Halloween Hell, Pt. 2: Thunder's Revenge

To continue on with what Junker said in Part 1, i am presenting Halloween Hell Part 2. I'm going to be taking a slightly different, but albeit very similar approach in preparing you for tonight's slaughtering in whatever your chosen destination may be, by playing songs that should downright scare you into leaving your house for this glorious time of the year. It only comes around once a year so I implore you to go out and enjoy yourself, as JUNKER said, it is indeed just a commercial holidays these days, but who cares? doesn't mean we can't enjoy the hype, just don't believe it.

As JUNKER said, we'll be in attendance for Shine's 14th Birthday tonight, so if you're in attendance make sure you give it reps for the celebrations, also be sure to look out for 3 or 4 ejits at the front making dicks of themselves and falling all over the place, it'll probably be us, so make sure to pop over and say hi and help us back on our feet.

The songs i'm going to be posting will be more aimed towards the club, bar one song, so turn the bass up in anticipation of whats to come. Believe me when I say that it was extremely hard to pick just 5 songs for this post, there is just too many songs out there that can fit the bill, so i picked 666 songs instead of 5 (meaning in reality I only picked 6.). The first half of this post will be essentially 3 Halloween-y themed songs, a bit of fun to ready you for the night. The second half will be three dark songs, put here to scare you and prepare you, songs that will have your heart racing with excitement and fear, songs that will have you screaming for more and crying for mercy, songs that will... sorry i got a bit excited there... enjoy the songs.

As usual (for me anyway) the songs have been place in the order i feel they should be listened too, of course this is just a recommendation. Best played to get you ready for the night, the irony being that if you were out they'd almost definitely be played in reverse order.

Part 1 - Preparation:
Michael Jackson - Thriller (it may be a cliche, but it also may be one of the greatest songs of all time, so go suck suck on a shotgun)
Justice vs John Williams - Imperial Stress
Rob Zombie - Dragula

Part 2 - Ramifications:
Thomas Bangatler - Stress
Culture Prophet - Ghetto Bounce
Mr.Oizo - Lambs Anger (DAi's More Anger Remix)

Part 3 - Redemption:
Come back tomorrow for Easy Like Sunday Morning... if we make it through the night, meaning it will prob be a late post so enjoy your sleep in.

Halloween Hell, Pt. 1: Slaughterhouse Five

It is that time of the year again, a time when kids become free to patrol the streets, knocking indiscriminately on suspecting neighbours doors looking for free shit because its 'that time of the year'. On a similar level, those old enough to go to pubs or clubs hit them up in outfits so outrageous they again have that once a year appeal. Naturally, with the exception of a small handful of people, the vast majority donning such costumes wouldn't be seen dead in them on any other day of the year but that is what makes Halloween so great. The naysayers amongst us could argue that it has become too commercialised or clichéd, and in certain respects, they're correct but who really gives a damn? If you think that shopkeepers or promoters aren't going to take advantage of the fact that this is their one opportunity to exploit a world which loves to dress up in spooky or silly costumes then you need a dose of reality. Just appreciate it for what it is.

In spite of the aforementioned criticisms, this year I am not getting into the spirit of the occasion. I'm not making a stand against "a manipulated consumerist society". Rather, I just don't have the money or creativity to fix up something nifty to go out in. What a shame. Regardless of this factor, if all goes to plan then there are at least three houseparties we could be attending on top of Shine's 14th birthday which the majority of us have a ticket to. With a line-up comprising DJ Sneak, Pendulum and Skream you'd have to be a sucker to miss it. In fact, I'm heavily looking forward to making my return to arguably Belfast's best club night. It should be a messy one.

Some of you may have gotten the reference within the name and others probably didn't. The reason I chose such a title is because of its cultural significance and the fact that it sounds cool and has the word five in it, given that I'm showcasing five songs. I know the original title isn't really related to horror but I couldn't think of anything more witty to put in there. The songs being posted are all related to horror films or just have a spine-chilling quality to them. Most of them you will probably have heard in one shape or another, but give them a download to get yourself hyped for tonight.

John Carpenter - Main Title, Theme From Halloween (I was going to put up the Secret Chiefs 3 rendition but unfortunately it appears they only do it live)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have
Korn - Dead Bodies Everywhere
The Horrorist - One Night In NYC