depravity and gravity have always got a grasp on me.

I nearly forgot that three years ago, a plethora of indie artists grouped together to create a parody of epic proportions (see: the 80’s cheesefest “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by the uber-group Band Aid).  This new installment of holiday endorsement benefitted UNICEF under the alias The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative.  This wacky video bashing the most ludicrous aspects of Hallow’s Eve employed the vocal stylings of Beck, Jenny and Blake of Rilo Kiley, Feist, Peaches, Chloe and Asya of Smoosh, Win and Regine of the Arcade Fire, Devendra Banhart, Thurston Moore, Syd Butler of Les Savy Fav, Karen O, Jimmy Tamborello, Dan and Spencer of Wolf Parade, David Cross (yes, that David Cross), and many more.

I’m still not one hundred percent sure how I feel about the video, but the song is somewhat catchy, no?  And it’s about time we take some of the attention away from gosh-darn Christmas and have more options than just Thriller or Monster Mash on constant repeat at countless Halloween parties. Who knows how to actually do the mash, anyway?  Some graveyard smash.