Giving Tom another micro-hobby, celebrating the return of Doctor Who and MST3K, the first trailer for the The Last Jedi, a trip through the galaxy of the Goldberg Variations and throwing dirt and shade on Ender’s Game.

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Something earthy, something Who; something reboot, something new [00:00]

• Gardening means you put seeds in dirt!
• Nardole, Bill and the Doctor jump start S10
• A taste of MST3K
• The Last Jedi trailer (and some great fan breakdowns)

Bach’s Goldberg Variations [18:20]

• Open Goldberg Variations (free download)
• Bach is “annoyingly unimpeachable”
• Glenn Gould, all into “The Black Pearl”
• Cool viz: Bach showing off with canons (some more)
• The best orchestra gig, hands down

Ender’s Game [44:32]

• In the end… not of universal acclaim
• Well, Tom did like the Fantasy Game (a bit?)
• Existential Crisis Ped is returning to the Earth

Public Domain performance of the Goldberg Variations by Kimiko Ishizaka (CC0 1.0)

Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)