Set up, hit random and party!

01. Happy Hallowe'en - Die So Fluid
02. The Monster Mash - The Misfits
03. Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie
04. Dragula - Rob Zombie
05. This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman
06. Scooby Doo, Where Are You? - MxPx
07. Ghostbusters - NoFX
08. Mogura - Puffy AmiYumi (sounds Halloweenesque)
09. Creepy Doll - Jonathan Coulton
10. Insect Boy - Screaming Banshee Aircrew
11. Hello Mr Hyde - Screaming Banshee Aircrew
12. Scream Baby Scream - Wednesday 13
13. Skeletons - Wednesday 13
14. I Zombie - White Zombie
15. Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls - White Zombie
16. Buffy theme
17. The X-Files theme
18. Dead In Hollywood - Murderdolls
19. Dawn of the Dead - Murderdolls
20. I Walked With A Zombie - Wednesday 13
21. Pet Semetary - The Ramones
22. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
23. Skullcrusher Mountain - Jonathan Coulton
24. Ha Ha You're Dead - Green Day
25. I'm Your Boogie Man - White Zombie
26. Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
27. Ghost of Vincent Price - Wednesday 13
28. American Wolves In London - Wednesday 13
29. Horror Show - The Birthday Massacre
30. Vampire - Bif Naked
31. Love At First Fright - Murderdolls
32. WWVII Parts 1 & 2 - Sum 41
33. Pain For Pleasure - Sum 41
34. Redeemer - Marilyn Manson
35. Evil Genius - Pat Benatar
36. Live - Paul and Storm
37. Slept So Long - Jay Gordon


Happy Halloween y'all!     

I'm procrastinating from rehearsing so I thought I'd write another blog... okay, I thought I'd rant a little. But here's some recommendations :)

Recommended music
Pat Benatar! (everything she has ever done!! She is the Queen of Rock!!)
The Birthday Massacre! (best place to start is their live album Show And Tell!)
Bif Naked! (especially The Promise)
Jonathan Coulton! (especially the live album Best. Concert. Ever. if you like acoustic music)
Nerf Herder! (especially IV)
Ugly Kid Joe! (great 90s grunge/metal band. Recommend America's Least Wanted)
Pearl Jam! (especially Vs and Pearl Jam)
Green Day! (any album but American Idiot!)
The Ramones! (get the Anthology and work from there!)
Screaming Banshee Aircrew! (especially When All Is Said And Done)
D.J Sharman's Blues Bar! (for all the blues lovers out there!)


Recommended TV
Anything starring Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs
Charmed (my favourite show)
Sanctuary (an amazing show that I'm addicted to)
Anything created by Joss Whedon
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Farscape (one of the greatest TV shows that will ever be created)
Stargate SG-1 (especially the Vala seasons)
Battlestar Galactica
Picket Fences
Family Guy
Marvel cartoons (especially the original X-Men, Marvel Action Hour and X-Men Evolution)

Recommended movies
Anything starring Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Sarah Michelle Gellar
Underworld trilogy
Tim Burton movies (especially Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks and Edward Scissorhands)
Serenity
The Crow
Ghost World (then you'll understand my Catwoman mask)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, etc.
Wayne's World 1&2
Kevin Smith movies (especially Mallrats)
Studio Ghibli movies (especially Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away)
Tartan Extreme Movies (Japanese, Korean and Chinese horror films. Recommend the original Ring trilogy, Tale of Two Sisters, original The Eye and Battle Royale)
The Grudge 2 (Ju-On 2 the original Japanese movie)
Old classic horror movies - no remakes!! (Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser 1-3, Friday the 13th, Stephen King's It, The Exorcist Director's Cut)
Disney Pixar movies (especially Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc.)
Marvel movies (especially the X-Men series, Daredevil and the Spiderman trilogy)

Recommended Books
Anything by Marcus Sedgwick (especially The Dead Days Omnibus/The Book of Dead Days & The Dark Flight Down, My Sword Hand Is Singing & Kiss Of Death and Blood Red, Snow White: A Novel of the Russian Revolution)
Anne Rice (Interview With A Vampire is really interesting)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Koji Suzuki (author of the Ring trilogy.Highly recommend Dark Water)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Charmed books!

Now I shall go and get to work on my setlist for Wednesday and dance around to The Birthday Masscare :)

Much love and many hugs.
Stay safe, give love and look after one another
*HUGS*

Okay, so it's time for a rant.

Oh. My. God. If you haven't heard The Birthday Massacre go find them on Myspace and/or YouTube now. They are one of the greatest bands. So, last night was the second time I have seen them live and boy, they don't disappoint at all.

The setlist was fantastic (Blue, I Think We're Alone Now, Video Kid and Happy Birthday being my favourite of the night) and they are so full of life, energy and passion for their music that it is infectious. The music is so poetic and energetic that you just need to dance and sing and jump and move.

The greatest thing about this band though is their attitude. They are up on stage to have a good time, not to take themselves seriously, and they spend the entire night talking to people in the audience... Chibi play fighting, hugging and hi-fiving anyone and everyone she can reach. And it's so great that in that kind of environment fans can give presents to them whilst they're on stage and they really are grateful, especially Chibi who thanked everyone. My favourite memory is probably of the entire audience making love hearts with their hands and Chibi doing it back. That is just so sweet and not typical at all. They're all so good natured and show how much they truly appreciate their fans. I have never seen anyone be so kind towards an audience. The fact that they're willing to converse and laugh and joke is something of a rariety and the audience just feels that much more excited to be there because of it. Last night wasn't a gig; it was an experience. It felt like being apart of something truly unique and amazing. The stage may have been small for a six-piece but they still let loose and I loved every minute of it.

The other great thing about this band is their eagerness to show their fans love. I loved the fact that they encourage you to talk to them after the show, that they stand around posing for photos and make sure that everyone of them is good because they don't want people going home with bad photos, they sign anything and everything you put in front of them and they are interested in having conversations with people. I have never seen another band with as big a fanbase as theirs treat their fans the way they do. It's lovely!

They are all lovely people (I met them back in 2006 as well) and I look forward to seeing them again and hanging out with fellow fans again because they are also some of the nicest people I have ever met. Being a fan of The Birthday Massacre is truly an honour because they treat their fans so well, they try to get involved with an online community and other fans are kind and you can get a chat going before/during/after gigs and get to know one another. It's a very unique thing and it's really very humbling as well. I hope that if I am ever in a position like The Birthday Massacre's that I act in the same way, that I show respect and care for everyone involved and that I am as down to earth as they are.


Thank you to Chibi, Rainbow and O.E for joining all us fans outside. It was very cool to talk to you all again (well, it was my first time talking to the smiley O.E but he's totally cute and lovely) and thank you for signing my poster, for taking photos, thank you Rainbow for the quick chat about music and thank you Chibi for chatting also! It was a great end to a great evening. Good luck and a safe journey on the rest of your tour!

The Birthday Massacre at Rock City, Nottingham. July 15th 2009.
What. A. Night.

*HUGS*

This is the video I made for BrendaBrenda in the summer of 2008 when fans were showing their support for Shannen to return to 90210 and I wanted to show my support to Shannen on whether she returned or not. The audio used here was one of the early demoes.

Here's To You was a song I wrote in the summer of 2007. It's dedicated to all my friends who I love dearly.

I'm really happy that I finally got a recording of the song finished. It's one of the few songs that aren't about imaginary creatures, mad scientists and the apocalypse :P

Enjoy and take care
Much love and hugs
*HUGS*