My Favorite Things (About SL)

written and performed by Niko Donburi

Offers of friendship and IM conversations
Dance balls and pose balls and new animations
Earning some Lindens with the songs that I sing
These are a few of my favorite things

Learning new games and vocabulary
Like tringo and slingo and of course primtionary
Taking a class to study scripting
These are a few of my favorite things

Wearing some clothes that a friend has made for me
Sailing a yacht on a virtual sea
Up in a sky box cybering
These are a few of my favorite things

When the grid's down
When there's griefers
When I can't TP
I simply remember my favorite things
and what Second Life means to me....

Escape ((The Second Life Song)

Written and performed by Niko Donburi

I was tired of my lady
We'd been together too long
Like a worn-out recording
Of a favorite song
So while she was upstairs sleeping
I logged into Second Life
and in the classified section
There was a post that changed my life:

"If you like rezzin' prims and building
Prefer private islands to the main
If you're not into scripting
If you have half a brain
If you like poseballs at midnight
Can't stand the Wednesday updates
Then I'm the one that you've looked for
IM me and escape"

I didn't think about my lady
I know that sounds kind of mean
But me and my old lady
had fallen into the same old dull routine
So I ponied up some Lindens
Took out a classified ad
And though I'm nobody's poet
I thought it wasn't half bad:

"Yes, I like rezzin' prims and building
Have half a sim not on the main
I'm not much into scripting
I think LSL is lame;
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
Right after the update
Here's a landmark to the Elbow Room
Where we can plan our escape"

So I waited with high hopes
And downloaded the update
But when I tried to log on
My password would not take
I tried for over seven hours
Then headed up to bed
But my wife was still awake
and this is what she said:

"So you like rezzin' prims and building?
Have half a sim not on the main?
You aren't much into scripting
because you haven't got a brain.
Well, I changed your precious password
what it is you'll never find.
You'll have to be happy in your first life
and leave your second one behind."

So now I'm watching Desperate Housewives
and reading People magazine.
I never get on the computer
I've been banned from the machine.
But late at night I sometimes wonder
about the one I was to meet
if she's still waiting in the Elbow Room
sitting by and empty seat

Yes, we loved rezzin' prims and building
preferred private islands to the main
we were not into scripting
we both thought LSL was lame
We liked poseballs at midnight
and hated Wednesday's updates.
Perhaps she'll hear this song and realize
she no longer needs to wait....

it's the end of the world as we know it (in Second Life)

It's the end of the world as we know it (In Second Life).mp3
written and performed by Niko Donburi


That's great, it starts with an update
griefers and a grid attack
noobies you should be afraid!

Keep an eye on the status page
Listening to second cast
Don't bother LiveHelp (there's no more LiveHelp)
See if you can teleport, IM anyone
the grid is down

Hope they'll do a roll back, set back, put back
Satisfy the buyers if their inventory's gone
Do a rolling update--yes, another update--
unless you want the furries breathing down your neck

Verified, unverified
payment, no payment
self-replicating objects there's no containing
uh-oh, too much growth
population overflow
it's getting out of hand....

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it in Second Life

Reuters and Sony, Adidas and CNET
Corporations everywhere--haven’t you seen it?
Automotive islands to take away our flyin’
Once Walmart is here we’ll all be crying

Uh oh, no tier, oh dear, steer clear
The next thing you know
the IRS will be here

Let's send them all to Warcraft or The Sims Online
before we're out of time...

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it in Second Life


Second-rate drama from Second Life divas
Aimee Weber, Prokofy Neva
Torrid Midnight
gone then returning
blogosphere so hot it's burning

ad hominem attacks with real life info
TOS says that's a no-no
perhaps it would help if we'd learn some decorum
or if Linden Lab would bring back the forums

All of these flames and all of this strife
isn't helping Second Life, right? right!

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it in Second Life

Second Life (That's Where I Want To Be)

Second Life (That's Where I Want To Be).mp3
written and performed by Niko Donburi

Second Life, that's where I want to be
'Cause when I'm there the real world don't bother me
So I'll log-in, if the grid ain't down
IM some friends and hope no griefers come around

Second Life, that's where my money goes
Paying tier, buying prim hair and lots of clothes
On my 512, I just rezzed my last prim
Looks like I'm gonna have to get myself a sim

In Second Life you can look real cute
Get a custom made painted skin for a birthday suit
In Second Life you can be anything
Like a full-Excite loaded Furry with a lot of bling...

With Second Life, Linden Lab made something great
Let's just hope they don't screw it up with the next update
'Cause there's no place that I would rather be
Than Second Life with all my friends IMing me

Yes, there's no place that I would rather be
Than Second Life with all my friends IMing me

Dear Linden, Dear Linden

Dear Linden, Dear Linden
written and performed by Niko Donburi

Dear Linden, Dear Linden, why is Second Life broke?
The grid is grey-gooed and your blog is a joke.
With all of the money that we pay to you
Can't you hire yourself a programmer or two?
Signed, Unverified

Unverified, Unverified, we hear what you say
but at Linden Labs, we like it this way
We know how to fix it--and probably should
just keep crossing your fingers and knocking on wood
Signed, A Linden

Dear Linden, Dear Linden, the most recent update
so corrupted my textures I must always rebake
Tomorrow I partner and don't know what to do
all my clothing is missing and my custom skin too
Signed, No Inventory

No Inventory, No Inventory, we hear what you say
but at Linden Labs, we like it this way
We know how to fix it--and probably should
just keep crossing your fingers and knocking on wood
Signed, A Linden

Dear Linden, Dear Linden, I need some relief
whenever I log on I always get griefed
In your quest for a million was this foreseen?
Could you please now turn off your PR machine?
Signed, A Furry

Furry, Dear Furry, we hear what you say
but at Linden Labs, we like it this way
We know how to fix it--and probably should
just keep crossing your fingers and knocking on wood
Signed, A Linden

Dear Linden, Dear Linden, Won't you give us a choice
to stick with the chat and get rid of the voice
once my partner finds out I'm a man
I do not think that he'll understand
Signed, Roleplayer

Roleplayer, Roleplayer, we hear what you say
but at Linden Labs, we like it this way
We know how to fix it--and probably should
just keep crossing your fingers and knocking on wood
Signed, A Linden

Dear Linden, Dear Linden,I just don't understand
the new terms of service about using your brand.
Registered trademarks and copyright signs,
must I use them all of the time?
Signed, a Blogger

Blogger,Dear Blogger, we hear what you say
and at Linden Lab (R) we don't like things this way
but our lawyers insist that it must be done.
We sincerely hope it won't ruin your fun
Signed, a Linden (TM)

Who is Niko Donburi anyway?

To me, the perfect song is one that you cannot stop thinking about.

Perhaps it has a catchy chorus that flutters in your head. Maybe it paints a story so vivid that you could swear that it was about you. Or maybe it simply causes you to press "play" one more time. These are the songs I try to write.

It would be a lie, of course, to tell you that every one of my songs is "perfect." In fact, I have a box full of cassette tapes, minidiscs and CD-ROMS as proof that most of my songs aren't. But I keep trying. And once in a while, sometimes once every couple of years, I'll get one right.

In RL I have spent many years living, traveling and playing music around the world. I have played clubs in Japan, restaurants in Indonesia and busked in the streets of London. I have studied songwriting formally at National Guitar Summer Workshops and informally by listening, listening, listening to music. Mostly, however, I have simply written songs.

These days I limit my performances to Second Life. It provides me with the opportunity to play my songs for people around the world without having to leave my home. Feel free to IM me in-world or check out my SLProfile.

By the way, all songs posted here are:





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I also compose ambient electronica under the name nikorasu. You can stream or download my CD "Music for Unseen Films" here.