Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Gila Monster” — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (2023)

With each meal Gila grows moreA biblical beast of ancient loreWith fire in belly, flames in eyesThe beast rise to the highest skiesSo beware, ye witches fairLest thee be spied by dragon-glareIt’ll show no mercy, it is saidBut devour thee and leave thee for dead (woo!) Gila, Gila, Gila… Oh is it October? Fudge… Yeah…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Back From The Dead” — Halestorm (2022)

On the edge of the world getting lost in oblivionTo the devils who tried to keep me living like a prisonerCouldn’t chain me down, couldn’t cage me inSo keep your savior, give me back my sins ‘Cause I’m still standing on the ground… OK wasn’t it literally just November 1st three seconds ago? Meh who…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” — Napoleon XIV (1966)

Remember when you ran away And I got on my knees and begged you Not to leave because I’d go berserk? WELL! You left me anyhow and Then the days got worse and worse And now you see I’ve gone completely out of my mind. AND: They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa… All this…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Burn” — Deep Purple (1974)

The sky is red, I don’t understand Past midnight I still see the land People are sayin’ the woman is damned She makes you burn with a wave of her hand The city’s a blaze, the town’s on fire The woman’s flames are reaching higher We were fools, we called her liar All I hear…

Race Review: 2018 Miami Beach Halloween Freaky 4-Miler (10/27/2018), or: “Don’t stand there watching me, follow me…”

Oh hey lookee here, Hokeyblog’s got a new race review! The first in like eight months or something! What gives? Can I pretend that I am just like the dude in the movie Summer School who was in the bathroom this entire time? No? Oh… Well… let’s just move on and talk about the 2018 Miami Beach…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Twilight Zone” — Golden Earring (1982)

Is… is it over already? Damn. Another year, another October, another round of Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs have come upon us and, with a heavy heart, have come to an end. And like clockwork, and as usual, ending right on Halloween. This always makes me a bit sad. I kind of look forward to Buttkickin’ Halloween…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Killing The Dragon” — Dio (2002)

Silence, we hunt for the queen Sign of the cross And pray in-between Look by the light of the day She’s hiding till dark Waiting to play hey-hey Something’s taken a child And it all must end Time to be killing the dragon again… It’ll be a cold, cold, COLD day in Hell before I…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “One Step Beyond” — Madness (1979)

Hey you, don’t watch that, watch this This is the heavy heavy monster sound The nuttiest sound around So if you’ve come in off the street And you’re beginning to feel the heat Well, listen buster You better start to move your feet To the rockinest, rock-steady beat Of Madness! I think the most terrifying…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Transylvanian Express” — Steve Hackett (2006)

Yup. Your pals here at Hokeyblog are featuring yet another instrumental piece this evening. So if you’re looking for the usual italicized lyrics to kick off this post… you won’t find any. Instrumental, see? No lyrics. Sorry. . . . OK, fine, stop pouting. I’ll try. Here goes nothing. Umm… let’s see now… *train noises*…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “No One Lives Forever” — Oingo Boingo (1985)

You worry too much You make yourself sad You can’t change fate But don’t feel so bad Enjoy it while you can It’s just like the weather So quit complaining brother No one lives forever… Holy crap, we’re 23 days into October, still a week out from Halloween, and I haven’t featured any Oingo Boingo…