setlist 26/10/13

in a halloween themed show i shared the wheels of steel with my esteemed associate james obrien for the night and this is what we came up with!

cradle of filth - mr crowley
devin townsend - vampira
marilyn manson - this is halloween
motely crue - shout at the devil
rob zombie - the lords of salem
korn - kick the pa
slipknot - heretic anthem
the browning - industry
iron maiden - the number of the beast
white zombie - feed the gods
ray parker junior - ghostbusters
the misfits - the monster mash
korn - kidnapp the santy claws
sepultura - (procreation) of the wicked
drowningpool - bodies
afi - halloween
alice cooper - feed my frankenstein
toxic holocaust - acid fuzz
rob zombie - living dead girl

setlist 28/09/13

templeton pek - wake me up
sublime - get ready
alkaline trio - stupid kid
the maine - happy
jimmy eat world - a praise chorus
hey! hello! - swimwear
motorhead - the game
interview with Davey from Glamour of the Kill
glamour of the kill - break
interview with Davey from Glamour of the Kill
zebrahead - call your friends
everclear - rock star
mallory knox - death rattle
blood command - hand us the alpha male
twin atlantic - make a beast of myself
interview with motionless in white
motionless in white - a.m.e.r.i.c.a.
falling in reverse - fashionably late
therapy? - church of noise
metastate - cigaretto stiletto
the answer - new horizon
interview with the defiled
the defiled - as i drown
interview with the defiled
powerman 5000 - strike the match
helmet - exactly what you wanted
enter shikari - sssnakepit
kmfdm - hau ruck

setlist from 21st september

otep - apex predator
muse - time is running out
rival schools - used for glue
black stone cherry - such a shame featuring lzzy hale
queens of the stone age - the lost art of keeping a secret
life of agony - weeds
delain - are you done with me?
depeche mode - enjoy the silence (reinterpreted)
dope - people are people
marilyn manson - personal jesus
rammstein - stripped
lacuna coil - enjoy the silence
nine inch nails - came back haunted
a brief history of.........The Birthday Massacre
the birthday massacre - video kid
the birthday massacre - happy birthday
the birthday massacre - goodnight
the birthday massacre - shiver
the birthday massacre - shallow grave
the birthday massacre - forever
the birthday massacre - one promise
handsome - ride down
quicksand - backwards
vision of disorder - twelve steps to nothing
pantera - 13 steps to nowhere
hatebreed - defeatist
blessthefall - you wear a crown but you`re no king
papa roach - hollywood whore

there you go folks, goes out every week between 8 and 10 on a saturday night on 105.5fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/

14th september 2013

another week and another show crammed with tunes!!!!

the strokes - reptilia
eso - the divide
soul asylum - somebody to shove
avenged sevenfold - hail to the king
nine inch nails - copy of a
genitorturers - razor cuts
FREEBIE OF THE WEEK
the answer - new horizon
falling in reverse - fashionably late
alestorm - shipwrecked
letlive. - younger
korn - never never
delain - are you done with me?
within temptation - faster
A brief history of...........Lacuna Coil
lacuna coil - no need to explain
lacuna coil - cold
lacuna coil - halflife
lacuna coil - heavens a lie
lacuna coil - our truth
lacuna coil - not enough
lacuna coil - trip the darkness
COVER OF THE WEEK
lacuna coil - enjoy the silence
earth crisis - killing brain cells
quicksand - divorce
integrity - taste my sin
shelter - surrender to your tv
blessthefall - you wear a crown but you`re no king
biohazard - all for none

the show kicks off at 8 pm uk time on 105.5fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk

setlist 7th september

avenged sevenfold - hail to the king
delain - are you done with me?
within temptation - faster
alice in chains - stone
audrey horne - redemption blues
sheavy - whats up mr zero?
DEMO OF THE WEEK
heaven shall fall - welcome to hell sweetheart
asking alexandria - break down the walls
blessthefall - you wear a crown but you`re no king
we came as romans - fade away
crossfaith - eclipse
girl on fire - the takedown
a brief history of..............Nine Inch Nails
nine inch nails - head like a hole
nine inch nails - happiness in slavery
nine inch nails - heresy
nine inch nails - the perfect drug
nine inch nails - the fragile
nine inch nails - bite the hand that feeds
nine inch nails - disciple
nine inch nails - came back haunted
COVER OF THE WEEK
nine inch nails - dead souls
korn - narcissistic cannibal
powerman 5000 - v is for vampire
the defiled - sleeper
slo burn - july

setlist 31/08/13

nine inch nails - copy of a
my life with the thrill kill kult - kooler than jesus
dirty harry - nothing really matters
front 242 - fuel
lacuna coil - i dont believe in tomorrow
feeder - borders
zebrahead - call your friends
the answer - new horizon
rocket from the crypt - born in `69
t.s.o.l. - come into my nightmare
amen - oblivion stereo
misfits - dig up her bones
royal republic - addictive
anti flag - the ranks of the masses rising
prong - snap your fingers, snap your neck
THE FIGHT CLUB
kmfdm - free your hate
nine inch nails - suck
kmfdm - stray bullet
nine inch nails - into the void
kmfdm stars & stripes
nine inch nails - discipline
kmfdm - ultra
nine inch nails - sin
COVER OF THE WEEK
goldfinger - 99 red balloons
we came as romans - fade away
delain - are you done with me
in this moment - adrenalize
lacrimas profundere - antiadore
revocation - invidious

and that ladies and gents was this weeks show!!!!
the link for the show will be up soon, but in the meantime if you wanna listen live you can every saturday from 8pm UK time on 105.5fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/

setlist 24/08/13

zimmers hole - evil robots
the maine - happy
king adora - suffocate
hey! hello! - swimwear
jimmy eat world - i will steal you back
itch - enigma
kids in glass houses - drive
red tape - shoot! move! communicate!
our last night - reason to love
DEMO OF THE WEEK
stitched up heart - grave
otep - smash the control machine
from ruin - wings of change
TRC - we bring war
we came as romans - fade away
cancer bats - dead wrong
anti flag - the ranks of the masses rising
metallica - cyanide
zebrahead - call your friends
the mercy house - my disease
bring me the horizon - house of wolves
enter shikari - radiate
zimmers hole - rent a cop
misfits - devil doll
COVER OF THE WEEK
face off - change(in the house of flies)
nothing - dig
revocation - the hive
unkind - vihan lapset
coldworker - the black dog syndrome
lock up - slaughterous ways
exhumed - the shape of deaths to come

so there you have it, another week chock full of great tunes both old and new!
if you wanna tune in then feel free on 105.5fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/ from 8 pm UK time!

setlist 17/08/13

this week was a little bit special, as i had the great pleasure of having a band in the studio with me, not just to chew the fat, but to also play a small acoustic live set!
and it was most most excellent!

hey! hello! - swimwear
From Ruin Acoustic Session
overcome
relics
resurrection
winter is coming
days of the new - where i stand
zebrahead - call your friends
crossfaith - eclipse
we came as romans - fade away
rage against the machine - sleep now in the fire
letlive. - banshee (ghost fame)
bruce dickinson - soul intruders
spiritual beggars - sedated
iced earth - v
revocation - invidious
from ruin - diabolus interium
COVER OF THE WEEK
ayria - change (in the house of flies)
scorpions - no one like you
otep - rise rebel resist
from ruin - wings of change

once again muchos thanks to the band for coming in, playing some awesome tunes, picking some blinding tunes and generally for putting up with my silly questions!
eventually the show will be up here, probably in 2 parts! the session then the main body of the show, but i have got some editing to do to both parts first!
but soon, and in the meantime dont forget that you can still tune in on 105.5fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/ from 8pm UK time every week!

setlist 10/08/13

you know the score by now, saturday nights from 8pm uk time on 105.5fm or head over to http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/ to rock out for 2 hours!!!
this is what i did this week!

green day - coming clean
hey! hello! - swimwear
alice in chains - them bones
59 times the pain - need no alibi
danko jones - wait a minute
feeder - w.i.t.
koffin kats - meltdown
the presidents of the united states of america - lump
rocket from the crypt - born in `69
sum 41 - still waiting
therapy? - nowhere
murderdolls - dead in hollywood
adrenaline overdose - pope on a rope
drowningpool - sinner
the deadlights - whores
enter shikari - the paddington frisk
assert - not tomorrow. today. now
mindless self indulgence - hey tomorrow
downset - pure trauma
t.s.o.l. - in my head
the haunted - revelation
the transplants - in a warzone
rancid - timebomb
blood comand - 5 inches of a car accident
a.f.i. - third season
pig destroyer - sis
hatebreed - worlds apart
snapcase - caboose
COVER OF THE WEEK
earth crisis - paint it black
anti flag - the ranks of the masses rising
royal republic - tommy gun
misfits - hate the living, love the dead
american head charge - americunt evolving into useless psychic garbage
amen - oblivion stereo
hate gallery - the truth about you
minor threat - guilty of being white
system of a down - war?
napalm death - the wolf i feed

playlist 3rd august

this week i shared the show with my esteemed colleague james obrien
we took it in turns to play a song, and as im a gracious host i let him go first!!!

down - hail the leaf
sublime - under my voodoo
metallica - ride the lightning
evile - head of the demon
stone sour - made of scars
mastodon - blood and thunder
rage against the machine - renegades
DEMO OF THE WEEK
skankshot - ratrace
korn - did my time
the defiled - sleeper
rammstein - sonne
hatebreed - to the threshold
skindred - start first
falling in reverse - alone
slipknot - left behind
COVER OF THE WEEK
helmet - army of me
alien ant farm - smooth criminal
pantera - im broken
tenacious d - the metal
rocket from the crypt - on a rope
iron maiden - can i play with madness

playlist 27/07/13

sooo after the muck up last week i set my mind to coming up with something more concrete and less thrown together at the last minute, and i came to the conclusion that since i had (so far) never actually just done a 100% metal show that is what i would this week, so i went metal thrashing mad and made a thrash metal special!



metallica - battery

machine head - bite the bullet

testament - into the pit

kreator - phantom antichrist

dream evil - fire! battle! in metal!

in flames - embody the invisible

megadeth - wake up dead

FREEBIE OF THE WEEK

hirax - chaos and brutality

shadows fall - stepping outside the circle

soilwork - one with the flies

pantera - domination

and time for a brief history of.....

LAMB OF GOD

black label

ruin

now you`ve got something to die for

walk with me in hell

everything to nothing

ghostwalking

anthrax - inside out

corporation 187 - with your sins

the haunted - faultline

slayer - raining blood

nevermore - we disintegrate

hammerfall - blood bound
and that was my thrash special!
you can tune in every week from 8pm UK time on 105.5fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/

playlist 20/07/13

not the show it was meant to be!
originally it was supposed a shared show with my esteemed associate Nick May, buuut due to a technical hitch, probably me hitting the wrong button somewhere along the way, but that show was lost,but have no fear Nick will return soon!
in the meantime i went and made this one instead!!

danko jones - dance
the bouncing souls - true believers
third eye blind - semi charmed life
sick puppies - all the same
jimmy eat world - i will steal you back
boxing fox - good old times
capdown - cousin cleotis
the sovereigns - no one can win this fight
DEMO OF THE WEEK
snake thursday - worth the time
alice in chains - stone
placebo - pure morning
kids in glass houses - drive
red hot chili peppers - dani california
three days grace - goin down
cold - stupid girl
alkaline trio - im only hear to disappoint
enter shikari - warm smiles do not make you welcome here
blood command - high five for life
royal thunder - whispering world (acoustic)
sinch - something more
COVER OF THE WEEK
johnny cash - hurt
royal republic - underwear
young guns - towers (on my way)
p.o.d. - youth of the nation
kid rock - i am the bullgod
templeton pek - no association
falling in reverse - alone

and that was that, another great show, which i will upload and park a link to sharpish!

playlist 13/07/13

here is my playlist from my show which aired on the 13th july 2013

jimmy eat world - i will steal you back
young guns - bones
twin atlantic - make a beast of myself
mallory knox - death rattle
metastate - cigaretto stiletto
barkmarket - visible cow
DEMO OF THE WEEK
the gravity guild - my own worst enemy
transplants - come around
kids in glass houses - drive
blood command - hand us the alpha male
enter shikari - the paddington frisk
seven crowns - no man is
falling in reverse - alone
Covered Up...... a collection of my fave covers!
our last night - skyfall
orgy - blue monday
dope - people are people
murderdolls - white wedding
limp bizkit - faith
marilyn manson - tainted love
afi - head like a hole
metalica - die,die my darling
black spiders - kicked in the teeth
letlive. - banshee(ghost fame)
bring me the horizon - house of wolves
entombed - say it in slugs
heart in hand - life goes on
the dillinger escape plan - milk lizard
snapcase - bleeding orange
airbourne - live it up

as you can see it was a great show, and i had great fun with some excellent covers!!
im gonna upload the show to mixcloud and here it is.......
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-july-13-2013/
in the meantime if you wanna listen live you can on a saturday night from 8pm UK time on 105.5Fm or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/

Playlist 6th July

mad season - i dont know anything
airbourne - live it up
311 - creatures (for a while)
altered sky - i know you know
feeder - cement
metroplex - liquid sky
killing miranda - boy meets gun
FREEBIE OF THE WEEK
black stone cherry - white trash millionaire
templeton pek - wake me up
enter shikari - radiate
anti-flag - the ranks of the masses rising
avenged sevenfold - bat country
alkaline trio - stupid kid
evile - head of the demon
a brief history of.....DevilDriver!
i could care less
bear witness unto
tirades of truth
i see belief
you make me sick
COVER OF THE WEEK
devildriver - wasted years
megadeth - this day we fight
the defiled - sleeper
transplants - in a warzone
letlive. - banshee(ghost fame)
rammstein - mein land
the haunted - d.o.a.

great show with a truly very heavy brief history of, now going out a new slightly earlier time than usual for at least the next 3 months at 8PM UK time on 105.5FM or at http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/
for those of you that missed out on saturday night the whole show can also be listened to again at......
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-july-6th-2013/

Playlist June 29

weezer - beverly hills
rocket from the crypt - panic scam
everclear - when it all goes wrong again
danko jones - lovercall
one minute silence - 1845
blood command - high five for life
the offspring - hit that
mindless self indulgence - hey tomorrow
faith no more - everything`s ruined
DEMO OF THE WEEK
ego - move
letlive. - banshee(ghost fame)
korn & the dust brothers - kick the PA
bullyrag - frantic
bring me the horizon - shadow moses
dot the eye - a perfect lie
....a brief history of.....Dope
kimberly`s ghost
take your best shot
now is the time
dream
motivation alternative version
addiction
you spin me round
i dont give a....
COVER OF THE WEEK
orion - E.T.
gravity kills - alive
spineshank - smothered
nine inch nails - the hand that feeds
the defiled - unspoken
children of bodom - halo of blood
bleed from within - uprising
enter shikari - the paddington frisk

so there we go, this is what went down between 9 and 11pm UK time, the show is moving forward an hour for the next 3 months, as such the show will start at 8pm UK time and you can listen here.......
www.wcrfm.org.uk
and if you wanna hear this or any other show i have made then please check out this stuff.....
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-june-29th/

Playlist 22/06/13

filter - hey man (nice shot)
combichrist - today i woke to the rain of blood
ayria - invisible
front 242 - headhunter v3.0
the prodigy - run with the wolves
enter shikari - radiate
DEMO OF THE WEEK
animals in denial - make it stop
radiator - make it real
marilyn manson - dope hat
paradise lost - erased
lacuna coil - trip the darkness
the birthday massacre - control
powerman 5000 - show me what you got
a brief history of Pitchshifter..........
brutal cancroid
(a higher form of) killing
whiteout
genius
wafer thin
eight days
un - uk
COVER OF THE WEEK
pitchshifter - kerosene
ministry - just one fix
static-x - push it
prong - whose fist is this anyway?
k.m.f.d.m. - a drug against war
die krupps - the gods of void

and that ladies and gents concludes the fun that was my industrial tinged show from the 22nd of june.
twas remarkable fun and i hope you lot all enjoyed it!
as usual there will be a link to mixcloud posted here sharpish, i just havent got around to uploading it yet!
but soon!!!!
if you wanna listen in live then feel free, i am on the air between 9 and 11 UK time on saturday nights!
head over to http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/

playlist june 15th

altered sky - i know you know

royal republic - underwear

templeton pek - wake me up

all eyes west - help is on the way

enter shikari - radiate

the anchor boys - blueberry pancakes

forever the sickest kids - chin up kid

handsome - going to panic
DEMO OF THE WEEK
torture division - hall kaften
blood command - high five for life
interview
blood command - 5 inches of a car accident
interview
blood command - alarm all assassins
interview
blood command - hand us the alpha male
interview
the maine - happy
interview
heart in hand - home/sick
interview
heart in hand - broken lights
interview
heart in hand - life goes on
interview
the defiled - unspoken
in this moment - adrenalize
snovonne - toys
eso - it rains
bring me the horizon - shadow moses

a great show and i was really happy with how the interviews came out!
i hope you enjoyed it and if you missed it you can listen to it again here...........
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-june-15th-featuring-blood-command-and-heart-in-hand/

playlist june 8th

bring me the horizon - sleepwalking
mindless self indulgence - hey tomorrow
the birthday massacre - happy birthday
payable on death - west coast rock steady
the union underground - revolution man
sacred mother tongue - a light will shine
the jelly jam - empty
dot the eye - i believe
itch - hit the road
koffin kats - wild ride
black spiders - cold dead hands
rival schools - used for glue
everclear - heroin girl
alkaline trio - i wanna be a warhol
enter shikari - the paddington frisk
shelter - civilized man
metallica - just a bullet away
skrape - stand up (summer song)
sworn enemy - one way trip
downset - empower
snapcase - caboose
crackdown - ten
heart in hand - life goes on
our last night - skyfall
fuel - jesus or a gun
american head charge - sugars of someday
311 - don`t stay home
finch - letters to you
the hellacopters - (gotta get) some action now!
helmet & house of pain - just another victim

a great show that personally i really enjoyed putting together, splicing together a hefty chunk of NYHC was immense fun!
if you missed it you can listen to it here............................
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-june-8th/

Playlist June the first

This weeks show was awesome!
Mainly because i got to speak to a fantastic man who has shifted millions of records, Sonny Sandoval of POD!
Could not believe it when the chance came up!!!
There were other things going on as well, as you shall now see!

enter shikari - the paddington frisk
baroness - march to the sea
3 colours red - paralyse (junkie xl mix)
templeton pek - wake me up
forever the sickest kids - "chin up kid"
royal republic - you aint nobody (til somebody hates you)
anti-flag - the ranks of the masses rising
the maine - happy
transplants - come around
HIM - all lips go blue
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Metastate - cigaretto stiletto
chevelle - dont fake this
trivium - black
eso - the divide
the dillinger escape plan - setting fire to sleeping giants
POD - rock the party (off the hook)
interview with Sonny
POD - alive
interview with Sonny
POD - youth of the nation
interview with Sonny
POD - west coast rock steady
interview with Sonny
mindless self indulgance - hey tomorrow
capdown - cousin cleotis
torture division - iron tusk
sylosis - born anew
snapcase - bleeding orange
the defiled - sleeper
raging speedhorn - the gush
the mercy house - my disease

a great show as you can see, and you too can hear it.......
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-june-1st-with-sonny-sandoval/

Playlist 25th May

Bank holiday weekend, the second in a month and the final week of my vs sets with a guest host, this week it was y very good friend Nick May of Tranzition Trance VS Infected.
We nattered a lot more than any other f the vs nights, as such the track count was MUCH MUCH lower!
But that said muchos fun was had and here is what we played!
As always we alternated songs and being the gracious host I am I allowed my guest to go first.

The Rolling Stones - Jumpin` Jack Flash
Screaming Trees - All I Know
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
The Who - Baba o`Reilly
Soundgarden - Burden in my Hand
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
Foo Fighters - Good Grief
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Alice in Chains - We Die Young
Guns `N` Roses - You Could Be Mine
Corrosion of Conformity - King of the Rotten
Metallica - Until it Sleeps
Extreme - Play with me
Beck - Loser
COVERS OF THE WEEK
P.O.D. - Bullet the Blue Sky
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams(are made of these)
Sick of it All - Potential for a Fall
Machine Head - Davidian

Awesome night, great fun all round and sadly I dont have access to the MP3 of the show as yet, hopefully this post will be updated sharpish so that those of you who missed it can get your paws on it!
Dont forget you can catch the show every Saturday night between 9 and 11 pm UK time on 105.5FM or if you arent a local then you can stream the show from http://www.wcrfm.org.uk/

if you would also like further info from either Nick or myslef you can find us both on Twitter
https://twitter.com/DJNicMay
and
https://twitter.com/ben_jekyll

Playlist 18 May 2013

Continuing the pattern of shows throughout May i had another guest with me, this week it was my good friend  James Gumbytaker Fenwick, aka Lucky XIII
We took it in turns playing a song each and James started things off!

Faith No More - ashes to ashes
Senser - the end of the world show
Clutch - cypress grove
Rammstein - mein land
Black Spiders - kiss tried to kill me
Enter Shikari - Sssnakepit
Volbeat - sad mans tongue
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Seven Crowns - pills are bitter
Rob Zombie - werewolf women of the ss
Royal Republic - addictive
Slayer - spirit in black
Crossfaith - jagerbomb
Lard - war pimp renaissance
Biohazard - modern democracy
Down - lifer
Anti-Flag - the ranks of the masses rising
Megadeth - endgame
COVERS OF THE WEEK
Our Last Night - skyfall
Taking Dawn - the chain
The Mercy House - my disease
Iron Maiden - wasted years
The Transplants - in a warzone
Hatebreed - live for this

twas a cracking show and i thoroughly enjoyed myself!
i hope anybody who listened enjoyed it too, if you missed then feel free to give it a look here.......
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-may-18th-with-james-fenwick/

Playlist 11/05/13

so this week i shared the wheels of steel with my good friend Paul, we took it in turns one song each and he went first!!

Alanis Morisette - Still
The Music -Freedom fighters
Velvet Revolver - Slither
Reef - Naked
Mark Knopfler - Speedway at Nazareth
Royal Republic - Underwear
Linkin Park - 1STP KLSR
Enter Shikari - Warm smiles do not make you welcome here
The Mission - Tower of Strength
The Birthday Massacre - Leaving tonight
Talk Talk - Living in another world
Head Automatica - Beating heart baby
The Who - Won`t get fooled again
Eso - Brand new suit
Marillion - Man of a thousand faces
The Defiled - Sleeper
Stereophonics - Who are you
Our Last Night - Skyfall
Tears for Fears - Who killed tangerine
Slayer - War ensemble
The Wonder Stuff - Caught in my shadow

It was a great show and with the input of Paul quite easily my most varied show yet, for which i thank the man greatly, if you missed the show you can listen to it here...........
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-may-11th/

May the fourth playlist

Saliva - Superstar
Senser - Age of Panic
TV on the Radio - DLZ
Enter Shikari - Arguing with thermometers
Blink 182 - Mutt
POD - West Cost Rocksteady
Bloodhound Gang - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
The Maine - Happy
The Offspring - Want you bad
COVER OF THE WEEK
The Wildhearts - Cheers
KoRn - Kidnap Santy Claus
One Minute Silence - Fish out of Water
In Flames - The Quiet Place
Crossfaith - Jagerbomb
CKY - Flesh into Gears
Dir En Grey - Child Prey
Rob Zombie - Let it all bleed out
Mad Capsule Markets - Midi Surf
Lostprophets - Last Train Home
Maximum the Hormone - Zetsou Billy
Transplants - Come Around
Evile - Head of the Demon
Lynryd Skynryd - Sweet Home Alabama

Awesome show with a fantastic guest, made some great choices and have a fantastic laugh, I hope you guys all enjoyed it as much as we did. If you missed it you can catch it here............
............ http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-may-the-fourth-with-james-obrien/

Playlist April 27th

Senser - Oyster
The Mercy House - My Disease
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Templeton Pek - Wake me up
Placebo - Every you every me
Tripping Daisy - Trip along
Alkaline Trio - I`m only here to disappoint
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Of an Empire - Dear harp
The Blueprint - Hail of splinters
Sinch - Tabula rasa
(HED) p.e. - Suck it up
Misfits - Dig up her bones
Royal Republic - Underwear
Eso - The Divide
KMFDM - juke joint jezebel
a brief history of........Stabbing Westward
Nothing
Shame
Torn Apart
So Far Away
Orgy - Opticon
Gravity Kills - Guilty
COVER OF THE WEEK
A Day to Remember - Since U been gone
HIM - All lips go blue
Sacred Mother Tongue - A light will shine
Young Guns - Bones
In This Moment - Adrenalize
The Defiled - Sleeper
Killing Joke - In Cythera

Thank you very much for listening folks, its always a pleasure to make these shows, I just hope you enjoy listening to them, if you missed it then you can listen to it here..................................
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-april-27th-2013/

Playlist 20/04/13

Rico - Crazier featuring Gary Numan
Maxim - Backwards Bullet featuring Chris Corner
Eso - The divide featuring Wizard
Lacuna Coil - Our truth
White Zombie - Ratfinks, suicide tanks and cannibal girls
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Forged in Flame - The underground
Fugazi - Epic Problem
Monster Magnet - Spacelord
Life of Agony - Weeds
Alkaline Trio - I wanna be a Warhol
Royal Republic - Sailing man
Stone Sour - Gone sovereign
....and now for a brief history of......
Fear Factory
Self Immolation
Body Hammer
Burn
Resurrection
Linchpin
Bite the hand that bleeds
Supernova
Powershifter
New Messiah
COVER OF THE WEEK
Fear Factory - Cars
Damageplan - Breathing new life
Soilwork - Departure plan
Shadows Fall - Destroyer of senses
Testament - True American Hate

if you missed the show you can listen to it here.......http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/april-20th-2013/

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Film no 29 the cook
a supposedly comedy/horror about a deranged cook who shows up at a female sorority house as their new cook(does this really happen? damn!)and over the course of the film, the weekend we see him hack them up and feed them to each other.
not that any of them would notice as they are either high(apparently everyone in college is these days) or having lesbian sex with each other.
quite clearly this is a film that has been very much designed for guys, considering the vast amount of pointless and gratuitous nudity on display, add in the senseless violence and yeah you have one perfectly designed men only sorta film.
the trouble is you would need to be as high as the idiots in the film to enjoy this lurid garbage.
this film has no redeeming features. its cheap badly made sleazy horror.
bad acting, lazy direction, no scares, no tension, bad FX, more bad acting and a truly terrible soundtrack, actually the sound itself is a massive failure, whoever set up the mics for the cast needs to be hit with bricks as he or she did a terrible job and most of the cast sound as if they are talking to each other from the next room, just awful and another nail in the coffin for this nasty piece of work.
DO NOT WATCH!

Film no 30 The little girl who lives down the lane
this is a very odd film.
not particularly enjoyable either.
a very young jodie foster is very good doing what she does best, but the film was just a bit too odd for me.
as such i really didnt enjoy this one.

Film no 31 Secretary
I love this film!!!!
its brilliant on pretty much every level.
A young lady who has issues with self harm is released from her therapy and let loose into the real world where she needs to learn how to cope and deal with the real world, after discovering she has a knack for typing she applies for a job working for a local lawyer as his secretary.
over the course of several weeks/months its never that clear she develops within the job and the relationship between our 2 leads develops.
despite the slightly suggestive nature of the story and look of the film box, i got some seriously shifty looks when i purchased my copy in my local Asda, at this films core is traditional love story, acknowledged told through some slightly more twisted conventions than usual, but its because of that and the superb performances of the leads that make this film so wonderful to watch.

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Film no 26 Identity
Odd little film this, all about a group of people who get stuck in the rain at a very moody and gloomy motel on the highway.
A good cast make good work of the twists and turns of the story as the bodies start to pile up and we begin to wonder who is behind it all and whats their reason for these seemingly unrelated killings?
The direction is tight and through great use of lighting effects and the near constant rain the whole things looks and feels like a nightmare as the residents start to realise they are trapped with whatever nutbag it is stalking them.
The while thing feels very much like stalker slasher style film, but that couldnt be farther from the truth, yes it does have those elements, but it never feels as sleazy as those films.
Overall its a well put together film with a nice plot and few good twists along the way.

Film no 27 the unborn
a truly awful film and another in the long line of lets get a hot chick possessed and then have her whig out over the course of a week or so, at least that way we can put her in her underwear or the shower a few times to show the passing of time, and it dont feel sleazy then do it?
wrong!! it does and did feel sleazy, this is a film that has grand ideas but no style or enough skill to pull them off, as such what we are lift with is a very very very dull film.
rubbish and very obvious jump and scare tactics are employed throughout, as such everything about this film feels borrowed or stolen from somewhere else, but it hasnt done it a nice wink and a nod to the original sorta thing, its just used the scenes but made them worse through the bad acting!
dull and predictable, avoid this film at all costs

Film no 28 Mean Girls 2
this is quite possibly the worst and most utterly pointless sequel ever made.
i mean really come on what is the point in rehashing the original in almost its entirety but this time forget the jokes and good actresses.
this is shameless money grabbing nonsense flying on the coat tails of the far far superior original.
the first film is a very sharp and very witty look at school life, this film attempts to recreate that same feel and it falls flat on its face at every turn.
the soundtrack is sadly lacking the punch and fun of the original, as are most of the cast and from the look of it, so is the school!
thats probably where this one feels the majority of the bite, the cast here arent in the least bit likable, the first had a very obvious and easily identifiable heroin and villians and the suchlike, but here they are all pretty much just very annoying and rather dull.
sorry guys you dropped the ball on this one, i want my 90 minutes back please!

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Film no 25 Wreck it Ralph
a film all about the villain of a donkey kong style game that decides he is sick of being the villain and wants to be the hero(and get all the love and praise that goes with it) instead.
so what does he do?
well since he cant be the hero in his game he wanders off to other game cabinets in the arcade in the hope of getting?stealing a medal from one of those.
this is where the film scores the most points as we start to see the parodies of current and older generations of video games in these cabinets, sadly once the initial moments of "oh thats call of duty" or "this must be Mariokart" have worn off there isnt really much of a story to hold your interest here, the trouble is that Ralph is a bit of a dick, as such the character is quite unlikable.
shame really because as you expect it looks good,sounds good but when the main alleged hero is a tool i cant help but feel they dropped the ball there!
on the plus side and i really hope they include it on the dvd and blu ray when they arrive the little intro movie the paperman is quite exceptional!

Setlist April 13th

After gimmicks all over the place, it was time for me to get back to doing what I first set out to do, playing the tunes I love!
This week I had all the regular features and a brief history of Powerman 5000 thrown into the middle!

Life of Agony - Weeds
Oleander - Don`t break my fall
Alkaline Trio - I wanna be a Warhol
Sinch - Something more
Anti-Flag - The ranks of the masses rising
Cold - Confession
Second Coming - Soft
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Dead Pop Club - Freaks & Geeks
311 - You get worked
Royal Republic - Addictive
Misfits - Dust to dust
Danzig - Mother
In This Moment - Blood
Snovonne - Toys
Lacuna Coil - Intoxicated
.....a brief history of........Powerman 5000
Strike the match
Earth vs. Me
Supernova goes pop
Danger is go!
Free
Return to the city of the dead
Show me what you got
When worlds collide
COVER OF THE WEEK
Powerman 5000 - Electric avenue
Static-X - Cold
Stuck Mojo - Mental Melt Down
Deftones - Back to school
This is Menace - Oversight Featuring Colin Doran
Deez Nuts - Band of brothers Featuring Sam Carter
Mary Beats Jane - Neighborhood Psycho

really really enjoyed this show, back to doing what i started this whole thing for in the first place!
if you missed it you can check it out at............
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/the-pit-13th-april-2013/

Setlist April 6th

In a first for the show, I shared the music pickings with an associate of mine, none other than James OBrien.
And muchos fun was had, acknowledged more talking than usual hence the much shorter playlist this week!
We alternated tunes and James went first.

KoRn - Make me bad
VNV Nation - Control
Psychostick - Beer!
Combichrist - Sent to destroy
Rammstein - Du Hast
Blood Stain Child - Freedom
CKY - A#1 Roller rager
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Kandia - Into your hands
Public Enemy & Anthrax - Bring the noise
Testament - Into the pit
Alter Bridge - Come to life
The Black Spiders - KISS tried to kill me
Daniel Lioneye - The king of rock`n`roll
Nailbomb - Wasting away
Deftones - Diamond eyes
Dub War - Spiritual warfare
Rob Zombie - Dragula
Sikth - Peepshow
COVER(S) OF THE WEEK
KoRn - Word up!
Xe-None - Dr Jones
SOiL - Halo
Misfits - Dust to dust
Linkin Park - One step closer
Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name

All that remains to be said is that it was a great show and I had a fantastic time and I hope James enjoyed it too, if you missed it you can listen to it again here.............
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/april-6th-2013-with-james-obrien/

Setlist 30/03/13

after the best part of a month of themes and gimmicks this week i just got back to banging out good tunes!!

combichrist - throat full of glass
maxim featuring skin - carmen queesy
paradise lost - say just words
rob zombie - demonoid phenomenon
therapy? - teethgrinder
anti-flag - the ranks of the masses rising
alkaline trio - i wanna be a warhol
DEMO OF THE WEEK
smile & burn - 50 frags wins the match
A - something`s going on
cold - wicked world
the step kings - vibe
shelter - civilised man
this is menace - return the favour
shadows fall - stepping outside the circle
mastodon - march of the fire ants
skindred - destroy the dancefloor
dub war - strike it
the workhorse movement - keep the sabbath dream alive
mindset - the system
SOiL - halo
snot - stoopid
dope - rebel yell
misfits - dust to dust
fugazi - public witness program
the offspring - hammerhead
AFI - kill caustic
testament - into the pit
devildriver - i could care less
sepultura - slave new world

if you missed it you can catch it in all its glory here........
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/30th-march-2013/

Setlist 23/02/13

this weeks show was a proper labour of love, its taken what seems like forever to find enough strong material to put together a show that comprises entirely of music that is legally available for free on the internet.
but i did it and here is what i picked!!!

itch - hit the road
kaso perdid0 - vuestra censura
mister jingle - de`liade
adequate seven - splitting up
absent distance - downstream
return to base - architector(khaoz lounge mix)
SHeavy - whats up mister zero?
testament - true american hate
neongod - fragments of blood
savage messiah - all seeing eye
anti-flag - the ranks of the masses rising
red seas fire - skye
the anchor boys - blueberry pancakes
by definition - devils eye
baroness - march to the sea
dead united - killergame
all eyes west - help is on the way
Seth.ECT - ECT
hisdayhascome - it`s reassuring to see you smile
harvester - circle eater
sylosis - born anew
by a thread - fashion
the sovereigns - pirate mutiny
can`t bear this party - talk to the phone tone
smile & burn - silly hats only
crossing the rubicon - brutal duke
seven crowns - no man is
thy art is murder - the purest strain of hate
if you missed the show, you can listen to it again here.......
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/march-23rd-2013-the-pit-free-stuff-special/

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Film No 20

The Couch Trip

another in the long line of Dan Aykroyd films from the 80`s where essentially he plays a douche, but ultimately a supposedly likable douche, but still a douche, in this one he plays a con man faking insanity to land himself in the much more comfortable confines of the state institution instead of the local state prison.

After his ruse is rumbled by the institutions head shrink he has to come up with an escape plan, which consists of him assuming the role of the head shrink and moving cities and dealing out expletive laden "tough love" as a radio psychologist with a call in show.

Ultimately your enjoyment of this film will hinge on whether you like the idea of a con man pulling the wool over peoples eyes and triumphing over the law, after all the main character is a criminal and he uses the system to his own devices and abuses pretty much everyone around him, and yet I believe we are still supposed to like this abhorrent character.

Yes it does have a few giggles but the problem is that the main character is just too awful to like.

Sorry Dan but you dropped the ball here.

Film No 21

Mandsome

A documentary style film about male grooming.

not really that much more to say, its an interesting enough look into men and the efforts they go to to make themselves look and feel good about their appearance.

I think they were hoping to reveal some massive hidden truth about men and the lengths they go to, but all they really do is tell us what we already know, men take pride in their appearance.

some men take too much pride in their appearance and some men just dont make enough effort.

wow, well done guys, that was an hour and a half of useless info that i really didnt need to know about.

Film No 22

King of Kong

another documentary film, yes i was just rolling along the same line on Netfilx this evening!

this one focuses on the ongoing battle to have the top score ever on an arcade machine copy of Donkey Kong.

this is a fantastic film, the sort of story legends are made of, and it was a story that was long overdue a public outing, as such the guys involved are really lovely characters, as we have our underdog and the long standing high score holder perfectly playing the villain through his arrogance and doucheness.

i just hope that these guys really are like their representations in this film and havent hammed it up for the camera!

that said, i hope Billy isnt that much of a bell-end!

Film No 23

Stag Night of the Dead

oh dear lord this is a truly terrible film, and its a shame as the idea is actually quite good.

the idea that in the not too distant future and after a zombie outbreak that has been contained and controlled a shady company called Zomball has a small collection of zombies that it keeps for its own uses, the main use being part of a weekend gaming experience, think of it as paintball with zombies! except in this game you zap them with electricity firing weapons.

enter our group of lads, oddly still bringing the stripper with them?, on a stag night and up for the fun and challenge of a weekend shooting zombies.

things go wrong as is expected in these sorts of films, relationships are tested and some of them die.

pretty much par for the course for every zombie movie ever made.

the only trouble here is that despite the interesting premise and set up, everything else about this film is awful.

truly terrible special FX, atrocious acting, mind numbing soundtrack, sleazy direction (muchos lingering on the stripper!) all combine to leave a shallow and dull film that promised so much.

Film No 24

Candy Stripers

Ugh another awful alien invasion body snatchers style film.

this one involving aliens taking over the bodies of a seemingly never ending populus of attractive Candy Striper staff at a hospital.

This film is just horrendous, the cast are just pointless bland annoying american teens lined up for death, but none of them die quick enough for my liking, i get the feeling we are supposed to like at least 2 of them but it just doesnt happen, they are all very very annoying and personally i didnt want any of them to survive.

the FX are ok , but pretty much everything else falls flat on its face, ultimately where this film fails is the awful script that gives none of its main characters any redeeming features, as such you have no care for any of them to survive, therefore making the film redundant.

Set List 16/03/13

Epitaph Records Special
This week I decided to do something a little special, an entire show dedicated to what is probably the most influential show on my musical existence, were it not for this label I dont know where I would have ended up! As such the whole 2 hours are dedicated to artists past and present from the Epitaph roster.

Bad Religion - We`re only gonna die(from our own arrogance)
Atmosphere - Bird sings why the caged I knows
59 Times the Pain - Calling the public
Tiger Army - Incoporeal
Rancid - It`s quite alright
Dwarves - Everybody`s girl
The Bouncing Souls - True believers
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Stranded in the jungle
NOFX - Olympia,WA
Zeke - Evil Dead
Flogging Molly - Whats left of the flag
The Beatsteaks - We have to figure this out tonight
Dropkick Murphys - Heroes from our past
New Bomb Turks - Automatic teller
Hot Water Music - Wayfarer
I Against I - Ordinary fight
Pennywise - The world
Downset - Pure trauma
Madball - Hold it down
Bad Religion - The defense
Bad Religion - 21st Century (digital boy)
Bad Religion - American Jesus
Bad Religion - The biggest killer in American history
Alkaline Trio - I wanna be a Warhol
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - A new morning,changing weather
Transplants - Quick death
Motion City Soundtrack - Don`t call it a comeback
Bombshell Rocks - Warpath
Vision - Close minded
No Fun At All - Lose another friend
Pulley - Gone
All - Worlds on heroin
Millencolin - Fingers crossed
The Offspring - All I want
The Distillers - I am a revenant
H2O - Everready
F-Minus - Sweating blood
Death by Stereo - Wasted words
Bad Religion - Prove it

a show that I am stupidly proud of! and easily the most tunes I have crammed into one show, I hope you enjoyed it, if you even half as much enjoyed it as much as i did making it, then you had a pretty darned good 2 hours!
if you missed it, then you can catch it again here..........
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/16-march-2013-epitaph-special/

Set List 09/03/13

The Girly Show
Essentially a show dedicated to the ladies in my life and world of music!

Emily Curtis - What`s it for?
Robyn - Indestructable
Hooverphonic - 2Wicky
Digital Daggers - The Devil Within (piano version)
Kosheen - All in my head
Melissa Williamson - You`re not here
Origa - Date of rebirth
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Rake Garden - Tender Sugar
P!nk - Trouble
No Doubt - Hella Good
Prodigy - Hotride
Skunk Anansie - My ugly boy
The Gathering - Sand & Mercury
In This Moment - A star-crossed wasteland
Lullacry - Crucify my heart
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
Whorse - Call me out
NY Loose - Apathy is golden
Genitorturers - Public Enemy #1
Blood Stain Child - Stargazer
COVER OF THE WEEK
My Ruin - Tainted Love
The Birthday Massacre - Red Stars
Garbage - Control
Itch - Enigma
Royal Thunder - Whispering World
Otep - Ghostflowers
The Distillers - City of angels

Another great show that I really enjoyed putting together, I hope you guys enjoyed listening to it
If you missed it, you can hear it all here.....
http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/march-9th-2013-the-girly-show/

Setlist 02/03/13

in a rather ska tinged show i went for the bouncy throat!!!

smash mouth - walking on the sun
no doubt - just a girl
minimal damage - writers block
the offspring - the worst hangover ever
bombshell rocks - tonight i`m burning
l`ondes - ricordati di urlare
voodoo glow skulls - say goodnight
the sovereigns - no one can with this fight
rancid - time bomb
can`t bear this party - its U between T & V
bad religion - broken
SFH - more punkrock
koffin kats - graveyard tree II
boxing fox - friends for life
royal republic - you ain`t nobody(till somebody hates you)
sublime - santaria
the gathering - liberty bell
IN FOCUS
garbage - tell me where it hurts
garbage - blood for poppies
garbage - silence is golden
garbage - push it
garbage - run baby run
garbage - queer
garbage - stupid girl
garbage - it`s all over but the crying
COVER OF THE WEEK
metallica - die,die my darling
3 colours red - beautiful day
rob zombie - return of the phantom stranger
rammstein - keine lust
the alchemist - single sided
killing joke - eighties

another great show that i had amazing fun putting together, i hope that anybody who listened enjoyed as much as i did!
if you missed it then you can stream the show in all its glory here...
 http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/2nd-march-2013/
please feel free to rock out all over again and i`ll see you all soon!

Set List 23/02/13

Another week has drifted on by and I got let loose on the airwaves and at you all!
This is what I played for you all.

Absent Distance - Asteroid
The Tea Party - The Bazaar
To My Surprise - Sunday
3 Colours Red - This is my Hollywood
Metallica - 2 x 4
Corrosion of Conformity - Redemption city
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Harvester - Atom splitter
Floodgate - Through my days into night
Audioslave - Show me how to live
Monster Magnet - God says no
Ash - Clones
Royal Republic - Save the nation
FIGHT CLUB
Green Day - Chump
The Offspring - What happened to you?
Rancid - Roots radicals
Green Day - In the end
The Offspring - Gotta get away
Rancid - Ruby Soho
Green Day - Basket case
The Offspring - It`ll be a long time
Rancid - Avenues and alleyways
Green Day - Welcome to paradise
The Offspring - Come out and play
Rancid - Timebomb
Fightstar - Fear of the dark
Kilgore - A lullaby for your casket
Nine Inch Nails - Heresy
Lacuna Coil - trip the darkness

Another great show stuffed to the gills with great tunes and a storming fight club.
I hope everybody enjoyed the show and that you all have a great week, and if you missed it you can stream this (soon!) and some previous shows from my Mixcloud page! http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/

Setlist 16/02/02

A bit behind schedule this week, should have had this up days ago!!!

The Datsuns - Lady
Jet - Are you gonna be my girl
The Hives - Hate to say I told you so
Royal Republic - Save the nation
The Cult - She sells sanctuary
Eso - Brand new suit
Alkaline Trio - Stupid kid
DEMO OF THE WEEK
The Sovereigns - Jump!
Boxing Fox - Good old times
Capdown - Cousin Cleotis
Autopilot-Off - Make a sound
Hate Gallery - Truth about you
Metallica - I disappear
Intronaut - Milk leg
FIGHTCLUB
KoRn - Falling away from me
Linkin Park - Points of authority
KoRn- Blind
Linkin Park - Faint
KoRn - No place to hide
Linkin Park - The catalyst
KoRn - Narcissistic cannibal
Linkin Park - castle of glass
Machine Head - Hallowed be thy name
Skindred - Selector
Bullyrag - Jump up in a fashion
Deez Nuts - Band of brothers featuring Sam Carter
Queens of the Stone Age - The lost art of keeping a secret
System of a Down - Chop suey

another great week chocker block of great tunes.
I hope anyone and everyone who listened enjoyed the show.
And in other news I have opened a Mixcloud account, where are of the shows are going to become available for you to listen to as and when you choose.
At this point in time the only one available is the show from the 2nd of February but hopefully over the next couple of days the rest of this months shows will be uploaded and then on a weekly basis from here on.
Should you want to listen you can do at http://www.mixcloud.com/spikeyben/

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Film No 16 Youth in revolt

coming of age stuff with michael cera effectively indulging his inner psycho nut bag in an attempt to win the heart of his summer fling sweetheart.
nice tight script, well etched out characters, some fantastic dialogue and an ingenious story about the lengths some teenage boys will go to get their end away!
Film No 17 Labor Pains
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this is a pretty bad film, lindsay lohan fakes a pregnancy to keep her job working as a secretary to a douchebag.
this much like a lot of recent rom-coms is horrendously predictable, but where it works, and it does work is the great performance of lindsay lohan as the titular character.
yes some of the jokes are old, and more than a little obvious but the story is simple and yes very throw away but its easy to watch and should raise a few giggles along the way.
Film No 18 Teen Witch

this was quite clearly a pre cursor for sabrina the teenage witch, but where that was smart,clever and funny this is none of those things.
it has truly awful soundtrack cheese and tack just ooze from every pore of the screen, this is a car crash of film making, there are no redeeming features to this film, except that it eventually ends.
the acting is terrible, the script is bland and lifeless and time has not been kind to it, you remember the saying that the 80`s was the decade that taste forgot, this film exemplifies why the above statement is so painfully true.
avoid this and watch several episodes of sabrina instead, you will be much much happier.
Film No 19 Jackass 3

you gotta know the score by now, these idiots run around hitting themselves and each other in the process of  a number of pranks and stunts, as they attempt to destroy themselves all in the name of entertainment for us the viewer to watch and wince as they endeavour to keep us interested by hurting themselves in more and more extreme and imaginative ways.
the law of diminishing returns is remarkably prevalent here, as the joke is starting to wear a little thin, they guys look old and tired and the stunts just dont really do much to dazzle the senses, at least not like they used to, the guys have now become victims of their own success by generating a slew of imitators who have now surpassed their bone crunching efforts with ease, making these gents seem a little tame in comparison.
that said there are still some very funny moments, the giant hand high five prank is exceptionally funny, as is them dropping bam into a room full of snakes, but sadly there are too many stunts that you just watch.
the point of these shows is to make you feel sick and wince in pain with them as much as it is to point and laugh at them, but rarely does this the third film scale those once frequented dizzying heights.
shame really, but i think its time for knoxvillle and co to hang up their boots and move on.

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Film No 14 Cube

a group of strangers find themselves trapped like lab rats in a maze of identical rooms filled with deadly traps that are only identifiable by a set of 9 digit serial numbers that might have a clue to which rooms are trapped and which rooms arent.
that is the key to the success of this film, its simplicity of a group of strangers struggling to survive in an unknown and potentially fatal situation.
the characters are well drawn and you instantly find yourself liking or hating them, and as such wishing them safety or death, the acting is good and the effects are great, especially for a low budget film.
throw in some nasty shock deaths and some very tense moments and we have a winner, the government conspiracy angle is a little old and tired but its not the driving force behind the film, its the humans who make the film and their struggles with each other as much as the titular cube they find themselves in that drive the film through to its heart breaking conclusion.

Film No 15 Its a boy/girl thing

another in a long line of body swap films, this time its the geeky girl and a jock football star who swap.
as is always the way they dont get on at the beginning, and whilst on a history school trip they have an argument in front of an ancient idol, the god of mischief, who deems it fit to swap the two bickering muppets around.
as is abundantly obvious from the opening scene they realize the errors of their ways and notice that they both mis judged each other.
romance blossoms and yada yada yada..........
where this film works, much like freaky friday is the winning performances of the two leads, both have a warmth and genuine affection for the characters.
there are some fantastically funny set pieces in between the obvious and cliche ridden story littered with some cracking one liners, and the timing of the two leads is perfect, its just such a shame that the overall story is pretty terrible and very very predictable.

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Film No 13 Demons 2

well well well well, this is a truly awful film.
after the intensity and claustrophobia of the first film about a horror movie coming to life and demons terrorizing a room full of cinema goers, this one attempts to replicate that same feel with a the same film coming to life and infecting a tower block full of people and turning them into demons.
everything about this film is wrong, and dated.
unsurprising that its dated, but some films can age well, this on the other hand is a walking,talking cliche of bad 80`s horror.
the soundtrack is cheesy not creepy, filled to the brim with bad 80`s rock music, it really just doesnt gel with feel of the film.
too much hair, too much tack, everything that is bad about 80`s horror is present and correct in this film.
the terrible acting and bad direction are the cherries on top of the steaming pile of unspeakable stuff that this film is.
avoid it at all costs, you will not get the hour and half back!

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Film No 12 Rabid

the david cronenberg classic Rabid, is essentially an outbreak movie, pretty much a zombie movie at its base with a lady infecting people and turning them into rabid flesh hungry brain dead zombies!
starring the porn legend marilyn chambers in one of her attempts to break out of the smut and into the mainstream, im not sure if picking what at the time was a fiercely independent film maker as her first few stepping stones was a wise idea, but what she does do well is act!
her performance is everything it needs to be and more, she does make you feel a great sympathy for her character who is essentially the villain of the piece, as she is patient zero and responsible for the outbreak, but since it isnt her fault(step forward shifty surgeon!) we feel for her.
if the performance had been duff, most likely we wouldnt have cared less, as it is chambers brings a vulnerability to the character that is sadly lacking in a lot of other films of this ilk.
as in most of these films there is a slight attempt at social commentary but as with all the other films of this ilk the commentary is heavy handed and doesnt really add anything to the movie.
sit back, enjoy the gore and the great performance of marilyn chambers and this will be a fun ride.

365 in 365

time to try and catch up on the films, as i am falling very very badly behind!!!

Film No 11 The Bourne Legacy

this was a massive disappointment, im one of those rare people that didnt fall over themselves with love for the first 3 films in the series, personally i found the whole "i have lost my mind but i appear to be double hard anyway" attitude a tad tiresome about a third into the second film, but even through these annoying character traits the action was fast and slick and you didnt care if the story was over the top gash.
this one on the other hand just delivers you an annoying male lead, a vacuous female lead with no chemistry  between them, an overly needlessly over complicated script about under cover groups who pull the strings behind the closed doors of the american military.
where this film fails and the other succeeded is the action, for all the bad acting the other films delivered hyper kinetic and very slick action, be it through brutal fisticuffs or insane chases it kept the pace up and running, this one though, its a bit wet and very predictable.
and has such a weak ending that just smacks or opening up the doors for a fresh new franchise.
uck, no thanks.

set list 09/02/13

after the joyous fun and chaos that was track roulette of the previous week, this weeks show was planned down to the very last moment!
this week was the week electronic music took over, or as i chose to call it on the night "the beat invasion"

Faithless - Insomnia
Robyn - Dancing on my own
Kosheen - Addict
The Birthday Massacre - Control(Tweeker Mix)
Ayria - Horrible dream (nightmare accessory mix)
DEMO OF THE WEEK
Return to Base - Architector (khoaslounge mix)
Chase & Status - Hypest Hype featuring Tempa T
Fatboy Slim - Gangster Tripping
Prodigy - Warriors Dance
The Chemical Brothers - Setting sun
The Crystal Method - Weapons of mass distortion
Lunatic Calm - Leave you far behind
Front 242 - Headhunter version 3.0
Icon of Coil - Shelter
VNV Nation - Chrome
KMFDM - Megalomaniac
Megadeth - Almost Honest (Danny Saber mix)
COVER OF THE WEEK (1)
Orgy - Blue Monday
Eso - The divide
COVER OF THE WEEK (2)
Pain - Eleanor Rigby
KoRn - Kick the PA
Nine Inch Nails - The hand that feeds
Knife Party - Rage valley

And so after 2 hours of beats and guitars the dust settled and I laid my head to rest on the back of the chair.
Twas a fun show and I`m glad I got the electronic thing out of my system, now I`m sure bits of these bands will be back on the show on many occaisions but mixed in with other rocky type things!
Not a whole 2 hours!!!

set list 02/02/13

in an attempt to keep things interesting and spontaneous i stole an idea from my local pub.
what they would do once a month was give their house DJ`s a pile of unmarked cds and get them to play songs almost at random.
what i did was enter the studio with 8 unmarked cds filled with 15 - 20 tracks on each and rotated the discs picking at random.
the following track listing is the result of that evenings shenanigans.
and personally i really enjoyed the night so chances are i will be doing this again!

Fuel - empty spaces
A - nothing
Ash - vampire love
Bad Religion - the biggest killer in american history
Finch - letters to you
AFI - halloween
Slipknot - snuff
Girls Against Boys - park avenue
Capdown - cousin cleotis
The White Stripes - hotel yorba
Cold - stupid girl
Tripping Daisy - trip along
Chevelle - i get it
Sum 41 - still waiting
Megadeth - sweating bullets
Three Days Grace - break
Motorhead - the game
Stone Temple Pilots - coma
Kill II This - g.od o.n d.rugs
Silverchair - anthem for the year 2000
Passenger - just the same
Metallica - devil`s dance
Kyuss - green machine
Incubus - new skin
Downer - last time
The Cooper Temple Clause - promises,promises
Itch - hit the road

as such all the other features were abandoned this week in favour of one long running feature!
chances are this one will be back!

set list 26/01/13

another week of tunes done and done!!

pendulum - witchcraft
skid row - youth gone wild
def leppard - pour some sugar on me
dream evil - the book of heavy metal

DEMO OF THE WEEK
tyrant of death - blood lust
koffin kats - the graveyard tree iii
royal republic - underwear
second coming - electric head
anneke van giersbergen - take me home
vast - here
intronaut - milk leg
baroness - march to the sea
manbreak - cut ups
head automatica - beating heart baby
monster magnet - negasonic teenage warhead

COVER OF THE WEEK
trent reznor, atticus ross & karen o - the immigrant song
sick puppies - red balloons
black spiders - cold dead hands
sunlounger - voluntary excess
extreme - rest in peace
refused - new noise

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Film Number 8 Shivers

in one of cronenburgs earlier efforts he displays what we would later come to expect, ultra violence mixed with body fear, impressive if very basic

Film Number 9 Rock of Ages

terrible high school musical style rock rags to riches love story, avoid

Film Number 10 The Girl With Dragon Tattoo

after really enjoying the original i was interested to see what they did with this one, apart from using a vastly improved soundtrack courtesy of trent reznor and atticus ross they have effectively copied the original scene for scene making this a tad redundant, considering there was a dubbed version of the original available!

Set list 19/01/13

good show, great demo track, fantastic in focus with one of my favorite bands ever Terrorvision and a damn fine cover! throw in managing to run a special with each of the Big 4 too!

Setlist 19/01/13

Soundgarden – Burden in my hand

Alice in Chains - Rooster

Anthrax – Safe Home

Silverchair – Israels Son                                                                      

DEMO OF THE WEEK

Dead United – We are the fiends                                                                       

Queens of the stone age – No one knows                                                                

Itch - Acrasia                                                                

 Megadeth - Trust                                          

The Birthday Massacre - Down                            

IN FOCUS Terrorvsion

Middleman

The curse of tequila

Perseverance

D`ya wanna go faster

New policy one

Alice, what`s the matter?

Josephine

Celebrity hitlist

Fists of fury

My house

COVER OF THE WEEk

Apoptygma Berzerk – Fade to black                                          

Flogging Molly – Drunken lullabies                                

NY Loose – Pretty suicide                                                      

The Distillers – I am a revenant                                                                 

Less than Jake – Plastic cup politics

Slayer – Angel of Death

Soundisciples – Heroin

not bad eh?!

set list 12/01/13

Another week has passed and its time to remind anyone who cares what i played!
If you were listening and missed any of the info during my links then this is the place to find it!

the offspring - hit that
http://www.offspring.com/
iron maiden - the number of the beast
http://www.ironmaiden.com/
soil - halo
http://www.soiltheband.com/
lacuna coil - trip the darkness
http://www.lacunacoil.it/
dope - debonaire
http://dopearmy.com/
joyrider - fabulae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyrider_(band)
rancid - ruby soho
http://rancidrancid.com/
boxing fox - do you life?
http://boxingfox.tumblr.com/downloads/
everclear - blackjack
http://www.everclearonline.com/
royal republic - tommy-gun
http://www.royalrepublic.net/
little hell - virus with shoes
http://www.myspace.com/demonicadvisorycentre
amen - coma america
http://www.myspace.com/refuseamen
pist.on - 31 degrees
http://www.pistonline.com/
lo pro - texas
http://www.myspace.com/lopromusic
symposium - farewell to twilight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium_(band)
green day - welcome to paradise
http://www.greenday.com/
bad religion - better off dead
http://www.badreligion.com/
the criminals - zarah`s got a brand new bag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Criminals
the misfits - dust to dust
http://www.misfits.com/
lagwagon - brown eyed girl
http://lagwagon.com/
in this moment - blood
https://www.facebook.com/officialinthismoment
danzig - kiss the skull
http://www.danzig-verotik.com/
american head charge - all wrapped up
http://www.headcharge.com/
megadeth - this day we fight
http://www.megadeth.com/home.php
psycore - medication
http://www.last.fm/music/Psycore

set list

pretty self explanatary really this is what i played on 05/01/13

the music - breakin`
royal republic - everybody wants to be an astronaut
depeche mode - enjoy the silence (reinterpreted)
deftones - leathers
to my surprise - get it to go
absent distance - downstream http://got-djent.com/release/the-tranquillity
a day to remember - all i want
joyrider - are you sure you`re alright
stone sour - gone sovereign
cold - confession
coal chamber - loco
skrape - up the dose
orgy - opticon
killing joke - blood on your hands
the dillinger escape plan - milk lizard
earthtone 9 - tat twam asi
lacuna coil - losing my religion
monster magnet - god says no
torche - reverse inverted
pitchshifter - virus
lamb of god - ghostwalking

and that somehow filled 2 hours!
lord knows how but it did.

WCR FM

As some of you may know the good people at WCR FM have been kind enough to give me a two hour show on Saturday nights!
So from 9 o`clock pm on Saturday nights if you tune in on 105.5FM if you happen to be in Warminster or the local area then you too can hear the show, and in an ingenius brainwave the good fellows at the station have a live streaming service available for worldwide broadcast via the website!
So if you aren`t in or around Warminster then if you head over to www.wcrfm.org.uk then you can stream the show live through your PC or laptop!
So now you have no excuses!!!!!

365 in 365

So we continue on our quest to watch 365 film in a singular year with......

Film no6. The Last Horror Movie

the idea is that you have rented said film and some nutter has decided to record over the film with his own killing spree.

good idea, relatively well told but let down by the main protagonist being a tool and trying very very very very hard to do his best patrick bateman impression and leaving us all a little sad for him as he aint no christian bale!

Film no7. The Killing Room

this was awful, government conspiracy inspired nonsense twixt cube via saw.

awful awful awful.

365 in 365

ahem here we go, the first batch of flicks i have had the chance to view from the comfort of my sofa!
where possible and depending on how inspired i am feeling at the point of writing, gonna try to find the cover art for the films too!
now then, number 1
House of the Devil

terrible slasher flick, did not enjoy
No.2 Steel Trap

if saw and cube had a baby then this film would be it, but with worse acting and no budget
No.3 Dark Shadows

Burton and Depp do their gothy thing, again, and its not quite as successful as their previous efforts, it has the odd flash here and there but a little underwhelming in comparison to their previous works
No.4 Hop

the easter bunny story gets a nice neat twist with james marsden and russell brand, not bad but from the team  behind despicable me i was expecting better
No5, Iron Sky

nazi`s ran and hid on the darkside of the moon in 1945 and now in 2018 they are coming back for revenge and domination, bonkers,entertaining and fun.

the year ahead

a new year is here and its time to take on the 365 films in 365 days challenge!
having failed heroically to keep track by the end of march last year it was a pretty feeble effort on my part.
but this year is gonna be different, but at the same time im pretty sure i started out the same way last year!
also in an ingenious spot of thinking i also figured i should be making more use of this page, and since i became the rock and heavy metal DJ for my local radio station, they gave me a two hour show!!!
i know i cant believe it either, i thought i should have some way of people being able to see what i played incase they missed it through my bad pronounciation or missed the beginning or whatever, sooooo my setlists and links to the free material i also play will also be listed here.
my plan is to update the films every couple of days and the radio stuff weekly.
hopefully you guys might find some use of this, or at least some entertainment within these collections of words im typing out!