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The Next is The One

One-Ten — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:33:56 +0000

In pleasant ignorance, I escaped the fact that it’s Children in Need night, until 5 minutes ago, when the first two minutes of The Next Doctor popped into my RSS feed.

A quick look at the costume that Mr Morrisey is wearing and I was convinced that he will be the new Doctor.

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Diary of a Wormer: Day 37

One-Ten — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:09:51 +0000

Bit of a break out bid today, on the minus side. Three casualties.

Inside, the worms are abandoning the compost and climbing up the lid. I think they’re finding it too damp. They get two sports supplements from the Guardian, plus a special internet pullout.

Two pluses:

They’re giagantsomely fat and there’s approximately a bgzillion of them. Despite being over rich in lemon rind and onion peel, my diet suits them.
There are some teeny tiny ones, which can only be taken as evidence of procreation. Implies a happy and expanding colony.

Oh yes, and another plus - the flies have gone.

“Quantum of Solace” References

One-Ten — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:07:12 +0000

I thought it was just me. Indeed everyone I confided this theory to has pooh pooh-ed it.

Then I looked up one of Peter Bradshaw’s (two, contradictory) reviews and found that he too had spotted references to other Bond films in Quantum of Solace. And, bar the obvious Goldfinger reference, they’re different ones.

Are there any others? Is it possible that every film was subtly referenced?

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Outnumbered

One-Ten — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:46:55 +0000

It’s back on BBC One for series 2 on Saturday, with a deservingly prominent position in the schedule.

More Blue Potatoes

One-Ten — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:19:09 +0000

Wary though I am after the controversy stirred up last time I had to post a picture of these shetland blacks also from the potato man at the farmers’ market.

I was surpised, when I cut into them, that the blue is just a seam near the surface. Clever camoflage to hide the yellow within… and they are not any where near as tasty as the salad blues.

Bonfire Night

One-Ten — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:03:32 +0000

I’m drunk, damp and deafened. I’ve had a very good time.

State of Play

One-Ten — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:27:04 +0000

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Where Do Bond Songs Go To Die?

One-Ten — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:16:52 +0000

Or “Bond Songs Are Forever” or “Unlicensed to Sing” or “Sing Another Day” or, as the Guardian puts it in their round up: For Your Ears Only. Because the answer is they go to Youtube where, released as B-sides or discovered in the vaults, they are then married up with the original title sequences by the fans - which is fairly weird with For Your Eyes Only where (uniquely) Sheena Easton actually appears to be miming (badly) to Blondie’s title song.

You may well be familiar with Dione Warwick’s Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Julie Rogers You Only Live Twice but there are many more out there of which the Guardian links to only a few. These include Johnny Cash, The Pet Shop Boys and Saint Ettienne, but, alas, not Vic Flick and Eric Clapton which sounds awesome. Most of the songs here are pretty awful, though a couple are better than the official ones largely because the official ones are even worse…

Their link to Ace of Base’s Goldeneye doesn’t have the film’s titles so here’s a better link.

Eunoia

One-Ten — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:19:34 +0000

Eat your heart out, Adrian Mole.

Spoiler

One-Ten — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:09:51 +0000

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