Sadly I can’t go to 221bCON, but my art will be there! Have fun guys :3
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So @NeaveWhite pointed this out to us. We’ve apparently been mentioned in an introduction to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Right. Ok. Well then.
It’s from this edition in the introduction from Robert Ryan.
Apparently we’re Cumberwatchers… I had no idea.
QUICK! TO MY CUMBERMOIBLE! WE MUST GO CUMBERWATCHING!
Ah, Sherlockian love. Roger Johnson & Jean Upton are nothing short of a Sherlockian fairy tale, and two of the nicest people in the world. They’re a wealth of Sherlockian anecdotes and trivia and we were lucky enough to sit down with them late last year in their home, which is nothing short of a Sherlockian museum! Major members of The Sherlock Holmes Society of London, Roger joined Curly & Kafers on The Today Show, and is pretty much the public face of the SHSL. Join us in this lovely episode and learn about the SHSL, that time they went to the Granada studios and met JEREMY BRETT AND EDWARD HARDWICKE AND EVERYONE, and more (including being on the BBC Sherlock set). Seriously, this episode will warm the cockles of your heart. (btw by the end of it we have each had a full bottle of wine…)
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Babes Curly, Kafers and Ardy chat to Roger Johnson and Jean Upton from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. We talk about the decades of their involvement with the Sherlockian world in Britain and the US, discuss new and old Holmes adaptations on screen, in the theatre, and on the radio, and take a detour into classic movies.
They’ve met a lot of people involved in Sherlockian things, including Jeremy Brett and David Burke, so stay tuned for a bunch of charming stories and anecdotes across the ages. This episode was recorded in late 2012.
You can buy Roger & Jean’s book, A Holmes Miscellany, at the bookshop of your choice, or over here on Amazon
Anyone can join The Sherlock Holmes Society of London, find out more at http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk
Folks, scrolling through the Mary Morstan tag, now seems a good time for the Babes to talk about the Pineapple Principle.
Let’s say that you adore grapes. Green ones, possibly, this being the Sherlock fandom. Yeah?
You’re walking down the street, and you have a ziplock bag full of muthafuckin green grapes, and you are loving life. You are snacking on the grapes. You are happy. They are delicious. (Let’s say for instance they taste like Johnlock.)
Now let’s say, in the course of your stroll, you encounter a fruit vendor selling a pineapple to a pedestrian.
Answer this question for us: would you, seeing the person buying a pineapple, STOP AND SHOUT AND YELL AT THEM FOR BEING A TERRIBLE STUPID PERSON AND PINEAPPLE IS GROSS AND OMFG IT WRECKS MY ENTIRE LIFE THAT YOU ENJOY PINEAPPLES MY GRAPES ARE NOW RUINED.
No?
You’re saying you probably wouldn’t do that?
Then it would behoove you to apply the same rubric to tumblr posts. Like things, dislike things, all you like. Talk about them! Discuss your feelings! But if you considered adhering to the Pineapple Principle, it would be a lot easier for us all to get along.
This has been a Baker Street Babes PSA.
The What: Live podcast, interview, Q&A, and happy fun time.
The Who: The Baker Street Babes (Curly, Lyndsay, Taylor, Amy, & Sarah) plus Cara McGee (areyoutryingtodeduceme)
The Where: 221b Con, Centennial Ballroom NUMBER ONE!
The When: 10AM on Sunday the 14th. It’s OK if you’re still hungover. We will be too. Or still drunk.
The Why: To be epic.
Following on the success of our live podcast at SHERLOPALOOZA, we’re doing one at 221b Con! This time our guest is Cara McGee, artist and tea lady extraordinaire, and we’ll be chatting with her as well as doing a Q&A with the audience. You’ll not only be able to ask her questions, but us a well! (maybe we’ll make Cara interview us ;))
Awwwwwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Also, this will be a momentous ocassion and it’ll be the first time some of the BSBs will be meeting each other! Like many of you, we became friends on the internet, and while many of us have been so lucky to live nearby one another (in London & NYC), Lyndsay, Curly, and Taylor have never met Amy or Sarah! So it’s going to be a party.
We’re going to be in the BIG ballroom at the con, so there should be plenty of seats, but mark it down in your con agendas!
Don’t forget to register for 221b Con at 221bcon.com and look at the schedule grid for planning purposes! It will be recorded for those who cannot be there in person.
btwifanyonecomeswearingaBSBshirtorbuttonoranyofourswagyou’llgetaprize
alsoifyoubringcurlyanythingtodowithTheGreatMouseDetectiveshewillsingyouasongonair
so, like, is anyone going to 221B con?? i kind of want to go since it’s only a half hour drive from my house but i’m kind of afraid no one i know of is going to be there, ha.
EVERYONE will be there (well, we wish everyone could). And we are SO VERY alluring. Fear not.
Into The Hive Mind: BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ And The Adventures Of The Fandom That Waited…
“The BSBs run a podcast, appear at conventions and different events—plus, they talk about canon and Sherlockiania quite often, are all young and female and I just want to follow them everywhere and shower glitter and love and flowers onto them, because they do all this for free like I do, and spend time working on this because they genuinely love the fandom, and have done something rather impressive with a so-called ‘hobby.’ They also have a Tumblr, a Twitter and a complete collection of their podcasts can be found on iTunes or listened to online.”
Great article and such an honor to be mentioned!
All the winners for our 500k Giveaway have now been notified. For all six we had nearly 12,000 entries! WOW! Insanity. Thank you so much for entering, for following, and for living the Sherlockian life. MWAH to you all and join us next time!
The Baker Street Babes take our podcast duties very, very seriously. (Thank you, Ashley Polasek, for illustrating this.)
We Are Fandom, Hear us Roar http://bit.ly/Zlsl1O
Click through above for a fantastic fandom article!
“Recently, the new wave of internet fandom has come under scrutiny, particularly in the Sherlock Holmes community. Some of the more traditional fan-based groups that pride themselves on their scholarly approach to their passion showed disdain for the new generation of Sherlockians. It is no secret that some prominent members of the Baker Street Irregulars (we’re looking at you, Shreffler) expressed their disapproval of popular podcasters, The Baker Street Babes. The situation even warranted a mention in a New York Times article. The fact that anyone’s “fan cred” can be questioned is ridiculous. The fact that female fans were targeted specifically YET AGAIN is outrageous. Didn’t we just fight this “fake geek girl” battle? Clearly the war is still ongoing.
The BSI and BSB situation raised an interesting dialogue on what it means to be a fan, one which we believe the majority of the BSI responded to beautifully. The fact of the matter is, anyone can be a fan of something. It doesn’t truly matter how long you’ve been a fan of Sherlock Holmes or the Avengers. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read every single canon story and if you don’t write academic essays on the homoerotic subtext of Batman comics. It doesn’t matter if you don’t regularly discuss the deeper symbolism of Doctor Who episodes at dinner parties. If you love something you are free to express that love and connect with others in any way you see fit. This is a truth that should go without saying.”
