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The End of Sherlockian.net?

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Our own online Sherlockian adventure extends to the early 1990s. During that time, there was a bulletin board at alt.fan.holmes and the Hounds of the Internet, but not much else.<br />
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Then in 1994, along came <a href="http://sherlockian.net/" target="_blank">Sherlockian.net</a>, which set out to capture all of the links about Sherlock Holmes on the Internet. It still stands as one of—if not the—best sites of Sherlock Holmes reference material online.<br />
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It became one of the sites we visited on a regular basis, and has constantly been an inspiration for some of the content we share here on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. While our our <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/resources.html#.V4-s5rgrLb0" target="_blank">Resources</a> section is nowhere near as complete, we tried to to our best to help keep up with some of the main links that we thought would be helpful.<br />
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But as Sherlockian.net proprietor and IHOSE contributor Chris Redmond told us in <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 99</a>, trying to document everything on the web quickly became a very difficult task.<br />
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As the online world of Sherlock Holmes has grown exponentially — particularly over the last four or five years of social media's rise to prominence — that task has only gotten more cumbersome.<br />
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So it was with great surprise and alarm that we saw Chris's announcement today that Sherlockian.net would be shutting down on December 31, 2016. This grand and legendary resource that has been online for 22 years might not be with us much longer.<br />
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We're hoping that we can get a stay of execution. We've already heard from some like-minded Sherlockians who want to see the site continue, or see its contents protected and given new life on other sites. The immense work that has gone into creating the hundreds of pages there (and believe us, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/06/reaching-milestone.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">we understand</a> what it's like to create that much content) is at times a thankless job.<br />
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We have to believe that such a decision by Chris does not come lightly, and we don't want to see his life's work vanish in an instant. We have some ideas about how to keep the lights on or to continue to make the content available to interested Sherlockians around the world. Perhaps you have some ideas too. Feel free to leave a comment below or email us.<br />
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A valid first step is to create a sitemap of Sherlockian.net and catalog all of the content. If there's anyone who can help take a stab at that, we'd appreciate it.<br />
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The creative process is a daunting and lonely task at times. But preserving great content should be a collective work. And Chris's work at Sherlockian.net is as outstanding as it is prodigious. Let's make sure it's enduring.<br />
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Episode 100: A Sherlockian Centennial

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Well, we managed to do it. And it only took us nine years, an 18-month hiatus, one lost episode and thousands of fans.<br />
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That's right, it's our <b><span style="font-size: large;">100th</span></b> episode.<br />
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We asked you what you wanted to hear for the centenary of the first podcast for Sherlock Holmes devotees, and time and again, we heard from you, telling us to do a retrospective - a look back at our favorite moments from what we've accomplished. We also asked you what your favorite moments are and what you wanted to know from us. Well, we managed to deliver on both.<br />
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Our 100th episode gave us a chance to reflect on exactly what turning 100 means, and to dive back into our murky and fuzzy origins. We try to answer some of your queries and we celebrate those who joined us previously before launching into our top memories of the show, as represented in audio clips. Our Gas-Lamp features two readings, including a new one created just for this episode. Finally, we wrap up with a couple of important announcements that you won't want to miss.<br />
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1:37 Welcome and intro<br />
2:25 Someone else is pretty excited<br />
3:19 Other centenary celebrations in 2016<br />
7:10 Milestones can be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INhL0MYhOOI" target="_blank">difficult to celebrate</a>, featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wolfberg" target="_blank">Dennis Wolfberg</a><br />
9:32 Our humble beginnings<br />
11:14 Spending time<br />
11:55 I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere - by the numbers<br />
15:49 Multiple IHOSE interview guests<br />
18:10 Your kind reviews <a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock" target="_blank">on iTunes</a><br />
20:24 <a href="http://wessexpress.com/" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a><br />
21:40 You asked for it / your favorite moments<br />
23:29 How it all began<br />
34:24 Remembering our hiatus<br />
41:00 Looking back at our favorite moments<br />
42:25 Mike Berdan on getting involved with Sherlock Holmes<br />
45:12 Christopher Morley on the reality of Sherlock Holmes<br />
48:00 Peter Blau on Edgar Smith<br />
51:38 Otto Penzler gets defensive about his literary doppelgänger<br />
55:23 Fritz Weaver recalls <i>Baker Street</i>, the characterization of Sherlock Holmes, and the importance of Conan Doyle<br />
57:54 Michael Dirda reads from <i>On Conan Doyle</i><br />
1:01:59 Lara Pulver reflects on her success<br />
1:05:03 Bert Coules on the role of the writer with BBC Radio, the importance of his director David Johnson recognizing the major characters in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i><br />
1:11:20 Bert Coules talks about casting Michael Williams as Dr. Watson, as opposed to Nigel Bruce<br />
1:14:55 A comic interlude: a halfway decent Jack Benny impersonation<br />
1:20:22 Lyndsay, Ashley and Ardy from the Baker Street Babes play Jeopardy and make Burt's editing job a living nightmare<br />
1:24:06 A flashback within our flashback as Steve Rothman is unruffled and Bob Katz freaks out about Dr. Rosenbach's credentials<br />
1:26:57 Nicholas Meyer recounts how he was invited to the BSI dinner and how he overstepped<br />
1:35:25 Susan Rice shares the story of the afternoon when women were granted membership in the Baker Street Irregulars, together with a recording of Tom Stix presiding at that very event.<br />
1:42:53 <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" target="_blank">The Baker Street Journal</a></i><br />
1:45:02 The Editor's Gas-Lamp: a two-fer with "221B" and "A Long Evening with Holmes"<br />
1:50:45 Housekeeping, special thanks and two announcements — listen closely, as we need your feedback<br />
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"I am one of a hundred" [ILLU] Well, we managed to do it. And it only took us nine years, an 18-month hiatus, one lost...

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William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes (1916) Gets a Score

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The 1916 <i>Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</i> will cover the topic of William Gillette's film <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. We here at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere <a href="http://ihose.co/1916film" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">broke the news</a> that the long-lost film had been discovered in Paris and covered <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/06/sherlock-holmes-in-san-francisco.html#.V4eggLgrLb0" target="_blank">the screening of the film</a> at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival last year.<br />
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We're pleased to present four musical themes that were played for the American premiere of the restored Gillette <i>Sherlock Holmes</i>. The excerpts are meant to illustrate the article, “Scoring Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes,” that acclaimed composer Donald Sosin wrote for the <i>BSJ Christmas Annual</i>, describing how he composed his music. And although these film excerpts are best understood when used in conjunction with Donald’s article, they can also be enjoyed on their own — examples of how a great original Holmesian score is constructed and coordinated with the images.<br />
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The tracks come from the opening night performance when Gillette’s film was screened at San Francisco’s Castro Theater on May 30, 2015, where 2,000 people heard the score that night, performed by Sosin and his ensemble: Donald on piano with Günther Buchwald, violin; Sascha Jacobsen, bass; and Frank Bockius, percussion.<br />
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Since then, the film has attracted several first-rate scores – all quite distinct and all fine examples of the broad range of silent film accompaniment. The film has attracted several leading silent film composers – Stephen Horne who accompanied the film in Bangkok; Neil Brand in Paris, London, Pordenone, and on the Flicker Alley DVD; Steve Sterner at New York’s Film Forum; Dan Drazin in Northbrook, Illinois; Dennis James in Santa Barbara, California; and Phil Carli at the Library of Congress and the BSI Conference in Chautauqua. No two performers sound alike, each creating his own signature motifs and building on those motifs to give fresh perspective to the characters and plot lines.</div>
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The themes performed here are the building blocks that Sosin created to build his extraordinary score. The themes recur, permitting improvisation and ingenious acoustic effects and designed to provide a musical mirror to the ever-changing mood and action.</div>
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<a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sherlock-holmes-the-odessa-connection#/" target="_blank">According to Sosin in an Indiegogo</a> he ran, he has been commissioned by the Odessa International Film Festival to expand that 4-musician score for a 45-piece orchestra. The premiere of that composition is set for July 16, 2016. The music is in rehearsal and on schedule – a generous, anonymous donor stepped in to make up the short fall. We certainly hope that more audiences will have the benefit of hearing it outside of Odessa.</div>
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Holmesian pastiche is rife with mashups, especially the literary kind. Hoping to generate a strong story, authors frequently pair Holmes and Watson with other characters and historical figures to create unique tales that might not fit regular canon.<br />
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<b><i><a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1780925042" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="e592d10dd2fae485c3c45d2dd9e9829d" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein" href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Horror-Frankenstein-Kuhns/dp/1780925042/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=e592d10dd2fae485c3c45d2dd9e9829d&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_9040639" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_9040639" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=thebakerstree-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=e592d10dd2fae485c3c45d2dd9e9829d&_cb=1468243086011" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /></i></b>, written by Luke Benjamen Kuhns and drawn by Marcie Klinger (published in 2013 by <a href="http://mxpublishing.com/product/9781780925042/Sherlock+Holmes+and+The+Horror+of+Frankenstein" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> and available through their site and on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Horror-Frankenstein-Kuhns/dp/1780925042/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=thebakerstree-20&linkId=e592d10dd2fae485c3c45d2dd9e9829d&linkCode=ktl" target="_blank">Amazon</a>) is an exceptional mix of horror and detection that is well worth reading.<br />
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The story opens with a man discovering — and chipping out — a figure in the ice. Discovering Holmes with his infamous seven-per-cent solution, Watson spurs Holmes to investigate a series of grave robberies. As the plot progresses, Holmes and Watson find themselves encountering the results of one scientist's ambitions...and facing the challenge of another ambitious scientist's plans.<br />
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<i>Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein</i> works as a more horror-oriented version of the canon. Klinger's art and layouts are very solid, driving the narrative and building the appropriate mood and atmosphere. Kuhn's writing is also exceptional - mostly dialogue-driven, but with clear awareness of both Conan Doyle and Mary Shelley's works, integrating both into a solid story that may seem reminiscent of past efforts, yet has a Holmesian flair of its own.<br />
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A relatively short yet enjoyable read, <i>Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein</i> is a good example of a literary mashup executed well. It is definitely <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B1yQNnBBnw" target="_blank">worth checking out</a>.<br />
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<i>Special thanks to Robert Skel for his assistance in acquiring a review copy</i><br />
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