{"id":13838,"date":"2015-06-02T21:54:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T02:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=13838"},"modified":"2015-07-18T07:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T12:47:13","slug":"was-it-ulick-norman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/was-it-ulick-norman\/","title":{"rendered":"Was it Ulick Norman?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flandre.Scarlet.full_.275848.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flandre.Scarlet.full_.275848-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Flandre Scarlet\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13843\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flandre.Scarlet.full_.275848-640x480.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flandre.Scarlet.full_.275848-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flandre.Scarlet.full_.275848.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most versions of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8jJZA-O_B78\" target=\"_blank\">U.N. Owen Was Her?<\/a>,&#8221; whether they be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1n1_K0F96f4\" target=\"_blank\">rock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yqF67fi-Qi4\" target=\"_blank\">techno<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-C2nmKNxdV0\" target=\"_blank\">frenetic piano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NU9-Ug12CVI\" target=\"_blank\">accordion<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uZpCNCt0taI\" target=\"_blank\">whatever<\/a>, tend to be frenzied, heavy and ominous. I took a different approach with ZUN&#8217;s tune.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_5486\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/UN-Owen-Revenge.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_5486\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/UN-Owen-Revenge.mp3\",  titles: \"U.N. Owen's Revenge\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc_fancy_player_container\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13838-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/UN-Owen-Revenge.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/UN-Owen-Revenge.mp3\">http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/UN-Owen-Revenge.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s my computer playing, as usual, though I think this arrangement is simple enough that even I could manage it. I&#8217;m not entirely happy with it and I may revisit it someday.<\/p>\n<p>The connection between <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/AndThenThereWereNone_726\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ulick and Una Owen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.touhouwiki.net\/wiki\/Flandre_Scarlet\" target=\"_blank\">Flandre Scarlet<\/a> is rather tenuous.<\/p>\n<p>Update (July 16): I revised the arrangement and uploaded a new recording. I&#8217;m still not satisfied with it, but I&#8217;ve tinkered with it long enough.<\/p>\n<p>You can see and download the score <a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.com\/user\/3105001\/scores\/1055451\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. The mp3 is <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/UN-Owen-Revenge.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/flandre_scarlet_motivational_by_poisonpocky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/flandre_scarlet_motivational_by_poisonpocky-640x477.jpg\" alt=\"Flandre Scarlet\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/flandre_scarlet_motivational_by_poisonpocky-640x477.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/flandre_scarlet_motivational_by_poisonpocky.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most versions of &#8220;U.N. Owen Was Her?,&#8221; whether they be rock, techno, frenetic piano, accordion or whatever, tend to be frenzied, heavy and ominous. I took a different approach with ZUN&#8217;s tune. It&#8217;s my computer playing, as usual, though I think this arrangement is simple enough that even I could manage it. I&#8217;m not entirely &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/was-it-ulick-norman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Was it Ulick Norman?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-3Bc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13838"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14029,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13838\/revisions\/14029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}