What follows is the original introduction to the compilation. I would try to get permission, but I don't have the slightest idea where these people are these days.
These are the LOTS Songs. Their serious collection first began around December of 1979, although a couple, most notably "The Man Who Never Returned" and "I Don't Know LOTS" were around for quite a while before that. Both of those songs were written by Karl B. Young, who would come around LOTS of an evening, guitar in hand, and provide the users with a brief respite from their efforts.After a while, Karl began threatening to graduate, and it became apparent that if something were not done soon, these gems would disappear like the last of the Mohicans. I asked him to put the words on the system. At the same time, I broadcast a general plea for any and all other known LOTS Songs to be brought forward for immortalization. While no other old ones turned up, people began submitting new ones in droves. After a while, there were even enough to have a small "concert", and so the LOTS Concerts were born. Every quarter (that I can afford it), near the end, when the load gets up to 40 and the queue to 240, and the users begin to bring in sleeping bags and No-Doz, the hackers host a free (donations GLADLY accepted) drink and munchies songfest, first at CERAS, then at Terman. New and old songs are sung, and a good time is had by all.
If you are interested in writing a song, just work out the lyrics, in as good a rhyme and meter as you can manage, and send them to me, E.Ernest. Shortly thereafter, it will appear here.
Bureaucratic note: All the LOTS Songs are the personal property of the authors and appear here with their consent. Brief quotes for review or illustrative purposes are permissible; however, any complete transcription must be arranged with the author in advance. In cases where the songs are quoted, common courtesy suggests that the quotations be properly credited.
Enjoy!
Ernest W. Adams
Self-Appointed LOTS Archivist
Page last modified Friday, June 29, 2001 .