bro hop, we shall not cease from exploration, and bittersweet (hilary troiano) commentary

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diff --git a/album/archive.yaml b/album/archive.yaml
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--- a/album/archive.yaml
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@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ URLs:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Sburban Jungle
 Commentary: |-
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217214421/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/147710798005/figured-id-just-make-a-special-post-to-shout-out), 7/20/2016)
+    [Bandcamp embed](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie)
+
+    Figured I’d just make a special post to shout out to the Homestuck types who still lurk Tumblr’s haunted halls. “Jungle Boogie” was produced for [[album:homestuck-vol-10]] and is a new arrangement of [[Sburban Jungle|“Sburban Jungle”]], my first track for the project from 2009. I felt this would be a fitting denouement to my contributions, but I put this together late in the development cycle for the album and was denied a slot on the final track list.
+
+    I’ve made the song available on Archive, my new compilation which is 60+ minutes of music from various projects, including remasters of my Kickstarter stuff you might remember from way back in 2012. Have a look… AND a listen.
+
+    JUNGLE BOOGIE: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie
+
     <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie))
 
     Outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]], 2016
diff --git a/album/bittersweet-hilary-troiano.yaml b/album/bittersweet-hilary-troiano.yaml
index b2715284..44178ed8 100644
--- a/album/bittersweet-hilary-troiano.yaml
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@@ -22,6 +22,28 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://jaydeis.bandcamp.com/track/bittersweet))
 
     composed using Famitracker 0.3.0
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+    <i>Luke Benjamins:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20130607152840/http://gamefreakdude.tumblr.com/post/48460561455/posts-this-again))
+
+    [Bandcamp embed](https://jaydeis.bandcamp.com/track/bittersweet)
+
+    posts this again
+
+    <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([Tumblr reblog](https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/48471274630/gamefreakdude-posts-this-again-fun-fact-1), April 20, 2013)
+
+    Fun fact 1: The idea that lead to this was a clump of lyrics about a pair of young lovers sitting together, watching the last sunset before the end of the world.
+
+    Fun fact 2: A lot of my songs have partial or full lyrics to them, which you'll never hear because they read like bad middle school poetry and I sound like a frog.
+
+    Fun fact 3: Yes I know that that instrument is supposed to be used for the baseline. I wanted a more strummy sound for the baseline and a more flutey sound for the melody, so I figured I'd switch them. Apparently this is committing a grave sin in chiptunes, as a better musician has told me to knock that shit off. So fine, I won't do it again. I mean, I won't fix any of my old songs that do it because I'm lazy, but now I know better.
+    
+    <i>Luke Benjamins:</i> (Tumblr reblog)
+
+    but that's one of the reasons i like this
+
+    <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([Tumblr reblog](https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/48472286151/gamefreakdude-jaydeis-gamefreakdude-posts), April 20, 2013)
+
+    See, sometimes I could swear that some NES music did this for the same reasons I did, but the only example I can find is [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRcDLaacTf0).
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 Track: Bittersweet
 Directory: bittersweet-hilary-troiano
diff --git a/album/p-s.yaml b/album/p-s.yaml
index 3d2e00d2..649d6ef8 100644
--- a/album/p-s.yaml
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@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ URLs:
 - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bro-hop
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Aggrieve (Violin Refrain)
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20180824073214/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/174990038655/this-ended-up-sitting-on-my-old-vista-ready-laptop), 6/17/2018)
+
+    [Bandcamp embed](https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bro-hop)
+
+    This ended up sitting on my old Vista-ready laptop after being written for Homestuck in early 2009. It finally sees the light of day on P[S]!
+
+    Yes, I reused the melody in [[GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix)]].
+
+    Yes, it’s the song from [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA9uy3KdeEU).
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 Track: Wily Espionage
 Artists:
@@ -306,6 +316,12 @@ URLs:
 - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/we-shall-not-cease-from-exploration
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Explore
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217213614/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/174990163680/this-arrangement-of-explore-was-inspired-by-the), 6/17/2018)
+
+    This arrangement of [[track:explore|“Explore”]] was inspired by the soundtrack of Amelie (or really just World Of Goo). The title is borrowed from T.S. Eliot. 2009 never sounded so fresh on P[S].
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+    Also I literally just got the pun. P[S]. Like “postscript.” God, that’s clever. Thanks again to [[artist:veritas-unae]] for arranging this compilation!
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 Track: The New Crew
 Additional Names: