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

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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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Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: June 5, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Author: boingboingtv

Length: 00:04:25
Rating: 5.00
Views: 595

Tags: Filk scifi slash fanfic science fiction folk music convention nerd

Video Comments:
Golem100 (September 4, 2008 at 8:06 am)
Ok, so I wrote a lot of filk, but, please God, tell me that I'm not that weird.
milo14564 (August 27, 2008 at 5:55 am)
ok, i like sci fi and fantasy and novelty songs and their conventions...BUT those people were just plain wacko.
theinsidiousfumanchu (June 6, 2008 at 12:43 am)
... errr ... wow.

I can't decide whether that was awesome in a very strange way, or strange in a very awesome way.
PleaseNoBrainrot (August 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm)
Both.
theinsidiousfumanchu (August 6, 2008 at 9:16 pm)
You're right.

It kind of reminds me a little of the Dagon Tabernacle Choir.