Fannish tradition

[jmtorres]

What do you consider to be seminal Star Trek: TOS vids? I discovered OTW had archived Kandy Fong's Both Sides Now, one of the earliest vid/precursor slideshows in existence. Now I'm curious. What other classic Trek vids does the hive mind recall? Bonus points for availability online, but I'd settle for a way to contact the vidder.

For that matter, tell me about seminal Trek filk too. Practically the only one I know is Leslie Fish's Banned from Argo.

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[grey_bard]

Oh man. Not quite enough footage from this movie, maybe, but after the next one or two, Banned from Argo vidded to Trek Reboot would be win.

Because you just *know* Kirk would give appropriate footage like wow.

[jmtorres]

are you up? I've a proposition for you...

[grey_bard]

Argh sorry. But I *will* be on tonight.

[heavenscalyx]

Julia Ecklar's "He's Dead Jim".

I've also always associated Leslie Fish's setting of Kipling's "The Thousandth Man" with Kirk/Spock, though that may be my own teen fanon at work.

[traykor]

Well, much of the TOS filk got published in the fanzine Xenofilkia by old time filker Lee Child. Her site is still up here http://thestarport.org/xeno/
Many of the folks in the Filk Hall of Fame http://www.filkontario.ca/HallofFame.htm did a Start Trek song or two.
I'm pretty sure we have some Leslie cds. There are more songs here http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/swil/FILKS/filkbook1.html
And I have to go to work now. More filk stuff later.

[grey_bard]

Right. And if you need a rendition of something in a filk book that does not appear in recordings, JM, or recordings you can find, I can help with that.

[traykor]

I'm almost certain we have several old Westercon filk books....

[jmtorres]

This was totally my proposition.

[grey_bard]

Awesome. We must talk.

[jmtorres]

We're tracking down audio cassette of Leslie Fish and someone else traykor is trying to remember the name of... *laugh* I think I may, possibly, have filk on hand, if I can ever figure out what I want in filk. But would you be willing, additionally or alternatively, to do a straight cover of my damned spare verse?

[grey_bard]

I would be willing additionally or alternatively to cover anything you want.

And if you want a straight cover of the whole thing including your added verse just so that you have a nice clean unified audio of the whole thing for spreading / listening / archiving / boasting... I can do that too.

Also, I have some digitized Leslie Fish from a filk archiver, although I don't think it has any Trek on it beyond Banned From Argo... We still should talk, then!

[jmtorres]

Taking this to email for ease of not spoiling everyone for my damn vid *G*

[lferion]

Songs that spring immediately to mind:

From "Westerfilk Collection vol 1"
--The Engineer's Hymn
--Iron Mistress
--The Ballad of Transport #18

(And every one of them is Leslie Fish....)