Roundworms too? filk.fandom.com/wiki/Roundworm
04.04.2025 09:55
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Tomorrow February 20 is the World Day of Social Justice: Exploring social justice in filk filk.fandom.com/wiki/User_bl...
A full scanned set of The Filking Times is now online. fanac.org/fanzines/Fil...
#filk
This leads to another filk connection: the font designer for London and Chicago was Susan Kare, sister of the physicist, sf fan, and filker Jordin Kare. filk.fandom.com/wiki/Jordin_...
Made in 1986, me and friends identified the fonts as the blackletter London, the script Venice, and the sanserif Chicago, which all were included with the original Macintosh.
Today we offer a typographical blast from the past, with The Kha-Khan's Lament by Yang the Nauseating (aka later the sf and fantasy author Robert Asprin) filk.fandom.com/wiki/The_Kha...
It is listed on the short side of the tape cover.
"Side Three
There isn't one. This is a single cassette, even if it is 68 minutes long. (I'll bet you've never seen a C-70 cassette before, he?) Now get back up there in the real credits where you belong."
Filk is a genre which famously does not take itself too seriously, but we seldom encounter jokes on the j-cards of the cassettes. "In Space, No One Can Hear You Sing" by the L.A. Filkharmonics is an exception with their side three. filk.fandom.com/wiki/In_Spac...
And there should be a song about it…
A shoutout from the filkwiki to Eli Goldberg and Prometheus Music. He has provided the filkwiki with lots and lots and lots of scans of J-cards from old and rare tapes. Many more will be available over the coming days! www.prometheus-music.com
The first Filker Song Swap is on Bandcamp: filkersongswap.bandcamp.com/album/cover-...
#BandcampFriday time, fambly.
Make an indie musician smile today.
(Yall make me smile all the time bc I have the best fans on the planet, btw. You’ll just make me smile extra big if you purchase downloads & merch on the BC Fri bc I’ll get a little extra $.)
Please enjoy! sjtucker.bandcamp.com
Beautiful people, we're going to sing some holiday songs this Tuesday and we'd love for you to stop by! Mostly originals, with classics and covers. Nerdy fun and frolic for all ages, live on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@PdxBroadsides
Dec 10 at 7PM Pacific Time, let's spread some cheer!
And the utterly delightful I Put My Low Stat, with advice for any class
And of course the music videos! Advice for any little wizard first (look carefully and you can spot the wiki admin.)
And then it's followup I Have Missed You at My Table, written during the pandemic and released in 2022
Many filkers are avid role players, and it has resulted not only in several songs—Lee Gold's You Bash the Balrog is a classic such—but also in several albums and music vidoes. Dr. Mary Crowell is notable for not one but two albums and two fabulous music videos! @frwiki.bsky.social
The original tape is long out of print, but you can still listen to or buy it on Spotify or Bandcamp. tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/a-boy-...
What does the Muppets and filk have in common? Plenty! "A Boy and His Frog" was written by Tom Smith after Jim Henson's death and published on his first album, "Who Let Him in Here?"
Bears thinking about. Right now it's mentioned on the "Discover filk" page on the filkwiki, and I have sent in a proposal to our hosting company on the ability to use its domain as a bluesky handle.
Newest addition to the Filkwiki: Earworm, a 2017 con-exclusive CD made by Harold M. Stein for that years Contata. The cover was drawn by Batya Wittenberg. filk.fandom.com/wiki/Earworm
