Just the recs, ma'am!

[annafugazzi]

• Not In the Hands of Boys, Not In the Hands of Boys, Not In the Hands of Boys, by fourth_rose. It has updated, updated, updated. Squeee!!
  
  
• And! Another one of my favourite WIPs, despite its hetness, updated! The Politician's Wife, by pir8fancier. HG/DM. Someday - they're not there yet, but oh the trip is a total, snarkalicious blast :) :) :)
  
  
• The Boy Who Lives, by iamshadow
  Summary: Harry comes to realise the repercussions of an important decision.
  Warnings: Angst. Violence. Self-harm and attempted suicide. And unrelenting grimness. And OMG so good!
  
  
• And speaking of iamshadow, her post-DH Harry/Ron Teapot-verse, which started with Miss Him, is now up to chapter 35. Yes, 35, Experimentation (NC-17 *eg*). They're 35 chapters but they're relatively short and many of them are more like standalones than chapters, so it's not much like a WiP, for those of you who don't like that kind of thing. In fact, I think the first five or so chapters weren't even planned to be part of anything longer; they just kinda started looking that way.
  
  In any case, go read. It's quite lovely. Must admit, I squeal loudly whenever I see she's updated :) :) :)
  
  
• OK, not just recs. I'm trying to decide between two songs for Ember to Ember, and can't quite manage it. They're Christmas-like and spiritual-like, and I like them both when my choir sings them, but the recordings I've got... meh. They're nice, but I can't listen to them without thinking My choir doesn't do that cheesy part, ugh!
  
  Praise His Holy Name
  
  The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
  
  Anyway, I can't decide which one to use. If anybody wants to download them and give me a shout re. which one they prefer, I'd appreciate it.
  
  Oh, and re their context: they're sung by Draco's grown-up choir during a Christmas concert. And no, I don't think he'd much like either one, but as he's not the director, he'd just have to roll his eyes and paste on a smile, act all enthused, and hope like hell the director doesn't ask them to clap and sway during the performance ;)

Comments

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

It was short. I read it. I flailed. I don't flail. But I did. OMG, what a concept!
I know! ::whimper:: The images stayed with me for quite a while.

As for the songs, I like The Virgin Mary best. I think either one would make Draco want to throw up.
LOL! Yeah, no kidding :D :D

It was the lyrics that were getting to me, not the performance. (Ok, the performance as well.) Praise His Holy Name was just too self-satisfied.
Yeah, I think the performance was nice, but... I dunno, overly cheesy. We didn't have the thumpa-thumpa piano thing going, either. I really wish I had my own choir's recording of the song, but I think it had a baby wailing through it and the sopranos going flat or something, so I deleted it soon after I got it. ::sigh::

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

We didn't have the thumpa-thumpa piano thing going, either.
I meant to say my choir didn't have the thumpa-thumpa. The choir on the recording needed a damping pedal on that thing, IMHO.