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