Dr. Horrible

The trouble with deployments is that you spend six months or so out of touch; and then you spend the next year or so playing catch-up, finding all kinds of little things that everyone else saw ages ago.

On the other hand, getting to see cool stuff isn't bad, exactly. And better late than never!

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a Joss Whedon webmovie- a short supervillain musical. It came out last July, and by every account I've read it was a huge hit.

I can see why. Aside from Whedon's name-recognition (which is undoubtedly a part of it) the play is funny and character-driven (as much as supervillain musicals can be, anyway.)

Into the Woods

Stephen Sondheim's musical "Into the Woods" is a comedy based loosely on several classic fairy tales. I haven't actually listened to it in ages, but I came upon the old MP3s recently.

It deserves relistening. Like most of Sondeim's music, the emphasis is on lyrics, which are clever and highly detailed. Here's Agony, in which two princes discuss the hardships of questing after their destined princesses.

My Latest Geek Pleasure

It's Evil Dead: The Musical!

Okay, first point: this is not as good as Fellowship, my last geeky-pleasure-turned-soundtrack. It's not even close, actually.

But there are moments of real gold here. "All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons" is a wonderful Grease homage. The moose in "Join Us" has Bullwinkle's voice. And "Evil Puns"... well, they are.