ah @Craig – I think it was me that mentioned GoT first.

My bad!

🙂

I must’ve got confused by the Sofa / Rose & Crown distinction (is this a reflection on the amount of beer I drink on my sofa?).
tbh the TV thread is best place for this – not sure we need a sub-thread for “shows where boobs and asses are shown where they needn’t be but we’re…[Read more]

he he @Phaseshift , you really don’t know how little I tweet.

ie never.

However, missive sent off.

Don’t hold your breath…

ah – glad I made the effort with this one!

I didn’t say anything about Black Orchid because “if you’ve nothing nice to say, best say nothing”.

I said nothing A LOT as I hated BO about as much as I hate…. BO.

But The Awakening was excellent – I thought they could’ve almost teased us with the confusion for the viewer as to “what century are we…[Read more]

@Phaseshift – should we ask Colin Baker via Twitter?

“If you had to watch either Vengeance or Mask, which would you choose?”

Mind you, he might not like the reviews after we watch….

@Arbutus – Wow!!

That low brass version of GoT is amazing!!
The Guardian ran a list of covers of the theme and I certainly don’t remember this in it.

But I can’t find anything else this group of musicians did – I wonder if it was set up (by the sponsor) just to do this cover?
Anyway, you’ve given me my brass fix for the week (although…. after…[Read more]

@miapatrick – he he!!

Yep, speed reading while distracted on a phone isn’t the best way to consume information!
But I did think “you really just said that? That’s bizarre!? You’re normally great and this is… how do I reply…?”

🙂

I’ll admit that although the bibbity-bobbity-boobies are rather lovely in all their shapes and sizes, I…[Read more]

Hi @miapatrick – you’ll laugh at this, but I read your reply to me re: GoT on my phone and misread it as you saying “well, I don’t like it much, as its a bit like an american would imagine the medieval era and it isn’t realistic with its stuff about seasons and magic and stuff”.

I laughed and thought “is that miapatrick?? really? My god, how am I…[Read more]

@Fatmaninabox – fantastic news!

Hope you enjoy the course and in fact – that’s the main thing! Just enjoy the course.

Anything else “is just jam”.

well done!

@purofilion – you’re not behind at all!

I still haven’t started watching Sherlock (sticks fingers in ears as wisely suggested by @Blenkinsopthebrave).

In fact, until recently I was waaaay behind on lots of shows, but due to slightly more time than usual/ late nights etc I’ve watched all of Battlestar Galactica, all of Game of Thrones (now…[Read more]

Hi @Phaseshift – its a tricky choice, but I’m gonna vote for Mark of the Rani.

@Blenkinsopthebrave ‘s impassioned plea kinda tugged at my heart.

Also I can’t remember either of them (though vague memories of Sil are locked away somewhere), so look forward to whichever gets chosen!

Hi @purofilion – yep that’s the band in the photo. They were just kids at the time, teenagers.

Actually the photo was taken by Bonnie Prince Billie whose only song that I really know is a fantastic song but a bit ‘down’ for tonight (though one of the best I’ve heard describing depression).

It was covered by Johnny Cash and I think Bonnie Prince…[Read more]

ah @arbutus that piece was lovely.

btw I came across this wonderful and touching portrait of Charlie Haden from NPR’s Fresh Air programme.

Terry Gross is an amazing interviewer and this was made up of some of the interviews she conducted with Haden over a number of years. At one point she gets him to sing – something he’s not done in 40 (50?)…[Read more]

Some ‘Music news’ that isn’t an Obit (hooray!).

Sadly it seems like the wonderful Hilliard Ensemble are having a farewell tour this year. Not sure why they’re wrapping up an incredible career, but perhaps age has simply caught up (there doesn’t seem to be any other reason).

I managed to snag a coupla tickets to their last concert of Officium…[Read more]

@Craig – I concur with the general sentiment, you should definitely tell them

“Don’t you know Who I am??!?”

If nothing else it ties in neatly with a Doctor losing his memory…

😉

Today would be Nelson Mandela’s birthday.

And for anyone needing inspiration, there are some quite amazing quotes here. as well as Google’s homepage of course!

Hi @Arbutus – long time no hear! Glad you’re well!

That’s a lovely piece by Haden – I’ve not heard it before (I don’t really have any Pat Metheny – unless you count the Orb!).

I was looking for a piece Gavin Bryars wrote specially for Haden called “By the Vaar” from an album called “Farewell to Philosophy” but I can only find versions with other…[Read more]

For anyone in the UK, the second series of Utopia starts tonight on Channel 4 10pm.

For anyone who hasn’t seen the first series, I’d heartily recommend it.

If the second series is even half as good as the first it’ll be a treat, though I’m lowering expectations so I won’t be disappointed.

Lord knows if the second series will make any sense…[Read more]