#Barbara A. Lambert

[andrew3garfield]

INSIDIOUS (2010) dir. James Wan

“ what's happening to Renai is real. I've seen it for myself. I came today because, last night, I had a dream about this place. I was in this house but it was late at night. I was... afraid. I went into your bedroom but you were both asleep. I knew I was asleep in the dream but... I could feel the- that someone was awake... in the house. I went into Dalton's, there was something in there with him. it was standing there in the corner. I asked it "who are you?" and it said it was a visitor, I said "what do you want?", it said Dalton. I can still hear that voice... ”

[foreverknightalways]

Hiatt's voice from the TV, Good evening. Nick asks, Natalie, what is it? Hiatt continues, Thank you for coming. I am innocent. Natalie says, Look, Nick, Whatever you may be thinking this was not my intention.

[lots-of-planets-have-a-north]

60 years later and Barbara’s hair still looks as iconic as ever

#BarbaraWright #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoIs60

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Revisiting 1960s Doctor Who: Highlights From Waris Hussein's Contemporary Diaries

Revisiting 1960s #DoctorWho: Highlights From Waris Hussein's Contemporary Diaries

Over the years, Radio Times has published some excellent Doctor Who archive material, and that tradition is maintained in this anniversary year with extracts being made available online from the journals of Waris Hussein, the programme’s first director and one of the key figures in steering it through its early months. Hussein has read through the journals for the first time in six decades and,…

[gatutor]

Buck Jones-Barbara Weeks-George Cooper "Forbidden trail" 1932, de Lambert Hillyer.

[perfettamentechic]

18 febbraio … ricordiamo …

18 febbraio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Barbara Bosson, attrice statunitense. È ricordata principalmente per la serie televisiva Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), per la quale ha ricevuto la nomina ai Primetime Emmy Awards per cinque anni consecutivi, dal 1981 al 1985. Successivamente, dal 1995 al 1997, ha interpretato la procuratrice Miriam Grasso in Murder One ruolo che le è valso un’altra nomination all’Emmy Award nel 1996.…

[tanoraqui]

I should really get a job at the BBC now so that in a little less than 40 years, I have enough seniority to greenlight a Doctor Who 100th Anniversary Special which starts with the Doctor introducing themself and the about-to-be companion saying, “What, like in the scifi show?” And then the two of them travel back to 1963 and meet William Hartnell and Verity Lambert and all, and when the Doctor inevitably transitions from “How do you know that?!” [answer: research from UNIT and its predecessors] to, “But this is rubbish! I never looked like that, or acted like that! Barbara is all wrong and Ian is practically lopsided and we didn’t meet the Daleks nearly so soon…” the new companion—a young woman from London circa 2063, of course—says, “Oh, well, they didn’t even know you were a Time Lord yet, at first—I think the show didn’t truly know what it was doing until the Fourth Doctor…”

And then they keep hopping through the timeline, visiting the sets of various iconic episodes probably not at all in order, stumbling onto and averting some plot to…I don’t know. It should probably be the Daleks. Details don’t matter, just that saving the day requires the Doctor (& new companion!) to gather all the “Doctors” from throughout the last 100 years in order to fool some enemy by all acting at once like they really ARE the Doctor, as they do so well! And also the audience has to participate via their love for the show, maybe a la the Series 3 finale with the Archangel Network. Maybe 100 years of collected human psychic power, aka eager belief in this show that has entertained and inspired us, actually empowers the actors to all be the Doctor all at once!

I guess I’ll have to move to England…

[ozziesjester]

⋆*:˚˖💖𓍢ִ໋✧˚.🎀༘⋆ 💗 ⋆ 🌸˚｡⋆୨୧⋆ ˚｡⋆

Kevin Price (TBOM) ☕️ S/I - Arnold Cunningham

James Sunderland (Silent Hill) 🌊 S/I - Mary Shepherd-Sunderland & Cheryl Mason

Stan Marsh (South Park) 🍸 S/I - Charlie "Soup" Campbell

Randy Marsh (South Park) 🍻 S/I- Charlie "Soup" Campbell

Kenny McCormick (South Park) ☠️ S/I - Butters Stotch

Cesar Torres (TMC) 📞 S/I - Mark Heathcliff

Adam Murray (TMC) 🐍 S/I - Jonah Marshall

Gabriel (TMC) ⬛️ S/I - Raphael

William Afton (FNAF) 💜 S/I - Bryce King

Vanessa Shelly (FNAF) 🐰 S/I - Bryce King

Asmodeus (Helluva Boss) ❤️‍🔥 S/I - Fizzarolli

Blitzø (Helluva Boss) ♠️ S/I - Fizzarolli

Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) 📻 S/I - Lillie

Charlie Dompler (Smiling Friends) 💛 S/I - Pim Pimling

Big McIntosh (MLP: FiM) 🍎 S/I - Honeycrisp

Jimmy Kurosaki (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) 💰 S/I - (work in progress)

Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton) 🪶 S/I - Elizabeth Schuyler

Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice) 🪲 S/I - Lydia Deetz

Adam Maitland (Beetlejuice) 🥂 S/I - Barbara Maitland

David 8 (Prometheus) 🖤 S/I - Elizabeth Shaw

Ellen Ripley (+ Ripley 8) (Alien) 🐈 S/I - Joan Lambert, Bishop, & Annalee Call

Jimmy (Mouthwashing) 🔪 S/I - Anya & Daisuke

Swansea (Mouthwashing) 🍹 S/I - Daisuke

Curly (Mouthwashing) 💊 S/I - Anya & Daisuke

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[davros42]

Rewatching Classic Doctor Who, some episodes I haven't seen in years, some of the animated reconstructions I haven't seen at all.

The Romans AKA Serial M

David Whitaker, Doctor Who's first script editor (vaguely equivalent to the modern 'show runner' in some respects but also not really in others), was sick of historicals. And to be fair, Marco Polo and The Reign of Terror (and the Tribe of Gum) were, despite their lavish production value, the weakest stories of Season 1. In my opinion, anyway. Verity Lambert convinced him and writer Dennis Spooner to take a more light hearted tone with this one and, with some influence from Carry On Cleo (and maybe a nod toward sword-and-sandal epics like Spartacus), turned in a lovely, breezy pastiche of Roman times. It gets called a 'comedy' fairly often but there's really only a few heavily slapstick moments in between the human trafficking, murder, assassination plots, arson, and sexual harassment. Ok, the sexual harassment is also a slapstick 'comedy' moment. It was the 60's.

To recap: The TARDIS lands and promptly falls off a cliff.

One month later, the TARDIS crew is squatting in a Roman villa while the owner is off campaigning in Gaul. Ian and Barbara are enjoying lounging around post-coitally, blissed out on wine, flirting constantly. Vicki, however, is restless and wants to see history. The Doctor departs with her to visit Rome, leaving Barbara to mommy domme Ian into a new hairstyle.

The Doctor and Vicki discover the corpse of a lyre player and The Doctor steals his identity and gets swept off to court of Nero, as one does. Ian and Barbara suffer a home invasion, during which Barbara smashes a vase over Ian's head and gets them both trafficked into slavery. Ian gets sent a galley crew and Barbara gets sold into Nero's court. Vicki and The Doctor just miss seeing Barbara get sold into slavery as they arrive in Rome, setting up the most amusing running gag of the serial. Ian gets shipwrecked and escapes. The Doctor, meanwhile, has to keep flattering Nero to keep from having to admit that he can't actually play the lyre. It becomes clear that the person that The Doctor is impersonating has some kind of mysterious task or mission. Nero, of course, has taken a shine to Barbara (who wouldn't?) and has decided to chase her around the palace like fucking Benny Hill. Vicki befriends the court poisoner and accidentally saves Barbara from poisoning by Nero's jealous wife by almost poisoning Nero instead. The Doctor gives her the standard lecture about changing history and then saves Nero's life. The poisoner takes the fall for Barbara's survival. The Doctor pretends to play music that only the most refined can hear (an idea he once loaned to Hans Christian Anderson) to once again get out of playing the lyre. However, Nero is preparing to kill him out of jealousy.

But first, sports. Ian and his friend have gotten themselves recaptured and sent to gladiator school. And they have been chosen to fight to the death in front of Nero. And Barbara, but that's not important right now. Ian loses but his friend doesn't kill him and attacks Nero instead. They escape. But Nero sets a trap for Ian with Barbara as bait. The Doctor (and Vicki) are informed that Nero plans to kill The Doctor but when The Doctor accidentally sets Nero's schematics for a new Rome on fire... well... Inspiration strikes. Nero goes off to burn down Rome and in the chaos Ian and Barbara reunite and escape. Vicki tells The Doctor off for changing history by inspiring the Fire of Rome.. but that wasn't really a change if it always happened anyway? Ian and Barbara return to the villa, get changed, and pass out. The Doctor and Vicki return and The Doctor chastises them for idleness and won't hear a word of explanation as he decides it is time to depart.

The story hits the gas pedal and doesn't let up. The two parallel plots are well structured and well paced. If they slowed down at all, the whole thing would fall apart under it's own weight. All the essential Roman elements are present.. weird food, galley slaves, statues, saunas, centurions, mad emperors, gladiators. The history is.. ok? By AD 64 (when the story was set) Nero was known for his strange behavior, being susceptible to flattery, and violent temperament. His wife Poppaea Sabina was apparently a bit of schemer, and may have been the sort to poison a slave girl. Anyway, no one really knows how or why the Fire of Rome started. Most of the history we have of Nero was written by people who may have been biased. Even more biased than most historians, I mean. Anyway, it's a fun little Cliff Notes version of history that works a lot better than the longer, more slowly paced dramatic historicals that preceded it. No coincidence that the shorter, more action oriented The Aztecs is easily the best historical so far, with The Romans close behind.

Next up: The Web Planet (but not the Web of Fear)

[ashe-withane]

Ted Lasso Characters as Random Songs from One of My Playlists

Don’t ask why all of these are on the same playlist ok I don’t have an answer

Ted - Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

Rebecca - I’m Still Standing by Elton John

Beard - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Keeley - Cry Me a River by Etta James

Roy - “Heroes” by David Bowie

Jamie - Holding Out for a Hero cover by Adam Lambert

Sam - Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie

Dani - A Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James

Colin - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! by Abba

Isaac - It Takes Two by Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien (from Into the Woods 1988)

Nate - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Trent - Would it Make Any Difference? by Etta James

Higgins - Tiny Dancer by Elton John

Richard - How Will I Know by Whitney Houston

Jan Maas - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You by Led Zeppelin

Bumbercatch - Money, Money, Money by Abba

Zoreaux - Waterloo by Abba

Will - 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton

Bonus:

Barbara - Whiplash by Metallica

[d-criss-news]

Darren Criss Announces New Holiday Tour Dates Across the U.S. & Canada

Darren Criss is celebrating "Crissmas" this year with a brand-new lineup of holiday tour dates!

Criss will be playing The Town Hall in New York City on December 5 and will also be stopping in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Toronto, Indianapolis, Nashville, and more. Check out the complete list of tour dates below!

"Summer is coming to an end (well, not in [Australia]) … which means it’s time to think about cold weather (in [the U.S.]!) Announcing a TON of NEW Holiday Show dates to warm up your November and December," Criss captioned his Instagram post announcing the dates.

Pre-sale will begin this Wednesday, September 13 at 10:00 am local time. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 15 at 10:00 am local. Click Here for more information on how to buy tickets.

Criss released his first-ever holiday album entitled “A Very Darren Crissmas” on Decca Records in 2021. In it, he brought his radiant imagination and encyclopedic musical knowledge to a wildly eclectic collection of songs: big-band standards and novelty tunes, mid-century musical numbers and modern-day folk-pop ballads.

Criss’ original track “Drunk on Christmas” featuring country chart-topper Lainey Wilson, showcased his effortless ingenuity as a songwriter. The result is an essential new entry into the holiday-music canon, both thrillingly unpredictable and touched with a timeless sense of Christmas magic.

Made with Ron Fair, multi-Grammy® nominee and producer of numerous GRAMMY-winning hits, “A Very Darren Crissmas” also featured special guest appearances by Adam Lambert and Evan Rachel Wood. “A Very Darren Crissmas” was only the latest evidence of Criss’ singular gifts as a song interpreter. 

Darren Criss Holiday Tour Dates November 21 - Atlanta Symphony Hall - Atlanta, GA November 22 - Knight Theatre - Charlotte, NC November 24 - Charleston Music Hall - Charleston, SC November 25 - Bilheimer Capitol Theatre - Clearwater, FL November 27 - Barbara B Mann Performance Arts Hall - Fort Myers, FL November 28 - Lillian S. Wells Hall at The Parker - Ft Lauderdale, FL November 29 - Steinmetz Music Hall at Dr. Phillips Center - Orlando, FL December 1 - Carolina Theatre - Durham, NC December 2 - The Barns at Wolf Trap - Vienna, VA December 3 - The Barns at Wolf Trap - Vienna, VA December 4 - Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center for the Arts - Red Bank, NJ December 5 - The Town Hall - New York, NY December 6 - The Ridgefield Playhouse - Ridgefield, CT December 7 - Emerson Colonial Theatre - Boston, MA December 9 - Elgin Theatre - Toronto, ON December 10 - Fisher Theatre - Detroit, MI December 11 - Atenaeum Theater - Chicago, IL December 12 - Barrymore Theatre - Madison, WI December 13 - The Commons at Nugent-Custer Performance Hall - Columbus, IN December 15 - Center Stage At Mgm Northfield Park - Northfield, OH December 16 - The Cabaret - Indianapolis, IN December 17 - The Cabaret - Indianapolis, IN December 19 - Lexington Opera House At Lexington Center - Lexington, KY December 28 - Cma Theatre At The Country Music Hall Of Fame - Nashville, TN

[madmarkinabox]

Season 1

The Aztecs

After the travellers emerge from an Aztec tomb, Barbara is mistaken for the reincarnation of the god Yetaxa. She plans to use her knowledge of their history to change the Aztecs' course to a less violent path, but the high priest of sacrifice, Tlotoxl, doubts her divinity. Can Barbara maintain the ruse long enough for the travellers to find a way back to the TARDIS within the tomb?

I won't lie, I wasn't looking forward to this one. We know Verity Lambert wanted the show to have an educational slant, and I thought this was definitely going to feel like a history lesson. I resigned myself to thinking "just watch it, then we're one step closer to good stuff like The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Tenth Planet." But for what I expected, it wasn't all that bad! Yes, it started off feeling like a history lesson, like something they'd put on at school on the TV/video trolley, but once it found its feet, it was enjoyable enough.

This story is Barbara's time to shine. We've already seen a little bit of how she responds to being treated like royalty in episode 2 of The Keys of Marinus, but here she's seen as a goddess and clearly relishes the opportunity. Ian has a fun sub-plot as he has to learn to be a warrior, using his common sense against his rival Ixta's brute force, and the Doctor, despite his warnings that you can't change history, finds himself stumbling into a romance. It's also nice to see him finally treating Ian as a friend, looking out for his wellbeing and actually calling him by his first name. The TARDIS crew is starting to feel like a family unit now. Unfortunately this is another story where poor Susan gets the short end of the stick, pushed into a seminary where her brains are mostly ignored/forgotten about and her attempts to chart her own course in a rather feminist way are pushed aside by the Aztecs.

Perhaps the real star of this one however is John Ringham as Tlotoxl, creeping about like the Joker playing Jafar, mugging and leering in an almost pantomime fashion, and chewing more scenery than a Drashig at an open buffet. The scenes where he and the high priest of knowledge, Autloc, are trying to outwit and trump each other are rather reminiscent of The Road to El Dorado. He's so crazed and devious it's hard not to enjoy his performance. Overall, not a bad story at all, but if you're looking for aliens and spaceships, you might want to give it a miss. But give it a shot anyway.

Next time, we meet The Sensorites.

[foreverknightalways]

Nick answers, No, it's the way you said it. Natalie says, Well, I didn't mean to imply that-- Nick says, You shouldn't have said anything. You shouldn't have been there. Natalie answers, I had a commitment. I couldn't just stand by while they tried to run her into the ground with empty accusations. A car continues to follow Natalie's car.

[hartshorn-and-isinglass]

Music in Colonial Massachusetts

Lambert, Barbara, editor. Music in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1820. I: Music in Public Places. A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts May 17 and 18, 1973. The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1980.

Lambert, Barbara, editor. Music in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1820. II: Music in Homes and Churches. A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts May 17 and 18, 1973. The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1980.

This is the most comprehensive roundup of what we know about music in the early colonies--what instruments people owned, what kinds of music they played, and how everyone felt about music generally (as well as dancing). I've been losing my shit trying to figure out which bowed string instruments besides the violin made it across the pond in the 18th century and in what context; it looks like viola da gambas of various sizes, as well as octave violins and the bass violin (the precursor to the cello), are attested to. In plucked strings, there's lutes and guitars but mostly citterns, an instrument that is a bit like a cross between a mandolin and a guitar. Sons of Liberty does violin-picking in place of using a mandolin (an instrument which is not well-attested to in North America until much later), but I'm not sure how much of a case can be made for picking a violin as opposed to using some kind of cittern. I've only just started reading bits of this; I'll have to come back and read the rest soon. (So glad this is online! I was worried I'd have to hunt down a rare print copy.)

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

An Entirely Fictitious Account of DR WHO

An Entirely Fictitious Account of DR WHO

Despite being voted the longest-running science fiction television series of all time, very little has been written about the early years of Dr WHO. But, at last, we have uncovered the secret history of TV’s venerable Timelord traveller in time/space. Let’s time-skip back more than 47 years to the nineteen hundred and sixties… It begins with a feisty Canadian firebrand called Syd Numan who…

[androxys]

I was tagged by @havendance for a "get to know you!"

Last Song: "Mama's Broken Heart" by Miranda Lambert, because sometimes you have to listen to a woman going a little crazy. As a treat.

Currently Watching: The only show I'm currently keeping up with is My Adventures with Superman, but I'm hoping to sit down and watch all of Good Omens Season 2 soon!

Currently Reading: Comics-wise? Uhh... for brevity's sake, let's just say Batman Chronicles and Batman: The Cult. Non comics-wise, I'm about to start Ocean Vuong's On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.

Current Obsession: Yeah it's going to be DC comics forever. More specifically, I recently resurfaced from a deep dive on Barbara's recovery timeline once she gets out of the hospital post-paralysis. The timeline makes no sense and I keep digging deeper. In other realms, I just finished moving, so right now I'm spending a lot of time thinking about houseplants.

Sorry if I ping anyone with this who has already been tagged in a past version of this! The original prompt said 9 folks, so here goes: @azbats @clearbluewaters @upswings @wildflower-ditch @theultimatepomegranatestan @sporkberries @scintillyyy @silverwhittlingknife @mintchocochipsposts