DiamondTook writes: As a lot of people seemed to have missed this show, I wrote it out word for word for y’all. Enjoy! [More]

TORn Staffer MrCere sent us a link about preparations currently underway for the Oscars. [More]

There are some enigmas in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ that we are never really given the answers to. Have you, for example, considered Gandalfs description of how the Balrog changes appearance after the fall from Durins bridge? It does make you think about the Watcher in the water in some ways. Could the Watcher in fact be the Balrog?[More]

TORn Green Books Staffer Ostadan writes: The long-awaited new issue of Parma Eldalamberon #14 is now available. [More]

From Ringer Spy Lynne: Thanks to the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s decision to honor Peter Jackson with their Modern Masters award in a two-hour ceremony/interview/presentation at the Arlington Theater last weekend, I had the opportunity to meet a few folks we all know and love. [More]

From Galadhremmin: The Northwest Classics Society in Seattle is offering a class entitled “J.R.R. Tolkien, the Writer: The Genius of the Rings,” meeting six Thursday evenings starting 2/15/04. It will focus on Tolkien’s narrative techniques and writing process, and is being taught by David Farrar, a local novelist. The class costs $48. [More]