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Day 30 - STRANGER THINGS (Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer, 2016) Play something from the 80s and/or inspired by the 80s and/or that features bicycles and/or anything at all relating to any cosmic horror theme covered during the month and/or what the hell, aliens. "80s Child" - In Three Acts (2009) -...

I don't know this band or album; why is it an obvious choice?

Day 29 - THE THING (John Carpenter, 1982) Play something that mimics or sounds like another song, either as homage, happenstance or flagrant copying and/or play the song that it sounds like and/or play something from an artist that you would not trust in real life and/or features aliens. "Rain"...

Day 27 - LOCKE & KEY (Joe Hill, 2008) Play an album that involved some controversy and/or mentions doors, locks and/or keys and/or relates to New England in some way. "Jack U Off" - Controversy (1981) - Prince An obvious choice I guess, but what a fun bop!

Day 28 - THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH (Lovecraft, 1927) Play something that includes a recurring character, theme and/or motif and/or a recurring song and/or mentions a city you particularly appreciate returning to. "Awesome God" - Love Unstoppable (2009) - Fred Hammond This choice is...

Day 26 - THE SECRET OF THE TOMB (Robert Bloch, 1935) Play something from an artist that seems to have been around forever and/or that features a secret and/or a code and/or a message in the run-out groove. "Untitled (under label hidden track)" - Lazaretto (2014) - Jack White The "ULTRA" LP...

I totally did NOT know this. Cool beans.

Day 25 - THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (Lovecraft, 1927) Play something that references colours and/or is pressed on multi-colored vinyl and/or is trippy and/or relates to aliens. "Life Is A Glittery Fuckery" - Basquiat & Skittles Album (2022) - Mononeon I'm a sucker for colourful shit; so much so...

Day 24 - THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE (Lovecraft, 1932) Play something that references a house, preferably haunted and/or a room and/or landlords and/or tenants and/or mathematics and/or unusual dimensions and/or play something from a 10” record. "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" - House...

Day 23 - GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman, 1984) Play something that references or reminds you of marshmallows and/or slime and/or ghosts and/or New York and/or features a cool car and/or anything related to Bill Murray. "Ghosts: First Variation" - Spiritual Unity (1963) - Albert Ayler

Day 22 - FROM BEYOND (Lovecraft, 1920) Play something that relates to science and/or includes an electronic instrument and/or a theremin. "The Sounds Of Science" - Paul's Boutique (1989) - The Beastie Boys

Day 21 - HELLBOY (Mike Mignola, 1994) Play something that references hell and/or demons and/or the occult and/or frogs and/or something with tentacles. "The Devil & Mister jones" - Lucifer On The Sofa (2022) - Spoon

Fo sho! It was my favourite show last year.

Man, I love that freakin' movie!

Day 20 - THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME (Lovecraft, 1934) Play something that references time and/or the past and/or the future and/or aliens. "Psychedelic Switch" - The Loveliest Time (2023) - Carly Rae Jepsen Exchanging minds with an alien race must indeed feel like a "Psychedelic Switch". ALSO...

Day 19 - THE CALL OF CTHULHU (Lovecraft, 1926) Play an album that cannot be described easily and/or that spans multiple different styles and/or genres and/or play something that references or is about the color green and/or tentacles and/or aliens. "Ray Ray" - Based On A True Story (2005) - Fat...

Here's a thesis I'm working on: any band Ray Brown played in became a de facto "Ray Brown Trio". This idea came to me because I used to think Ray Brown Trio albums sound a lot like Oscar Peterson Trio albums, but now I think maybe the reverse true. What I mean by this is that Ray Brown's...

Day 18 - UZUMAKI (THE SPIRAL) (Junji Ito, 1998) Play something that features spirals and/or is related to Japan and/or comes from Japan. "Heavy Rotation" - Basic Instinct (2010) - Ciara Getting spirals AND Japan on a single disc proved difficult, but I did it... sort of. "Heavy Rotation"...

Day 17 - THE HAUNTER IN THE DARK (Lovecraft, 1936) Play something that in any way features a trapezoid, pyramid, triangle and/or a prism and/or is related to Egypt in any way and/or cults. "Insane In The Brain" - Blank Sunday (1993) - Cypress Hill The boneyard on the album cover looks a lot...

Day 16 - ALIEN (Ridley Scott, 1979) Play something about space and/or features grotesque designs and/or monsters and/or aliens. "To The Moon And Back" - MUCH Dance 1999 (1998) - Savage Garden This album art has a seriously "grotesque design"; luckily the compilation also has a space-related...