Dark Night In Luton's 'Top Of The Pops' Special 4.7.2013

A good start with a healthy turn out, although in reality, that was down to passing trade and nothing to do with the support that is meant to be the 70+ strong according to the 'Likes' on the Facebook group page.

Considering there were, on the last count, approx. 1600 views of this event, I really can't understand why the pub wasn't packed to the hilt!!!

Regardless, those that were lucky enough to be there had a great night, and although my original playlist was trying to avoid too much cheese, you all seem to have better ideas! Plenty of great requests, and it was refreshing to have such great interaction for a change which kept me playing till way after midnight, so a very BIG thank you to those friends that did make the effort, especially to those that travelled to be with us.

Anyway, back to normal next week, where I'll be avoiding the 80s like the plague, but off course there will still  be plenty of great tunes to be hear, so get off your arses and come enjoy yourself before it's too late!!!!

Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl
Fun Boy Three - The Telephone Always Rings
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
A-ha - Take On Me
Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love ®
Flash In The Pan - Waiting For A Train
The Police - Spirits In The Material World
Big Country - Wonderland
J. Giels Band - Centrefold ®
The Style Council - Come To Milton Keynes
Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop
Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
UB40 - One In Ten
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger
The Stranglers - European Female
Blancmange - Blind Vision
Gary Numan & Bill Sharpe - Change Your Mind
Altered Images - See Those Eyes
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
The Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity
Ultravox - Visions In Blue
Wang Chun - Dance Hall Days
Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
Ice House - Hey Little Girl
The Beat - Best Friend
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
The Untouchables - Free Yourself
The Specials - Rat Race
Madness - Shut Up!
David Bowie - Modern Love
Kim Wilde - Water On Glass
Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Shriekback - Nemesis
Simple Minds - Glittering Prize
Blondie - Rapture
Alphaville - Big In Japan
The Selector - Three Minute Hero
Prince - 1999
Queen - Flash
Pet Shop Boys - Its A Sin
Duran Duran - New Moon On Monday
Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face (Single Edit)
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Talk Talk - Today
Men At Work - Down Under ®
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb ®
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance ®
The Housemartins - Happy Hour ®
Pigbag - Papa's Got  Abrand New Pigbag
The Knack - My Sharona
The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter ®
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Joan Jett & The Lovehearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll ®
Soft Cell - Tainted Love ®
Wham! - Bad Boys
Captain Sensible - Wot!
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Toto - Africa ®
ABC - The Look Of Love
Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Wife
Stray Cats - Rock This Town
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rapinghood

Dark Night In Luton 27.6.2013

Best described as a very intimate night, and although I didn't really get to play what was originally intended, I did manage to fit in the newer material promised, but spent the last hour basically adlibbing!

 

I'd just like to extend an extra special thanks to those that supported last nights event. Hope to see many more of you all next week for my next themed 'Top Of The Pops' event.

Primal Scream - Trainspotting
Revolting Cocks - Gila Copter
Rosetta Stone - Nothing
Trent Reznor & Peter Murphy - The Sanity Assassin
New Order - Ceremony
Ministry - Cannibal Song
Faith & The Muse - Through The Pale Door
Brendan Perry - The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Officers - Soul Saviour (Mutations)
Nine Inch Nails - Reptile
Assemblage 23 - Take Me Down
Clan Of Xymox - Liberty
Global Citizen - Don’t Make It Slow
Grendel - Wheels In Motion
The Black Angels - Snake In The Grass
The Cult - Savages (Full Length Version)
Sulpher - You Ruined Everything
IAMX - Think Of England
Whispers In The Shadow - The Last Time
Solar Fake - I Keep My Eyes Shut
Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
Suicide Commando - Die Mutherfucker Die
Pride & Fall - Sacred And Profound
NFD - Black Sun
Suspiria - Dancefloor Tradegy (Travesty)
Curve - You Don't Know
The Awakening - The Harmony of Imperfection
Rob Zombie - Pussy Liquor ®
Electric Hellfire Club - Incubus
Front 242 - Headhunter V3 ®
Mesh - If We Stay Here
C-Lekktor - An Empty Soul
Uberbyte - Total War
Filter & Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do
Aesthetic Perfection - Spit It Out ®
Nitzer Ebb - Family Man
The Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
Apoptygma Berzerk - Electricity
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Sleeper - Atomic
My Ruin - Tainted Love
Paradise Lost - How Soon Is Now?
Girls Under Glass - Frozen
Sepultura - Bullet The Blue Sky
Marilyn Manson - Golden Years

 

 

Dark Night In Luton - 20.6.2013

Following on from the previous nights Peter Murphy/Bauhaus gig, I have to admit I was totally knackered and in no mood to go anywhere, but the night has become so much fun recently, how could I say no!!

Anyway, we had a good steady flow of support and some friendly passing trade, whom are the only ones that seem to make requests oddly enough, and as usual, a good chance to catch up with friends and meet new people. So if you haven't made the effort to join the friendly hoard yet, what are you waiting for??

Black Slate - Amigo
Alien Sex Fiend - Attack !!!!!! #2
Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
Into A Circle - Seraphim Twin
Killing Joke - Tabazan
Star Industry - Forever
Dead Kennedys - Moon Over Marin
Rollins Band - Disconnect
Fortifaction 55 - And Tomorrow Atlantis
Aslan Faction - Hell on Earth (The Retrosic remix)
Sisters Of Mercy - Phantom (Alternate Version)
Faith & The Muse - Annwyn, Beneath the Waves
Marilyn Manson - Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)
Deadbolt - Hank Watson Stalks The Earth
Last Rites - Rageing Tide
Rotersand - Merging Oceans
Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand ®
IAMX - The Alternative
Icon Of Coil - In Absence
Global Citizen - Lady Killer
The Eden House - Neversea
Dead Can Dance - The Trial
The Clash - London Calling ®
Bauhaus - She's In Parties (Album Version)
Tubeway Army - Bombers ®
Assemblage 23 - Opened
The Awakening - Stigmata
Anders Manga - We Won’t Stay Dead
Click Click - Left For Dead
Merciful Nuns - God/Aeon
Black Rebel Motorcylce Club - Ha Ha High Babe
In Strict Confidence - My Despair
U2 - Until The End Of The World
Spear Of Destiny - Stangers In Our Town
Arts Of Erebus - Falling Down
Mephisto Walz - Keep Me From Walking
Depeche Mode - I Feel Loved
Black Light Ascension - Jack In/Burn out
Wumpscut - Dr. Thodt
Skinny Puppy - T.F.W.O.
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Overground (Thorn EP)
Peter Murphy - Huuvula
Young Gods - Donnez les Esprits
Seventh Harmonic - Paralysis
Cocteau Twins - Cicely
The Swans - Song For Dead Time
The Creatures - Don't Go To Sleep Without Me

Outro:-Bananarama - Venus

Dark Night In Luton 13.6.2013

Once again, I ventured out with no expectations and was pleasantly surprised with the turn out. A decent early crowd which really lifts my spirits, although I must admit to being pretty distracted due to catching up with friends than concentrating on mixing the music!! Still, if anybody did actually notice the new Eden House and Skinny Puppy tracks I were playing, I would be surprised!

Thanks to all involved - you made my night.

David Bowie - I'm Deranged (Reprise)
Last Rites - Obsession
The Mission - Beyond The Pale (Armageddon Mix)
Whispers In The Shadows - The Arrival
Angels & Agony - Stronghold
Mephisto Walz - Thalia
NFD - Senseless
Batzs In The Belfry - Hollow Holy Tears
Arts Of Erebus - Innocent Dreams
Flesh Field - The Eucharist
Skinny Puppy - Wormin'
Combichrist - Follow The Trail Of Blood
Clan Of Xymox - Taste The Medicine
Killing Joke - Fema Camp
Placebo - Bulletproof Cupid
Monica Richards - Alaric
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
The Eden House - The Empty Space
The God Machine - The Desert Song
Black Angels - Manipulation
The Hollow Men - Don’t Slow Down
Partly Faithful - Hatchett
Adoration - Closure
Unkle - Hold My Hand
Ulterior - Skydancing
Gary Numan - The Angel Wars
U2 - Angels Too Tied to the Ground
Depeche Mode - Nothings Impossible (Demo)
Bloody Dead And Sexy - One By One
E.L.O - Mr. Blue Sky ®
AngelSpit - Dead Letter (Angel Theory Remix)
Hocico - Where Angels Don't Sing
Dr. & The Medics - Sprirt In The Sky ®
Jesus & Marychain - Sidewalking (Extended)
Katscan - (Screaming Like a) Crack Baby
Nirvana - Come As You Are ®
The Cure - Close To Me ®
Covenant - Stalker (Club Version)
Rammstein - Du Hast ®
Sisters Of Mercy - Neverland (Full Version)
Fields Of The Nephilim - Wail of Sumer/And There Will Your Heart Be Also

Dark Night In Luton's The Cult Special 6.6.2013

OK, well if your idea of heaven is 4 solid hours of music from Ian Astbury & The Cult, then last night at The George IInd was definitely the place to be. Mixing up music from early Southern Death Cult, through to Death Cult, then into The Cult, Holy Barbarians and other side projects, we spent the night with good friends, getting down to some very cool music, majorly more rockier than I usually play at a Dark Night! Still, it was good to exercise the speakers, although my head hurts somewhat today!!

As per usual, a very big thanks to all that supported the night and kept me out till the wee small hours!!

Fatman
Horse Nation
Sun King
War (The Process)
Amnesia
Peace Dog
Joy
If
The Crypt
The River
Burn My Shadow
Real Grrrrl
A Flower In The Desert
Back On Earth
Hollow Man
Christians
Touch Me
Faith Healer
Earth Mofo
Breathe
Dolly Bird
Star
Little Face
Elemental Light
Love Removal Machine
Gimmick
Revolution ®
Gods Zoo (These Times)
Love
Edie (Ciao Baby)
The Witch (Full Version)
Hi Time Amplifier
Lil Devil
Painted On My Heart
Spiritwalker
Naturally High
Dirty Little Rock Star
American Gothic
The Girl
Seas And Sky
Heart Of Soul
Ghost Dance
The Wolf
Be Free
Memphis Hip Shake
Resurrection Joe
Phoenix
It's Over
New York City
Space Junkie
Gone
Wolf Child Blues
Rain ®
Full Tilt
Moya

Dark Night In Luton 30.5.2013

A really fun night with a slightly better turn-out than last week. I also seemed to have my mojo running extra well, and every song just flowed perfectly.

Thanks to all that supported the night.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
The Jam - All Around The World
The Buzzcocks - E.S.P.
Inca Babies - Phantom Track
The Police - Roxanne
Ultravox - Mine For Life
Simple Minds - Celebrate
Joy Division - Colony
Gary Numan - Metal
The Bomb Party - Ray Gun
The Clash - Red Angel Dragnet
UK Decay - Shake 'Em Up
The Skids - Circus Games
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Adam & The Ants - Press Darlings
Killing Joke - Empire Song
Generation X - Shaking All Over
Theatre Of Hate - Conquistador
Mephisto Walz - Silent Thunder
Le Vene di Lucretia - La Morte degli Amanti
Marilyn Manson - No Reflection
The Defectors - Bruised And Satisfied
Ulterior - The Fun Gun
Sisters Of Mercy - We Are The Same Suzanne
Rammstein - Dalai Lama
Peter Murphy - Wild Birds Flock to Me
Korn - Last Legal Drug (la Petite Mort)
Jane's Addiction & Diamanda Galas - Sex Is Violence
Bloody Dead And Sexy - End Of The Night
Apollo 440 - Pain In Any Language
U2 - Please (Live From Rotterdam)
Placebo - Meds
Gene Loves Jezabel - Sweetest Thing
Wolfgang Press - Tremble (My Girl Doesn't)
Leftfield feat Africa Bambata - Afrika Shox
Project Pitchfork - Pitch Black
Front 242 - W.Y.H.I.S.Y.G.
VNV Nation - Momentum
Assemblage 23 - Divide
Depeche Mode - Heaven
Garden Of Delight - Black Goddess
Fields of The Nephilim - Trees Come Down
New Model Army - Another Imperial Day
Psychocharger - Return Of The One Percenter
Clan Of Xymox - What Is Going On?
The Mission - Hymn For America
Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
Japan - All Tomorrows Parties ®

Dark Night In Luton 23.5.2013

Not the busiest of nights, so thank (insert deity of your choice) for the hard-core - what would I do without you! Seems that the dreaded common cold has struck various people, and having only just got over my last one, I can totally sympathise and don't blame you for not venturing out.

Regardless, a fun night was still had, even if certain people didn't really get the musical premise of the night! Hopefully we'll see a lot more of you next week.

The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side)*
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love
The Cure - The Walk
Entertainment - Confusion Of Sense
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Slowdive
Alien Sex Fiend - Lips Can’t Go
Gitane Demone - Incendiary Lover
The Cramps - Primative
Adam & The Ants - Ants Invasion
Joy Division - I Remember Nothing
The Bolshoi - Books On The Bonfire ®
The Merry Thoughts - Pale Empress ®
Click Click - She's Chewing Them
Black Light Ascension - Your Time
Hair & Skin Trading Company - Take Control
Monica Richards - Tail Of Two
The Swans - Children Of God
Garden of Delight - Ancient God (Rediscovered)
The Cult - Conqistador
Bloody Dead & Sexy - Solemn Times
Ulterior - Dream Dream
Cocteau Twins - The Tinderbox (Of a Heart)
The Sisters Of Mercy - Nine While Nine
Depeche Mode - Hole To Feed
Young Gods - Skinflowers ®
Curve - Split Into Fractions
O Children - Radio Waves
The Mission - Let Sleeping Dogs Die
Brendan Perry - Wintersun
Bauhaus - Hollow Hills (Rejected Album Mix)
Lycia - The Canal
In Strict Confidence - Eye Of Heaven
Suicide Commando - In Guns We Trust
Gary Numan - For The Rest Of My Life
Project pitchfork - Beholder
New Model Army - Wired
Coloursound - Under The Sound
Boris & Ian Astbury - Teeth & Claws
Killing Joke - Turn to Red
UK Decay - Revolutionary Love Song
Pink Turns Blue - Your Master Is Calling
Merciful Nuns - Year Zero (The Prophecy of the Filth World)
God Machine - Temptation (The Experimental Zen Mix)
Echo & The Bunnymen - All My Colours
Black Angels - You On The Run
The Doors - The End*
The Doors - When The Music's Over*

*In memory of Ray Manzarek