The Temple of Love and the Test Pyramid – footnotes
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably watched my talk “The Temple of Love and the Test Pyramid”. I hope you enjoyed it!
I probably went overtime, and yet didn’t say all the things one could say about The Sisters of Mercy, The Temple of Love (1992) or testing. So here are some footnotes.
Keeping in touch
The website you’re currently doesn’t say a lot about me. This will be fixed – eventually. In the meantime, here is how to contact me, should you wish to:
- On Bluesky I’m @2-45.pm
- On Mastodon I’m @r3trofitted@ruby.social
- By email I’m hello@2-45.pm
Interesting links
- The Sisters of Mercy have an official website, and it’s awesome: https://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com. Granted, it’s awesome in the sense that it’s old-fashioned and looks like the web 25 years ago. But at least it’s blazing fast – no JavaScript here!
- For deeper info about the band, check out https://sisterswiki.org and https://www.myheartland.co.uk. Wikis and forums, like the early Web, once again!
- A “live” version of Temple of Love (1992) at Top of the Pops can be found on YouTube. My favorite version is this one, but to be honest it’s just a curiosity, because it’s such as weird remix when you’ve listened to the original as much as I have…
Trivia
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There is a connection between Cradle of Filth and The Sisters of Mercy. Specifically, Cradle did cover of the Sisters’ song No Time to Cry. It can be found on their EP Bitter Suites to Succubi, and in my opinion, it is an awesome cover. As good as the original, if not better. Listen to it on Apple Music or Spotify.
(Not all covers of the Sisters of Mercy are good, but when they are, they usually are really, really good.)
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Speaking of Cradle of Filth, the verse quoted in the presentation is from their song The Byronic Man (on Apple and Spotify), about Lord Byron. As Easter eggs, you should find passing mentions of Byron and his daughter Ada Lovelace in the talk.