The Temptation of Wood.

Last night, for reasons I no longer quite recall, I was reading through the various filksongs of Kevin Wald. His he's written some rather crazy song-parody verse-puzzles in the NPL, and his filksongs are absolutely amazing. (Of particular note is "Xena: or, The Warrior Princess," which takes as its source Gilbert and Sullivan's "Modern Major General.")

Anyway, I'm all for pastiches and parodies, but I've never really used a real sci-fi subject, preferring instead, current events of various types. So I was wondering what I could do as filk all through today (except for the part of it when I was asleep). On my way home from a night at the 3rd Street Promenade (whole other story), I heard a beat that was very similar to "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by the Temptations. Suddenly I had my song . . .

( Mama Was the Chosen One (by Robin Wood and the Temptations) )

TueNYTX: 4:45.

It's the wave of the future.

The new "Component" layout is the hottest thing on LiveJournal since the new style settings came out, and it's the only one I've seen that does what I want it to. If you're reading from your friends page, take a look at my main page and marvel at the difference [style is no longer the same].