Well, dear readers, what a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours. Where Sunday was one annoyance after another, yesterday was a very sweet day – busy, yes, but nice all the way with no annoyances. I got up early, did the long jog, and finished addressing packages. Meanwhile, I called Apple and the blinking amber light on Time Capsule turned out to be a simple firmware update that had to be done, so that fixed it instantly. I had a few nice telephonic calls, answered quite a few e-mails, and then the Kritzerland helper arrived and affixed postage to all the packages. The CDs of Show Girl are arriving at nine this morning, so I’ll get them all packaged up and shipped out by eleven, I should think. The replacement Blu-Ray player has, thankfully, been working perfectly. I did several errands and whatnot, took care of a whole slew of personal and Kritzerland bills, and had a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich for lunch – I’ve never had such a sandwich in all my years and I must say I thought it quite yummilicious and I imagine that I shall now become addicted to such a sandwich and may even have it again this very day. After all that, it was time to toddle off to NoHo to see a staged reading. I left early and stopped by the Eclectic Café and had some risotto for dinner. Then I went to the theater, where I was informed that the show didn’t, in fact, begin at seven-thirty as I was told, it was to begin at eight. But I knew several people there and had several nice chats. In attendance were the likes of ASCAP’s Michael Kerker, Sharon McNight, Shelley Markham, Andrea Marcovicci, the evening’s authors, Doug Haverty and Adryan Russ, and several others I knew. The show is a musical version of The Canterville Ghost, entitled iGhost. I’ve seen it twice before in other incarnations and, in fact, gave Doug and Adryan some solicited notes and comments, lots of which were incorporated into what I saw last evening. It’s come a long way, and still has a ways to go. They had a very talented cast. Unlike the readings I like to do, there was no staging at all, which was fine. I must say, the sound was working much better than when we did our reading, where it was not working well at all. The show is very long, almost two-and-a-half hours, so we didn’t get out of there until about 10:45.
Obviously, I had no time to watch any motion pictures on Blu-Ray, but I have been watching more episodes of Star Trek season one, several of which have been really top-notch and fun. The quality on these episodes is astounding and the new effects are not obtrusive and really look great. It’s a lot of fun to come to this series so late and see what all the ruckus was about. Right now, I’m in part two of The Menagerie, an episode which incorporates a ton of footage from Star Trek’s original failed pilot starring Mr. Jeffrey Hunter. It’s interesting to see Spock’s make-up evolve from that really early pilot to mid-season when they finally got it right (his eyebrows are constantly changing and evoving). It was also interesting to see the wonderful John Hoyt in the role that eventually became “Bones” played by DeForest Kelley.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below whilst we all bid a fond farewell to a little month we like to call June.
Today, I shall be packaging and shipping out a lot of CDs, both personal and store orders. That should take two or three hours. I may not get in a long jog – we’ll have to see how early I get up. Then I have to deliver a big box o’ tapes for two potential Kritzerland releases – I’ll be listening to make sure they’re what they’re supposed to be. One of the titles has a lot of extra material, so I need to hear some of that. If I decide to do the title, it’s going to require a bit of work, since it seems to be on half-inch tape with eight tracks, which means a bit of mixing. It’s a title that would be fun to do – not sure if the extra material will bring it up to a reasonable running time (the original LP was a mere twenty-five minutes), but if not, I can pair it with another similar-sounding album. After that, I’m sure I’ll eat something fun, and then I’ll come home and try to relax after all that heavy shipping and running around.
I have a few other things to do – including entering the second book proofer’s fixes. I guess I’ll tell you that the second proofer was our very own DAW, because my usual second proofer, Adryan Russ, was too busy to do it this time. I was very pleased with DAW’s reaction to the book, but I’ll let him tell you about it in a post if he feels like doing so. It’s only the second real reaction I’ve gotten, and so far the two reactions have been just what I’d hoped they’d be. As I’ve said, this Hofstetter book is a little different in tone than the other two, in that Adriana interacts with no young people (save for her best friend) – it’s all her and older people, which was a whole lot of fun to do, especially THESE older people.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do the shorter two-mile jog (if possible), package and ship a lot of CDs, deliver and listen to tapes, eat, and do errands and whatnot. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your all-time favorite disco songs – I was watching a little of Saturday Night Fever on Blu and Ray (which looks incredible) and I do love my disco songs. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst we bid a fond farewell to the last of June and welcome in July with open arms, high hearts, and a positive outlook for a wonderful month filled with good health, prosperity, good luck, and wonderful creativity.