Faith saw the Cure continuing in the gloomy vein of 1980’s Seventeen Seconds, which would conclude with the band’s next album, Pornography.  Much of Faith was written in the studio. At least two songs on the album, “All Cats Are Grey” and “The Drowning Man”, were inspired by the Gormenghast novels of Mervyn Peake. Faith was the first album by the Cure to feature six-string bass guitar; “All Cats Are Grey” features Smith on keyboards and piano, with no guitar at all. The front cover, designed by former and future member Porl Thompson, is a picture of Bolton Priory in the village of Bolton Abbey in the fog.

The instrumental piece “Carnage Visors” (an antonym for rose-coloured spectacles; originally available only on the long-play cassette release) is the soundtrack to Carnage Visors, a short film by Ric Gallup, Simon Gallup’s brother, that was screened at the beginning of shows in place of a support band on the 1981 Picture Tour, and featured animation of several dolls in different positions and stances. The film has since disappeared, and only Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Simon Gallup own copies of it, though during a televised interview in the mid-1980s, the host of the program surprised the band by playing a clip of the film on set.

Ep 56

00:01:51 – The Cure – Doubt (RS Home Demo)

00:02:56 – The Cure – The Holy Hour

00:08:49 – The Cure – Primary

00:13:16 – The Cure – Other Voices

00:18:35 – The Cure – All Cats Are Grey

00:25:20 – The Cure – In Your House

00:30:53 – The Cure – Doubt

00:34:38 – The Cure – The Funeral Party

00:39:40 – The Cure – Faith

00:47:09 – The Cure – The Drowning Man

00:51:52 – The Cure – Faith (Live)

Transitional Audio Clips

Inception (2010)  – Dream Sequence, Marion Cotillard

The Matrix (1999) – The Pill Scene

Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) – Various Scenes

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Despite not being successful at the time, the album has received retrospective praise. Pitchfork said that EVOL ” was where the seeds of greatness were sown”, and placed the album 31st on their Top 100 Albums of the 1980s list, alongside Sonic Youth’s next two albums, Sister and Daydream Nation, which ranked 14th and first, respectively.

The album cover features a picture of model/actress Lung Leg, a still taken from Submit to Me. Leg had previously appeared in the “Death Valley ’69” music video. The back cover shows a black-and-white picture of the band in a heart-shaped frame. The album’s 10 songs are listed in a different order than the actual track listing. The members’ names are listed on the back cover as well, although no instruments are assigned for them. It reads “guitars, vocals, drums”, with “bass” hidden beneath the photograph of the band. The insert features the lyrics to the songs and the A-side depicts Thurston Moore, with eyes drawn on his hands, holding them up to his face. This photograph was later used for the cover of the “Starpower” single. The other side contains pictures from horror movies Friday the 13th Part 2 and Children of the Corn, with a blacked-out image of two ladies in the upper right corner.

Ep 55

00:01:37 – Sonic Youth – Death To Our Friends

00:05:29 – Sonic Youth – Tom Violence

00:08:47 – Sonic Youth – Shadow Of A Doubt

00:12:38 – Sonic Youth – Starpower

00:17:56 – Sonic Youth – In The Kingdom #19

00:21:49 – Sonic Youth – Green Light

00:26:10 – Sonic Youth – Secret Girls

00:30:05 – Sonic Youth – Marilyn Moore

00:34:59 – Sonic Youth – Madonna Sean and Me

00:43:10 – Charlie – Spacer Woman (Original Mix)

00:52:04 – Minty – Useless Man

Transitional Audio Clips

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Various Scenes

Sleeping Beauty (1959) – Maleficent’s Gift of Death

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The 4AD CD release also features six of the seven tracks from the band’s 1987 EP The Fat Skier. (The seventh track was not deemed essential for CD release, as it was a re-issue of “Soul Soldier” from the band’s debut album, followed by an ambient field recording of the band talking in a park.) The Sire release did not feature these six songs, and therefore these songs have never been released on CD in the USA.

Ep 54

00:00:25 – Throwing Muses – Colder

00:04:25 – Throwing Muses – Mexican Women

00:08:28 – Throwing Muses – River

00:13:21 – Throwing Muses – Juno

00:16:34 – Throwing Muses – Run Letter

00:24:13 – Throwing Muses – Saving Grace

00:27:17 – Throwing Muses – Drive

00:31:20 – Throwing Muses – Downtown

00:39:46 – Throwing Muses – Giant

00:55:20 – Throwing Muses – Walking In The Dark

Transitional Audio Clips

Occupation Native – Indigenous Documentary

The traditional owners of this land, held captive by British settlers.

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Ep 53

00:01:44 – Deborah Cox – Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here (Dance Mix)

00:05:26 – Neo Boys – Crumbling Myths EP

00:13:51 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Abala Barlawa (Everything was at Peace)

00:18:19 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Two Worlds Collide

00:23:05 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Warmala (Young Girls Song)

00:27:40 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngurra (Rain Song)

00:30:51 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngabaju (Grandmothers Song)

00:35:28 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngurrmarla (Love Song)

00:39:44 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Kirridarra (Womens Song)

00:43:19 – Diana Ross & The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On

00:45:59 – Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real

00:49:41 – Wipers – Better Off Dead

00:51:49 – Marina And The Diamonds – Numb

00:56:00 – Banoffee – Ripe

Transitional Audio Clips

Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone (2001) – Levitation Scene

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Garlands is the only album with original bassist Will Heggie. Gordon Sharp of Cindytalk provided backup vocals on “Dear Heart”, “Hearsay Please”, and “Hazel”.

Cat People is a 1942 horror film produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. DeWitt Bodeen wrote the original screenplay, which was based on Val Lewton’s short story The Bagheeta, published in 1930. The film stars Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Cat People tells the story of a young Serbian woman, Irena, who believes herself to be a descendant of a race of people who turn into cats when sexually aroused or deeply angered.

Ep 52

00:01:02 – Cocteau Twins – Blood Bitch

00:06:00 – Cocteau Twins – Wax and Wane

00:09:55 – Cocteau Twins – But I’m Not

00:13:12 – Cocteau Twins – Blind Dumb Deaf

00:17:29 – Cocteau Twins – Shallow Then Halo

00:23:15 – Cocteau Twins – The Hollow Man

00:28:47 – Cocteau Twins – Garlands

00:34:20 – Cocteau Twins – Grail Overfloweth

00:40:30 – Cocteau Twins – Dear Heart

00:44:20 – Cocteau Twins – Hearsay Please

Transitional Audio Clips

Cat People (1942) – Various Clips

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The album was recorded at Southern Studios in London between October 1984 and October 1985 and was produced by Penny Rimbaud of Crass and engineered by Mel Jefferson. The album was more complex in comparison to its predecessor The Eye, with greater use of electronic noise and distorted samples and keyboards.

Again this is an incredible album by the iconic band who express themselves in an experimental way, even though the album has heavy punk rock roots it delves much further than your typical punk record, it is by all sense of the word unique <3

Episode 51

00:03:02 – KUKL – Outward Flight (Psalm 323)

00:06:48 – KUKL – France (A Mutual Thrill)

00:13:16 – KUKL – Gibraltar (Copy The Neighbour)

00:23:41 – KUKL – Greece (Just By The Book)

00:35:40 – KUKL – England (Zro)

00:48:20 – KUKL – Holland (Latent)

00:52:50 – KUKL – Aegean (Vials Of Wrath)

00:57:00 – KUKL – The Homecoming (The Night)

Transitional Audio Clips

The Little Mermaid (1989) – Part Of Your World

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Faye Reads Brandi

Transgender at 11 Listening to Jazz Jennings 2020 ABC News – YouTube

Tiwi Islands Sistagirls attend the Sydney Mardi Gras – YouTube

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Azealia Banks (born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Raised in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City, Banks began releasing music through Myspace in 2008, eventually being signed to XL Recordings at age 17. After releasing her debut single “212”, she secured a recording contract with Interscope and Polydor Records, and later released her first extended play 1991 (2012). Banks’ debut studio album, Broke with Expensive Taste, experienced several delays since its initial announcement before being released in 2014. In 2016, she released the mixtape Slay-Z. Her second studio album is Fantasea II: The Second Wave. Banks’ outspoken views and controversial social media presence have been the subject of media attention throughout her career… she rules!

House Tornado is an album by the alternative rock band Throwing Muses. Produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Paul Kolderie, it was recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA. The album was released in 1988 internationally on the 4AD label, except in the United States, where it was released by Sire Records. Sire used a different album cover for its release, as the label was putting a strong promotional push behind the band, and label executives favoured a picture of the band over the collage featured on the 4AD release. <3

Ep 50

00:00:24 – Kukl – Assassin

00:04:44 – Kukl – Open The Window And Let The Spirit Fly Free

00:07:31 – Kukl – Dismembered

00:12:34 – Azealia Banks – Escapades

00:17:10 – Azealia Banks – The Big Big Beat

00:26:32 – Kukl – France (A Mutual Thrill)

00:31:41 – Kukl – Gibraltar (Copy The Neighbour)

00:36:26 – Azealia Banks – Ice Princess

00:40:02 – Kukl – Holland (Latent)

00:44:30 – Azealia Banks – Neptune

00:48:23 – Azealia Banks – Ima Read

00:49:18 – Azealia Banks – Fierce

00:52:17 – Throwing Muses – River

00:56:10 – Throwing Muses – Juno

00:58:06 – Throwing Muses – Saving Grace

Transitional Audio Clips

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills – The Dinner Party From Hell

Azealia Banks talks white female rap – YouTube

Taylor Armstrong and Camille Grammer – But Now We Do

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Paris Is Burning is the 1990 film that chronicles the New York’s drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality. Directed by Jennie Livingston and filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. Some critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the “Golden Age” of New York City drag balls, and a thoughtful exploration of race, class, gender, and sexuality in America. <3

Ep 49

00:00:53 – Throwing Muses – Counting Backwards

00:04:34 – Throwing Muses – Him Dancing

00:06:21 – Throwing Muses – Red Shoes

00:10:10 – Throwing Muses – Graffiti

00:13:10 – Throwing Muses – Golden Thing

00:16:15 – Throwing Muses – Ellen West

00:19:40 – Throwing Muses – Dylan

00:21:33 – Throwing Muses – Hook In Her Head

00:28:41 – Throwing Muses – Not Too Soon

00:32:51 – Throwing Muses – Honeychain

00:37:47 – Throwing Muses – Say Goodbye

00:41:50 – Throwing Muses – Two Step

00:47:10 – Throwing Muses – Garoux Des Larmes

00:50:13 – Throwing Muses – Pools In Eyes

00:53:25 – Throwing Muses – A Feeling

00:56:22 – Throwing Muses – Wolf After The War

Transitional Audio Clips

Paris Is Burning (1990) – Venus Extravaganza

Octavia St. Laurent – Queen Of The Underground

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Ep 47

00:00:19 – Björk – The Gate

00:02:59 – Björk – Blissing Me

00:54:52 – Björk – Arisen My Senses

Transitional Audio Clips

Entrevista de Bjork ao NOWNESS (2017) – Bjork Interview – YouTube

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