All Hallows Rock: A Haunted House Party

When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange music echoes down the hall. Wherever parties rage in empty houses, and good times are had by undead all. That is the time when the Halloween spirit is present, with festivities and gatherings a delight!

The hours grow later, sunset looms sooner, and the air has the bite of a chill in it. As the laves turn and fall and the growing season comes to an end, the night gives way to the lost and dead who come forth each Samhain in search of just one thing… that perfect house party!!!

So tie on your mask, straighten you guise, and reach deep for your Trick or Treat sweets, because this here ghost train is about to depart for the ethereal realm of the hereafter affair.

ALL 'BOARD!

Station House Radio presents All Hallows Rock: A Haunted House Party by Mr. Irons on Mixcloud

Playlist

Growing Up (NIN traveling ghost mix)~Peter Gabriel

 Ghost of Stephen Foster~Squirrel Nut Zippers

 In the Foyer~Buddy Baker

 Horrible Dream~Ayria

 The Killing Moon~Echo and the Bunnymen

 Halloween~Aqua

 Feed My Halloween~DJ le Clown

Haunted Gramophone~Buddy Baker

Don’t Scream (It’s only Halloween)~Apollo Zero

An Invocation~Madame Leota

Dead Man’s Party~Oingo Boingo

The Man I keep Hid~Joe Henry

Grim Grinning Ghosts~Barenaked Ladies

Nemesis~Shriekback

The Painting Bells~Buddy Baker

I think She knows I put a Spell on Her~DJ EarlyBird

Walk Along the Lake~Lost in the Trees

Haunted House (Grim Grinning remix)~SPF 1000

Deliver Me~Ben Caplan

Between the Rain~Josh Jones

Skeletons in My Closet~The Fat Man

Grim Grinning Goodbye~The Phantom Five

Don't forget to show your support by visiting the links of today's musical guests, where available. And, as always, from the whole crew of Neverland Transit Authority, thank you for your ridership.

Station House Radio: Mandatory MashUp!

“Hey, doesn’t that sound an awful like…” is more or less the line that gave birth to the “mash up”; a style of music in which various components of two, or more, songs are merged to create a new, sometimes more complex, and – ideally – a better, richer musical experience. It’s the rise of the “remix” to a new, higher art form.

 Which is ironic, since the mash up got its start as a parody critique of the state of music in the 1990’s; as derivative rehashing of each other’s sounds and stylings. (Even sometimes within a single band.)

 A staple of each musical exertion here on Station House Radio, we’re devoting an entire episode to traverse this patchwork of musical landscape with a tour de force of some of the more innovative sculptings of the soundscape. So hop on, find a seat, and hang on.

ALL ‘BOARD!

Station House Radio: Mandatory Mashup! by Mr. Irons on Mixcloud

Playlist

“The Surface of Saturday Night” by DJ Clive$ter
(Elton John vs The Chemical Brothers)

“Crazy Rabbit” by LeeDM101
(Seal vs UNKLE)

“Everything’s Intergalactic” by Belmondo
(The Beastie Boys vs Faith No More)

“Fell This!” by Aggro1
(Gorillaz vs Static X)

“O Brother Ray” by DJZebra
(Soggy Bottom Boys vs Ray Charles)

“Sweet Sweet Dreams” by DJ Schmolli
(Eurythmics vs Recover Project la Bouche)

“Yeah! It’s Mario 2!” by Neminem
(Usher vs McVaffe vs Super Mario Brothers)

“I can’t Trick” by Totom
(Genesis vs Kelis)

“Bring me to the Avengers” by Ch1llr
(Evenessence vs Alan Silvestri)

“One Way to Die in Your Arms” by Fissunix
(Cutting Crew vs Jean Pierre Taieb)

“Non Stop Enemy Humps” by Virtual DJ
(Kraftwerk vs Public Enemy vs Red Hot Chili Peppers vs Black Eyed Peas)

“I Kiss a Girl when Things Explode” by DJ Fac
(Katy Perry vs UNKLE)

 “I’m in Love with Judas Priest” by Wax Audio
(Judas Priest vs Lady Ga Ga)

“My name is Freddy” by DJ Rozroz
(Queen vs Ennio Morricone)

“Orrinoco Bitch” by DJ Peaking
(Celtic Woman vs The Prodigy)

“Tom’s Din Da Da”” by Mad Mix Mustang
(Suzanne Vega vs George Kranz vs Benny Banzai vs Public Enemy)

“Amaranth Uprising” by DJ Morgoth
(Muse vs Nightwish)

“Raining Red Clocks” by Bobby Martini
(Peter Gabriel vs Coldplay)

“The Adventure of Mr. Brightside” by DJ Mike A
(The Killers vs Angles & Airwaves vs Beethoven)

“Wall of Time” by Isosine
(Oasis vs Hans Zimmer)

Don't forget to show your support by visiting the links of today's musical guests, where available. And, as always, from the whole crew of Neverland Transit Authority, thank you for your ridership.

Station House Radio: Spiritual High

The thirst to know… Does he love me? Is there a greater power than myself? Is Fidelity all it’s cracked up to be? What is my purpose here? What will be left when I’m gone? Can I make a difference? How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Okay, well maybe no one is agonizing over that last one, but like it or not, the questions we wrestle with are real, if only in our own heads. So much so that we sometimes express these great inquisitive introspections in prose and song; though not all require a hit and a black light poster.

Get on board as we take a trip around the existential landscape of the search for meaning; in love, life, and our need to make a difference. We’ll pass the questioning, the challenging, the lost and forlorn, the hopeless and those who will never relinquish the fight.

Who knows; maybe you, too, will find a nugget of truth in a verse of searching.

ALL ‘BOARD!

Station House Radio: Spiritual High by Mr. Irons on Mixcloud

Playlist
“Spiritual High (part 1)” by Moodswings
“Questions” by INXS
“Birds with Broken Wings” by Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers
“The Devil on My Cell Phone” by Chaise Lounge
“Sperklunker” by Savlonic
“Albino Crow” by David Schultz and The Skyline
“Who can I Turn to (When nobody needs Me) by Tony Bennett with Queen Latifah
“Forgotten” by The Punch Brothers
“Heading West” by Cyndi Lauper

Mandatory Mashup!
Crazy in Your Eyes by Bobby Martini
(Peter Gabriel versus Gnarls Barkley)

“The State of Independence (Spiritual High part 2)” by Moodswings
“Obstacle” by The Droids
“Whenever” by Beth Orton
“Under the Influence” by Elle King
“Ces Jours La” by Scott Fisher and the 1am Approach
“Tomorrow” by Ladytron
“Mis Dos Pequenas” by Orlando "Cachaíto" Lopez
“Simply Stardust” by Blue van Gogh
“Like Flames” by Berlin
“Spiritual High (The Finale)” by Moodswings

Don't forget to show your support by visiting the links of today's musical guests, where available. And, as always, from the whole crew of Neverland Transit Authority, thank you for your ridership. 

Station House Radio: Summer is Gone

Photography by Candy Winters

Did you feel that? Did it just get a little crisper, a little cooler in the air when it was just hotter than blazes a day ago? Was that a dark cloud low in the sky? Are… are the days getting shorter?

Yes, as we turn the corner on another season, the leaves are beginning to turn, the dew is coming back, and nights start to take center stage. So join with us as we take one last tour through the outdoor season of fun and frolic as we bid a fond adieu to beaches, parties, and vacations, and say and begin the long trek into pumpkin pie, sweaters, and a lot more yard work.

So grab your scarfs, pick your favorite jacket, and find your seats; it’s one last ride through the days of beaches and picnics.

ALL ‘BOARD!

Station House Radio: Summer is Gone by Mr. Irons on Mixcloud

Playlist
Venice, USA by The Red Elvises
Kids in the Square by Peter Mulvey
Colonel Josh’s BBQ by The Asylum Street Spankers
Palm Road by Wolf Parade
Grandma’s House by Kirby Krackle
Endless Summer by Ape
Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride by Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu

and The Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus
Do You wanna Dance with Me next Summer? by Luis A. Segura
Rain in the Summertime by The Alarm
Summertime Blues by The Who

*Mandatory Mashup*
Galactic Love Shack by ElctroSound
(The B52’s vs The Domination vs Adam Sky)

Summer’s Cauldron (Grass) by XTC
Sandcastle City by Pete Francis
Summersong by The Decemberists
Coffee to Beer by Citizens’ Utilities
Walk on the Ocean by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Suffering Sea by Blue-Eyed Son
While the Music is Playing by Dan Zanes and Friends
More Bad Weather on the Way by Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers
Summer is Gone by Beth Hart

Don't forget to show your support by visiting the links of today's musical guests, where available. And, as always, from the whole crew of Neverland Tranist Authority, thank you for your ridership. 

Station House Radio: A Summer Night Interlude

There’s a warm wind in the air. You gather with your friends on the backyard patio. Or maybe you’re on your apartment deck with that special someone. Lights are stung about. Or, maybe there’s a fire pit still glowing after the evening meal has been shared. Perhaps the dull hum of the city fills the air, or the symphony of crickets play under a canopy of endless, countless stars.

No matter where you find yourself, where you find summer you’ll find the summer evening. And regardless of its setting, no summer is complete without the musical accompaniment that weaves together a warm summer’s night of friends, food, and revelry. Whether fireflies light the yard back-dropped by trees, or your curtain is a twinkling cityscape at dusk, these moments are woven together by the sounds of the outside season.

So gather out back, fill your glass, and look upward and outward to the coming of the end of the year. These are the warm nights, the right nights, for mixing of laughter and memories.

ALL 'BOARD!

Station House Radio: A Summer Night Interlude by Mr. Irons on Mixcloud

Playlist

At Night by Peter Gabriel

Good Night, Laura by Spoon

Closer to Free by Verbow

Beautiful by Socalled

Blue Lullabies by The Lost Patrol

Cactus by Euphoria

Sometimes by Depeche Mode

Harvest Moon by Cassandra Wilson

theme from Midnight Cowboy by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 

Wandering Star by Kid Beyond

Wilderness by Clannad

When You're Alone from the soundtrack to Hook
(music by John Williams, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, vocals by Amber Scott)

*Mandatory Mashup*

Jude'll Fix It by Phil Retrospector

 (The Beatles vs Coldplay vs Joe Anderson)

Piscatore 'E Pusilleco by Al Fabrizio & Hugo Wainzinger

Rely On by Behind the Scenes

Moon Behind the Tree by Serphonic

What are You Afraid of? by West Indian Girl

Anywhere by Evanescence

Bright Nights by Koop

Gospel by The National

Midnight Serenade by Satin Doll Big Band Reveival

Hail and Farewell by Big Country  

Don't forget to show your support by visiting the links of today's musical guests, where available. And, as always, from the whole crew of Neverland Tranist Authority, thank you for your ridership.