Profile

wshaffer: (Default)
wshaffer

September 2021

S M T W T F S
   123 4
56789 1011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  

Custom Text

Most Popular Tags

I've just been all over the internet trying to buy a CD copy of the soundtrack for the Doctor Who episode "The Savages". (Thought I'd try to listen to it before Cadmium2 get around to covering it a few episodes from now.) Apparently, the darn thing is out of print. Audible.com has it, but I'd prefer a better quality non-DRM copy. Looks like Audible is the best I'm likely to get. (I've tried WhoNA, Alien Entertainment, Mike's Comics, Book Depository, Galaxy 4, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and eBay. Any other suggestions?)

I can't quite figure out why this particular soundtrack is out of print when most of the other early Doctor Who soundtracks are readily available. ("Fury from the Deep" seems to be another exception.)

On the other hand, my absolute conviction that I ought to be able to buy a copy of a soundtrack recording of an episode of television broadcast in 1966 for which the master recordings were destroyed is actually pretty amusing. You mean it's not actually written into the BBC charter that Doctor Who episodes must be available for purchase in the format of my choice?
So, some of you may have heard that California is on fire - earlier in the week, there were something like 842 separate wildfires burning in the state. Dry summer + unusual amounts of lightning = lots of fires.

We're not close enough to any of the fires to be in any sort of danger, but there's a definite haze in the air (leading to spectacular sunsets), and up in Palo Alto where I work, I've been able to smell smoke in the air whenever I'm outside.

And I think I can probably blame soot particles in the air for the bad case of itchy eyes, sore throat, and irritated sinuses I seem to have developed. Bleh. I'm trying to decide if I'd be better off skipping my usual daily walk today to reduce my exposure to particulates. I'm not sure how much it would help, and if I'm going to be itchy and irritable anyway, I'd just as soon get my walk in.

At least I can be glad that my house is not in danger of burning down. We'd never replace all the books.

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Style Credit