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hipspinster: boogie woogie
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Friday, October 01, 2010. He was a child prodigy destined for greatness. he only needed one name. he was a pioneer of the personality-as-commodity school of celebrity. and, as he was so fond of saying, he didn't give concerts - he put on a show. Last weekend i took a road trip to blazing hot las vegas to see the liberace museum. My pals catherine and julie cooked up this idea at cat's birthday party a few weeks ago, so we did not take the beast. Also among the auto collection is his 1972 gold metal flake...
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hipspinster: Dr. Crow
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Friday, August 02, 2013. My wonderful friend Mick Farren died on Saturday, July 27, on stage during a performance with the Deviants at London's Borderline club. (If you don't know who he is, read the obituaries in The New York Times. The UK.'s Guardian. Or Charles Shaar Murray's remembrance. EDIT: Or Chris Salewicz's excellent piece. Yet so many other times are so fixed and clear in my mind. Tense is hard right now) who was always exactly what he seemed to be, and he never let me down in any big way, alt...
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hipspinster: you look so fine
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009. You look so fine. This holiday season has been full of perpetually reincarnated fictional british heroes: on christmas day we got to see our favorite time lord, as well as shakespeare's angst-plagued danish prince hamlet, as portrayed by doctor who. Star david tennant in the film version of gregory doran's stratford-to-west-end production of the namesake play. and yesterday i caught the latest incarnation of the world's greatest detective, sherlock holmes. The many references ...
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hipspinster: pretty in pink
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Sunday, October 24, 2010. Nothing happens to me.". That's what army doctor john watson (martin freeman, the newly minted bilbo baggins. Tells his therapist in episode 1 of the BBC miniseries sherlock. Holmes asks for a cell phone, watson offers his, and - just like that - the good doctor is pulled into a world where so much happens to him, he can scarcely believe his own words when he later tells someone he only met holmes yesterday. Wait a second, cell phone? Moffat is the current doctor who. The tale i...
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hipspinster: blue christmas
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Thursday, December 24, 2009. In honor of the beginning of " the end of time. Here is a blast from christmas 2007. Past my original doctor who christmas song, penned for my DW buddy richie. although, while 'tis the season for a doctor who. Special, we are not going to get daleks. i don't think. but we will. Get wilf (see above)! Santa, Bring Me a Dalek. Santa, I've been good this year. Now bring on the excess. But I don't want no costly gear -. No earrings, no Lexus. No MP3, no GPS,. I swear it is the best.
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hipspinster: when i grow up
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Friday, April 16, 2010. When i grow up. It's not a new doctor - it's the same man. new doctor who. Showrunner steven moffat has said this a lot recently, and it's true. in his latest incarnation, the doctor is the same man. only different. Do i even need to say it? All right, i will: SPOILERS AHEAD! STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. She needs someone to fix the crack in her wall, from whence mysterious whispers emanate. "thank you, santa," she says upon seeing the battered poli...
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hipspinster: blown away
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Saturday, January 02, 2010. Guess what, people? I have seen " the end of time part two. And it is good. and that's about all i'm gonna say about it here. you can watch it tonight on bbc america and decide for yourself. i have a million thoughts about the final appearance of david tennant's doctor, however. although it was not as soul-rippingly sad as "journey's end," it was still a satisfying yarn and an emotional roller-coaster indeed. I laughed, i cried, i went "what the FUCK? Which was titled "alons-y!