Well, dear readers, we had a lovely, lively and sparkling chat last night. It was most amusing, and we spoke of many things in many ways. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too? One of the things we learned was that people come, people go, like Grand Hotel. Another thing we learned is that the Emmys were on. We learned a few other things, too, but really, you had to be there.
Well, I promised you the title of Kritzer three and by gum and by golly and by Jeeves I shall give it to you. Then we shall never have to call it Kritzer three again. The second book, Kritzerland, went through two other titles that I didn’t care for before I hit on Kritzerland. Once I’d hit on that title it seemed perfect and then it just fit itself into the book quite smoothly, even though I didn’t really know how I was going to tie it in when I’d first thought of it. But, when something is right, it’s right. When I started thinking about Kritzer three, I had no clue what to call it, other than I thought Kritzer would have to appear in the title somewhere. As I as making notes for the things I wanted to touch on in the book, I tried to see if anything came to me, but nothing did. Two days before I started the actual writing, I was lying in bed, thinking, as I always do before sleep sets in. And the title just came to right then and there – I wrote it on the pad next to my bed and then went to sleep. When I saw it in the morning I knew it was the one – it just felt so right to me. I went back and forth about whether it should be one word or two, and I settled on two because I liked the way it looked and it just seemed better. After that decision I never once had an insecure moment about the title. And, in fact, when I went back and looked at my notes, I saw immediately how the title would fold itself into the book and be as important to this book as Kritzerland was to that book. And so, dear readers, the title of the new book is Kritzer Time. Simple, and when you read the book I think you will agree that there could be no better title for it. So, from now on we can refer to the book by its proper title – Kritzer Time.
Last night I watched a new DVD of a film entitled The Bedford Incident. I hadn’t seen it before, I only knew it was supposed to be very suspenseful. Well, it’s not quite that, but it does have good performances by Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Eric Portman, Michael Kane, Wally Cox (yes, Virginia, Wally Cox), James MacArthur, Martin Balsam and, in a very small role, Donald Sutherland. It was directed by Mr. Stanley Kubrick’s former partner, Mr. James B. Harris. Mr. Harris is not Mr. Kubrick however. Still, the last twenty minutes are quite good and the ending is a bit of a shocker. Very nice transfer, too, with a good musical score by Gerard Schurmann. Next up is A Mighty Wind.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? Why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button because I must hie myself to the Oaks of Sherman where I must work all the livelong day, don’t you know?
Now, if you missed any of the goings on around these here parts over the weekend, you simply must use the Unseemly Archive Button to catch up on both notes and posts. There was important information revealed here this weekend so if you wish to be in the know then you must check it out. Also, Donald has a brand spanking new radio show up for your aural delectation.
Tonight, after work, I shall be doing my interview for The Partridge Family website. I’ll let you all know when it runs so you can read it and find out all the dirty secrets I shall reveal.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must work all the livelong day, then I must come home and do my interview, and then I must watch A Mighty Wind. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite classical works (I’m sure we’ve done this, but not in ages and ages) – chamber, symphonic and choral. Let’s have loads of lovely posts for my mental delectation, shall we? I’ll be checking in quite often and I’ll give my choices during the day.