Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Goodnight Moon” — Shivaree (1999)

Well this is it for my 2013 Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs. Until next year my friends… Happy Halloween! And goodnight… — Hokeydude There’s a nail in the door And there’s glass on the lawn Tacks on the floor And the TV is on And I always sleep with my guns when you’re gone There’s a blade…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Black Sabbath” — Black Sabbath (1970)

The very flames in which the darkened blade of heavy metal was forged… The first track from their first album… The song Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath… Yeah I think that sets up our penultimate Buttkickin’ Halloween Song song pretty well, but you have to admit that it’s one of the…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “God Of Thunder (Live)” — Kiss (1977)

Three more songs to go, gang. Hope you’re having a righteous Halloween! And let’s be real, there was NO way I was gonna do a list of buttkickin’ Halloween songs without including something by KISS. And believe you me, the Lords of Rock Theatricality and Spectacle had a host of great songs to choose from…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Fire On High” — Electric Light Orchestra (1975)

If you’re over the age of, oh, let’s say 30, you’ve probably heard this song on Classic Rock radio over the years, but perhaps never knew the name or the artist. It happens. The problem is, as an instrumental, there are no lyrics to look up or inquire about, and trying to identify a song…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Over At The Frankenstein Place” — The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

When it comes to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, most of these sort of playlists begin and end with “Time Warp”, and that nearly makes me puke my guts out. Let me back that up a bit… Going to see midnight screenings of RHPS during your teens and twenties, every Saturday night for God knows…

Race Review: 2013 Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon (10/26/2013), or: “There’s a lot of honey in this world, baby this honey’s for me…”

You know, for all the Disney running I do, I am not a “running in costume” sorta guy. Don’t get me wrong now, I love Halloween. As North Americans, pound for pound it’s our coolest holiday. Yes, even cooler than Arbor Day, so cool your jets. The only time in the year you (as an…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “The Black Widow” — Alice Cooper (1975)

I try not to go to crazy with the platitudes here, but I mean we’re talking Halloween and I haven’t even gotten to Alice Cooper yet. What the eff… not coincidentally, Boots and I just saw AC last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Live, and it was a seriously amazing show. My first time…

First race of the season tomorrow, or: “Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today…”

Well it can’t ALL be buttkickin’ Halloween songs all the time, can it? So I suppose the running season begins for me (and many others in South Florida) with the 2013 Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon, and I can’t wait to run it tomorrow (Saturday 10/26/2013). Weather conditions look pretty decent. It’s been a bit…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Party Of The First Part” — Bauhaus (1982)

Who are you?  My card, pretty lady.  Devil May Care Music Production, Beelzebub Scratch, President.  I like your style, too bad you’re not a singer.  Oh, but I am, I am a singer!  Hmm, no fooling.  No, no listen…  Fantastic, different.  I want to be a star, of please!  You’ve talked me into it. Contract! …