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Must be the Season of the Witch

It's almost time!

It's going to be a crazy week for me. I have a meeting this week with a gallery, my Moms birthday, Halloween, work to do for Art Con on Saturday and Sunday I install art for Latino Art Festival which means I work all week on my installation project AND knock out the commissions that are sitting on my worktable right now. I just wrapped up my DJ gig at Double Wide which was a blast and which I'm still feeling the effects of. No, I didn't have a hangover... but 6 hours of standing in high boots really kicks the sh*t out of my back (old injury) and going to bed at 4am when I'm used to 9:30 really messes up my sleep schedule. Wah wah! I'm an 80 year old trapped in a 30 somethings body, where's my Geritol?
I wanted to take a moment while I had it and drop some of my playlist here in case you need to make a Halloween mix (surely you've already had your party though) and this is just a FEW of the 5 hours worth of stuff I had to put together. 
I am the God of Hellfire and I bring you...

1. "Fire" -The Crazy World of Arthur Brown  (this song got me 2 high fives, party on!)
2. "Season of the Witch"- Donovan (opened the night with this groovy tune, perfect!)
3. Scary Monsters- David Bowie 
4. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family- David Bowie (ok, shut it...I like Bowie. A. LOT.)
5. Bela Lugosi's Dead- Bauhaus (you can throw on ANY song by Bauhaus but this is a classic)
6. Halloween- Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. Spellbound- Siouxsie and the Banshees (she's awesome)
8. Death of Mr. Monster- The Makers
9.She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man- Screaming Lord Sutch
10. Jack the Ripper- Screaming Lord Sutch
11. I Put A Spell On You- Screamin' Jay Hawkins (he's got a ton of witch doctor, howlin' goodies!)
12. Frenzy- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
13. She's A Witch- The Sonics
14. You Must Be A Witch- The Lollipop Shoppe
15. My Girlfriend Is A Witch- The October Country
16. Lucifer- The Salt
17. Lucifer- Bob Seger System
18.Ghost Dance- Prince Buster
19. Devils Haircut- Beck
20. Boogie Man- KC and the (un)Sunshine band  (ha!) (this got the dancefloor going)
21. Coffin Nails- The Ghouls
22. Evil- Cactus
23.Red Right Hand- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
24. Little Red Riding Hood- Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs (because it ain't a party if there's no turbans!)
25. Dracula- Christine Pilzer
26. The Crusher- The Novas
27. Sorcerella- Jefferson Lee
28. Zombie Dance- The Cramps
29. Limb from Limb- Motorhead
30. Dinner With Drac- John Zacherle
31. Dead- The Pixies
32. Dead Mans Party- Oingo Boingo
33. Thriller- Micheal Jackson (DUH!)
34. Time Warp- Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
35. Shout At The Devil- Motley Crue
36. Children of The Grave- Black Sabbath
37. Am I Evil? -Metallica
38. Number of the Beast- IRON MAIDEN (you're supposed to always capitalize their name, or else)
39.Sabbath Bloody Sabbath- Black Sabbath
40. Everyday is Halloween- Ministry
41. Pet Semetary- The Ramones
42. Wicked Anabella- The Kinks
43. Boris The Spider-The Who
44. Performance- Tones on Tail 
45. Bloodletting- Concrete Blonde
46. Frankenstein- New York Dolls
47. Wax and Wane- Cocteau Twins
48. Psycho Killer- Talking Heads
49. Gary Gilmores Eyes- The Adverts
50. Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones
51. The Theme from The Blob!
52. The Monster Mash (DUH)
53. Ghouls Night Out- The Misfits
54. Haunted- Love and Rockets
55. Strange Brew- Cream
56. Hells Bells- AC/DC
57. Ghost In My House- R. Dean Taylor
58. Werewolves of London- Warren Zevon
59. The Munsters Theme, Addams Family, Twilight Zone, SpiderMan, Batman
60. Halloween- John Carpenter
So there you have it...a pretty unhealthy, rotten and terrifying mix of spooky tunes featuring ghosts, Satan, serial killers and cemetaries! I think it goes without saying I wish you a 
ROCKIN HALLOWEEN!
Photo by: Ebonsoul Photos
BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ROCKED THE PARTY WITH ME ON SATURDAY! (Special thanks to The Double Wide for having me on board, DJ Gabriel and Lisa for equip and help, Randy Parker for musical suggestions and Brian Knowles for the photos and giving me a break to hit the ladies room! DJ's helping Dj's it's a beautiful thing.)


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