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Description: Music genre originated in the sf/fantasy fan community.
 

Xenofiklia #126 
  I mailed out Xeno #126 (the August issue) this afternoon. Susan Calvin by Pat Trimmer 2516 Anvils Keep Falling on My Head by Qoheleth 2517 The Ballad of Tom Riddle by Eric Oppen 2517 Borderline Stalker by Andrew Ross 2518 How to Scare off a Vampire by Kay Shapero 2518 The Village Dragon by Tom Digby 2519... more »
By Lee Gold  - 7:47pm - 1 new of 1 message    

Question for west coast filkers 
  I'll be doing a set at ConChord. One of the songs I'm considering is my German translation of Daniel Glasser's "Close Your Eyes." This goes over well with English-speakers who know the original, but it would be meaningless to anyone who doesn't know the original and doesn't know German. Is that song well known in California?... more »
By Gary McGath  - Jul 5 - 5 new of 5 messages    

a verse without a chorus 
  I'm so out of touch, I probably missed someone else doing this, but what the heck. It's only Usenet! A few short years ago, I can still remember how the music Used to make me wince. And I swore, if I had the tools, I'd disable all those fools And maybe we'd have quiet ever since. But February finally did it... more »
By Kip Williams  - Jul 3 - 22 new of 22 messages    

Filk Fragment 
  To the tune of "Black Velvet Band" It was a bunch of small pieces, it's programing really quite keen, It was just what I always had wanted My little Von Neumann machine That's all I got. Have fun... Karen R.
By Karen Rodgers  - Jul 2 - 3 new of 3 messages    

CJ Cherryh 
  CJ Cherryh will be our GOH at ConDor in 2010. I was wondering if she is active in filking. I have the Finity's End cassette and she wrote four of the songs there. What is her current position on filk? Barney
By Barney Evans  - Jul 1 - 10 new of 10 messages    

CD Release - Space & Freedom 
  'tis the season to announce CDs after all. So, I'm calling it official: After several years of effort, we can finally announce that Space & Freedom is at press, and should be in hand in time for an official CD release at WesterCon. For those attending FiestaCon, we have a release party scheduled for Saturday night. For those not attending,... more »
By Mark Horning  - Jun 30 - 1 new of 1 message    

Susan B? 
  After seeing yet another Susan B song, I find myself wondering if anyone has written a Susan Calvin song to that tune. --Lee
By Lee Gold  - Jun 29 - 10 new of 10 messages    

ANNOUNCE: _Lock & Load_ at last!! 
  _Lock & Load_, Leslie Fish's 2nd Amendment/politics album already over a decade in the making, has finally, today, hit our living room. It will be debuted at WesterCon (FiestaCon, Tempe, AZ) this next weekend. Orders will not be taken (mail, dealers, et al) until the 8th (after we get back from the con road trip). Dealer orders will be at the... more »
By Mary  - Jun 28 - 20 new of 20 messages    

NASA is still using feet and pounds 
  A NASA spokesman said: "The shuttle and US segments of the ISS were built using the English system of measurements. And much of the Ares launch vehicle and Kennedy Space Center ground systems are legacy hardware built in the English system, too." [link]... more »
By Lee Gold  - Jun 24 - 33 new of 33 messages    

Flim-flammer's Daughter 
  So what *did* happen in the towns that Harold Hill swindled? "Flim-Flammer's Daughter" ttto "Horse Tamer's Daughter" My mother was librarian for a town near Ioway; My father stayed and plied his trade a fortnight there one May, He sold a boys' band with his gab (he had the gift, they say), And then he went, leaving instruments that none had learned to play.... more »
By Jeff Urs  - Jun 24 - 9 new of 9 messages    

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