
Gandalf The Grey: The Grey Wizard Am I [purchase] My fellow Tolkienites and I rejoiced today upon the announcement that the upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit will indeed be filmed on director Sir Peter Jackson's homeland of New Zealand, following much boring legal nonsense. Not the biggest issue in the world, but for us nerds it was a life or death decision. New Zealand is Middle Earth, period. What better way to celebrate than to listen to Chris [...]

As described yesterday, here is a must-hear private press album by Gandalf The Grey, which was lovingly donated by an anonymous Swan Fungus reader. The Acid Archives say, "Fashioning himself after a Tolkien figure (with a cape and hat no less), this NYC wizard cut a rare DIY folkrock trip that's been known for decades on the private press scene. I love the title track and a couple of other hobbit-oriented numbers, while some of his neighborhood observations sound less interesting and more typical Village product in my ears. Nice basement sound is a plus in [...]