Camera Obscura Blog: All
9 April 2010
So we’re back in the States, which is great, playing shows and all that, always a pleasure, never a chore. But here’s the thing. The brand new, long awaited, much anticipated (by some of us) series of Doctor Who started on Saturday in the UK, and here’s us away and missing it. Do i have the patience to wait till i get home? Do i have the patience to wait till it airs in the US? Neither i’m afraid, but with the aid of modern technology, we managed to download it on Saturday night, and still have a new Who Saturday, even though we were in the states. Fantastic it was too, well worth staying up till 3am watching it after it took forever (well.. a few hours) to download. So good it was (Matt Smith was amazing as the Doctor wasn’t he? Great debut, and Amy Pond, oh, Amy Pond was great as well. And the TARDIS, oooh, didn’t it look all amazing when it fixed itself right up at the end (Tracyanne didn’t understand how i could describe it as sexy, but i meant like an old classic car can be, and not like a person, i’m not that mental). It was so good, that Kenny and I watched it again on our day off on the big telly in the hotel. It looked even better in Big (cheers HDMI).
So Saturdays can be as look forward to-able here as they are at home.
The Stephen Moffat Era of Doctor Who has started, and i for one am very excited.
Paul
said:
9 April 10
The night you folk played in my city, Doctor Who had aired a few hours before, and I snatched and burned it on a disc (720p high-def even) to bring to you. Stuck it in my bag and completely forgot about after that amazing performance. Very glad you got it anyway. Pretty fantastic, right? Moffat is the man. And even though I had my heart all set to hate Matt Smith, this kid is brilliant. Can’t wait for tomorrow….
(PS, if by some blind chance a hotel you stay at while on tour has BBC America, they are going to start airing Series 5 (er…31) on the 17th. Two weeks late, but a slightly more legitimate method of watching. ;) I’m going to do both.
Gavin
said:
11 April 10
Thanks for doing that Paul, that was mighty kind of you. Managed to get it on HD (and last night’s too) but much appreciated that you went to the effort, cheers, gav
Andrew
said:
20 April 10
Delta Air Lines is playing “The Sweetest Thing” on board a Los Angeles to Salt Lake City flight right now … what a sweet surprise! Thanks to the Shazam app on my iPhone for identifying the song. The sound was unmistakably Camera Onscura. I had no idea there was a new album … must buy it ASAP!
Enjoy your US tour, and thank you for lovely musical contribution … you’ve enrlched my life. I hope to catch you in California …