According to "An Egocentric and Convoluted History of Early 'Filk' and Filking" by Lee Gold, the word "filk" was born as a typo in an early 1950s essay submitted to a fanzine about the influence of ...

LOS ANGELES --At a suburban hotel here, in a windowless conference room called the "Hollywood" suite, a rapt circle of geeks sings songs about spaceships. Accompanied by acoustic guitars, clarinets ...

HOUSTON — As two dozen people eased into their seats in a small hotel conference room, Rob Balder stood at the edge of the stage for a preconcert sound check. An iPod, plugged into the room's sound ...

Tunes about Centauriangenitalia have yet to win a Grammy Award. At the Pegasus Awards for Excellence in Filking, though, the topic took home the top prize for "best adapted song." "Filking" combines ...

Filk is a little-known genre of folk music composed and performed by science-fiction fans, usually revolving around sci-fi and fantasy themes.... Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation Filk ...

The latest movie by Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis, is a lot like their other movies in which a guy endures a lot of terrible things happening to him. This one's different though, in that ...

Buying a first house used to mark entry into adulthood—and the beginning of wealth-building. But a shifting economic landscape is threatening to close the door on this American milestone. WIRED ...

What has 30 legs, five laptops, four kazoos and one Yoda? A filk singing circle. Filk is a little-known genre of folk music composed and performed by science-fiction fans, usually revolving around sci ...