I know, I know, I'm ridiculously late on this one. But I can't help reemphasizing my love for this Do They Know It's Halloween supergroup single. It works as satire, it works as pop, it works as a halloween party soundtrack. You should really go give it a listen. If you decide to buy it off of iTunes, though, I'd suggest avoiding any of the remixes other than MAYBE the one authored by ex-Unicorns Tha Corn Gangg.

We're not throwing a party this year, but this has still gotten me thinking about a Halloween mix CD. It's harder to come up with one than you'd think (assuming, of course, that you avoid awful and obvious choices like The Monster Mash). Striking a balance between campiness and spookiness is difficult.

Here's what I've got. Suggestions?

• NAHPI - Do They Know It's Halloween?
• Southern Culture On The Skids - Werewolf [taken from a Halloween compilation; it shouldn't really count]
• Bloc Party - Helicopter (Whitey Remix)
• Jeff Buckley - Witches' Rave
• Unicorns - Ghost Mountain
• Flaming Lips - Halloween on the Barbary Coast
• Michael Jackson - Thriller [obviously]

And that's it. Well, okay, if you've got video capabilities, you should really throw "Backstreet's Back" on there, too. But I still I feel like I'm missing something obvious.

everybody's doing it...going to the zunta reader map and register yourselves, bitches!

sorry for the lack of blogging on my part lately. don't worry, i'm not off doing anything fun. i spent the better half of today in a zoning committee meeting down at city hall. on one hand, i felt like a Real Journalist. on another, i wanted to kill myself.

Congrats to the DCeiver, who's subbing for Wonkette through Friday. Looks like he picked a pretty damn good time to take the reins.

So it looks like somebody — I couldn't say who, of course — has put up a Butterstick CafePress store. There's only one design, and it looks like this:

Best of all, the $1 profit margin on the shirts will be donated directly to FONZ! Isn't that nice? Wouldn't FONZ be jerks if they sued whatever dashing man (or woman!) of mystery is responsible for this design? Of course they would.

So Kanishka's officially in the Foreign Service, and will be headed to Pakistan once the new year rolls around. Best of luck to him, of course. He was pretty excited when I saw him at Kriston and Matt's party on Sunday. Pakistan will be lucky to have someone with his talents and enthusiasm. And I'm not just saying that because he now knows how to shoot me.

Also pictured: the lovely Sommer. And me. And, uh, some other guy. Don't get me started on that guy! He's crazy.