Today's Suggestion Is The Pilot Episode Of A Show That My Kids Already Love

Today's Suggestion Is The Pilot Episode Of A Show That My Kids Already Love

If you watch the first two episodes of "Milo Murphy's Law" -- currently available for free through the folks at AMAZON PRIME -- and one of your first thoughts is is that it looks and sounds and feels a whole lot like "Phineas and Ferb," you are correct. Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh and Dan Povenmire are the creative forces behind both shows, and the artistic and humorousistic DNA is the absolute same, basically. (Except this one also has Weird Al Yankovic. So...there's that.)

What's My Most Anticipated Film Of The Year, You Ask? Well, Here's A Trailer.

What's My Most Anticipated Film Of The Year, You Ask? Well, Here's A Trailer.

Han, who has seen the film, notes that "the story and art are deceptively simple," but also notes that "it’s funny and sad and moving for reasons I can’t quite put into words." The trailer really captures a peculiar and under-represented (in Hollywood, at least) vibe -- perhaps best described as "ineffable and yet simple," if that's an actual thing -- but it also captures a lot more excitement/tension than I was anticipating before today.

Here's The Wonderful (And Weird) Film Score I've Been Streaming For Most Of The Day

Here's The Wonderful (And Weird) Film Score I've Been Streaming For Most Of The Day

I have no idea what my final opinion of Anders Thomas Jensen's Men & Chicken will be. I have no idea if it's even possible to have an opinion on it, final or otherwise. It's about as weird (and uncomfortable) as anything I've ever seen; equal parts disgusting and inspirational, hopeful and horrifying. And the ending is either one of the most life-affirming or cynical things ever.

I do have an opinion (and probably a final one) on the film's score, though. It's fantastic. 

Last Week, The Royal Society Announced The Winners Of Their 2016 Publishing Photography Competition. Check It Out, Because It's Great.

Last Week, The Royal Society Announced The Winners Of Their 2016 Publishing Photography Competition. Check It Out, Because It's Great.

"From an octopus beneath the sea, to mayflies in the sky, insects camouflaged against the leaves of a tree, Velella velella stranded on a beach and the microscopic image of a seed pod, we received over 1000 entries across dozens of countries demonstrating biological phenomena in a range of environments."

"Lord God, Have Mercy On Us"

The eleventh (and final) section of Henryk Górecki's "Miserere." The ten choral sections that come before are over 30 minutes long (in total), and are comprised of only three words, repeated over and over again:

"Domine Deus noster (Lord our God)."

This section, coming after more than a half hour of repeating that short phrase, has even fewer:

"Miserere nobis (Have mercy on us)."
Attribution(s): "A Trio Of Crosses" via VisualHunt.

Today's Film Is Actually More Of A Personal Reminder Than A Public Suggestion, But You're Welcome To It All The Same

Today's Film Is Actually More Of A Personal Reminder Than A Public Suggestion, But You're Welcome To It All The Same

I don't like it quite as much as Sarah does (for mostly film-snobbish reasons), but it's got a really fun cast (including a great turn from the ever-great Ed Harris), makes great use of a fantastic, Copland-esque score from the legendary James Horner, and boasts one of the most absurdly-implausible-yet-true stories ever.

A Minefield Of Technical Treachery

A Minefield Of Technical Treachery

I'm listening to the finale of Johann Nepomuk Hummel's 3rd Piano Concerto (in B Minor), about which Greenberg says that while it is "mostly 'finger' music, consisting of scales and arpeggios in the style of Classical pianism, rather than 'arm' music that features huge leaps and thundering sonorities, it is a minefield of technical treachery." A "minefield of technical treachery," you say? Sounds awesome! (Literally. Heh.)