Wittenberg Housefilk
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mnemeThe filk began with the ceremonial washing of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladymondegreen and akawil's car. Apparently, they'd brought their laundry to do during the filk, and the bleach exploded during the trip--drenching laundry, car, and all.
After that got dealt with, we settled in -- first, before the filk had really started,drcpunk and I sang "N'Im Ineteen".
Thenbatyatoon introduced everyone, going around in a circle asking people to say their name, their quest, and their favorite method of homicide. I didn't write down anyone else's, but my quest was "Eternal Life," and as for the other:
My favorite murder's plain to see
for not in vain, I'll climb a tree
and slay em all--with poetry
It's doggrel, of course, but that's part of the joke. And not bad for an insta.
The rest, in order:
nightface: The Deadlock Song, by Paul Quinn
miriami requested National Brotherhood Week, which the company sang.
batyatoon sang "I love Ose"
sdelmonte sang "Alien Adventures"
ladymondegreen sang Invitation (her own, with chorus by Shel Silverstein)
drcpunk sang Golias's Song, by John Meyers Meyers, tune by Gordon Dickson.
I sang my own "Mythos Babies" (to an original tune) song. Yes, it's a theme song for a horrible new Saturday Morning TV show.
[Bad username or site: Nightstalker requested a superhero song, so <lj user=Batyatoon @ livejournal.com] andladymondegreen sang Superheorine, by Liz Nickrans, with bridge by Ookla the Mok
Dov Mittleman performed his own version of Invitation (by Shel Silverstein)
nightface sang "Living in Ankh Morpork," with (lyrics by Tom Smith)
miriami requested and got a group sing of Telly Talley Heart (lyrics by Tom Smith)
crazedcrusader sang the Missisipi Squirrel Revival, by CW Kalb, JR and Carene Kalb
batyatoon sang and performed "Baby Sister," including her alternative final verse, using Tolkien.
sdelmonte sang "Butterbug Blues," with heavy backing from the company, and Batya doing the female verses.
tirerem sang "The Folker" by the Coreys (ttto "The Boxer")
ladymondegreen sang "Fool's Run", by Merav Hoffman, with heavy backing by Batya.
drcpunk sang "Walk Through the Fire," by Joss Whedon with heavy backing from the company. I, in particular, did Sweet's part (including the tertiary part toward the end).
They liked this, and made me sing "Sweet's Song", by Joss Whedon, with Dawn's part played bydrcpunk
Harold Stein (castor_biber) requested Cat Faber's "Wings", which I sang.
akawil requested into Ben Newman's Lord V, performed by Batyatoon
crazedcrusader followed with his own "Mister S", also to the tune of "Lord V--".
nightface sang "Jaques Chretien"
Atmiriami's request, batyatoon sang "Title of the Song," by Da Vinci's Notebook.
crazedcrusader sang "Stopping for Woods on a Snowy Evening" (by Robert Frost), with an unknown operatic tune.
batyatoon sang her filk of Wings: White and Shining Feather.
sdelmonte sang Divine Irregularity, by Tom Smith
tirerem led a round, which we eventually broke up into parts -- led by Batya, BDan, and YT.
drcpunk led Falling Free, with her, batyatoon and myself in three part harmony.
I sang Lee Gold's "Wings" filk: Who'd Believe
Harold Stein requested a Kanef song, so Batya did "When the goose comes rising".
At this pointladymondegreen and akawil had returned from the laundrymat, so akawil requested a laundry song, and ladymondegreen did "Clothing Time."
nightface did....um. Something in hebrew about Beren and Luthien. Tara Hatichona Tinavial? Ah -- "Middle Earth Tinuvial"
miriami did Traffic Jam, accompanied by the memorex of Da Vinci's Notebook, who created it.
crazedcrusader did a lovely rendition of "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables, by Schoenberg, Kretzmer and Boublil
batyatoon sang her own "A Flower for Algernon."
sdelmonte sang "Does your matter lose cohesion on the transport overnight," by Jordon Mann
tirerem sang "The Chemical Worker's Song", by Great Big Sea.
drcpunk sang "Chrismas at Sea" -- Meg Davis/Robert Lewis Stephenson
I sang my version of Fairie Fires -- with lyrics by "Lady Veleda of Istenfiri", but tune and arrangement by YT, based on Heather Alexander's tune for "Lord Hathor's Ghost Stalion".
At Harold Stein's request thatdrcpunk perform a song she'd mentioned earlier, she did Song of the House (Stone are my wall) by Gordon Dickson.
Bynightstalker's request, batyatoon and tirerem performed "The Galactica Overture", by Ben Newman.
akawil reqested a zombie song, so I led "Zombie Jamboree", after a hurried websearch.
ladymondegreen sang Distant Glass, by Merav Hoffman, with a bridge by Alan Toffler, with backing vocals by batyatoon.
nightface sang Yielding to Temptation, by Mark Mandel, ttto "Bin There, Dun That", by Cat Faber.
And we finished up with a group sing of "The Dark is Rising", by Julia Eklar and Susan Cooper, more than four hours after we began singing.
ladymondegreen and akawil's car. Apparently, they'd brought their laundry to do during the filk, and the bleach exploded during the trip--drenching laundry, car, and all.After that got dealt with, we settled in -- first, before the filk had really started,
drcpunk and I sang "N'Im Ineteen".Then
batyatoon introduced everyone, going around in a circle asking people to say their name, their quest, and their favorite method of homicide. I didn't write down anyone else's, but my quest was "Eternal Life," and as for the other:My favorite murder's plain to see
for not in vain, I'll climb a tree
and slay em all--with poetry
It's doggrel, of course, but that's part of the joke. And not bad for an insta.
The rest, in order:
nightface: The Deadlock Song, by Paul Quinnmiriami requested National Brotherhood Week, which the company sang.batyatoon sang "I love Ose"sdelmonte sang "Alien Adventures"ladymondegreen sang Invitation (her own, with chorus by Shel Silverstein)drcpunk sang Golias's Song, by John Meyers Meyers, tune by Gordon Dickson.I sang my own "Mythos Babies" (to an original tune) song. Yes, it's a theme song for a horrible new Saturday Morning TV show.
[Bad username or site: Nightstalker requested a superhero song, so <lj user=Batyatoon @ livejournal.com] and
ladymondegreen sang Superheorine, by Liz Nickrans, with bridge by Ookla the MokDov Mittleman performed his own version of Invitation (by Shel Silverstein)
nightface sang "Living in Ankh Morpork," with (lyrics by Tom Smith)miriami requested and got a group sing of Telly Talley Heart (lyrics by Tom Smith)crazedcrusader sang the Missisipi Squirrel Revival, by CW Kalb, JR and Carene Kalbbatyatoon sang and performed "Baby Sister," including her alternative final verse, using Tolkien.sdelmonte sang "Butterbug Blues," with heavy backing from the company, and Batya doing the female verses.tirerem sang "The Folker" by the Coreys (ttto "The Boxer")ladymondegreen sang "Fool's Run", by Merav Hoffman, with heavy backing by Batya.drcpunk sang "Walk Through the Fire," by Joss Whedon with heavy backing from the company. I, in particular, did Sweet's part (including the tertiary part toward the end).They liked this, and made me sing "Sweet's Song", by Joss Whedon, with Dawn's part played by
drcpunkHarold Stein (
castor_biber) requested Cat Faber's "Wings", which I sang.akawil requested into Ben Newman's Lord V, performed by Batyatooncrazedcrusader followed with his own "Mister S", also to the tune of "Lord V--".nightface sang "Jaques Chretien"At
miriami's request, batyatoon sang "Title of the Song," by Da Vinci's Notebook.crazedcrusader sang "Stopping for Woods on a Snowy Evening" (by Robert Frost), with an unknown operatic tune.batyatoon sang her filk of Wings: White and Shining Feather.sdelmonte sang Divine Irregularity, by Tom Smith
tirerem led a round, which we eventually broke up into parts -- led by Batya, BDan, and YT.drcpunk led Falling Free, with her, batyatoon and myself in three part harmony.I sang Lee Gold's "Wings" filk: Who'd Believe
Harold Stein requested a Kanef song, so Batya did "When the goose comes rising".
At this point
ladymondegreen and akawil had returned from the laundrymat, so akawil requested a laundry song, and ladymondegreen did "Clothing Time."nightface did....um. Something in hebrew about Beren and Luthien. Tara Hatichona Tinavial? Ah -- "Middle Earth Tinuvial"miriami did Traffic Jam, accompanied by the memorex of Da Vinci's Notebook, who created it.crazedcrusader did a lovely rendition of "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables, by Schoenberg, Kretzmer and Boublilbatyatoon sang her own "A Flower for Algernon."sdelmonte sang "Does your matter lose cohesion on the transport overnight," by Jordon Manntirerem sang "The Chemical Worker's Song", by Great Big Sea.drcpunk sang "Chrismas at Sea" -- Meg Davis/Robert Lewis StephensonI sang my version of Fairie Fires -- with lyrics by "Lady Veleda of Istenfiri", but tune and arrangement by YT, based on Heather Alexander's tune for "Lord Hathor's Ghost Stalion".
At Harold Stein's request that
drcpunk perform a song she'd mentioned earlier, she did Song of the House (Stone are my wall) by Gordon Dickson.By
nightstalker's request, batyatoon and tirerem performed "The Galactica Overture", by Ben Newman.akawil reqested a zombie song, so I led "Zombie Jamboree", after a hurried websearch.ladymondegreen sang Distant Glass, by Merav Hoffman, with a bridge by Alan Toffler, with backing vocals by batyatoon.nightface sang Yielding to Temptation, by Mark Mandel, ttto "Bin There, Dun That", by Cat Faber.And we finished up with a group sing of "The Dark is Rising", by Julia Eklar and Susan Cooper, more than four hours after we began singing.
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Date: 2006-09-18 04:50 am (UTC)Loress - a recording of MOST of it exists on my computers. (And 2 DVDs I hurriedly burned afterwards.) Recording (in Mono, and needing work to be listenable) starts at Superheroine and ends with Best Two Falls Out of Three. (Best... needs to be cleaned up and permissions should be looked into for posting somewhere. I am quickly listening to it and I think I got a good recording of that song. The rest is NOT checked at this time.)
Harold
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Date: 2006-09-18 02:25 pm (UTC)I was trying to drag
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Date: 2006-09-18 06:33 pm (UTC)Please note - 2gig in .wav format. I can work with it, but its more of my getting around to it.
I'll see what I can do about getting it done quickly.
Harold
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Date: 2006-09-18 06:44 pm (UTC)Quick isn't so important, though it would certainly be appreciated.
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Date: 2006-09-19 01:10 am (UTC)As for what has been done, I took out about 5 seconds of clapping and microphone noise thru the 3 hours, 20 minutes of recording. I managed to also make the mono recording go stereo. (Copied the track to the right side.)
Right now, I am trying to pull out 1-2 songs from the file to share as a sample of what was DONE. (I'll try to pull the same part as raw for comparison purposes.)
Josh - Are you on a high speed connection?? (Just making sure before I mailbomb you...)
And the song list you posted is VERY helpful....
Harold
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Date: 2006-09-19 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-19 03:13 am (UTC)Also, could you ask Batyatoon to send me an email.. I pulled a couple of songs from the recording and was going to send them to her as a thank you. (Nothing great on quality, but considering my source was one microphone at one end the room, its not bad.)
A lot of background noise did get picked up, but with some computer work, its not that bad. Sounds like a few of the live tapes I have purchased over the years. (Chairs moving, background noise)
If you or anyone wants, I will pull songs that I got for putting on the Filk Archive over at Scrumpy. (Full housefilk is not being edited at this time. I have a few other audio projects that MUST get done first.) Please keep in mind, there was ONLY ONE microphone, running on Mono, near the lamp. I can't guarantee quality from that setup. I did massage an edited version of the recording into stereo by coping the file to the right track.
Harold
Where to get Harry Chapin concerts....
Date: 2006-09-19 05:16 pm (UTC)Also, I will be converting MY copies eventually.
Harold
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Date: 2006-09-20 04:44 am (UTC)Harold
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Date: 2006-09-18 08:01 pm (UTC)