Hello friends. Been a minute, eh?

Sorry to any who have enjoyed these little mixes for the long gap since the last one. Sometimes I hit a wall with finding the inspiration to work on personal projects. To be honest, the notion that things in the wider world were once again sliding back into a state of horror itself after a hopeful few months mentally drained me.

But if there is any holiday that’ll inspire me to work on something, it’s definitely Halloween.

As I mention in this episode’s intro, I’ve had a Halloween special like this in mind for some time — even down to what songs I wanted to use and how they would flow into each other. I cribbed most from a playlist I started back some years ago, but a couple are new discoveries — including the closing track. There’s a lot I wanted to include, especially when considering genre representation, but I decided to trim it down and save some for next year.

I mostly wanted to help build a general Halloweeny atmosphere with the mix. Some songs deal explicitly in Halloween themes (vampires, ghosts, and whatnot) while others I mostly included because I feel they add a spooky vibe. Also, I hope y’all enjoy spooky story time at the end. I was pretty pleased with how the sound effects came together. If you want to read the Caller-Times article I mentioned, you can read that here.

Listen to the episode below or check it out on MixCloud here.

Heads up to my local folks — I saw yesterday that the NASA is welcoming one group included in the mix, Twin Tribes, up for a show Nov. 19. I missed them last time they were here so hopefully I can make it out this time (working weekends blows, y’all).

Also a couple of corrections:

• I accidentally said “Sister of Mercy.” There is, indeed, more than one Sister though I feel the damage to my goth cred is now irreparable.
• The Temple of Angels S/T EP came out in 2017 — it’s not their 27th nor did it come out in The Year of Our Lord, 27 A.D.

Episode 5 Tracklist

“New West” – Cult of Youth
“Dark Allies” – Light Asylum
“The Silent Choir” – Lebanon Hanover
“Portal to the Void (She Past Away Remix)” – Twin Tribes
“Street of Dreams” – Frankie Rose
“Bloodsucker” – Paralysed Age
“Nightmares” – ANNEX
“La Llorona” – Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds
“Wampiro” – Thee Commons
“Kumbia Zombie” – Kumbia Queers
“Phantom Traveler” – MonsterVision
“In the Room Where You Sleep” – Dead Man’s Bones
“Blood Moon” – Choir Boy
“Spiders In Her Hair” – King Dude
“Клетка (Kletka)” – Molchat Doma
“Lucretia My Reflection” – The Sisters of Mercy
“Lex Talionis” – Temple of Angels
“Halloween” – AFI
“Fog” – Nosaj Thing
“El Pajaro Gigante de Robe” – Los Campeones de Raúl Ruiz