Well, dear readers, it’s Friday, a day for short notes. Therefore, I shall dive right into these here notes (no mean feat) and I will not waste your time with divertissements, oh, no, I will not waste your time with divertissements.
It was a somewhat frustrating day yesterday and when I am frustrated I tend to eat scads of food, which makes me less frustrated. However, yesterday I did not eat scads of food, which, of course, made me more frustrated. I was one frustrated BK yesterday but I finally calmed my frustrations by telling myself the story of The Randy Vicar and the Toothbrush. Oh, my, that was a good story.
Now wait just a darned minute – wasn’t that a divertissement? I do believe that was a divertissement and I said I would not waste your time with divertissements and yet there, in plain sight, was a divertissement. Damn them, damn them all to hell. Someone bitch-slap me from here to eternity.
I did manage to have one interesting little meeting yesterday at which many interesting things were discussed, none of which I can pass on just yet so why am I even writing about it, that’s the question we’re all asking.
Our fabulous Nick Redman interview is causing some controversy in the film music newsgroups, but that was expected. Actually, most people have enjoyed it, but there are a couple of troublemakers out there who, believe it or not, are trying to stir up trouble. You’d think people would have better things to do but apparently you’d think wrong.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I feel a divertissement coming on and we can’t have that, now can we?
Whew, just in the Nick Redman of time. I was just about to write something that could have been considered a divertissement but now we’re safe because I’ve forgotten what it was. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
I’m going to attempt (attempt, do you hear me?) to have an Unseemly Trivia Contest for you tomorrow. And Donald, of course, will have a brand spanking new radio show up for you on Sunday. This week’s Unseemly Live Chat is also on Sunday, so do be there or be round.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must try to alleviate my frustration, but not by eating, I must go hither and thither but today I shall not go yon because that would be a mere divertissement. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD and DVD/video players? I’ll start – CD, a fairly rare import CD of an early Quincy Jones album from Mercury, where Mr. Jones takes on the music of Henry Mancini in high style. Also, I finally got around to playing Brent Barrett’s CD, and aside from a couple of technical issues it is as good as I remembered. In the DVD player, one of those bargain-basement public domain DVDs of The Pied Piper of Hamelin starring Van Johnson and Kay Starr. It’s not the worst DVD I’ve seen (especially for five bucks) but I remember this version (which was a TV spectacular when I was a wee sprig of a twig of a lad of a youth) with some fondness. Of course, it’s quite strange, but it’s a musical (music by Grieg) with lots of songs, and an excellent and wry supporting performance by Claude Rains. I haven’t seen this thing in a ‘coon’s age, but it’s exactly as I remember it. Your turn.