5 on Friday -- Set 247 -- The Halloween Edition

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"A gypsy fire is on the hearth

Sign of the carnival of mirth

Through the dun fields and from the glade

Flash merry folk in masquerade

For this is Halloween!"

-- Author Unknown

Happy Haunting, Everyone!

1 - The Rite of Spring opening movements -- San Francisco Symphony, directed by Michael Tilson Thomas -- composed by Igor Stravinsky

The spooky theme starts at the 3:30 mark.

2 - Cinderella's Waltz from the ballet Cinderella -- composed by Sergei Prokofiev

3 - Olim lacus colueram (Once in Lakes I Made My Home) from Carmina Burana -- composed by Carl Orff

4 - Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti (Don Giovanni, you have invited me to dinner)  -- Carlos Alvarez as Don Giovanni and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as the Commendatore (Knight Commander) -- composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5 - Danse Macabre -- composed by Camille Saint-Saens

5 on Friday -- Set 246

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Getting closer to Halloween, and following close behind is my Heroines and Vixens panel with Shawna Romkey at Hal-Con, Friday Nov. 7th at 2:00 pm, Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre, 1800 Argyle St.

Appearing at the convention this year is none other than the King of Hell himself, Mark Sheppard.

So looking ahead to both Halloween and Hal-Con, here's a Supernatural set to savour.

1 - Carry On My Wayward Son -- Kansas

2 - Broken Crown -- Mumford and Sons

3 - Scars -- Elegeion

4 - Paradise  -- Coldplay

5 - Crowley compilation fanvid

Bonus!

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5 on Friday -- Set 245 -- Writers' Retreat Edition

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Just arrived at the cottage with Kelly Boyce for our annual writing retreat on Nova Scotia's gloriously red-orange-gold-brown-green South Shore. We made it here just as the hurricane started acting up a bit -- now that we're safely off the highway and our bottles of wine and prosecco are all lined up on the bar, it's showtime, folks. 

Here's to Retreat Number 10!

1 - Red, Red Wine -- UB40

2 - Food, Glorious Food -- Oliver! -- 1994 cast

3 - We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)  -- Trooper

4 - By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea  -- Billy Murray and the Heidelberg Quintet

5 - Kodachrome  -- Paul Simon

5 on Friday -- Set 244 -- The Thanksgiving Edition

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This weekend is all about giving thanks here in The Great White North.

To all of my readers, friends and family -- I wish you many blessings on this Thanksgiving.

1 - The Green, Green Grass of Home -- Tom Jones

2 - Thank You -- Led Zeppelin

3 - Thank You For the Music  -- ABBA

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4 - Counting My Blessings  -- Bing Crosby

5 - How Great Thou Art  -- Elvis Presley

5 on Friday -- Set 243

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Now that October has arrived, it's time for my monthly feature for 5 on Friday -- The Hit Makers.

Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. I'll be looking at different musical styles and the groups or singers from those styles who I love the best.

Here are five of my favorite Australian bands and artists, and the songs that brought them to the masses.

1 - Highway to Hell  -- AC/DC -- 1979

Ten years ago, if you had asked me whether AC/DC would be on my list of favorite bands, I would have looked at you as if you'd lost your mind.

The Supernatural soundtrack changed all of that.

2 - Who Can it Be Now -- Men at Work -- 1981

3 - Original Sin -- INXS -- 1983

Oh, how I love INXS and Michael Hutchence.

4 - Don't Dream It's Over  -- Crowded House  --  1986

As someone who loves collage, it's no wonder I was highly attracted to this mixed-media video when it first came out.

5 - Spinning Around  -- Kylie Minogue -- 2000

Although technically Kylie came to prominence with her Loco-Motion cover in 1987, her career did a bit of side-tracking for awhile. Her current dance-club music career really launched with this 2000 hit.

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