iPod iChing - Chillin' on HST

Freezin' Friday, and we ask, most humbly, knowing that the answer is subject to the all too human vagaries of the Dreaded TAC: oh, Mighty iPod, what will the outcome of Cycle 16 HST call for proposals be?

Whoosh goes the randomizer.
Whoosh.

• The Covering: The Price I Pay - Billy Bragg
• The Crossing: John Henry - Bruce Springsteen
• The Crown: Carnival of the Animals: Fossils
• The Root: Carnival of the Animals: Aviary
• The Past: Jingle Bells
• The Future: Emenius Sleepus - Greend Day
• The Questioner: Is There Anybody Out There? - Pink Floyd
• The House: Train Train - Billy Bragg
• The Inside: California Stars - Billy Bragg
• The Outcome: A La Vibora De La Mar (traditional)

Well, the Covering and Crossing are spot on.
Not sure what to make of the Crown and Root.
The Past is reasonable. The Future pointless.
The Questioner - hm - planets it is I guess, eh?
The House tells of loss and betrayal.
As for the Inside, why yes, that is right.

As for the Outcome - it is a classic children's game of catch and release
with token rewards. Ah ha.

As always, the Key as explained by Sean

A day or two ago
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed at me as
I there sprawling laid
But quickly drove away.

Now the ground is white,
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls along
And sing this sleighing song.
Just bet a bob-tailed bay,
Two-forty as his speed,
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack!
You'll take the lead.