hello fellow dark voyagers of the great beyond,

this is a very special musical episode about my (sometimes sordid) history and musical background with the online videogame music arrangement community OC ReMix, the music and artistry of several things i enjoyed on that website, and the many dramas of that era that still haunt me in ways that i can't put into words today.

you are in for a journey, and a real treat. so be patient and sit back and relax.

internet archive of the John Romero blog post: https://web.archive.org/web/20020402073523/http://www.rome.ro/

judges' decision i reference later in the episode in the "Panel Is A Disaster" part: https://ocremix.org/community/topic/2436-no-sonic-cd-jp-work-it-retrohouse-mix/ 

much music is feature in this episode. in order of appearance:

1. "yup.mid" - my very first midi track which i used for my Wolf 3D mod Chemical Warfare

2. "Dark World Jazz" Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past arrangement by Gux: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00156

3. "Happily Merried" - my very first finished remix that was submitted (and declined):

http://vgmixarchive.com/songs/vgmix1/Adhesive%20Boy%20-%20Happily%20Merried%20(Super%20Mario%20RPG).mp3

(Judge decision for Happily Merried): https://ocremix.org/community/topic/869-no-super-mario-rpg-happily-merried-ft/

4. "The Atomizer" Final Fantasy 6 arrangement by Mustin: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00163

5. "Da Phunky Forest" Super Mario World arrangement by me: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00908

6. "Forest Birdcussion" Donkey Kong Country 2 arrangement by Protricity: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01138

7. "Trippin' On Rainbows" Super Mario Kart arrangement by Mazedude: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00686

8. "Cyborg Blobby" A Boy And His Blob arrangement by Mazedude: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00881

9. "Static Aversion" Silent Hill 1/2 arrangement by Children of the Monkey Machine & Steve Pordon: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00451

10. "74 Floors" The Combatribes arrangement by K. Praslowicz: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00600

11. "IceCapped" Sonic 3 arrangement by MkVaff (formerly McVaffe): https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00240

12. "Team Gato" Chrono Trigger arrangement by Dale North & Mustin: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00313

13. "Niggaz 4 Life" Astérix (NES) arrangement by zykO & RocketMermaid: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01125

14. "Juese Belmont" Castlevania arrangement by Disk Mastah Smokabitch (aka Shael Riley): http://olremix.org/remixes/300

15. "Ocarina Boogie" Zelda 64-related jam by The Black Lodge: https://williamjacksn.github.io/ocremoved/mp3/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime_OcarinaBoogie.mp3

16. "Little Kids Can't Fly" Kid Icarus arrangement by Daknit, Bard of Tarot: https://williamjacksn.github.io/ocremoved/mp3/KidIcarus_LittleKidsCantFly.mp3

17. "Lesser Kerubic Patchwork" Chrono Trigger arrangement by Israfel: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00871

18. "All Blues" arrangement from Miles Davis's Kind of Blue from the album "Kind of Bloop" by Shnabubula: https://soundcloud.com/shnabubula/miles-davis-all-blues-nes-chiptune-vrc6

19. "The Rose General" Final Fantasy 9 arrangement by katethegreat19: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01859

20. "Cry of the Chasmal Critter Chain" Donkey Kong Country arrangement by me: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01256

21. "Forest Starlight" Chrono Trigger arrangement by posu yan (formerly po!) from the Squaredance album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8dgymZJpIQ

22. "Halls of Abandonment" Alisia Dragoon arrangement by LastUnicron: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00928

23. "Banish" Donkey Kong Country arrangement by Redg: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03109

24. "Mode Serpent" Final Fantasy 6 arrangement by Quinn Fox: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00954

(the podcast theme as always is "Museum of Agony" by Norio Hanzawa from the Stretch Panic OST)