When is this shit going to stop? Must music become even more bifurcated with different genres and fusions? I already know the answer to that question. Most of the time it is mearly amusing, but occasionally something will just stick in my throat like so much broken glass. In this case it happens to be the genre "darkwave" and its sudden popularity. According to our well researched friends Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkwave) the term has been around since the 80's but I don't recall it even though I listened to the bands that are lumped into that category. The thing that really bothers me about "darkwave" is that its not a genre dreamed up by some marketing dept., that after all is what those hopeless gits are paid to do. Rather, it seems to be favored by the fans themselves in order to define themselves, a truly fucking sad state for a bunch of "non-conformists". Worse still is when I see it on a flyer describing the music to be played for the evening, and it is usually only one of a preposterously long list of naff combinations of styles. It is of course the answer to that age old question-"so, what kind of music do you play? Oh, I play a lot of Belgian Coldwave, etc..." which I actually overheard this the other night and I wanted to stab myself in the ear with a rusty knitting needle just so I never have to hear anything like this ever again. Perhaps, its just sour grapes as I face my forced retirement from the world of playing other people's music for people in a public setting well. Note I never said DJing, any fucking body with some friends and records can do that.

Barney Yuck - May 4, 2007