#80s band bracket

[80sbandbracket]

80s BAND BRACKET!!!

Do you have a band you like that made their debut in the 80s? PUT EM IN!!!

Submission form

Only 1 rule! They must have formed in the 80s or made their first album in the 80s! If they made music after the 80s, they are still allowed in.

Bands with less submissions are more likely to be chosen if enthusiasm is shown in the reasoning for their submission!

I will be including 2 bands by default (one of which I'm sure will be submitted anyway)

(I'm also the mod for @john-battle and @album-cover-battle!)

@bestclone-tournament @weird-al-song-tourney @weird-song-bracket @selfindulgentsillinessbracket @ultimate-poll-tournament @emoboybattle @best-dad-battle @protagonistpolling @white-boy-bracket @ocshowdown @character-of-all-time @baldguy-fight

[joehills]

Took advantage of this week’s Pinball Expo sales to pick up these pinball parts for the streams at a steep discount, so we’ll be able to properly start on the pop bumpers and leg brackets for my HermitCraft pinball machine during decked out phase 5! We’ll also be able to massively improve the details on our coin door!

Also, I saw some chroma green 80s workout gear at the halloween store today. The next time the Hermits go on an inter-season hiatus, I may try doing some workout streams!

[Image description: a photograph of a table with five items, poorly-arranged, being a pinball machine leg bracket, a pinball machine coin door, a pinball machine pop bumper assembly, a bag of chroma green leg warmers, and a bag of chroma green sweat bands.]

[thebearme]

What's William Afton like in your Human FNAF AU?

ngl I was having a hard time here so I drew Willy for the past days to get an Idea that's more solid.

Here's Willy and Henry in the old days

Well... it was kinda hard to say. Pretty much the same temperament as the og one; I can't get into too much about his home life or how he behaves around the other Fazbear restaurants rn, that's for later posts.

He's the brains of the operation; He came up with the idea of Fredbear's family diner and welcomed his collage friend Henry to help him in this venture. With neither of them having knowledge in owning a restaurant beforehand, they decide to put the entertainment in the forefront with him and Henry performed. It was a small business back then, but it soon got big and with that so did William ego.

He's a bad father, husband and person like the original.

A bit of an uptight theater kid, so he was the MEANEST when it came to auditions and the overall everyday shows. Luckily, Henry in charge of the audition process instead of Willy.

Willy took his roll when he performed seriously, ironically the character he played was a hippie hillbilly for the 'ha ha American people stupid' satire’s sake.

Fredbear family diner had entertainment that was more like a theater show than a performing band. Henry wasn't much of a singer and Willy only knew a few songs on banjo, but their performances gave an amateur but campy feel to them if you were to watch the recordings of the shows.

Willy would micromanage the business if he wasn't pulled away from it. This leads to him being the most feared boss for everyone. His willingness to fire someone for the littlest thing is scary.

As much Willy makes it seem like he holds all the power, he still is under the leash of the higher ups that GAVE them the money to make this franchise to begin with. William will soon open his own company and entertainment industry later. (That's going to be baby's circus)

Henry and Willy would tend to use their diner performers has a little babysitter. Just dumping Charlie, Elizabeth, Evan and hell-even Michael if Mrs. Afton don't feel like dealing with him. But just because they're in the same building doesn't mean that they get to spend time with their fathers. And frankly, Willy doesn't want to.

Willy promoted Shirley to Head chef after one too many firings of the other cooks. (and other nefarious reasons that will be getting into later)

Shirley's dog being added to the character roster was definitely wasn't Willy choice, but it ranged positive with the higher ups and gave a bigger profit.

Like I said before, Freddy's actor, George, is the only one who's to get into Willy's head and tell him how he's a shitty boss. And that's because he's abit older than Willy, and the whole 'respect your elders' thing is something William has to reluctantly follow. But that doesn't stop him to redirect George's anger to Henry.

You already know that the performer of Bonnie, Janice, was looking for mentorship from William, but it doesn't go great. Well, if you think about Willy's 'pickiness' in actors and the norms in appearance of actors in the 80s... I think you could put one and two together. (before anyone gets mad, it's the 80s and Willy is your average old white man not an activist, so don't be surprised that he wants white skinny women instead of Janice and Shirley)

And for Francis, Willy barely remember that the character Foxy exist, let alone the person behind the character. Or at least he would like too, If it wasn't for Foxy being the most interesting and popular character for the age bracket of 12 and whatever age his 'bastard son' is. So for the time being, Willy just will act like he can't see him until he comes up with his next fuck up plan.

Willy is the same fucked up man that he's been, just without the murder.

[vickozone]

The Magnus Archives

-S2 Notes-

I had a lot more to say on this season apart from the first. (I find some of them funny, like Ep 78)

An animatic may or may not be coming soon.

<- previous notes next notes ->

Handwriting translated below:

{ Note: Magnus was the last name of the man that discovered Arsenic, a lethal poison } [I am not sure what this proves, but I found it interesting]

#41 Jon explores the caves, makes own statement

#42 Crazed band causing ppl to off themselves + Martin is suspicious

#43 Police order and fire guy identified (ep. 12?) Jon rizzed cop into getting tapes

#44 circus again, Gertrude’s tape

#45 Malaria doctors (rather similar to Jane scenario), also, Jon has photos of Tim… antique guy

#46 Book guy, Michael Crew, rain smell (ep. 18)

#47 MICHAEL STABBED JON!? OMG WHY DID I FIND IT HOT?? (Ep. 53, 5 stitches??)

#48 person lost in non-human crowd. I trust Elias.

#49 More meat. … Still trust Elias

#50 Smirk, again, and Tim thinks Jon is banging a cop. People keep moving to New Zealand.

#51 Simon Fairchild in the ocean + not!Sasha is going to a… wax museum??

#52 weird, strong inmate. Not!Sasha boyfriend? (omg. Tim.)

#53 Another archive. Martin is such a sweetheart.

#54 Taxidermy and Jon is slowly going marbles (broke into Gertrude’s home!!)

#55 “disease, insects, and the smell when they burn.” [side: I do not remember what the episode was about, but upon further reflection, it was the pest control guy]

#56 Vamp dude again aND I ALMOST CRIED WHEN JON YELLED AT MARTIN?! HE’S GOING INSANE!! WHY IS HE SMILING?? STOP. THAT SCARED ME!!! Also “The Hunt” He’s 29? [Martin]

{ Note: When a character emphasizes “The (insert noun)”, note it }

#57 space program, 3 people involved, stock boyfriend

#58 old file about cannibalism. Jon is legit going insane. (Oregon Trail)

#59 ex-thug taken in. Something with Agnes. Everyone is scared of Jon.

#60 Eyes. Team confronts Jon.

#61 Coffin again + another cop. Daisy.

#62 “The End”, + Gertrude tape. Floorboard. [Mary Keay’s experience with Leitner book]

#63 The dark are my friend + YouTube girl again

#64 Mummy tomb + Jon broke into police station?? [he keeps breaking laws] #65 17 HOUR ASMR EATING COMPUTER!! Tim CURSES Jon out.

#66 Man buried alive (sorta). Gertrude is a pyromaniac [/j]

#67 “The Cult of The Lightless Flame”, Agnes is back

#68 Another book? Not!Sasha scared Jon. Lol

#69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Spiders seem to be a theme. “The Spiders”? Is Annabelle a monster? Like Prentiss?

#70 Death book. Istg, if there are anymore books-

#71 Spooky train.

#72 More meat. “I don’t want my final thoughts to be racist.”

#73 Maxwell kidnapped child, brought to industrial complex. 5 seconds, chaos happened. “People’s Church of The Devine Host.” (Barista quit.)

#74 Insomniac girl meets Michael (pookie bear) ALSO, Jon is sus[picious] of Sasha? That’s new.

#75 Michael crew, again. Theme of falling endlessly…

#76 Melanie tours WW train. Jon is slowly learning that Sasha is different.

#77 “Not them” OMG, THAT’S WHY!! NEAT NOT!SASHA TO A PULP!

#78 OH. NO. OUR TABLE. “And now I see you.” Chills. (stop, cause I literally yelled)

#79 “Come out, come out wherever you are…” Jon crying, pleading in sorry for his coworkers broke me. Martin + Tim are stuck in Michael’s dimension [lucky]

#80 JURGEN IS ALIVE. JURGEN IS KILLED BY ELIAS. ENTITIES? (knew it) TIM + MARTIN BLAME JON. SOMETHING WITH AN EYE.

(side notes within the {} brackets, and more detailed notes of what I was referring to within [] brackets)

[wavernot4love]

i do believe it is time for another vaguely infamous wavernot4love show recap ...... idkhow impending gloom rochester, 11.16.24 edition (tour spoilers after the break thingy)!!!! one of my favorite visitations i've ever experienced methinks ..... finally gettin the chance to ramble 2 dallon after years ...... and successfully getting rid of most of my bracelets ..... oh my!!!! oh boy, this one is going to be lengthy because SO MUCH fun stuff happened, man. right then (note that i went in mostly blind this time which was certainly An Experience):

also!!!! in general!!!! as i mentioned up there visitation was easily a top 3... top 2???? visitation i have ever experienced (i told dallon this exact thing.... more on that later).

i'd hoped she'd play hot to go 😍

(but unironically, transition back into visitation goes crazy) ((i feel like the absolute lack of any form of Cinematography whatsoever in this goes to show how i was feeling here)

let me tell you, the MOMENT the oh my lord lord lords started i just had this Feeling it was gonna be one of those visitations (i recall turning 2 my cousin and this sentiment being echoed). and that it was ,,,,, the ol Split sure did happen directly next to us so we got 2 chill there goin yeedy yeedy heedy heedy with dallon and his megaphone. i could recite the entire visitation yodel segment in my sleep methinks. very fun stuff. peep me lookin 4 videos from the other side of the split on instagram ,,, also gotta say dallon's "ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between" will always make me giggle and kick my feet a bit (in a /j way). it's like the mormon tabernacle choir bit (which didn't happen this time, i honestly think this was the first non fest show i've seen where they didn't do a letter. not complaining as uhhh.... absence can in fact make the heart grow fonder n i know she'll be back someday)

is now the time to share that i only know the words to hot to go due to 1. this and 2. terrible influence toronto. the titronto singalong as i've seen it be called. i am about the same level of an up to date main pop girlie (gender neutral) as your grandpa. but i am glad 2 be adopted into the singalong by true main pop girlies (dan phil and dallon)

with that being said... SIXFT went too hard last night!!!! as always. but dallon's lil speech about us all focusing on the moment now because someday we'll all be six feet deep that went right into the tune..... oh yes what an intro.

i feel like earlier on, things REALLY started picking up/the crowd and everyone got into the swing of things with gloomtown brats. i always kinda take note of when everyone seems 2 loosen up near the beginning of a set and Yup . this one was it last night. blondie rapture-esque 80s rap bit you will always be so beloved. i remember when you were just a figment of dallon's imagination he talked about potentially wanting to do someday on twitter ,,,,

we finally got satanic panic oh yes. the minute dallon started talking about growing up in the 80s oh i knew where This was going. this is makin me wish i could post more than one video in here.

also speaking of, hearing kiss & tell live made me like her SO much more oh my. dallon crushes it in the chorus, something about it is very earwormy to me gotta say.

also..... ABSINTHE CAME BACK FROM THE GRAVE!!! mad iqs as well but i think absinthe had been... absent for longer. i will always think of the time i was goin nuts during her at this radio fest in 2019 and my phone sailed straight out of my pocket and across the crowd.

i fear i will Always enjoy dallon telling us under 25s to cover our ears and eyes for Adult Themes before what love. as someone who recalls when he did something of the sort for the debra cover circa 2019 i am glad i still fit into the age bracket 2 be patronized here.

opening band was gr8 as always, my favorite bit being the.... extended .... you may just like the.... segment. the parents, and especially boyfriends, sure did get shouted (called?) out. dallon (about said boyfriends getting dragged along): ....but you still gave us money! [crowd laughter] (back to singing) and that's what gives me.... a purpose ......

choke also hit extra last night. song goes HARD, i was desensitized for a while way back when it was constantly getting play on alt radio, but man, she is Not overrated,,,, appropriately rated, i think

no extra ending brobecks song but i am Not complaining. gr8 set, and hopefully someday bike ride will come back 2 me ......

also, i should mention that i Really enjoyed brasko's set. not inherently my kinda music per se, but the energy was off the charts. the dude had character, which i respected. get there early if you're going 2 any of these shows. also, opening band w/ alexsucks dude was sweet. the way i also have the "headlining band" segment memorized from the superet days ..... much like other Live Idkhow ™️ moments like the "i died in 1917" bit of visitation (which actually caught me off guard last night when it was changed to "i died in rochester new york" ...... damn poor visitation character. /hj) or the OH WHA OH OH OH in the second verse of clusterhug.

anyways, on to the post show Events .....

so long story short all the folks i knew @ the show wanted 2 leave (hence why i drove separate,, mwahaha), so the gang split up and i headed 2 the side of the building with the bus, where there were lots of people hanging around, and pretty much curled up borderline in the fetal position against the wall where i sat for a solid 45 minutes (it was cold and in the moment i did not quite have the energy 2 wander around starting conversations to trade etc)

due to said Cold, i pretty much set a time of 12:15 for when i'd leave if nothing had happened yet.... a couple times i contemplated going since i was straight up shivering but Something made me stay and man am i so glad i did!!!!

i remember watching that clock tick qusstioning how much longer i could go, and then right about 12:15 (maybe a minute or two after), a crew member came out and told us dallon was coming out to meet us, he was just on vocal rest but could sign/take pics etc!

so naturally wavernot4love was Back in business and i jumped 2 my feet and instantly was energized enough to chat some folks up and get rid of a good chunk of my bracelets (!)

sadly i somehow didn't think 2 bring a cd or anything so i had Nothing to get signed (oh my) but man, that didn't matter. i was just so stoked to finally meet dallon after years of going 2 shows/trying to!

anyways, homie came out and when he got to me he like. waved dbdbdh our whole "conversation" was quite funny considering the ways dallon improvised to get around not being able to talk.

i was basically like "hello! i know you can't talk so i am just.... gonna ramble 2 you for a minute!"

and that i sure did. essentially i went on a quick minuteish long recap of the Lore ,,,,

i remember i started by just saying how much the shows/music have meant to me over the years, and dallon did a thank you in sign language to me (like, the motion with your palm facing your chin that kinda looks like a backwardsish wave) which he did probably a dozen times later (it was really sweet honestly) and bringing up that this was my ninth time seeing them which made one of the ppl i was trading w exclaim like, "wow!" or something along those lines (hghfhfh i got vaguely embarrassed then, the way whenever i am meeting band folks i just completely go in our lil Bubble internally and forget other folks are. Right There), and dallon like. put his hand by his heart and then put his hand out like, wanting me to shake it and i think he seemed like he wanted me to introduce myself so i quickly said ya know that i am nat or natalie whatever you want 2 call me,,,, while we were shaking idk dawg it was goofy.

anyways, i babbled about how i'd been a fan of idkhow/the brobecks' music forever, and that i first saw them like, down the street basically at a venue called anthology on the waterparks tour way back and since had seen them all over rochester, syracuse, and buffalo, and how i was so glad they/he keeps coming back and how nice it's been to not have to travel outside of the area for any of my shows!!! i just went on about how much i love the shows and how much i especially loved visitation, and he kept doing the thank you thing (he did that about as much as i called him "dude," something i tend to do in Band Folk conversation when i'm meeting someone for the first time and am vaguely nervous (god it's like my literal embodiment of the "sorry i say shawty when i'm nervous" meme).

when he could tell my story was pretty much. you know. ending he made like. a lil camera taking a picture motion with his hands with like. a question mark in there somehow fbfbfh which was really convenient actually because i always feel awkward asking. anyways, i was like hell yeah let's go and then i did my goofy thing i always do for pictures where i remember i don't like how my glasses glare or whatever for pics so i panic and am like "actually wait!" while i randomly chuck them someplace out of the picture for the moment. i may have mildly scared dallon here i'll be honest. but also kinda amused him who knows, we all have our quirks

anyways, we took a few pics and i basically said great show man thanks and see you at the next show! and he i think waved or something along those lines and we went our separate ways!!

i did make a lil post right after this happened last night here but here's the pic again!!! hooray!!!!

i do think it is safe to say i finally broke the wavernot4love x water street music hall curse (the other three shows i'd been to there, not idkhow, were not really the greatest experiences). it is lookin good 4 the future!!!!

anyways, GREAT great show as always and man i'm so glad me and dallon could finally meet!!!!

[the-90s-music-colosseum]

The 90s Song Ever - Round 1, Side A2

Alrighty, folks. We've suffered through 32 horrible polls. Ready for 32 more?

Beetlebum vs Are You That Somebody Sway vs River Of Deceit Hunger Strike vs Who Will Save Your Soul Generator vs Bills, Bills, Bills Doo Wop (That Thing) vs Finally Tearin' Up My Heart vs Silence Kid Enter Sandman vs Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Boombastic vs I'll Be There For You Yakko's World vs To Be With You Cotton Eye Joe vs Amish Paradise Nuthin' But A "G" Thang vs Basket Case Dagger vs Seven Rebel Girl vs Groove is in the Heart Baby Got Back vs Hallelujah Only Happy When It Rains vs Say You'll Be There U Can't Touch This vs How Bizarre Nancy Boy vs Cornflake Girl Affirmation vs Don't Walk Away The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vs The Boy Is Mine Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Dop) vs Juicy Buddy Holly vs Closing Time Pony vs Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Pretend We're Dead vs All I Wanna Do Santeria vs Send Me On My Way Birdhouse In Your Soul vs That Don't Impress Me Much Vogue vs Brain Stew Kiss Me vs These Are Days MMMBop vs Black Genie In A Bottle vs Bullet With Butterfly Wings Tank! (Cowboy Bebop opening theme) vs Smells Like Nirvana Mind Playing Tricks On Me vs (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Friday I'm In Love vs Would?

This is the second part of a four-part Round 1; you can find all polls and results for the first part here. Feel free to send in unhinged propaganda, start pointless fights and debates, be insane in the tags. It's what we do around here.

Playlist with all the Side A1 and A2 songs! Join ColosseumCord - we talk about music and other stuff here :) Previous tournaments: #most attractive 90s musician, #90s album battle royale

Other music poll blogs: @the-80s-music-colosseum @the-70s-music-colosseum @60s-musician-tournament @80s-music-tourney @siblings-in-music-bracket @opera-music-tourney @70s-music-tourney @bestalbumsincethe80stournament

My main is @goodmotorfinger if anyone would like to witness me lose my mind over bands/cars/sci-fi on a regular basis!

[junk-culture]

i love how being on the internet really warps your perception of like the average age of 80s bands fanbases. why i am surprised pikachu emoji-ing at the majority of people queuing for this pet shop boys gig being in the 40-60 age bracket

[cerabondart]

Surprised to see no one has done this yet, but considering how small of the Pompom fandom is, I wouldn't blame them. Anyways, here's a character fusion between Pompom's Johnny, and Deltarune's Spamton! I always found the two to be so similar yet so different so yeah, here you go. His name is John. E! And I also have a few other notes to show the differences between him and Spamton... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ He's much more calmer than regular Spamton, and instead of panic-inducing, hyper, internet glitchiness, he has dreadful, slow TV static, he does small chuckles, and only in small occasions goes into manic laughter and also doesn't speak in full uppercase. Instead of a phone, he has a radio, and instead of using [[These Brackets]], he uses {{these brackets}}.

While Spamton is based off of the 80's - 90's and the early days of the internet, John. E is based off of the 60's - 70's and old toys.

He acts like Bones doesn't exists. Key words, acts like. He doesn't like to talk about it…

John. E's variations of Spamton's songs would be more acoustic compared to Spamton's songs. They would also use a lot of Letmotifs featured in songs from the band The Beatles, Z-t00n seems to have a liking for them from what I've seen.

His shop can be more compared to a cozy, yet dingy garage sale than a poor, broken down mockery of a storefront.

Spamton: NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A [[BIG SHOT]] HAHEHAHEHEHA!!! | John. E: Let's get this show {{Back On The Road}} Ha, Ha, Ha… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Johnny belongs to @z-t00n.

[bestsynthpop]

Welcome to the Best Synthpop song bracket!

NEW: Coming soon, hottest synthpop band tournament!

Time for your favorite 70's and 80's synthpop hits to battle it out. Song submissions currently closed.

Guidelines:

Must be released between 1975-1992

Song should emphasize synthesizer melodies and/or drum machine rhythm lines. Songs don't need to be all electronic; early hip-hop, early EDM and late disco all qualify!

I won't be putting more than two songs from the same artist in the bracket, and the song choice is at my discretion.

More information about bracket structure here.

Bracket polls will run with youtube links because Synthpop was such a MTV dependent genre.

[waterfall7290]

Jeremy and Cults that Kill (1988 book) - part 2

I may come late to the party but I finished reading Cults That Kill and I took some notes. I also watched a couple of videos regarding the Satanic Panic (of which I spoke in Part 1 of 'Jeremy and Cults That Kill (1988 book)') and crimes perpetrated by Satanic cults, and I did it because I wanted to find an answer to these questions I had:

1) Why was Cults That Kill seen by the school as controversial, when they found it in Jeremy's locker during one of the searches?

2) Why was Jeremy interested in reading a book like that?

3) Did the deer leg found in his locker have any connection to the book? If so, what was the point of that deer leg?

These are the questions I'll try to answer, as usual by citing my sources (the chapters or page numbers of Cults That Kill from which I got my info will be written between brackets). I would like to thank my friend and helper Epiphany for telling me some theories of hers which helped me build this article and also added a question to my list: 4) Was Jeremy involved in any way with Satanism? 

We'll start from the beginning.

1) Inverted crosses

One thing Cults That Kill does not fail to constantly mention, is that one of the symbols of Satanism is the inverted cross, which represents the rejection of Christianity (55, 56). We know of a link between Jeremy and this symbol, and it can be found in the 1991 police report:

I'll explain later why, I believe, the cross was on the left side of his body and not on the right one. For now, I'll just limit myself to reporting the question I had when I remembered about this, but to get you to understand my point, I need you to fill you in on some info. All the following info can be found in Cults That Kill.

Towards the beginning of the 80s, a book called Michelle Remembers was published. The book was the result of a cooperation between a psychiatrist and his patient who, through the practice of repressed memory recovery, remembered she had been abused by Satanists during her childhood (source). That sparked fear and paranoia among many which increased exponentially during the years: children who didn't know each other were telling therapists and police officers about the same brutal and horrifying stories of rituals, animal and human sacrifices and child sexual abuse perpetrated by groups of Satanists (Chapter 12). A couple of police officers started to notice symbols like inverted crosses and pentagrams on crime scenes, black candles, circles drawn on the ground with a triangle drawn to the side, and many more things which were different from the crime scenes they had seen before. They started taking notes and making their own manual about Satanic-related crime scenes and they tried to convince their bosses and colleagues that what was happening was real: they were the laughing stock of many for years, until similar cases started popping up all over the country and they started receiving dozens of phone calls by colleagues who wanted to know what they were looking at (Chapters 1-3). Scandals about Satanic circles involving schools in prostituting children of unaware parents rose to the media (Chapter 12). The tv was talking about it, newspapers were talking about it (Chapter 10) and police officers were holding classes advising parents to look out for psychological and physical signs their children may have been involved with Satanism - they even advised to be on the lookout for heavy metal bands, which notoriously used Satanic drawings on the cover of their albums, and for the 'horn' symbol made by raising the index and the pinky finger, commonly associated with metal music and which, according to experts, was a symbol of the Devil (Chapter 11). As you can read, the situation was spiraling out of control. Everybody was freaking out about Satanists hiding among the normal, Christian people (Chapter 9) and people were actually getting arrested because they were linked to crimes which were thought to be involved with Satanism (source).

Now, in such a social freakout, would you imagine Jeremy going around in summer, maybe to the pool, happily and proudly displaying the tattoo of an inverted cross on his chest?

"We had been noticing that many of the juveniles [...] had insignias on their jacket and clothes - inverted crosses [...]. I said to Cleo, [...] "This is evil. This is Exorcist shit." That movie scared the living piss out of me. Being a Catholic it scared me." (10-12) "There are police officers out there who [...] are born-again Christians who believe it's their mission in life to stamp out Satanism [...] They are on a religious crusade." (36-38)

No, me neither. I mean, Jeremy was notorious for wanting to grab attention in any possible way, but I don't imagine him willingly putting himself up with such dangerous, unwanted attention. I believe he got that tattoo when he could easily hide it, but when exactly?

In 2013, my friend Epiphany managed to speak to a friend of Jeremy from Richardson High School. I was given permission to quote but not to release the full conversation or the name of this person, as Epiphany is unfortunately not in contact with them anymore and she's unsure wether they would be okay with having their name and full conversation released or not.

DISCLAIMER: The person giving out this info is a (now) woman who attended Richardson High School with her older brother. They were both friends with Jeremy. I conducted a background search and I was able to find records that prove the existence of this woman; I also checked her social media and one of the people who commented one of her pictures was a friend of Michelle and Jeremy at Timberlawn. She is also listed as a witness in the 1991 police report.

Here's what Jeremy's friend said: "I don't know what they [Jeremy's tattoos] meant. He drew a devil on his chest. He showed that to me. I don't remember seeing his tattoos." If she saw Jeremy's drawing on his chest, she must have seen the inverted cross tattoo as well. If she didn't see that tattoo, it must mean he got it at a later time, maybe during winter of 1990 and not fall. Or it could also be that she genuinely didn't remember (22 years had passed from Jeremy's death when this conversation took place).

So, a tattoo of an inverted cross and also Jeremy drawing, of all things, a devil on his chest in the middle of the Satanic Panic? And finding Cults That Kill, which talks about Satanism, in his locker? It could be a coincidence, or maybe not.

2) A "Satanic in nature" note

I'll post again screenshots of a certain note which was "Satanic in nature" and which Faye Barnett, Jeremy's English teacher, found on her desk:

According to her testimony, this happened around the beginning of December 1990. There is no proof that Jeremy wrote it, just a suspicion, though if it was really him, one could suppose he got interested in Satanism around this time and it could also be that he was also reading Cults That Kill around this time, because... a "goats head drawn in the center of the page"? Where have I seen that before?

Oh right, on the cover of Cults That Kill. Sounds like a note from a kid who was easily influenced by what he was reading at the time, doesn't it?

7 is not a Satanic number to my knowledge, it wasn't mentioned in Cults That Kill unless we're talking about the seven Santeria gods, but Santeria is a hispanic and black religion so I don't think it had anything to do with Jeremy. Maybe the number 7 was just the date, December 7, who knows.

3) Why was Jeremy interested in Satanism?

Surprisingly, Cults That Kill explained this for me too, which, as someone who is really interested in psychology and understanding why people do certain things, is something I am really grateful for.

CHAPTER FIVE: THE THREE FACES OF SATAN"RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES OF CERTAIN SELECTED GROUPS - A HANDBOOK FOR CHAPLAINS [...] To the Satanist, the self is the highest embodiment of human life and is sacred. The Church of Satan is essentially a human potential movement and members are encouraged to develop whatever capabilities they can by which they might excel." (67, 70) "THE NINE SATANIC STATEMENTS - 1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence! [...] 4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates! 5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek! [...]  "The Church of Satan stands as a gathering point for all those who believe in what the Christian Church opposes, and members are generally hostile to its teachings and resultant behavior patterns." (71, 72) "He said, "I don't have to study for it. I will just tell Satan that I am going to take the test, and I will pass it." I said, "Well, why haven't you taken it yet?" He said, "Well, I've got a few more things to do to prepare, but whatever you tell Satan to do, he will do. He is powerful."" "[...] Satanism [...] is about one thing - power. Power over yourself, power over others, power over your surroundings. [...] I like the fact that you don't grovel, you don't kneel and ask God for things. [...] I ask Satan what I want! I don't beg some God that you can't see. Can I see Satan? You bet. Look at all the sickness, hurt, and warfare in the world. That's Satan. If there really was a God, and he's supposed to be so good, why does he let all these bad things happen? I'll tell you why. Because Satan takes charge here on earth, and God takes care of heaven. All good little people will go to heaven when they die. That's nice. I'm going to hell where I'm going to continue indulging myself. So, while you're being good so you can go to heaven after you die, I'm going to keep on enjoying myself here on earth and again in hell. Who's having a better time, me or you?" (84-86)

"The third category would be the youth subculture. [...] these kids may be playing with it more than anything else. A small percentage will carry it beyond that level. These kids are often influenced by heavy metal music. [...] The kids who go beyond the normal curiosity tend to be those who have other behavior problems going on – problems in school, with peers, at home, and of course they have that desire for power and control. [...]" "I got into Satanism about three years ago through some friends at school. [...] What I like about Satanism is the power that it gives me. The people at school know I'm into it, and they don't mess with me. It gives me the power to escape the police when I have to. [...] It also gives me the feeling that I can do anything I put my mind to. The other religions don't teach that. They teach you to be humble and love one another. Why should I love anyone else? All people want is to get as much as they can. That's the way life is. Satanism has taught me about life. It helps you grow up." "I ask kids how they get into satanism, and they tell me, I've read the Christian Bible. It tells me don't do this, don't do this, don't do this. It says everything I do is wrong, and if I live by that I'm going to burn in hell. I've read the Satanic Bible, and it says I can do anything I want. [...] If I live by that Bible, I'm going to rule in hell. [...] These kids have no sense of a forgiving God. If you have done something wrong, you've had it. There is no going back. I think a lot of the music portrays that. [...] To many kids it starts out as a fad." "We do have a profile of someone who joins Satanic groups [...]: loner, above average IQ, underachiever, strivers for control and power, takes drugs, preoccupation with death [...]. Of course doing one, two, or even three of these things don't make you a Satanist. It's more like the other way around. Satanists, especially teens, have these characteristics." (87-93) CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE GAMBLE MURDER "[...] school officials were finding all kinds of Satanic symbols in his locker. He was making a big deal about letting everyone know that he was involved with Satanism." "In school, he would always be telling us about Satan, and how it had helped him and how it gave him power. [...] It worked, too. The girls would be calling him all the time. They were curious about exactly what he was doing." (189, 190) "I'm not saying that anyone will just read The Satanic Bible and kill someone, but remember, you have to look at this from the mind of a fifteen-year-old. He doesn't understand what's real and what's imagery. Kids take things literally." (191)

Kids will be kids. If everybody is freaking out about something, you, as a kid, tend to get curious about that something, especially if it's something secret, mysterious, something that society rejects and fears. In this part of your life you are becoming your own person by slowly detaching yourself from and rebelling against your parents, so you'll naturally be drawn to something they would absolutely not want you to get in contact with. And that’s the reason number one why Jeremy could have gotten interested in something like Satanism.

Number two, Jeremy was said to be an atheist.

Becoming an atheist in a very conservative and Christian society like 1990 Texas must have felt like something really rebellious. Kids who go through a lot tend to reject the idea of God because they cannot believe there could ever be a God who, contrary to what religion teaches, just doesn’t care about the suffering of his own sons and daughters. They cannot accept the idea of constantly praying, begging, to a God to help them and see their life only getting worse: that’s when they come to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist. 

Now, when kids reject their family's religion during adolescence, they usually go through a phase in which they draw Satanic symbols or make Satanic remarks, but more because it feels rebellious than because there's actual meaning to it. I mean, I personally have yet to meet someone who stopped believing in god during adolescence and didn't draw a few pentagrams or inverted crosses on notebooks because it felt cool and rebellious. Again, kids will be kids. And that’s reason number two why Jeremy could have gotten interested in Satanism.

Reason number three, as you may have guessed yourself while reading the excerpts of Cults That Kill that I posted above, is that Jeremy must have felt welcome. If you’re someone who’s lost and angry at the world, begging anybody to just give you a little bit of love and attention, you’ll be delighted to read that there’s an actual religion in which you matter, in which you and your well-being come before everything else; a religion whose God could give you anything you demand (and not beg) for; a religion that everyone else fears and which could give you not only the respect, but also the attention you so badly crave for. And I mean, you’re a fifteen-year-old boy, wouldn’t you be delighted with the idea of getting the attention of girls for doing weird, occultist things? 

I personally believe this third reason is the strongest one, the one that convinced Jeremy to get interested in Satanism. But… was he just rebelling or did he actually convert from atheism to Satanism? Is there anything more that can make one think he did approach Satanism during his last months?

Yes, yes there is.

4) The deer (?) leg

The deer leg was found when the school searched Jeremy’s locker in mid-December 1990, but it was still there in January 1991. Here's what everyone had to say:

See, in Cults That Kill (Chapters 7, 9) it is explained that Satanists believe they can gain power from sacrificing different beings, humans or animals, and that the power varies from the subject and body part used. For example, sacrificing people is said to give more power than animals. The body parts commonly cut and used for rituals are the head, heart, left hand, genitalia. Sacrificed animals (mentioned in the book) are: horses, bulls, cows, dogs, calves, pigs, chickens, birds, cats, rabbits and goats. There is only one mention of a deer (found in the insert of pictures in the middle of the book, around Chapter 7, the chapter dedicated to Hispanic witchcraft):

CHAPTER SEVEN: HISPANIC WITCHCRAFT "The decapitated deer was found near a school [...]. An inverted cross was spray-painted on the carcass [...]. The condition of the dead animal was consistent with that of animals often used in occult sacrifices."

Except for that, there was not a single mention of deers being sacrificed, let alone animal legs being used. So that got me thinking: what if it was never a deer leg to begin with?

That makes much more sense. Take everything we've analyzed so far and put it together: it would make sense to assume the reason why the animal leg was in Jeremy's locker, was because he was planning to use it in a ritual; and if you see it this way, it would also make sense to assume the leg was really a goat's. 

Steele Shepherd and the person he interviewed (ssheps.com, section: 'The Interview - Interview with RHS Employee Regarding Jeremy') felt the same about the leg, too.

Why would Jeremy want to try a ritual? Well, for the reasons explained above: a lot of kids, from the "dabblers" category, approached (I’m using the past tense because I’m referring to the the book and the situation in the 80s/early 90s) Satanism from a situation of desperation: they felt powerless over their own lives, maybe they were even being bullied or mistreated by the people around them. They heard or read that some people believed that Satan could give them all they wanted, immediately, without having to beg, so they decided to give it a try and do a ritual themselves. It wasn't really out of malice, therefore, but out of desperation: I believe that's what went through Jeremy's mind when he decided to give Satanism a try. 

Still, we can assume he didn't believe too much in all that, otherwise I think we would have heard of more people telling about him and Satanism (unless they wanted to protect him in some way):

"Talking to this group of kids was probably the hardest thing we had ever done. [...] They lied for each other constantly." (10-12)

Also, of all things he could have chosen for a ritual, he chose an animal leg, which, in the world of Satanism, holds very little if zero power, and that could be another indicator that he wasn't really serious about it. 

I really have no idea how Jeremy got that leg - maybe he found it somewhere, maybe he or a friend went hunting (he did lie to people saying he had been given a pistol, for hunting, some time in December 1990) or maybe he bought it in some kind of shop, maybe a butcher's or something.

The fact that he had the leg hanging in his locker in plain sight makes me think he wasn't planning on using it any time soon, and that, maybe, all he really wanted was for people to see it and think he was a Satanist, so they would either admire him or leave him alone. Which reminds me of…

[Quoting Chris from Austin, in one of the e-mails he exchanged with Ash, admin of jeremywadedelle.com] "He was drawn to things that caught the attention of others. Maybe there was something mentioned to a kid at his High School when being bullied, that he'd bring his CHS [Confederate HammerSkins] pals over to have his back and dole out some beatings? I have no idea, I am internally laughing if so...I am however quite certain that there were no CHS pals. That one kind of stung me and made me think about how many fabricated "this one time" stories there must be about him, that are just flat out made up?"

Which reminds me of when Jeremy lied about having Confederate Hammerskin friends in order to scare off kids who were giving him a hard time. I imagine he used Satanism in this regard, too, also because if you're an atheist, like some people stated he was, and which means you just can't believe there is a god, you can't really believe in Satan either, can you?

5) Left side of the body

Another thing that got me thinking is that thirteen is a number mentioned in Cults That Kill (Chapter 8), and it's the number of people who are usually present during a Satanic ritual. However, I wouldn’t stretch things that far, since there are several theories as to why Jeremy had a number 13 tattooed on his left hand but no certain one. The Jeremy Story said that when the boy was arrested in December 1990, the police noted his arm tattoo. You would think they would also mention the tattoo on his hand if they saw it, yet they didn’t, so maybe Jeremy got it at a later time? Who knows. Again, the source is The Jeremy Story, so take it with a grain of salt.  

Anyway, I do know of a tattoo that Jeremy got before September 1990, and that's his arm tattoo, which apparently (source is The Jeremy Story) was on the left side of his body. 

[From Jeremy's September 1990 letter sent to his friend Chris from Austin (courtesy of Ash)] "My fucked up "tats" will remind me of you. I truly only put it on my arm to impress you. At the time I was just trying to fit in."

Cults That Kill said:

"The girl behind the counter had a "666" tattooed on one boob and an upside-down cross on the other." (23) "Some members are marked with tattoos of Satanic symbols on the left side of the body." (84) "Kasso had an inverted cross tattooed on his arm [...]. He had stolen a skull and left hand from a corpse." (178) "In Satanic religion, there's an important difference between the right and left side of the body. When you die, the left side of the body is for Satan; the right side is for God." (179) "Left path: Generally thought to be the Devil's path, or wrong side of God. The Catholic Church in medieval times thought left-handed people did the Devil's work." (255)

I... don't really think Jeremy got his tattoos on the left side of his body because it was a reference to Satan or whatever (there could be a million reasons why), but I do think the inverted cross on his left chest was there for that reason. 

Regarding Jeremy’s beliefs, I personally theorize that, like a lot of teenagers, he got interested in Satanism because it was a forbidden topic. I also think he approached it during the last months or weeks of his life because his mental health was getting much worse and on one side, he really wanted to believe he could magically gain power over his own life; but on the other side, being an atheist he didn't really believe in it so the least he could do was to pretend he was a Satanist in order to scare off some people, or maybe look cooler in the eyes of some others.

"You can often tell how deep someone is into the occult by the things they have. That separates the dabblers from the self-style Satanists from the organized folks. If you are curious about the subjects you don't go out and buy all the robes, chalices and so on. That stuff is expensive. If you're just dabbling you don't buy the expensive items. Another indication is books. People who have a lot of books are serious. It takes a lot of effort to study books." (92)

As always, I try my best to show you my reasoning and hypothesis, you are always welcome to speculate and tell me your personal interpretation of the facts, I would be interested in reading it.

CLOSING THE CHAPTER OF SATANIC PANIC

Was there any truth behind the Satanic Panic or was it all just fake?

Well, there is proof that there were people actually attempting rituals, kidnapping and sexually abusing children and whatnot. The point is, these cases were much less than what the media made it out to be, and most of the time actual Satanists had nothing to do with those cases. In fact, Cults That Kill explains that Satanism was just an excuse for a lot of criminals and abhorrent individuals to do horrible stuff and not have the police investigate on the matter too much, because every religion (Satanism included) in America is protected by the First Amendment, which grants freedom of religion. Furthermore, you have to consider the fact that a lot of people tend to use religion as a moral lifeboat - for instance, someone who kills somebody in the name of Satan may not feel as guilty as they would if they had killed a person for no reason; in the same exact way some Christian people feel justified in telling horrible things to other people ("Being gay is against nature, you're going to hell") because apparently their religion justifies it.

As for children confessing to having been victims of Satanic rituals, some cases were certainly true, unfortunately, but others were just children being suggested the answer by therapists and policemen interrogating them, and not telling the story on their own.

So, in short: the Satanic Panic was a real phenomenon with a real basis. It spiraled into a proper panic because of the influence of the media and people wanting to see connections that often weren’t even there - like thinking that AC/DC stands for Anti Christ Devil Child. 

And no, I wish I made that one up.

Waterfall 

BIBLIOGRAPHY Kahaner, Larry. Cults that kill: Probing the underworld of occult crime. Warner Books, 1988. (Hardcover) SITOGRAPHY McMartin preschool trial (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) Satanic panic, (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) VIDEOGRAPHY [VHS] Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults - (1994) Mary survived satanic cult rituals Satanic Cults and Ritual Crime [VHS] [1990] [Satanic Panic]

ABOUT THIS BLOG

[best-o-boingo]

Attention, Oi-Boys, Oi-Girls, and Oi-Boinaries, we're on a mission to find the best song by American ska/new-wave/clown music band Oingo Boingo.

Our schedule can be found on our desktop blog, but to break it down: every poll will last a week, and will be followed by a two day grace period to allow us to make polls and graphics.

Our first round, lasting from 23 May to 30th, will be pitting every song featured in 1988's Boingo Alive against it's original, the winner of which will go on to the rest of the tournament.

The poll will consist of 80 songs- effectively everything that made it onto Spotify, with the exception of "Gratitude", for the sake of providing an even number.

Please note we did not pick the order of the original bracket on any bias. In order to give every song at least half a chance, we've decided to arrange our bracket in alphabetical order: ie "Ain't This the Life" against "Bachelor Party", and "Can't See" against "Capitalism".

Propaganda on reblogs, in our askbox, and submissions is greatly appreciated and will be featured on the blog. Please, however, be polite and respectful- those who break the law will be sent to the house of pain.

This poll is run by Mod Oingo and Mod Boingo, whom you may also find information about on our desktop site.

We'll see you on the other side!

[severeprincesheep]

Kate Bush ‎– Alone At My Piano (1976/77/80) Full Album

The 1976 demos

The Kick Inside Brother

Hammer Horror (3:31)

It Hurts Me [Feeling Like a Waltz] A Rose Growing Old

Stranded At The Moonbase [The Air Is Getting Low] Keep Me Waiting

Kashka from Baghdad (11:36)

Surrender Into The Roses [Coming Up] Carmilla

Oh To Be In Love (15:34)

Rinfy The Gypsy Playing Canasta in Cold Rooms

On Fire Inside A Snowball [Snow] Hot in the Ice

Dali Ferry Me Over

Where Are The Lionhearts On The Rocks

Violin (29:50)

The Craft Of Love Craft Of Life

The Gay Farewell Eddie the Queen

Something Like A Song In My Garden

Frightened Eyes (39:01)

The Disbelieving Angel (42:11)

Nevertheless You’ll Do (44:10)

Come Closer To Me Babe [Who Is Sylvia] Goodnight Baby

So Soft You’re Soft

The Rare Flower [Pick The Rare Flower] I Don’t See Why I Shouldn’t

While Davy Dozed [Davy] Hold Me

The 1980 demos

Babooshka #1 (piano & vocal overdubs) (57:47)

Babooshka #2 (rhythmbox & vocal + musical overdubs) (59:46)

The 1977 “Kick Inside” band demos

Don’t Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake (01:01:45)

Kite (01:04:37)

L’Amour Looks Something Like You (01:07:22)

Strange Phenomena (01:09:33)

Scares Me Silly (But It Gets Me Going) (unreleased song) (01:12:14)

Kate Bush - Alone At My Piano was originally released as one of the many unofficial bootlegs that have seen CD releases over the years. The original CD release of these demo tapes from 1976 was in 1988.

This is the "modestly remastered and expanded" version, which includes other solo demos from a few other unofficial releases that have all been cleaned up to get rid of some of the noise. I wanted to release just the original CD release but most downloads for this album floating around the internet include the bonus tracks.

"The 22 demos which Kate Bush recorded all by herself and her piano in November of 1976 can be found, as a whole or in part, on a number of bootleg CDs. The most common ones are “Cathy’s Home Demos”, “Practice Makes Perfect (Piano Demos No. 1)”, “If You Could See Me Fly”, and “Passing Through Air.

As for the “expanded” bit: I have added six tracks which can be found on the “Cathy’s Home Demos” bootleg. They are two further solo demos from 1980 of “Babooshka” (the first with Kate alone on the piano and some vocal overdubs, the second with Kate at the piano and a rhythm box and vocal + musical overdubs) and five demos with band from 1977, the so-called “Kick Inside” demos."

None of the titles are really official, so I just left them unchanged but put brackets around the alternate titles.

Since there are a lot of these demos already compiled into albums I'll be uploading more of these every once in a while. There are a lot of good ones floating around in single videos and I want to try to clear up any confusion.

Thanks for listening.

[hershelchocolate]

(Very Brief) Mass Propaganda Post For @doomed-bythe-narrative !!!!!

1. Akane Kurashiki (Zero Escape)

I am campaigning for her the hardest rn because yall she is going to lose this poll

Why is she doomed?: the narrative exists BECAUSE she is doomed. There is no narrative without her being doomed to suffer within it. Also, from what I've heard, she's ALSO doomed in the two other games in the series she's in!!! She CANNOT exist in this world without being doomed by the narrative no matter what you do to prevent it. She makes my brain explode

2. Mordred (High Noon Over Camelot)

The winner of the Mechs Poorest Little Meow Meow bracket :)

Why is he doomed?: He's a main character in a Mechs album. More specifically, the context of every Mechs album is that the band watched the stories happen and are now conveying that information to you through the albums. His story was over before it ever started, and his story is destined to crush his morals and leave him sad and alone as he dooms his entire world to burn. There was no avoiding this the second the Mechs started singing.

3. Lyfrassir Edda (The Bifrost Incident)

MY POOR LITTLE MEOW MEOWWWWW BABY YOU ARE MY ANGELLL

Why are they doomed?: They're a main character in a Mechs album. Okay but for real, their story was decided for them 80 years before the story even fucking starts. They're doomed from the second they start speaking and the only thing they can do in the narrative is learn just how fucked everything is about to get with absolutely no way to prevent it. Someone please help them

4. Ganondorf (Wind Waker)

That's my grandpa :)

Why is he doomed?: Ganon in every Zelda game is doomed to become the antagonist no matter what he does simply because that is the nature of the cycle they're all trapped in. Wind Waker Ganon feels (in my experience and the games I've played) the most regretful of how this cycle has ended up. He's tired, but he's not going to stop now. He knows his destiny is to die at the hero's hands, and he's going to fulfill it. But he's also not going down without a fight (though can you really say he's trying compared to some of the other Ganon fights in the series? He's almost easier than the boss gauntlet you do to get to him. He's so tired)

5. Porygon Evolution Line (Pokemon)

Why is it doomed?: because my bestie said so <3 and ey said so SO MUCH and ey are SO CORRECT, it was literally shadowbanned from Real Life for being in an episode of the anime with no warning for flashing lights, except it wasn't even Porygon that caused it. Literally got doomed from real life because of something it didn't do

6. Eden (In A Manor Of Speaking)

This one is a silly funny c: that's my besties OC everyone vote for her right now or I'll cry /j

[solradguy]

If you haven't already: the 60s for the music ask thing

For some of the 60s questions, I think the asker is supposed to send in a song for them? So I'm gonna do the ones that aren't in brackets because idk how I'd answer the brackets ones haha

62. Artists/bands you think have an impeccable discography, with no bad albums:

Coheed & Cambria never misses. Daisuke Ishiwatari's stuff is always super solid too, I can't think of a soundtrack he's done where I didn't like less than 80% of it. (sorry Queen, that Flash Gordon soundtrack's keeping you out of this)

63. Do you prefer live recordings or studio recordings?

Studio more often than not, but sometimes there's a live album that's better than the studio one. Metallica's live album, S&S, that they did with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra is bonkers. Dio-era Black Sabbath is crazy live too. So sad I'll never get to see them live. This recording of Heaven and Hell by them is great; better than the studio version, even.

65. Are there any songs you know the entire lyrics by heart?

I do, but not many because my memory for audio is really bad haha These will probably be unsurprising: Bohemian Rhapsody (of course), Bring Me To Life - Evanescence, Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down, Neon Knights - Black Sabbath, Brighton Rock - Queen, Killer Queen - Queen.

There might be more. This is definitely one of those things were I don't realize it until it comes on lol

66. Share your favorite playlists that you or someone else has made!

Classic Heavy Metal - rare, obscure, classics by qumran77 over on YouTube. It's a good one to put on shuffle.

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2004 - Number 59 - Tequila For You - "Together"

Time for a song that I don't know much about. I've tried to find things out about the band but to not avail. My researches all lead me back to this YouTube video or the only other sites that know they exists - eurovisionworld and last.fm - and neither of those sites know anything about them either. Other than that I've found out that there are a lot companies out there that would like to sell me tequila.

Together was entered for the Lithuanian national final Eurovizijos Atranka 2004 which had expanded to five heats of nine songs and a single separate heat with seven songs, making a grand total of 52 songs competing to represent Lithuania. That's a lot of competition for a group like Tequila for You who I'm pretty sure weren't that big.

Nevertheless the song they came up with is a fun back and forth between a couple. The man seems to like making lists of everything about his potential partner and telling her just why they should be together. The female half of this distinctly straight arrangement seems relatively happy, but is non-committal. She wants to hear more all the time. I imagine she's backing out of the room as she sings the choruses, keen to make a quiet exit - he seems way too keen.

The instrumental is what attracts me here. It's a full-on 80s arrangement on synth noises, percussion and a chugging guitar riff that reminds of any number of New Wave singles. What the lyrics lack in subtly and grammar, the song makes up for in fun and momentum. That was enough to get into this stage of my bracket and beat a few others who also made the same level.

Obviously this didn't win in real life. It came 8th in heat 5. The band weren't heard from again, but as I don't know who was in the group, I can't categorically say they never tried again under a different name or as individuals. Any pointers as to who this band were and what they went on to do would gratefully received.

[17-08-66]

The lost boys star and Michael's playlists

Note: these songs aren't all the same genre I just felt like they fit star and Michael for some reason, even worse! Some of these are well after the 80s by about 23 years. I'm not sure if the opinions in brackets even match there personalities.

Warning: use of the word steroids

Star's playlist:

Jefferson airplane-alice (star had a huge crush on one of the band members grace slick when she was like 12-13)

Bernadette carroll-laughing on the outside (she loves the sound of the Bernadette's voice as it rises and falls)

Cults-bad things (she thinks Madeline follin is so beautiful)

Toyah-it's a mystery (loves the lyrics makes her feel like a main character)

Plastic Bertrand-ca plane pour moi (loves how upbeat it is makes her feel like she could conquer the world)

Kate Bush-running up that hill (loves Kate bushes style and tries to add elements of it into her own wardrobe)

Baccara-Yes sir I can boogie (makes her want to go to a disco and dance until dawn)

The the-this is the day (the song gives her chills every time she hears it, she feels it's such a beautiful reflection of hopelessness and despair)

Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark-electricity (it makes her feel so care free it's something she twirls around the room to)

Japan-ghosts (she feels she can relate to it, it reminds her that she can't see any good in her future but when Michael comes along maybe she still has a chance?)

Cults-always forever (she loves the way they made Madeline follin's voice sound in this song)

The mission-severina (she enjoys how hauntingly beautiful the word severina is cast out)

Michael's playlist:

I think most of these would be his dad's old records that he gave to Michael when he left for Santa Carla.

The Beatles-come together (listening to this song always mellowed him out when his parents were getting a divorce)

shocking blue-send me a postcard (he loves the power and passion in Mariska's voice)

Charlie feathers-I can't hardly stand it (he find the reverb on the vocals extremely satisfying)

Three dog night-one (would always listen to this song with his dad when he took him out for the day)

The move-blackberry way (he favours Trevor Burton's bass playing over any other)

Pink Floyd-see Emily play (reminds him of his ex Emily the first girl he was ever in love with who was wonderful but went down a bad path)

Death-keep on knocking (one of his favourites to jump around, with some of his more wild freinds)

Pavement-harness your hopes (enjoys the first 24 seconds of the song more than anything)

Golden dawn-starvation (found it in a yard sale when he was 11 for a dime)

The Ramones-surf city (the first time he saw it he thought the beach boys on steroids and leather jackets cool!)

The animals-don't let me be misunderstood (thinks Eric burden has such a soulful voice)

The searchers-love potion number 9 (on his 9th birthday his parent gave him a mixed cassette tape and this was on it he played it constantly for 2 weeks, drove Sam mad)