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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
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*ahem*
What is a "filk", and is this something that I ought to know? 
It's a term in SF/F fandom. I believe it's short for "folk and that ilk" which got shortened to "filk". It's any music or parody of music that people like. Can be everything from THE EAGLES (I got to filk that once with about 6 guitars and a mandolin, plus a backup singer) to the kind of stuff Weird Al Yankovic does to invented music to stuff from the Renaissance.
Filking is mostly sitting around and playing music. A lot of people who doe Renaissance Festivals over here are also Fen (the plural of Fan, which denotes someone into SF/F; everyone who's a fan of V4V can qualify, especially if they've ever attended a fannish convention) and therefore the same people who perform in public venues also filk in smaller venues, mostly for their own amusement and the amusement of others.
Ideally, in a Filking circle you have between 4 and 40 people in a room, often at a Con. Each person takes a turn, either playing a song they like or suggesting a song they'd like to hear from another musician. You can join in if you know the words/music or sit out if you're not in the mood or just aren't familiar. It can be a helluva lotta fun, which is how I ended up singing "Hotel California" at 4 in the morning. There will often be as many people listening as participating, and people come and go at will.
Does that help?
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Leda74
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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
Ah. Now I understand - thank you, sweetness 
--- "What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil" - Friedrich Nietzsche
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6/28/2006, 11:09 am
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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
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MelindaKitty wrote:
And question: How did you get to be Chancelor and ButMad get Chief Inspector?
Ah, we put our heads together over that one a few days ago  We thought the admin titles needed a bit of a freshen-up.
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Can I be a title too?
Alas, "Veek" is as high as non-staff can go...
--- "What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil" - Friedrich Nietzsche
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6/28/2006, 10:46 pm
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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
It all started when JAD got the board back from Nem...
Suddenly, I was finally an Admin...
Then I suggested to JAD/Vadin that he could change his Owner title to Chancellor....
and the musing about the Mod/Admin titles began....
next thing we knew, Leda was Chancellor...
I rethought the Controller title Vadin had put on me....
and the rest is histrionics.
Mods are Consuls, BTW.
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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
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It all started when JAD got the board back from Nem...
Suddenly, I was finally an Admin...
Then I suggested to JAD/Vadin that he could change his Owner title to Chancellor....
and the musing about the Mod/Admin titles began....
next thing we knew, Leda was Chancellor...
I rethought the Controller title Vadin had put on me....
and the rest is histrionics.
Mods are Consuls, BTW.
so what the heck is a Verigin? (Vadin's new title)
Is this like Virgin Emeritus or something? perhaps a new competitor for Beefeaters?
and hey, where is more songfilk?
here's one:
Oh say can you see
a bright blazing V
that soars in the sky
o'er the rubble still gleaming?
Who's bright blades and dark eyes
through the periless night
so fiercely descend
on the cruel fingermen.
and old Big Ben's red glare
the bombs bursting in there
gave truth to the night
that our freedom's still there.
oh say does that masked man
still sail throught the night?
demanding justice
freedom, and human rights.
well, needs work.
help me revise/improve?
---  "There is no certainty, only opportunity." -- V
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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
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so what the heck is a Verigin? (Vadin's new title)
Ah, that? It was a heartfelt request that I felt moved to oblige 
--- "What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil" - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: Songfilk: Vendetta Man
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Ah, that? It was a heartfelt request that I felt moved to oblige
Madamme Chancellor, vous et tres gentile, nous savon.
Even V can refuse you nothing!
But, you ducked my real question, Whatsa "Verigen"?
--- "There is no certainty, only opportunity." -- V
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