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Starmen.Net's Fan Music Here with some good ol' fashion tunes for you to listen to!

Sorry Edo hasn't been able to post new stuff from the Fan Music section. All the holidays, conventions, and work got in the way. BUT we are NOT DEAD!

DoniMusic's entry is one of the most interesting things I've ever heard. It almost sounds relax. Definitely feel like I could at a party listening to this without being called a nerd. Well almost feel like anyways. PKdekunut's entry is so calming. There is something about it I really like. It makes me sad that it's not very long, but it does song like something you can loop over and over. Fantastic job!

And there you have it! There are some other great entries as well as two music tabs. We are getting closer and closer to 'fresh' entries and I cannot wait until we get there. Don't forget to submit your work of art and please, read the guidelines!


  • Raise Your Voices

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    A short 8 Melodies arrangement from MOTHER/EarthBound Zero. I've taken some time off from reorchestrating Pokémon music to focus on school work, but I recently sat down and arranged this to practice some self-restraint (in using fewer melodies in a song, ironically). Who knows? I might do some full-fledged MOTHER songs in the future. :)

  • Earthbound - Hospital, Friendly Neighbor's House, Choose a File (Doni's Reggae Remix)

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    A reggae mix of the tracks Hospital, Friendly Neighbor's House, and Choose a File.

  • Chosen Boy Meets Girl

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    A simple guitar instrumental of Boy Meets Girl (Twoson).

  • Beach-Calming-Mother 3

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    Ahh, this relaxing beach song is mellow, calming, and slightly sad. One of my favourite tracks from the game. Sounds much better with headphones on!>

  • Mother World

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    This is my Orchestrated Arrangement of Mother. (Earthbound Zero). Over a month to create and nearly 10 minutes long in length, this has became one of my most Beautiful and Nostalgic Nintendo Arrangements yet.

  • Fun Naming (Digital Ghost - "Fun Dancing")

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    My version of "Fun Naming" from MOTHER 3.

  • Magicant Remix

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    A little musical arrangment of Magicant I did on a Roland HP207 electronic piano.

  • Wanna Be Friends?

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    Remix of Mother 1's Bein' Friends

  • The Sky Runner: Sheet Music (pt. 1)

    sky runner sheet music, page one.

  • The Sky Runner: Sheet Music (pt. 2)

    sky runner sheet music (page two)


Interested in submitting a piece of MOTHER/Earthbound inspired music? Submit your fan music! Don't forget to read the rules and submit away!
FAN MUSIC | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.27 @ 3:14 CST by Edobean

Trivia!

Trivia

Hey, it's time for another trivia update! There were many winners this week: Absoltastic, Alxprit, Artemis251, Arfy, Captain Bozo, fed306, Miles of Smashwiki, SimonBob, Strawberry Tofu, Vid, With a Hint of Lemon, and xXNessofOnettXx. Nicely done fellas!

As for this week, the newest questions are posted! "Dollars and Common Sense" is this week's theme, so check it out. This question set shouldn't be particularly difficult to answer, though it may be rather tricky. Answer carefully!

TRIVIA | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.25 @ 22:50 CST by aurilliux

Ancient Secrets Revealed!

Articles
Articles!
Woo! Another week has whooshed past us, and it's time once more for Articles updates! Both of these Articles come from my Radio PSI show (Every Saturday at Midnight, time subject to change), during which we have our own brand of Theories, just a lot quicker and live! Enjoy them below (Sithmaster96, see me in my office.):
Theories!

Holy crap, though, Theories is here, and while I didn't get many, the two that I did get were VERY VERY GOOD. It was VERY hard to pick between the two, but in the end, BB Gang Zombie was the one to win. Congratulations!:

The hieroglyphs, huh?
This requires some explanation. Scarabans have passed down this tale for many ages...

In the early '900's, a dark
shadow covered a small
desert town in rural Scaraba.
At that time, a young couple
vanished mysteriously from their home.

The man's name was not important.
The woman's name was not important.
But what _is_ important, is the Scarabans didn't like it.
Armed with bags filled with poisonous snakes, fried bean croquettes(which Gen-san in Scaraba loves to make), and primitive, deadly, demonic death rays, which somehow everyone in the world had at that time, they began a full-frontal assault on the entire alien race.
The race became furious, and an all-out war began.

Two years later, as suddenly
as they left, the couple returned.
They told everyone where they had been,
and what they had done...
they simply went on vacation.

The alien race was unhappy for being blamed for the couple's disappearance and vowed to return every thousand years or so...
They thought it'd be funny to plant some fake runes throughout Scaraba every thousand years so that archaologists would think they made a big find, when in reality, the hieroglyphs were gibberish.

The last archaological "find" was just a piece of rock that says "Starman DX was here," and a crudely-drawn picture of a kitty cat.

- BB Gang Zombie
You can read all of the GREAT Theories on this topic here!

The Theories topic for the week of January 25 - February 1, 2012 is:

How did the refrigerator get to the top of Snowcap Mountain in Mother 3, before you rode it down?

Submit a theory for this week's topic!

That's all the info for today, folks! Be sure to read the rules, and then submit to Articles and Theories today!
ARTICLES | READ COMMENTS (11) 2012.01.25 @ 15:25 CST by Captain Bozo

Dr. Haxiforce or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hax

PK Hack Hello everyone! Did you enjoy your weekend? I was snowed in all weekend, so I spent some time hacking, sleeping, eating, and other such things.

After looking through the PK Hack Revival Project thread, it seems that the biggest hurdle in hacking is ease-of-access to information. Tutorials are also something you guys are asking for. While Hyperbound and I have planned since the start to do tutorials at some point, it's good to know that you guys really want and need them. Right now we are going to comb through the PK Hack board's troubleshooting thread for information and we will compile them into nifty little documents for your viewing pleasure. :)

As far as tutorials are concerned, user Prototype is in the process of making a humongous tutorial that encompasses all of PK Hack. We'll be making what we have of this tutorial available to you guys once we format it properly for viewing, so be on the lookout in the coming weeks and we'll let you know once we have it up.

We also want to remind you that we are still accepting Let's Plays! If you do a nifty Let's Play of a hack complete with commentary we'll give you a nifty badge, so hop to it my loyal soldiers! Finally, we leave you with a progress update. We have some updates on the EB Zero Remake project, as well as some Fallout-inspired goodness from beelzebub06660. Please enjoy and also submit stuff to us if you get the chance!
PK HACK | READ COMMENTS (1) 2012.01.23 @ 17:16 CST by NESluver

Fanfiction? More Like... No, I've Got Nothing

Fanfiction


ohboy writes that this story "keeps an engaging pace, allowing the reader to get into the protagonist’s head."
To read everything that ohboy had to say about this piece, check out the comments.

Optional Prompt


This week, consider writing about nightmares. What sorts of nightmares do the Mother characters have? What nightmares do the Mother enemies have? Nightmares aren't always linear or sensical. Experiment. Go crazy.

Tip of the Week


Write every day. Even if it's just a few sentences, even if it's a love letter to your significant other, even if it's just a description of how the old man in the park paces from the bench to the "no parking" sign. Putting something on paper every day keeps you in practice.

You've got one more week to get in fanfictions to be considered for January's Fanfiction of the Month. Your chances are as good as anyone else's to recieve a spiffy badge. You just need to submit!
FANFICTION | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.23 @ 15:59 CST by Emily

2012 - The Year of the Kraken!

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Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! 2012 is the Year of the Kraken in the EarthBound Zodiac, so perhaps you should treat yourself to a new pair of slippers. What, you've never heard of the EB Zodiac? It seems a lot of people have forgotten about it over the years, so it's high time I shine the spotlight on it once again.

Check out the entire EarthBound Zodiac here!

What's your EarthBound Zodiac animal? Share in the comments!
STARMEN.NET | READ COMMENTS (28) 2012.01.23 @ 10:08 CST by PoeTrader

Sundays With A Beanie Baby

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7 PM ET - Edo the DJ Alchemist - Princess of All That is Cute and Awesome

Izumi is out tonight, and Claremonster can be heard in Kame's slot. Who does that leave?

...Why, that's Edo the DJ Alchemist's theme music!!

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• REQUEST EMAIL: edothedjalchemist[AT]gmail[DOT]com [ around 4min / no profanity]


9 PM ET - DJ Aquazition - Master of Shooting

The first half of his show consists of non-game music and the second contains game music. Favorite genres are hip-hop / rap, progressive and electronic. In game music you can expect the latest and greatest tracks and probably something from a shooting game (Gradius, Raiden etc.) DJ Aquazition may spontaneously rap or freestyle over the music. He is also known to give performances of video game music on fingerstyled acoustic guitar and to commentate on live-audio retro or arcade game play (he’ll say funny crap.)

• URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsiaqy.ogg.m3u
• REQUEST EMAIL: dj.aquas[AT]gmail[DOT]com


11 PM ET - Buddy 3rd Strongest Indie Anna – Heard of before he got popular.

This guy right here will lead you into the valley of NME’s bearing Pitchforks, Spinning their tunes at you, and bring you out alive with a new appreciation for what’s good today in music. Be sure to catch his segment “Name That Riff”, in which he attempts to play a guitar riff in a manner where the listeners might be able to guess. Thursdays, join him for his Album Listening Parties, as he unravels the true beauty of the concept album. Be astounded as he grieves over such trivial things, like Sonic Youth breaking up. And leave, comfortable that you’re in the know of what’s late and great in today’s tunes. Grab your PBR’s, your skinny jeans and your scarves, it’s about to get hip in here.

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RADIO PSI | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.22 @ 14:48 CST by Radio PSI

Freshly cooked Fanart, With A Hint of Lemon

Starmen.Net Good morning you awesome artsy fartsy delegates, Snappy Happy Sappy Aangie is here to bring you some fresh, home-brewed Fanart! I am just a jumble of words and mumbles today, I am not sure what I'm even typing! Moving along, I have a gorgeous FOTW and we finish up our awesome dump of omocat arts, and we have some as always, Marcotto art,Elobro makes a rare appearance once more with his abstract stuff, alongside some seldom-seen faces! But! Let's check out the FOTW, shall we~


Waning of Magicant-- With a Hint of Lemon

MOTHER 1/EarthBound Zero fanart is one of the least-seen types of Fanart around. It's always such a wonderful treat to see it, especially in this case. With A Hint of Lemon brings us a beautiful, well-rendered piece of Mary seemingly looking right up at the viewer, tears of joy in her eyes. It invokes an emotion and a connection with the viewer, which is a rare occurance for most art pieces, where we feel somewhat disconnected from the subject if they are looking away. The perspective, to put it rather bluntly, is top-knotch. The composition of the page adds to the effect, with the bottom corners fading and tearing away from the rest of the piece. The colors are soft and pastel, adding on to the overall mood of the piece. Thank you for gifting us such a beautiful MOTHER 1 piece, WHOL! Of course, we wish to see much, much more.



Our queue is a little low on your awesome works, so please be sure to submit!!
STARMEN.NET | READ COMMENTS (6) 2012.01.22 @ 9:28 CST by Aangie

Fuzzy Blue Eggs

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Radio PSI starts TONIGHT at 7 PM ET.
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7 PM ET - DJ Eggstreme – Name That Tune!
DJ Eggstreme takes to the airwaves to start your radio Saturday off. Send in your own tunes, or just sit back and enjoy the smooth selections of Eggstreme. Miniblocks featuring various artists, albums or games are randomly included - tonight, a block of Eric Clapton is planned. Bizarro Jeopardy starts around 7:30 PM, Radio Medley (formerly Golden Medley) starts at 8:30 PM.

• URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsiegg.ogg.m3u
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9 PM ET - DJ MON - Digital Monsters
DJ Mon and his trusty The Crew (Captain The_Highlander, First Officer The_Dragon and Helmsman The_Random_Game) embark on another week’s worth of complaining about some things and making fun of others. In addition to his usual supply of music (sometimes digital, sometimes Japanese, and sometimes not making very much sense) you can count on his boundless supply of puns (get it? Boundless?) and long list of activities such as Name the Thing That the Rings is From Thing, The Treasure Hunt, Food for Thought, and Half Hour Hero.

DJ Mon, The Dragon, and The_Random_Game start at 9PM (Eastern) sharp. Be sure you’re there so you don’t miss any chances to win yourself a shiny voice* on IRC. If you’re not on IRC for Radio PSI, why aren’t you?

*Not to be mistaken for The Voice.

• URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsimon.ogg.m3u
• REQUEST EMAIL: the.dj.mon[AT]gmail[DOT]com (6 minutes or less)


MIDNIGHT ET - Buddy <rank> Bozo – AAAAADVENTURE!
Buddy Lieutenant Bozo demands your attention, MAGGOT! He needs YOU on the front lines, listening to some classic rock and blues, and asking his sidekick the Magic Nine Ball some questions. With Apples and Apples and Radio Theories, fun for everyone can be had!

Be there, or…don’t. But you’ll miss a really good time. :3

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RADIO PSI | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.21 @ 13:23 CST by Radio PSI

Flukes


New Year, time for some new Flukes! Just to let everyone know, from this point forward flukes will be updated on a bi-weekly basis and if there are no new submissions in the que I will make up for it by coming out of fluke retirement. Get ready for the fluke barrage!

Today we have some flukes from Blue Bomber(top) and HockeyMonkey(bottom) Enjoy!


FLUKES | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.20 @ 14:11 CST by Blades0fEB

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