Ark's Ark » Music http://www.arksark.org/blog Massively Multiplayer Online Gaming, Current Affairs, and Random Stuff! Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:10:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Wren – A Pirates of the Burning Sea Yuletide Songhttp://www.arksark.org/blog/4257/the-wren-a-pirates-of-the-burning-sea-yuletide-song/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/4257/the-wren-a-pirates-of-the-burning-sea-yuletide-song/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:00:49 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=4257 This is from last year, but I shamelessly bring it back to the top for 2011!

I mentioned this song from the Pirates of the Burning Sea Christmas event a few days ago. It’s been stuck in my head ever since, so I thought today I’d have a crack at making a little video for it so it can get stuck in your heads too!

“The Wren” is a traditional Irish wassail. Like any such song, there are a lot [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/4257/the-wren-a-pirates-of-the-burning-sea-yuletide-song/feed/ 2 Dizzy.http://www.arksark.org/blog/4921/dizzy/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/4921/dizzy/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:58:46 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=4921 I’ve just started some new medication, and it’s giving me some fairly impressive dizziness and nausea. It’ll most likely just be for a few days while my body is getting used to it, but it does mean that I’m less than eager to go running around in phase 5 of Rift’s Beta test. Hopefully we’ll pick up the liveblog in phase 6.

This post is far too short. Help me out, Mr Reeves!

Unbelievably, that’s really the only video [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/4921/dizzy/feed/ 0 Scatman’s Worldhttp://www.arksark.org/blog/4812/scatman-s-world/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/4812/scatman-s-world/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:41:50 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=4812 I’m still alive! Just not feeling very opinionated at the moment. I’m working on a couple of little bits and bobs that might come to light at some point, and, of course, the Rift Beta will be heading into phase 5 on the 25th of January and I’ll be there to tell of what I encounter in another episode of my Beta liveblog.

In between all that, I work on my [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/4812/scatman-s-world/feed/ 4 London New Year 2011 Firework Display Video!!!http://www.arksark.org/blog/4653/london-new-year-2011-firework-display-video/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/4653/london-new-year-2011-firework-display-video/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:01:46 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=4653 Happy New Year from Greenwich Mean Time! London had a spectacular firework display on the Thames, with the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, and the London Eye in full view. For the first time, it was set to a musical accompaniment starring the best of British. Queen, T-Rex, the Beatles, and the Clash to name but a few!

In the interest of getting the most out of the taxes spent on it (well worth it, mind you), it [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/4653/london-new-year-2011-firework-display-video/feed/ 2 In Which The Best Is Yet To Comehttp://www.arksark.org/blog/4481/in-which-the-best-is-yet-to-come/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/4481/in-which-the-best-is-yet-to-come/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:40:05 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=4481 I’m back home after a fun time with my Dad, a few pounds heavier, and laden with swag. I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and is feeling recovered enough to face the New Year. It was a bit of a hellish journey home, with trains being cancelled to the left and right, but the reward of sleeping in my own bed again was worth the replacement buses and hikes between stations.

The Rift beta NDA has dropped while I’ve [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/4481/in-which-the-best-is-yet-to-come/feed/ 0 The Ashes!!!!!! – With the Duckworth Lewis Method.http://www.arksark.org/blog/4162/the-ashes-with-the-duckworth-lewis-method/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/4162/the-ashes-with-the-duckworth-lewis-method/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:40:09 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=4162 We’re moments away from the start of the Ashes, the biannual series of cricket matches between England and Australia. We’re down in Australia this time around, so my sleep patterns are at risk, but I don’t care. It’s going to be a winter of hope and pain, beefy sixes, and outrageous referee decisions!!!

I may be a little distracted for a while,but that’s alright! Let’s celebrate with Mr Duckworth and Mr Lewis, and their fine musical stylings!

Test [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/4162/the-ashes-with-the-duckworth-lewis-method/feed/ 0 I’m Also Proud of the BBChttp://www.arksark.org/blog/3916/i-m-also-proud-of-the-bbc/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/3916/i-m-also-proud-of-the-bbc/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:30:53 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=3916

As most of you know, I’ve been doing work for the BBC for a decade or so, but I’ve been a staunch supporter and fan of the Corporation since long before I ever had any connection to it, and I get quite nervous – and more than a little angry – when the knives come out for the BBC, as they very much have been of late. It’s particularly annoying since the Beeb, as a public service broadcaster which [...]

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It’s an important question that just occurred to me while I was contemplating the universe in the bath. This song pre-dates Minecraft by several years, but there are a number of striking similarities. Most notably that both Notch, creator of Minecraft, and the Zoology Dragon invent animals THAT ARE MADE OF CUBES!!! They have even both worked on the Cubification of Cows.

Cow. Cube. Cowuube.

Perhaps it would be best if we take the Zoology Dragon’s warnings seriously, [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/3854/question-is-notch-the-zoology-dragon/feed/ 0 My Favourite Eurovision Songs – Divine, France’s 2008 Entryhttp://www.arksark.org/blog/3374/my-favourite-eurovision-songs-divine-france-s-2008-entry/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/3374/my-favourite-eurovision-songs-divine-france-s-2008-entry/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 07:54:32 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=3374 Eurovision 2010 is tomorrow, hopefully with more wonderful songs to keep me posting next year.

Sebastian Tellier’s “Divine” neatly encapsulated so much of what I love about Eurovision. As I always shout at our Eurovision parties, you’ve got to have a gimmick, and this performance had them in abundance! A little car! Women with beards! Funny walking!! A world filled with helium that the singer ingests! Encore!

A couple of my other favourite Eurovision songs:

Romanca

Wild Dances

My [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/3374/my-favourite-eurovision-songs-divine-france-s-2008-entry/feed/ 0 The Secret World – Tentacles!!!http://www.arksark.org/blog/2921/the-secret-world-tentacles/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/2921/the-secret-world-tentacles/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:23:49 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=2921 Funcom’s latest MMO outing, The Secret World, dropped its embargo today. Interviews and previews are popping up all over the shop. I’ve not had the chance to rummage fully through them all yet.

However, heavily influenced by Lovecraft, there is one thing that we can be sure it will possess in abundance.

Tentacles!!!

I always hoped that someone would build an MMO based on the Call of Cthulhu tabletop RPG. The great thing about it is that you would [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/2921/the-secret-world-tentacles/feed/ 5 My Favourite Eurovision Songs – Romanca, Croatia’s 2008 entry.http://www.arksark.org/blog/2842/my-favourite-eurovision-songs-romanca-croatias-2008-entry/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/2842/my-favourite-eurovision-songs-romanca-croatias-2008-entry/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:27:55 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=2842 This performance is two for the price of one. With Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents’ “Romanca” you get the spectacle of a septuagenarian rapping in Croatian, paired with a genuinely haunting song. It was especially notable for its excellent selection of hats.

Miserably,they only came 21st out of 25, with 44 points. I suspect the lyrics are a bit too meaningful and depressing for the tastes of most Eurovision judges. For me, it was the best song of the [...]

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]]> http://www.arksark.org/blog/2842/my-favourite-eurovision-songs-romanca-croatias-2008-entry/feed/ 0 Free Realms: Pirates!!!http://www.arksark.org/blog/2829/free-realms-pirates/ http://www.arksark.org/blog/2829/free-realms-pirates/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:57:11 +0000 Arkenor http://www.arksark.org/blog/?p=2829 This screenshot was just posted up on Twitter. What does it mean?

The Free Realms Pirate Treasure Hunting minigame!

It means that Pirates are coming to Free Realms! No longer will those pesky Ninja get to rule the roost, for their nemesis is upon them. I think I just found a new favourite career.

There had been rumours that the scurvy swabs might be incoming, ever since a sharp-eyed dataminer found piratical content in some of the gamefiles. Now [...]

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