48 Hours Of Halloween: The Recap

Last year, we did 48 straight hours of Halloween programming: music videos, horror movie trailers, etc., once an hour. When it was all over, we published this list on November 1st. Need some cool tunes for your Halloween or looking for a scary trailer or two? Look no further.

From 12:01 AM on Saturday morning until 11:01 PM on Sunday night, we posted something Halloween-related every hour. In case you missed our 48 Hours Of Halloween or just want to reminisce, here's everything that was posted in one handy location:

Songs

• "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus
• "Bloodletting" by Concrete Blonde 
• "Boris The Spider" by The Who
• "Chain Saw" by Ramones
• "Cry Little Sister" by Gerard McMann
• "Do The Bruce Campbell" by MC Lars & YTCracker
• "Do They Know It's Halloween?" by North American Halloween Prevention Institute
• "Dragula" by Rob Zombie
• "Every Day Is Halloween" by Ministry
• "Fairground" by Pulp
• "Halloween" by The Misfits 
• "Halloweenhead" by Ryan Adams 
• "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• "A Nightmare On My Street" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
• "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
• "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell
• "The Subway Song" from The Cure
• "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" by Marilyn Manson
• "This Is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
• "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
• "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield
• "Werewolves Of London" by Warren Zevon

Trailers

• An American Werewolf In London
• April Fool's Day
• Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
• Basket Case
• The Blair Witch Project
• Children Of The Corn 
• Creepshow
• Evil Dead II
• The Exorcist  
• Frankenhooker
• Friday The 13th
• Halloween
• Happy Birthday To Me
• The Lost Boys
• My Name Is Bruce
• Night Of The Creeps
• A Nightmare On Elm Street 
• The Return Of The Living Dead 
• Scream
• Shaun Of The Dead 
• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Sleepaway Camp
• Student Bodies

Promos

• Five minutes from The Walking Dead

Other

• Culture Brats Radio playlist: Scary Music
• Review of Haunted House for Wii

New Music Releases: U2 And Mike Patton

Here are this week's new releases by '80s and early '90s artists. We've compiled this list to the best of our abilities.

Artist: U2
Title: Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary)
Release date: November 1, 2011
Rebirth or Reissue: Reissue
More information: Comes in several flavors: a) single disc b) 2-CD deluxe edition which contains the original album and 14 b-sides and remixes c) a six-CD and four-DVD super deluxe edition d) a super duper DUPER set that will set you back over $400.

Artist: Mike Patton
Title: Solitude Of Prime Numbers
Release date: November 1, 2011
Rebirth or Reissue: Rebirth
More information: Sixteen new tracks from the Faith No More frontman.


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The Superions, "Batbaby"

From 2011, here's The Superions with "Batbaby."

Enjoy!



For those of you who missed it, on Friday we interviewed Superions frontman Fred Schneider. He spoke with us about the "Batbaby" video, the new B-52's live album, the key to their longevity, and what he's planning to be for Halloween.

Hanging With The Wild Crowd: Our Interview With Fred Schneider

On October 11, 2011, The B-52's released With The Wild Crowd: Live In Athens Ga, the band's first live album. Recorded in February of 2011, the performance marked the 34th anniversary of the band's first concert. We were lucky enough to sit down with Fred Schneider today and he spoke with us about the live album, the band's plans, the key to their longevity, the new song and video for "Batbaby" that he recorded with The Superions, and what he's planning to be on Halloween.

How are you doing today?
I'm doing excellent.

Good. You just released With The Wild Crowd, the first B-52's live album. What took so long?
We've done live albums before, but one was stolen and two were... the tapes were totally flawed for some reason that they didn't check. But you know, we've got a kickass band that sounds good.

Cool. The concert was recorded back in February. Looking back, are there any songs you wish you had included in the set list that night?
There's always tons of them. I mean, we have so many. We just tried to pick something representational of every album. Except... yeah, we've got even Bouncing Off The Satellites.

The concert marks the 34th anniversary of you guys' first concert. What's been the secret to your longevity?
We're vampires.

First Look: Shark Pool

THERE'S A SHARK IN THE POOL!

Sadly, this looks better than most real movies.

It's A Halloween Miracle!

Well kind of. A few weeks ago we reported that there's a Beetlejuice reboot in the works. Today there's an update: the makers say they won't go into production without the blessing of Tim Burton and involvement of Michael Keaton in the titular role. Now THAT is something I might watch.

Again, I think there's not enough Michael Keaton in the world and I'd love to see him 'Juice it up. You?

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The Woman In Black

Since we're in a scary movie frame of mind here this week, I wanted to point out something that looks fantastic(ally scary). The Woman In Black is actually based on a book turned stage play but now it's coming to the silver screen and it stars everyone's favorite boy wizard, Daniel Radcliffe.



Creepy good, right? I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY. Who else is stoked about this one?

Tim Curry, "Anything Can Happen On Halloween"

From 1986's The Worst Witch, here's Tim Curry with "Anything Can Happen On Halloween."

Enjoy!

All Access: Our Interview with Ken Regan

I am a sucker for rock photography.

I'm not talking about the finely-managed images of Lady Gaga or Coldplay that get sprayed across the Internet as if from a fire hose. I'm talking about images of the titans of music, at the height of their powers, that defined what rock and roll meant to a generation. Imagine Freddie Mercury with arm raised before the crowds at Live Aid. Or Jimmy Page, hair flopping across his face, channeling primal sounds from his fingertips. Or four boyish lads from Liverpool grinning into the cameras upon their first arrival in America. Those are the images that still stick in our collective consciousness as the essence of youth, music, and the our own teenage memories of AM radio blasting through tinny speakers in our parents' cars.

And Ken Regan was there. He is an award-winning photojournalist who has taken some of the most memorable photos of the last 50 years, ranging from sports icons to war zones. And he's also had the good fortune to have traveled with, photographed, and becomes friends with the legends of rock and roll. He has just published a new retrospective, All Access: The Rock 'N' Roll Photography Of Ken Regan, which showcases his decades of work capturing the likes of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and virtually everyone else of significance at their most intimate and accessible. It's a must have for any fan of rock, and I had the pleasure of speaking with him at length about it.

Your career has spanned decades and spans so many subjects. Why a retrospective on rock and roll, and why now?
Yeah, I started out as a sports photographer then I started doing music, then I started doing politics, then I did wars and then I did food and fashion. I've done a little bit of everything, and I've always wanted—when I got into photography—not to be pigeonholed as a rock photographer or a sports photographer, but to be someone who is diversified and can walk into all different elements of life and have the pleasure of photographing them.

I had done a book with the publisher, Insight Editions, about four years ago that was a retrospective of boxing, and they wanted to do another book with me. I wanted to do a full retrospective, but they felt we'd be better off doing a music book since I'd done so much music over the years. We were supposed to do it two years ago, but the recession hit and the publisher felt like the timing wasn't good to put out a big expensive holiday book. So here we are.

More Axel F?

Eddie Murphy recently sat down with Rolling Stone to give a rare interview and in it he said some interesting things, among which was an update on a new Beverly Hills Cop film, which has been rumored for an eternity:

Murphy has decided not to make Beverly Hills Cop IV. "They're not doing it," he says. "What I'm trying to do now is produce a TV show starring Axel Foley's son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit. I'd do the pilot, show up here and there. None of the movie scripts were right; it was trying to force the premise. If you have to force something, you shouldn't be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong."

Glossing over the fact this he doesn't want a rehash but is involved with a rehash, kinda, I think it's interesting to see that Eddie is thinking about TV. Also, I want Judge Reinhold back. The world needs more Judge Reinhold, don't you think?

In any case, while I AM actually a big fan of the first two films, I'm not sure there's a need for a TV series. Would you want to see it?