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! …

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Black Sunshine” — White Zombie (1992)

Gripping the wheel, his knuckles went white with desire. The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45. True death: 400 horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night… This is Black Sunshine. Iggy Pop delivers the spoken-word intro to White Zombie’s classic 1992 tune Black Sunshine, a song ostensibly…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Frankenstein” — The Edgar Winter Group (1972)

Well, duhr… Frankenstein is one of those quintessentially overplayed classic rock songs in that so many people know the riff and so few know the actual name of the song (let alone the artist performing it). And it really is one lumbering monster of a track, featuring Edgar Winter on about 8 zillion instruments (organ,…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Fear Of The Dark” — Iron Maiden (1992)

Well this one is a HUGE surprise, huh? I’ve made no attempt at obfuscating my love of Maiden. They’ve been my all-time favorite metal band since 1983, when I bought Piece of Mind on cassette and wore that sucker completely out. That’s all I needed. My brother had The Number of the Beast on vinyl…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Down In The Park” — Foo Fighters (1996)

When I think of Halloween, I immediately conjure up images of dystopian futures in which sadistic android overlords called Machmen torture remaining humans by forcing them to compete in a survival games against rape and murder robots in an arena called “The Park”, while the Machmen sneer and enjoy the carnage from Zom-Zoms, a nearby…

We interrupt my activity on THIS blog to bring you my activity on ANOTHER blog, or: “It’s hard to believe such a calamity…”

First of all, don’t panic. Hokeyblog isn’t going anywhere. As a matter of fact, it’s never been stronger in terms of page views and visibility, so I think the whole Hokey-BRAND is moving along rather swimmingly! Although I wonder if anyone was actually panicking after reading that headline. I mean, other than my weepy Aunt Bunny… Well…