Aelven Aetherics, June 8

Aelven Aetherics, as always, is held at The Drunken Drow in Elvenshire in Second Life. Please come in and join us sometime. It's fun. But enough of that, you want to see the setlist, don't you? Well, here you go:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by Dresden Dolls
2. Prelude by Beats Antique
3. 1.1.94 by Amanda Palmer
4. Arigato by Yoshida Brothers
5. Ebudsee by Enya & Ryan
6. Haunted Nursery by Midnight Syndicate
7. Child King by Abney Park
8. Birdhouse In Your Soul by They Might Be Giants
9. The March (Acoustic Version) by Hypnogaja
10. Electric Tamboura by Lisa Hammer
11. Iron In The Soul (Feat. Amandine Ferrari) by The Eden House
12. Bikinigram from Satan by Dr. Steel
13. Firework (Wideboys Radio) by Katy Perry
14. Blades In Autumn by The Clockwork Dolls
15. Vishnu by E.S. Posthumus
16. I've Always Know by The Dead Brothers
17. Hermitage Shanks by Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
18. The Doctor's Wife by The Clockwork Quartet
19. Dear Ophelia by Abney Park
20. Der Advokat by Coppelius
21. Blasphemous Rumours by Gregorian
22. Simplicity by Uzma
23. Sandy Fishnets by Evelyn Evelyn
24. Club Called Heaven by Black Cards
25. Smooth (Airbase remix) by Lio
26. Swallow (Oyster Mix By Punto Omega) by Emilie Autumn
27. Kiss by Max Raabe
28. The Man by Ghostfire
29. Blue Angel by Squirrel Nut Zippers

And here's the link to this week's set.

Here's what's going on

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for my radio silence. There are two basic reasons for this. The first is that the machine I use to DJ with, and (usually) to post to this blog with, was accidentally converted to a high-tech brick by a stupid-user trick. *hangs head in shame* And this happened the morning after a set was recorded but not posted.

The second reason was that, after the system was completely rebuilt, we have been spending large amounts of time clearing up unnecessary duplications in the music library and DJing and building sets, etc. This has all left no time for updating the blog. But this is finally changing. We've gotten through the worst of it and, two DJ household that this is, we're getting things back the way it needs to be for continued functioning.

In the meantime, I've still been recording the sets I've played since our week of forced absence from spinning music. So this means that there will be a burst of podcasts coming to you soon, not only from my Aelven Aetherics gigs (Elven/Celtic/edgy steampunk), but also from my Chai Me Up (Mediterranean flavored steampunk) and Blues-Infused Steam (Blues & Ragtime mixed into steampunk) sets.

So don't despair. I'm coming back with more music for you soon. And maybe something of a redesign on the site to try to help make things easier to find.

Note: I will be back-dating the posts to their actual dates, so don't be surprised if this posts stays on top for a while.

Chai Me Up, June 6

We're still back-filling the set lists, but at least we've almost caught up to the post telling you all about why we have to back-fill. This set was recorded in The Mondrago Dj-Inn, which was temporarily floating over a friend's land while we looked for an anchorage for the Chai Me Up barge. Here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by Dresden Dolls
2. Ballad Of Abdul Alzahred by The Peculiar Pretzelmen
3. Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly
4. Welcome to Rapture (Bioshock) by Gary Schyman
5. Dhol Track by Sahara
6. Beautiful Ashes by Eowyn
7. Segunda Twichia Istihlal - Ins by raf Btayhi Istihlal Gaybatuk  
8. Going Under by Marillion
9. Knowing Me, Knowing You by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
10. Laputa: Castle in the Sky by Joe Hisaishi
11. Slapdash Era by Beats Antique
12. Four-Four-Four by Fragile State
13. Algiers Dream (Dub Mix) by Ke Fez
14. Ask (Love) by Turkish Delight
15. Des Oge Mais Quer' eu Trobar by Yo me Levantaria - Insiraf BtahAl-Maraya                     
16. Betrayal by Apocalyptica
17. More by The Sisters of Mercy
18. I've Been Wrong Before by Abney Park
19. Villain (Stage Left)  by The Barons of Tang
20. Born This Way (Salim & Sulaiman Remix) by Lady Gaga
21. The Slaughter's Promenade by Circus Contraption
22. Dance Floor Metaphor by The Cruxshadows
23. Splendid by Professor Elemental
24. Syrian Bellydance Routine by Salatin Al Tarab Orchestra
25. Songs For Acid Edward by Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer
26. Bulletproof by La Roux
27. Princess Mee by Caprice
28. Philemon Arthur & the Dung by Kaizers Orchestra
29. Tuska by Corvus Corax

And here's the link for this week's set. We'll catch up one of these days!

Blues-Infused Steam(punk), June 3

This was recorded at Club Kasra in The Port of Kasra, which is a role-playing sim in Second Life set in Florida of the 1800s. This is the setlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by Dresden Dolls
2. Lullaby In Ragtime by Harry Nilsson
3. Cast Off by The Pirates Charles
4. Man in the Long Black Coat by Joan Osborne
5. Here Comes The Rain Again by Hypnogaja
6. Letters Between a Little By & Himself as an Adult by Abney Park
7. Chap-Hop History by Mr, B The Gentleman Rhymer
8. Intro (Before Starting) by Abbsynth
9. More Than Yesterday by Eowyn
10. Winky In C Minor. Inspector Gadget by Dr. Steel
11. Subterranean Homesick Blues by Ben Sidran
12. (You've got a) Shaolin Kung-fu Death Grip on my Soul by Lee Press-On & The Nails
13. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues by Billie Holiday
14. VaudeVillain by Ghostfire
15. Confessin' the Blues by The Rolling Stones
16. The Maple Leaf Rag by Vernian Process
17. The End Of Days by Abney Park
18. The Show Must Go On (Studio Version) by Carly Smithson
19. Mad Girl by Emilie Autumn
20. Take A Chance On Me by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
21. Entertainer's Rag by Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra
22. Steam-Powered Samurai by Escape The Clouds
23. Last Sunlight by Tom Slatter
24. Poetry Man by Phoebe Snow
25. Steam Powered by Professor Elemental
26. You Don't Miss Your Water by William Bell
27. Drinkin' Stops Me Thinkin' by Barry Levenson
28. Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King
29. Shattered In Aspect by Faith & The Muse
30. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man by Aretha Franklin
31. Tainted Love by Max Raabe
32. If by Etherine
33. Gladiolus Rag (1907) by Scott Joplin
34. Balrog Boogie by Diablo Swing Orchestra
35. Mortal Man  by Mortal Man

And here's the link to this week's set.

Aelven Aetherics, June 1 - And we find out that Amazon.com are dicks

Here's another entry in our back-dated catalogue (I swear we'll catch up some day). Here's the playlist for the set I played on June first:

1. Coin Operated Boy (Pop mix) by Hands Up Squad Vs Sioux Deejays
2. Salvation Tambourine by Duke Special
3. Brain Damage by Celtic Pink Floyd
4. Le Toit Du Monde by Rajna
5. Stairway To Heaven by Rick Wakeman
6. 4.35 In The Morning by Saint Etienne
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Black Label Society
8. More and More by Kim Boekbinder
9. Taking Flight by Escape The Clouds
10. Hell In A Handbasket by Voltaire
11. Percy Has Returned by Katzenjammer Kabarett
12. Marchenlied (Liebeslied) by Umbra Et Imago
13. We Decide by Dr. Steel
14. Exhaustible by DeVotchKa
15. Cold Comforts by The Extraordinary Contraptions
16. Sam Lord by We are the Storm
17. Kabulectro by Balkan Beat Box
18. Drum Solo by Dr. Samy Farag
19. Tightrope by Makaras Pen
20. Man With the Lazy Eye by The Axis of Awesome
21. Brazil by Max Raabe & Das Palast Orchester
22. Forgiven by Within Temptation
23. Nosy Neighbor by The Ditty Bops
24. You Shook Me All Night Long by Hayseed Dixie
25. Kiss by Max Raabe
26. The Wrong Side by Abney Park
27. Ampersand by Amanda Palmer
28. Worse Things by Johnny Hollow
29. Illusion by VNV Nation
30. Nikola Tesla by 8in8
31. Synaesthetic by Blue Man Group
32. Extra Extra by The Gypsy Nomads
33. Chaos Boogie by Tony Joe White

Now, you may have noticed that, unlike most of the sets I've posted before this, there are no hand-dandy links you can use to buy the music if you wanted to. This is because California (the state I live in) just signed a law that said that Amazon has to pay taxes on the affiliate sales it makes. So, Amazon, as is their right, cancelled every single affiliate account they had with any person or entity registered/residing in California. But they're going to keep selling products to people and businesses residing in California. And they've done the same thing in every other state that has decided that commissions to state residents are taxable. Now, while I'm not sure that those taxes themselves are constitutional (since regulation of interstate and international commerce resides in Federal hands), taking awayincome from people who've been selling things for you in one state while still selling in that state yourself is a dick-ish move.

So, I'm working on finding ways to provide you with links to the music from other sources, I have removed Amazon ads from this site and recommend that you find other ways to pick up your online goods.

And, with that piece of economic drama out of the way, here's the link for this week's show.

Chai Me Up

This is step two in catching up on the uploads. This is the Chai Me Up session from May 30, 2011.

Here's the playlist:

1. Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
2. The Fool On The Hill by Auscultate
3. Kiss by Max Raabe
4. Non sofre Santa Maria by Al Andaluz Project
5. Beyna L'Ejwan by Nass Marrakech
6. Dil Da Rob Muka Ja Mahi (Pinch Remix) by Gaudi + Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
7. Devotional by Tabla Beat Science
8. Catgroove by Parov Stelar
9. Let It Go by Voltaire
10. Through The Garden by Escape The Clouds
11. Fernando  by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
12. Nesatavo by Beats Antique
13. Inta Omri by Mardo El & Noor
14. Bedlam Sticks by Diablo Swing Orchestra
15. Mendel the Magnificent by Circus Contraption
16. Kine by Abney Park
17. Red Red Star (Red Velvet Lounge Remix) by Waves Under Water
18. Omnos by Eluveitie
19. Dancing With The Moon by Balkan Beat Box
20. Indie (Percussion Frenzy Mix) by Rachid Taha
21. In the Rowans by Balmorhea
22. Malish Gawab (Egyptian Fantasy) by Al-Ahram Orchestra
23. Tides Of Time by Epica
24. Doomsday by Blutengel
25. Obscurity by Black Heaven

And here's the link to this week's show.