I bought this when it came out. Admittedly it isn’t as difficult a listen as his last work, but it still is quite a touch set of songs. That’s not to say that it isn’t interesting in many ways, but again, not for the faint hearted.
Author: ashleyelsdon
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Falling Skies
Let me just start with the fact that this show should be called falling ratings as that is undoubtedly what will happen to it.
I hate it when I see a show that’s meant to be a science fiction programme that is in fact just a drama set in a broadly science fiction theme. It just seems so pointless. The aliens are just an afterthought, they have no characters, they’re just incidental to the plot. So why make it a science fiction show if you can’t be bothered with the science fiction at all?
I’ll probably stick with it, but I don’t know why.
More Blind Boys
Even though it’s been a couple of weeks since I went to see them live I haven’t got to listen to their new album. I got my copied signed by them too. So now I’m listening to it, and it is wonderful so far!
More Who
Having finished listening to the final 8th Dr series, or at least the last one that’s been recorded at least I thought I’d listen to ‘An Earthly Child’. Which I’d started listening to once before but hadn’t finished.
An interesting story but I don’t know where it fits in to the chronology.
That is really the only way to toast them
Makes sense doesn’t it?
Star Trek The Motion Picture
I hadn’t watched this for years and so when I did I was really shocked to hear the theme for Star Trek The Next Generation. I thought that there was something wrong or it had been added later or something.
I was completely wrong. Apparently the theme tune for The Motion Picture was used in The Next Generation because Gene Roddenberry liked the theme tune so much he wanted to use it again.
I never knew that!
And now for something more arty
Bark. Taken on a walk in Savernake forest. A great location.
Falling Skies
I watched episode 1 of this ‘sci-fi’ show tonight and was almost instantly disappointed. I suppose it could get better, but so far it is no BSG and doesn’t look like it will be capable of being one.
I could be wrong. It could improve, but for now I don’t think it will. I’m sure I’ll still watch it, but I’m not hopeful of that being a worthwhile experience.
Weekend beers
I managed to get through a few nice beers over the weekend. Here’s a little selection.
Catching up
Another picture from the weekend. I took lots of reading with me to catch up. I managed to get through some, but not all of it, which is almost always what happens no matter how much reading I take with me.
I am Ashley Elsdon 