Well, dear readers, some days are filled with rainbows. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, some days are filled with rainbows and yesterday was such a day. I’m quite exhausted right now from all those rainbows, but better a lot of rainbows than no rainbows. I’m a big fan of rainbows and even wrote a song once called I See Rainbows (those who got a Kritzer Time CD can listen to it) – I was sixteen at the time. The rainbow connection started when I arose at six in the morning and announced our new title. Within minutes, orders began coming in and they continued coming in all the livelong day and gave Kritzerland its best one-day sales total ever. Best of all, people weren’t just ordering the new release, they were ordering catalog titles and we’re actually finally close to not having a lot of Cry For Us Alls and Show Girls. At seven in the morning, I went back to bed and slept till nine-thirty. I then got up, printed out hundreds of orders, and then moseyed on over to Jerry’s Deli to have a meeting with a singer. It looks like we’re going to put together an act for her – she’s not well known or anything, but she’s talented and I think we’ll have a good time. Just sitting at the table we came up with quite a few excellent ideas so I think this particular show should come together pretty easily. We’re shooting for a March debut. After that, I came home and the helper arrived. We had about thirty-five orders to do, plus two really big dealer orders. We got them all done and to the postal office, I did some banking, we picked up a couple of packages from the mail place, then we came back to the home environment. She then programmed my entire address book phone numbers into my home phone, which will be very helpful indeed. All the while, orders kept coming in and I kept getting wonderful e-mails and Facebook notes praising the remix of Promises, Promises. Then the helper left and Mr. Barry Pearl arrived and we went to Mo’s for an early dinner and to map out our ideas for this celebrity signing show we’re thinking about putting together. That was a lot of fun. I then came home, printed out more orders, and did a two and a half mile jog.
I did not really have time to watch a motion picture in any format. That is because I was printing orders, getting a nice e-mail about the liner notes I just wrote for someone, and having some really interesting telephonic calls about maybe expanding on the celebrity signing show to do three other kinds of shows next year. The Hollywood Show basically does the same exact show four times a year. My new idea is to do four completely different shows a year, and we have some really cool ideas, one of which has never been done before. Stay tuned as we continue to develop this.
By the time all that was finished it was time to write these here notes. An incredibly full day filled with fun and lovely things and rainbows galore.
I forgot to mention that someone gave me a CD of highlights from the Boston tryout of Promises, Promises, as if I hadn’t had enough of that show already. Listening to the tryout was an amazing experience, even though it wasn’t anywhere near complete. The very first thing I heard took me aback – a completely different overture, and one that had none of the excitement of the final version. You’ll Think of Someone lacked several of the reed parts that make it so memorable. And guess what followed that song – Tick Tock Goes The Clock, which was cut sometime during the Boston run. Of course, I recorded it on Lost in Boston, but it was really fun hearing the show orchestration and arrangement. Then, instead of Our Little Secret, we had a terrible song called Loyal, Resourceful. I know Our Little Secret isn’t the greatest song ever written, but boy is it a gazillion times better than Loyal, Resourceful. That was followed by She Likes Basketball done at such a breathless pace that Orbach could barely keep up. Happily, they slowed it down at some point. Turkey Lurkey was also very fast. Then we got the entire Marian Mercer scene and interestingly not one line of that scene ever changed. Then we got A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing with all the great dance music. The second act proceeded as we know it until we got yet another song for the horny businessmen, this one called A Stroke of Luck – it was short and lousy and got cut very quickly, as it was completely unnecessary. The big shocker was – no I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, which I don’t think was written until the show went to Washington. Also in the program for that evening’s performance, but sadly not on the tape from which this CD was made was Jill O’Hara singing a song called Hot Food and Jill’s reprise of the title song. All in all, it was very interesting to hear.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I need to hit the road to dreamland and get a good night’s sleep, whilst I hope for more of the rainbow connection when I get up.
Today, the helper will arrive at ten and we’ll address the Romantic Comedy packages, which, sadly, won’t take very long. Then we’ve got a lot of garage organization to do, which should take an hour or two. Then we have to order more boxes, in fact a lot more boxes. I’m told we’ll have Romantic Comedy by Thursday or Friday. I’m also told there’s a chance I’ll be taping a radio interview today at four, but I won’t get confirmation until I get up.
Tomorrow I have a lunch meeting, Thursday I have a radio interview, and whatever day the CDs arrive, we’ll get them shipped out. I also hope to have final word about our latest performer for the first Kritzerland at the Gardenia show – and if it’s a “yes” I will be a very happy camper and so will those who come to see the show.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do a jog at some point, address packages, do some garage organization, hopefully print out lots more orders, maybe do a radio interview about the new book, and then sup. Today’s topic of discussion: As they say in The Rainbow Connection – why are there so many songs about rainbows? What are your favorite songs about rainbows? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst we all collect our collective thoughts about the rainbow connection.