Journeys through the late-night TV underworld

[altariel]

BBC2 was showing some chap playing Bach. He strode into an empty church - wearing a long black coat and shades - did his stuff, and then strode out again. Now I know what hitmen do in between gigs.

Switching over, I caught the last 20 minutes of The Passion of the Christ. I fear Monty Python may have ruined me for good on that one.

Now I'm looking for late night poker. Or Law and Order. There must be some Law and Order showing somewhere...

Comments

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Oh, my mother told me about him! He was going round playing all the organs left from the time of Bach, or something like that - there was definitely some Munro-bagging angle. And he did just walk in, drop his coat, play, grab his coat and walk out.

PS

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I'm watching the gay bus conductor's love story on BBC4 again.

Re: PS

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hm, missed that on my flick-through...

Re: PS

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

It'll probably turn up again - I've seen it twice this week. It's part of a documentary called Little Platform, Big Stage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/little-platform.shtml). Oh, we're on to the singing conductor now...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

That's the one! This was an organ in Germany that 'Bach knew', if I'm remembering the credits correctly.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Excellent stuff! Much better than union meetings.

I hope you can manage some sleep later...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Wandering around the house trying to decide what book to read seems to be making me sleepy.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Woo, this means that we are all safe from assassination during the Radio 3 BachFest!

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Unless that's amateur night.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Result!

[jomacmouse.livejournal.com]

Of course there must be Law & Order somewhere. Are there not four of the beggars wandering around the ether? Except on this side of the Equator, where they've all drifted off somewhere else for the summer...possibly to a late night television slot near you :)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I did find an episode, but got too sleepy to concentrate. We still haven't had the fourth incarnation of it over here.

[jomacmouse.livejournal.com]

You will, you will. There'll be some channel unable to resist it...

[mikekellner.livejournal.com]

Now I'm looking for late night poker.

That is the latest plague to infest US late night TV. It has to be the lowest cost programming ever. Celebrity Texas Hold'em. It makes Bowling look like must see TV. My other two favorites to watch are the discount knife & sword sales show, and half hour infomercials for "Male Enhancement" products. They have the sleaziest people I have ever seen on TV. I have this picture in my mind that when the show is over, they pull a big zipper on their backs and reptile aliens step out of the people suits they were wearing.

If this is what it is like when they only have 100 channels to fill, what will the worst show on at 3 am be like in another few decades when there are 1000 channels? Is there an award show for the worst TV of the year?

mk

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It makes for strangely compulsive viewing, tho', late night poker. I like it best when it has very minor celebrities on it, snooker players and B-list actors and the like.

My favourite shopping channel is Price Drop TV: there are all manner of parlour games to be played, guessing when the price will drop, how far, which names will come up again and again. Hours of family fun.

[mikekellner.livejournal.com]

Do they have Brit poker shows, or are they US imports. In the US there are two varieties, those with actual poker players playing with their own money, and those with minor celebrities, either once famous actors, or new actors I never heard of. The celebrity shows play with funny money; while they have $50,000 US in chips on the table, the winner gets $5000 donated to the charity of their choice.

mk

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think we get both, actually. Definitely get our own homegrown ones.

[manna]

I like it best when it has very minor celebrities on it, snooker players and B-list actors and the like.

{pounces like a sparkly cheetah}

Would you like me to send you the mpegs of Lance Bass playing celebrity blackjack? He's adorable in it, and it includes a bit where the presenter calls him a size queen.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

sparkly cheetah

Eep!

Oh go on, I can't resist that. But I will resist the broader field of popslash, oh yes I will.

[manna]

Oh go on, I can't resist that.

I shall burn it and post it forthwith.

But I will resist the broader field of popslash, oh yes I will.

Of course. I have no ulterior motives. None at all.

{ponders DVD...such a lot of blank space...I could fit 'Driven' on there...}


OMG! Speaking of sparkly, have you seen the Firefly/'Space Cowboy' songvid? 'Tis truely wonderful.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I shall burn it and post it forthwith.

Thank you!


OMG! Speaking of sparkly, have you seen the Firefly/'Space Cowboy' songvid? 'Tis truely wonderful.

No! Where?!

[manna]

No! Where?!

I can't find the link, but I'll put a copy on the DVD.

[manna]

Okay, finally found it:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/_the_firefly_/181778.html

It's a yousendit link, so I'm not sure if it's still good. I'll burn it anyway.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It worked - very cool!

[oursin.livejournal.com]

And I thought The Beat that My Heart Skipped was based on extreme implausibility ('enforcer' for vaguely criminal enterprises - clearing squatters out of properties, etc - runs into his old piano teacher and gets back into piano-playing).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I found it on IMDB. See, that would have made for perfect viewing during last night's insomnia, if only Film Four had provided.