After watching “The Doctor’s Daughter,” I downloaded the latest episode of Radio Free Skaro, to see what Warren, Steven, and Chris thought of the episode. For anyone who’s not listened to an episode of Radio Free Skaro, they break down a bit like this: 0-10 minutes: They talk about the Doctor Who episode 10-35 minutes:Continue reading “On Musical Tastes”
Monthly Archives: May 2008
On the Exciting Memories
Yesterday, like Sunday, was miserable and rainy. Raw, even. Cold. Very un-May-like. I wonder if there’s a real word for that — un-May-like. I digress. And yet, I was strangely thrilled by the un-May-like conditions. There was something enticing about waiting for a light rail train as a light rain fell from the darkened sky,Continue reading “On the Exciting Memories”
On “The Doctor’s Daughter”
Wow, was that meh. Stephen Greenhorn, the writer of the latest Doctor Who episode, “The Doctor’s Daughter,” said something to the effect that, in writing a Doctor Who story there’s one thing that never changes — the Doctor. So, Russell T. Davies gave Greenhorn the opportunity to write a story that, reputedly, would change theContinue reading “On “The Doctor’s Daughter””
On Mother’s Day
Today is Mother’s Day. Hopefully, it was a restful and gorgeous day wherever you are. It’s not gorgeous in Baltimore. I watched the Cubs game on WGN; it wasn’t gorgeous there, either. But I want to think it’s gorgeous where you are. 🙂 Mother’s Day began at a church in Grafton, West Virginia. I’d callContinue reading “On Mother’s Day”
On Being a Play
If I were a Shakespearean play… Your Score: Julius Caesar You scored 55% = Tragic, 34% = Comic, 14% = Romantic, 39% = Historic You are Julius Caesar. Set during the mid-March in Rome, Julius Caesar tells the story of the conspiracy against and assassination of Julius Caesar. While not considered one of Shakespeare’s Histories,Continue reading “On Being a Play”
On an Alternate Clockwork Orange
You learn something new every day. Mick Jagger wanted to star as Alex in A Clockwork Orange. The Beatles wanted to compose the film’s soundtrack. So says a letter from Mick Jagger’s manager, dating back to 1968. He was writing to John Schlesigner, the director attached to A Clockwork Orange. Schlesinger passed on the project,Continue reading “On an Alternate Clockwork Orange”
On Something for the Beatles Fans
From time to time I’ve mentioned “Now and Then,” a John Lennon demo that keeps getting touted as a potential release in some fashion in the coming months. Indeed, there’s a fan-created mix of the song that I think sounds positively Beatlesque. Maybe it’s all just wishful thinking. That there’s something in the vault, somethingContinue reading “On Something for the Beatles Fans”
On Words I’ve Used Today
“Inhumanization.” Hum. I think I’m going to change that to “dehumanization.” No, I like “inhumanization.” It’s less well known.
On Political Geek-Fu
An e-mail I wrote was read on today’s Talk of the Nation! 🙂 Neal Conan asked the question — What state has gone the longest without voting for a Republican in the presidential election? I sent a reply via e-mail: Minnesota would be the state that’s gone longest without voting for a Republican. It wasContinue reading “On Political Geek-Fu”
On the Polo Grounds
Last night, Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam in the Polo Grounds, blasting the ball to the center field bleachers, over 500 feet from home plate. In a baseball video game, that is. MVP Baseball 2004, to be exact. That wasn’t Sosa’s only home run to straightaway center. He hit a three-run shot in theContinue reading “On the Polo Grounds”