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Episode 24: Monster Raps Pt. 4: Old Skool Gools

It’s be over 4 years since Shindig Radio dropped it’s needle into the wide groove of Monster Raps and a lot of classic cuts have hit the playlist since then.

So, join DJ Radio D, Biz-E G, Mic E , and Monster Rap rookie – Mr. Auto-Matt-ic – MC MGM as they hop through old skool hits from the birth of Monster Rap in 1983 to it’s eventual peak in 1987.

You’ll hear monster tracks from legends like Grandmaster Flash and Edgar Winter right along side one “hit” wonders from the likes of Cagé (Drac E. “D”) and EJ Rock!

From Freddy to Frankenstein, to Igor and Mr. Hyde, it’s more horrifying hip-hop to hype your haunted house on…

Monster Raps Pt. 4: Old Skool Gools!

 

 

 

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In The Hole with John De Hart

No, unfortunately vanity-auteur and lawyer John De Hart didn’t actually stop by (or call the Creep Phone for that matter) but we literally spend just about the entire run-time talking about him, so hey, he might as well have.

Listen to returning returner Matt Mastrella detail his brief correspondence with John as Mikey Rotella and Graham C. Schofield warm up for Monster Raps Pt. 4 by listening to some overlooked musical treasures from John’s original version of his 1993 opus Geteven entitled Champagne and Bullets.

Recorded in July of 2025 and making it’s way out to you in 6 months, Shindig Radio may be back and swinging for the fences in 2026!

So, join John in not joining us as we try to convince him to join us…

In the Hole!

 

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The Action Distraction: The Playlist!

The Action Extractions from all volumes of The Action Distraction have exceeded the bounds of individual playlists!

They need to join forces to form the single greatest acion-packed team of action-backed tracks ever to kick the internet.

Here, together at last, all the action extractions have gathered to build a playlist so capable of distracting you from horror songs it had to be….

Action Distractions: The Playlist!

 

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Episode 23: Action Distractions Vol. 3

It’s been 5 long years since Shindig Radio kicked down a stack of action-packed tracks. So, we’re coming to hard hand-off a whole new volume of wilding-ass tunes!

Join fan-tolerated guest, and Action Distraction rookie, Matt Mastrella, as we laser-focus on Action Title Tracks and the songs of PM Entertainment genius Jastereo Coviare: The King of The Title Tracks.

So, put your pimps up and hose down with the summer’s coolest diversions from L.A. Heat, Lady Avenger, Shotgun, Drug Runners and more! 

There’s always more action-strapped tracks to extract on…

The Action Distraction Vol. 3

And don’t forget to pick up some horror-themed cookies for your own listen-along snack breaks at Coven Cookies!

And this were a link to Graham C. Schofield’s Hard Handoff (aka Deadly Currency) would be, if it was available yet. Check back soon, cause you know we’ll update this link immediately.

 

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In The Hole with Matt Mastrella

It’s 2025 and Shindig Radio is back with an episode that was actually recorded in 2025! Yeah, we can’t believe it either!

Come In the Hole with Halloween-episode staple Matt Mastrella as he leaves the pocket to pregame for Action Distractions Vol. 3 by listening to Jose attempt to get through on the Creep Phone, Don Dickens attempt to compliment the show and John De Hart attempt to sing!

Empathize with Matt’s schoolgirl love of Road to Revenge!

Feel Graham C. Schofield put a tip in your sandwich!

Listen to the Creep Phone Creep come to life through A.rtistic I.llegitmacy!

Hear Mikey Rotella accurately predict an Iranian war!

All this is waiting for you…

In The Hole with Matt Mastrella!

 

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Episode 22: Once Upon a Time There Were Title Tracks

Shindig Radio is finally back with fan favorite Kyle Sullivan listening to some fan favorite Title Tracks, as promised.

Join Kyle as he sleepwalks through a Non-Halloween Halloween episode with pals Mikey Rotella,  Graham C. Schofield and a hit list of misses from the likes of…

1963’s Ruby, the subtextually frustrated Fear No Evil, the packed and stacked Dangerous Seductress, the unfortunately titled Night Visitor, the unfortunately made Road Meat, the long ignored Lost Boys…and many more.

It may be literally over a year late, feature absolutely nothing Halloweeny, and contain an uncomfortable amount of questionable songs, but we hope you remember…

Once Upon a Time There Were Title Tracks!

 

 

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In the Hole with Kyle Sullivan

Have you been waiting patiently for a new episode of Shindig Radio?! Well, then we regret to inform you we only have this hour-long video hanging out over on YouTube of our pre-show show, In the Hole!

Join perennial hole-filler Kyle Sullivan as he fists some Zach’s, gourds a pumpkin or two and receives more than just a couple Nasty Grams on his way to Title Tracks Pt. 6.

See Graham C. Schofield and Mikey Rotella,  Gordy Falk, Jiminy Glick, Mr. Nasty and that guy named Janet who won’t shut up about the mix levels try to engage Kyle in all manner of conversations to limited success.

It’s all waiting there for you…

In the Hole!

Also available in an audio only format for any of our visually impaired listeners, or those whom may just find our collective appearances objectionable.

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Episode 21: It’s In The Movie: What the Fuck? Edition


It’s October and if you’re listening to the Halloween Shindig playlist and you hear a song that sounds like it doesn’t belong, that’s probably because…

IT’S IN THE MOVIE!

Special guest and YouTube creator Josh Spiegel – writer, director and star of the new film The Last Amityville Movie – joins Graham C. Schofield and Mikey Rotella as they wade through some out-of-place inclusive tracks from the likes of Trick or Treats (1982), Night Train to Terror (1985), Berserker (1987), Paganini Horror (1989) and more!

It might not sound like it belongs on a Halloween playlist, but it does, cause it’s not only in the movie, but it’s definitely in the movie on…

IT’S IN THE MOVIE: WHAT THE FUCK? EDITION

 

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In the Hole with Josh Spiegel

Get ready for a new kind of show that’s a whole lot like a regular show except for all that boring musical stuff that actually makes it, ya know…a show.

Hear Graham C. Schofield, Mikey Rotella and our special guest, YouTube’s Movie Timelines guy Josh Spiegel, as they pregame for the real new episode while we attempt to pass that shit off as actual content.

Experience idle chatter, Creep Phone calls, Mellowcreme snacks, iTunes Reviews, Shindig Corrections and all the other stuff you fast forward past in a new, compact and easily skippable format!

It’s like everything you don’t want and none of the fat that makes Shindig Radio mildly worth listening to. C’mon, join us…

IN THE HOLE!


 

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Episode 20: Halloween H40 II: H43: Halloween Dies Tonight

The Shindig Radio team returns to the scene of their original crime: Haddonfield!

3 years ago, Shindig Radio first exposed themselves to the world while jack-jawing about Halloween H40. So, you knew that when the sequel to that requel finally rolled around, we were gonna be right there weighing in.

Only that didn’t happen, did it?

Well, not as far as you’re concerned anyway, because a crippling technical difficulty prevented you from hearing that episode when it was originally intended to air.

Now, through the magic of modern audio technology and a little bit of patience, this once thought “lost forever” episode returns to life – a year late and totally irrelevant because a new Halloween has already come out.

STOP! wondering if evil is going to die tonight!

LOOK! at you’re phone or computer while 4 aging assholes complain about a thing not necessarily intended for them!

LISTEN! to Mikey blow the lid off of Tommy Lee Wallace’s 40-year-long mask deception!

it’s…

Halloween H40 II: H43 Halloween Dies Tonight 

 

 

 

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Episode 19: Duck, You Sucker! It’s Title Tracks Pt. 5

The Shindig Radio gang finally returns, and regionally specific fan favorite, Kyle Sullivan, is returning along with ’em!

Join him as he joins Graham C. Schofield and Mikey Rotella to endure more Horror Movie Title Tracks of dubious quality.

Laugh, You Clown! as you hear them hear songs from genre classics like 1973’s Arnold, Mexico’s Don’t Panic! and Alan Plone’s Phantom of the Ritz!

Marvel, You Rube! as they reference events from almost one full calendar year ago, like Matt Mastrella’s 43nd birthday and the passing of film legend William Smith.

Recoil, You Pussy! as they eat dusty skillet chips and scratch dry shit!

Duck, You Sucker! It’s Title Tracks Pt. 5!

 

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A Very Shindig Christmas Playlist

It was brought to my attention that I never actually made a mini-playlist for our Shindig Radio Christmas episode, A Very Shindig Christmas.

However, since the songs from The Crypt Keeper, The Krypt Keeper 5 and Silent Night, Deadly Night (the bulk of that episode) are each represented in their own playlists, I thought putting all of them here too would be a bit redundant. So, i figured I’d include at least one tune and chop the others.

To make up for the missing songs though, I’ve added in a few similarly themed track which would not have felt out of place in that episode.

Enjoy!

 

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Episode 18: Monster Raps Pt. 3: Freddy’s Revenge

Shindig Radio is back and Freddy Krueger’s coming with us, and he’s bringing 9 more Nightmare on Elm Street rap songs with him.

Join MC Radio D, Busy G and Mic-E (and of course Freddy himself) as Shindig Radio takes a nap on Rhyme Street, with a boiler room full of Freddy Raps all* from 1987 – a full year before the hits A Nightmare on My Street and Are You Ready for Freddy.

It’s time to face the music with Rap Master Freddy on Monster Raps Pt. 3: Freddy’s Revenge!

 

And be sure to visit Werner Von Wallenrod’s Humble Little Hip-Hop Blog, without which, this episode would not exist!

And don’t forget to check out that swollen meatball, Matt Mastrella, over at YouTube on The Crypto Hunter!

*ones actually from 1988 but nevermind that

 

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Episode 17: The Happy Holiday Outtake Extravaganza!

Well, it’s that time of year again, when the spirit of goodwill and brotherhood gives way to paranoia and rising Coronavirus infection rates.

To fight this epidemic, Shindig Radio is releasing a vaccine of outtakes to help inoculate our listeners that are locked down at home, unable to enjoy the holidays with their friends and loved ones.

So, curl up next to your favorite indoor pagan idols, spike some eggnog and have a few laughs with your friends over at Shindig Radio on…

The Happy Holiday Outtake Extravaganza!

 

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Episode 16: Happy Halloweird

Shindig Radio is back and we’re celebrating the weirdest year in recent memory by loading your pumpkin with the weirdest Halloween songs you can imagine.

You’ll hear holiday classics from the likes of The Shaggs, Jan Terri, Butch Patrick, The Ghostbusters and more!

And for the first time ever, Shindig Radio is picking up The Creep Phone to listen to your calls!

Join Mikey Rotella, Paul Lynde, Graham C. Schofield, Salsa’s Kamar de los Reyes, Matt Mastrella, The Old Gray Goose, Joe Piscapo and Jeff Baloney for the weirdest Halloween Special since Pinky Tuscadero sang Disco Baby with KISS!

So put on your masks, grab a fistful of pumpkin boys and get ready for some football, cause anything can happen on a Halloween episode of Shindig Radio, and this one’s a disaster!

It’s…

Happy Halloweird!

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Episode 15: A Fistful of Title Tracks

Shindig Radio fans have spoken!

And they want more Title Tracks.

Or they want more Kyle Sullivan. We’re not sure, but we have more Title Tracks and not more Kyle, so Title Tracks it is.

Join Graham C. Schofield and Mikey Rotella as they catch another wave of rockin’ plot-talk, and hear the titles of Teenage Exorcist, The Hidden, Dead Heat and many more repeated incessantly!

So, grab a boogie board, some sun-screen and say goodbye to Summer with your friends at Shindig Radio on…

A Fistful of TItle Tracks.

 

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Action Distractions Vol. 2: The Playlist!

Did you love all the songs you just heard on Action Distractions Vol. 2?

Oh, you didn’t?

Well, even if you definitely got enough of all the action packed tracks we extracted for episode 14, here’s a Vol. 2 Mini-Playlist all the same. Enjoy!

 

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Episode 14: Action Distractions Vol. 2

It’s been 6 months, but Shindig Radio is back to respack your sacks with more action-backed tracks on another thrilling installment of…

ACTION DISTRACTIONS!

Volume 2 of Shindig fans’ least requested diversion brings you tracks from The Stablizer, Death Promise, Vice Squad amongst others…including a special, double-barreled blast from Road House!

So, grab an uzi, jump on your dirt bike and rock out with your 3 favorite fools as they listen to your least favorite songs on…

ACTION DISTRACTIONS….VOL. 2!

 

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Episode 13: Outtake Outbreak

CONELRAD CHANNEL … This is a Class 1 Emergency

– Unreleased material from the Shindig Radio Containment Vault has broken out and is infecting your airwaves! –

Citizens are being advised to quarantine in their homes with Graham C. Schofield, Mikey Rotella, Matt Mastrella and Kyle Sullivan during this outbreak of Season 1 outtakes.

CONELRAD CHANNEL – This is a Class 1 Emergency!

 

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Episode 12: Happy Life Day, Tim Martin

Shindig Radio Strikes Back, and they’ve brought Star Wars Fan Film Director and Special FX artist Tim Martin along for the attack.

Join Graham C. Schofield and Mikey Rotella as they talk to Tim about all things Star Wars, including working on the The Mandolorian, Rise of the Skywalker and Tim’s very own Star Wars fan film Birth of a Monster!

It’s more Star Wars than anyone should care to talk about or listen to!

So put on a weird red robe, grab your Ponda Baba thermos and buckle this, cause Shindig Radio is about to make the jump to hyperspace.