f you’re familiar with the Grenada television series with Jeremy Brett, have a high-speed Internet connection, and are possessed of a strong bladder, wander on over to the Sherlock Holmes Literary Song Videos site. These are scenes from the series re-cut into music videos, and some of them are quite clever indeed. In particular, I can recommend “Everything I Own”, a touching tribute to the relationship of Holmes and Watson set to the sappy 70’s song from Bread, and “The Boxer”, the story of an oft-destitute Holmes seeking work in a world full of hardships, set to the classic Simon and Garfunkel tune.

Note that these videos are in MP4 format. If you have problems playing them, I can wholeheartedly recommend VLC, a free media player which handles almost everything flawlessly. It performs much better than QuickTime, even on my Mac.