Aug. 30—It is going to be quite the monster mash-up when The Dead Beatclub takes the stage or rather flatcar at the Santa Fe Railyard. The performance on Friday, Sept. 6 is part of the Sky ...

You can do the mash There is no official dance for the “Monster Mash,” but the song’s music is a spoof of the song “Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Sharp that was released in 1962.

“Monster Mash” was originally written as a parody of several pop fads that have faded away, but the song is an American novelty song that lives on like a vampire. In the early 1960s two ...