I ended up double-booked on the Saturday before Halloween. While that has happened before, it’s never happened while there was a World Series game going on at Dodger Stadium. Thinking about traffic and logistics and rideshare prices stressed me out, but, for reasons I don’t know, there was an Uber Black special early in the evening, which made the first two trips a little more budget-friendly. 

Anyhow, I started the night with an hour-long set of spooky tunes at artist Albert Reyes’ haunted house party. Albert, who I’ve known since 2009, when I was a new staffer at L.A. Weekly and interviewed him, spends all year building a maze-like haunted house filled with narrow hallways, dark corners and art installations. I went through the haunt before the party started and was both awed and spooked, which might be the point. 

I started DJing at around 8 p.m. and heard fireworks early in the set, which I guess is when the Dodgers won game two of the series.  Here’s what I played. 

Goblin – Suspiria

Bauhaus – Party of the First Part

Gorillaz – Dracula

Outkast – Dracula’s Wedding

Monsieur Goraguer – Sexy Dracula

Bollock Brothers – Horror Movies

Toto Coelo – Dracula’s Tango

Bobby O. – Frankenstein 

The Flirts – Teenage Werewolf (I Was a)

Alaska y Dinarama – Mi Novio es un Zombi

French Police – Club de Vampiros

Misfits – 20 Eyes

Bad Brains -Fearless Vampire Killers

Pentagram – Vampire Love

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Sadie Sorceress

Hellraiser Theme

Goblin – Profondo Rosso 

Patrick Cowley – They Came at Night

Goblin -Tenebre

Unfortunately, I had to leave the party right after my set in order to get to Slipper Clutch for Dolce Vita, where I was DJing with Mando Italo, who always impresses me. We’ve only played together once before, back when Dolce Vita was happening at The Lash, but I saw him play the previous weekend at The Grayson, the bar in front of Slipper Clutch, for Italo Horror Disco and am still wondering what some of those records were. At Dolce Vita, he left me wondering “What’s this song?” again with his deep collection of Italo disco vinyl. 

The first thing I noticed about downtown on Saturday night was that there was a lot of foot traffic and people were either in costume or wearing Dodger gear. I figured it was a night for bar-hopping, so I tried to make the set more accessible for people who were just out for Halloween or celebrating the Dodgers victory. At least, that’s how the first set went down, which was when we had the biggest influx of people coming into the club. Book of Love’s cover of “Tubular Bells,” one of my Halloween favorites, did extremely well. Here’s what I played. 

Set One: 

Goblin – Tenebre

Book of Love – Tubular Bells

Koto – Jabdah

Paul Parker – Right on Target

Plustwo – Melody

Magazine 60 – Don Quichotte

Fun Fun – Baila Bolero

Kano – It’s a War (Purple Disco Machine, Lorenz Rhode Remix)

Cyber People – Void Vision

Tom Cat – Black Jack (Curses edit)

Alaska y Dinarama – Mi Novio Es Un Zombi

Azul y Negro – The Night

Ken Laszlo – Hey Hey Guy

New Order – Blue Monday

Trans X – Living on Video 

Giorgio Moroder – Chase (1985 Remix)

La Bionda – I Wanna Be Your Lover

Set Two:

My Mine – Hypnotic Tango

Fun Fun – Color My Love

Hipnosis – Pulstar

Valerie Star – Loving You

Clio – Faces 

Pino D’Angio -Ma Quale Idea

Skatt Brothers – Walk the Night

Baltimora – Tarzan Boy

Raff – Self Control 

Savage – Don’t Cry Tonight

Boytronic- Late Night Satellite 

Den Harrow – Don’t Break My Heart

Modern Talking – You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul

Fancy – I Can’t Live Without You

Silent Circle – Touch in the Night

Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.

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