Song of the Week, August 21st, 2020

After some major fire fighting of network wide issues recently I felt particularly burnt to a crisp. And this title happened to reside on the ablum in the album rotation used for selections. It didn't hurt that there is no shortage of really awesome photos from the Burning Man festival teased out Tuesday.

So what's with the Lute, err, Loot then burn? Well, Blaze is the name of the character I created in a GURPS based RPG campaign. And of course he was a bard, which is not a stretch for me to play. But why Blaze and why a fiery image. For those not familiar with the GURPS system, it adds some flare to the usual RPG stat systems with things called advantages and disadvantages. So to be the awesome bard I wanted him to be, and a mediocre fire mage, I had to counter-balance that with some really awful disadvantages. Pyromania was on of them.

To be fair and not just have a disadvantage that just randomly was held against my character, I amped (see where i went there with that one? to 11, with full pyro!) it up into his personality. He routinely likes setting fire as part of the fight against bad guys in their lairs. The downside to that is, that is where all the loot is. And as my partner in that campaign often reminded me, "Blaze, it's loot then burn". To which I was thinking in character "I thought you were making a song request before the fun began"

Lastly because he is a bard, and tales of heroism should be celebrated, a rocking representation for record had to be created, hence Blaze of Glory. Mind you Blaze really never did much of the work. And he does appreciate his partner, Merrick (my friend Andy's character). And just to prove it as a player, in character as Blaze, this selection does have an accompanying work, a dramatic reading of Legend of the Five Fingered Friend. So bonus creative work this week!