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01:56 am
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S J Tucker house concert
In an effort to prove that I really am crazy, when I heard that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) s00j was doing a house concert at Casa Middleton in Waukegan today (Sunday, July 5, that is -- it's still "today" until I go to bed), at 2 PM, I decided that I would go, even though I had already bought my membership and made my hotel reservations for the aforementioned InConJunction. I actually succeeded in my plan of getting up in time to be on the road at 11 AM EDT, which would have actually gotten me to the venue on time, except that I was so stupidly full of myself for knowing where I was going that I didn't actually consult the map. I failed to recognize the area as I came to it, and roads that I was looking for by name were labeled only by route number, so I drove on by and spent at least an extra 20 minutes on my trip. So I missed the first couple of songs.
I'm not going to try to recap the concert in detail. I just want to say that, while I'd gotten enough of an impression of s00j at DucKon that I actually did this trip, I was completely blown away. She was much more than I was expecting. Amazing voice, great guitar accompaniment, wonderful stage presence and showmanship, and some songs that just reached right down into my soul. I'm still riding in the afterglow of multiple musical orgasms. Plus, I'm also aching from laughter. I hope tollers won't take this the wrong way, but I only knew "Alligator in the House" from her. When she does it, it's a fun little song, but with s00j's schtick, it's oh my god I think I'm going to die funny. The Jewish mother alligator just has to be experienced to be believed. However, that hilarity paled to insignificance compared to a number she did in the circle after the concert, "Don't Lick My Toes", in which the singer belabors in excruciating detail how that particular kink just does not work for her. There was a line in there about how it felt like being flossed with warm liver. I laughed very nearly as long and hard as I at DucKon for the Howl for Mayor McCheese.
Absolutely the only thing wrong with the concert was that it was too short. But any more wonderful would probably have burned my brain out entirely, so maybe it's for the best. Even though some people who had said they would be there weren't there, we had a good song circle after the concert. I got to sing some of my moldy old crap filk classics that I don't believe s00j had heard before, starting with Chris Weber's "Beware of the Sentient Chili" in response to her song about the salad of doom. I also got more hugs at the concert/party than I had at the con, and I got to snuggle exapno too.
EDIT: corrected the title of "Don't Lick My Toes" -- I plead lack of sleep when I originally posted.
Tags: filk, friends, music, travel
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10:02 pm
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Lovely housefilk
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a housefilk at the home of bedlamhouse and ladyat. I've been hoping to attend one of the Indianapolis filks for about as long as I've been aware that there are such, and this time it came together, because (a) they're not actually in Indy, but conveniently just west in Danville (Indiana, that is, not Illinois), and (b) they generously offered crash space and a willingness to get up early enough the next morning that I could be at EFRC at more or less my regular time.
The sad thing is that it's really hard for me to say much about the actual events of the evening, because most of the people there were people I either hadn't met, or whom I vaguely recognized but couldn't attach names to when they first arrived, and even though we did a round of introductions, by the end of the evening I still didn't know their names. Ernest Clark, who wrote a whole bunch of really great songs back when I first started in filk but whom I only see sometimes at Chambanacon, was there and he told me he's in Lafayette these days. There was an older fellow with an odd looking but nice sounding guitar (which he explained is actually an Elizabethan-styled instrument, based on the first proto-guitars that actually sported metal strings) and an impressive repertoire of Irish songs. I managed to pick up that he's an SCA member and his SCA name is John of someplace. When we broke for eating and socializing, he and I told each other how much we enjoyed each other's music.
Sitting in the circle helped me to remember why I've spent all this time and effort on music. Going through my filkbook as my turns came up kept whacking me with the painful knowledge of how many songs I used to do in circles that I no longer remember fully. (The book helps with words, and a little bit with chords, but when I can't remember the playing style and rhythmic feel I used with a song, I'm just reduced to trying to reinvent something on the spot, and when I can't remember the tune, having it in the book doesn't help.)
I hope we can do it again real soon.
Tags: filk, friends, life, music
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08:40 pm
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Irishfest bummer
As I have for the past several years, I headed up to Milwaukee this weekend for Irishfest. I couldn't take time off work this year, so I had to leave Friday after work and come home today, which means I could only go Saturday. This is usually OK; I've done it before. But this year, it rained pretty much the whole day. During the day, things went on mostly as normal, though the crowds were thin, but in the evening, they closed down most of the stages. In particular, Leahy was rained out. Our group spent most of the day at the Celtic Roots stage which had a tent. Unfortunately, with the exception of Liz Carroll and John Doyle, who were of course awesome, I found the acts much less wonderful than the others in our group. Liadan was not bad; they're technically good and sounded pleasant, but they didn't really grab me, and a couple of the other acts really struck me as trying to be Celine Dion rather than trying to be Irish. The day had gotten started on the wrong foot when we were almost there and I realized I had failed to transfer my earplugs to something I brought with me. We spent at least 20 minutes looking for a place where I could buy some while I sat there being mad at myself and feeling like my stupidity was hurting everyone else in the car, and it ended on a bad note when I walked all the way from the Celtic Roots stage at the north end of the park to the Pabst stage at the south end to find that it was dark, because while they'd told us that the Leinie's Rock Stage was closed, they hadn't mentioned that any of the others were. So I walked all the way down the park in the cold, soggy rain, alone because nobody else wanted to hear Leahy anyway, and then turned around and walked back and listened to music I didn't like that the others seemed much happier with. We wandered south to the Tipperary stage where a band called Scythian that seemed to me to be trying to be a fusion of Celtic with bad current club music. They were loud (fortunately I had the earplugs), they were enthusiastic, their audience was drunk and happy, but while there were some pieces of what they were doing that were good, the whole package was awful. As soon as the people in our party who'd bought things to eat or drink had finished them, we wandered on, past Gaelic Storm who were dreadfully loud but not that interesting to the Snug, where a group called Millish was playing the most interesting music of the evening to a crowd of perhaps 20 people. They melded jazz and rock influences into some traditional Celtic stuff and then played some non-Irish stuff that was fun, including a medley of a whole bunch of Michael Jackson songs (instrumental only), and a set of extended solos by the low whistle player, the upright bass player, and the drummer while the fiddler tried to wring out his bow. Each of the soloists demonstrated very impressive chops. But we only got about half an hour of them before they were done for the night.
It was nice to see friends, and there was some good music, but if I'd realized how bad the weather would be I would have stayed home.
Tags: friends, music, travel
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10:25 pm
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Making plans to have some fun
Nobody would admit to planning to attend InConJunction, but I need a con, so I decided to go anyway. I tried to get a room at the last minute, and the website wouldn't give me a room at the con rate, but with some emails to the con staff and a really long time waiting for the web site to book a room at the non-con rate so I had a reservation to fix, I have a room. According to the web site, at least there's lots of great food in the area. Hopefully there'll be people I know who'll join me in eating some of it.
I've been a very bad boy and not been practicing guitar lately. I played a while this evening, and my fingers are so sore. Combining this and the first paragraph, I feel doomed. But I was actually pretty successful at trying to actually play Girl That's Never Been and sing it for myself rather than along with the record. Thanks, chirosinger, for showing me the chords. I still want to stalk you for the weird inversions you play, but it does work with first position chords. And just three of them. Who'da thunk it?
On another musical note, I'll be attending alymid's song circle on Aug. 3. This means (a) I need someplace to sleep Friday night, and (b) I'm available for some fun activity Saturday. There was discussion on the GT list as to there being several really good ethnic restaurants around Clark&Belmont, and I was looking at the map and thinking that it's only a little way down Clark to the Lincoln Park Zoo. Zoos sometimes bother me, but they do draw me also. If lunch (recommendations were offered for Ethiopian, Thai, and Indian) and an afternoon at the zoo sounds like fun, sound off. I'm not likely to brave the crowds all by myself.
Tags: cons, friends, music
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09:42 pm
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So not ready
... for OVFF.
I played a few songs before putting the guitars in their cases so they're ready to toss in the car tomorrow. I had had some mild hopes of actually signing up for the one-shot/two-fer lottery. I had a couple of pieces that were getting close a few months back, things that some people will have seen in books, but very few will have ever heard. But I was so erratic tonight -- "how do I play this anyway?" -- that I'm not even sure I'd be willing to try them in a circle. I definitely think I'll be trying to hide out in a small, friendly filk room this weekend.
Tags: cons, filk, music
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10:31 pm
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Restrung
Both guitars restrung. I'm still hopelessly out of practice and I haven't learned any new material, but at least my instruments are ready for OVFF now.
Tags: cons, life, music
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09:29 pm
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Irishfest Weekend
Sheesh, I haven't posted a thing in over a week.
I'm still alive, more or less -- though the combination of my work schedule (which would be difficult for me if everything were perfect) and the fact that for the last couple of weeks I've developed new sleep difficulties (in addition to the normal not being able to get to sleep easily, I'm now unable to stay asleep or get back to sleep again when I wake up during the night) is making it a less clear call than it should be.
( My Irishfest experience )
Tags: friends, music, travel
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01:07 am
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Astonishing musical discovery (NOT)
I'm practicing the one tune I can kind of play on the pennywhistle ("The Swallowtail"). I have a little problem getting spit in the mouthpiece. This sets off the association in my mind with the joke someone, I think it was almeda but I might be mistaken, told at some recent con -- schticking clearing the spit valve on her guitar. Which caused me to discover that chuckling, even nearly-suppressed chuckling, while playing the whistle produces some, um, unique sonic effects.
Current Mood:  silly
Tags: music
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03:28 pm
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One brief word from our sponsor
I haven't done this before now, because I figure that pretty much everyone who reads my journal already knows, but there may be one or two out there who haven't heard, and another one or two who need another nudge, so here you are.
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Tags: filk, friends, music
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12:42 am
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Stage Fright
Over on her blog, ohiblather posted some thoughts about overcoming stage fright. She acknowledges people who have helped her overcome her own stage fright (which it's hard to believe was a problem for her, because she seems so outgoing and eager), and invites others to do the same. It makes me think about myself a bit, so I'm going to post a little bit about my own feelings, even though I'm not directly answering her question.
I don't feel the kind of stage fright that other people describe when they use the phrase. When I do a song, I don't feel the kind of immediate nervousness that makes my voice quaver and my hands shake. But I do feel anxiety about whether people really want to hear me which limits my willingness to perform. In an open filk, when I don't have a song that I think fits the mood, I am reluctant to jump in with a song that goes in a different direction. More to the point, I never sign up for one shots or ask for a concert. When I hear the one shots at a con, there are always some of the performances that make me think "I can do better than that; I really need to find the guts to sign up." But then I think about how I don't write my own songs, and most of the stuff I steal people already know well, or else it's not really filk, and the voice that says "Nobody wants to hear *you* sing that song" wins out.
A big part of my reluctance to do a one-shot is that I don't write my own songs. I decided a long time ago that I would rather hear a good cover than a bad original, and when I sing myself I'd rather sing someone else's good song than my own crummy song. Combine that with the fact that I have very little urge to write songs of my own, and what urge I have usually dries up after I've come up with two lines, and I only do covers. I'm sure that I could force myself to finish a song, but if I have to force it, I don't have any expectation that it will be something that deserves to be sung. Unfortunately, while the choice of a good cover over a bad original is the right one for me, it doesn't seem like it's one the community approves of -- a really terrible original always seems to get a more sympathetic reaction than I get with a lot of the covers I do in open filk.
Does anyone have any comments in general? If anyone wants to encourage me to sign up to perform on stage, do you have any specific suggestions about what song(s) I should do? If you really feel that filk should be for original songs and I shouldn't take up a one-shot slot for a cover, or that I'm too crummy a performer to presume, but you aren't willing to say it to my face, you can comment anonymously.
Edit: I did not intend to screen comments. Really. It got set by accident, and is (I trust) fixed now.
Tags: filk, music
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12:03 am
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Milwaukee weekend
Friday night I was sane enough, or perhaps only tired enough, to not try to drive to Milwaukee after working at EFRC; I opted to sleep Friday night. ( the wonders of my Saturday and Sunday are a click away )
Tags: cats, filk, food, friends, music, travel
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06:17 pm
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*spoing*
Earlier this afternoon I was practicing guitar a bit -- something I'm not doing as much as I should -- and I did something I've never done before.
I broke a string (while playing -- I've broken one or two while tuning, but that's not the same).
I don't know whether to feel like I'm growing up as a guitarist, or whether I've lost something. I've always felt a little bit smug when I see people break their strings, thinking "I don't break strings. I'm in more control than that."
These strings are way past needing changing, and I was playing "Black Davie's Ride" rather energetically, but I don't think I was being more vigorous than I usually am with that song.
Tags: life, music
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09:44 pm
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Busking in C-U
Having posted about it in a friend's journal has put a very small bee in my bonnet about the idea of busking. I've never tried it, but I have the idea that if I could do it, it could be a good experience for me. But to be able to perform in public without being completely smothered by feelings of self-consciousness, I need the assurance that it's OK -- not necessarily that I'm going to get an appreciative audience, but that I'm not going to run afoul of any sort of authority, and also not actively annoying other performers or businesses.
Does anyone in the C-U area know of a place where it would, clearly, be OK?
On a wider note, does anyone have practical advice about what material I can get away with singing? I would technically be violating copyright on anything I sang that wasn't genuinely trad, but I have the feeling that no one would object to my stealing filk. Am I off base here? If I sing something that is copyright by a major label with my guitar case open for tips, will the RIAA's crack copyright stormtroopers leap from the bushes, smash my guitar, and slip my name onto the terrorist watch list?
Tags: life, music, questions
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11:49 pm
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Meander
The bonus I referred to in my weekend update was an envelope from chirosinger containing the copy of Riverfolk's debut CD Meander. I listened to it in the car on the way home. I popped it in the CD player in my better boom box here at home (never having gotten aroudn to buying a real stereo from some reason) and, disturbingly, it refused to play it, so I put it in my second-best boom box and played it a couple more times while I was writing LJ entries.
The main point here: Wow. Just wow. I've been stalking chirosinger and chasophonic for long enough that I've heard all of these songs, most of them several times, many of them with Andy, and once at Barb's Basement with Sally and Roady as well. None of which prepared me for how good this album sounds.
Let's be simple and direct here. If you only buy one album this year, this is it. I don't mean "if you only buy one filk album". This is way better than anything you'll find on a so-called major label from so called professional musicians. (The music industry doesn't want talent, so talent doesn't make for success in the industry.) If you appreciate folk music with a high quality of musicianship, you must have this album. If you're a fan of good country music -- where you can still hear the lyrics and you want to -- you'll probably really like this album. Some of the arrangements are almost country. If you're a blues fan, there are echoes of that style here. If you're an Ookla the Mok fan, you'll be tickled to find a cover of one of theirs here. If you're an old time folk fan, there are covers of John Prine and Tom Paxton and even some Woody Guthrie lyrics with music by Billy Bragg. If you follow more recent names, there are covers of Cheryl Wheeler and Kate Wolf. All stunning. But it's not all covers; there are originals too, and they're songs every bit as good as the ones from the Big Names. And finally, if you've heard Riverfolk at cons around the Midwest, you've liked them (or, musically speaking, you're not worth talking to), so you've *got* to hear how good they sound with all the magic of a few guest musicians and a studio recording.
( More details and a couple of minor nits picked )
Current Mood:  bouncy
Current Music: Riverfolk - Meander
Tags: album review, friends, music
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11:44 pm
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Riverfolk house concert
Saturday I drove up to Waukegan for the house concert at alymid's.
I allowed myself plenty of extra time in case Chicago traffic was, well, Chicagoesque, and made it through without any significant delays, so I got to Casa Middleton way early, a little after 5. So I nipped out to dinner at a little Mexican place they recommended, El Ranchito or something like that, and it was great. Thanks for the recommendation! I'd like to go there again to try some of the other dishes.
I got back to Casa Middleton a little after 6, to find the place already fairly full of people, despite the fact that many people I knew were coming weren't there yet (conspicuously, no one from Milwaukee). By the time the music started, I think there were close to 50 people there. They didn't even come close to all fitting in the living room; I hope the people in the dining room and the kitchen could hear, though they couldn't see.
The show was great, of course. But I can't really remember very many specifics, like just which songs I was especially transported by. Every time chirosinger mentioned something about the CD, she prodded me to act out the enthusiasm that I express by commenting "*bouncebouncebounce*" in her journal when she talks about how the project is progressing. It was amusing, but how can anyone *not* be excited that Riverfolk is getting a CD?
After the concert was officially over we had a song circle which looked a whole lot like a Milwaukee house sing. It was a fairly good circle for a while, but I had to leave earlier than I wanted because the friend I was staying with in Milwaukee (driving from Waukegan to Milwaukee after a filk is possible, but driving back to Fithian is not) was getting tired. By the time I actually left, it looked like things were breaking up, although I wouldn't be shocked to learn that chirosinger and chasophonic ended up singing all night after all. And by the time I got to Art's place, I was very ready for bed, even though I had been fine when I'd left.
Much thanks and praise to greenmansgrove and alymid for opening their home and inviting us all.
Tags: friends, music, travel
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04:04 pm
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Oh, bother.
I just received an email that Pint&Dale, a musical duo I'm quite fond of, will be playing in Chicago, a show I might actually be willing to drive up there for.
Unfortunately, it's 7PM on Feb. 26 -- exactly the same time as the Riverfolk house concert at alymid's.
If time is Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once, why can't it do a better job?
Tags: life, music
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11:12 pm
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ConFusion report, part 2
When I posted a couple of days ago about ConFusion, I hadn't meant that to be the end of my report, but when I woke up the next day, I had fallen into the Pit of Despair again and I couldn't find it in myself to do anything as demanding as write in LJ.
I will now, somewhat belatedly, post a few words about the real meat of ConFusion, which was, of course, the music.
( Way too much detail about the music )
So in all, it was a wonderful musical experience, at least as good as the previous ConFusions I've gotten to. ConFusion is scheduled at a horrible time (what genius thought of having a con in the frozen north in January? It was a bad idea even before GaFilk got started only two weeks away from it and Capricon moved from the end of February to the beginning!), but, as it has been when I've made it before, it was worth the trip. So, a big thank you to qnvhrtz for organizing the filk, the rest of the concom for making it available, all the musicians for making it so musically wonderful, and all my friends for the hugs and support.
Tags: cons, friends, music, travel
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09:48 pm
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ConFusion report
It was a good con, and a very pleasant time with good friends when I needed it, since I'd just lost Lori.
I started to write a long and boring blow-by-blow account of the con, but I've realized that (a) I don't want to take the time it will take to write it, (b) you won't want to take the time to read it, and (c) I can't really remember all the details anyway. So instead of a chronological report, I will essay a functional report.
The trip: Uneventful for me, driving to Ft. Wayne on Thursday, the rest of the way Friday, and home today.
The hotel: Very swank. I'm surprised they want to do business with an SF con, but this is the second year ConFusion has been there. The function space is good. Unfortunately, it's a very vertical hotel. I got a room on the 4th floor, so I was could take the stairs once I figured out where they were, but most people were much higher than that, and the con suite was on 15. Also unfortunately, there is no cheap food within walking distance of the hotel. The only hotel restaurant is a steak house called Shula's, which has pretentions to being the best steak house in Detroit and a good shot at actually being the most expensive. $30+ for just a steak; a baked potato is another $8, vegetables are another $8. There is an upscale sports bar across the street called Champps, where we had a very good dinner Sunday night, but other than that you need to bring it with you or drive to it. The hotel did have a restaurant shuttle; I'm not quite sure if that was just for us or if it was a regular service. Parking was a bit of a problem; when we got back from driving to dinner Friday night, I had to go to the very top of the parking garage to get one of the last 2 or 3 spaces.
The con suite: OK, maybe I'm spoiled by filkcons, but I expect more. Friday afternoon before the con really opened, they had some munchies, it seemed fine, but Saturday at noon, there was no fruit and no lunchmeat, only peanut butter and jelly. I had to buy a sandwich from the hotel gift shop. Sunday at noon, they'd even run out of pop. They were a little understaffed, but I don't think that the problem was not being able to get the food out, I think it was not having enough food, which presumably means not budgeting to buy enough food. Note to self for next year: Plan on bringing sandwich makings and a stragetic dew reserve.
The art show: Some organizational problems; I hope this is because they had new people and procedures and things can run more smoothly next time. They were way behind schedule getting set up, but they were turning people who wanted to help away. But they were very patient with me trying to put my stuff in the show. Because I couldn't manage to do anything at all last Tuesday and Wednesday, I only had three pieces, and I ended up selling two of them. The room was a little bit too small for the amount of art that they had -- everything was displayed, but it had the feel of being crammed in. I didn't find time for more than a brief walkthrough of the show, so I can't say much about the quality of the art itself.
The dealers' room: Seemed to be OK; I didn't spend much time there. I bought a couple of CD's from billroper, but nothing else.
Programming (non-filk): A good lineup of things I was interested in. There seemed to be something worth doing at any time on Saturday. Of course, I didn't get to much of any of it, because of the filk programming.
Tags: cons, friends, life, music, travel
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09:32 pm
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GaFilk report, part 2
I'll try to pick up my blow-by-blow account of GaFilk where I left off.
( The end of Saturday through Monday )
Overall, GaFilk was a great time, in spite of many people who should have been there who didn't make it. bedlamhouse says that he budgets conservatively, so the drop in attendance is not a financial disaster for the con, and with Dandelion Wine as guests of honor next year, attendance should be back up. Thanks for all your efforts, everyone.
Tags: cons, friends, life, music, travel
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01:24 am
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GaFilk report, part 1
I have just staggered in from GaFilk, and I will proceed to write my first impressions report.
( Read more... )
I am falling asleep at my keyboard here, so I will have to finish this report later.
Tags: cons, friends, life, music, travel
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03:09 pm
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Is Christmas muzak always this tacky?
On Wednesday I had to do some shopping. Thanks to being unemployed, I was able to do it during the day on a weekday so the stores weren't too crowded, but I was unable to avoid the sounds coming from the store PA systems. And what I heard certainly wasn't well chosen to put *me* in a good mood. It seemed as though, for fear of offending someone, the only things they were willing to play that actually had lyrics were insipid versions of some of the usual insipid songs about the supposedly appropriate weather for Christmas, like "Let It Snow" and "White Christmas". These were interspersed with music-only versions of familiar Christmas carols with words that say something, but the fact that they weren't willing to play versions that included the lyrics just underscored the bland ickiness of the whole thing.
I know Christmas Muzak has always been bad, but it seems more painful than I remember this year. Is it just me, or has it really gotten worse?
Tags: music, philosophy
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11:23 pm
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Chambanacon report
I have safely returned from Chambanacon. Despite the very small attendance, I had a wonderful time. Chambanacon for me is more like my holiday weekend with my family of choice than a regular convention.
( Entering the art show, good company, much filking, Chambanacon goodness )
I've gotten pictures onto the computer, and I'll try to post a few of them in the next day or two.
Tags: cons, friends, life, music, travel
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11:41 pm
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My friends make the big time!
Riverfolk is opening for James Keelaghan
And to think I knew them back before they made it big. Maybe they'll still let me into their shows after those Grammys start rolling in. And if they don't, I always have those embarrassing pictures from DucKon. Well, amusing pictures, anyway.
Congratulations chasophonic and chirosinger!
Tags: friends, music
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04:19 pm
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Windycon report, part 2
So, let's see, what did I do for the rest of Windycon?
( A bunch of stuff, which I don't remember very well... )
On the whole a successful convention. I had a good time, with plenty to do most of the time; I really only regret not having made better arrangements in advance for dinner on Saturday. From where I stood, the con appeared to survive the transition to a new hotel pretty well; if the hotel maintains the accommodating attitude that they were demonstrating last weekend in the future, this could work out very well. Parking does seem to be iffy; I was concerned that even though we had in and out parking privileges, once I'd gotten a parking place giving it up before the end of the convention seemed like a Bad Idea.
Tags: cons, friends, life, music, travel
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06:20 pm
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Windycon report, part 1
I will now try to write a text-only Windycon report before it all fades. (I will try to post pictures later, but the pictures are at home, and I am at work.)
( Here's what happened on Friday )
I will continue this report in another post, since I'm late for dinner now.
Tags: cons, friends, life, music, travel
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