0:00:01-0:02:05) Pumpkin Carving Party by Evil Streaks off of Talk to the Dead
0:02:06-0:03:16 (Rev. Interruption music 1: The Magic Flute: Theme & Variations Op.9: II. Var.3 by Georgi Moravsky off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)
We tore into this month on Evil Streaks. A Boston band I saw by chance, opening for the godfathers of surf-punk Agent Orange – upstairs at an amazing venue. Ralph’s Rock Diner in Worcester. The moral of the story is show up for the opening bands. Some of my favorites are one’s I’ve accidentally seen. Anyway, from the Evil Streaks’s album Talk to the Dead that was Pumpkin Carving Party. And if you like those dark and swinging, punkabilly kinda tunes, you’d love the rest of their stuff. Any of their songs would’ve been perfect for Hallows Eve. The night you should keep a Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming!
0:03:17-0:06:05) Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band off of Gorilla
0:06:06-0:10:09) Frankenstein by Zion I off of Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation
0:10:10-0:12:17) At The House Of Frankenstein by Big Bee Kornegay off of Halloween Garage Rock
0:12:18-0:14:44) Lullaby Bye by Dr. Steel off of Dr. Steel II: Eclectic Boogaloo
0:14:45-0:16:29 (Rev. Interruption music 2: Rumblestrip by Viva Le Vox off of Luv Hungry Part 2)
We just heard – in chronological order, from 1967, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band warning us to Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming! When really, the monster was what he turned himself into, trying to be liked. Then one of those “conscious rappers“ Zion I with a similar tale of how we’re all kinda do the same thing with technology, called Frankenstein. From his beautiful Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation. Than a fun one from Big Bee Kornegay telling us of the party At The House Of Frankenstein. And we topped it all off with a mad scientist bent on world domination with a sing along vlog. No, not that one – the one that came first. Dr. Phineas Waldorf Steel with his back-up band made up make-shift of robots and singing us a Lullaby Bye from Dr. Steel II: Eclectic Boogaloo.
Those are the kind of stories that plant icy chills in the center of me – humans’ inhumanity – often starting out with the best intentions. But I understand not everyone is like me. For some to really get their fight-or-flight juices flowing they need something more, like, Gods & Monsters.
0:16:30-0:20:21) Gods & Monsters by Lana Del Rey off of Paradise
0:20:22-0:24:03) Monsters by The Scarring Party off of Come Away From the Light
0:24:04-0:25:59) Land of the Dead by Voltaire off of Ooky Spooky
0:26:00-0:32:45) Monsters Ball by Twiztid (ft. the Insane Clown Posse) off of Independents Day
0:32:46-0:35:12) Dead Man’s Party by Hillbilly Hellcats off of Rev It Up With Taz
0:35:13-0:36:54 (Rev. Interruption music 3: Pipes by Mark Growden off of Inside – Beneath – Behind)
Welcome back my friends. That was a band who like; The Scarring Party, and Evil Streaks, and so many other I play are so small they don’t even have a wikipedia page. So when I tell you these bands – independent artists and record labels – need your support to survive, I’m not fucking around. If you like music that’s too unique for the lame-stream, find a way to throw a couple bucks into their offering plate. BandCamp, Patreon, buy their merch, or just go see them live. They need you to keep themselves going.
Anyway, Those were some Hillbilly Hellcats singing about a Dead Man’s Party from Rev It Up With Taz. Before that was Twiztid featuring ICP telling us what it’s like at the Monsters Ball – from Independents Day. Why Independents Day instead of Halloween? Because It’s full of, and a celebration of, Independent artists. And immediately preceding that was an equally “fantastic” song, Land of the Dead by Voltaire off Ooky Spooky. Then came, the afore mentioned Scarring Party with Monsters. Off Come Away From the Light. And we started it all off with Ms. Lana Del Rey‘s Gods & Monsters. That one, like maybe a lot of these songs might not be too… Hollow Weenie, but these days the holiday is more about adults drinking themselves braindead and children stalking the street looking for candy, like ravenous zombies.
0:36:55-0:39:18) Zombie Stomp by Danny Ware off of Halloween Rockabilly & Psychobilly
0:39:19-0:42:34) Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) by Harry Belafonte off of Calypso In Brass
0:42:35-0:46:32) Walk Like A Zombie by HorrorPops off of Bring It On!
0:46:33-0:48:29 (Rev. Interruption music 4: The Bat by Alvino Rey off of Hipster Halloween
From Denmark that was the psychobilly supergroup the HorrorPops telling us that we Walk like a Zombie. Before which he heard Harryiest of Belafontes giving us his take of what it’s like to be at stoned and ready at the Zombie Jamboree. And we started it all of with Danny Ware telling us how to do the Zombie Stomp.
Zombies are a part of traditional Haitian culture. Part of the happy friendly not evil religion of voodoo. (Not to be confused with the darker Hoodoo of places like New Orleans) Though it’s not surprising we demonize another culture’s religion. And as much as I didn’t want to play anything too typically Halloween – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins is amazing and so influential – and I Put a Spell on You is a pretty perfect song
0:48:30-0:50:49) I Put a Spell on You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins off of At Home with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
0:50:50-0:51:12) Who Do Voodoo We Do by Voodoo Glow Skulls off of Who Is, This Is?
0:51:13-0:55:39) Voodoo Mon Amour by Diablo Swing Orchestra off of Pandora’s Pinata
0:55:40-0:57:09 (Rev. Interruption music 5: ?Pimps Up, Aces High! 0700 Hrs. Westside Swashbuckling Parade by General Patton V.S. The X-Ecutioners off of Joint Special Operations Task Force)
That was just, from Sweden, the flawless Diablo Swing Orchestra with Voodoo Mon Amour, which was led into by a little fourth wave ska, with an anthem by Voodoo Glow Skulls.
Now I’m all hopped up on sugar, caffeine, and music – but before I loose track of the rhythm with my heart murmuring and fluttering me like a bat – with its arrhythmia I need to again thank you for gifting me with these moments of our too-short lives together – After I’m dead and gone, hopefully you’ve saved some of these episodes so I may live on – undead. You bringing me back from the other side every time you listen. And you cant say “don’t be morbid or melodramatic” today – because – come on! It’s Halloween!
What monsters to choose next? Werewolves, demons, the dead – Humans? But I guess I wouldn’t be true to my younger self if I didn’t do a block of vampires.
0:57:10-0:58:24) Vampire by Antsy Pants off of Juno – Music From The Motion Picture
0:58:25-1:00:54) Dracula’s Wedding by Outkast (Ft. Kelis) off of The Love Below
1:00:55-1:02:59) (The Original) Vampire Killa by Skindred
1:03:00-1:05:14) Vampire X-Mas by Crystal Fairy off of Crystal Fairy
1:05:15-1:06:19) Fearless Vampire Killers by Bad Brains off of Bad Brains
1:06:20-1:07:06) (Rev’s Interruption music 6: Dee by Ozzy Osbourne off of Blizzard Of Ozz)
Time is short so lets get down to it. First you may’ve recognized Kimya Dawson’s Antsy Panty voice singing Vampire. Then we attended Dracula’s Wedding with André 3000 from Outkast. Followed by (The Original) version of Skindred’s Vampire Killa. After which came, another super group, with members of the Melvins, Fantomas, at the drive-in/mars Volta, and led by Teri Gender Bender from La Butcherettes. That was Crystal Fairy with Vampire X-Mas. And finally we ended with Bad Brains from their self-titled album with Fearless Vampire Killers. I guess I can’t give time to one side without doing the same for the other, so some werewolves.
1:07:07-1:09:18) Mister Were-Wolf by The Kac-ties off of 60s Groovy Freaks, Monsters, & Geeks
1:09:19-1:12:21) I Was a Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps off of Songs The Lord Taught Us
1:12:22-1:14:59) Michael Landon’s Ghost by Demonspeed off of Swing is Hell
1:15:00-1:16:09 (Rev’s Seventh Interruption music: Etude in E minor by Rita Honti off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)
What just got done beating your ear drums was another one of those openers I immediately fell in love with. From Swing Is Hell, that was DemonSpeed with Michael Landon’s Ghost. As you probably know, Michael Landon stared in the cult classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf, as campy as the DemonSpeed song. Before that we had the saints of psychobilly, The Cramps with I Was a Teenage Werewolf. And we started off with The Kac-ties, pleading with Mister Were-Wolf.
So that’s it. Till next time or never. As always I’ve been Rev. This has been Aurally fixated. You’ve been perfect, and I leave you, again, with the Ford Theatre Reunion
1:16:10-1:22:40) Bone Mother by Ford Theatre Reunion off of Famous Monsters
