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By accident (I was looking for Christmas<\/i> music) I came across scary solstice music<\/a>. Here\u2019s a sample:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sharing this mainly because it is so odd that it is interesting, and I suspect it will appeal to at least some readers of this blog (that tiny contingent that recognizes Cthulhu<\/a> when they see him<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Why not try instead this video<\/a> of Paganini\u2019s \u201cWitches\u2019 Dance\u201d? It\u2019s not as scary (except for the image and sound being slightly out of sync).<\/p>\n

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By accident (I was looking for Christmas music) I came across scary solstice music. Here\u2019s a sample: I\u2019m sharing this mainly because it is so odd that it is interesting, and I suspect it will appeal to at least some readers of this blog (that tiny contingent that recognizes Cthulhu when they see him). Why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nScary Solstice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By accident (I was looking for Christmas music) I came across scary solstice music. 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