I have to admit that I just recently got into Doctor Who. I haven’t seen any of the classic series, and I hadn’t seen any of the new Who until last summer. Since then, though, I charged through and caught up around the time of the Christmas Special. The trailer for series 6 just dropped a few days ago, and for me the new season can’t start soon enough.
Archive for March, 2011
Daily Jazz: “And The Crowd Goes Mild”
29
Mar
A few years ago, Russell Crowe appeared on The Daily Show to promote Cinderella Man. The video won’t change your life, but I laughed at it and wanted to share that laughter with you.
Daily Jazz: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
27
Mar
If you haven’t heard of him, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is one of the coolest guys in American history. He’s an intellectual college professor, was governor of Maine – oh, and he pretty much saved the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg. The link is to his Wikipedia page, but there are several biographies about him and he’s played by Jeff Daniels in the movie Gettysburg (which I consider a must-see).
7 Word Reviews: Sucker Punch
25
Mar
Like 300, but with chicks not dudes.
(ps check out the TVTropes page if you’re not sure whether you want to see it)
Daily Jazz: Glasshouse by Charles Stross
23
Mar
“It’s as if they don’t realize that you can game the system by ignoring it, by refusing to participate, as well as by going along with the overt rewards and punishments. They’ve all unconsciously decided to obey the arbitrary pressure toward gender partitioning, and they won’t be content unless everyone else conforms and competes for the same rewards.”
So yeah, the book Glasshouse by Charles Stross (one of my favorite authors, look him up at your local library) is pretty awesome so far. I’m about 1/3 through right now, and trying to figure out how it’ll end is only half as fun as seeing his deconstruction of late-20th century American culture.