Hi @fandomcarzy and @supervannah10 – welcome!

and also as @monochromedimension said, why not pop over to the “Faces of the Doctors” thread to post something about which Doctor(s) you like, or on the “Memories” thread about why you like Doctor Who.

The other threads are kinda self explanatory (eg Companions is for memories/ thoughts on……[Read more]

@Arbutus – he he, yes, it does feel like a ‘badge’ to have got through it! 🙂

I never had a (formal) musical education, and there wasn’t any classical music played in my childhood, so Classical is a bit of an unknown field to me.

Modern classical (well, maybe not Boulez, but Reich, Part, Glass etc) seems to be far easier (for me at least) to get…[Read more]

@Arbutus – well, thanks. I can now say I’ve actually listened to some Boulez.

All I can say is that I’m grateful its ‘only’ a 10min clip (and yes, I made it all the way through).

I read the book “The Rest is Noise” by Alex Ross (though I wish I’d used the website I’ve linked to as it has music clips to help!). Its a great read, although I can’t…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – I salute you!

What the fox was that??!!??!

;p

(btw as I live in London I know very well what the urban fox says – had them rutting in my garden for years. Let’s just say it ain’t urbane….)

hm, not posted here before, but found this (should we be worried?*)

(*hmmm….Marvel apparently don’t have the rights to publish the comic anymore, but its a helluva tempting franchise for anyone… please keep it to the comics Stan…)

hey @scouttheairedale – great news about the panto! well done you all (for selling out… hm, that needs to be read in context…)

🙂

btw @faeGrl you mentioned elsewhere…

“Oh and a man in suspenders is just heavenly!”

Well, who am I to judge?

hi all – broadband’s down all weekend (grrrr) so using a dodgy wifi connection.

Can I just say, I was going to say something amusing about how all the “sun” music is getting me down (due to me wanting to be somewhere sunny!) but actually those were some great pieces from everyone above!

wow @Arbutus – I know the song (different version) but…[Read more]

@TheKrynoidMan – John* Duttine??!!? I remember that!

I should head over to the TV Shows thread to post something about To Serve Them All My Days but all I can remember is a complete feeling of crushing sorrow/ yearning/ ache/ regret that that programme gave me.

It was brilliant, but all I remember is the feeling, like a musty…[Read more]

ha ha – thanks @arbutus and @scouttheairedale – yep, the trip to somewhere sunny and exotic was scuppered by booking ‘late’ (though for me I thought it was ages as it was 2 weeks ago! Seems Cuba has a different timeframe).

However, I’m lucky I can go on a holiday to some far clime, so will try somewhere else in a couple of weeks (after the school…[Read more]

btw – @purofilion – apologies, missed your post in the deluge of links above, but loved Skubas.
Lovely folky feel.

ha ha – Hi @ScouttheAiredale – yes of course I remember you and your brother and of course I listened to Billie!

There’s plenty of Madonna-lite/ pre-teen/ ‘party-Spice Girls’ songs, but it gets (even) better with the later tracks which are more like slow grooves (I Dream and Honey to the B which are ‘actually not bad’).

Haven’t posted any only…[Read more]

btw – Phase mentioned on one of the threads (when asking for potential Mods to raise their hands), that beginning of this year was going to get busy for him, so probably why he hasn’t been around.

[still searching for some upbeat ‘rain’ music…. Waits? Dylan, Yorke, Cure, Sonic Youth nah… jeez some of this is (unsurprisingly?) grim.

Funny how…[Read more]

well, well, loads of great stuff here!

And so much of it upbeat! (and loved most but @FaeGrl its never butting in or a private conversation here and if you’re gonna post music like that, then come back often – I loved it!)

Will try to be upbeat about all this weather and the fact that my planned holiday has been scuppered this afternoon (my…[Read more]

Hi @Arbutus – yes, that ‘Mornington Crescent’ is a bit of a weird one for someone who’s never heard it before!
For anyone unfamiliar, its a game within a panel-gameshow on BBC Radio 4.
The gameshow (“I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue”) is very long-running and that’s part of its ‘charm’ (it creaks, the gags are prehistoric, and that’s kinda the fusty…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – good work!!

Excellent song (not heard it before) and fits so well with Ten its kinda spooky!
It wouldn’t work nearly as well with the others I don’t think, its got the right amount of… erm… ego and “me me me!” about it.