Two DAMN Good Mixes! And Hot Extras!

It took me a while to get on the trolley.

On top of homework and sheer laziness, I had roughly 150 songs to choose from. For someone who's frightened of absolutely everything, I've collected a surprising amount of scary/spooky songs.

So, I made two mixes...


"DAMN good Halloween songs" -- Dale Cooper approved!
(I've been watching a lot of Twin Peaks lately.)

Tracklist:

1. Planet Claire - The B-52s
Slowly creeps up on you, then blasts off with a sci-fi dance party.
2. Treeless Island Peopled by Birds - Bird Names
3. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
4. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
I was going to include a spooky Doors songs or two (and they have a handful, let me tell you) -- but why not just include the guy that they cribbed from? Good dirty blues, with a smack of Robert Johnson.
5. Gouge Away - The Pixies
6. Teenage Witch - Eels
7. Third Uncle - Brian Eno
8. 4 Better or 4 Worse - The Pharcyde
Fatlip gets really freaky in the bridge. Watch out for it.
9. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
My friend Donovan and I were recently discussing how eerie 50s songs can be. This one is particularly ghostlike, even menacing; from the echoey "shoo bop shoo wop" to the creepy harmonies in the chorus.
10. E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping it Real) - Grandaddy
The ticking clock reminds us that the scariest thing is our finite mortality...!
11. The Ghost and the Eyes - Thanksgiving
12. Appel Direct - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli
Django's charging strumming/plucking here is meant to sound like a train. To me, it sounds like a ghost train.
13. Superstition - Blanche
Lilting Louisiana voodoo country.
14. Graveyard Orbit - Crystal Stilts
15. I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edwards
Ooooh...who's knocking at the door? Don't let them in...oooOOOooOOoo.
16. The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood
Sweet spooky soul.
17. You'll Pay For Your Day at Pleasure Island - Michael Leviton
A little ukelele song; half-sorrow, half-menace. Always reminds me of that disturbing scene in Pinocchio, when all those little boys started turning into donkeys.
18. The Sinking Ship Song - Matt Elliot
Appropriately, sounds like a ship full of sinking souls.
19. The Ballad of No-Face - Final Fantasy
As creepy as the title sounds.
20. Full Moon - Eden Ahbez
Quiet, calm, almost spoken word from the 60s, with a nighttime backdrop.
21. The Ghost Sonata - Tuxedomoon
And the album almost ends with a hush. Until:
22. Laisse Tombeur Les Filles - France Gall
This once-cheery song now always reminds me of the credits to "Deathproof." Oh, Quentin Tarantino.

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UJJWQ6YC

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AND:


Halloween Surf 'n' Turf! Featuring a lot of surf songs, and a few songs that were too cute for the other mix, and yet, too cute to leave out altogether. When I say "cute," I mean like, 60s camp, and pop-punk satirical songs.

Tracklist:
1. Phantasma Del Mar - The Aquabats
2. Take Off Or Die! - The Tormentos
3. Out of Limits - The Ventures
4. The Cruel Sea - The Beat Tornados
5. Nite Prowler - The Deuce Coupes
6. Night Scene - The Rumblers
7. Flesh Hammer - Hillbilly Frankenstein
8. Shadow Land - The Falcons
9. Jack the Ripper (Parts 1 & 2) - Southern Culture on the Skids
10. Horror Beach - Horrorpops
11. Surfin' Bird - The Cramps
12. Cat With Two Heads - The Aquabats
13. Spider Cider - Man Man
14. Slaughter on 10th Ave - The Ventures
15. Letter From Jeepers - Mr. Guy
16. Fashion Zombies - The Aquabats
17. Boo! - Supernova
18. Straight to Hell - Chum
19. The Gonk (Theme from Dawn of the Dead)
20. Coolest Little Monster - Zacherley

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GIMXX23O


AND, as far as actual albums go, there are two supremely underappreciated albums which you should purchase if you're looking for overall spooky bands:


"A-Haunting We Will Go-Go" The Ghastly Ones
Supreme 60s-style camp. Like the Haunted Mansion music...but way cooler.


"Wreckin' Crew" The Meteors
The kings of psychobilly. This album includes such Halloween treats as "Zombie Noise," "Mutant Rock" and "Fear of the Dark."



PS: Honorable mention goes to this 10 minute string quintet, because I feel like it could be played at a ghost ball, and it would be the best ghost ball ever.

Astor Piazzola - Concierto Para Quinteto

Music To Spook By

I tried to make a mix full of equal parts goofy fun and appropriate creepiness. Some of these were chosen based on the names (having the word "ghost" in the title helps), some just sounded dark and rather menacing, eg. Swans' "I Am The Sun". Hope you enjoy 'em!

1) Transylvanian Concubine - Rasputina

2) Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts - Wolf Parade

3) I Am The Sun - Swans (every Halloween mix should include this band)

4) Cemetary Polks - Tom Waits (obligatory Tom Waits song...but an appropriate one)

5) Zombie - The Death Set

6) Tori Amos - Raining Blood (creepier than the original, I dare say)

7) Dracula's Wedding - Outkast ( I wanted to put in a hip-hop track. This was as close as I got. Vampires are popular, right?)

8) Dead Souls - Joy Division (obvious choice, but whatever!)

9) Meet Ze Monsta - PJ Harvey

10) Lullaby - The Cure (Robert Smith gets eaten by a SPIDER!)

11) Phantom - Justice

12) Zombie Boy - The Magnetic Fields

13) Strange Days - the Doors

14) Werewolf - Cat Power

15) Slide - The Dresden Dolls (I chose this one for the creepiness factor. Who IS the orange man? I don't know!)

16) Help Me I Am In Hell - Nine Inch Nails

17) Burn The Witch - Queens of the Stone Age

Last call for scary mixes!

Dudes. This is the last week to post your Halloween mixes. Egads!

But fear not, there will be other chances to make mixes. I'll post the next theme on Saturday so you have a full month to get 'em done. And, you're always welcome to suggest mix themes. I got a bunch thought up, but your idea may be better than all of them, so...

SCARY BONES

13 TERRORFUL (terrible?) tracks to FRIGHT and DELIGHT. Fully expect to love one song, but hate the next. And if you happen to enjoy the entire mix, then congrats.. our tastes in music are equally bipolar!! (... although I did try to make this flow as cohesively as possible.)

01. BONDE DO ROLE - Danca do Zombi
02. ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD - Bad, Bad Things
03. PINBACK - Boo (samples from the orig. radio broadcast of 'the war of the worlds')
04. ISLANDS - Creeper
05. SSION - Fear Us (if you think this song is weird, check out a pic of the singer - creepy!)
06. SIFL & OLLY - Fake Blood
07. ADAM FREELAND - We Want Your Soul
08. THE MISFITS - Last Caress (what would a halloween mix be without a misfits classic?)
09. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER - Ghost Song (3 Words: Ghost Baby's Daddy !!!!!)
10. BLITZEN TRAPPER - Black River Killer
11. CLOUD CULT - Car Crash
12. RIS PAUL RIC - Daft Young Cannibals
13. THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION - Blue Water, Black Heart

**BONUS TRACK**

14. CKE - Burger Slayer (ohh, this is just silly.)

DOWNLOAD: SCARY BONES HALLOWEEN MIX

Nightmare Noise

Well, this took me a while. Mostly because I don't have a lot of free time, but also because I had so much to choose from it took a while to whittle it down. I also did something a little different. In addition to creating this playlist I made an actual mix. More info on the mix as well as a link to the mp3 at the bottom of the post.

Now, if you can't tell from the title, this playlist is fairly noise oriented. About half of the tracks are noise. So I know it's not really going to be for everyone. Plus it does run rather long, about 1:30 (though 2 of the tracks do take up about half an hour). Next time I probably won't use as much noise and I'll try and cut the time down a bit. But for now this is what you get. It's long, it's noisy and it's scary. Enjoy!

Tracks:

1. Tamion 12 Inch - The Devil Was Right Pt. 1 - Let*S Suffer
      (the perfect intro)
2. Factums - Unearthed - Spells & Charms
      (short but fitting)
3. Hair Police - The Haunting - Constantly Terrified
      (noisy and terrifying)
4. Bubonic Plague - Dracula - No Bosses, No Bullshit
      (no wave)
5. The Goslings - Little Horn - Occasion
      (short noise track)
6. The Gothic Archies - Dreary, Dreary - The Tragic Treasury
      (i believe this is now the 3rd playlist with a Gothic Archies track)
7. Wolf Eyes - Dead Hills - Dead Hills
      (rather long track, slow beginning, weird middle, harsh end)
8. Nero's Day At Disneyland - Religious Ecstacy Via - Colonists
      (this one has some good sound effects that make me think of Halloween)
9. Torture Zone - Horror Beats - TORTURE ZONE Sounds To Terrorize
      (a cheesy sort of electronic track from one of my many Halloween SFX CD's)
10. 16 Bitch Pile-Up - Something Poked Up - Bury Me Deep
      (a sort of weird track made from different samples, fairly creepy)
11. Hive Mind - Charcoal Wraiths - Free Beasts
      (haunted noise)
12. Brain Sucking Peanunanners - Little Woman of the Sun - The Meta Mega
      (probably the creepiest track on here)
13. Blood Money - Black Nature - Blood Brotherhood
      (demonic noise)
14. Cinema Strange - Mediterranean Widow - Cinema Strange
      (gotta have some good ole goth music on your Halloween playlist)
15. Sixes - Slow Burial - Cursed Beast
      (noise, but not really loud, mostly just sounds)
16. Pump Kinn - Colbetta/Yoko - Aunte Donne
      (haunting vocal track)
17. Phantom Airwaves - 217 - Unsure/217
      (this track features an actual EVP)
18. Doubled Yellow Swans - Untitled - Global Clone
      (what else, more noise)
19. Robedoor & Haunted Castle - Nameless Race - Nameless Race
      (this is the longest track, about 18 min, but perfect for Halloween)
20. Tamion 12 Inch - Somebody Else*S Mine - Let*S Suffer
      (the perfect outro)

You can download the zip HERE (or HERE if you don't like rapidshare)
I included the playlist file so you can import that along with the songs and make things a lot easier.

If you're interested in hearing my Halloween Mix (and I really hope you are) then you should go HERE.
I have more info on the tracks included as well as the mp3 available on that page. It's only about half an hour with just as many songs!

running scared...

hey guys,
the mixes have been awesome so far.
i hope you all enjoy this one.
-n

let's try this again... running scared...
or...
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zadnv4zzymn

OKAY. so i guess some of the tracks aren't uploading right... so i uploaded individual files to a folder so it should be easier to download... individual files



that photo is a bit blurry, so here's the track listing...

01 get down goblin - jan terri (best halloween song ever. EVER.)
02 dead bodies - air
03 it's a curse - wolf parade
04 skeleton - the decks
05 werewolf heart - dead man's bones
06 ghost mouth - girls
07 this place is haunted - devotchka
08 scary monsters (and super creeps) - david bowie
09 ghost house - teenage bad girl
10 they live! - evil nine
11 zombie city shake - black hat brigade
12 special death - mirah
13 bad man coming - crooked fingers

Seven mixes in...

And there's something I'm surprised we haven't seen yet.

(But I'm still enjoying them!)