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Halloween Special with Andrew DeLeon, Janet Devlin, Charlotte Eriksson & James Black
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This week we're bringing you our first ever Halloween special! If you saw our holiday special last year, you'll know that things got a little crazy and in this episode... well, you can judge for yourself! We welcome back past guests singer/songwriter Andrew DeLeon, singer/songwriter Janet Devlin, singer/songwriter and Finger Eleven guitarist James Black, and singer/songwriter Charlotte Eriksson aka The Glass Child to the show. Enjoy, and have a Happy Halloween!
Highlights:
- Andrew doesn’t wear costumes, he wears concepts
- James once dressed up as one of the guys from ZZ Top for
Halloween, even though he didn’t know who they were
- Janet once went trick or treating as Zorro… complete with horse
- We learn that Halloween isn’t really much of a big deal in Sweden
- Ross shares a Halloween story about dressing up as an unknown video game character
- Marcio shares that his sister dressed him up as a girl one year… and it explains a lot
- We challenge James to write a Halloween song
- Charlotte sees holidays as a great excuse to run a promotion or do something special
- James likes to dress up on stage for Halloween, and run costume contests when Finger Eleven play at Halloween
- Janet talks about doing Halloween shows on StageIt, and running online costume contests
- Andrew says he wouldn’t release a Halloween EP or album
- We have to educate James on who Ghostface is
- We learn what “snap apple” is
- Marcio shares a story about a terrifying doll he had as a child
- Janet shares her strategy for surviving the zombie apocalypse
- Charlotte tells us about a Swedish tradition about burning witches
- We wonder… does anyone actually like candy corn?
- Ross and Janet bond over Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Janet called her mom when Melissa Joan Hart followed her on Twitter because she was so excited
- Ross comes under attack from James and Marcio
- The more James thinks about Stephen King, the more he dislikes him
- We have a spoiler alert, 30 years in the making, thanks to Andrew!
Recommendations:
- Troll 2 (Movie)
- The Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror episodes (TV)
- The Shining (Movie)
- Halloween (Movie)
Links:
- theglasschildofficial.com / @justaglasschild
- jamesblack.ca / @yojimbo_black
- andrewdeleon.com / @andrewleodeleon
- janetdevlin.com / @janetjealousy
Sponsors:
- Chris Keaton @ Chris Keaton Presents (http://chriskeaton.com)
- Christine Infanger @ Thirty Roses (http://thirtyroses.com)
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