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July 20, 2007:

THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW

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Well, dear readers, despite me thinking that yesterday would somehow be somewhat restful, it was not to be. Yes, Virginia, despite me thinking that yesterday would somehow be somewhat restful, it was not to be, oh, no, it was not to be. Oh, well, there’s always tomorrow. There’s Always Tomorrow – that sounds like a Douglas Sirk picture, doesn’t it? Or maybe it sounds like a Mitchell Leisen picture. Who would be in it? Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer as doomed lovers in Paris, with Miss Colbert secretly dying of a rare disease? Or, if it was a Sirk film, then it would star Lana Turner and Rock Hudson as lovers who have to face tremendous odds when it’s revealed that Miss Turner is actually a Negro and that Mr. Hudson has lost his genitals in the war. What the HELL am I talking about? I gotta tell you. Sometimes I frighten even myself when I see what comes pouring out from the windmills of my mind. Speaking of the windmills of my mind, yesterday ended up being quite a busy little day. I got up earlier than I wanted to, then answered a ton of e-mails, then had to get a paper notarized, then had to deliver said paper, then had to come home, where I proofed about sixty-five pages of my new book. I did some errands, picked up quite a bit of mail, had visitors, and had several long telephonic calls. I then had to hie myself to the Sherman Oaks Hamburger Hamlet, where I had a rather long three-hour meeting. I had my favorite salad and garlic bread, which was my only meal o’ the day. I finally came home, where I sat in front of my laptop like so much fish.

I’ve been on a bit of a Bossa Nova kick lately. I have always loved the Bossa Nova, in fact I blame it on the Bossa Nova. The first time I became aware of that marvelous sound was Black Orpheus, and I fell in love with it immediately. I always loved Antonio Carlos Jobim and had all those wonderful albums. I also couldn’t get enough of Astrud Gilberto, and I liked the albums when people like Stan Getz would do Bossa Nova. I didn’t know it then, but much of what I loved were the lush orchestrations of folks like the brilliant Claus Ogerman, and Nelson Riddle and Deodato, and others, but none more so than Ogerman. Several of those albums are amongst the best ever recorded – especially Jobim’s Warners albums from the 80s, Urubu and Terra Brasilis. Those Bossa Nova melodies and rhythms are intoxicating and sexy and soothing. Even though I came to the party late, I’ve begun buying anything with Luis Bonfa, and today I “discovered” Joao Gilberto because a thoughtful person gave me a brilliant two-fer containing two complete albums, one with charts by Ogerman, one with charts by Johnny Mandel. To say that it’s great would be an understatement. So, I’m also revisiting all my old Jobim CDs, and replaying all my Astrud Gilberto CDs (as some of you know, I own the original painting of Miss Gilberto used for the cover of her album, Windy). If you’ve never heard any of these albums, you can’t go wrong with Terra Brasilis or Urubu or anything Claus Ogerman orchestrated.

Once again, I did not have time to watch a motion picture on DVD, but that situation will be rectified tonight and tomorrow, when I will watch at least two or three motion pictures on DVD, including the new Criterion DVD of Ace In The Hole.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below whilst we imagine the film of There’s Always Tomorrow.

This morning we have a two-hour Joan Ryan rehearsal at my home environment. After that, I’ll be going to the Hollywood Collector’s Show for a little while, and then I have an alumni association meeting. Tomorrow, another morning rehearsal, followed by another visit to the Hollywood Collector’s Show, followed by an evening of DVD watching at home.

Sunday, I’ll be making the trek to Newport Beach for the premiere performance of Joan Ryan’s new show. We’ll get there at one-thirty, do a sound check of sorts, then run as much of the show as we can, mostly for moves and patter – she’ll mark some of it and sing out a few times to make sure we’ve got the sound right. The show is at six, and then we’ll probably get out of there around eight-fifteen.

I will also finish proofing the book, either today or tomorrow – I’ve got about eighty pages to go. Then we’ll enter the corrections early next week, then I’ll go over it one final time, then off it goes to the publishers. And come October, we’ll have a new book out.

Now wait just a darned minute. Let’s put on our pointy party hats and our colored tights and pantaloons, let’s break out the ham chunks and the cheese slices, let’s dance the Hora or the Samba, for today is the birthday of our very own Miss Karen. So, let’s give a big haineshisway.com birthday cheer to Miss Karen. On the count of three: One, two, three – A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY TO CHEER TO MISS KAREN!!!

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, rehearse, visit a memorabilia show, have a meeting, eat, and then watch a DVD or three. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player and your DVD/video player? I’ll start – car CD, a live two CD set of symphonic Jobim music – I have some of the music on other albums, but there’s stuff I didn’t know and it’s just a great listen – home CD, Joao Gilberto two-fer, which I can’t stop listening to. DVD, Ace In The Hole and a new special edition of Things To Come. Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we? If not, there’s always tomorrow.

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