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	Bob Kanefsky is the first filk songwriter in 12 years to be awarded a Pegasus award by the filk community solely for writing lyrics. The only other lyricist with that honor was Mercedes Lackey in 1988.
The Roundworm CD includes parodies of songs by seven composers who have won a Writer/Composer Pegasus over the years, and four of the original songs parodied have won Pegasus awards. Roundworm features many high-quality performers, five of whom have won Performer Pegasus awards.

Acts of Parody

parody of “Acts of Creation” , which has a tune somewhat similar to “Drink Up the River” — and supposedly to “The Gambler”, though I don't see that resemblence.

Nobody’s Moggy Lands

At a local SF convention, Steve Savitzky commented that it was hard to believe that “No Man’s Land” was written by the same person who wrote “He’s Nobody’s Moggy Now” I started thinking about how they weren't all that different (besides both being on the same Scraps of Paper album). And yes, I later learned that“moggy” is a proper noun, something like the feline equivalent of “mutt.” No one has ever suggested a way to fix the moggy in this song.

Doppel-entendre

Just in case any of my victims needed a song attacking me, I wrote one for them in advance. Kathy was ready with this as a “response” when “Dear Departed” was sprung on her at a convention. ... Note how well Heather plays Julia’s vocal doppelgänger — if only the original “Doppelgänger” could be recorded like this!

Mutant Generations

parody of “Spiral Dance” and a criticism of Star Trek. It's unfortunate that two generations are growing up thinking that aliens will look like actors with bumpy foreheads and be cross-fertile with humans. I hear there's now a book on this subject, To Seek Out New Life .

Something’s Under the Bed

parody of “Up in the Loft” inspired by Calvin and Hobbes

By the Time I Get To...

parody of “Phoenix” (which is about an Apollo 1 astronaut reincarnated as a Shuttle). This one incorporates the intervening decades of Shuttle experience: “Before each quarter’s launch...”. The line about “half the Roman pantheon” refers to “A Rocket Rider’s prayer” by Steve Savitzky (may Apollo of Embarcations forgive him).

The Comforts of Home

parody of “Home” about “Number One” (no bathrooms on the Enterprise)— both on Ookla the Mok’s CD “< art” LISTEN

Eternal Flame

parody of “God Lives on Terra” The question of the merits of different programming languages has often been called a “religious argument”, except maybe by those who assume that there’s obviously One Right True and Only Way and it begins with C. LISTEN

Wise Men Feared to Tread

“When Giants Walked” — because if they're gigantic enough to let you “climb into some gentle hand”, you’d want to stay out of the way when “the giants danced in circles around the fires we built to share.” LISTEN

Mineral Rights

parody of “Demon in the Dark” and a satire of the Star Trek Classic episode “Devil in the Dark” [episode now being released on DVD] LISTEN

Threes, Take 3

parody of “Threes” . Same story (from Oathbreakers ), different slant:

The maiden watches helplessly throughout the whole attack,
Then hacks up half the hoodlums with one hand behind her back.
The lady makes a gesture, and the other half are fried.
Their guardsmen gesture back, as they lie dying on the side.

December of Cambreadth

parody of “March of Cambreadth” about a team of reindeer with an attitude. While watching Heather record it, I got inspired to write “Ho Ho” , telling how the reindeer wound up in harness.

Meltdown

a three-part song about the moral conflict among the three aliens in The Gods Themselves

Dear Departed

parody of “Velveteen” from the point of view of a necrophilia victim LISTEN

Black Flag

parody of “Red Queen” about housekeeping, from the point of view of a young cockroach.
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