misc commentary additions, courtesy of Lilith

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml
index a24f01c9..3f15cf84 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Seth Massey:</i>
     Some of the more "mechanical" designs in Sburb were fricken cool.
     Wish we saw more of them.
+
+    <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([Bandcamp blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20160615084929/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-overdrive))
+
+    \*note: track is not actually [[Skaian Starstorm|"Skaian Starstorm"]]<br>
+    \*oops
 ---
 Track: Freefall
 Artists:
diff --git a/album/strife-2.yaml b/album/strife-2.yaml
index ed31640f..57f535b3 100644
--- a/album/strife-2.yaml
+++ b/album/strife-2.yaml
@@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ URLs:
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Crustacean
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Tensei:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20180930224140/http://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/post/17709451675))
+
+    If you bought [[album:homestuck-vol-7|Homestuck volume 7]], you might be familiar with the bonus track I did on there, [[track:white-host-green-room|“White Host/Green Room”]], which had this garbled cameo of several Homestuck songs in the intro. If that’s the case, this song might sound familiar because it actually appeared in there for a bit.
+
+    Its full name is “The King in Red”, and its supposed to be this weird pseudo-classical apocalyptic black metal remix of [[Karkat's Theme]]. The reason I never finished this up is because I was pretty dissatisfied with the choir samples, which simply weren’t up to the task.
+
+    Human voice is said to be the single hardest thing to emulate through samples, which I guess is because people are generally used to hearing human voices all the time, so they’re much more likely to pick up on stuff that sounds ‘off’ than in the case of, for example, a sampled hurdy gurdy.
+
+    In a lot of ways, it’s kinda similar to the uncanny valley problem with visual art; making a convincing and realistic human face through 3D modelling is very hard to pull off, and I don’t think it’s been seriously attempted since the Final Fantasy movie (And we all know how that turned out for them).
+
+    Even modern CGI movies like Avatar avoid the concept by creating a distinctly alien race that gets just enough humanlike features to make them look relatable and 'cute’.
 ---
 Track: Unite Division (Beta)
 Duration: '1:43'
diff --git a/static-page/changelog.yaml b/static-page/changelog.yaml
index cefb1750..1d4b6cf3 100644
--- a/static-page/changelog.yaml
+++ b/static-page/changelog.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Content: |-
     - tidied, touched up with links, and double-checked for accuracy almost all transcribed commentary originating in booklets, from albums: [[album:alternia]]
     - fixed broken commentary formatting in [[track:verdant-metamorphosis]], [[track:alive]], [[track:death-minute-in-duodecimal-regicide-demonica]], [[track:haunt-andrew-hussie]], [[track:jump-up-super-star]]
     - fixed outdated names or typos in commentary credits for album and track commentary in [[album:the-baby-is-you]], [[album:shortcuts]], [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck-2]], [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck-3]], [[album:v8lume]], [[album:jpeg]], [[album:cool-and-new-volume-3]]
+    - added commentary from Tumblr to [[track:the-king-in-red-beta]] (thanks, Lilith!)
+    - added mini-commentary from Bandcamp to [[track:skaian-overdrive]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     - added lyrics to [[track:sketches-in-black]] (thanks, Makin!)
 
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