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Why Can’t I Be You? – A Cure playlist

The Cure, along with Depeche Mode, were my all-time favorite band in the 80’s. Robert Smiths’ lyrics resonated with my dark and angsty young heart.

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Dead Souls: A Darkwave Halloween

  Halloween greetings to you on this chilly and cloudy day – at least here in Northern Ohio.   As promised yesterday in my first of two great Halloween playlists, I bring you installment #2 – a New Wave, Darkwave, Gothic and Industrial mixtape playlist for all of you children of the night! This playlist does steal a few selections from my Grimly Fiendish Halloween mixtape from last year – but I did my best to keep them to a minimum and instead use the extended or dance remix versions. No New Wave/Darkwave…

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Dance Mfr, Dance!

Last night has to be one of the best nights I’ve had in such a long time. I went to the “9 of Clubs Nite” at The Phantasy in Lakewood, OH – a musical flashback to the 1980-90’s gothic-industrial scene. I cannot remember the last time I danced to this music in a club. It was the best feeling ever. I was a stranger in a room full of people, yet we all were of the same mindset – we were there to reminisce and take a trip back in time through…

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