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The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

Sara Hillis here with some haunting news! Yes, I'm afraid that you're regularly-scheduled Folk and Celtic music show has been taken over this week by uncanny creatures, scary tales and atmospheric selections guaranteed to put you in a Hallowe'en mood. Perhaps fittingly, the show isn't live this week, but neither is it undead. So, enjoy the frightening fun, and I'll be back live with you next week I'm sure.

Once again, we have reached one of those exciting parts of the year where clocks are changing at different times around the world. If you live in a country where clocks are reverting to Standard Time this weekend, please note that you are doing this one week before North America. Since Mushroom FM observes North American Eastern time for our schedules, all the programming on Mushroom FM and Mushroom Escape will air an hour earlier than you are used to for one week until the clocks go back in North America.

Boo! Oh did I scare you? I hope so, because it’s Jonathan Mosen here to tell you about our scary Halloween Small World special.

We’ll once again meet a witch who turns bananas into mice, policemen into apple trees, and eats children for breakfast with peanut butter.

We find out what it's like to be a witch's cat.

They say the gold mine is haunted, but is it really?

We meet Little Spook at Spook Hall, which is definitely haunted. Oh someone hold my hand!.

Sometimes the things we think are scary aren't so scary after all, which is good.

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me in The Early Years where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 3pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s
the described movies It Chapter Two from 2019 and Freaks from 1932.
It Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror film and a sequel/second half to the 2017 film It, both based on the 1986 novel by Stephen King.
The film is directed by Andy Muschietti, returning from the first film, with a screenplay by Gary Dauberman.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the talents of Australian rock band Inxs. We shed bitter tears, hear about the one thing, and meet the devil inside.

You can hear Deep Dive, where we focus on one artist for one hour, at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 7 AM in Eastern Australia. or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 9 PM in Eastern Australia. Just instruct your SmartThing of choice to play Mushroom FM and you will be there.

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

And after you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, this afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me in The Early Years where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.
The top 100 of 1971 continues this week with the penultimate edition. I'll start at #31 and continue to #11. I'll finish the countdown with the top 10 which is actually a top 12 because of double-siders next week.