For thirteen years I have plundered my music collection,gone deeper and deeper down the Youtube rabbit hole,and scoured the dark recesses of the bargin bins to find a yearly collection of spooky,silly, and just plain strange seasonal songs to fill your Halloween bag.
(OH! the pain....the pain!)
And once again it’s that time to dig down deep into the pumpkin bucket of treats and pull out a seasonal surprise
(PLEASE! There are ladies present!)
Tonight you will be treated to various tales from the darkside by the likes of Tom Waits, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, and THE Nine Inch Nails.
The darkness of the woods of Twin Peaks makes several appearances. Most notably with the haunting vocals by Sheryl Lee. So much suffering in one scream.
Enjoy the dark poetry stylings of the Woodman.
It wouldn’t be a Halloween mix without a variation of the theme from John Carpenter’s classic movie. This years track comes from the newly recorded vinyl version that was sold at stops on John Carpenters tour, where he performed many of his soundtrack creations live.
Freddy Krueger poke his head and glove into the mix with an introduction from his serial spook show: A Nightmare on Elm Street:Freddy;s Nightmare:The Series.........the name lasted longer than the show .
At one point the sticky candy of the CD gets stuck in Depeche Mode and the listener is treated with a rare B-side that should have easily been a main album track.
There are movie trailers g(al)ore throughout as we play with Pennywise, Leatherface and Hannibal the Cannibal.
This year has seen an unfortunate loss of many a horror movie talent,and each gets a nod of admiration:
George A Romero(February 4th,1940 to July 16th,2017) ,who helped create the Living Dead genre( that keeps spreading into all media like a disease)with his Night ,Dawn,Day,Second Breakfast, Late Supper, Twilight of the Living Dead series ,passed away back in July
Tobe Hooper(January 25th,1943 to August 26th,2017 )left us for that big Texas chili cookoff in the sky.He gave us the classic with a title that just feels as if it is dripping with buckets of blood -“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” , but then delivered a distrurbing ,yet strangely, bloodless depiction of a dysfunctional family who entertains unexpected guests.What happened wasn’t real, but it sure felt like it.
William Peter Blatty (January 7th,1928 to January 12, 2017 ) ,best known as the writer of the novel The Exorcist that led to the ,as well, known film.He also wrote the fantastic novel “Legion” which became one of the few enjoyable sequels to the film series :Exorcist III. (which Blatty wrote and directed as well) .Spend some time with his “Ninth Configuration” (sometimes presented as “Twinkle,Twinkle,”Killer” Kane!”) if you want to explore madness and faith with the Astronaut that Regan said was “going to die up there” in the Exorcist.
Bill Paxton ( May 17, 1955 to February 25, 2017 ) of Aliens,Twister,Weird Science, and Near Dark is probably know more for those films and others than the fact that he directed the video for that classic song “Fish Heads” by Barnes & Barnes.Game over,man.Game Over.
Johnthan Demme ( February 22, 1944 to April 26, 2017 ) who brought from page to screen the award winning “Silence of the Lambs” and helped the Talking Heads to “Stop Making Sense”, left us this year a well.
So don’t be sad,(or superstitious), spin this disc of treats that is sure to have all favors of treats to satisfy even those people who enjoy candy corn,peeps ,or Raisenets?!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN !
1) We begin with a welcoming out of the light and into a world not as brightly lit with the "Tales From the Darkside" introduction
2) This years version of John Carpenter's "Halloween Theme" comes to us from the recently recorded vinyl version that Carpenter performed with his son and played on tour.
3)Sheryl Lee gives us one last Laura Palmer series shattering primal terror filled "SCREAM" as the memories come flooding back and Twin Peaks comes to an emotional end
4) THE Nine Inch Nails perform at the Roadhouse and do some screaming of their own because "She's Gone Away"
5)Depeche Mode are the "Ghost"s in your house(maybe they will leave in silence before the night is through)
6)We bid farewell this year to Director Tobe Hooper with "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" trailer.
7)Leatherface and his Texas backwoods clan know all about the pig fuckers of "The Days of Swine and Roses" as performed by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
8) The DJ’s from Mars vs Carnival (featuring James F Dini) mashup a deal with the “ Devil In My Brain”
9) The creepy piano helps one float through the screams of this trailer to the new movie based on Stephen King's "IT"
10)We don't all float down here."In All My Dreams I Drown" inside the Devil's Carnival
11)Soley sings of "Halloween", for tonight the boys dress up like dreamers and the girls like nightmares.
12)The Woodsman recites his dark sleep inducing "This is the Water" poem
13)And as you slip in to slumber, our thoughts drift to Tom Waits nosy neighbor spying question,"What's He Building In There?"
14)Bill Paxton's Severen from Near Dark explains how he is going to "Separate your head from your shoulders,if you don't mind"So polite this vampire
15)Nirvana scream of a spooky tale of getting more than their hair cut by "Floyd the Barber"
16)William Peter Blatty knew "What an Excellent Day for an Exorcism" entailed in this Exorcist clip
17)Wax Audio feels "Sad but Superstitious" in this mashup of Metallica vs Stevie Wonder
18)I wonder if Director Johnathan Demme still hears the lambs screaming in this spooky "Silence of the Lambs" trailer
19)Much like myself, Pleasant Company like "Scary Movies" in this song from the credits of a not so scary movie called Return to Horror High.Starring "Marcia Brady" in a high point in her career and George Clooney in a low point in his.
20)Freddy Krueger pops in and warns you to "Don't Touch that Dial" and turn off the CD as he has something on his mind he wants to scare.....um, I mean share in this Freddy's Nightmares promo.And it's a nightmare of a .....
21)SPOOKY MORMAN HELL DREAM!!!!!!
22)Director George A. Romero began at Night and has now seen the dawn.We wave farewell to him with this trailer for "Dawn of the Dead"
23)"I Was a Teenage Zombie",lament the The Fleshtones
24) Family Guy's Lois tells Chris that his "Blackface" costume is racist and they he should really wear the Indian Chief costume she bought for him.But is it a SEXY Indian Chief costume?
25)The Simpson's cast are all dressed up in their sexiest whatever as it's finally time for “Grown Up Halloween”
26)Hey!Arnold's Helga knows that Halloween is all about "Scaring People so They Give You Candy"
27)The Fuzztones wish us all a "Happy Halloween"
28)You Can't Do That On Television's Lisa Ruddy is addicted to going to Rocky Horror but Kevin Kubusheskie just wants the popcorn.Their parents ,the Prevert, just want to know,"When does Julie Andrews appear?"
29)It's the spookiest part of a balanced breakfast, It's a commercial for that sugary delight of "Boo Berry and Count Chocula "cereal!
30)SNL's Will Ferrell performs as Baron Nocturna who performs his new song "My Heart Will Go On.....A Plate" LIVE from the Prom of Doom!
31)If the The Replacements "Cruella De Vil" doesn't scare you, no evil thing will
32)You better beware, for "The Boogie Man is Coming" in this Halloween soundbite
33)But the Minstrels of Mayhem aren’t afraid for there is “(No Such Thing as the )Boogie Man”
34)Don't be a Wussy, enjoy the indie rock candy of "Halloween"
35)It's time to say goodbye ...........to all of this.....and....... Helloooooooooooooooo to the "Closing credits of Tales From the Darkside" Remember,the dark side is always there, waiting for us to enter — waiting to enter us.
Until next year.....try and enjoy the mixtape!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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