Monthly Archives: September 2010

Television Series Sets – Farscape

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah

starring Ben Browder, Claudia Black I admit that I did not hop on board Farscape at the beginning of its run. I had followed Babylon 5 for its entire run, and then been disappointed by the way Crusade was handled. … Continue reading →

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Television Series Sets – Mission: Impossible – Season 1

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah

. The lit dynamite fuse burning across the screen. The driving theme music. The snappy images of bits of “this week’s” episode. You know what it is right away. It’s the original Mission: Impossible. Looking at the show across the … Continue reading →

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Television Series Sets – Cadfael – Set 1

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah

starring Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee The Cadfael Mysteries are well crafted novels, plopped in the midst of mediaeval conflict. Ellis Peters conveys the historical period without forcing you to endure a history course in order to follow events. In the … Continue reading →

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Music – Grunt

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah

Sandra Boynton I’m reviewing this here as “music”, but it’s a delightful confection for the over-educated (I suppose). This work was released with there was a spate of recordings of Gregorian chants. In Grunt, Boynton gives the listener, and reader … Continue reading →

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Music – Beethoven: the 9 Symphonies

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Sarah

John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; The Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique (Archiv Production) Beethoven is, of course, one of the Greats of classical music. But other than the Pastoral (the 6th) Symphony, I’ve found most recording of the symphonies hard for me … Continue reading →

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Music – Memoirs of a Geisha

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Sarah

John Williams (composer) Williams is well known for bold, brassy fanfares for heroic films. Some of those scores I find a bit too much like each other. But Memoirs of a Geisha is different. Williams captures a sound that evokes … Continue reading →

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Music – Still the Same

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Sarah

Rod Stewart Rod Stewart has one of those voices that shouldn’t really work for a singer. He’s got a rough edge to his sound. It is the fact that he can sing in tune, and has a knack for meaningful … Continue reading →

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Music – They Called Her Babylon

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Sarah

Steeleye Span The traditional music band Steeleye Span has a long history of recording old ballads and songs with modern accompanyment and musical sensibility. They Called Her Babylon, released in 2004, continues that practice: songs about exile (“Van Diemen’s Land”), … Continue reading →

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Books – Dinah of Seneca

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sarah

Dinah of Seneca by Corrina Lawson I suppose I should reveal that Corrina Lawson is a friend. But that doesn’t change the fact that she tells a whopping good tale. Lawson plunges into the realm of alternate history and has … Continue reading →

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Books – The Writing Class

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Sarah

The Writing Class by Jincy Willett Writers find writers endlessly fascinating. Is it because we want to compare ourselves to others? Even though, if the writer is at all honest, we know that no two writers are exactly alike, that … Continue reading →

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