Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Halloween Pics & More Travel Songs


For a 1st appearance on the 'Spill, here are some pics of the youngest Teenshoe's Halloween costume (Yes, she's in there somewhere). She made it herself and it helped her score vast quantities of candy.

Anyhow, here's some more travel related tunes from: Wreckless Eric, Stranglers, Only Ones, Wolfgang Press, Half Man Half Biscuit, Mercury Rev, Bunnymen, Fat Boy Slim, Boom Bip w/Nina Nastasia, Stuart Staples and Black's cover of the tune we started with.

Whole Wide World
The Raven
Another Girl, Another Planet
Going South
Driver Of A Train
Black Forest
Bombers Bay
The Journey
(The Matter Of) Our Discussion
That Leaving Feeling
Whole Wide World

Friday, October 31, 2008

Spill Monster Movie

A Soul Cake,
A Spill Cake,
A Music Monster Thrill Cake...

I Pray You Good Woman...

An Apple,
A Pear,
Some Wine or a Penny...

Any Good Thing To Make Us All Merry.




Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Radio Shoe (Halloween Edition)


Radio Shoe and Drunk Pumpkin Productions present the Halloween edition. For all important 'Spill points, redeemable at fine outlets nowhere, am looking for Song Title and Artiste for each. Tried to go with some less obvious choices for tricks, but hope you find a few treats too.
Freak Time - Keith LeBlanc
Ricky's Hand - Fad Gadget
Witches Multiplication Table - Holger Czukay
Irate Caterpillar - Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams
Stalker Fever - Eric Alexandrakis
Demon Seed - Nine Inch Nails
Sonny's Burning - The Birthday Party
Kundalini - 23 Skidoo
In The Nursery- Psychic TV
The Shankhill Butchers - Decemberists
Werewolf - Cat Power
Halloween - Chris Garneau

Monday, October 13, 2008

Boggart Hunting

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I mentioned earlier that DarceysSis & I went on a thoroughly enjoyable walk last weekend. It was great in spite of the weather -

DarceysSis at Ogden The Giant's tooth




- because we were on a mission, namely a Boggart hunt! So don't be fooled by the picture of us gathering around the Giant's Tooth - that was literally a sidetrack.




Anyway, whaddya mean, what's a Boggart? "Why, don't you know?"
[Psst, y'quoting the wrong woodland monster story there, DsD! - Ed.]



Oh yeah, thanks. Boggarts? They're a Northern English sprite: a nasty little bleeder that causes things to disappear, milk to sour, dogs to go lame, and so on. Always malevolent, the boggart lurks under bridges, in stone walls, outhouses (we still have outdoor toilet blocks up 'ere, tha'knuzz!), wooded thickets etc, taking great delight in scaring the pants off all & sundry.

Legend (aka tourism-desperate Local Authority) has it that during September and October, the Boggarts have an annual festival which climaxes on Halloween. They drink strong wines made from local berries and celebrate the scares they have given humans over the summer. They drink so much that they forget to hide during the day, and are turned to stone by magic in the morning light. Frozen in their stone form, they can be spotted sitting in and around the woodland trails.



Ogden Water, nr. Halifax, has an excellent relationship with the local schools, inviting the kids for several walk-based activities during the year. Although we went on an organised led walk, this one is open for all to take themselves, every day between now and the end of the month. If AliMunday or DaddyPig fancy a free walk that'll get the kids' cheeks rosy, get yourselves to the shop by the Reservoir Head for a set of Walk Instructions. But be warned, wear your walking shoes, take a snack, and leave the pushchairs in the car; it's uphill & downdale for a good 90 mins right round the water (nearer two hours if you go up to see Oggie's molar).




For more info, click here

And somehow, this seems appropriately spooky:

My Morning Jacket - Into The Woods