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Radio London's Dead Air - A Sonic Jack-O'-Lantern

The mysterious RADIO LONDON returns with songs of the season.

PLAYLIST

First Fright:
"Burn the Flames" - Thin White Rope
"Night of the Vampire" - Roky Erickson
"Vampire Girl" - Jonathan Richman
"I Walked With a Zombie" - R.E.M.
"They Are Night Zombies!!!" - Sufjan Stevens
"Devil With the Green Eyes" - Matthew Sweet
"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
"The Mummy" - The Slackers
"Creature With the Atom Brain" - Roky Erickson
"The Blob" - The Five Blobs
"The Munsters Theme" - Los Straitjackets
"Wednesday" - The Spoonbenders

Mid-Fright:
"If You Have Ghosts" - John Wesley Harding & The Good Liars
"Voodoo Lady" - Eric McFadden
"Season of the Witch" - Donovan
"Dancing Barefoot" - The Patti Smith Group
"Dance Along the Edge" - Concrete Blonde
"Heartbreak Hotel" - John Cale
"Psycho" - Andre Williams & The Sadies
"The Rubber Room" - Porter Wagoner
"Dead Man's Party" - Zach Selwyn
"Big Baby" - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
"Dark Secret" - Matthew Sweet
"Transylvanian Concubine" - Rasputina
"Dracula Moon" - Joan Osborne

Last Fright:
"Bloodletting" - Concrete Blonde
"Halloween" - The Dream Syndicate
"Werewolf" - Southern Culture On the Skids
"The Werewolf Song" - Cat Power
"Watching You Without Me" - Kate Bush
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" - Warren Zevon
"Red Right Hand" - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"What's He Building?" - Tom Waits
"Hide and Seek" - Poperratic (Jaye Barnes Luckett)
"Dont Fear the Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult

Bob Meyer was production coordinator at NPR Illinois, and also served as an on-air host. Bob worked at the station February of 2000 through February 2021.