Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 21 October 2023

Episode 19
“It May Seem Surreal, But It’s Real to Me”

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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Vincent Price – “How to See Ghosts or Surely Bring Them to You (excerpt)” – A Hornbook for Witches – (USA, 1976)

The Moulettes – “Behemooth” – Preternatural – (UK, 2016) – Bandcamp

This live studio version kicks many levels of arse:

Vitamin String Quartet ­– “L’alba Dei Morti Viventi” – Blood-Curdling Strings: VSQ Performs Horror Classics – (USA, 2011) – Amazon

The Holophonics – “This is Halloween” – Maskarades, Vol. 7: Skalloween – (USA, 2014) – Bandcamp

Sammy Davis Jr. – “That Old Black Magic” – Sammy Swings – (USA, 1957) – Amazon

Eartha Kitt – “I’d Rather Be Burned as a Witch” – The Fabulous Eartha Kitt – (USA, 1959) – Amazon

Nekrogoblikon – “Goblins” – Welcome to Bonkers – (USA, 2018) – Bandcamp

Barnes & Barnes – “The Invisible Maniac” – Loozanteen – (USA, 1991) – Amazon

The Rev. Horton Heat – “Zombie Dumb” – Rev ­– (USA, 2014) – Bandcamp

Toadies – “Goolie Get-Together” – Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits – (USA, 1995) – Amazon

The original theme in situ. It’s…odd, admittedly.

Ash feat. Chris Martin – “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays” – Orpheus b-side – (UK, 2004) – Amazon

Derek Scott – “Fugarock” – Sounds Unusual – (UK, 1975)

Here’s that (after the bank sequence) in Dawn of the Dead:

Grandaddy – “A.M. 180” – Under the Western Freeway – (USA, 1998) – Amazon

And here’s that in 28 Days Later:

Hot 8 Brass Band – “Ghost Town” – Ghost Town single– (USA, 2012) – Bandcamp

The very effective music video:

Yellow Umbrella – “Dracul Ska” – Stoned-steady – (Germany, 2003) – Amazon

Chuck Berry – “Trick or Treat” – Chuck Berry on Stage – (USA, 1963) – Amazon

Lola Lola – “Voodoo Man” – Voodoo Man single – (Portugal, 2018) – Amazon

Curtis Knight – “Voodoo Woman” – Voodoo Woman single – (USA, 1961) – Amazon

Tom Waits – “Murder in the Red Barn” – Bone Machine – (USA, 1992) – Amazon

Shel Silverstein – “Monsters I’ve Met” – A Light in the Attic – (USA, 1985)

Clutch – “Behold the Colossus” ­– Psychic Warfare ­– (USA, 2015) – Amazon

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – “Science Fiction Double Feature” – Jett Rock: Greatest Hits of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – (USA, 2003) – Amazon

Barns Courtney – “Hellfire” – The Attractions of Youth – (UK, 2018) – Amazon

Allan Sherman – “Eight Foot Two, Solid Blue” – My Son, the Nut – (USA, 1963) – Amazon

The Arrogant Worms – “Killer Robots From Venus” – Russell’s Shorts – (Canada, 1994) – Bandcamp

Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra – “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There” – Guess I’ll Go Back Home (this summer) b-side – (USA, 1939) – Amazon

R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders – “Mysterious Mose” – Number Two – (USA, 1976) – Amazon

Here is me figuring out who the heck Mose is.

The Ghastly Ones – “Spookmaster” – A-Haunting We Will Go-Go – (USA, 1998) ­– Amazon

The Cadillacs – “The Boogie Man” – The Boogie Man single – (USA, 1960) – Bandcamp

The Crystals – “Frankenstein Twist” – He’s a Rebel – (USA, 1963) – Bandcamp

The Diamonds – “Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula” – Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula single – (USA, 1959) – Amazon

Love and Rockets – “Haunted When the Minutes Drag” – Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven – (UK, 1985) – Bandcamp

Me First & the Gimme Gimmes – “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” – Have Another Ball – (USA, 2008) – Bandcamp