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Our OVFF set will finish uploading in just a few minutes. I will upload the 31-ET acoustic set tomorrow. And the electric set on Monday.
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Life continues to be ...
Sep. 16th, 2018 07:28 pm... kinda crazy. We had an amazing time at CokoCon, the write up is below.
The Maximum Ames Festival Sept 28 @ Little Woods with Ryan Sheeler & The Coffee Committee - 6pm
OVFF Oct 19-21
We will be at The Abzug Ampitheater in Champaign IL Nov 17 7pm.
The British Filk Con - Feb 1-3
And Cokocon ...
Whaddaweek …
We got going on time for the first leg of the trip. Oklahoma City. The drive through Iowa, Kansas and a bit of Oklahoma was kind of quiet. There were a few lovely vistas here and there, but mostly we were just enjoying being together.
Day two, things picked up. In western OK and the top of Texas you can see for miles and miles and miles. That makes thunderstorms even more amazing. Very high clouds, and enormous lightning strikes. It was breathtaking.
We stopped for lunch in Amarillo at The Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery. Yeah, it’s filled with western kitsch, but the food is amazing.
We moved on to Albuquerque for night two. The scenery got more and more interesting as we went along. Huge cliffs around us, just beautiful.
I do have to mention what became one of our favorite websites … whatismyelevation.com
I had some issues going over a couple of 7000s, so we kept close track, just to see where we were.
Day three we got going stupid early, and stopped at the Petrified Forest. The initial north part of the drive was a little daunting, it’s a long way down on one side, but it was worth every bit. gorgeous vistas in every direction. Lizzie posted a bunch of photos on her page.
We wanted to stop at the Meteor Crater as well, but I was having problems with my breathing, so it was time to go down.
And down we went, over to Flagstaff and … DOWN!!! It was an 18 mile 6 degree downhill run. Pure terror. I will never do that again. We found a better way back up, but more on that later.
Lizzie got more and more emotional the closer we got to Phoenix. She was born in Tucson, and hadn’t been back since she was 6.
Thursday night was kind of a blur. We got loaded in, and went to bed kind stupid early.
Which led to getting up stupid early, Lizzie at 4, me at 5. We went out, played a little bit of music to greet the dawn, then off to breakfast, and then back to bed.
We wandered, chattered with people, got baby fixes. Edward Pulley showed me around the hotel a bit, more on him later.
Our first panel was the getting ready for your first performance workshop that started back at a Musecon, and has shown up here and there over the years.
There was a Jam Session that ended up being open filk pretty quickly. We played some songs, heard a lot of people we hadn’t heard before. It was wonderful.
Saturday I got to talk about sound and lights with Gerry Tyra, who knows a lot more about it than I do. It was fun, and the audience seemed to dig it.
There were concerts from Jennifer Horning and Callie Hills, both of which were wonderful.
Then it was off to Meet The Guests. We got to hang out with Harry Turtledove, who was a hoot, Beth Cato, who was wonderful, and Steve Rude, who was, well, I don’t know. I got into a bit of fanboy squee there, I love his work on Nexus. L Edward Pulley was the moderator, and kept things going on the rare occasions that we quit talking. There was a whole lot of laughter. Lizzie charmed the room. It was wonderful.
Then it was sound check, and our first show of two. I talked about this elsewhere but it deserves saying again. We don’t hit that sort of high in a show unless we get a lot of help from the audience. Thank you everyone for singing along, clapping along. Thank you to the two who came up to add some drums on Strength In Fire. The audience was so much of the reason why it as that good of a show. In the words of Marie Browning … it’s better when you help. We got stuff back to the room, went to the open filk for a little while, and then went back to the room and collapsed.
There was a bunch of stuff Sunday. Lizzie had a vocal workshop. After that was the Instrument Petting Zoo. We set up the gear for our show later that afternoon and let folks play with what they wanted. It was lovely.
The TG Geeks had us up for for a fun and silly interview, which will show up sometime in the next few weeks. They have the best geeky “meet cute” story we have heard in a long time! tggeeks.com
Our show that afternoon was much more low key. The only thing plugged in was Lizzie’s violin. Her acoustic fiddle had broken a string earlier in the weekend, and we didn’t have extras. There is video that I am going to go through in the next week or so. Some of it should end up on FB or You Tube.
After that was Mark E. Horning’s concert. Cool stuff, some of which I knew, a lot of which I didn’t. Oh, and I have serious Baritone Guitar Lust (BGL) now.
We had a songwriting panel that ended up pretty esoteric, but was a lot of fun.
We escaped the hotel for a couple of hours and had dinner with a few of my old High School and College friends. Much laughter was had, scurrilous stories were told.
Lizzie had one final panel Monday morning. Our original plan was to take off after the Dead Dog Filk began, but we looked at travel time, and decided to leave as soon as we could get the van loaded after the panel. We didn’t want to pull into Albuquerque at 11. There were final hugs. Final baby cuddles.
The trip back was lovely. We didn’t go back through Flagstaff. Instead we took 87 up through Payson, then over to Snowflake and up to Holbrook. There was one several mile area with a nasty drop off to our right, but only a bit, and it wasn’t bad. The funniest thing, it seems that there is a lot of camping done up that way. I’m guessing we saw 10+ miles of backed up traffic north of Payson. Miles and miles of bumper to bumper parking lot. I resisted the urge to wave at the other side of the road. Just as well, probably woulda gotten me in a bit of trouble. The drive back was uneventful. Other than those first few hours, we took the same roads. Stayed at the same hotels (having a King rather than two doubles was nice at one, we refuse to sleep in separate beds). So it was quiet time with just the two of us, one of our favorite things. We got home to an intact house and clingy kitties.
We have so many people to thank. I will try to not forget anyone. First of all, Valerie Ritchie for recommending us. Thank you for making a trip of a lifetime possible. We have had some marvelous adventures as a couple, this was one of the best!
Thank you Gary Swaty and the Phoenix Filk Circle for making it possible for us to be there!
Thank you Hal C F Astell & Mark Boniece for running such a great con. First year … amazing! It went so well.
Joseph A Gaxiola and Edward Pulley for taking such good care of us through the weekend. We have got to hang out with you more!
And everyone who came to our shows, came to the workshops we were on, sang along, clapped along, and who just sat and talked to us and made us feel so welcome, so warm (ok, the weather may have had a bit to do with that).
We have had some wonderful adventures as a couple, as a band. This was one of the best.
Thank you everyone, so much.
p.s. If I forgot something, remind me and I’ll add it in. A lot happened through the weekend
The Maximum Ames Festival Sept 28 @ Little Woods with Ryan Sheeler & The Coffee Committee - 6pm
OVFF Oct 19-21
We will be at The Abzug Ampitheater in Champaign IL Nov 17 7pm.
The British Filk Con - Feb 1-3
And Cokocon ...
Whaddaweek …
We got going on time for the first leg of the trip. Oklahoma City. The drive through Iowa, Kansas and a bit of Oklahoma was kind of quiet. There were a few lovely vistas here and there, but mostly we were just enjoying being together.
Day two, things picked up. In western OK and the top of Texas you can see for miles and miles and miles. That makes thunderstorms even more amazing. Very high clouds, and enormous lightning strikes. It was breathtaking.
We stopped for lunch in Amarillo at The Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery. Yeah, it’s filled with western kitsch, but the food is amazing.
We moved on to Albuquerque for night two. The scenery got more and more interesting as we went along. Huge cliffs around us, just beautiful.
I do have to mention what became one of our favorite websites … whatismyelevation.com
I had some issues going over a couple of 7000s, so we kept close track, just to see where we were.
Day three we got going stupid early, and stopped at the Petrified Forest. The initial north part of the drive was a little daunting, it’s a long way down on one side, but it was worth every bit. gorgeous vistas in every direction. Lizzie posted a bunch of photos on her page.
We wanted to stop at the Meteor Crater as well, but I was having problems with my breathing, so it was time to go down.
And down we went, over to Flagstaff and … DOWN!!! It was an 18 mile 6 degree downhill run. Pure terror. I will never do that again. We found a better way back up, but more on that later.
Lizzie got more and more emotional the closer we got to Phoenix. She was born in Tucson, and hadn’t been back since she was 6.
Thursday night was kind of a blur. We got loaded in, and went to bed kind stupid early.
Which led to getting up stupid early, Lizzie at 4, me at 5. We went out, played a little bit of music to greet the dawn, then off to breakfast, and then back to bed.
We wandered, chattered with people, got baby fixes. Edward Pulley showed me around the hotel a bit, more on him later.
Our first panel was the getting ready for your first performance workshop that started back at a Musecon, and has shown up here and there over the years.
There was a Jam Session that ended up being open filk pretty quickly. We played some songs, heard a lot of people we hadn’t heard before. It was wonderful.
Saturday I got to talk about sound and lights with Gerry Tyra, who knows a lot more about it than I do. It was fun, and the audience seemed to dig it.
There were concerts from Jennifer Horning and Callie Hills, both of which were wonderful.
Then it was off to Meet The Guests. We got to hang out with Harry Turtledove, who was a hoot, Beth Cato, who was wonderful, and Steve Rude, who was, well, I don’t know. I got into a bit of fanboy squee there, I love his work on Nexus. L Edward Pulley was the moderator, and kept things going on the rare occasions that we quit talking. There was a whole lot of laughter. Lizzie charmed the room. It was wonderful.
Then it was sound check, and our first show of two. I talked about this elsewhere but it deserves saying again. We don’t hit that sort of high in a show unless we get a lot of help from the audience. Thank you everyone for singing along, clapping along. Thank you to the two who came up to add some drums on Strength In Fire. The audience was so much of the reason why it as that good of a show. In the words of Marie Browning … it’s better when you help. We got stuff back to the room, went to the open filk for a little while, and then went back to the room and collapsed.
There was a bunch of stuff Sunday. Lizzie had a vocal workshop. After that was the Instrument Petting Zoo. We set up the gear for our show later that afternoon and let folks play with what they wanted. It was lovely.
The TG Geeks had us up for for a fun and silly interview, which will show up sometime in the next few weeks. They have the best geeky “meet cute” story we have heard in a long time! tggeeks.com
Our show that afternoon was much more low key. The only thing plugged in was Lizzie’s violin. Her acoustic fiddle had broken a string earlier in the weekend, and we didn’t have extras. There is video that I am going to go through in the next week or so. Some of it should end up on FB or You Tube.
After that was Mark E. Horning’s concert. Cool stuff, some of which I knew, a lot of which I didn’t. Oh, and I have serious Baritone Guitar Lust (BGL) now.
We had a songwriting panel that ended up pretty esoteric, but was a lot of fun.
We escaped the hotel for a couple of hours and had dinner with a few of my old High School and College friends. Much laughter was had, scurrilous stories were told.
Lizzie had one final panel Monday morning. Our original plan was to take off after the Dead Dog Filk began, but we looked at travel time, and decided to leave as soon as we could get the van loaded after the panel. We didn’t want to pull into Albuquerque at 11. There were final hugs. Final baby cuddles.
The trip back was lovely. We didn’t go back through Flagstaff. Instead we took 87 up through Payson, then over to Snowflake and up to Holbrook. There was one several mile area with a nasty drop off to our right, but only a bit, and it wasn’t bad. The funniest thing, it seems that there is a lot of camping done up that way. I’m guessing we saw 10+ miles of backed up traffic north of Payson. Miles and miles of bumper to bumper parking lot. I resisted the urge to wave at the other side of the road. Just as well, probably woulda gotten me in a bit of trouble. The drive back was uneventful. Other than those first few hours, we took the same roads. Stayed at the same hotels (having a King rather than two doubles was nice at one, we refuse to sleep in separate beds). So it was quiet time with just the two of us, one of our favorite things. We got home to an intact house and clingy kitties.
We have so many people to thank. I will try to not forget anyone. First of all, Valerie Ritchie for recommending us. Thank you for making a trip of a lifetime possible. We have had some marvelous adventures as a couple, this was one of the best!
Thank you Gary Swaty and the Phoenix Filk Circle for making it possible for us to be there!
Thank you Hal C F Astell & Mark Boniece for running such a great con. First year … amazing! It went so well.
Joseph A Gaxiola and Edward Pulley for taking such good care of us through the weekend. We have got to hang out with you more!
And everyone who came to our shows, came to the workshops we were on, sang along, clapped along, and who just sat and talked to us and made us feel so welcome, so warm (ok, the weather may have had a bit to do with that).
We have had some wonderful adventures as a couple, as a band. This was one of the best.
Thank you everyone, so much.
p.s. If I forgot something, remind me and I’ll add it in. A lot happened through the weekend
What a thoroughly marvelous weekend.
May. 29th, 2018 12:40 pmWe watched a couple of movies. We had excellent food. We both indulged in our hobbies. We avoided as much of the heat as we could.
We watched Hoodwinked. We had both seen it before, and it remained silly fun. We may watch the second one next weekend.
We also watched Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Seriously stupid fun. The perfect sort of escapist gibberish that we needed this weekend!
I’ve been working on cataloguing and reorganizing our music library. I’ve also been making playlists to go on my iPad, since we have two big road trips late summer and early fall. It’s been fun listening to an awful lot of music.
Lizzie knitted a lot. We were both covered in kitties a lot.
And we spent a lot of time together. Talking, playing music, watching movies, cuddling. It was lovely.
We have much of the summer off. We’re heading to Indianapolis at the end of the month for a couple of days, but that’s it.
So, relaxation, biking, music, us time.
Of course I am obsessing about CokoCon and OVFF. Don’t worry, Lizzie will poke fun at me about it.
We intend to get to some open mics, We have songs to re-write and re-work. I have a lot of practice to do, I need to keep my hands working well. So there will be a lot of music over the summer, just not playing out much.
it’s going to be lovely!
We watched Hoodwinked. We had both seen it before, and it remained silly fun. We may watch the second one next weekend.
We also watched Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Seriously stupid fun. The perfect sort of escapist gibberish that we needed this weekend!
I’ve been working on cataloguing and reorganizing our music library. I’ve also been making playlists to go on my iPad, since we have two big road trips late summer and early fall. It’s been fun listening to an awful lot of music.
Lizzie knitted a lot. We were both covered in kitties a lot.
And we spent a lot of time together. Talking, playing music, watching movies, cuddling. It was lovely.
We have much of the summer off. We’re heading to Indianapolis at the end of the month for a couple of days, but that’s it.
So, relaxation, biking, music, us time.
Of course I am obsessing about CokoCon and OVFF. Don’t worry, Lizzie will poke fun at me about it.
We intend to get to some open mics, We have songs to re-write and re-work. I have a lot of practice to do, I need to keep my hands working well. So there will be a lot of music over the summer, just not playing out much.
it’s going to be lovely!
52 Songs and Callenwood
Feb. 10th, 2018 07:25 pmWe got a bit behind the last month. We were supposed to have a new CD pretty much ready to go to press by this time. We haven't had a chance to start recording yet. We're both feeling better, so we are going to talk to the studio again, and get time booked.
We also talked about releasing the Callenwood CD later this year. We see no way that this can happen considering the news in our lives lately.
We're going to drive to Phoenix for CoKoCon, and drive to OVFF. That leaves us no vacation time left once we're done. With The Record Mill, we could easily do it in bits and pieces over a month or so. A larger studio demands that things get done a little tighter. The plan now is to record Callenwood once we return from England next February.
We also talked about releasing the Callenwood CD later this year. We see no way that this can happen considering the news in our lives lately.
We're going to drive to Phoenix for CoKoCon, and drive to OVFF. That leaves us no vacation time left once we're done. With The Record Mill, we could easily do it in bits and pieces over a month or so. A larger studio demands that things get done a little tighter. The plan now is to record Callenwood once we return from England next February.
We’re starting to look to next year.
In January we intend to go into the studio to record the best songs from the 52 Songs project. We will start taking preorders for that once we have songs picked and start recording. We need to get a certain number of preorders to be able to press the CDs.
We hope to get Callenwood written and recorded next year, we’ll see how that goes, but we could, feasibly, release two CDs next year.
We’re starting to think about shows. The only certain thing is OVFF, but Demicon is a good bet too. Those may be our only cons next year, money is more than a little tight.
Other than that, we will most certainly do shows in Chicago (probably two) and the surrounding Burbs, Minneapolis, Champaign, Indianapolis (if the show next weekend goes well) and a couple shows in DSM. We’re looking for a place in Kansas City, and in Nebraska.
So, if you know of a place that would have us, or want to set up a House Concert, please let us know. We’re always on the look out for new places to play.
In January we intend to go into the studio to record the best songs from the 52 Songs project. We will start taking preorders for that once we have songs picked and start recording. We need to get a certain number of preorders to be able to press the CDs.
We hope to get Callenwood written and recorded next year, we’ll see how that goes, but we could, feasibly, release two CDs next year.
We’re starting to think about shows. The only certain thing is OVFF, but Demicon is a good bet too. Those may be our only cons next year, money is more than a little tight.
Other than that, we will most certainly do shows in Chicago (probably two) and the surrounding Burbs, Minneapolis, Champaign, Indianapolis (if the show next weekend goes well) and a couple shows in DSM. We’re looking for a place in Kansas City, and in Nebraska.
So, if you know of a place that would have us, or want to set up a House Concert, please let us know. We’re always on the look out for new places to play.
Yeah ... a few
Nov. 9th, 2017 12:17 pmI'm putting together a master book. All the songs we have written, or have been written for the band, or that were written by someone we know and perform regularly. So it doesn't include some of the found filk stuff we did early on like Temple Of The King or Bloodletting.
There are a handful that have never been played anywhere. There are a few that will never get played anywhere. There are a bunch of the 52 Songs project that will remain just that, part of the 52 Song project. There are a few parodies, only one of which we have done onstage, first song, first show.
And this list will change later today or tomorrow, and every week for the rest of the year. Then at least 12 times next year as our songwriting group carries on.
Next years OVFF Interfilk auction, there will be some PsycheDaleks and maybe ... a copy of this book. We post our regular working songs book on our website every so often, we should probably update it more often. But this is something unique.
Now I get to go work out how to set up the index page for this thing!
( We have a bunch of songs! )
There are a handful that have never been played anywhere. There are a few that will never get played anywhere. There are a bunch of the 52 Songs project that will remain just that, part of the 52 Song project. There are a few parodies, only one of which we have done onstage, first song, first show.
And this list will change later today or tomorrow, and every week for the rest of the year. Then at least 12 times next year as our songwriting group carries on.
Next years OVFF Interfilk auction, there will be some PsycheDaleks and maybe ... a copy of this book. We post our regular working songs book on our website every so often, we should probably update it more often. But this is something unique.
Now I get to go work out how to set up the index page for this thing!
( We have a bunch of songs! )
OVFF is in full swing, others have started to talk about it. I think that it is safe to say now.
We are thrilled beyond all capacity for rational thought to finally be able to say;
Cheshire Moon will be the Guests Of Honor at OVFF 34, Oct 19-21, 2018 along with Toastmaster Rob Wynne, Honored Listener Harold Stein and Interfilk Guest Julia West.
We are thrilled beyond all capacity for rational thought to finally be able to say;
Cheshire Moon will be the Guests Of Honor at OVFF 34, Oct 19-21, 2018 along with Toastmaster Rob Wynne, Honored Listener Harold Stein and Interfilk Guest Julia West.
Another weekend that was both rough and wonderful. I went into the weekend already burned out, neither Lizzie nor I had slept well the week before.
That, and I still have problems believing I belong, yeah, after all these years. I do tend to feel like an outsider most places, always have, so it really doesn't reflect on the community, just on my ability to cope. And depression has been a tough battle the last couple of years. Between illness and lots of personal things, it's been a battle. I'm getting better, but it's been a long slog.
So I spent much of the first two days kinda down (ok, really down). There were some moments. I've watched the video and saw just how well we did Child Of The Library. I'm very proud of our version, it's going to stay in the set for awhile.
We were too burned out to get to the circles Friday night, but we had been at the Thursday circle for a bit.
Saturday was fun, the first highlight was Joe Giacoio, who is a favorite … and who finally has a new CD out! And Heather and Ben's set was a delight.
We put a personalized version of Critters into the auction. It did ok, I kinda wanted it to make a bit more though.
A brief aside about the hotel. It was horrific. Too hot for most of the weekend, there was also, apparently, a mold problem. Oddly enough, the longer I was in our room, the worse I would feel, the longer I would be away from the room, the better I would feel. We're staying down the road from now on, a pain, but I won't put myself through that again.
Sunday was fun. We hit the stage with Leslie Hudson and Gary Hanak on Circus Of Dreams, then through Persephone and Boneman's Daughter.
I do want to thank Talis, Cat and Heather for their kind words. And someone said really nice things about my guitar playing, but I can' t remember who. I needed to hear good things this weekend (and there were some real ego boosts). Insecurities have been taking me down hard this year.
The jam was a blast. I was able to just put everything away and play guitar.
Overall, it was rough, but still a good weekend.
We're off the road until March. A good thing. The last two cons have showed me I don't have a lot of coping skills at the moment. I want to be out there making music (and we do have two shows between now and the end of the year), but I need time off.
That, and I still have problems believing I belong, yeah, after all these years. I do tend to feel like an outsider most places, always have, so it really doesn't reflect on the community, just on my ability to cope. And depression has been a tough battle the last couple of years. Between illness and lots of personal things, it's been a battle. I'm getting better, but it's been a long slog.
So I spent much of the first two days kinda down (ok, really down). There were some moments. I've watched the video and saw just how well we did Child Of The Library. I'm very proud of our version, it's going to stay in the set for awhile.
We were too burned out to get to the circles Friday night, but we had been at the Thursday circle for a bit.
Saturday was fun, the first highlight was Joe Giacoio, who is a favorite … and who finally has a new CD out! And Heather and Ben's set was a delight.
We put a personalized version of Critters into the auction. It did ok, I kinda wanted it to make a bit more though.
A brief aside about the hotel. It was horrific. Too hot for most of the weekend, there was also, apparently, a mold problem. Oddly enough, the longer I was in our room, the worse I would feel, the longer I would be away from the room, the better I would feel. We're staying down the road from now on, a pain, but I won't put myself through that again.
Sunday was fun. We hit the stage with Leslie Hudson and Gary Hanak on Circus Of Dreams, then through Persephone and Boneman's Daughter.
I do want to thank Talis, Cat and Heather for their kind words. And someone said really nice things about my guitar playing, but I can' t remember who. I needed to hear good things this weekend (and there were some real ego boosts). Insecurities have been taking me down hard this year.
The jam was a blast. I was able to just put everything away and play guitar.
Overall, it was rough, but still a good weekend.
We're off the road until March. A good thing. The last two cons have showed me I don't have a lot of coping skills at the moment. I want to be out there making music (and we do have two shows between now and the end of the year), but I need time off.
Just a couple of days
Oct. 19th, 2015 03:13 pmAnd we are off to OVFF. We're in the Pegasus Concert, doing Child Of The Library by Piers and Gill Cawley. We're doing a short set on Sunday, where we will do all new(ish) material. We may have a brand new song if we get time to work on it.
We're getting in Thursday, leaving Monday morning, so we're around for everything.
I'm going to show off my pedal board at the gadgets workshop. Probably Lizzie's as well.
And lots of music, lots and lots of music. I need to play. Lizzie and I have been hard at work doing the most fun thing in our lives and it's been amazing. The new songs are really taking on their real selves now. Persephone, in particular, has really become the song that I knew it would be.
I still haven't decided how many instruments I am taking ... three guitars, three drums with stands? Bouzouki? Cuatro? Lizzie is bringing two fiddles, one electric for the show and an acoustic for circle. Probably her mando too, but maybe the mandola.
Plus Beth Kinderman is traveling with us. And we will still have room in the van. I love the new vehicle.
So, who is going?
We're getting in Thursday, leaving Monday morning, so we're around for everything.
I'm going to show off my pedal board at the gadgets workshop. Probably Lizzie's as well.
And lots of music, lots and lots of music. I need to play. Lizzie and I have been hard at work doing the most fun thing in our lives and it's been amazing. The new songs are really taking on their real selves now. Persephone, in particular, has really become the song that I knew it would be.
I still haven't decided how many instruments I am taking ... three guitars, three drums with stands? Bouzouki? Cuatro? Lizzie is bringing two fiddles, one electric for the show and an acoustic for circle. Probably her mando too, but maybe the mandola.
Plus Beth Kinderman is traveling with us. And we will still have room in the van. I love the new vehicle.
So, who is going?
For those of you who heard the song
Oct. 30th, 2013 08:04 amHere are the lyrics for Snow White, Red Road, which took 2nd in the songwriting contest this weekend.
Snow White, Red Road
The queen would have her head
For she could not have her power
But the queen would keep the crown all the same
A child lighting candles
with a touch and a thought
Followed when the winds called her name
Her courage as dry
As the leaves beneath her feet
No princes, just seven new friends
They ask, “You would wander
In this place of winter roses
in a realm that your Will can bend?
“Innocence is never white, little witchling
It’s black and shining as raven eyes
White is for fire,
Red is for sacrifice.”
And so they took her hand and showed her why
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
The fairest one has gone
Seven dwarves, seven teachers
A glass coffin’s just a cage
For nothing heals until it bleeds
Seven voices
refuse to keep her tame
A poisoned apple is just another lie (to leave)
A mirror left alone
in empty chambers
Cracked and let a piece fall away
She keeps the shard safe
And tucked away beside her nightshade
As a legacy that nothing stays the same
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
The fairest one has gone
She cannot be a princess when she’s living
She cannot be a queen when she’s dead
And in between she’s just a girl
There’s no such thing as just a girl…
The castle walls have crumbled
But the garden still lives
And sunset is her favorite harvest time
She tends to the lily
And the rose and the bittersweet
But smiles as the belladonna shines
Blackthorn wand in her hand
Wolfsbane in her hair
Magic is the only love she knows
A pretty poison all her own
And in her wake is a rusty throne
The queen is dead - Long live the Snow!
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
The fairest one has gone
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
At last, the fairest has won!
This is on Crowes & Consequences, which I will have in hand today!
Snow White, Red Road
The queen would have her head
For she could not have her power
But the queen would keep the crown all the same
A child lighting candles
with a touch and a thought
Followed when the winds called her name
Her courage as dry
As the leaves beneath her feet
No princes, just seven new friends
They ask, “You would wander
In this place of winter roses
in a realm that your Will can bend?
“Innocence is never white, little witchling
It’s black and shining as raven eyes
White is for fire,
Red is for sacrifice.”
And so they took her hand and showed her why
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
The fairest one has gone
Seven dwarves, seven teachers
A glass coffin’s just a cage
For nothing heals until it bleeds
Seven voices
refuse to keep her tame
A poisoned apple is just another lie (to leave)
A mirror left alone
in empty chambers
Cracked and let a piece fall away
She keeps the shard safe
And tucked away beside her nightshade
As a legacy that nothing stays the same
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
The fairest one has gone
She cannot be a princess when she’s living
She cannot be a queen when she’s dead
And in between she’s just a girl
There’s no such thing as just a girl…
The castle walls have crumbled
But the garden still lives
And sunset is her favorite harvest time
She tends to the lily
And the rose and the bittersweet
But smiles as the belladonna shines
Blackthorn wand in her hand
Wolfsbane in her hair
Magic is the only love she knows
A pretty poison all her own
And in her wake is a rusty throne
The queen is dead - Long live the Snow!
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
The fairest one has gone
The Castle is on fire tonight
With no one to rescue, the prince is gone
The mirror is broken, the pieces grow cold
At last, the fairest has won!
This is on Crowes & Consequences, which I will have in hand today!
OVFF so far
Oct. 27th, 2013 12:25 amWow, what a night. We had an extra master disc for the CD and Gretchen Roper said we should put it in the Interfilk auction. I thought she was, well, not right 'cause I tend to be, well, wrong. But I do try to do what Gretchen says ... because she's Gretchen. We added the first CD and bonus disc to the deal. It did ok ...
$120.00 for Interfilk. On one hand, great to raise money for a good cause, on the other hand ... just a TEENSY bit of an ego boost.
That was ego boost 1 of the evening. Ego boost two. We came in 2nd in the songwriting contest with Snow White, Red Road. Cat Faber was one of the backups. And you all know what that means, you're fine unless there is enough time for her to come in and be all awesome. Which she certainly was. There are few, if any, better songwriters in this community.
Circle tonight was fun, we played Catnyp, Masters of Library Science and Corvus.
Oh, and thinking, last night we did Village By The Sea and Critters.
Exhaustion has set in. But we have nothing to do in the morning, so we're going to try to sleep late.
One more night here and it's back home. It's been a marvelous weekend.
$120.00 for Interfilk. On one hand, great to raise money for a good cause, on the other hand ... just a TEENSY bit of an ego boost.
That was ego boost 1 of the evening. Ego boost two. We came in 2nd in the songwriting contest with Snow White, Red Road. Cat Faber was one of the backups. And you all know what that means, you're fine unless there is enough time for her to come in and be all awesome. Which she certainly was. There are few, if any, better songwriters in this community.
Circle tonight was fun, we played Catnyp, Masters of Library Science and Corvus.
Oh, and thinking, last night we did Village By The Sea and Critters.
Exhaustion has set in. But we have nothing to do in the morning, so we're going to try to sleep late.
One more night here and it's back home. It's been a marvelous weekend.
Last night
Oct. 23rd, 2010 09:51 amAs is clear, I am not at OVFF. This makes me very sad, but at the same time last night I spent the evening at a party with 100+ folks from my old theater department. I saw friends I hadn't seen in decades. It was amazing.
My step-mom threw the party, and no one throws a better party then her, my father held court all night. He taught at Drake for 30+ years, and the thing is, I knew folks going back to 1966. There were folks who had babysat me, and there were women I had crushes on back in the day ... all in the same room.
This is the only thing that could have possibly kept me from OVFF this year. And yeah, it's been worth it (I was afraid it was going to be a dud, but that was only my usual pessimism).
I'm spending the weekend with old friends, I wish I was with my chosen family. I will be wandering around with phone in hand this evening (I still think s00j is going to win, but just in case).
And I do miss you all, but it's for a good reason.
And Toyboat will have an interesting announcement shortly.
My step-mom threw the party, and no one throws a better party then her, my father held court all night. He taught at Drake for 30+ years, and the thing is, I knew folks going back to 1966. There were folks who had babysat me, and there were women I had crushes on back in the day ... all in the same room.
This is the only thing that could have possibly kept me from OVFF this year. And yeah, it's been worth it (I was afraid it was going to be a dud, but that was only my usual pessimism).
I'm spending the weekend with old friends, I wish I was with my chosen family. I will be wandering around with phone in hand this evening (I still think s00j is going to win, but just in case).
And I do miss you all, but it's for a good reason.
And Toyboat will have an interesting announcement shortly.
Words cannot say
Aug. 28th, 2010 12:52 pmToyboat has been nominated for a Best Performer Pegasus award. The process being what it is, we have know about it for a week or so. It's been quite a ride.
Thank you everyone who voted, and not just for us. Filk is about community, and it feels so good to have that we are part of that community affirmed in such a marvelous way.
Looking at the nominees, there are a couple of categories that are a simple choice for me (I mean really, Gabriel Gray's Song ... damn). And others where I there are really hard choices.
Ok, a fanboy moment. Remember folks it's been 3 years that I have been ranting about the wonderfulness that is SJ Tucker. FINALLY you're all catching up. That said, she is also up for Best Performer ... we're doomed, and it couldn't make me happier.
If you love filk, go listen to the samples and vote. There is a lot of great stuff to listen to.
Thank you everyone who voted, and not just for us. Filk is about community, and it feels so good to have that we are part of that community affirmed in such a marvelous way.
Looking at the nominees, there are a couple of categories that are a simple choice for me (I mean really, Gabriel Gray's Song ... damn). And others where I there are really hard choices.
Ok, a fanboy moment. Remember folks it's been 3 years that I have been ranting about the wonderfulness that is SJ Tucker. FINALLY you're all catching up. That said, she is also up for Best Performer ... we're doomed, and it couldn't make me happier.
If you love filk, go listen to the samples and vote. There is a lot of great stuff to listen to.
Planning ahead
Feb. 3rd, 2010 08:18 pmI will not be going to OVFF this year. Drake Theatre is having a reunion that weekend ... of course it would be that weekend.
It is still possible I will be going to FKO, but I'm thinking money will not allow it.
So it looks like no filk cons this year.
It is still possible I will be going to FKO, but I'm thinking money will not allow it.
So it looks like no filk cons this year.
Let me tell you about my weekend
Oct. 27th, 2009 05:33 pm( Cut for lengthiness )
In the meantime, take a look at this picture that Adam English drew of the band.
oh, and a CD (mine or the bands) to the first person who gets the music geek joke that is in the text here somewhere and sends the answer to me at ericcoleman at gmail dot com.
In the meantime, take a look at this picture that Adam English drew of the band.
oh, and a CD (mine or the bands) to the first person who gets the music geek joke that is in the text here somewhere and sends the answer to me at ericcoleman at gmail dot com.
I'm a happy camper
Oct. 21st, 2009 11:46 amI have the Beatles Mono Box set sitting here on my desk, the stereo albums at home, and a complete set of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy radio shows in my car.
It's gonna be a good weekend for a road trip.
Just a reminder, Toyboat is playing at OVFF at noon on Friday. We will also be in the Pegasus Awards concert Friday night doing Come To Mordor by Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff.
We will also have our CD release party at OVFF this weekend at 11 am Saturday in the Con Suite.
And CDs are for sale at toyboatband.com. If you get your order in today, I may be able to get it in the mail before I hit the road tomorrow.
OH, and Would You Like To Play A Game will be on thefump.com Friday as well.
It's gonna be a good weekend for a road trip.
Just a reminder, Toyboat is playing at OVFF at noon on Friday. We will also be in the Pegasus Awards concert Friday night doing Come To Mordor by Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff.
We will also have our CD release party at OVFF this weekend at 11 am Saturday in the Con Suite.
And CDs are for sale at toyboatband.com. If you get your order in today, I may be able to get it in the mail before I hit the road tomorrow.
OH, and Would You Like To Play A Game will be on thefump.com Friday as well.
TOYBOAT ... TOYBOAT ... TOYBOAT !!!
Oct. 8th, 2009 03:08 pmOk folks, the moment you have all dreaded has arrived.
We are just over two weeks away from the release of the very first full length Toyboat CD. The official release date is October 24th at OVFF. If you want to order it now, there is a Paypal link on the band website. All preorders will ship on or about October 27th. We will also be taking orders at Conclave this weekend.
We are just over two weeks away from the release of the very first full length Toyboat CD. The official release date is October 24th at OVFF. If you want to order it now, there is a Paypal link on the band website. All preorders will ship on or about October 27th. We will also be taking orders at Conclave this weekend.
Upcoming Toyboat shows
Sep. 14th, 2009 04:54 pmWe will be at Conclave in Romulus MI October 9-11, 2009 (time to be announced, I think it's Saturday afternoon)
We will be at OVFF in Dublin OH. We will be playing at noon on Friday. We will also have a CD release party that weekend. More information to come. (I am doing my best to remain calm, I'm not doing it well, we're playing at OVFF !!!)
There will be at least one more show this year, but I need to wait to announce it. It's gonna be kinda special.
Coming up next year
We will be at Penguicon April 30th - May 2nd. (show time to be announced)
And more to be announced as soon as we know.
We will be at OVFF in Dublin OH. We will be playing at noon on Friday. We will also have a CD release party that weekend. More information to come. (I am doing my best to remain calm, I'm not doing it well, we're playing at OVFF !!!)
There will be at least one more show this year, but I need to wait to announce it. It's gonna be kinda special.
Coming up next year
We will be at Penguicon April 30th - May 2nd. (show time to be announced)
And more to be announced as soon as we know.
