misc lilith review

Through 10/25

5 files changed, 55 insertions, 75 deletions

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
index b4e3b0a0..3cf7c7a0 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     <small>[Gorgeous](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035318/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/images/vol5_front.png) album cover art by [[artist:lexxy|Alexandra "Lexxy" Douglass]]</small>
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
+
     Volume 5 is out today, and along with it is the official What Pumpkin site, which I have just found out is the [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|name of our indie record label]] just for the [[group:official|MSPA soundtrack albums.]] Like, right just now. Shows how in the loop I am!
 
     Anyway, this Volume is a little bit of an oddity in that it's hyper-long and is consisted overwhelmingly of tracks that have not appeared in the comic whatsoever, so you might not be quite so initially motivated to purchase it as you would for one of the soundtracks proper, however, I assure you, there is some really great material on there. The album hits the tip of the creative iceberg that has been the MSPA music project (which I guess is now formally What Pumpkin records) and shows only a fraction of the endless piles upon piles of "other" music that exists on the not-so-secret music forums.
@@ -78,21 +79,11 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     This pretty much imploded with the [[flash:1149|end of Act 3]], when Andrew informed us all that he was going to cut back on the animations after spending a week working on the accompanying animation for [[Sburban Jungle]] day and night on end. Since then, the focus has drifted to various new sectors which I guess will just have to be a surprise to all of you. Either way, consider the new album an outlet for you to sample music inspired by and written for Homestuck and as a chance to support this new community that Andrew has shepherded.
 
-    *(<b>TRACK 8</b>: Continued in [[Happy Cat Song!]])*
-
-    *(<b>TRACK 9</b>: Continued in [[Hardchorale]]!)*
-
-    *(<b>TRACK 30</b>: Continued in [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]]!)*
-
-    *(<b>TRACK 35</b>: Continued in [[Ruins (With Strings)]]!)*
-
-    *(<b>TRACK 56</b>: Continued in [[Greenhouse]]!)*
-
     <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1081), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
 
     *(Continued from [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]])*
 
-    That was one of the pieces that was on Homestuck Volume 5. By that point, people were really starting to cross-polenate - the musicians were talking to each other a lot more. [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] was bold enough to say like, hey, y'know, you've all written so much music that's probably never going to be used in the comic because there's more of it than he actually needs at the rate he can produce animations... Let's just say, all these albums are like, standalone expansions upon the concept. Let's not limit it to this [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead|"fake band"]] idea. So, suddenly, the albums go from like ten tracks lasting twenty minutes or so, to like, this fifty track monster. *(Caption in post: "71 tracks, actually")* So that was like, a cool shift for us, that suddenly created a lot of creative freedom, and kind of - had us starting to think, you know, this is more than just a little soundtrack, it's kind of a little label.
+    That was one of the pieces that was on Homestuck Volume 5. By that point, people were really starting to cross-pollinate - the musicians were talking to each other a lot more. [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] was bold enough to say like, hey, y'know, you've all written so much music that's probably never going to be used in the comic because there's more of it than he actually needs at the rate he can produce animations... Let's just say, all these albums are like, standalone expansions upon the concept. Let's not limit it to this [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead|"fake band"]] idea. So, suddenly, the albums go from like ten tracks lasting twenty minutes or so, to like, this fifty track monster. *(Caption in post: "71 tracks, actually")* So that was like, a cool shift for us, that suddenly created a lot of creative freedom, and kind of - had us starting to think, you know, this is more than just a little soundtrack, it's kind of a little label.
 
     <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist & booklet editor, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/lexxercise/art/Homestuck-Vol-5-167501453), 6/13/2010)
 
@@ -371,19 +362,15 @@ Art Tags:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Chorale for Jaspers
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
-
-    *(Continued from [[album:homestuck-vol-5]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
     
     Radiation, or [[artist:toby-fox|Toby]] as I've never actually had the chance to refer to him, sent me his midi arrangement of Happy Cat Song, a sort of lighthearted version of [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]], so I loaded VSTs for each part and balanced it, along with adding a "meow" sample in for good measure. The effect of it reminds [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] of arriving in a village in "final fantasy or chrono cross or something and it's initially all peaceful and then by the end of the game it's totally raped and pillaged." So the calm before the storm then? MEOW
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html))
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 6/13/2010 - 3/26/2011)
 
     A lot of tracks on <i>Volume 5</i>. There's a few different [[Chorale for Jaspers|"Chorale"]] arrangements on here, of which I participated in two - for "Happy Cat Song!" I produced and provided vocal samples, and for [[Hardchorale|"Hardchorale"]] I brought the house down with a series of loud meows that almost got me evicted from my apartment (the video does exist, I promise).
 
-    *(Continued in [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]]!)*
-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, [Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1200), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1200), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
 
     There was another, like, twenty second *(Caption in post: 35 seconds)* Toby Fox-produced [[Chorale for Jaspers]] that was called "Happy Cat Song!" - I really only set that into the program, into FL Studio, and chose the synth patches for it, like, hardly anything else. I think he expected me to go somewhere with it, and... I was just like... I don't know what to do with it. So, twenty seconds, somehow ended up on an album!
 ---
@@ -411,19 +398,15 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     I’ve always considered the creation of this song a “classic story”. It came about in a strange, almost fateful way, and I think the final product reflects that. It was the first thing that [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] and I worked on together, and it was through Hardchorale that our friendship started. He approached me with a MIDI file he had made, intending it to be a sort of “boss battle” arrangement of [[Chorale for Jaspers]] in the style of [[Harleboss]]. He asked if I would be interested in producing it, since at the time he was just starting out and had no means to do so. I agreed, Chorale being one of my favorite Homestuck tunes. So I produced it in a DAW to make it sound “good”, and relative to the MIDI file it sounded great, and we were both really happy with it. Radiation got [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman]] to record some heavy metal meows, which he apparently almost got kicked out of his apartment for recording and claims to have video of, though I have yet to see it. Once I found out it was going to be on Vol. 5, I added a section to it (roughly the last third of the piece) and at the very end sneaked [[track:squiddles|the Squiddles theme]] just because I could. I realize that was more of a narrative than a commentary, but it’s the history behind this piece that I find fun to talk about more than the piece itself.
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
-
-    *(Continued from [[track:happy-cat-song]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (meows, [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
 
-    Harchorale was another [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale]] arrangement by Alexander and Toby for which I contributed more vocals. The morning after I recorded the yelping and yowling for this arrangement, I received an ultimatum from my apartment complex, saying that if they ever received another noise complaint they would evict us so hard we would probably go blind. I know [[artist:richard-gung|Richard]] has footage of me recording this somewhere, so I'll surely post it when I find it.
+    Harchorale was another [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale]] arrangement by Alex and Toby for which I contributed more vocals. The morning after I recorded the yelping and yowling for this arrangement, I received an ultimatum from my apartment complex, saying that if they ever received another noise complaint they would evict us so hard we would probably go blind. I know [[artist:richard-gung|Richard]] has footage of me recording this somewhere, so I'll surely post it when I find it.
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html))
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 6/13/2010 - 3/26/2011)
 
     A lot of tracks on <i>Volume 5</i>. There's a few different [[Chorale for Jaspers|"Chorale"]] arrangements on here, of which I participated in two - for [[track:happy-cat-song|"Happy Cat Song!"]] I produced and provided vocal samples, and for "Hardchorale" I brought the house down with a series of loud meows that almost got me evicted from my apartment (the video does exist, I promise).
 
-    *(Continued in [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]]!)*
-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1184), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1184), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
 
     Hardchorale! They arranged out a heavier version of [[Chorale for Jaspers]], and were like, "can you contribute meows to this?" and I was like, sure! I got a noise complaint from my neighbors because, I think I'd left all the windows open. I was just screaming. (laughs) Whoops on that.
 ---
@@ -478,7 +461,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     Symphonic piece made in Sibelius 5. Composed for MS Paint Adventures.
 
-    <i>Andrew Huo:</i> (composer, [Bandcamp rerelease credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033449/http://andrewhuo.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride), excerpt)
+    <i>Andrew Huo:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033449/http://andrewhuo.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride), excerpt)
 
     Composed by Andrew Huo. Mastering by Seth Peelle using Garritan Personal Orchestra.
 
@@ -702,7 +685,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     Oh, and one more thing: AndrewNeo, the guy who runs skaia.net, named both my Doctor remix and my Skaia remix.
 
-    <i>Solatrus:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://thisisthehomestuckmusicteam.tumblr.com/post/26717876635/solatrus-song-commentary-friday-except-its), 7/7/2012)
+    <i>Solatrus:</i> ([Tumblr](https://thisisthehomestuckmusicteam.tumblr.com/post/26717876635/solatrus-song-commentary-friday-except-its), 7/7/2012)
 
     Let's have a bit of history before we jump into things with this song.
 
@@ -818,7 +801,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     This is exactly what it sounds like. I went for a whimsical, dreamy feel with this one, expressed through the ¾ meter, waltz patterns, Lydian mode, and ringing, bell-like timbres. There’s not a lot going on in this one, though I think it’s charming in a childlike way. It was the first piece I made upon my return to the music team (I was in it since the beginning, but never made anything worthwhile and left for a few months since I was starting my first year of college).
 
-    <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, "extra comments in reply to a Tumblr question", via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt))
+    <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ("extra comments in reply to a Tumblr question", via [early commentary collection](https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/commentary-collection.txt))
 
     For some reason waltzes, Lydian mode, harps, and bell-like timbres seemed like the most appropriate ways to evoke dreams for me. I was inspired to make it ever since seeing Jade's dream self, and how appropriate that it was included in [[flash:1720|Dave's dream in Derse]]!
 
@@ -949,7 +932,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     (also crank the bass)
 
-    <i>SolusLunes:</i> (composer, [Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/300457))
+    <i>SolusLunes:</i> ([Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/300457))
 
     > Ever considering making your own genre?
     >
@@ -1032,11 +1015,12 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     <img src="media/misc/planet-healer-bonus.jpg" width="300">
 
-    <i>Buzinkai:</i> (composer of [[Doctor]], [YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobugCRpyvQ&lc=UgzLinqOptZag02tVmN4AaABAg))
+    <i>Buzinkai:</i> (composer of [[Doctor]], [YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobugCRpyvQ&lc=UgzLinqOptZag02tVmN4AaABAg), 8/28/2013)
 
     I will say, as the writer of this song, that this is incredible. I must admit that I'm going through hard times in my life, but to see something like this come up, it's a beautiful thing. I wrote the song just trying to express my emotions at the time, I was, yes, playing Cave Story, but I wanted to make something I loved to listen to myself, and to know it has touched so many others is more than I could have ever dreamed of. So I thank [[artist:seth-peelle|you]] for taking your time to do your own take on it. Thanks.
 
-    <i>Buzinkai:</i> (composer of [[Doctor]], [YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobugCRpyvQ&lc=Ugwqj0C2pDRf0V4oUT54AaABAg))
+    <i>Buzinkai:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobugCRpyvQ&lc=Ugwqj0C2pDRf0V4oUT54AaABAg), 8/28/2013)
+
     I wrote the [[Doctor (Original Loop)|original version of this song]] using similar software, PXTone, which was written by Pixel of Cave Story fame, so you are correct. Thank you for liking the original, and this remake is quite fantastic, It means so much to see how [[track:doctor#referenced-by|my song has been taken and adapted through other people.]]
 ---
 Track: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse
@@ -1163,21 +1147,15 @@ Lyrics: |-
     How will I ever, ever survive?
     (Oh, it's- it's done. Oh.)
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
-
-    *(Continued from [[track:hardchorale]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
 
     God knows this is the dumbest thing I've ever created (at least for MSPA). But maybe it's also the most awesome thing because of that? In the process of creating this, I ended up learning a lot about the recording process, but let me tell you, if I ever EVER have to perform this song again, I am officially dropping the key signature a few steps - this song stretched my range pretty dangerously and it shows. Fun fact: did you know [[artist:diane-warren|Dianne Warren]] also wrote [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith|"Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from Armageddon? She has like the best career ever, writing the cheesiest, most epic love songs ever for some of the most ridiculous action movies of all time.
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html))
-
-    *(Continued from [[Happy Cat Song!]] & [[Hardchorale]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 6/13/2010 - 3/26/2011)
 
     "How Do I Live" is, of course, about the stupidest thing I've ever made - I actually put a lot of work into it, retaking the vocals and guitar parts entirely before extending the song an extra verse. Nick's drunken air guitar solo remains intact, of course.
 
-    *(Continued in [[Ruins (With Strings)]]!)*
-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 7/29/2017)
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 7/29/2017)
 
     I put that recording on the forum and knew it was a little bit of a risk, because [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] didn't want to use tracks with vocals. But, I knew if anything would be the exception, this would probably be it.
 
@@ -1185,7 +1163,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     I don't think anyone's ever seen from Joseph again
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1011), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1011), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
 
     How Do I Live was another glaring exception to the "no vocals" rule. I think that was another one where I knew it would make [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] laugh, so I went for it, even if it wasn't really what was called for. But, I knew that he had a special fascination with Con Air. I, on a whim, made the How Do I Live track, done, y'know, stupidly and sarcastically and with this idea that "I'll do it dumb just to do it," and... (laughs) I think I might have tried a little harder.
 
@@ -1330,7 +1308,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     This one is really hardly me, honest, it's all [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman]]. [[track:ruins|Ruins]] was this piano recording I'd put up back when I still hardly knew how to record anything, and then Bowman just went and added magic to it. And the piano track, that's just another one of those "improvisations out of nowhere", no real purpose or theory-thinking beforehand to delegate anything to it. Especially the descending-thirds, no way I could have just thought about that and been like "Yes that is a good thing to be doing", it was just spur of the moment thinking.
 
-    <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (co-composer, [Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/21217208124/ruins), excerpt, 4/16/2012)
+    <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/21217208124/ruins), excerpt, 4/16/2012)
 
     [[track:ruins|Ruins]] was one of the first things I contributed to the music forum after getting on the team, a small improvisation based around descending seconds which was made back when I still had no idea how to record things properly. Since Earth was kind of a gigantic wasteland planet at that point (and it still is, today), I conceptually tied my recording in with that, and called it Ruins.
 
@@ -1348,16 +1326,13 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     Really, the track should probably be listed simply as "Ruins" if not for the fact that there is not official piano rendition of the piece. I think it would be really cool to hear such a version of the tune if Jit ever found himself recording material in a studio again (as he did for [[artist:james-dever|James's]] piano suite [[album:sburb|Sburb]]).
     
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
-
-    *(Continued from [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
 
-    Erik's piano piece [[track:ruins]] was one of those tracks where I just kind of went browsing the forum, looking for somethign to contributed to, and lo and behold it showed up. It was a very evocative piano piece despite being recorded without any particular wealth of gear. Either way, I chose sort of a synth-ish, distant string sound and a couple of other tricks (there are two guitar parts buried in that arrangement) in order to compliment the ambient noise from his recording and stuck in a reference to [[Sburban Jungle]] at the end for good measure. The effect is satisfyingly ambient and I can imagine listening to it while driving a long distance on a rainy day.
+    Erik's piano piece [[track:ruins]] was one of those tracks where I just kind of went browsing the forum, looking for something to contributed to, and lo and behold it showed up. It was a very evocative piano piece despite being recorded without any particular wealth of gear. Either way, I chose sort of a synth-ish, distant string sound and a couple of other tricks (there are two guitar parts buried in that arrangement) in order to compliment the ambient noise from his recording and stuck in a reference to [[Sburban Jungle]] at the end for good measure. The effect is satisfyingly ambient and I can imagine listening to it while driving a long distance on a rainy day.
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html))
-    "Ruins" by Jit was fun to arrange - did that one pretty much on a whim, hoping to imitate the quality of the World of Goo soundtrack.
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 6/13/2010 - 3/26/2011)
 
-    *(Continued in [[Greenhouse]]!)*
+    [[track:ruins|"Ruins"]] by Jit was fun to arrange - did that one pretty much on a whim, hoping to imitate the quality of the World of Goo soundtrack.
     
     <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1139), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
 
@@ -1569,7 +1544,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     oh god how did this get here i am not good with dnb
 
-    <i>SolusLunes:</i> (composer, [Newgrounds comments](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/286756))
+    <i>SolusLunes:</i> ([Newgrounds comments](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/286756))
 
     > its not really DnB
     >
@@ -1883,19 +1858,15 @@ Art Tags:
 - Squiddles
 - Earth
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
-
-    *(Continued from [[Ruins (With Strings)]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010)
 
     Greenhouse ended up being an exercise in what I could do with a handful of new pieces of equipment. Having acquired [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia's]] old, barely used electric guitar and keyboard, this is the first composition I've really gotten to do a lot of recording for instead of just point and click sequencing. When I listen to this song, I imagine this is what Jade hears every time she starts her computer. Which would be a good song to write!
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html))
-
-    *(Continued from [[Ruins (With Strings)]]!)*
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 6/13/2010 - 3/26/2011)
 
     "Greenhouse", of course, is the easy winner amongst the tracks I contributed. I think the spontaneity is what makes it really work - I just wrote it as I recorded each little piece.
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1129), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1129), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
 
     Homestuck Volume 5, I did Greenhouse, which was dedicated to the location that Jade Harley lived in.
 
@@ -2108,19 +2079,19 @@ Duration: '4:48'
 URLs:
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWShvBb3Zwo
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>SolusLunes:</i> (composer, [Newgrounds description](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
+    <i>SolusLunes:</i> (co-composer, [Newgrounds description](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
 
     Awesomesauce collaberation between [[artist:buoyant|SBB]] and I.
 
     Five it because it's awesome.
 
-    <i>Buoyant:</i> (composer, [Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
+    <i>Buoyant:</i> (co-composer, [Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
 
     yes
 
     The wang-bing is misplaced in relation to the third yogga of the xomp-gong, that must be fixed, other than that it's probably the best song ever made.
 
-    <i>SolusLunes:</i> (composer, [Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
+    <i>SolusLunes:</i> ([Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
 
     Well goddamn, I'm pretty sure the third yogga was what you were responsible for.
 
@@ -2132,7 +2103,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     So, basically, an awesome song. Everything fit very nicely. 10/10 and 5/5!
 
-    <i>SolusLunes:</i> (composer, [Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
+    <i>SolusLunes:</i> ([Newgrounds comment](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/229170))
 
     That synth and melody is SBB's awesome brainchild.
 
diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
index b5e52035..549ddfa2 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Commentary: |-
     [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br>
     [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]
 
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (from [How to Bronze Bowman](https://web.archive.org/web/20110530044130/http://iambowman.com/2011/01/how-to-bronze-bowman.html), 01/05/2011)
-    > bowman needs to be bronzed so we never lose him
-    >
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([How to Bronze Bowman](https://web.archive.org/web/20110530044130/http://iambowman.com/2011/01/how-to-bronze-bowman.html), 01/05/2011)
+
+    > bowman needs to be bronzed so we never lose him<br>
     > someone google "how to bronze bowman" - [Jitka](https://web.archive.org/web/20110530071815/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34415-Homestuck-Vol.-6-Heir-Transparent&p=4475117&viewfull=1#post4475117)
 
     Hi Jitka!
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Lyrics: |-
     And I don't wanna miss a thing
     Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html))
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 1/5/2011 - 3/26/2011)
 
     Yeah yeah yeah, uh, there's not too much to say about this one other than I once again did an over-the-top summer movie song and now I'm starting to turn into some weird irony-laden crooner. If I keep this thing up, I'll end like Bryan Ferry, slowly mutating from a bizarre parody of a lounge lizard into the real deal. When you guys find me in Vegas playing to some bar full of people scratching their heads or playing at some rich guy's wedding, please dose me with some smelling salts so that I can figure out where I am and what the hell is going on.
 
diff --git a/album/p-s.yaml b/album/p-s.yaml
index b53cf5c0..0419e8c2 100644
--- a/album/p-s.yaml
+++ b/album/p-s.yaml
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - Back to Life
 - A World Awake
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/121427607929/back-to-life-suite-first-stepsback-to-lifea), 06/13/2015)
+    <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/121427607929/back-to-life-suite-first-stepsback-to-lifea), excerpt, 06/13/2015)
 
     Back to Life suite: [[First Steps]]/[[Back to Life]]/[[A World Awake]]
 
@@ -590,14 +590,13 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     Thanks again to [[artist:clouds-haberberg|Clouds]] and [[artist:adam-beveridge|Adam]] for their performances.
 
-    A little commentary:
+    A little commentary:<br>
     The basic idea for the piece started after [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b|Colours and Mayhem]] was released (Was that really over 3 years ago!?) and it’s essentially an attempt to rework [[Cyan Beast|the Cyan Beast theme]] into a song intended for Jane Crocker (Cyan Beast was written for John originally).
 
     There are actually some short bits of the writing lurking back further on the blog:
 
-    [Tumblr embed: [First sketch of the chorus idea (with horrible crackling noise now for some reason?):](http://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/21077689419/a-short-bit-of-playing-around-with-the-main-theme)]
-
-    [Tumblr embed: [Outline of the Verse/Chorus:](http://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/24440536961/a-wip-verse-chorus-section-from-the-jane-song)]
+    [First sketch of the chorus idea (with horrible crackling noise now for some reason?)](http://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/21077689419/a-short-bit-of-playing-around-with-the-main-theme)<br>
+    [Outline of the Verse/Chorus](http://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/24440536961/a-wip-verse-chorus-section-from-the-jane-song)
 ---
 Track: Requiem for Something Really Excellent (Demo)
 Suffix Directory: true
diff --git a/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml b/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml
index 73abda6b..e8f44598 100644
--- a/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml
+++ b/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml
@@ -688,9 +688,13 @@ Commentary:
     [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] asked me to do a version of [[Horschestra|horschestra]] (which is a really good track by Alex Rosetti) for this update with a ska interlude and a bunch of horse/cat/crow sounds. Who am I to question the BIG MAN? heres it looping twice once without sounds and once with
 
     here was my gameplan
-    <img src="media/misc/horsecatska-gameplan.png"><br>    
-    and here was my feedback<br>
-    <img src="media/misc/horsecatska-feedback.png"><br>
+
+    <img src="media/misc/horsecatska-gameplan.png" width="457" height="180" inline pixelate>
+
+    and here was my feedback
+
+    <img src="media/misc/horsecatska-feedback.png" width="219" height="61" inline pixelate>
+
     hope you guys like it.
 ---
 Section: Tracks featured in Hiveswap Friendsim
diff --git a/static-page/changelog.yaml b/static-page/changelog.yaml
index 51ea91c7..ef74aad0 100644
--- a/static-page/changelog.yaml
+++ b/static-page/changelog.yaml
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ Content: |-
     - added commentary from "Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music" to [[track:sburban-jungle]], [[track:harlequin-rock-version]], [[track:explore]], [[track:ohgodwhat-remix]], [[track:chorale-for-jaspers]], [[track:pony-chorale]], [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead]], [[track:lunar-eclipse]], [[track:hauntjam]], [[album:homestuck-vol-5]], [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]], [[track:greenhouse]], [[track:ruins-with-strings]], [[track:hardchorale]], [[track:happy-cat-song]], [[album:squiddles]], [[track:squiddle-samba]], [[track:tangled-waltz]], [[track:mister-bowman-tells-you-about-the-squiddles]], [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing]], [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]], [[track:lies-with-the-sea]], [[track:dawn-of-man]], [[track:chain-of-prospit]], [[album:homestuck-vol-7]], [[track:warhammer-of-zillyhoo]], [[track:maplehoofs-adventure]], [[album:the-wanderers]], [[track:ruins-rising]], [[track:calamity]], [[track:ocean-stars-falling]], [[track:escape-pod]], [[track:frog-hunt]], [[track:gust-of-heir]], [[track:revered-return]], [[track:how-do-i-live-d8-night-version]], [[track:another-jungle]], [[track:gamegrl-original-1993-mix]], [[track:minihoofs-adventure]], [[track:elephant-gun]], [[track:busting-makes-me-feel-good]], [[track:iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE]], [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version]], [[track:another-countdown]], [[track:constant-conquest]], [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], and [[track:solar-voyage]]
     - added commentary from Bowmantown (with permission) to [[album:homestuck-vol-10]] and [[album:jailbreak-vol-1]] (thanks, Celeste, Bowman, Bea, Surge!)
     - added dead image placeholder to early collection commentary for [[track:doctor]] (thanks, Tangle!)
+    - added "Music and Stuff" commentary to [[track:happy-cat-song]], [[track:hardchorale]], and [[track:ruins-with-strings]] (thanks, Lilith!)
+    - added YouTube commentary ([[artist:buzinkai]]) to [[track:planet-healer]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Tumblr commentary ([[artist:james-dever]]) to [[track:swing-of-the-clock]] (thanks, Tangle!)
     - added Tumblr commentary to [[track:scratch]] (thanks, Lilith!)
+    - added "How to Bronze Bowman" commentary to [[album:homestuck-vol-6]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Tumblr commentary ([[date:11/12/2012]]) to [[track:even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Tumblr commentary ([[date:4/13/2012]]) to [[track:cyan-beast]] (thanks, Tangle!)
     - added Twitter commentary to [[track:wv-become-the-mayor-of-cans]] (thanks, Makin, Lilith!)
@@ -126,11 +129,13 @@ Content: |-
     - added Tumblr commentary to [[album:lofam2]] (re: cover artwork; thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Tumblr commentary and better-quality background to [[album:the-planets]] (thanks, Lilith, Whisper!)
     - added SoundCloud commentary and additional name to [[track:hankage-fantazumu-2]] (thanks, Lilith!)
+    - added Tumblr commentary to [[track:back-to-life]] and [[track:myststuck-suite-full-version]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Tumblr commentary and alternate artwork to [[track:hunting-the-most-dangerous-game]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added SoundCloud commentary, additional name, and listening link to [[track:chronic-infection]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Bandcamp commentary blurb (2022) and related notes to [[album:perfectly-generic-album]] (thanks, Tangle, Lilith!)
     - added commentary blurbs from Bandcamp and YouTube, as well as additional names mostly from YouTube, across [[album:the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience]], [[album:class-act]], and [[album:class-act-b-side]]
     - added album release commentary to [[album:gravity-makes-the-flame-rise]] and [[album:ulterior-motives]]
+    - added Tumblr commentary to [[track:horsecatska]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added Tumblr commentary and listening links to [[track:skaian-shuffle]], [[track:valor-toby-fox]], [[track:cheer-up-crabface-its-halloween]], and [[track:flight-of-the-white-wolf]] (thanks, Lilith, WHisper!)
     <!-- artworks -->
     - added better-quality alternate artwork to [[track:elephant-gun]] (thanks, Lilith!)
@@ -182,6 +187,7 @@ Content: |-
     - added YouTube listening link to [[track:versus-hardmode-remix]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     <!-- commentary citations -->
     - added citations to early commentary collection across all commentary under [[group:official]] which, on the wiki, originates from there, and hasn't yet had a specific source located (thanks, Tangle!)
+    - added citations to 2010-2011 era Bowman commentary on [[track:happy-cat-song]], [[track:hardchorale]], [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]], [[track:ruins-with-strings]], and [[track:greenhouse]] (thanks, Lilith, Lan!)
     - added citations for Tumblr commentary blurbs on [[track:do-you-remem8er-me]], [[track:unite-synchronization]], [[track:encore]], [[track:carne-vale]], and [[track:pipeorgankind]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added date to citation for SoundCloud commentary on [[track:rediscover-fusion]] and [[track:fuchsia-ruler]], Tumblr commentary on [[track:skaia-incipisphere-mix]], [[track:squiddles-in-paradise]], [[track:swing-of-the-clock]], [[track:blue-atom]], [[track:cyan-beast]], [[track:ugly-betty]], [[track:despot]], [[track:minihoofs-adventure]], [[track:encore]], [[track:expedition]], [[track:miasmajesty]], [[track:before-the-beginning-and-after-the-end]], [[track:everything-is-something-to-somebody]], [[track:jane-dargason]], [[track:three-in-the-morning-aftermath]], [[track:red-miles]], [[track:princess-of-helium]], [[track:candles-and-clockwork-alpha-version]], [[track:cairo-overcoat]], [[track:noirscape]], [[track:stargaze]], [[track:gamegrl-original-1993-mix]], and [[track:eternity-served-cold]], and YouTube commentary on [[track:ocean-stars]], [[track:gold-pilot]], and [[track:orchid-horror]] (thanks, Tangle!)
     - added citations for Bandcamp commentary blurbs on [[album:jailbreak-vol-1]] (thanks, Lilith, Lan!)