Doctor Who Season Four
"Voyage of the Damned" ('07 Christmas Special)

"Partners in Crime"
"The Fires of Pompeii"
"Planet of the Ood"
"The Sontaran Stratagem" (Pt. 1)
"The Poison Sky" (Pt. 2)
"The Doctor's Daughter"
"The Unicorn and the Wasp"
"Silence in the Library" (Pt. 1)
"Forest of the Dead" (Pt. 2)
"Midnight"
"Turn Left" (prologue)
"The Stolen Earth" (Pt. 1)
"Journey's End" (Pt. 2)

***SPOILER ALERT***

Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it. Donna was far and away my favorite of the Doctor's companions. Yes, it makes sense that Catherine Tate is too big a star to stay with the show for more than a series, but such was my desire. And, truth be told, if I have one complaint about Doctor Who it is having to get to know a new companion with each new series. And, of course, in '09 we don't even get a full series, just four specials of as yet unknown length. Bog (and Russell T. Davies) knows what the companion situation will be like. Companion of the week?

But make no mistake, there is so much I love about "Journey's End." More on that just as soon as I can wrap my mind around the scale of it all.

***END SPOILER ALERT***

And by the way, Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father. The ultimate spoiler!

Playlink. Some may say, dear ladies and gentlemen, that such dire tidings presage the very end of Western civilization, but not I. Rather, we should embrace this opportunity to once again rail against the dismal world the Baby Boomers hath wrought. 'Twill be a joyous day when the last of that benighted generation shuffles off this mortal coil and sanity again has a fighting chance to hold sway over Mankind.

The Venture Bros. Season Three
"Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny"
"The Doctor Is Sin"
"The Invisible Hand of Fate"
"Home is Where the Hate Is"
"The Buddy System"
"Doctor Quymn, Medicine Woman"
"What Goes Down, Must Come Up"
"Tears of a Sea Cow"
"Now Museum, Now You Don't"
"The Lepidopterists"
(cont'd)

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Less Than Jake, "The Space They Can't Touch" from GNV FLA (T.L.A.M.)

Samstag, 2 August
New Found Glory, "It Ain't Me Babe" from From the Screen to Your Stereo, Part II (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I'll give the "ain't" a pass, but what in Bog's name is so difficult about comma usage? The title should be "It Ain't Me, Babe."

Freitag, 1 August
They Might Be Giants, "Jessica" from the Why Does the Sun Shine? E.P. (T.L.A.M.)

Donnerstag, 31 Juli
Fountains of Wayne, "Planet of Weed" from Traffic and Weather (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Why choose one of the weakest parts of Traffic and Weather? Because on Thursday I had occasion, in the company of my old high school chum the Smoke Eater, to see a free screening of Pineapple Express. Those hoping the film will equal The Apatow Company's '07 dynamic duo of Knocked Up and Superbad will be sorely disappointed. Those expecting a brutally graphic action film with moments of humor will be quite satisfied. In any event, as I left I felt as if I'd gotten my money's worth.

Upon the morrow, the dentist. Steve Martin portrays dentists in both Little Shop of Horrors and Novocaine. Coincidence or something altogether more sinister?