fine by me.

[ambientlight]

longer music-meme post to follow. eventually. for now: two songs, newly-acquired, that i would put on repeat if i were the sort to put songs on repeat:

The Cranberries - War Child
haunting and beautiful and not particularly yodel-y. ( the first song i heard by The Cranberries was Zombie, and it made quite an impression. )

Barenaked Ladies - Falling For The First Time
with a title like that, you'd exepect something emo and songfic-worthy. not from the Barenaked Ladies, though!

Comments

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Barenaked Ladies are funny, yes. What have you heard from them?

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

i have two of their albums, actually -- just haven't sat down to listen to them yet. ^_^;; was planning to do that over the next week, but like most of my plans i'm not sure it'll really happen.

[feliciter.livejournal.com]

where do you get all these interesting songs? *impressed*

you'd exepect something emo and songfic-worthy. not from the Barenaked Ladies

But it *is* songfic-worthy - whether this fic (http://members.fortunecity.com/kenderkit/falling.html)
(not mine, am not cool enough to write songfic) itself is worthy is another matter XDDD

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Nooo. You are missing a major life experience! Write a songfic and get your arse booted off ffnet at least once! :D
two hits are safe, to the best of my knowledge./voice of experience

[feliciter.livejournal.com]

Your Pirate Peke-faced Persian! *keeps forgetting to squee over the cute* ^^

Write a songfic and get your arse booted off ffnet

hmm, didn't know they banned such works of art fic, considering the amount of other more-conventionally-structured dreck they allow but am afraid all the songs I know are too happy-clappy to be used for the fic I am accustomed to write, and the pieces that set the mood are mostly instrumental.
In any case, am largely eschewing the Pit of Voles nowadays, since my output is mostly crack and crossovers non-conventional in content.

sorry, two hits of what?

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

There was quite some excitement when they banned songfics last year, but people are still posting as usual, as far as I can tell. Rules? What rules? Don't they call them guidelines? ^^ Expand your horizons! Write angst to happy clappy songs!

My announcement-post on the matter (http://xsmoonshine.livejournal.com/157181.html). They also banned second person POV around that time, but I don't remember when.

I've had two fics booted off ffnet with no lasting harm - three, actually, but the first was a long time ago and probably doesn't count against me any more.

[feliciter.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the info-post.

Write angst to happy clappy songs!

eg for Mushishi - These Boots Are Made For Walking, or Walking on Sunshine, perhaps? XD

They also banned second person POV

Again, I must have missed that one since my Tactics 2nd-person POV ("one for sorrow, two for joy") is still there, AFAIK.
Seems rather arbitrary, though. (Off with her fic!)

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

dasljd;a thankyou for that link. augh, gw fandom. x_x

[feliciter.livejournal.com]

I get some of mine from audiography or Yahoo!China, since most of the music I go for could be classified as "easy listening", "oldies", or "OST"

ahaha I knew you'd *enjoy* it XP

I could never watch the anime in its entirety, but some of the fic is rather entertaining even to my limited knowledge >_>

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Ah, forgot to ask - which two albums?

[ambientlight.livejournal.com]

stunt and maroon. ^_^ are you a fan of theirs, then?

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Sort of, I suppose. They're funny, but their music is not the usual pleasant listening I go for. ^^