Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Bob Kanefsky, "Deadline..."

Bob Kanefsky: still the devil.

I believe we've discussed this before, but: in the filk community, there is a man by the name of Bob Kanefsky. He is also a verb. To "be Kanef'd" is to have one of your songs gripped in the white-hot maw of his evil genius, chewed up, and spat out as something entirely different. If he and Weird Al Yankovic got into gonzo parody battle (probably in an abandoned warehouse somewhere, with lots of exposed beams and weirdly good lighting), Kanef would win with subtlety and horrifyingly accurate internal rhyme.

To be Kanef'd is a rite of passage in the filk community. It is the announcement that yes, you have made it as a songwriter; yes, you have created something good enough to be worth tinkering with.

The first time I was Kanef'd, I like to've died. Literally—I couldn't breathe. And as with most creative people, he's only improved since then. At the Circus on Saturday night, he launched a new parody at me, using Vixy and Tony as his delivery mechanism.

"I get paid to write a fairy tale:
Tinkerbell’s detective daughter,
Fourteen years of unread mail,
Like a fish out of the water..."

Oh, yeah. He went there.

"Deadline: About the Author" is set to the tune of "My Story Is Not Done," and contains spoilers for/references to the Newsflesh trilogy, the Toby Daye books, and Discount Armageddon. And it is hysterical.

Bob Kanefsky, I salute you.

I shall have my revenge.
Tags: filk, music, people make things, silliness, song lyrics, tony, vixy
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apocalypticbob

September 13 2012, 15:56:41 UTC 4 years ago

That. Was. AWESOME!!

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 16:31:00 UTC 4 years ago

Seriously.

mrs_norris_mous

September 13 2012, 15:58:27 UTC 4 years ago

Congratulations that was very good.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 16:31:09 UTC 4 years ago

I was thrilled.

ravnsdaughter

September 13 2012, 16:09:57 UTC 4 years ago

I just received my Wicked Girls CD last Friday and have been listening to it, well, not non-stop, as I have to sleep and work, but *a lot*, because I totally love it. So I immediately recognized the pattern of "My Story Is Not Done" from those four lines up there. That was absolutely awesome!

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 16:31:20 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

ravnsdaughter

4 years ago

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4 years ago

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ravnsdaughter

4 years ago

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kay_gmd

September 13 2012, 16:15:08 UTC 4 years ago

Loved it Live! Also thrilled to see the lyrics. I don't suppose there's any chance anyone was recording Saturday. I'd love to hear it again.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 16:31:33 UTC 4 years ago

Not that I am aware of, alas.

artbeco

4 years ago

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spectralbovine

September 13 2012, 16:16:24 UTC 4 years ago

I remember being in the bookstore when they started playing it and thinking, "They're doing 'My Story Is Not Done' again? Huh, weird. Okay, I guess it's just that Vixy and Tony are covering it. Wait a second, those aren't the lyrics..." Brilliant!

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 16:31:43 UTC 4 years ago

Hee hee hee.

cailleuch

September 13 2012, 16:30:16 UTC 4 years ago

Wish I could have heard it live. Oh well, maybe some day.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 16:31:52 UTC 4 years ago

Someday!

debmats

September 13 2012, 16:42:07 UTC 4 years ago

There was much giggling when we heard it on Saturday!!!

Yay for lyrics (as I missed a some because of da giggling and all)

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:06:05 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

reedrover

September 13 2012, 16:49:45 UTC 4 years ago

That is fabulous! You should be proud.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:06:12 UTC 4 years ago

I am.

la_marquise_de_

September 13 2012, 16:56:41 UTC 4 years ago

Over here, we call that 'Alcocked'. I have been on the receiving end of that latter, oh yes...

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:06:18 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, Phil.

groblek

September 13 2012, 17:00:37 UTC 4 years ago

I was so glad to have been there to hear it. He's a brilliant evil genius with the parodies. Also, I would pay a lot to watch a parody battle between Kanef and Wierd Al. :)

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:06:31 UTC 4 years ago

I would pay a lot, from a safe tactical distance.

ohari

September 13 2012, 17:03:39 UTC 4 years ago

You're right, that is FABULOUS.

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:06:41 UTC 4 years ago

Seriously.

anne_d

September 13 2012, 17:18:19 UTC 4 years ago

That is awesome, with extra points for rhyming Armageddon!

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:06:52 UTC 4 years ago

I know, right?

lapislaz

September 13 2012, 17:48:58 UTC 4 years ago

So, if being parodied by Bob is being "Kanef'd", is taking revenge being "McGuired"?

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 18:07:03 UTC 4 years ago

Not yet!

melchar

4 years ago

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thedragonweaver

4 years ago

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lapislaz

4 years ago

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archangelbeth

September 13 2012, 18:56:59 UTC 4 years ago

*dies chortling at "Long as Shakespeare has more titles."*

*rises and dies again at "And I always make a backup"*

That's... pretty hysterical, yup.

I look forward to your revenge!

kanef

September 15 2012, 03:28:58 UTC 4 years ago

You picked out the very two lines that got the biggest laughs at Borderlands, or so it seemed to me.

For that first line, I assume it was partly the recognition of where all her readers know the titles come from, but mostly the image of the series accumulating as many books as there are lines of verse in the complete works of Shakespeare. ("Wake me up when October ends.")

Interestingly, the other line seemed to have a delayed reaction of about one full second. I assume that's how long it took for the first few people to figure out the full meaning of it. Although for all I know, since I was at the back of the room and Seanan was at the front, she might have started laughing at the thought that she always backs up her work, and people might have reacted to her reaction, and it took about one second to propagate to the back of the room at the speed of humor.

azurelunatic

4 years ago

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archangelbeth

4 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

4 years ago

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tsukara

September 13 2012, 20:46:46 UTC 4 years ago

Kyahaha~! (People here should really be used to me being able to describe exactly why I'm laughing madly at work.. oh well.)

I await the revenge with much glee.

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:29:27 UTC 4 years ago

Hee.

briargrey

September 13 2012, 20:52:23 UTC 4 years ago

That is just brilliant. I am seriously in awe! And now I must listen to Wicked Girls to finish off my work day ;)

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:29:33 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

vincentursus

September 13 2012, 23:03:06 UTC 4 years ago

That was well done.

I look forwards to your vengeance.

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:29:46 UTC 4 years ago

Indeed.

peachtales

September 14 2012, 00:06:01 UTC 4 years ago

Fantastic. :)

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:29:53 UTC 4 years ago

Yes.

notalwaysweak

September 14 2012, 00:08:49 UTC 4 years ago

That is beautiful. I, too, wish I could have heard it. Bonus mp3 for sponsors for your next album? *bats eyelashes*

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:05 UTC 4 years ago

Unlikely; I don't own those words.

notalwaysweak

4 years ago

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muddlewait

September 14 2012, 00:33:53 UTC 4 years ago

That was the kind of laugh that puts light behind my eyes. For days.

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:12 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

batyatoon

September 14 2012, 01:25:16 UTC 4 years ago

I saw it when Kanef linked to it, and I am STILL giggling.

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:20 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

dragonsally

September 14 2012, 03:07:26 UTC 4 years ago

Oh.My.God.
That is brilliant!

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:28 UTC 4 years ago

I know, right?

amanda_nye

September 14 2012, 03:51:53 UTC 4 years ago

Awesome!

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:36 UTC 4 years ago

Yes.

hoppytoad79

September 14 2012, 05:28:48 UTC 4 years ago

That is brilliant! I love it! I see why it's an honor to be Kanef'd. Do share your revenge with us. ;D

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:44 UTC 4 years ago

I shall.

azurelunatic

September 14 2012, 07:46:55 UTC 4 years ago

I had so much fun! I am *still giggling*. The AU fish are learning to sing it now.

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:30:55 UTC 4 years ago

Ha!
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