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Inside the Chart

By Bryndis Ogmundson, Charts Editor

Rotting Pumpkins and Rocking Tunes



Well, it�s now almost November. Where the hell did October go? It�s my favourite month and I don�t remember any of it. I must make sure to savor this final Halloween weekend of 2004. I have my scary movies, my table full of wine, snacks, and the scariest music I can find. I thought it would be fun to see what the crazy djs of c/c radio were creeping out to throughout the month of October, so this month I�m focusing on the creepiest music of the Top 50...

The Arcade Fire- Funeral
The Arcade Fire- FuneralNothing says scary better than having a Funeral at number one. Yes, it was a close race, but the Arcade Fire 's Funeral beat out our next choice, Death From Above 1979 . It makes sense that a funeral would beat death though, that's like rock beating scissors. That Death From Above 1979 album will last in the Top 50 until the new year, it shall die a slow death.

Death From Above 1979
Death From Above 1979Hmmm, what other creepy factors lurk in this month's Top 50? Well, let's go down the list. Ah hah! At number 6, The Black Keys ! Black is pretty scary�right? Then right after that, at number 7, Tom Waits . He's pretty scary. That album screams Halloween to me. It's so Halloween; I ended up buying it for my sweetheart as a Halloween present. Tom Waits, shudder. But hey, look who's after him, the scariest Has Been of them all, William Shatner . I don't want to get into it too much, but I find it insulting that a commercial-diving whore like Shatner would chart higher than anyone under him.

William Shatner
William ShatnerDecomposing at number 16, everyone's favourite recently broken up band, Guided By Voices . However, Half Smiles Of The Decomposed isn't nearly as terrifying as the title suggests. But look out, at number 22, it's a wolf! A Guitar Wolf that is. My god, I'm so lame sometimes. What's more blood curdling than a wolf? Why, a ghost of course. At number 30, M83 releases on the terrified public, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.

Rock Against Bush: Vol. 2
Rock Against Bush: Vol. 2Eeeeek!! There�s a Bush on the chart. Gulp, George Bush gets his ass rocked against on the Fat Wreck Chords release Rock Against Bush: Vol. 2. Thanks Fat Wreck Chords, you are truly the Ghostbusters of the music biz.

Well, I'm glad we survived October. My heart stopped a few times, but nothing is more terrifying than what is approaching�Christmas Music!!!
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