The madman climbed the steeple spire “Go higher, go higher” said the crowd from down below “But…the world’s on fire” said the madman from the steeple spire “You’re a liar, you’re a liar” said the crowd from down below… The Hero and The Madman is one of my absolute favorite Thin Lizzy songs, and I’m a…
I thought these things didn’t happen anymore.I thought all that blood had been shed long ago. It’s a dark night… In the early winter of 1996, Robert Rodriguez’s epic horrror/crime/vampire/exploitation flick From Dusk Till Dawn exploded into theaters and into the hearts of grindhouse movie lovers everywhere. Even if it wasn’t that much of a…
(whispers) Careful with that axe, Eugene… Not for nothing, but Pink Floyd has such a rich catalog of songs that sometimes you just want to nuke the Clear Channel offices from orbit simply because they won’t play a single track from the band on the radio unless it comes from The Wall, Dark Side of…
He reached for a book all bound in leather Something that he knows he’s never read And the first page says beware you’ve found the answer The next one says I wish that you were dead! Forbidden lore, Dark Arts, evil spells, maniacal obsession, Satanic interludes, trapped in Hell… yup this must be a jolly…
And the nurse will tell you lies Of a kingdom beyond the skies. But I am lost within this half-world, It hardly seems to matter now… Well it’s about freakin’ time. Seriously. And not just time for Hokeyblog’s October tradition of presenting you the most buttkickin’ of Halloween songs in a little number we’d like…
Another year, another round of Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs. But alas, Halloween 2014 draws to a close, so I hope you’ve had half as much fun with this year’s collection of tunes as I had putting it together. Until next year, my friends. Have an awesomely spooky and utterly buttkickin’ Halloween. One more from the inimitable…
I hide myself inside the shadows of shame The silent symphonies were playing their game My body echoed to the dreams of my soul This God is something that I could not control… Told you I’d be back with some Sabbath 🙂 Black Sabbath’s 1976 album Sabotage is probably their greatest album with the WORST…
We build a tower of stone With our flesh and bone Just to see him fly… I, like many of my ilk, have absolutely zero problem flourishing under the belief that Ronnie James Dio didn’t pass away from stomach cancer in 2010, but rather perished heroically while saving our planet from being devoured by a…
Maybe you’ll think of me when you are all aloneMaybe the one who is waiting for you will prove untrueThen what will you do? Maybe you might think that The Ink Spots classic 1940 tune Maybe, strictly speaking, isn’t a “Halloween” song. Maybe you’re right, but play the video below, listen to the music, close…
Green is the cat’s eye that glows in this Temple Enter the risen Osiris – risen again… Iron Maiden’s fifth studio album Powerslave is widely regarded as one of their finest releases ever, if not THE finest. It’s definitely in my Top 3 (along with The Number of the Beast and Killers); I distinctly remember…