Recent years have seen a huge move away from openness and willingness to face ideas that are different. It's not just the left; the election of Trump wasn't a defeat for political correctness, but an affirmation of the Republican brand of intolerance ( Read more... )

It's the last seven days for funding Tomorrow's Songs Today. Let's make it happen!

New on my blog: Typefaces matter in Tomorrow's Songs Today.

Standard plea for support.

It may seem paradoxical that I'm asking for money so I can give away Tomorrow's Songs Today. In my new blog post I explain that I'm relying on the enthusiasm of the filk community in order to make a DRM-free book with professional editing work.

Keep up the support, and thanks!

As a result of recently getting some work, I'll be able to go to FilKONtario if I do it cheaply. I've arranged a rideshare but would like to split a room with someone. I'm OK with either having my own bed or sleeping on the floor; I don't like sharing a bed. If you're interested, please let me know ( Read more... )

It's now spring, which means Conterpoint isn't that far away! I'm looking for your songs to include in the songbook, which will be distributed to everyone registered for the con. Songs with new tunes and ones to existing tunes are both welcome. Please send submissions to songbook [at] mcgath (dot) com.

If anyone would care to sing my "Files that Last" song at GaFilk and give my Kickstarter campaign a little plug in its final days, that would be great.

Here's a song to go with the Files that Last Kickstarter campaign.

LJ now is setting my default mood to "depressed." If I am, it's only with regard to how LJ is wrecking itself.

I don't usually link from here to my File Formats Blog, but my new article on the confusing array of ASCII-like formats might be of interest to some, and it includes a filk song.

When I boarded the wrong train in Betzdorf and wound up in Siegen instead of Freusburg, it wasn't a good start. Fortunately, a couple of women helped me, letting me call Katy on their phone and helping me to figure out which train to catch back to Freusburg. I got there less than an hour later than planned ( Read more... )