Monster Mash!
Halloween is officially less than a week away. Woo!
I'm still plowing through my mega-bowl of Halloween candy. I'm sadly trying to avoid the Milk Duds, which happen to be my favorite, because I currently have a temporary crown (which also happens to be completely silver--don't ask), and the chewy, chocolaty caramel goodness would inevitably dislodge said crown. (I may or may not have already discovered this through trial and error, but that's neither here nor there.)
Anyway, I've been trying to partake in at least a few Halloween traditions (DVRing The Corpse Bride, picking out a pumpkin to carve), and a couple of new ones, too. Jason's wife, Emily, inspired me to make Halloween cards this year, which turned out to be very fun and satiated my need to buy EVERYTHING orange and black and sparkly here.
I was at their house today, putting the finishing touches on my card collection and checking out all the cute cards Emily had made. She told me that last year she made Halloween-themed mixed discs, and I got very excited. See, the closest thing I've ever had to that was a tape (yes, a cassette tape) of spooky sound effects that I had when I was 7 or 8 when me and my neighbor Kirsten hosted a Halloween party/haunted house in my basement. So, it got me thinking about awesome spooky songs. The only one I can actually remember Emily mentioning now was "Spooky" (but the Daniel Ash version, not the original by Classic IV).
So, that begs the question. What would you put on a Halloween mix disc? I'd need to dig up "Monster Mash" and "Time Warp" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. But obviously, I need further suggestions. Thoughts?
And, just because I don't have everyone's home addresses, here's a card, from me to you, virtual interwebs-style:
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(If you had any doubt about my level of nerdom, that should all be cleared up for you now...)
I'm still plowing through my mega-bowl of Halloween candy. I'm sadly trying to avoid the Milk Duds, which happen to be my favorite, because I currently have a temporary crown (which also happens to be completely silver--don't ask), and the chewy, chocolaty caramel goodness would inevitably dislodge said crown. (I may or may not have already discovered this through trial and error, but that's neither here nor there.)
Anyway, I've been trying to partake in at least a few Halloween traditions (DVRing The Corpse Bride, picking out a pumpkin to carve), and a couple of new ones, too. Jason's wife, Emily, inspired me to make Halloween cards this year, which turned out to be very fun and satiated my need to buy EVERYTHING orange and black and sparkly here.
I was at their house today, putting the finishing touches on my card collection and checking out all the cute cards Emily had made. She told me that last year she made Halloween-themed mixed discs, and I got very excited. See, the closest thing I've ever had to that was a tape (yes, a cassette tape) of spooky sound effects that I had when I was 7 or 8 when me and my neighbor Kirsten hosted a Halloween party/haunted house in my basement. So, it got me thinking about awesome spooky songs. The only one I can actually remember Emily mentioning now was "Spooky" (but the Daniel Ash version, not the original by Classic IV).
So, that begs the question. What would you put on a Halloween mix disc? I'd need to dig up "Monster Mash" and "Time Warp" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. But obviously, I need further suggestions. Thoughts?
And, just because I don't have everyone's home addresses, here's a card, from me to you, virtual interwebs-style:
FRONT
INSIDE
(If you had any doubt about my level of nerdom, that should all be cleared up for you now...)
6 Comments:
closer by kings of leon is kinda creepy, and it's about a vampire
"Zombies Ate My Neighbors" by Single File. It isn't really creepy, but it's a song about zombies laying siege to a town. Can't beat that.
And then "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton. Another zombie song.
ooh! speaking of zombies, "zombie graveyard party!" is by be your own pet
and the subject matter is pretty self-explanetory
Predictable, I suppose, but the cover of "This is Halloween" by Marilyn Mason is a must for me (adds a whole new level of creepy), as are super old, classics like "Spooky."
Title track off Phantom Planet's newest album, "Raise the Dead," would be very appropriate too.
pretty much anything by creature feature. they remind me of the addams family
THRILLER, PURPLE PEOPLE EATER, STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD, PATCHES...... THE LIST GOES ON!
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