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Re: Part number wanted
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 14:23:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Lorbaat wrote:
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> > It's an almost direct quote from a Cracker song (or was it a Camper Van
> > Beethoven song?), except swap in "rock" for "filk".
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> I thought it was actually "folk" rather than "rock" but I could be
> wrong.
You know, when I was writing this, I thought it was "folk". Always go with
your first instinct.
> > If you aren't sure what filking is... well, never having done it myself, I
> > can
> > only sum it up as an activity engaged in by folks, mostly at conventions (of
> > the sci-fi, fantasy, or gaming kind) wherein they do their best to re-create
> > singing in the meadhalls and around the campfires of yore, and succeed
> > totally
> > in being just as terribly, terribly annoying as most people of all ages have
> > found people who insist on disturbing perfectly servicable peace and quiet
> > with
> > badly written songs badly sung.
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> Well, that's kind of harsh. :-)
Really? I thought it was a fair assessment. Maybe it doesn't quite capture
the horror well enough.
> I've never been to a con where I was *forced* to listen to filking, and
> I've found what little filking I heard to be amusing, mostly in the way
> that any campy thing is amusing. If the cons you're going to are not
> well segregating the filking away from those that don't want to hear it,
> that's too bad.
Well, I've mostly only been "forced" to listen to it at cons in passing on my
way to other events. On the other hand, whena friend of a friend decides to
practice, or gets inspired and decides to go at it right there... and other
people join in... <shudder>
> But the general description is accurate, I guess. :-)
I do try. ;D
eric
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| (...) I thought it was actually "folk" rather than "rock" but I could be wrong. (...) Well, that's kind of harsh. :-) I've never been to a con where I was *forced* to listen to filking, and I've found what little filking I heard to be amusing, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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