Filk Folk music for science fiction fans (Boing Boing tv)

Science fiction and folk music had a baby, and its name is filk. This little-known DIY music subculture involves songs composed and performed by sci-fi and fantasy fans, and revolves around fandom themes. Today on Boing Boing tv, Xeni visits the Consonance Filk Convention in the Bay Area, and learns that it is possible to combine vampires, computer virii, LOLcats, Battlestar Galactica, Tolkien slashfic, string theory, and World of Warcraft characters in a single Klingon lyric sung to the tune of "Kum Ba Ya."

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Filk
• scifi
• slash
• fanfic
• science
• fiction
• folk
• music
• convention
• nerd

[KattraBlake]

I like filk music. It is fun and has a free spirit that welcomes new ideas and still very easy to listen to.

[theinsidiousfumanchu]

... errr ... wow.

I can't decide whether that was awesome in a very strange way, or strange in a very awesome way.

[GrigoriZhukov]

@theinsidiousfumanchu consider that maybe the answer is "yes, most emphatically YESYESYES!" Hope that clears it up for you...becasue reality is weirder than filk.

[stefannymence]

Love it! Awesome template, what is it called?

[TangibleImages]

Nice segment. Luv it! There are not enough promos for sci-fi geeks.

[sukamysia]

does anyone know what the "i wanna die like they do in sci fi" song is really called? it sounds interesting and i want to hear the rest.

also not all filkers are that weired.

[amberchrome]

Of course your mileage may vary.

[Shivemaster]

yeah I heard some filk song (hey there cthulhu) and I thought filk music could be pretty cool. this vid proved me wrong.

[sfd210]

Yes, Golem100 you are weird because you write filk but that doesn't mean you need psychiatric help.

Yes, milo14564, those people are wacko (said the semi-professional musician who has made the mistake of attending a filk convention).

[linkingfaer]

freaks nerds arabs chimks

[PleiadesSeven]

I;m not God but do you go around in a corsety s&m outfit with back fat juggling? do your eyes glaze over if someone asks you a question to do with regular civilization socialization & you find yourself doubling back from a place in your mind where you were contemplating exactly how much the shire was worth in comparison to Frodo's armor as in totalling up and calculating labor, crops, hobbitts etc and you'd rather make a song about the hobbitt crop inventory then talk about the "real" world?