So – its Mother’s Day.
Which is a bit like that sign on the London Underground above the seat near the doors that says “This seat is for people who may need it more than you [ie pregnant women/ older people/ people with crutches]” because… we need reminding of that. And just the one seat, mind.

Or could it be just commerce seeing an…[Read more]

@Arbutus – well thankyou thank you thank you!

That description of Phrygian as “ending on the mi” is great for people like me who’ve never studied music. I really appreciate that.

I really enjoyed the music but must admit I prefer the sung version.
But it happily reminded me experiencing the Hilliard Ensemble’s Officium with Garbarek last year,…[Read more]

oh, and btw puro – the “what 3 songs would you like to listen to right now?” was my rather-better-version-of-me’s better question to the standard (and crap) “what’s your top 5 songs?”.

I only vaguely remember mentioning it, so staggered that you do! Not sure what 3 songs I thought of back then (and now I’m too scared to choose 3 in case they’re…[Read more]

well bloomin’ heck! @purofilion – you remembered that around this time last year was my birthday????

That’s amazing! Thank you!

Now, “Hello My Darlin’s” wasn’t by Bernard but by this little fella – and bizarrely (and completely unrelated to anything in the song) there are plenty of Who references in the video!

Hope you ‘enjoy’ (tbh I endured…[Read more]

yeah @nick1235 = trolls.

Don’t you just hate them?

I know I do.

yep – Daemons for me too!

well, its March 1st so……….

So…. I was thinking of putting something here for @pedant who it seems is going through the hell of moving.

So obviously I thought of Professor Longhair but realised it wasn’t as good as I’d remembered (memories huh?).

But it made me think of Jools Holland who introduced me to Professor Longhair through a casual mention in a programme I had…[Read more]

actually, that guy Garvey list on Desert Island Discs reminded me of this and its actually an interesting companion-piece to the Morricone piece I linked to.

hm – that’s two romantic pieces in one night. Best stop at that. Next one will have to be some deathpunkthrashgeetarstomp.

or maybe this slice…[Read more]

Ah – have been lurking and reading but not had chance to post anything.

In terms of Leone, I think we’ve posted before on his stuff and have to agree with Craig on the marvelousness of Once Upon a Time in The West.
[sigh….. Claudia Cardinale… and aching (heart)strings.]

ahem.

also there was mention of “Bite me” and where it came from. Again…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip @jimthefish @pedant – holy hell.

I’m…. stunned by what the guardian have done. After they’re redesign some years ago, they were someone I’d point to as ‘getting it right’ (hierarchy of information, legibility, ability to ‘ignore’ information, innovation etc).
Over time they kept adding stuff and it destroyed what they’d had…[Read more]

ah – been meaning to post but stuff getting in the way.

And now the conversation has moved on, but… haven’t (knowingly) read any fanfic but like several here, I just care whether I end up enjoying what I read.

And as with most categories or genres, they’re handy for initial navigation in terms of “what type of thing should I read/listen to…[Read more]

yep – thanks for the heads-up @phaseshift

Funnily enough I did watch the programme and realised how out of touch I was with digital artworking, when I saw her painting vertically onto a screen, just as you would with liquid paints on an easel.

And there’s me thinking of tablets and screens as separate elements (not for the pros obviously!).

It…[Read more]

Hi @purofilion – yeah, a guy called Ramblin’ Jack Elliot.
I knew (and know) nothing about him but he was on an anthology CD I got of ‘American Folk’. Some cracking stuff on it.
Sorry link didn’t work, maybe this one (same song different link)?

I was actually going to use this song (Pretty Boy Floyd) on the Robot of Sherwood thread as an example…[Read more]

I watched this last week so my memory of it is a little vaguer than it was, but the thing that sticks in my mind is that the acting from Ian, Barbara and Susan suggests that they are in fact possessed, whereas it turns out that they aren’t (unless I missed something – highly likely!).

I’ll admit that the “I’m shouting to increase tension” type…[Read more]

Only just now able to post any kind of thoughts on this.

This ‘new’ or ‘pop’ country certainly puts the ‘something’ into ‘Country’.

Not that Country or any genre isn’t formulaic, but I just don’t ‘believe’ in the music that’s referenced in that great mashup.
Mind you don’t get me started on the bs that is “authenticity”.

But, let that not be…[Read more]

@thekrynoidman pedant may be right, may be wrong but please don’t get annoyed or worse leave if what he said came across as a whole bunch of patronising twaddle.

Keep voicing opinions – it is after all what everyone else is doing.

On a separate but related note generally, it struck me that only the trolls that come here occasionally, ever use…[Read more]

hey @ichabod – I think we may have seen those US Doctors before (but always interesting) but…

that Peter Griffin guy is frickin’ hilarious!

And one of the rarer times where a piece of journalism isn’t there simply to snidely mock geeks and cosplay but to show why people do it and how much fun they’re having. If I can remember I’ll post it the…[Read more]

hat?

ok, I’ll through mine in the ring (is that even an expression? Did anyone do it?).

I think the ‘villains retrospective’ sounds inspired. Maybe the Master is a bit fresh in the mind but I’m really thinking Davros. Mainly as Julian Bleach (in my rose-tinted memory) was so… memorable. But so is the Davros from Baker era.

Comparing Mondas…[Read more]

enjoying this thread!

Hi @ichabod – I have a vision of you trying to catch your thoughts in a butterfly net with them fluttering away on their rather beautiful wings. And like all butterflies, they’re rather wonderful thoughts! With you on board the coming months may fly by (and I mean all this in a good way)!

btw I think I agree with you @Lisa…[Read more]