Talk:Decemberweenvent Calendar

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New picture every day

1. Keep it up to date
2. That was not the same picture, but lower quality, it was lower quality, but the 2 was lit up as well as the 1.

So with those 2 reasons, that's why we should update the picture every day. ----J∃ffJMan 17:17, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Ah, I missed the 2 lit up. You should try again with a better file. The size should not be smaller than its appearance on the official site as shown on desktop, and it needs a real filename. If there are going to be 24 of these, "TwitterDay2" isn't descriptive enough. I also notice you upload a lot of files that are all lowercase and have no spaces, which are hard to read. There's no reason to put that kind of limitation on uploaded files. I suggest something easy to read like "Decemberweenvent Calendar Cover Day 2". — It's dot com 20:51, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Or we could just use that handy "Upload new version of file" button, and, well, upload new version of file every day, instead of uploading new files. That's what I did. - HoveringSombrero (talk) File:Shoulder shoomps.jpg

If the only goal is to have the image display the latest version (which it may be), then that works, but that's not a good solution if we ever intend to refer to any version other than the current one. I'm not saying we shouldn't overwrite the image each day, just that we should consider whether overwriting or uploading new images makes the most sense before we get too far into the month. — It's dot com 23:27, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Upload each image separately, and then update the page each day. When the calendar month is over, create a gallery of all images. (Do you think by the time the calendar is finished, an archive of all the days will be made available?) -- 68.37.43.131 00:14, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

We could do that, but would it be worthwhile? I'm thinking no. I'm betting the only difference between the images from day to day will be that the next number is lit up. — It's dot com 01:52, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Each sheet music page should be uploaded in my opinion, but to be clear, the image we're talking about is this image that shows the cover. The numbers being lit up is a very minor difference and new versions of the cover being uploaded under the same filename should suffice. DEI DAT VM^┌_{datvm center}\^{super contra}_┘ 15:10, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Peanuts-style Jazz Version

For those who may not be aware, @StrongBadActual has been promoting a fan-made smooth jazz version of the advent songs. I think these should be documented somewhere but I'm not quite sure where and how. For now I'm documenting them here. Please feel free to add to the list as more gets published and/or copy them to an appropriate location. --Stux 17:18, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Here is the list (user info: @trott, mastodon via 1):

• Day 1 — twitter:trott/status/1598725662084591618
• Day 2 — twitter:trott/status/1598724279797178369 (@SBA source)
• Day 3 — twitter:trott/status/1599057112981962752 (@SBA source)
• Day 4 — twitter:trott/status/1599452026819448833 (@SBA source)
• Day 5 — twitter:trott/status/1599778643479498752 (@SBA source)

There are now other renditions promoted by @StrongBadActual:

• Day 3 — twitter:VoodooPupMusic/status/1599153765713858560 (@VoodooPupMusic, @SBA source)

Hi. I'm the person making those jazz versions. Thanks for caring enough to track them! "Smooth jazz" probably isn't the right label. Smooth jazz refers to artists like Kenny G and Grover Washington Jr., but this is (I hope, at least) more like West Coast jazz generally and Vince Guaraldi and the Peanuts soundtracks specifically. Would it be too awkward to label it "Vince Guaraldi-style versions" or "Peanuts-style version" or "Charlie Brown-style version" something like that? — 135.180.110.139 (Talk | contribs) 18:30, 4 December 2022 (left unsigned)

Section headers are editable by anyone, so feel free to make it whatever you think best fits. — It's dot com 20:14, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Wow, I think it's pretty cool that I'm having a direct conversation with the composer! These interpretations are pretty neat and enjoyable. I actually called it "Smooth Jazz" rather carelessly, not realizing it's an actual style. I've updated the topic to "Peanuts-style" per your comment above; primarily because your Day 4 rendition brought the Peanuts style theme front-and-center. Unfortunately, I think it sort of overshadowed the Caleb Rentpayer theme itself a little. Nevertheless, I hope you're planning to keep these up. If so, I'm looking forward to the rest! --Stux 20:49, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

What is the Day 1 KOT doing

When I originally described the visual for day 1, I said that the King of Town was crying. I chose that because the song is literally about Everybody and they're all shown palling around in groups, except for the king, who is alone. This fits with his general character. It's also been suggested that that he's holding his belly in laughter. A third choice is that he's sweating or something. I don't know what the deal is with his tongue. — It's dot com 01:23, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

I see it a hearty laughter personally Guybrush20X6 01:52, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

I would agree with DC's interpretation that he's crying as it does fit with his general character. I might go a step further and suggest that he's doing his usual sad laughter "oooo hooo hooo!" kind of thing. A problem I see is that he's sticking his tongue out, which is unusual for crying, but it's also sort of unusual for laughter. For all we know, he could be having some sort of medical emergency? Okay, now I'm somewhat stumped. Perhaps the visual should just describe what we see and maybe note the uncertainty in interpretation? --Stux 09:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

”The King of Town stands alone with his arms across his chest, with what are presumably droplets of liquid of some sort emanating from his general head area”.-113.37.226.89 10:59, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Perfect.

I updated it to say that he's "moved to tears with some emotion." That seemed descriptive without taking a firm stance on whether he's happy or sad. — It's dot com 16:46, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Far side

Far side has at least 3 direct references. Should it get a page? -126.254.213.245 08:10, 6 December 2022 (UTC)