While watching scary movies this weekend, I noticed the similarities between horror and humor: suspense released through an emotional response, expectations build up and often end in surprise, and lots and lots of blood…
*Seven Graveyard Smashes…our own music editor, Matt Powell, on Halloween music.
*Michael Collier’s “All Souls”
*Will Rogers in “The Headless Horsemen”
*Halloween on Parks & Rec
*Halloween music, via Nine Kinds of Pie
*the origin of Halloween traditions…
*Werewolf Bar Mitzvah, spooky scary….
*A great version of Poe’s “The Raven” mixing humor and horror.
*Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals San Francisco Giants …via funny baseball quotes.
*Finally, some political cartoons from the past few years, as Halloween tropes are recycled to address new fears and old.
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2013
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Brykman (steve)
Carrie Andersen
Daniel F. Yezbick
David B. Olsen
Jeffrey Melton
jmcstras
larrybush2013
Matt Powell
Matthew Daube
Caroline Zarlengo Sposto
nellylewislambert
Oscar Winberg
Robert T. Tally Jr.
Philip Scepanski
Sharon McCoy
selfdeprecate
tefriedman
ABE
Humor in America 
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