Season's Grievings!

It's time for the first ever Christmas episode of The Swinging Wake! If anyone wants to know what Zoe wants for Christmas, I would really love a Fraggle Stick Car. Please tell Santa.

Besides the latest episode, which is ready to be enjoyed, I've got a couple presents for you.

Firstly, a ballad by The King of Terrifying Bullets:

And here's a few other random things simply to enjoy:

Alright, enough of that. Hopefully you're in the Christmas spirit by now.

Enjoy the episode.

"I think it's dark and it looks like rain"
You said
"And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world"
You said
"And it's so cold
It's like the cold if you were dead"
And then you smiled
For a second

"I think i'm old and i'm feeling pain"
You said
"And it's all running out like it's the end of the world"
You said
"And it's so cold
It's like the cold if you were dead"
And then you smiled
For a second

Sometimes you make me feel
Like i'm living at the edge of the world
Like i'm living at the edge of the world
"It's just the way i smile"
You said

Check this shit out:

My friend Vince made it for the show. He said he created it by listening to a marathon run of The Swinging Wake and composed as he went, the current playlist at any given moment dictating the direction the image digressed to.

Dave McKeane used a similar technique when creating the cover art to Skinny Puppy's "Brap" album, and the result was this:

Anyway, if you would like to use Vince's new artwork to help promote The Swinging Wake, just copy and paste the text below into your myspace or blog or whatever.

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Enjoy the show, and I'll see you on Bats Day.

It's that time of year again.

Here's a bonus for those of you who check this site regularly...

So just to have all possible bases covered, I'm going to run down the itinerary here for Harry Potter Day at Disneyland, Sunday November 2nd.

9:30am to 11am - Register for the Coin Quest (scavenger hunt) at Plaza Gardens (end of Main Street, left of the Castle).

11am - Gather together at Plaza Gardens, get ready for group picture.

11:30am - Group photo in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. After picture taken, clues will be given out... GO!

12pm to 7pm - Coin Quest.

7pm - Turn in coins at Plaza Garden. Points tallied, winners announced, prizes distributed.

Afterwards: Group Ride!

End of the evening: Of-Age Wizards and Witches walk to Downtown Disney for a nightcap of butterbeer or firewhiskey.

Rules for the coin quest can be viewed here.

I'll see you there.

Mischief Managed.

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When I started recording this episode, as my banter will indicate, I anticipated that my haste would result in a less than satisfactory result. After completing it, however, I found that I like it a great deal.

We'll attribute this result to my indulging in a what-do-I-have-to-lose assemblage of materials.

You're going to hear industrial by Numb, the soundtrack to a robotic lesbian love story, a grisly tale of murder and deceit by Neil Gaiman, and be sent away with a tragic ballad by Mr Marty Robbins.

Me? I'm right now on the road, as you can see from the preceding post.

And oh yeah, IT'S OCTOBER, BABY!

God I hope this is nothing like last year. If it is, you will find me a sad Zoe until Spring.

If it isn't like last year, drinks are on me.

Hey kids.

As you can see, episode 13 is not here yet. I had a plan to get it recorded, but my roommate ended up with a marathon illness, which played itself out on the living room couch for a couple days watching SVU dvds at full volume. So naturally I could not record.

Therefore I am putting together the next episode and programming it to publish on the 1st of October.

I will not be here at this time, but rather on the road. Violet DeMent and I are taking a road trip up the coast.

Stops will include:

Monterey...

The Bay Area...

Sonoma...

And Humboldt.

Try and behave yourselves until I return.

Oh, and I unearthed a special rarity that I'll be throwing your way at the beginning of the next one...

 

Hello my pets. Episode 12 is now here and ready to eat. Tuck in.

I just added a huge update to my Myspace blog page. It talks about my recent trip to Arizona and dragging spooky friends to a ball game. You can read it here.

Other than that, please, enjoy the show, and mark your calendars for November 2nd.

It's coming...

~Zoe Necrosis

The next episode of The Swinging Wake will appear on or around September 1st. I have not had a chance to record an episode in time for my usual biweekly installment. When the next episode appears I intend to redouble my efforts to publish and popularize this thingamajig.

This will give you all a chance to catch up on an episode you may have missed or skipped over. Or not.

It occurs to me, however, that this is my very own dot com, and I can do whatever I want with it, really. So why don't I?

So in the meantime, here are a few other interesting things to note of late:

As you may have heard, Warner Brothers is pushing back the release date for The Half-Blood Prince from November of this year to July of 2009... double-you-tee-eff-question-mark-exclamation-point

The reasoning behind this is that Warner has, admittedly, jack shit to put out during summer of next year, and figure they can wrangle more summer vacation money that way.

Across the world, cosplayers and normal people alike are thinking the same thing:

AVADA KEDRAVRA!

Moving on.

Here's something weird I ran across, that is apparently real: this is how they ride motorcycles on the freeway in India.

Have you ever heard of Failblog dot org? Well, here's a few recent choice selections from this webpage, which I check daily...

I don't know about you, but that's the movie I want to see.

You get the idea.

Anyway, go enjoy an archived episode of The Swinging Wake. And don't forget to mark your calendars for this special upcoming day...

Harry Potter Day at Disneyland. November 2nd.

More later...

 

Hello everyone. Welcome aboard the eleventh episode.

So, yeah. Dark Knight was pretty freaking amazing, huh?

A few notes on this installment of SwingingWakeRadio.com

Firstly, on an embarrassing note, I make several mentions in this episode of an athlete named Mark Teixeira. I'd only seen his name in print until an hour after I finished recording this thing, so I keep pronouncing it something to the effect of Tex-uh-ree-uh. Not even close. His name is actually pronounced Tuh-shee-ruh. Yeah, I'm a total shinebox on that one.

Secondly, I discuss how weird the trailer for the Frank Miller directed "The Spirit" is. And for your reference, here it is:

And just for good measure, here's the Half-Blood Prince teaser. Just for fun.

Okay, get to the listening. Bear in mind I've been trying to fight off a cold, so the Nyquilada cocktails made me kind of loopy.

Have a good night.

This week we revert to something resembling the regular format of the show, the emphasis placed on music.

We'll hear Thrill Kill Kult, Necessary Response, Clannad, SPF 1000, Die Form, and several others which I'm keeping a secret.

I'd like to say more, but today is Taco Tuesday, and I'm wasting time here at this computer.

So hang on to them hats and glasses, cause this here's the wildest podcast in the wilderness!

This week on The Swinging Wake, Neil Gaiman brings us "A Study in Emerald."

I wouldn't steer you wrong, and neither would Neil (knowingly).

These are the principle players in tonight's intrigue:

Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective. Hobbies: violin, cocaine.

Dr. James Watson. Occupation: pensioner, sidekick.

Professor Moriarty. Arch-Villain. M'wa-ha-ha.

Colonel Sebastian Moran. Also Evil. But Not As Notorious As Moriarty.

Cthulhu. Destroyer of Worlds.

The Great Old Ones. Also Bad News.

If you are feeling brave, click on the "POD" icon up above or the "direct download" link below. Both take you to the same foreboding destination.

The back alleys and fogbound streets of London await. And they'll be expecting me...

I'll see you all a little later...

As promised, this week's shenanigans begins with two soulful ballads by the swingingest of android crooners, Commander Data.

Sorry this thing is so damn late. I was serving jury duty on a murder trial for a while there, and that cut into the time when I would normally be alone in my apartment and therefore be able to record.

The next episode should come out on or around the first of July in order to get us back on schedule.

23 Skidoo!

 

Hello Lovelies,

The next episode of The Swinging Wake will be a bit late. I don't know just how much. I haven't had much time to record or prepare lately. I'll explain why later.

Just know that I'm working on it and I'll have it up in no time at all. Check back in a few days.

Love,
Zoe Necrosis

Welcome to an especially rollicking edition of SwingingWakeRadio.com

This episode, in my opinion, is especially choice. All the musical tracks are excellent and the mix flows serendipitously well.

I really need to expand the audience base of this show. We need more listeners. If you enjoy the show, you can help. It would help keep this crazy thing going. And you don't have to do much.

I'm going to display a few images, and follow each with the html code which you can copy and paste. Put it in your blog, on your livejournal, your myspace profile, whatever you can think of. Every reference helps a tremendous amount.

Pick what you find prettiest!

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Oh, by the way: in reviewing this recording it seems I forgot to back-announce my first song. It's called the Gray Remix of "Prayer for the Unborn" by Gary Numan.

Please keep your hands and arms inside at all times. And no flash pictures, please.

Like the new image? It was created by Peter Hamilton, a freelance artist in Hollywood, California.

So, lots of weather we're having, isn't it?

Some of you may not forgive me for some aspects of episode 6.

New ground is explored, and of course there are returning features such as the Word of the Day, Tinseltown Bullshit, etc.

This episode should be enjoyed chilled or at room temperature. On with the show.

Mischief Managed.

 

I know this is only the fifth episode, so making qualitative comparisons and pronouncements at this point seems a bit strange, but I think this is the most enjoyable episode yet.

I know I like it best, and in the end, I'm doing this for my own amusement more than anything else.

This is the all-soundtrack edition of The Swinging Wake.

You'll hear Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Yann Tiersen, Elliot Goldenthal, Howard Shore, and a myriad of mirthful surprises.

What's that, you say? Oh, that's just me doing my impression of Leonard Maltin.

Anyway. Kill the house lights and raise the curtain.

It's showtime.

This is my main squeeze, Violet DeMent.

She's the guest host this week on PowerForgeRadio.com- episode 9, to be precise. She infuses a much needed stompi-ness into the regular genre of what NeilHateFuture describes as "Righteous, Brutal" music.

If you've come here looking for Episode IV of The Swinging Wake, it can be found two entries south.

It's a proud, proud day.

iTunes has at long last accepted The Swinging Wake into the iTunes store.

That means we're now searchable. We're legit.

You can view our iTunes profile and subscribe to us right HERE.

I have a special, important request of everyone that likes this show and wants to see it continue...

If you are one of the people that has subscribed to this show via iTunes using one of the clever little links I cooked up in earlier posts, please delete it and re-subscribe from our iTunes profile.

Why on Earth should you do this? Because unless you are subscribed from our official iTunes page, it doesn't feed our stats. And iTunes has an intimidating auto-unsubscribe feature that could drop us if we don't keep our numbers up.

So if you are already using the iTunes and has love for Zoe, please do the following:

1. Open your iTunes>Podcast section.
2. Delete The Swinging Wake from your subscriptions. Delete. Do not just unsubscribe.
3. Go to this link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=276813139 and click 'subscribe.' (You have to have iTunes loaded already.)
4. If you want to be especially awesome, leave us a glowing review while you're there. With lots of stars. I'll be your best friend.

Then again, if you're one of the people who listen directly from this page, continue to do so.

...I will lower it for you.

Episode IV includes tunes by Necessary Response, Iris, Wolfsheim, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey, Rotersand, Icon of Coil, and more.

And of course, we have Tinseltown Bullshit, Ask Dr Vertigo, and my usual ramblings and unqualified diatribes.

We got a mention recently on episode 50 (part 2) of Razor Blade Dance Floor. The host, Chrome-Skin Jesus, lauded it as being "crazy." I was absolutely tickled.

If you like hard-hitting, aggressive electro-industrial, this show is for you.

It reminds me very much of The Necrobotic Dance Party, the industrial college radio show I used to do back in the day.

And there we are. This is the better part of a decade ago... how young we look. The redhead in the foreground was my partner in crime, the infamous Pandora Killjoy. The CD she's holding looks like Velvet Acid Christ's "Twisted Thought Generator" album. That's me on the right, fielding a phone-in request and squinting because my contacts hurt and I've been awake for 24 hours at this point.

In other news... there's a new Bauhaus album out. Yup. You heard me.

And you know what? It sucks ass.

It's called "Go Away White." I'm not even going to bother trying to research the meaning of the title or speculate. There is not one listenable track on the entire album. And it doesn't even sound like Bauhaus, it sounds like a Peter Murphy solo album, only without those two or three good songs.

This is their first release since 1983, and decidedly their last. Apparently while recording this album there was "an incident," the nature of which has not been disclosed. But they all decided they would disband permanently, and there would be no tour to support the album, and Bauhaus will not perform together again. This, in effect, was a way of ending the existence of Bauhaus, only instead of with fanfare, celebration and dignity, with a mediocre fart of an offering.

This is an abortion of an album that should be scraped off the hanger and flushed.

But anyway...

Hey, if somehow, some way you have come here to this website NOT via my Myspace page, mosie on over and add me. Let's be friends.

Enjoy Episode 3.

In this episode we successfully integrate two new features:

"Tinseltown Bullshit"

"Ask Dr. Vertigo"

Along with the "Word of the Day" and the usual schizophrenic cavalcade of gothic, industrial, and archaic tunes.

With a few surprises thrown in here and there.

If, after listening to Dr. Vertigo's advice you decide you could also benefit from his sagacity, either mail me at zoenecrosis@yahoo.com or leave a comment below.

Don't forget to tell your friends about this show.

Excuse me while I take care of some business so I can claim my feed on some other websites...

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Episode II begins with me bitching about the Oscars; it's all downhill from there.

You'll hear industrial, vampiric goth, rare recordings of the late, great Paul Frees, and my own miscellaneous musings on whatever comes to mind, along with a futile attempt to make more people into fans of anachronistic cowboy music.

I found out at the last second that the program I've been using has a time limit of exactly 1 hour and 6 minutes per episode, so unfortunately my roommate's Word Of The Day segment was cut off, and will have to be postponed until the next episode.

I'm beginning a new segment on the show called Ask Dr. Vertigo - he's kind of like Dear Abbey or any other advice columnist, only his advice isn't always sound.

So if you have a problem, dilemma, difficult decision, or need advice for any reason, write to me: zoenecrosis@yahoo.com, and I'll forward your questions along to Dr. Vertigo, who will be more than glad to... help.

Incidentally, I forgot to announce the last song I played on the show. I had to throw on something shorter than a minute. In case you're wondering, it's by Elliot Goldenthal, and it is called "Lestat's Tarantelle."

Enough introduction. Step all the way in please, and make room for everyone...

A few days ago I was a special guest DJ on Power Forge Radio.

Here you see me between NeilHateFuture (left) and Dominus Maximus (right)

I had a rollicking, bully-good time. And if you cruise over to their site and listen to episode 5, you will probably also have a good time (at least with the intermissions if you don't go in for aggro-music). I do alright on my own, but I'm ten times better when I have other people to riff off of - so you'll get to hear me in prime form on this show.

A brief disclaimer, though: white russians and hefe weizen were imbibed. And we (okay, I) got more than a little belligerent.

 

"So, Zoe, what am I supposed to do with this thing? How does it work?"

Actually, there are numerous ways to enjoy The Swinging Wake. You could listen directly from SwingingWakeRadio.com by simply clicking on the POD icon seen next to the title of the latest episode (see the header of the first entry, below). Even if this isn't your preferred option, this website will be in continuous development and feature whimsical mirth not found in the feed by itself, so it's worth it to check back often.

If you would like to listen with iTunes you can do so by opening it and then clicking right here. You will then be subscribed.

That's not the only option, however.

You can add it to your Zune (if Zune Marketplace 2.0 is installed) by clicking here
Add to Google Reader by clicking here
Add to Rojo by clicking here
Add to Newsgator by clicking here
Add to Bloglines by clicking here
Add to Netvibes by clicking here
Or add it to anything that takes an rss feed by using the url swingingwakeradio.com/rss

What's the best way to enjoy this? That's a matter of personal preference, but I, being fussy, have an opinion. If you have decent speakers hooked up to your computer and spend time on the interweb, feel free to listen through this page. Otherwise? I would suggest treating said podcast in a literal sense and listening to it with your iPod. Synch it up from your iTunes and listen to it at night before you go to sleep (now everyone can take Zoe to bed with them!) I'm trying very hard to make the entire hour of each episode entertaining from front to back.

In other news: this morning I cooked up a very simple sort of flyer to use to pester my friends on the Myspace.

I'm sure most of you could do better. And if you feel so inclined, please do! I'm going to need banners and icons and things like that in the days to come. What you see above is the best I can do with the programs and ability at my disposal.

If you're not photoshop inclined, please feel free to pimp me out! The more I get the word out the more fun it will be.

Speaking of fun - many of my friends were once a part of my old radio show. You're invited to be a part of it once again; once I get a few more episodes under my belt and know what I'm doing a bit better.

Magical Neil and Dom had me over to guest DJ on their program, Power Forge Radio a couple days ago. However, due to the size of the show they won't be able to publish the episode until the 27th at the earliest. The show turned out fantastically, though, and as soon as it's online I'll let you all know.

Till then...

The Swinging Wake is not searchable in the iTunes Store at this time. I do not know if this will ever be remedied.

However, there is an absurdly easy and simple way to subscribe to The Swinging Wake with your iTunes. How, you ask?

Simply click here

Of course, you probably need to have iTunes already open (not to mention loaded) for it to work. You will not leave this webpage.

Now, I'm still experimenting here. But I'm pretty confidant that if you click this link you'll be set up such that new episodes of The Swinging Wake will automatically download into your iTunes. If you're new to the concept of subscribing to a podcast, don't worry, it won't eat up your hard drive space. Your default settings in iTunes are probably set to only keep the newest show and erase the previous. If you're not sure, just click on the 'Settings' tab on your iTunes Podcast menu.

If for some odd reason the above link doesn't do the trick, try these simple steps:

1. Open iTunes
2. Go to "Advanced"
3. Click on "Subscribe to Podcast"
4. Enter "http://www.swingingwakeradio.com/rss" into the text box that appears.
5. Click "OK"
6. Send nudes to Zoe Necrosis

[Edit: not only do I now have my very own url - swingingwakeradio.com - but I've also aquired a new, higher-quality microphone. My next show will sound a thousand times better. 2/22/08 13:23]

And so it begins.

To quote the phrase of our age, "this site is under construction."

You're here at the beginning. It will all be much prettier in time. The show, nonetheless, is something I've been waiting to put out into the ether for a long time, and I hope you'll enjoy it, and come back for more.

There's enough introduction in the show itself to explain what I'm doing here. I'll leave you to it.

Please remain seated until the program comes to a complete stop.

On with the show.