Everything's Different, Everything's Changed

Got a brand-new song up today, but you can't get it from me. Nope.

You've gotta be a patron of the online comic Accidental Centaurs.

See, John P. Lotshaw asked me to write his strip a theme song. It was way fun. I sing Alex, the lovely Karen Underwood lends her vocals to Sam, and I've got a Les Paul soundfont in there that kicks out the walls.

So, check it out. And, not incidentally, hook yourself up with a fantasy epic in the making.

Rose And The Doctor

I realize I'm late to the game on these. Same as with Firefly. But, damn, I do love DVD season sets.

I am very slowly savoring my way through both Battlestar Galactica: Season One and the Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who. And I'm realizing something really important.

I love BG. No question, it's great. Not a thing wrong with it, especially remarkable given the original.

But Doctor Who, this Doctor Who, touches my soul.

I liked The Doctor. I especially liked Tom Baker, although my first encounter was with Peter Cushing in the two movies that hardly anyone has ever seen.

But now I'm a fan.

I have rarely fallen in love with a character the way I have with Rose. Billie Piper is wonderful. And Eccleston... perfect. He's perfect. They're perfect together. The scripts are clever as hell. The acting and SFX are top-notch. The music is excellent (I really love what Murray Gold has done with Ron Granier's original theme -- the string work in particular just pushes it along). And the palpable feeling of the characters' love and respect for life, in all its forms, informs every moment of the show.

I've only made it through one frickin' disk.

I'm not gonna read this thread, I think. -- Ahhh, who am I kidding? But, do the fanboy/fangirl squee thing to your hearts' content. Spoil away. Just label it as Spoilery, please.

Happy Birthday, Stan Freberg

Eighty and goin' strong.

What's your favorite Freberg bit? I love a lot of his stuff, but it's hard to top "Elderly Man River" for both wickedly slashing satire and gut-busting laughs.

Thanks to Mark Evanier for the heads-up.