October 2008 has begun, which means it's time to kick off another Countdown to Nightmare. Prepare yourself for thirty-one days of groovy ghoulishness plucked from the darkest depths of my popcult catacombs and served up with a garnish of the finest wolfsbane.
The Playlist of the Damned has been finalized. Dare you confront its terrifying (and occasionally goofy) contents?
Ministry - (Everyday Is) Halloween (from a 1985 single; collected on Twelve Inch Singles, 1985) - Too obvious? Probably. It also has the "a bloo bloo everyone thinks I'm a freak" vibe going on, which is usually the kiss of death where my interest is concerned. Still, there's something about this very 80's slice of dance pop that I find irresistible...unlike Ministry's later industrial metal output, which sounded great when I was 19 and less so with each passing year.
I still can't figure out where Al Jourgensen's British accent came from, though.
(Note: Even pronounced WOO-BIN is getting into the seasonal spirit!)
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Halloween Countdown: October 1 - and other things that go bump in the night
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8 comments:
Yay!! My favourite month of the year! Wish it didn't go so fast. Thanks, looking forward to 30 more of your cool-ghoul posts.
Made so much more special by the real-world horrors of an election year.
This is so great!
Maybe Al got his Brit accent trick or treating...? After all, you never know what people are going to shell out.
I have been looking forward to your countdown for literally 11 months -- it was last year's Halloween tracks that got me hooked on your site in the first place (and as a Worcester, MA boy displaced to Japan, I'm loving the other blog too -- pissah!).
Thanks for the thrills and chills.
Luscious - the Autumnal advent calendar is here again - looking forward to this month's witchy winners
Hurrah! I've been looking forward to this for months. :)
Al's British accent has recently been borrowed by Billy Joe Armstrong.
I, too, have been hooked on your blog since searching for Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You" last October. I've never commented before, but I'm a dedicated reader just for the music. The tunes are wicked!
From a neighba in New Hampsha.
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