- THE HEX FILES
Every month, we Crazy Buckets give one of our favourite characters from soundstage, viewscreen, or film a chance to sound off about their troubles. We come to the aid of the purr wee wronged souls of Supernatural, conducting a few heart-to-heart (or any other pertinent body part) sessions. And then we share them with fandom. Otherwise, how would the poor hard done-by characters feel that they have got their message out?
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Soupdragon: Good afternoon, everyone. I have with me today Craig from his record store in Richardson, Texas. He has something he’d like to share with us all.
Craig: Yeah, that’s right. Thanks. Right, ok. So where do I start?
SD: At the beginning, if you like.
C: Right, right, would make sense. Thanks.
SD: Don’t mention it.
C: So… it was the pilot episode, right? We had Seether, Eagles of Death Metal, Allman Brothers Band… Man, we had shitloads of really cool music. Am I right?
SD: Absolutely.
C: And even two – count them, two! – AC/DC tracks.
SD: A veritable mine of masterpieces.
C: Exactly! Season one was pretty rich with cool music too, right? I mean ‘Wendigo’ had Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner and Rush all in the same forty minutes. You don’t get much better than that.
SD: Well… there’s AC/DC.
C: You know what I mean. So anyway, things are pretty cool with the music, seasons one and two, until we get into season three. I loved season three – so many cool moments. And I know it was shorter than the other two, but hey, I was behind the writers same as everyone else. That’s not the issue.
SD: And music is?
C: Of course! There were five whole episodes in season three that had no classic rock music whatsoever – five. Compare that to one episode from season one, and four in season two. See a pattern?
SD: Barely. You’re pissed off cos there’s not enough classic rock in there any more?
C: Well of course I am! And I reckon there’s around eight episodes in season four that don’t have classic rock in them.
SD: What would you have them do, cut scenes and SFX to keep songs?
C: No, I’d have them demand a proper budget from The Powers That Be. I mean come on, they’ve pulled in enough of an audience to get renewed for four consecutive seasons. Doesn’t that count for anything?
SD: Apparently not, if you’re the CW.
C: Well they suck.
SD: I don’t think you’re alone in stating that assessment.
C: Thanks. I think.
SD: So what songs are you waiting to hear? We’ve had season five episodes now, and they have tried to keep the end up, as it were.
C: Well yeah, ok. We got more Lynyrd Skynyrd and even Jeff Beck – that’s cool. I just hope they can keep it up.
SD: Well the first episode I see without any music at all, I’ll think of you.
C: Thanks. I think.
SD: Don’t mention it.
C: Ok, well, I think I’m done. You going anywhere?
SD: My car. You?
C: Back to the store. Lots of new vinyl to sort out. [Pause] You want to see what’s just come in?
SD: What kind of vinyl are we talking?
C: Something from your neck of the woods?
SD: AC/DC? For the fiftieth time you Americans, I am not from Australia.
C: No – I was going to say Muse.
SD: Oh. Then I apologise. Muse, eh?
C: Muse. On proper vinyl. It’s like Blue Ray for your ears.
SD: Sold. Let me get my bag. I’ve saved this voice recording on my iPhone; I’ll mail it home and get MacSpeech to type it out for me later.
C: Uh, you’re going to send a who and do what with it?
SD: Just go.
So are we getting our full compliment of rock music? Which songs would you include? Do you miss the Winchester Suite piano music from seasons 1-3? Let us know!
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