The highest highlight of 2018 for me was seeing the original Misfits play on their homeground of New Jersey. I have loved them for almost thirty years and never thought they'd reunite, let alone in a place that's only a short train ride away. The show was everything I'd hoped for--they played all my favorites, the stage looked like a Halloween explosion, and even the crappy sound hearkened back to the lo-fi recordings all Misfits fans have loved and subsisted on since the original line-up broke up in 1983.The band makes all concert goers put their cell phones in a locked bag at the door, so precious few photos or videos exist from that wicked night. However, the original line-up has already scheduled another show in Chicago for next April, so maybe there is hope this will become a regular occurrence? Since the reunion itself already proves that hell has frozen over, perhaps it's not too much to hope that a live album/video could materialize in the near future. Or even new songs?!? We will probably have to join forces in doing quite a few extra deeds for the devil in order to make that happen, but I'm willing.
Since there isn't any new Misfits music on the horizon yet, today's song is the newest one available, which came out in 1997. "In the Doorway" appeared nineteen years after it was first recorded, on a reissue of Static Age. The lyrics are a bit inscrutable (no B-horror films get name-checked like in many other Misfits songs), but I think it's about the ancient problem of vampires needing an invitation before they can go through a door. Remember: if you're cold, they're cold. Let them inside.
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