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J.R.R. Tolkien reads from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, 1952

This is J.R.R. Tolkien reading—and singing!—excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and it is exactly as amazing as it sounds. George Sayer, a friend of Tolkien’s, helped make the recordings while Tolkien was visiting him in August 1952, two years before The Lord of the Rings was published. (It doesn’t have that information under the youtube videos, but I was able to find out the context from Tolkien Gateway and the Tolkien Library.) These are so wonderful and I’m so glad they exist! It’s absolutely delightful to hear the Professor reading his own stories. You have not lived until you have heard Tolkien’s Gollum impression, or his Treebeard voice, or him speaking in Elvish…not to mention reading The Ride of the Rohirrim! Yes, he actually recorded that and it is literally the best thing ever. It’s amazing to listen to him reciting the Song of Beren and Lúthien (just like Strider told it to the hobbits!), and everything else, and I’m so, so, so glad that these recordings were made. This is a treasure trove! I want more people to know about this! 

Excerpt from Riddles in the Dark  The Road Goes Ever On Upon the Hearth the Fire is Red  Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady Clear! The Bath Song Farewell We Call to Hearth and Hall! Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late The Fall of Gil-galad The Song Of Beren And Lúthien The Stone Troll A Elbereth Gilthoniel The Song of Durin The Song of Nimrodel When evening in the Shire was grey Gandalf’s Song of Lórien Lament for Boromir The Long List of the Ents Treebeard’s Song The Ent and the Entwife Bregalad’s Song The Ents’ Marching Song Where now the horse and the rider? Gollum’s fish song Oliphaunt Excerpt from Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit Lament for Théoden Excerpt from The Ride of the Rohirrim Song of the Mounds of Mundburg Excerpt from Mount Doom Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor Namárië

Finally, this is George Sayer’s note on the recordings, which I transcribed from this radio broadcast because I thought others would like to read it. 

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#Incredible #Literature

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#*smiles* #Art

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The poll isn't over yet, and yet...

It is fascinating to know how all your minds work.

#Do you all ACTUALLY think they would win or do you just love them as characters? #Because #Valid #Victoriocity

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#Audio drama #Audio drama podcast #Audio fiction #Audio fiction podcast #Victoriocity #Season 3 spoilers

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Joey and Salvatore have been missing from The Amelia Project for a while and I feel like the funniest thing the TAP crew could have done is get them the smallest cameos in other podcasts while they’re gone. Just imagine some random Italian argument happening in the background of Midnight Burger, or two Italians broke into Mama Gabe’s for some pie, or these Catholic boys needed to go to confession at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Just play it off as them being lost and trying to find their way home. Hilarious.

#*giggles* #True #Audio drama #WHERE ARE THE ITALIANS

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Happy Easter Monday, to those who celebrate. And to those who do not, I hope you had a good holiday regardless.To celebrate the occasion, here is my next Audio Fiction I Love article!

In Universe City, things are very, very wrong. Radio Silence — not their real name — is desperately trying to keep hope alive.

Here's the show's description:

The internetionally-celebrated web podcast series follows students of Universe City as they discover the City's secrets, faults and hypocrisies, as narrated by the one person who does not want to be there — the enigmatic Radio Silence. Each podcast runs for 20—25 minutes and is available on YouTube.

Read the article here.

You can find my previous articles on my Medium.

#Audio fiction #My writing #Writing #Literature #Universe City #Radio Silence #Alice Oseman

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#Yep #Politics #Education

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Gee, I thought these people were the ones who were like “If you don’t like it, you can just move to a blue state.”

And now they’re mad the guy is doing just that?

You can’t oppress and discriminate against someone then be mad when they take their highly useful skill elsewhere.

#Politics #Get your shit together America

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I have a theory that my inability to get to the store when I want to go has a serious impact on my quality of life, so here's a question

If you needed something unexpectedly, can you get to the store without help? Does that matter to your quality of life?

Help is whatever makes you feel not independent - ie. i consider a taxi help, but not a bus because i retain my independence when taking a bus but feel like i'm asking for help when i taxi. It might be different for you.

also if anyone has any info on this, like essays or articles by disabled authors or academics I'd love to hear about it.

please share I want a lot of data!

#*smiles* #Boosting

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2000 was almost 14 years ago 2000 was almost 14 years ago 2000 was almost 14 years ago

#*giggles*

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So it turns out, they do know and they are suffering.

Some of the models whose photos are used by bots are very elegant. I hope they don't suffer with the knowledge that their image has been stolen. I hope they can reclaim their identity and I can befriend them.

#Terrible Tumblr #Text

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In case anyone was wondering what file management looks like for horror podcasters:

#*sighs* #Correct #Audio drama podcasting

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when you apply for your villain license they give you a book of all the new words you’re allowed to say. it’s full of shit like “foible” and “machinations”

#*giggles*

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Tolkien is having his first ever egg. It’s. Not going well.

#*giggles*

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#Art #Amazing

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