Halloween Mix for 2015

What is this? A post? No way!

Every year, I try to make a new mix for Halloween.

I say every year, but of course there were some year I skipped. I started in 2002, and made 5 through 2008. I started back up in 2011 with The Return, and have had an annual one since.

So, here is the list for this year:

Halloween 2015

1. 1. Rob Zombie – Transylvania Transmissions Pt. 1
2. 2. Rihanna – Disturbia
3. 3. Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil '97
4. 4. Tegan and Sara – Walking With A Ghost
5. 5. Kyuss – Demon Cleaner
6. 6. The Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein
7. 7. 45 Grave – Evil
8. 8. The Atomic Fireballs – Man With The Hex
9. 9. The Fuzztones – She's Wicked
10. 10. The Fat Man and Team Fat – Mr. Death
11. 11. Johnny Cash – Ain't No Grave
12. 12. Dissection – Where Dead Angels Lie
13. 13. Scrappy Cartoon – I'm A Ghost
14. 14. John Massari – Killer Klown March
15. 15. Ozzy Osbourne – Hellraiser
16. 16. Anthrax – Bordello of Blood
17. 17. The Cramp – Human Fly
18. 18. Chvrches – Bella Lugosi's Dead
19. 19. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
20. 20. Buddy Baker – Swinging Wake
21. 21. The Brass Action – The Devil Down Below
22. 22. The Fleshtones – Dracula A GoGo
23. 23. Ghost B.C. - I'm A Marionette
24. 24. Imogen Heap – Getting Scared

​As you can guess, it is fairly eclectic. There is some stuff from soundtracks, random stuff I found and even a video game song. There is also a supreme lack of Misfits and other Halloween-esque staples. I have used them a bunch of times. It is getting increasingly more difficult to come up with varied songs.

I still come here.

I am feeling antsy again.

I need to do something creative. I have no idea what that something is, but I am going to push my way towards... something, anyway.

I read an article recently that a friend of mine posted on Facebook, "Ten Rules of Writing" by Amitava Kumar. In it he discusses his influences for focusing on writing and his own personal philosophy on writing. It is fairly brief, but worthwhile.

One of the rules is to set modest goals. Most times I read suggestions on writing, the same thing is listed every time: write every day. Pretty simple, really. Kumar was the first to have the modesty part. He only suggested about 150 words. Truth be told, I am almost there as of this sentence. I thought that even I can do that. So, here I am giving it a go.

Now, one of his other rules is something I definitely work on: walk for 10 minutes.

Basically, get some exercise everyday. Granted, this is something I should probably do any way. I have even been talking with my more in-shape brother on a regimen to get into. I think it is more of a sign now that I have seen in on a list of suggestions on how to write well. Even thinking back to reading Stephen King's On Writing, he makes reference to going on walks a lot. (It was even on a walk that lead to him being hit by a car.) Still, even a walk is better than just sitting around all day. It could get the blood flowing to the right places to inject life into dormant brain cells.