It's time for DISNEY MAGIC for Jay Lake!: seanan

It's time for DISNEY MAGIC for Jay Lake!

A wonderful fundraiser has been put together in the name of my beloved friend, Jay Lake, who is currently battling a recurrence of his cancer. The fundraiser is at http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/Sequence-a-Science-Fiction-Writer/38705

To quote the description text:

"Jay Lake is an award-winning American author of ten science fiction novels and over 300 short stories. He is also one of more than a million Americans who have colon cancer. Diagnosed in April, 2008, Jay's cancer has progressed from a single tumor to metastatic disease affecting the lung and liver, recurring after multiple surgeries and chemotherapy courses, and multiplying from single tumor presentations to multiple tumors presentations. Jay is now in his fourth round of chemotherapy, but it's not clear that it's working, and his doctors have little to go on in terms of advising further courses of treatment for him. In short, things are not looking good for Jay. Not at all.

However, a new technology is becoming available—one that may offer his doctors a better option for treating the cancer. We're trying to raise funds to allow Jay to have whole genome sequencing. There is a small possibility that the results of such a test, which is more comprehensive than conventional genetic testing of tumors, may suggest a treatment path that Jay's doctor's may not have considered, and that could be life saving. It's a really small chance, and Jay knows that.

For this fundraiser, we have asked some science fiction and fantasy writers to donate an "Act of Whimsy" which they will share with the community as we reach milestones in our fundraising."

My act of whimsy? DISNEY MAGIC, BITCHES. I have promised an undisclosed act of filking, and here it is: I, and an assortment of the ever-rotating members of my mix and match band, will perform and record a cover of the Disney song of your choice in honor of Jay Lake. Animated movie? Musical? Live action classic? Phineas and Ferb? The possibilities, and the horrors, are endless. "Wreck It Wreck-It Ralph," "Age of Not Believing," "Rollercoaster," "That's How You Know"...whatever.

But first, we gotta pick a song. So! If you have donated ANY AMOUNT, go ahead and comment here with the name of the Disney song YOU want to hear. If the song you want has already been commented, do it again, as I will be using the random number generator to pick a song tomorrow afternoon at 5pm PST. I will NOT tell you what song has been chosen. ONLY TERROR WILL TELL. (Actual recording will have to wait until this cold gives me back my voice.)

This is honor system, guys; please only comment if you've donated, but I won't chase you down demanding proof.

GAME ON!

tikilovegod

January 10 2013, 23:16:44 UTC 4 years ago

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I, for one, would love to see what a bunch of filkers could do with/to the theme from Tron.

debmats

January 10 2013, 23:17:03 UTC 4 years ago

Something from Mary Poppins - either Supercalifragilisticksexpialidocious (SP?????) or Chim Chim'nee (sp?)

Eytan Zweig

January 10 2013, 23:25:20 UTC 4 years ago

"Hellfire", from Hunchback of Notre Dame.

rollick

January 11 2013, 00:39:16 UTC 4 years ago

ooooOOOOOoOOoooooooOOOoo. +1

January 11 2013, 00:40:38 UTC 4 years ago

Oh wow. I've been listening to Mulan's "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" over and over lately for obscure work-related reasons. It'd be a lot more fun with a woman singing it, though.

Lost_Violet

January 11 2013, 00:42:20 UTC 4 years ago

You'll Be In My Heart from Tarzan

ohari

January 11 2013, 01:40:25 UTC 4 years ago

Wreck It Wreck It Ralph.

Which I still have not seen.

archangelbeth

January 11 2013, 01:57:45 UTC 4 years ago

Scar's song, "Be Prepared," from The Lion King.

But all the other options are 100% awesome as well.

lysystratae

January 11 2013, 02:03:24 UTC 4 years ago

It's a Small World :)

January 11 2013, 02:05:12 UTC 4 years ago

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!

dolohov

January 11 2013, 02:31:44 UTC 4 years ago

"Friend Like Me", from Aladdin.

juglore

January 11 2013, 02:37:53 UTC 4 years ago

Davy Crockett theme from the Davy Crockett TV show.

vincentursus

January 11 2013, 02:49:15 UTC 4 years ago

This is hard to choose, but I'm going to go with Vanessa's song from Phineas and Ferb "I'm Me."

serge_lj

January 11 2013, 03:20:18 UTC 4 years ago

I see that the fundraiser has already reached its goal and exceeded it by 25%. Yay!

KMMiraz

January 11 2013, 03:22:56 UTC 4 years ago

The Jungle Book:

Bear Necessities
That's What Friends are For

nomadmwe

January 11 2013, 03:34:31 UTC 4 years ago

Gummi Bears theme.

LET'S DO THIS THING

deakat

January 11 2013, 03:41:21 UTC 4 years ago

And we hit and surpassed $25K! Whoooooooo!!!

I'd like a mashup of your favourites, SVP.

seticat

January 11 2013, 05:01:22 UTC 4 years ago Edited: January 11 2013, 05:08:19 UTC

Anything from Mulan. And signal boosted on my LJ and FB

I just came from the donation page. There's 33 days left on the fundraiser and it's already hit $26,349! [insert Happy Dance here]

idancewithlife

January 11 2013, 06:57:04 UTC 4 years ago Edited: January 11 2013, 07:18:49 UTC

(changed my mind)

The theme from the Mickey Mouse Club

djonn

January 11 2013, 09:58:59 UTC 4 years ago

There are a great many excellent possibilities, many of which have been suggested upstream.

For my own pick, though -- because it's a personal favorite, I'm going to suggest "Mine, Mine, Mine" from Pocahontas. (And before you call me completely nuts, remember that John Smith has a verse of that one....)

wenhaver

January 11 2013, 15:50:47 UTC 4 years ago

Aglet - Phineas and Ferb

Or

Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo from Cinderella

Mike Hitchcock

January 11 2013, 17:21:40 UTC 4 years ago

The original brain-melting meme: It's a Small World. But done in the style of Black Flag... that would be so totally sweet!

This would help exorcise the echoes in my head since 1976 from being on that ride as a child...