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Beware the Black Moon vs Saturn! We remember remember the 5th of November as it goes up in a smoke and with a crumplbang (and nearly takes me out in the process) with a reflective black moon lilith opposing saturn episode. We're going back to our safe european home with a long liquid drum and bass mix, Genesis mashups and an Imagination classic that's been in and out for years. Revolution! Revolution! Revolution! Oh and Mixcloud going bye-bye - hello HearThis! Recorded on the new laptop, it was supposed to be livestreamed but gremlins and mental health (and maybe the black moon or lilith?) got in the way. Various mashups go pop, electro as dark as the black moon night, indie fizzles out depressingly like a faulty catherine wheel, drum and bass sparklers shine, the punk bonfire spits noisily and dub potatoes (you're really stretching this metaphor, Tim) roast nicely. in metal foil. And we invent Billie n' Bass, Also this episode is dedicated to Mimi Parker of Low, who has sadly died, I'd just recorded this so no Low tunes inside, but my thoughts and love go out to the rest of Low and Chairkickers et al, Next podcast will definitely have some Low love in tribute. And I forgot to say thanks to ToTom for the new jingle! Black Moon! You saw me standing alone...(218Mb, 2:32) Listen to rc_373 byRadio Clash on hearthis.at https://www.mixcloud.com/fingertrouble/radio-clash-373-black-moon-up-in-smoke/ ToToM - Bullshit Opportunities in Drum and Bass (new Radio Clash jingle) HallMighty - Disco The Casbah (The Clash vs Gloria Gaynor) Sub-Radio - Stacy's Dad Idles - Mother Kid Kapichi - Violence Phuture Assassins - Can't Kill The King (Bay B Kane Remix) Dry Cleaning - Conservative Hell IanFondue - IDGAF Tonight (Dua Lipa vs Gene) The Bad Shepherds - Going Underground iWillBattle - We Live Here Lets Have Another Party (Bob Vylan x Winifred Atwell) Unglued & Degs - Nothing To Lose Inja - Funktown Riddim (Who's Got The Packet?) Buunshin - Farewell London Elektricity - She Slowly Caught Fire (featuring Bulgarian Goddess) London Elektricity - Build A Better World (featuring Emer Dineen) (Hugh Hardie Remix) Justin Hawkes - Better Than Gold (feat. Andrew Hellier) London Elektricity - Well That's A Switch (Polaris Remix) Billie Eilish - Everything I wanted (Glowing Embers Redux VIP) Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over (Exult Bootleg) tbc aka Instamatic - Autumn Man (Elliott Smith vs Ed Sheeran) DJ Giac - Instant Deep (Genesis vs Paradis) DubXanne & Guido Craveiro - Running up That Hill Dub (feat. Claire Parsons) PVA - Exhaust / Surroundings Caterina Barbieri - At Your Gamut DSP - All Sisters Of Night (Genesis & Depeche Mode) Imagination - In And Out Of Love ILLENIUM & Teddy Swims - All That Really Matters (Stripped Version) LeeDM101 - Bullet Spell (Nina Simone vs Massive Attack) Tamino - You Don't Own Me HallMighty - Sweet Melancholy Hill (Neil Diamond vs Gorillaz) Transcript I've got to say in the podcast a couple of things, one is if you are listening to thison mixcloud.com/fInjatrouble, they're ending the free tier from December the 1st.So if you want to listen to the podcast in future online and you're not going to radioclash.com,you want to go to hearthis or is it heart his, I think it's hearthis, hearthis, that'sh-e-a-r-t-h-i-s dot a-t slash radioclash at hearthis.at/radioclash and youwill see all of the future podcasts including this one appearing there as well as on radioclash.comand the second thing is I just heard the news of the sad death of Mimi Parker of Low. NowI recorded this podcast before that news broke, otherwise I would have put a Low track andthen not that I needed an excuse but I have loved Low's music for decades, many decadesand I've seen them live several times and I am gutted about the death so this one goesout to Mimi and the whole of the Low family and Chairkickers and everyone. My thoughts arewith you and on with the podcast.Hello welcome to Radio Clash it's 373 and it's Black Moon and it's bonfire night so it'salso called Up In Smoke.Yeah, there was a, well not a conjunction, the reverse of a conjunction, a opposition fromBlack Moon Lilith, which is an imaginary planet, but it's basically the negative of the moon,and Saturn, which, that was the one thing that was so specific about me, and my living situationI was like, shit. So there were some very spookly, accurate things in there, and it wasn't cold reading, and it wasn't, you know, the usual bullshit, so I was like, whatever.And also, BML is also the Bears mailing list that used to be on, and someone popped up yesterday on Twitter, who from those days used to be a moderator there, and I was like, shit.So, yeah, it seemed to be appropriate, BML, Black Moon Lilith, Black Moon, Bears mailing list, there seemed to be a weird synchronicity going on there, and so I decided to call it that.And the uppered spoke, obviously, because I've still got my phantasmia, and it's on finite.So we've got a podcast that's a mixture of upbeat and downbeat, and in the usual shizzle, there's a metric shit ton of drum and bass that I haven't measured out yet.It sounds like it's on the side, like this is a little pile of drum and bass at the side, and I need to spoon it out.I think it looks about half an hour, because drum and bass is my safe space, it's where I go to when I'm not happy, and I have to say, one of the reasons why I didn't try and do a live broadcast tonight was I'm not really in the best frame of mind,I didn't want to go through what I've gone through before, where it just winds me up and I get more and more frustrated, and I can't fix it, and I don't know what it is.I mean, it's a new machine, oh yeah, I've also got a new machine, a new laptop, finally after seven years.And of course, it now has the same problem, so it's obviously not the laptop, but though not completely the same problem, because I can run all the streaming stuff, the fans don't come on, it is amazing for that.We used to get CPU issues, and we don't get those, which is great.But we still have the weird thing, where it sounds like EVM has remixed the stream.So I don't know what that is really, I have a nasty feeling at some point I have to do an external solution at some point, but not at the moment because I have no money, because I've just bought a fucking laptop.No, it's not a new Mac, it's a refurbished one, I recycled of course, and I'll really talk about it later, but yeah, it is a good way to get a Mac if you want to get a Mac.I was tempted to switch from a Mac, because there was a nightmare of the 2015 lemon that I had, but I'm glad to say that they've got rid of the graphics card, because that used to be the massive problem with all Macs.So my 2010 and my 2015 all had problems with the graphics card, I'm actually glad to see that go.So I'm hoping this is going to be less trouble, but that could be famous last words.So we've got usual mashups, originals, remixes, strumming bass, some dub.We're going to start with more of a rocky vibe, more punky, but start completely opposite the revolutionary or the two themes.We've got a song by Sub-Radio, and this is Stacey's Dad, which is a reversal, which I highly approve of, of Stacey's Mom by Fountains of Wayne, a classic.And yes, as you can probably guess what they're talking about, and you must check out the video. So this is Stacey's Dad.That was the Bad Shepherds with Going Underground. I think lyrics get lost in punk songs quite often.I'm not sure if this is supposed to be the speed.No, it's not that speed either. What's going on?Oh dear.It sums it up really.Let's try and…This is the trip hop remix.Yes.Stop it.Let's try this again.This is one of the reasons why I think it was just too much to try and stream and do all of this, because it's just new machine.I've had to set up all the plugins and maybe that is the right speed.I had to set up everything because it turns out, because it's Mac Silicon, which is Apple's faster.It runs Microsoft Windows in emulation faster than the SQ1, which is Microsoft's own Qualcomm rebadged or tweaked CPU.Because I was thinking of getting a Surface Pro X, because I like the idea of having a tablet and touch screen and drawing on that kind of stuff.For my artwork.But it turns out it's several times sLowr than the M1 and M1 Pro is even faster. M1 Pro is close to the new M2s.And it has the form factor with extra ports and all that stuff. Hence why I went for an M1 Pro 14-inch Mac.But a refurbished one, not a new one, you see, would try and be more ecological.We have a recycled Mac.I would recommend it. I really would recommend the refurbished ones.For years, I was like, oh, yeah, really? Is that a good idea? You know, yes, I really would recommend.But yeah, I think it was too much to try and do a streaming thing.The week I've actually got this Mac and with my health and everything else that's going on.And in the introduction, I will re-record.Well, breaking the fourth wall here.In the intro, I will re-record because the intro didn't mention that this is a revolutionary podcast,because it's 5th of November or was the 5th of November.But it was in 10th of November until all the technical gremlins kicked in.There's lots of songs that start and kind of weaved throughout that are to do with revolution.So that was Bad Shepherds with Going Underground and the Jam version and the sort of lively backing and the guitars.I think you miss some of the nuances in the lyrics.I didn't really understand the lyrics to Going Underground until I listened to that cover and I was like,ooh, ooh, I see.I always thought it was Underground as in stations.I never listened to much of the Jam's lyrics because, well, Paul Weller.Paul Weller can be a bit of a twat.So, you know, I was like, hmm, yeah.Whereas actually, yeah, it does seem to be very relevant to nowadays.And that's from 2013's Mud, Blood and Beer album.Then before that, a mashup.That's Ian Fondue with IDGAF Tonight.I don't give a fuck tonight.That's Dua Lipa vs. Gene.Obviously, I love Gene.I love Sleep Well Tonight.It's one of the best songs of all time, in my opinion.They were my band.They were Pulp and Pulp are back.And that's another thing that's pissed me off because I wanted to get tickets for Pulp.They sold out.I couldn't get tickets and also missed out on Glastonbury tickets.It depends whether I try and get them in a few hours.At 9am on Sunday morning, I might try again, but I think with the expense of this laptopI just can't buy tickets to Glastonbury, or I definitely can't buy tickets for Pulp.So, it's very sad.As I was planning to, and then suddenly it was my computer made the decision for me.So yes, Pulp and Gene are my bands, and I must say I am getting to like Dua Lipa more.More through mashup films.She's one of those people that I'm getting to like through mashups of her work, ratherthan originals.The originals, not so into the Poundland Kylie backing, but the lyrics and the songs arestrong songs.It's just, I'm not fond of her.And also, I think what didn't help is that, I've pre-told a story before, is when I wentfor a job at Warner's, she was just breaking.I went through all the social media for Warner's, but it was a proper job as a designer.But it was doing a lot of the work for the socials.And constantly, you can see how much money they put into Dua Lipa.They really, really pushed her.It's sad, because so many artists get dropped and just ignored and whatever.I just don't really get why they decided to create her as a star and let others languish.I just don't really get it.And also, she apparently co-writes so many great songs, but sometimes they are suspiciouslylike other songs.But I do like that mashup.And yeah, it feeds into the Black Moon theme.Then before that, we had Dry Cleaning, Conservative Hell, that's from the new album that's justdropped, Stump Work.And on my bingo card for 2022, having Dry Cleaning record a politically related song,still a stream of consciousness, but this sort of weaved in is what's going on at themoment, I think, Conservative Hell.Yeah, I was not expecting that from Dry Cleaning.It's a good album.I would say it's better than New Lost Leg.Not New Wet Leg, that's the other band.New Lost Leg.Not as good as the early EPs, but I would say that the second album is stronger than thefirst one.The first one, I thought, was a bit…Where is there a track I like on this one?Whereas I never really got to love that for WLP.There's something about it that just didn't really measure me.And online, how spooky it is that the references, when you actually look at what the meaningis behind a lot of the stuff in the songs, all the places referenced.There's Swiss Cottage.There's Westminster Bridge Road.There's a chip shop I used to go to.I used to work in Westminster Bridge Road.I used to live in Swiss Cottage, and they talk about that.And they talk about Boundary Road.They have a sort of name on their EPs.There was a track called Her Hippo, which is my favourite song.And that mentions…There's a lyric in it.And I've read it fairly recently on a podcast.There's a lyric in it about…Which is a slogan.I think it's something like Fighting Damp since 1972, or something like that.That one.It is from a company in Thames Ditton, which is just down the road from me.And then mid-reference to Leatherhead.And it's just weird.It's just like, are you stalking me?Dry Cleaning.Are you stalking?Stop it.It is very strange.It's almost like…I'll eventually find out that somehow we've got friends in common,or a bit like sliding doors that cross paths at some point.There's something weird about that.How many cross-references in the songscan I actually have relating to my own life?So, I haven't found many in the new album,so that's a bit of a relief.Apart from the Conservative Hell.Maybe she's subtly following me online.Just lurking somewhere.Who knows?And then, before that, we had a track.I'll be trying to track down.Oh, you're so funny, Tim.? which is Phuture Assassins with Can't Kill the King.That's the Baby Kane remix.I heard that on a mix CD from The KniteClub.It's about K.N.I.T.E.The KnightForce thing I went to, you know, with Acen.And Luna C.Ex of a band that a lot of people would know.He was part of Smart E'sYes, Sesame Street, that's Luna.So, have I mentioned Luna C in the past?Yes, he's from Smart E's.He's one of the members of Smart E's.That remix, I actually might track it down eventually.It is wonderful remix of UB40's King.And it's very soulful for a sort of,I don't know if it's a really happy hardcore,I wouldn't say it's a happy hardcore,but it's an unhappy hardcore, as I've mentioned before.It seemed to work in that mood.Then we had Kit Kapichi with Violencefrom their album from 2021.This time next year.While I, Kit Kapichi, aren't more played,maybe because they don't believe in the record industryand very vocal about their criticism of the record industry,even in songs.And in similar vein, we have the IDLES.The IDLES, yes, the IDLES.Just IDLES with Mother.Again, that's a track that's been in the stack for a long time.And it seems to be the most appropriate timeto play a song that says,how do you scare a Tory?You read a book and get rich.Yes, that's how we scare Tories.A lot of this is about the Tory party implodingand fascism in the UKand what's going on with the government.And I think we do need a revolution.And then, in a totally not radical,radical, maybe in asexuality sense, that Sub-Radio with Stacey's Dad.Which isn't there just because I love it greatly.And in a similar vein to the,what I've been talking about,is a track done for the punk challenge,the punk challenge I set.I didn't win, but it won my heart.Just, which is the real medal here.This is iWillBattle,really a fear that's having another party.For some reason, I've subtitled it Party Bob Vylan.That's not the title.We Live Here, Let's Have Another Party.Bob Vylan and Winifred Atwell.And it's kind of funny,because it's true.And also it's not funny at all.That was, well, me, TBC, aka Instamatic, with Autumn Man, Autumn Leaves by Ed Sheeranversus Eliott Smith, well, Heat Miser, and Plainclothes Man.And yes, that was the Drum and bass drop, about half an hour of Drum and bass at least, partlybecause I heard a new London Elektricity album.I used to mix a lot of London Elektricityon the podcast back in the day.Just the old days.Their last album, Building Better Worlds.But I heard the remix first.There's a remix album calledRebuilding Better Worlds.And I heard that first and I wentI don't recognise these songs.And then realised I'd missed an album.The other thing isDanny Byrd on his Facebookcalled for new tunes.And so I went through the suggestionsand went ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.Some of the people were suggestingtheir own stuff on the slywhich is quite funny.And some of them had bootlegs, mashups,remixes, bootleg remixes.Including that one.I'm here for Billie n Bassas I'm calling it.That's Billie Eilishwhen the party's over.The Exult Bootleg.And then before that, more Billie in Bass.Drum and Billie. I don't know.Billie in Bass sounds bad, but it could be Drum and Billie.Though it sounds like Billie Drum andDrum and Billie.That's Billie Eilish, Everything I Wanted.The Glowing Embers,Redux VIP.Which is a bit more…It's interesting, the last one was more slow jungle.That was more kind of what I'd expectas a sort of a Drum and Bass remix.But both very good.Though both an interestinglyschizophrenic mix ofsound and chilled.Without beat.Drum and Bass couldn't jungle and do that.That sort of tension.Then before that, the aforementioned London Elektricitythat was, well that's a switch.The Polaris remix from2021's Rebuilding Better Worlds.Then before thatwe had Justin Hawkeswho actually remixed one of the trackson Rebuilding Better Worlds.A very good remix actually.I'll play it at some point.I've heard of him separately.He's released an album called Existential.And that isBetter Than Gold featuringAndrew Hellier.He's Justin Hellier, even though he's called Justin Hawkes.And that's his uncle.His uncle is a country artist and soI like how he's enrolling the familycombining different worldsusing their countryrock.He comes from a rock background.Then Drum and Bassall in one track.That kind of fusion is perfectfor here. It's a mashup of genres.Then before thatfrom Rebuilding the Future againwe had London Elektricityfeaturing Emer Dineenand that'sBuild a Better World. The Hugh Hardy remix.I actually prefer thatto the original maybe because I heard it firstbut I heard the original. I was like ohbecause you never knowwith remixes. You never know if you hear them firstyou think oh wellis the original better?And in that case I think the remix is better.And quite a few of the songs on RebuildingI prefer the Rebuilding version.And then before that we hadLondon Elektricity again from2019's Building a Better Worldthat she slowly caught firefeaturing BulgarianGoddess.I played that becausenot only are the lyrics are like I'd love to knowwhat it's about whether it'seven a drama based on a bonfireI don't know. It's coming out mid-Novemberand then the smoke's slowly going upand they're stopping. I forgot to mentionthat I almost got killed by fireworks todaybecause I was walking down Kingstonwell there's nothing high streetthere's Clarence Street which is really the main high streetand there's some group of kids beside the set of fireworksas I passed and the sparksyou know I was like whoa that's a close oneand they said several fireworksI didn't say the policebut it was quite dramatic sort of justthese fireworks going off in the high streetit's like what the hellthere's good a hell there it's really possiblebut it was a close shave and I was like whatit would kill me but it suddenlywouldn't do me any goodand then before that we hadFarewell by Buunshinwhich is one of the recommendations someone recommendedto Danny Byrd and I was likeI'll take that and that'sfrom 2022Steel Wings. I don't know anything aboutBuunshins with B-U-U-N-SB-U-U-N-S-H-I-Nbut what I like about thatit sounds like ready for a workshoptype sign sinceit's really wonky. I'm not a big fanof the real jump-up extremeI like Apex and I like Spor butyou know the real heavy stuffis not my thing but that's the kindof mix of both the electronicmore chin-stroke-y sidebut then the more heavy stuff comes inbut there's enough going onI don't know what this is aboutI don't know how it fits togetherbut it does. The moreexperimental side tends to be like thatthey pair things down or even lose the drumsyou haven't got as much drums thereand it's just suddenlyit's drum and bass but you've got no aimand breaks and nothing and it becomesvery differentvery pure but very electronicand sometimes it leaves me coldbut that one, the thing about the themesit's very epicand it worked very well withFunktown Riddim, Who's Got The Packet by InjaI've been listening to a lot of Injaand Degs, hence those two togetherInja is actuallyon the London Elektricity albumwe guesson a few of the tracksI think one of the tracks that says it is a kid rappingit's not like primary rhymingby 808 Statethe rapping is very goodbut I just wondered if it was the guy behind the elektricityor was this kid or somethingon the London Elektricity you could get awayfrom having a kid rappingon a drum and bass track and it just worksin a really cute wayit doesn't come out of cloying or mawkishbecause the London Elektricity has always been a family affairso it worksand Degs appears on the Remix albumbeforethe rant aboutthis government and Boris which ties into the earlier themeof Revolutionand what's going down in the UKwhich is just completely crazywith just another Prime MinisterLestrosse is goneand it's like counting downto when this government endsor it falls into a horrible messor we go into the deepest recession everwhich is likelyand probably power cuts this winterand just a complete nightmareit's like the 1970s or whateverand then before that we hada bit more of a beatbut then again I would say bittersweetbecause it's talking about the pastand Degs from2022is a singleI don't think he was attached to an albumI love DegsDegs always speaks to meeverything Degs does is brilliantand always has a soul and emotionand heartand I for talking about mental healthand his state of mindhe's always about sharing his experienceI love it greatlyand so it seems to be about going backand people from his pasthow things were so carefree thenbut they're not nowbut it's the unspoken thingbut it's weirdly so upbeatbut just think about itit's not completely an upbeat trackalthough it sounds really likeoh yeah nothing to losesomeone looking back to sayback then we had nothing to loseobviously we have things to lose nowand in a similar veinwe live herein the UK in racism from Bob Vylanwithwe live here which we've played in the podcast beforeversus Winifred Atwelland those cockney knees up partieswhich just worksit has a similarsounds upbeatmessages not so upbeatso we're gonnaget a bit more downbeat nowwe've done the cockney knees upwe're gonna play one of my favourite mashupsof recent timespartly becausewhat DJ Giac usedand Genesisis one of those ones whereyou tend to get a few of the same trackscoming around again and againit's not a massive massive onefor people to use in too deepby Genesisversus a track by Paradiswhich I don't know at allbut I really love the mood of this onethis is Instant DeepI sometimes am surprised at how personal these podcasts can get and how I express how I'mfeeling. And then I can't explain because I don't really want this to be public knowledge.So it's kind of a double bind. That's kind of it. It's a way of expressing myself, butthen again, I can't say, oh, that really expresses how I feel, because I don't really want thedetails to be public. And if this ever actually makes it out there, because it might justdelete this, which happens, I quite often do something that's a bit too close to thetruth, home truth, you never see the, never hear it. And that song is one of them. That'sTamino with You Don't Own Me. Not that song, although I'm sure you can do a very good coverof You Don't Own Me as well. Initially, I thought, oh, is that song? I listened to it, I waslike, no, but the lyrics are perfect. And that's from his new album, Saha, which wasreleased fairly recently. Tamino is brilliant anyway. And that mixture of Arabic, Egyptianand French, European and a beautiful mix of Egyptian, who loves Radiohead and you canhear both of them. And then before that, we had a mashup, which was done just beforeHalloween. But again, the mood fits very well. That's Bullet Spell, Nina Simone versus MassiveAttack by LeeDM101. My return to form for him, I think, definitely. And yeah, the BlackMoon theme is interesting, because when I put these together, I go through all the recentsongs I've liked. When I was doing the Discord thing, I went through a lot of the podcastdirectory. And of course, I forgot what it does is Traktor will when it analyzesa file is will save it back over itself. And so it fucks up all of the date modified datesadded dates. So I had I had craftily found out that there is date last opened, whichwas what I've been using. But it did mean it was like, Oh, how do I find out what Irecently added to this whole times it is a bit too close to what I want to say. Beforethe lead in 101, we had Illenium and Teddy Swims, which is a new track to me. All thatreally matters. That's a stripped version from August of a, I think it was top fiveor top 10 in America. It was a dubstep electronica track. And Illenium is a San Francisco producer,but I was more attracted to a Teddy Swims, who is very cute. The beard like the beardnot to one of the gold teeth and the face of twos, but the beard hello, ginger longbeard is 30 amazingly looks a lot older. And he discovers and I came across, I was listeningto during a low period, which is, you know, if you ever see me posting, I can't make youlove me. That is usually a good sign. And I can't cross his cover, which is very good.Also, I don't think much compete the George Michael version. And that got me. That's theone that got me to trouble with the universe. There's a song that means a lot to me. Andso I found that one and went, that's brilliant. And then I heard the inquiries original, theelectronic version was like, yeah, I prefer the stripped version. But yes, I agree withthat completely. Not that I don't think anyone is under the age of 50 or 45 listening tothis podcast. But if you are, yeah, that I completely co-signed that meaning of, yeah,find something that you like, some science thing you love, find something that bringsyou joy, find something that is very much a constant in your life. And for me, it'smy art, you know, music as well. And run with it. But yeah, another one is, yeah, with love.Love is the most important thing is true. And always go with somebody who is going tobe there for you. And then before that, we had Imagination was in and out of love. That'sanother one which I was mentioning has been in and out of this podcast for so many years.It quite often gets added in and taken out because it's a bit too downbeat. It's a bittoo depressing. And even for me, it's a bit too close time. That's from 1981. And I loveImagination. I feel like drum and bass. There are certain things that come around at certainpoints, certain spirals that goes through. And Imagination is one of them. And the oneis Sylvester. I love slow Sylvester tracks. This is something about that high voice and electronics.It just works so well. It's weird that song sounds like it slowed down. I don't know ifthey did that with the tapes, but it sounds almost like it's the wrong speed. It mightbe at the wrong speed. But you know, it's not isolated now. Although I did said to doit at the start and to mix it in. But there's so much space in that. It's almost dubstep.And they inspired house. I talked about this before. But also, there's something very dubstepabout the imagination. Very echoey piano thing. The question about that track is if it wasan album bonus track, who's going to dance to that? Not a happy slow groove. It's likea end of the night track, but for people who have broken up. It's like, wait, great.And as we know, people love songs like that. They just love them. They just flock to thosesongs and everyone wants to hear happy songs. Which is another reason why quite often thingsget completely excised. Because this is like, no, that's too depressing. No, it's justno, no one wants to hear that. But sometimes you have to just do it because it's especiallywith that birth chart. A lot of I'm true and a lot of stuff was like, this is weirdly specific.And also, yeah, I see that, you know, I know about cold reading. I know about vague commentsand there was someone that was just like, oh, you're a hard working person or whatever.Yeah, just flattery. But there was some specifics was like, that's really fucking weird becausethat is very like the Black Moon Lilith versus Saturn thing about saying you will be withan older person. That was one of us in there. And there's lots of other things about unconventionalsexuality and relationships not conforming to norms and stuff. There was lots of thatstuff. And I was like, what the fuck? I'm not sure how, because I'm usually very opposedto astrology, because I think obviously the horoscopes are bullshit. A lot of it is bullshit.It really is just cold reading. But who knows whether actually when you're born during theyear, what's the names you're given. And there's apparently a whole thing about studying people'snames and how it affects how they behave and how they are in their life. It's almost likeprogramming them to actually you'll find that people of a certain name are more alike. Andit's not just some kind of cognitive bias. It tests into this and it's weird. So yeah,there could be something about the times that you're born and maybe expectations. Everyoneexpects you to be like a tourist. So you're a tourist and that kind of stuff, you know,things like that. So then before the imagination, we had DSP, the French bootlegger with allsisters of night, Genesis, that's all versus Depeche Mode, sister of night, which if youlook at the lyrics, again, I didn't know that song. But it's one of those weird coincidenceswhen you look at the lyrics, it's like, oh, I know, I can feel who that's probably talkingabout. And also, it's got all the burning and flame imagery in there. I was like, okay.Then before that, we had Caterina Barbieri, I'm loving the Spirit Exit LP. That's At Your Gamut. Again, very radiophonic-y. I'm a sucker for up eduations and dark synths. And talkingof dark synths, we had PVA Exhaust Slash Surroundings, EP track from 2020, I think. And their newalbum has come out called Blush that almost made it onto here. There are a couple of reallygood tracks, Bunker is one. It's similarly sort of dark, acid, live drumming. The verystrict back, because apparently they wanted to reflect their live sound rather than doa lot of studio production. It's that one in the tune. It's one of those albums wherethe last half is brilliant. The first half, I would have said, if I was the producer,go and do that again. It's like the first four or five tracks are like, no, we won'tsave these. And suddenly, I think whenever Bunker starts, it's like, I went back to thefirst three or four or five tracks and went, is it just me? Because quite often that happenswhen I'm listening to an album, I go, oh, I'll love it towards the end, because I'mgrowing to it. And I'll be like, oh, I wasn't in the mood for the start of this album, orI was trying to get into the mindset. And you go back and you go, actually, no, I willsave you the tracks. But no, it was like the first four or five tracks are like, yeah,you know, I'm not really up to the standard I've heard of like Divine Intervention. I'veplayed on this podcast, or that one. I'm a bit more hockey and a bit more sort of stinty,maybe a little bit poppy, but they've also the lyrics resonate more. So there is interplaythere or something darker. And this whole mix has been dark and light. And then beforethat, we had Dubxanne and Guido Craveiro, Dubxanne, Dubxanne, D-U-B-X-A-N-N-E, it's basicallyRock Xan, because they did a police dub album. So it's called Dubxanne, Dubxanne, Dubxanne.And that's running up that hill featuring Claire Parsons dub. I heard the sort of nondub version of that on Culture Clash Radio by Don Letts on 6Music. I love his radio show.It's brilliant. He's well worth the license fee. He's the reason that 6Music existsalong with Stuart Maconie, him and Iggy Pop. The rest of them, eh, Dandelion Radio doesit better. Those three. And Craig Charles, who uses his funk show, and you know, basicallythe weekend shows. The week shows for 6Music are a bit too bland most of the time.The weekend stuff is why save and listen to later, because it's always, always good. Alwaysworth sour stuff to Nick. Sorry, Todd. But he didn't play the dub version. He played,and I think the dub version is better. And then before that, we had DJ Giac, an Italianremix mash-up person with Instant Deep, Genesis vs. Paradis. Yeah, so we had a couple of Genesisthings in there. But again, the more sort of In The Air Tonight mode of Phil rather thanthe You Can't Dance. I was never a fan of that kind of Genesis. But again, going backto stuff that I grew up with, and some of those bands I fell in love with was Genesisalong with Clannad and Mac, and The Carpenters. Yeah, I've had a very AOR tasteswhen I was a kid. And then I got to House Music, you know, that was history. You know,I still go back to those, because they are sort of creature-conference of mine. I woulddefend a lot of Genesis. Not, I'm not a fan of Gabriel Genesis, but around 1980 Genesis,it goes off after Invisible Touch. But those periods, you know, Imperial phase, definitely,I would defend them. Invisible Touch is great. I don't care what whoever says otherwise.I'm not so into solo stuff, but still some very good songs. You know, Jacket Requiredand lots of stuff. I know some people are really into that in sort of an ironicallycheesy way, but I actually sat and programmed the Gainsaw Lodz into the computer. And that'show I know. It's a really impossible song. It's got some really strange chords and somereally strange sequences. It is one of the oddest pop songs. So I'm going to play outwith a happier melancholy. We're going to combine the black and the white togetherand have a happy melancholy play out. This is Hallmighty again, from the Two Tiredfor Disco, which is the album I mentioned earlier, that followed Disco Deluxe Five.And there's probably a new one out now. Every time I get around to doing a podcast, I'mtalking about the previous Hallmighty and Mark J. Mix Album. But this is Sweet Melancholy Hill. And we're having a conversation on the Disco, the Crumplbanger Disco, aboutNeil Diamond. I got the impression certain people weren't into the Neil Diamond and don'tmiss the Neil. Neil's better than you think. So this is Sweet Caroline versus MelancholyHill. And I'll speak to you soon.

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