If you've read up to chapter XII of A Game of Kings and Pretty Pony Princesses you'd know that Hauteclaire gave himself his name from the French epic The Song of Roland.

Well, I found a translation at an antique bookstore and just finished reading it. Here are some fun facts about the story:

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Remember the "Ballad of the Crystal Ponies"?

Fluttershy sings the line "They had a petting zoo with tiny ewes."

What if this book, being old, isn't an exact translation, and "Petting Zoo" is actually a euphemism for a brothel. You know, like the other definition of petting:

Phrase used in old-fashioned teen sex manuals for foreplay without intercourse.

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Okay, to be honest there were five songs I regretted not being able to get into the Magic of... Music?, and so for your listening pleasure, here they are:

So.
I've been wondering how to write this blog post for the better part of four weeks. I liked the idea of a longer post working out feelings, or musing about the nature of grief, or sharing an experience with a rejected Simpsons couch gag* that became eerily relevant not twelve hours later. I might still do one of those things, but for now there's no way other way to say it than to say it.

My father passed away last month. To the day, in fact.

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Here it is, my biggest project yet, and perhaps my biggest project of all time. A multiverse story. A Multiverse story I've been trying to tell for years, and have never been able to do it quite right - until now. Today, the ponies throw open the gates to the multiverse, and nothing will be the same.

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London School of Jewish Song (Yigal Calek) are interviewed on legendary BBC children's television program Blue Peter. The interview took place after they returned from a series of concerts in [the then-USSR] in the early days of Glasnost. They also perform 2 songs: Anim Zemiros and Shir Shir.

Join our Facebook Group: London School of Jewish Song Alumni and Fans: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=114854249761&ref=search&sid=604560555.28600090..1

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Getting a Score Album for a movie made completely outside the Hollywood system (despite Lionsgate distributing it), and one that, though it more then turned a nice profit at the US box office alone (not to mention the excessive foreign receipts), has a reputation for financially underperforming, is a miracle. There's no doubt about that. But like any Score Album, it doesn't include ALL the music from the film

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Hey guys! Some of you may know this already, but I'm going to start streaming videos to watch with everyone (hopefully) every week! Specifically, two sessions, one friday night at 8 PM - Midnight and one saturday morning at 8 AM - Noon. (Times given in Mountain Standard Time. A note on Time Zones can be found below.)

We will be using cytu.be to sync everything up. Specifically, at this room:
https://cytu.be/r/SongsoftheSpheres

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Howdy Wastelanders,

Song for this chapter; Country Roads by John Denver, but covered this time around by Copilot Music + Sound for the Fallout 76 trailer

Wowzers, I never thought we’d get there after the manic July I’ve just had, but we made it; chapter nine is online!

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(Brain Damage)

"The Lunatic... Is On The Grass
The Lunatic... Is On The Grass
Remembering Games... And Daisy Chains And Laughs
Got To Keep The Loonies On The Path

The Lunatic... Is In The Hall
The Lunatics... Are In My Hall
The Paper Holds Their Folded Faces To The Floor
And Every Day... The Paper Boy Brings More

And If The Dam Breaks Open Many Years To Soon
And If There Is No Room Upon The Hill

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