Oct 30, 2018 · playlists

Mixtape :: Halloween 2018

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 10pm

This is the HALLOWEEN 2018 mixtape, seventeen carefully curated bits and pieces of spine-tingling scary and thematic. Yes, there was some Ministry. And some Throbbing Gristle, and others

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Song	Artist	Notes
Roadside Cross	Deadbolt	I'm the I-40 killer...
Zombie in a Mini Skirt	Messer Chups	Originally by Esquivel!
Beach Monster	STRFKR	Carry me away, beach monster
Halloween All Year	The Orwells	Ministry had a similar sentiment 20-plus years ago
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Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey	House of Freaks	Scariest song in my library
Pumpkins	Eskimo	Where's your pumpkin?
Black Cat 13	Peach Kelli Pop	Hear it in your dreams
That's Halloween	Duplex Halloween Planet	Breaking and entering … that’s Halloween!
Halloween	Jason Trachtenburg	Mass reproduction leaves a hole in my heart
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Sea Ghost	The Unicorns	Some shanties never age
Happy Torso Bloody Torso	We Wrote The Book on Connectors	A popular song topic
Hamburger Lady	Throbbing Gristle	Just grind through it
Everyday Is Halloween	Ministry	Natch
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Club Mekon	The Mekons	I will marry Sally Timms' voice
Monster	Chad VanGaalen	Chad can be pretty spooky
Ghost In The Trees	Thee Oh Sees	Do not cross the forest alone
Halloween	Team USA	A manic New Jersey ending

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Dumb Myself Down

The luthier adjusted the direction control of the four-legged arachnoform lumbering above the forest of Oro Bay. The spherical contraption had been difficult at first, but proved to be intuitive in guiding the transport’s spindly hissing legs across the varied terrain. Behind the padded seat, the cartographer consulted screens and printouts. The purple spruce should be visible soon. A single trunk would yield over a hundred cello bows, worth millions in the underground market. They were there to make sure it remained just another tree.

Listening to the Higsons

I meant to write the notes for this show sooner than a month after the fact, but travel plans got in the way and here I am struggling for an intro. I can tell you that hearing Sparklehorse take on Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians’ “Listening to the Higsons” for the first time, mere weeks ago, felt like someone became obsessed with the same cassette as I did thirty years ago, but actually got around to letting the hen out.

Blue Velvet

If you want suave, it’s hard to get more suave than “Blue Velvet,” and horror-surf combo Messer Chups delivers a version that’s not only suave but also quite kinetic. From the accelerated temp to the lyrical guitar line to the luscious spring reverb, it’s a welcome spin on the old croony standard. Tonight’s show was accompanied by tremedous wind and lightning, with occasional rain.

Accepting Applications at University

It’s the triumphant return of Pom Poko and their shattered-and-reassembled attacks of aggression and affection, like the sonic equivalent of staying inside the sauna for as long as you can, then running out to roll around in the snow.