The Not-At-Concertino Pity Party™ begins right here, right now!

[thatcrazycajun]

Can't go to this weekend's 19th iteration of the annual floating Northeast Filk Convention, Concertino in Worcester, MA. Friends who are there have already started posting.

Who else can't go? Even if you are there, join in with some party food or drink and a filksong of your choice. I'll start things off with a round of authentic Callahanian God's Blessings (made with Bailey's, of course, and strong Kenyan coffee gifted me by the Songbird) and a rousing rendition of Frank Hayes' "Like A Lamb to the Slaughter."

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[smoooom.livejournal.com]

Can't go, want to go. Trying to be not jealous.

Singing? I've been working on stuff for my Brothers wedding. Though I do have a new song running through my hrad.

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Me, too. My niece's wedding, for which I'm learning two Bach arrangements for classical guitar.

I've got some Tullamore Dew from Dublin. Okay, Dublin, Ohio. but still, you can buy the stuff here; I get mine at the grocery store during certain hours.

[poltr1]

One of these years I hope to actually make it to an East Coast filk con. But not this year. Got no money to attend cons at the moment.

I offer some Buffalo-style chicken wings and Joe Ellis' "And The Sky Was Full Of Stars". I really like singing that because I can put some emotion in my voice when I sing it.

[mdlbear]

I have a bottle of The Glenlivet to pass around.

The Mary Ellen Carter, and my song Quiet Victories. Because I have friends who need 'em.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Lessee... Popcorn, root beer (not real beer 'cause I'm on call), and... yeah. "Many Hearts, One Voice."

Wait. God's Blessing is made with the Black Bush, not Bailey's. The whipped cream goes on *top* of an Irish coffee. What you described would be an Irish Latte. :)

[hms42]

There will be a recording from the con appearing over the weekend from my recording panel.

Sorry it won't be more.

[janeg.livejournal.com]

No, can't make that as well as Duckon, even though I would have loved to see Technical Difficulties.

The time is right for a rhubarb crisp. And since Seanan's not at Concertino, I can sing her Maybe It's Crazy (since Phil plays it so often for me, he got to play it for Seanan at the Dead Duck when she got a request).

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

Technical Difficulties? As in the original or 2.0?

[janeg.livejournal.com]

2.0 but I was mixing up Concertino and Confluence.

In penance I add a case of Wind and Sail Dark Ale, from Barley Days Brewery, a microbrewery in Prince Edward County.

[sodyera.livejournal.com]

Sorry, my Obama gelt went to putting together an L.E.D. TV and wrestling with the Digital TV Nightmare (see my previous posts). I miss everybody very much.

How about a bowl of caramel popcorn and a round of "Barret's Privateers"!

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

I'm up in Franklin, NC, at the Taste of Scotland Festival. Will be back in Atlanta later on this evening. Still owe you birthday dinner, you crazy cajun, you.

[jonbaker.livejournal.com]

We're here in the rainy city of Brooklyn, as well. We thought "Hey, let's go to Readercon this year!" Which means no Concertino, because two Boston trips in rapid succession is a bit much. Although we will be doing way more driving than that, during the Readercon trip.

If all goes well, we're planning a small vacation: a weekend with a bunch of religious folks in an inn in the Berkshires, then a few days with my parents in the Catskills, then Readercon and home.

Turns out it was good we didn't plan to go - my brother, fairly late in the game, ordered our parents to throw his daughter a first-birthday party on Sunday. So we're off to the City tomorrow afternoon.

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I'll follow "Lamb to the Slaughter" with Mar Yaakov's "Lambs to the Daughter." One of these days, I'll finish the website with those of Ose Walrus' works I can find online.

Blackberry brandy, anyone? Lisa?

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

Okay, there needs to be something *healthy* here! So add a tray of veggies...oh, and an entire bar of Lindt Excellence 99% percent cacao chocolate, broken into small squares. Dark chocolate is health food, and I'm not supposed to eat it all.

I closed on a house in Groveland on May 9th, and I'm still unpacking. Someone thank Obama for me; that first-time homeowner stimulus money has been coming in handy for my house-related stuff.

Song? Someone pass me the words to "Books, Books, Books" and join me on the choruses.

[filkferengi]

Dawn & I missed you at Daric's housefilk last weekend.