New HP Filk Site

[Caius Marcius]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "- Joy -" <joy0823 at e...> wrote:
> Someone indulge me... I know what a filk is (and love them), but 
where in
> the world did that name come from?  Why are they called filks?
> 

I never heard the term either till I joined HP4GU. At Sci-Fi & 
Fantasy conventions it has long been popular for fans of particular 
books and/or authors to compose lyrics about the books' characters to 
pre-existing music.  IIRC, sometime in the late 50s, someone at such 
a convention meant to describe this as "folk music," but due to a 
typo, this came out as "filk music." The name stuck since then. Do a 
web search on "filk", and you'll generate a lengthy list. 

  - CMC