Filking Talk Descriptions (in numeric order) (count 59)
-....CASTING CALL: HMS TREK-A-STAR (filking)(90 min) HILTON OCNSD | Wed 04:00 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)
-....IN CONCERT: LESLIE FISH (filking)(30 min) HILTON LAGA | Wed 08:30 pm
Speaker(s): Leslie Fish
(no description)
-....CASTING CALL #2: HMS TREK-A-STAR (filking)(90 min) HILTON OCNSD | Thu 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)
-....IN CONCERT: DAVE KUSHNER (filking)(30 min) HILTON LAGA | Thu 08:30 pm
Speaker(s): David Kushner
(no description)
-....CASTING CALL: KAMIKAZE MORON (filking)(90 min) HILTON OCNSD | Fri 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)
-....IN CONCERT: ROBERTA ROGOW (filking)(30 min) HILTON LAGA | Fri 08:30 pm
Speaker(s): Roberta Rogow
(no description)
49...101 ESSENTIAL FILK SONGS (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Wed 04:00 pm
Speaker(s): Erwin S. Filthy Pierre Strauss
What filksongs should every filker know? Learn the history and tradition behind the “classics”.
94...THEME CIRCLE: FOUND FILK (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Wed 05:30 pm
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp
Filksongs found in mundane places.
99...IN CONCERT: KAREN ANDERSON (filking)(30 min) HILTON LAGA | Wed 08:00 pm
Speaker(s): Karen Anderson
(no description)
102..THEME CIRCLE: THE SONGS OF JULIA ECKLAR (filking)(60 min) HILTON CAPAB | Wed 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Joey Shoji
(no description)
104..THEME CIRCLE: BAWDY SONGS (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGB | Wed 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Blind Lemming Chiffon, Leslie Fish
For adults only!
131..WORKSHOP: WRITING WITH YOUR GUITAR (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Thu 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Bill Roper
(no description)
158..MUSIC OF THE SPHERES (filking)(90 min) ACC 210-C | Thu 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Christopher Young, Helen Simmins-McMillin, Bear McCreary, Jay Chattaway
Composers of scores for science fiction films and television talk about how they create the music we're not supposed to notice that makes the films and shows we watch so much better.
173..INTRODUCTION TO FILKING (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Thu 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Dave Weingart, Roberta Rogow, Bill Kushner, Kathleen Sloan
What is all this filk stuff? What were those strange sounds in the Laguna Room? Learn how to be a Filker. Actual singing is NOT required.
174..CHEAP GUITAR TRICKS (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Thu 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Blind Lemming Chiffon
Make people think you can play guitar better than you really can.
211..THEME CIRCLE: CHILDREN'S FILK SONGS (filking)(90 min) ACC CC-KID | Thu 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky, Dick Eney, TJ Burnside-Clapp, Moira Stern
For children of all ages and sizes.
260..RUDYARD KIPLING: FILKWRITER (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Thu 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): Fred Lerner, Leslie Fish, Karen Anderson
An examination of Rudyard Kipling's poetry as filk lyrics.
262..THINK UNIVERSALLY, SING LOCALLY (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Thu 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): Bill Laubenheimer, Dave Weingart, Blind Lemming Chiffon, Kathleen Sloan, Gary Ehrlich
How do filk custons and traditions differ across the globe? How are they similar? How does Interfilk affect this?
263..THEME CIRCLE: COMPUTER SONGS (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Thu 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky, Bill Laubenheimer
(no description)
302..HISTORY OF FILK: THE PALEO- AND MESO-FILKISH ERAS (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Thu 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): Dick Eney, TJ Burnside-Clapp, Erwin S. Filthy Pierre Strauss
A discourse on the Paleofilkish Era, before 1970, and the Mesofilkish Era, 1970-1980, when Filkbook technology was introduced.
303..SINGING THE PEGASUS NOMINEES (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Thu 04:00 pm
Speaker(s): Dave Weingart, Leslie Fish, Kathleen Sloan, Bill Roper, Gary Ehrlich
Be prepared to vote for the Pegasus Awards. Go down the list of Pegasus Nominees and sing/listen to all the songs we know.
352..THEME CIRCLE: WELCOME TO FILK (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Thu 05:30 pm
Speaker(s): Roberta Rogow, TJ Burnside-Clapp
(no description)
353..ONE SHOTS (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Thu 05:30 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)
363..IN CONCERT: BLIND LEMMING CHIFFON (filking)(30 min) HILTON LAGA | Thu 08:00 pm
Speaker(s): Blind Lemming Chiffon
(no description)
365..THEME CIRCLE: INTERNATIONAL FILK (filking)(120 min) HILTON CAPAB | Thu 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Dave Weingart
(no description)
366..THEME CIRCLE: SONGS OF STAR TREK (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGB | Thu 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Roberta Rogow, Leslie Fish, Karen Anderson, David Kushner, Gary Ehrlich
Kirk, Spock, Picard, and the rest of Star Fleet in song.
367..DRUM CIRCLE (filking)(60 min) HILTON OCNSD | Thu 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)
396..TECHNO-FILK: MIDI FOR KIDS (filking)(90 min) ACC CC-KID | Fri 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Marilyn Miller, Bill Laubenheimer
MIDI programming for kids. Learn how a MIDI sequencer works with a PC to make music.
399..WORKSHOP: ORDERING CONCERT PLAYLIST & CD TRACKS (filking)(90 min) HILTON OCNSD | Fri 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Gretchen Roper
A workshop on how to assemble a successful concert playlist and arrange the track order on an album.
448..HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR NEXT OF KIN YOU WRITE FILKSONGS & FANFIC? (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Fri 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Lynn Maudlin
Pre-mortem planning to provide for your filksongs and fan fiction, as found on webpages, fanzine collections, etc. Emphasis on the filk collections at the Eaton Collection (UC Riverside) and Bowling Green State University's Music Library.
449..TECHNO-FILK: BANGING OUT THE FILK BYTES ON YOUR LAPTOP (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Fri 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Bill Laubenheimer, Marilyn Miller
Using your PC as a filk instrument: MIDI and MP3 files.
487..HYMNAL SING: THE FILKSONG MANUAL (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Fri 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): Erwin S. Filthy Pierre Strauss, Karen Anderson
Join Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss and Karen Anderson singing from Bruce Pelz's Filksong Manual
489..BORN A FILKER: THE 2ND GENERATION (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Fri 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): TJ Burnside-Clapp, Miles Burnside-Clapp, Katy Savitzky
Are you the offspring of a filker? Discuss what this has done to your life with other 2nd Gen Filkers.
537..INSTA-FILK CIRCLE (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Fri 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): Lynn Maudlin, Blind Lemming Chiffon
How fast can you write and sing a new song? Develop your ability in this arcane skill.
579..CYNTHIA MCQUILLIN MEMORIAL CIRCLE (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Fri 04:00 pm
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky, David Kushner, Joey Shoji
Joey Shojii leads a commemoration of Cynthia McQuillin's life and music.
599..IN CONCERT: LYNN MAUDLIN (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGA | Fri 05:00 pm
Speaker(s): Lynn Maudlin
(no description)
635..IN CONCERT: DICK ENEY (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGA | Fri 06:00 pm
Speaker(s): Dick Eney
(no description)
638..IN CONCERT: MOIRA STERN (TO THE MEMORY OF CYNTHIA MCQUILLIN) (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGA | Fri 07:00 pm
Speaker(s): Moira Stern
(no description)
640..IN CONCERT: STEVE SAVITZKY (filking)(30 min) HILTON LAGA | Fri 08:00 pm
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky
(no description)
642..THEME CIRCLE: EXPLORING THE DEPTHS OF OSE (filking)(60 min) HILTON CAPAB | Fri 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Mary Creasey, Bill Roper
It's Ose, Ose and More-ose with this crew.
643..THEME CIRCLE: SPACE FLIGHT (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGB | Fri 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky, Lynn Maudlin, Gary Ehrlich
Fly with us in song to the Moon, the Stars, and Beyond.
669..KIDS PROGRAMMING: GUITAR WORKSHOP (filking)(90 min) ACC CC-KID | Sat 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Steve Weingart, Blind Lemming Chiffon
How a guitar works to make music.
671..FILKING FOR FUN AND PROFIT (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Sat 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Roberta Rogow, Mary Creasey, Eric Gerds, Bill Roper
These days, when you go into a convention's Dealers Room, it isn't uncommon to see one or more tables of people selling recordings of filk songs. Is there really money to be made? For the singers and songwriters or just for the dealers? How do you get involved? Who do you have to ask? What are the legalities?
719..FILK CLASSICS (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Sat 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Erwin S. Filthy Pierre Strauss, Dick Eney, Karen Anderson, David Kushner
What defines a "classic"? What are some classic filksongs? How many do you know?
721..PAIRING VERSE AND MELODY (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Sat 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Steve Savitzky, Leslie Fish
What does it take to match poetry to a melody? With examples from Rudyard Kipling and Yeates.
757..THEME CIRCLE: SONGS OF FANDOM (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Sat 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): Blind Lemming Chiffon, Kathleen Sloan, Bill Laubenheimer
Come sing of Neofen, SMOFs, and Crottled Greeps.
813..THEME CIRCLE: FURRY FILKSONGSS (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Sat 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): Rod O'Riley, Kay Shapero, Leslie Fish
(no description)
816..ONE SHOTS (SAT) (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Sat 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
Sign up in the Filk Lounge for your opportunity to present your best song on stage.
853..HMS TREK-A-STAR (filking)(60 min) HILTON LAGA | Sat 04:00 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
A revival of the (in)famous operetta first performed at Westercon XX in 1967.
885..IN CONCERT: GARY ERLICH, AND BILL AND GRETCHEN ROPER (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Sat 05:00 pm
Speaker(s): Gretchen Roper, Bill Roper, Gary Ehrlich
(no description)
905..IN CONCERT: DAVE WEINGART AND MARILYN MILLER (filking)(120 min) HILTON LAGA | Sat 08:00 pm
Speaker(s): Dave Weingart, Marilyn Miller
(no description)
907..THEME CIRCLE: THOSE FILKS WE LOVE TO HATE (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Sat 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): TJ Burnside-Clapp, Leslie Fish, Karen Anderson, Mary Creasey
Young Man Mulligan, Horsetamer's Daughter, Banned from Argo, and more!
908..THEME CIRCLE: THE PARODY (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Sat 09:00 pm
Speaker(s): Blind Lemming Chiffon, Gary Ehrlich
(no description)
930..KIDS PROGRAMMING: HARP WORKSHOP (filking)(90 min) ACC CC-KID | Sun 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Moira Stern
How a harp works to make music.
933..CRAFTING YOUR LYRICS (filking)(90 min) HILTON OCNSD | Sun 10:00 am
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)
974..HISTORY OF FILK: THE CENO- AND MODERN FILKISH ERAS (filking)(90 min) HILTON CAPAB | Sun 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Roberta Rogow, TJ Burnside-Clapp, Joey Shoji
A discourse on the Cenofilkish Era, 1980-1990 dominated by Cassette Tape technology; and the Modern Filkish Era, which began with the introduction of the Filk CD.
976..HYMNAL SING: RISE UP SINGING (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGB | Sun 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Blind Lemming Chiffon, Erwin S. Filthy Pierre Strauss, David Kushner
Sing along with the from the Rise Up Singing folk collection.
1009.THE KAMIKAZE MORON (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Sun 01:00 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
A Star Trek Parody in 1 Act.
1050.DEAD DOG JAM (filking)(90 min) HILTON LAGA | Sun 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): (none)
(no description)