From: UUCP@ofa123.fidonet.org
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Subject: Re: New Filk
Date: 9 Nov 92 05:14:50 GMT
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From: sykopath@leland.stanford.edu
From  ucivax!sunlight.stanford.edu!leland.stanford.edu!sykopath

In article <n0d48t@ofa123.fidonet.org> you write:
>From: clif@clif.ypsi.mi.us 
>From  ucivax!hela.iti.org!iti.org!clif.uucp!clif
>
>
>> Send replys to: Mike.Liebmann@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
>> 
>> to be on the increase: certain big-name-filkers who think they're better 
>> than the rest of us and go play by themselves as a group.  They'll 
>> never learn about the new people who could make a big "splash" on filking.

I'm not a BNF, although someday when I'm older and more experienced I
hope to be...*grin*...
(I have a few small qualifications so far: (1) songs that no one else
has ever heard of, and (2) memorizing all of the songs I sing, 'cause
I'm too disorganized to bring lyrics sheets with me...*self-mocking grin*)
...but right now I'm just a "new people", paddling around in the
kiddie pools and trying to not get anyone else too wet.  
Done all of my filking up Seattle-way, though (Norwescon and Dreamcon), 
and would love to find a more local filking place, if you know of
any in the Bay Area who are willing to put up with a slightly 
brash amateur with a big huge love of listening, learning, and singing...?
*hopeful look*

*grin*

I just read The Judas Rose by Suzette Haden Elgin (strong recommendation,
btw, for that and its prequel, Native Tongue), and from it learned
the delightful little filk "Dog Named Quark", the space-age love
song "The Seas of Space" (to the tune of "The Water Is Wide"), and the
severely ose "The World They Call Terra"...

>  I've just deleted several more lines going off on another tangent.
>I think I should not reply to things when I've been painting (and
>breathing paint fumes) all day.  If I had half a brain, I'd delete
>this response, and forget it, but, like I said, paint fumes.

Well, if I had half a brain, I'd not post when it was after 5:00 in the
morning, and I had a stack of nearly 100 papers to grade by 8:00...*grin*...
...fortunately, I have only roughly 49% of a brain left, and am free
from all such restrictions of common sense.  

You, on the other hand, should have no hesitation about posting in the
state you mention above, as I found your post well-reasoned, well-spoken,
and entirely admirable.

The last few filks I've been at have been 30+ people, and Bardic Circle
(as nice as it may be from the viewpoint of equality) does not work
as well in that context as it does with fewer participants.  One doesn't
get to do quite enough singing to satisfy the urge...
(my first filk, I got there about 11:45 and stayed until 4:30 or so...
...and many of the performing types left shortly after I arrived, so
the majority of the time I was there, the only people singing were
myself and Tom Payne (do you know Tom Payne?  BNF up in northwest regions)...
...I felt very, very nervous about singing as much as I did, but it
was nonetheless extremely enjoyable.  I'm a small-filk person at heart,
I guess...:)

*wave*,

Mickey "I love the Lord, for He hears my voice, my supplications.
                                                     Psalm 116:1." Phoenix.

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