Well that is Upton Jazz Festival done and dusted for another year and it was a significant improvement upon last year with a much more positive vibe throughout, I'm guessing the heavy shadow of Brexit loomed over the place, plus no real headliner act put the dampeners on that festival. But with the Temperance Seven … Continue reading Back in Town
Doctor Who
Flight Through Infinity
How has life in the world of the Sandman been this week? Well it has been a mixed bag, reasonably busy week at work... well aside from Tuesday night which wss f***ing manic. The sunny weather bought the population of Shropshire out in force to the Plume of Feathers and we have a large number … Continue reading Flight Through Infinity
Vision On (1)
In a previous post I mentioned I would have a muse on the last two classic series Doctor Who stories I watched, namely The Rescue and The Romans, so here we go.The Rescue In ways this story is a new beginning for the series: it was the first story to be made as the … Continue reading Vision On (1)
The British Summer- Nice Wasn’t It?
It's been a few weeks since I last updated properly, simply because I haven't had very much to say which I suppose you could take as a good sign or as a bad sign of things. For one week only we were blessed with glorious summer weather her in Shropshire with one particular day getting … Continue reading The British Summer- Nice Wasn’t It?
Tick rock goes the clock.
Time and tide melt the snowman- The 7th Doctor, Time and the Rani In the series 6 finale of (new) Doctor Who, which went under the title of The Wedding of River Song, the plot revolves around time having fallen apart and all of history was happening at the same time so we have some wonderfully surreal … Continue reading Tick rock goes the clock.
Dead on Target
The sun has got his hat on once again, hip hip hooray and I have a iced glass of root beer to hand and I have my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist running, so far it there had been Nightmare by Arte Shaw and In the Mood by Glenn Miller and currently Edith Piaf is playing. … Continue reading Dead on Target
Mexican Wave
Dr Who: The Aztec Written by John Lucarotti Directed by John Crockett 4 episodes After the dramatic dip in quality of The Keys of Marinus, one could be forgiven for approaching the next story, The Aztecs, with caution. Luckily these fears can be swept aside a good ten minutes into episode one, despite the B Movie episode title … Continue reading Mexican Wave
Beautiful Chaos
Beautiful Chaos Beautiful Chaos is the title of an original Doctor Who novel featuring the tenth Doctor, Donna Noble and her grandfather Wilf, played on screen by David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbens respectively. The book is a sequel of sorts to the 1977 story Masque of Mandragora in that it has the same … Continue reading Beautiful Chaos
Let Me Entertain You
As previously mentioned I did have a bit of a shopping spree at HMV last week and here are my purchases That is the complete Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Wars the Force Awakens on blu-ray (or in the case of the latter should it be Blu-Rey?), Star Wars being in a limited … Continue reading Let Me Entertain You
Going Solo
Solitude is the name of one of my favourite Duke Ellington compositions and it has been covered many, many times. https://youtu.be/8eLl84iMsrQ There was the late great Lady Day giving her haunting version of the song. Now I must admit it took me along time to "get" Billie Holiday, as a younger man and teenager I … Continue reading Going Solo
