HI again everyone! Gamgee reporting in, with yet another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Morden! Good job my friend! The answers were:
1) To suck eggs(es)
2) Lake-town
3) Treebeard
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Who built the Hall of Meduseld?”
2) “toeehod” (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “and no wonder they’re queer,” (Who said this?)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to mail me all 3 correct answers in one mailing, will be posted here next time! Good Luck………Gamgee
Category: Barlimans
Well, Barliman chatroom regular Smeagol7’s LotR preview that is! It’s a fun home-made multimedia piece you can download here. Nice work Smeagol!
If you would like to view other mulitmedia fan work, check out this link to our very own TORN collection. Add yours with a quick email to Calisuri@theonering.net!
Here comes the latest from the Hall of Fire topic think tank:
Music and Middle-earth
From its creation down to the last chapter of Middle-earth’s history, music is a powerful and significant presence in the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien. Music and song is a common theme not only to the passage of time in Arda, but also to all the peoples of Middle-earth. We find singing orcs, hobbits, dwarves, goblins, ents, elves, humans, gods, and demi-gods. I’ll wager Sauron himself hummed a dark ditty as he crafted the One Ring at Mount Doom.
What does Tolkien achieve and evoke with all of this music and song? How is music used as metaphore, image, emotion, magic, or even substance? What resonnates with you and the music of Middle-earth?
On another note, do you ever listen to music while reading Tolkien? What kind and by whom? I have spoken with many people who enjoy playing a favorite composer as they read The Professor.
There are many bands who have been inspired by JRRT; one famous example is Led Zeppelin’s Misty Mountain Hop, and Barliman’s chatroom old timer Mongvar’s favorite Blind Guardian. Enjoy any of that? Have you ever written any LotR-inspired music or lyrics?
We’ll also explore music in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings adaptation. The mucic on New Line’s internet preview certainly caused a stir; what are your comments? What are you looking for in the score of the movies themselves? Do you want to see poems and songs from the text, or would you prefer they were left out? What appeals to you, a Braveheart-type score or something with more a more robust, operatic lean? Or perhaps you’d like to see something more modern, like the soundtrack to the film The Matrix.
Warm up those fingers and vocal cords and come join the throng. This chat is scheduled for Saturday, July 29, at 5:30 p.m. EDT [10:30 p.m. GMT]. If this time doesn’t work for you, come to our European-time session, which is on Sunday, July 30, at 6:00 p.m. GMT [7:00 p.m. Central Europe Time and 1:00 p.m. EDT].
Your comments and ideas are welcome, so send ’em in here! Thanks.
Hello again all! I hope you all have been brushing up on your Tolkien trivia! Our last winner was LadyWolf!!! Good job LadyWolf!!!! The answers were:
1) Guthwine
2) Tar-Ciryatan
3) Frodo
Here are the questions for today:
1) “During the riddle game between Gollum and Bilbo, what was it that Gollum remembered teaching his grandmother to do?”
2) “waelkotw” (Scrambled Tolkien person. place or thing)
3) “They did not die!” (Who said this?)
As usual, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck………Gamgee
Is there a Tolkien convention somewhere I haven’t heard about? I haven’t received any correct answers for the fun section yet! Wake up fans!! Cheers!……Gamgee
Hello again all! Gamgee here with another edition of the Tolkien fun section! You guys are going to have to be quick! Morden has bested you all again! The answers were:
1) Fram
2) Mithlond
3) Bombur
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Whats name translates to Battle-friend?”
2) “iyraantcart” (scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Wouldn’t an orc have suited it better?” (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck!……….Gamgee