24 Hour Project 2: Update

[filkertom]

Well, the phone keeps ringing -- including at least two people who saw my LJ and know what's going on :-7 -- but that's okay. The mental breaks have been fun. I'm gonna try and keep going a little while before I get some sleep. Meantime, here are the titles and lyrics I've got at 9:30 pm EDT:

What If... *I* Were The Superhero? -- done
Mad Scientists United (Awful Bloody) -- done
The Sinister Cavortings of Sir Wilfred P. Huffelbaggins III -- done
Warning: Wimbledon! -- done
The Sinister Sixty Strike! -- in progress, but might possibly end up an instrumental w/shtick
Enter the Waffle -- done
You Never Even Call Me By My (Real) Name -- in progress
The Boulevard of Broken Genes -- done
Tears of the Kill-O-Tron
Pirate Ninjas from Dino Island
The Terror of Sis Boom Ba
The Romance of George and Al
A Million Light-Years From Love -- done
Divided Royalties -- done
Behold the Crossing Guard -- done
When Strikes The Clock -- in progress
Rules Of Enragement -- in progress
The Rise And Fall Of Sir Wilfred P. Huffelbaggins III
Hey, Didn't You Die?
With Great Power Comes Great Power Bills

And, yes, frighteningly enough, there is a plot. I actually think it's a pretty good plot.

Update of the Update: I think I slept a bit too long last night, but I really needed it. And things are humming along, as well as human torches, invisible women, and misters fantastic.

Comments

[falconcat.livejournal.com]

Tom, I've been meaning to ask you this. (Buying your cd is a given with me...I have them all so far...hee) But the question is, do you know of anyone who is writing Angel/Buffy filk and actually going to record it?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I know Luke Ski's got a little -- "If you want to be a Slayer" (can't remember what album it's on) and the delightful throwaway in "Fanboy Christmas": "Angel, you're a studly guy / Watch out, girls, he'll suck you dry." Apart from that, no clue.

[falconcat.livejournal.com]

Drat. Don't these filkers know there are those of us out here with no talent except listening that want Angel/Buffy filk. Long suffering sigh is being issued here. ;)

Girls Joss Wanna Have Fun

[lukeski.livejournal.com]

Yes, "Wannabe A Slayer" (Buffy) and "I Am A Vamp Of Constant Sorrow" (Angel) as well as vinettes about Buffy and Angel in "It's A Fanboy Christmas" are all on my CD "Uber Geek". You can hear sound bites from them and find out how to obtain the album at http://www.lukeski.com

Coming in June on my next CD "Unconventional", my "FireFly" song "A Man Named Jayne".

Re: Girls Joss Wanna Have Fun

[falconcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Payday is coming soon and I'll order your cd then. Thanks again!

Angel Filk

[hms42]

A group called the Brobdingnagian Bards ( http://www.thebards.net ) have an Angel song on their next CD. I saw them last week at I-CON (NY) and they were saying that its going to the duplicator in a couple of weeks...

Harold S.

Re: Angel Filk

[falconcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the info!

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Not quite Angel/Buffy filk but close: ONCE MORE WITH HOBBITS, a fully-scripted Lord of the Rings/Buffy The Vampire Slayer Musical. Two of the songs are downloadable: REST IN PEACE with Saruman and Gandalf; STANDING with Samwise Gamgee.

And if Tom's HEAT OF THE BLOOD cannot be retrofitted easily to the relationship between Buffy and Angel/Angelus, I will eat my hat.

[falconcat.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want you to eat your hat because then I'd have to eat mine. I thought the same thing.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

The really fun part of that was, believe it or not, the male part in that song was the only male villain who wasn't a vampire. However, the plot has diverged in my head, and I'm pretty sure he's gonna be one. It's complicated.

Eleven songs done, four part-done, five more besides, three-forty to go....

[wayward-va.livejournal.com]

With Great Power Comes Great Power Bills

LOL. Thanks, I needed that.:)

[braider.livejournal.com]

*Mary hi-5s wayward_va*

[braider.livejournal.com]

With Great Power Comes Great Power Bills

I adore this title.

Go Tom, go Tom, go, go!

[jss]

Now I've got the old "Oliver North" song in my brain, with "Go... Go Tommy go!" in the repeating refrain.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

As long as you guys don't start in with the theme to Tom Slick. Heard it.

[dragonscholar.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Keep at it!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I'm pushin' at it. Got a little sleep, may try to get a little more. But this is frickin' fun, and it's much larger both in scope and in individual song length than last year.

Warning! Wimbledon!

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

*slaps forehead*

Oh, God, what have I done?

Re: Warning! Wimbledon!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Muh-hu-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaa.

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

I have to agree that With Great Power Comes Great Power Bills sounds like a Wonderful Idea. As does Hey, Didn't You Die?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I was, er, waffling on it, but I think it will work well as Da Big Finale. We see.

[shatteredglobe.livejournal.com]

Wow, I have to get this CD! Will it be avaliable at PenguiCon?

The Sinister Cavortings Of Sir Wilfred P Huffelbaggins III is a great title...

~Karen

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Dunno. I originally hoped to, but now I want to make absolutely sure I get it right. It's still the taking-suggestions-to-improv gimmick, and the arrangements aren't going to be too deep in any case, but this ain't knock-off work. I'm already pretty proud of a lot of what I've done so far.

Rock on!!!!

[lukeski.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I got one in there! ENTER THE WAFFLE!!! WOOO!!! And peace out to ShoEboX of Worm Quartet for the Hufflebaggins ones! :) :) :)

Re: Rock on!!!!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Man, you got the hero. And Huffelbaggins was too good to leave alone.

Re: Rock on!!!!

[wormquartet.livejournal.com]

WOO-HOO!! At long last, after years of being stuck with one-dimensional stereotype-reinforcing bit parts, a waffle will be cast as a HERO in a concept album!

I am honored that you have chosen two of my stupid suggestions for your album. I look forward to finding out what the hell rhymes with "Huffelbaggins."

-=ShoEboX=-

Re: Rock on!!!!

[braider.livejournal.com]

Actually, waffles are at *least* two dimensional - they're square, after all.

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Duffel dragons, of course.

Hey, I got in there! Not bad for the best I could do off ther top of my head. (You could have had "Mutant Heaven Has Revolving Doors," but I already wrote it...)