Doodle #10

This one requires, I think, some explanation. I was watching a tribute to Leonard Cohen on TV last night, and for some reason, when the song "Suzanne" was performed, I had this sudden flash on the line "she is wearing rags and feathers." I usually see Suzanne in terms of Madonna/Magdalen/Stella Maris imagery, but suddenly I could see her dressed in motley as the Holy Fool, and well, once I saw her, she had to be drawn.

Writer's Block: Ten for the Tenth

So today LiveJournal suggests that we identify our 10 favourite albums.

To which I can only say, Ha!

It's not possible. I've struggled to cut it down to 30, but to do even that, I've had to resort to compilation releases by some of my favourite musicians. And I've reached the point where I can't cut anything out without immediately putting it back in and trying to find something else to cut. And I'm sure that the minute I post it, I'll start thinking "but how could I have left out X?"

Joan Armatrading, Show Some Emotion
Joan Baez, From Every Stage
The Band, The Last Waltz
Bruce Cockburn, Humans
Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits, Dire Straits
The Doors, Weird Scenes inside the Gold Mine
Anton Dvorak - New World Symphony (No. 9)
Bob Dylan - Desire
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Works, Vol 1
The Eurythmics, Greatest Hits
Richard and Mimi Farina, The Best of Richard and Mimi Farina
Janis Joplin, Joplin in Concert
Janis Joplin, Pearl
Juluka, Scatterlings
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin IV
Bob Marley, Exodus
Loreena McKennitt, The Visit
Joni Mitchell, Don Juan’s Restless Daughter
Micheal Oldfield, Ommadawn
The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks 1964-1971
The Rolling Stones, Goat’s Head Soup
Rough Trade, For Those Who Think Young
Rush, Chronicles
Janne Sibelius – Concerto in D Minor; Karelia; Symphony No 2; Finlandia (all in one album)
Alain Stivell, Renaissance of the Celtic Harp
Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Symphony Pathetique (No. 6)

Rumours

OK, this is only one of at least 50 rumours going around about actors who might be in the running to place the Eleventh Doctor, but the first mention in this totally speculative article actually caused me to loudly squee with untrammelled delight at the mere notion of its occurrence.

Chiwetel Ejiofor.

I've been mad about this actor ever since I saw him in Dirty Pretty Things. He was intense in Serenity, totally awesome in Kinky Boots, riveting in Children of Men... need I go on? (I'm still waiting to see some of his latest releases because they're not out on DVD yet.)

Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Doctor. It's a match made in heaven, if he wants the gig.

Yes, Bill Nighy would be fun, and Robert Carlyle would be hot and James Nesbitt would be dark and quirky and Sean Pertwee would be a sentimental favourite, Richard E. Grant or Hugh Grant could be endearing, and both Paterson Joseph and Colin Salmon have the chops for the job, and yes it would be cool to see a the Doctor as a woman, but...

Chiwetel Ejiofor. It's got to be the best casting rumour yet.