Alternate Take: A spooky soundtrack for Halloween Night

Liz Warner shares Alternate Take Halloween classics alongside new songs from Detroit and beyond for the occasion.

etching of interwoven trees in black ink

Julius Pommer, "Ghost Trees," ca. between 1935 and 1941, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.319. All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.

It’s Fright Night this week on Alternate Take! Join Liz Warner as she celebrates the Halloween season with festivities late into the witching hour. Liz will share Alternate Take Halloween classics alongside new songs from Detroit and beyond for the occasion.

Just before this week’s edition of Alternate Take is a rebroadcast of Jon Moshier’s award-winning Halloween special, running from 6-8 p.m.

Tune in this Thursday night from 8-10 p.m. for a special Halloween edition of Alternate Take with Liz Warner on 101.9 WDET-FM, wdet.org and the WDET app.

Please note: This show will re-air on Saturday night 10 p.m. to midnight.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Alternate Take Playlist for Oct. 31, 2024:

  • “Blakula” – Innerzone Orchestra
  • “Season of the Witch” – Luna
  • “Spirit House” – Broadcast
  • “Silent Shout” – The Knife
  • “Halloween (Remix)” – Japan
  • “Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend” – John Cale
  • “Ghosts (feat. Tom McFarland)” – Joe Goddard
  • “Performance” – Tones On Tail
  • “Meet Ze Monsta” – PJ Harvey
  • “Skalloween” – The Skatalites
  • “Frenzy” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  • “Bag of Spiders” – Slumber Party
  • “Swamp Lord” – Dabrye
  • “How Ghosts Affect Relationships” – His Name Is Alive
  • “Freak, Go Home” – DARKSIDE
  • “I Put A Spell On You” – Nina Simone
  • “Fireside Favourite” – Fad Gadget
  • “Animals V2” – Savage Hymn
  • “Watching You Without Me” – Kate Bush
  • “Ghost Highway” – Mazzy Star
  • “Nightvision” – Being Dead
  • “Carnival of Souls” – Combustible Edison
  • “Christina The Astonishing” – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” – Nouvelle Vague
  • “Seeing Aliens” – DJ Koze

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  • Liz Warner
    Liz Warner — known to late-night Detroit audiences as Liz Copeland — is an award-winning multimedia journalist specializing in audio. She started in Detroit as a nightly live radio producer and host on WDET in 1995.