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Jul. 1st, 2020
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bnewmanA duet for HAL and GLaDOS. See also Freaking Out
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Daisy Bell" (aka "Bicycle Built for Two") by Harry Dacre
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ttto: "Daisy Bell" (aka "Bicycle Built for Two") by Harry Dacre
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( Read more... )A Mazing Grace
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanA hymn for walking life's labyrinth.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Amazing Grace" by John Newton, set to "New Britain", trad.
Antarctica
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewman Based on "At the Mountains of Madness" by H. P. Lovecraft.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Africa" by Toto
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lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Africa" by Toto
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( Read more... )Arpeggio (Inside of a Prism)
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanWritten for the Confluence 2005 song contest, with the prompts "arpeggio", "prism", and "On Top of Old Smokey".
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "On Top of Old Smokey", trad. American
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lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "On Top of Old Smokey", trad. American
( Read more... )As Slow As I Am
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanA song about the experience of being, or wishing to be, a sloth. Also I got the refrain in my head and couldn't unhear it.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "As Cool As I Am" by Dar Williams
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( Read more... )A Wanderer Still
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanA lyric for the theme from The Battle for Wesnoth, an open-source strategy wargame.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Still Another Wanderer" by Timothy Pinkham, from The Battle for Wesnoth
Blue Butterfly
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanA nature story as true as it is creepy, by way of David Attenborough
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
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( Read more... )The Ballad of Brinstar
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmB-Tree Nodes
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanA soulful country ballad about database internals.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
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lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "(Take Me Home) Country Roads" by John Denver, Taffy Nivert, and Bill Danoff
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( Read more... )Bytecode in the .Jar
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:53 pmbnewmanJava object code comes, like whiskey, in "jars" ("java archive" files), and, like the protagonist of the original song, the singer in this one tries to steal it and gets his comeuppance from a woman he has foolishly underestimated.
bnewmanA song in praise of Camellia sinensis
edit: Lyrics and recording updated to remove an unfortunately Orientalist turn of phrase.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel
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edit: Lyrics and recording updated to remove an unfortunately Orientalist turn of phrase.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel
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( Read more... )Castle in the Sky
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:54 pmbnewmanlyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: the theme from Castle in the Sky by Joe Hisaishi
( Read more... )Chicken to Ride
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmChildren of Fire and Ice
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmbnewmanA bipolar anthem with a mythic twist, inspired in part by Ada Palmer's Norse myth song cycle
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
( Read more... )Cid's Song (The Magitek Factory)
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmbnewmanlyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: the Magitek factory theme from "Final Fantasy VI" by Nobuo Uematsu
Circle Story
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmbnewmanA loooooong pagan ballad telling a myth of the Wheel of the Year that ends where it begins.
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
( Read more... )Close Encounters of Three Ships
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmbnewmanA carol for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "I Saw Three Ships", trad.
and featuring the Close Encounters of the Third Kind fanfare by John Williams
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( Read more... )The Code of the Goddess
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmbnewmanA hymn to the Goddess as experienced by a computer programmer, through all Her aspects — Maiden, Initiatrix, Mother, and Crone.
(This song has been updated — while the Goddess is still addressed in feminine terms, unnecessary gendering of humans in the story has been factored out.)
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
(This song has been updated — while the Goddess is still addressed in feminine terms, unnecessary gendering of humans in the story has been factored out.)
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
( Read more... )Couroutine Declaration
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:55 pmbnewmanThis is a bit of a mash-up of themes and plot elements from the original Tron and its sequel Tron: Legacy, and packed with obscure computer puns. A "coroutine" is a piece of code that is designed to work in close coordination with another piece of code running at the same time.
lyrics by Benjamin
lyrics by Benjamin
ttto: the theme from Tron by Wendy Carlos
( Read more... )bnewmanA round/chant about Middle Eastern food
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lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Kashkash" by S.J. Tucker
( Read more... )bnewmanA song about the lore of The Dark Crystal that reaches out to reference the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, which is commemorated on Tisha B'Av. In Jewish mythology, the loss of the Temple represents the same kind of primordial cosmic catastrophe as the cracking of the Crystal — our holy place is cracked, the world is cracked, and so are we.
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
( Read more... )The Creation of Éa
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewman A verse from A Wizard of Earthsea, set to music as a round
words by Ursula K. Le Guin
set to music by Benjamin Newman
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words by Ursula K. Le Guin
set to music by Benjamin Newman
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( Read more... )Cydonia (Mars or Bust!)
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewmanA celebration of the true history of Mars exploration (so far).
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lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Sedona" by Gary Ehrlich
( Read more... )bnewmanA musical setting of a poem written for me by a dear friend during my year of mental crisis.
by Merav Hoffman
by Merav Hoffman
Dark Lord V—
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewmanMy first multivalent song — that means it's about two subjects at the same time. Which two subjects? That's revealed at the end of the song (or you could read the tags). See if you can figure it out before then.
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
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lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
( Read more... )The Dark World
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewmanlyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: the Dark World theme from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by Koji Kondo
( Read more... )David of the FTC
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewmanA tribute written in honor of my father's retirement. He worked as an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission for almost his entire professional career, fighting for truth, justice, and fair dealing.
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lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Charlie on the MTA" by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes
after "The Ship That Never Returned" and "The Wreck of the Old '97"
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( Read more... )David, Beloved
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewman An invocation of the Biblical King David, as an archetype. The name "David" means "beloved". King David stands, in the Jewish imagination, for the type of energy and leadership we need to make the world a better place, yet he was by no means perfect.
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
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( Read more... )Dedication
Jul. 1st, 2020 08:56 pmbnewmanA song that uses the story of Chanukah (which means "dedication") as a metaphor for any struggle to maintain one's sense of self and self-worth.
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman
