[Sca-cooks] OT: GAFilk

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

>But you have totally ignored Allen Sherman, who
>created this genre long before science fiction
>filking was ever done.  And you made no mention
>of Weird Al Yankovitch, who is probably the most
>recognizable filker now.  Granted, they don't
>do science-fiction filking, but SF filking is
>only one element of filking in general.  
>
Neither of these Musical Comedy Geniuses started out in SF Fandom, which 
is how I based my usage of the term "filker" as such.  IT's a subculture 
thing.

>Huette, who was part of the LA Filkharmonics
>first performance, author of quite a few SCA
>filks and a proud co-author of three Dark 
>Shadows filk songbooks.
>
I didn't know you had been one of the Ladies In Black!  Kewl!

>
>
>wanders off singing one of her "hits":
>
>Deck the halls with cloves of garlic.
>Fa la la la lah; la la la lah.
>For the vampires soon will frolic.
>Fa la la la lah; la la la lah.
>Don we now our silver crosses
>Fa la lah; la la lah; la la lah.
>Soon we'll have to count our losses.
>Fa la la la lah; la la la lah.
>
Hee.  I've always liked that one.  

Sel.