Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Into The Void” — Black Sabbath (1971)

Rocket engines burning fuel so fastUp into the night sky they blastThrough the universe the engines whineCould it be the end of man and time?Back on earth the flame of life burns lowEverywhere is misery and woePollution kills the air, the land and seaMan prepares to meet his destiny… Ah Sabbath, bloody Sabbath… Listen, you…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Der Hund von Baskerville” — Cindy & Bert (1970)

Nebel zieht in dichten Schwaden übers Moor von Forrest Hill, grün-gespenstig grinst ein Irrlicht, es ist Nacht in Baskerville. Fog draws in dense swaths over the moor of Forrest Hill, a will-o’-the-wisp grins green and ghostly, it is night in Baskerville…. This is like a Hammer horror film come to life… Accuse me of including…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Supertzar” — Black Sabbath (1975)

Black Sabbath. The forefathers of Heavy Metal. The masters of gloom and doom rock. Nobody does classic hard rock on the crunchy side like Sabbs. And if you hadn’t noticed, there are no lyrics posted here. That’s because Supertzar is one of their many instrumental tracks, and holy crap this thing is an atmospheric musical beast.…

Race Review: 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon (2/23/2014), or: “There’s a lady they say who feeds the darkness…”

On Sunday, the 23rd of February in the Year 2014 of the Common Era, I “ran” the 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon in a black-and-purple sparkly tutu and a bright pinkish feathered boa for charity and raised a buttload of money as a result. THE END. No but seriously guys, I struggled with that opening…

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…