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• SCOTT RICHARDSON AND KJ KNIGHT: THE FALLEN ANGELS
• FREEDOM.... JIMI HENDRIX AND NOY BURTON
• I'LL BE ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU... STEVE PERRY

SCOTT RICHARDSON AND KJ KNIGHT: THE FALLEN ANGELS Posted: 07 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT Scott Richardson Hey gang! Got a really cool email today from Drummer KJ Knight and he sent me a song from the band The Fallen Angels... So when Scott R called today I got his take on the song "Big River" and KJ was so kind to give us some background on this band. Take a listen... I really like these tunes. Thanks KJ and Scott! xxooK From Scott Richardson.. Fallen Angels was band we put together after hanging around London 73-74. Had the great Kj on drums, I don't remember where we recorded it but am happy to find out KJ had a copy of it. I recorded Big River written by Bob Seger because I think it is one of his best songs. There is something about that song that really moves me. I have always loved it. The song sounds as good to me today as when he wrote it. Thanks KJ for sending this in... SR Big River Life is like a big river sinkin' or swim, depends on you you can take or you can be a giver if you got love you're gonna get through once, a good woman loved me I was kinda cruel, and she left me one day now I'm cryin', she loves another gotta go alone the rest of the way take, the advice of a loser who's been livin' too long alone follow your heart follow your rainbow and one day you'll find you are not alone Bob Seger From KJ Knight Kim This session was done at ABC Recording Studios, Inc at 8255 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California in I believe 1975.We recorded three songs, "Big River," "Ride The Wind," and "Someone Like You." The Fallen Angels was a great band and loaded with talent!!! The group featured Scott Richardson on vocals. Other members included: Richard Haddad Michaels on bass, Mike Nardone on guitar, and me, KJ Knight on drums. Scott Thurston, who later joined Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, played keyboards on a couple of these tracks. Big River Ride the Wind Someone Like You

FREEDOM.... JIMI HENDRIX AND NOY BURTON Posted: 07 May 2011 06:12 AM PDT Jimi Hendrix One of my favorite anthems of my life is "Freedom" by Jimi Hendrix. This song reminds me so much of my dear friend Noy Burton. Back in the day we all hung out at a Submarine Sandwich place called Sub Villa in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I found one photo of that place... The old Sub Villa Sub Villa was the coolest place to hang after school... It had some booths, a pinball machine, pool table and a very cool jukebox. Noy used to come in and the first thing he did was hit the juke box and play Freedom by Hendrix... To this day I think of my friend whenever I hear that song. Noy loved life and all it encompassed. He was a TV camera guy. One of the very coolest things Noy did for me happened from Cape Canaveral. Noy called me on the phone and let me listen to a Space Shuttle Launch. Man that was loud but so very cool. Thanks NOY for all the fun... XXOOK Noy Burton FREEDOM You got my pride hanging out of my bed You're messin' around with my life So I bought my ... You even mess with my children And you're screamin' at my wife, baby Get off my back, if you wanna get outta here alive Freedom, give it to me That's what I want now Freedom, that's what I need now Freedom to live Freedom, so I can give You got my heart speak electric water You got my soul screamin' and howlin' You know you hook my girlfriend You know the drugstore man But I don't need it now I was trying to slap it out of her head Freedom, so I can give Freedom, yeah Freedom, that's what I need You don't have to say that you love if you don't mean it You'd better believe If you need me or you just wanna bleed me you'd better stickin' your dagger in someone else So I can leave Set me free

I'LL BE ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU... STEVE PERRY Posted: 07 May 2011 05:17 AM PDT Steve Perry.... Man how I miss Steve Perry... His voice so honest and pure. A guy who sang above love and you could believe him... Just found this killer video but I can't post it.. You can see it here and I love it so check it out HERE I'll Be Alright Without You is one of my favorite songs and it never grows old for me. The lyric talks about getting on with life after a breakup. Put on a happy face and just get back to loving yourself, family and those dear friends that support you 24/7 and 365 days of the year. Steve Perry's Fan Page is fun Whatever Happened to Steve Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry (born January 22, 1949) is a Portuguese American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey from 1977–1987 and 1995–1998. Perry had a successful solo career throughout the late 1980s and early '90s. Perry was named the 76th greatest singer of all-time by Rolling Stone on its list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All-Time".Allmusic said of Perry: "If only one singer could be selected as the most identifiable with '80s arena rock, it would have to be Journey's Steve Perry." Steve was the frontman for the rock group Journey, who lasted for 14 years and whose breakthrough album Escape yielded 3 top 10 singles and sold nine million copies. Perry resides in Del Mar, California.

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[New post] Doctor Who – The Curse of the Black Spot

Doctor Who – The Curse of the Black Spot dailypop | May 7, 2011 at 11:21 pm | Tags: doctor who matt smith karen gillan steven moffat, doctor who series six reviews, lily cole, pirates | Categories: Doctor Who Series Six - 2011 | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-2A3

The Curse of the Black Spot

Series 06
Story 03
07 May 2011

On the high seas of the 17th Century, a crew of pirates are stuck on a cursed vessel. A beastly creature swarms the waters waiting for the right time to appear and snatch another soul into her grasp. When a strange trio of travelers appears out of thin air, Captain Avery is not sure what to make of the event, but he knows that the Doctor cannot save his ship from its curse or stop the deaths of his crew. When Rory is marked for death and the TARDIS itself proves unreliable, the Doctor realizes that this is not just a game of playing pirates, it's something much more dangerous.

After a head trip two-parter involving the death of every cast member on the program, an alien invasion and President Nixon, I was expecting a light-hearted adventure featuring pirates and rum and maybe a bit of spookiness. Stephen Thompson (familiar to some from his work on Moffat's other award winning program Sherlock) does deliver a rollicking adventure but it has plenty of twists and turns that keep not just the audience guessing but the Doctor as well.

Captain Avery and his band of rogues

The Doctor, Amy and Rory materialize aboard a cursed pirate ship just as a bizarre creature appearing to be a siren is gobbling them up one by one. Each victim is marked with a black spot cannot help but to answer her call. The Doctor's flippant behavior fails to win over the Captain who orders the Time Lord to walk the plank while Amy and Rory look on, helpless. Stowed away for later, Amy finds a cache of weapons and is inspired to briefly play the role of the pirate and save the Doctor's life.

In the ensuing tussle (that the Doctor can only watch through his fingers), Amy is surprised that the pirates seem mortally afraid of her despite the fact that she has no idea what she is doing. When she mildly wounds a crew mate the others enter paroxysms of grief. Just one drop of blood is all that is needed to mark a man as a victim of the siren. Lesson learned, the stakes are understandably raised much higher than usual. Any wound at all is fatal. Unfortunately, Rory becomes nicked as well and receives a back spot on his hand spontaneously. The Doctor struggles to figure out the mystery of the siren and how the 'curse' works, but each moment proves him wrong and he is back to square one.

It's rather thrilling to see the Doctor out of his depth (so to speak) and desperately trying to figure out what the threat is and how it functions. Part of the appeal for the Eleventh persona of the Doctor is that, though he is a genius, his mind is operating at a higher speed than the rest of him can catch up to. Most of the time he is developing a scheme of some sort with no idea how it functions. In the case of The Curse of the Black Spot, he begins the adventure in a state of whimsy only to see it all spin out of control before his eyes.

The Doctor walks the plank

The setting of a 17th century pirate ship is rather clever and offers plenty of atmosphere for the traditional 'base under siege' story that has become so familiar to veteran Whovians. The visual effects department did a superb job in representing the vessel and its interior, giving a rich sense of realism, if through a fantastic lens (this is, after all, the Moffat era of Doctor Who which fancies itself a fairy tale). The siren is, to be honest, not that interesting which is an oversight on the program's part but luckily the script is full of engrossing material, cleverly defined characters and plenty of character actors to play the supporting cast. Still... I would have preferred a new monster to an ethereal Lily Cole... I;m in the minority on that one, aren't I?

Hugh Bonneville of course has to do much of the heavy lifting in this adventure as the dread Captain Avery. After establishing himself as a desperate and dangerous man upon discovering the Doctor, his rough finish is softened when he finds that his abandoned son had stowed away on board. It's a touching story and blends effortlessly into the main body of the plot involving a cursed vessel preyed upon by an otherworldly threat that even the Doctor cannot understand. Sure, it could be seen in a cynical light as a shorthand manner in which to gain the audience's acceptance of the Captain and involve them in caring for the boy, but it worked for me due to the strong performances.

Amy Pond to the rescue

The real sparkle of The Curse of the Black Spot comes when the entire crew, Captain Avery's son, Toby and Rory are subsumed by the Siren and the Doctor throws caution to the wind and submits to the creature's attacks. It's a wonderful moment straight out the classic series when an idea is stood on its head and what appears to be one thing is in fact something wholly other.

The resolution aboard the alien freighter is a bit too quickly told for my liking, especially as so much has been theorized about the Siren then cast aside as nonsense. Being told that the pirate ship shared the same space as an alien vessel where the entire crew died from human germs and the sick bay is full of the missing crew is a LOT to swallow very quickly... then it gets complicated. To find that the siren is a malfunctioning sick bay program is a bit odd but it fits the rest of the story and also my notion of a classic Doctor Who story where a threat can be mainly due to a misunderstanding or technology gone wrong.

The Siren

The conclusion is whimsical and once more relies on love solving all problems, but as for magical solutions I prefer the defiance of Amy Pond to a magical wand putting everything right any day. The relationship between Amy and Rory was also given amply space to grow once more, showing that it's not just up to the Doctor to set things right (I hope we get more of that).

There are a few points of series-long continuity squeezed in such as the eye-patched woman appearing to Amy while she tries to sleep on the pirate ship and the Doctor still unable to confirm Amy's pregnancy that bothered me some, mainly because I felt that these plot points could have been conveyed better without interfering in the main plot. But it's a slight problem in an otherwise fine episode.

Next time: The Doctor's Wife
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