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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
11:42 pm [starmalachite]	Vote Dr. Demento into National Radio Hall of Fame Dr. Demento is nominated for addition to the National Radio Hall of Fame in the NATIONAL – PIONEER category. Balloting ends at midnight on August 1st.  You can register to vote at www.radiohof.org/2009_nominees.html. Profiles of the nominees are at www.radiohof.org/2009_nominees.html. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
9:06 pm [ifics]	Westercon Pictures Here are some pictures I took at Westercon 62. On Flickr (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 29th, 2009
6:19 pm [catalana]	2009 Pegasus Nominations are Open Hello everyone! Those of you at Marcon may have seen the paper copies of these, but due to the Pegasus Committee having an attack of Real Life (TM), we only just got the electronic versions ready. In any case, without further ado, I am pleased to announce that nominations for the 2009 Pegasus Awards are now open! You can see the results of the brainstorming poll here and the ballot is here. The floating categories for this year are "A Little Bit Country" and "A Little Bit Rock and Roll." As ever, I look forward to seeing what your nominations are. Nominations close when it is August in California, i.e., 12:01 a.m. August 1st, Pacific Time. You can't nominate early and often, but you can certainly have fun deciding who to put on your nominating ballot! All the best, Erica Neely Pegasus Evangelista
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
4:57 pm [wyld_dandelyon]	A writing venture I don't know how far the news has traveled, but I got laid off in January, and am still seeking employment.  So, I  have decided to try a new thing, and put some of my writing out into the world using a model variously called cyberfunded creativity and crowdfunding.  Today is SF&F Writer's Day. I'm hoping it's an auspicious day to start this new venture. Reading haikujaguar  and shadesong  and ysabetwordsmith , and seeing how they interact with their readers, I realized I have both sat down alone to write a story, and sat around a table telling a story for people who were participating, as characters, in my world. But I really haven't tried writing with kibitzers, so I'm going to try an experiment, and you are all invited to kibitz, to ask questions, make suggestions, make comments, and so on. I have a story snippet that I think will do for a start, but initially I'm going to post a short-short to introduce you a bit to the world. This is the world that the novel I'm working on is set in, but will be a different story. There will be a donate button; if you enjoy, please let me know--and please let your friends know everyone is welcome. Please don't give more than you can afford, and thanks for reading.   I wanted to particularly invite all of my friends in the filk community, to let you all know you are very welcome to at least poke your noses into my LJ, and see what I've been up to. edited to add the link:  http://wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com/35367.html<input ... ></input><input ... >   Current Mood: welcoming (Comment on this)
7:28 am [alymid]	SJ Tucker house Concert - Chicago Area Who: S.J. “Sooj” Tucker What: A Concert!!! When: Sunday July 5th More When: The concert will start at 2pm, I would show up early to get seats and snacks. Where: Evan and My house . . . Follow the link for more specifics and location and facilities http://alyse.org/home/ RSVP: YES please!!!! Bring your friends, as well, just RSVP for both you and them. . . (that way I can try to have enough chairs setup and also food enough for everyone) Why: Have you heard her??? If you have, you aren’t asking this question. If you haven’t, come and find out how excellent she is. Are you a Chicago area folkey? If so then you may have seen S.J. at one of her performaces in the area. Are you a local filker? You might have seen S.J. at Duckon this year playing with Vixy and Tony or Seanan. Do you frequent Renaissance Faires and other outdoor festivals? You might have seen her on her own or with Tricky Pixie. Even if you aren’t any of the above, I can promise that S.J. puts on an dynamic and energetic show that will have you singing along, laughing, and dancing (even if it is just in your seat). You don’t have to just take my word though: “Tucker has a voice in a million — powerful, hypnotic, untamed and yet utterly controlled. She sings from the gut, but hers is a trained instrument.” — Green Man Review “With such a huge, soulful voice, one would be surprised to see that Skinny White Chick is in fact a skinny white chick.” — In the Studio “She’s got Dar [Williams]’s sardonic sincerity coupled with [Ani] DiFranco’s passion, Janis Ian’s vocal chops, and the deft guitar hands of Emily Saliers. Her lyrics swell up from the underworld where so many artists venture but few truly understand.” — Phil Brucato, NewWitch magazine If you won’t take my word, or their word, you can read more about her or listen to her at one of her many locations on the web: SJ Tucker Website SkinnyWhiteChick Listen to her on Band camp Listen to S.J. on Last FM When the concert is over, we will convert the living room into a song circle. Please bring yourself, your instruments, your voice, and your willingness to participate! If you are bringing instruments for the song circle PLEASE try to come early for the ease of instrument storage. As usual Evan and I will provide snacks and soda and water, but potluck items are always welcome. Please RSVP by responding to this or by emailing to music @ alyse.org – you can also use that email address to send any questions you might have. You can also go to the website to learn more about Music Events at our house: http://alyse.org/home/music-faq/ Posted at my website (Comment on this)
Friday, June 12th, 2009
4:20 pm [johno]	Consonance has a new hotel. Hilton Newark/Fremont Dr James Robinson, Chairperson of Consonance, signed the hotel contract this morning. More details and reservation information will be avail in a few weeks. Hotel general link: http://tinyurl.com/y3ynbd (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
11:57 am [sodyera]	S.J. Tucker Live in Jersey City Sooj came to play at ladymondegreen's palacial residence. It rained outside but we were warm and cozy inside (sometimes a little too warm). We heard many new releases plus some established favourites. Josh & Lisa (please don't make me search LJ handles) danced strategically in a dark corner of the living room. The techies talked tech and Ben Newman played a sample afterwards from a play he wrote about a light-sensitive civilisation. My own light sensitivity was challenged mid-concert when a couple of photo-flashes detonated. The only real explosion was in my neural pathways. I took my pills and tried not to make either my reaction or the issue of my condition bigger than it was. I later explained that listening to good music in the dark was the greatest help of all. Current Music: "The Pixie Can't Sleep"--S.J. Tucker (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 29th, 2009
12:18 am [maedbh7]	ConCertino! -20 and counting Oh My! Only 20 more days until ConCertino! So much to do, so much to do! * Reserve Your Room (SRSLY! Room block closes TODAY!!) * Arrange transportation. Plane tickets? Train tickets? Bus reservations? Gas up the car? Buy new walking shoes? Get the rims aligned on your Schwinn? Please feel welcomed to use this comment space as a place to find rideshares. You can find directions here * Can't afford a room of your own? Please feel welcomed to use this comment space as a place to find roomshares. Your room is $89 per night, but your half of the bed is only $22.25. 75% savings!! * Plan to contribute some Volunteer Time! Want to make new friends and meet new people? Volunteer! Want to know your way around audio recording equipment? Volunteer! Looking for a way to pass those 15 minutes of extra time? Volunteer! Want the concom members to stay friendly and crunchy in milk? Volunteer! (There might even be super secret special pins for thems who volunteer. But shhhh! Don't tell anyone. That's just between you, me, and these here pixels.) * Get your songbook in order :) Where'd all those lyrics go? Oh, and that found filk from last week? The current set list? Oh, and the chords to that new song. * Buy a bathing suit (OK, maybe that's just me, but the hotel pool has a view of a castle. Well, ok, it's not a castle; it's a nearby hotel that -looks- like a castle, but still...castle! There will be synchronized underwater filk swimming again!) * Get new strings, reeds, picks, pads, oil, and all that other instrumental first aid. Especially that most important one - a single-room cool air humidifier, the best defense ever against concrud and one of the better ways to keep your vocals happy. * Let the concom know if you have any unusual circumstances of which we should be aware (particularly, anything that might be amiss with your membership) You can email your unusual circumstances to the email address listed at the bottom of the page linked here * Arrange your transportation home. Because, while we love you and all hotels love your business, sadly even the best of things will come to their timely end. So, get going on that to-do list, ladies and gentlemen. No time to waste! Minus 20 and counting. We're so excited! We can't wait to see each and every one of you there any minute now! Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Gone Filkin' (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
12:48 am [kitespirit]	FilkCONtinental wants YOU! Lots of space available at FilkCONtinental! This year we are in the surprising situation that we we currently only have ~60 registrations for con memberships. We pre-reserved 120 places, i.e. we currently only have 50% of the rooms taken!!! Thus we decided last weekend that we will have to cancel one floor at the castle if we do not receive more registrations until june 7th, especially from the 'there-still-is-lots-of-time-till-registration' people among you... If you want to come to FilkCONtinental but have not registered yet: please do register NOW! If you cannot pay within the regular 14 days period, just ask us - we probably can find an individual agreement! :) This year we have absolutely wonderful guests from the USA: Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff - and maybe you even don't know what you will be missing! Just drop by on their homepage at  http://www.jeffandmaya.com/ Among those of you who know the 'Kleiner grüner Marsmensch' - Steve will be conducting this year's choir workshop as barbershop workshop. There will be more dance and music workshops, and there will be a release party with a number of surprises! And aside from the two guest's concerts there will be a number of exciting spots of people you never (or for a loooong time) have not heard yet! Thus go to the registration forms! http://www.sf-fantasy.de/filkcon2009/f_anmeldung_e.cfm If you have been pondering visiting FilkCONtinental, THIS is your chance! The "excuse" that the con probably might be book out obviously does not count not this year! We would be really happy to see you in October at FilkCONtinental again! Greetings Kirstin --------------------------------------------------- http://www.filkcontinental.de/2009/home/index_e.php (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
9:12 pm [maedbh7]	Concertino! -30 and counting Less than 30 days until CONCERTINO! Where the filk comes sounding forth in waves! Come join us in glorious windswept Worcester MA for 3 full days of concerts, chocolate, and concertinas. From 5p June 19 until late on June 21, 2009, we will sing songs of fantasy and science fiction (and yes, probably even some Star Trek as well). Sing with us, play your original music, or simply listen and enjoy. Whatever your musical filkful pleasure, we'll make a place for you. But most important of all, Come Hear Our Guests!! Guests of Honor: Bill & Gretchen Roper Toastmaster: Kathleen Sloan TechnoGuest: Harold Stein Interfilk Guests: Brooke Lunderville and John Caspell Ghost of Honor: Lois Mangan Concertino! Concertino! Concertino! Get your hotel room here! Concertino! Concertino! Concertino! [Crossposted Everywhere!! Like filk, filknews, and filkhaven Crosspost it yourself everywhere, too!] Current Music: Livejournal Shanty - Brooke & John (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
11:36 am [catalana]	Pegasus Brainstorming Closes Soon Hello everyone! It's your having-way-too-much-life Pegasus Evangelista! We are coming into the last week of brainstorming; the poll closes at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday the 19th. (So when it's Tuesday in California, it's too late.) We have our two floating categories: 1) A Little Bit Country and 2) A Little Bit Rock and Roll. Plus all the usual suspects: Best Filk Song, Best Classic Filk Song, Best Performer, and Best Writer/Composer. This is your chance to do some advance brainstorming - jog your memory! Help other people think up ideas! Brainstorm early and often! (Well, okay, it's a bit late to be early...) Anyway, you can brainstorm here. I look forward to seeing your ideas! Erica Neely Pegasus Evangelista
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
7:29 pm [madfilkentist]	ConCertino pre-registration deadline is Saturday The preregistration deadline for ConCertino is the end of this week, Saturday, May 16! So if you've been procrastinating, now is the time to register. You can download the flyer and registration form from the ConCertino website. We're looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible! (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
10:55 pm [johno]	Consonance 2009 - Wrap-Up Consonance 2009 Wrap-Up has been posted: http://www.consonance.org/Wrap2009.html Consonance 2010 Flier has been posted: http://www.consonance.org/cflyer2010.pdf If you are on Facebook, there is now Consonance group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58102749317 (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
1:48 pm [johno]	Consonance Updates: Program Grid & Twitter Feed Consonance 2009 This weekend, March 6-8 Crowne Plaza, Milpitas, CA http://consonance.org Follow us as we post updates during the weekend. http://twitter.com/consonance The program is back from the printers, so this a final as any convention program gets. Remember, it's always subject to last minute updates: ( click to reveal... ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
1:44 pm [johno]	Consonance Updates: Program Grid & Twitter Feed Consonance 2009 This weekend, March 6-8 Crowne Plaza, Milpitas, CA http://consonance.org Follow us as we post updates during the weekend. http://twitter.com/consonance The program is back from the printers, so this a final as any convention program gets. Remember, it's always subject to last minute updates: ( click to reveal... ) (Comment on this)
Friday, February 20th, 2009
9:48 pm [patoadam]	Consonance: Crunchy filk goodness (definitely!) and imminent hotel deadline (maybe) Yes, Consonance 2009 is only two weeks away! Come on down and have more fun than you can possibly imagine in one weekend! Consonance 2009, the San Francisco Bay Area Filk Convention March 6-8 San Jose-Silicon Valley Crowne Plaza GOHs: Vixy and Tony (the delightful Michelle Dockrey and Tony Fabris) International Guests: Playing Rapunzel (the amazing Mich Sampson & Marilisa Valtazanou) Interfilk Guest: the one and only Mary Bertke Toastmistress: the world-renowned Erica Neely This is the time of year we do a sort of dance we call the Consonance Hotel Shuffle. After Saturday, February 21 (tomorrow as I write this), the con hotel will no longer be contractually obligated to give you the special con rate when you book a room. In every prior year, the hotel has allowed registrations at the con rate after the deadline, even walk-in registrations at the con, but this could be the year the hotel employees turn into Zombies Sadists From Pluto and make you pay the rack rate.So make your hotel reservation for Consonance immediately, if not sooner! And you can still save a few bucks if you mail in your preregistration right away! Everything you need to know about Consonance is on our web site, where you will find links to guest info, hotel info, and our PR. See you there! Alan T. (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
2:08 am [hms42]	Conflikt 3 info Conflikt 3 info I am at Conflikt listening to Seanan's GOH concert. They (just before her concert) announced whom they asked to follow this year's great guests. The 2010 Conflikt, Jan 29-31, 2010 guests are - Guest of Honour: Tom Smith Toastmaster: Andrew Ross Interfilk Guest: October Country (Celtic duo from Texas) More info (once the concom recovers, I figure) will be at Conflikt.org within a couple of weeks. Memberships will be available at conflikt.org (No, pricing is not on the flyer. It only shows the at con pricing.) And, no, I don't know any info. I live on the east coast, not in the North West. It helps to put the RIGHT convention name in the posting... (Sorry, I am on east coast time at a west coast convention.) (Comment on this)
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
8:20 am [callylevy]	Rapunzel CD announcement! Playing Rapunzel (Mich Sampson and Marilisa Valtazanou) are chuffed to announce that their first CD ‘Abseiling for Beginners’ will be launched on Friday 6th February! The CD features arrangements of fabulous filk and folk songs: Tanglewood Tree (Carter/Grammer) Uffington Hill (Talis Kimberley) Mina’s Song (Zander Nyrond) As I Roved Out (Trad) Sholem (original) Beat of Drums (Peter Westhead) The River (Dave Weingart) Lies (Stan Rogers) Seven Days (Knightley/Witts) Ingo (original) Supporting musicians are Gary Holder, Talis Kimberley, Rachel Georgeson, and Tim Walker. Beautiful artwork provided by Debbie Ohi and Anke Teschke, and technical magic by Club GK. The CD will cost 12 GBP. So was it a smooth ride to produce their first CD? “Well, it’s amazing we haven’t killed each other... I mean, don’t print that!” said Mich, 31. Catch our launch concert at 6.40pm (note the early start!) on Friday 6th February at aXXIdental, the 21st British Filk Convention, in Grantham. Not joined aXXidental? (Check out www.contabile.org.uk - how about a day membership?) Contact us at: rapunzel@playingrapunzel.com www.playingrapunzel.com Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Beat of Drums (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 16th, 2009
1:49 pm [hrrunka]	The third aXXIdental PR slipped on the icy door-step, but picked itself up and stumbled out on 14th January. (More details in the Contabile community and on the UK filk convention website.) If you think you've joined aXXIdental and havn't received either electronic or physical copies of all the PRs then please get in touch. If you want to come to aXXIdental and havn't yet joined, join NOW! (Comment on this)
Monday, December 29th, 2008
12:16 am [maedbh7]	Let's All Commit A Song!! The holidays are winding down. The long cold dark nights of winter are settling in. What to do? What to do? I know! It's time for the Concertino '09 songbook! That's right, ladies and gentlemen, Concertino is looking for songs for our next songbook :) And all you have to do to join is to email it in the next time you put down your guitar. Who: You! What: send Concertino your original lyrics, your original tunes, or your original lyrics to previously existing tunes Where: lyrics or sheet music to songbook@concertino.net (.mp3 submissions can be discussed with maedbh7) When: As Soon As Possible. Deadlines are funny things and they have a way of creeping up. So, how about you send them Real Soon Now, m'kay? (Ok, in truth, I forget when the deadline is. Soon. But not the end of January.) Questions? Comments? Concerns? No? Ok, great! Send us all those fabulous new songs I know you've all been writing :) See you soon at the next local filk, -H... Current Mood: busy Current Music: Gone Filkin' (Comment on this)