Sherlock: The Series Two Soundtrack

Previous: Series One.

(Look over here for more booklet-y goodness. The artwork is, again, amazing!)

Oh, my God. Who knew having your heart ripped out of your chest and trampled into the dust could be so beautiful? This soundtrack, even more than Series One, goes to show what musical genius is operating behind this, and how valuable the music, composed by David Arnold and Michael Price, has become to understanding these characters–to comprehend who they are, and what they’re going through.

Sherlock: The Series One Soundtrack

(Look here for more booklet-y goodness. The artwork is amazing! The skull hiding just behind the disk, especially.)

Oh my Lord, how long we’ve waited.

These are bringing out the big guns, and it’s wonderful to hear all the pieces in their entirety after only hearing parts of their brilliance during the series. Bits and pieces here and there, we never quite got the whole picture, and now here it is, and it’s gorgeous.

Emergency TARDIS embroidery!

I got hot butter on my brand-new dress, which, of course, you can’t just get out in the laundry, so I sat down with a needle and some twine and put an emergency TARDIS right on top of it! Stitched the contours, filled out the rest with textile marker (remember to iron it through tissue paper so the paint is fixed, then it withstands 40°C in the laundry without cracking or washing out). Also: use darning cotton, it’s thicker, for one thing, and it works better with the stretchy material of the dress.

My first ‘Doctor Who’ fanfiction!

Called When the Skies Return, it features the Tenth Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, and Donna Noble. It is set in my own little AU after Journey’s End, and it has drama/angst as well as humour and some fun. Posted on my fanfiction.net profile, thegrumblingirl.

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I first came across these on a Sherlock Fan Soundtrack–I Need You So Much Closer–and fell in love with them. Go listen to or download the tracks, the album is really beautifully compiled and tells a lovely story that fits John and Sherlock perfectly, whether you’ve got your slash goggles on or not (though I’d recommend you to ;)).

These, disregarding the story, are my favourites.

David Lodge, ‘Deaf Sentence’ — a (spoiler-filled) Review

David Lodge: Deaf Sentence.

Desmond Bates. A Story of Hearing Aids, Academical Groupies, and Suicide Notes Never Written.

What it says on the tin:

Being deaf is less an affliction than a sentence… Retired professor of linguistics Desmond Bates is going deaf. Not suddenly, but gradually and – for him and everyone nearby — confusingly. It’s a bother for his wife, Winifred, who has an enviably successful new career and is too busy to be endlessly repeating herself. Roles are reversed when e visits his hearing-impaired father, who won’t seek help and resents his son’s intrusions. And, finally, there’s Alex. Alex is the student Desmond agrees to help after a typical misunderstanding. But her increasingly bizarre and disconcerting requests cannot — unfortunately — be blamed on defective hearing. So much for growing old gracefully…

Rome, 01. – 04. October 2009. Wonderful ancient garbage. Some of 120 pictures.

Santa Maria Maggiore, late afternoon