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Kathy Mar was the guest of honor at Barb’s Basement in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, 2003-10-11. Her concert was delightful, containing many favorites and sing-alongs. She also played what she refers to as the “Fabric Cycle,” consisting of five songs set to two tunes which have fabrics in their names: her own Velveteen; Velvet, by Talis Kimberly; Crushed Velvet, by Rennie Levine; Without Paws, by Kanefsky; and Dear Departed, also by Kanefsky. I had not heard Crushed Velvet nor Without Paws before. There is much to recommend the practice of playing originals and parodies together, both for those who haven’t heard one or more and those who hardly remember hearing them. I suppose this has to be balanced against the risk of driving people nuts in the case of Banned From Argo parodies or a set of “Drive Songs.”

The after-concert filk went on 'til after three, and with the likes of Nate Bucklin and Howard Kranz present was well worth staying up late for. I also had the chance to spring The Bastard Child of Merlin on Kathy, who had performed Merlin in her concert.