From the Belfry gives you the best mix of post-punk, goth rock, darkwave, shoegaze, ethereal, and everything else in between.
dispatchesinbetween.substack.com (https://dispatchesinbetween.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
TRACKLIST
Nox Arcana - Pax Terra
Tones on Tail - Christian Says
The Mission - Naked and Savage
The Discussion - In Death and Life
Slow Danse With the Dead - Dark Ritual
Peter Murphy - Silver Shade
Closed Mouth - Drowning in Silence
The Occasion - Last Goodbye
Double Echo - A Shadow
Swans - Mona Lisa, Mother Earth
CLEANSER - Chopping Mall
Oddly Shrugs - BLIND AS BAT
Cousteau Twins - Shallow Than Harlow
David Galas - American Melancholy
This Ascension - Poor Mortal Lost
Autumn’s Grey Solace - Shadows of Moonlit Night
Anna von Hausswolff - The Marble Eye
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30 May 2025
From the Belfry: May 29, 2025
Aurora Desmond shares a curated playlist of darkwave, post-punk, and gothic rock tracks, showcasing a range of artists and sounds for listeners to discover new music.
9 May 2025
From the Belfry: April 22
TRACK LIST:
Nox Arcana - Pax Terra
Specimen - Returning from a Journey
Post Crucifixion - Mea Culpa
Vanta After Dark - Sense of Fear
Ariel Maniki and The Black Halos - Pieces
Nevilluxury - Dragon
The Trial - Detached
The Cure - A Fragile Thing
The Fact - Into Your Heart
Lost Tapes - Trenches
Paralysed Age - The Key
moonvampire - nobody
Closed Tear - Apart
Future Nobodies - Drag U Down
Motorama- Above the Clouds
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Christine
The Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
Public Image Ltd. - Swan Lake
Lush - Sweetness and Light
The KVB - This Disguise
Of Mermaids - Night Time Is My Time
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5 May 2025
From the Belfry: May 1, 2025
PLAYLIST:
Not Arcana - Pax Terra
Desinteresse - Silhouet
David Galas - You’re a Needle in My Arm
Faith and the Muse - Sparks
atomic glider - Undead
past self - Between the Marquees
Erase Control - People
Cocteau Twins - Feathers Oar-Blades
Mephisto Walz - Eternal Deep
French Police - ESLABÓN
blood clubnunca - sé lo que quiero
DustBowlChampion - Ancient Smile
TWIN ION ENGINE - Idée Fixe
Forever Grey - Labor of Death
Secret Shame - Hide
Vision Video - Dead Gods
Lycia - Transition
Nocturnal Projections - In Darkness
Dead Can Dance - Ocean
Blitz - Flowers & Fire
Double Echo - (I Used to Be) in Pictures
Drab Majesty - Dot in the Sky
Play Dead - This Side of Heaven
Fields of the Nephilim - Slow Kill
The Sisters of Mercy - Blood Money
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25 Aug 2024
Episode 7 - Who Is George Soros? How the Democratic Party Became Antisemitic
In this coprehensive episode, Aurora goes down a deep rabbit hole of billionaire lobbyist and self-loathing Jew George Sorors and how the Democratic party has been infiltrated by antisemitism. She also reads her humorous short story THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC DEPLATFORM.
Special thanks to Shoshana R x.com/shoshana0611 for providing this information.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314709/George-Soros-drops-Democrats-war-chest-biggest-donation-2024-race-progressive.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314709/George-Soros-drops-Democrats-war-chest-biggest-donation-2024-race-progressive.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus)
https://www.jns.org/soros-funneled-15m-to-groups-behind-pro-hamas-protests/ (https://www.jns.org/soros-funneled-15m-to-groups-behind-pro-hamas-protests/)
https://jstreet.org/explanation-of-george-soros-j-street-funding/ (https://jstreet.org/explanation-of-george-soros-j-street-funding/)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/news/iran-apologists-linked-to-robert-malley-got-50m-from-soros/ (https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/news/iran-apologists-linked-to-robert-malley-got-50m-from-soros/)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/25/2023/inside-irans-influence-operation (https://www.semafor.com/article/09/25/2023/inside-irans-influence-operation)
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2018-004594_EN.html (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2018-004594_EN.html)
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20 Aug 2024
Episode 6 - The True Meaning of Tu B'av
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15 Aug 2024
Episode 5 - Beaches Are the Only Place Where It Is Socially Acceptable to Piss Yourself
BREAKING NEWS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS! Kamala Harris agrees to debate herself. Aurora also reads her humorous essays "Confessions of a Chronic Eavesdropper" and "Beaches Are the Only Place Where It Is Socially Acceptable to Piss Yourself”.
To read more of these essays, subscribe to THE WEIRD WORLD OF AURORA at auroradesmondwrites.substack.com (http://auroradesmondwrites.substack.com)
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6 Aug 2024
Episode 4
Aurora discusses WWE's SummerSlam, the parallels between pro-wrestling and drag, the developing conflict between Israel and Iran, and the 2024 Republican platform.
Elica Le Bon instagram - @elicialebon (http://www.instagram.com/elicalebon)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/biden-and-harris-briefed-on-iranian-threat-including-attack-on-us-troops-in-iraq/ (https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/biden-and-harris-briefed-on-iranian-threat-including-attack-on-us-troops-in-iraq/)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-reportedly-delivering-advanced-air-defenses-to-iran-as-tehran-touts-ties/ (https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-reportedly-delivering-advanced-air-defenses-to-iran-as-tehran-touts-ties/)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-says-9-unrwa-employees-may-have-been-involved-in-oct-7-attack-have-been-fired/ (https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-says-9-unrwa-employees-may-have-been-involved-in-oct-7-attack-have-been-fired/)
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30 Jul 2024
Episode 3
Aurora discusses the Olympic opening ceremony, Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic speech to Congress, Brat summer, and trans kids. She also introduces a new segment titled “Lefties Say the Darnedest Things!”
Link to Benjamin Netanyahu's full speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agkuHjAfLFY&pp=ygUZYmVuamFtaW4gbmV0YW55YWh1IHNwZWVjaA%3D%3D (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agkuHjAfLFY&pp=ygUZYmVuamFtaW4gbmV0YW55YWh1IHNwZWVjaA%3D%3D)
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27 Jul 2024
Episode 2
Aurora discusses the assassination attempt of Donald Trump, the mental health affects of the October 7 Massacre and the surging amount of antisemitism has had on Jewish people, and the myth of Palestine.
Shabbat Shalom!
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24 Jul 2024
Episode 1
Aurora introduces herself in the state view episode and also discusses President Joe Biden, stepping down.
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