All of us at Pollstar.com are looking forward to our favorite holiday of the year. We’ve been counting down the days until October 31 as we go about our daily chores of entering new dates for Bryan Adams and George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic. Yes, Halloween is our kind of holiday.

Take our sales manager for example. Sure, he might look a little goofy in his Darth Vader outfit, but you should see the look on the faces of his clients when he struts into their offices waving his light saber and shouting “I am your father!” In fact, our sales manager’s impersonation is so perfect, that Judas Priest requested that he act as their agent when they negotiate appearance fees for their next tour. They say that the promoters really respect someone totally dressed in black, wearing a matching metal helmet and cape, and wheezing like a seven-pack-a-day Camel smoker. Of course, we didn’t have the heart to tell them he only smokes five packs a day.

And then there’s our data processing chief. Yes, that’s right. The one dressed as Xena, Warrior Princess. She walks up and down the processing pits, assigning schedules for bands like Oysterband and Alabama Thunderpussy to be processed, all the while waving her sword and threatening to chop off the head of the next person to misspell “Albuquerque.” She used to be an actress, but she likes this job better, mainly because she gets to use a real sword.

Of course, you probably already know that the old guy in the corner chewing tobacco and dressed as Walter Brennan is our box office editor, or that our news director is the one dressed as Matt Drudge. Yes, Halloween is the best time of year for everyone at Pollstar.com, and come next Wednesday we’ll have a big party. We’ll pass out dates for Hellbenders and that Ozzy Osbourne / Rob Zombie co-headline to all the neighborhood children that come to our door, and as the night comes to a close we’ll all gather around the Halloween tree and sing our favorite Alice Cooper songs. Yes, we’re really looking forward to Halloween.

However, there is one small problem with this year’s celebration. You see, with the tight economy and all, none of us has anything to wear.