Strange Musical Tales: The September 2023 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread

Day 22 - FROM BEYOND (Lovecraft, 1920)
The narrator relates his meeting with scientist Crawford Tillinghast, who created an electronic device that emits resonance waves allowing people to perceive other dimensions.
Play something that relates to science and/or includes an electronic instrument and/or a theremin.

The Roots "Phrenology" (2002 MCA; 2020 club reissue)
Two tracks include a theremin, several have synthesizers, and some assholes would have had people believe that phrenology was a "science".

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imtheocean said:
Day 22 - FROM BEYOND (Lovecraft, 1920)
The narrator relates his meeting with scientist Crawford Tillinghast, who created an electronic device that emits resonance waves allowing people to perceive other dimensions.
Play something that relates to science and/or includes an electronic instrument and/or a theremin.


This one kicks off with a theremin, has electronic instruments, and under the right circumstances allows you to perceive other dimensions.

Portishead ~ Dummy

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I was also going to mention that Mysterons are the bad guys in this 1960's British sci-fi TV series called Captain Scarlet, so there's also a link to "science" if you will.
 
Day 21 - HELLBOY (Mike Mignola, 1994)
Hellboy draws inspiration from cosmic horror on many levels, whether it is the grotesque creatures, Great Old Ones, the gothic themes, connections to other worlds and dimensions and yes, lots and lots of drawings of tentacles.
Play something that references hell and/or demons and/or the occult and/or frogs and/or something with tentacles.

Features a song called Devil's Den.
Also it's a squid

Squid - O Monolith

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Day 22 - FROM BEYOND (Lovecraft, 1920)

Play something that relates to science and/or includes an electronic instrument and/or a theremin.

Three 6 Mafia - When the Smoke Clears (Sixty 6, Sixty1)

This albums prominently features lots of synth and keyboard lines. A lot of the songs also have a dark and gloomy atmosphere which I found fitting for the theme this month.

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Day 22 - FROM BEYOND (Lovecraft, 1920)
The narrator relates his meeting with scientist Crawford Tillinghast, who created an electronic device that emits resonance waves allowing people to perceive other dimensions.
Play something that relates to science and/or includes an electronic instrument and/or a theremin.

I have some theremin for ya!



Supergrass - In It For The Money

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Day 22 - FROM BEYOND (Lovecraft, 1920)
Play something that relates to science and/or includes an electronic instrument and/or a theremin.

Scientists - check.
Electronics - check.
Theremin - check.



The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

From days of yore. Now VMP would be charging $60 for this because it has a lenticular cover.

That's why they don't get my money no mo.

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Day 23 - GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
Play something that references or reminds you of marshmallows and/or slime and/or ghosts and/or New York and/or features a cool car and/or anything related to Bill Murray.

What a musical genius. Slime. SNL. Bonus Don Pardo, another genius. Bill Murray association. Broadcast live from NYC....



Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial

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Day 23 - GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
Ghostbusters includes several cosmic horror tropes, notably the idea of an apartment building built by an insane architect as a gateway for the multi-dimensional being Gozer. But the protagonists actually win in this story.
Play something that references or reminds you of marshmallows and/or slime and/or ghosts and/or New York and/or features a cool car and/or anything related to Bill Murray.

Ghost Funk Orchestra - Night Walker/ Death Waltz

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Day 23 - GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
Ghostbusters includes several cosmic horror tropes, notably the idea of an apartment building built by an insane architect as a gateway for the multi-dimensional being Gozer. But the protagonists actually win in this story.
Play something that references or reminds you of marshmallows and/or slime and/or ghosts and/or New York and/or features a cool car and/or anything related to Bill Murray.


This album has a few tentacley tracks - New York and Dancing With a Ghost. And Bill Murray starred in a movie in 2014 named St. Vincent. And it also gives me an excuse to bring back St. Vincents excellent review of the Ghostbusters all-female reboot.



St. Vincent ~ Masseduction

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Day 23 - GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
Ghostbusters includes several cosmic horror tropes, notably the idea of an apartment building built by an insane architect as a gateway for the multi-dimensional being Gozer. But the protagonists actually win in this story.
Play something that references or reminds you of marshmallows and/or slime and/or ghosts and/or New York and/or features a cool car and/or anything related to Bill Murray.

Spoon "All The Weird Kids Up Front (Más Rolas Chidas)" (2020 Matador)
Includes "The Ghost Of You Lingers" and "New York Kiss". Also, here's a picture of Bill Murray eating ice cream with a spoon.

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Day 24 - THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE (Lovecraft, 1932)
Story of a mathematics student that rents a room in the attic of the “Witch House”, a building with a mysterious past. The protagonist discovers that the attic room allows for trans-dimensional travel.
Play something that references a house, preferably haunted and/or a room and/or landlords and/or tenants and/or mathematics and/or unusual dimensions and/or play something from a 10” record.

The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

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Day 24 - THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE (Lovecraft, 1932)
Story of a mathematics student that rents a room in the attic of the “Witch House”, a building with a mysterious past. The protagonist discovers that the attic room allows for trans-dimensional travel.
Play something that references a house, preferably haunted and/or a room and/or landlords and/or tenants and/or mathematics and/or unusual dimensions and/or play something from a 10” record.

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Day 24 - THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE (Lovecraft, 1932)
Story of a mathematics student that rents a room in the attic of the “Witch House”, a building with a mysterious past. The protagonist discovers that the attic room allows for trans-dimensional travel.
Play something that references a house, preferably haunted and/or a room and/or landlords and/or tenants and/or mathematics and/or unusual dimensions and/or play something from a 10” record.

Going with some Math rock today. These lyrics could also be construed about some sort of haunting.

It's really not that kind to terrorize one in one's sleep
And if you really tried, you'd probably cut the chase too deep
It seems to me that that's a fine way to keep you off your feet
There seems to be no other side for the two ideas to meet

Pinback ~ Autumn of the Seraphs

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