I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Remembering Author H. Paul Jeffers, BSI

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We just learned of the passing of H. Paul Jeffers, BSI ("Wilson Hargreave") <a href="http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2009/12/06/obituaries/srv0000007009387.txt">on December 4</a>. There's something of a personal connection here, but first, let's put the facts in front of you, as Sherlock Holmes would prefer. But fair warning: there are many links to click through if you're up to the task. 
 
Paul was an author and a journalist and was prolific in all of his writing. And to know Paul was to understand how diverse his interests were. They ranged from Sherlock Holmes to Americana, from smoking (<a href="http://amzn.to/1wjHpzm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Perfect Pipe</a>) to religious topics (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Mysteries-Vatican-Paul-Jeffers/dp/0806531320?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dark Mysteries of the Vatican</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0806531320" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Jerusalem/dp/1592571794?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jerusalem</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1592571794" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />), from secret societies (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Freemasons-America-Inside-Secret-Society/dp/0806528362?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Freemasons in America: Inside the Secret Society</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0806528362" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />) to maritime adventure (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Cold-Cruise-Prinsendam-Greatest/dp/0760320799?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burning Cold: The Cruise Ship Prinsendam and the Greatest Sea Rescue of all Time</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0760320799" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />). 
 
The American icons in Jeffers' works included Theodore Roosevelt - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roosevelt-Explorer-Adventures-Naturalist-Conservationist/dp/0878332901?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roosevelt the Explorer: T.R.'s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer</a> and <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0878332901" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roughriders-Shadow-Story-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/0891417974?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Roughrider's Shadow: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. -- War Hero</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0891417974" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> as well as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-New-York-Fiorello-LaGuardia/dp/0471024651?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiorello LaGuardia</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471024651" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Jim-Brady-Prince-Gilded/dp/0471391026?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Diamond Jim" Brady</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471391026" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Mitchell-Battles-Americas-Prophet/dp/0760320802?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Mitchell</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0760320802" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sal-Mineo-Life-Murder-Mystery/dp/0786710128?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sal Mineo</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0786710128" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. He even covered one of the greatest natural disasters in the U.S. in the last century in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Bay-Great-Francisco-Earthquake/dp/1592281397?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Disaster By the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1592281397" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. 
 
His works that involved Sherlock Holmes include <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Irregular-concerning-Baker-Irregulars/dp/B000JD2SZ8?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder Most Irregular</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000JD2SZ8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (in which a member of the Baker Street Irregulars is murdered on the evening of the <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/" target="_blank">annual dinner</a>), and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Night-Murder-H-Jeffers/dp/0312130848?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Grand Night for Murder</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312130848" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (in which an <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search?q=edgars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar award</a> winner is offed the day after receiving the award). He authored the 2005 <a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/christmasannuals.html" target="_blank">Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</a> Once a Week in Baker Street: the Boucher Green Years and edited a book from their work: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes-Original/dp/0786715871?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Forgotten Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based on the Original Radio Plays by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0786715871" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />. He even wrote one that combined his interest in Roosevelt and Holmes: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Stalwart-Companions-Paul-Jeffers/dp/B000GLNDYI?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000GLNDYI" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, which included Detective Wilson Hargreave of the New York Police Bureau, mentioned in "The Dancing Men." 
 
As you can see, quite prolific. And this isn't even the end of it. Take a look at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FH.-Paul-Jeffers%2FB001ITX3FG%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dsr%255Ftc%255F2%255F0&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his Amazon page</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> for a more complete assessment, or scroll through the carousel below. 
 
 
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I was lucky enough to meet Paul at a meeting of the Men on the Tor - the first <a href="http://sherlockian.net/societies/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes society</a> I belonged to. It was after I left Connecticut to head to college, and I returned for a meeting at the <a href="http://www.griswoldinn.com/" target="_blank">Griswold Inn</a> in Essex, CT. I remember sitting next to him and admiring the <a href="http://www.pipesandcigars.com/peshhose.html" target="_blank">Peterson's Sherlock Holmes pipe</a> that he was smoking. We got to talking and he told me about the two books he wrote about Holmes, as well as his car-less existence; he traveled to meetings via train (or ride-sharing, in some cases). We struck up a correspondence and one day a package arrived in the mail from Paul: he sent me those two books, inscribed. I still have them in my collection and I'll always treasure them. 
 
In 1999, Paul received his investiture from the BSI, which was "Wilson Hargreave," after the detective who made an appearance in Stalwart Companion. If you have a memory of Paul, please feel free to share it in the comments section below. 
 
 
Note: From time to time, we run obituaries here on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, to honor those Irregulars who have passed beyond the Reichenbach, aided by the BSI's Angel of Death, Francine Kitts. You can find previous entries by clicking on the "<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/search/label/terrace">terrace</a>" label at the end of the post. The reference to the terrace is from "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/His-Last-Bow-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0755334434?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">His Last Bow</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0755334434" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />," in which Holmes says to Watson: 
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"Stand with me here upon the terrace, for it may be the last quiet talk that we shall ever have."</blockquote>
 
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Remembering Author H. Paul Jeffers, BSI

"I grieve to say" [ILLU] We just learned of the passing of H. Paul Jeffers, BSI ("Wilson Hargreave") on December ...

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"The Trend of Events" [LAST]

Opening day of the film "Sherlock Holmes" resulted in lots of online chatter. Twitter, as mentioned previously on these pages (<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/11/with-every-nerve-in-twitter-twis.html">"With Every Nerve in a Twitter" [TWIS]</a>) manages to capture that public commentary in near real-time. And it's a fairly decent barometer of the public's reaction to any given current event, as we witnessed in 2009 with the death of Michael Jackson, the Tiger Woods affair(s) and events in Iran, to name a few. On December 26, we monitored some of the chatter on Twitter using the search feature at <a href="http://search.twitter.com/">http://search.twitter.com</a> which contains a listing of the top 10 trends at any given moment. Throughout the day, the terms "Sherlock" and "Sherlock Holmes" were squarely in the middle of the trending topics and remained there consistently - even beating "Happy Boxing Day" at one point: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wgi7DTsDt2g/SzcItH-iRmI/AAAAAAAAByI/sWZEUzRiIus/s1600-h/Sherlock-Twittertrend2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wgi7DTsDt2g/SzcItH-iRmI/AAAAAAAAByI/sWZEUzRiIus/s640/Sherlock-Twittertrend2.PNG" /></a> </div> That trend continued on December 27th as well. When one stops to think about it , it's an amazing feat for a character so firmly rooted in the 19th century to appear in the public stream of consciousness so solidly. In addition, there are reports that not only did <a href="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/first-look-alvin-2-beats-avatar/">the film beat the 3-D special effects film "Avatar,"</a>  but it also set the record for a Christmas Day opening. Overall, it took in $65.4 million at the box office for the weekend. Not to shabby for someone whose rates were on a fixed scale. Here's hoping that the continued attention on the film will bring more readers to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Arthur-Conan/dp/1435114949?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">the original stories</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1435114949" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. <div style="text-align: center;"> </div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1435114949&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0553328255&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 131px;"></iframe>  <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000VDBD6Q&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>

"The Trend of Events" [LAST]

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"Quickly Test the Matter" [SILV]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=C*JE*kqZKe8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fsherlock-holmes-quiz%252Fid347700216%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30%22%20target=%22itunes_store%22" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wgi7DTsDt2g/SzcCsGpdJPI/AAAAAAAABxo/WYxeAcUnZQ0/s320/sherlock-iphone-quiz.png" /></a> </div>We recently discovered another Sherlock Holmes-related app on iTunes. You may recall the recent review we did on a previous app (<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/11/now-that-shows-real-application-stoc.html">"Now, That Shows Real Application" [STOC]</a>), which was a modestly priced service that mapped Canonical locations to present-day London. This new app by SuperMonko is a Sherlock Holmes quiz that challenges your knowledge of the great detective through four different levels of play. But be forewarned: the quiz doesn't only test what you know about the stories; there are references to film and television productions as well. Despite a few misspellings and an occasionally vague wording of a question, we found the quiz to be a decent one. The most erudite Sherlockian should be able to answer most of the questions without much help, although there may be a few obscure or arcane items that only the truest devotee will know. The newbies will have enough to keep them interested without feeling ostracized, as the first level contains questions that are basic without being entirely vapid. For the $0.99 purchase price, it's a diversion that's well worth the investment. You can get the app by clicking here <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=C*JE*kqZKe8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fsherlock-holmes-quiz%252Fid347700216%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"><img alt="Sherlock Holmes Quiz" height="15" src="http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/badgeitunes61x15dark.gif" width="61" /></a> or by clicking on the image above. If you do download the app to your iPhone or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B002M3SOBU?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">iPod touch</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002M3SOBU" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, please drop a line and let us know what score you managed to achieve.

"Quickly Test the Matter" [SILV]

We recently discovered another Sherlock Holmes-related app on iTunes. You may recall the recent review we did on a previous app ( "Now,...

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by Scott Monty

"The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4181728359_b8f87f411d_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4181728359_b8f87f411d_m.jpg" /></a> </div>As part of our editorial duties, we always strive for a unique and original title for our posts. As such, we try not to duplicate the Canonical phrases that aptly sum up the topic at hand on any given day. And in nearly 500 posts, we've managed to avoid any such duplication, for the most part. The only exception to that has been the post "The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE] which has been used in <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2006/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue.html">2006</a> and <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2008/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue.html">2008</a> previously. As is the custom with the Wall Street Journal, which annually reproduces a 1961 editorial on the pilgrims in the new world, we saw no reason to avoid replication here. So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's <a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm" style="color: #003366;">A Visit from St. Nick</a>. <center><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas" style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto; text-decoration: underline;" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd">Two Days After Christmas</a> <object align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="500" id="doc_918193272192160" name="doc_918193272192160" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=24531783&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="play" value="true"><param name="loop" value="true"><param name="scale" value="showall"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="devicefont" value="false"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="menu" value="true"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="salign" value=""><param name="mode" value="list"><embed src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=24531783&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="opaque" devicefont="false" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="doc_918193272192160_object" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" salign="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" mode="list" height="500" width="100%"></embed> </object> </center> Please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. For those of you inclined more to listening rather than reading, here's the audio version, courtesy of <a href="http://ihearofsherlock.com/">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a>: <embed height="40" src="http://www.blogcastone.net/audio/player.swf?soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.libsyn.com%2Fmedia%2Fihearofsherlock%2Fihearofsherlock_compliments2007.mp3&playerID=10&bg=0xf8f8f8&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0x666666&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&loop=no&autostart=no" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290" wmode="transparent"></embed>

"The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE]

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by Scott Monty

Episode 20: Cleaning (The Empty) House

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Collection-Peter-Cushing/dp/B001TE6P78?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Sherlock Holmes Collection" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B001TE6P78&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a>As we finished the last episode, we realized that we never got around to talking more about "The Adventure of the Empty House," as we had promised. We've filled that gap nicely this time out, with a discussion ranging from the multitude of commentary on "The Empty House," to illustrators, to a sneak peek at a future episode. 
 
We're also running a contest for our listeners. We have a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Collection-Peter-Cushing/dp/B001TE6P78?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Collection</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001TE6P78" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> DVD set from the BBC / A&E (pictured to the left) to give away. <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001TE6P78" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />All you have to do to have a chance to win is leave us a comment here on the site, on our Facebook page, an <a href="mailto:comment@ihearofsherlock.com">email</a>, or an audio comment at (774) 221-READ (7323). 
 
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit-Bits">Tit-Bits magazine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-William-Baring-Gould/dp/0517502917?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (Baring-Gould edition)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0517502917" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Complete/dp/0393059162?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393059162" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Dorr_Steele">Info on Frederic Dorr Steele</a></li>
<li><a href="http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/holmes.phtml">Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collection</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Hear-of-Sherlock-Everywhere/6723878046">The I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Facebook page</a></li>
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Episode 20: Cleaning (The Empty) House

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"Production of the Photograph" [SIXN]

Each year for the last five or six years, I've been lucky enough to receive a Christmas card from fellow Sherlockian Richard Ray Green of the Genus Loci of Birmingham, Alabama. His son Joshua has been a fellow co-conspirator in Richard's interest in the Canon and in many ways has eclipsed his dad with his own activity in plays and other local events. But the highlight of their year - something they take great pride in - is their Sherlockian Christmas card. It's always a set of photographs that recreate scenes from the Sherlock Holmes stories that are well known. And you can tell that they really put serious thought and hard work into making their creation a reality. This year, they chose a number of appearances of Holmes in comics and graphic novels, and a couple of stills from the latest film thrown in for good measure. Here's a slideshow of the original images that inspired their card and the resulting scenes that they shot. <center><iframe align="center" frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=39297597@N00&set_id=72157622916655031&text=" width="500"></iframe> Created with <a href="http://www.admarket.se/" title="Admarket.se">Admarket's</a> <a href="http://flickrslidr.com/" title="flickrSLiDR">flickrSLiDR</a>. </center> If you like what you see here, you can get an entire 2010 Sherlockian calendar with images from Richard and Joshua. The Sherlockian purveyors <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/paper.htm">Classic Specialties</a> have used their images, along with the matching Canonical images and Sherlockian dates of interest throughout the year. As Classic Specialties themselves wrote: <blockquote>In order to show the degree of canonical authenticity which Joshua, his contemporaries and his dad have achieved, we have taken the liberty of including appropriate illustrations from the original magazine publications (The Strand and Colliers). As has been our custom during the past couple of years, we also include on each month of the calendar, annotations of the birth dates of all our Sherlockian friends who were kind enough to share that information with us, and, of course, annotations of important canonical events with their associated dates. The graphic at your right shows the Greens' re-enactment of the slaying of The Hound of the Baskervilles (the insert is the Paget version). We certainly hope that you will receive this unique exposition of these Young Sherlockians' energy and creativity with the same enthusiasm that we have. </blockquote>You can<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/sherlockholmes2.413504042"> purchase a 2010 Sherlockian calendar for yourself by clicking here</a>.

"Production of the Photograph" [SIXN]

Each year for the last five or six years, I've been lucky enough to receive a Christmas card from fellow Sherlockian Richard Ray Green o...

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The Asylum's 'Sherlock Holmes' Is Unique

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"Enough to drive a patient into an asylum" [DYIN]</h4>
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Everyone wants a piece of the action that Warner Bros is stirring up. Certainly we here at the blog are happy about the additional attention that the greatest literary detective is getting. But as with any push in the entertainment industry, we get all sorts of attempts to cash in at varying levels of quality. 
 
Using the very original title <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1522835/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes</a>, a home entertainment company aptly named <a href="http://www.theasylum.cc/index.php" target="_blank">The Asylum</a> has developed the crazy idea that Holmes should be battling robots and giant monsters in Victorian London (!) as they release their creation directly to DVD. To show you how serious they are about their work, <a href="http://www.theasylum.cc/blog/2009/12/were-number-1/" target="_blank">they take great pride</a> in having their video <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mega-Shark-vs-Giant-Octopus/dp/B001UIY73C?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001UIY73C" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> named by Entertainment Weekly as the worst DVD of 2009. Says The Asylum: "They obviously didn't see any of our other films..." 
 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VJ0576/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002VJ0576&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=CMRRK32CIWXBONAN" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B002VJ0576&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a>Wired magazine ("<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_the_asylum/all/1" target="_blank">Now Playing: Cheap-and-Schlocky Blockbuster Ripoffs</a>") has a term for this: mockbuster. And they refer to the Asylum as "a low-budget studio specializing in shamelessly derivative knockoffs." Evidently, their version of the eponymous film will be made for less than $500,000 thanks to "cheap digital technology and even cheaper talent," and will join the pantheon of other B-movie titles such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Train-Alby-Castro/dp/B000OYC77G?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snakes on a Train</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000OYC77G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transmorphers/dp/B000PC704W?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transmorphers</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000PC704W" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day-Earth-Stopped-C-Thomas-Howell/dp/B001IB2YT0?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Day the Earth Stopped</a>  that have made the company $5 million in the last year. 
 
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Gareth-David-Lloyd/dp/B002VDB0IK?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This version of Holmesian happenings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002VDB0IK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> not only includes robots, dinosaurs and giant squid, but the creators have graciously added hookers and a bomb-throwing dragon to the mix as well. Originally, we had thought it might have been <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Conan-Doyles-Lost-World/dp/B0000E69H6?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lost World</a> meets Sherlock Holmes, but something tells us that there's more (less?) to it than that. 
 
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Count us even less excited to see this version. If completist collector <a href="http://www.ash-nyc.com/JBS.htm" target="_blank">John Bennett Shaw</a>, BSI ("The Hans Sloane of My Age") were alive, you can bet he'd add it to his collection. Will anyone else? Until then, we recommend picking up a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Schlock-Homes-Complete-Bagel-Street/dp/0934468168?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schlock Homes: The Complete Bagel Street Saga</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0934468168" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Robert L. Fish. At least that volume is clearly a parody. 
 
A tip of the deerstalker goes to <a href="http://movingpictureblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/whats-this-sherlock-holmes-tangling.html" target="_blank">MovingPictureBlog</a>. 
 
 
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The Asylum's 'Sherlock Holmes' Is Unique

"Enough to drive a patient into an asylum" [DYIN] Everyone wants a piece of the action that Warner Bros is stirring up. Ce...

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"A Large Collection of Valuable Curiosities" [SIGN]

The <a href="http://www1.umn.edu/news/multimedia/2009/UR_CONTENT_165024.html">University of Minnesota Libraries</a> have a valuable claim to fame: they house the Sherlock Holmes Collection - positively the largest collection of material about the great detective than any other in the world. The curator, Tim Johnson, is a very knowledgable Sherlockian and librarian. He brings his personal passion and professional expertise together in a way that few can. Please sit back an enjoy a few minutes with Tim and others as they take you through some of the wonderful collection you can find at the library. <center> <object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHKdBSZo5is&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHKdBSZo5is&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object> <object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T1VmX63qaR8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T1VmX63qaR8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object> </center> It goes without saying that if you're ever in the upper Midwest, take some time to get to the collection. They're always happy to have visitors. And you can even join the <a href="http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/holmes.phtml">Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collection</a>. Here are some previous posts about Minnesota and its connection to the Sherlockian world: <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/11/for-sixty-years-bulwark-blac.html">"For Sixty Years the Bulwark..." [BLAC]</a> <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/07/my-collection-of-ms-is-fine-one-empt.html">"My Collection of M's is a Fine One" [EMPT]</a> <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/06/he-has-peremptorily-requested-seco.html">"He Has Peremptorily Requested" [SECO]</a> <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/03/at-this-conference-maza.html">"At This Conference" [MAZA]</a>

"A Large Collection of Valuable Curiosities" [SIGN]

The University of Minnesota Libraries have a valuable claim to fame: they house the Sherlock Holmes Collection - positively the largest col...

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"An Element of Comedy" [3GAB]

"An Element of Comedy" [3GAB]

It seems that the great detective is showing up everywhere in popular culture lately - certainly the film, but online, in print and on the a...

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A Petition to Support Grade II Status for Undershaw

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And now for something completely different - an I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere post that's not about the movie. 
 
Alexian Gregory, BSI ("The Grimpen Postmaster") has forwarded along a petition to help save Undershaw, the home that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's designed in 1897 and in which he wrote <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&x=0&ref_=nb%5Fss%5F0%5F14&y=0&field-keywords=hound%20of%20the%20baskervilles&url=search-alias%3Daps&sprefix=hound%20of%20the%20b&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a> in 1902. The home is now in danger of falling into the hands of developers, as it has not achieved the appropriate grade for saving as an historic home. 
 
You can <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/undershaw/" target="_blank">click here to view the petition</a> and sign it electronically. If you choose, you can also donate a nominal amount through PayPal. The text of the petition is here: 
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'Undershaw' the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and spiritualist's greatest ambassador is under threat from the property developers who plan to split the house up and build apartments in the heart of the Surrey countryside in the middle of National Trust land. The organisation Hindhead Together and many local supporters would like to see this historical house restored to it's former glory and opened to the public as a museum and tea rooms welcoming visitors worldwide.</blockquote>
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The developers are due to submit their plans to the planning department very shortly. This petition is to object to private residential dwellings and to prevent 'Undershaw' from being split up and to retain public access to the grounds and building.</blockquote>
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It is intended to forward this petition to Russell Morris, the Historical Buildings Officer of the local planning office as and when the plan for the housing complex becomes registered.</blockquote>
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Mr John Gibson FRICS has set up and registered 'The Undershaw Preservation Trust' with the government as a Museum and Cafeteria. We desperately need your help, <a href="http://undershawhelp.blogspot.com/">please visit the blog</a> to find out how you can help us support this valuable cause.</blockquote>
Please take the time to read up on this important effort and do what you can to help support it. 
 
Related posts: 
<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/02/can-hardly-explain-it-nobl_7.html#.VTBnmyFViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"I Can Hardly Explain It" [NOBL]</a> - February 7, 2007 
<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/02/i-sign-here-blac_21.html#.VTBoOiFViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Shall I Sign Here?" [BLAC]</a> - February 21, 2007 
<a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/07/you-have-seen-pictures-and-read_6.html#.VTBn1SFViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Possibly You Have Seen Pictures and Read Descriptions of the Famous Old Building" [MUSG]</a> - July 6, 2006 
 
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A Petition to Support Grade II Status for Undershaw

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"A Touch of Madness" [3GAB]

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Madness-Sherlock-Holmes-Phillip-Gardiner/dp/B000X9LTL2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Madness of Sherlock Holmes" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B000X9LTL2&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a>Marketing blogger Chris Thilk keeps a site called <a href="http://www.moviemarketingmadness.com/blog/2009/12/22/movie-marketing-madness-sherlock-holmes/">Movie Marketing Madnes</a>s, in which he summarizes and assesses the efforts of Hollywood in their creativity and execution around marketing new films. As you can imagine, he's done his homework for the Warner Bros film "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/">Sherlock Holmes</a>" starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, directed by Guy Ritchie. You can see previous mentions of the film on the Baker Street Blog by <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/search/label/movie">clicking on this link</a>. Thilk includes in his assessment a mention of the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/08/was-he-gay-lothario-one-would-expect.html">posters</a>, the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/10/shown-by-increased-length-stud.html">trailers</a> (yes, <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/05/i-was-sure-you-would-pick-up-trail-veil.html">there were two</a>), the online component - including <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/11/i-knew-game-was-in-my-own-hands-stud.html">the 221B game</a>, the television advertising and cross-promotions such as <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/11/great-convenience-copp.html">7-Eleven</a> and the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/11/exact-knowledge-of-london-redh.html">Visit Britain tie-in</a>, and the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2009/12/we-could-plainly-see-figures-on-her.html">TweetDeck theme</a>. In addition, there's an extensive section on press coverage, which very kindly lists the Baker Street Blog. <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000X9LTL2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />

"A Touch of Madness" [3GAB]

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"Scored Once More" [MISS]

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Original-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B002ZMZBD2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Sherlock Holmes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B002ZMZBD2&tag=thebakerstree-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002ZMZBD2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> Previously mentioned in passing on these pages, we're happy to revisit the topic of music and the new Warner Bros. film. The original soundtrack score to "Sherlock Holmes" is by Hans Zimmer, who is also known for his musical work on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F16%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dhans%2520zimmer%2520pirates%2520of%2520the%2520carribean%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dpopular%26sprefix%3Dhans%2520zimmer%2520pira&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">The Pirates of the Caribbean</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dhans%2520zimmer%2520batman%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dpopular&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">The Dark Knight, Batman Begins</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004STPT?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00004STPT">Gladiator</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00004STPT" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and many others. <div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Original-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B002ZMZBD2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Original Motion Picture Soundtrack</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002ZMZBD2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It's expected to be available on January 12, 2010. Probably too soon to be able to be in your hands for a trip to the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a> in New York later that week. But stay tuned - maybe we'll have the iTunes version announced here at that time (hint, hint). You can keep up with the latest Sherlock Holmes news by subscribing above via email or RSS. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you're interested in other soundtracks related to Sherlock Holmes, please check my review of the original soundtrack of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dprivate%2520life%2520sherlock%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dpopular&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />: <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/04/composer-of-no-ordinary-merit-redh.html">"A Composer of No Ordinary Merit" [REDH]</a>. </div></div>

"Scored Once More" [MISS]

Previously mentioned in passing on these pages, we're happy to revisit the topic of music and the new Warner Bros. film. The original s...

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