Novelty Music

	Novelty Music

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types of novelty music

Cool And Strange Music! Magazine - devoted to comedy records and oddball forms of music, including exotica, space age pop, lounge, surf, moog records, and thrift store finds
The Madness Network - late-night novelty, comedy and dementia music radio show broadcast over the Internet; based in Chicago, IL

filk

Brief Introduction to Filk
Dandelion Conspiracy
Dorsai Irregulars - Songs and profile of the organization of science fiction fans.
Filks [Bob "Blars" Larson]
Filks [David Weingart]
Filks [Melissa Binde]
Filks [Rich Brown]
Interfilk - promoting the sharing of filk music
Los Angeles Filkers Anonymous
M.A.S.S. F.I.L.C. - small, non-profit organization devoted to furthering the art of filk in "the greater Massachusetts area" (2-1/2 hours from Boston). Monthly meeting announcements, filks by members.
Maureen's Filkbook - songs and MIDI files of fantasy, science fiction, fandom, history and even ordinary life!
Science Fiction References in Music
Songworm - parody lyrics by Bob Kanefsky, mostly to filk or folk songs.
Story as Song - contains definition and origins of filking.
Xenofilkia - a filk fanzine
Filk.info - mostly in German

events

1812 Tone - the British Filk Convention - February 3 - 5, 2006
FilkCONtinental - in Germany; October 1-3, 2004
Grand Fleet Operations - Information on UK filk conventions, with links to UK filkers. [Last update seems to have been in 2001 or earlier, but has some historical value.]
HarmUni - British filk convention (presently in disarray).

FilKONtario - science fiction music convention to be held April 17-19, 1998.
FilKONtario - Greater Toronto area's filk convention
Pondfilk V - Annual convention, held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in June. Information on guests, membership, and previous conventions.
UFO (United Filkers of Ontario) - A casual association of filkers living mostly in Southern Ontario, with a few coming from as far as Ottawa in Eastern Ontario and occasional special guests. Housefilk schedule and contact information.

ConChord - in Woodland Hills, California; in August 2007
Consonance - San Francisco Bay area's filk convention
San Diego Filk Fandom
Conglomeration - Washington DC area filk organization
Georgia Filk Convention - January 6 - 8, 2006
GaFiA - Georgia Filkers Anonymous meets most months in both the Atlanta metropolitan area and in Alabama
Chicon: Filk Music - Chicago WorldCon
Conterpoint - in Rockville, MD
Northeast Filk Convention in Worcester, MA; June 16 - 18, 2006; at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Contata '05 - in Secaucus, NJ; June 24 - 26, 2005.; floating Northeastern US filk convention
Ohio Valley Filk Fest - in Ohio
The Texas Filk Page - local conventions, local filkers, and other filk pages

resources

last edited Sunday, January 06, 2008