I'd be interested to know how things went when Science Fiction filkerTom Smith was GoH at Anthrocon 2006. Probably not as big a draw as people who perform music you can dance to, but in terms of what furry fans thought of him being there.
On a separate note, sometimes external songs get adopted by the fandom due to the lyrics, like Savage Garden's "The Animal Song" (though not so much Gowan's "Strange Animal" or Gilda Radner's NSFW "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals"). Or sometimes the lyrics are irrelevant, it's a music video that does it, like Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" or Caravan Palace's "Lone Digger".
While furry fiction writers have at least a little cohesion, my impression is that furry musicians haven't had as much luck; online platforms have been fleeting. Things like Potoroo's Fuzzy Notes podcast or the Fuzznet website are now defunct. Other things that some furry fans enjoy, like tabletop gaming and puppetry, don't seem to have much of an obvious online gathering-spot unless you happen to be in-the-know already. The more niche one's interest, it can be difficult to find your furry crowd. :-(
I'd be interested to know how things went when Science Fiction filker Tom Smith was GoH at Anthrocon 2006. Probably not as big a draw as people who perform music you can dance to, but in terms of what furry fans thought of him being there.
On a separate note, sometimes external songs get adopted by the fandom due to the lyrics, like Savage Garden's "The Animal Song" (though not so much Gowan's "Strange Animal" or Gilda Radner's NSFW "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals"). Or sometimes the lyrics are irrelevant, it's a music video that does it, like Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" or Caravan Palace's "Lone Digger".
While furry fiction writers have at least a little cohesion, my impression is that furry musicians haven't had as much luck; online platforms have been fleeting. Things like Potoroo's Fuzzy Notes podcast or the Fuzznet website are now defunct. Other things that some furry fans enjoy, like tabletop gaming and puppetry, don't seem to have much of an obvious online gathering-spot unless you happen to be in-the-know already. The more niche one's interest, it can be difficult to find your furry crowd. :-(