The Cliffs of Insanity

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Several, actually.

I met TLC a few years before Left Eye died. They came to the BMG facility in Duncan. They were all tiny people, really really small.

I met Marina Sirtis and George Takei at science fiction conventions. I would have met Ray Park if he hadn't bailed on the con in Virginia Beach, but I met a lot of DMEB celebs there. I'd like to think I was a DMEB celeb too. I sure contributed a lot. But I wasn't anywhere near the wonderfulmousness that was MaulsMate, so maybe I wasn't. ::shrugs::

I met Alan Jackson backstage at a concert I went to only because everyone I loved at work was going and it was free. The man is a freakin' hillbilly.

I was serenaded by and later met Weird Al Yankovic.

I almost met Jeff Lynne. I was like three feet away from him when he stopped hobnobbing with fans and walked away. I was devastated.

And I met Barry Andrews, first online, then in person years later in Brighton, England. It was the most terrifying, wonderful, intense, Vampiric, inspirational experience of my life. I'm still not over it and it's been almost three years since that happened. I don't think I'll ever fully recover, truth be told.

Online, I've met Talitha MacKenzie and Bear McCreary, which is pretty grooveh.

I think that's it.

How did these two songs get lodged in his head, is what I want to know. It's perverse, yet perfect! Sorta like "My Spine Bugs."

I missed doing this yesterday. Bad me, no bone!

This should amuse anyone who has ever ended up with a computer virus. Al's vocal acrobatics in this song give me chicken pimples of joy.

Stinky Cheese

My favourite Weird Al polka.

So this is what happens when the creator of "The Saga Begins" meets up with the creator of "Ren & Stimpy." I'm not as impressed as I should be, but it's still worth a mention because Al and John K are two of my heroes, so there you go.

Close But No Cigar

I still like Thomas Dolby's song by the same name better. Sorry, but 'tis true.

Today's featurette is "The Saga Begins," which was of monumental importance to us geeky Star Wars fans who were all over The Phantom Menace like a freckle. green_goblin7t and I would listen to this song and just titter with glee. It was one of the few times he and I were united in our love for something. A Jedi and a Sith figuratively linked arm in arm, singing along at work instead of doing our jobs.....good times, good times! I got to see Al in concert for the first time when he was touring to promote Running with Scissors, the album this song is on. When he sang this song, in full costume, and came to the part where Qui Gon Jinn meets up with Darth Maul and "now he's toast," I shouted out so loud that I got Al's attention! Oh, it should be of note that this song merited the traditional lit lighters one sees at many concerts. It was a glorious moment. Al did it again during the Poodle Hat concert too, but I was too verklempt to scream out like I did the time before; however, when we got backstage to talk to Al, I did tell him how this song had touched many women in the Darth Maul Estrogen Brigade. He seemed rather amused by that, as well he should be.

So, without further ado, I present the instant classic THE SAGA BEGINS

Here's batch number one, with closed captioning, behind the cut. Warning!! This is a very image-heavy post and is absolutely unfriendly to dial-up users. May the Mighties have mercy on all our souls.

( ai yai yai )

I'll do more tomorrow, if'n I get my way. For now, though, I must take my exhausted behonkie to bed.