Well, dear readers, yesterday is a thing of the past. Today is a thing of the now. And tomorrow is a thing of the future. Yes, these are metaphysical things I speak of so let’s get metaphysical, as Olivia Newton-John once said. The future is tomorrow and the past is yesterday and the now is now. But the day after tomorrow will be the future and tomorrow will be the now and the now will be the past – and so, like sands through an hourglass, so are the days of our lives. You know, if anyone has a clew as to what the HELL I’m going on about, please share it posthaste. And speaking of posthaste, yesterday I had to pack up several foreign orders and hastily post them. That took most of the morning and then I grabbed a quick sandwich at Jerry’s Deli, after which I went to the postal office and picked up a package. Then I came home and began working on the Kritzerland release that I had to put on the fast track. I spent some time watching the motion picture from whence the music comes, so that I could write the liner notes and know what the HELL I’m talking about. This is an interesting release – the film itself probably has about forty minute of score, but our release is thirty minutes. That is because the entire score cannot be found, but I figure thirty minutes of this score is better than no minutes of this score. I had to get my softcover copy of the book to someone who is probably going to help me promote it. I answered scads of e-mails, printed out some book orders (I will say, this book has already tripled the number of preorders I normally get), made some telephonic calls, was supposed to have a visitor who never showed up, and then I had to go back to the mail place and pick up two more small packages. Then I finally sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture on Blu and Ray entitled Minority Report, a film by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise. I liked it when it came out, and I liked it even more now. It’s a nifty little future thriller with an interesting premise, good performances (especially from Samantha Morton), and terrific set design and look, as well as a great score by John Williams. This was a one-two punch from Spielberg – he also had A.I. come out in the same year. Neither film fared especially well with critics and/or audiences, but I’ve got to tell you, both films, for me, work wonderfully.
After the movie, I did some more work on the Kritzerland release, and also began initial work on another release, one that just got cleared today and will be very exciting to some folks at this here site.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because this section, which was just so now is suddenly just so yesterday. Let’s get metaphysical, baby.
Today, I have a breakfast meeting, during which I shall probably eat breakfast. Then I have to write liner notes and finish prepping the fast track release, which I hope to announce on Friday. Other than that, I have some errands and whatnot to attend to, and I must book a piano tuner so that the piano is in tune for the Jason Graae event.
Tomorrow is fairly light – I think I have something going on in the evening, but I really haven’t the foggiest idea what it might be. Friday night I have a dinner, and Saturday is the Jason Graae event during the day and I’m seeing Andrea Marcovicci in the evening.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, have a breakfast meeting, write liner notes, make certain the packaging is getting done, pick up a couple of CDRs that will have three or four more tracks for the gift CD that’s coming with the book’s purchased via Kritzerland, and I must watch a motion picture or two. 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, shall we, and do let’s get metaphysical.