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June 2009
Geocities closing down
was a kick in the pants I needed to find a new web host.
I'm not paying any more money but I have a domain name and
all sorts of shiny things I can attach to my site.
One thing at a time though.
I was just finishing an
update of the TT Lyrics when I got the news. I purchased
the domain and account with the new host and put a
placeholder there till I could finish the update. Then I
decided to clean up some untidy areas of the site. I was
a little surprised at some of them. I found links
pointing to urls at the very first web address I had:
www.geocities.com/a_magpies_nest.com. How old was
*that*?
So, the next question is
: what's next?
First let me say what I
am not going to do:
I will not be adding
any more thematic information to the site using
Doug's upcoming book as a resource. In the event his
book reveals incorrect information on my site, I
will correct it in some fashion. But I will not be
expanding the theme section of this site. It's done.
It's in place. And what resource it offers the
soundtrack fan will remain static. The goal (for
theme work) I set for myself back in the summer of
2003 has been met. What comes ahead will be forged
by other soundtrack fans.
I will not be adding
to this site, or creating a new one, to cover the
music heard in the two upcoming films: The Hobbit
and whatever that second proves to be.
But this is not to say
'I'm done'. Was Tolkien ever 'done'? Howard said it
himself in a
radio
interview:
HS: I think the
stamina part came in because of the need for the
perfection and the need to create it as good as you
could. There were many times when we would create
something, Peter and I... and we would look at it
and we knew we could do it better so we would try to
do it better. Peter says the movie is finished only
when they take it away. The movie’s never finished.
There’s just a point when they take it away, meaning
that there has to be an end. You know, the studio
says, “It must stop now. You know, you must stop
working on this.”
My
lifetime goal is twofold. To have a project in which I
feel I have done absolutely everything I can with it.
And to have it be perfect. I don't think I'll meet that
goal and I don't know that I'm meant to. I think a lot
about the quest for perfection... the good and bad of
it. I have to keep this quest in balance. Make it work
for me rather than against me. But I do greatly desire
this thing: done... perfect. So how would 'done' or
'perfect' look on this website. Here's some ideas that
could get me further.
Perhaps create some print friendly material of some
of this information. (printable pdfs of the
FOTR Master Song List
and
TTT Master List are
completed) Perhaps create some more extensive cross referencing
of information. And some days I think I want a master list of all of
the song material that uses Tolkien's own words.
Why, I'm not sure. Finally, the set up of this website is a bit clunky
and archaic. I taught myself, don't you know. I
might take a web design class one day and look to
making the site sleeker and easier to use. But then,
I might just find an new adventure to immerse myself
in. One never knows.
When I wrote about endings after finishing the cue by
cues for the final ROTK OST tracks (here
and here),
the end felt like it was right around the corner. In
fact, it's been three and a half years since I wrote that and the
end feels farther from me now than it did then. So,
although the bulk of the info is here, the site is not
'done'. Not yet. I even wonder if I will reach 'done'.
There are no publishers or distribution people waiting
to 'take it away'. I suppose the site's fate will be
that of the Elves.. to fade away when it's time here is
done... when the enthusiasm and interest in the
soundtrack fades away. Until then, my journey continues.
I am Magpie
... and I approve this message.
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