oh. my. god.

I am so, so sorry.

Unfortunately that means @pedant is correct and I’ve harmed Thane’s critical faculties with recent music and now this.
@thane15 – that ‘joke’ is so, so poor as to barely be a joke.

Quick – run now, don’t turn around and ignore me henceforth!!

:¬o

@Thane15 – Puro – I saw Reich and his group perform in London once and it included Pendulum and Clapping.

What was so striking for me hearing it live, was just how much fun they were having; how organic it felt.
That surprised me, because listening to recordings I was more ‘impressed’ by its metronomic patterns. But live it was really ‘human’ (to…[Read more]

Just a few odds-and-ends before tomorrow’s episode….

Someone (apologies I forget who) asked about the boot that falls onto the Beast below so that it opens its eyes at the beginning of the episode.
For me, the boot was simply stuck to the bottom of the ice sheet and got dislodged by the ‘bump’ of the falling fruit that landed on the ice…[Read more]

ooh – been away and missed so much….
@craig – Positive Vibes – really interesting the way the vocals are produced/ mixed (whatever the right term is!).
Weirdly when they first kick in in this sample I thought of Steve Reich’s Come Out* (which should not be danced to!)

Whereas Pokey made me think of Eno (that bugger again !!) Mea Culpa which…[Read more]

hey @zeyra (hopefully I have your name right this time – massive apologies!).
Thanks so much for all this music!
Loved Imagine Dragons – nice bit of stompy music !
(no need to be “so so sorry” 😉
Alex Doan was nice and epic too – reminded me of Nathan Fake

and I really liked the others.
This popped up…[Read more]

ah – I now realise I’ve been tardy (not vardy) as others may have kindly been leaving me the stupidly buffoonish job of doing this.

Yes, any and all of them could stoop this low, but they know I cannot stoop much higher.

So….

{ahem}

[omygodishereallygonnadothis]

{ahem} {ahem}

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Doctor.

Doctor who?

….

and…[Read more]

ah – thanks @pedant
So, the dialogue I heard after the thug with the hand tattoo is ‘swallowed’ by the river/fish is :

“it has a knack to it”
and then I’m assuming the contentious piece:
“Bill, Miss Potts I need you with me” followed by the bit about what are we going to do with ‘tiny’ the Loch less monster.

Sorry @Mudlark but I heard “Bill”.…[Read more]

@pedant @mudlark – this ‘mystery’ of the missing River intrigues me!

Especially as it does seem odd to broadcast and have iPlayer of different versions.

Can anyone provide a timestamp? I recorded it also, so curious if I can hear it as well or not.

:¬)

btw @janetteB – wonderful spot on the Emma portrait !!

Good luck on the other one!

@pedant – great lyrics for the Man of the World (especially for me as I’m not primarily a lyrics person when it comes to songs, but knowing you I looked them up!).

@Thane15 – Puro thanks so much for Grace Slick! And Jefferson Airplane are a much ‘heavier’ band than I’d taken them for (in a good way!).
Great way to wake up a crowd!
And The Cure -…[Read more]

Really enjoyed this episode. Everyone’s said things I was thinking, except maybe these couple of slight things:
– I loved the episode for setting up the Doctor as alien.
He has seen a lot of death; he’s killed; there’s a wonderful shot from a very low angle that showed him as very alien.
He seemed more concerned in recovering his sonic…[Read more]

ha ha ha @Thane15 – Puro I’m lmao as I did think Thane hated the Smiths (which I was perfectly cool with and quite glad in one way as its a definitive opinion).

That he got Johnny Marr’s brilliance (The Hollies!) rather than the whining of Morrissey, an absolutely brilliant response – well done that man!

I just don’t have the downer (pun…[Read more]

btw I’m not sure I’ve said hi to @zephyr yet so…. “Hi”

;¬)

I think I saw a comment from you as to why the music here was so ooollllllllllldddddddd

And you are absolutely, 100% correct. ;D

WE NEED SOME MODERN STUFF!!

{ahem}

Anyone can jump in if they have some….
[as @pedant said, there are no ‘rules’ as such. Can be anything – usually I…[Read more]

timely posting of Ian Dury there. And Ells’s always timely.

Now, not linking to you but if you’re reading this pedant – look away now!
[fingers in ears and nah nah nah nah naaaahhhhhhhannhhaahhhhhahahhhh…]

Hi @Thane15 (both of you!)
So – if I remember correctly you hadn’t heard much of the Smiths or Morrissey.
Now, he has produced a LOT of…[Read more]

wow – @Thane15 – Tin Machine then some rough an’ tough Reeves Gabrels (not someone I was aware of).

It blew out the cobwebs!

To calm it all down I’ll stick a choon here for the latest episode, Smile.

Bit of an obvious one, but hell, I can be obvious once in a while can’t I?

;¬)

I think everyone’s said what I had thought about the episode better than I (initially I thought it enjoyable if a bit slight, but I’m wondering if it was because of when I saw it – maybe I’ll try again tonight).

So, what have we got in terms of bonkerising-food?

– Mirrors (Bill’s choice to go with either Heather/Pilot or the Doctor as well as…[Read more]

ah – seems I didn’t give credit enough to Phaseshift for his Egg whisk as well as his nods to Shada and Professor Chronotis

Somehow I thought of Blenkinsopthebrave – was it the wine I’d been drinking linking my thoughts to that great gentleman’s wine cellar??
{sigh}
I’ll never know, but only a man of his class would say “nay, not I but this…[Read more]

yep @pedant – I wouldn’t even have known of other versions to steer away from !

;¬)

btw @thane15 Puro – I did chuckle to myself when I imagined you talking to individual musicians in the orchestra and explaining how you’d like their part of the Eno track to sound in an Eno-esque way (“Could you play it like you’re falling over on the moon?” or…[Read more]

As I was saying, “Hi” to the new members like @redlemons and @smallgreenplant – I do love Odin’s ravens (I love the poetry of ‘Thought’ and ‘Memory’ scouring the world for Odin) and any theory involving them is fun!
(apologies if I’ve missed others – not intentional !)

If you’d like you can leave some thoughts on your favourite Doctor (or simply…[Read more]

Just wanted to say “hi” to all the new faces (and of course the old ones too!).

Really great to hear new people diving in – especially when they have properly bonkers theories!

;¬)

So I thought I’d try one. Or two. Actually, one’s a theory and one’s a “ooh, ah that’s tricksy”.

So – the vault.
Is it:
– the Doctor
– Bill
– Tardis
– Egg…[Read more]