02-07-01
Flowinglass Music* is proud to announce the release of The Starlit Jewel, a new cd featuring songs from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, with music written by Marion Zimmer Bradley, bestselling author of The Mists of Avalon. The Celtic and Medieval-flavored song settings are performed by the band Broceliande, on harp, pipes, vocals, and other Middle Earth instruments. This cd is fully authorized by the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. For ordering information and sound files, please visit the website. *Editor's note:  I know this has been out for a while, but since I haven't been keeping up with what new cd releases are available, I figured I'd post this for you all.

I've added a new artist to the gallery - Rodney Matthews.   I'd like to thank Suvit Singhsachakul for sending these images.

02-06-01
Apologies to those who have tried to download the new audio files I posted yesterday.  There was a problem with the links, but I have fixed them and they are now accessible.  If you continue to have problems, let me know.

02-05-01
I've added some new audio files (actually, a cd's worth), and will be adding more later this week.

This month holds a lot of changes for the Archives.  February 15 I will be moving the site to a new host, eUniverse.com.  This will entail moving the entire 350+ MB to the new server.   In addition, I will have to point the domain to the new host, which will take 36-48 hours to propogate throughout the world's DNS servers.  Hopefully this will be a painless and problem-free process, but the very best time will be at least two days' downtime.  I've slacked off somewhat adding new material to the site, but will continue to do as much as I can as time warrants.  I appreciate all the supportive emails I've received and if I have failed to write back to each of you, let me know - I get a lot of emails a day, and sometimes I lose track.

I will be thinking once again about a slight site redesign - with the new host I will be required to have banner advertisements (which I hope doesn't turn any of you away) and I may try and tailor the site to better accomodate banner space usage.  I'll certainly let you know what I decide to do, and if anyone of you has suggestions for me, please let me know.

02-04-01
Unfortunately, I've had to take down the movie section, due to lack of time for updates.  The huge amount of information is well covered by other sites like Tolkien Movies, TheOneRing.net, and LordoftheRings.net.  I encourage you to visit these sites for all movie information.

02-02-01
Added Russian verse to the Ring Verse Linguistic section - what a fabulous thing it is to see all those languages!  Please continue to send in your artwork and "text"work as well - essays, poems, short stories - they're eagerly welcome here!

01-26-01
Added a totally new section in the art gallery, which I will be adding to as the weeks continue - this is a whole gallery of Tolkien artwork (and not just Lord of the Rings).  The first section features Tolkien's early artwork.

Added two more images by Zelax in the Fanworks > Drawings/Sketches section...enjoy!

01-25-01
I've added a bunch of poems to the Poetry section.  I still haven't come up with a cleaner design, so for now, I've just got them in alphabetic order.  Enjoy!

01-23-01
I changed the poll, and also took away the popup window - everything now loads on the main page.  You can also view the previous poll results.

I've added a new feature to the Archives - a chat room!  This is courtesy of irc.damaged.net.  Please contact Allard Mulder if you experience any problems.

01-19-01
I've posted a new essay on the Lady Eowyn - it's an excellent read and I'm sure you will enjoy it.  Check it out here...

I've got an anonymous FTP service running, with many downloadables for you to choose from - I have MP3's and movies, and will eventually get around to storing all manner of items there - however, feel free to browse it and download anything you'd like.  Also, feel free to upload any Tolkien-related item you wish, just so long as you notify me by email that you have done so.  I recommend using an ftp client such as CuteFTP or WS FTP, but you can also browse through the internet by clicking here.