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October 4, 2006:

GOING TO THE WELL

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Well, dear readers, have I gone to the well once too often? Every single notes since the very beginning has started off with the word “well.” Well, why is that? I do not know. When I was doing One From Column A over at Sondheim.com that’s the way I started every column – well, dear readers. Well, well, well (that is three wells), that is a lot of wells over the years, isn’t it? I wonder what shock waves would be caused if one fine day the notes began “Dear readers” with no well. I think worlds would shatter and all would not be well and, conversely, well would not be all. I shudder to think of the havoc and chaos that would be caused. By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo), if anyone has a clew as to what the HELL I’m talking about, now might be a good time to mention it. In any case, I’ll just keep going to the well, I suppose, since it does seem to be our thing here at haineshisway.com. Speaking of well, yesterday went perfectly well. For example, I got up. I always feel well when I get up. I then jogged, answered e-mails, had some telephonic calls, and then, about one-thirty, our very own Miss Jessica Rush came over and we rushed over to Genghis Cohen where we stuffed ourselves full of their deliciously delicious yummilicious orange chicken, garlic chicken, and Schezuan string beans. I could barely move after the meal. After that, I came back home, but had errands to do and people to meet with. I’m still catching up on my sleep, of course, but just what up is doing on my sleep is anyone’s guess. I didn’t really get home until about eight and I immediately sat on my couch like so much fish.

Last night I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled The Medusa Touch, a new region 2 DVD. I’d never seen the film, which was made in 1978 and stars Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, and a host of terrific Brit actors such as Derek Jacobi, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Jeremy Brett, and others. Like many 70s films, I found this immensely enjoyable – no, it’s not a brilliant movie, but it’s stylish and fun and over-the-top and entertaining as all get out. Burton has a field day as a man who believes he can cause catastrophes. One rather astonishing catastrophe he causes is very eerie – a plane crashes into a high rise building. The film has a literate script by John Briley (Children of the Damned, Gandhi), from the novel by Peter van Greenaway (who I’m fond of), and a really excellent musical score by Michael J. Lewis. It’s always nice to discover a little film you’ve never seen, especially when it’s good. The transfer is excellent, and there are some nice extras, including a commentary track with director Jack Gold.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must leave the home environment early for meetings at LACC.

Last week at this time I was in New York. This week at this time, I’m not. My goodness, that was quite philosophical, wasn’t it? Nothing like a little deep dish thinking to clear your sinuses.

Today, I must have meetings at LACC with my set and costume designers. I’m not sure how long that will take, but afterwards I shall come home and continue to catch up on stuff that needs catching up on. I’m still looking for an engineer and/or recording truck for New York. I’ve booked my flight and a hotel, so that’s all set. Tomorrow I have a meeting with our musical director, and Friday I meet with Miss Joan Ryan and, most likely, Miss Alet Taylor.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, jog, meet, greet, eat, relax, and write. 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 thing 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, and don’t forget, I’ll have books by Monday, so if you haven’t ordered yours yet, now might be a dandy time to do so. And now, it is time to go back to the well. Some say the ayes have it – some say the eyes have it – and I say the wells have it.

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