Have you recovered from your first round of Halloween hijinks? When I was leaving the grocery store today there was a twenty something kid in the parking lot puking his brains out by the back of a car, while his friends were waiting for him to finish the job. One of his friends consoled him, "Get it all out, we still have another night to go." Ahh, I remember those days. When I looked at shiny puddle of what looked like anti-freeze (you're gonna have to fill me in, is Mountain Dew a mixer?), it dawned on me that I'd run into a couple other Halloween cuts a couple days ago that I probably would have heard back when puking was just a minor inconvenience. The rather sedate "Halloween" by Sonic Youth, and the Dream Syndicate's song of the same name. You'll want to check out the Dream Syndicate take, particularly if you've ever wondered what it would sound like if Neil Young and Robert Quine played the same guitar. The lead guitarist, Karl Precoda, was only with the Dream Syndicate for their first EP and album, and, with all due respect to Paul Cutler, those are their vital releases. That stuff doesn't pop up very often, so that's the reason I'm including the non-Halloween "When You Smile", from the first EP. If you're a glutton for Halloween mixes, there's also a link down there to six more. They're untested, so just check out the song lists to see if they're up your alley.
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Listen:
Sonic Youth - Halloween mp3 at Electric Adolescence
The Dream Syndicate - Halloween mp3 (via Box.net) at Fuzzy Logic At Box.net, the "Download" button is at the top right. The song has a long fade in, so don't think that it's a bad file.
The Dream Syndicate - When You Smile mp3 at Aquarium Drunkard Direct linking disabled, go there to get it.
The Mixes:
An Electric Adolescence Guide to Halloween at Electric Adolescence Six more Halloween mixes.
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