Dear God, Let Me Get This One Done For MarCon

[filkertom]

I don't believe I've mentioned this one yet. I spoke with Phil Foglio the other week, and, if everything goes right, and Phil and Kaja approve it, I might have something unparalleled for next MarCon. Four words:

Girl Genius: The Musical.








Okay, a few more words. Girl Genius: The Musical (changed almost instantly from Girl Genius In Concert, which confused the heck out of everybody, as you can see below) is the prospective name of a two-CD set, adapting the first ten issues of the comic book. The style is intended to echo Sweeney Todd In Concert or Moby Dick: The Musical (Complete Recording), in that it will have the entire script. I've already got several songs partly done, and I hope to have a complete rough draft by the end of September. If I get the go-ahead, I'll likely arrange like crazy throughout the rest of the year, and start recording in January.

Comments

[tpau]

eeee!

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Four words in response, from those who can't be at MarCon:

Please make a CD.

*grin*

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

WOO!

[khadagan.livejournal.com]

Please don't pinch me...if it's a dream, I don't want to wake up!

Sounds utterly fantastic, though Marcon suddenly seems way far away. You WILL be posting updates on your progress, won't you?

[dragonscholar.livejournal.com]

Girl Genius == Good.

Do it.

[filkferengi]

Woo-hoo! [adjusts anti-gravity boots, to reduce helium-effect from stratospheric acceleration.]

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

I have but one word for a response here:
OOOOooooooo.....

[shatteredglobe.livejournal.com]

I know someone who I think would really like that!

Keep us updated!

[lukeski.livejournal.com]

Need any additional singers, rappers, or guys who can do funny voices for the CD? :)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

We'll talk. ;)

[ravenclaw-eric.livejournal.com]

If this comes out on CD, I WANT IT!!!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming/hoping that "the prospective name of a two-CD set" means that it will be available for those of us who can't make MarCon.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

It is not intended to be a performance at MarCon. It's intended to be a retail product... and, I'm hoping, a damn good one. :) Given the noise I'm getting for The Last Hero On Earth, I'm flush with confidence, at least for the moment.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I am speechless in awe. Yes! Yes!! OH, YES!!! (and I'm not normally a screamer.)

[jonnorthwood.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God.

Good luck on it! You've already made a couple of pre-sales in this area, if it comes through. :)

[jonnorthwood.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, if you wind up needing any voiceovers or additional audio ... ^_~

[fractalwolf.livejournal.com]

...wow! I can't wait!

[sdavido.livejournal.com]

Oh, PLEASE let me record something for you long distance !!!! *grin*

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

You and Phil Foglio.

Ho boy. That should be something to see--er, listen to.

Can we then hope for Fenton: the Graphic Novel? (Or has that already happened and I missed it?)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

No, but that would be fun, wouldn't it?

[technocracygirl.livejournal.com]

*jaw* *drops*

"And the LORD saieth that the first sign of peace over all the earth will be an operetta based on a comic book. And not one of those stupid DC/Marvel ones, either."

My heart is raging already.

SQUEE!

[sylverwolfe.livejournal.com]

*splutterspluttersplutter* that is...SO amazingly fricken' cool! i'll have to get kane to start reading Girl Genius so he can splutter about how cool this is, too.
*hugs* yay!

Question outta nowhere.

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

Hi. "Tom Smith" being such an uncommon name and all, I thought I'd ask you this cryptic question to see if you might be the Tom Smith I once knew and often think of fondly:

What goes into an, 'Oh, Tom, surprise me' Blizzard?

If you have no idea what the heck I'm talking about, I'll just be on my merry way, apologies offered, of course. :)

Re: Question outta nowhere.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

... While it sounds like something I might've sid in a fit of whatever, I don't recall ever saying or hearing anything like that. Nor was I ever an employee, or frequent customer, of Dairy Queen. Shrug.

Re: Question outta nowhere.

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

If you were never a Dairy Queen employee, then you are not him. It was kind of you, however, to respond. Thank you. :)

Re: Question outta nowhere.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

No problemo. Stop in again -- maybe I'll surprise you. ;)

Re: Question outta nowhere.

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

I think I'll do that. Feel free to do the same 'round my place. You never know what I'll be up to.

Just in case you were wondering, Tom Smith put whatever he wanted into those Blizzards, and they were the best damn things ever. I imagine they probably harden arteries at 500 paces, as well.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Oooo ooo ooooo! I want to hear the singing jagermonsters... :-)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

As mentioned, I haff been vorking -- ahem, have been working on lyrics. Here's a tiny taste of that song (ain't nowhere near done yet):

Yo de hey, yo de ho, unt it's off to var vee goh!

Dey iz lotz uff people out dere vant to giff der Baron grief
Itz zo grating unt frustrating unt zo hart to find relief
He getz argumentz unt backtalk vrom all zhese shmott-guy fopz...
So he sents in da Jagers... den de bureaucrats with mops.

De Jagermonster life iss de only life to live
Vhen ve think of all de joy unt happiness ve give,
It bringss a little tear to effry Jagermonster eye...
Unt
Iff you ain't got a hankie, ve got vays to make you die!
Ooooh! Dat's harsh!
Yah, vell, he ain't gotta hankie!

In de goot ol' dayz, in de goot ol' dayz,
Vhe vould savor each bashin'-in skull,
Den de Heterodynes came to save de vorlt,
Unt a vorlt dat's been saved is dem dull.

Ve vas nicey-nice, ve vas gooty-goot,
Ve vas so frickin' bored -- got dot rright,
But Klaus Vulfenbach gave us shtuff to do,
Unt dot usually means a goot fight....

[mg4h.livejournal.com]

I think I just died inside a little bit.

Woah.

Now I have to WAIT?!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I would have to read that when sdavido is asleep, and I have to stifle the giggles... hee!

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

Tom, when can we pre-order this?? I don't care how long I have to wait for you to complete it, I want to guarrentee that I get a copy of it when it is done!!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I simply will not do pre-orders until it's in the can & on the way to the duplicator. That worked extremely well for And They Say I've Got Talent, I suspect it's gonna work great for The Last Hero On Earth, and it'll work for Girl Genius.

[tibicina.livejournal.com]

*big, big eyes* I /want/ it. Ooooooooh.