Middle-earth Minutes Blog http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com News, Views, and Miscellaneous from the Middle-earth Minutes Podcast posterous.com Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:43:33 -0800 Micah Discusses LOTRO: Riders Of Rohan http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/micah-discusses-lotro-riders-of-rohan http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/micah-discusses-lotro-riders-of-rohan Broadcasting from California, Micah shares thoughts on the new LORTO expansion.

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Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:10:36 -0800 Waylaid By Princesses and Goblins http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/waylaid-by-princesses-and-goblins http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/waylaid-by-princesses-and-goblins We are behind schedule at MEM Headquarters. Micah reminds me on a pretty constant basis.

But I have an excuse! The dog ate my podcast. No, that isn't it. Sorry. I've been waylaid by princesses and goblins. Its true. I'm elbows deep in production on the first offering of My Little-earth: an unabridged audio book presentation of George MacDonald's 1872 timeless tale, The Princess and the Goblin.

New episodes air each Sunday at 1PM and 7PM, Eastern Time on Middle-earth Network Radio, and are available for download immediately after. We are planning for the complete Princess and the Goblin Audio Book to be released in late January, 2012. And that is exactly why we're late on Middle-earth Minutes: editing this book is a full-time task. But we are hoping to be back the Sunday after next. And before you know it MEM will be able to be heard LIVE!

Stay tuned. And in the meantime enjoy The Princess and the Goblin.

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Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:12:00 -0700 Lost A Week At MEM Headquarters http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/lost-a-week-at-mem-headquarters http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/lost-a-week-at-mem-headquarters

We were doing so well with our every-two-week schedule, too! 

Micah and I had to skip Middle-earth Minutes this last weekend (we like to record on Sunday afternoons) due to the youngest Hobbit taking part in the local Community Theater's production of Peter Cottontail. She's been rehearsing for 6 weeks and had three performances this weekend. The kids' grandparents drove down to the Middle Farthing to enjoy the Sunday matinee, too. So we apologize for missing the show. We should be recording this weekend. And pretty soon Middle-earth Minutes will be heard LIVE on Middle-earth Network Radio if I can fit that into the Sunday radio schedule. 

We had planned on discussing Morgoth (Melkor) and Sauron this time, but that is too much to cover in one episode so we'll end up spreading it over a couple shows. Also, we will acquiesce (that's not the correct word!) to listener requests to include more Lord Of The Rings Online (LOTRO) discussions into the show. We're still brain-storming on exactly how to do that, but it'll be fun.

Thanks for listening, and we'll talk to you soon.

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Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:44:00 -0700 MEM: The Long And Short Of It http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/mem-the-long-and-short-of-it http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/mem-the-long-and-short-of-it

For those who subscribe to Middle-earth Minutes in iTunes, you may have noticed that all of the episodes have re-loaded in your podcast library. There may even be duplicates (if not more) now.

There are a couple reasons for this. First, we found out that the company we use to host the files is doing away with audio only support; they have decided to only host video series (Vodcasts). We have always had a backup host as well. In fact, all episodes are backed-up 7 ways 'til Sunday in order to ensure that they always exist. Last night I spend a few hours switching from the primary to the secondary host; editing things where necessary. The feed was switched twice in the process to ensure that no disruption in availability occurred during the process (believe me, it does make sense). Its all back to normal now but, as I've seen happen in the past, iTune's industrious aggregator wen't out and grabbed all available episodes all over again - thus possible duplicates in your iTunes Podcast library.

Second, and something that I've been meaning to do for a long while, is that each episode name has been shortened to the acronym "MEM..." etc. It has long bothered me that the show title has been repeated with the episode title, i.e. "Middle-earth Minutes - Middle-earth Minutes 12: Longing For The Lonely Mountain". From now on each episode name will will be truncated with the acronym instead. Looks a lot better and we can say "Em-ee-em" during the show. Bonus!

We apologize if your iTunes library suddenly became overcrowded. Just delete any episode that doesn't start with "MEM", and everything should be fine going forward. Unless, of course, we have to switch hosts again.

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Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:56:00 -0700 A Smaller White Council: Exciting MEM News http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/a-smaller-white-council-exciting-mem-news http://middleearthminutes.posterous.com/a-smaller-white-council-exciting-mem-news

With the news that Radagast The Brown will have a role in the upcoming Hobbit films, and as he is believed by many to have been a part of the White Council in the Third Age, I found myself in a meeting with the 3 figure-heads of the newly launched Dunedain Radio on the Middle-earth Network, Mark, Candace and John last night. I would like to announce to listeners of Middle-earth Minutes that I have been accepted into their council as the 4th member of the management team!

This is very exciting news in our Hobbit hole, as our whole family loves the good work that is being done there: An Internet radio station dedicated to Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and the Inklings as a whole, and other Fantasy genre related content.

There are so many amazing things that are happing, and in the works, right now that it would be too much to type. I will give a vague heads-up, though: We were joined by a 5th person on the call, a person that all serious fans of Tolkien's writings will be very interested in. This person will have a very special announcement to be made exclusively on the Middle-earth Network. Stay tuned for the date and time.

On another note, Micah and I plan on recording the next episode of Middle-earth Minutes this weekend. We'll see you then.

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