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Daniel Kelly Sings

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Aya Katz

On the Friday night livestream of February 4, 2022, our guest was singer/songwriter Daniel Kelly. Daniel’s songs cover topics like the defintion of art, slackware, and the controversy concerning Olympics in China. He also sets the words of others to … Continue reading →

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First Filksing of the Year — 2022

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Aya Katz

We had our first filksing of the year on Jan. 21, 2022. Julia Hanna and Aya Katz were the hosts, and the guests were Leslie Fish, Kate Glastone, Mark Horning and Katrina Joyner. Leslie Fish is a filk legend who … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve Talk and Filksing

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Aya Katz

On December 31, 2021 Julia Hanna and I hosted an online gathering that included a talk given by handwriting expert Kate Gladstone, and that was followed by a filksing featuring filk legend Leslie Fish and Katrina Joyner. Kate Gladstone also … Continue reading →

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Filksing with Mark Horning and Samantha Moore

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Aya Katz

On Friday, December 17, Julia Hanna and I hosted a filksing with Mark Horning and Samantha Moore. Mark Horning is a singer/songwriter from California currently living in Arizona. He has been active in the filk community from 1993. Samatha Moore … Continue reading →

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Filksing with Leslie Fish, Anne Prather & Mark Horning

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Aya Katz

On Nov. 19, 2021 we held a filksing with some of filk’s greatest performers. Leslie Fish and Anne Prather are world famous filkers from the heydey of filking’s best. They were joined a little later by Mark Horning, another accomplished … Continue reading →

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Interview with Jean Graham

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Aya Katz

Julia Hanna and I interviewed Jean Graham on our show on Oct. 22, 2021. Jean Graham is a writer of short stories in both the horror and the science fiction genre. Her work is available on Amazon. Before becoming a … Continue reading →

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Two Filksings: Mark Horning & Leslie Fish

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Aya Katz

Julia Hanna and I were planning on having a single filksing on Sept. 17, 2021, with two guests, Mark Horning and Leslie Fish. However, events contrived to give us two filksings for the price of one. First came Mark Horning. … Continue reading →

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Filksing with Leslie Fish and Samantha Moore

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Aya Katz

Leslie Fish is a legend in the filk world. Her name is synonymous with great filk music, of which she is the writer, composer and best known performer. Samantha Moore is well known as Mistress Ambra Michelli in the SCA. … Continue reading →

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Variations on “The Ash Grove”

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Aya Katz

[Last Updated on February 26, 2010. First published on Hubpages and then de-indexed.] Folk tunes have a long shelf life. They get re-used often with different lyrics, and we can learn a lot about the values and preferences of different … Continue reading →

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and the Windows XP Sound Recorder

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Aya Katz

[This filk song was published on Hubpages in 2009 and was later unpublished because of “pixelated images” at a time when HP thought Google would give them their traffic back if only they did not allow pixelated images.] Tune: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious by … Continue reading →

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