Remember Google Reader? I apparently used it back in 2009 for a while and then got bored of it, like most others did I’m guessing. But I did find this gem in my links … Star Trek stitch charts.
If you’re like … “OMG you like Star Trek?!” you should check out my 10 Days of Trek posts. Really. Star Trek was my first sci-fi love.
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Here I present part 1 of what I hope to be a continuing series of discussions comparing and contrasting Star Trek and Doctor Who episodes that aired in the same week. My focus is sound-driven, so there are clips to watch and listen to for illustration and reinforcement. This is kind of like a window into the research I do. Enjoy!
This week I’m giving a talk on my dissertation project, which is an historical study of television production in the UK using Doctor Who as a test subject. An idea that popped into my head to try and highlight the differences (and similarities) between American and British television at the time was to find an episode of Star Trek that aired the same week as an episode of Doctor Who, and play clips to show the difference. It seems like it would be a good jumping-off point into further discussion of the differences in television at the time. A logical starting point is the first aired episode of Star Trek, “The Man Trap,” which transmitted on Thursday, September 8, 1966 on NBC. Two days later the BBC transmitted part 1 of “The Smugglers,” which is unfortunately on the list of wiped episodes. While we have the remaining audio, the video is gone, and if I’m giving a visual presentation I should stick with something that the students can watch. The next overlap of existing episodes is “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” [ST], aired Thursday, October 6th, 1966 on NBC, and the first part of “The Tenth Planet” [DW] aired on Saturday, October 8th, 1966. So that’s where I’ll begin. read more
–video
Bulls 2OT win !!!
Cubbies snapping the Cards’ 9 game home win streak
Futurama Season 2 (yeah, pretty much the whole thing)
Star Trek episodes:
“The Cage”
“The Man Trap”
“The Corbomite Maneuver”
“The Balance of Terror”
“Amok Time”
“Mirror, Mirror”
“The Gamesters of Triskelion”
“The Omega Glory”
“Bread and Circuses”
–audio
… pretty much what is listed above
–knitting
Not much, busy with Star Trek
–spinning
Again, not much, busy with Star Trek
–other stuff
Did I mention that I’m working on an article about Star Trek?
–-video
Doctor Who – “Genesis of the Daleks”
“The Skeleton Dance”
DTV Monster Hits (in 5 parts)
–-audio
M.I.A. – Kala
M.I.A. – Arular
The Shins – Shoots Too Narrow
Alkaline Trio – Goddamnit
The Killers – Day & Age
The Submarines – Honeysuckle Weeks
Interpol – Antics
–-knitting
Lemongrass Cardigan (65%)
Lace Ribbon Scarf (60%)
Favorite new designer: Rebecca Danger
–spinning
Ashford Kiwi has arrived, it’ll be finished and assembled tomorrow *glee*
–-research
Music and Irony in Star Trek (1966-69)
–films
Pineapple Express
–tv
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
–music
Asobi Seksu (live! @ SXSW)
Cursive (live! @ SXSW)
–knitting
Lemongrass Cardigan (40%)
Lace Ribbon Scarf (55%)
–spinning
~400 yds
–research
Topics, Tropes, and Musical Idioms in Star Trek (1966–69)
analysis of George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children, no. 2, “Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar”
–big stuff
SXSW this week in Austin, pra fun
ordered an Ashford Kiwi spinning wheel
relaxed a bit too much during Spring Break, am now regretting the lack of school work I did
hit 10 hours on Wii Fit; time piggy bank turned golden!
