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tfabris ([personal profile] tfabris) wrote2008-10-25 08:07 pm

Wow!

I'm so amazed! Personally, I voted for Heather Dale. But somehow, we won this year's Pegasus for the Best Performer category. Thanks so much to everyone for voting!

The ballot was really great this year, with incredible nominations in every category, making choices difficult. I was very pleased with each of the winners, especially our friend Seanan getting Best Composer, and Uplift finally winning Best Song, after all those times I voted for it. Oh, and we performed Archetype Cafe in the Pegasus concert on behalf of Talis Kimberly, and it won Best Classic Filk Song!

I'm typing this during the Saturday Night "Whose Line" game, and I'm amazed at how inventive and funny our filker friends are at improv. Seanan is just blowing us away with her on-the-fly songwriting, and Sybille is just doing awesome considering it's her first time trying anything like it.

Last night was awesome, too, with the Bohnhoffs springing a great parody of Emerald Green on us ("Soylent Green, is the flavor of my meal"). Then, at the exact moment they finished, Kanef walked into the circle, so we could spring his parody of their song "Manhattan Sleeps" on the Bohnhoffs ("New Jersey sleeps tonight, under a lake of newfallen stone"). This was great because we'd planned to do that very thing back at Consonance in March, but Jeff got kidney stones and couldn't make it to the con. So we were happy to pounce on the chance and finally do it. But that wasn't enough; Kanef was a double-agent, and had been sitting on his parody of Emerald Green waiting for the chance for the Bohnhoffs to spring it on us. His was Oz-themed ("Emerald green, shows it’s sure no place like home"). So basically we had a little three-way parody spring there. It was great!

What a fantastic weekend it's been, and it's only half over!

[identity profile] s00j.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
wheeeeee!
*love*

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 06:59 am (UTC)(link)

:-)

*love back*

Looking forward to seeing you again in the upcoming weeks.

Hey, the Orycon Schedule is up and they have kindly placed Vixy & Tony back to back with Skinny White Chick on Saturday afternoon. Can we do those wonderful personnel crossovers we've been doing lately? I want to hear you and Vixy sing together more.
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2008-10-27 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Second the love for the personnel swapping; in particular, AlligaTOR :) but anything y'all do together is pure gold-pressed hand-hammered awesome...

[identity profile] bluesmancd.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats! Hope that your having a great time at the con.

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely! It's been fantastic. And we haven't even hit the best part yet: The dead dog.

[identity profile] copperwise.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
SQUEEE! So happy for all of you! *loves*

[identity profile] bobmage.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Most excellent!

[identity profile] ladyaraia.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yay for you! You guys deserve it. Looking forward to seeing you guys soon.
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[personal profile] patoadam 2008-10-26 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! You two deserve it!

[identity profile] tereshkova2001.livejournal.com 2008-10-26 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
CONGRATULATIONS1!!!!1
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2008-10-27 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, did anybody get a recording of any of those parodies? Or at least lyrics? That's gotta be right up there with "Wil's Song"...

Did they break Vixy? :) :)

(Anybody else? :)

Oh, speaking of Archetype Cafe... are you guys gonna do that at Ory?

[identity profile] almeda.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Kanef's are always on songworm.com (eventually).

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
He posted them tonight.

http://songworm.com/db/songworm-parody/NewJerseySleeps.html
http://songworm.com/db/songworm-parody/NoPlaceLikeHome.html

Bohnhoffs don't post their lyrics on the web. Wish they would! Chords, too!

Also, keep your eyes on Debbie Ohi's journal for another parody that got sprung on Debbie Ohi on Sunday night: Co-written by Vixy and Jeff B.

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-10-28 09:03 am (UTC)(link)
Regarding Archetype Cafe: We're only doing 30 minutes at Orycon this year, so with such a small set, we'll probably concentrate on material off of our album in hopes of making some sales. (Assuming, possibly incorrectly, that there will be at least a few people in attendance who don't already have it.)
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2008-10-27 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
*facepalms* I got so distracted by the triple-parody squee, I forgot to say something important:

CONGRATS!

(hee hee hee... me envisions S00j and Vixy with these two rat puppets dancing nose-to-tail... conga rats :)

[identity profile] mathochist.livejournal.com 2008-10-31 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats!