On this week's podcast we're striking while the iron's hot and talking about Hatari, the Icelandic BDSM-themed industrial band whose Eurovision run took the world by storm. How are they connected to Our Thing? Do their aesthetics relate to their politics? And how is mainstream media still so easy to hijack? All these questions and more are taken up in this week's episode of We Have A Technical!

A very special friend of the podcast just happened to be in town, so we're joined this week by Real Cardinal of Comaduster! He's sitting in on our conversations about news and events pertaining to Ulver, Merzbow, and Combichrist, as well as giving us the skinny on his newest music.

Merch. Loot. Tchotchkes. Whatever you call it, bands are hustling it, and fans are buying it. What's the difference between a quality shirt folks would be happy to rock and an ugly as sin one which'll quickly be relegated to the back of a closet? What particular items or recording formats meet a particular band's mien and which don't? We're diving deep into the wacky world of merch on this episode of We Have A Technical, along with some talk about the recent Ministry shows and the oddly timed Merzbow podcasts.

DAF's stone classic "Gold Und Liebe" is the subject of this month's We Have A Commentary. An absolute touchstone for all EBM to come, the record is also an intriguing mix of krautrock and disco and paved the way not just for EBM but techno as well. We're digging into the record's deployment of provocative sexual and political imagery, as well as its philosophical and psychological underpinnings. Join us for a half hour of tense, sexy, and dangerous body music of the highest caliber.

Verboden Festival came through Vancouver like a tornado, leaving us in a dazed state with the memories and merch of umpteen post-punk, darkwave, and related bands swirling about our heads and our apartments. This week we're discussing some highlights from this, the fourth installment of Vancouver's dark music fest, and featuring an interview with Forrest Avery LeMaire of Mr.Kitty, unquestionably one of the highlights of the weekend.

Back in action after a couple weeks of pre-recorded episodes, the Senior Staff are getting back to basics with discussion of records by Ulver and yelworC. Also, they're doing their best to catch up on all the news that's happened since they were last sitting down together, namely the eighth Cold Waves line-up. All that plus an account of the most genteel Laibach show ever on this week's We Have A Technical!

The second part of our Pick 5 doubleheader is here! After wallowing in the deep-friend excesses of Americana, we're crossing the Atlantic to discuss some bands who only could have come from Europe. Are we as Canadians projecting inherited stereotypes regarding our friends to the south and continental cousins? That's more than likely, but join us anyway!

The first of two Pick 5 episodes of the podcast recorded well ahead of time, so much so that we don't remember much of what was said! We know it had something to do with North American bands in Our Thing? I guess we'll have to listen to find out, why not join us on this journey of discovery friend?