Vanyar: Hey-ey-ey, Sky-y-y-way-ay-ay!!! is-s-s-s-s, there-ere-ere-ere an echo-cho-cho in here-ere-ere???	2010-08-10 10:34:50 (GMT)
Or is this a pun on the THREE Billy Goats Gruff?
Vanyar: Hey morGoth, ol Sooty Bottom, Where are ye, laddy?	2010-08-10 10:36:23 (GMT)
I hear nothing but Morgul crickets croaking.
morGoth: Whu? I am invoked!	2010-08-10 17:44:33 (GMT)
Good question...where am I? If you get this then send help down, down down to the lowest of the Lower Levels. Snaga-ape and I went hunting for some of those loverly Pellucidarian shrooms and we are completely lost. Good thing I'm finaly getting Crackberry reception. Can you lads send down some food? I have to whisper now...S-a keeps eyeing me up like a leg-o-lamb He's already eaten his Sketchers and an old arc lamp leather case we happened on. WAIT...why are you holding that big rock over yer head Snasoib sjsn wn...GACK!
Skyway Moaters: Yeah that's it Vanyar...	2010-08-10 21:03:21 (GMT)
That's the ticket, that's what I must've been going for! A PUN... And I here I was a-thinking, upon re-reading it today, that I was just drunk! Thanks for straightening that out!
Pontsing Barset: Oh deare oh deare...	2010-08-10 21:07:41 (GMT)
Has Snaga Ape jus basht ol coaly clout on the gulliver?
Vanyar: Ummm, morGy?  morGy?  You ok ol chap?  S-a What HAVE you done?	2010-08-11 08:15:59 (GMT)
Spelunking crew is on it's way down.
Snaga-ape: Hurry! and In the meantime...	2010-08-11 12:25:37 (GMT)
morGoth and poor Snaga sat in darkness, and utter silence fell about them.  Little they ate and little they spoke. They could not count the passing of time; and they scarcely dared to move, for the whisper of their voices echoed and rustled in the tunnel. If they dozed, they woke still to darkness and to silence going on unbroken.   Soundits like Boss Man make poor Snaga scape of a goat for bad mushroom dream. Snaga thinks Boss man eat too much fungi. Bring fresh air too!
morGoth: AARGLE-BARGLE-WHOOSH-VAROOSH!	2010-08-11 12:40:07 (GMT)
Lawks Snaga-ape, how about a bit of warning on those shrooms next time! Heh, I were hay-luce-in-ating you were trying to throw a cave punkin at my sooty patootey. I thot I was going to throa (fea not, I didn't!) up my ignint cave McNuggetts as well. Was there really a mung scorpion doing the Tharbad two-step on my head? Excellent passage to quote and thank Eru there weren't any stinking dwarves down here. Anyway, good to be back in the Executive Sauna. Moaters, Vanyar...how about taking a little pity on meeself and The Fuzzy One and fetching us each a nice tall Bilbo Baggins. Mucho appreciato and go easy on the Cointreau! Eh? What's that? Sure, a bowl of Westron Sticky Star would be splendid!
morGoth: Calling  elanor -lass...	2010-08-11 15:47:35 (GMT)
...we wonders if the Hobbitess is going to check out the Oct. 7 thru 17th musical parody of LoTR (part of the New York Musical Festival)? Sounds like it could be a hoot. Hmm...a Hoot Moot? Also, did anyone else check out the TORN bit about some big Hobbit announcement on Aug. 21? Maybe this thing is finally going to officially get kicked off. What'ee think folks? Also Part Deux...anybody have a clue as to what might've happened to our Australian lads? Haven't seen Conan or irritable in months. Et by trolls'ee reckon?
Vanyar: Ah, morGoth, welcome back!	2010-08-12 08:04:09 (GMT)
Yes, that Bilbo Baggins is on its way (but I made it a venti for ye, you need extra sustainment after your ordeal).  And 2 sticky stars for you.  Also threw in a Thuringwethil sweetblood scone. Unfortunately, it appears the Aug 21 announcement is just wild speculation....*sigh*.  Like I said before, i'm just going to ingnore the whole Hobbit thing until some ACTUAL news surfaces.
Snaga-ape: ~sniff~....poor....~sniff~...poor poor snaga...	2010-08-12 09:11:11 (GMT)
{channeling kerrigan}Why,why,why? No welcome home for ppooorrr snaga....~sniff~ No Creamed Toe Cheese Cake for victim of false accusation of violence toward Master?  ~sniff~ Master no ever shared scented BB with faithful servant like ppooorr ~sniff~ mistreated Snaga. Boss Man wilt rue day Snaga no more wash drule oft his embroidered Luthien Pillowcases™! Or pick berries for catch silver troutses. mellonMoaters only friend give consolation...music to ear the Black Speech of my forefather.
Pontsing Barset: There there Snaga old ape...	2010-08-13 20:07:34 (GMT)
Here, drink this... better? Ok then. You know, you really shouldn't get hurt or offended due to standing in his sooty shadow. That's the way it is with ol' 333: All for him and nuthin' for no one else. That's the way he's made, I'm afraid... but he's a pretty good bloke otherwise, y'know?
Skyway Moaters: So long Ritchie Hayward...	2010-08-15 18:26:32 (GMT)
"Little Feat" drummer/co-founder,  Eric Clapton/Robert Plant/Buddy Guy/Barbra Streisand, etc. side man, etc. etc. -dead at 64  from liver cancer - no health insurance. Peace to you Mr. Hayward, you are missed. Sincere condolences to family and friends.
Skyway Moaters: Caught this outfit...	2010-08-19 11:19:32 (GMT)
... called "Band of Heathens" (I 'think' they're based here) on Austin City Limits last night. Pretty excellent sextet: Three guitars, (with some arrangements featuring harmony slide parts), bass keyboard & drums Three & four part harmony vocals with the three guitarists trading off the lead vocal parts within songs and from song to song as well. Almost sound like a "Little Feat" rip-off half the time, but bring 'something of their own' as well. Tight as hell; made me miss "The Feat" even more...
Snaga-ape: standing in the shadows of...	2010-08-20 09:57:58 (GMT)
Boss man likin dark side of moon...PontsiB hot toddy bella luna warmings. Boss man wait on slow fat hobbit moovee days long...drawning blue plan big... diversion...give Snaga instructing no tell where. owie...k..k... Bosmann no beats Snaga get on stick packing... morGoth miss feet too.
Snaga-ape: behind closed door hummings heard...	2010-08-20 10:05:14 (GMT)
And underneath halls of Angband, I met an Elfen belle Oh she took me to the executivesauna, where she cast her spell And in the southern moonlight, she sang this song so well If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb And we can walk together down in Club Angband Down in morGoth land.
Skyway Moaters: Doo do do do do do do do doo-oo-oo, doo do do do do do do-ooo...	2010-08-20 13:59:41 (GMT)
Ahh, we made all the hot spots, my money flowed like wine, 'til the lowdown southern whiskey began to fog my mind...
Snaga-ape: Oh boy but do i remember....	2010-08-23 09:07:39 (GMT)
the strain of her refrain And the night we spent together And the way she called my name... Many years since she ran away Yes that sooty bass player sure could play She always liked to sing along She was always handy with a song But then one night of drinkin' at the Ritz Paree Hotel I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well And as he handed me a Bilbo Baggins he began to hum a song And all the elfboys at the bar, began to sing along If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb tsktsk, poor bossman never has quite got over her
Skyway Moaters: Esperanza Spalding	2010-08-26 11:20:30 (GMT)
Heard of her morG? Esperanza Spalding If you havn't, I predict that you will. From what I gather, she's shaking up the Jazz world pretty significantly these days. Saw her perform on Austin City Limits last night: Blew, me, away... (bassist/singer/composer/bandleader). The talent on display was friggin' scary. All of 25 years old, she's "petite", and how she manages a full size concert Bass Fiddle is amazing in and of itself. Berklee College of Music Alum and youngest ever Berklee instructor. A Wayne Shorter devotee, with buddies like Pat Matheny and Stanley Clark, among others... How she plays the bass chops she does, and sings such sophisticated and subtle vocals, simultaneously, is completely beyond my comprehension. AND, the girl has perfect pitch when she sings. Imagine Billie Holliday, with a big dollop of Nina Simone, Carmen McCrae, and Sarah Vaughn thrown in. And then again completely one of a kind on some Portuguese and/or African + Scat, original tunes. Oh, and BTW: When she plays Bass Guitar? It's a tobacco-burst Fender Jazz with a rosewood fretboard...
Skyway Moaters: morG: Saw you at AICN...	2010-08-31 14:03:55 (GMT)
Thanks for the support!. What's up with mortsleam? Do we smell? Does I offend? Also saw TV's Frank! And invited him 'round to say hi... BTW, in case you didn't already figure it out: I have a new alter-ego on AICN TBs, sort of a Fister surrogate: ohsostupidlongassfuckingscreennames
morGoth: Eek! Go away Earl!	2010-09-02 12:19:19 (GMT)
That's all for now...back later.
Snaga-ape: Yes Bossman, a pox on the House of Earl...	2010-09-02 12:47:17 (GMT)
larder full...ready for siege....by goblins or hurricanes. Bring 'em on!* *historical quote* first overheard at the Battle of Five Armies
Skyway Moaters: Oh crap!	2010-09-02 16:46:40 (GMT)
I hadn't even thought about your proximity to Earl's projected path. De torchum nevah stops for de tide-wata!
Pontsing Barset: Oh deare oh deare...	2010-09-03 08:11:10 (GMT)
Is the roof still on? You keaping your fur dry Snaga?
Skyway Moaters: Well now, don't that make for a nice change?	2010-09-04 08:30:04 (GMT)
Big bad Earl fizzled like a wet firecracker. Heck little bitty izzi wreaked WAY more greaf an woe... How'd the ol' pelt fare Snaga?
Skyway Moaters: *HALLOOOO!* ?...	2010-09-06 17:51:55 (GMT)
CRIMINEY is it dark in here!... I quite enjoyed or e-mail exchanges about Yes & ELP morG. You ever get into The Tubes? I always thought Rick Anderson was a great bass player. You ready to chime in oh irritable one? Where da heck you is?
Vanyar: Fear not, Dear Moaters, I am stumbling about in this blackness as well	2010-09-07 07:56:02 (GMT)
Seems I seldom am able to crawl up from the lower sub-levels any more.  Work is . . . hideous . . .not unlike the visage of ol Sooty Bottom in his wroth . . . hehheh.  Wow, The Tubes!   Haven't listened to them in years.  i used to have "She's a Beauty" and "Talk to Ya later" on 45s.  *sigh*
Skyway Moaters: Vanyar? Is that you? I smells sumthin' 'jammy', but I can't see you...	2010-09-07 12:40:36 (GMT)
... here wait, let me light this taper, that's better...thank Eru! Hola mellon! Are you a sight for sore eyes! I thought I'd been struck blind for a while there, been wandering aimlessy for days... Never mind. Sorry to hear of your workplace oppression, but I'm sure I need not remind you, (so why am I reminding you? Not sure... a pathetic plea for sympathy I guess(?)), that gratitude is in order, merely for being employed these days. My situation is so far in the toilet I'm not sure I'll ever manage to climb out at this point... But never mind again; enough 'pity pot'.  So how's da fambly? Da paintin'? Ha, Tubes 45s. Don't tell the hipsters about that, they'll roll their eyes and relegate you to the "old fart section". My favourite Tubes albums were always: "The Tubes" (first one) I mean, WPOD, and Mondo Bondage are probably the two most iconic songs in their catalog. "Remote Control", just a *great* concept album with terrific musicianship. And "The Completion Backwards Principle", on which supporting tour I saw them perform for the one and only time, at the Crowne Centre in Kansas City, circa 1982/3(?) The little grey cells, zey are a petit bit muzzy zese days, you know? Anyway, AMAZING show. More like rock theatre than a typical rock concert. I wish the rest of the club members would visit a bit more often. It gets powerful lonely down here sometimes... *snif* Best to the rest-o-the Vanya clan, the "Vanyalings" an' all. Namarie mellon, trubba not. {;-0
Skyway Moaters: Bwa ha ha ha ha! Snaga, crap, where was my head?	2010-09-07 13:06:17 (GMT)
I JUST got it. At the time I just thought you had misspelled "Feat". "morG miss feet too". Ha ha ha ha ha! Now *that* was funny. Please pardon my comically thick cranium and low forehead. *woosh* Parted me remaining hair like Legolas wagering William Tell...
Skyway Moaters: You guys see the news from "The Sun" and EW?	2010-09-08 14:30:04 (GMT)
Martin Freeman *might* be in for Bilbo after all, checking TORN now... Walp, as useral TORN has all the latest poop (get thee hence!); the EW exclusive about Freeman, and this: "The Los Angeles Times reports today that Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, founders of Spyglass Entertainment, have signed a non-binding letter of intent to manage MGM..."  A $500 mil infusion of cash... Looks like our beloved Hobbit movie might be finally getting off the ground(?!)