[DepthsofSpace]

So, my mother comes to me, saying that the family is going to be putting on a haunted woods Halloween event at our house.

Now, this is rather.. out-of-character for my mother, who originally would not celebrate Halloween, is very religious and of course had her flip-out over the whole Goth thing. She's generally opposed to violence and gore, the occult and anything that leans on the macabre side of things.

And this year, apparently, that's changed to a degree. Not only are her and my father putting this on (which includes the quintessential chainsaw murderer and a 'witch's brew'), but they asked me to provide the evening's soundtrack.

Years of the typical religious parent anti-darkside-of-life, and now they want me to DJ in absence, at a spooky Halloween bash.

So, I'm thrilled (though disappointed I won't get to attend), but I'm looking for a few suggestions for music. Generally, if it isn't overtly occult-ish, contain adult language, it should work. Both m parents and the people attending like 80's rock, so it shouldn't be too hard. To begin, she said it should be creepy, then move into more party music. Now, I wanted to avoid the whole 'Midnight Syndicate' haunted house soundtrack or black metal, and go for something more original. In a few minutes I threw together a list of songs that progress from errie spooky to rocking spooky and back to errie. I'll be mixing it before I burn it to CDs so it will be more seamless. Any suggestion, though? I believe the music will be playing along the trail to where the party is, so I think the progression is good.

My playlist so far (subject to MAJOR change):

Rock of Ages [With Emilie Autumn] - Attrition
Slave To The Night - Witching Hour UK
War Relics - Jón Hallur
Cantara - Dead Can Dance
Coming Down - Daniel Ash
Passion Of Lovers (Bauhaus cover) - The Shroud
The Sounds of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)- The Awakening
Night Shift (Siouxsie & the Banshees cover) - Switchblade Symphony
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover) /Some Kind Of Stranger - The Sisters of Mercy
Doomsday Serenade - Jill Tracy
Dawnrazor - Fields of the Nephilim
Cities in Dust - Siouxsie & the Banshees
Knock Three Times - Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Never Land (A Fragment) - The Sisters Of Mercy
Gutter Glitter - Switchblade Symphony
A Forest - The Cure
In Memory of d’Drennan - Unto Ashes
(variations on) Paint It Black (Rolling Stones cover) - Jill Tracy
The Amarrs II - Jón Hallur
Dracula Revists - Two Witches
The Host of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance
Silent Night - Attrition