I've Recommended Today's Suggestion In The Past And I'm Sure I'll Bring It Up In The Future Because I Want Everyone To See It

I've Recommended Today's Suggestion In The Past And I'm Sure I'll Bring It Up In The Future Because I Want Everyone To See It

A wonderful examination of the ever-shifting relationship between a father and son, it's based on "The Last Hippie" (the second story in renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks' "An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales" anthology), and it features the subtlest, finest J.K. Simmons' performance I've ever seen. 

Suddenly, And For No Apparent Reason, The 2nd Movement Of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Which Needs No Reason, Honestly)

Suddenly, And For No Apparent Reason, The 2nd Movement Of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Which Needs No Reason, Honestly)

"The second movement, a fugal scherzo, brilliantly combines nervous tension and joyous outbursts. Although often overshadowed by the others, it, too, begins with a startling innovation of tympani (tuned drums) being used not only in their customary role as rhythmic reinforcement but as a melodic solo. ...Another major advance was Beethoven's use of silence as a musical element – of the eight bars of the theme, four contain no notes whatever."