an icepick through the keyhole

The voice of the singer is awful, but the song is hilarious.

Well, to anyone who's gone through first year tort law, that is.

Ladles and gentlemints, "Snail in a Bottle" (YouTube clip).

This may of interest to people, particularly my filk friends:

Lord of the Rings Online, the MMORPG based on you know what, not only has a Minstrel class, but it has an in-game music system that allows players to play, in real time, music using their keyboard.

This is a Youtube clip of someone using the system to play "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.

Not that I'll switch from World of Warcraft just for this alone, but it's pretty neat.

At the airport, about to board the plane. Barring any other cock-ups, I'll be seeing people at GAFilk in about 27 hours or so.

Packing my things. Will be touching down at Atlanta Hartsfield in about 36 hours or so.

I just found a Bible Study home page that uses the lyrics of "Hold the Line" as a call towards "soldiers of the Cross" to hold against iniquity in these Last Days.

I'm... not sure how I feel about that.

Have a good time at OVFF, all. If anyone sings any of my stuff, let me know. I could always use the ego-boo.

In other news, I turn 36 in about 4 hours and 10 minutes. I am now officially in my late 30s.

Here's a nice little e-mail to wake up to:

Subject: Do you hear the pipes Cthulhu - Performed live at Continuum!
Date: 28 August 2006 12:49:00 AM GMT+08:00

Hi Terrance,

Thought you might geta  kick out of this. People love your filk so much, 
they did a rendition at the recent Call of Cthulhu 25th Anniversary 
party at Continuum last month!

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/docs/av-continuum-06-cthulhu-sing-a-long.mp3

With best wishes, and thanks so much for inspiring people!

Paul
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Devoted to Call of Cthulhu
ENnie Gold Winner 2006
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It starts about halfway down the file, after they do a "Happy Birthday" to Cthulhu and a rendition of "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fish-Men" (from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's "A Very Scary Solstice", on which more professional versions — i.e. not me — of my "Cthulhu Christmas Chorale" can be found). The sing-a-long of "Do You Hear the Pipes Cthulhu" gets off on a shaky start but they really get into it in the end, and is followed by an abortive version of "That's Cthulhu!" (I don't think they knew the tune for the bridge) and ends with "The Song That Cannot Be Named".

Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling of course, hearing other people do my songs — especially since it's for a 25th anniversary celebration of Call of Cthulhu, the game that got me into Lovecraft in the first place and therefore was ultimately responsible for my filk — full circle, indeed. To quote Charles Fort, whose work also inspired Lovecraft: "One measures a circle, beginning anywhere."

Initial photos from 1812Tones up at Flickr here.

Flight in approximately 8 hours.

See y'all there. I bring Oreos and sundry requested goods.

Oh, and music.

This is late news, but for those of you still in Siberia as far as the filk world is concerned, the 2005 nominees for the Pegasus Awards are out. Congratulations to all of the nominees! I only wish I could be there to see who wins this year.

The ballot is here. Vote well. Vote wisely.