The Retro Cocktail Hour Halloween Spook-tacular

This year's Halloween special is a hip-shakin', finger-snappin' monster mash.

We'll hear classic albums like Alfred Hitchcock's "Music To Be Murdered By," "Poe for Moderns," and "Shock: Music for Hi-Fi." The show's chockful of goodies from TV and movies with memorable music from "The Addams Family," "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken," and "The Bat." Plus, there's insane, spook-ified rock'n'roll by "Screamin' Jay Hawkins," "Nervous Norvous," and" Frankie Stein and his Ghouls." And we'll feature trailers for cheesy movies like "The Brain That Wouldn't Die," "Caltiki, the Immortal Monster," and "The Alligator People."

It's party music for grave robbers!

Retro Cocktail Hour

Arts & Culture

WAMU 88.5

Art Beat With Lauren Landau, October 7

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Food

NPR

Fairfax Schools Pull All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.

Politics

NPR

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Technology

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