I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

"I Think We Must Begin" [ILLU]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EX2Gq8qGmbj-7c5ku0bY9tXQEszMbq89dWzC38H1VK5cGM8E-_99RfqWog08cEdp56OKRum5pAG2rkrkSei4txkWIuUwRLQxw_pCBOTDj4mR1e93sYjhSmTFg8_ft0ku8Jwu66n4iiys/s1600/bsi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EX2Gq8qGmbj-7c5ku0bY9tXQEszMbq89dWzC38H1VK5cGM8E-_99RfqWog08cEdp56OKRum5pAG2rkrkSei4txkWIuUwRLQxw_pCBOTDj4mR1e93sYjhSmTFg8_ft0ku8Jwu66n4iiys/s1600/bsi.png" /></a></div>And so it begins... Today (un)officially kicks off the 2011 <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a>, with the first monthly gathering of the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes (ASH), which they amusingly call their ASH Wednesdays. Scores of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts will descend upon the city and <strike>carouse</strike> cogitate together on the impact of Sherlock Holmes in our lives today. If you're attending and you'd like a handy pocket guide, please print out this one-page summary of the major events and their locations. For a more comprehensive guide, see the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">BSI Weekend</a> site. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/40465706/The-2011-Baker-Street-Irregulars-Weekend-at-a-glance" 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 The 2011 Baker Street Irregulars Weekend - at a glance on Scribd">The 2011 Baker Street Irregulars Weekend - at a glance</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_523749588244003" name="doc_523749588244003" style="outline: none;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=40465706&access_key=key-2dkuzzn68ohpdexhgw2i&page=1&viewMode=list"><embed id="doc_523749588244003" name="doc_523749588244003" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=40465706&access_key=key-2dkuzzn68ohpdexhgw2i&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed> </object> Throughout the weekend, we'll be making updates via the <a href="http://twitter.com/BakerStreetBlog">@BakerStreetBlog</a> Twitter handle and we'll be using the hashtag #bsiweekend to make it easier to follow the conversation. The BSI WEEKEND NEWS sidebar over at <a href="http://bsiweekend.com/">http://bsiweekend.com</a> and "Every Nerve in a Twitter" [TWIS] in the sidebar on this site will be showing updates. We'll also try to bring you photos, videos and possibly even some audio as quickly as possible as the weekend unfolds. Stay tuned here and on our <a href="http://facebook.com/BakerStreetBlog">Facebook page</a> for more information. And if you're at the event and can provide additional coverage, we'd love to hear from you. To see previous BSI Weekend coverage on this site, <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/search/label/bsiweekend">please click here</a>. Please consider visiting our sponsors (in the right column and footer of the site) from time to time. It helps defray the costs associated with running this site. --

"I Think We Must Begin" [ILLU]

And so it begins... Today (un)officially kicks off the 2011 Baker Street Irregulars Weekend , with the first monthly gathering of the Advent...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Gerry Rafferty of 'Baker Street' Fame

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"my way led me through Baker Street" [SCAN]</h4>
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Singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty passed away today at the age of 63. "So what?" we can hear you asking. As you know, we don't write about anything here unless it involves the world of Sherlock Holmes, and in this case it's no exception. 
 
Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rafferty was Scottish-born and his father was of Irish descent. But more importantly, he's best known for his ballad "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(song)">Baker Street</a>," which you've probably heard hundreds of times. We present <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM" target="_blank">the video here</a> for your enjoyment. 
 
 
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As an added bonus, here's the 1978 Rolling Stone interview with him, "<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gerry-raffertys-baker-street-blues-rolling-stones-1978-feature-20110104">Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street Blues</a>." 
 
 
Image credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_Street_Sign.jpg#/media/File:Baker_Street_Sign.jpg" target="_blank">Sonyhamster on Wikipedia</a> 
 
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Remembering Gerry Rafferty of 'Baker Street' Fame

"my way led me through Baker Street" [SCAN] Singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty passed away today at the age of 63. "So wh...

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by Scott Monty

"Selling at a Price" [ILLU]

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMQ_Xdw6zljNkydpvKQsNe_Uptoxiz0j0uHpQKsmfs0_xBRgp04M32ZkVVb-pcHzz3d9PRHsekMN4056bOGjM4JSoGZiYSV7t2kwTnS-SHK5c96On6l6qIWfgYED3cDoiXRXBtEGaAlaT/s1600/reig4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMQ_Xdw6zljNkydpvKQsNe_Uptoxiz0j0uHpQKsmfs0_xBRgp04M32ZkVVb-pcHzz3d9PRHsekMN4056bOGjM4JSoGZiYSV7t2kwTnS-SHK5c96On6l6qIWfgYED3cDoiXRXBtEGaAlaT/s320/reig4.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sir, don't touch the merchandise!"</td></tr></tbody></table>The Weekend is nearly upon us! And by "Weekend" (yes, capitalized), we mean the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a>, an annual gathering in New York City that nets some three to four hundred Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts. Casual fans, lifelong devotees, amateur scholars, academics, authors, journalists, industrialists, actors, musicians, professionals - essentially a cross-section of society at large. If you haven't already checked out the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/2010/10/master-schedule-of-events.html">Schedule of Events</a>, <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/2010/10/accommodations.html">Accommodations</a> and handy printable <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/2010/10/summary-of-weekend-events.html">Summary of the weekend's events</a> and locations over on the <a href="http://www.bsiweekend.com/">BSI Weekend</a> site, please do so. One of the events that everyone looks forward to is the Merchants Room opening on Saturday morning. Typically, this is an event attracts the excitement of veteran collectors and newcomers alike, with lots of buzz and and "off to the races" reaction when the doors of the room are finally flung open at 9:00 a.m. sharp. Invariably, you'll know the event is about 15 minutes away when you see <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/12/episode-16-collectors-corner-jerry.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Jerry Margolin</a> (click the link for an interview with Jerry on "I Hear of Sherlock Everwhere") poking his head in the doorway, pacing frantically and looking like someone who either has a full bladder or an itchy trigger finger. ;-) If you'd like to participate in the Merchants Room activities - whether or not you attend anything else during the BSI Weekend - it's open to the public. Feel free to join in the fun at the Roosevelt Hotel (45 East 45th Street - <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45+East+45th+Street,+New+York,+NY&sll=40.727222,-73.991793&sspn=0.009253,0.019011&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=45+E+45th+St,+New+York,+10017&z=16">map</a> and <a href="http://www.theroosevelthotel.com/default.aspx?pg=directions&rp=directions#subway">subway directions</a>), Vanderbuilt Suite, beginning at 9:00 a.m. There will be authors available for book signings, if you're interested: 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.     Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger: <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/grandgamev1.html">The Grand Game</a>     Enrico Solito and Gianluca Salvatore: <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/italy.html">Italy and Sherlock Holmes</a>     Nicholas Utechin: The 2010 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual 11:00 a.m. - noon     Otto Penzler: <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bohemiansouls.html">Bohemian Souls</a>  [You may remember the fabulous interview Otto gave us on <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/01/episode-17-collectors-corner-otto.html">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere: Episode 17</a> - it's worth a(nother) listen.] And if you're unable to join us in the Merchants Room, you can buy all BSI books on the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal website</a> in the <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/allitems.html">BSI Items for Sale</a> section. --

"Selling at a Price" [ILLU]

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour

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When one visits London, you will find that there are a number of Sherlock Holmes walking tours available,  either programmed or self-guided. We chronicled a number of those back in May 2006 in a post titled <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/05/is-hobby-of-mine-to-have-exact_24.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Tours of London</a>, including the famous <a href="http://www.walks.com/our-walks/friday-walks#in-the-footsteps-of-sherlock-holmes" target="_blank">Original London Walks</a>. 
 
Now we understand that there is a new bus tour available for those who seek to walk - er, ride - in the footsteps of the great detective. From their press release: 
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Brit Movie Tours, a unique sightseeing bus tour company that visits film and TV locations in London and throughhout Britain, is launching the first ever <a href="http://britmovietours.com/bookings/sherlock-holmes-london-tour/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour</a> in London. 
 
Visiting sites linked with the world famous sleuth the Sherlock Holmes Bus Tour will take fans on a three-hour tour visiting places featured in both the Arthur Conan Doyle books and also the recent TV and film dramatisations. 
 
The tour will take in key locations from the books including the Sherlock Holmes pub, locations from the recent Robert Downey Jr movie and BBC production with Benedict Cumberbatch and of course 221B Baker Street. 
 
Brit Movie Tours director Lewis Swan explains, “one of the aims of the Sherlock Holmes London Tour is to get fans of the character a bit closer to the places they know both in the books and on screen. The Victorian London of Holmes is still very much alive and well today.”</blockquote>
 
Find out more about London Tours of TV and Film Locations: <a href="http://britmovietours.com/" target="_blank">http://britmovietours.com</a>. 
 
Have you ever taken a Sherlock Holmes tour when you were in London or in other Canonical locations? Let us know which have been the most useful and/or rewarding by leaving a comment.