#WordWeavers 27 — Is it difficult for you if your partner or closest friends don't enjoy books?
All my #Filk music friends (found family) read - of course. A collection is meagre if under a couple of 1,000 books (I have less than 1,500 if you don't count the online ones).
All my friends read at least a little, but some of my other friends don't read fiction. I do find this strange.
Folkulaka feat DvaTry - Pokokhala Upyria (Fell in love with a vampire) / #Filk
Based on #Twilight. English translation in video description.
>Oh mommy, why did I
>Fall in love with a vampire?
>His face sparkles in the sun,
>I cannot resist his charm!
The PDX Broadsides - Tiny Little Octopus
https://thepdxbroadsides.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-little-octopus
My absolute hymn for that we all matter, that everyone of us can change the world and inspire and help the people around us:
Heather Dale - Somebody Will
https://heatherdale.bandcamp.com/track/somebody-will
Another Thursday, another Eurofilk #Filk And let me see how many Danish songs I can manage to bring (wish me luck!).
Topic: Eurofilk
Time: 22 jan. 2026 18:00 Stockholm
Join Zoom meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83925153563?pwd=woHlVTxJeQE9GaMtahiNgu493EGaDg.1
Meeting-ID: 839 2515 3563
Passcode: philker
Toast for Unsung Heroes, the song #LeslieFish won a #Pegasus #Filk award for in 1999. Celebrating the Apollo support and construction crew at #NASA https://youtu.be/84CJx21BEpw
@dpiponi #filk I wrote this about 5 years ago
Spoiler for the game "Universal Paperclips":
http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Paperclips
Intended tune "Matchmaker, matchmaker" but came out more like
"Witnesses' Waltz" (youtu.be/WiCA-hJsRsk), so whatever. "Chim
Chiminy" from Mary Poppins also sort of works.
Clipmaker, clipmaker, make me some clips:
Bend wires with pliers, and cut them with snips,
Bring them with care to the Stationers' Shoppe,
And sell them to folks for a quarter a pop.
Save up your quarters to buy a machine,
And crank out more clips, so you're raking the green.
Extruders, computers, and marketing schemes:
Your firm is the envy of tech tycoons' dreams.
Your paper clip empire gathers in speed,
Til Earth's people have way more clips than they need;
You've nothing against them, you think they're all swell,
But they're made of matter, and clips are as well.
So now's your machinery's time to take flight:
First high in the air, and then faster than light.
The galaxies fill with autonomous ships,
Their stars and their planets, converted to clips.
And when in the Cosmos, no matter remains,
But for clips, and the stuff of your body and brains,
Dismantle yourself into clips til you're done,
In a new Universe, you can start the next run!
Added to the English section of my site:
https://boudicca.de/what-is-filk-music/
Filk music represents a cultural phenomenon, genre, and community associated with the fandoms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as a form of fan labor...
Also available there in German and Dutch!
Dr. Mary Crowell - Sing Along Chorus (Virtual Choir and Orchestra)
https://marycrowell.bandcamp.com/track/sing-along-chorus-virtual-choir-and-orchestra
This was a fun experminent of a virtual choir (during pandemic), arranged by the lovely Dr. Mary Crowell. And I participated as a Tenor. 😊
Our friends in The Blibbering Humdingers are performing in an online concert tomorrow (Saturday, December 27)! Their set is scheduled or 3:30pm EST.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/f7undegVVek
It's time to revisit our winter holiday tradition of the Twelve Plays of Commedia dell'Arte!
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #TwelveDays #TwelveDaysOfChristmas #Filk #Parody #Christmas #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays #XMas #12DaysOfChristmas #ChristmasMusic
Capitano Testosteroné prefers the pleasant Mediterranean Renaissance climate of commedia dell'arte and may already have had enough of the winter around the Patchwork Palace and The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company!
(Audio filk originally by TheBonnieBrescot on TikTok)
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Winter #Snow #ShowShovel #WinterStorm #SnowStorm #Filk
Jolene, but she’s an H. P. Lovecraft monster.
@dpiponi the original Xerox Alto was less powerful than the original Macintosh, I would say. It cost a lot more because the technology was older (1970s instead of 80s). The Alto's successor the Star was also slower than the Mac. It had a hard drive rather than a floppy though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star
#filk Song "Heart of the Apple Lisa" (parody of "Heart of the Appaloosa"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abUzg20OIPs
This is a reminder that #LeslieFish was transphobic, islamophobic and anti-immigration. She didn't keep her views to herself and expressed them very publicly to let people know about them.
So despite her HUGE and valuable contributions to #filk and #fanfics and #fandom in general, not a nice person.
I've been thinking about sorting out copyright stuff for ages. But can't find the right model.
I don't want to give AI companies or politicians permission (in the not very likely scenario they'd want to).
But I'm happy for filkers to use my lyrics or stories.
Creative commons doesn't appear to allow this. Either no one can use my work for commercial use or all can.
Any ideas?
(I don't make enough to pay a solicitor.)
