#andrew marlin

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Mighty Poplar - “Chico River” (Live, 2023)

Mighty Poplar summoned the power of quietude to deliver a devastating performance of “Chico River” at the 2023 Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival.

Now out on professional video, the bluegrass supergroup’s rendering of Mapache’s number is astonishing in its finesse as mandolinist Andrew Marlin, guitarist Chris Eldridge and bassist Greg Garrison climb to the top of their ranges on the chorus:

Abigail/Abigail

The mic into which they sing also serves as the band’s amp, to which fiddler Alex Hargreaves, then Marlin, then banjoist Noam Pikelny move closer so their respective, pre-chorus solos can be dispersed to the audience.

It ends with Marlin and Eldridge weaving a soft, delicate tapestry that flirts with silence. It leaves the audience hushed and the band smiling in quiet, hard-earned, self-satisfaction.

Grade card: Mighty Poplar - “Chico River” (Live, 2023) - A+

3/18/24

[nofatclips-home]

Better Way by Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) - Video Directed by: Lachlan Turczan

[kgdrendel]

That Wrecking Ball

The song, That Wrecking Ball, hits home particularly with me today as I listened to it for perhaps the 100th time

I love the music of Watchhouse, (fka Mandolin Orange). Watchhouse is Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz. Their newest, Album, Austin City Limits Live, is a great example of their music. I’m not sure that I always understand the meaning of all their songs and their lyrics, but I resonate with it. I am not a lover of the postmodern theory of interpretation. I think that we should strive to understand…

[reinsdork]

What the hell

[capableism]

Marlin and disparity between how physical and mental disabilities are treated

Acceptance of one disabled person doesn't exclude the person from ableist beliefs. In Finding Nemo, Dory serves a purpose for Marlin. And 

"The inclusiveness of Marlin and Dory's relationship throughout the entire film is one  that the majority of viewers come to adore." (Draman, 2) 

In Finding Dory, Marlin transitions from accepting to valuing Dory's differences. Finding Dory is about  Dory finding her parents and herself. She learns through this film to be proud of who she is. Early in the quest for Dory's parents, Nemo gets hurt. This immediately brings out Marlin's parental instincts to protect Nemo. He lashes out at Dory when she wants to help and feels sorry for putting Nemo in danger. 

Marlin says, "Go wait over there and forget it's what you do best." 

Marlin is still a  father. His reaction after Nemo gets hurt in line with his character. The problem is the way he said it. It is a comment on her short-term memory loss being a  problem Marlin is annoyed with.  

From the film's start, Dory's repetitive questions cause Marlin to express how tired he is of it. Because snapping at Dory made sense in the context, the audience could assume Marlin is right to be annoyed at Dory's mental differences, which is ableist. When Nemo and Marlin are in trouble, they ask, "What would Dory do?" because Nemo sees the value of Dory's determination and problem-solving. Marlin is more open to what Nemo says because of the first film's character growth. The dynamic mimics 

The reality of physical disabilities being taken more seriously than mental differences.

As a result, Nemo has increasing empathy for Dory. Nemo reminds Marlin that he pushed Dory away by saying she should go and wait to forget. 

“Marlin tries to shift responsibility for making an ableist remark. The audience can see the consequences of prejudice, how hurtful it can be to those with disabilities, but the audience, as well as Marlin, might still see his remark as factually correct. 

A general audience might see this as evidence that  Dory really is best at forgetting." (Klinowski 54) 

The audience might also see Nemo's perspective as a member of the disabled community. He argues that Marlin pushed Dory away in a condescending way. Disabled people don't serve a purpose to anyone. They have valuable contributions beyond disability inspiration or courage. Nemo knows that and has grown from the first film to be confident and an advocate. 

Where Marlin's statement: "Look if I said that—and I'm not positive that I did— it's actually a compliment because I asked her to wait, and I said it's what you do best...," but he then admits that it was an inappropriate, hurtful comment to make (Finding Dory 00:25:17-00:25:26)." (Klinowski 53) became problematic using a disability as evidence to say a person is good or bad at something reduces their identity and worth to one aspect.

Sources

Draman, Alexa. "Swimming for Inclusion." The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research 17 (2016): -. Web. https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=ur 

Klinowski, Stacie, "Finding Nemo, Findng Dory, Finding Ourselves: How and Why We Teach Our Children to Think About Disability" (2018). English. 25. https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_eng/25

[conniesmlb]

[baseballjerseynumbers]

Nick Fortes switches from 54 to 4

Peyton Burdick switches from 86 to 6

Jean Segura takes 9

Jordan Groshans switches from 65 to 10

JJ Bleday switches from 67 to 25

Braxton Garrett switches from 60 to 29

Huascar Brazobán switches from 81 to 31

Andrew Nardi switches from 90 to 33

Anthony Bender switches from 55 to 37

Johnny Cueto takes 47

[w98pops]

The son of the Vault 2 overseer Henry Marlin Paradaimu the Sixth and grand-son of the ex-overseer Henry Marlin Pardaimu the Fifth. Henry Marlin Paradaimu the Seventh doesnt want to be a surgeon like his father, or his grandfather, or his grand-grandfather. Henry Marlin Paradaimu the Seventh doesnt want to spend his life cutting people open and chasing a generational legacy of Enclave doctors. Henry Marlin Paradaimu the Seventh wants to play games on his pip-boy and maybe kiss his best friend Andrew. Henry wants people to just call him Henry.

[muppetjohntavares]

I think our feet are gonna slip / I think our hands are gonna shake / I think our eyes are gonna cry / I think our hearts are gonna break

(The National - Laugh Track (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) / Picture credit to: Toronto Maple Leafs Team Announcement - Aug 14, 2024, Andrew Francis Wallace, Andy Marlin, The Leaf: Blueprint Episode #2 – Captain (John Tavares))

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Mighty Poplar - “Grey Eagle” (Live)

“Content to only steal the show,” as his bandmates put it, fiddler Shad Cobb proves himself much more than a standin for Alex Hargreaves on Mighty Poplar’s live rendering of “Grey Eagle.”

Captured on professional video during the bluegrass supergroup’s appearance at the 2023 FreshGrass festival in Massachusetts, the clip may feature Cobb’s sawin’ prominently. But Noam Pikelny’s banjo pickin’, Avdrew Marlin’s mandolin fannin’ and Chris Eldridge’s guitar stylin’ are not inessential ingredients, as evidenced by the explosion of applause that follows each musician’s turn in the spotlight.

Grade card: Mighty Poplar - “Grey Eagle” (Live) - A+

11/22/23

[kgdrendel]

Gospel Shoes

The art of music has a way of moving us and conveying messages that might not be as well received more directly and bluntly spoken

Blindfaller by Watchhouse What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? …. God will judge those outside….1 corinthians 5:12,13 Paul wrote these words to the Corinthians while urging them to deal with sexual immorality in the church that was so bad it would not have been tolerated by pagans. (1 Corinthians 5:1) I am reminded of these words that Paul wrote as I listen to Gospel…

[baseballupdates]

The D-backs made their first move to fortify the bullpen, agreeing to a trade with the Marlins for left-hander A.J. Puk, a source told MLB.com's Christina De Nicola on Thursday night. The Marlins will receive Arizona's No. 14 prospect Deyvison De Los Santos, and No. 30 prospect Andrew Pintar in the trade, per a source.

[fundiepredictions]

Reviewing my 2023 predictions

Bold means that it came true. crossed out means I was wrong. Overal I wasn't right with many predictions. I hope my 2024 predictions will be better

Duggar

Anna - We will only see her in the video's of Joy/Jed

Jana - Pulls a Sarah Maxwell and suddenly get's married

John&Abbie - keep a low profil, we will see them in the video's

Jill&Derick - keeps us up to date, the older boys will go to school in september

Jessa&Ben - announce #5, another girl

Jinger&Jeremy - announce #3, another girl

Joseph&Kendra - their 5th will be born, a girl, we will be working crazy to find the proof

Josiah&Lauren - will be seen in the video's, Lauren will have a big belly

Joy&Austin - Joy will stop with the video's for a while after the baby's been born, until she visits Carlin again

Jedidiah&Katey - Will keep giving us something to discus with their video's, they will have a girl

Jeremiah&Hannah - will announce #2

Jason - announces courtship, engagement and get's married

James - announces courtship

Justin&Claire - announce #1, a boy

Jackson - starts his own IG

Johannah - announces courtship and her own IG

Bates

Zach&Whitney - announce #5, a girl

Michaella&Brandon - They will move and have a dog

Erin&Chad - Will do surprisingly well in Florida

Lawson&Tiffany - announce #1, a boy

Nathan&Esther - announce #2, a girl

Alyssa&John - John will go into politics after they have #5

Tori&Bobby - announce #5, a boy

Trace&Lydia - announce #1, a boy

Carlin&Evan - They will finaly find answers to Carlin's health issue's, Evan goes professional with his editingskills

Josie&Kelton - announce #3, another girl

Katie&Travis - they will drive us crazy with adds for baby products once Hailey is born

Jackson - We will suspect his relationship is over, he never confirms it

Warden - travels all over the place

Isaiah - stays quiet

Wissmann

Rachel&Alan - announce birth of #4

Ruth&Ryan - goes back to her usual content after a month (no cute baby girl pics anymore)

Josiah&Abi - announce #5

Bethany&Dan - announce #6

Andrew&Kori - announce #3

Elizabeth - get's married in a bliss

Matthias&Michelle - announce birth #3

Stephen - get's engaged and married

Hannah&Jeremiah - will announce #2

Susanna - stays off the radar

Alathia - goes big with her cooking IG

Nathanael&Katrina - announce #1

Maxwell

Nathan&Melanie - they will move away from Steve too

Chris&AnnaMarie - Anna starts her own writing blog

Sarah&Kory - announce birth #1, a boy

Joseph&Elissa - announce birth #4, a boy

John&Chelsy - announce #4, a girl

Anna - finds a boyfriend herself

Jesse&AnnaPatrice - announce #1, a girl

Mary&Samuel - get married and announce #1

Keller

Esther&John - ship their two eldest to her/his parents to get married off

Priscilla&David - announce #7, another girl

Anna - We will only see her in the video's of Joy/Jed

Nathan&Nurie - announce #3, a girl

David&Hannah - stay quiet

Bontrager

Marlin&Becky - family band will stop after marriage of Lincoln and Elizabeth

Chelsy&John - announce #4, a girl

Mitchell&Bryn - announce #4, a boy

Allison&Jeremiah - nothing really happens

Lincoln - announces engagement, get's married, spouse will be sibling of spouse Elizabeth

Elizabeth - announces engagement, get's married, spouse will be sibling of spouse Lincoln

Rodrigues

Jill&David - Jill will be very openly against Timothy's marriage, goes on menhunt for Renee

Nurie&Nathan - announce #3, a girl

Timothy - marry's his rumored girlfriend

Kaylee&Jonathan - have a girl, goes Winnie the Pooh style every day

Renee - finds a husband Jill didn't find but does adore

Phillip - distances himself from his parents, Jill won't notice

Samuel - Way more weird video's of him to come

Others

Rogers - announce #13

Ballinger - Nothing happens

Young - announce #5, a boy

Etbauer - announce #3, a girl

[capableism]

Finding Nemo: When Art imitates life & early 2000s disability politics.

" ‘Though 'Nemo' is a complete fantasy, it's based on things that are familiar to  audiences. 

The father-son relationship, going to school for the first time -- these  are things everyone understands, yet this film is about fish on a coral  reef.' [Lasseter]" (Arkrof, 1). 

Finding Nemo was the highest-grossing film the  weekend it was released in May 2003. The story is very personal to director Andrew Stanton. "Stanton concludes,

'Telling a story where the protagonist is  the father got me excited. I don't think I've ever seen an animated film from that  perspective…I loved playing with that issue and having a father who has to overcome his own fears of life to become a better father. Having him in the  middle of the ocean, where he has to confront everything he never wanted to  face in life, seemed like a great opportunity for fun and still allowed us to delve  into some slightly deeper issues.'" (Arkrof, 2)

 Finding Nemo was written for  parents while also a children's film. Children see the story from Nemo's  perspective as a curious, young, adventurous clownfish.  

Finding Nemo's coming-of-age story has many nuances that make the story  meaningful to many groups beyond fathers and sons. 

Nemo has a physical  disability,

Marlin’s a single dad,

Dory has a mental difference.

Each of the main characters progresses the plot with their unique take on the world. 

Nemo gets captured by the dentist because he tries to prove his capabilities to  his father, who overprotects him because of Nemo's physical differences. Marlin is closed off from the world's possibilities because of the traumatic loss of his  wife, Coral. Dory helps Marlin see the value in others' differences. Dory is the  only fish he knows who can read human.

Disability representation wasn't the focus of the film’s director Andrew Stanton. He was inspired by his own life experiences. The story is based on  reality. In the early 2000s, the current conversations were about disability. "After decades of campaigning and lobbying, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)  was passed in 1990, and ensured equal treatment and equal access of  people with disabilities to employment opportunities and to public  accommodations. The ADA intended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of  disability in: employment, services rendered by state and local governments,  places of public accommodation, transportation, and telecommunications services." (ADL Education)  

Sources

ADL Education. (2022, May 3). A Brief History of the Disability Rights Movement. adl.org. https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/disability-rights-movement

Arkoff, V. (2021, February 16). Ultimate Guide to 'Finding Nemo'. howstuffworks.com. https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/family/activities/how-finding-nemo-works1.htm

[hauntedeyes]

“DONT FISH? EAT OTHER FISH? THE MARLINS AND THE TROUT?” will always get me. andrew garfield you genius