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YES! I finished writing the last songs for my "Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers" CD. It has a lot o'inside jokes, methinks, but it's still pretty amusing. If you watched Red Dwarf, I think you will be pleased with this CD.

Invited to Attend the Austin Music Awards

Well, this is a hopeful sound. Andrew and I were invited to attend this Austin Music Awards on March 16. I think it will be broadcast in Austin. So watch it. God willing, we might've won an award in the Austin Music Poll!

Fan Lends a Helping Paw

I was quite blown away today. I got a call from my friend Emilee who lives up in Oklahoma. She told me she was visiting a PetSmart with friends when something odd caught her eye. It was a flyer...

For Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers!

I could hear her bouncing up and down on the phone as she told me. I admit I couldn't help bouncing myself a wee bit, and since I wasn't wearing my kilt, it was safe. ;)

I want to thank you who took the time to post that flyer. That really means a lot to me.

I wish it was easier to make a difference with music. The simple fact is that while it might make an individual difference, often times people don't share it with their friends, but word-of-mouth is what is gonna make this CD happen.

So to whoever posted that flyer, thank you!

Wanna read more Cat CD news?

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Drop me a line and let me know how you're doing. Slainte!
-Marc

The Mining Ship the Red Dwarf (parody of The Bonnie Ship the Diamond)
by Marc Gunn, February 23, 2005

It's taken me over a year "research" this song (boy, if research were like this in college...). At long, I finish it. The song is a parody of the Scottish song, "The Bonnie Ship the Diamond." It tells the story of the "coolest" character on the British TV show "Red Dwarf." Course, it was written for my "Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers."

The mining ship the Red Dwarf
Is careening off into space.
Three million years its been adrift.
You're the last of the human race.
You were frozen in a stasis tube
You saved my Grandma Frankenstein
That cat of cats was in the hull
When it became "Gazpacho" time.

--chorus--
And it's cheer up MREOOW!
How I'm looking now?
On the mining ship the Red Dwarf
I'm the coolest Cat around.

I'll have one fish for my breakfast.
I'll have two fish for my tea.
I'll learn to fish from the food dispenser.
Six fish is all I need.
I wear my suit of gold lamee
And earrings like fish bones
I spend my day investigating
And playing with my Yo-Yo. (Look at my shiny thing)

If the despair squid gets his way
I may lose my cool and flip.
Imagining buck teeth so big
Druids go there to worship.
Some may say that I'm a shallow guy.
But the Inquistor knows it's true.
But an arse like mine is quite divine
So have a look or two.

Here's a health to my man Ace Rimmer
Likewise to Frankenstein
Here's a health now to that mirror there
I can see I'm looking fine.
My organs are color-coordinated
My stomach is feng shui
My heart it thumps with a funky beat
Like a salsa dance gourmet.

I'm gonna get you little fishies
I'm gonna get you little fish.
I hope I don't break another tooth
In a future echo rift.
Then I'll play a game called Better Than Life
Have a mermaid girlfriend
She's top half fish and lass below
And tastes good on both ends.

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