Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • 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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beeker121

September 14 2012, 15:19:33 UTC 4 years ago

That is amazing. And I had a small personal squee moment when I started reading the lyrics above the cut and knew exactly what tune I should be humming.

seanan_mcguire

September 15 2012, 17:31:08 UTC 4 years ago

Aw, yay.

pameladean

September 16 2012, 18:02:40 UTC 4 years ago

I laughed so much that I knocked over my tea. His ear is just about perfect; I am really impressed, when I can stop giggling for a moment.

It's so convenient when the novelist is also a songwriter!

I haven't read Discount Armageddon yet, being too busy imprinting on Toby; but since I read the Newsflesh trilogy out of order -- I had to read Deadline first because of the Hugo nomination -- and was riveted to the page anyway, I don't think the spoiler matters much to me.

P.

seanan_mcguire

September 17 2012, 18:31:27 UTC 4 years ago

He's amazing.

Missed you in Chicago!
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