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Opening Music (http://www.tolkien-music.com):

Hobbit's Dance on Memories of Middle-earth by Brobdingnagian Bards

http://www.thebards.net/

Topics:

•  Harper Collins making all three volumes of Lord of the Rings available via electronic download.
• Digital Rights Management redux.
• Latest update on the two Hobbit Movies and what they wil contain.
• Bilbo's adventuring on his return to Hobbiton after Lonely Mountain.
• Lonely Mountain Anecdote.... Mount Raineer
• Fan Films
• Michael Martinez NorWesCon 32 report.
• Comparative Studies, Elves & Orcs
• Bloodbowl
• Gnomes in Dragonlance, names kept growing as they aged, correlated to Tolkien's Ents.
• MerpCon V coming up July 24-27th 2009, RSVP right away. Final year it will be free.
• Radio City Music Hall Howard Shore Soundtrack to Fellowship of the Ring and guest Speaker scheduled for the Fall, and possibly to offer free tickets give away.
• A number of websites fell for One Ring .net April fools news about 3 Hobbit movies.
• Michael tells about his April fools story and two castle's in Europe, fooled Gary Gygax.
• Dave Aneson's passing (old news).
• Average lifespan of RPGers research?
• RPG Research Project,
• NorWesCon Panel "Tolkien has a lot to answer for".
• CS Lewis Society, co-sponsors the Chronicles of Narnia Code (take on the Da Vinci Code).
• New Tolkien Society Smial formed in Inland Northwest in Spokane, Washington, USA ("Inland Empire"). Meeting every 2nd Saturday of the month.

Links:

•  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/20/interview-victoria-barnsley-harper-collins
• http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24610
• http://www.merpcon.org/rsvp
• http://www.rpgresearch.com
• http://www.narniafans.com/archives/6738
• http://www.tolkienscholars.org

Closing Music (http://www.tolkien-music.com):

 Beside the Fire (Bilbo's Song) on the Lord of the Rings Album (2005, Unreleased) by Anois.

http://www.anois.info/