Saw him with Carole around 25 years ago in some London arena (forget where), and maybe four years ago in Birmingham with Lizzie - front row seats right in the middle bang in front of the keyboards (20 feet away) and the laser harp even closer. Much longer ago a good friend made the trek out to London Docklands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtTsCbfXZuQ in the pouring rain for one of his greatest outdoor extravaganzas - I unfortunately missed that one.

But that was a great heads up Dusty - cheers!

Edited December 12, 20169 yr by Craig Sawyers

Yeah , the Docklands gig is legendary . 

This.

Heck... Tyll has more beard than I do now.

That's some pretty fucking ____ growth, dude!

Me:  Reggie Watts: Spatial (dude makes me giggle every 5 minutes, at least) and The OA.

The OA. Essentially ridiculous. But there are Stax electrostats.

Yeah, the premise is borderline intolerable, but there's enough good stuff around it that it's still worth watching.

Man in the High Castle -- I really hated that they adulterated the original story with a love triangle, but...that all washed away in the first 5 minutes of season 2...goddamn, I forgot how great this is.

Sense8 Christmas Special

Any good? I really didn't like the way the first season ended with all that weird montage business. If it's more of that, I'll pass.

it was definitely more of what the first season was, plus lots of Wachowski orgy montages

Travelers (Netflix original) - A well done sci-fi, time travel genre series. An easy binge.

Edited January 1, 20179 yr by jpelg

The OA

It's pretty intense.  We made it 3/8 of the way through it yesterday.

American Experience: The Battle of Chosin

Exceptional documentary from PBS on one of the definitive and representative battles of the little discussed Korean war. The story of the battle, the heroism, sacrifice, and courage of the soldiers and marines, Chosin's significance in the Korean conflict, and the battle's lasting legacy are all here and all very well done.

History/Military History fans, check this one out.

Also, kudos to the producers and interviewees for going out of their way to describe the equally amazing courageousness and sacrifice of the battle's other two major participants, namely the Chinese soldiers and the Korean civilians caught in the crossfire.

Can be streamed on Youtube here:

 

Edited January 2, 20179 yr by TMoney

The Man in the High Castle, season 2 -- that was amazing.  

2 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

The Man in the High Castle, season 2 -- that was amazing.  

I really do need to start watching the second season.  I'm way behind on Mr. Robot and 12 Monkeys, though.

2 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

The Man in the High Castle, season 2 -- that was amazing.  

Good adaptation of the PKD original or something that should be considered its own thing?

Just now, TMoney said:

Good adaptation of the PKD original or something that should be considered its own thing?

The only possibility of a "good" adaptation of PKD is one which comes with two tabs of acid for every ep, to be fair.

4 hours ago, TMoney said:

Good adaptation of the PKD original or something that should be considered its own thing?

Definitely should be considered its own thing.  Has there been a faithful adaptation of anything PKD did?  Maybe A Scanner Darkly, but there's a long and sordid history of taking liberties with adaptations of his material.

Daredevil (Netflix original series) - Seasons 1 and 2 are both outstanding. Highly recommended if you haven't seen already & are into that sort of thing.

Moving on to Jessica Jones  and then Luke Cage after that.

Edited January 7, 20179 yr by jpelg

Just finished Daredevil myself, excellent.  Watched Luke Cage and Jessica Jones last week, awesome.  Can't wait for Iron Fist and the Defenders later this year.

Me

 

Wow.  Uh, The Untouchables was a lot better, when I saw it on VHS, during middle school.

Obama's farewell address. I'm going to miss this President! I have real fear about the next 4 years. I've been disappointed in past elections, but never had an outright tangible sense of panic. 

I have the same feeling.  America has a dark cloud over it and it's getting darker.

My feelings for hope are being replaced by dread.

Me

Edited January 11, 20179 yr by muskyhuntr

I was very touched by Obama's farewell speech. Sometimes I can hardly believe how far forward we've gone in the last 8 years.

And even though I can't deny that there will be serious ground lost during Trump's 4 years, I'm still hopeful that some good will come out of it.

 

I'm less concerned about ground lost than doing permanent damage.  I'm hoping he is revealed as an alien (or whatever) sooner than later.

Me:  Goblin: The Lonely and Great God (Korean soap opera?) -- really interesting show, but not sure what it wants to be -- an adventure, a fantasy, a romantic comedy, the odd couple?  The premise is interesting, and the girl is adorable.

I caught up (more or less) on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I think I've given up on Arrow and Flash.  Not sure about the others yet.