All Hallow's Eve Coffee Show!!!

Boooooo! Ha, ha, ha! Don't be afraid, Coffeekateers and Coffee Cadets! It's just us, Randy and Keith, back with another Coffee Show! ... Only this one is SCARY! That's right, we celebrated one of our favorite holidays with three hours of music about ghosts, murder, mayhem, the Devil, monsters and deep-voiced country music!

In particular, we welcomed the fantastic Brent Amaker and The Rodeo! These fellas were coming through town with the particular blend of humor and good 'ol country good times, fronted by the deepest-voiced singer since Johnny Cash drank three bottles of whiskey and got punched in the throat! They not only stuck around and did an interview, but they also played five songs live in the studio and it was a raucous great time! (There is a nice shout-out to us on their blog at entry 13!) We have to ask their permission, but we'll try to have some tracks up for you soon as well! If they get back in your neck of the woods, SEE THEM! In the meantime, we highly recommend their forthcoming album "Howdy Do"!

In the meantime, hopefully you can content yourself with this week's Fibsmith, as the show burner was finally kind to us!:


This year ended up with slightly straighter songs and fewer novelty songs (at least, ones VERY heavy on the novelty), and a lot of stuff got pre-empted by the live performence, too! We got several great requests, and tried to accomodate everyone that we could!

There's also this presidential election thing coming up -- and it seems like it might count for something. So we threw in a couple of (spooooky) politically-themed songs to help remind everyone to vote early or on Tuesday, November 4th. We're sure our endorsement doesn't matter, but for the record: we like our presidents like we like our coffee: Black. GET OUT AND VOTE! (If you are old enough.) IF YOU VOTE, YOU ARE AWESOME!

If you are throwing your own nerdy Hallowe'en party, may we recommend one or more of the following for your mix CD?:

The Presidents Of The USA - These Are The Good Times People "Ghosts Are Everywhere"
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy "Pretend We're Dead"
Osaka Popstar & The American Legends Of Punk - s/t "Insects"
The Ramones - Loco Live "Pet Semetary"
Groovie Ghoulies - Re-Animation Festival "Graceland"
Groovie Ghoulies - Fun In The Dark "(She's My) Vampire Girl"
Groovie Ghoulies - Monster Club "Deviltown"
The Feelings Hijackers - Skeletal Remains "Skeletal Remains"
Logan Whitehurst & The Junior Science Club - Goodbye, My 4-Track "When Werewolves Collide"
Julie Brown - Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun"
Brent Amacker & The Rodeo - Howdy Do "When Love Gets To A Man"
Brent Amacker & The Rodeo - Howdy Do "You Ain't Savin' Me"
The Touchers - Pretty Baby "Servant Of The Evil One"
Oingo Boingo - Farewell "No One Lives Forever"
Priestess - Hello Master "Lay Down"
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Pandelerium "Ichabod"
Cocobat - Posi-Traction "Munsters"
Jonathan Coulton - Thing-A-Week 2 "RE: Your Brains"
Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom "Bus To Beelzebub"
Sifl & Olly - Songs Of Season 1 "Fake Blood"
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (Legacy Edition) "Superdeformed (demo version)"
Self - Gizmodgery "Dead Man"
The Damned - The Goth Box "Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde"
Danny Elfman - Songs For A Darkened Theatre Vol. 2 "This Is Halloween (Demo)"
Chris Murray - 4-Trackaganza! "Science Fiction Double Feature"
The Aquabats - The Fury of... "The Cat With Two Heads"
The Aquabats - Change!! "Fashion Zombies!"
Wally Pleasant - Welcome To Pleasantville "I Was A Teenage Republican"
Paul Holcolmb - .MP3 single "DJ Ted's Techno Tubes"
Mono Puff - Devil Went Down To Newport - single "The Devil Went Down To Newport (Totally Rocking)"
They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 "Hall Of Heads"
They Might Be Giants - Mink Car "Cyclops Rock"
The Cramps - Big Beat From Badsville "Sheena's In A Goth Gang"
Ghouls Night Out - The Mourning After "Monster Love"
Gore Gore Girls - Get The Gore "Where Evil Grows"
Squirrell Nut Zippers - Perennial Favorites "Ghost Of Stephen Foster"
Oxide - I Live In A Land Of Chaos "Don't Befriend A Zombie"
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Clowns In The Sky Vol. 2 "Where Oh Werewolf"
Bonzo Dog Band - Peel Sessions "Monster Mash"