A Plea for Sanity & Good Taste ...

... In Halloween radio broadcasting:

For the love of all that's holy, or even unholy, quit playing Monster Mash!

Trust me, novelty songs simply don't wear well. Halloween may be the time for zombies to claw their way out of their shallow graves, but please, please, let this one stay dead. And while we're at it, would someone please drive a stake through the heart of Thriller?

As a public service, I've compiled the following non-sucktastic Halloween playlist. DJs of the world, I implore you to memorize it.

Sheena's in a Goth Gang - The Cramps
I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) - Redneck Girlfriend
This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Superhero - Ani DiFranco
Intergalactic - The Beastie Boys
Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying - Belle & Sebastian
Life on Mars - David Bowie
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Damiels Band or Primus
Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde
The Thing that Only Eats Hippies - The Dead Milkmen
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Sugar Daddy - Hedwig
Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Ghost - Indigo Girls
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
March of the Sinister Ducks
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Happy Phantom - Tori Amos
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

There. See how easy? It's all gonna be fine.