tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post115115453693885090..comments2024-03-20T23:54:23.673-07:00Comments on The Great Raven: FILK MUSIC - REMEMBER WHEN...?Sue Bursztynskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-4061059783628031762021-02-22T14:37:30.147-08:002021-02-22T14:37:30.147-08:00Enjoy! And I’ve followed you on Twitter. Looking f...Enjoy! And I’ve followed you on Twitter. Looking forward to listening to your podcasts. 🙂Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-71979474890850159452021-02-22T14:30:17.614-08:002021-02-22T14:30:17.614-08:00Judith and I met on FB, and she sent me more music...Judith and I met on FB, and she sent me more music. Now I have to get time to listen to it. <br /><br />I can be found on Twitter @FilkCastEricChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08950782682735424890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-86767396681343779102021-02-16T14:24:14.564-08:002021-02-16T14:24:14.564-08:00Delighted to hear from you, Eric, and for my other...Delighted to hear from you, Eric, and for my other readers here is the link to your filk blog: http://filkcast.blogspot.com/ Are you on Twitter? <br /><br />Linda has unfortunately passed away, so I cherish her recordings all the more. She has a friend, Judith Proctor, who I believe has all her music, including my personal one, which I burned and sent her. Perhaps Google and contact her? Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-45107664985625748292021-02-16T13:50:44.679-08:002021-02-16T13:50:44.679-08:00I put out a weekly Filk Podcast called FilkCast.
...I put out a weekly Filk Podcast called FilkCast. <br /><br />I got a rip of one of Linda's tapes, and went looking for information, which led me here. Thank you for the information. I have Ditties From The Edge Of The World digitized. Now I have to find more!<br /><br />Thank you for the info!<br /><br />TieDyeEric<br />filkcast.comEricChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08950782682735424890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-51441624136603048902015-01-27T22:41:39.452-08:002015-01-27T22:41:39.452-08:00Hi, Mad Blonde! Get in touch with me by email, whi...Hi, Mad Blonde! Get in touch with me by email, which is listed on the contact page.<br />Cheers!<br />SueSue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-25226596640207186752015-01-27T18:21:12.791-08:002015-01-27T18:21:12.791-08:00I have no idea if you'll still see a comment o...I have no idea if you'll still see a comment on a 9 year old post, but here goes: 30 years ago I first encountered filk through 2 tapes of Blake's 7 songs by Linda Short. I fell madly in love with some of them & they still rattle around in my brain. I finished college, got married, finished grad school, & somewhere along the way in many moves I lost or loaned out the tapes. Never met anyone who'd heard of them. Then came the wonder of the internet & I got reconnected to B7 fandom...a little. About 6 years ago, I was "the madblonde" mentioned here on this post http://feng-shui-house.dreamwidth.org/1010454.html#comments . I believe I did succeed in getting in touch with Ms Short's son, but although he was very nice, nothing came of it. I'd give a lot to hear these songs again. Did you convert them to digital files? Any chance you'd consider sharing them with someone who has loved & remembered them for a long time, please? Thanks in any case. -Karen, aka TheMadBlonde TheMadBlondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719468015277769337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-28724727843582870312009-01-25T00:17:00.000-08:002009-01-25T00:17:00.000-08:00Had to say hi. I googled this post while trying t...Had to say hi. I googled this post while trying to find out if anyone had put Linda's filks onto CD. I'm selling my car with the tape deck and my precious tapes are wearing out a bit anyway. I'm not living without them, that's for sure!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm an awful correspondent, but I do often think of you. Good luck with the new year of school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-1156213597040312022006-08-21T19:26:00.000-07:002006-08-21T19:26:00.000-07:00I tend to believe the typo explanation myself. Is ...I tend to believe the typo explanation myself. Is there a filk community in Australia now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-1155628740020505582006-08-15T00:59:00.000-07:002006-08-15T00:59:00.000-07:00Got your note, recreated the post on my live journ...Got your note, recreated the post on my <A HREF="http://kayshapero.livejournal.com/67001.html" REL="nofollow">live journal</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-1155515914120210492006-08-13T17:38:00.000-07:002006-08-13T17:38:00.000-07:00"Filk" genuinely began with a typo, in a contribut..."Filk" genuinely began with a typo, in a contribution to the issue of the Spectator Amateur Press Association. It was rejected by the Official Editor as being "unmailable" which it probably was, inasmuch as the title was supposed to be something like "The Effects of Science Fiction on Modern American Folk Music" and consisted of some truly filthy bawdy lyrics analyzed as if the metaphors therein were literal. I'd love to find a copy but I don't expect that's ever going to happen.<BR/><BR/>HOWEVER, the OE couldn't resist telling other people about the typo, and Karen Anderson (who lives in the Los Angeles and is frequently at LASFS meetings where I can talk to her) decided the word should mean something, and adopted it for fannish parody folk lyrics. Lee Gold tracked down both the first article in which it was used (this by Poul and Karen Anderson in a SAPS zine), a copy of which which can be found <A HREF="http://www.nightsong.com/filk/twippledop/" REL="nofollow">here</A>,<BR/>and the first actual publication of something intended to BE a filksong (you can find a link there from the above), "Barbarous Allen".<BR/><BR/>Of course filk, like most living traditions, didn't take long to wander out of the strictest definition, and these days has the rather hazy one of the folk music of the SF/Fantasy fan community.<BR/><BR/>The Fish, you will be glad to hear, is still around and recording things, as are a lot of other folks. Check out the <A HREF="http://www.kayshapero.net/filkfaq.htm" REL="nofollow">rec.music.filk FAQ</A> for details. You will also find some old tapes have been reincarnated on CD (and at least one pair of records: Leslie & the Dehorn Crew's "Folk Songs For Folks Who Haven't Even Been Yet" and "Songs for Solar Sailors" are now combined on CD from Random Factors).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com