Inside the Chart

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- 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 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 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. 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!!!