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This is a newly recorded version of the 1993 song Violet.

#alterations #chicago #synthpop #post punk

A long, long time ago…in a time we call the early nineties, yours truly and one of my best friends were actively in a synth pop band called Alterations. We played only a few times live (way too little) and did a bunch of lo-fi 4 track cassette recordings. These recording stem from March 1992 to about April 1993. It was a fun time. We were making these synth pop tunes that were so 80′s when grunge was king. Over time, people would tell us that they preferred these to some of the later versions–ones that were done on a computer with Logic Pro and with better equipment. We put this collection out on band camp earlier this year. We also have future plans to release other material which are way more hi-fi. So enjoy this slice of our lo-fi youth. It’s a tribute to all the great bands we loved: The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Bauhaus, etc.

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A long, long time ago…in a time we call the early nineties, yours truly and one of my best friends were actively in a synth pop band called Alterations. We played only a few times live (way too little) and did a bunch of lo-fi 4 track cassette recordings. These recording stem from March 1992 to about April 1993. It was a fun time. We were making these synth pop tunes that were so 80′s when grunge was king. Over time, people would tell us that they preferred these to some of the later versions–ones that were done on a computer with Logic Pro and with better equipment. We put this collection out on band camp earlier this year. We also have future plans to release other material which are way more hi-fi. So enjoy this slice of our lo-fi youth. It’s a tribute to all the great bands we loved: The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Bauhaus, etc.

A long, long time ago...in a time we call the early nineties, yours truly and one of my best friends were actively in a synth pop band called Alterations. We played only a few times live (way too little) and did a bunch of lo-fi 4 track cassette recordings. These recording stem from March 1992 to about April 1993. It was a fun time. We were making these synth pop tunes that were so 80′s when grunge was king. Over time, people would tell us that they preferred these to some of the later versions--ones that were done on a computer with Logic Pro and with better equipment. We put this collection out on band camp earlier this year. We also have future plans to release other material which are way more hi-fi. So enjoy this slice of our lo-fi youth. It’s a tribute to all the great bands we loved: The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Bauhaus, etc.

#bandcamp #alterations #lofi #synthpop #newwave #postpunk #chicago

Garrett Borns, better known by his stage name BØRNS, came in and performed the David Bowie classic, "Moonage Daydream." BØRNS released his debut studio album...

Don’t fake it baby, lay the real thing on me.

Great cover.

#David Bowie #garrett borns #indie #glam

Faded Heart, a song by BØRNS on Spotify

New Wave Dave recommended!

#borns #indie #good shit

Kick out the style,

Bring back the jam.

#1989 #tears for fears

““It’s just the way I smiled, you said.”

#The Cure #1989 #disintegration #post punk #robert smith #goth

(via https://open.spotify.com/track/6PyeQIxFN7maClO6Po1pu5)

My name is Violet.

It was a song by a punk band from New Jersey on a mix tape an older girl made for me.

That lead me into this world of dirty record stores and sneaking into night clubs.

The way things change – kids come and go, friendships start and others end.

Relationships blossom and fall apart.

I don’t invest in them anymore.

You’re either on the bus or you aren’t.

The neighborhood and its dives won’t last forever so we walk these city streets, drinking at clubs all night and sleeping all day.

Rome is burning and we’re dancing in the flames.

Eventually these dirty streets will be lined with young urban professionals stumbling from one sports bar to another,

but until then, I’ll sit back and stoke the fire.

#joy division #graphic novwl #post punk #goth #punk rock #1989 #chicago #belmont and clark

(via https://open.spotify.com/track/1JIzFhI9Lt5FyslawmHCBi)

It starts like this –

You feel isolated and know you’re different from your classmates.

Somehow you hear a song or see a video and that becomes the rabbit hole.

You can either continue to feel lonely and isolated or you can jump in.

You become a wash of bands and freaks and the strange people your parents don’t want you to hang out with out of fear that you might become one.

You find a place in this cacophony of black clad weirdos, punks, skinheads, drugs, music and underage drinking.

Then you become the person your parents warn you not to become.

For some it’s a thing you do until you graduate high school or college and move onto your next phase in your life.

Sometimes you get trapped, reliving and longing for your glory days.

Then sometimes, in the blink of any eye, everything you know, the chaos, the anarchy, the concerned parents, the drugs and the music all align and your life is changed forever.

All that’s left is the fall.

My name is David.

#david bowie #ziggy stardust #living in oblivion #graphicnovel #1989 #chicago

Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of Depeche Mode's iconic "Concert For the Masses," a daylong show at the 100,000-seat Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., that also featured performances by Wire, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ...

“GOOD EVENING PASADENA!”

#DEPECHE MODE 101 #POST PUNK #electronica #1988

Here's a quick update --

We're 100% done writing issue #1. It's come a long long way since it was a screenplay and it's way stronger in this format. We're now coming up with concept art and seeing what these characters look like. Everything's looking bad ass, thanks to Tanya Skotzko.

Still working on it, still gonna make it happen. At some point (and I don't know when), there will be a Kickstarter or Gofundme.

-Here’s the concept artwork for the character Violet.

-MP

#graphic novel #turbulencecomics #post punk #punk rock #goth #industrial #1989 #chicago