The Doctor Who Forum | Arbutus | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/arbutus/activity/ Activity feed for Arbutus. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:22:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 275ce04786e87b95d6aceeaf3867c79e Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/9/#post-71264 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:54:54 +0000 I’ve been listening a lot to Fred Hersch’s absolutely gorgeous pandemic recording. Here’s one track, but the whole thing is beautiful.

]]> 3742d87f537af30bbc69ea451b4361fb Arbutus replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/20/#post-71261 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:30:45 +0000 @nerys   Congratulations on your Dad’s recovery! That’s really great news, although I’m sorry to hear about his continued hospitalization. Your parents share their anniversary with my mom and stepfather, who had their 44th this year. They sent me a photo of their steak dinner, complete with candles and flowers, for which they would normally have…[Read more]

]]> be5fe2e0d25109be542dcb04303d8822 Arbutus replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/7/#post-71260 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:32:21 +0000 @blenkinsopthebrave   I don’t know that there is one. I don’t have cable either. I’ve always purchased my Dr. Who on iTunes. $4 will get you the episode plus any special features. The new episodes usually become available for download around midnight, after they air in North America. The bonus is no ads, which I gather are a nuisance on the broadcast!  🙂

]]> b8eeb109c89c3622f66e4b9d3865b17d Arbutus replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/20/#post-71220 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:40:12 +0000 Goodness. It’s so nice to see you in my inbox. I’ve been meaning to come on and reply and I apologize for not doing so sooner, things have been a bit random around here recently! Where is Arbutus? Holed up in central Vancouver, trying very hard to stay kind, calm, and safe. 🙂 (I’m strong on safe and reasonably good with calm. It’s the kind par…[Read more]

]]> 475808fa2ae198bb77d8984013e62b9b Arbutus replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/3/#post-70805 Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:51:48 +0000 A belated Happy Canada Day to @winston, @nerys, @blenkinsopthebrave, and everyone in Canada! I hope everyone in the UK and around the world is keeping safe and sane through all the upheaval of 2020. Strange and exhausting times. And for tomorrow, wishing a happy and, most importantly, safe Fourth of July to all our American friends. Virtual hugs to all.

]]> 251e438993800e434d8928b857913829 Arbutus replied to the topic The Haunting of Villa Diodati in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#post-69737 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:48:07 +0000 @psymon     While it’s entirely possible that Yaz will leave the team, I’m not convinced by the argument that her disobeying the Doctor means anything. Isn’t that what all companions do?

I didn’t get the feeling that she dismissed Jack’s warning without care, but given what was at stake, when would the Doctor ever have done differently…[Read more]

]]> 048f3be43597b6764286982b94b4dc86 Arbutus replied to the topic The Haunting of Villa Diodati in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#post-69736 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:45:01 +0000 Well, this was fun, and surprising, too. (As I have determinedly been avoiding spoilers, even little ones, I was good and surprised when the “traveller” turned out to be the Lone Cyberman.) I enjoyed the setting and the guest actors, and felt that the creepy/scary component was just right. I agree with @bluesqueakpip that, for whatever reason, the…[Read more]

]]> bfbedff8355986022c310ba1021a9157 Arbutus replied to the topic Can You Hear Me? in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/can-you-hear-me/#post-69680 Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:02:45 +0000 @nerys   Very sorry to hear about your cat. Hugs!

]]> 008091a9da0f2a3a6943b69d46d6c7d8 Arbutus replied to the topic Can You Hear Me? in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/can-you-hear-me/#post-69654 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:52:34 +0000 Thinking a bit more about this. This Doctor has occasionally referred to her previous self, saying things like “back when I was a bloke” and so on. I’m trying to remember, but I don’t think that this is something the Doctor has commonly done. He doesn’t say things like, “I met that alien before, when I was into bowties”, and so on. Once the…[Read more]

]]> c1f468968e625ae3f4365c5701e9d49b Arbutus replied to the topic Can You Hear Me? in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/can-you-hear-me/#post-69653 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:36:22 +0000 I really like @bluesqueakpip‘s take on memory and “everything you think you know is a lie”. It also occurs to me that tying in references to the Doctor’s past selves can help bridge the emotional disconnect between regenerations, both the Doctor’s disconnect from his own past selves, and ours. It’s easy to say it’s the same character, but it’s not…[Read more]

]]> d6e2b132a991ce6983762970e624cb44 Arbutus replied to the topic Can You Hear Me? in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/can-you-hear-me/#post-69635 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:26:25 +0000 @blenkinsopthebrave      I watch on iTunes, so I don’t see it until Monday morning. Having just done so, I can now say that I really enjoyed this! I found it properly creepy, and interesting watching all the threads come together. I enjoyed the looks at the “real life” stories of the companions.

@jimthefish    For what it’s worth, I think that s…[Read more]

]]> fb8d55b4162006de7366c80c46154da7 Arbutus replied to the topic Praxeus in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/praxeus/#post-69560 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:47:16 +0000 Well, I enjoyed this quite a lot. It was fun seeing the different members of Team Tardis showing up into the different ongoing situations, and working out how they all connected up. So glad that Adam and Jake were given a happy ending, didn’t think that was coming and I was so pissed off!

I liked the lack of an overt villain in this one. While i…[Read more]

]]> b9171ef6bd60e102149f1d1bcb777c5a Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/7/#post-69482 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:23:08 +0000 @peacefrog    I didn’t know that was Pearl Jam. Cool! And Tom Petty, so beloved and so missed.

@Whisht    Whenever I hear the “one tonne” joke, I think of this old SNL bit. For some reason, it has stayed with me when better (probably) bits have vanished in the mists of time. Guantanamera!

]]> 17e9b97aec1150f5094362c6524a0c46 Arbutus replied to the topic Fugitive of the Judoon in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/fugitive-of-the-judoon/#post-69420 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:13:11 +0000 Well, I started off mildly underwhelmed, mainly because I never much cared for the Judoon. I didn’t expect this. 🙂

Oddly enough, after being critical of the “kitchen sink” aspect of Orphan 55, I didn’t feel that way this time. While that one was basically a stand-alone episode, this feels like we are being given the ends of a lot of threads…[Read more]

]]> 8dfc27138c08b617f8724bf81da69de4 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/7/#post-69366 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:29:41 +0000 In the spirit of Robbie Burns Day and Lunar New Year. Wanted something a little more Asian but couldn’t find the right thing, so here’s some Scottish big band instead. Gung haggis fat choy! (That is a real thing, btw.)

]]> 6af22f1bfc83b1adc714558bd6d14811 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/6/#post-69333 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:06:34 +0000 @peacefrog   I hadn’t heard about David Olney. Heartbreaking.

I love The Band, have posted them on here before. In amongst all the perfect bits, I’m a big fan of Garth Hudson’s organ playing.

Also, nice little Talking Orange Heads mashup.  🙂

]]> 54d9017ed144e07c176ecca89e168bd6 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/6/#post-69332 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:04:16 +0000 @thane16   I think Mum would say “the sound was found as early as the 3rd century BC in…Crete.”

This made me smile. I once heard June Tabor introduce a song that she dated back to the 19th century. When she began, I recognized as originating in the Renaissance. Nothing’s as new as you think it is. Maybe some 16th-century listener knew it from his…[Read more]

]]> a7e78041b1131be13c81dc05ba3b65d7 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/6/#post-69331 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:57:10 +0000 Wow, I can’t keep up with all the excitement around here! So much fabulous stuff. My American-born husband introduced me to Tom Lehrer many years ago. My father-in-law is tone-deaf and has little interest in music, but as a Harvard-educated liberal, he greatly approved of Lehrer, and those songs were basically my husband’s nursery rhymes. I, of…[Read more]

]]> 9932143d508a7ccf5a0265d8f9172bda Arbutus replied to the topic Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/nikola-teslas-night-of-terror/#post-69287 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 05:12:03 +0000 @nerys   Yes, I forgot to mention that I also liked the connection Ryan made with Miss Skeritt, their mutual experience of how meeting someone extraordinary can change your outlook forever.

I don’t disagree with most of the criticisms that people have made. But while I watched the episode, they were nowhere in my view. They didn’t take me out of…[Read more]

]]> b4052f4158d25a7a470fab78b27fabd2 Arbutus replied to the topic Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/nikola-teslas-night-of-terror/#post-69269 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:54:20 +0000 I agree @missrori that the ending was lovely. It reminds me that even now, with all the challenges facing the world, there are forward-thinking, inspired people with ideas that might just take us into a better future!

Oh, and nice research @whisht on the Kraftwerk connection!

]]> 3ba75a94e97f22bbc3c0db7c2048ba02 Arbutus replied to the topic Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/nikola-teslas-night-of-terror/#post-69268 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:50:34 +0000 Goran Visnjic’s performance was inspired. Of course, it’s impossible not to take the side of the brilliant underdog, when he’s presented with such warmth and energy, and easy to see Edison as a stereotypical capitalist villain. But there was a nice moment when Edison made the absolutely valid point that for every idea, there needs to be someone…[Read more]

]]> 2fc156b5d5c12103c6411a7840cfb7f2 Arbutus replied to the topic Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/nikola-teslas-night-of-terror/#post-69267 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:33:08 +0000 Oh. My. God. So good. That was the best thing, I enjoyed every minute of it. It’s going to take me a while to come down off my high to think rationally about it. So good. I watched the whole thing with a big smile on my face and wept at the end. Loved it, loved it, loved it.

]]> 50b2757c26936797d2730bcea6ee7ea7 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/5/#post-69175 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:45:38 +0000 @peacefrog    I haven’t been able to keep up with your awesome posts. And now Cowboy Junkies! And the Doors. 🙂 Brilliant.

I’ll leave something completely different, as I make ready to go out into the snow, with requisite grumbles about living in Vancouver where we’re not supposed to get this stuff. And yet, there’s about a foot of it outside m…[Read more]

]]> 5c3bdc941d4dd6f3d0c856d394acb78d Arbutus replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/14/#post-69123 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:26:32 +0000 @MissRori     I understand that your special circumstances present particular challenges. But I do relate to the statement “to keep the peace, I just don’t talk to her about much anymore“!

I love my parents dearly, but they live in a part of Canada where the politics are so different from those of mine that I end up avoiding a lot of topics. It’…[Read more]

]]> f913488384d27c6e7389072aed4f5591 Arbutus replied to the topic Orphan 55 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/orphan-55/page/2/#post-69122 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:22:36 +0000 @MissRori     Responding to you in the pub so as to avoid getting modded!

]]> a6bed402ca9606056d037e88dd900483 Arbutus replied to the topic Orphan 55 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/orphan-55/page/2/#post-69121 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:22:04 +0000 @juniperfish     I think we’ve gotten used to After Gap DW, in which the Doctor’s connection to his companions has been much deeper than in the past. So far, at least, Thirteen has a warm but less intense relationship with her “fam”. I was never altogether comfortable with the angsty aspect of the Doctor/Companion dynamic that took over the After…[Read more]

]]> 57639bfd2e590f0d10e415bd65f6abe6 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/5/#post-69049 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:06:29 +0000 Just leaving this here for @thane16  (aka Syzygy the Elder). I love this.

]]> fe40f069a777dbe5609d603322290d46 Arbutus replied to the topic Orphan 55 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/orphan-55/#post-69047 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:02:33 +0000 Welcome, @peacefrog! I too lurked a long time before joining in the fun.

@thane16   Not sure if Midnight was a tranquility base, but it was certainly the same kind of place. Definitely a recall there, and that was one of my favourite Tennant episodes!

@vervain   whether you stop being a fan of whichever team you follow if they lose a few ga…[Read more]

]]> 053f51f5c2f93938818ed9fd2b10abac Arbutus replied to the topic Orphan 55 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/orphan-55/#post-69045 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:53:06 +0000 Sigh. I hate that the minute any kind of social message is presented I catch myself anticipating the flood of negativity that is about to ensue. As others have said, ad nauseam, there has always been a place for these in DW. There has never been any “golden age” where this wasn’t true. And I so wish that people would remember that nothing — epi…[Read more]

]]> 2f6e850ba00a474b4617a1c7c88e2f96 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/5/#post-68963 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:06:34 +0000 RIP Neil Peart.   🙁

]]> 426359f477cea0475d2f40d8ccaea520 Arbutus replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/3/#post-68962 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:00:03 +0000 So nice to see all the speculation again! I don’t have any particular views about the Timeless Child, but I’m enjoying the return of the Master more than I would have expected. One of the things the post gap show has done nicely is the shift of the Master from a stereotypical evil nemesis to a villain of more nuance. We’ve been given belie…[Read more]

]]> 450bb73b4451580690ee064399b8fc93 Arbutus replied to the topic Spyfall in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall/#post-68786 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:37:02 +0000 Well, this was fun. 🙂  I think Dhawan is doing a great job with the Master so far. I guessed nothing (although I did wonder why O seemed to smile so much!). I’d prefer the Master to be post-Missy, because I like forward motion and anything else would be a little too much like overwriting a lot of great character development. But we shall see. I…[Read more]

]]> 8469d23104782b6385bbd50208924dc1 Arbutus replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/#post-68703 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:21:04 +0000 Echoing @cathannabel‘s New Year wishes for everyone. I hope that more people can find common ground somewhere this year, and that 2020 will be the year that the world finally begins addressing climate change in a way that matters. Meanwhile, there is still beauty in the world, goodness, and the many small things that make life worthwhile. Let’s…[Read more]

]]> 73cbc0ff1c55ec824c1bed5159c4dee1 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/5/#post-68693 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:52:30 +0000 @pedant   I love these, especially Gaudete, which is an Arbutus family favourite. Here’s another that comes up at our annual carol sing, carefully timed so that we haven’t had too much wine and cheese to get through it, but just enough to not feel self-conscious when we mess up the verses (we take turns soloing, and we never fail to mess them up,…[Read more]

]]> ed51768c4c810fddb87507867de288e6 Arbutus replied to the topic General Open Thread - TV Shows (2) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-open-thread-tv-shows-2/page/20/#post-68692 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:48:37 +0000 I love just about any version of A Christmas Carol. I used to read the original aloud to the rest of the Arbutuses every Christmas. This year, we watched The Bishop’s Wife with Cary Grant and David Niven, one of our family faves. But our absolute must-not-miss is actually audio. The much-lamented Canadian icon Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe Christmas…[Read more]

]]> 424764bf212328f21ca4656466ab8bb2 Arbutus replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/#post-68688 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:48:38 +0000 I hope everyone has had/is having a great Christmas filled with what matters to each of you—family, friends, food, music, stories. @winston, I’m sorry for your difficult time. I hope the grandchildren filled your day with light!

]]> 796c8a1d8c281b972ac5961f00c85159 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/4/#post-68628 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 23:30:47 +0000 Wow. Logging on to say it’s Christmas and I’ve been thinking about you all, and look, tubas! So great. And scrolling upward, Dixie Chicks. I’ll check in at the Kebab later, but wanted to leave this here. I hope I haven’t shared this before, but I may have. One of the great drops in Christmas music. 🙂

 

]]> 641003e972bfc6bad60eb2ce073076b4 Arbutus replied to the topic Doctor Who memories in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-memories/page/8/#post-68046 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:19:54 +0000 @janetteB    I’m not the most discerning of viewers. If something resonates with me emotionally, or makes me smile, then I’m usually happy. Although some series or episodes I have gone back to over and over, and others I haven’t. I’ll have to do a rewatch of the last series and see how it sits with me on a second go-around.

@mudlark   I also rem…[Read more]

]]> 9c7cb209fe43452b5eb84c02cbb29edc Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/3/#post-68045 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:05:22 +0000 @thane16   Well, I’m trying to be up and about! I seem to have some time-management problems nowadays. Love the librarians! I have a fondness for Les Miz, and thought the film was solid, although for me it can never compare to a stage version. Arbutus Jr. did “Stars” for a singing test in choir a few years ago—they had to sing along with a re…[Read more]

]]> f65fa0f7cffbfaaa798286ea49f80227 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/3/#post-68024 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:04:01 +0000 @whisht  @thane16   Awesome Woodstock content! And the B52’s. I have weirdly fond memories of dancing to Rock Lobster in high school. For some reason, we all had to fall to the floor at one point, and then bounce back up again. I lived in Calgary, Alberta, for my last two years of high school and Calgary was pretty much a disco, rock-n-roll, or n…[Read more]

]]> 1d07f69425a5ff68d5fcd5282b19c312 Arbutus replied to the topic Doctor Who memories in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-memories/page/8/#post-68023 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:46:28 +0000 @thane16   All and any errors are attributed to Syzygy the Younger always and forever. This is why we have children.   I wish I could get away with assigning all my mistakes to Arbutus Jr. This would never fly. I can’t even assign them to the cat and get away with it.  🙂

 

]]> c56d8663620b9663dcc57cd3a616a0ea Arbutus replied to the topic Doctor Who memories in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-memories/page/8/#post-68022 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:44:16 +0000 @Roger429     Welcome to the DWF. Like you, I was never much for social media or participating on forums, until this one. (I was drawn to join shortly after the 50th anniversary special, so that I could comment on a fabulous essay by the erudite @bluesqueakpip. I have found that the level of discussion around here hugely exceeds the usual a…[Read more]

]]> 67fa4f6c1d8e7c994ce242cb49ecb756 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/2/#post-67884 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:47:48 +0000 Earlier this month, in honour of Stranger Things, the NYT put up a playlist of music from the 1985 American charts. I just happened on this list today. They wrapped it up with this. So good.

(For the interested, you can find the whole playlist here.)

]]> 8f22b068c6b0dcc59821fee9122c24b3 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/#post-67810 Tue, 16 Jul 2019 05:14:23 +0000 @blenkinsopthebrave    That is absolutely surreal. Cab is what, a ghost walrus??? I love it. Interestingly, in the very cool opening, the band is actually playing St. James Infirmary, another one I love.

@thane16     Wonderful Ellington, he was amazing. He was never behind the times, was he? Young Syzygy, I should be astonished at what you say…[Read more]

]]> 184b23e53f0406f405d6a4180e58a3e8 Arbutus replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/9/#post-67801 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:45:57 +0000 @pedant    Gorgeous.

]]> 802da3ae44773eeaec220562ff270910 Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/#post-67799 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:53:16 +0000 @thane16     I don’t think I *do* know this, although it sounds very retro, like something 20-year-old me would have liked to if I’d heard it. (20-year-old me, now there’s something to try and wrap my head around!)

]]> c6260b189de1cbf270b0aee9df6f4fbb Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/#post-67794 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 05:51:11 +0000 Hola, @whisht!

I saw this news as well, while I was off exploring the heartlands of Quebec. I love Desafinado, and that is such a lovely, silky performance. There’s a recording from quite a bit later, mid seventies, that includes this svelte number:

]]> cbb6bb16541c41025579f9a20a61493e Arbutus replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/#post-67741 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 22:14:29 +0000 @thane16    Oh it’s you! 🙂 I read the notification and wondered who the heck is this Syzygy person?

I’ve been thinking of this lovely eclectic bunch of humans recently and been meaning to jump back into the pool, but I’m so easily distracted these days. I even made the Duolingo Owl cry. (I’ll be getting back at that Spanish shortly, I p…[Read more]

]]> 1576df8cae21dedd2cf5b9d1d3e4b2eb Arbutus replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/6/#post-67017 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:31:05 +0000 Brief appearance to wish everyone a very happy New Year! Hoping for better things in 2019 (not for me personally, I’m good, more for the world generally). I’ll be back tomorrow after I’ve seen the New Year special. Meanwhile, love to you all!

]]> 1c107f5c13a20e9abb53039866d40191 Arbutus commented on the post, Backing Away from the Premise https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/sidrat/backing-away-from-the-premise/#comment-4482 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:41:43 +0000 @kevinwho    I had the same thought about Nazis. I left it out, I felt like I’d said plenty already! If Rosa really doesn’t work for you, your best approach might be to credit it for trying to say something i […]

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