👻 Some Halloween season reading

Spooky season is here! [READER]( The Daily Reader September 27, 2023 I’ve written about my enthusiasm for horror in this newsletter before. As the final days of September come to a close, I’ve begun to daydream about the horror movies I will watch in the coming month. I suppose I could begin my ritual scary-picture showings a few days early, but I enjoy this season because I have other friends who like to marathon terrifying cinema for a month alongside me. And I get a distinct joy out of experiencing a frightfest film with people I care about. As I gear up for the holiday, I figured I’d share a few of my old Reader stories that fit Halloween: “[Because Count Orlok can’t speak for himself]( (October 15, 2019) “[At Mad Mobster’s peculiar crossroads of real and imagined horrors]( (March 5, 2015) “[The Reader’s guaranteed unboring homegrown Halloween mix]( (October 24, 2018) “[Feeding the beast: Horror vinyl finds its cult]( (October 20, 2015) “[The mystery punk from The Dead Next Door]( (October 4, 2020) “[How punk adopted the Godfather of Gore]( (October 26, 2022) “[When shot-on-video horror met the Hot Mix 5]( (October 19, 2020) Of course, there are plenty of other stories in our archives that might scratch the Halloween itch ([this archive dive post from 2017 is another good place to start](. Given my own interest in Halloween-adjacent stories, I hope I can write more such pieces in the near future. Sincerely, “[The Next Meme Stock? Owning a Slice of Your Favorite Song,]( by Kate Knibbs (Wired) “[When Celebrating Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary, Don’t Forget Chicago’s South Side,]( by Evan F. Moore (South Side Weekly) “[‘Merch Cuts’ In Chicago? Outcry Sparks Closer Look Into Venues Taking A Cut Of A Band’s Merchandise Sales,]( by Quinn Myers (Block Club Chicago) “[Dave Portnoy’s Sausage Fest,]( by Ezra Marcus (Grub Street) Sincere Engineer, [Cheap Grills]( Purelink, [Signs]( yeule, [softscars]( 🍁 Leor’s “[bye, September 2023]( playlist [Scottish hip-hop group Young Fathers embrace their light on Heavy Heavy]( by [Leor Galil]( [Read more]( → [Thantifaxath and Sunless explore two different realms of metal]( by [Monica Kendrick]( [Read more]( → [Future Rootz teams up to reissue a rare album of trippy 70s Afro-Cuban funk]( Plus: James King (aka the GTW) launches the #chigeria series of weekly song drops, and both founders of local weirdo label Hausu Mountain release solo records. by [J.R. Nelson]( and [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → [Shoegaze pioneers Slowdive drop a new album just in time for the colder days ahead]( by [Leor Galil]( | [Read more]( → The UnGala is THREE WEEKS AWAY! This year's Reader UnGala lineup is complete with incredibly talented musicians and artists. Epiphany Center for the Arts is where you'll want to be on October 18! Performances and Appearances by: [Peter CottonTale]( Emcee: [Chima 'Naira.Bills' Ikoro]( [Sparklmami]( | [The Trenchies]( [Yanna Cello]( | [R]( EV]( [DJ IGGY]( | [RTST]( Alyssa Low | NOTAPLANTSHOP The Body Confident Queens | Blesstonio | [Lady D]( Click below to grab your tickets today! [BUY READER UNGALA TICKETS]( [Issue of Sept. 21 – Oct. 4, 2023 Vol. 52, No. 25]( [VIEW / DOWNLOAD ISSUE [PDF]]( [Donate to become a member]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2023 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616