Playlist 12/16/07

Lots of people in the studio (daniel ash, so you know he got a lot of play...) . Christopher the Minister was doing great. Seriously great. Then he just bombed out at the end. must have been 6 songs by daniel ash or haskins or one of those guys from Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets. Might as well kiss their butts a little, huh?

Overall rating: 3.15

Here are the songs:

Joy Division	Atmosphere
Bauhaus	In Fear of Fear
Iggy Pop	Nightclubbing
Tones on Tail	Go
Depeche Mode	Behind the Wheel
The Mission UK	Deliverance (remix)
Morrissey	Everyday is like Sunday
Wire Train	Chamber of Hellos
Love & Rockets	Kundalini Express ------
Duran Duran	The Chauffeur
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Slowdive
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Here Comes Alice
Killing Joke	Eighties
The Sisters of Mercy	1959
Bauhaus	Silent Hedges (Live)
Alphaville	Forever Young
Tones on Tail	Christian Says
The Cure	Lullaby (extended mix)
Propaganda	P-Machinery
Love & Rockets	All in My Mind ------
Cabaret Voltaire	Sensoria
The Mission UK	Wasteland
Joe Strummer	Love Kills
Siouxsie & the Banshees	The Passenger
Ministry	Everyday is Halloween
Morrissey	Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Misfits	London Dungeon
Duran Duran	Lonely in Your Nightmare
The Stranglers	Golden Brown
Love & Rockets	Yin and Yang The Flowerpot Man
The Cure	Caterpillar

Playlist 12/9/07

It's back. Russian Roulette is back. Overall, though, there were few missteps this week. Duran Duran, EMF, and The Human League to be sure. I am thinking of a way to create a database of these songs so that I can do less work each week, but I haven't gotten it clearly organized mentally yet. I currently have each song rated, and I am working on the album and year and notes. There may yet be a more efficient way to post this information.

Otherwise, here is the playlist. Overall rating: 3.37

The The	Uncertain Smile
Ministry	Here We Go
Bauhaus	Kick in the Eye
Public Image, Ltd.	Rules and Regulations
Duran Duran	Friends of Mine
Depeche Mode	I Feel You
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Happy House
The Cult	Love Removal Machine
Joy Division	Dead Souls
The Mission UK	Butterfly on a Wheel (remix)
The Smiths	There is a Light That Never Goes Out ---------
Shriekback	Nemesis (The Archdeviant Mix)
The Lords of the New Church	Russian Roulette
Wall of Voodoo	Ring of Fire
Nine Inch Nails	Ringfinger
The Psychedlic Furs	Dumb Watiers
The Human League	Louise
Love and Rockets	Sweet F.A.
The Divinyls	Pleasure & Pain
The Cure	10:15 on a Saturday Night
EMF	Lies
Peter Murphy	All Night Long
Echo & the Bunnymen	The Killing Moon
T.S.O.L.	Flowers By the Door
Depeche Mode	Black Celebration ------------
Cocteau Twins	Blood Bitch
The Mission UK	Serpents Kiss
Bauhaus	All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
The Killers	Shadowplay
The Smiths	Half a Person
The Sisters of Mercy	This Corrosion
Nitzer Ebb	Join in the Chant
The Damned	Grimly Fiendish
Nine Inch Nails	Hurt
The The	Love is Stronger Than Death
Stan Ridgway	Drive, She Said
The House of Love	Christine
The Stranglers	Always the Sun

Playlist - 12/2/07

Here is the playlist from Sirius' Dark Wave show on Channel 22 hosted by Christopher the Minister. There were some good parts, and, as usual, some pretty bad ones. There was a great run in the beginning of the show where he had an early New Order song followed by early Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, and Peter Murphy. But what the hell is Kate Bush doing in there? There were a couple of more questionably non-dark wave songs like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Oingo Boingo, and The Human League. Pretty good rating this week - 3.17 but there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Camouflage	Love is a Shield
New Order	Ceremony
The Cure	A Forest (tree mix)
The Sisters of Mercy	Detonation Boulevard
Peter Murphy	Indigo Eyes
Shreikback	Nemesis
The Smiths	Back to the Old House
Ministry	Revenge
Depeche Mode	Stripped
Oingo Boingo	When the Lights Go Out
Public Image, Ltd.	Rise
Siouxsie & The Banshees	Dear Prudence
The Lords of the New Church	Black Girl White Girl
The Mission UK	Wasteland
Nine Inch Nails	terrible Lies
Cocteau Twins	Ivo
The Human League	The Things Dreams are Made Of
The Chameleons	Swamp Thing
Depeche Mode	Personal Jesus (acoustic)
Tones on tail	Go!
Bauhaus	A God in an Alcove
Echo & the Bunnymen	The Cutter
New Order	1963
The Sugarcubes	Coldsweat
The Cure	Lullaby
Killing Joke	Change
The Sisters of Mercy	Flood II
The Damned	I just Can't Be Happy Today
The Passions	I'm in Love With A German Film Star
The Cult	Edie (Ciao Baby) (acoustic)
The Psycedelic Furs	Imitation of Christ
Kate Bush	Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Head On
The Mission UK	Tower of Strength
Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Two Tribes
Concrete Blonde	God is a Bullet
The Smiths	Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Ultravox	Vienna
Martin L Gore	Compulsion

Playlist, 11/25/07

Remarkably, Christopher the Minister did not play Russian Roulette this week. This was undone by his playing of two songs by Duran Duran from their Rio album. I am not sure if Joe Strummer counts as Dark Wave, and I really just can't stand the song Golden Brown by the Stranglers. I remember being mesmerized by it the first time I heard it, but there is no way it counts as Dark. On the bright end of things, he had a really great run in the first hour where he played Bauhaus, Mission UK, and Sisters of Mercy back to back to back.. I really don't think that songs that are regularly played on First Wave should be heard on this show. Hence, Echo and the Bunnymen's People are Strange received a 2. The ratings are completely arbitrary, by the way. I am trying to cross-reference them, but I haven't figured out a great system for that just yet.

Here's the playlist for November 25, 2007.

Nine Inch Nails	Something I Can Never Have	5
The Cure	Kyoto Song	3.5
Echo & the Bunnymen	People Are Strange	2
Oingo Boingo	Skin	2.5
Depeche Mode	Shake the Disease	2
Bauhaus	God in an Alcove	4.5
The Mission UK	Deliverance	5
The Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia My Reflection	5
Duran Duran	The Chaffeur	2
The Lords of the New Church	Dance with Me	4
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Slowdive	4
Joy Division	She's Lost Control	4
The Cult	Love Trooper	3
Sinead O'Connor	Jerusalem	3
Tubeway Army	Are "Friends" Electric?	2
Specimen	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2.5
Morrissey	Everyday is like Sunday	3
The B-52s	Deep Sleep	3.5
Killing Joke	Eighties	3
Wire Train	Chamber of Hellos	2
The Cure	Lullaby (extended mix)	3
The Human League	The Lebanon	2
Depeche Mode	Fly on the Windscreen	2.5
Tangerine Dream	Love on a Real Train	2
Love and Rockets	No New Tale to Tell	2.5
The Stranglers	Golden Brown	0.5
Nine Inch Nails	That's What I Get	4
The Damned	Alone Again Or	3.5
Joe Strummer	Love Kills	0.5
Joy Division	Transmission	4.5
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Cities in Dust (Extended Version)	2.5
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Happy When It Rains	3
Ministry	Work for Love	2.5
The Cramps	Fever	2
The Smiths	Rubber Ring	3
Duran Duran	Lonely in Your Nightmare	1
Propaganda	P-Machinery	4.5
Public Image Ltd.	This is Not a Love Song	2.5
Nitzer Ebb	Murderous	4

Average - 2.96

Playlist 11/18/07

I missed a few weeks. My apologies. I am trying to create a "darkness factor" for each show, so I will begin posting the playlist with these numbers. I have worked out in my head that Sisters of Mercy are pretty much a 5 and that New Order songs like 1963 that are on 22 regularly are 1s. There could be songs lower (i.e., B-52s Love Shack). But here are the songs for this week. There were some highlights and lowlights, but RUSSIAN ROULETTE WAS THERE AGAIN!!! Seriously, Christopher, knock it off.

Artist	Song	Dark Rating
The Sisters of Mercy	First and Last and Always	4.5
Echo & The Bunnymen	Bedbugs and Ballyhoo	2
The Smiths	Meat is Murder	3
Peter Murphy	All Night Long	4
Iggy Pop	The Passenger	3.5
The Lords of the New Church	Russian Roulette	1.5
Depeche Mode	Black Celebration	2.5
Siouxsie & The Banshees	Dear Prudence	2.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	From Her To Eternity	1.5
The Cure	10:15 Saturday Night	2
Ministry	Revenge	2.5
Cocteau Twins	In The Gold Dust Rush	2
New Order	1963	1
Hilary	Kinetic	3
Concrete Blonde	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)			2.5
Killing Joke	Adorations	3.5
Duran Duran	Friends of Mine	1.5
Bollock Brothers	Horror Movies	2
The The	Love is Stonger Than Death			3
The Sisters of Mercy	Dominion/Mother Russia	5
Peter Murphy	Cuts You Up	5
Japan	Quiet Life	2
Depeche Mode	Behind the Wheel	3
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Killing Moon	2.5
TSOL	Flowers By The Door	3.5
Love and Rockets	Sweet F.A.	2
EMF	Lies	1.5
The Smiths	There is a Light That Never Goes Out			3.5
Iggy Pop	Nightclubbing	2.5
Joy Division	Dead Souls	5
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	The Power of Love	1
The Psychedelic Furs	Dumb Waiter	3
The Cure	Lullaby	3
Siouxsie & The Banshees	Spellbound	4
Duran Duran	Night Boat	1
Clan of Xymox	No Words	3.5
The Mission UK	Wasteland	5
Alphaville	Forever Young	1.5

Playlist 10/21/07

Using a simple 5 point ranking system, I rated the songs and did an average to see how "dark" this week's show was. My results - 3.2 out of 5. Not bad, but room for improvement. Christopher reiterated that Siouxsie Sioux will be hosting on October 28. Can't wait to see what she plays on Sunday night.

Some bands that I like that are missing from these playlists:
The Bolshoi
The Glove
Spear of Destiny

Perhaps I will do a short post on bands that I think should be played more often.

Here is the playlist for 10/21/07

The Smiths	The Queen is Dead (Live)
The Cure	Torture
New Order	1963
Lords of the New Church	Russian Roulette
The Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia My Reflection
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Killing Moon
The Jesus & Mary Chain	April Skies
Shriekback	Nemesis (Arch Deviant Mix)
Tones on Tail	Lions
Nine Inch Nails	Sanctified
Iggy Pop	The Passenger
The Human League	Louise
Specimen	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Ministry	I Wanted To Tell Her
Siouxsie & The Banshees	The Killing Jar
Modern English	Life in the Gladhouse
Depeche Mode	Fly on the Windscreen
Cocteau Twins	Cicely
The Divinyls	Pleasure & Pain
Catherine Wheel	Black Metallic
B-52s	Deep Sleep
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	The Power of Love
Duran Duran	Friends of Mine
The Smiths	That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The Cult	Edie (Ciao Baby)
The The	Love is Stronger Than Death
The Mission UK	Wasteland
Underworld	Underneath the Radar
The Cure	Lullaby
The Damned	Alone Again Or
The Psychedlic Furs	Imitation of Christ
Love and Rockets	No New Tale to Tell
The Sisters of Mercy	Dominion/Mother Russia
Killing Joke	Multitudes
The Strangler	Always the Sun
The March Violets	Snake Dance
Nitzer Ebb	Join in the Chant

Playlist 10/14/07

Anton Corbijn was the guest host for the last hour. His set starts at the asterisk.

The Mission UK	Wishing Well
Ministry	Cold Life
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Christine
Cabaret Voltaire	Sensoria
Depeche Mode	Get the Balance Right
Alphaville	Forever Young
New Order	Sub-Culture
Tones On Tail	Go!
The Smiths	There is a Light that Never Goes Out
Concrete Blonde	God is a Bullet
The Sisters of Mercey	This Corrosion
Dominatrix	The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	The Weeping Song
The Cure	Charlotte Sometimes
Duran Duran	Night Boat
The Cult	Brother Wolf Sister Moon
Echo & The Bunnymen	Bring On the Dancing Horses (ext remix)
Camouflage	That Smiling Face
Anything Box	Living in Oblivion
Ultravox	Vienna
Siouxsie & the Banshees	You're Lost Little Girl
Nine Inch Nails	Terrible Lie
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Here Comes Alice
Altered Images	I Could Be Happy
The Human League	The Lebanon
The Mission UK	Deliverance (Remix)
********************** Joy Division	*************** Atmosphere
Joy Division	Dead Souls
Depeche Mode	Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode	Behind the Wheel
Bauhaus	Ziggy Stardust
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Spellbound
David Bowie	Heroes
New Order	Bizarre Love Triangle
Joy Division	Transmission
Cocteau Twins	In the Gold Dust Rush
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Cutter

Playlist 10/07/07

I did the same stupid thing for this week, as well. I did not assign a number so the songs are in alphabetical order by artist.

Bauhaus	All We Ever Wanted
Depeche Mode	Clean
Depeche Mode	Shake the Disease
Depeche Mode	Lie to Me
Duran Duran	The Chaffeur
Echo & The Bunnymen	People Are Strange
Giorgio Moroder	Leopard Tree Dream
Iggy Pop	The Passenger
Killing Joke	Love Like Blood
Kraftwerk	TransEurope Express
Love And Rockets	No New Tale to Tell
Ministry	Here We Go
Ministry	Stigmata
New Order	1963
New Order	Procession
Public Image, Ltd	Rise
Shriekback	My Spine is the Bass Line
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Cities In Dust
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Face to Face
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Night Shift
Tangerine Dream
Tears for Fears	Pale Shelter
The Cult	Rain
The Cure	Lullaby
The Cure	Three Imaginary Boys
The Damned	Alone Again Or
The Human League	Being Boiled
The Lords of the New Church	Russian Roulette
The Mission U.K.	Butterfly on a Wheel
The Psychedelic Furs	Sister Europe
The Sisters of Mercy	First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia My Reflection
The Smiths	I Know It's Over
Tones on Tail	Performance
Xymox	Obsession

Playlist 9/23/07

Because I am sometimes an idiot, I did not give the songs an order number before I sorted them by artist. For that reason, these songs are listed alphabetically by artist.

Alphaville	Forever Young
Altered Images	I Could Be Happy
Cabaret Voltaire	Sensoria
Cocteau Twins	Carolyn's Fingers
Concrete Blonde	God Is A Bullet
Depeche Mode	It's Called A Heart
Depeche Mode	Nothing
Depeche Mode	Blasphemous Rumors
Dominatrix	The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
Duran Duran	Hungry Like the Wolf
Duran Duran	My Own Way
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Cutter
Gene Loves Jezebel	Gorgeous
Joy Division	New Dawn Fades
Julian Cope	Charlotte Anne
Ministry	Should Have Known Better
Misfits	London Dungeon
New Order	1963
Nine Inch Nails	That's What I Get
Oingo Boingo	Skin
Shriekback	Faded Flowers
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Happy House
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Fear (Of the Unknown)
Stan Ridgway	Drive She Said
The Cult	Edie (Ciao Baby)
The Cure	10:15 on a Saturday Night
The Damned	Alone Again Or
The Divinyls	Pleasure & Pain
The Human League	Lebanon
The Human League	The Things That Dreams are Made Of
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Happy When it Rains
The Lords of the New Church	Russian Roulette
The Mission U.K.	Tower Of Strength
The Mission U.K.	Serpents Kiss
The Sisters of Mercy	This Corrosion
The Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia My Reflection
The Smiths	There is a Light that Never Goes Out
The Smiths	Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Stranglers	Always the Sun
The SugarCubes	Deus
Tones on Tail	Go!
Tones on Tail	There's Only One

Mission Statement

I grew up in the 80s but Pop music was never my thing. I enjoyed listening to dark alternative and progressive music. When Sirius Satellite radio announced that they would do a three hour show each Sunday night, I was elated. I didn't get to listen too often because the show came on late (10 - 1). Then I bought the Stiletto and it can record shows. I have been listening each week now. While listening, I have found that Christopher the Minister, the current DJ, plays the same bands and songs each week. This blog will present alternatives, accept suggestions, and produce a weekly playlist. I am working on creating a rating system for the level of darkness that the show contains. The goal of this blog is to help make the Dark Wave show the best of the best on a weekly basis.

Christopher plays one Lords of the New Church song just about each week, and that is what inspired the title of this blog. There have to be more songs by them than just Russian Roulette (even though its a good song).

Things I wish:
More diverse bands.
More diverse songs.
Playlists posted online somewhere.
Other band profiles

NOTE: I have some back dated playlists that I will start with. Then we will move forward