Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Master of Darkness” — Star One (2010)

Don’t be afraid, I won’t stray down the dark path My conviction is strong Those who’ve sinned will answer to my wrath I will right what is wrong That’s not the way, the dark will absorb you You should never attack You will be lost like many before you There will be no way back……

Race Review: 2019 Best Damn Race Jacksonville Half Marathon (1/12/2019), or: “Drop dead beauties stompin’ up a storm…”

The holidays. Holy Hannah Haberdashery and Her Henpicked Hasbro Huckleberries, the FREAKIN holidays. Welcome to our first race review of 2019, the 2019 Best Damn Race Jacksonville Half Marathon, in which our intrepid narrator — which I guess is me, and I’m really going to stop talking in the third person here — spins an…

2018 On The Run, or: “Gypsy sons, all were born to run…”

Oh hey. I used to blog once. Once… So hello again fellow space travelers, and I’m hoping anyone still reading this blog had a most amazing holiday season, which is now receding into the shimmering mists of the recent past like trees in the rear-view mirror during the Chickie Run sequence in “Rebel Without A…

Race Review: 2018 Miami Beach Halloween Freaky 4-Miler (10/27/2018), or: “Don’t stand there watching me, follow me…”

Oh hey lookee here, Hokeyblog’s got a new race review! The first in like eight months or something! What gives? Can I pretend that I am just like the dude in the movie Summer School who was in the bathroom this entire time? No? Oh… Well… let’s just move on and talk about the 2018 Miami Beach…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Twilight Zone” — Golden Earring (1982)

Is… is it over already? Damn. Another year, another October, another round of Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs have come upon us and, with a heavy heart, have come to an end. And like clockwork, and as usual, ending right on Halloween. This always makes me a bit sad. I kind of look forward to Buttkickin’ Halloween…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Jumbie Jamboree” — King Selewa & His Calypsonians (2007)

Oh, what a jumbie jamboree Took place inna Kingston cemetery Oh, what a jumbie jamboree Took place inna Kingston cemetery Jumbies from up north of the island Some of them are great Calypsonians Since the season was carnival They ska together in Bakanal… Most commonly known today as Zombie Jamboree, something of a Caribbean standard…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Killing The Dragon” — Dio (2002)

Silence, we hunt for the queen Sign of the cross And pray in-between Look by the light of the day She’s hiding till dark Waiting to play hey-hey Something’s taken a child And it all must end Time to be killing the dragon again… It’ll be a cold, cold, COLD day in Hell before I…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “One Step Beyond” — Madness (1979)

Hey you, don’t watch that, watch this This is the heavy heavy monster sound The nuttiest sound around So if you’ve come in off the street And you’re beginning to feel the heat Well, listen buster You better start to move your feet To the rockinest, rock-steady beat Of Madness! I think the most terrifying…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Valley of the Queens” — Ayreon (1998)

My journey’s over I’m standing on the edge And close my eyes To this world of lies My will is broken It’s the end of all my dreams My soul yearns For the Valley of the Queens… As I have previously mentioned, I could choose any one of too many amazing Ayreon songs for our…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Transylvanian Express” — Steve Hackett (2006)

Yup. Your pals here at Hokeyblog are featuring yet another instrumental piece this evening. So if you’re looking for the usual italicized lyrics to kick off this post… you won’t find any. Instrumental, see? No lyrics. Sorry. . . . OK, fine, stop pouting. I’ll try. Here goes nothing. Umm… let’s see now… *train noises*…