Friends, 3 months and counting, I am already hearing some whispers here and there to the effect that NEW radio is replenished and will be back for Halloween. Stay tuned as the rumour mill churns!

No no no... NeverEndingWonder Radio is a great memory. Let's leave it at that. Please.

MichaelMyer, you went and posted here, and got me reading Lee's webpages, checking out his artwork, listening to Welcome to Weirdsville, reading about Lee and the internet radio stream and Halloween tradition; and went and ruined a perfectly shallow and incorrect view I had of Neverending. You'd think after 44 yrs, I'd know better.

Sorry to hear about the 5/2012 catastrophic computer failure, and losing irreplaceable material. I know how that feels first hand, more times than I'd like. For me, starting in 2nd grade I started drawing Godzilla comics, simple original stories and monsters. By 5th grade I had a stack of 52 pages of monster comics and drawings. Then in 1980 we moved, and I had put them in a brown Jewel grocery bag, which I thought was mixed in with that haphazard pack-rat collection of boxes and bags in a 20x30 basement. I looked for my comics for years and never found them. Then in high school, had my warped "Grandma Killer" comics lost by a friend who borrowed them. Lost one of my favorite 4-track tapes on which I recorded my original electronica music compositions from 15 yrs back. Then last week I bought a 8-track player from the Thrift store to play a 25 yr old 8-track of a very rare folk group, to finally record digitally, and discovered it's missing.

Seems God, or whatever else, takes these things from us from time-to-time. Could be the outerspace beings like our material so much they take it. Maybe it's just our field has to be tilled from time-to-time for us to look at new things, discover new perspectives, become a part of new things, and start creating new material and venues.

I think many of us need some new NeverendingWonder magic to share.

I have some original 'scary' electronic music I recorded. And for my radio show I sound engineered some sequences using the Halloween theme, King Kong and Godzilla clips and music, and mixed in many Godzilla film sound clips into the Blue Oyster Cult song Godzilla. In time for Halloween, I need to create a horror film show for my show. And it's got to be good, and it's going to take a lot of work. I have some original material I'd love to contribute.

I bet many of our HDC group has material (digital) we could send you that you could create a "NeverendingWonder HDC Friends" show that you could broadcast Halloween! These days most of us have a PC mic and free sound recording programs (I could give simple instructions for anyone who needs it). For those interested we could all record a short Halloween message sound clip (Wave or MP3) -- just a 'hello' from (use your HDC name), maybe in a scary voice, or tell your favorite ghost story, or tell a favorite Halloween recollection, submit a scary song, offer some Halloween requests, and the like.

We have the perfect amount of time to put this together. Anybody down for this? I think this would be a blast! What do you say, Lee?

I don't even have a mic any more, nor a computer capable of doing audio work nor streaming.

I say it's a great project for somebody else to to spearhead- perhaps yourself! Many members of this forum did indeed record Halloween greetings. but they were all lost in the big crash.

The last Halloween Extravaganza I even had people write Halloween news items- events from horror films reported as if they were news. There were some great ones!

These days my time is taken up writing (see books forum for my latest announcement) and looking for work. This last is becoming quite urgent. I simply don't have the time nor resources - either monetarily or technologically- to put into more broadcasts.

On top of that- NeverEndingWonder was something I put eleven years of my life into. It drew upon a lifetime of audio collecting, specializing in the odd, unusual, rare, hard to find, off the wwall, off beat and downright bizarre offerings. Without exaggeration, I can honestly say there was nothing else like it in existence. The Halloween Extravaganzas were listened to by hundreds of people every year. Having done that, I just don't want to do anything less than that. And I can't. So, I'd rather remember that part of my life with fondness and leave it at that.

I really appreciate your kind words, and the time you took to check out my websites.

Not to pour salt in your wounds, Sculpt......but you missed out on a very special time here at HDC. NEW radio was a big part of this forum...not just on Halloween but for many other things we had going. It would never be quite the same without Lee's personality behind it. Not to mention the forum itself....it use to be teeming with activity....he'll it was more like a chat room. Blame Facebook and tweeter I guess.

Yes, I am sorry I missed a lot of that stuff. Sorry you're without the technology, funds and time for a new Halloween show. (I'm looking for a job myself.) Maybe things may change a lot between now and Halloween. I do a weekly 2 hr radio show, called Headphone Trips, every Friday evening (Saturday 12-2AM) at our community radio station WDBX, which has a live stream (WDBX.org). And I also have been running sound for the last couple plays preformed by our local community playhouse (The Stage Company). I definitely have the tech (recording equipment & PC programs) to put a HDC Friends Halloween Show together. I don't have my own live internet stream, of course. If we put something together, is that something you could put on the Welcome to Weirdsville internet radio stream, Lee? Or what might you suggest?

Welcome to Weirdsville is an orphan station. It's a bunch of mp3 files uploaded to a remote server set on shuffle. I haven't paid for it in years, and don't possess the ability to login, upload or delete files, or modify it in any way. It's only due to the streamhost's lack of oversight that it remains on the air at all.

Perhaps doing a podcast would be easier to put together. Never done one myself- fortunato and Ferox are the resident experts in that area.

Yes--the torch may very well be passed now to a new generation. PM fortunato and Ferox if you think the podcast route is a good one. I am happy to do what I can as well.

Yeah, I try to do my small part every year with a Hallowe'en/horror music podcast. I'll be putting two more playlists together for this upcoming season.

http://weirdomaticwax.podomatic.com/

Hey fortunato- great to see you here! Drop by more often!

Hey NE, thanks! I'm gonna try to be around more; this summer has been a mania, but things should be slowing at least a little.

Great to hear. Thanks.

Hey Gang
 

How do I miss NEW, let me count the ways....

I am happy to help out with podcast for Halloweeeeeeeeeeen. Fortunado, you have a great podcast!! I have written down scads of titles from the magnificient Ozma's EMPIRE!! I feel so fortunate to have caught onto the last few gems. Thank you Ozma!! If the titles will help in any way let me know!

Spooky Sooz

Thanks Soozan- great to hear from you!

Thank you, Soozan!

A HALLOWEEN BUMP

Halloween Radio on the NEW network is back!

Community page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Welco...io/23759558021

Direct Link - http://www.neverendingwonder.com/

Check out the "Welcome to Weirdsville" Radio! section on the top left, and select your favorite streaming player, out of - Winamp, Windows Media Player, Real Player or iTunes.

24/7/365 feed of Halloween madness, all year long!

Thanx V!

Yay!!!!

It's soundtrack day on Welcome to Weirdsville Radio. Added today:

Halloween complete soundtrack (the original of course)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken complete soundtrack (you're welcome, Newb!)
Selections from The Omen, The Omen II, Freddy's Dead the Final Nightmare, Friday the 13th remake (I'll get the original soon) and Halloween III Season of the Witch.

Also added:

Super rare Halloween novelty album Monster Rally by Hans Conried and Alice Pearce.

Also rare- orchestrated tone poems from Kenyon Hopkins and the Creed Taylor Orchestra, from the heyday of the "Exotica" splash. The album is NIGHTMARE. I'll have the other two soon.

Awesome! I've been listening all afternoon. This makes my Halloween!

Yea for the Halloween score!! :halloween:

I like how the station is transitioning from the "silly side of Halloween" to a more darker tone. I've heard there are thousands of songs on the playlist so you're likely not to hear the same one twice!

HA! I couldn't access it at my computer (work VPN blocks streaming) BUT I just figured out I can stream on my iPhone! YAY!

This is making my afternoon! ::cool::

Very nice....thanks Lee::wink::

Thanks everyone for tuning in!

A note on listening:

You can listen on practically any device. I have somebody who tunes in on a Roku all the time. If you're not sure which link to use, try the winamp or itunes link- anything that can use a .pls (playlist) extension should work.

You're welcome, Michael- you can't have a Halloween station without the Halloween score!

Though I haven't posted any updates lately, that doesn't mean there hasn't been activity going on... underground. Welcome To Weirdsville Radio - Halloween Weirdness has been writing and expanding, taking on a more ominous tone, like a plague of virulent, disease ridden rats. New items added to the playlist recently:

Two atmospheric mood pieces by Verne Langdon; Music for Magicians and the double release The Phantom of the Organ/Vampyre at the Harpsichord.

Vic Mizzy's other creepy soundtrack for The Night Walker, Basil Kurchin's evocative Abominable Dr. Phibes soundtrack, music and dialogue snippets from Texas Chainsaw Massacre I & II, and a smattering of Akira Ifukube's powerful scores for Japanese Kaiju films like the original Gojira, Gidorah the Three Headed Monster, Gidorah Vs. Godzilla and more!

Two more of Kenyon Hopkins collaborations with the Creed Taylor Orchestra- Shock Music in Hifi and Panic, Son of Shock!

More spooky sounds from Midnight Syndicate with their 13th Hour release.

Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene and Levi Stubbs in the Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack.

Songs in the Key of X - songs suggested by the X-Files, with numbers from Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Soul Coughing, Danzig and more.

A rare item from the 1970s- Black Mass Lucifer by Mort Garson; spooky electronic soundscapes.

Canada's The Creepshow sneaks onstage, as does modern favorites the themes to American Horror Story and The Walking Dead.

Listener favorite Christopher Walken's reading of The Raven spooks us all.

Two artists no Halloween station would be complete without join decadence: Alice Cooper and David Bowie, as well as individual offerings from Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, The Battlefield Band, Donovan, Jenny DeVivo, Rumors of the Big Wave, Santana, Natalie Merchant and oh so much more...

I can say without a touch of hype, Welcome To Weirdsville Radio is by far the most unique and entertaining Halloween station on the air. Much of what you hear here you won't find anywhere else.

And let me tell you... THE MADNESS HAS JUST BEGUN! Stay Tuned!

Tune in at:

http://www.NeverEndingWonder.com

Some superb selections in there, and some of my absolute favorites too!

Thank you, NE. Tune in to make your October complete, folks!

Fiendish fans and fangulous friends, Welcome to Weirdsville Radio - Halloween Weirdness All Year Long continues to spread its infection like a virulent case of the bubonic plague. Recent additions to the playlist are wrapping the station in a shroud of spooky atmospherics. Included:

Frankie Stein and His Ghouls - ALL FIVE of the infamous mid-60s albums of monster dance music mixed with horrorific sound effects.
Three more of Nox Arcana's Gothic inspired sound poems, including Necronomicon, Darklore Manor and Transylvania.
Goblin, the revered band that provided the soundtracks to Dario Argento's best films, makes a major appearance with selections from Suspiria, Tenebre, Profundo Rosso, Phenomina, Patrick, Wampyre, and more!
The underappreciated Ronald Stein, composer of multitudes of low budget horror film scores, bursts upon the scene with selections from The Haunted Palace, The Premature Burial, Last Woman on Earth, Spider Baby, Dementia 13 and others!
Ennio Morricone's haunting score to Exorcist II: The Heretic.
In a World's Hallow's Eve album.
Also, from the mid-60s, when albums of experimental electronic music could be marketed as kiddie Halloween albums, we have Gershon Kingsley's Ghostly Sounds and Music for Monsters, whose unfortunate theremin player's identity seems to have been lost to eternity.

From 1969 we have the beloved Poe Through a Glass Prism album of Edgar Allen Poe poetry set to psychedelic rock music.
From 1968, Coven's infamous Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls album.
More Zacherley, with some Shock Theater audio bits and his Dead Man's Ball album.
I don't know why, but Timothy Leary's crazy Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out album portraying a guided acid trip has always seemed Halloweenish to me- watch out, it'll sneak up on you!
Hell Yeah! we've got HorrorPops, with their Hell Yeah! album!
Listen carefully and you'll hear the strangest cover of Purple People Eater, by none other than Judy Garland!

All that, and much much more is waiting for you.... Just tune in IF YOU DARE!


Tune in right here:

http://www.NeverEndingWonder.com/halloween.htm

VERY cool, NE! I'll definitely be using it to set the mood for my Halloween party!

Very cool, Chrono! Thank you very much.

What's been happening at the haunted slum housing Welcome to Weirdsville Radio? Well, lots and lots, by little ghoulies.

57 new sound bites added from horror movies and TV shows.
23 new horror movie trailers from the classic to the crappy!
On the soundtrack scene, we have Dracula- Classic Horror Film Scores from Hammer Films(JUST FOR YOU HAMMERFAN!), the complete scores to A Nightmare on Elm Street and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Freddy's Revenge, and Krzysztof Komeda's spoooky soundtrack to Rosemary's Baby.
Thrown into the mix are several creepy Pink Floyd songs, a splattering of Roky Erickson, and by request from crazy listener Gloomy Gus, 2 complete albums from Dan Blakeslee.

Gus requested some Dan Blakeslee, so I went to the source himself, and Blakeslee, otherwise known as Dr. Gasp, sent me both his Halloween albums! What a super spook!

This station just keeps getting creepier and crazier! Tune in here:

http://www.NeverEndingWonder.com/halloween.htm

Thank you, NE!!!!

I've been listening at work....the other day my boss walked by my desk, stopped, and said "What are you listening to?". I told him about Welcome to Weirdsville, he said "Cool, I'll check it out"

Excellent! Infect everyone!

NEW radio currently blasting through the new subwoofer system through Halloween. Let's get the neighborhood into the spirit.

I accept no responsibility!

Halloween splendor
 

Hiya gang,
I was stopping by to say boo when I saw this ever so wonderful thread. Thank you Ozma! I have been decorating a bit today and turned on some of my recorded NEW. I have adopted a dog since last Halloween, he was very curious about the creepy music. As he and the veteran cats have listened and chilled tonight, they are all zonked in their beds. I couldn't be happier.

I have missed you all!

Happy Halloweeeeeeeeen!

Spooky Sooz

Yay! I was hoping you'd find your way to the haunted studio and tune in.

Portal to Portland
 

The portal appeared and I hopped on in!

What's happening over at the haunted studio? Ghosts and werewolves are prowling the premises, spooking the passers by. In honor of Spooky Soozan, we've upped the spookiness factor by adding more Midnight Syndicate; their Dead Matter album, as well as Gothica's Night Thoughts CD... it just chills you to the bone.

The ghosties have been spinning several notable soundtracks:

The Exorcist with its experimental soundscapes.
John Carpenter's The Fog.
The prolific Tangerine Dream's lush Near Dark soundtrack.
Harry Manfredini's iconic Friday the 13th soundtrack.
Two of Danny Elfman's best, yet radically different soundtracks: Nightbreed and Sleepy Hollow, for loyal listener Avinesh!

And just to keep things interesting:

The infamous 1969 release Seduction Through Witchcraft, by the "Official Witch of Los Angeles" Louise Huebner, with electronic soundscapes by Ruth White.

And for long time listener Christopher Roth, 18 tracks of werewolf tunes, from the Creepy Creatures series!

It's the most interesting Halloween radio station on the internet!

http://www.NeverEndingWonder.com