From the North...: Time and Tide Wait For No Man (And Very Few Dogs)

Monday, April 28, 2008

Time and Tide Wait For No Man (And Very Few Dogs)

I know, I know, it has been an age. What can I say? I've been a bit busy...

I fully intended to do an update after Gallifrey.

I absolutely for definite wanted to do a posting about the fact that I've gone six days a week on The Alfie Joey Show (in addition to the regular Monday to Friday at 3:45 slot I can also be heard on Alfie's Comic Cuts on Saturday at around 1:35 ish).

I positively, certainly, most definitely was going to do something on the new season of Doctor Who or Waking the Dead, or on why Dr Alice Roberts should be canonised for services to punk rock.

But, you know what they say - the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. And tarmac. Probably.

So anyway today, I was going to post up a lengthy report about The Rift, the Torchwood/James Marsters event that I attended on Saturday (officially to moderate the writers panel but, in reality mainly, to spend a day on the lash in London in a room full of ladies). Unfortunately, that bleeding James Moran's already written one that'd be at least ten times better than anything I could do.

So, go here
http://jamesmoran.blogspot.com/2008/04/rift-aftermath.html
read his and then understand why I don't blog as much as I used to.

These bloody talented "proper" writers, they get on my nerves so they do...

PS: That Kai Owen - what a star.

He bought me a pint, so he did. That won't be forgotten in a hurry!

4 comments:

deborah said...: Blimey

A update :)

It was a pleasure to meet you Mr Topping.

Deb; Monday, April 28, 2008 11:13:00 pm
Jewels said...: I'll be honest: the writer's panel was one of the highlights of the day for me. I really enjoyed hearing it, and hope I get to attend more stuff like it in the future. I'm just sorry it was too busy to manage to pin down everyone to thank them for turning up and for humouring a bunch of fans. :D; Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:48:00 pm
James Moran said...: Aha! That is because I am your Blog Nemesis, sir. I'm like Belloq to your Indiana Jones, or vice versa, or possibly some sort of mongoose/snake comparison, I dunno.

Was a bloody brilliant day, and lovely to see you again. Even though we are sworn blog enemies, probably.; Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:06:00 pm
Keith Topping said...: I was thinking of something much more mundane, actually. My Homer to your Monty Burns...!

xxx; Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:07:00 am

A Mod's Odyssey

Yer actual Keith Telly Topping is forty nine. He has survived pop, power-pop, glam-rock, prog-rock, Krautrock, punk, post-punk, mod, ska, synth-pop, indie-pop, indie-rock, post-indie, neo-indie, goth, post-goth, shoegazing, soul, funk, blues, rhythm & blues, jazz-funk, jazz-fusion, house, acid-house, acid-jazz, reggae, rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, trance, Madchester, grunge, post-grunge, Britpop, dadrock, techno, hardcore, urban, jungle, drum n' bass, handbag, garage, contemporary UK R&B, glam-metal, thrash-metal, death-metal, black-metal, nu-metal, ragga, bhangra, two-step tanga and the English folk revival-revival. And then, sometime around 2007, he thought ... 'Nah, sorry, that's me done. Can I have some milky cocoa, a pair of slippers and a copy of Mojo now please?'

Disclaimer (A Slight Return)

All of the opinions which are expressed within this blog - unless specifically indicated otherwise - are Keith Telly Topping's own. They should not, in any way, be thought of as reflecting (either collectively or individully) the views of any of the various media organisations, broadcasters, publishing companies or periodicals which he has freelanced for in the past, or may be employed by in the future. Or, indeed, anyone else other than yer actual Keith Telly Topping his very self.

My opinions, my political and spiritual beliefs, the choice of which TV shows I like and dislike, which newspapers and books I chose to read and, indeed, which football team I have the misfortune to support are my own and expression of them is my right within a free and democratic society. (Which, for all of Britain's faults in other areas in 2013, it just about still is.) If you disagree with any of the opinions expressed here, then please do feel free to start your own blog and say whatever is on your mind to your own dear blog readers. That is, after all, what blogs are for.

I encourage everyone to use those freedoms - which many brave men and women have struggled, suffered and died to attain and then maintain over the years - to express your opinions upon whatever subjects you desire and whenever you see fit in a public forum. Within - of course - the boundaries of the law as it currently stands.

Please remember there are, sadly, many parts of the world where citizens do not have similar liberties and who would probably love the opportunity to enjoy some of the freedoms that we in the West, all too often it would seem, take for granted.

Yer Keith Telly Topping's Favourite TV Shows Include

In no particular order other than those that occur to me ...

Doctor Who, The West Wing, Qi, Life On Mars, Sherlock, Top Gear, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Borgen, Lost, Our Friends In The North, The Sweeney, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Avengers, The Simpsons, CSI, Time Team, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Angel, The Prisoner, State of Play, Porridge, The X Files, Rutland Weekend Television, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Coast, Being Human, Bones, Blackadder, The Shield, Millennium (season 2 only), In The Red, 24, Ashes To Ashes, House, Monkey, The Wire, UFO, Mock The Week, [Spooks], Waking The Dead, Drop The Dead Donkey, Ideal, The Rockford Files, Top Of The Pops, Rising Damp, MasterChef, Department S, Luther, Grandstand, A Man Called Ironside, Lie To Me, Ripping Yarns, Jonathan Creek, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Stargate SG-1, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, I Claudius, The Brothers, Dad's Army, Match Of The Day, Is It Bill Bailey?, The Goodies, The Invaders, Coronation Street (up to some point in the mid-80s), The Culture Show, Callan, Soccer AM, Torchwood, When The Boat Comes In, Pushing Daisies, The Morecambe & Wise Show, Have I Got News For You?, Man In A Suitcase, Twin Peaks, Secret Army, Hawaii Five-0, Spiral, Between The Lines, Shoot, Harry Hill's TV Burp, The Young Ones, Danger UXB, World In Action, The Sky At Night, The Shadow Line, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Duchess Of Duke Street, Z Cars, Touching Evil, The Omega Factor, This Week, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Tube, Ace of Wands, Kojak, Homeland, The Old Grey Whistle Test.

... and so on for another fourteen pages.

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