I’d watch HHGtTG happily!
in fact chucklelingly.

and I’d take a slice of Davison anytime!

@Rob – you’re doing a great thing for great charities.
Whatever you accomplish is exceptional.

Well done and don’t rust.

btw @Arbutus – is that Louis track from Jazz on a Summers Day? maybe I’ve got the wrong Fairport year, but I know that track.

I remember watching that film and just being completely bowled over by every act as well as the beautiful cinematography.

First time I’d heard (of) Thelonious Monk (apologies if I’d linked this before).

I pity those who…[Read more]

and @Purofilion and @Arbutus – completely agree with both of you on the Ray Charles cover.

And puro, feel free to pong to my ping.

😉

oh – and @TheKrynoidMan as for humour, its such a fine line between finding something funny and finding something dull or even offensive – and its the audience who decide, not the comedian.

I guess its for the comedian to either care and tailor their material to their audience, or not care and suffer the “that’s not funny” and even “that’s…[Read more]

Gotta catch up on a few tracks up above!

Some great Goth tracks (though I wasn’t a goth, I’ll admit to a long black coat and a fedora-I-bought-but-never-wore as an awkward teen).
Interestingly(?) (probably not) this season’s hipster look seems to be either pastel 80’s Miami Vice/ kajagoogoo (shorts, dungarees, deck-shoes) stretching to extreme…[Read more]

ah that’s an absolute classic @TheKrynoidMan – one of the best songs even though its for a film (if you know what I mean).

(I think we linked to What a Wonderful World here before though I can’t remember why – another awesome song).

Anyway, there’s been some Eleanor Bron love elsewhere on the threads, so here’s a version of a song I’d not heard…[Read more]

I’ll watch any Tom Baker personally.

If I had to go for one of the above, I’d plump for City of Death because I haven’t seen it since transmission (though that’s true of the others) and didn’t therefore know about Douglas Adam’s involvement.

Plus Lalla Ward.

🙂

@MonochromeDimension – hmm, still sounds like a lot of colour.

and I mean a LOT of colour.

@ScaryB – yep, hope we’re right. I’m guessing budgets will have been scrutinised, so hopefully fewer “squillions” (great word!) and just select quality moments that are enhanced by vfx (rather than just eye candy).

One plot device I’d like is for the…[Read more]

ah @MonochromeDimension – I think I was thinking of this pic I found a while back…

If he did it now, it’d be a tad more menacing, bringing back thoughts of Teddy Boys, razor gangs and the like, but I’m sure he’s tempted!

🙂

I grant you, he shouldn’t try and do that hair though.

Ah, the gloom of Goth – great tracks you guys.

A Goth made me smile on Sunday. It was in North London and he was a kid with lank hair wearing a black denim jacket, black denim jeans, black boots… and a bright red and white Arsenal shirt in honour of the Arsenal winning the FA Cup.

Yet he resolutely kept his eyes glued to the pavement and never…[Read more]

thanks wolfweed – screaming for a bootlace necktie…

ahem

just re-read my earlier gibberish about what I want from Series 8. Will have to replace with different gibberish.

What I’d like is… less ‘100s of Daleks flying at a planet’ and more “Dalek is a companion??!”

Less “the world will end if we don’t do [x]!” and more “this person will be…[Read more]

y’know, I’m just putting it out there but…

Orphan Black is relentless.

In a way, though I’m thoroughly enjoying its schlocky charms, I hope it doesn’t go to 3 series.

Its a bit like being nervous of Utopia’s second series. Utopia’s pacing at least (in memory) had some quiet and beautiful moments; Orphan Black just has “agh!” moments…[Read more]

mind you that’s a lovely photo of Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant.

They look really well.

and so does Colin.

[sigh. The gag reared its ugly head and… I’m weak. will get my coat]

hmmmm @blenkinsopthebrave – curious.

Either the graffiti of a wag on IMDB or perhaps Nexus is a relative of Grand Moff Tarkin (played of course by Peter Cushing)?

I mean, “Grand Moff” – there just seem to be too many connections for it to be coincidence….

hm. a bit Lachrymose. ok the next two you may have to give a bit of space/volume to.

From the same Durutti album as the above is this stellar quiet track:

And here is its angrybastard brother. Born decades before but somehow of the same…[Read more]

I’ll admit I don’t know the history of this cover track very well (and I’ve googled a bit) but here’s a track (itself a cover version) from a film, that was used with overlaid guitar on an album by The Durutti Column – where both the film and Durutti version make me cry (no pun).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GaaCyBMhE&feature=kp

and give…[Read more]

I don’t think I’ve said anything here, so as a quick aside that I’ll no doubt refute, I’d like drier stories. I love the colourful throw-it-all-at-the-wall stories, but the drier stories allow for that floridity in one-off shows (I know “floridity”‘s not a word).

And by drier I mean… erm…. stuff less florid…. like… erm… Ghost, Crimson…[Read more]