Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 08:02:09 -0500



In article , charlies@voicenet.com
(charlie sweeney) wrote:

>Excuse me for being so folkin' stupid but precisely what the folk is
>filk?
>I suspect that i've been folkin filkin in filly, but i'm not sure

Short answer: Filk music is the folk music of science fiction and fantasy
fandom; it includes both original songs and parodies. It's associated with
science fiction conventions, and also with overlapping groups such as the
Society for Creative Anachronism. I expect that other answers will also
show up on this thread.

There will be a filk convention near Philadelphia this June. Check:

  http://www.filk.org/concerto/

-- 
   Gary McGath     gmcgath@mv.mv.com
   http://www.ultranet.com/~gmcgath

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