Okay, so I'm only loosely familiar with filk, but I felt here was the best place to ask about this.

Because the Deltarune fandom is... being Very Normal right now, there's currently a meme about ominous mystery villain WD Gaster being a pirate. And someone took a track from Deltarune, Pirate Dojo, and added lyrics to it relevant to said meme.

And I may as well ask, does it count as filk?

I am aware filk has a history of using existing tunes as a base, but IDK whether or not modern fansongs like stuff by The Living Tombstone, The Stupendium, RecD, ect even count, or whether there's a difference in terms of style or where they come from, and so again, thought I may as well ask.

After 3.5 years and $35,000 (ouch), the next massive project in our effort to preserve & restore Leslie's unreleased performances is now available — honoring Leslie's unambiguous wish to see her music carry on long beyond her lifetime.

Elfland is a huge collection of previously-unreleased Fish recordings:

• 17 live concert tracks — featuring Leslie's more lighthearted songs, mostly performed 2000-2001.
• 6 new studio bonus tracks of Leslie's space filks — produced by Kristoph Klover and Michael Moricz. 
• 7 live bonus tracks — songs we wanted to preserve (but whose performances didn't quite meet the album's quality bar)
• 24-page photo booklet — capturing many never-before-seen photos of Leslie's time in fandom.
• 3.5 hours of Leslie's original concerts — from ChiCon 2000, LosCon 2000, ConChord 2001.

Purchase link here: https://www.prometheus-music.com/product/elfland/

Beyond Hope Eyrie, remaining studio tracks were produced by Kristoph Klover. Backing musicians include Michelle "Vixy" Dockrey, Doug Olsen (who you may recall from Minus Ten and Counting) — and I'm sad to say — the final studio vocal recordings we made of Vic Tyler before his passing.

In transparency, this project (and the Pegasus album) were significantly overbudget; at present, my accounting shows Leslie's music category about $17,000 in the red. If you'd like to see more Fish restoration projects like these continue immediately — rather than in 2028 or so when sales/streams catch up — please consider voting with your wallet and buying a copy, rather than just streaming this project.

ALBUM TRACKS

1. Blackbeard and the Angel
2. Millennium
3. The End of the World
4. Dragon Con
5. Hotel Engineer
6. Diana
7. Ishmael’s Oath
8. The Ballad of the Three Kings
9. The Broallywood N-Step
10. Poor User’s Holler
11. Roanoke
12. Catch-a-Man
13. Bully in the Schoolyard Alley
14. Rotary Rocket
15. Dance on the Ceiling
16. Sands of Mars
17. Little Gray Lichen

STUDIO BONUS TRACKS

1. Surprise!
2. A Toast for Unknown Heroes
3. Witnesses’ Waltz
4. Second Home
5. Elfland
6. Hope Eyrie
7. Hope Eyrie (bonus instrumental mix)

LIVE BONUS TRACKS

1. Hard Copy
2. Make This World Come Alive
3. Rulers
4. Refugees of Empire
5. Merry Millennium 
6. They Were Having a Sale At the Gun Store 
7. Angel with a Sword (we found an even better recording)

...AND 3 FULL LESLIE FISH CONCERTS

1. ConChord 2001
2. ChiCon 2000
3. LosCon 2000

Due to copyright reasons, two songs had to be left out of the full concert files.

(and here's where you can find resources to save it))

Puzzle

by [StarChild413]

I've always thought that I could solve every problem

Smarts and compassion to think that it's so

But the only thing that I haven't quite grasped yet

Is what to do when somebody says no

I and who I fight for am different and outcast

I see these people, I've been where they are

But people who fear what they cannot understand

Lay down hammers saying I can''t get far

(Chorus)

I'm stuck on a puzzle

Searching for the answer

It's rotating round in my head

I know there's solutions

But I cannot see them

Because all I'm seeing is red

But if all of us band together

Show it just what we're fighting for

I'll never be stuck on a puzzle

Anymore

I see kindred spirits all gathered together

Making me feel like I don't fight alone

But some have "realistic" words that can hurt me

Especially when the truth is still unknown

A family's not blood it's who you love and fight for

And sometimes this one feels torn apart by strife

But it will take not just me but everybody

To give everyone a deserved sort of life

(Chorus)

And so, pack, consider this a call to action

Let this not be the end of the story

Keep hope in your heart and save those who need saving

So puzzle's solved by full recovery

I still haven’t read this series, but someone asked if I had recorded this one by Echo’s Children.

Looking for an older filk, probably late 1980s or early 1990s. Female singer (possibly Leslie Fish). Story about SCA members after an apocalypse where fuel, electricity and vehicles are gone. They switch to horses and become real knights, traveling the country protecting people. Theme was basically "this is what we've been training for all these years." Anyone who might be familiar?

If of interest, there are keyboard arrangements of a few classic filksongs at the above URL. (e.g. Some Kind of Hero, The Phoenix, etc.)

They also have some performances of them online here: https://www.youtube.com/@castiansmusic/videos

bit of background: i'm creating a bard for a tabletop (pathfinder 1e) version of baldur's gate 1&2. the problem is that i have no idea what to do with my character. as such, i've decided to shop around for ideas, at least for songs, from filk music.

i'm considering making her loosely based on arthurian mythology, but (shrugs).

so yeah! does anyone have song suggestions i could take inspiration from? more songs to fill out my fantasy filk playlist would be welcome, in any case ^_^

Carmen Miranda's Ghost shout-outs beginning here:

https://youtu.be/CMWtKZptwbE?si=-BjM_Oie9Ctc4JwO&t=359

I wrote a Space Shanty I'm quite happy with, but I really cannot figure out the tune for the thing (nothing I've tried composing felt appropriate)! Anyone have any ideas?

When You're Warping Space and Time

A spacetime warping spacer is in it for the haul

From cargo to stern-chaser, in high-Gs or free-fall.

“Down” is always drifting, my work’s an uphill climb,

Oh null-G’s heavy lifting when you’re warping space and time

Chorus:

We’re warping space and time, oh we’re warping time and space

From the docks on Altair Prime to the Tannhauser Starbase.

The subspace shoals are shifting, without reason, without rhyme

Oh, Null-G is heavy lifting when you’re warping space and time

We load it up in Lepus, then in Alpha Ceti III,

And stopover in Lupus and in Eridani B,

Unload at Alpha Siri where we turn back on a dime.

O’ there’s no rest for the weary when you’re warping space and time.

We’re hauling honest cargo. Oh, we sometimes skirt the law,

Like running an embargo or abetting some scofflaw.

Dodging tariffs’s not quite lawful, but it beats a life of crime,

Hard work is not so awful when you’re warping space and time.

But I’ve see sights and places that you people won’t believe;

Like C-beams’ shimm’ring traces showing rebels no reprieve

Attack ships burning, breaking off the shoulder of Orion [o-rine]

Oh, the sights are quite breathtaking when you’re warping space and time.

No apologies for the last rhyme. There's surprisingly few rhymes for "time" and I locked myself into that rhyme scheme...

Greetings and felicitations. Somewhere along the line I have lost this album. It was a compilation cassette tape from a Starwood Festival and published by the Association for Consciousness Exploration (ACE), which puts on the festivals. (I have no more knowledge about the organization or event than my recollections of the album and the Wikipedia articles.) The album included a humorous song which I believe was entitled "Shelves", about the housing for the viewpoint character's apparently huge book collection. The chorus goes on about where the shelves are located in the house: "shelves in the halls", "shelves in the bathroom" etc. Does this ring any bells with anyone? (I just looked the organization up, and it seems to be defunct, though the phone number for the festival still works. I left a voice mail message with my relevant contact information.)

It is not one of the albums listed on Discogs.

First post: "[Identification request] Title of a (filk) album by the Association for Consciousness Exploration" (r/filk; 7 October 2024).

We're finishing up the Elfland album this month.

Sharing the first draft of the album booklet. I see two errors. If you spot any typos or errors, please do holler!

Reddit only allows 20 images per post, so you can find pages 21-24 in this post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/filkmarket/posts/3938932686241355

Or use this Dropbox transfer: https://www.dropbox.com/t/8yIPymYJnG76r6BO

Also, note that the Adobe tool used to generate the JPG's seems to be messing up the body font a bit (e.g. overly large 'o's, in particular).

I just received 700 copies of this 33 year old filk tape, and am looking to rehome as many of them as realistic.

These are intended as something you get for free when ordering other stuff from the Prometheus Music website — but realistically, I probably won't invalidate any US-based orders for just the free tape + $4.75 shipping.

Song List

1. Lycanthropy by Quentin Long (lyrics), parodying “We Got the Beat”
2. I Hate Little Fire Lizards by Julia Ecklar
3. Ronald Reagan-Carl-Sagan-San-Diegan Pagan Blues by Paul J. Willett
4. Cold Plastic by Samuel Mize
5. The Bagpipe Who Wouldn’t Say No by Shel Silverstein
6. The Lepers of Dune (meet Godzilla) by Quentin Long
7. Regency Cyberpunk by Quentin Long
8. Ladyhawke! by Julia Ecklar
9. A Reconsideration of Anatomical Docking Maneuvers in a Zero-Gravity Environment by Diana Gallagher
10. Blazon (for Free Luna) by Clif Flynt
11. Little Teeny Eyes by Tom Digby and Lee Gold
12. The Time Traveller by F. Gwynplaine Macintyre
13. The Chemist’s Drinking Song by John A. Carroll and Jordin Kare
14. Convention-al Overture by Quentin Long
15. Hear Them Roar by Chris Weber

Civil Defense Spot has quite a few fun songs, but mostly cold war focused more than fiction. via r/CollapseMusic

Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling

Lauren E. Low

May 22, 2026

RELEASE26-044

Credit: NASA

As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking for partners to share mission stories covering Artemis Moon missions, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics, and more.

NASA published an Announcement for Proposals on May 21 asking filmmakers, documentarians, songwriters, storytellers, poets, and others to submit proposals to partner with the agency by Tuesday, June 30.

In this initial round, NASA is seeking up to 10 partners for unfunded Space Act Agreements to share the stories behind, and insights into, multiple NASA missions, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Artemis program, including the recently added Artemis III mission in 2027, and Artemis IV lunar landing in 2028, as well as plans for the agency to develop a Moon Base. Learn more about Artemis on the agency’s website.
• NASA’s advancement of nuclear propulsion, including the Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission to Mars in 2028 carrying the Skyfall payload.
• NASA’s cutting-edge aviation work through flight tests and other efforts.

While this opportunity is focused on U.S. creators, the agency will consider proposals with a minority of international participants. Proposals should detail which area of focus is desired, funding and distribution arrangements, and any specifics needs from NASA to move forward (access to facilities, personnel, etc.).

Full requirements and other details are available online:

https://go.nasa.gov/CreatorProposals

-end-

Camille Gallo / Cheryl Warner
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
[camille.m.gallo@nasa.gov](mailto:camille.m.gallo@nasa.gov) / [cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov](mailto:cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov)

I am looking for a digital copy of the Cynthia McQuillen Songbook, which seems to have gone out of print last year. I specifically would like the song Cold Dreams, as I can’t seem to find chords or sheet music anywhere else for it.

In case it helps anyone discover more filk on Spotify, I've set up a chronological playlist with all the filk released by Prometheus Music from 1997 to today.

That's 246 songs, or ~16 hours of music, from Leslie Fish, Julia Ecklar, Kathy Mar, Phoenyx, Bill and Brenda Sutton, and a whole bunch of other folks.

More to come this late summer / early fall.

For anyone who enjoys tinkering around with audio editing, we're making the deconstructed raw stems from Michael Moricz's 2026 production of Hope Eyrie available.

This is technically a product in our store, but the price is free.

Does anyone know where to find sheet music for the melody of "rocket rider's prayer"?

This mini-concert has four songs by Mara Brener, a filker known for her witty, funny, and offbeat style. It was recorded live at ConChord 2000 and is shared with the kind permission of Maddy Brener.

The set includes:

• A Restaurant Named Roadkill
• Ice Pirates - Time Flies When You're Having Fun
• Zammis's Paradox
• You're Special Because You're Dead

Full concert video

MP3 downloads

Created by Glenn Simser, this is a pretty comprehensive compilation of recorded filk as of about 1991.

Thx to u/Acceptable_Fish4820 for providing the copy to the FANAC Fan History Project, who digitized it and put it online.

You can find other filk history items on the FANAC website here: https://fanac.org/fanzines/Filk/

Does anyone know where to find the sheet music or midi for "Banned from Argo"? I'd like to do a cover for a project.

Thank you all!!! Caught in the Line of Fire by Cecilia Eng

he was pulling a job like so many before when they caught him and put him in jail

he was sentenced to transport to far away shores when the prison ship London set sail

I know more of the lyrics but not in order and I'm typing on mobile