archrival: kate's personal/cdj

READ THIS :

"When Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields met in Toronto in 2005 they wanted to hate each other. The two were dating sisters (Rachel McAdams and her sister, Kayleen, respectively) and resented the forced time they were expected to spend with one another, until a conversation stumbled upon their mutual obsession with the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. Zach was so preoccupied with ghosts as a kid that he was put into therapy, and Ryan parents moved out of his childhood home because they believed it was haunted. Neither of them had really outgrown their fascination with ghosts, monsters, graveyards, zombies or anything deathly. Once they realized their shared affinity for the eerie, they started trying to write a theatrical monster ghost love story for the stage. They decided that this story should have music so they began learning how to play various instruments."

UNF UNF UNF THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.

MEET DEAD MAN'S BONES.

I originally downloaded "Pa Pa Power" from the amazing hype machine, when I just went through the latest postings. Having loved it, and clearly, as a fan of zombies, loving the name, I just went to see what else they had done. I saw keyword "Ryan Gosling" and gasped. Audibly! Their wikipedia page is after my own heart. One of the songs is called "My Body is a Zombie for You". And, yes, there are children's choirs.

October is my month, and this is my soundtrack.

You can hear it on their myspace, and once I get a hold of it, I think I'll post it here.

For now, here's two clips:
Pa Pa Power.
My Body's a Zombie for You.



Also, if you are a fan of chillingly well done, haunting children's choirs with a touch of 70s, try Langley Schools Music Project. In the 70s, they got a bunch of schools together to teach music to their elementary students via current pop tunes (think Bowie and Beach Boys), and recorded the outcome in gymnasiums, theaters, and cafeterias. The acoustics ask for chilly October nights, especially the eerie and fittingly distant Space Oddity.