Beautiful Pain - Halloween Edition
Happy Boo-Scary Day!
Back when I lived in San Francisco, between Summer 2003 and Fall 2004, I made lots of CD mixes. Two in particular had been intended both for my own use while driving and to introduce my then-roommate to "that Gothic stuff. These two mixes - Beautiful Pain I and II - featured combinations of must-hear Gawth classics, deep cuts from familiar artists, and relative obscurities. Though not in any way intended to be definitive Darkwave collections (and only two of dozens of tape-and-CD collections I made of such stuff), the Beautiful Pain series remain two of my all-time favorite mix compilations.
Listening to them today while working, I kept mentally mixing Halloween-themed songs into the mix. And so, the following playlist was born - like Frankenstein's Monster, a shambling patchwork of living death, intended to defy the gods of daylight decency. (Mwah-ha-haaaaa...)
And so, I present it unto you, my friends. Beneath this cut lie nearly four hours of dark delights.
Have a Happy Dark New Year!
(Original CD track was "Igloo," but I can't find a video for that one, and this one's a great substitute.)
(Original CD was track was "Inquisition" from the Order of Dying Knights. Couldn't find a video of that one, though, and this whole album is essential for lovers of dark music.)
Blessed Samhain, Happy Halloween, and may all the gods of Light, Darkness and Shadow smile upon you, now and always.
Back when I lived in San Francisco, between Summer 2003 and Fall 2004, I made lots of CD mixes. Two in particular had been intended both for my own use while driving and to introduce my then-roommate to "that Gothic stuff. These two mixes - Beautiful Pain I and II - featured combinations of must-hear Gawth classics, deep cuts from familiar artists, and relative obscurities. Though not in any way intended to be definitive Darkwave collections (and only two of dozens of tape-and-CD collections I made of such stuff), the Beautiful Pain series remain two of my all-time favorite mix compilations.
Listening to them today while working, I kept mentally mixing Halloween-themed songs into the mix. And so, the following playlist was born - like Frankenstein's Monster, a shambling patchwork of living death, intended to defy the gods of daylight decency. (Mwah-ha-haaaaa...)
And so, I present it unto you, my friends. Beneath this cut lie nearly four hours of dark delights.
Have a Happy Dark New Year!
Click to view(Original CD track was "Igloo," but I can't find a video for that one, and this one's a great substitute.)
(Original CD was track was "Inquisition" from the Order of Dying Knights. Couldn't find a video of that one, though, and this whole album is essential for lovers of dark music.)
Blessed Samhain, Happy Halloween, and may all the gods of Light, Darkness and Shadow smile upon you, now and always.