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thatcrazycajunIt occurs to me that I have allowed nearly a week to pass since my surprisingly successful joint performance at Dragon*Con 2007 with East Coast filk doyenne Roberta Rogow (buy her new CD, Alive and Filking, like right frakkin' NOW!—ask me how) and not publicly thanked her for the guitar accompaniment, moral support and time-filling between songs she graciously provided for me—not to mention the hilarity she added with her own songs, alternating with mine. Consider yourself hugely thanked, profusely apologized to and much loved, bubeleh. (And thanks also to filkertom for having the smarts to place us next to each other in the schedule; the joint show might never have happened but for his foresight.)
Roberta was one of those who was there for me early on, a quarter of a century ago when I first embarked on an avocation to desecrate the songs of others for amusement (and eventually, to write original ones of my own). When I first published my little half-legal-size filkzine series, Demented, Deranged & Degenerate Filksongs #s 1-3, she carried them on her dealer's room table and even reviewed them favorably in the Filk Foundation's own zine. (My feet barely touched ground for days after.)
She's also quite talented in her own right as a parodist, songwriter and performer (and unlike Your Lazy Correspondent, she's actually learned to play guitar!), with songs such as "Professional Fan," "Pousse-Café" (a filk of "A Toast for Unknown Heroes" about an epic pub crawl at Nolacon II by filk goddess Leslie Fish) and "The Worldcon" to her credit. And in her day job (from which she tells me she's retiring shortly), she's a public librarian in NJ, which makes her a goddess in itself by this little geek-boy's lights. (Cue instafilk...)
Your friendly local librarian changes ev'rything;
Your life and work improve with the knowledge that she brings;
She brings order, she brings meaning --
She helps you find things;
Your friendly local librarian changes ev'rything...
(TTTO chorus from Carla Ulbrich's "The Guy Who Changes The Light Bulbs")
I've had an amazing amount of success in the filk music world for someone who's never put out a tape, a CD or a real songbook in his life; Roberta and a few others like her are a big part of the reason why.
filkertom for having the smarts to place us next to each other in the schedule; the joint show might never have happened but for his foresight.)Roberta was one of those who was there for me early on, a quarter of a century ago when I first embarked on an avocation to desecrate the songs of others for amusement (and eventually, to write original ones of my own). When I first published my little half-legal-size filkzine series, Demented, Deranged & Degenerate Filksongs #s 1-3, she carried them on her dealer's room table and even reviewed them favorably in the Filk Foundation's own zine. (My feet barely touched ground for days after.)
She's also quite talented in her own right as a parodist, songwriter and performer (and unlike Your Lazy Correspondent, she's actually learned to play guitar!), with songs such as "Professional Fan," "Pousse-Café" (a filk of "A Toast for Unknown Heroes" about an epic pub crawl at Nolacon II by filk goddess Leslie Fish) and "The Worldcon" to her credit. And in her day job (from which she tells me she's retiring shortly), she's a public librarian in NJ, which makes her a goddess in itself by this little geek-boy's lights. (Cue instafilk...)
Your friendly local librarian changes ev'rything;
Your life and work improve with the knowledge that she brings;
She brings order, she brings meaning --
She helps you find things;
Your friendly local librarian changes ev'rything...
(TTTO chorus from Carla Ulbrich's "The Guy Who Changes The Light Bulbs")
I've had an amazing amount of success in the filk music world for someone who's never put out a tape, a CD or a real songbook in his life; Roberta and a few others like her are a big part of the reason why.
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Date: 2007-09-06 11:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-07 01:04 am (UTC)Are you familiar with
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Date: 2007-09-07 06:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-10 03:29 am (UTC)Currently, I am trying to get her CD to the filk dealers. Right now, copies are available from Roberta directly and Tales from the White Hart (Kathy Sands, email only at talwhi at earthlink dot net.). Filk.com will have CDs in the near future. (I have to mail him a box of Roberta's CDs.)
For a song list on Roberta's CD that is being talked about, see http://www.floatingfilk.com
Its a Live CD.
Harold S. - Roberta's filk publisher.