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You can celebrate almost anything on the internet (don’t let your mind go there…) and Halloween is no exception.

At TheRockDose there’s a great Ozzy quote and the original “bite the head off the bat” video.
ShePlaysMusic is live blogging great Halloween videos all day.
52Bands has a tribute to the king of spooky music Danny Elfman.
Metal Martyr has a Metal Sound Track To Halloween. Is there any better music for Halloween than metal?
Ear Sucker joins the action as always.
BigAppleMusicScene suggests dressing up like the ultimate NYC rocker Joey Ramone.
The Australian’s don’t even celebrate Halloween but OZMusicScene has some Aussie Halloween Hits.
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Here are 10 fun and scary picks for Halloween. Most are available as downloads on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster and elsewhere. So for under $10 you can quickly create your own custom Halloween Master Mix Tape.

Monster Mash – Bobby Boras Picket
I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
I’m Your Boogie Man – KC & The Sunshine Band, Rob Zombie
Hell – The Squirrel Nut Zippers
Werewolves Of London – Warren Zevon
Black Magic Woman – Santana
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Strange Brew – Cream
Season Of The Witch – Donovan

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If you do love The Who, have they got a deal for you!  Become an official Wholigan at TheWho.com
It’s gonna cost $50 a year; so unless you are a hardcore Who fan it may not be worth it.  Check it out here.

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All around the b5media Music Channel today some of the top bloggers picked the 10 discs they’d want with them if they were stuck on a desert island. It’s a fun exercise – I dare you to get a pen and just try coming up with your Top 10 right now (if you do please share it with us) – and provides some real insights into someone’s music taste. My 10 are listed below.
Here’s the best of the best:

Oz Music Scene
Big Apple Music Scene
Hippie Sounds
Ear Sucker
British Music Scene
52 Bands
She Plays Music
Metal Martyr

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My fellow music bloggers and I at the b5media Music Channel took up the the age-old challenge. “If you were stuck on a deserted island, which 10 albums would you wish you had with you? In no particular order, here are mine.

Leonard Cohen – “Essential”
Leon Russell – “Retrospective”
Ray Lamontagne – “Trouble”
The Band – “The Last Waltz”
Solomon Burke – “Don’t Give Up On Me”
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – “Deja Vu”
Barry White – “Greatest Hits”
Cat Stevens – “Tea For The Tillerman”
Bill Wither’s “Lean On Me – The Best Of”
Led Zeppelin- “II

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A new study showed that iTunes and not illegal file sharing or P2P use was to blame for the big slump in music sales.
Despite the big slump in CD sales the music industry overall (concerts, merchandise, portable players) is growing.
iLike and Billboard have teamed for two new charts measuring internet song activity.
Friendster has opened it community of 50 million to outside developers just as MySpace and Facebook have. Stay tuned for lots of cool free widgets to add music and other stuff to your Friendster and MySpace pages just like you now can on Facebook.
Pandora founder Tim Westergren testified on …read more

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>>> Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch Ahead of the forthcoming re-release of their brilliant Witching Hour album, Britain’s most bewitching synth-rock band Ladytron will release a new single “Destroy Everything You Touch” on October 22nd. The track, already a bona-fide hot on mainstream American radio stations, is an uber-disco stomp and one of the band’s most inspiring tracks to date. Featuring a Hot Chip remix, “Destroy Everything You Touch” looks set to follow in the footsteps of its stateside success and is already picking up great radio and TV support.
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The one day sale is over but be sure to check OurDigitalMusic out often to stay on top of the best deals in digital music, players and services. You can subscribe to one of our RSS feeds in the upper right hand corner or bookmark the site in your browser.
And Grooveshark is still worth checking out in part because it offers full song streaming of songs even if you don’t own them.  It’s also not a bad place to buy downloads.
Music sharing and download site Grooveshark is back for the second time this month with an amazing 29 cent DRM-free …read more

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Microsoft has confirmed that its three new second-generation Zune portable media players will be released on November 13 in the US. No date has been given yet for release in other countries. Amazon and others are already taking orders for the November delivery. Models and retail prices include:

Zune 4GB, $149
Zune 8G $199
Zune 80G $249

The pending release of new models also means deep discounts on current models. On Monday we told you about a 1 day only sale a 30G Zune of $79 on Woot, but $149 seems a more typical price. Try the Froogle.com price serach …read more

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