tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: the Spikelicious "Lover's Walk" and the debut of our favorite Vengeance Demon in "The Wish".

scarcely recalled memory.... only a snippet, and fuzzy at that... focused on one thing, everything around it is there but i can't see it. someone help me out here.

ninjas are coming, right? a television program that i watch is having ninjas on it soon, right? oooh! is it Angel? something to do with Darla's baby perhaps? ack! that's the only show i can think of that would have them (though i can't remember the teaser for next week's Enterprise, so i guess there could be Space Ninjas coming).

TVGuide likes to do their silly little Collectible Cover thing. people must buy up multiple copies, or there wouldn't be anymore multicover weeks, right? i think it's time i cashed in on this and made a little money myself, so i'm offering a tolkhan exclusive third Michael Jackson cover. send me $$ and it's yours! quantities are limited! don't miss out!

i'm getting a lot of hits looking for the FX X-Ballot Marathon. if you've come for that, i suggest the FX website. makes more sense, don't you think?

tonight on the syndiBuffy double feature: watch Giles be a tough guy! see Joyce become a tramp! it's "Band Candy"!

followed by "Revelations". is this another apocalypse episode? is Buffy battling four guys on horses? tune in and see!

tonight is also the series premiere of The Tick. watch it.

also from Sci Fi Wire (and i'm reposting the whole thing because i think it's worth more than just a link):

The special musical episode of UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer rated well in its Nov. 6 airing, the network reported. The all-singing, all-dancing episode, "Once More With Feeling," ranked No. 3 among persons 12-34, adults 18-34, teens and female teens, UPN reported.

The Buffy episode also ranked No. 2 in its 8-9 p.m. timeslot among males 12-34, men 18-34 and male teens, beating The WB's Gilmore Girls, ABC's Spin City, CBS' Jag and NBC's Three Sisters, UPN reported.

Apple has posted a streaming version of the soundtrack to the first Lord of the Rings film, The Fellowship of the Ring.
[from Sci Fi Wire]

a June 2001 Q&A with ASH and Amber Benson:

Charlie_Angel - if you could play any other character on the show who would it be and why?

Amber - Actually I wanna be on Angel and I wanna be the host - the karaoke singing demon

Tony - I always wanted to be Cordelia!

the Sarah Kuhn review of "Once More, With Feeling," which is also where i found this:

been in an foul mood since yesterday evening. found something to cheer me up: Nicholas Gonzalez

and to connect this post with the one one immediately preceding, here's Nestor Carbonell, and a TVGuide article about his role as Bat Manuel.

tonight is the premiere of

here's what TVGuide Online has to say about it.

we'll call it "Part One" for now, but the "Once More, With Feeling" review is up on my Buffy blog.

forgive any errors for now. i'll clean it up later.

here's Jean's take on "Once More, With Feeling"

from an email with Jean:

"[name omitted] theory is that Willow didn't have a song to sing because Willow has no truth to tell. Interesting."

indeed. hadn't thought of that.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Enterprise have helped propel UPN in the first six weeks of the season to the largest year-to-year ratings growth of any broadcast network, the network announced. UPN has seen its prime-time ratings grow in all key demographics, including a 19 percent hike among persons aged 12-34, 26 percent among adults 18-34 and 21 percent among adults 18-49.

Sarah Kuhn's review of this week's Angel, "Offspring."

"Hey, look at me! I'm dancing crazy!" i love Anya.

so, Mikey and i were watching last night, and Tara was singing a song that was sort of funny in that "Oh, but you are!" kind of ways, and Willow and Tara embrace and twirl together, and suddenly they're back in the bedroom, and...

Mikey and i both stared with slackjawed 'ewww!' "Are they..?" "Did she just.." anyone else come away from the scene thinking that, uh, Willow was 'kissing the kitty'? will that be one of the deleted scenes for future airings?

Dawn's in trouble? It must be Tuesday. heh.

"Bunnies aren't just cute, like everyone supposes.
They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
and what's with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies!

...Or maybe midgets."

i'm going to be cutting out early today. i have many things to do before "Once More, With Feeling" airs tonight. let's all watch and we'll sing the songs together tomorrow.

before Musical Buffy tonight, FX still has the syndiBuffy double feature. tonight's episodes: "Dead Man's Party," initiating Joyce into the Sunnydale supernatural scene, and "Faith, Hope and Trick", the first appearance of the ultracool Mr. Trick.

tonight, folks, is the night. it's difficult to contain my excitement.

ah, the Tara love aria, available at the official Buffy musical site. can't download it though, dammit. Amber Benson does well.