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It's not Halloween until we hear this song. The Shaggs "It's Halloween": I put decorations up early.

Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis, as seen on Jimmy Fallon. The meadow settings look just like the fields I used to run through with my cousins as a kid. 

Depeche Mode "Dream On"


Bruno Coulais "Exploration," from "Coraline." (Fabulous soundtrack)


Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Love Burns"


The Black Ghosts "Full Moon"


Sigur Rós ''Starálfur''


Jesca Hoop "Money"


Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion"


Catherine Wheel "Sparks are Gonna Fly" (embedding disabled. BOOOO.)

Muse "Hysteria" - one of my favorite bands, if not the favorite


Alice Cooper "Elected" Marilyn Manson is the poor man's Cooper

1. I've loved reading your comments on public smoking bans below. I was a little sketchy about hitting "publish" on that one because I know many smokers are quite vigilant about their smoking. I do hope people realize it's not about taking anyone's rights away, but rather ensuring the right for others to not smoke via secondhand fumes.

2. My latest homeschooling column is up now over at Imperfect Parent, wherein I answer the most oft-asked question: "What about their socialization?" Definitive reading on the subject.

3. I cannot stop playing this song. I love everything about it; it shares this murky aesthetic with Jesca Hoop which I find very appealing: