Middle-earth Talk Radio - Show 8 - 2008-12-28

Recorded December 28th, 2008.Opening Music: "Turin's Madness" by Ainur from their album "Children of Hurin" (2007). Topics covered: IGN's Review of "The Hobbit" game for nintendo. The Tolkien-inspired Italian music group from Italy, working on their third album. Local theater productions of The Hobbit The Hobbit Tour registry is now open. Rumours continue to be argued about "The Hobbit" movie being pushed back to 2012 Dirk Vander Ploeg Explores Middle-earth, archaeological "evidence" that hobbits, dragons, etc. once existed. ;-) "The Hobbit" species debate. A recording of Tolkien talking about Middle-earth, that much of the tragedy of Middle-earth is the fault of the Valar. Some Video Plugs from Michael Martinez, including Tolkien videos. Howard Shore symphony in Malaysia, a reviewer there compared Tolkien to Wagner (yet another one). Related links: http://rr.cube.ign.com/rrview/cube/the_hobbit/477444/97770/ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111468 http://www.ainur.it/ http://www.niagara-gazette.com/nightandday/gnnnightandday_story_354103150.html http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/12/27/30854-the-%E2%80%98hobbit-tour%E2%80%99-register/ http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/12/19/30806-rumors-abound-hobbit-delayed-until-2012/ http://www.wizardnews.com/news/blog/200812231754/followup-the-hobbit-not-pushed-back-to-2012.html http://www.lanlamphere.com/public/2008/11/26/tonight-on-overnight-am-dirk-vander-ploeg-explores-middle-earth-and-joe-thunder-joins-us-to-talk-about-the-freedom-march-against-barack-obama/#comment-1141 http://branemrys.blogspot.com/2008/12/links-and-notes.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8LI_zxmi4 http://www.xenite.org/science_fiction/videos/ http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/28/soundnstage/2889949&sec=soundnstage Closing Music: "Shuddering Water" by Ainur from their album "Children of Hurin" (2007)

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