{"id":2024,"date":"2009-10-30T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2018-10-26T18:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T01:50:30","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-165-geas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-165-geas\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 165: Geas"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I put together the mix for last week\u2019s show<\/a> I realized that I had over two hours worth of music. I decided to break that mix up into two shows.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s show was dark and concussive and featured the likes of Hindu Pez<\/a> and King Cannibal<\/a>. This week\u2019s show is dark and\u2026 atmospheric. Which makes it perfect for Halloween. In fact, you might want to play today\u2019s show while kids come to your house to trick or treat.<\/p>\n

Everyone has a Halloween memory so let me share one of mine.<\/p>\n

Back when I was a kid I worked at a novelty store called Jack \u2018N\u2019 Jill\u2019s Joke Shop in Boston. We sold your usual assortment of hand buzzers and fake dog crap but we made our nut during Halloween. All through the month of October we sold Halloween supplies ranging from fake blood to high-end items like latex masks. Each day was busier than the last and culminated in a shopping frenzy on the 31st<\/sup> with customers lined up outside our door.<\/p>\n

At the end of one Halloween shopping day our shelves were pretty bare but I grabbed some fake spiders webs, a strobe light or two and a truly frightening Frankenstein\u2019s monster mask. I rushed home to Dorchester to meet my then girlfriend to make our house ready for the trick and treaters in our neighborhood.<\/p>\n

There was just one problem.<\/p>\n

We had made our house so spooky and combined with my gruesome mask kids were too terrified to come up to our doorstep for candy. They\u2019d scream and wail and despite encouragement from their parents they refused to take a single step near us. In the end I had to take off my mask so the little boys and girls would get over their fear of me and get their candy.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your Halloween memory?<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: \u00a9Teri Mills<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n