These are Truly Amazing Times

It has been a busy last couple of days! First off I would like to bring up a most excellent beer the Beer Demigods at Brix suggested. The Weyerbacher Simcoe Double IPA; full of flavor and taste, it never over powers you with the hops, goes down in a very refreshing way and leaves you craving more. Worth a try, along with Weyerbacher's Hersey Stout, which is age in Bourbon Oak Barrels, when drinking this you will more than likely have an experience similar to David Bowman Entering the Monolith.

Re watched A Scanner Darkly last night. The first time I had seen this was prior to actually reading anything by Phillip K Dick, and I must say that feeling more familiar with his work really helped in the enjoyment of this movie. Worth a watch, if anything for the craziness that is rotoscope.

I've been listening to a lot of Of Montreal and Caribou lately. I am really enjoying Caribou's new album Swim. Zach's already posted the video for Odessa off that album. I plan on getting my Orbital Playlist up soon that pertains to SPRING!

We are entering the third week of Doctor Who; I really enjoy Matt Smith's take on the Doctor. Next week we see Winston Chruchill and the Daleks! Lost is spinning away into what will be considered a conclusion that will more than likely have fans talking for long after the show is over.

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour was the newest episode of the ever so classic television series Doctor Who. In this episode we were introduced to the newest Doctor, his new companion and a new TARDIS. In all honesty I was kind of expecting this to be a ho-hum episode, as the End of Time felt a little off the mark (especially after The Water of Mars). I was, however, glad to be wrong. David Tennant stepped into the role of the Tenth Doctor and did a great job of updating him for the new era we live in.

Matt Smith manages to take on the Doctor that David Tennant had created and bring him even further into the new digital age. He does a great job with the goofy traits the Doctor has without making him seem more comical than heroic. He also does a great job in not being too broody with the Doctor.

Amy Pond, the new companion, makes me want to marry a Scottish Woman. I know it sounds awfully misogynist, but really, her short skirts are a term I call 'hyperfoxy.' She's also a great companion, kind of reminds me of Romana from the Tom Baker days.

All in all, the episode was a little goofy; a little girl has a crack in her wall that she hears voices from, she prays to Santa to send someone to fix it, and at that same moment the TARDIS comes crashing into her backyard. I loved the idea of the Doctor telling this little girl he needed to fix the phase inhibitors in the TARDIS and he'd be back in 5 minutes, but due to the error of time travel comes back in 12 years. The Voices are a prison in an alternate dimension with a prisoner who's escaped through into Earth, the Doctor, of course, stops the Atarxi from vaporizing the Earth in order to stop the escaped prisoner. But really, how stupid would Doctor Who be if he lost and the world ended?

At the end of the day, I am excited to see more of Matt Smith as he gets more of a chance to grow into the Doctor. I am also excited to see where Steven Moffat takes the series after 5 years of Russell T Davies running things.

Doctor Who Trailer

If you are not excited for the new Doctor Who season that starts relatively soon, then uh, ok.