Happy Halloween from your (creepy) old pal Z. at Hipster, please!

PS: Read Scary Go Round. It’s an amazing Web comic.

PPS: Luzid just hipped me to a new RE 4-themed Halloween track up at his MySpace; check that shit out as well.

The U.K. Subs were right: everything does smell like horse shit down on the farm!

Last weekend, the wife and I took L’il X. to a local pumpkin patch as a little pre-Halloween treat. The pumpkins were pretty picked over and the whole joint reeked, but it wasn’t a total wash; they had llamas.

I dig llamas but I can’t help but be little creeped out by ‘em. There’s just something about those vacant llama eyes that makes me uncomfortable.

Behold the true face of evil.

• “This is my thesis man! This is my closing argument!”: Computerworld recently ran a story about celebrity geeks. It presents a collection of “celebrities who work at traditional artistic pursuits to make their way in the world, but have been known to kick back with a little astrophysics or microbiology in their spare time.” It’s got some no-brainers (Wil Wheaton and Bill Nye) as well as some surprises. Mr. Bean’s an electrical engineer?
• Cruciato!: Just last week I was bitching to Matt about the lack of free Wrock, and, lo and behold, yesterday I was directed to this Halloween present from our friends at WizRock.org. It’s a free-to-download album by the Cruciatus Curse. Next I plan to complain about the lack of free booze and videogames and hope for the best.
• Poor decision making: I recently mentioned my dismay at the “controversy” surrounding J.K. Rowling’s outing Dumbledore. I just didn’t see why it was a big deal. Mostly because I don’t have a huge tattoo of a gay wizard on my back. I feel bad for the guy, but he also has a kid named Paris, so I’m assuming that he makes faux pas like this all the time.
• Clothe thyself: If you too are presently embarrassed by an enormous tattoo on your back-parts, you might want to cover it up with one of these fine t-shirts from the Jesse Dangerously camp. They feature a delightful cartoon necktie on the front and a screaming Jesse logo on back. Jesse’s also got hardcopies of Verba Volant and Inter Alia for sale as well. They make great gifts, especially for your favorite nerdy music blogger.
• Another prayer answered: Metamystiks, Inc. MC and occasional producer Mythril Nazgul – known affectionately as Myf – has elected to start releasing more solo joints. His first shot comes in the form a the freestyle “Track Record.” Listen and be amazed.
• Health update: Thanks to the efforts of cat’s like The Awful Show guys, T.Y.T.’s collected approximately $700 for his father’s liver transplant. T.Y.T. fervently thanks all who have contributed, and he now has merchandise for sale to generate a bit more scratch. Among the items is his new disk “Shattered Life,” from which all proceeds will go to his father’s health care.
• More ways to help: T.Y.T. is also hoping to put together a Rhyme Torrents compilation album, the sale of which would also supplement his dad’s health care fund. For info on the parties involved or to throw your own hat in the ring, check out this thread.
• On to a happier subject: Morlocks! Oh yeah, the Daily Mail reports that the human race will one day split into two distinct species: “an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures.” Guess who agrees? Science. Also science fiction, so you really can’t go wrong there.
• One last thing: I reckon I can only work in one more blatantly Halloween-y vid before y’all start looking at me funny, so allow me to close this final October NNIB with an amazing mash-up. It’s Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” vs. Doves’ “Hit the Ground Running.” Good times!

Sometimes I don’t know where a show is gonna go until it’s finished. This was just such an episode. I had a veritable grocery list of tracks squirreled away for this edition of RFH and I knew from the get-go that there was no conceivable way to work them all in.

I tried sorting them, classifying them, linking them by theme and genre, but in the end none of those felt right. So I did what I always do when I’m in the inspirational doldrums: I just had fun with it.

The show, as it ultimately came together, was a good bit different than I had planned. There was a lot more weird retro tracks (and overall unsettling cheesiness) than a normal episode, but I think things stayed well within the bounds of geeky Halloween revelry.

With the exception of Whodini. I don’t know where the fuck that came from.

Download Radio Free Hipster Ep. 33: The Geeks Come Out at Night (hosting provided by Antisocial) Size: 49.9 MB Running Time: 54:34

Intro: Baddd Spellah – “Radio Free Hipster Theme (feat. Beefy)”
This Halloween I plan to fuse Beefy and Spellah together a la Brundlefly. True story.

Track 1: Monsters Crash the Pajama Party trailer / The Cure – “Lullaby” / e gibby & slackmaster d – “10Year Old (Lullaby Dub)”
Again, I know that mc isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite person of late, but I think this track is amazing.

Z’s 1st interlude: “Is that sleazy enough for ya?”
I can’t help but feel that Rob Zombie is one of us: he was raised on comic books and trash culture and he spends a significant chunk of his time in costume. That sounds pretty nerdy to me.

Track 2: Frog the Dawg – “DMX vs. Rob Zombie”
Be sure to check out the rest of the songs on the Mashing Pumpkins compilation.

Track 3: Antisocial – “Remember My Name”
Soc sent me this track in the 11th hour, but I liked it enough to put it in. It actually worked out pretty well, as it split up what would otherwise have been a very lengthy mash-up sub-set.

Track 4: Howard Hallis – “Haunted Bela” / DJ NoNo – “County Sound” / Billy Butterfield – “The Headless Horseman”
I was actually hoping to find the version of “The Headless Horseman” included in Disney’s retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but no luck.

Track 5: Ton Ruckert – “Humanoids from the Deep” / The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets – “Cthulhu Dreams” / Dave Edmunds – “Creature From the Black Lagoon”
Admittedly, the instrumental lead-up to “Creature From the Black Lagoon” is a little lengthy, but I couldn’t bear to edit either of those tracks any more than I already had.

Track 6: Vampire Playgirls trailer / Mr. Fab – “Dark Shadows Chachacha” / signed long int vs. The Breakfastaz – “The Night I Broke Out”
sli provides the first of three tracks from Rhyme Torrent’s Halloween 2.0 compilation. I’ve already spoken at length about it, but let me reiterate that you should check it out.

Z’s 2nd interlude: “A couple of rules of thumb concerning the content for this podcast.”
I do try and refrain from putting too many similarly styled songs together back-to-back as well as including multiple tracks by the same artist, but what fun would rules be if we didn’t bend them?

Track 7: Lon Chaney Jr. – “Spider Baby Theme”
I’d go so far as to say that this is the most disturbing thing Chaney ever did. There’s just something slightly unhinged about his vocal meter and cadence.

Track 8: The Ghastly Ones – “Banshee Beach”
SoCal garage rockers that dress like 19th century morticians? Yeah, you could say that’s nerdy.

Track 9: Graveyard Tramps trailer / Whodini – “The Freaks Come Out at Night”
This is another vanity track: it doesn’t really have anything to do with the show or my underlying theme, but it made the cut for no other reason than the simple fact that I like it.

Track 10: Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra – “The Raven” / MC Lars – “Mr. Raven”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I kicked it weak and weary. / Dark and cold just like Lake Erie. Brand new sample, someone clear me.”

Track 11: Thriftshop XL – “Antichrist (EOTMC mix)” / MC Lars – “The Roommate from Hell (Fire & Ice mix feat. mc chris)”
Yep, more Lars and mc chris. I wanted to include the above Raven motif, but I also really wanted to end a set with this track. I ultimately elected to do both.

Z’s final interlude: “It can be as playful or as sinister as you want.”
Let me just pause for a moment to remind you to keep Halloween evil. Don’t have a “Fall Carnival” or a “Harvest Festival:” have a fuckin’ Halloween party complete with witches, vampires, and zombies. You’ll be glad you did.

Track 12: Metamystiks, Inc. – “Voices”
Snyder, myf, and SDX are the 3-headed monster of hip-hop. Are they nerdcore? Who gives a shit! They’re excellent musicians and nerdy enough for inclusion; that’s all that matters to me.

Though I’ve still got a few more days of Halloween carousing, I’m already looking toward the next couple of podcasts. Presently, November looks to play host to nerd punk and superhero-themed episodes, and, of course, December will feature a holiday special and a New Year’s party ep.

Got any requests for the above shows? Got any theme ideas for ’08? Just want to tell me that I need a better mic and a more functional grasp of the English language? Well, let me know.