Glastonbury 2008: Jay-Z
Jay-Z going down in Glastonbury history last night. The thought of it’s still making my skin tingle. Cut to 29.25 if you want pure Jigga (although Dizzee Rascal with Calvin Harris at 13.30 is worth a look too).
Imagine: Oliver Sacks
Usually I’d avoid posting about the same series twice, but a) this is the most exciting thing I’ve watched this week (apart from the I’d Do Anything final), and b) this is really excellent, again. Incredible case studies in Musicophilia, looking at some weird and very wonderful relationships between music and the brain.
Imagine: Doris Lessing
What to say. This speaks for itself of course, and Lessing fans won’t need any encouragement. What an incredible, lambent creature, who has certainly managed to change my life in the last few months. I particularly liked her theory of myths: every writer has one (hers is Africa), and “[it] does not mean something untrue, [...]
Miss Austen Regrets
We tried to watch this half-arsedly over the top of Sunday papers but couldn’t. It was too good. Even if, like me you’re not normally a big one for the (endless! Austen!) costume dramas. And apparently a great antidote to Becoming Jane (which I didn’t see, not being a fan of (endless Austen) costume dramas).
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Strategem
To the other delight of early evening Saturday. I’m not going to try to write much about this because I’m basically an ignorant Doctor Who neophyte who’s turned up very, very late. But surely, even for the old timers this was a special one. On top of the expected but marvellous geekery and weird ugly [...]
