"Sister?"
Luna pushed open the door to her sister's chambers. Casting a quick glance around the room, Luna deduced that Celestia herself was, in fact, not in here. Turning to leave, she found herself distracted by an open letter on Celestia's desk, and a tape reel resting next to it. Luna walked over to investigate, knowing she shouldn't really be reading her sister's mail, but too curious to prevent herself from doing so.
"Highnesses Princess Celestia and Princess Luna,"
'Ah, both of us! I am doing no wrong!'
"I am afraid that this message reaches you in dire times. Yesterday, a performance by the Royal Orchestra was interrupted by a group of hooligans who infiltrated the orchestra posing as members. Prior to the beginning of the second half of the performance, they trapped two of our ensemble in a bathroom and took their places. As the performance was due to re-start, the three of them began their own performance, much to the disgust of everypony present. They were swiftly stopped and removed from the building, and I can report the remainder of the performance continued without trouble.
One of the three has been identified as Octavia Philharmonica , who had been invited to play in the absence of one of our cellists. The other two remain as of yet unidentified. We are currently working towards having the three of them permanently banned from the venue, as well as any of our future performances.
Enclosed is a recording of the incident in question for reference, and to allow you to judge the severity of the punishment they shall face when caught.
Humbly,
Set Tempo
The Royal Orchestra"
Luna turned her attention to the reel sitting next to the letter, presumably the mentioned recording of the incident. Picking it up in her magical grasp, she ventured out to go and find a projector, interest piqued.
10 minutes later, Luna was in her chambers, loading the film reel into the projector. Satisfied, she flipped the switch to on, and watched the scene unfold, following what the letter had described.
The curtains opened, revealing the orchestra, and the crowd fell silent. The conductor, who Luna recognized as Set Tempo, made his way to the front of the stage, and turned to face the orchestra. As he was about to start, a surf green mare blazed into action on a lyre, producing a nasty, distorted sound. A few seconds later, a white unicorn joined in on percussion, and a grey earth pony on cello, presumably the aforementioned Octavia.
The orchestra looked on in horror at the performers in question, but they continued playing until the song reached an abrupt end. Set Tempo had pulled the power to the lyre and the cello respectively, rendering the distorted effect useless.
Improvised performance now over, Luna giggled at Octavia's exclamation of "Hoof it", and the subsequent panicked departure of the three mares, closely followed by a few furious members of the Royal Orchestra. The film then came to an end.
~
Set Tempo was surprised to find a letter waiting for him this morning, a letter with Luna's royal seal no less, he had not expected a response this quickly. He opened it and began to read.
5 minutes and several re-reads later, he was still having trouble coming to terms with the message. Instead, he opted to put the letter down and get some coffee. He needed coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.
~
"Set Tempo,
"Thank you for bringing this incident to our attention. Should any of the ponies in question be located, we request that they send us a T-Shirt, and copies of any recordings they may have. Furthermore, we request an opportunity to attend one of their performances. Failing this, we extend an invitation to them to perform for us in the Palace.
Princess Luna"
~
Well, that deffinitely didn't work out the way Set Tempo wanted did it?
4381851
And that is today's moral:
Things might happen how you planned, but probably not, so don't get your hopes up.
4382209 be prepared for disappointment always.
4383205
Heh, might as well be my life's mantra.
4383215 yup. Same here. So, heard any good music lately?
4383248
Recently, I've been listening a lot to Swans ~ Cop, as well as Real Estate and Joy Division.
Yourself?
4383475 Weezer (mainly Blue Album & Pinkerton), Liz Phair (Exile In Guyville), Swervedriver and Fishbone
4383475 Also Violent Femmes and Mission of Burma.
4383713
Oooh, I do like a bit of Swervedriver
4383752 I've got For Seeking Heat but I can't find Ejector Seat Reservation anywhere.
4383759
'Fraid I don't think I can help you much, there.
On a somewhat related note, I've been listening to Split by Lush quite a lot recently too.
Light From A Dead Star is such a pretty song.
4383763 here's a question: Top 5 best of or greatest hits albums.
4383820
I'm not entirely sure I follow...
If you're asking weather I think a Top 5 or Greatest Hits is better, I'd say Top 5, Hit =/= Good.
4383859 no, what I meant to say is what are your top 5 compilation albums? For me:
1. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
2. The Jam - Compact Snap!
3. XTC - Fossil Fuel
4. Superchunk - Tossing Seeds
5. The Vaselines - Enter The Vaselines
Runner ups: Joy Division - Substance, The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
4383988
Oh, I get you! I normally tend to shy away from 'Best Of's and such, but I guess I still have a few.
Also, +1 on Compact Snap, I've not talked to anyone about The Jam in forever.
1. Dinosaur Jr. ~ Ear Bleeding Country
2. Mudhoney ~ March To Fuzz
3. Devo ~ Hot Potatoes
4. Sonic Youth ~ Hits Are For Squares
5. The Smiths ~ Hatful Of Hollow
Honorable mentions: The Jam ~ Singles, 1977-79, No Thanks! The 70s Punk Rebellion (although, that one is multiple artists.)
4384007 oh I own hot potatoes and Hits Are For Squares is how I got into Sonic Youth. I also forgot Incesticide by Nirvana
4384025
Same with me, but for Devo. My uncle gave me Hot Potatoes and that's how I started listening to them.
4384031 With Devo, I found the Freedom of Choice cassette in my school library.
4384044
Daaammn I need a cassette recorder so bad...
It would've been cool if my school library had music, maybe I would've got into music a lot sooner...
4384072 They don't even belong to the school, I think a teacher just left them there and somehow they ended up in the library.
(on the interlude chapter with Luna:)
A-HA! I knew it! I fucking knew it!
The one rule you do not break when writing a bandfic, and you broke it too: making a powerful figure instantly become a fan of the newcomers...
Before, I was kinda bugged by the thought that I'm no longer alone in this genre. But right now, I kinda feel like how Jodorowsky must have felt after he first saw David Lynch's Dune...