What can I say, I've had a busy few months and it
has taken rather a long time to be able to write. I'll say this for
nothing, getting evicted, moving house, rehearsing for a full scale
musical plus working full time takes a toll on the
brain. It was a bit worse for my partner because he also changed job
at the same time. I summed it up rather succinctly, if I do say so
myself, as ALL. OF. THE. CHANGE.
And a couple of months later things have calmed down, the new house is a haven and things are where they should be, all is well.
The other problem was that I lost my mojo and it
has taken ages and many drafts for me to a) find it again b) write
something suitably entertaining that I wanted to share.
This places me in a bit of a dilemma. What on earth
do I want to say these days. I'm still living most of my life on
Twitter and that suits me, I can be mildly humorous or vitriolic or
occasionally self pitying as the mood takes. But I
need to write more, need to get into practice at laying down words and
making them do tricks. The more I practise the better I should get and I
need to work on my over excitable comma use.
So to ease me back into this blogging malarkey I'm listing some things because we all love a list.
My Top TV theme Tunes
5. BattleStar Galactica
I'm cheating here because I like the theme music to
both versions and I'm sticking them side by side. I love the classic
version it's all brass and fanfares and whilst erring on the side of
cheesy, it has something, it certainly stuck
in my head. The Ron Moore re-imagining is a completely different beast
all taiko drums and a sense of desperation. Incidentally Bear
McCreary's score for this show killed me, repeatedly so much so I had to
get hold of the music and listen to it to death.
Admiral and Commander, plus Battlestar Sonatica just need to be
listened to often.
4. True Blood - Bad Things
This theme tune, like the show is a complete guilty
pleasure. It just sounds kind of depraved and kind of dirty, just like
the show and I have been known to break this one out on the Karaoke
despite it being all wrong for me to sing.
3. Doctor Who - Tennant Era
I know, I know an obvious choice but it should
surely be on everyone's list, not least because it's that well known. I
love this music in all it's reincarnations. But for me Tennant's
version with all the strings is the ultimate. I really
didn't like Eleven's but then that too has grown on me. Murray Gold
is inspired in the way he takes things and reinvents. Plus his scores
for the series have been utterly beautiful, Doomsday, Madame de
Pompadour and Face of Boe all threaten to make me cry
plus his arrangement of Abide with Me on Gridlocked makes me cry every
time, but then we sang it at my Granddad's funeral.
2. Big Bang Theory
Because it's clever and it get's in your head and
every time it gets to pyramids you have to join in and when we get to
Bang we yell bang just because we have to. What do you mean you don't?
How can you not?
1. Game of Thrones
Just because it's so clever and I could watch the clockwork map forever. Plus added bonus Simpsons version.
What I've been reading
