Johnny Samson
@johnnysamson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, extra. Author of The Road to Nowhere, and Diary of a City Guard! Haloumi fan. https://roadtonowhere.online
Two new installments of Diary of a City Guard now online – The Ban of the Valar and You Bow To No One. Come behind the scenes of Rings of Power S1 as I meet the real Pharazôn, and tell the tale of the heroic sparrows bringing down a global behemoth.https://roadtonowhere.online/the-ban-of-the-valar/
The Ban of the Valar – The Road to Nowhere
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Well, I'm back. Sorry. It's been nearly a year, and I've been very busy making music, but now I'm going to try and finally finish this series of irreverent tales from behind the scenes of Rings of Power. I've managed to write two new installments this week 😀 roadtonowhere.online/well-im-back/
I've been remiss for the last 9 months in ignoring my Diary of a City Guard series, relating to my experiences working on Rings of Power. Sorry. I will get back to it and finish it at some point. The problem is that I started writing and recording new music last year and simply haven't stopped.
Much to my own surprise I've managed to write a second installment of my behind-the-scenes Rings of Power series within the space of a week. So here is Part 16 - Elsewhere in Middle-earth... roadtonowhere.online/elsewhere-in... #RingsOfPower #Tolkien #LOTR #Numenor #Elendil
Chapter 15 out now 😀🥴🔽
Johnny Samson@johnnysamson.bsky.social · last yr.Alright, part 15 of my Diary of a City Guard series is up now - "There Are Some Who Would Deem That Not Wise". Another behind the scenes look at Rings of Power, in which I have a Big Moment and also struggle to stay on topic. #Tolkien #RingsOfPower #LOTR roadtonowhere.online/there-are-so...
when a company announces they're going to start using Al in their products all I hear is "our stuff is about to get noticeably shittier, but you should be excited because it'll be cheaper for us"
Alright, part 15 of my Diary of a City Guard series is up now - "There Are Some Who Would Deem That Not Wise". Another behind the scenes look at Rings of Power, in which I have a Big Moment and also struggle to stay on topic. #Tolkien #RingsOfPower #LOTR roadtonowhere.online/there-are-so...
I have finished instalment #15, "There Are Some That Would Not Deem That Wise", and I shall try and get it uploaded today! In the meantime here's a link to the very first instalment, "I'm Going On An Adventure" roadtonowhere.online/im-going-on-... #ROP #RingsOfPower #Tolkien #LOTR
Johnny Samson@johnnysamson.bsky.social · last yr.I have been too busy lately recording new music to write much, but I've finally started work on the next instalment of the Diary of a City Guard - I shall attempt to finish it this evening!
I have been too busy lately recording new music to write much, but I've finally started work on the next instalment of the Diary of a City Guard - I shall attempt to finish it this evening!
"Even the Smaug of Jackson’s Hobbit movies would be looking around going hey yeah, this is actually quite a lot of gold."
Johnny Samson@johnnysamson.bsky.social · last yr.Installment #14 of Diary of a City Guard is up now - All That is Gold is Glittering! In which we take a look at this scene from the perspective of the real heroes i.e. the City Guards. #RingsOfPower #ROP #Tolkien #LOTR #Numenor roadtonowhere.online/all-that-is-...
If you want to know about books that don’t exist you can just listen to me talk about my unfinished WIPs.
Installment #14 of Diary of a City Guard is up now - All That is Gold is Glittering! In which we take a look at this scene from the perspective of the real heroes i.e. the City Guards. #RingsOfPower #ROP #Tolkien #LOTR #Numenor roadtonowhere.online/all-that-is-...
Ok, I've been too busy to write any more Diary of a City Guard installments over the last couple of months... I got distracted and have written an album's worth of songs instead. I shall endeavour to get a few more episodes written over the next coupla weeks!
Still can't get behind the word "content." Maybe it makes me pretentious, but I could never introduce myself as a "content-creator." If you write or sing or draw or make videos, if you have a voice and a creative vision, what you do is not content. It's communication.
And in a surprising development, here is #13, "The Great Tales Never End". In which this Númenórean Guard details his weapons training program for Rings of Power, and pulls out of the bag a Tolkien reference at the very last. roadtonowhere.online/the-great-ta... #RoP #Tolkien #LOTR
Kia ora, here's Diary of a City Guard #12, my series of adventures as an extra on Rings of Power. "The Old That Is Strong Does Not Whither", in which I give an insight into the process of crowbarring a Tolkien reference I can use as a title into each post. roadtonowhere.online/the-old-that...
And in a surprising development, here is #13, "The Great Tales Never End". In which this Númenórean Guard details his weapons training program for Rings of Power, and pulls out of the bag a Tolkien reference at the very last. roadtonowhere.online/the-great-ta... #RoP #Tolkien #LOTR
Kia ora, here's Diary of a City Guard #12, my series of adventures as an extra on Rings of Power. "The Old That Is Strong Does Not Whither", in which I give an insight into the process of crowbarring a Tolkien reference I can use as a title into each post. roadtonowhere.online/the-old-that...
I have two more installments of my Diary of a City Guard #TROP series ready to post soon! In the meantime, have a read of an excerpt from my book The Road To Nowhere - in which my band must flee to avoid a gruesome death at the hands of a gang of 10 year olds :) roadtonowhere.online/the-photosho...
The Band Photoshoot – The Road to Nowhere
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In that case I'll share it again 😁 roadtonowhere.online/that-was-an-... #RoP #Ringsofpower #Tolkien #LOTR #Galadriel
That Was An Eye-Opener And No Mistake – The Road to Nowhere
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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉@thetolkienist.com · last yr.My pleasure - it's just way too hilarious not to share 😁😊👍
Thanks for the shout-out for my Diary of a City Guard series Marcel!
Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉@thetolkienist.com · last yr.Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: World record for LotR; Hobbit in Philly and Missouri; the MSU Tolkien fellowship; Diary of a City Guard; outstanding art; Ondolindë; Tiny Glade; GRRM in physics and more... steadyhq.com/en/thetolkie...
In case ya missed it. In which I discover the books are a bit of a hindrance when it comes to working out what the hell is going on on the set of Rings of Power.
Johnny Samson@johnnysamson.bsky.social · 2y agoNew installment of Diary of a City Guard up now (my series of posts about being an extra in Rings of Power) - in which I discover the books are a bit of a hindrance when it comes to working out what the hell is going on! #TROP #Tolkien #RingsofPower #LOTR roadtonowhere.online/that-was-an-...
The hijacking of the entire federal govt of the US has been driven ENTIRELY by an incredible mass freakout from a bunch of white men over the loss of their privilege. This is their backlash. That’s what we are witnessing. They want you to think that they are powerful and strong. They are not.
New installment of Diary of a City Guard up now (my series of posts about being an extra in Rings of Power) - in which I discover the books are a bit of a hindrance when it comes to working out what the hell is going on! #TROP #Tolkien #RingsofPower #LOTR roadtonowhere.online/that-was-an-...
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
While I had more than a few issues with The Rings of Power, the experience of working on it a few years ago was an absolute joy - I'll try and post a few more installments over the next few weeks, as we're into the good stuff now!
Johnny Samson@johnnysamson.bsky.social · 2y agoHappy New Year! Here's the latest installment of my Diary of a City Guard series - a collection of irreverent tales from my experience as a Tolkien-nerd working as an extra on the first series of Amazon’s Rings of Power show. Guard of the citadel indeed! 💂 roadtonowhere.online/guard-of-the...
