DEAN FARNELL’s blog

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I was just researching the next horror music selection for the blog and I stopped to check my email. I had gotten a message from a very talented musician who wrote a new tune called The Monster's Ball, the theme being the greatest names in horror having... well a ball.The approach was creative and I decided to check it out. I love the song. In fact a lot of people do and he is a recorded musician. I am proud to have had this song brought to my attention. So this week's horror music recommendation is The Monster's Ball by Dean Farnell.You can hear more and learn about Dean at http://deanfarnell.vox.com/Here is The Monster's Ball. The embedded link is broken for now.The Monster's Ball

You know you've been waiting for it, so phone the neighbors and wake the kids because IT IS HERE!!! The SECOND ANNUAL TWELVE MONTHS OF CHRISTMAS MY SPACE COLLECTION!Whether you love, hate, or are ambivalent to the current state of My Space (my relationship with them is a love/hate one, actually) the fact remains that this is perhaps one of the few places on the 'net where I can find such a wide variety of Christmas music. Granted, the bit rates on the songs are not the greatest, which frustrates me. Other websites (not nearly as large as My Space, granted) can permit their artists to upload higher bit rate MP3s. So sound quality of some of these songs aside, I do feel that these are the rare singles of tomorrow. Some of these songs are only up for a limited time, and I've seen some bands remove them from their page the day after Christmas. Some of these songs are only released for the fans to hear online, and are not on any of the artist's CDs. So somebody has to curate what they can find, and while it's a long process to do so, it's quite rewarding in the end.And in the end I had nearly 8 hours of music, well over 130 tracks, all compiled from My Space this year. I could have easily turned this into a "boxed set," and there are certainly tracks I left off this compilation that I REALLY wanted to include. As it is, two discs just isn't enough, but I guess having extras will make for some interesting compilations to share in the future. But I still say having to leave off some of the tracks I did is like leaving out the cranberry sauce from Christmas dinner. Oh well...we gotta do what we gotta do.And what you have here is what I think is a pretty solid collection of music, and spans a good range of styles and has a little of something for everybody.I took a cue from our friends at Sounds Familyre for the downloads...I chose to utilize the "widget" feature on box.net as I found downloading from Sounds Familyre to be MUCH better using this feature than downloading f...

Yvette and Karl from the Travel Channel’s hit show Most Haunted join Brian, Scottie & Joel for an evening talking about their live show special in Gettysburg as well as a ton of other paranormal topics including experiments and Ouija Boards!  We also complete the British connection with two great songs by Dean Farnell performing “Ghost on the Stairs” and “Halloween.”