WHY does Halloween rule, even as a growns up? PARTIES. And this year is great because that hallowed eve falls on a Friday, leading many in our great town to pull out more stops than a presidential tour bus. We’re so rather IN BLISS about all the options, that we’ve decided to board the Skyline Network Executive Jet and fly to Tulsa tomorrow morning rather than be faced with DECISIONS DECISIONS when the evening finally rolls around. HOWEVER, we shall not depart without giving you some good olde fashion yee haw about each of the Friday events you have to choose from.

So, we’ll start with the pretty UNFUKWITABLE event taking place at Walter’s.

Not only does this show have a great lineup, it’s got plenty of free stuff too. For starters, since this is Halloween, it offers the opportunity for bands to dress up and new acts to get together in the spirit of the season. Dannzig is one of those acts, and you can no doubt guess what they will be playing. The group is made up of members of The Monocles, The Jonbenet and other bands whose names we prolly should have written down. They’ll be headlining. On the opening end is the Young Mammals, all costumed up to revisit their January performance as The Pixies from the Hootenanny. It was aces then. It will be aces now.

Sandwiched in the middle are News on the March, Wild Moccasins and The Monocles playing as themselves. You can’t argue with that creamy filling. Hello. But you know, one of the really fantastic things about this show, what makes it more an event than a good evening, is the 7″ record you get at the door. It’s a split between News on the March and The Monocles, and this is going to be the only time you can pick it up. And each record is HAND STAMPED right there in front of you. Bam. The stamp is tied to the event artwork, but we won’t reveal the surprise. Just know that you’ll walk away with a kick-ass 45 to rock on your MyFirstSony and people who stay home to watch the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown are going to get that little cloud squiggle mess over their heads when they see it.

Doors are at 8pm, and the cost is $8 with a costume, $10 without. There’s a free keg of beer while it lasts, and then stupid cheap drink specials the rest of the night, we are told. If we weren’t in Tulsa, this would prolly be where you could find us disguised as a succubus. You know that there would be a visual school bus pun with that costume, don’t you?

PS – Seems worth mentioning that Danzig is actually in town playing at House of Blues tonight.