Torchwood

Last night saw the first two episodes of TORCHWOOD,Auntie Beeb's new series spin-off from DR.WHO. John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness treads a nice balance between insufferable and charming and is ably assisted by Eve Myles as the naive policewoman Gwen Cooper whose curiosity provides a great way into the show. The premise is straightforward - Torchwood is an above-any-government special ops force led by Captain Jack with a remit to defend the Earth from possible alien attack.Most Dr.Who fans will know this much as Russell Davies did prepare a number of references in season 2 of the latest Doctor,and adds to the mythology in the opening episode of Torchwood by references to the end of the second series of Doctor Who.

As well as Jack,the rest of the crew consists of cocky doctor Owen (Burn Gorman),shy techie Toshiko (Naoko Mori), and enigmatic receptioist Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd).This is a darker more grown-up drama with added violence and sex,and some wickedly delivered one-liners.There is also a very wonderful and very dark twist to the end of the first episode. The second episode was also terrific with the twist of a gaseuos cloud taking possession of a young lady making her a deadly sex-obsessed orgasmic male-killer.That is all i will divulge.
Thirsty for more - well her's a link to a Guardaian article -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/features/story/0,,1926155,00.html

Highly recommended - not 'arf! Okay WanderingCherie - now, can you wait for it?

Damn Weather Blues

This damn weather has done it on me again - about to do some work door to door and it pisses down again,and it is so difficult doing that type of work in the rain.

Anyway,dropped some books and an LP off at Snoopers ,and bought some more £1 books at Sandpiper Books , "Windows On The Sixties,Exploring Key Texts of Media And Culture" ed. by Arthur Marwick Anthony Aldgate and James Chapman(I B Taurus 2000 ISBN 1 86064 383 3),"Illustration" by J.Hills Miller (Reaktion Books 1992 ISBN 0 948462 32 9),and Keith Waterhouse "Palace Pier" (Sceptre hardback 2003 ISBN 0 340 82300-3) with a picture of Brighton's own Palace Pier on the front cover.

Noticed a guy bought two of my LP's in Snoopers including the Carmen McCrae LP,which i put out for £4,plus two others from our stall. Nice one ,just need that kind of activity every day and magnified.

Bought the R Crumb book "Heroes of Blues,Jazz and Country" (Abrams) today from Borders - includes a 21 track CD of some of this great old music remastered from old 78's. Essential stuff for any R Crumb fan and lover of old blues,etc.

Three more cheques arrived this morning from Ebay sales and put in the bank.

Right let's try to hit the streets again and do some work. Blah,hate the bloody rain.

Please weather give us a chance to do some outside work.

Monday Bluesbusting Playlist

Well totally pissed off today so to compensate a quickly arranged playlist of tunes i have played since the last playlist.

1/ Various Artists - Plague Songs (4AD CD)
2/ Various Artists - Girl Monster (Chicks On Speed CD)
3/ Mooondog - Moondog EP (Honest Jons 10" LP)
4/ Various Artists - Law Beat (Contour LP)
5/ Cannibal & The Headhunters - Land of 1000 Dances (Vampisoul LP)
6/ Kelman - The Happiest Man Alive (Liner records 7")
7/ Various Artists - Gold Leaf Branches (Digitalis CD)
8/ Amazonas - Play Santana (Stereo Gold Award LP)
9/ Donny Hathaway - Donny Hathaway (Atco LP)
10/ Various - Heroes of Blues Jazz and Country (Abrams book/CD)
11/ Various - Gather In The Mushrooms (Castle CD)
12/ Steve reich - Phases (NOnesuch box set)


Right, feel better now!

No.7 Rabbit

Has anybody else noticed the classic "White Rabbit" track from The Jefferson Airplane behind the current Boots No.7 adverts on TV?