Monster Mash

Arindam — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:44:54 -0600

I love Monster Mash! I used to listen to it when I was a kid. I'm with you; I love scary stories and creepy music. :D

Throw in a little Siouxsie,

kperfetto — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:28:07 -0500

Throw in a little Siouxsie, too. One of the local community stations where I am usually does some pretty good, fun, Halloween music.

Available Light & Five Dollar Radio

Hmm, I know this is moot in

Super Jive — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:52:53 -0500

Hmm, I know this is moot in the age of music on demand and ipods, but I think if I ran a radio station I would make Halloween "Cure Day." Kind of like that Beatles station in California.

SJ also writes at I, Asshole.

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kperfetto — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:05:55 -0500

Like some people have a soft spot for Christmas music, I'll always love the creepy-kitschy tunes rolled out on Halloween. Now, I like "Werewolves of London" as much as the next ghoul, but sometimes I want my Halloween playlist to have a little more hipster cool. Last year I did fashion a short playlist from Last.FM's vast catalog. (You can find Halloween-themed songs by searching for ones other members have tagged as "Halloween" or "spooky.") One caveat: you have to be a subscriber to make "tag" stations. (But at three dollars a month, it's painless.) IMEEM is another place to set up playlists.
Terri from Confessions of a Music Addict has also posted a Halloween-themed playlist:

In the spirit of the season, I thought it would be fun to share with you some creepy songs (some are feature currently here ). I know there are many more out there, so feel free to share your favorites, too. Trick or treat and Happy Halloween! :-)

WFMU's Beware of the Blog is a fabulous place for atypical, yet still scary music during Halloween. They've gotten an early start with Wednesday with their Vinyl Finds Halloween Special: Zacherle Singles:

Zacherle (aka Zacherley) had been a TV horror-film host in ghoul makeup for most of the 1950s and early 60s (there are several clips on YouTube), and in the early days of FM's popularity he was an innovator of free-form radio, when WPLJ was called WABC-FM. Though PLJ's programming was fairly structured by the late 1970s, the form was still much freer than the computerized formats seen on the commercial FM band today.

Venerable radio station, KEXP, in the spirit of Halloween, tells us the Cure (yes, they're still around) has a new record out:

There are plenty of treats this week, and just in time for Halloween. And it’s the perfect time of year for The Cure’s album to come out — not because they’re dark or scary or any of the other cliches that we attach to so-called goth music, but at their best they have a fitting blend of creepy and fun, as Disintegration’s “Lullaby” (”the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!”). Even better, this week there are two Cure-related offerings for you to pick up: their 13th album, 4:13 Dream, and the cover album Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure, benefiting Invisible Children, a non-profit organization seeking to aid “those living in regions of conflict and injustice.” The compilation, on Manimal Vinyl Records, includes songs from The Dandy Warhols, The Muslims, Voyager One, Devastations, and a whole lot more

Or maybe you have the music all set, but you still need an idea for a costume? Let Idolater take care of that with their Seven Affordable Halloween Costumes Culled From Seven Great Music Videos [What To Wear] Here's what they had to say about the classic 80s video, "Sledgehammer":

"Sledgehammer" isn't just a groundbreaking video, it's an endless source of costume ideas that you'll be forced to explain to people all night long. Train track around your neck? Hilarious! Guy with clay hammers for hands? Edgy! Peter Gabriel made out of fruit? Possibly too difficult.

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Monster Mash

Throw in a little Siouxsie,

Hmm, I know this is moot in

Beyond "The Monster Mash"