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 Album: Cosmic Caretakers
-Banner Dimensions: 1100x180
 Date: February 17, 2019
 Date Added: January 12, 2021
+URLs:
+- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-caretakers
+- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLX9PC37_XWPOiSCopUc9ZHf
+Cover Artists:
+- Elanor Pam
 Color: '#ff78da'
 Groups:
 - Unofficial MSPA Fans
@@ -16,9 +20,6 @@ Art Tags:
 - Jake's grandma
 - Becquerel
 - God Cat
-URLs:
-- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-caretakers
-- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLX9PC37_XWPOiSCopUc9ZHf
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Ucklin:</i>
     <center>COSMIC CARETAKERS</center>
@@ -44,12 +45,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     <hr>
     <i>Quasar Nebula:</i>
     (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!)
-Cover Artists:
-- Elanor Pam
-Wallpaper Artists:
-- Elanor Pam
 Banner Artists:
 - melodiousDiscord
+Banner Dimensions: 1100x180
+Wallpaper Artists:
+- Elanor Pam
 ---
 Group: Disc 1
 ---
@@ -60,41 +60,46 @@ Duration: '1:06'
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-3
 - https://youtu.be/tUczmB-88wM
+Cover Artists:
+- ackro
 Commentary: |-
     <i>psithurist:</i>
     The jingles I wrote for this album are a little more involved from the ones you usually find on Homestuck albums, which I did because I thought it would be fun (and it was). A grandiose intro to prepare you for what'll probably be the best god damn album you'll ever hear?
     <i>ackro:</i>
     this was done pretty quick, its a simple concept that didnt take much doing. the thing i like most is probably the scratch lightning, ive been drawing a lot of lightning recently.
-Cover Artists:
-- ackro
 ---
 Track: Egbert's Kitchen
 Artist: Pascal van den Bos
 Duration: '3:01'
-Art Tags:
-- John's dad
-- Underlings
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/egberts-kitchen
 - https://youtu.be/FQGsW9lDx8E
+Cover Artists:
+- trip
+Art Tags:
+- John's dad
+- Underlings
+Referenced Tracks:
+- track:under-the-hat
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i>
     For this track i went for the style of music i think Dad listens to, [[track:under-the-hat]] but even jazzier haha. The chiptune breakdown in the middle is also kind of a reference to [[track:showtime-original-mix]] which is the Strife! theme you hear when John encountered Dad. It worked pretty well, i think this is what you'd hear when you walk in to the kitchen when Dad is baking something.
     <i>trip:</i>
     I want this dad to be my dad.
-Cover Artists:
-- trip
-Referenced Tracks:
-- track:under-the-hat
 ---
 Track: Nanna's New Groove
 Artist: ndividedbyzero
 Duration: '3:48'
-Art Tags:
-- John's nanna
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nannas-new-groove
 - https://youtu.be/3xka38s_wYY
+Cover Artists:
+- TheChaoMaster
+Art Tags:
+- John's nanna
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Homestuck Anthem
+- track:nannaquin
 Commentary: |-
     <i>ndividedbyzero:</i>
     At first I considered making this track electroswing, but that's a bit out of my range. I think this works well as a compromise!
@@ -102,40 +107,40 @@ Commentary: |-
     The clownma is pretty good at pranks, all things considered.
     <i>TheChaoMaster:</i>
     in this household we stan Jane Crocker/Nanna Egbert.
-Cover Artists:
-- TheChaoMaster
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Homestuck Anthem
-- track:nannaquin
 ---
 Track: Martini Cardamom
 Artist: Sean Gorter, PoisonedElite
 Duration: '3:58'
+URLs:
+- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/martini-cardamom
+- https://youtu.be/lJv9VPWL7dY
+Cover Artists:
+- nights
 Art Tags:
 - Roxy
 - Roxy's mom
 - 'cw: alcohol'
-URLs:
-- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/martini-cardamom
-- https://youtu.be/lJv9VPWL7dY
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Sean Gorter:</i>
     Hey, it's your local pianist extraordinaire Flare. The basic seeds of this track belong to PoisonedElite, who left behind a minute-long demo of harpsichord and strings. Imagine my surprise when her MIDI was handed down to me and there were the beginnings of an electronic drum track I didn't get to hear in her exports! So the concept was set, orchestra with electronic rhythmic backing.
     Mom always seemed like quite the intimidating figure to those who met her. Perpetually drunk, with an endless, seemingly vindictive collection of wizard paraphrenalia, Mom was more living myth than parental figure. While most might soften those figures over time to be more relatable, not Hussie, and not Mom! She handles a massive Sburban monster with ease, demonstrates martial arts and weapons expertise, and catches the romantic attention of Dad without so much as breaking a sweat. All I could think of putting this track together was "classical badass." So here's to you, Ms. Classical Badass.
     <i>nights:</i>
     I wanted to try something new for this piece, so I went with a lineless minimal style. For the art, I wanted to draw both of Roxy's post and pre scratch selves, not just Mom Lalonde, since I adore both equally!! While working on it, I wanted to somehow connect the two versions of Roxy together with something common. Eventually, I settled on the scarves, and used them for composition and filling in blank spots in the art piece.
-Cover Artists:
-- nights
 ---
 Track: Meteor, Schmeteor (I'll Cut That Thing Right In Half)
 Directory: meteor-schmeteor
 Artist: Chaosvariant
 Duration: '2:38'
-Art Tags:
-- Dave's bro
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/meteor-schmeteor-ill-cut-that-thing-right-in-half
 - https://youtu.be/aYC3XRHFOkQ
+Cover Artists:
+- ackro
+Art Tags:
+- Dave's bro
+Referenced Tracks:
+- track:beatdown-strider-style
+- Umbral Ultimatum
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Chaosvariant:</i>
     Hi I go by Chaosvariant. I worked on this track for Dave's Bro, my original intention was to remix [[track:beatdown-strider-style]] to have a little more flair and fit better into the cool yet dangerous aura Dave's Bro put off then to have that transition into the fight with Jack Noir. My computer halfway through this process bricked so sadly we're kinda stuck with a WIP but I hope you'll like it for the concept alone.
@@ -143,96 +148,98 @@ Commentary: |-
     SplitSuns here. In addition to writing my own song for this project, which you'll find 24 tracks from now, I mastered the album in general. In theory, this means making sure each song is around the same volume so you don't have to keep adjusting your headphones. However, sometimes I did some extra work just to polish things up. Like with this song, for instance: I took what Chaosvariant had finished, added some EQ to make the mix clearer, and added a small sound effect at the end to smooth things out.
     <i>ackro:</i>
     i really like how i did this one. not too much going on but i feel its good for how simple it is. drawing the meteor took a bit of work, and looking at some reference shots from descend, but it really came together, and of course the sense of scale given with bro and the meteor is very well executed id say. pretty much flawless except for the fire which i couldve done better.
-Cover Artists:
-- ackro
-Referenced Tracks:
-- track:beatdown-strider-style
-- Umbral Ultimatum
 ---
 Track: Hunting the Most Dangerous Game
 Artist: Kanishka
 Duration: '3:30'
-Art Tags:
-- Jade's grandpa
-- Becquerel
-- 'cw: animal death'
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hunting-the-most-dangerous-game
 - https://youtu.be/X0SymJI8Nck
-Commentary: |-
-    <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b>
-    With its blend of sharp synths and cinematic orchestration, as well as its dramatic swells in composition, this song does an amazing job capturing Grandpa's famed taste for adventure. Can you feel it? That sense of danger, the palpable tension in the air as the jungle trees sway in the breeze? Quick snatches of animal chatter meet your ears, the rest muffled by the dense canopy above. You grip your rifle a little tighter and adjust your hat towards what lies beyond. You have a feeling it's going to be a long hunt.
-    <i>tipsy:</i>
-    i accidentally listened to bec's song instead of grandpa's song (wow well done me), so i HAD to include dogs. but i wanted the image to live up to this song's title. you can see my thought process here. besides which you can see the <i>true danger</i> that grandpa must have put himself in expressed here with his lack of pants. anyway i wanted the animals to all look vaguely real, so i spent a lot of time looking up pictures of them while drawing. i was heavily inspired by hiveswap and the photo frames of grandpa in his past, and wanted to draw a silly looking hunting scenario that could fill the gaps of in your head. there's even a version with joey's comments scribbled on, though it was a bit too busy and standoutish. hope you enjoy [Kanishka]'s song.
 Cover Artists:
 - Tipsy
+Art Tags:
+- Jade's grandpa
+- Becquerel
+- 'cw: animal death'
 Referenced Tracks:
 - A Taste for Adventure
 - track:dissension-remix
 - track:old-secret
+Commentary: |-
+    <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b>
+    With its blend of sharp synths and cinematic orchestration, as well as its dramatic swells in composition, this song does an amazing job capturing Grandpa's famed taste for adventure. Can you feel it? That sense of danger, the palpable tension in the air as the jungle trees sway in the breeze? Quick snatches of animal chatter meet your ears, the rest muffled by the dense canopy above. You grip your rifle a little tighter and adjust your hat towards what lies beyond. You have a feeling it's going to be a long hunt.
+    <i>tipsy:</i>
+    i accidentally listened to bec's song instead of grandpa's song (wow well done me), so i HAD to include dogs. but i wanted the image to live up to this song's title. you can see my thought process here. besides which you can see the <i>true danger</i> that grandpa must have put himself in expressed here with his lack of pants. anyway i wanted the animals to all look vaguely real, so i spent a lot of time looking up pictures of them while drawing. i was heavily inspired by hiveswap and the photo frames of grandpa in his past, and wanted to draw a silly looking hunting scenario that could fill the gaps of in your head. there's even a version with joey's comments scribbled on, though it was a bit too busy and standoutish. hope you enjoy [Kanishka]'s song.
 ---
 Track: Fetch That Steak
 Artist: Kusoro
 Duration: '1:34'
-Art Tags:
-- Becquerel
-- Jade
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fetch-that-steak
 - https://youtu.be/03hQ5iLuTTQ
+Cover Artists:
+- SpaceWaifu
+Art Tags:
+- Becquerel
+- Jade
 Commentary: |-
     <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b>
     Bec is, first and foremost, a good dog. Let's put aside his featureless visage, god-like powers and key role in creating a Sovereign Slayer capable of destroying entire universes. He is a dog that likes to run around, play fetch, and eat treats like any other! This song shows that under-appreciated side of Jade's best friend. How can you say no to those Mario Paint dog barks? (If you think those are great, wait until you listen to the song for Bec's post-Scratch counterpart. Cinematic parallels, I'm telling you.)
     <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b>
     Bec quite clearly doesn't have a care in the world here. You know, it's funny how omnipotent dog brains work. "Yeah, I was brought to this planet with the express purpose of facilitating its ultimate purpose and also ensuring that I exist at all, but, I mean, do I <i>have</i> to do that right now? Can't I just take some time off and go fetch a steak so radioactive it would make the Elephant's Foot seem like a regular old chunk of steel by comparison? The answer is yes, I can. So I will." Good dog. Best friend. Not a superb prioritizer.
-Cover Artists:
-- SpaceWaifu
 ---
 Track: Monatomic Strife
 Artist: Pascal van den Bos
 Duration: '2:15'
-Art Tags:
-- John's dad
-- The Felt
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/monatomic-strife
 - https://youtu.be/0f-iGQ_9BnU
+Cover Artists:
+- trip
+Art Tags:
+- John's dad
+- The Felt
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Versus
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i>
     I wanted to write a Strife theme for Dad Crocker since i've never heard one before, but i think he's the cooler dad so he should have one. I made it kinda fast paced based on him fighting in [S] Collide, i think that's where he really showed how good of a guardian he is by beating up some felt members.
     <i>trip:</i>
     This one too.
-Cover Artists:
-- trip
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Versus
 ---
 Track: Secondhand Memories
 Artist: Grace Medley
 Duration: '1:57'
-Art Tags:
-- Jane's grandpa
-- Jane
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/secondhand-memories
 - https://youtu.be/pCKkP1NDG7s
+Cover Artists:
+- nights
+Art Tags:
+- Jane's grandpa
+- Jane
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Grace Medley:</i>
     Sorry, sorry to interrupt the booklet, folks, but I've got a cracking idea: see the next time you find yourself in a pub toilet, and you've got a pen on you, write on the door, "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Or let's say you're not old enough to get into pubs yet, let's say, you're still in school? Write it on a desk. Scratch it in with a compass. "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Or let's say you're online. Let's say you're on Bebo, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, a forum, whatever it is, just get the message out there. "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Miss you, big man. Gone, but not forgotten.
     And who is Johnny Crocker...? Eh, who cares.
     <i>nights:</i>
     I had the sketch of this track art sitting by for a while, since I never found the time to finish it - not even during the holiday break. I finally was able to find the time to do exactly that on... A very long and boring plane trip, hahah. While drawing it, I thought about how Jane never really knew her poppop, nor did she know she was the cause of his death in the first place (classic Homestuck), so I wanted to convey that bittersweet feeling through the piece. I experimented on the colors with using a couple paper-constructioney textures on it and on the backdrop. Also, the stewardess on my plane trip caught a glance of the drawing and gave me a compliment in broken English, so you know this is some certified REAL good art.
-Cover Artists:
-- nights
 ---
 Track: The Light's Rebellion
 Artist: Circlejourney
 Duration: '3:48'
-Art Tags:
-- Roxy's mom
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-lights-rebellion
 - https://youtu.be/nhtb6U-fYzM
+Cover Artists:
+- gelasticat
+Art Tags:
+- Roxy's mom
+Referenced Tracks:
+- The Thirteenth Hour
+- track:endless-climb
+- track:aggrieve
+- DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Circlejourney:</i>
     Greatly inspired by the soundtracks of Touhou, PMMM, and various Japanese media, The Light's Rebellion is meant to sound like the overture of an epic and tumultous tale. To me, the life of Roxy's illustrious and erudite Mom - encompassing the publication of doorstepper novels, a Guy Fieri rodeo down a waterfall of blood, and death as a revolutionary at the hands of an alien empress - is the sort of capricious novel-worthy story that can only be told through battling melodies in the major pentatonic scale, 3/4 + 6/8 cross-rhythms, and soaring trumpets.
@@ -242,44 +249,17 @@ Commentary: |-
     <b><i>ndividedbyzero:</i></b>
     Her hair is like the sun, rebelling against the oppressive shadow of the night sky.
     Not complacent, but sure as hell learned enough to punt you down a waterfall with stabby needles.
-Cover Artists:
-- gelasticat
-Referenced Tracks:
-- The Thirteenth Hour
-- track:endless-climb
-- track:aggrieve
-- DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE
 ---
 Track: The Dave Strider Experience
 Artist: ndividedbyzero
 Duration: '3:54'
-Art Tags:
-- Dirk's bro
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dave-strider-experience
 - https://youtu.be/cXXGaaHE7W8
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>ndividedbyzero:</i>
-    wilson for wisdom. stiller for power. glover for courage. with the tripartite decree of america's three greatest heralds, backed by a rendition of beatdown so terrifying it can only be described as psychological warfare, the stage has been set for the star of the show. the experience behind the experience. but such titles do not ascribe what importance this fiend deserves. nay, they COULD not ascribe the requisite importance, for only one title suits the hero, the madman, the director and architect to a hall of fame of utter shit.
-    he is THE BIG MAN, and we are all in his court.
-    heads are about to roll.
-    MISC NOTES: this piece started with me thinking "hm, i really want to use running hell in this dave song" and then the rest kind of flowed from there. in that segment, you may note that violent j seems to alternate between lamenting the presence of "THE WITCH" and singing her praises. i feel as though if an alien queen actually appeared to install the insane clown posse as figureheads of a government responsible for the deaths of billions, it would have to involve some sort of mental manipulation on her part, because honestly, icp seem like sort of decent upstanding folks in reality? like violent j wholeheartedly supports his daughter being a furry so he seems to be a nice dad at least. shit, in this political climate they might not be half bad as dual presidents, comparatively, and they're literal clowns. thanks to grace for recommending i use icp's seminal and apparent manifesto, "What Is A Juggalo", whose lyrics you should look up because they are just truly incredible. the section it transitions to, where the nightcore becomes ambient noise, is meant to symbolize the tense standoff between dave and icp before he cuts their heads off, but also it was mostly tongue in cheek. waters of nazareth also plays during that section very faintly, which partly symbolizes that in parallel to this event rose is executing the antichrist over a waterfall, but that was something i just made up now. more intentionally, sampling waters of nazareth badly in a strider song contrasts with the fantastic use of the sample in splitsuns' [[track:thyme-on-my-fries]]. (love ya split). oh god this was a wall of text. i'm done now bye
-    <i>dazed-squid:</i>
-    I kinda wanted to show Alpha Dave as a simple sturdy figure in a messy messy background because that's how Dirk saw him? Super cool and collected in all the chaos surrounding him. Also suits.
-Lyrics: |-
-    (backwards dialogue)
-    Waow
-    What is this? A center for ants?
-    This is America
-    Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor
-    WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL
-    Get this, the witch has made my chest its permanent nightly visiting nest<br>The witch told me about blood that rains, out of the neck and what particular veins and I-
-    Dream about cutting off heads with a shovel, the dreams are getting serious, I think I'm in trouble
-    About murder, witnessin' death setting in, and it ain't no heaven that's letting me in!
-    What is a juggalo? He drinks like a fish and then he starts hugging people like a drunken (WAOW) next thing he's pickin' fights with his best friends, then he starts with the hugging again (unintelligible)
-    IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW! WHOAAAAAAAAa
 Cover Artists:
 - dazed-squid
+Art Tags:
+- Dirk's bro
 Referenced Tracks:
 - track:beatdown-strider-style
 - This Is America
@@ -293,24 +273,38 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - Waters of Nazareth
 - SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW
 - track:upward-movement-dave-owns
+Lyrics: |-
+    (backwards dialogue)
+    Waow
+    What is this? A center for ants?
+    This is America
+    Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor
+    WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL
+    Get this, the witch has made my chest its permanent nightly visiting nest<br>The witch told me about blood that rains, out of the neck and what particular veins and I-
+    Dream about cutting off heads with a shovel, the dreams are getting serious, I think I'm in trouble
+    About murder, witnessin' death setting in, and it ain't no heaven that's letting me in!
+    What is a juggalo? He drinks like a fish and then he starts hugging people like a drunken (WAOW) next thing he's pickin' fights with his best friends, then he starts with the hugging again (unintelligible)
+    IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW! WHOAAAAAAAAa
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>ndividedbyzero:</i>
+    wilson for wisdom. stiller for power. glover for courage. with the tripartite decree of america's three greatest heralds, backed by a rendition of beatdown so terrifying it can only be described as psychological warfare, the stage has been set for the star of the show. the experience behind the experience. but such titles do not ascribe what importance this fiend deserves. nay, they COULD not ascribe the requisite importance, for only one title suits the hero, the madman, the director and architect to a hall of fame of utter shit.
+    he is THE BIG MAN, and we are all in his court.
+    heads are about to roll.
+    MISC NOTES: this piece started with me thinking "hm, i really want to use running hell in this dave song" and then the rest kind of flowed from there. in that segment, you may note that violent j seems to alternate between lamenting the presence of "THE WITCH" and singing her praises. i feel as though if an alien queen actually appeared to install the insane clown posse as figureheads of a government responsible for the deaths of billions, it would have to involve some sort of mental manipulation on her part, because honestly, icp seem like sort of decent upstanding folks in reality? like violent j wholeheartedly supports his daughter being a furry so he seems to be a nice dad at least. shit, in this political climate they might not be half bad as dual presidents, comparatively, and they're literal clowns. thanks to grace for recommending i use icp's seminal and apparent manifesto, "What Is A Juggalo", whose lyrics you should look up because they are just truly incredible. the section it transitions to, where the nightcore becomes ambient noise, is meant to symbolize the tense standoff between dave and icp before he cuts their heads off, but also it was mostly tongue in cheek. waters of nazareth also plays during that section very faintly, which partly symbolizes that in parallel to this event rose is executing the antichrist over a waterfall, but that was something i just made up now. more intentionally, sampling waters of nazareth badly in a strider song contrasts with the fantastic use of the sample in splitsuns' [[track:thyme-on-my-fries]]. (love ya split). oh god this was a wall of text. i'm done now bye
+    <i>dazed-squid:</i>
+    I kinda wanted to show Alpha Dave as a simple sturdy figure in a messy messy background because that's how Dirk saw him? Super cool and collected in all the chaos surrounding him. Also suits.
 ---
 Track: Jade English - Study for Eclectic Bass, 1984.1
 Directory: study-for-eclectic-bass-1984-1
 Artist: Interrobang
 Duration: '5:09'
-Art Tags:
-- Jake's grandma
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-english-study-for-eclectic-bass-19841
 - https://youtu.be/CN2oWjAy6EI
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>Interrobang:</i>
-    This piece has been in the works for a LONG time. I started it in March of 2017, and though most of the compositional work was complete by July of that year, I didn't finish polishing everything up until late April 2018, after many months of procrastination and tweaking. The idea of the track is simple, it's Jake's Grandmother, Jade English, writing a song for her signature eclectic bass sometime in the 80's, which you probably already knew from the title. Anyway, I wanted to make a song that you could supposedly 'play' on the eclectic bass, which meant I had to figure out what exactly the components of such an instrument were (see [[media:misc/eclectic-bass-diagram.png|the accompanying diagram]]). I chose the iconic Yamaha DX7 (used in tons of 80's pop) to be the keyboards of the instrument as it could make the sounds I wanted, it was from around the right time, and I had an emulation (Digital Suburban's "Dexed") on hand. Other instruments used in the song were Karfoyer Audio's "Pastabass" and "Swagbass" for the bass guitars themselves, as well as Full Bucket Music's "Ragnarök" (used to flesh out some bass frequencies at the song's peak), and some built-in GarageBand instruments (drums) and effects.
-    Compositionally, I started out with the ostinato that closes [[track:rhapsody-in-green]] (Clark Powell) from the Felt album, but played in reverse, adding in an FM pad (the aforementioned DX7) and [[track:skaianet]] by Mark Hadley on the other bass guitar. The introduction section transitions into variations on [[track:verdancy-bassline]] by Kalibration, and closes the track's first half with a medley of various Jade-related songs. The second half is an original thing (though the beginning is a variation on [[track:afraid-of-the-darko]] by RJ! Lake) that I had build in complexity and intensity before dropping off to end the piece. Reference-wise, I tried to keep things centered roughly on Jade, as well as some other skaianet/felt sort of stuff that I thought fit the Alpha world and Jade's place in it, but I did end up throwing in a couple memetic references, see if you can find them both!
-    <i>Jas:</i>
-    Grandma Harley often wrote her grandson about the tyranny of Lord English, obviously not able to hide everything from the enemy.
 Cover Artists:
 - Jas
+Art Tags:
+- Jake's grandma
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Rhapsody in Green
 - track:verdancy-bassline
@@ -320,41 +314,47 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - Roundabout
 - Afraid of the Darko
 - Piss
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Interrobang:</i>
+    This piece has been in the works for a LONG time. I started it in March of 2017, and though most of the compositional work was complete by July of that year, I didn't finish polishing everything up until late April 2018, after many months of procrastination and tweaking. The idea of the track is simple, it's Jake's Grandmother, Jade English, writing a song for her signature eclectic bass sometime in the 80's, which you probably already knew from the title. Anyway, I wanted to make a song that you could supposedly 'play' on the eclectic bass, which meant I had to figure out what exactly the components of such an instrument were (see [[media:misc/eclectic-bass-diagram.png|the accompanying diagram]]). I chose the iconic Yamaha DX7 (used in tons of 80's pop) to be the keyboards of the instrument as it could make the sounds I wanted, it was from around the right time, and I had an emulation (Digital Suburban's "Dexed") on hand. Other instruments used in the song were Karfoyer Audio's "Pastabass" and "Swagbass" for the bass guitars themselves, as well as Full Bucket Music's "Ragnarök" (used to flesh out some bass frequencies at the song's peak), and some built-in GarageBand instruments (drums) and effects.
+    Compositionally, I started out with the ostinato that closes [[track:rhapsody-in-green]] (Clark Powell) from the Felt album, but played in reverse, adding in an FM pad (the aforementioned DX7) and [[track:skaianet]] by Mark Hadley on the other bass guitar. The introduction section transitions into variations on [[track:verdancy-bassline]] by Kalibration, and closes the track's first half with a medley of various Jade-related songs. The second half is an original thing (though the beginning is a variation on [[track:afraid-of-the-darko]] by RJ! Lake) that I had build in complexity and intensity before dropping off to end the piece. Reference-wise, I tried to keep things centered roughly on Jade, as well as some other skaianet/felt sort of stuff that I thought fit the Alpha world and Jade's place in it, but I did end up throwing in a couple memetic references, see if you can find them both!
+    <i>Jas:</i>
+    Grandma Harley often wrote her grandson about the tyranny of Lord English, obviously not able to hide everything from the enemy.
 ---
 Track: Felidae Superior
 Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
 Duration: '3:44'
-Art Tags:
-- God Cat
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/felidae-superior
 - https://youtu.be/l0Izf8Sl7LI
+Cover Artists:
+- shu
+Art Tags:
+- God Cat
 Commentary: |-
     <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i>
     This song took remarkably long to put together. Less because it was difficult, and more because I kept getting distracted with other projects along the way. Anyway, meow.
     <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b>
     Shu delivers some impressively smooth and refined art for everyone's second-favorite cat whose name begins with a G, GCAT. They say you can tell a lot about someone from their eyes, which makes it more impressive that you can glean this cat's mischievous expression without any eyes at all. GCAT is prepared for action from its carefully positioned placement on a tree branch, ready to pounce at a ball of yarn or teleport to the spot best suited for making your life hell. Some rough glitchy effects in the background add an interesting dimension to the piece, nicely contrasting against its smooth linework. This is one art you won't want to miss, and knowing GCAT's temper, you might miss it if you blink.
-Cover Artists:
-- shu
 ---
 Track: Sweet Talker
 Artist: Ucklin
 Duration: '3:24'
-Art Tags:
-- The Condesce
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-talker
 - https://youtu.be/TkDZC-vTXHE
+Cover Artists:
+- nights
+Art Tags:
+- The Condesce
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Hate You
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Ucklin:</i>
     The idea for this song started with the transition around 2:35 to the section with [[track:hate-you]] played in a straight rhythm. I wanted to capture a feeling of dread by making that part of the song methodical and delaying the payoff of some of the notes by a beat. It would also be a stark contrast to have this straight section in solo piano right after a climactic section with plenty of instruments in a swing beat! I was inspired to incorporate a musical palette from the 30s-40s because that's when I estimate Condy took over as Betty Crocker and started doing her guardian things. In the original song, I planned for the bass to carry most of the weight with regards to rhythm, but eventually, I was persuaded to add percussion to the track after helpful feedback from a few of the organizers, and I think it helped a lot! Hate You is quoted 3 times, although the first two ended up a bit disguised by subsequent layers of instrumentation.
     With regards to the rest of the composition, I tried to have fun! In a way, this song is supposed to tell the story of The Baroness. The beginning hook and the next section portray the mask she wears as Betty Crocker upon arriving to earth, and the persona that caused her husband Colonel Sassacre to fall in love with her. That part of the story is pretty funny to me. The following section introduces the mystery of her real identity with a jazzy Hate You quote before returning to the first section, and finally the climactic transition of the song represents the death of Colonel Sassacre and the beginning of Crocker's reign of terror proper. Finally, at the very end of the song, there is a piccolo harmony which just sounds like aliens to me, possibly because it sounds a little like a theremin. I learned a lot composing this song! Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed! (And thanks to nights for art more polished and gorgeous than I could hope to deserve!)
     <i>nights:</i>
     This very nice track gave me vibes of a casual setting with the condesce, so I thought to draw her doing a mundane but fun task - baking! I've always liked fanart of HIC as betty crocker, doing crockery things like baking cake and raising post-scratch john/jade.
-Cover Artists:
-- nights
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Hate You
 ---
 Group: Disc 2
 ---
@@ -362,14 +362,16 @@ Track: Disc 2
 Directory: disc2-cosmic-caretakers
 Artist: psithurist
 Duration: 0:53
+URLs:
+- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-3
+- https://youtu.be/rhncumrLYns
+Cover Artists:
+- SpaceWaifu
 Art Tags:
 - John's dad
 - Karkat's lusus
 - John
 - Karkat
-URLs:
-- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-3
-- https://youtu.be/rhncumrLYns
 Commentary: |-
     <i>psithurist:</i>
     This was actually the first of the three disc jingles that I wrote, and uses synths to aim for a more alien-ish vibe for the trolls disc, contrasting the organic instruments present in the humans disc.
@@ -377,18 +379,20 @@ Commentary: |-
     Would you believe that both DAD and CRABDAD are looking at the VERY SAME STAR while cradling their children?
     No? You don't? They both exist in completely different universes you say? That the stars are thematic element used to tie this track art together and to symbolically show the role of each of these GUARDIANS?
     You're no fun.
-Cover Artists:
-- SpaceWaifu
 ---
 Track: Voice of the Dead
 Artist: Mathias Ramalho, cookiefonster
 Duration: '2:20'
-Art Tags:
-- Aradia's lusus
-- Aradia
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voice-of-the-dead
 - https://youtu.be/aw72N9h0P08
+Cover Artists:
+- freckledOctopus
+Art Tags:
+- Aradia's lusus
+- Aradia
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Aradia's Theme (Pre-Death)
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i>
     H*ck dude ye made this shit for a thingy that was DEAD in it's FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING COMIC??
@@ -399,75 +403,75 @@ Commentary: |-
     he wasnt going to let the song just :Die~2:
     <i>freckledOctopus:</i>
     I love the track and wanted to try and capture the more haunting side to it.
-Cover Artists:
-- freckledOctopus
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Aradia's Theme (Pre-Death)
 ---
 Track: Flittaurine
 Artist: Shirokishi
 Duration: '2:07'
-Art Tags:
-- Tavros' lusus
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flittaurine
 - https://youtu.be/zWK3R-YnmTI
+Cover Artists:
+- Chumi
+Art Tags:
+- Tavros' lusus
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Rust Servant
 Commentary: |-
     <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b>
     Tinkerbull is a daintly and beautiful lusus, who took care of his young troll Tavros to impeccable standards, giving him the kind of love and attention that all trolls in their early sweeps truly need.
     Until he got crushed painfully to death by Tavros's wheelchair anyway. Kind of a sad end to this tale.
     <i>Chumi:</i>
     Dear, sweet, precious Tinkerbull. Rest in peace my little guy.
-Cover Artists:
-- Chumi
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Rust Servant
 ---
 Track: Polypolyphemus
 Artist: Ducky Senpai
 Duration: '3:18'
-Art Tags:
-- Sollux's lusus
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/polypolyphemus
 - https://youtu.be/Rd9a2KQ_ZVk
+Cover Artists:
+- shu
+Art Tags:
+- Sollux's lusus
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Die For Me
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Ducky Senpai:</i>
     For those who may be curious, the title (suggested by Lambda) is play on the term "Polyphemus" which refers to the cyclops in The Odyssey. It's a really dumb pun, and I love it.
     <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b>
     Polypolyphemus is an intense track, so it's fitting for its art to capture the same intensity. Sollux's Biclops is captured right before its imminent demise as the troll's Mind Honey-induced flip out rips through the ceiling of his hive and surrounds the lusus in a multi-colored beam of energy. The meteors illuminating the night sky further illustrate the carnage present in the scene in a fashion that pops up time and time again in Homestuck proper. If only one of those meteors could break the chain around the Biclops' leg and set it free! Wait, the resulting impact would probably just kill the Biclops anyway. Never mind, that was a stupid idea.
-Cover Artists:
-- shu
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Die For Me
 ---
 Track: Rangoon
 Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
 Duration: '2:03'
-Art Tags:
-- Karkat's lusus
-- Karkat
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rangoon
 - https://youtu.be/qayMFPJjtI0
+Cover Artists:
+- ackro
+Art Tags:
+- Karkat's lusus
+- Karkat
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Showdown
 Commentary: |-
     <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i>
     Crabs taste pretty good, gotta say. I'm partial to snow crab, myself. Of course, the only place I ever had them was Red Lobster: the apex of all seafood cuisine.
     <i>ackro:</i>
     this one is pretty much just a carbon copy of a homestuck panel i found. i mean i didnt trace anything, but its all placed pretty much the same with minor differences. dont give me too much praise for this one.
-Cover Artists:
-- ackro
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Showdown
 ---
 Track: Apex Conquistador
 Artist: TempiTunes, WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
 Duration: '1:38'
-Art Tags:
-- Nepeta's lusus
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/apex-conquistador
 - https://youtu.be/g0HGUiXDsQU
+Cover Artists:
+- Sammie
+Art Tags:
+- Nepeta's lusus
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Nepeta's Theme
 Commentary: |-
     <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i>
     I had the opportunity to touch up this piece, which I mostly did by polishing up the samples and adding an electric piano as backing.
@@ -475,19 +479,19 @@ Commentary: |-
     <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b>
     If there's one thing that mouse can appreciate, it's that it got to see a two-mouthed cat monster before it died.
     Coincidentally, it's about to die because of said two-mouthed cat monster eating it. You just can't have it all, unfortunately.
-Cover Artists:
-- Sammie
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Nepeta's Theme
 ---
 Track: Recordare, Virgo Mater
 Artist: queer maggot
 Duration: '3:34'
-Art Tags:
-- Kanaya's lusus
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/recordare-virgo-mater
 - https://youtu.be/uI2g0qbTjEE
+Cover Artists:
+- artisticallyCrafty
+Art Tags:
+- Kanaya's lusus
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Virgin Orb
 Commentary: |-
     <i>queer maggot:</i>
     Oh man, this is a really loaded song for me. Coming from a musical background that mostly consisted of writing punk songs and making bad beats, when I started on this I sort of had no idea what I was doing?? I wanted to portray this sense of grief and sadness that would shift into a big, fun declaration of hope and all that, but really what wound up happening was me rushing through the grief and sadness to get to the fun bits with the electric guitar. I even made the fun bits with some friends watching just to make sure that it truly was both big and fun! That was the good part, in my eyes. Unfortunately, I just didn't know how to properly convey the feeling I was going for, and I really didn't know how to write a song for a character. I wasn't experienced enough and I didn't have the tenacity to stick with it. That was the first version of the song I ever made.
@@ -496,10 +500,6 @@ Commentary: |-
     All in all, this was an interesting thing that I learned a lot making. It was my first time receiving real criticism on something I made and I hope people enjoy it!
     <i>artisticallyCrafty:</i>
     The Mothergrub has always been a fascinating creature to me in Homestuck, both as a part of reproduction and as a lusus. Especially since becoming a lusus means that you give up a life in the brooding caverns for a shortened existence to care for onechild. And with the Virgin Mother Grub drawing so many parallels to the iconic Holy Virgin Mary, I decided to draw my own parallels. I wanted this peice to be symbolic in nature towards the ideas and standards of the Mothergrub. It also may be a little sacrilegious in regards to the Catholic images of the Virgin Mary, but we'll just ignore that little fact. The Virgin Mothergrub floats with the brooding caverns behind her, and her new charge sleeping peacefully nearby, alongside other eggs nearly ready to hatch into trolls that will play a game and sacrifice to create something new. <s>(we're also going to ignore the fact that i may have had an out-of-body experience while working on this piece)</s>
-Cover Artists:
-- artisticallyCrafty
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Virgin Orb
 ---
 Track: Amniotic Daydream
 Artist: Circlejourney
@@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ Duration: '4:16'
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/amniotic-daydream
 - https://youtu.be/Bne6tHjEIko
+Cover Artists:
+- ackro
+Referenced Tracks:
+- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Circlejourney:</i>
     I conceptualised Amniotic Daydream together with Skip: the first thing we decided was that it should be a lullaby-like track built on top of a heartbeat. I ultimately ended up working on this track alone, looking to a demo Skip made as a stylistic reference before taking it in my own direction.
@@ -515,21 +519,21 @@ Commentary: |-
     I'd love to thank the mods for their feedback, which truly helped me turn this track into what it is now.
     <i>ackro:</i>
     this piece is probably the most complex one i did for the album, and i think it payed off in spades. i used a lot of elements from the scene in which terezi's dragon hatches and is immediately killed by a falling meteor, which might be one of the best looking parts in homestuck, although its hard to choose since the first half of homestuck is littered with striking imagery. oh my god just look at it. so good. so fucking good guys. its really good.
-Cover Artists:
-- ackro
-Referenced Tracks:
-- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3
 ---
 Track: Arachnida Antecessor
 Artist: arcaneGemini
 Duration: '2:11'
+URLs:
+- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/arachnida-antecessor
+- https://youtu.be/oP8Y3OVrxY8
+Cover Artists:
+- Caitlin Beamer
 Art Tags:
 - Vriska's lusus
 - Vriska
 - 'cw: arachnid'
-URLs:
-- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/arachnida-antecessor
-- https://youtu.be/oP8Y3OVrxY8
+Referenced Tracks:
+- track:MeGaLoVania
 Commentary: |-
     <i>arcaneGemini:</i>
     Well hey, would you look at that: my first ever track with the Homestuck Fan Musicians Crew. That's pretty neat.
@@ -540,21 +544,21 @@ Commentary: |-
     You know what? Since you've gone through all the trouble to read this here commentary, have a free concept guitar riff for this tune. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/arcanegemini/spidermum-initial-riff/s-WaNoN">For you it's on the house.</a>
     <i>Caitlyn Beamer:</i>
     I understand why hussie didn't draw spider-mom with hair on her. that took way too much time to have to do it more than once.
-Cover Artists:
-- Caitlin Beamer
-Referenced Tracks:
-- track:MeGaLoVania
 ---
 Track: STRONG Butler. Best Dad.
 Directory: STRONG-butler-best-dad
 Artist: arcaneGemini
 Duration: '3:16'
-Art Tags:
-- Equius's lusus
-- Equius
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strong-butler-best-dad
 - https://youtu.be/BzwL4cY8V50
+Cover Artists:
+- Tipsy
+Art Tags:
+- Equius's lusus
+- Equius
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Horschestra STRONG Version
 Commentary: |-
     <i>arcaneGemini:</i>
     You thought you could get rid of me that easily? Think again. That's right, it's round 2 with Dyl Nye the Science Guy: Horse edition.
@@ -567,91 +571,87 @@ Commentary: |-
     Also yes, that is me saying 'neigh'.
     <i>tipsy:</i>
     For every album cover I've drawn so far, I try to make them look a little different and experiment with different styles. In this case I tried to draw a HORSE (crazy i know) and used this very painting-like flat style, and decided to put Equius's signature up, effectively making it his own painting! This went through lots of colour hue alterations and was originally a very light pink desert in a sunny sky before we settled on this darker background to make Aurthour stand out more. I like to think that Equius is simultaneously admiring his surroundings and panicking about their imminent death by sunburn.
-Cover Artists:
-- Tipsy
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Horschestra STRONG Version
 ---
 Track: Absent Reflection
 Artist: PoisonedElite
 Duration: '2:10'
-Art Tags:
-- Gamzee
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/absent-reflection
 - https://youtu.be/uw2z3juY-64
+Cover Artists:
+- Jas
+Art Tags:
+- Gamzee
+Referenced Tracks:
+- track:dilemma
 Commentary: |-
     <i>PoisonedElite:</i>
     Wow, this is the first song I ever signed up to make, over a year ago in April of 2017. From the beginning writing a song about Gamzee's Lusus provided a challenge due to the fact that it only appears in a panel or two, so I decided to write the song around the lack of it in Gamzee's life. Like Calming Quartz, this also had a different song as the rough Draft, so <a href="https://soundcloud.com/poisonedelite/goat-dad-wip/s-8cX5C">here ya go</a>.
     Play Hollow Knight, eat your dinner, and never forget the pokemon you lose when you're doing a Nuzlocke challenge. Rest in Peace Oswin ;-;7
     <i>Jas:</i>
     Sometimes you wait a long time to see the people you love.
-Cover Artists:
-- Jas
-Referenced Tracks:
-- track:dilemma
 ---
 Track: Hippocampaternal
 Artist: FrostyMac
 Duration: '2:35'
-Art Tags:
-- Eridan's lusus
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hippocampaternal
 - https://youtu.be/hN4jbLF5lEc
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>FrostyMac:</i>
-    Fun fact: This was the first song I ever made for any Homestuck related project ever, and I lost the original file at some point, so excuse the mixing being a little weird. I still stand by the song's compositional and structural quality though.
-    <i>Jas:</i>
-    Your baby crashed in on a blaze of fire, go get him seahorse daddy
 Cover Artists:
 - Jas
+Art Tags:
+- Eridan's lusus
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Eridan's Theme
 - track:chorale-for-jaspers
 - Science Seahorse
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>FrostyMac:</i>
+    Fun fact: This was the first song I ever made for any Homestuck related project ever, and I lost the original file at some point, so excuse the mixing being a little weird. I still stand by the song's compositional and structural quality though.
+    <i>Jas:</i>
+    Your baby crashed in on a blaze of fire, go get him seahorse daddy
 ---
 Track: Whispering Leviathan
 Artist: Kanishka
 Duration: '4:24'
-Art Tags:
-- Feferi's lusus
-- Horrorterrors
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/whispering-leviathan
 - https://youtu.be/ixMCOL-1yVc
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>Kanishka:</i>
-    *angry tentacle noises*
-    <i>Circlejourney:</i>
-    Listening to Whispering Leviathan always made me feel like I was hearing it in a submarine environment - perfectly appropriate to the subject of Gl'bgolyb. The scene in which Gl'bgolyb was revealed was, to me, one of the several "holy shit" moments of Homestuck, and instead of trying to depict the vastness of Feferi's lusus, I went for a sense of mystery and foreboding more closely matching the tone of the music, by revealing nothing but its tentacles in silhouette.
-    Finding the right balance between silhouette and rendering proved one of the primary challenges of completing this piece. Too much light meant the image lost its spooky, foreboding tone; too little made it look flat. In the end I came out with something that roughly strikes that balance, though I still feel that it loses some of the spookiness of the sketch. Thanks @ the good people at the Homestuck Artist discord for the tips!
 Cover Artists:
 - Circlejourney
+Art Tags:
+- Feferi's lusus
+- Horrorterrors
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Fear of the Heavens
 - Silencio
 - The Vast Glub
 - Penumbra Phantasm
 - Keepers
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Kanishka:</i>
+    *angry tentacle noises*
+    <i>Circlejourney:</i>
+    Listening to Whispering Leviathan always made me feel like I was hearing it in a submarine environment - perfectly appropriate to the subject of Gl'bgolyb. The scene in which Gl'bgolyb was revealed was, to me, one of the several "holy shit" moments of Homestuck, and instead of trying to depict the vastness of Feferi's lusus, I went for a sense of mystery and foreboding more closely matching the tone of the music, by revealing nothing but its tentacles in silhouette.
+    Finding the right balance between silhouette and rendering proved one of the primary challenges of completing this piece. Too much light meant the image lost its spooky, foreboding tone; too little made it look flat. In the end I came out with something that roughly strikes that balance, though I still feel that it loses some of the spookiness of the sketch. Thanks @ the good people at the Homestuck Artist discord for the tips!
 ---
 Track: Al-Aalam
 Artist: Kal-la-kal-la
 Duration: '5:09'
-Art Tags:
-- The Dolorosa
-- The Signless
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/al-aalam
 - https://youtu.be/gD7C0GrtJ2U
+Cover Artists:
+- shedonkadonk
+Art Tags:
+- The Dolorosa
+- The Signless
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i>
     This piece is heavily inspired by the bis radio edit of Turbulence by Arab Strap - 808s and gloomy guitar lines are the order of the day. Mayhaps not the most obvious approach to a track about the Dolorosa but I take a slight measure of pride in that. Quite pleased with the middle section; the cycle of dominant sevenths with the electric piano improvisation atop it.
     Grief is a strange thing and I find it rarely conveyed well in music. Another for the bonfire pile.
     <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b>
     *The sound of a camera flash can be audibly heard over the music.* Yep. That one's going in my Pietà compilation. But really, is there a more appropriate parallel to make? Probably not. The parable of the Sufferer is full of religious iconography by design, which I guess means that Earth based the Bible off of it, and not the other way around? I don't know. I'll leave that commentary for Hussie, when he (doesn't) get around to it. As a side note, I love the "halos" surrounding the Dolorosa and the Sufferer here. Good stuff.
-Cover Artists:
-- shedonkadonk
 ---
 Track: The Puppet Master
 Artist: SplitSuns
@@ -659,11 +659,6 @@ Duration: '4:10'
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-puppet-master
 - https://youtu.be/hGnSgIGK6HM
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>SplitSuns:</i>
-    When I was first given the opportunity to work on Cosmic Caretakers and saw that there was an open slot for a track centered around Doc Scratch, I jumped at the opportunity to produce it! Scratch has always been one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. When I read through the comic for the first time I loved how he orchestrated the destruction of two entire universes but managed to give an air of dignity and style to such a nefarious event. His demeanor was never overtly evil: it was unsettling at times, sure, but he always acted the part of an excellent host through and through. I tried to represent this atmosphere in my own song. Its jazzy feel ripped from "Drawing Dead" or "The Felt" definitely brings to mind a comfortable stay in Scratch's parlor, but if you listen closely you can notice sinister undertones lurking beneath the surface through the decaying bells and whistling winds. Of course, I had to throw in some reverse piano in the mix as well. It wouldn't be a Felt-centric song without one. Towards the end of the track the piano backmasks some iconic Beta Kid motifs, showing how Scratch is acutely aware of every piece to his puzzle (even when we're not). What kind of an excellent host would he be if he didn't keep tabs on his "guests", after all?
-    <i>Ephemerald:</i>
-    So! The Puppet Master. The laid-back yet sinister vibe this song gives off felt fitting for Scratch, who, for most of the comic, just creepily stands and watches things happen. That's why I decided to not have Scratch do some Cool Actiony Villain Pose - he's a puppetmaster. He just needs to lounge. Yazshu took care of the Alternian planet, moons, and the cueball/sun/thing, so thanks to her for the backdrop!
 Cover Artists:
 - Ephemerald
 - yazshu
@@ -674,6 +669,11 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - track:beatdown-strider-style
 - track:dissension-original
 - track:showtime-original-mix
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>SplitSuns:</i>
+    When I was first given the opportunity to work on Cosmic Caretakers and saw that there was an open slot for a track centered around Doc Scratch, I jumped at the opportunity to produce it! Scratch has always been one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. When I read through the comic for the first time I loved how he orchestrated the destruction of two entire universes but managed to give an air of dignity and style to such a nefarious event. His demeanor was never overtly evil: it was unsettling at times, sure, but he always acted the part of an excellent host through and through. I tried to represent this atmosphere in my own song. Its jazzy feel ripped from "Drawing Dead" or "The Felt" definitely brings to mind a comfortable stay in Scratch's parlor, but if you listen closely you can notice sinister undertones lurking beneath the surface through the decaying bells and whistling winds. Of course, I had to throw in some reverse piano in the mix as well. It wouldn't be a Felt-centric song without one. Towards the end of the track the piano backmasks some iconic Beta Kid motifs, showing how Scratch is acutely aware of every piece to his puzzle (even when we're not). What kind of an excellent host would he be if he didn't keep tabs on his "guests", after all?
+    <i>Ephemerald:</i>
+    So! The Puppet Master. The laid-back yet sinister vibe this song gives off felt fitting for Scratch, who, for most of the comic, just creepily stands and watches things happen. That's why I decided to not have Scratch do some Cool Actiony Villain Pose - he's a puppetmaster. He just needs to lounge. Yazshu took care of the Alternian planet, moons, and the cueball/sun/thing, so thanks to her for the backdrop!
 ---
 Group: Disc 3
 ---
@@ -681,84 +681,84 @@ Track: Disc 3
 Directory: disc3-cosmic-caretakers
 Artist: psithurist
 Duration: 0:27
-Art Tags:
-- Gamzee
-- Cherubs
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-3
 - https://youtu.be/Z3C-qzpXNcI
+Cover Artists:
+- Jas
+Art Tags:
+- Gamzee
+- Cherubs
 Commentary: |-
     <i>psithurist:</i>
     Since Disc 3 only has a few tracks, I went for a simpler approach here, and ended up with a quirky refrain of the theme present in the other jingles. s/o to the Tetris DX soundtrack for getting jazzy chiptunes stuck in my head forever.
     <i>Jas:</i>
     Styled after old album covers that always seemed to be scraped up and have that off yellow color.
-Cover Artists:
-- Jas
 ---
 Track: HONK FRIEND.
 Artist: Mathias Ramalho
 Duration: '4:14'
+URLs:
+- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/honk-friend
+- https://youtu.be/IynwmfnQYzk
+Cover Artists:
+- Jas
 Art Tags:
 - Gamzee
 - Caliborn
 - 'cw: blood'
-URLs:
-- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/honk-friend
-- https://youtu.be/IynwmfnQYzk
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Reverie
+- Power Fantasy
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i>
     This might be the wildest take on a song revolving around Gamzee. I decided to use [[track:reverie]] and [[track:power-fantasy]] as the foundation of this track as well as taking an advantage to make this somehow cheery-ish since we don't really know what happens in the story. A good advantage imo.
     <i>Jas:</i>
     It's hard being a single mom when you are a teenage boy. At least Caliborn is sitting still for once.
-Cover Artists:
-- Jas
-Referenced Tracks:
-- Reverie
-- Power Fantasy
 ---
 Track: Singularity
 Artist: ndividedbyzero
 Duration: '4:55'
-Art Tags:
-- Cherubs
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/singularity
 - https://youtu.be/Gfb17_RW2M0
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>ndividedbyzero:</i>
-    This track originates from an idea I had in 2014 to make a track about Calliope and Caliborn's parents. Five years later, it's finally done, stitched together from the composition and/or actual audio clips of like 4 FLPs (I went through about 6, all in all). Funnily enough, the scribbles I had for this song in 2014 then are completely different composition-wise from what ended up being made, but the narrative loosely remains in this track: the cherubs' mother drifts through space, searching for her mate. She spots him, taking off at full speed, following him as he leaves a trail of destruction across the universe. Their eventual meeting is tense, cold. Saying nothing, they transform into unfathomable astral serpents, and battle to create the most innocent muse and most shitheaded gremlin to ever exist.
-    I attribute the latter half of this track to listening to a lot of Hawaii: Part II, which is also sampled at the end. Listen to Hawaii: Part II.
-    <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b>
-    The game of choice for cherubs seems to be chess, or at least, some neon-green candy-red shitty-twist variant of the game, but I'm getting real playing card motifs here. Two identical, serpentine warriors, millions and millions of miles long, locked in a symmetrical whirlwind of a strife. Reminds me of the art to [[track:noirscape]] back on Volume 9, though that's a more literal example. The spiraling, iconic egg in the middle, shining like a light in the darkness, is a very clear reminder of what these two are fighting for: the right to force their opponent to give birth to literally the worst entity in all of existence. But I suppose it didn't matter who won or who lost. After all, he was already there.
-Lyrics: Then all the planets fell to dust
 Cover Artists:
 - Aeritus
+Art Tags:
+- Cherubs
 Referenced Tracks:
 - track:ruins
 - track:disc2-cosmic-caretakers
 - Nova Solis
 - Isle Unto Thyself
+Lyrics: Then all the planets fell to dust
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>ndividedbyzero:</i>
+    This track originates from an idea I had in 2014 to make a track about Calliope and Caliborn's parents. Five years later, it's finally done, stitched together from the composition and/or actual audio clips of like 4 FLPs (I went through about 6, all in all). Funnily enough, the scribbles I had for this song in 2014 then are completely different composition-wise from what ended up being made, but the narrative loosely remains in this track: the cherubs' mother drifts through space, searching for her mate. She spots him, taking off at full speed, following him as he leaves a trail of destruction across the universe. Their eventual meeting is tense, cold. Saying nothing, they transform into unfathomable astral serpents, and battle to create the most innocent muse and most shitheaded gremlin to ever exist.
+    I attribute the latter half of this track to listening to a lot of Hawaii: Part II, which is also sampled at the end. Listen to Hawaii: Part II.
+    <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b>
+    The game of choice for cherubs seems to be chess, or at least, some neon-green candy-red shitty-twist variant of the game, but I'm getting real playing card motifs here. Two identical, serpentine warriors, millions and millions of miles long, locked in a symmetrical whirlwind of a strife. Reminds me of the art to [[track:noirscape]] back on Volume 9, though that's a more literal example. The spiraling, iconic egg in the middle, shining like a light in the darkness, is a very clear reminder of what these two are fighting for: the right to force their opponent to give birth to literally the worst entity in all of existence. But I suppose it didn't matter who won or who lost. After all, he was already there.
 ---
 Group: Bonus tracks
 ---
 Track: It's Ogre
 Artist: Circlejourney
 Duration: '3:03'
-Art Tags:
-- Eridan
-- Shrek
 URLs:
 - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/its-ogre-bonus
 - https://youtu.be/yqm6Fw8LHUU
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>Circlejourney:</i>
-    I was struck by divine inspiration 2 hours ago and now this exists, you're welcome
-    <i>Jas:</i>
-    I hate myself for making this and yet
 Cover Artists:
 - Jas
+Art Tags:
+- Eridan
+- Shrek
 Referenced Tracks:
 - All Star
 - Eridan's Theme
 - I'm A Believer
 - Violet Prince
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Circlejourney:</i>
+    I was struck by divine inspiration 2 hours ago and now this exists, you're welcome
+    <i>Jas:</i>
+    I hate myself for making this and yet