jtk@mordor.ARPA (Jordan Kare) (09/10/86)
As a filker and a friend of the folks in Compass Rose, I feel obligated to reply... >... Will someone on the net please tell me WHY, O GOD, WHY? >they had filkers on for the "intermission"? Because a good musical group is a very sensible thing to put on during intermission. As it happens, Compass Rose had not expected to perform at Worldcon until fairly shortly before the con; another better known group pulled out, leaving the Concom stuck. That was Compass Rose's first public appearance, and under the circumstances (a lot of time to fill, and an inevitably restless audience) I'd say they did not badly. Of course, if the only music you like is, e.g., acid rock, then there wasn't much they (or the concom) could do, was there? >Have you ever known a >filker who didn't get serious about their stuff in the first ten >minutes In the first ten minutes of what? Of a concert set? Yes, I have. Frank Hayes comes to mind; the man only KNOWS two serious songs... >and then proceed to go on and on and on and on... Well, there are some filkhogs who do, but most filkers I've encountered are pretty courteous, and if performing a set for an audience will stick close to whatever time limits they're given. Compass Rose, naturally, had to keep going till the judges came back, and then they left quite promptly.... >After the Compass Rose started sounding like old time Gospel quartets >then our whole party left In Search Of parties.) > >--arlan The only group I've EVER seen hold the attention of an entire Masquerade audience for the entire intermission was the Flying Karamatzov Brothers (Ho!) at a westercon a few years back. And that's quite an act for non-professional entertainers to follow.... TO NETTERS WHO WERE AT WORLDCON: I will be happy to pass on any comments (even complaints! :-) about Compass Rose or other worldcon filk to the parties involved. E-mail to me direct, please... Jordin Kare jtk@s1-c.ARPA jtk@mordor.UUCP