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<3 This week on Magic Portals we listen to The Cure, a band in which i have only just gotten into after years of being told about them by my friend.Faithis the third studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released on 14 April 1981 by record label Fiction. Preceded by the single “Primary”, the album was a commercial success in the UK, peaking at number 14 and staying in the albums chart for 8 weeks. It was mostly well received. Faithsaw the Cure continuing in the gloomy vein of 1980’sSeventeen Seconds, which would conclude with the band’s next album,Pornography.  Much ofFaithwas written in the studio.At least two songs on the album, “All Cats Are Grey” and “The Drowning Man”, were inspired by the Gormenghast novels of Mervyn Peake.Faithwas the first album by the Cure to feature six-string bass guitar; “All Cats Are Grey” features Smith on keyboards and piano, with no guitar at all. The front cover, designed by former and future member Porl Thompson, is a picture of Bolton Priory in the village of Bolton Abbey in the fog. The instrumental piece “Carnage Visors” (an antonym for rose-coloured spectacles; originally available only on the long-play cassette release) is the soundtrack toCarnage Visors, a short film by Ric Gallup, Simon Gallup’s brother, that was screened at the beginning of shows in place of a support band on the 1981 Picture Tour, and featured animation of several dolls in different positions and stances.The film has since disappeared, and only Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Simon Gallup own copies of it, though during a televised interview in the mid-1980s, the host of the program surprised the band by playing a clip of the film on set. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-56_mixdown.mp3 [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-56_mixdown.mp3]Ep 56 00:01:51 – The Cure – Doubt (RS Home Demo) 00:02:56 – The Cure – The Holy Hour 00:08:49 – The Cure – Primary 00:13:16 – The Cure – Other Voices 00:18:35 – The Cure – All Cats Are Grey 00:25:20 – The Cure – In Your House 00:30:53 – The Cure – Doubt 00:34:38 – The Cure – The Funeral Party 00:39:40 – The Cure – Faith 00:47:09 – The Cure – The Drowning Man 00:51:52 – The Cure – Faith (Live) Transitional Audio Clips Inception (2010)  – Dream Sequence, Marion Cotillard The Matrix (1999) – The Pill Scene Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) – Various Scenes [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/51zKlWANcL.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/51zKlWANcL.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/cure_band.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/cure_band.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/maxresdefault-1.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/maxresdefault-1.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-11.39.06-am.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-18-at-11.39.06-am.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/primary_Memoirs-of-a-Geisha-memoirs-of-a-geisha-26138407-1023-428.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/primary_Memoirs-of-a-Geisha-memoirs-of-a-geisha-26138407-1023-428.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/sdsc6ayspscrqnmnxdoz.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/sdsc6ayspscrqnmnxdoz.png?x94380] The post Faith [https://joy.org.au/magicportals/2018/04/18/faith/] appeared first on Magic Portals [https://joy.org.au/magicportals].

<3 This week on Magic Portals we listen to EVOL by Sonic Youth (it’s one of my favourite albums). EVOLis the third studio album by the Americanalternative rockbandSonic Youth. It was released in May 1986 bySST Records, the band’s first release on the label. The album is notable for being the first with a new drummer,Steve Shelley, replacingBob Bert. This is an incredible album in terms of the guitar playing. It’s on point and this album doesn’t disappoint, if your in the mood to listen to some punk rock songs then give this a listen <3 Despite not being successful at the time, the album has received retrospective praise.Pitchforksaid thatEVOL” was where the seeds of greatness were sown”, and placed the album 31st on their Top 100 Albums of the 1980s list, alongside Sonic Youth’s next two albums,SisterandDaydream Nation, which ranked 14th and first, respectively. Thealbum coverfeatures a picture of model/actressLung Leg, a still taken fromSubmit to Me. Leg had previously appeared in the “Death Valley ’69” music video. The back cover shows a black-and-white picture of the band in a heart-shaped frame. The album’s 10 songs are listed in a different order than the actual track listing. The members’ names are listed on the back cover as well, although no instruments are assigned for them. It reads “guitars, vocals, drums”, with “bass” hidden beneath the photograph of the band. Theinsertfeatures the lyrics to the songs and the A-side depictsThurston Moore, with eyes drawn on his hands, holding them up to his face. This photograph was later used for the cover of the “Starpower” single. The other side contains pictures from horror moviesFriday the 13th Part 2andChildren of the Corn, with a blacked-out image of two ladies in the upper right corner. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-55.mp3 [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-55.mp3]Ep 55 00:01:37 – Sonic Youth – Death To Our Friends 00:05:29 – Sonic Youth – Tom Violence 00:08:47 – Sonic Youth – Shadow Of A Doubt 00:12:38 – Sonic Youth – Starpower 00:17:56 – Sonic Youth – In The Kingdom #19 00:21:49 – Sonic Youth – Green Light 00:26:10 – Sonic Youth – Secret Girls 00:30:05 – Sonic Youth – Marilyn Moore 00:34:59 – Sonic Youth – Madonna Sean and Me 00:43:10 – Charlie – Spacer Woman (Original Mix) 00:52:04 – Minty – Useless Man Transitional Audio Clips Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Various Scenes Sleeping Beauty (1959) – Maleficent’s Gift of Death [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/image_21459143.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/image_21459143.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/619d4ed92f93d63824835613d9d3bb3a.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/619d4ed92f93d63824835613d9d3bb3a.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Fcf89a7d-efce-468c-8ba6-8610ad1b1ab3.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Fcf89a7d-efce-468c-8ba6-8610ad1b1ab3.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-1937-1108x0-c-default.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-1937-1108x0-c-default.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/5a02f27938d8d.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/5a02f27938d8d.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/2169209.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/2169209.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/6a00d8341bfb1653ef01a73d6a79a2970d.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/6a00d8341bfb1653ef01a73d6a79a2970d.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/f0018f72.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/f0018f72.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Sonic-Youth_86-192-10_300-copy_72.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Sonic-Youth_86-192-10_300-copy_72.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/R-28161-1181303711.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/R-28161-1181303711.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/A-13935-1110663897.jpg.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/A-13935-1110663897.jpg.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/R-596371-1251834759.jpeg.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/R-596371-1251834759.jpeg.jpg?x94380] The post EVOL [https://joy.org.au/magicportals/2018/04/13/evol/] appeared first on Magic Portals [https://joy.org.au/magicportals].

<3 This week on Magic Portals we hear fromHouse Tornado,an album by the alternative rock band Throwing Muses. Produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Paul Kolderie, it was recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA. The album was released in 1988 internationally on the 4AD label, except in the United States, where it was released by Sire Records. Sire used a different album cover for its release, as the label was putting a strong promotional push behind the band, and label executives favoured a picture of the band over the collage featured on the 4AD release. The 4AD CD release also features six of the seven tracks from the band’s 1987 EPThe Fat Skier. (The seventh track was not deemed essential for CD release, as it was a re-issue of “Soul Soldier” from the band’s debut album, followed by an ambient field recording of the band talking in a park.) The Sire release did not feature these six songs, and therefore these songs have never been released on CD in the USA. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-54_mixdown.mp3 [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-54_mixdown.mp3]Ep 54 00:00:25 – Throwing Muses – Colder 00:04:25 – Throwing Muses – Mexican Women 00:08:28 – Throwing Muses – River 00:13:21 – Throwing Muses – Juno 00:16:34 – Throwing Muses – Run Letter 00:24:13 – Throwing Muses – Saving Grace 00:27:17 – Throwing Muses – Drive 00:31:20 – Throwing Muses – Downtown 00:39:46 – Throwing Muses – Giant 00:55:20 – Throwing Muses – Walking In The Dark Transitional Audio Clips Occupation Native – Indigenous Documentary [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/a54339.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/a54339.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/614Y9SNK81L.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/614Y9SNK81L.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/throwingmusestop3.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/throwingmusestop3.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/tumblr_mzlmblxYUv1revdeso1_1280.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/tumblr_mzlmblxYUv1revdeso1_1280.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/1023810627953_08140908_occupation_native1_programslarge.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/1023810627953_08140908_occupation_native1_programslarge.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/aboriginals_1906-656x381.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/aboriginals_1906-656x381.jpg?x94380] The traditional owners of this land, held captive by British settlers. [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/170228110509-australia-aboriginal-4-super-169.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/170228110509-australia-aboriginal-4-super-169.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Australia-Aboriginal.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Australia-Aboriginal.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/c820b271c1bc01da5c83ac6cc6acf66b.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/c820b271c1bc01da5c83ac6cc6acf66b.jpg?x94380] The post House Tornado [https://joy.org.au/magicportals/2018/04/12/house-tornado/] appeared first on Magic Portals [https://joy.org.au/magicportals].

<3 This Week we will have round two of the mixtape. We will hear from a variety of artists old and new mixed into an hour of non stop tunes. Tracklist below <3 http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Episode-53.mp3 [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Episode-53.mp3] Ep 53 00:01:44 – Deborah Cox – Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here (Dance Mix) 00:05:26 – Neo Boys – Crumbling Myths EP 00:13:51 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Abala Barlawa (Everything was at Peace) 00:18:19 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Two Worlds Collide 00:23:05 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Warmala (Young Girls Song) 00:27:40 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngurra (Rain Song) 00:30:51 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngabaju (Grandmothers Song) 00:35:28 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngurrmarla (Love Song) 00:39:44 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Kirridarra (Womens Song) 00:43:19 – Diana Ross & The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On 00:45:59 – Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real 00:49:41 – Wipers – Better Off Dead 00:51:49 – Marina And The Diamonds – Numb 00:56:00 – Banoffee – Ripe Transitional Audio Clips Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone (2001) – Levitation Scene [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/k_K_h.1175b353a2a87bbce8b27473ea8f1f10.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/k_K_h.1175b353a2a87bbce8b27473ea8f1f10.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/740f5acc-e080-4194-8d43-18fc60e8d37a.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/740f5acc-e080-4194-8d43-18fc60e8d37a.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/maxresdefault.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/maxresdefault.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/pic1.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/pic1.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/rs-194672-Marina-And-The-Diamonds-Press-Photo-1-Charlotte-Rutherford.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/rs-194672-Marina-And-The-Diamonds-Press-Photo-1-Charlotte-Rutherford.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/HitsvilleUSAArtShay_l.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/HitsvilleUSAArtShay_l.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/neoboys05.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/neoboys05.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/images.jpeg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/images.jpeg?x94380] The post Mixtape #2 [https://joy.org.au/magicportals/2018/03/03/mixtape-2/] appeared first on Magic Portals [https://joy.org.au/magicportals].

<3 This week on Magic Portals we hear fromGarlands,the debut studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins, released 1 September 1982 on 4AD, It peaked in the UK Independent Top 5, and received support from BBC Radio 1 radio host John Peel. Garlandsis the only album with original bassist Will Heggie. Gordon Sharp of Cindytalk provided backup vocals on “Dear Heart”, “Hearsay Please”, and “Hazel”. Cat Peopleis a 1942 horror film produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. DeWitt Bodeen wrote the original screenplay, which was based on Val Lewton’s short storyThe Bagheeta, published in 1930.The film stars Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Cat People tells the story of a young Serbian woman, Irena, who believes herself to be a descendant of a race of people who turn into cats when sexually aroused or deeply angered. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Episode-52.mp3 [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Episode-52.mp3] Ep 52 00:01:02 –Cocteau Twins – Blood Bitch 00:06:00 –Cocteau Twins – Wax and Wane 00:09:55 – Cocteau Twins – But I’m Not 00:13:12 – Cocteau Twins – Blind Dumb Deaf 00:17:29 – Cocteau Twins – Shallow Then Halo 00:23:15 – Cocteau Twins – The Hollow Man 00:28:47 – Cocteau Twins – Garlands 00:34:20 – Cocteau Twins – Grail Overfloweth 00:40:30 – Cocteau Twins – Dear Heart 00:44:20 – Cocteau Twins – Hearsay Please Transitional Audio Clips Cat People (1942) – Various Clips [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/R-62111-1347313125-7470.jpeg.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/R-62111-1347313125-7470.jpeg.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/images.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/images.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Catpeople1942art2.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Catpeople1942art2.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Screen_CatPeople_01_756_426_81_s.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Screen_CatPeople_01_756_426_81_s.jpg?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Cat_People_poster.png?x94380] [http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Cat_People_poster.png?x94380] The post Garlands [https://joy.org.au/magicportals/2018/03/03/garlands/] appeared first on Magic Portals [https://joy.org.au/magicportals].