Well, dear readers, I am feeling quite heady these days – not quite feety or even quite breasty, no I am feeling quite heady these days. I am one heady me. I have seen no one headier than I and I have looked, oh, yes, I have looked. I’m the headiest individual I have ever met. And what is the reason for said headiness? I have no idear really, and also I have no idea. “Idear”? What am I, from Brooklyn all of a sudden? I think there could be several reasons for the headiness of me. One reason is that I am enjoying writing what will hopefully be my next novel. There are many reasons for the enjoyment, which will become clear should anyone ever read the thing. So, that is one reason I am heady. Another thing that is making me heady is the stunning announcement that Mr. Guy Haines shall be recording a new solo album. I have been after Mr. Haines for quite some time and now he is putting aside his tennis racket (and racquet) to begin work on said album. The last album we did together was ever so much fun and, frankly, we all felt quite heady when we did it. We’ve begun choosing the songs from a very very very (that is three verys) long list – just as we did for Mr. Haines’ last album. Mr. Grant Geissman will be joining me on the project, as will Mr. Vinnie Cirilli for the actual recording of the vocals. Mr. Haines will not let anyone other than Mr. Cirilli record his vocals. We have four songs definitely chosen and we’re going to start working on those tracks very soon. Then, as we choose the next four we’ll work on those. So, the album will be worked on over the course of several months. We’re very excited about the project and, in fact, are feeling quite heady. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Yesterday, I had a lovely day of writing and doing errands and whatnot. Then, last night, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Ridicule, un film de Patrice Leconte. Mr. Leconte is a great director of cinema. I have now seen six of his films and each one of them is completely different from the other. I discovered him with his fantastically fantastic film of Georges Simenon’s Monsieur Hire. Soon thereafter I saw his next film, the wonderful The Hairdresser’s Husband. I then completely lost track of him. He’s done a large number of films since then, and I intend to see as many of them as I possibly can. As for Ridicule, it’s an amazingly amazing film. Excellent script, beautiful direction, cinematography, costumes, art direction and score, and great performances from each and every member of the large cast. It’s a period film, the period being the mid-seventeen hundreds in France. Best of all, like all Mr. Leconte’s films, it moves right along. Happily, this particular film is available on DVD in the US and the transfer is luscious. If you want to discover a brilliant filmmaker who makes one great film after another, never repeating himself, seek out Mr. Leconte’s films.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because frankly I don’t feel we’ve used the word “heady” enough.
Have I mentioned that I’m feeling quite heady these days. You know who else felt heady? Heady Lamarr. We don’t allow groaning here at haineshisway.com.
Today I shall be writing a bit, doing a few more errands, paying a bill or two, and then supping with my very close personal friend, Debby. I shall also find a few moments in which to feel heady. One can simply not feel too heady. Too heady simply does not like to be felt and too heady will slap the living daylights out of you should you have the temerity to cop a feel.
However many pages I am into this new book by the end of today, said pages will then wing their way to my friend Margaret, my muse, for her opinion. That’s always a little nerve-wracking, waiting for said opinion, but I look forward to it whatever it might be. Whiles she’s not a fan of mysteries, she was most helpful on Writer’s Block. However, I think this book will be more up her alley, plot-wise.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, feel heady, I must do all that I have mentioned and also I must do a soupcon of whatnot. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player, and your DVD/video player. I’ll start: CD, the soundtrack to Intimate Strangers (the Patrice Leconte film – wonderful score), and also a Dusty Springfield CD that dear reader Tom of Oz sent me. DVD, next up is On Guard, a Philipe de Broca film, which I’m really looking forward to, followed by the three DVD set of The Best of Johnny Carson. Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, as we all, in unison, feel heady together. I hope heady appreciates it, that’s all I can say.