Charloween

I had a novel to read for class tomorrow. I started it this morning and it really didn't interest me, but I toughed it out, skimmed though to get a basic idea of what was going on and finished the darn thing in record time.

Then, as a reward to myself, I went back to play on youtube. (Oh, youtube!)

Youtube is my new best friend; youtube gave me John Barrowman singing a few bars of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and sequeing right into the "Time Warp". Youtube gave me Barrowman's cameo in The Producers - singing "Sprintime for Hitler". Youtube gave me Barrowman singing "Maria" from West Side Story (and fanboying Stephen Sondheim... and using the phrase "danger zone"). Barrowman... figure skating?? *snerfle*

...Barrowman with David Tennant, fanboying Doctor Who. Speaking of, more Tenant in drag.

Is it wrong that I'm getting I'm getting SUCH A KICK out of Captain Jack Barrowman singing showtunes and jazz standards? A little bit of the fun is watching the painfully awkward choreography-for-tv. Most of the fun is watching a very, um, charismatic man ooze charm and do a passing fair job with these great songs. (Plus, he's really good-looking, even if he seems to be a whore for strange variety shows...) The rest of the fun is coming from wondering if anyone's captured the audio on some of these and vidded them to Doctor Who or Torchwood. 'Cause "Feeling Good"? SUCH a Captain Jack song.

This one's for thucyken: Barrowman and Bill "Manny from Black Books" Bailey on Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Most perfectly, someone's collected a bunch of Tennant and Barrowman tv appearances and vidded them. Crack, I tell you.

I'm going to stop now because this lj, already little more than a tribute to sf, music and pretty men, may entirely devolve into a gooey puddle of pure insanity.

EDIT: Sonata Arctica's video for "Paid In Full" is so very excellent. The song is quite good, the video isn't anything fancy (nor should it be) and they feature the entire keytar solo in the video. Rock on, Finnish metal, rock ON!

Because I've been watching far too much Doctor Who this past month, here are a few songs for The Doctor:

1. Dean Grey (mashup), "Doctor Who On Holiday": Green Day, that Gary Glitter song they used to play at hockey games and the Doctor Who theme (mashed up with some audio clips that make a heavy-handed political commentary, but Bush-bashing is always fun).

2. Gnarls Barkley, "Smiley Faces": it must be something about being a Time Lord, having that infectious smile.
I want to be you - whenever I see you smilin'/ Cause it's easily one of the hardest things to do

3. Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars, "Time Travel Tonight": time travel? Is awesome.
Reaching up I got tommorow in my hands

4. John Vanderslice, "Time Travel is Lonely": from a more considered and mature perspective, time travel is also not awesome.
No one has ever made it so far in time/ No one knows what happens next

5. Paul Simon, "Still Crazy After All These Years": the Doctor has more lives than a cat and is mad as a hatter.
I met my old lover/ On the street last night/ She seemed so glad to see me/ I just smiled