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A Hellish Good Time
Music and sound has always had an immense holding and power over an environment. In movies, it creates an atmosphere that not only generates emotion and tone on screen, but also creeps into the living room with us. In social gatherings, at parties, at clubs, it dictates how we move and communicate with the people we’re body to body with. The Halloween season is so immersive it’s one of few holidays that truly creates a tone that surpasses and extends beyond it’s one dedicated day, creating a buildup for weeks, and music plays a key role in creating that tone.
By J. Andres5 years ago in Beat
A Playlist to Die For
Halloween... the superior holiday has finally arrived once again. The seasons change, we get to dress up in scary spooky stuff, and free candy! What could be better? Perhaps some spooky tunes to accompany you on this spookiest of nights, when the veil between our world and the next is thinned?
By QuirkyMin5 years ago in Beat
Trick or Treat? Halloween Beats To Spook or Impress. Three-Hour Playlist. Tunes to Delight.
As we know, the majority of us reading this article celebrate New Years Day on the 1st of January. The Chinese celebrate their special mark of a brand new calendar a few weeks to a month later, while the Celts celebrate New Years Day on the 1st of November. Therefore the comfort foods of pumpkin and cinnamon spice (am I allowed to say chocolate?) naturally kick in, in the cooler, winter months. According to the Celts, the cooler months (aka winter) brought forward a blur between life and death on their take on New Years Eve (off hand, over 2,000 years ago now), and the trick or treat concept came from that, on what they called All Hallows Eve. Welcome to Halloween then. There you go, Halloween is a British concept, and not an American one. (It is like asking what came first...the chicken or the egg?) Who cares, and maybe they both did.
By Justine Crowley5 years ago in Beat
Date With The Night
A Halloween playlist isn't about dancing or shouting "Ghostbusters!" A Halloween playlist should make you just a little bit uneasy.
By Shea Keating5 years ago in Beat
Hardcore Halloween Playlist
Halloween is a day when all the punks, goths, and eccentric beings crawl out from under their rocks and rejoice in the spooky season. It's a time where they rule the streets, and their usual look is no longer considered strange or off-putting. They can embrace their authentic selves without any judgment, and damn, it's a good vibe!
By Sharna Halliwell5 years ago in Beat
Not All Witches Are Bad!
I recently learned I may have been a witch in my past life... which explains a lot. Apparently if you have brown, patchy birth marks and an affixiation for fire, there's a chance you may have been burned at the stake in a past life. At least that's what TikTok told me.
By Jesse Bixby5 years ago in Beat
Happy Halloween!
It’s officially October! That means it’s also officially the month of Halloween! Time for costumes and candy and wonderfully cool days as the year begins to wind down. So, to get us all in the spirit, let’s blast some appropriate seasonal tunes!
By Kelsey Clarey5 years ago in Beat
A Hard Day’s Fright
VOCAL: Graveyard Smash One of the benefits of being fifty-one years old is that I have amassed quite a catalog of music. Aside from what I actually own, I enjoy a wide variety of genres, with my favorite probably being 70’s and 80’s rock. I’m also a huge movie fan, and horror movies have always held a special place in my heart. I know it sounds weird: why would someone want to be deliberately scared? I wish I had a good answer to that. But being scared, or even just being thrilled and titillated with anticipation, is fun to me. Being scared makes me feel alive. And what’s better that curling up with your BFF or your better half and holding onto each other for dear life because of a scary movie or TV show?
By Lynn Henschel5 years ago in Beat
Have a Haunting Halloween
Let me set the scene for you: you've received an invitation to a Haunted Halloween dinner party with your most ghoulish acquaintances. You don a Victorian-era wedding dress and apply makeup to transform yourself into Emily, the Corpse Bride from Tim Burton's film.
By Sarah Shea5 years ago in Beat
My Halloween Playlist
Monster Mash – Boris Pickett & the Crypt Keepers This is a MUST for every Halloween. Without this song, is it really October? Start Halloween off right with a classic Monster Mash.
By Blake Smith5 years ago in Beat
Let's Do the Mash
Here's a bold claim that I'll make right here and now: Halloween songs just are better than Christmas songs. Mostly because they're usually just so much more fun.
By Amanda S5 years ago in Beat
Hallow-WINNING
I've never been one to enjoy scary movies. I've never appreciated the feeling of adrenaline rushing through my body, unbidden, from sudden fright. Yet that's not all Halloween is, is it? It's not just about being scared, it's about the pageantry. Besides the candy, I'd say the éclat is my favorite part. One of the best ways to experience it is with a large gathering: a party.
By R. A. Levy5 years ago in Beat