{"id":5149,"date":"2010-10-30T09:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T09:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/for-halloween-a-musical-interlude.html"},"modified":"2010-10-30T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T09:28:39","slug":"for-halloween-a-musical-interlude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/for-halloween-a-musical-interlude.html","title":{"rendered":"For Halloween, a musical interlude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a sweet treat for your candy sack: a classic musical moment from Frank Oz&#8217;s &#8220;Little Shop of Horrors.&#8221;  Ellen Green warbles about her longing for a better life in sunny suburbia.  (&#8220;I cook like Betty Crocker, and I look like Donna Reed&#8230;&#8221;) &nbsp;  A friend of mine once wryly noted that he thought it was the scariest part of the whole movie.&nbsp; If you&#8217;d like something with a little more teeth, may I suggest a visit Deacon Scott Dodge&#8217;s joint for <a href=\"http:\/\/scottdodge.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/i-saw-joe-strummer-walking-with-queen.html\">a little Warren Zevon<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><center><object height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q_A50V0WOgE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q_A50V0WOgE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"385\" width=\"480\"><\/object><\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a sweet treat for your candy sack: a classic musical moment from Frank Oz&#8217;s &#8220;Little Shop of Horrors.&#8221; Ellen Green warbles about her longing for a better life in sunny suburbia. 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