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Sisters of Mercy: Flood I

I always think it strange that everyone calls Neo a "goth" club; outside of fashion, the genre has seen little representation there since Scary Lady Sarah's departure 13 years ago. I'd love to see a proper goth night happen there again, but in the meantime, we'll dip our feet in the dark pool for a night at Atomic this week. Peroxide will join us in the booth throughout the night to play some retro goth that we don't normally give much attention to.

I used to spin this stuff... a really, really long time ago. I also used to spin vinyl. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to drag a turntable into the club for this event, but I will be doing a vinyl freeform set live on Chicago's WLUW [88.7] at 10am Thursday morning. It's broadcast online as well, so listen in even if you're too far away to join us that evening. Expect it to be something like the early '80s goth and new wave set that Kamar and I did for the opening of Neo's 30th anniversary party, for those of you who were there.

I'd post more, but I've got some vinyl to dust off...

Here's one of my favorite Sisters of Mercy tracks, off the entirely fantastic Floodland, to listen to while you dig out your velvet jacket and practice those catch-and-release-the-bat dance moves.

Sisters of Mercy at Amazon.com