I am a cheapskate. I will not pay for Spotify or Sirius radio or any other subscription music service. Why should I? I own a ton of music both on disc and digital. That’s why I was so sad when Apple discontinued the iPod. I need a dedicated music player with high volume storage. Thankfully there are other MP3 players out there. But you get what you pay for. My first iPod replacement was so bad I returned it. The next one I bought lasted 2 years, then the back popped off of it. I decided to invest a little more than $50 on my next MP3 player. I bought the HiBy R3 II for $179. The nice thing about post-iPod music players is that they support microSD cards which are always expanding in capacity. You can get 2TB microSD cards now, which is more than enough space for most music collections. The iPod Classic maxed out at 160GB.

I am building a Halloween playlist to blast at the trick-or-treaters on 10/31. I’ll put a link to the Spotify playlist at the bottom of this post (I have a free Spotify account so these may play at low resolution).

1. Theme From Halloween — Los Straitjackets
2. The Loneliest Ghost in Town — Southern Culture on the Skids
3. Theme From Young Frankenstein — Los Straitjackets
4. Goo Goo Muck — The Cramps
5. Human Fly — The Cramps
6. I Was a Teenage Werewolf — The Cramps
7. Surfin’ Dead — The Cramps
8. Tingler Blues — Southern Culture on the Skids
9. ¡Ghostbusters! — Los Straitjackets
10. It’s Monster Surfing Time — Los Straitjackets
11. Ghoulman Confidential — The Fleshtones
12. Goo Goo Muck — Southern Culture on the Skids
13. Que Monstruos Son — Los Straitjackets, Keith Streng & Mary Huff
14. Dracula A GoGo — The Fleshtones
15. I Ain’t Nuthin’ But a Gorehound — The Cramps
16. Poor Skeleton Steps Out — XTC
17. Spellbound — Siouxsie & the Banshees
18. Dead Souls — Nine Inch Nails
19. Dead Man’s Party — Oingo Boingo
20. Voodoo Dolly — Siouxsie & the Banshees
21. Black Magic Woman — Santana
22. I Put A Spell On You — Nina Simone
23. Halloween — Siouxsie & the Banshees
24. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper — Blue Oyster Cult
25. Yellow Moon — The Neville Brothers
26. Superstition — Stevie Wonder
27. Night Shift — Siouxsie & the Banshees
28. Werewolves of London — Warren Zevon
29. Witchy Woman — The Eagles
30. I Put A Spell On You — Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
31. Ghost Town — The Specials
32. Paint It Black — The Rolling Stones
33. Bad Moon Rising — Creedence Clearwater Revival
34. Every Day Is Halloween — Ministry
35. Science Fiction/Double Feature — Rocky Horror Picture Show
36. Over At the Frankenstein Place — Rocky Horror Picture Show
37. Under Your Spell — Buffy: Once More With Feeling
38. Rest In Peace — Buffy: Once More With Feeling
39. Bela Lugosi’s Dead — Bauhaus