hey. i made this. ^
i’ve had a number of lonely holidays, whether home alone or otherwise. maybe that goes for you, too. this year i’m spending christmas with family for the first time in a few years and i’m hoping for the best. but even if all goes well, this episode's inspired by lonely parts in me. it's dedicated to anyone who feels too lonely to talk about it.
some features of the lonely xmas ('14) edition:
a few quick notes: when released on body records's 1988 christmas ep, absolute body control titled their track that i included here "lonely this night." in that context, anyway, it doesn't sound like it demanded anything more explicit to indicate what "night" this might be. on later ABC compilations, however, like the one i got this remastered copy from, the track is titled "lonely this christmas." i prefer "lonely this night" as a title, but i'm going with the one used with this release. this is also the only ABC song i think i've heard a guitar in. and, like everything i've heard that absolute body control released after 1984, this falls into a "no vocals, at least not vocals that are clearly dirk ivens's" category of ABC recordings. i have a few theories about this, but my hunch is it's a branding thing: dirk (and eventually ABC's mark van wonterghem) continued to make music with vocals under the name klinik, and reserved the ABC name for other things (old recordings?), mostly stuff they contributed to compilations.
what else was i going to say about the music? oh yeah. on the subject of denmark: marching church is an elias bender rønnenfelt project (he might be a dick?), and croatian amor is loke rahbek. both were in war/vår. like lust for youth (LFY), i played vår in episode 5.
and about the vid: someone pointed out that i missed an opportunity to reference the talkboy seen in home alone 2. i decided to take the vocals in the direction i did for a reason (a little less predictable, butch depth is trite, ain't nothin wrong with talkin high), but i'm still kinda kicking myself over this. butt fuck it, i like the video.
tracklist
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i’ve had a number of lonely holidays, whether home alone or otherwise. maybe that goes for you, too. this year i’m spending christmas with family for the first time in a few years and i’m hoping for the best. but even if all goes well, this episode's inspired by lonely parts in me. it's dedicated to anyone who feels too lonely to talk about it.
some features of the lonely xmas ('14) edition:
- only passing mention of a certain holiday;
- pitch-shifted vocals (i.e. instant sex appeal);
- my "attempt" at making power electronics;
- my continuing crush on denmark; and
- the first appearance of coldwave on the show. coldwave is 80s/90s synthy post punky stuff, primarily from francophone countries (but also poland, somehow). while often cold, it can vary widely in tone. this time, i played a bit of trisomie 21 and some of the glacial beauty of asylum party.
a few quick notes: when released on body records's 1988 christmas ep, absolute body control titled their track that i included here "lonely this night." in that context, anyway, it doesn't sound like it demanded anything more explicit to indicate what "night" this might be. on later ABC compilations, however, like the one i got this remastered copy from, the track is titled "lonely this christmas." i prefer "lonely this night" as a title, but i'm going with the one used with this release. this is also the only ABC song i think i've heard a guitar in. and, like everything i've heard that absolute body control released after 1984, this falls into a "no vocals, at least not vocals that are clearly dirk ivens's" category of ABC recordings. i have a few theories about this, but my hunch is it's a branding thing: dirk (and eventually ABC's mark van wonterghem) continued to make music with vocals under the name klinik, and reserved the ABC name for other things (old recordings?), mostly stuff they contributed to compilations.
what else was i going to say about the music? oh yeah. on the subject of denmark: marching church is an elias bender rønnenfelt project (he might be a dick?), and croatian amor is loke rahbek. both were in war/vår. like lust for youth (LFY), i played vår in episode 5.
and about the vid: someone pointed out that i missed an opportunity to reference the talkboy seen in home alone 2. i decided to take the vocals in the direction i did for a reason (a little less predictable, butch depth is trite, ain't nothin wrong with talkin high), but i'm still kinda kicking myself over this. butt fuck it, i like the video.
tracklist
Eisbär
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Grauzone
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Eisbär (12” Maxi Single)
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00:00
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Oriental Men
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Tara Cross
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Christmas EP
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04:37
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Christmas
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Beat Happening
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Beat Happening
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07:13
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I Am A Non-Believer
(A Very Hamburglar Xmas Version)
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Tuning Circuits
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[ruin radio original]
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08:35
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Boredom
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Cccandy
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Lonesome Berlin
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15:33
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Sex Ads ’09
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Cold Cave
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New Morale Leadership
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17:22
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Moving By You
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Trisomie 21
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Passions divisées
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20:01
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Born A Hole In My Head
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Window
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Salvation
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21:46
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Looking For Love
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Tollund Men
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Looking for Love / Chains of Desire
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23:57
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First Days Of Winter
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Asylum Party
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Border Line
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29:04
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Ruin Radio Lonely Xmas ID2
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The Hamburglar Lady
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[ruin radio original]
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32:28
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Lonely This Christmas
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Absolute Body Control
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Eat This
(first release: Christmas EP)
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32:56
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Forever Falling
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Natural Assembly
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Nothing, Everything Hidden
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36:46
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Not Worthy
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Marching Church
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Throughout the Borders EP
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41:36
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Emptyness
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Ausgang Verboten
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Entertainment
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43:10
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Things Fall Out Of My Life
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Self Loath
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Self Loath
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44:37
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1 (+Ruin Radio Lonely Xmas ID3)
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Gas
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Königsforst
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47:16
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New Memory
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Croatian Amor &
Lust for Youth
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Pomegranate
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56:57
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