Well, dear readers, I think I might actually get some relaxation time in today, Wednesday. Tomorrow, Thursday, and the day after, Friday, I will definitely get no relaxation time in, so unless something happens today that I don’t know about, today will be the day in which I get some relaxation time. Oh, I’ll write a little, but that’s it. Oh, I’ll do an errand or three, but that’s it. Oh, I’ll pick up a package or two, but that’s it. Oh, I’ll eat a meal or two, but that’s it. Certainly yesterday I go no relaxation in. Not one whit of relaxation. I had to get up very early and toddle off to the musical theater workshop (MTW). I gave notes on last Thursday’s performances, and the class got to give their notes, too. It was very interesting, and everyone was attentive and will now address the notes for tomorrow’s performance. I finally found another pianist, who I hope will work out because he’s less expensive and we can use him more. After the class, Tammy and I went for an early lunch, then I had to get back home to deliver the master for the Kevin Spirtas CD. That’s all gone off to the pressing plant now, and we should have discs very soon. After that, I had many errands to attend to, and then I wrote for a bit and then had to make quite a few telephonic calls and answer quite a few e-mails. But, I got no relaxation. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Last night, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Good Night, and Good Luck. As today’s movies go, it was a very good motion picture, which I enjoyed very much. The director, Mr. George Clooney, kept his direction simple and to the point and with a minimum of annoying shots. Mr. David Staithern is excellent as Edward R. Murrow, as is Mr. Clooney as Fred Friendly, and Frank Langella as the boss of CBS. In fact, the entire cast acquits themselves very well. The only thing I was less-than-thrilled with were the Dianne Reeves sequences, which were just time killers for me. Mr. Clooney keeps the film short and sweet, unlike most of today’s “directors,” who don’t feel they’re making a film unless it’s two-and-a-half hours long. Good Night, and Good Luck runs a crisp ninety-two minutes, but sans end credits it’s really eight-six minutes, and if you remove the Dianne Reeves sequences and the lengthy real-life footage of McCarthy, then there’s probably only about sixty minutes of actual new movie footage. The McCarthy footage, of course, is mesmerizing. The black-and-white photography is crisp, and the sound, thankfully, is not overdone. While I don’t think it’s a masterpiece, it is certainly miles ahead of most of the tripe I see these days. The transfer is excellent.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because today is a day that I actually may get some relaxation time in.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s posts, our very own Mr. Harvey Schmidt had a successful triple bypass yesterday and is coming along fine. He’ll be out of the hospital by the end of the week, and I told his assistant that we’d all send our best vibes and xylophones to him for a speedy recovery. I’ll be speaking to him next week. Harvey is one of the dearest people I know, and I’m glad and relieved he came though everything fine.
Tomorrow I hope to see dear reader Jane at some point. We had a nice chat yesterday, and she’s having a good time and eating too much food. Mr. David Wechter and I hope to have our little show roughed out and finished by Friday – then we’ll get together over the weekend and spend a half-day smoothing it out and doing fixes. Then we’ll be ready for a first read-through at LACC. We’re very excited about it.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, have a day of relaxation or, at the very least, a day of semi-relaxation, I must try to book another act or two for our cabaret series (Susan Egan has joined the series, and may do two shows instead of one), I must have several telephonic calls about a potential upcoming event, and I must find time to eat something interesting. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask me or any dear reader any old question you like, and we get to give any old answer we like. So, let’s have loads of lovely questions and loads of lovely answers and loads of lovely postings, as I get some relaxation time in.