Groovy 13: A Countdown to Halloween (Day 22)

It was a good night to sit and listen to the creatures of the night as they howled and growled their way through the evening.

I even took the time to put together a short playlist from my tomb of tunes to pass the time…

a batty baker’s dozen…

thirteen groovy graveyard songs

for a Happy Halloween Hootenanny!

WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD

by SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS

PUNKY PUNKIN

by ROSEMARY CLOONEY

FRANKENSTEIN BLUES

by OLLIE SHEPARD & HIS KENTUCKY BOYS

PSYCHO-A-GO-GO

by THE SONICS

NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

by THE MOONTREKKERS

VAMPIRA

by THE MISFITS

THE MONSTER

by BOBBY PLEASE AND THE PLEASERS

SATAN IS HER NAME

by STEVE KING

I’M THE WOLF-MAN

by ROUND ROBIN

HE’S A VAMPIRE

by ARCHIE KING

BABY BROTHER

by THE WHITE STRIPES

GHOST TRAIN

by THE SWANKS

AT THE HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN

by BIG BEE KORNEGAY

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN (DAY 23): Which were, are, and may yet be...

Just a quickie tonight...

(Hell, Vin looks pretty good here--like Reggie Watts shaved his head and joined the cast of Game of Thrones!)

Okay, so for the Halloween season we're getting a movie entitled The Last Witch Hunter starring Vin Diesel which will, dollars to donuts, be another over-SFXed action film, which is fine by me--masses being the masses--they may feed on that candy.  Hell, I might, if I get a hankering for some popcorn.

And luckily, CRIMSON PEAK came out last week and that satisfied my need for something dark and a bit spooky.  It wasn't like del Toro's best work, but it was awful pretty and gothic.  But it wasn't really "witchy", which is what we're going for here at The Goods,

this year anyway...

What I think is a real shame is that this film didn't hit screens this week.  Instead, it is said to be released on February 26th next year, which I suspect may mean limited release.  And if that's the case then I may not get a chance to check it out until as late as next year.

You hear that sucking sound?

Anyway, here's the disturbing trailer for...

THE WITCH

They played hard and fast and used simple chords.  The Sonics are a band cited among contenders for the title of first punk/grunge band due to their wild posturing and menacing style.  Their debut album was “Here are the Sonics” and it was a 1965 release.  The Sonics hail from Tacoma, Washington and were part of the movement that founded Seattle’s music scene.  Sadly, the band began to fall apart as early as a year after their debut.  This is their song “The Witch”, which isn’t their best original song—that’s probably “Strychnine”, but this here blog ain’t about poison, so…