The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Halloween Playlist:

Groovy Sounds for Spooky Szn

“A clown is a coronary in a wig waiting to happen. “ ~ Sheila Moeschen

Good morning!

Today we’re diving into the sounds of the season. Spooky Szn, that is.

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It’s Spooky szn y’all!

It’s October, and that means a season of ghouls and zombies. It also means pumpkin spice everything, and if you’re in a “battleground state” like I am, some years it means the torture of nonstop political attack ads that often run back-to-back-to-back. This is an off year, so we’ve mostly been spared, but all of this is its own horror show (waves hands around).

I don’t know about you, but I think I’d take the zombies if given a choice.

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There are often certain conventions attached to holiday playlists.

For example, on Thanksgiving, there really can only be one song. With Christmas, people usually have their own lines drawn in the sand:

• Traditional vs. non-traditional…
• Religion-themed vs laic…
• What’s the earliest allowable date to hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You…”

And so on…

Halloween lists don’t generally bend to those same orthodoxies.

Maybe it’s because so many of us associate the day with the same themes. It’s not a consumption vs. family debate. It’s trick-or-treating and bad movies. And if you live where I do, there’s the annual angst surrounding whether or not it’ll snow.

In other words, anything goes, as long as it can be loosely tied to the day.

There are plenty of standards, a few curveballs, and at least one legit jump scare in here…and hopefully a new favorite (or two) to add to your mixes!

What’re your favorite tracks to play on Halloween? Any tracks that should be on here? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks for being here,

KA—

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Halloween Playlist: