Debbie’s Filk FAQ

A song that is “ose” is morose, very sad. Men dying in space, puppies being run over, lovers dying in each other’s arms, world annihilations, that sort of thing.

It’s generally not a good idea to have too many “ose” songs in a row, or people will start falling asleep (if it’s very late at night) or slitting their wrists.

Whenever I hear the word “ose”, I tend to think of two songs: Clif Flynt’s Ian The Grim (quintessential “ose” song) and Paul Kwinn’s Stop Singing Ose Or I’ll Kill You (very funny song about ose songs).

Comments? Suggestions? Please post below.

‘Found filk’ refers to songs that were written outside of the filk context, but are appropriate for singing within a filk environment because of particular content, especially that related to science fiction and fantasy. Here is a list of some sf references in music.

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Just to clarify, a “filk circle” doesn’t necessarily have to be a circle, though it is usually shaped that way. A filk circle is a gathering of filkers who wish to make music together, to perform their own music, or a combination of both. [Read more →]

Kay Shapero has an excellent list in her rec.music.filk Filk FAQ:
http://www.kayshapero.net/filkcons.htm

Also see:

Filkish Events Calendar: maintained by Rich Brown and “everyone who adds their housefilk, filkish party, filk-friendly con, etc., etc. to the calendar”. You can enter your filkish event, which will be posted after approval.

Interfilk’s list of filk conventions

Google directory of filk organizations/events

Please post suggestions/corrections below, thanks.

“I’ve been to a a number of filk conventions, but seem to be having trouble making friends and usually end up feeling like I’m on the outside, looking in. Everyone already seems to know everyone else. Any advice?”! [Read more →]

This is a difficult question to answer as is, since the definition of the word “filk” itself is somewhat nebulous. It is easier, however, to pinpoint the origin of the term “filk”. [Read more →]

What is filk? Ask five filkers this question and you’re guaranteed to get fifteen answers…at least. The term itself came from a typo, an erroneous version of the word “folk”, as in “folk music”. [Read more →]

I’ve added some temporary  images which are supposedly randomly generated from a choice of five. So if you happen to see yourself in one of these photos, don’t panic; these are just placeholders until I can create some permanent headers.

If you haven’t noticed already, the Dandelion Report Filk FAQ is under construction while it is moved to a new server, converted to Wordpress, and massively revamped. This messy transition period is likely to last at least a couple of months, so thanks for your patience meanwhile.

You can still access the old site here for now.