Tuesday, July 28, 2009



I was searching for something a few months ago, and I came across the song "My Love Was Like the Moon" from the album "Thirteen," clicked the preview out of curiosity, and fell instantly in love. I then spent an evening tracking it down over the internet and listening to some of the other sample tracks on the CD, and ended up buying not only the track that first drew me to Vixi and Tony, but "Mal's Song" as well (yes, it is a Firefly fan song and an AMAZING one at that!).

On Vixy and Tony's Website you can hear at least clips of most of the tracks as well as getting a peak behind the scenes of the songs. I was not familiar with the term "filk" until I started hunting up this album, but I realized that the "musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom" (according to Wikipedia) was something I already enjoyed through the Bard's songs, and something I wanted to hear more of. I haven't bought the whole album yet, but I was intrigued by the skill of the musicians as well as the the nerdoms represented. At the very least listen to "My Love Was Like the Moon" and see if you can resist the haunting melody. Do any of you listen to/have an suggestions of some good filk?

P.S. Sorry I skipped Saturday--there really wasn't anything to show and I was exhaused since I'd had a busy week. I'll try and make it up this week!

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