Hazel-Rah's Helliday Mixtape #19: Son of a Nutcracker !

 

 

Hazel-Rah's Helliday Mixtape #19: Son of a Nutcracker ! 

Thanks to a delirious bout of insomnia I bring to you Gold,Frankenstein,and GRrr..no wait...strike that....reverse it.
Son of a nutcracker,It's my yearly Helliday mixtape! And while it says the nineteenth,it's actually the 20th as around #7 I did two that year.
That's a lot of jingled bells.
So press play and let the wonder hit you like a snowball in the face
Like...
I wonder what was I thinking?
I Wonder if you will discover a new carol to enjoy this year?
I Wonder if you will you listen to the end?
I wonder as I stare up at the stars....WHERE THE FUCK IS MY CEILING?!?!?
I wonder if the lack of sleep is getting to me...

Happy Hellidays !


1) Count Bachula gets the snowball rolling with a spooky rendition of a seasonal classic-"We Wish You a Scary Christmas"
2)The Machine in the Garden are a darkwave duo and with a call on you to come see the winters "Falling,Too"
3) Cruxshadows- know the years ahead will be rough, but they are ready to fight as they are "Winter Born (This Sacrifice)"
4) Dr. Octavius Brine has a thirst for Revenge...and snowglobes
5) Siouxsie and the Banshees spin a fairy tale of "Red Over White"
6) Poor little Dalmation #100, even his little toes are froze as he and his family traverse the cold
7) It's a Long Night " On a Little Snowy Field"
8) There is "Blood Upon the Snow" in this Bear McCreary & Hozier song from the soundtrack to God of War:Ragnarök
9) The sentiment that "Prayer is Useless" is Number One according to Dean Stockwell's Battlestar Galactica Priest character John Cavil
10) Andy Prieboy speaks of "The Fate Awaiting Thee" threat if you don't get right with Jebus this Helliday
11) Charlie Brown is at his most Charlie Browniest with his deep Christmas depression
12) There Will Be Fireworks, but "No Christmas Bells".Though there are sure to be some misty eyes as this song unfolds
13) "Don't Leave the Children Alone in the House" this Christmas, or you will burn with regret with this UK PSA
14) Quiet Company keep you company so you won't be "Alone at Christmas (How You're Gonna Die)"
15) It's a very Dead Zone Christmas where they discuss there is "No Santa Claus?"
16) The Long Blondes are so upset that "Christmas is Cancelled"
17) Bumblewasps are feeling alone this season,so "Fuck You Christmas"
18) The Simpsons God wishes their boy a "Merry Christmas" Don't you mean Happy Birthday Jebus !
19) Grandwolves ask that eternal question " 'Zat You,Son of God?" on the neighbors lawn
20) The Woodland Critters of South Park can finally have their Blood Orgy thanks to Stan
21) "Christmas Feels Like Halloween" for the The Sky Drops.
22) The Wheelers tell their little girl "You never had any presents", but she recalls seeing a marble
23) Johnny Goth is having a "Black Christmas" without you
24) Charles De Mar is excited over all the pure snow! It's everywhere! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?
25) The Pulse really really love the "Snow" 

26) It's the Night Before Critmas and Chutney's just stabbed St Nick in the chest !
27) Recount the "Twelve Days of Grogmas" in this Critical Role Chitmas tune
28) At the Office party,Michael Scott just wants to say "Hey,Man. I love you this many dollar's worth" 29) The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Gotta Get a Gift" for Master Splinter
30) "Christmas is a Nightmare" for the tasty Gingerbread Man.
31) Jeff Whitmire skates on Whamageddon thin ice in this loving tribute to the horror of "Black Christmas"
32) Laverne & Shirley got blinking lights for their Christmas tree...maybe they will blink back on next year

Hazel-Rah's Halloween Mixtape Two 0oOOoOH! : Twenty Years Later-(2024)

It was 20 years ago today
Hazel found the tracks to play
They've been all types of spooky styles
And they're guaranteed to raise a smile
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years
Hazel-Rah' Lonely Halloween Club Band !

 
Yes, that's right. For Twenty Years now I've been sticking my hand deep into the pumpkin and pulling out whatever gooey centers I could find to make a Halloween Mixtape for friends. I started this adventure on a whim. With a brand new computer at the time,I was having fun upgrading my mixtape making from cassette to CD.(I still subconsciously formulate the mix as Side A and Side B moods) I loved making them for friends. So many "OOOH -you need to hear these band's/songs" -Couple of days later-"Here's a mixtape I made for you" occurrences.Eventually, I stumbled on the idea of doing a Halloween theme mix.Originally just so I could have some of my favorite seasonal songs to play in one spin for my seasonal celebration of my favorite holiday.And 20 years later-here we are.So many Spooky tunes & soundclips.So many John Carpenter Halloween themes.Hope you enjoy and ....Happy Halloween !

Hazel-Rah's Halloween Mixtape Two 0oOOoOH! : Twenty Years Later

Side A 

1) Raise your hand for the Joe Bob Briggs The Drive In Oath (2022 Version) ,Ya filthy Mutant !
2) Splash Band cover the eternal John Carpenter Halloween Theme .This one stuck out to me in my traditional search for a variation on the theme. It sounds like it's made up of equal parts music from john Carpenter's Escape from New York and the disco theme from Friday the 13th Part 3 3-D
3) Aggro1  mashups Everyday is Halloween,Freak (Ministry vs Le Castle Vania) for a pumpkin stomping good time
4) Sam feels her roots and gets stabby stabby in this moment from Scream (2022)
5) Vision Video can feel the knife In My Side (Modern Horror Version) and in my back
6) Lucifer(Viggo Mortensen-The Prophecy) taunts that he has always been Under Your Bed
7) Concrete Blonde love The Beast
8) Stevie Wayne warns us to Look for The Fog
9) Genesis sing of  spooky home invasion in their Home By the Sea
10) Vincent Price loves to play a Game of Murder. Just make sure you know whose playing too
11) Wall of Voodoo have one foot firmly on the Far Side of Crazy .Watch out Jodie Foster !
12) Red's begins tonight's bedtime story with the classic line that after which traditionally followed so much horror .. Once Upon A Time ...
13) Virgin Prunes speak of a tale as old as time where Love Lasts Forever
14) Run it's Halloween (Dance Version),the time to make you scream!
15) Have you seen the The Omen ?
16) Frenchy and the Punk have seen Monsters
17) Spider Weds,severed heads ,it's the dawning of the dead in JP Ashkar's Halloween ( Haunted Mix)
18) Father Kent( Owen Wilson-Haunted Mansion) knows that one person's monster is another's great Halloween Costume
19)Pete Antell offer a jazzy reminder to Stop,Look, Listen.It's Halloween

SIDE B 

20) Garfield agrees that Halloween is My Kind of Holiday
21) Lou Rawls croons that This is the Night for treats
22) Laurie Strode is gobsmacked that You Don't Believe in the Boogeyman?
23) Henry Hall warns us to Hush,Hush,Hush,Here Comes the Boogeyman
24)Amy Sedaris has a crafty take on  The Skeleton Song
25) Bill Ervin & Ford sing of Halloween in this obscure 1976 song
26) Spirit Hallloween is popping up everywhere in this SNL commercial
27) Cindy Valentine doesn't want to be Repossessed.Pea soup is so hard to get out of clothes
28) The Real Ghostbusters educate the kiddie widdie winkies about Touching Old Magic (Halloween Song)
29) Ray Stephens of Village People fame is caught in the glare of the Cat's Eye
30) Randy Marsh laments that everyone should be Renting Spooky Movies for Halloween
31) The Fibonaccis R Band can only get  Terror Vision on their cable ...and still, there is nothing on.
32) Elvira,Mistress of the Dark goes shopping in this Coors Halloween Ad
33) The Vandals wonder Is There A Phantom in the Mall? That otehr Phantom sang opera, does this one sing elevator music covers of Top 40 hits of the day? The horror!
34) Freddy Krueger slips on his Adidas and gold chains to become Rap Master Freddy ! His finger knive are great for scratchin' not just teenagers.That monster will twist and corrupt every kids pop culture
35) Krushin MC's rap about having A Nightmare on Rhyme Street . It's amusing the reach of Freddy's glove into so many musical genres. Fred Kreuger had such a cultural influence that there have been multiple Rap,Metal,and Pop songs written about the great toasted one during his horror movie reign in the 80's.
36) Regan has been Talking to Captain Howdy,and that can not end well.Gonna need a Exorcist to get that voice out of her head. Never trust a spirit that is rude to your Mother.
37) Twisted Sister warn of talking to Captain Howdy in their doom and gloom metal dirge of a tune
38) The kids of Malcolm in the Middle known that Halloween Isn't a Date on the Calendar .It's not a costume, It's a way of life!                                                                   

Happy Halloween !