Any Halloween specials you play?

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Very best wishes to all.

Bruce

Mine is a non-religious station so hallowe'en is not celebrated, except that some of our programs do have little special events.

For example, on Saturday night Seth Andrews, "The Thinking Atheist", did an hour of ghost stories. Next weeks "Relative Tones" will have spooky music by Robert Crumb.

October 31 is the vigil for "All Hallows Day" (All Saints Day) in the Catholic Church, dating from the middle ages when witches and demons celebrated in the night because they couldn't face the holy purity of full daylight.

I do know a witch who attends a witches ball every year, and it's her favorite day. She doesn't invite me because witches are mostly women and like to giggle (gaggle) about things they can do to men. She delivered a potion to me once and I haven't been right since that time. I'd like to interview her on the radio, that would be good.

Instead of giving candy we might hand out tooth brushes with non-floride tooth past.

I play "War of the Worlds" presented by the Mercury Theater on the Air and Orson Welles in 1938. This is intended to commemorate one of the great events in broadcasting rather than to celebrate any holiday.

Neil

I have a special doo wop Halloween playlist, which includes everything from Bobby Boris Picket's 'Monster Mash' to 'I'm In The Ground For Good' by the Newports.

I ran "War of the Worlds" on our LPFM last Saturday night which was our Trick-Or-Treat night.

I'll probably run it on my Part 15 this coming Friday.

There is obviously a non-religious side to halloween and the history of the tradition and culture dates back centuries.

The heart of it is the tradition of story telling. When is a better time to tell stories than the first dark nights of fall, getting warm around the glowing fire long before the invention of light bulbs.

Orson Welles brought story telling into the radio age and that is something to celebrate.

Also, since Rich Powers just told us about the OTR series "Quiet Please" many of those are perfect halloween stories.

Halloween has been commercialized, but what is a commercial but a mini-story?

Stand by for my Part 3 on this topic.

Oh crap I almost forgot! I play my vinyl copy of an off the air copy of the original War Of The Worlds! I have no idea where I found it, but it is so cool. Throughout the show you can hear the station fade in and out, so it is about as rare and original as you can get. 

Before I talk about halloween costumes (not customs), I just remembered a vinyl album from way down in the record archives.

Spike Jones Presents a Spooktacular in Screaming Sound, haunted by the voices of Paul Frees, Vampira, with the Sham-Pain Musick Makers. It's a very nutty album and I might air it for fun.

Wearing costumes once a year can be fun. I went to a party wearing a white lab coat and a realistic toy stethoscope with a name badge saying "Doctor Procter." One woman wondered if I was a real doctor and the party picked up at that point.

But watch out for people who wear costumes year around. Some of them will pull you over and give you a traffic ticket. Others will find you guilty in their court rooms. The worst ones won't open your cell door for 25-to-life.

The legendary WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast of Orson Welles is the topic of this week's (about 10-minutes) Skeptoid program.

http://skeptoid.com/audio/skeptoid-4438.mp3

I will be playing Subgenius Bands.  For example:  Devo, Bad Doktors, The Amino Acids, Doktors for Bob, Negativeland, The Rainmakers, The Swerving Headlights and much much more!

Alright, I admit it. Back in 1991 I recorded a special Halloween themes radio program that we have re-run at the commercial station where I wori, every year since.  It's mostly obscure records from my collection that had a scary or Halloween theme to them.. It's just over an hour long.  I've edited out all the references to KOZY, and all the station breaks (there may be a couple bumpy edits) so it's generic that anyone (who can play licensed music) can play it on their stations and anyone else can listen and enjoy.

This is a LIVE aircheck. For mahy years I did a Saturday morning show called "The Record Attic" where for 90 minutes i coule find oddball records in my attic and play them. Accept on Halloween I went to the "Record Dungeon" instead. The echo effect on my voice was done LIVE while on the air but using an available Magnecorder (reel to reel for those who aren't familier) and runing the audio in to it, then back out off the playback head and mixing it live on the air console.  I had a second Maggie recording the show live off the air, from which I saved the show and we've rerun it every year since.  NOW Part 15 guys have access to it! So, enjoy.

http://www.ironrangecountry.com/recorddungeon.mp3

For those who may need it, here's the playlist:

Record Dungeon Playlist

Monsters Holiday – Buck Owens

Monsters Rap – Bobby Boris Pickett

Cockroach That Ate Cinncinatti – Possum

My Favorite Things – Brad Hotchkiss

I'm a Mummy – Bob McFadden & Dor

The Lurch – Ted Cassidy

The Flying Saucer – Buchanon and Goodman

I Want To Bite Your Hand – Gene Moss

Dinner With Drac – John Zacherle The Cool Ghoul

Spooktacular Finale – Spike Jones

Witch Doctor – David Seville

Martian Hop – Ran-Dells

My Son The Vampire – Allan Sherman

Spooky Movies – Roy Clark

The Spider And The Fly – Bobby Christian and the Allen Sisters

Wolfman – Muleskinners

Old Weird Harold – Bill Cosby

No Anchovies Please – J. Geils Band

I'm The Booger Man – Ray Stevens

I Want My Baby Back – Jimmy Cross

My Old Flame – Spike Jones

Halloween Spooks – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Monster Mash – Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt Kicker Five