Comments on: invasion of the filk http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/ Explaining my accent, one post at a time. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bcp http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/comment-page-1/#comment-2487 bcp Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:47:03 +0000 http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/#comment-2487 Hey Seanan, Thanks for the post! Seeing as how I was in town to check out cool toys at Cisco, and have attended a number of <a href="http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/" rel="nofollow">tech</a> <a href="http://www.usenix.org/" rel="nofollow">conventions</a> myself, I can certainly relate to being in a one of those crowds that makes people go `um, what?'. :-) Everyone certainly was friendly enough. Thanks for opening my eyes to a whole new culture! Hey Seanan,

Thanks for the post! Seeing as how I was in town to check out cool toys at Cisco, and have attended a number of tech conventions myself, I can certainly relate to being in a one of those crowds that makes people go `um, what?’. :-) Everyone certainly was friendly enough. Thanks for opening my eyes to a whole new culture!

]]> By: brian http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 brian Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:53:48 +0000 http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/#comment-2483 I so did not need to know this existed. I so did not need to know this existed.

]]> By: Seanan http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Seanan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:23:53 +0000 http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/#comment-2479 Sorry if we scared you! We generally keep an eye out for folks going 'um, what?', but things can get a little hectic during the conventions themselves. Both the videos you've linked are from the 'open filking' -- people sitting in big circles and making music together. We also have organized concerts, which make up our 'scheduled' programming, and a lot of other events. Much fun is had by all. Sorry if we scared you! We generally keep an eye out for folks going ‘um, what?’, but things can get a little hectic during the conventions themselves.

Both the videos you’ve linked are from the ‘open filking’ — people sitting in big circles and making music together. We also have organized concerts, which make up our ’scheduled’ programming, and a lot of other events. Much fun is had by all.

]]> By: Chip http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/comment-page-1/#comment-2474 Chip Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:20:13 +0000 http://www.michiganaccent.com/2008/03/09/invasion-of-the-filk/#comment-2474 W.o.w. Absolutely amazing. You don't really grasp it until you watch the videos. W.o.w. Absolutely amazing. You don’t really grasp it until you watch the videos.

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