Gobeur Strikes Again

It’s like someone - Cass? - snuck up on them with a camera. Luv Arcade’s surprised look! XD

More Gobeur Arcade/Vulpes

I just love these two together (obviously).  :)   Gobeur clearly has a window into my brain....

I should start wearing my tinfoil hat more often!

Fallout New Vegas Fan Art

Okay, so y'all know I'm a big Fallout New Vegas fangirl, right?
For the uninitiated, it's this game here:















I write derpy little fanfictions about it. (And by fanfic I mean fluff and pr0n.)

Ahem.  Moving on....

Some absolutely fantastically talented artists have honored my non-canonical little 'verse and the pair I ship with some radically awesome pieces of art.

You cannot imagine how touched and humbled I felt when I first saw these. Most of them are on dA here. But as a few aren't, I thought I'd post them here so everyone could see them and pet them and bask in the light from their general awesomeness.

First let's get you acquainted with the pair I ship. The above masterpiece is by GOBEUR

This next one is by GOBEUR as well.

Vulpes doesn't actually have a tail, of course. But isn't it adorable? :)

These next ones are on deviantArt:

Vulpes in Vegas by ~MissLadyVenom on deviantART

A Scarred Frumentarii by ~MissLadyVenom on deviantART

Fallout NV - I cannot hate you by *lilibombe on deviantART

weight of the world. by *DrowVisionary on deviantART

Aren't they wonderful?  If you're on dA, you should watch these folks. They are total awesomesauce with a side of brilliance.

Fallout New Vegas Geek Moment

So we're flying over southern Utah and it occurs to me that this is the birthplace of Vulpes Inculta in the game Fallout New Vegas. So I revel in my geekery and decide to take a picture.

For those of you unfamiliar with the game, it's still a pretty pic. :)

Jensen Ackles on Set of Supernatural

Go here for more lovely pics: http://newsflic.blogspot.com/2010/09/dean-winchester-jensen-ackles-on-set-of.html

Note that his shirt is no longer tucked in! Yay!
(inside joke, sorry)

Supernatural Dance Party

The Eternal Battle... via Facebook

Supernatural Soundtrack - Finally!

You knew I had to share this, right?  :)

Which SPN Character Are You?

Which Supernatural Character Are You?

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Which SPN Weapon Would You Use?

Which Supernatural Weapon Would You Use?

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Supernatural Cheer

I found this on YouTube and thought it was sweet, so to tide us over until next season, take it away, boys!

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mb6m

BBC Review

Finds Barrowman on the sort of form to guarantee a hit.

Adrian Edwards 2010-02-22

John Barrowman’s new album captures him on peak form. His strong vocal technique, intelligent choice of songs, sympathetically arranged, guarantees that this new album is going to be a hit.

The breezy opener When I Get My Name in Lights comes from The Boy from Oz, Australia’s first musical to hit Broadway. It featured a Tony Award-winning performance from actor Hugh Jackman in the role of singer-songwriter Peter Allen, a part that would seem tailor-made for the magnetic Barrowman.

One Night Only offers a showcase for this singer’s enviable ability to sustain a long note, float the voice into falsetto and empathise with the narrative of a song. When the tempo picks up, he’s joined by an all-girl backing group paying homage to the song’s source in Dreamgirls, the film based on the career of The Supremes. Copacabana comes up fresh as daisy through Barrowman’s sassy vocal, with piano and brass breaks emphasising the flashy nightclub setting. Thoughtful love song Unusual Way, from Nine, is marked by loving attention to detail, sustained by a seamless vocal line and an arrangement where one feels singer and orchestra are breathing as one. The warm string chart recalls the glory days of arranger Gordon  Jenkins’ collaborations with Nat King Cole.

Barrowman’s simple treatment of two unsophisticated songs, My Eyes Adored You and Don’t Cry Out Loud, fall easily on the ear, though he can’t rescue The Kid Inside (from the show Is There Life After High School?, which ran for just 14 performances on Broadway back in 1982). Jodie Prenger duets with Barrowman on So Close, a song from the Disney film Enchanted, though without making any lasting impression.

It’s in the very familiar repertoire that Barrowman works wonders. Singer and orchestra relish the second build up of You’ll Never Walk Alone, but the initial presentation of the refrain is simply beautifully sung and the ending shaded off exquisitely, as it’s written in the vocal score of Carousel. I Won’t Send Roses is another touching interpretation, with a well-paced climax and a dream of a long soft note held at the end. Memory sweeps along with marvellous phrasing, an intelligent reading of the words and an arrangement that adds colour to his fresh interpretation.

All through this collection we are aware of singer and arranger-conductor Matt Brind working as a team. They are to be congratulated for their work.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence. If you choose to use this review on your site please link back to this page.

Music Clips From John Barrowman's New Album

Click this link: http://www.johnbarrowman.com/fanzone/music/johnbarrowman.shtml for music clips from John Barrowman's new album.

Coming March 1st!

Captain Jack and Doctor Shippiness

Tenth Doctor Cover Yumminess

This is SUCH a sexy cover!  I want this as a poster.  Over my bed.  :)  And so far the book is fantastic, too!  Trevor B has really captured the Tenth Doctor - I can totally visualize this as an episode.

I also like how he is handling the Daleks. And the other characters are very well drawn and sympathetic.  And there was a Blake's 7 reference.  So I'm a happy camper.

I really liked Judgement of the Judoon, too.  Loved how Colin B gave three dimensions to the Judoon commander.  Fun read - and this one had a Tintin reference.

I'm also working on The Slitheen Excursion. This one has a bunch of in-jokes for Classics majors. If you know your Greek mythology, your Heroic Age, or even your Mary Renault, you'll get more out of this.  :)

Oh, and just in case you thought I was joking - there really are posters of Ten.  Just not of this particular artwork.  :)

Sean Bean in Sheffield Today

Save the Coffee Boy, Save the World

This is from http://SaveIantoJones.com:

January 9th is the day!

January 9th marks the sixth month anniversary of the (temporary) death of sci-fi's favourite coffee boy. 

And, with all possible love and goodwill, we're here to spread the message ... 

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN SCI-FI. SAVE IANTO JONES!

On January 9th let's ramp it up and send as many emails as possible to the BBC with one simple message:

Anything is possible in sci-fi.  Save Ianto Jones!

On 9 January, Tweet your fingers off sending our key message,
Anything is possible in sci-fi.  Save Ianto Jones!

Working together, we can put Ianto back on trending topics!

New John Barrowman Album Coming 22 Feb

John Barrowman's new CD is coming out 22 February.

Tracklisting:
When I Get My Name In Lights (from The Boy from Oz)
One Night Only (from Dreamgirls)
Copacabana (from Copacabana)
I Won’t Send Roses (from Mack and Mabel)
Memory (from Cats)
The Kid Inside (from Is There Life After High School?)
My Eyes Adored You (from Jersey Boys)
Don't Cry Out Loud (from The Boy From Oz)
So Close (from Enchanted) duet with Jodie Prenger
Unusual Way (from Nine)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)
The Winner Takes It All (from Mamma Mia!)
Oh What A Night (from Jersey Boys)

For all the information you need, please visit:
http://www.johnbarrowman.com/news.shtml#johnbarrowman

Do You M/M?

Are you one of the many (many, many) readers of m/m romance? Do you swoon to Alex Beecroft's False Colors: An M/M Romance or Erastes' Transgressions: An M/M Romance?

For anyone who might be thinking, "What, M&M's have romance?" and trying to picture the green girl M&M in something slinky.... no.

M/M is short for male/male - as in leave-out-the-annoying-heroine-and-just-give-us-two-hot-men - romance. This genre is extremely popular, especially in ebooks.

I like the historical ones. Now, you might think there wouldn't be much scope for realism in such romances.  And there you would be wrong.

I have been reading Male-Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships and it is fascinating how fluid love could be in early America. Not only was there no word yet for homosexuality, there was no real concept of it as a permanent existence. As this was also before companionate marriage, both men and women got married because it was expected - not only for social but for business and economic reasons. So whom you married often did not coincide with whom you loved. And once in a while someone left us evidence that the person they loved shared their gender. How they then handled this can be very emotional and touching.

We tend to think of maritime settings as being the best venue for historically accurate m/m romance, and indeed, next I am going to be reading the non-fiction An American Seafarer in the Age of Sail: The Erotic Diaries of Philip C. Van Buskirk, 1851-1870. However, there were Virginia planters, mountain men, trappers, farmers, and even urban citizens who experienced the love that dared not speak its name. (BTW, apparently Philadelphia rocked when it came to wild sex during the Federal period.)

Quite a diverse field for authors to mine for story-lines!  I encourage anyone who writes or reads m/m fiction to check out the non-fiction.

And speaking of inspiring tales of m/m non-fiction, I must of course mention I Am What I Am, John Barrowman's new autobiography.

Yes, I'm a fan-girl. I dare you not to be. :)

John Barrowman News!!!