We headed down the highway to Portland, Oregon last week. While there I popped over to a shop called Dark Future that specializes in used, vintage role playing games, interested in seeing if I could unearth any old Paranoia modules or other gems. What I didn’t realize is that Dark Future also sells music, most […]
Month: April 2026
The Electronic Music Club Of Edmonds Community College – “Iatrogenics” (1984) and “In Reel Time” (1985)
If you’ve never been to Edmonds, Washington, it does not give off the vibe of being a hotbed of electronica. Extremely well-maintained older homes vie for space with more modern builds in competing for lots with views of Puget Sound. Perhaps 20 minutes north of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, it’s part of that slow sprawl […]
Throbbing Gristle – “Music From The Derek Jarman Film In The Shadow Of The Sun” (1984)
Derek Jarman was an English artist and filmmaker who worked primarily outside the mainstream. Throbbing Gristle’s music featured in a few of his works, most notably the 1980 version of his hour-long In the Shadow of the Sun, a collection of Super 8 film shorts re-shot to 16mm. I picked up the soundtrack record last […]
Spanner Thru Ma Beatbox – “RPM 33 BPM 111/113” (1987)
“This is dance music that you’d have great difficulty dancing to,” is how one reviewer described RPM 33 BPM 111/113 back in 1998, about a decade after its release. “If you tried dancing to this,” the writer continued, “you’d probably break your legs, although that’s not a criticism.” Hell, that sounds like a ringing endorsement […]
Mayhem – “Dawn Of The Black Hearts” (1995 / 2023)
TRIGGER WARNING! Some parts of the Mayhem story are just plain awful. So here’s your chance to opt out. The story of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem has been widely told, including being turned into a film called Lords of Chaos (starring Macaulay Culkin’s brother Rory, and Val Kilmer’s son Jack). The film was […]