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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2012-02-19 10:04 am

My robot can kill your robot with the power of my mind

Single Malt & Song did not put me in a coma, temporary or otherwise, but I had a very nice time nonetheless. I sang "Ten Cents a Dance" by request and "Gentleman-Rankers" (with [livejournal.com profile] teenybuffalo) because I love it and I need to learn "Paddy's Lamentation." Why does my life not contain more applejack on a regular basis?

I am leaving shortly for the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival's 'Thon; I do not expect to be online much for the rest of the day and/or tomorrow. I am not liveblogging. I am bringing a backpack with my computer and some books in case I overdose on media and need to curl up somewhere and read for a bit, but I think that's sort of the opposite direction.

I have never tried to watch movies for twenty-four hours straight in my life. I have absolutely no idea how it will work out. (The good news: I don't want to see everything on the list. And I have no compunctions about bailing if it's my health or Re-Animator (1981), although there are films they could show that would make me change my priorities.) It should be fun to find out.

[identity profile] ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com 2012-02-20 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It was probably more. The worst film I saw was Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and that was merely popcorn-enjoyable.

Excellent! I'm happy to hear this.

I finally used my mind and recollected that "Paddy's Lamentation" is also cried "By the Hush", which netted two versions in my collection. Frank Harte and Róisín White--purer drop were seldom heard.

So:
Frank Harte: "By the Hush Me Boys" (Daybreak and a Candle End (1987))

Róisín White: "By the Hush" (The First of My Rambles (1991))

Róisín White: "Do Me Justice" (The First of My Rambles (1991))

Róisín White: "Craigie Hill" (The First of My Rambles (1991))

I've put in two others from Róisín, just because I think she's a brilliant singer.