Revenge is a dish best served with country accompaniment

Apparently Dave Carroll wrote the song with his band, Sons of Maxwell, after his 35-hundred-dollar, custom-made guitar was severely damaged during a United Airlines flight, with little sympathy or help from United. Here's the story on the LAtimes site.



As one of the readers posted in response to the story:

"Revenge is a dish best served with country accompaniment."

Library Boy song & lyrics

A while back, I mentioned that I was disappointed that Urban Tapestry hasn't performed Library Boy much since we debuted it for our friend Rand in 2002 because of my sucky tendinitis tendons. Allison already has so much on her plate these days (she's in the midst of writing report cards right now!). Thanks to those who volunteered to learn the song for singing in public -- I'm pretty pleased with the song, and it seems a shame to retire it.

Sadly, I wasn't able to find a taped recording of the song.

Happily, Jodi kindly volunteered to help me put together a recording for people to use as reference. I created a crude accompaniment using a bit of live guitar and a Garageband guitar loop; it's not perfect, but it was enough for her to sing with. Jodi, by the way, is an excellent and reliable voiceover artist, so if you need professional voiceover work done, please do check out Voiceoversandvocals.com.

I may be adding some more instrumentation eventually, but for now you can download the song from the FilkArchive.

Speaking of the FilkArchive, I've also uploaded recorded versions of Waiting For Frodo, Sing With Me, and Heart of the Mountain (by Phil Mills).

I'm hoping to eventually add some other songs that Urban Tapestry doesn't tend to perform live anymore because of my guitar-challenged tendons. Homecoming is one of these songs, but it's available on our live album (Sushi and High Tea) and can also hear it on our MySpace page.

Here are the lyrics/chords:

LIBRARY BOY
By Debbie Ridpath Ohi, performed by Urban Tapestry
(Happy birthday to our friend Rand Bellavia of Ookla the Mok
From Allison, Jodi & Debbie)
April/2002

C F G
I am a civilized girl, I comb my hair, I love my family
C
but I confess my very favourite refuge is my local
F G
library.
F G
The musty bookshelves are so picturesque
F G C C
But most of all I like the guy behind the desk.


CHORUS:
F C
Hey, Mr. Library Boy, please wontcha
F C
show me a little Heinlein or some Leo Tolstoy
F C
You don't know I exist but you have my heart
G
Wontcha stamp my card?

C C

C F G
The way you put away books, the way you always articulate
C
The way you gimme a look when I talk too loud, it makes my poor heart
F G
palpitate
F G
When I go home, the world loses its zest
F G C C
Can't wait 'til I get back to the guy behind the desk.


CHORUS:
F C
Hey, Mr. Library Boy, please wontcha
F C
show me a little Heinlein or some Leo Tolstoy
F C
You don't know I exist but you have my heart
G
Wontcha stamp my card?

C F G
I've got a tendency to keep books 'til they're way overdue
C
I get the notices but it's been six years, where's my special
F G
visit from you?
F G
You smile at me and I can't help but obsess
F G C C
how I'd like to catalog the guy behind the desk.


CHORUS:
F C
Hey, Mr. Library Boy, please wontcha
F C
show me a little Heinlein or some Leo Tolstoy
F C
You don't know I exist but you have my heart
G
Wontcha stamp my card?


BRIDGE/END:
C F C C
Oh Mr. Library Boy, by now you surely know I'm not a newcomer
C F
So baby, let's not be coy, I'd like to get your
C C
Dewey Decimal Number
F G
I try but nothing I do will make me forget
F G C -------
My passion for that special guy behind the desk.



(Jodi: Mr. Library Boy, lemme show ya some
bibliophile joy)

Songwriting Notes

I'm continuing to gradually revamp the Urban Tapestry website, gradually adding songs back to our list. To make it more interesting for me and for visitors, I'm enhancing each song page as I add it back in -- often with cartoons or photos, plus a bit of background info about the song and how it was created. Allison and Jodi will add notes to their own songs when they have time but meanwhile I've been monopolizing the song list. :-)

Latest additions: The Friendship Song and My Jalapeno Man.

Wherever possible, I've also included a streaming sound file or a link to a streaming sound file. Right now I'm trying out Boxstr.com, which hosts up to 200 GB of files for free with 75 GB/day of bandwidth. If anyone knows of a better streaming/hosting service, please do let me know.

Anyway, this means that I can start blipping Urban Tapestry songs on my Blip.fm page! My first Urban Tapestry blip: The Friendship Song.

Hope you're all having a great weekend, everyone.

Urban Tapestry sites (finally) being updated :-)

I've updated the Urban Tapestry MySpace page with some new songs since we can now post 10 songs. I'm also starting to add UT songs with lyrics and background info to the official Urban Tapestry site, blog-style. Whenever possible, I'll also include a link to a place online where you can hear the song. Our MySpace page includes a song from our Very First album (now out of print, was only available on cassette): "I'll Be Fine", one of Jodi's songs.

I also need to upload more songs to the FilkArchive soon, include Urban Tapestry's rendition of Heart Of The Mountain (Phil Mills has kindly given his permission). Hoping to do that this afternoon...

To filkers attending Worldcon

I'll be attending the annual summer conference of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators so won't be able to attend Worldcon this year, but for those filkers out there who -are- going, here's a message from Peggi and Judith:

This is a tough year to be thinking about a Worldcon. Money's tight, time is tight and we all have more important things to think about. However, those of us running the filk track are trying to decide whether to cut the planned track to 2 or 3 days. Open filk will run the full con. Right now we just don't have enough people to run that full track. So..... If you were thinking about Worldcon, planning on Worldcon, absolutely certain of Worldcon, AND you'd be interested in filk programming, please let us know asap.

If we're cutting the track, it needs to happen now. We have room space to cancel, sound equipment to cancel, etc. That asap really means ASAP.

Many thanks from Judith and Peggi
hayman at mountaincable dot net
peggiwl at rogers dot net