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Discworld May Day
May. 7th, 2018 10:51 am(Tune: Padstow May Song, trad.)
Unite and unite and let us all unite,
For summer is a-coming today,
And all across the Discworld, we all will unite,
In the merry morning of May.
The wizards of Morpork, they might if they would,
For summer is a-coming today,
They might have sang an anthem from the high Tower of Art,
In the merry morning of May.
The assassins of Morpork, they might if they would,
For summer is a-coming today,
They might have built a garland with blossoms from Hide Park,
In the merry morning of May.
Oh, where's the Elf King? Oh, where is he-o?
He's under the Long Man, deep in Faerie-o.
Down dives the Suicide Thrush of Lancre-o.
Nanny Gytha Ogg saw the mound from above,
And it looked like a tonker-o.
Oh, where have the wizard and assassins got?
For summer is a-coming today,
They've all stayed a-bed, they might have but would not,
In the merry morning of May.
(All May festivals are from the books, or at least the supplementary material. The Companion describes the UU May anthem, and how, since the Tower of Art is 800 feet tall, the listeners can't hear the choir and don't notice if they haven't turned up; the Assassins Guild Diary goes into a long description of the May Blossom tradition that concludes "for the past seventy years, no boy has bothered to give it a try"; and Nanny mentions the Scouring of the Long Man in A Tourist's Guide to Lancre, including its useful educational aspects.)
Unite and unite and let us all unite,
For summer is a-coming today,
And all across the Discworld, we all will unite,
In the merry morning of May.
The wizards of Morpork, they might if they would,
For summer is a-coming today,
They might have sang an anthem from the high Tower of Art,
In the merry morning of May.
The assassins of Morpork, they might if they would,
For summer is a-coming today,
They might have built a garland with blossoms from Hide Park,
In the merry morning of May.
Oh, where's the Elf King? Oh, where is he-o?
He's under the Long Man, deep in Faerie-o.
Down dives the Suicide Thrush of Lancre-o.
Nanny Gytha Ogg saw the mound from above,
And it looked like a tonker-o.
Oh, where have the wizard and assassins got?
For summer is a-coming today,
They've all stayed a-bed, they might have but would not,
In the merry morning of May.
(All May festivals are from the books, or at least the supplementary material. The Companion describes the UU May anthem, and how, since the Tower of Art is 800 feet tall, the listeners can't hear the choir and don't notice if they haven't turned up; the Assassins Guild Diary goes into a long description of the May Blossom tradition that concludes "for the past seventy years, no boy has bothered to give it a try"; and Nanny mentions the Scouring of the Long Man in A Tourist's Guide to Lancre, including its useful educational aspects.)
Happy Hogswatch!
Dec. 24th, 2017 09:10 pmIf you were on afp, you might remember this one, but it was always my favourite of my Hogswatch filks.
Happy Hogzwatch Everybody!
(with apologies to Slade)
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A merry midwinter festival of choice to all!
Happy Hogzwatch Everybody!
(with apologies to Slade)
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A merry midwinter festival of choice to all!
Lyric Quiz results
Apr. 1st, 2017 10:30 pmAs ever, I apologise for how ridiculous my musical tastes are. (But seriously, if you're Discworld fans, try to listen to Steeleye's Wintersmith! It's good!)( Read more... )
A Song for Europe
Mar. 25th, 2017 02:26 pmParliament was sat one night,
With rebels on the left and right,
The sky was dark, the hour was late,
And still the Commons did debate.
The arguments went round and round,
There was no sign of common ground.
The MPs all shook their heads,
As Theresa stood up and said:
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With rebels on the left and right,
The sky was dark, the hour was late,
And still the Commons did debate.
The arguments went round and round,
There was no sign of common ground.
The MPs all shook their heads,
As Theresa stood up and said:
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One iPod containing a downright obtuse music collection.
Thirty first lines.
No googling.
(And I will be exceedingly generous regarding the name of the artist, since you'd have to be psychic to figure out when the track I have isn't the original...)
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Thirty first lines.
No googling.
(And I will be exceedingly generous regarding the name of the artist, since you'd have to be psychic to figure out when the track I have isn't the original...)
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If that's not enough to warn you off, what if I said the tune was "Downtown" by Petulia Clark?
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Lyric quiz results
Aug. 10th, 2015 12:57 amSince it doesn't look like anyone else is going to guess, here are the results:
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Lyric Quiz
Jul. 22nd, 2015 07:19 pmNot memed from anyone, I just felt like doing it.
Usual rules. I put my iPod on shuffle and post the first lines of 25 songs. Spoken word tracks and instrumentals are skipped, but spoken words in instrumentals aren't. And as an experiment, I'm going to put "(spoken)" at the start to see if this helps. (Although with my ridiculously obscure musical tastes, I suspect not redacting the title if it appears wouldn't help that much...)
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is then to identify the songs without the aid of search engines.
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Usual rules. I put my iPod on shuffle and post the first lines of 25 songs. Spoken word tracks and instrumentals are skipped, but spoken words in instrumentals aren't. And as an experiment, I'm going to put "(spoken)" at the start to see if this helps. (Although with my ridiculously obscure musical tastes, I suspect not redacting the title if it appears wouldn't help that much...)
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is then to identify the songs without the aid of search engines.
( Lyrics after the cut )
Ranald and Iain Midsummer Concert 2015
Jun. 24th, 2015 01:12 pmThis was on Saturday, and was brilliant as ever.
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1) The difference between scientists and engineers working on Rosetta is that scientists thought "The comet's shaped like a duck! That's fascinating!" and the engineers though "Oh my god! How do we land on that?"
2) The Royal Astronomical Society has a drinking song based on Halley's Comet.
3) If you filled a bike's tires with hydrogen instead of air, it would reduce the weight by only 10g. A more effective idea would be carbon nanotube spokes, which we might see within 10 years. Or rather, we wouldn't see them; it would look like the wheels were spokeless.
4) A plant grown under both a normal bulb and an infra red bulb will push more energy into the height at the expense of the roots, because it thinks it's in the shade.
5) "Serious games" is the new name for educational games. Kids with cancer who play a shoot-'em-up where you're a nanobot zapping cancer cells are better at taking their medication because they understand what's going on more.
6) The performers at the Lab Notes musical comedy event were awesome, and I need to check out their CDs.
2) The Royal Astronomical Society has a drinking song based on Halley's Comet.
3) If you filled a bike's tires with hydrogen instead of air, it would reduce the weight by only 10g. A more effective idea would be carbon nanotube spokes, which we might see within 10 years. Or rather, we wouldn't see them; it would look like the wheels were spokeless.
4) A plant grown under both a normal bulb and an infra red bulb will push more energy into the height at the expense of the roots, because it thinks it's in the shade.
5) "Serious games" is the new name for educational games. Kids with cancer who play a shoot-'em-up where you're a nanobot zapping cancer cells are better at taking their medication because they understand what's going on more.
6) The performers at the Lab Notes musical comedy event were awesome, and I need to check out their CDs.
There Was a Wealthy Merchant
Dec. 31st, 2014 12:51 pmOkay, I'm a huge Steeleye Span fan, but is it just me, or does "There Was a Wealthy Merchant" make no sense whatsoever?
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Lyric quiz answers
Jun. 22nd, 2014 09:55 pmSo, once again, my obscure musical tastes have spoiled everything forever...
(Having said that, my f'list is filled with Discworld fans. Why have none of you heard Wintersmith yet? It's brilliant.)
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(Having said that, my f'list is filled with Discworld fans. Why have none of you heard Wintersmith yet? It's brilliant.)
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Lyric Quiz
Jun. 9th, 2014 09:03 pmMemed from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pedanther
Usual rules. I put my iPod on shuffle and post the first lines of the first 30 songs that come up, you have to guess what they are. Google is cheating, identifying "what it's from", if applicable, will be accepted, and my musical tastes haven't got any less obscure since the last time we did this, sorry. (Although if you checked things out based on my recommendations last time, you'll be pleased to know they haven't got any more obscure either. Well, maybe a little...)
Spoken word tracks and instrumentals have been skipped. Instrumentals with spoken word bits haven't, and songs which open with spoken word bits have that as the opening line.
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pedantherUsual rules. I put my iPod on shuffle and post the first lines of the first 30 songs that come up, you have to guess what they are. Google is cheating, identifying "what it's from", if applicable, will be accepted, and my musical tastes haven't got any less obscure since the last time we did this, sorry. (Although if you checked things out based on my recommendations last time, you'll be pleased to know they haven't got any more obscure either. Well, maybe a little...)
Spoken word tracks and instrumentals have been skipped. Instrumentals with spoken word bits haven't, and songs which open with spoken word bits have that as the opening line.
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Lyrics quiz
Nov. 8th, 2013 05:13 pmBack in February, I got an iPod for my birthday. Ever since then, I've been waiting for the iPod shuffle quiz meme to pop up again, now that I can do it properly.
It's just occured to me I don't need to wait until someone else does it, I can just do it.
So here we go. Under the cut are the opening lines of the first 30 songs that came up when I put my iPod on shuffle. I've skipped spoken word tracks[1], instrumentals and songs where the first line includes the title ... although I included instrumentals with spoken lines. Post your guesses as to title and artist in the replies. Google is cheating. As ever, I apologise for my super-obscure musical tastes.
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[1]I considered having a spoken word bonus feature, likepedanther did. But most of them were "Thank you for downloading the Friday Night Podcast from Radio 4" And no, I don't know why my iPod puts the Friday Night Podcast under "music" rather than "podcasts".
It's just occured to me I don't need to wait until someone else does it, I can just do it.
So here we go. Under the cut are the opening lines of the first 30 songs that came up when I put my iPod on shuffle. I've skipped spoken word tracks[1], instrumentals and songs where the first line includes the title ... although I included instrumentals with spoken lines. Post your guesses as to title and artist in the replies. Google is cheating. As ever, I apologise for my super-obscure musical tastes.
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[1]I considered having a spoken word bonus feature, like
pedanther did. But most of them were "Thank you for downloading the Friday Night Podcast from Radio 4" And no, I don't know why my iPod puts the Friday Night Podcast under "music" rather than "podcasts".Ranald and Iain midsummer concert
Jul. 7th, 2013 01:06 pmThis was Saturday 22nd of June. I've left off writing this because I feel very self-conscious about it for reasons which will shortly become clear.
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Lyric Quiz answers
Jul. 21st, 2012 09:22 pmIt doesn't look like anyone else is going to have a go at the quiz, so here are the answers.
(Also, there are still 20 out of 25 pairings going spare on the housework-fic meme, if anyone wants to make a suggestion...)
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(Also, there are still 20 out of 25 pairings going spare on the housework-fic meme, if anyone wants to make a suggestion...)
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Lyrics Meme
Jul. 18th, 2012 06:33 pmMemed from pedanther:
1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up that do not give away the name. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless internet denizen wins admiration. That's right, just like a computer when you don't have power, the points don't matter.
Okay, another one where I've bent the rules. As you may remember, the last time I did this, I explained that my ultracheap music player doesn't have a shuffle, so I used a random number generator to pick tracks. Well, since then, I've lost it and haven't got a new one. So what I did this time was physically shuffle a stack of CDs, with my eyes shut, then use a random number generator to pick the tracks.
(Yes, it would have been easier to use a random number generator to pick which CD as well; I realised that when I'd reached 27...)
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pedanther:1. Open up your music player. Hit shuffle.
2. Record the first few lines of the first thirty pieces of music that come up that do not give away the name. Skip instrumentals, but don't skip the embarrassing ones.
3. Make hapless internet denizens guess the song names and artists. Google is cheating. For musical songs, the name of the musical is acceptable in place of the artist.
4. Least hapless internet denizen wins admiration. That's right, just like a computer when you don't have power, the points don't matter.
Okay, another one where I've bent the rules. As you may remember, the last time I did this, I explained that my ultracheap music player doesn't have a shuffle, so I used a random number generator to pick tracks. Well, since then, I've lost it and haven't got a new one. So what I did this time was physically shuffle a stack of CDs, with my eyes shut, then use a random number generator to pick the tracks.
(Yes, it would have been easier to use a random number generator to pick which CD as well; I realised that when I'd reached 27...)
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Ranald and Iain Midsummer Concert
Jun. 24th, 2012 12:05 amYep, it's that time of year again. Still brilliant, still less-than-cheerful.
( As ever, I'm writing this at midnight, so bits of it may be in the wrong order. Apologies, but it'd be worse if I left it til the morning. )
( As ever, I'm writing this at midnight, so bits of it may be in the wrong order. Apologies, but it'd be worse if I left it til the morning. )
