Sunday, May 06, 2007    Generally. Filkers sometimes write songs
about dogs, cats, or their cars, but more or less, that's what
it is. And while it is not a folk song per se, I consider the
opening number from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (just after
"Lips, Lips, Lips!") Science Fiction to be among the most well-
known examples of filk.  Some of these songs are funny, some
serious, and many of them are well-written and sung. Some very
talented musicians in the filk community, though I am not among
them. By and large, even though "normal" is not the first word
that springs to mind, an audience at a typical science fiction
convention is apt to be the brightest group of folks you'll be
around. Any joke, no matter how esoteric the reference, somebody
in the group will get. Fans are a diverse lot, but most of them
are literate, polite, and sharp, at least in my experience, and
the smartest of them can run with anybody, anywhere.  I have
dabbled in the filk form. And given that I'm going to a
convention wherein the