Well, dear readers, this week is flying by, like a gazelle eating a Sno-Cap. Do they still make Sno-Caps? I used to like those when I was a wee sprig of a twig of a tad of a lad of a youth. I just thought Sno-Caps were the berries and, funnily, I thought the berries were Sno-Caps. I really must have some Sno-Caps right this very moment and yet I don’t even know if they make them anymore and all I have in the house are some macaroons with chocolate on them, and I’ve already had my fill of those. But those will not satisfy my new craving for Sno-Caps. Hang on a moment, will you? Ah, Sno-Caps are indeed still with us, made by Nestle’s, who acquired it in the 1980s. I guess they still sell them in motion picture theaters but I don’t really go to motion picture theaters anymore so wouldn’t know. Tomorrow I shall go on the hunt for Sno-Caps and I shall eat some come hell or high water or even heaven and low water. Do not try and dissuade me. For many years, Sno-Caps was my candy of choice at the motion pictures of my childhood. Others would eat Jujubes or Charm suckers or Flicks (okay, I liked Flicks, too), but more often than not I had my box of Sno-Caps to keep me warm. I also liked that the little white thingees on the top were called nonpareils. I always wondered if there nonpareils were there pareils and, if so, what were they like? Well, I am waxing nostalgic, aren’t I? Don’t I have notes to write? I do and I shall, not necessarily in that order.
Yesterday was one of those days that just kept on going, like the Energizer Bunny. I got up early, answered e-mails, and then did the four-mile jog. After that, I had a telephonic conversation with my mastering engineer and gave him my three minor little notes on our new master, and told him after that he could start on Nudie Musical. He made the changes, they were excellent and that project, our 100th release will now be on its way to the pressing plant for pressing. After that, I moseyed on over to Jerry’s Deli where I had two small scoops of egg salad, some cole slaw and tomatoes. Light but satisfying. I then came home and packed up a big and heavy box of books, Blu and Rays, and photographs and lugged it over to the UPS Store, where I shipped it to arrive on Thursday. I then alerted the hotel of its impending arrival.
Then I did some banking, paid a few bills, and did some writing. Then I watched a DVD or the first three episodes of the web series – sound is much smoother, level-wise, but something was still bugging me about the musical numbers, but I thought that maybe it was just my system. So, I put the DVD in the computer and there I was able to hear exactly what was bugging me – it appears that at least two vocals are hard-panned to the left, which makes for a very odd listening experience and very oddly balanced sound with the piano tracks. So, I wrote the editor and now that we’ve pinpointed that we’ll go in and see exactly what’s going on there. The sound in the set-up scenes is always excellent and balanced center. After that, I found out that Thelma & Louise CDs will arrive on Wednesday and we have a LOT to ship, much more than usual. I’ll also bring t-shirts and Nudie Blu and Rays in and we’ll figure out how we want to ship those to our Kickstarter angels. I’m hoping that there will be a right-sized padded envelope and that the weight won’t automatically make it Priority mail – I shouldn’t think that a single Blu and Ray wrapped inside a t-shirt should weigh all that much. I then booked the sound person for our next shoot – still have to find a cameraperson. I then sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture on Blu and Ray entitled The Caine Mutiny, starring Mr. Humphrey Bogart and a wonderful supporting cast that includes such stalwarts as Jose Ferrer, Fred MacMurray, Lee Marvin, Van Johnson, Whit Bissel, and many others. It’s really not a great movie – the first third is marred by an uninteresting subplot concerning a young Naval officer, his mother, and his girlfriend – it’s actually quite irritating. Once Mr. Bogart enters, things pick up, and then the final third of the film, the trial, is very good. The transfer is really excellent, especially as the three-strip Technicolor YCMs had shrunk a little and not all in the same way. They’ve done a very good job of minimizing the problems and the color is very nice. The Max Steiner score is really not good – it’s okay as music and has a nice, rousing theme, but his music does nothing to underscore the real drama of the film – it’s just laid over it all with a shovel.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I am really tired and really need a good night’s beauty sleep.
Today, I will do the four-mile jog, I will do errands and whatnot, I will listen to the Nudie Musical CD master, I will find a store that has Sno-Caps, I will eat something light but amusing and I may go into the editing room if the editor needs me there to help isolate the sound issue of hard-panning to the left. Then in the early evening we have a rehearsal with Alet and John Boswell.
Tomorrow, we announce the Nudie Blu and Ray and CD on the Kritzerland site, and then we ship a LOT of CDs and hopefully all the Kickstarter t-shirts and Blu and Rays. That will take many hours, I suspect. I really need to have the cameraperson booked, too, so I’ll be making calls until I find someone. Thursday is another rehearsal and also the start of the Jewish New Year (or maybe that’s the night before), and then I leave early on Friday morning for Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, do the four-mile jog, listen to a CD master, find Sno-Caps, eat and isolate sound issues. Today’s topic of discussion: What were your all-time favorite childhood candies and can they still be bought today? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, where I shall dream of Sno-Caps.