Zombie Jamboree!

I've been working on this one for a few weeks, and finished it about the same time as my mix for Sophia. This one is missing the kiddie tracks, and has lots of great tunes for a vintage-themed Halloween shindig. Mostly tracks from the 50s and 60s, with some film tracks thrown into the brew... all in all, it makes for a devilish good time!

DOIN' THE ZOMBIE STOMP

1 Spider Baby [Opening Theme] Lon Chaney Jr.

2 Midnight Monsters Hop Jack And Jim

3 Monster Shindig Danny Hutton

4 Munster Creep The Munsters

5 Weerdo The Wolf Frankie Stein And His Ghouls

6 The Mummy Little Tibia & the Fibias

7 Igor's Party Tony's Monstrosities

8 Frankenstein Meets The Beetles Dickie Goodman

9 The Monster Bobby Please

10 Monster Surfer The Abominable Surfmen

11 Graveyard Phantom Five

12 I Dig You Baby Bob McFadden And Dor

13 Rockin‚ Zombie The Crewnecks

14 Saturday Evening Ghost Frankie Stein And His Ghouls

15 The Lurch Ted Cassidy

16 Do The Rigormortis Don Hinson And The Rigamorticians

17 I Was A Teenage Monster Keytones

18 What Kind Of Ghoul Am I Frankie Stein And His Ghouls

19 Ring-A-Ding Orangoutang Zacherley

20 Monster Man The MSR Singers

21 Morgus The Magnificent Morgus & The Ghouls

22 Haunted House Chris Kevin

23 The Spook Spoke Jupiter Jones

24 Feed Me! Fred Katz

25 Down In The Basement The Munsters

26 The Voo Doo Walk Sonny Richard's Panics with Cindy And Misty

27 Wombie Zombie Billy Taylor

28 The Zombie Stomp The Del-Aires

29 The Mad Scientist The Zanies

30 The Head Shrinker The Vampires [Milton DeLugg]

31 Black Widow Spider Woman Jack Hammer

32 Wolf Gal Glen Ryle

33 Drac's Back Billy DeMarco & Count Dracula

34 Graveyard Rock Tarantula Ghoul & The Gravediggers

SOPHIA'S SPOOKY BIRTHDAY BASH

I know it's been a loooooong time since my last post--  my computer's hard drive died and I've been slowly getting it back to normal again. Just in time for my niece's second birthday this Friday. I love having a niece whose birthday is on Halloween. I get to celebrate my favorite holiday with someone I love! We're celebrating her birthday on Saturday and I made her a birthday mix for the occasion. It's a blending of Halloween songs for kids and some not-too-spooky songs that I think have a good vibe for a kids' Halloween/Birthday party. Sophia is just starting to put words together into phrases and short sentences. The title of the mix comes from something she was saying the other night while we were all driving home from a dinner out together.

WHEN IT'S DARK... THE MOON!

1 Halloween Wade Denning & Kay Lande

2 Casper The Friendly Ghost (Theme) Casper The Friendly Ghost

3 At The Munsters The Munsters

4 Halloween Music Lucille Wood, Marni Nixon & William Schallert

5 Guess What I Am? Wade Denning & Kay Lande

6 Midnight Monsters Hop Jack And Jim

7 Monster Shindig Danny Hutton

8 The Mummy Bob McFadden And Dor

9 The Mummy Little Tibia & the Fibias

10 Little Brown Bug Frankie Stein And His Ghouls

11 Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett

12 Halloween Music Lucille Wood, Marni Nixon & William Schallert

13 Coolest Little Monster John Zacherley

14 Munster Creep The Munsters

15 Knock Upon Our Door Lily and Herman Munster

16 Mr. Ghost Goes to Town The Five Jones Boys

17 The Pumpkin Man The Wonderland Singers

18 Lullaby Of Ghost Land Frankie Stein And His Ghouls

19 Mostly Ghostly The Creatures

20 Halloween Cats Lucille Wood, Marni Nixon & William Schallert

21 Trick Or Treat The Wonderland Singers

22 Frankie Frankenstein Ivan

23 Monster Man The MSR Singers

24 The Monster Swim Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt Kickers

25 I'm A Little Jack-O'-Lantern Lucille Wood, Marni Nixon & William Schallert

26 There Is A Haunted House In Town The Wonderland Singers

27 Ghost of the St. Louis Blues Leon Redbone

28 The Blob The Five Blobs

29 The Pumpkin Tells Wade Denning & Kay Lande

30 Halloween Parade Lucille Wood, Marni Nixon & William Schallert

31 Down In The Basement The Munsters

32 The Rockin' Ghost The Modernaires

33 Werewolf Waltz Dickie Goodman

34 She's Stuck On A Broomstick Wade Denning & Kay Lande

35 The Headless Horseman Kay Starr & Billy Butterfield Quintet 

36 Mother Ghost Nursery Rhymes Scholastic Singers

37 Peter Pumpkin Eater Is Having a Party Scholastic Singers

More Vintage Buglady

Here's another one from 2002, the early days of AOTM. It's one of several mixes I made back then to listen to as Gary and I drove from the SF Bay Area to Davis, where I was going to school. It was a good mix of familiar tunes as well as new sounds for Gary's ears, and a fun backdrop for the long drive to the Central Valley.

Tongue & Groove

1 Start! The Jam

2 Jackpot Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet

3 Cool Jerk The Creation

4 Run Spy Run Billy Strange

5 Roadrunner The Modern Lovers

6 I Gotta Move The Kinks

7 Dented Fender Roy Clark

8 Rock This Town Stray Cats

9 I Said No Se

10 Heart Full of Soul The Yardbirds

11 A Message To You Rudy The Specials

12 Don't Look Back Rising Storm

13 Hawaii Five-O The Ventures

14 Gloria Them

15 Never Met A Girl Like You The Lyres

16 Noodles Michael Musburger

17 No-No The Hi-Fives

18 Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones

19 Slap Me Folk Implosion

20 Pushin' Too Hard The Seeds

21 The Passenger Iggy Pop

22 The Letter The Box Tops

23 Theme from "the Vindicators" The Fleshtones

24 Black Is Black Los Bravos

25 Talk To You The Small Faces

26 Substitute The Who

27 Sex With A Siamese Twin Harm Farm

28 Stingray The Shadows

Best Friend

Cameron and I met in college 22 years ago. We were taking the same art history class, and once we finally started talking, it was hard to stop. We have the kind of close friendship that always picks up where it left off... we sometimes don't hear from one another for years, but once we start talking... well, it's hard to stop.

I was thrilled that she was able to fly out to California from Texas to be my bridesmaid recently, and the brief time we spent catching up was not nearly enough. I miss having her around to talk to, and our annual gabfests only make me wish I could see her more often. Today's her birthday, and I wanted to give her something special, so I put together this mix just for her. 

Her taste in music can be hard for me to pin down,  because I never know what she is listening to at the moment. Historically her taste has ranged from T. Rex, David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Velvet Underground to Roy Harper, Memphis Minnie, Tori Amos, and Woody Guthrie. She is usually open to roots music, traditional folk, old country and western, and as I recently discovered, she counts the Dixie Chicks as a guilty pleasure. The Monkees track has special significance... she and I went to my first Monkees concert together back in 1986. I dragged her along, and I think she enjoyed it despite herself.  She later admitted to having liked Mike Nesmith, so i chose a song that is very "Mike". This one's pretty heavy on the twang, but then again, she likes it like that... at least I THINK she does!

Happy Birthday Cameron!

She's My Best Friend

1 The Long Way Around Dixie Chicks

2 She's My Best Friend The Velvet Underground

3 The Euphonius Whale Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

4 She Had Everything The Flatlanders

5 Louisiana Man Bobbie Gentry

6 Griselda Yo La Tengo

7 See Line Woman Nina Simone

8 Light Fight (Theme from Take Three Girls) Pentangle

9 Why Don't You Write Me Simon & Garfunkel

10 Anchorage Michelle Shocked

11 California Stars Billy Bragg and Wilco

12 Jackson Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra

13 Muleta Calexico

14 Gotta Lot Of Rythm In My Soul Patsy Cline

15 New San Antonio Rose Bob Wills

16 Never Tell A Woman Yes The Monkees

17 Annie MacNaught Harm Farm

18 Fee Fi Fiddlee Aye O Roberta Lynn with Thurl Ravenscroft and the Mellomen

19 Do Re Mi Nanci Griffith

20 Beedle Um Bum Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band

21 I'm Going Nowhere Yard Sale

22 Deep In The Heart Of Texas Gene Autry

23 I'll Fly Away Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

24 Lo Dudo Pepe & The Bottle Blondes

25 Surprise!