Monthly Archives: October 2016

Happy All Hallow’s Eve — a story for the occasion

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Greetings, readers!

As you are presumably aware, it is Halloween. From my understanding, this is a time when unnerving and chilling stories and such are appreciated. As such, I am sharing a fantastic video I recently encountered: Neil Gaiman reading one of his stories out loud.

As a head’s up, this is very appropriate for today. Gaiman is a master story-writer, and his voice is pleasant to listen to.

For those of you who like such things, enjoy.

Halloween Hauntings: The Past

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As you are probably aware, tomorrow is All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween.

There have been several series and posts on this blog concerning this “holiday”, and I am going to reshare some of them. (After all, hauntings of the past can be appropriate, correct?) These posts have come both from this year (such as the “seasonal music” series that finished yesterday) and previous years.

Enjoy. And have a lovely Sunday.

Halloween Music (7)

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To finish off the seasonal music week-long series, I am sharing yet another favorite instrumental piece: “Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” (For some reason, it is not letting me embed it in the post.)

This one is not inherently seasonal, but it does have a darker feel to it. I hope you enjoy, and have a lovely Saturday.

 

Halloween Music (6)

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To further continue the “seasonal music” series, I am actually going to direct you to a previous post by The Webmaster. At one point, the Webmaster wrote about a creepy Russian lullaby. The song itself involves someone in the child’s house looking for those who do not sleep.

I understand that this is probably not a seasonal one for Russia, but it is certainly seasonally appropriate for the United States. The Russian language itself, if you do not know it, also inherently sounds sinister.

Enjoy.

Music for Halloween (5)

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Today’s seasonal music (again, continuing with the series) is another with lyrics. It is a rendition of “Come Little Children”. The original was from a movie I have not yet seen, called Hocus Pocus.

This particular song is chillingly haunting. It includes ethereal vocalizations and plucked strings, for a downright sinister sound.

I rather enjoy this one, and hope you do, too.

Music for Halloween (4)

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In the further continuation of my seasonally appropriate music series, I am sharing a song sung by a phenomenal barbershop quartet.

As I am sure you could tell from the words “Barbershop Quartet”, this is a different style from the previous three. In fact, there are no non-vocal instruments in this rendition of “Grim Grinning Ghosts”, sung by the Dapper Dans in Disneyland.

They are impressive musicians (even if the editors did decide to distract by including sound effects.) I especially appreciate their bass.

Enjoy. And happy Wednesday.

Music for Halloween (3)

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I am continuing the series on seasonally appropriate music with “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, by Grieg.

This one is slightly different from the others. It does not start with the same type of dissonant strings, or even too fast of a pace. Instead, it is sinister for its low, single-plucked strings, and the deliberate pace it sets at the beginning.

This one is a classic for the season, and I hope you enjoy.

Music for Halloween (2)

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Continuing from yesterday’s post, I have another “Seasonally Appropriate” music suggestion: Danse Macabre by Saint-Sans.

It also has a dissonant, quick strings opening that sets a sinister and spooky tone.

It would also be a terrifying tempo to actually dance to.

It eve starts off with the “Tolling of bells” at the beginning, heard on stringed instrument.

It is a lovely piece for the season, and I hope you enjoy.

Music for Halloween (1)

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As you are probably aware, Halloween is coming in just over a week.

In honor of that, I am going to share some of my favorite seasonally appropriate music.

The first is “Night on a Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky.

There are several reasons this is a great piece for the season.

First, it is naturally sinister. The combination of fast-paced strings, quick tempo, dissonance, and deep brass lead to a delightfully sinister tone.

Second, as another interesting fact, this piece was not performed until after the attributed composer’s death.

Also, according to Wikipedia, the version we are familiar with is actually a variation of an arrangement of the original.

I hope you enjoy.

Old Educational Software Available Online

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I was recently informed that there are some old education games available online for free. There is quite a large collection of them, and they should be able to take up some of your time this Saturday. I expect that many of them will be well below your level, but they might be droll regardless.

Oooh, it looks like they have Treasure Mathstorm!

I used to love that one!

Yep, definitely checking out this website…

I guess the Webmaster also gives an endorsement of this.

Enjoy.