Song Fight! Live 2025

[Lunkhead]

The title of the event? That's a work in progress. Or if you mean the live fight title, that will go up a few days before the event. Also are you guys gonna be there?! That would be rad!

[americanjeff]

The title of the event? That's a work in progress. Or if you mean the live fight title, that will go up a few days before the event. Also are you guys gonna be there?! That would be rad!

We're discussing it....

[roymond]

But what's the TITLE?

You need to wait until that week.

[Jefff]

Mark me as confirmed please!

[fluffy]

But what's the TITLE?

The title of the show is (as of right now) Planes & Refrains. The title for the live fight will be announced sometime around the beginning of August.

[Pigfarmer Jr]

The wife and I are still planning to attend.

The wife and I are no longer planning to attend. We've already made our plans (and paid for travel and lodging) so now we intend to attend.

[fluffy]

The wife and I are still planning to attend.

The wife and I are no longer planning to attend.

awww, dang, we'll m—

We've already made our plans (and paid for travel and lodging) so now we intend to attend.

Cheeky dog. Hooray!

[starfinger]

i will be there. is anybody else staying at this georgetown inn. i just went by proximity to the venue

[Spud]

The name of the show is in flux. There is a groundswell to incorporate the fact that this is the 25th anniversary of Song Fight! and the 25th Song Fight Live. When you see the poster I am working on, you will know the title. The title for the Live Fight will come later.

[jack]

The name of the show is in flux. There is a groundswell to incorporate the fact that this is the 25th anniversary of Song Fight! and the 25th Song Fight Live. When you see the poster I am working on, you will know the title. The title for the Live Fight will come later.

SFL "In Flux". That's different!

[Niveous]

- Starginger

That's a spectacular typo. Rebrand?

We are a month away!!! Should we start figuring out the details?

[Spud]

We are a month away!!! Should we start figuring out the details?

Working on band lists. Got you down for Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost on Saturday Night. Is that correct? Will publish a preliminary schedule shortly.

[Spud]

So here's a preliminary list of "acts" that may or may not be performing. Please advise as to additions/deletions:

Sockpuppet
Jerkatorium
Chumpy
Yaks of the Industry
John Benjamin Band
Lunkhead
Moss Palace
Berkeley Social Scene
Glennny
Geech
Pigfarmer Jr.
Starfinger
Add
Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost
Future Boy
Caravan Ray
Klownhole
Glenn and Rachael
Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff
Roymond
Octothorpe

[Niveous]

Working on band lists. Got you down for Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost on Saturday Night. Is that correct? Will publish a preliminary schedule shortly.

That's correct.

[Spud]

Following up with a proposed schedule. Comments welcome. Complaints accepted.
EDIT: UPDATE 1

Friday

5:00 Chumpy
5:25 Jerkatorium
5:50 Roymond
6:15 Future Boy
6:40 Sockpuppet
7:05 Moss Palace
7:30 Pigfarmer Jr.
7:55 Starfinger
8:20 Add
8:45 Caravan Ray
9:10 Glenn and Rachael
9:35 Klownhole

Saturday

5:00 Lunkhead
5:25 Berkeley Social Scene
5:50 Glennny
6:15 Geech
6:40 Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff
7:05 John Benjamin Band
7:30 Yaks of the Industry/Abjure
7:55 Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost
8:20 Octothorpe
8:45 LIVE FIGHT

[fluffy]

Doesn't Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost need to be on Saturday? You have them on Friday.

[Spud]

Doesn't Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost need to be on Saturday? You have them on Friday.

Good Point. Schedule updated.

[Caravan Ray]

8:45 Caravan Ray

Sadly - the 8:45 slot is vacant.

I recall discussing this with Spud in a Denver karaoke bar 12 months ago and it was a marvelous idea at the time - just the right sort of trip to help me maintain my Qantas Gold Frenquent Flier status - but alas - I won't be there. The USA is not a place that decent people travel to at the moment.

Apart from the general travel boycott - I really do think things could go very wrong. I recall last year I was grilled for about 20 minutes at customs with "its says you are an engineer - why are you going to Denver...to visit friends...how do you have friends in Denver?...we play music on the internet...are you a musician?...no I am an engineer...are you a professional musician?...no, I am an engineer on a holiday....are you beoing paid?...no I am an engineer who plays music as a hobby visiting friends...who are your friends...Jeff - I have his number if you want to call him...and so on and so on

And that was in normal times.

Fast forward 12 months and my passport now has a Vientamese working visa stamped in it I have recently started working on an AusAid (like USAID - but still functioning) project in Vietnam as a Waste Management Mentor for an environmental group in Hanoi who are trying to conect community and industry waste management strategies.

I can just imagine my next conversation at LAX after an 18 hour flight:
why do you have a Vietnamese working visa?....I am working on an aid project there...do you know they are communists?...yes...and aid is woke?...yes..what sort of projects?...one of them is gender roles in urban waste management...did you say 'gender'...sigh..."Sir - we have a communist transgender garbageman trying to get in - .......? Mr Caravanray - please join the line for the next flight to El Salvador - no, you can't wait in the Qantas Club....


And then there is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9XC6y ... rt_radio=1
which in this AI assisted world could link the name on my passport to a published novelty song
(uncomfortable reference at 2:00)


I would have loved to have been there...but not this time.

Rock on Seattle

[roymond]

Not to mention all those vacation photos. You’re obviously tied to tourista terrorists who pocket water bottles and napkins.

Sorry we won’t see you, John.

[jack]

Will there be a way to watch from home (wherever that might be)?

[fluffy]

Sorry you won’t be coming, John. I really cherished the time we spent together last year and I’ll definitely miss your presence.

(And I don’t particularly want to be in this country either…)

@jack there should be a livestream on YouTube, at least if the venue has wifi (which it probably does because it’s seattle)

[ujnhunter]

Don't blame you one bit CRay, I'm soon to be leaving the country on Vacation (which is why I won't be at SFL!2025), and even I'm worried they'll try and keep me locked out of the country when I return...