Plenty of familiar stuff here if you’ve been hanging around the site lately, but there’s some stuff I haven’t written about yet too. The theme, such as it was — and man, themes are loose with this show anyway, but this one felt even more so — was just good stuff that happened in April. Today’s May 1, and it feels like last month was just lost on so many levels, that I wanted to highlight a few of the good things that happened despite the chaos and the dire feelings that defined so much of the time.

My point is the same as ever: Music still sounds good. If you’ve got that, you’ve got something to hold onto. If there’s nothing else, there’s music. That’s all I’m ever really saying. Sorry to spoil it. Now you don’t have to look at The Obelisk anymore. You’re all done.

You should still listen to the show though because I recorded the voice tracks for it on my phone while I was going to buy fresh mozzarella, and considering New Jersey’s got over 100,000 cases of COVID-19, the sheer Jersey-ness of the endeavor really I think shines through. Plus in the second break, if you stick it out, I say the word “awesome” like 50 times and sound like a total doofus, and that’s worth hearing. I overuse “awesome” anyway, but really, it sounds silly here. I listened back and heard it and decided to leave it in. Hell, at least it’s real.

Thanks for listening if you do.

The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at http://gimmeradio.com

Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 05.01.20

Elder	Halcyon	Omens*
Elephant Tree	Exit the Soul	Habits*
Forming the Void	Ancient Satellite	Reverie*
BREAK
Foghound	Turn Off the World	Turn Off the World*
Lord Fowl	The Wraith	Glorious Babylon*
Soldati	Solar Tse	Doom Nacional*
Trippy Wicked	Green Memories	Three Leaves / Green Memories*
Satyrus	Black Satyrus	Rites*
Marrowfields	Dragged to the World Below	Metamorphoses*
Pale Divine	Tyrants / Pawns (Easy Prey)	Consequence of Time*
Paradise Lost	Fall From Grace	Obsidian*
Katatonia	Behind the Blood	City Burials*
Itus	Primordial	Primordial*
BREAK
River Cult	Chilling Effect	Chilling Effect*
Astral Bodies	Mythic Phantoms	Escape Death*

The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is May 15 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.

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Tags: Astral Bodies, Elder, Elephant Tree, Foghound, Forming the Void, Gimme Radio, Itus, Katatonia, Lord Fowl, Marrowfields, Pale Divine, Paradise Lost, River Cult, Satyrus, Soldati, The Obelisk Show, Trippy Wicked

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