Today’s song is “When the night wind howls” from Gilbert & Sullivan‘s Ruddigore. I can’t say Ruddigore is my favorite Gilbert and Sullivan operetta for the most part it’s silly even by their standards but this is still one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s Halloween without Alice Cooper? So today’s song is “Welcome to My Nightmare” I was going to go with the version he did on the Muppet Show but then I stumbled over this 1975 version that guest starred Vincent Price.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have a confession to make. Today’s song scared the crap out of me when I was ten. The first time I ever heard it was at summer camp. While it was being sung, two counselors were walking around the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Song Warren Zevon‘s Werewolves of London. Cause I like werewolves and think there should be more songs about them. http://youtu.be/iDpYBT0XyvA
A very happy birthday to Dizzy Gillespie. Lets celebrate by listening to him perform “Groovin’ High” with Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes at the White House.
Today’s song is from the opening of Ranken & Bass‘s Mad Monster Party? sung by Ethel Ennis. I’m very fond of most of Ranken & Bass’s animated features mostly due to nostalgia but also that they’re pretty wacky fun that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s music is Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod best known as the theme music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It’s interesting how our perceptions of music changes with context from individual to individual. Having first ever seen Alfred[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I first had this one recommended to me from Shaenon K. Garrity‘s mad science song list on her Narbonic strip and I’ve been hooked ever since. So here it is for today’s song, Aimee Mann‘s Frankenstein. Enjoy
Today’s Song is one of my favorites, “That Old Black Magic” There were a lot of different versions to choose from but I decided to go with the Louis Prima/Keely Smith version from 1958. Enjoy http://youtu.be/sxl2tXguK0o
You know a movie is bad when the only reason to watch it is to listen to a new cover of an old classic in the credits. So here is Spiderbait‘s version of “Ghost Rider’s in the Sky” from Ghost[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
