BIG STIR Records wanted to celebrate Halloween in their own way and with the artists they love. The result was released on October 10 and is called “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire.” Rather than telling you about it in one of our usual columns, we thought it would be nice to have some of the artists who participated share their Halloween memories! Thank you to those who agreed! Happy Halloween to you all! THE ARTISTS, THEIR MEMORIES, AND THEIR COSTUMES BRANDT HUSEMAN of Splitsville: Matt (Huseman, my twin brother and also of Splitsville) and I, and our friend Eric, went to a Halloween party dressed as dead rock stars Sid Vicious, John Lennon, and Brian Jones. We took pains to make sure the makeup and costumes were consistent with how they died. Not everyone got it but the ones who did were blown away. Brandt Huseman of Splitsville: “Here’s me in my skeleton kigurumi. It’s not just for Halloween you know…” GRAHAM PARKER : No...

BIG STIR Records wanted to celebrate Halloween in their own way and with the artists they love. The result was released on October 10 and is called “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire.” Rather than telling you about it in one of our usual columns, we thought it would be nice to have some of the artists who participated share their Halloween memories! Thank you to those who agreed! Happy Halloween to you all! THE ARTISTS, THEIR MEMORIES, AND THEIR COSTUMES REX BROOME of The Armoires (and The Pepper’s Ghost Players, and co-producer of “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks and Haunted Harmonies”): I’ll always remember 2025 as “The Year It Was Halloween for 10 Months Straight,” since we (Christina Bulbenko, Michael Simmons and myself) started working on “Chilling, Thrilling Hooks and Haunted Harmonies” in January, and it’s been our focus ever since! But since Halloween has been the focus of many creative projects over my life, from costumes and ...