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Continued Misfits -- episode two takes it to a whole 'nother level -- weird mix of black comedy, supernatural, British, horror, thriller and...drama?  Wait, how'd they squeeze that tear of sympathy out of me?  HOW?  I mean, the two stories weren't even related and then, wham, out of nowhere... and an amazing soundtrack.  Best use of "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", ever.

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Cat People (1982)

 

I saw this movie when I was way too young for it.  I didn't much like it then, and I my opinion on it isn't improving a hell of a lot now.  That said, the soundtrack is by Giorgio Moroder, and it is excellent.  Tthe crazy effects Giorgio extracts from his modular for the musical cues have aged really well.

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This Google-Talks video on mathematics and the Simpsons is totally awesome. I absolutely recommend it.

 

 

I still think some of those early Simpsons seasons are the best animated content ever to appear on TV. This video further reaffirms that belief.

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Homeland

 

Does anyone else who watches this know what kind of music Carrie Matheson listens to?  I know it's jazz, but more specifically -- it's early enough (last century early, not early early) that's it's still recognizably 12 tone and not completely scat or avant-garde, but it's late enough that it doesn't feel obliged to stay within traditional melody/harmony/structure etc.  It's not as sparse or abstract as, say, Bitches Brew, so I think it's little earlier than that. 

 

She probably listens to a lot of jazz, but the type I am trying to describe is what I have been finding myself craving, and I'm having trouble finding examples.  Need to find some harmolodics, because on paper, that sounds like what I'm looking for.

 

Also:  The Killing -- I don't know why they call this the killing, but at least they used the singular -- there's only one (well...that we care about).  It should be called "Red Herrings".  No, I'm kidding, I actually really like this show.  The writer is impeccable -- captures the individual, the interpersonal, the social, and the political, and how they all affect each other.

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I guess I should give this show a shot, eh?  You and I tend to like a lot of the same TV.

Yes.

 

That said, this is nothing like the more populist shows that we've discussed like Whedon, etc.  So don't expect a lot of witty one-liners.  And it's nicely complex.

 

But yes.

 

Also, don't put all your eggs in the Alice basket -- you'll be disappointed, she's in fewer than half the episodes.

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