Halloween Soundtrack, Vol. II: Big Kids Mix

While creating my kids Halloween mix, I first culled a ton of Halloween-appropriate stuff from our collection. It came out to be about 3.4 hours. I decided that a lot of it was a bit much for the kids, but perfect for the big kids, so i shortened it to create the following 1.6 hour list. Like yesterday's kids mix, this was just what I could find in our collection, and when I looked at the list, i realized there were a ton of things that I would have put on the list if I was allowing myself downloads. Some Ministry, Danzig, and The Cramps; stuff that I used to listen to in the olden days when music came on tapes, but which i never bought on CD. Todd also pointed out that I should have included Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil."

The Big Kids Mix

1. Please Mr. Gravedigger - David Bowie
2. Spooky - Portastatic
3. Lullaby - The Cure
4. I Bleed - The Pixies
5. I'm a Ghost - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
6. Hypnotise - The White Stripes
7. Necromancing - Gnarls Barkley
8. Dracula's Wedding - Andre 3000
9. I am Stretched On Your Grave - Dead Can Dance
10. Hellbound - The Breeders
11. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
12. Scary Monsters (and Super Creatures) - David Bowie
13. Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
14. Tombstone Blues - Bob Dylan
15. Little Ghost - The White Stripes
16. Werewolf - Cat Power
17. Moon Over Bourbon Street - Sting
18. Leslie Anne Levine - The Decemberists
19. God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
20. Willow Garden - Charlie Monroe
21. Bringing Mary Home - The Country Gentlemen
22. Mother's Only Sleeping - Bill Monroe
23. How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead
24. O Death - Ralph Stanley
25. I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
26. What's He Building In There? - Tom Waits
27. Eyepennies - Sparklehorse
28. Nosferatu Man - Slint

On another note, I mentioned the song, "The Ghost of John" and a friendly net-wanderer named Stephen suggested this website that has a version of the song available for download. I went to the website, found the song (albeit not the version I remembered - it's on the flip side of the Teeny Tiny Woman album), and then proceeded to spend an hour looking at all the gems this guy has collected. He evidently collects old Halloween-themed albums. There were quite a few that I remembered from my childhood, and he also included the album covers, and the artwork is total timewarp.

My favorite download: "Sounds to Make You Shiver! Bloodcurdling! Terror! Horror!" (1974). I am pretty sure that my neighbors had this (or one of the other Sounds to Make You Shiver albums) when I lived in New York. We played it in my basement when we made a haunted house.

Wanna find that particular spooky album you remember from childhood? Take a look at The Spooky So Far, an album cover image-linked list of all the stuff he has available for download.

This website is the perfect Halloween timekiller.