Is it truly possible that you October ghouls never heard the all-time rocking-est, scariest, catchiest, funniest Halloween song?
Oh, come on!
Extract your fist out from that candy corn bag, and click the button below to GET DOWN WITH THE DEAD.
(The song just happens to be by the frighteningly wonderful band Life in a Blender whose eerily talented lead singer Don Rauf co-wrote the theme song to our podcast I Couldn't Throw It Out.)
More rockin' LIfe in a Blender songs here. Blast it, baby!
Host
Michael Small, the host of I Couldn't Throw It Out, can be seen telling stories on Youtube in the NYC storytelling showcase Tale. His plays have been presented in the New York International Theater Festival and The HOWL Festival. He and BT McNicholl co-wrote the book for the musical The IT Girl, which debuted Off Broadway in 2001 and is now performed regionally. His new musical The History of Light, which updates Gilbert and Sullivan songs with pop and hip-hop, was performed in a public reading at L.A.'s La Mirada Theater.
After 15 years as a reporter for PEOPLE Magazine, Michael became a manager of websites for Wired, Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone, among others. Most recently, he was a product manager at MSNBC.com and NBC News Digital.
Michael's 1992 book Break It Down: The Inside Story of Rap included interviews with more than 60 hip-hop artists. And, yes, he also ghostwrote the biography of the superhunk Fabio. If you need a copy, let him know.
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