Cold Boy Tapes- A Terror (2018) playlist event

Today's featured playlist is one for the narrative of the show made by chloe on spotify

Today's featured playlist is an obscure playlist someone beat me to. I have yet to give my own crack at a Goldner's Tin playlist but I'm so so glad this playlist exists by spotify user Jerboa

Today's featured playlist is actually one created for the previous Terror music fan event, Terror Tracks! It is an all Smiths playlist for Francis Crozier by spotify user Jackie

In 13 days, our very lowkey music event will begin & I could not be more excited! To do some build up to our big week long celebration, I wanted to feature a small selection of some of the already existing Terror playlists out there!

To kick us off, here is a Terror Modern AU playlist made by Boo! on spotify. This one is excellent & I often put it on when I'm not sure what I want to listen to.

Hi! Thank you for the questions!

1.) Very specific AUS that don't fit any of the prompts such as moods like workout or commute are very much welcome!

2.) These playlists can take any approach- it does not have to be from what the character would listen to. They can 100% be more about themes of the setting.

3.) A playlist can 100% be about more than one character and original characters can be allowed- I think the only hard rule I will stick with regarding what can be considered a part of this event is as long as somehow you and I can trace this back somehow to the terror/polar stuff

Honestly, I put that prompt in because I, the mod, am a selfish person who really wants to know what people think when I say "make an obscure terror character playlist".

My endless examples:

What minor character do you think of when I say obscure? Do we think Genge? Maybe someone more on screen, less dialogue- Heather?

I'm delighted and tickled by the Goldner's Tin Can playlist that exists, we have Davechella official obscure characters aka @schofielded's bird playlist and then also Dave K taking the cake for most obscure character, The Archaeologist, a character one would only know if they knew about deleted scenes.

A few of my own contributions are Sir John's severed leg and I think I'm very funny for my one Jacko playlist that's just Monkey Gone To Heaven by Pixies covers.

To some, maybe the ships could be considered an obscure playlist, I feel that may not be where folks minds go.

Say I was to choose a vocaloid like Hatsune Miku, would the prompt allow me to choose any Hatsune Miku song, or the specific artist that used the synth? (Like Deco*27 or Flower)

So, I have to admit I’m unfamiliar with how vocaloids work but the beauty of this event is that the answer to your question is you could do either!

So in ur example, a hatsune miku song of any kind assigned for a terror character would work! Or a song from the particular artist using the synth would also work.

When I assigned Terror characters mountain goats songs I included the possibility of using John Darnielle other projects such as the band the Extra Glenns which is just basically tmg but one could argue it’s a different band. So the world is really your oyster

Hello there! Here are the prompts for all seven days of this event!

Each day has two prompts to pick from but this is just for inspiration- if you have a playlist you are already working on, please feel free to use this event as an excuse to finish that playlist. You can also feel free to be creative & do a playlist idea of your own making.

While I have you here again, this is a very lowkey event. Even though there is an "end date", late works will be accepted as long as you tag this blog. And again, participate in this however you want. One day to all days to only listening to the playlists made, this is just to celebrate how fun it is to curate music and share that with others! All genres, all playlist types, are accepted and if you have questions, just let me know.

See you all in June! Prompts will be written out below the cut and for more info on this event go to the blog page or check out this post [click here]

Introducing Cold Boy Tapes- A Terror (2018) playlist event!

As anyone could guess, I’m cig or @bell-swamp-fitzjames here on tumblr, and I love Terror playlists. I found out about a fan run event called @terrortracks / @shackletonofficial and realized I could take up the mantle sort of to continue fostering a place where we can just share some music regarding the Terror (2018). The prompts I have come up with and will be sharing next week are also heavily inspired by Dave K’s Davechella playlist event, as I personally have been adoring seeing everyone’s character playlists. 

This is a lowkey event- participate however you can! Half the fun of making a playlist is seeing that people are listening to it :3 Check out this blog's page for more information about what's all this then. And if you have any questions, reach out <3 Click here to check out the prompts recently released!

Rules:

1. In honor of my dead wife 8tracks, playlists must be at least 8 songs long. Beyond that, there is no set song number per playlist

2. Any kind of playlist is accepted- Apple Music, Youtube Music, Tidal, whatever streaming service you use, simply a written out list.

3. The playlist subject can be Terror (2018) adjacent- Franklin Expedition playlists, other polar expeditions/explorers, North Water playlists if you feel like it

4. Though the event is called Cold BOY Tapes I really encourage considering our Cold Girls too and a reminder that gender is a construct. What would nonbinary Billy Gibson listen to? 

5. Please indicate if your playlist is meant to be played in order or on shuffle.

6. Please tag me & tag your playlist as Cold Boy Tapes 2026 so that I can see your amazing work & have fun with it!