Music Monday: Halloween Playlist

Halloween is definitely THE favorite holiday around these parts. The creepy, the silly, the macabre, and the odd all enjoy the spotlight for a couple of weeks. All of which puts me in the mood to Monster Mash it up.

Check out some of my favorite Halloween-ish-themed tunes below. This list has a appropriately odd mix of rock, goth, pop, and electronic, as well as those songs famous for their seasonal attritbutes (read: Ghostbusters & Nightmare Before Christmas!), fitting for all of your spooky sensibilities.

Music Monday: Eleanor & Park Playlist

Recently I finished reading the wonderful Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. One of my favorite things about it is the music! Right on page one are a couple of great bands that I still listen to today. As the music references kept coming, I had to make playlist and listen to it immediately to get my 80’s fix.

I really wanted to hit this list perfect, so all of the songs were released during 1987 or earlier. Many of the artists or songs were mentioned by Eleanor or Park. I’ve also included some of my favorite related songs.

Check it out!

Let me know what songs you think Eleanor and Park shared on their mix tapes in the comments!

Music Monday: Cover Song Playlist and Game!

A while back, a couple friends and I were playing Scrabble. Part way through, we realized the album we were listening to, one that I hadn’t heard before, was completely cover songs. We spent the rest of the album attempting to remember the original artists—not so easy when the genres were completely flipped. Seeing an opportunity to indulge our current ADD mindset, our ‘DJ’ searched for more cover songs for us to guess.

A new game was born!

Or at least a new game for us. We spent a couple hours guessing songs and laying down Scrabble words. Suffice it to say, that Scrabble game took several times longer than usual.

After this night of musical fun, I was inspired to create a playlist of cover songs. Some are very popular, some are obscure, but all wonderfully pay homage to the originals.

Can you name all of the original artists? Did I miss your favorite cover song? Let me know and I’ll add it to the list!

Music Monday: Non-English Playlist

Some days I just don’t want to hear my native tongue, today being one of them. These are some of the songs I turn to when that happens.



Am I missing something?
Let me know what amazing non-English songs I need to add.