THANKS BUT NO THANKS from the Haunted House - Show # 62 - Nov 20 2015

The Haunted House @ KUSF - Show # 62 - "Thanks but no Thanks" - Nov 20 2015 by Casaencantada on Mixcloud

Dear Turkey Trotters,

Beware the hormones and the fat! 
Listen to the sizzling oil!  
Abandon all hope ye who enter here, and put on your aprons!

   Today at the Haunted House we celebrate Thanksgiving. We got to say, spirits and ghosts are not usually very thankful creatures, so this has been a difficult choice.
Once you see the inevitability of all actions and events in the cosmic gravy of eternity, it's not easy to properly "thank" anything that took part in that chain. It's not like it had any choice, is it?

   But let's not digress. We have made our favorite delicatessens for you. Ghosts don't eat things that cast a shadow, so that limits the options.
Still, we have our classic Roasted Bat, out secret recipe and very famous Black Widow Sauce, our wonderful Mashed Mosquitoes and our special well-known Chrysanthemums on the Cob.

   We have found out that apparently the Turkey theme was a kind of soft erotica for our elders, because what could be more arousing than a scantily clad lady about to strangle an innocent creature to death and then roast it? Nothing, that's what.
   And thus we get these centerfolds from magazines like the Puritanical Playboy and newspapers like the Salem Witch Burner:

And we celebrate the birthday of THE THING! Not to miss!

Popoff, Are You Ready or Not?

OUR SAUCES AND GRAVIES:

1-    Danke Schoen – Wayne Newton

2-    I’m Thankful – Fat Man Matthews

3-    Pilgrim of Sorrow – Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers

4-    A Testimony – The Upsetter Pilgrims

5-    Thankful n’ Thoughtful – Sly and the Family Stone

6-    Gibble Gobble – Willie Wright

7-    Carve that Possum – Uncle Dave Macon

8-    Mashed Potatoes – James Brown

9-    Mashed Potato Time – Ronettes

10-What’s That Tastes Like Gravy – King David’s Jug Band

11-Hot Corn – Martin and Robbins

12-Sweet Virginia – Rolling Stones

13-Sa Alouni Annais (The People Asked Me)- Fairuz

14-La Pollera Colorá – Corraleros de Majagual

GOIN' DOWN SOUTH with The Haunted House - Show # 61 - Nov 6 2015

The Haunted House @ KUSF - Show # 61 - "Goin' South" - Nov 6 2015 by Casaencantada on Mixcloud

Dear Corporeal Presences, Come listen to us today if you dare, for we are travelling far away...

   Yes, the Haunted House is moving SOUTH! We are GOING DOWN, babies! It is going to be difficult to move. What with all the 4th Dimensional creatures that are not included in any moving company insurance, not to mention the impossibility of moving THE THING...

   But we are confident and optimistic. We have emptied the Spook Dancehall, we have already packed all our dungeons (balls and chains not included) and we are finishing loading the Goblins into their Goblin Trip Carriers. We have unscrewed the dark matter lightbulbs and we have covered the multidimensional mirrors. WE ARE READY TO GO!
   We are moving to "one of those Southern states where the governor's a crook". Oh we can't wait to spook them! Oh, the places we'll see, oh, the people we'll meet...

Georgia Native and Future Neighbor Barbecue Bob

A String Band from Georgia

Peg Leg Howell and Friends

R L Burnside from Mississippi

    So far, the Surreal State Agents have been showing us some new locations for our House. It's not easy to find a place swampy enough, dismal yet completely untouched by sunlight, and with a graveyard on the backyard...

These are some places they showed us. This is, by far, our favorite:

But you can't deny the charm of this affordable yet convenient condo, very close to the Alligator routes and the bat migration stops: 

 

And then there's the neighbors:

TRACKLIST:

1 - Goin’ Down South — R L Burnside
2- Down Yonder (We Go Ballin’) — Smiley Lewis
3 - Southbound Rag — Blind Blake
4- South Side of Soul Street — Johnny Adams
5- Oooh-wee Baby — Art Neville
6- I Feel Good — Shirley and Lee
7- Don’t Blame It On Me — Fats Domino
8- Little Liza Jane — Huey Piano Smith
9- Little Liza Jane — Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
10- Georgia Crawl — Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony
11- Georgia Mule — Hokum Boys
12- Barbecue Blues — Barbecue Bob
13- Georgia on my Mind — Django Reinhardt and the Quintette Hot Club
14- Dear Old Southland — Oscar Alemán
16- Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik — Outkast

Some Extra Songs for Your Consideration:
Lonesome Road Blues — W. Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Down South Blues — Muddy Waters
Down South Blues — Dock Boggs
Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea — Jimmie Rodgers

Well, let's get this party started...