Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Calliope” — Nox Arcana (2006)

What, no lyrics? You guessed right Hokeyfolks, today we are featuring our first of what will probably be a few instrumentals this year. After all, there’s nothing like some creepy ambient music to scratch that foreboding nighttime itch. And we plan to yield to that desire today. So let’s kick things off with Calliope from the…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Insanity” — Oingo Boingo (1994)

All around the world now Like a big bright cherry cloud Traveling from home to home TV sets and telephones Here it comes just like a storm Bathe in it and be reborn Time to let the world know Welcome madness… say hello… Say hello… Say hello… The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo could…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Year Zero” — Ghost (2013)

Crestfallen kings and queens Comforting in their faith Unbeknownst to them Is the presence of the wraith Since fate of man is equal To the fate of lice As new dawn rises you shalt recognize Now behold the Lord Of Flies Hell Satan, Archangelo… Well, it’s not like we weren’t going to go with a…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Pink Elephants On Parade” — Broken Peach (2018)

Look out! Look out! Pink elephants on parade Here they come! Hippety hoppety They’re here and there Pink elephants everywhere… Three things to know about your favorite Hokeydude: Dumbo is my favorite Disney character of all time. OF ALL TIME! Dumbo is my 3rd favorite Disney animated film, after Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia. I could watch Broken Peach…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Ghost of Stephen Foster” — Squirrel Nut Zippers (1998)

Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster At the Hotel Paradise This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes: Rooms were made for carpets Towers made for spires Ships were made for cannonade To fire off from inside them… You do not know how long I spent looking for images of a…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Not To Touch The Earth” — The Doors (1968)

Not to touch the earthNot to see the sunNothing left to do, butRun, run, runLet’s runLet’s runHouse upon the hillMoon is lying stillShadows of the treesWitnessing the wild breezeC’mon baby run with meLet’s run Well I’m sure this comes as a no surprise to anyone who knows me even just a smidgen, because as I’m…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Dinner With Drac Pt.1” — John Zacherle (1958)

A dinner was served for threeAt Dracula’s house by the seaThe hors d’oeurves were fineBut I choked on my wineWhen I learned that the main course was me! The waitress a vampire named PerkinsWas so very fond of small gherkinsWhile she served the tea, she ate 43Which pickled her internal workins! Three things to know…

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Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Kiss The Go-Goat” — Ghost (2019)

It ain’t always what it seems When you cling onto a dream It ain’t always there to please you But he’s the guy you wanna do And you know that it takes two Luckily he wants to do you too Satan Lucifer Osculum Obscenum… Another Halloween playlist, another Ghost song, another perfectly prickly pile of…