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: “Hell” — Squirrel Nut Zippers (1996)

This is a place where eternally Fire is applied to the body Teeth are extruded and bones are ground Then baked into cakes which are passed around… I don’t think there are too many things more terrifying than the Swing revival of the mid/late 90s… Not the music, I mean. That stuff was mostly pretty…