My Top 10 Halloween Songs

This list will not include Thriller, Nightmare Before Christmas, Rocky Horror, or anything else that's just too easy. I love all of them, but they're kind of a given at this point.

10. Dark Lady by Cher

We'll start off easy with some Cher, this song never makes it to any Halloween lists despite having gypsies, magic, and murder. On top of that it's a pretty catchy tune.

9. Old Black Magic by Louis Prima and Keely Smith

These two were famous not only for their singing but their interaction with Keely playing the straight man to Louis more excitable character. It worked so well Cher and Sonny Bono created a show around the same concept. Old Black Magic has been done by numerous artists since, but the original is still fantastic.

8. Desperation Samba by Jimmy Buffet

I'll admit it, I actually really love Jimmy Buffet, lucky for you guys since if I didn't I, and as an extension you, wouldn't even have knows this song existed. This song has always brought to mind a warm Halloween walking down a street with folks partying in fantastic costumes.

7. I Can't Decide by Scissor Sister

The happy peppy tune is maybe why people don't realize how dark this song actually is. It's not entirely clear, but I believe the singer is actually a serial killer who's tricked some poor unsuspecting soul into liking him. When he finally reveals his true nature he teases the poor sod about whether or not he'll kill them. But like I said there's room for some interpretation.

6. One Good Scare by Phineas and Ferb

Easily one of the cutest "scary" songs out there. Obviously a kids song with it's cute bouncy tune, but the lyrics are clever enough that anyone could enjoy it, even out of context.

5. Magic by Mick Smiley

Admit it, you had no idea what this song would be until you played the video, but once it started it was like Oh yeah! That OTHER song from Ghostbusters. It's got creepy 80's vocals, and a ghostly rhythm that makes you think something heavy is about to go down.

4. Jump in De Line by Harry Belafonte

Ok it's not a Halloween song, nothing in the lyrics, tune, or vocals make this spooky in any way. But every time I hear it all I can see is Winona Ryder floating on the ceiling with football player ghosts dancing behind her. If that's not Halloween I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

3. Drunkards Damnation Jamboree by SWANK

I suspect this song is about what happens to alcoholics when they die. They apparently get their own heaven that's just one big party bar with never ending beer kegs. This song definitely reminds me of a Hellboy comic where he parties all night with some dead pirates but doesn't realize it until the next morning.

2. Man With The Hex by The Atomic Fireballs

In short, don't mess with Voodoo.

1. Move You Dead Bones by Dr. Reanimator

My favorite Halloween song ever! Seriously it needs more play, everything about it is so incredibly ridiculous. The lyrics, the video, and above all the singer. But I suppose if you're going to make your own dance crew making them Zombies would definitely take attention away from the fact that you can't dance.

So what are you favorite spooky songs?

F(x) Music

About a year and a half ago my friend Shannon, who is always on top of popular Asian music showed me this music video (Nu ABO) by Korean girl group F(x) because he though I would like the costumes.

Needless to say I got pretty hooked, this video was a bit like crack to me. Cute girls, fun music, great costumes. For weeks afterwards I greeted Shannon with "Na na na na Nu ABO!" People thought we were crazy, but that's not really anything new.

The combination of Victoria, Amber, Crystal, Luna, and Sulli is a fun one. It looks to me as if they work hard but have a lot of fun as well and maybe that's the real reason I like F(x) so much. But the outfits do help I have to say, bright colors, fun styles, and WIGS! Oh yeah it's like someone asked themselves, "what kind of group will get Arika to watch our videos over and over again?" Well people you have the answer, no go and give me more of this!

This is their newest single "Electric Shock" just released from Korea, enjoy!

Glorias 25th Birthday

Gloria and I have been buddies since High School. She's the kind of person everybody wants to be friends with, she's super smart, funny, and incredibly nice. This year her party theme was Musicals. It was going to be Godzilla, but I think maybe Musicals gives more variety.

Here she is being all adorabible! She was dressed as Penny from Dr. Horrible, post-mortem, that is a gun coming out of her stomach! It took some time to find that dress, and she ruined her coffee table putting the gun on. We had several people from Dr. Horrible there, we also had many Rent 'extras'. And Mike dressed up as Elwood Blues.

But he left early to resume his 'Mission from God'.

Rose dressed as Blind Mag from Repo: The Genetic Opera.

We actually finished the dress just before the party.

I took a few quick shots of her outside, but it was pretty cold and the fabric of her dress is shear.

No time for contacts or the giant eyelashes, but I did Roses makeup, I think it turned out pretty good actually!

Glorias Birthday Cake was also from Repo. This is Amber Sweet, her face was not staying on so well, but as you can see there are zydrate bottles all around, she can't feel a thing.

Here I am in my Cinderella dress. Rose on one side and out hostess Heather on the other. Heather wanted to go as Sharpei from High School Musical, but her hair was too heavy to stay up.

My makeup was very pastel and glittery. I must have done three different looks before I settled on this one. I don't even remember what colors I'm wearing at this point. The lipstick had worn off for this picture but it was a lovely dark berry color.

Mike brought Voodoo to the party and saved me a Grape Ape, mostly because he knows I'd go absolutely bitch cakes on anyone who ate it. He took this photo real quick cause that doughnut was gone in seconds.

Heather and Becky, Becky doesn't dress up for anything, but the bright pink shirt was a nice color on her.

Rose and Anissa

Our attire made it a bit difficult to maneuver once the party started jumping so Rose and I spent much of the evening in the Karaoke room doing duets together and with others. People would filter in and out and sing with us, lots of fun!

All in all a successful party, I'm pretty sure Gloria had a great time, she got money, and gift cards, and the keys to a Shiny New Australia! Now if that doesn't guarantee happiness I don't know what does?