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Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles

Posted by ashleyelsdonon April 3, 2023April 2, 2023in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I decided to read this again after about a year. Once again I really enjoyed it. A singular book of poetry. In fact I enjoyed it so much that I decided to buy a novel by her. Currently that is in my very long list of books to read. I will get to it, eventually.

What else will Disney remake?

Posted by ashleyelsdonon January 24, 2022January 19, 2022in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I noticed that Disney is making a series of the original film ‘Willow’, which made me wonder what else they might make. If I had any say in the matter I would want them to make ‘The Black Hole‘ again. It was an excellent film back in its day, and in fact it still is pretty good. I think it has stood the test of time pretty well.

The original film is on their streaming service. I had bought the DVD a few years ago, and even went as far as to read the book. Which was almost identical to the film of course, and gave no more clues to the ending (see my previous post).

I think that this is a story that is just ripe for revisiting, especially as science fiction is very popular right now. I’m sure I’ll be wrong though. I have every expectation that this will never happen, but you never know. Stranger things have occurred.

Ten years of Movember

Posted by ashleyelsdonon November 1, 2021October 21, 2021in UncategorizedLeave a comment

It is somewhat amazing to think that this will be ten years of doing Movember! In many ways it does not feel like ten years, but it is. Once again I have a page for donations at the Movember site. You can find it here.

Here is the progress I made from last year. It was fun. Maybe I’ll make another one of these this year.

Mindset from Blancmange

Posted by ashleyelsdonon June 6, 2020June 6, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I can’t exactly remember when I started liking Blancmange, but it was pretty early on. Probably when they first appeared on something like ‘Top of the Pops’. I’ve liked them ever since. When they made they’re somewhat unexpected comeback I was very happy indeed. Since then the output has been steady and I believe I’ve bough everything.

This latest release, ‘Mindset’, arrived this morning, although it was actually released yesterday. I listened to it yesterday, and it is a solid album. My initial impressions are it is very good and will probably grow on me.

I’m pleased that Blancmange is still going, and pleased to be able to support them wherever I can. In the current climate there are many artists who are suffering and those of us who love and appreciate music need to do whatever we can to support the people who help to give meaning to us. It’s important.

Blancmange’s latest album ‘Mindset’ in yellow vinyl

Whilst I’m not a huge 7th Doctor fan, I quite enjoyed this

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 6, 2019December 1, 2020in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Like I say, I’m not a massive fan of the 7th Doctor. Not of the TV show or indeed the audiobooks. However, I do like the 4th Doctor story “Robots of Death”, and some (but certainly not all) the spin off stories from it. The most recent of these was Sons of Kaldor. That was an excellent story and I really enjoyed it, and actually, it was where I found out about this one.

The worst was a BBC story called “Corpse Marker“, which simply didn’t deliver at all and was a real disappointment. This story wasn’t bad at all. Not the best, not the worst by any means.

We Are Robots

Posted by ashleyelsdonon November 6, 2017January 5, 2021in Events, Festivals, Music, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I went along to this event fairly early, so I think that there were probably a few things I didn’t get to see. Even so it was pretty good and there were definitely some excellent pieces there which were very inspiring. So I’m pleased I got along there.

The fourth doctor to get a new companion!

Posted by ashleyelsdonon June 10, 2017in UncategorizedLeave a comment

I read that in the news on the big finish site a week or so ago and I’ve been pondering it ever since. When the fourth doctor came back in the form of excellent stories from big finish. Ever since the stories have been with original companions, the much missed Mary Tamm as Romana 1, Leela from the excellent Louise Jameson, and latterly Romana 2 with Lala Ward.

Now there’s to be a new, or rather a completely new companion. I still don’t know how I feel about that. I guess I’ll have to wait and see how it actually sounds in the end.