Guest ColumnIST: The Laurie Show

I may bring in some personal favorites of yesteryear – music that, frankly, I play all year round, from Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Yes, it sort of brings out the old-school goth in me. That, and a longing for Hammer films. Just the mere mention of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing makes me all sentimental. (sniff, sniff) Or anything with Vincent Price…true family entertainment!

Of course, the evening would not be complete without featuring music by my favorite artistes of horror and crazy good times, the White Ghost Shivers! They’re preparing for one heck of a vaudeville extravaganza with their annual Hallowe’en Ball, Flim Flam Follies. This year’s madness and debauchery commences at The Oaks out in Manor, with The Theater Fire, The Peculiar Pretzelmen, and St. Idiot Collective stirring up the spirits. For details and directions, you can visit the Shivers’ website or MySpace profile. A frightfully good time is guaranteed for all!

http://www.whiteghostshivers.com/

http://www.myspace.com/whiteghostshivers

Say…I had no idea that zombies made such great music. I’ll play a track or two from the latest zombified rock opera offered by The Unbearables, “Just One Bite.” They’ll feature quite a few of these tunes as they assemble their Zombie Rock Orchestra at the Victory Grill on E. 11^th St. this Hallowe’en, sharing the stage with Darling New Neighbors and Damage Pants. Brains for everyone!

Apparently, the insanity is abundant this Samhain. Imagine Mr. Lewis and the Funeral 5 performing Alice Cooper songs at the Beerland Hallowe’en celebration, or Midori Umi shape-shifting into Led Zeppelin during Sunday’s pre-Hallowe’en bash at Club DeVille. Ooooo, scary!

But isn’t that the way we like it? Remember, children, join me from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. into the wee dead hours of the night, on KUT 90.5. As my sweetheart Norman Bates used to say: “We all go a little mad…sometimes.”