Well, I was primed for an appreciation of filk by a father who tends to randomly break into song at the slightest provocation, frequently a spontaneous insta-parody, and also by early exposure to Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman, and Weird Al Yankovic.
But as to the culture of filk ... in college, I was exposed to a couple of filk albums by friends: Serious Steel by Leslie Fish and Joe Bethancourt, and Never Set the Cat On Fire and Live! by Frank Hayes, and a mix or two. I was delighted and enthralled, and set about learning as much of it as I could. At my very first convention, Lunacon 1996, I found my way to the filkroom and pretty much never left.
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But as to the culture of filk ... in college, I was exposed to a couple of filk albums by friends: Serious Steel by Leslie Fish and Joe Bethancourt, and Never Set the Cat On Fire and Live! by Frank Hayes, and a mix or two. I was delighted and enthralled, and set about learning as much of it as I could. At my very first convention, Lunacon 1996, I found my way to the filkroom and pretty much never left.