LAST EDITED ON Jun-20-19 AT 00:28 AM (EDT)
 
Sometimes, when you least expect it, the answer appears to a question you weren't even asking.

2019.06.20 edit: http://www.eyrie-productions.com/UF/AUDIO/FI/OOTR/TFLF/2-18%20Chapter%2016_%20_Discovery_.mp3

Sorry I'm a little bit breathless in parts of this one. It was an unexpectedly steamy day in the Podunk Valley today, and I don't have my living room/office AC set up yet, so it's a bit close in here tonight.

--G.
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That was sweet, and quite excellent. Miku's arrival ties off a nice bit of loose thread, and it also closes the loop on the "musical" UF additions quite nicely. Very accurately portrays the comment Korra made to Corwin about musicians and networking as well.

very nice poi!

-Z

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Remember kids: guns make you stupid, duct tape makes you smart.

"What do you call your band?"
"'What Do We Call Our Band?'"
"Uh... that was the question."
"It is also the answer."
"...I'm confused."

>"What do you call your band?"
>"'What Do We Call Our Band?'"
>"Uh... that was the question."
>"It is also the answer."
>"...I'm confused."

Some people I knew at WPI had a cat named Sheedy, which was short for She Doesn't Have One Yet, We'll Think of One Later.

(And another one who got into some paint and made a mess of the living room carpet, and so earned the name Picasso, short for He's No Fucking Picasso.)

Amazingly, neither of those is my favorite cat name from those days. That honor goes to my Swedish friend Heléne's cat Snabblagad, whose name was Swedish for "easy to cook". This is immortalized in UF as the name of the popular dish "snabs and belgad" (which contains no cat).

Anyway, running gag aside, we'll find out the JV's band's name next time, and no, it isn't The Junior Varsity.

--G.
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>Amazingly, neither of those is my favorite cat name from those days.
>That honor goes to my Swedish friend Heléne's cat Snabblagad, whose
>name was Swedish for "easy to cook". This is immortalized in UF as
>the name of the popular dish "snabs and belgad" (which contains no
>cat).

I was always curious about what that dish was intended to be...

>>Amazingly, neither of those is my favorite cat name from those days.
>>That honor goes to my Swedish friend Heléne's cat Snabblagad, whose
>>name was Swedish for "easy to cook". This is immortalized in UF as
>>the name of the popular dish "snabs and belgad" (which contains no
>>cat).
>
>I was always curious about what that dish was intended to be...

A snab is a Salusian root vegetable, similar to a white potato. Belgad is the meat of a Corellian herd animal of the same name, and is more or less interchangeable with beef (as indeed it must be in many 25th-century implementations of older Earth recipes, since belgad are much more commonly raised around the galaxy than Earth cattle).

Snabs and belgad takes many forms; the most common are something not too dissimilar to pot roast and a slightly more elaborate version that is basically cottage pie.

--G.
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>"What do you call your band?"
>"'What Do We Call Our Band?'"
>"Uh... that was the question."
>"It is also the answer."
>"...I'm confused."

Alternatively, 'We Are Not Very Good'

>>"What do you call your band?"
>>"'What Do We Call Our Band?'"
>>"Uh... that was the question."
>>"It is also the answer."
>>"...I'm confused."
>
>Alternatively, 'We Are Not Very Good'

A popular recreation in my circle at WPI in the early '90s was to go through the concerts-and-shows sections of local indie/alternative papers, marveling at the band names. The one that remains most prominent in my memory was called "I've Been Shot", but there was another one called "Shitty Shitty Band Band".

--G.
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LAST EDITED ON Aug-11-18 AT 02:27 AM (EDT)
 
>>>"What do you call your band?"
>>>"'What Do We Call Our Band?'"
>>>"Uh... that was the question."
>>>"It is also the answer."
>>>"...I'm confused."
>>
>>Alternatively, 'We Are Not Very Good'
>
>A popular recreation in my circle at WPI in the early '90s was to go
>through the concerts-and-shows sections of local indie/alternative
>papers, marveling at the band names. The one that remains most
>prominent in my memory was called "I've Been Shot", but there was
>another one called "Shitty Shitty Band Band".

Back about the same period, I briefly ran a TfOS game online, in which one of the PCs was a member of "Severe Tire Damage". The band logo, as seen on T-shirts etc, was a reproduction of the warning sign(s) that (used to?) accompany one-way spike gates - "Do Not Back Up, SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE".

>Back about the same period, I briefly ran a TfOS game online, in which
>one of the PCs was a member of "Severe Tire Damage". The band logo,
>as seen on T-shirts etc, was a reproduction of the warning sign(s)
>that (used to?) accompany one-way spike gates - "Do Not Back Up,
>SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE".

--G.
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Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

>"What do you call your band?"
>"'What Do We Call Our Band?'"
>"Uh... that was the question."
>"It is also the answer."
>"...I'm confused."

"No, Rob Crocker is Confused."

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

In my mind, Miku met Gryphon some time after the Fog left Earth, and popped in to say hello after the Exile had ended, which resulted in her listening to a lot of Kate's early works.

Peter Eng
--
"Is there anybody you don't know?"
"I'm starting to wonder myself."

I enjoyed this, but I don't have a lot to say, just that after listening to the track again, I think that

make it better
do it faster
makes us stronger
more than ever
hour after
our work is never over

(as reported in the fic) should actually be

make it better
do it faster
makes us stronger
more than ever
hour after hour
work is never over

Not entirely sure, but it seems to make a bit more sense?

--dbrandon

LAST EDITED ON Jul-31-18 AT 03:36 PM (EDT)
 
>I enjoyed this, but I don't have a lot to say, just that after
>listening to the track again, I think that
>
>make it better
>do it faster
>makes us stronger
>more than ever
>hour after
>our work is never over
>
>(as reported in the fic) should actually be
>
>make it better
>do it faster
>makes us stronger
>more than ever
>hour after hour
>work is never over
>
>Not entirely sure, but it seems to make a bit more sense?

I'm pretty sure it's a play on the homophones (that is to say, it's both, but there's no really good way of depicting that symbolically); "our work is never over" turns up by itself several times.

--G.
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mmm, possible.

-dbrandon

Because the Federation really does live forever.

Thanks, Ben.