Let's pretend it's yesterday...

[active_apathy]

...because I was sidetracked with reinventing mermaids.

It's yesterday's news, at least.

There was a spider in my bathtub this morning. This one was trifling and little, but it was imprisoned on a bench between a glass and a piece of paper. My priorities are clearly defined, in this instance - spider leaves bathtub, but having bath (complete with vanilla bubble bath, yay!) comes before throwing spider outside.

Maybe that'll make it think twice. Not particularly likely, since they expect for it to be rainy here for a few days yet. Grr.

*resolves to keep broom close*

My other big item of news is that I've officially decided pinball is electronic crack on skinny steel legs. Today, I was again playing the Lord of the Rings pinball machine, and had the oddest thought from some of the samples they use - specifically:

Legolas: "You have my bow!"
Gimli: "You have my axe!"

And what does this make me imagine? The nine of them, forming a band possibly called The Fellowship of the Rock.

So, we have Gimli on a guitar, and Legolas with a violin. This leaves seven more... and I open the floor for discussion on Middle-Earth's newest band. Let's not worry about anachronism too much, here.

Comments

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Why do I get visions of the animated version of Terry Prachett's Soul Music and hear a gravelly voice saying "music with rocks in"

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I'm not particularly sure, since LotR isn't very troll-friendly.

By the way, you've now left me with a mental image of someone shouting "Helllloooooo Miiinaaas Mooorguuul!"

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Of course, I immmediately saw Mick Jagger up on stage, all set to do "Sympathy for the Devil". And that's not just because the Stones were back in Boston this weekend and they were all the radio was playing.

For your spider problem I offer you the 'Orrible 'Ooo and "Boris the Spider".

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

I thought the exact same thing. Hey, they even have a horn player! And the hobbits can be roadies!

[throbinson.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't think I've seen a spider in my house in months. This doesn't seem to be a particularly spidery area, which is a Good Thing. I don't think I'd be quite so careful about trapping/releasing, I tend to squush, which I know isn't nice but honestly, I hate them, sounds like as much as you do.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Spidersquishing tends to make a mess, which is why I don't do it. That, and that spiders eat more annoying yet less scary things.

[throbinson.livejournal.com]

Definitely messy, and I know about eating other critters. I just wish I could train my cats to be spider-herders. They don't seem interested, though.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Boromir would obviously play the horn.

Gandalf would probably handle the pyrotechnics.

Somewhere there exists a poster that I and my former housemates had printed of all of us posing as members of a metal band (Nekrodomos - University of Rock!); one of us was holding a sword as if it were a guitar. Ah, happy days.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

!

How did I miss the horn?

Yay for the pyrotechnics. And he has a cart. And he promises to help Frodo bear his burden... Gandalf the Roadie?

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Pippin and Merry as backing dancers/comic relief.

Sam as Mr. Frodo's personal assistant (he has to make sure that he gets his 500 brown M&Ms before the gig).

Frodo is kind of the front man, although he actually just holds his sword up to the microphone. Because who wouldn't want Sting on vocals?

I'm sorry, I couldn't help the pun

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It is, however, established in print and on film that Pippin can *sing*.

"Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without his brown M&Ms. 'Don't you let none of those orange ones in, Samwise Gamgee,' the old gaffer used to say."

And... there's no comment for that pun, unless he then takes Sting over to put the edge on guitar.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Maybe Pippin as a backing vocalist then.

You too with the punning?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

That works.

And... um... yes.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

I see Gandalf as being roadie/manager/agent: he arranged for the band to all meet up in the first place (at Rivendell, the Last Homely Recording Studio), was constantly running around trying to deal with emergencies that popped up ("What! We're short 2,000 security for the Helm's Deep gig? Saddle my horse."). Plus the big publicity stunt with the Balrog (paid in advance to throw the fight), and the fake death (while he was secretly on holiday relaxing from the stress and getting his robes steam-cleaned).

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Was it a publicity stunt, or is he a bouncer too?

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
[beat]
"Dress code."

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Maybe, although bat wings, horns and a flaming whip seem to be pretty acceptable dress for a rock concert.

"Your fake tickets will not avail you, flame of Udun!"

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Or, just maybe,

"A flaming whip is not ID!"

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

"Are you over 21?"

"Over 21? I'm a Balrog, for Melkor's sake! I was created at the beginning of time with the Valar, and was given power over fire and darkness by Morgoth Bauglir during the First Age! I think that makes me a bit over 21!"

"Do you have ID?"

"ID? Come on Gandalf, you know me."

"Sorry, but without ID you shall not pass."

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I feel compelled to quote this. Do you mind?

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

Not at all :).

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Aragorn only needs to grow his hair out a little bit.

Also, I'm now imagining Eowyn and Arwen as groupies and Faramir leaking illegal mp3s on the internet. Thank you.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of Aragorn as the songwriter: it's him or Tom Bombadil, and I really don't want it to be Tom.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Yeah but but, the hair! He can be the songwriter AND the guitarist that does the hair-swinging thing. You can, after all, have more than one guitarist.

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

This entry, and all these comments together? WIN.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It was an honour just to have been nominated. :D

[tears-of-nienna.livejournal.com]

Pippin, since he's probably not allowed to touch anything after that skeleton-down-the-well incident, gets to play the theremin. :D

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

*gets confused*

...

*checks Wikipedia*

[beat]

*gigglefit!*

[tears-of-nienna.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I actually meant to link to the Wikipedia article, but I forgot. >< Theremins are the coolest instrument ever, and I want to learn to play one. Unfortunatley, you can't major in theremin performance at this particular university. *sigh*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

They do look to be interesting.

Why won't they let you major in theremin? You could even make your own to do it with.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

It's all going a bit Bill Bailey...

[renegadecat.livejournal.com]

My friend and I once put the fellowship in a rock band called Aragorn's Garage. They didn't really play in Aragorn's garage, actually it was Elrond's garage, but that doesn't sound as good. I don't remember who played what, but Legolas left the band at one point to do a solo rap career, singing such songs as "Pass Dat Lembas". Straight outta Mirkwood, yo.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Legolas...

rapping?

"Yo, yo, Frodo, he took the bling of power..."

Here from metaquotes

[coppertone.livejournal.com]

I prefer the elven boyband, Totally Cousins. Or the semi-canonical emoelf duet consisting of Maglor and Daeron...

...But a Fellowship rock band would win everything too. ^___^