TROCK!!

I have been a fan of the popular British sci-fi TV show, Doctor Who, for several years now but only recently have I discovered a thing called "Trock". It stands for Time Lord Rock and is a new genre of music devoted to the fabulous world of Doctor Who!!! I have really only found one specific band that performs (and I believe created) Trock. The band, named Chameleon Circuit, is made of of four British guys and most of them are also very successful YouTube vloggers. The ones that I have been able to identify are Charlie McDonnell, from charlieissocoollike, Alex Day, also known as Nerimon, and Liam Dryden, who goes by Littleradge on YouTube. I really enjoy Charlie's YouTube channel; he gets major points for the Harry Potter watercolor on his wall and the "His Dark Materials" poster! He also shaved his hair off for his 18th birthday for charity; he is the one in the photo with no hair. I don' know that much about Alex Day or Liam Dryden. I do know that Dryden has a girlfriend in Australia and that he has a shockingly strong resemblance to David Tennant! It's kind of awesome really that he looks so much like David Tennant. Ok, I just found out that the last guy goes by "Cow in Parachute" but he also calls himself Ginger Chris. He has got a crazy 80's rocker hair style!

Anyway, their Trock music is really great and it's even better if you are someone who loves Doctor Who, like myself! Here is a video from charlieissocoollike. It's a song he wrote before they made the CD, therefore it is only Charlie performing the song. The song is named after an episode of Doctor Who Series 3 called Blink written by Steven Moffat. It is one of my all-time favorite episodes of Doctor Who, guest-starring Carey Mulligan (Pride & Prejudice, An Education) and Finlay Robertson (Persuasion, Robin Hood).

So, check out Chameleon Circuit. It's kind of awesome!

You can find out more and buy the CD here.

A Truth Universally Acknowledged

At the moment I am reading a book discussing the novels of 19th century British author Jane Austen. I love Jane Austen; I have read her six popular novels many times and loved the movie adaptations. I have not read her shorter and less known "Lady Susan" or "Love and Freindship," which is really supposed to be spelled like that, but I plan to very soon. This book I am reading now is a collection of essays written by other Janeites and the first one so far has brought up an interesting issue. This person writing the essay states that the future generations will not be able to enjoy and love the Jane Austen novels like so many of us today due to societal differences; the dilemmas in Austen's books are not translatable for future audiences.

I was wondering if you believe this to be true or not. The writer points out how marriage has changed in the last 200 years, examining Anne Elliot's choice to marry Capt. Wentworth, which would mean a life of ships and the company of sailors. In another scenario, Elizabeth Bennett's marriage to Darcy entails a different life, one of lofty estates and preparing dinner parties for other Lords and Ladies and possibly visiting tenants. In another point, she mentions how money dictates less nowadays in one's choice of spouse. Would Lady Russell have been able to persuade Anne not to marry Wentworth if the story were set today? Could Lucy Steele maintain her tight grasp on Edward Ferrars for four years with the societal norms of this century?

Personally, I believe all great stories can be told with different settings and still maintain their themes and morals. I think Lady Russell would be able to separate Anne and Wentworth, and that Edward's character will always obligate him to his duty to Lucy Steele. All of Jane Austen's stories and scenario's can be set in the future or the past and still hold on to their power. Jane Austen was a master of human nature and as long as humans remain the same their is no reason for the power of her writing to be reduced.

But what do you think? Even if you haven't read Jane Austen, do you believe that some stories must remain in their time? How much do you think the time and place of a story dictates the story or the actions of the characters?