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Oct31

Best Creepy Song Quotes

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Happy Halloween, you little ghoulies.

I hope you had a good weekend dressed up in your costumes and eating candy and doing nothing else that would make anyone blush or pretend to not hear so we don’t run screaming to the cops.

I know I’ve given you some playlists designed to get you in a creepy mood, but I decided that wasn’t enough.  So, here are my favorite creepy song quotes.  Feel free to chime in if you agree or disagree.  But I’m right. Always.

Fought and fell for our great king we burned alive and boiled /  The dragon, red and wrathful calls, we rise and march once more / Cursed in death, we starve for flesh / Our skin is cooked and curled / We’ll eat our kin and smash them in / In Hell, we’ll grind their bones. – Save Our City by Ludo

I’m a killer / Cold and wrathful / Silent sleeper / I’ve been inside your bedroom / I’ve murdered half the town / Left you love notes on their headstones / I’ll fill the grave yard / Until I have you. – Horror of Our Love by Ludo

I’ve got a / Taste for blood / Leave the weak / Leave the young / I’ve got a / Taste for blood / I’m walking out / Without you / You will kill / Or be killed / It’s about / Progress / I’ve got a / Taste for blood. – Plans by Bloc Party

Ply her heart / With gold and silver / Take your sweetheart down to the river / Dash her on the paving stones / It may break your heart / To break her bones but / Someone’s got to do the culling / Of the fold. – Culling of the Fold by the Decemberists

Don’t hold out for rescue / None can hear your call / ‘Til I have wrest and wrecked you / Behind these fortress walls. – Margaret in Captivity by the Decemberists

And that’s how I came / Your humble narrator / To be living so easy and free / Expect that you think that I should be haunted / But it never really bothers me / All right. – The Rake’s Song by the Decemberists

Right from the start i was stabbed in the heart / Didn’t know i wasn’t breathing / Didn’t know i had been bleeding / Open my door thought I was alone / but someone was hiding /In the dark room in my home. – Creeper by Islands

In the back of my mind / I want to do bad things / I want to be unkind / When I’m in my room / I love the shadows / Of my bad bones / I have thoughts I won’t share / Because I don’t think I could bear to face you / With the lights on / I feel evil creeping in. -I Feel Evil Creeping In by Islands

Of course, there are also some good musicals you should think about.  Nightmare Before Christmas, Repo! The Genetic Opera and Evil Dead the Musical, to name a few.

Oh, and remember!  The contest ends tomorrow.  I’ve had some pretty sweet entries, and I want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to enter!  Send me your best song titles, people.  That’s the only way to win.

New Dance Card goes up tomorrow…are you ready for November?  I’m getting pumped.

And with that, good night and good luck.  Hope you survive the evening.

Oct6

Weekly Setlist – October 6

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If you haven’t already heard my little pumpkins, October’s theme song is “Autumn Beds” by Modest Mouse. It seems to perfectly encapsulate the month of changing seasons, changing leaves, the color orange…and it was the only song I could think of with “October” in it.  If you think of any others I should’ve used, please feel free to scoff at/mock me.  Or commend my excellent taste in music.

This week’s setlist goes out to everyone who seems to be doing way too much lately.  Remember, all work and no play makes everyone dull homo sapiens.  So, listen to October 6′s setlist, kick back, and let the music speak.

 

October 6 Setlist

Listen to the playlist at Grooveshark.

OR

Listen to the playlist on Spotify.

Note: “I’ll Be My Mirror” is only available on the Grooveshark playlist, and “Things You Think” is only available on YouTube (so follow the link below).

Good night, y’all.

 

1. “Don’t Carry It All” by The Decemberists

2. “I’ve Got It All (Most)” by Modest Mouse

3. “We Are Young” by Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe

4. “Battle Cry” by Ludo

5. “Lisztomania” by Phoenix

6. “I’ll Be My Mirror” by 8in8

7. “Knee Deep At ATP” by Los Campesinos!

8. “Things You Think” by Ben Folds ft. Pomplamoose

 

Oct3

A Very Ludo Christmas – December 10 – The Pageant, St. Louis

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I am the proud father of Andrew Volpe’s babies. Sure, the name on the birth certificate is simply “St. Louis” but I’m sure my performance during “Whipped Cream” in August was enthusiastic enough.

Half of the people who read this will understand it. The other half will be perplexed, embarrassed and possibly intrigued. For those who really want to know, follow this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUw-V0GPvQU

If you weren’t offended by that video and accepted it for the upbeat satire it was, high five!  If you shut it off and aren’t reading my blog anymore…fine.  It must be a sad place inside the mind of a person who didn’t laugh and join in the dance.  <end pretentiousness >

Anyway. The point of this post isn’t to mock people who may or may not be in need of mocking.  Rather, you may recall me mentioning a few days ago (http://allysonssetlist.com/2011/09/29/weekly-setlist/) that my Ludo ticket for A Very Ludo Christmas had been mailed.

Well, it got here today.

LUDO PRESENTS A VERY LUDO XMAS 2011!!!

Is that my Ludo ticket resting on my legs bearing Christmas red and green striped knee socks because I got so excited for the concert that I started singing Christmas carols and wanted to dress the part for opening the envelope from Ticketmaster and finally getting my hands on The Red and Green Ticket?

No. That’d be weird.

Ludo Suggested Listening:

“Ludo”:

1. “Good Will Hunting By Myself”

2. “Laundry Girl”

3. “Hum Along”

“Broken Bride”:

ALL OF IT IN ORDER. DO NOT SHUFFLE. It’s a narrative that Andrew Volpe (Ludo’s lead singer) is now writing a book about.  Check it out here: http://brokenbride.tumblr.com/post/8798493302/how-i-got-here-a-poorly-structured-short-story-by

“You’re Awful, I Love You”:

1. “Lake Pontchartrain”

2. “The Horror of Our Love”

3. “Mutiny Below”

4. “Topeka”

5. “Love Me Dead”

“Prepare the Preparations”:

1. “All the Stars in Texas”

2. “Whipped Cream”

3. “Anything For You” (possibly my favorite love song)

4. “Battle Cry”

5. “Manta Rays”

 

Oct2

Tommy & the High Pilots – Springfield, MO: Outland Ballroom, August 23, 2011

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Band: Tommy & the High Pilots

Venue: Outland Ballroom

Location: Springfield, MO

Tickets: $3

Date: 8-23-11

Tom's setlist for the show.

No.  Tom does not get credit for excellent penmanship. But I am definitely cutting him a lot of slack for giving the setlist to me and for being awesome enough to recognize me at the concert.  I’ve seen Tommy & the High Pilots 4 times now, and he recognized me.  For real.  My giddiness was hard to disguise but, in an effort to contain my fan-girl ardor, I only squealed when he was out of earshot (I think?).

Then Matt Palermo (drums) talked to me after the show and sold me my third High Pilots shirt.  He was great.  Then Mike Cantillon (vocals/guitar/keyboard) talked in a British accent (quite a credible one, might I add).  Then Steve Libby (bass) did his impressively effective crowd-participation move (I have never seen an audience turn down his enthusiastic demand for clapping…EVER).

You know what I love almost as much as good music?  Bands with good personalities.  Tommy & the High Pilots have that.  In spades.  Headed by Tom Cantillon (vocals/guitar), these four gentlemen are fun to watch, fun to talk to, and amazing performers.  And Tom informed me that they’ll be working on a new album that will be better than anything they’ve released yet.  Hearing this news, I clapped my hands with glee thus reducing my cool factor by a minimum of 15 points.

The only downside to this concert was that I didn’t get to hear arguably my favorite song “The Limit”.  Outland made them wrap it up a little earlier than we would’ve liked (whatever last call).  The bartender was also a little surly in hustling us out the doors.  Understandable, of course.  It was a Tuesday night and I’m sure he had things he would rather be doing.  But certain comments should never be made to female customers, and it was pretty uncool.  Thus, the venue (though I personally love the atmosphere at Outland and have NEVER had this problem at other concerts I’ve attended there) got a lower grade than I had anticipated.

Everything else was stupendous.  The audience was there to have a good time, and the opening acts (Antennas Up and Heypenny) were both energetic and FUN.  I’ll do their performances justice in another post, as I feel they deserve your undivided attention.

If you haven’t listened to any High Pilots songs, what better place to begin than “Where to Start”.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9CplYkz7QY

Also, check out their website http://thehighpilots.com/  And, if you’re converted by the time November rolls around, come to a concert.  More details to follow.

Concert: A+

Venue: B

Drink Prices: A

Audience: A-

Overall: A

PS: If you’re wondering what the fourth song is on the setlist, it’s “Sun Burns Out”.  I was at the concert and I still had trouble deciphering it.  Thought I’d save you the trouble of buying a code-breaking encyclopedia.  You’re welcome.

Sep29

Weekly Setlist

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In keeping with the theme of the website, every Thursday (or Friday), I’ll be putting up a setlist of songs I think you all should be listening to.  Friendly advice.  Feel free to ignore me.  But you probably shouldn’t.

This first week features some of my favorite artists, and I hope you’ll enjoy!  Below is a link to the playlist on Spotify.

If you don’t have a Spotify account (get one) or follow the following link to Grooveshark.

Unfortunately, the Without A Face song had to be substituted for a different one by the same artist.  The general feel of the playlist is the same.

And if you don’t feel like going through the playlist to see what I have in store for you, ladies and gentlemen, the setlist:

1. “Rabbit Habits” by Man Man

2. “Happy Hippo” by Cloud Cult

3. “Hotcha Girls” by Ugly Casanova

4. “The Gambler” by Fun.

5. “Pineapple Girl” by Mister Heavenly

6. “Joggin Gorgeous Summer” by Islands

7. “On the Line” by Antennas Up

8. “The Story I Heard” by Blind Pilot

9. “Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right” by The Decemberists

10. “Blue Ridge Mountains” by Fleet Foxes

11. “Poison Apples” by Without A Face (“The Band Broke Up (Part 2)” on Grooveshark)

12. “Death to Los Campesinos!” by Los Campesinos!

13. “Where to Start” by Tommy & the High Pilots

14. “Anything For You” by Ludo

One final salute, dears.

My Ludo ticket for A Very Ludo Christmas has been printed!

Sep28

Without A Face

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Henry's signature on my shirt when my marker began to run out.

Sure.  He’s kind of a novelty.  Yeah.  He’s pretty quirky.  But those don’t even come close to describing Henry Dillard, master mind (and only mind) behind Without A Face (WAF).

It’s like he tells the listener on his first album (quite modestly titled, “Worst Debut Album Ever” [hint: it's totally not]):

“Well hey everyone, I am the kid / That plays acoustic music. / No drums, no bass, Without A Face / Is second rate and out of place / Don’t give me a chance / I ain’t got a band / Don’t give me a chance / I will understand / Don’t give me a chance / I ain’t got a band / Don’t give me a chance / I’m only one man.” [from "The Band Broke Up (Intro)"]

What I’ve been trying to discover ever since I first listened to him is precisely how one person can make and perform music with more energy and enthusiasm than a group of 8 people.

I’ve seen WAF live (at the Ludo concert in St. Louis on 8-7-11…blog post yet to be written), and he owns the crowd.  It’s not so much that his presence demands the crowd’s attention.  It’s more that he starts singing, and people start laughing and having a good time.  Who could resist a song about lactose intolerance?

And maybe that’s WAF’s charm.  He takes music seriously without taking it TOO seriously (or at least that’s the vibe I get from his music).  He makes music without worrying about universal popularity (somewhere, his song “Nickelcrap” is playing as you read this), but he still makes music that can make you smile.  It’s not dark and foreboding and pretentious.  For those of you into the indie or alternative scene, isn’t that refreshing?

I enjoy WAF’s music.  From the amusing dream sequence of “Stung” to the surprisingly poignant “Alice the Waitress,” WAF is always a solid bet.

Oh, and he hosts monthly online concerts.  That’s where you should be in an hour. Watching his concert.  Fans discuss the concert on the sidebar, and he just plays.

I’ve only met WAF once, but I feel like I have a better connection to his music because he has a better connection to his fan base than most other bands.

So, in conclusion, he’s pretty great.

Kindly remember at the Ludo concert, the theme was Space Dracula Basketball Expo. I was an alien vampire.

Suggested listening:

From “Worst Debut Album Ever”:

  1. “The Band Broke Up (Intro)”
  2. “Druggie Love”
  3. “31″
  4. “The Band Broke Up (Part 2)”
From “The 1st Album Was Better”: