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The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany drops by 10.5 points in October 2014 and now stands at minus 3.6 points (long-term average: 24.5 points). Decreasing for the tenth consecutive time, the index has returned to negative territory for the first time since November of 2012. read more
In October 2014 the economic expectations for Switzerland decline sharply by 23.0 points. Thereby the ZEW-CS Indicator slides down to a level of minus 30.7 points and reaches a two year low. read more
In October 2014 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE region) improve slightly. In the current survey the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region has gained 3.7 points and reaches a level of 7.0 points. Among the individual countries the largest improvement is observed for the indicator for Poland which has increased by 19.7 points this month. read more
Before taking over responsibility for banking supervision in the eurozone by the end of 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) investigates the financial solidity of banks in a stress test. It is a much debated topic what measures against potential capital shortfalls the banks subjected to the stress test have already taken before the assessment begins. For a study dedicated to this concern, the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has compared bank balance sheets from the fiscal years of 2012 and 2013. read more
The German book trade has been facing competition from the rapidly growing sector of online booksellers since the mid-1990s. The increasing spread of e-books is also a widely discussed topic. But what changes have so far actually taken place on the supply side of the German book market? An analysis by ZEW shows that the market is going through a major transition. Traditional booksellers are currently confronted with the challenge of strengthening their position as service providers. read more
After some stabilization in the past three months, macroeconomic expectations for China have received a new setback according to the results of the China Economic Panel (CEP). The CEP Indicator, which reflects the assessments of international financial analysts regarding China's macroeconomic outlook over the next twelve months, deteriorated by 17.1 points in the current survey period (September 15 to September 30, 2014). At its new level of 1.7 points, the index dropped below its long-term average of 14.9 points. At the same time, it moves close to the zero line, signaling that optimistic and pessimistic assessments within the sample of experts now balance each other. The current value is the lowest of the CEP Indicator since the survey began in mid-2013. read more
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is pleased to announce the 2015 Annual Public Finance Conference in Mannheim from April 27 to 28, 2015. While papers on all aspects of empirical and applied theoretical issues in public finance are welcome, the focus of this year's conference will be on European tax policy. Submissions that relate to the topics specified in the call for papers are particularly welcome. Please submit your paper via our conference management website at http://zew.converia.de/?sub=13 no later than February 15, 2015. The conference fee will be waived for presenters. Furthermore, we will contribute to covering accommodation expenses for presenters of accepted papers. read more
"Are the Fiscal Responses to the Crisis Increasing Income Inequality and Wealth Disparity?" was the topic of the fourth ZEW Lunch Debate in Brussels this year. The event was hosted by the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union. read more
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New works from J.D. Salinger to be published in 2015
J.D. Salinger's estate will publish at least five additional books, beginning in 2015, according to a forthcoming documentary and related book, both titled "Salinger."The New York Times reports the new books and stories were largely written before Mr. Salinger assigned his output to a trust in 2008, and would greatly expand the Salinger legacy.Photo: San Diego Historical Society / Getty Images
Can't wait! one of my Favorite authors!
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Freeman Outed for ADHD, Asked to Leave His Own Suite
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Josh Freeman In NFL Drug Program
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Today on the NFL on Fox pregame show analyst Terry Bradshaw addressed the problems of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their quarterback Josh Freeman. As you would expect Bradshaw's response brought an instant response from his fellow Fox analyst
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is officially inactive today against the Arizona Cardinals. A source tells Sports Talk Florida that Freeman won't even be present on the team's sideline and was actually told by the team not to be
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Establish a dialog with entities holding currently inaccessible toxicogenomic data to evaluate options for increasing the availability of data.
Regulatory government agencies (including EPA and the Food and Drug Administration) should consider appropriate ways to address the following disincentives to industry generation and public submission of data that could be used to populate public databases: additional costs of testing; concerns about reporting requirements of the TSCA and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; concerns about competitors' use of toxicity data if they are made public; and concerns about the use of toxicogenomic data in tort liability cases.
Integrate data relevant to toxicogenomic screening of environmental chemicals into ongoing biomedical initiatives such as the National Institutes of Health Molecular Libraries initiative. Such data may include physicochemical characteristics, in vitro assay results such as cytotoxicity and receptor binding, and other screening-level types of data.
Ensure that the regulatory framework provides incentives, or at least removes disincentives, for premarket testing of chemicals.
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"Tick Tickty Boom!" FULL ARTWORK by Ilia Rogatchevski
Full artwork by Ilia Rogatchevski
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"Tick Tickty Boom!"
Here it is, the new Clinker album! ENJOY!!!
Yours for £3+ from our bandcamp page
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Trailer for Clinker's new album Tick Tickety Boom! Out on 12 June..
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Almost a year passed without any updates... Pete was busy doing Sebastian Melmoth and me was into hibernation... Finally Clinker is back in action with new EP "Alberto Floss" before releasing new album "Tick Tickety Boom" in June 2014. Title track is featured from the forthcoming album with re-recorded old 3 tracks.
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It was comical, really. A bunch of journalists, lined up on the drag strip at Portland International Raceway, waiting to take their turn in the 707-hp 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, one after the other, producing almost no forward momentum, just rubber and smoke.
Autoweek's Jake Lingeman test drives the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat:
"You have to roll on, roll on the power," said one of the instructors, as another journalist spun the tires through third gear. The most powerful mass-produced American car ever is predictably stingy with the traction.
Chrysler's new/old sporty brand, Dodge, now builds a car more powerful than the vaunted Dodge Viper, more powerful than the Mustang GT500 and even more powerful than the coming Corvette Z06. On the list of the highest-horsepower cars available in the U.S., the Hellcat sneaks in just below the Lamborghini Aventador and above the Z06.
The Hellcat tops the refreshed Challenger range, which now includes four power options, beginning with the 3.6-liter V6, 305-hp, 30-mpg SXT. The 5.7-liter V8, 375-hp Hemi R/T comes next, followed by the 6.4-liter V8, 485-hp SRT 392. Finally, there's the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 707-hp Hellcat, which also brings 650 lb-ft of twist.
Our first shot behind the wheel was on the twisty, mountainous back roads near Portland, Ore., along the winding Columbia River.
The Hellcat doesn't explode with noise like some other uber-muscle cars, but tap the throttle and it'll scare the neighbors, the cops and any nearby animals. Idling out of the parking lot, it took every bit of our willpower not to repeatedly smash the gas in the middle of the crunchy Pacific Northwest city. Thankfully, it was only a few minutes before we got out into the wilderness and could really get a feel for launching the 4,449-pound (with the TorqueFlite eight-speed) fat cat.
Let's get this out of the way: We're enthusiasts, we like manual transmissions. But this eight-speed is set up perfectly to handle this motor. Not only do shifts bang off in about 250 milliseconds, but the car has the ability to drop two, four or six gears at a time, depending on what you do with the loud pedal.
After switching to track mode, which firms up the suspension, quickens the shifting and steering, and opens up the exhaust, we stomped on the pedal and were greeted with a jungle-clearing roar from the engine, along with the whoosh of spinning tires through first, second and third gears as we clicked through the paddles.
Power delivery is obviously effortless, but we were even more impressed with the suspension in track mode, which is stiff, but not at all punishing, on surface streets. An enthusiast could keep it in that setting all day long. There's also a customizable mode, which can be set to stiff suspension, easy steering and soft shifts, or any combination thereof.
In the driver's seat, the Challenger's interior feels way bigger than its pony-car counterparts. There's more shoulder room, more back seat room and more room in the trunk. One could conceivably live with this car every day, at least through three seasons.
Dodge restyled the interior with more old-school touches and a more driver-focused cockpit. The entire instrument panel, including the center stack, wraps around the driver. All the metal bits are machine-turned, which is a cool little highlight that adds some character. The company also gave more bolster to the seats, which help hold you in place in the corners.
We found some corners on which to test out what looked and felt like a capable car during the street drive when we arrived at the 1.9-mile, 12-turn Portland International Raceway.
Historically, Challengers haven't been known for their turning prowess. When the modern version came out, the company touted its "old-school feel," which was just a euphemism for "leans big in corners." It improved in 2011 with a new suspension setup, but it was still a long way from being a track car.
On the Hellcat, though, Dodge sorted all that out with even stiffer shock tuning, thicker antiroll bars and stiffer springs. In spots where the Challenger SRT 392 dove under braking, the Hellcat stayed nearly flat. It was the same story around the sweepers and during direction changes. The Hellcat felt like full-to-the-brim mine cart on rails, a flying brick.
From the seat of the pants, the Hellcat feels lighter than the SRT 392 and even the V6 Challenger, though it's assuredly not.
Although we wouldn't say it was scary to drive, even when we were set, locked in a corner, we could feel the car wanting to step out. "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast," our instructor told us. We weren't actually brave enough to push the car on the limit, envisioning what a quick stab of the pedal might do.
Back to the eight-speed transmission for a moment: It was damn impressive at the track. Dodge engineers told us to put it in track mode and try it in automatic. We scoffed, but then asked for forgiveness after it sensed our shifting style before we got to the first bend. It seemed to stay in gear nearly all the way to redline and downshifted two or three times during heavy braking. We never felt it hunting, and by corner exit, it was always in the right gear. We know it's sacrilege, but try the automatic. Top speed of the Hellcat is limited to 199 mph, but we've been told that it can do 207. The quarter-mile flies by in 11.2 seconds on street tires, 10.8 seconds on drag radials. We didn't see journalists getting anywhere close to that.
The Hellcat comes to dealerships late this year with a sticker price of $60,990 including destination. That undercuts the current Ford F, +0.29% Mustang GT500 by about $5,000 but it's a premium of about $3,000 over the Camaro ZL1. As for power to weight, the GT500 has 5.8 pounds for each horse to pull around, the ZL1 has 7.1 and the Hellcat has 6.3.
The story "2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat first drive" originally appeared on Autoweek.com.
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Truckee House Rental Photos and Description
Cabin, 4 Bedrooms + Den, 3 Baths, 2 half baths, (Sleeps 9-12)
This Mountain Lodge Home in the upscale Gray's Crossing is 4,200 sq. ft. and features 4 bedrooms and 3 ½ bathrooms, as well as a 2-car garage in a private, serene setting overlooking the golf course.
The kitchen features gourmet appliances with a granite island and bar seating. The dining area features a large teak table with seating for eight. The spacious great room has plenty of room for relaxing as a group with a gas fireplace, large plasma tv with cable and stereo with ipod dock. The home also has wi-fi access.
The master bedroom has a king size bed, plasma tv and a large luxury bathroom with walk-in steam shower and infinity tub. The first guest bedroom has a queen size bed and leather chair and ottoman. The second guest room features a king bed and the third guestroom has two twin bunk beds and a trundle bed – sleeping five comfortably.
The laundry room has a washer and dryer for your use. Upstairs there is a carpeted den with fireplace, flat screen and dvd player. This room is also ideal for additional sleeping.
Hiking, biking, restaurants, shopping nearby. Centrally located in Truckee to all the major ski resorts, Only 15 - 20 minutes to Northstar, Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley, and Sugar Bowl and only 30 minutes to the boundless entertainment Reno has to offer.
Available for vacation rental weekly or two-night minimum.
Keywords: cabin, house, tahoe, truckee, northstar, ski, golf, north lake tahoe, sugarbowl,
- Suitability:
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
About The Owner
Residing in Davis, CA, we've found Tahoe to be the perfect playground in all seasons. Our family loves to ski, hike, ride bikes, golf, and lounge. As owners of an aircraft sales and charter company, Axis Jet, we can also fly you in comfort and style direct to the Truckee Airport.
The Owner purchased this house in 2011
Why The Owner chose Truckee
We purchased this home with the goal of creating a comfortable getaway where we could connect with family and friends. We love the location -- the charming town of Truckee, amazing golf and quick access to stellar ski resorts.
What makes this house unique
This home is a place to play and then RELAX. After you do your outdoors thing, come home to an amazing shower, cook dinner in a gourmet kitchen, unwind on the leather couches and then hit the comfy beds. In the morning, there is a coffee pot to make your own java, but we recommend a trip downtown to Truckee's Coffeebar for your caffeine fix and an amazing blueberry scone. (our kids love the Nutella croissant!)


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Semaphore character meaning Y
|Y (Yankee)
"I am dragging my anchor."
|Year (alchemy)
One of several alchemical "time signs" used to indicate the period of a year.
|Year (alternate #1)
One of several "time signs" used in alchemy and early chemistry to indicate the period of a year.
|Yellow (color)
The symbolism of the color yellow.
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The yellow ribbon represents: * armed-forces return * bone cancer / osteosarcoma * giving prisoners a second chance at life * endometriosis awareness * craniofacial acceptance (CCAKids.org) * …
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the logo of the games web yepi
|Yield Ahead Sign
Yield ahead sign - U.S. and Canada
|Yield Sign
Traffic yield sign
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In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin-yang (simplified Chinese: 阴阳; traditional Chinese: 陰陽; pinyin: yīnyáng), which is often called "yin and yang", is used to describe how seemingly op…
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Open-source religions attempt to employ open-source methodologies in the creation of religious belief systems
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The Coolest Animals You've Never Seen: How a "Dream Team" of Scientists from the Aquarium and MBARI is Displaying Deep-Sea Cephalopods
From the vampire squid to the flapjack octopus, deep-sea cephalopods come in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes. Yet few humans have seen them alive.
Until now.
In the last month, we've displayed them as part of our "Tentacles" exhibit—thanks to a collaboration with our partner institution, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). "MBARI has some of the best deep-sea biologists in the world," says Aquarist Bret Grasse. "And they've been working with these animals for years. They're great at finding and collecting deep-sea animals, and we're good at keeping them alive and sharing them with the public."
A mission like no other
The first challenge is to find the animals. Enter Stephanie Bush, postdoctoral fellow and expert on deep-sea cephalopods. She combed through MBARI's database of ROV (remotely operated vehicle) dives, looking for locations in Monterey Canyon where deep-sea octopuses and squid were likely to be found.
"Many of these creatures are not rare in the deep sea," she says. "They're just rarely collected."
The next challenge was keeping the animals alive after they reached the surface. The deep sea is almost pitch black, with crushing pressure, near-freezing water, little oxygen, and sparse food.
"We do the best we can to replicate an animal's natural environment," says Bret. "In this case, we used data on oxygen concentrations, water temperature, and salinity collected by MBARI's ROVs to help us figure out what conditions the animals need."
When it came to deciding what to feed the animals, the team looked at studies of the gut contents of dissected animals. In the case of the vampire squid, MBARI researchers recently discovered that they use a sticky filament to collect "marine snow." To replicate this, our aquarists filled a blender with chilled seawater, fish eggs, krill, and bits of moon jelly, creating a slurry that they offered to the vampire squid in squirts from a turkey baster.
Showing an animal that's never been shown before
But keeping the animals alive was only half the battle—our aquarists also had to figure out how to display them. Inevitably, the animals are exposed to light (even though the exhibit is in a dimmed room) and occasional camera flashes (even though there are signs prohibiting this), as well as noise and vibrations from people.
In some cases, this means that deep-sea cephalopods only remain on exhibit for a few days at a time, before being returned to a nice dark, quiet tank in a back room. As Bret put it, "We're always balancing the public's desire to see these animals with what we think is best for the animals."
The collaboration has allowed MBARI researchers to make new discoveries.
"When you have an animal in a tank, you can see little details in the shapes and behavior that you might not notice in video," Stephanie says. "For example, of the fourteen flapjack octopuses we collected, every single one was a mature female. We have no idea why this is, or where the males are."
Stephanie is especially excited because one of these female octopuses laid eggs behind the scenes.
"Before this, no one even knew what the eggs of this octopus looked like," she said. "Now we know that they lay tiny little eggs on rocks, and then cover them with sand." Stephanie is hoping that the eggs hatch, but no one knows how long this might take.
Overall, it's been an amazing collaboration—with an important benefit.
"I think it's great that we're inspiring a ton of people to care about the deep sea," says Bret. "It's an area that we rarely see, but which is the largest habitat on Earth."


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Privacy, Liberty and Another Mass Murder
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD
Privacy and Liberty. These have become covenants in American law - abiding agreements meant to protect individuals and communities from the intrusions of government. They also have become, as many a family and community will attest, inadvertent impediments to the very safety they purport to secure.
Seven people are dead, including the 22 year old who perpetrated an attack of self-proclaimed retribution. Many more were injured. Families, friends and witnesses will bear the trauma for a lifetime. The Santa Barbara community will be emotionally ravaged for a very long time and our country has had its wound of the horror of mass murder opened once again.
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One of the bigger gaming peripheral manufacturers out there in the world of gaming is currently finishing up development and getting ready to launch a new series of game controllers designed for use on Tegra-based Android devices and Tegra optimized games.
You may or may not remember back in later April of this year when we talked about the former Call of Duty Strategist leaving Infinity Ward to start his own game studio called Robotoki. It seems things have been coming along quite nicely since then as Robert Bowling and Robotoki have announced their first game which will be called Human Element.
So we have to come to the time where we need to announce our third and final winner in our three week giveaway session where we celebrated Tegra Zone's 1-year birthday by giving away Asus Transformer PAD TF300 Tegra 3 gaming packages to a few lucky readers.
Back during the GTC 2012 conference where nVidia dropped the news about their upcoming cloud gaming platform GeForce Grid, there was plenty of other gaming news of the cloud variety during the nVidia keynote as well including a preview of the PC-based multiplayer FPS game Hawken running on an Asus Transformer Prime thanks to cloud gaming service Gaikai.
Well it is time again for another giveaway and yes it is another Asus Tranformer Pad TF300 gaming package giveaway. So far we have given away two of these bad ass packages and now here is a third, looking for a nice new home to go to. Will it be your house? You have to enter for a chance to win it!
To continue on with the celebration of Tegra Zone's first birthday, we have another Asus Transformer Pad (TF300) gaming package to giveaway. This package is exactly like the first week's package and this giveaway will pretty much be the same as the last one.
One of the bigger complains recently has been that Gameloft has not brought support to their games for the Asus Transformer Prime. Well it seems as though this could be changing as the recent content patch for Order & Chaos that happened today also seems to have brought compatibility to the quad-core tablet.
So after a few days of entries it is time to announce the winner for the first week of our Asus Transformer Pad gaming pack giveaways which we are doing. nVidia and Asus have teamed up and given us a few of these bad ass quad-core gaming packs to give away to our readers.
Recently acquired by GREE for $210 million dollars, game developers Funzio have brought their hit free-to-play crime game called Crime City over to the Amazon App Store. Crime City is basically why Funzio got acquired by GREE in the first place.
What? You thought nVidia were going to be the only ones having fun to celebrate their Tegra Zone's birthday by giving away free stuff? Well we are doing it as well! In fact we will be giving away one Asus Transformer Pad TF300 gaming package every week for the next 3 weeks starting with this week!
nVidia's Tegra Zone is having its first birthday and to celebrate nVidia is giving away seven Asus Transformer Pad packages over the next few weeks (starting this week). Let me start by saying that these Asus Transformer Pad packages are pretty bad-ass but, of course, you want to know how to enter to win right?


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Is there a law in Virginia similar to the Umstead act in North Carolina that would say the Commonwealth can not open up a veterinary hospital down the street from a private practice and provide services below their cost causing the privately owned practice to become unprofitable and go out of business.
The Umstead Act you refer to is a prohibition on public competition with private industry with a huge number of exceptions (for example all county and municipalities are exempted from the act!) There are a number of Code sections that prohibit the commonwealth of Virginia from displacing private waste companies (see Section 15-930 and 15-5121 for example), but nothing in the Code the places a blanket prohibition on such competition across all industries.
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This holiday season will be the 10-year anniversary of "The Cow that Stole Christmas." The past decade has taught us a hard lesson about the importance of and opportunity from beef exports for the bottom line of everyone in this industry. Even today, it is difficult to fully appreciate our export potential since we still do not have 100 percent market access around the world. But a decade has now passed since we lost nearly everything, making this a good time to again remind ourselves about the importance of beef exports.
U.S. beef exports in 2003 were $3.86 billion, with Japan leading the way at $1.4 billion. The November 2003 value of beef exports was $150 per head — a historic high. If hides and offal were added in, the value of these exports came to just under $200 per head. Currently, export markets account for almost $300 per head, which means that 17 percent of the value of a finished steer now comes from the international marketplace. The increased buying power of consumers across the globe for U.S. beef these past 10 years has been amazing, and recent changes suggest we may be seeing only the tip of the iceberg.
It took 10 years of unbelievably difficult diplomacy, but on Feb. 1, 2013, we were finally able to nearly normalize beef trade with Japan. Will our exports to Japan finally return to pre-BSE levels, and if so, could we have done things differently and gotten there sooner? Possibly. This year's resurgence in exports demonstrates that the relationship between Japanese consumers and U.S. beef is still very strong. In the future, the greatest challenge facing this relationship may be that consumers from other countries have the ability to outbid Japanese consumers for the same cut of U.S. beef. Japan's 38.5 percent applied tariff on all beef imports is now one of the highest that U.S. beef faces anywhere in the world. For the first time in nearly a generation we will have an opportunity to lower and eventually remove this tariff within the context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.
In South Korea, we were successful in negotiating a straight-line reduction in that country's 40 percent tariff on beef imports of 15 years, for a 2.67 percent-per-year decrease in that tariff . In 2014, we will be in the third year of implementation of the agreement, which will put the tariff on U.S. beef at 32 percent, or 8 percent less than everyone else exporting beef to South Korea. How big will this 8 percent be?


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Iggy Pop Talks U2's New Album, Piracy During a Lecture on "Free Music in a Capitalist Society"
By Jenn Pelly and Evan Minsker on October 13, 2014 at 7:44 p.m. EDT
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Tonight, BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast the annual John Peel Lecture, which features a "notable figure from the music industry" talking about "music and music-related media." The lecture is named in honor of the late, legendary radio broadcaster John Peel. This year also marks 10 years since Peel's death.
This year's lecturer was Iggy Pop. The topic was "Free Music in a Capitalist Society"; naturally, U2's recent album launch was discussed. Check out the audio here. Update: The full transcript is available here.
Iggy Pop Will Play a Serial Killer in Dario Argento's Film The Sandman
By Evan Minsker on October 9, 2014 at 10:04 a.m. EDT
The iconic Italian horror director Dario Argento (Suspiria, Inferno) has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund his next film, The Sandman. It's a thriller about a serial killer called the Sandman. Iggy Pop will play that killer.
Marc Maron Remembers Iggy Pop's Visit to His Garage on Pitchfork.tv's Animated "Frames"
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Today, Pitchfork.tv presents a new installment of its animated series "Frames". The show highlights first-person storytelling brought to life by Pitchfork.tv's animators.
Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Thurston Moore Unite to Cover the Gun Club's "Nobody's City"
By Zoe Camp on May 2, 2014 at 8:50 a.m. EDT
Iggy Pop & Nick Cave (feat. Thurston Moore) : "Nobody's City" (via SoundCloud)
Axels & Sockets marks the latest installment of the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, which celebrates the legacy of the late Gun Club frontman with covers performed by former band members and acolytes. As The Guardian reports, three of those fans – Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Thurston Moore – have joined forces for a take on the punk bluesman's "Nobody's City". Listen above.
Iggy Pop Pays Tribute to Scott Asheton, Forecasts Uncertain Future for the Stooges
By Jenn Pelly on March 19, 2014 at 1:08 p.m. EDT
Iggy Pop has offered a tribute to late Stooges drummer Scott Asheton, who passed away this week at 64. Read the piece in full at Rolling Stone.
Watch Iggy Pop and New Order Perform Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
By Molly Beauchemin on March 12, 2014 at 9:47 a.m. EDT
During the 24th annual Tibet House Benefit last night at Carnegie Hall, Iggy Pop joined New Order on stage to perform Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Transmission". The group also ran through a version of New Order's "Californian Grass", from last year's Lost Sirens. (Performed live for the first time ever, according to Bernard Sumner.) Watch video of "Californian Grass" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" below, via Slicing Up Eyeballs.
The Stooges Releasing Album Without Iggy Pop, Features Guest Vocalists Ariel Pink, Mark Lanegan
By Evan Minsker on March 10, 2014 at 9:40 p.m. EDT
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Last year, Iggy and the Stooges released a new album Ready to Die. As guitarist James Williamson told Rolling Stone, Iggy wanted to take a year off, but the rest of the Stooges decided to keep going without him. They're working on an album called Re-Licked. It features several Raw Power-era tracks the band only played live (which have circulated widely on bootlegs) sung by a variety of guest vocalists.
New Order, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, National's Bryce Dessner, More to Perform at Tibet House Benefit
By Carrie Battan on January 10, 2014 at 3:33 p.m. EST
Photo by Ebru Yildiz, from the 2013 Tibet House Benefit
The details of the 24th annual Philip Glass-curated Tibet House Benefit have been announced. This year's show, which takes place at New York's Carnegie Hall on March 11, will feature New Order, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Joe Walsh, the National's Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, Philip Glass and more, Rolling Stone reports. Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband Peter Sarsgaard will act as Honorary Chairpersons for the show, proceeds of which will go to the education nonprofit Tibet House U.S.
Iggy Pop Posts a Holiday Greeting for the Ages
By Brandon Stosuy on December 23, 2013 at 3:35 p.m. EST
This time of year everyone's sending along well wishes, most of which don't amount to much. Then along came a "Merry Christmas message from Iggy Pop," and all of that changed.
R.I.P. Producer David Richards
By Evan Minsker on December 22, 2013 at 7:20 p.m. EST
David Richards, a producer who worked with David Bowie, Queen, Iggy Pop, and others, has died, NME reports.
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Call goes out to resist the DSEI arms fair
One year before the DSEI arms fair is scheduled to return to London's docklands in September 2013, campaigners from Stop the Arms Fair coalition have promised that they will do everything they can to stop it happening. Their call to action signals to the ExCeL Centre, the venue that hosts the arms fair, and the UK government, who supports it, that the event will not take place without challenge.
The DSEI arms fair, one of the world's largest, takes place every two years. In 2011 it hosted delegations from Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and seven other authoritarian regimes. Delegations were also invited from countries involved in armed conflict, including Colombia, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Peru and Turkey.
In the call out, launched on 10 September, campaigners explained their reasons for action:
The arms fair is one of the grossest manifestations of the global arms trade and of how our government promotes arms sales to human rights abusers and conflict zones. Huge profits are made by arms companies, but the costs are borne by the UK taxpayer and the millions of people whose lives are blighted by the arms trade. - Campaign Against Arms Trade
Every bomb that is dropped, every bullet that is fired, has to be made somewhere. And wherever that is, it can be resisted. - Smash EDO
The campaigners are calling for a massive day of action on 10 September 2013 if the arms fair goes ahead. In 2011, DSEI was challenged with blockades of arms dealers, banner-drops, a bubble action, mass die-ins, street theatre and MP lobbying.
A Month of Action this September, focuses on the "arms trade on our doorstep". With assistance from an interactive map showing the location of arms companies, protests are taking place throughout the UK against companies who exhibited at the previous DSEI in 2011.
For further information contact CAAT's Outreach and Campaigns Team, Anne-Marie O'Reilly on 0207 281 0287 or or mobile 07990 673 232 or email Anne-Marie O'Reilly.
1. The call out is being co-ordinated by Stop the Arms Fair, a coalition of groups and individuals campaigning to put a stop to DSEI and all future arms fairs.
2. Read the full text of the call out here.
3. CAAT website has more information on DSEI and arms fairs.


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Ya might see Mark Geragos driving around town in a bright orange Lamborghini in the near future ... 'cause Chris Brown says it's the LEAST he could do for his super-lawyer for saving his ass ... again.
Brown hit the club scene in Hollywood last night after Geragos worked his magic and obliterated the hit-and-run case against the singer ... a huge deal considering Brown was facing jail time if convicted.
But outside Hooray Henry's, Brown told TMZ he's eternally grateful for his attorney ... and to show his gratitude, he's considering giving the guy an UNBELIEVABLE thank you gift ... the kind of gift that goes 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
It's the least he can do ...
Right, so he has to 1) hire someone to persuade the court that 2) he "really" didn't do something "that" wrong and so that makes this guy 3) a truly outstanding citizen who each and every one of us wants to 4) emulate AND 5) share the road with!! Wow now that's cause for drivers everywhere to celebrate!
Someone that won't pay 10 clams for parking is going to get a Lambo for his attorney. RIGHT!
Maybe the lawyer would prefer something a little less dumb rapper and a bit more elegant and sophisticated like a Tesla Model S.
See what money can buy!So damn pathetic. CHRIS, you're a waste of space.
And.... he's still a douche.
He is CONSIDERING .....
Child please. You're too damn cheap. Stop lying already.
TMZ = Fix your LIKE/ HATE Buttons.
They work intermittently or rarely.
Of course you're going to win especially if you have an attorney that tells you "He don't dance and you don't talk" in the courtroom.
Chris brown should have been locked away with they cell key thrown out . He pisses me off
Chris might rethink that after he gets the bill from Geragos. The man doesn't come cheap.
Mark S***bag Geragos is the MORON who represented Scott Peterson, and still says he
is INNOCENT. I hated him then, and hate
him more now. He picks TRASH for clients.
And I just LOVE the new hair plugs Mark...
keep representing garbage....
Is CB so broke that he has to pay his layer with his old car?
Once again we see that legal "justice" in the U.S. is up for sale ---- and it's all thanks to Chris Brown.
God blessed u Chris! ♥
As many crooks as Geragos has kept out of jail, he can buy his own lambo. I would rather view dog poop turning white than attend a Brown concert.


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My sump overflowed and leaked into my walk in closet. The carpet itself didn't get too wet, so I pulled it back and fan dried it. I removed the underlay 2 days ago and its been sitting outside in the sun and then in the garage over night but its still just as drenched. What do I do with it?? It's about a 5x5 piece.
simple, replace it.:)
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I have discovered the best lasting nail polish – ever. And it was only a buck. I went to Dollar Tree stores and happened to see several shades of nail polish that I liked.
I decided at a $1 a bottle for nail polish, I really ahd nothing to lose. The stuff wears like iron. I've bought nail enamels for $5, $10, $20 and more and none wear like this one.
I also love the fact that one coat gets you the color in the bottle. You may have read my previous post about Sally Hansen's purple nail polish and how I neede dto apply multiple coats to match the shade in the bottle. I needed 8 coats of Sally Hansen's and it still wasn't exactly as dark.
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The average GPA for the class of 2016 (and, actually, the class of 2015, too) is 3.9 weighted, 3.6 unweighted.
- Ma'ayan Plaut '10, Social Media Coordinator
14 hours until I head to college.
Does this mean you're here already? Welcome!
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there. i said it.
Delayed reaction but YES OBERLIN. See you in the fall!
Here's looking at you, Gunn
This is actually the best hat. Anyone else decorate their mortarboard with Oberlin swag? Tag with #oberlin and we'll reblog it.
From the admissions office: we have made a few offers, with the possibilities of a few more over the next few weeks.
- Ma'ayan Plaut '10, Social Media Coordinator
Hello incoming Obie! We're so glad you'll be joining us this fall.
Yes, many courses offered at Oberlin serve as fulfillments of more than one graduation requirement, including majors and minors. When declaring your majors/minors, you are asked to list the courses you have already taken and plan to take to complete your course of study, which is then signed by your academic advisor and by the registrar's office. If a course is listed on your declaration form or falls under the normal course of study, you'll be just fine. If you add a course later that hasn't been approved, you'll be asked to get another form signed before those credits count toward your major requirements (it's quite easy, though. The registrar's office is incredibly helpful!).
The Oberlin College Marching Band is a student organization and an Experimental College course, which means that you have two opportunities to get involved. The band varies in size and instrument types every year, but they play at club sports games in the fall and spring and in the Big Parade every May. Their website doesn't appear to have been updated since the fall, but shoot them an email for more information. I saw them playing just last week, so I know they're active!
- Ma'ayan Plaut '10, Social Media Coordinator
Word from the admissions office: it's still too early to know. They're only beginning to get an idea of next year's final class shape and size, as the postmarked deadline for sending in deposits was May 1st.
So, as terribly vague a word as "soon" is, that's what we know right now.
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The 6th Doctor: What Worked & What Didn't
Guest contributor Elliot Durwood examines the difficult Doctor.
I have to admit something that could get me exiled from some factions of the Doctor Who fandom: the Sixth Doctor is my favorite. Lower your pitchforks for a moment; let me explain! I love Six because he was so wildly different from all the others, and yet remained, at his core, the Doctor; he is unique amongst the rest, and introduced a new spectrum of emotion to the Time Lord. As we near the era of the Twelfth Doctor, it is important to look back on the past, but especially Six – there is much to be learned from him.
What Worked
The Doctor – The Sixth is quite unlike any other man, in no small part because he isn't one. He's an alien. The Doctor seems human, but the fact of the matter is that Time Lords aren't humans – they hide vast power and knowledge incomprehensible behind human faces. It stands to reason, then, that they should not always act as humans do. While all Doctors have had their tawdry quirks, Six wasn't human at all. He was completely and utterly unpredictable. Despite this, he remained the Doctor. Though he could be harsh to foe and friend alike, he was always, without question, on the side of good. Earlier on, he seemed to act only in self-interest. However, as time progressed, seemingly malevolent behavior was revealed as simply how this strange man related to the world. His shouting matches with companion Peri were merely how he communicated with someone he perceived as a friend, uncomprehending of how they might seem to her. Buried under the Sixth's overly passionate alien surface is the same Doctor we've always known. Unraveling that disguise is extremely exciting. In his second season, he is a much kinder Doctor – though his character development was rushed, it worked. If Colin's time hadn't been cut short, his character arc likely would have been far better received.
The Companions – The Sixth Doctor's first companion came in the form of the aforementioned Peri. Peri was, as far as companions go, not terribly unique – she couldn't have been. Her duty was to remain normal in the face of so dramatic a shift. She had become a companion under the Fifth Doctor, the polar opposite of his successor. More than ever, the companion was needed as an audience surrogate. Peri's job was to expose all of the Sixth's idiosyncrasies. Nicola Bryant and Colin Baker had excellent chemistry, whenever they actually stopped to be friends, making both their animosity and friendship believable. Six would do anything for her – the Doctor was still there. Peri was followed by Mel, who is widely regarded as shrill and useless. This may be because she was shrill and useless. However, under Mel, we saw a future Six – calmer, less contemptuous or bellicose, content simply to wander the universe as a more standard Doctor. Sadly, we never got to see this Doctor or how he got there – not on television.
What Didn't
The Twin Dilemma – The Twin Dilemma killed Doctor Who, simply put. The Sixth Doctor's first story is what everyone immediately jumps to when describing his character. Within his first few minutes, he has dawned the Satan-Clown's Nightmare Rainbow-Coat and attempted murder. Always endearing. He proceeds to spend a good portion of the serial as an utter coward, a complete perversion of the character. On paper, it seems like a good idea – a regenerative episode where the trauma is so severe that we can't be sure if the Doctor is still there. Unfortunately, the story itself is rather poor, especially in comparison to the much beloved Caves of Androzani. The application of the Doctor's trauma seems less like trauma and more like the Sixth being an utter psychopath, which couldn't be further from the truth. A Doctor's first episode should show us what he is actually like. Compare Dilemma to the far superior "The Eleventh Hour", which shows the Eleventh at his best, and you see where it fails – this is the Sixth at his worst. Not only that, but it was positioned awkwardly at the end of Season 21, and it would be ten months before a proper look at the Sixth Doctor would be given. Thus, for nearly a year, this is the image that sat in the head of the viewing public. When we meet Six in Attack of the Cybermen, he hasn't much improved, still suffering from regenerative trauma, killing a man in cold blood. The Sixth Doctor would settle over the course of the season, but the damage had already been done.
Season 22 – There is no denying that the majority of the Sixth Doctor's run was, well, "Love and Monsters" bad. At least, on its own. Colin Baker's amazing performance makes it quite enjoyable, but a lesser entertainer certainly couldn't have pulled it off. Attack of the Cybermen is a horrid, campy mess starring the 1980s' god-awful excuses for Cybermen, ridden with plot holes, logical errors, and awkwardly-inserted attempts at call backs. None of this is the Sixth Doctor's fault, of course, but the failings of script editor Eric Saward, who wrote unnecessarily dark and impossible-to-emphasize-with Who. Vengeance on Varos is better, but darker. In combination with the darker Sixth Doctor and the public's idea of the Sixth's nature as a craven killer, it's a volatile combination that got Who put on hiatus out of fear it had grown to be too dark for children.
The rest of this season's stories were maimed in other ways. Executive producer John Nathan-Turner was averse to bringing back old writers, so the end roster was made up mostly of newcomers. The results were the nonsensical The Mark of the Rani and Timelash, both of which are excellent examples of what the Sixth could have been had he come to act simply as the Doctor, but this is because neither display much ingenuity or creativity in any facet whatsoever. Robert Holmes returned for The Two Doctors, which brought back Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines. However, despite the talents of all three, the story is a thinly-veiled excuse to film overseas and the two Doctors barely have any time together. At the end of this limping mess of a season, Doctor Who was ailing.
The Trial of a Time Lord – It was the idea of the production staff, when Doctor Who returned, to reflect the environment behind the scenes on screen. As such, the Season 23 that had been planned was scrapped for a story arc reflecting the "trial" environment and incorporating A Christmas Carol-esque peeks at the past, present, and future of the Doctor, presented as evidence. It fell apart. The writers weren't told how to handle the fact that the Doctor was looking into his own timeline, and the actual trial scenes were written by Saward himself without any discussion. As such, they're difficult to make sense of in a linear fashion, especially as Saward incorporated the idea that the wicked Valeyard was doctoring evidence. It's impossible to say what actually transpired – is Peri really dead? Why did the Doctor act so vilely in Mindwarp? Does the Doctor remember the trial in his future, when dealing with the Vervoids? Then we come to the Valeyard himself, the antagonist of the piece. Despite Michael Jayston's amazing performance as an evil mastermind on par with the Master, laugh and all, his evil plan doesn't make any sense. The Valeyard is a future version of the Doctor, a byproduct of a regeneration gone wrong and the accumulation of all of his negative traits. However, the Valeyard cannot regenerate as the Doctor can, so his plan is to… go back in time and steal five of his own regenerations? The end product of Trial is a confusing mess, which garbled some potentially good stories. At the end of the season, the BBC demanded Colin Baker be fired – despite the fact that none of this could really be blamed on him.
Despite marking the end of the Classic series, the Sixth Doctor's reign is not without good qualities. Colin is truly a fantastic Doctor, and his character would see greater success under the banner of Big Finish. The idea that the Doctor didn't have to be likeable was unprecedented and echoes in every Doctor since. When Series 8 comes around, as long as it is made clear that the Doctor is still there, the production staff can give us a new take on the character. Twelve should be nothing like Eleven. As we've been promised a darker Doctor by Moffat himself, I hope he looks back at Seasons 22 and 23, at ol' Sixie (as Colin calls his Doctor), and I hope Moffat can learn from it. The Sixth Doctor does not need to be shunned and forgotten, because in doing so you only deprive yourself of a great performance and a better understanding of what Doctor Who needs to do to secure its future.
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I think, in the end, even after all these years, the one thing that bothers me about the 6th Doctor... is how much he disliked the 5th Doctor.
Sorry, bucko... no one insults my Doctor!
JNT for some reason wanted the public not to be without a Doctor at the end of season 21 so he threw in the Twin Dilemma. It did not work. Instead it left season 21 rather than ending on a high ending on a very low note with apparently our hero the Doctor no more. Season 22 was ok but with Michael Grade out for blood so he could fund EastEnders we needed a great Season 23. What we got was Robert Homes dying and Eric Saward leaving thus the plot fell apart. Then to end it all they cast Bonnie Langford. Noel Coward had the right idea about her. Things did get better in Season 24 but the die was cast. The show was scheduled against Coronation Street in a time when Video Recorders were only just becoming popular and that was that.
"Despite marking the end of the Classic series" - wow
Oh boy where do I start? First of all get your facts straight Mr. Durwood...Colin's doctor did not kill anyone in "Attack of the Cybermen", he supposedly knocked out one of the 'duplicate' fake policeman left over from "Resurrection of the Daleks", the other one he didn't know he was leaving for the Cybermen! Also REALLY comparing Classic Who to 2005 Who is like comparing apples to oranges. This doctor was always quoting human poets & that's being a little human. He WAS very 'Doctorish' with his long, loud speeches that can rival any of his predecessors! You also CANNOT compare a 6-story series to a single one, his season 22 was hit & miss in my opinion, 'Attack': good, 'Vengeance': bad, 'Mark of the Rani': OK, 'Two Doctors': better, 'Timelash': BAD, 'Revelation of the Daleks': OK. When you watch Doctor Who or any sci-fi television you have to take the bad with the good; the actors & actresses performance with the story plot. Hey remember a time during the great Tom Baker era in between 'The Deadly Assassin' and 'The Invasion of Time' where to first was 'to violent', then the last story above being 'to silly'. A very thin line for the writers & producers to work around! This is unfortunately what happen to Colin Baker's era and three seasons later with the Sylvester McCoy years ending the classic series all together!! But this is just from a viewer's perspective!
I was 12 when I watched season 22 and loved it. I'll always love those stories and colins performance and Doctor. Nothing post ironic about that. Just fond childhood memories and I'll always love it. Coat and all. It wasn't colourful to appeal to kids, it was the mid eighties. Everything looked like a rainbow had been sick on it. Just watch music videos from that time. Its the era it was filmed in. Since the revival its been one drab suit after another. Can't wait for Capaldi but boring blue suit. However sharp, there's not much imagination there........ 80's Cybermen!!!!!! The best!!!!!
The 80's cybermen were the best. I love the coat. I loved season 22. A great Doctor. I recommend big finish to see the Sixth Doctors development.
It wasn't unprecedented. The First Doctor wasn't always likeable, and the Fourth Doctor had his abrasive moments.
I actuallly like the Twin Dilemma. Why? Because it's fun to watch. Simple as that.
I think the scene when the Doctor is rushing to save Peri in Mindwarp, yet he is taken away in his TARDIS by the Time Lords, is one of the best in the entire show. The Sixth Doctor's reaction to the scene is so sad and tragic: "You... killed Peri." Spoken in nothing more than a whisper, in this scene we realise how much the Doctor actually cared for Peri.
Colin Baker was an awful Doctor. Hammy, bombastic, melodramatic.
I quite like TToaTL.
I love the 6th doctor himself, unfortunately none of his episodes are episodes I would rewatch, because they really didn't appeal to me. When I watched everything in order, it took an eternity to finish season 22, 23 and 24 (I know this season stars the 7th doctor).
I think he's a great Doctor! And even if he's your least favourite, you may still think he's great, because all the Doctor's are amazing! Personally I think Colin Baker's take on the Doctor is different, interesting and exciting. Plus Colin is a really great guy!
I like Six, I had my fears at the beginning for all the critics I'd heard, it was the last Classic Doctor I met and I did it "protected" behind one of my favourites, Patrick Throughton. But he grew on me, he's a great Doctor.
I like his chemistry with Peri, they're great together, and of course I don't like the coat, but that makes me appreciate more Colin Baker's acting, not everyone could play a high calibre badass in that coat.
I have to get into his audios, I'm just with Four and Eight right now, but I've got The Light at the end and his encounter with Seven is so funny, and few of the stories on the Big Finish look amazing, like the one with the Celestial Toymaker.
I think he would have been the greatest doctor of all if the BBC hadn't turned against the show and if he had been given time to develop his doctor his big finish audios are really good
What didn't work : the costume. How can you take seriously a hero dressed as a clown ? Note, it would have fitted well in "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", but apart from that... Yuck !
I agree 6 was the best no the second best but not the worst
"Why did the Doctor act so vilely in Mindwarp?" Because it was a lie. A pure lie! The Matrix was corrupted and controlled by the Valeyard. So nearly everything you see there is a lie. It was not the real Doctor who acted so vilely.
Colin's Doctor was no weirder than Sylvester's, he just had the unfortunate position of following Peter's relatively normal Doctor and was therefore such a jarring contrast. If Tom Baker had regenerated into Colin Baker we would have thought nothing of it.
What worked : Colin Baker. What did not work : just about everything else.
How can someone like Peri ? Every time I watch one of her episode, I feel like The Doctor's coat is there to appeal to very young children while she's there to appeal to their father. She's a complete damsel in distress.
My favorite Sixth Doctor's Story is without a doubt Vengeance on Varos. It's really dark and still relevant today. But even there... That scene when The Doctor laughs at the two men in the acid bath shouldn't exist. I don't understand how anyone could think this was a good idea. The Doctor's is sometimes violent, even a soldier and a warrior but he is never unfair or cruel. These guys weren't even baddies. That scene is the one I hate the most in all of Doctor Who History.
The problem with Bakers era was the lack of passion and enthusiasm held by John Nathan Turner, he made bad decisions, with no passion for his work and passion for Who, and it resulted in bad episodes. As Big Finish has proved over and over again- The 6th Doctor himself is a great character, and Colin is sensational
There were people at the BBC at the time who didnt like DW it was very silly to cancel it
I think its a shame, that the BBC were so against Doctor who, in Colin s era he might have been a better doctor . I have heard that JNT was desperately trying anything he could to keep DW going, things were starting to improve by the end, but it was too late
I have grown to like the multi coloured coat
Spot on analysis. Weak storytelling, a failure to balance the darker take on The Doctor with the optimism we're used to from Doctor Who and two companions that didn't always work well, made for a weak era. If they had stayed far away from Mel, given Sixth a decent costume and a more balanced personality, brought back some older screenwriting talent like Holmes and used it properly, I think a great series could have developed.
A bad combination, a Doctor who's deliberately confrontational and not 'nice' with an attractive but whiny (and hence not sympathetic) Companion (Peri) or a dreadful Companion (Mel).
I loved your line Peri was followed by Mel, who is widely regarded as shrill and useless. This may be because she was shrill and useless.
His Doctor wasn't all bad though, there's nothing wrong with a Doctor who is grumpy and sarcastic, he's an ancient Time Traveller not a social worker, who IS the smartest man in the room, and shouldn't be afraid to say so!
I adore the Sixth Doctor and his relationship with Peri. Colin Baker's Doctor is my third favorite Doctor. I actually like some of his episodes that are considered the worst of Doctor Who. Peri is actually among my favorite companions. However, I can't stand Mel at all.
If Evelyn Smithe had been introduced in the TV era, it would have done wonders to salvage the Sixth Doctor. I am still waiting for a PROPER regeneration story in audio or televised format. I refuse to accept "Time and the Rani" as such- a "bang on the head" is a disgustingly idiotic demise for Colin's Doctor.
To be honest I find the weakest part I find of this era is the companions. I don't like Peri, I find her bland and quite useless, and as for Mel... well... she's played by Bonnie Langford.
Colin Baker himself is great, grumpiness and sarcasm appeals to me, but hardly any of his stories are well written, with the better ones of his era just generally being 'OK but with flaws'. I haven't dared move within a five mile radius of the Twin Dilemma, but I once voluntarily subjected myself to Timelash, which can only be described as a mess with some good makeup. Vengeance on Varos was intriguing and original (not to mention increasingly and disturbingly relevant), but slowed down a bit and was still rather bland.
The Sixth Doctor was brilliant, but I'm afraid the Sixth Doctor's era receives a MrRazza's frown of disapproval and awkward look in the opposite direction.
Basically, the BBC ended up accidentally messing up Doctor Who during Colin's run and then fired him because they somehow got in the mind set that, playing the title role meant it was his fault. If this isn't the case I'm shocked as to why they let it come across that way, they shouldn't go round firing someone for something that's their fault and it's unforgivable. Poor Colin.
I've grown quite fond of 6 in recent years. That's difficult for me to say, and surprising for me to note, because I was one of the people who fell by the wayside when The Twin Dilemma came about. I even like The Two Doctors and Attack of the Cybermen, despite what this article says.
I genuinely don't blame Colin Baker for what happened back then. It was the system that failed him, not the other way around. I just hope that Moffat, being the fan that he is of the show, will learn from 6's mishandling.
The problem is, Colin Baker is a chronic over-actor who eats the scenery. He should never have become the Doctor. That sounds so harsh, I know, particularly as Colin is probably the nicest of ANY of the Doctors you could hope to meet in real life. But his pantomime-friendly acting (so beloved by JNT), and that costume, simply made Doctor Who ridiculous for a period of time.
I know, I met him on an event, he's so sweet
@Liana21 I love that part of TLatE!
The Sixth Doctor (About the Seventh Doctor): There he goes! Charming fellow.
Peri: Uh... I believe you just gave yourself a compliment there, Doctor.
The Sixth Doctor: Hmm? *laughs* Oh, yes. Well... credit where it's due!
I have to say, that's what destroyed my "faith" in Doctor Who - despite some good moments and valiant, heroic struggles by Colin against what he had to deal with, whenever that clown's outfit popped up on screen it destroyed the magic (I sometimes wondered if it had been done as a joke). Although I regret that I couldn't see past the costume, there were other elements (like the Doctor's casual acceptance of violence) that were just wrong and this was my least favourite period of the show. I'm pleased that we have since had the audio adventures, where at least we have better stories and I can imagine him wearing something that suits him!
I like Peri in certain aspects, but not in others. I think she had a good chemistry with The Doctor, but the writers could've developed her beyond the "screamer cleavage in shorts", with another tone or less damsel in distress, she could've been like Donna for Ten for example.
I agree with what you say about JNT making poor decisions, however I think it's extremely hard to say he had no passion for the show.
They did use Robert Holmes twice during the era. Sadly, not his best work and not produced well....
Indeed... It's worth watching the DVD extras for the late 80s stories to see what was going on behind the scenes... I have a lot more respect for a lot of the poorer stories now
@Planet of the Deaf You know... I think I might be the only person alive who actually liked Mel.
@Digglescratch Hey I just view that regeneration as the Rani was 'attacking the tardis', thus she was attacking the doctor!
I agree with you, Colin Baker deserved a proper regeneration story, even Chris Eccleston forehead is better than a hit with the TARDIS console
An audio adaptation of Spiral Scratch, perhaps. Or something new by one of the Big Finish writers. I'm sure Johnny Morris or Matt Fitton could write a fantastic swansong. It's one of those continuity blips that I'd love to see addressed in the audios.. and I'm sure Colin would be fantastic, finally getting to do a proper regeneration story.
@MrRazza lol nice rating system system.
Oh, and Peri killed the 5th Doc tor (My Doctor), and Mel was the worst, most annoying companion ever.
@beskar At last, a sensible comment. As I have said in an earlier post, Baker was hammy, bombastic and shrill. The man doesn't do subtle. Awful choice.
@beskar ...... I like his costume.
@YaelMoise @Liana21 TLatE is a great Doctor story.
@Liana21 I do find SOME redemption for her in that brief moment where she (silently) called 6 an asshole in The Two Doctors... and I do think that she, like 6, is better in audio (funny, when you consider she was meant to be... visual). Just saying.
@TheAfternoonoftheDoctor John Nathan-Turner approached the BBC about leaving the series in the early 80's, but had been told that if he left, the series would be cancelled immeadietly - A Man that was forced to be there has no passion for the show
I think she did actually have a few good moments, but too much shrillness overshadowed the rest. My favourite scene was, sadly, the wicked impression of her by Kate o'Mara /The Rani.
@DeanAlexander Quite right. He's becoming a popular Doctor for hipster-esque fans to say they like because hey, it's so ironic and different to like something that everyone else thinks is unbelievably bad. But for those who have grown out of their hipster phase in life (or never had one in the first place), we just call it like we see it.
@TottersLane She was shrill, and normally... I can't stand shrill. But, probably because there is such a shortage of them nowadays, I love optimistic characters, and I can't think of any other companion more optimistic than her.
@beskar @DeanAlexander looks like somebody needs to go read the dear whovians article again.
You assume too much.
@beskar @DeanAlexander Seriously... dude? What part of "don't be insulting to other fans, just because their opinion differs from yours" did you not understand?
@bluBob Hmmm, sounds like my comment hit a bit close to the bone. At the end of the day... dude... it's my opinion and that same right to have an opinion that differs, that you're defending there, is what I'm exercising by making it. Have a good day.


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