Well, dear readers, it is the glorious long long weekend. Aside from a brief visit to a party this evening, I have no plans whatsoever, other than just writing and sitting on my couch like so much fish. Today I shall have my haircut, pick up a few DVDs, and then it’s relax, relax, relax (that is three relaxes – if we got rid of one would that one be an ex-lax? We don’t allow groaning here at haineshisway.com). Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too? Of course, we are having a party here at haineshisway.com, so we really must put on our pointy party hats, our colored tights and pantaloons and we must have endless cheese slices and ham chunks, not necessarily in that order. We call this our annual labor party in honor of the Labor Day Weekend.
Yesterday, I had rather an easy day at work, in that my editor was preparing a new cut for me to view. The way this show works is that we first prepare what is called a “radio cut” – which is basically just doing the script as written, with no shots to fill it in. Just the sound bites complete with jump cuts and black holes where footage will go. When we’ve got the radio cut where we think it works, and close to time, then the editor does what’s called the b-roll cut – where he goes through all the footage and fills in shots to illustrate what’s being talked about, and where he covers jump cuts with other footage. That process usually takes three or four days, and during that time I just sit in my office like so much fish, waiting for him to finish what I like to call “illustrating”. So, yesterday, he was “illustrating” and I was sitting. The only thing about sitting is that time moves very slowly. I tried to kick time in the pants but it still moved slowly, damn its eyes.
Isn’t funny, but time is not moving slowly today. Just when you want time to move slowly it moves quickly, just to spite you. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Don’t forget, if you haven’t ordered your copy of Jeepers Creepers: Great Songs from Horror Films, my latest production, you simply must do so because the CD is simply too too. Just go directly to www.scarletstreet.com and all will be well with the world. Mr. Craig Brockman will also be putting up a link to the order page – it will be where the Unseemly Session Photos are. Knowing Mr. Brockman as I do, this will happen sometime around the 12th – of Never. Mr. Brockman is also late in getting up our newest Unseemly Interview – with our very own Grant Geissman, who reveals all about our new Jeepers Creepers CD, and the various and sundried other projects we’ve worked on together. It will be up this very evening and you simply must read it because it is simply too too.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must get my unkempt hair kempt.
I am already so relaxed that I fell asleep twice whilst writing the first section of these here notes. I have been informed that there is a brand spanking new Burt Bacharach collection coming out, which includes a lot of his instrumental work for A&M Records. I have most of those on Japanese imports, but this collection sounds like a must-have anyway. It was put together by my pal Jim Piersall who knows from these sorts of things. I will let you know how it is once I have heard it.
Don’t forget that our Unseemly Live Chat is on Monday this week, and also don’t forget that Donald will have a brand spanking new radio show up tomorrow. Donald and I have rescheduled the Jeepers Creepers radio show, which we’ll be taping next Saturday morning. Also, as I said earlier, our new Unseemly Interview will be up this evening, Craig Brockman-willing.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must go hither and thither and even yon, I must kempt my unkempt hair, I must twiddle my thumbs, write and watch DVDs, and I must party right here at haineshisway.com until the cows come home. Today’s topic of discussion: Who are your favorite of the new crop of musical theater writers, and what are your favorites of their work. I’ll start – I adore Flaherty and Ahrens, Bernstein and Markell, I think Brad Ross is very talented, too. I leave the others to you. Let’s have loads of lovely posts, shall we?