It really was.
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Every now and then I am blessed with a silent film with live accompaniment of a brand new score which was composed especially for the event. It is always an absolute treat, and makes for a really unique experience of the film.
For instance, as well as playing their instrument, one of our musicians tonight sang a vocal for the performances of “Marguerite” in Faust (who is played by the two rival actresses Christine and Carlotta in the story); and with Christine being our heroine, Carlotta’s singing was made to be hilariously bad! That is not a feature of the (very different) pre-recorded soundtrack I have heard for this film :).
The film is 100 years old this year, and the theatre it was played in turned 100 late last year, and the film was (primarily) directed by actor/director Rupert Julian who was born and raised in New Zealand, so it was a good fit.
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Do you know if Fantasticfiction will not just notifiy when something is announced but when that book is also published?
Got some notification about a book release in February 2026. I wonder if it will send me another notification when the book is out.
Do you know that?
Not sure to be honest!
(I have now checked and their website says this: ““Follow” authors and get an email alert whenever we add a new book and when a book is published.” So I guess it does!)
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Amazon Prime has both:
Miami Vice (unbelievably stylish, very violent, little bit of 80s sexist, absolutely incredible for 1984 when tv like that just didn’t exist)
and the original black and white series of Peter Gunn from 1958, which 5 mins into the first episode is also surprisingly great and entertaining. (Pretty sure I’ve played the theme tune on the trumpet).
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Whoa, for a 1958 show, Peter Gunn was VERY hardboiled. Did not expect that at all. Lots of shooting, sophisticated lounge singers, fisticuffs with hoodlums, but with a much more brutal tone than I thought would be around in '58.
That was kinda awesome.
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I am (re)watching the first season of House on Amazon. I had caught a bunch of (pirated) clips on YouTube shorts and resparked my interest in the show. I watched during its initial run, but lost track of it and never finished it.
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I never watched the final season (though I do own it). I really enjoyed the show, but it really felt a bit shark jumpy by the penultimate season. I should really watch the last season at some point to see if it ended on a high note.
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I also stopped watching at some point. I think I learned what I could from it though (i.e. that it’s probably lupus).
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Funny, I learned the opposite: it’s never lupus.
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Weirdly, my partner has also been rewatching House recently. Something in the air?
In any case I started the 2nd season of Jujutsu Kaisen. I now remember what I enjoyed about the 1st season 
(plus rewatching Solo Leveling for the 3rd time)
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