Mr Robot

I previously mentioned fan speculation regarding quite what was happening on Babylon 5 (1993) over the course of its broadcast. The more I watch and read about Mr Robot (2015) the more I notice a similar effect; at least, one that I actually care about. It's far subtler than Babylon 5: there are myriad clues dropped whose significance isn't immediately apparent but that, with hindsight, fit seamlessly into the larger frame. If the writers live up to expectations then the show will absolutely bear a rewatching. It has been a long time since I was able to read others' ideas about an ongoing television show and find them to be genuinely interesting hypotheses, in contrast to, say, the discussion of the multiple-choice cliffhanger that ended season six of The Walking Dead (2010) about which I could barely give two dried figs.

Mozart's Requiem Mass in D minor

Each summer the BBC present a varied series of promenade concerts culminating in the recent last night, a somewhat merry affair featuring popular classical and patriotic works. There are usually a fair few worthwhile classical performances among the concerts and this year I saved for later viewing the performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass featuring the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent, and of course various soloists. This is one of my very favorite works but I had never actually listened to it with the help of video with English-language subtitling for the libretto. I don't know the liturgy at all well and would hesitantly guess that it is rather consistent among the different such requiems but it made a pleasant difference to have the meaning of the words available as an added dimension of the experience.