September 2011
August 2011
Sherlockian Fact of the Day: Robert Stephens, who portrayed Holmes in Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, was Jeremy Brett's closest and lifelong friend. The two shared rooms, served as eachother's best man, and also died just two months apart.
John "Three Continents" Watson is NOT Mrs. Marple
Episode 6: Lyndsay Faye & The Pastiche LISTEN HERE is FULL of Sherlock Holmes jokes, BBC Sherlock jokes, and even some Cabin Pressure jokes… did you notice? Do you think we’re all insane yet?
As always, we love feedback, and we think this episode in particular is fantastic for all Sherlock Holmes fans. Not only is Lyndsay Faye amazing, she’s talented and insanely knowledgeable about the canon.
Are you a fanfiction writer? You need to listen. Hardcore. Not only do we talk about the importance and history of fanfiction, but we talk an intense amount about pastiches. The pastiches you should read as well. Yeah, add more to your reading list. Now.
Enjoy chatting about the sexuality of Sherlock Holmes? We go into that as well and into all the facets of it. Was Sherlock Holmes asexual? Was he heterosexual? Was he homosexual? Was he Watson sexual? Was he Sherlock sexual? Or did he (and Arthur Conan Doyle) just not care?
Who owns the copyright to Sherlock Holmes? And in what country can you not reference The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes without emptying your pockets?
Listen and find out just what John “Three Continents” Watson means and why his mustache is made of coconut, why Lyndsay fancies the “Glorious Cumberbunny”, and even some dorkiness about Jack the Ripper.
Episode 6: Lyndsay Faye & The Pastiche
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Afterwards Ardy, Taylor, and Curly talk more about pastiches, as well as fan fiction, telling you where to find some good ones and where to find some rather interesting ones. Learn everything you need to know about the Sherlock Holmes copyright, and join Jenn & Curly for a “Watson Adventure” with out report on our amazing scavanger hunt in Greenwich Village, NYC.
Wait? Sherlock Holmes CAKE POPS?! Ohhh yeah. Curly likes to bake, so she made these treats for Lyndsay and Jenn!
Pastiche List
Dust and Shadow
Marry Russell Series
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (aka SH sci-fi/supernatural stories)
The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and the Running Noose
Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Evil
Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly
A Study In LavenderThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
And the Lovecraft crossovers: Neil Gaiman’s magnificent short story “A Study in Emerald” is in this one, but is also available online for free, over here
Reviews & Reactions: New BSB Page →
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Hello everyone! A few announcements!
- Above you’ll find the link for our Reviews & Reactions page on our website. Basically I tried to put together all the nice things you’ve said about us, whether it be email or twitter or here on tumblr, and bunch them all together. So if you’re on there and don’t want to be, just say as much and I’ll take you down. Also, if you’ve written or read a review about us, let us know! Always interested in reading them, and it’s okay if it’s not positive, we can learn from many things. So please, tell us your thoughts, we love asks and emails and tweets and all that stuff.
- The second bit is that our dearest Kafers is leaving us for China at the end of the month :(… she will be back in December, but we will miss her so very much. Super sad faces here.
- Ironically our numbers won’t shrink because Marie of marielikestodraw will be joining back up. She was one of us at the very beginning but was too busy to participate, but she’s joining back in!
- We have a lot of exciting things coming in the next few months. We can’t tell you about all of them, but we want to say thank you to all of you. You make this even more fun than it already is. Thank you! xx
Big Screen - Sherlock Update - Slight Spoilers
The very short very anticlimactic Sherlock panel just finished at Big Screen with Gatiss coming on stage for 10min to be his usual cryptic self.
The only new interesting thing he mentionned is that the Great Game cliffhanger is resolved and then the Scandal in Belgravia story begins much LATER.
There is a time break between the two! That probably takes Irene out of the equation for the cliffhanger or the Moriarty arc…
Other than that, nothing to declare :D
Marie likes to draw: Big Screen Update - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy →
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I just saw 10 min of footage from the movie, including a fantastic 5 min sequence with Benedict Cumberbatch and a bit of Gary Oldman.
It was fuckin amazing.
Writer and producer currently talking about difficulty to adapt this epic book, locations being true to the very strong atmosphere of the book as well, and casting, mostly finding the right Smiley aka Gary Oldman, and they couldn’t think of anyone else.
Producer says she thinks he’s the best actor she’s ever worked with on set.
Producer says that as soon as Oldman was on board it was a no brainer for many of the rest of the cast. Gary was very influential. Hardy and Cumberbatch were actually nervous to work with him!
John le Carré was very supportive of the movie all the way, giving extra informations on the go.
Side note. Benedict. Just. Unf.
Episode 5: Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes
http://bakerstreetbabes.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-12T11_06_32-07_00
We welcome new BSB Taylor into the crew, rescue Ardy from Skype Purgatory, weigh in on Rachel McAdams’ Irene Adler, and let you know about some fabulous things including a Rupert Graves shot glass and a bunch of Scots that are making Sherlock Holmes headway of their own. It’s Episode 5 and it’s less than an hour long!! Also listen to the hauntingly beautiful Ghosts of Baker Street by Sam Hoare at the end. It’s quite lovely.
The Sherlock Holmes Society of Scotland (The Self Important Scotland Yarders) can be found @SHolmesScotland and Barry’s blog is here! http://bit.ly/qGtkgI
Sam Hoare: I’m 16, from Oxford, UK. I sing, and have done basically since I discovered the function of vocal chords, and I’ve written song since I could hold a pencil. I play the guitar (self taught) and I write my own songs, an equal mix between fandom and original. I write stuff for Doctor Who, Sherlock and Harry Potter. They’re basically my life. I love Sherlock, and the original Sherlock Holmes books, and have found that the fandom has very quickly become my favourite of all time, because the people are so creative and lovely, and so supportive of whatever random creation I throw at them to give opinions on. And, I hope to definitely move out to London and attempt to make a career out of writing and performing my own songs, be them about silly things that I become obsessed with or real, serious musician things. Listen to more of Sam’s songs at Soundcloud and @SamSailsShips
