Articles and Ideas August, 2011
Halloween is a fantastically spooky time for both young and old alike. Whether you go trick or treating, host a costume party or just decorate for friends and neighbors to see, everyone loves to get in on the festivities. Choosing the right music for your festivities is easy and fun. Think of your favorite scary movie...what would it be like without a soundtrack? The intense music used for scary movies can make your heart pound and leave you at the ...
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Halloween theme parties can be a huge success, especially if you take a little extra time to plan. There are so many different types of spooky decorations, if you’re not careful, the party can end up looking like a jumbled mess! Try picking one classic Halloween character and base the entire party around that. In this article, we give you some tips on how to throw a kid-friendly Frankenstein bash. Read at your own risk!
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Jack-o’-lanterns. Instead of the traditional toothless ...
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With the approach of Halloween comes another tradition - the release of a new album from horror masters Midnight Syndicate (Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka.) Their albums - Carnival Arcane is their 14th - always fills the air with Gothic dread, ambient sounds and creepy instruments. If the "things that go bump in the night" had a soundtrack, Midnight Syndicate would ring through the echoing halls ...
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Whenever I build a Halloween haunt, a horror soundtrack is always running through my mind – while planning this year's layout (always a maze), hiding the monster props in nooks, and decorating the rooms. A house is not a creepy Victorian mansion until you add the lighting, the fog and, of course, the creepy soundtrack dripping in the background.
Most of you have heard of Midnight Syndicate. A decade and a half in business, Edward Douglas, along with Gavin Goszka, has ...
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So there I was, tending my small pumpkin patch on the roof (not a roof-top garden, the vines had escaped my backyard and had crawled all over my bungalow) when this strange fellow, previously curled up in a leaf, emerged, yawned, and asked for some refreshments.
Over a cup of pumpkin juice, he explained his story to me and a strange tale about a pumpkin dream. It was a cautionary tale, and he spoke all in rhyme. Though it was a ...
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It’s almost that time of year again - Halloween is almost upon us! While most of the world thinks about dressing up in costumes or going trick or treating, there are other uses for this holiday ... like weddings! If you are into ghosts, goblins, and all that is ghoulish, this is one wedding and reception nobody will forget!
This is a great way to welcome in the spookiest aspects of your personality. Though you may not think of Halloween as ...
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Eric glared back at his kid sister, scowling as she struggled along in her pink princess outfit. “I told you to go home, Tina.”
“No,” she whined. “I want to trick or treat with you. Dad said I could.”
“I said you can’t,” Eric said, exasperated. “You can’t keep up. Me, Billy and Jordan are going from Maple St. to West End.”
“But I want to go with you,” Tina pleaded. “I can’t go with Dad, he’s—”
“Tough luck,” Eric said, darting off.
Tina let ...
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Over the years there has been more than a few great spooky albums with a distinctly Halloween feel to them. These range from gothic rockers to haunted movie soundtracks. There’s a brilliant interwoven connection between Halloween and music and it’s for this reason that Halloween parties are always so epic. Here’s a review of ten of the best Halloween album releases ever to grace the ectoplasmic airwaves around All Hollows Eve.
10. Alice Cooper...
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