When they were just young boys they played the silver ball.
From Frisco down to Brighton, unstructured data all.
We ain’t seen nothin’ like them, no sense of humour at all
Now deaf, dumb and blind bros sure create… actionable business insights
@thegibson parody use is theoretically for commenting on the original work, but #filk happens
Al says he gets approval from original rights holders before releasing
He might still play, say Laundry Day for instance, in concert even if it's not on an album
Looking forward to next month…
Do you remember
Hurricane season September?
No changing the minds of pretenders
No chasing the clouds away
Our heads were stinging
In the key that assholes are singing
As winds danced in the night, remember
How assholes stole the nights away, oh yeah
Hey, hey, hey
Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya, chancing in September
Ba-dee-ya, more and more chaotic days
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👆 That's 🔜
🌏 This Saturday morning for Australia/NZ/Japan/SE Asia,
🌎 This Friday evening for Americas
🌍 ⚠️ Psst for European and African listeners: there may be a live sound test/rehearsal before, Friday morning your time, which you can drop in on. Watch this space!
#RFFF#RFFF25#LiveMusic#FilkDiaries#Filk
It’s official! An encore performance of my sellout* December live concert is returning in July!
« A Christmas in July Wasted with Deb Pickett »
Featuring all my terrible song parodies, original novelty songs, and some new material!
• Clank! I Just Thought of The Romans Again 0️⃣
• I’ve Written a Self-Referential Major-General Parody
• Brillo, Spit-Brillo
• Pooper Scooper
• Big Boat Stuck (with a new verse! Two if you help another ship run aground)
Saturday 26 July 2025, 0h00 UTC (Saturday morning for my side of the Pacific, Friday evening for the other side of the Pacific, I’m So Sorry for the outside of the Pacific) at https://party.radiofreefedi.net/ thanks to @radiofreefedi
#RadioFreeFedi#RFF#RFFF#LiveMusic#SingerSongwriter#Filk#FilkDiaries#Clank
YESTERDAY
Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be,
And there's a milestone
hanging over me
The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.
Write in C
(“Let it Be”)
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
"Write in C."
As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers:
"Write in C."
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
LOGO's dead and buried,
Write in C.
I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
For science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics!
Write in C.
Just found an old file with #filk songs from a GeoCities site…
🧵 🎶 ⚠️
YESTERDAY
Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be,
And there's a milestone
hanging over me
The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.
Just found an old file with #filk songs from a GeoCities site…
🧵 🎶 ⚠️