pisces1969 blog – living life in lower case

Random – The Very Long Rambling Meaning Behind My Standard Bio

Let’s start here shall we – a very long ramble about I guess ‘me’, or as close as you get’ll on the internet 😉 So, on most of my social media, I have the same bio : “Three things about me: I love baseball, I hate celery, and I miss the sea.” Sounds flippant, simple […]

baseball, general

Books – Top 5 Favourites

So, I’ve done a Film top 5, a tv one, music ones.. but so far no books. Now you might be surprised if you know my lifelong love of reading, but it’s hard to pick 5 out of a lifetime..but I’m going to give it a try. PS. I have to admit my reading rate […]

Brideshead Revisited, Dune, Surely Youre Joking Mr Feynman, The Big Short, The Martian Chronicles

Movies – Top 5 Favourites

I’m surprised that I haven’t posted my top 5 film list before.. ?as it’s been one of the easier top 5s to come up with as the top 4 have been fixed for decades really. ?Well the top 4 is easy, the 5th is harder.. ?and changes. ?Currently #5 is the one below, but who […]

apocalypse now, blade runner, cat on a hot tin roof, the endless summer, top 5

Theatre – 2019 Plays ? Ranked

In 2019 I managed to see 49 different productions, of which I saw one (Present Laughter) 10 times, and another (Betrayal) 5 times. It was a lot of 3 play weekends, which was unusual, mainly because there were so many plays that were good/I wanted to see. I don’t think the there will be as […]

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A German Life, A Life, A Midsummer Nights Dream, A Very Expensive Poison, All About Eve, All My Sons, As You Like It, Betrayal, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Dark Sublime, Death of a Salesman, Duchess of Malfi, Europe, Fairview, Fleabag, Gently Down the Stream, Grief is the Thing With Feathers, Home I?m Darling, King John, Leave to Remain, Lungs, Nine Night, On Bear Ridge, Pinter - A Slight Ache The Dumb Waiter, Pinter Plays - Party Time Celebration, Pinter Plays - The Room Victoria Station Family Voices, Present Laughter, Richard III, Rosmersholm, Sea Wall, Sherlock and the Invisible Thing, Summer and Smoke, Sweet Charity, Sydney and The Old Girl, Taming of the Shrew, The American Clock, The Doctor, The End of History, The House of Yes, The Lehman Trilogy, The Night of the Iguana, The Price, The Tragedy of King Richard II, Thrill Me, Two Ladies, Vassa, Vienna 1934 - Munich 1938 - A Work in Progress, Whodunnit

Theatre – 2018 Plays ? Ranked

In 2018 I managed to see 24 productions, of which I quite a few more than once – due to the quality. So many plays that I wish I could have captured for repeat experiencing. Each iteration was different, and special, which is why I love live theatre so much. The top 15 were all […]

Culture – My perfect London (cultural) week…

So March 2019 I was in London for a whole week, and I managed to get tickets to a different art event – play, music, poetry etc. – every night for the whole time. It was fantastic, and got me thinking – if I had 7 days where I could attend any play, gig, concert, […]

accidental death of an anarchist, hamlet, julius caesar, theatre

TV – Top 5 Favourites

….aka my “Desert Island TV” watching – where if I could only watch 5 shows for the rest of eternity, these would be the five I would pick. I could, and to be honest, have watched the below many many times, and so would find it very easy for eternity, ?However maybe one day some […]

blakes 7, hannibal, ken burns baseball, sapphire and steel, top 5, yes minister/yes prime minister

Plays – Top 5 Favourites

Just seen the 2017 version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (New Statesman’s review here) and it’s put me in mind of other plays, and (being me) thinking of what would be in my Top 5. Unlike other media, it was actually fairly simple to come up with the list. ?Again, as with other lists, […]

accidental death of an anarchist, cat on a hot tin roof, julius caesar, plays, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, top 5, waiting for godot

Random – My Dream Dinner Party

Like a lot of people (really? ?maybe?) I often wonder about random topics, and one is ‘who would I have to a Dream Dinner Party’? This would be 6 people, irrespective if they are currently alive or not, who would come to a dinner party I’d host, and they should be?able to chat to each […]

baez, bradbury, duchovny, feynman, hewlett, rodriguez

Random – “So How On Earth Did You Get Into Baseball?”

One of the most asked questions when someone finds out my passions, interests, etc is “so how on earth did you get into baseball?” ? I guess it’s a relevant question… why?does a British woman love?a sport that is not even a blip on most of the UK’s radar. ?The history goes back a while… […]

baseball

Music – Wish I’d Been There

There are probably many gigs, concerts or other music events that you wish you’d been at… or perhaps you haven’t thought about it. ?I have (of course, you know me and lists!) and if I had access to my own Time Lord or TARDIS, here are the top few of mine I’d give (nearly) anything […]

gigs, music