes Opened **

 

DJBen

Rhombus - Here Be Dragons

Last Cry - Haunting Me

Chapman Family - Anxiety

Savages - She Will

Panda Club - All I Need

B Movie - Echoes

 

** Berlin Black **

 

Bauhaus - She's in Parties

The Cure - Fascination Street

Fields of the Nephilim - Chord of Souls (r)

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood (12") (r)

New Model Army - Lights Go Out (US remix)

The Cult - Rain (12")

 

Cruel Britannia

Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire

The Mission - Garden of Delight

Cardiacs - Is This The Life

Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Last Dance - Do You Believe in Angels?

Bellwether Syndicate - 101 Go

Bauhaus - Sanity Assassin

 

DJBen

Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection

Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline (mainline mix)

The Editors - Papillon

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden

Corpus Delicti - Saraband

Suspiria - Allegedly Dancefloor Tragedy

Joy Division - Transmission

Fields of the Nephilim - Psychonaut

The Cure - Hundred Years

Chameleons - Don't Fall

 

martin oldgoth

Siouxsie - Cities in Dust (r)

The Stranglers - Peaches (r)

X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage, Up Yours

The Cramps - Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?

Bombay Royale - You Me Bullets Love

Sisters of Mercy - Alice

Marionettes - Ave Dementia

 

Cruel Britannia

All About Eve - Every Angel

Torpedoes - Twisted Love Song

Adoration - Slow Motion

Pretentious Moi? - The Haunting

Solemn Novena - Faerytale

Dream Disciples - O.P.S

The Bolshoi - Away

 

DJBen

Eyes of the Nightmare Jungle - Shadowdance

Angels of Liberty - Black Madonna

Nightwish - Over The Hills and Far Away

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House

Savages - Shut Up

March Violets - Snakedance

Terminal Gods - Electric Eyes

Foreign Resort - Take A Walk

O Children - Ruins

Bellicose Minds - Visions of Pain

The Mission - Wasteland

Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs

Fadeout; a bit of a makeover

Upcoming music: Carnival Star

My friend Producer Mark is behind a brand new musical project called Carnival Star.

Carnival Star is a post-punk / gothic rock studio project assisted by a collective of musicians and very soon (as in a few days) you'll be able to hear some of the fruits of a several-month long period of blood, sweat & tears.

I was asked (quite foolishly, given that I talk such a lot of rubbish) to lend a few words of support for a Carnival Star promotional drive. Here's what part of that drive looks like:

If you want to learn more about Carnival Star, use the links below.

http://carnival-star.com

http://www.twitter.com/Carnival_Star

http://www.facebook.com/CarnivalStar

https://soundcloud.com/Carnival-Star

UPDATE: since this blog post went live, you can now buy two tracks by Carnival Star on Bandcamp right here: http://carnivalstar.bandcamp.com/

Why I couldn't watch Netflix tonight.

Me: *turns on PC to watch Netflix*
PC: Hi. Sorry, but I have a bunch of important updates...
Me: Really? I only want to watch a film. Does it have to be done this precise moment?
PC: Yeah, it's kinda urgent stuff, really...
Me: Okay then, but be real quick about this. I'm off out tonight, I just want to have an hour to myself before I rush about getting ready...
PC: No probs. Hit OK and I'll get on with it.
Me: *clicks the OK button and let's it get on with it.
PC: I need to restart.
Me: Of course you do...here, I'll restart you *sigh*
PC: *restarts, does stuff, restarts itself again, gets to logon screen. 20 painful minutes have passed.*
Me: Okay, logged in. Can I watch my damn film now?
PC: I have an important update.
Me: FFS!!! You just installed a ton of them and took your damn time doing it! Why is there one more? Couldn't you have just installed it before?
PC: No, because...well...look, I just couldn't. You wouldn't understand. It's really tiny, only 379Kb, it'll take no time at all, honest.
Me: *sigh* OKAY. Get it done. I'm running out of damn time here.
PC: *update takes unusually long time to download 379Kb*
Me: REALLY? REALLY????
PC: I'm working on it-don't pressure me! .........OKAY. IT'S DONE.
Me: *by now, near to tears* Can I watch the film now please???
PC: Yes of course, no problem. I just need to reboot first...
Me: *Says nothing. Reboots. Smoke leaks from ears. Logs on.*
PC: Hi...
Me: *Turns off Windows Update.*

Ministry of Dipshit Legal Maneouvres.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23956750#

In which a record label that produces compilation albums but doesn't own the rights to the music it uses, sues a streaming service because it can be used by people to compile playlists which can replicate the order in which tracks might appear on their compilation albums.

Life imitating an Ally McBeal episode, much?
Get a fucking grip, record companies. You're practically dead in the water as it is.

Vapour Trials.

Today, the fate of E-cigarettes and their use in the UK hangs in the balance. Its (rather badly) reported on here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22867161.

For their part, the BBC are doing a very good job at demonising the use of E-cigs-the focus on their mission today must be 'Go tabloid or go home'.

 

I've been a user of them since March and I haven't been near all but two real cigarettes in all that time. They're a real godsend as far as I'm concerned. But this new found method of making me last a few more years for the sake of the kids is predictably, under fire from the ever more sinister and growing police state that is the UK & European superpowers.

There are two issues which I understand as being problems:

1.      There are no age restrictions on buying e-cigs. Of course, manufacturers are being real dicks about it and making brightly coloured e-cigs to deliberately attract younger customers. This needs to stop, seriously.
And all governemt. has to do? Restrict the age limit for buying them, just like cigarettes. Done.

2.      There are no controls on what goes into e-cig juice. All sorts of stuff could be in them (albeit no more dangerous than the cr@p already in real cigarettes I might add). There are also no controls on monitoring how much nicotine is actually in them-just because ot says 18mg on the bottle, is it REALLY 18mg?
So fine, regulate that. Nobody really wants to inhale unmonitored poison anyway. I'd rather my e-cig juice was made properly.

What the EU & UK *won't* do is either of the above. They'll likely address the issue by banning general sale altogether and make it far more difficult to buy other than online from unregulated suppliers, and anything they do allow you to buy will be so hiked up in price that it would be cheaper to start smoking again. Which keeps that tax rolling in.

Unsurprisingly, this subject has been handled far better overseas outside of Europe.
I'd love for the UK & EU busy-bodies to prove me wrong, but let's face it; at about 1pm GMT today, they probably won't.