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August 8, 2012:

ABLE TO LEAP TALL BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND

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Well, dear readers, this week is flying by, like a gazelle able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Frankly, I can’t even leap a small building in a single bound or even a triple bound. I mean, this week just disappeared, which is, I guess, what happens when you’re busy and having fun. For example, yesterday I was busy and I think I was having fun. I got up at nine, answered e-mails, had an intense thirty-minute telephonic conversation with an out-of-town friend (good intense), then I got hold of the shipping company and got confirmation that the Follies poster will be arriving today between one and four. By then, I had to hurry over to the Daily Grill for a lunch with Miss Daisy Eagan. She’s putting together an act for Joe’s Pub in September and listened, asked questions, and gave advice. I’ll be helping her over the next few weeks, which will be fun as I adore Daisy Eagan. I had the under 600 calorie chicken breasts and caprese salad. After our lunch, I picked up a couple of packages, after which I came home.

Then I buckled down, Winsocki, and finished the second set of liner notes, did the track title information and got it all off to the designer. While it only takes one sentence to tell you that, the doing of it took all afternoon. I chose a couple more songs for the anniversary show, and then I finally sat on my couch like so much fish.

Last night, I tried to watch a motion picture on Blu and Ray entitled Brainstorm. I enjoyed Brainstorm when I saw it at the Cinerama Dome – it was interesting, looked really good and impressive as it changed aspect ratios throughout the film, but even then one could see the huge problems that the death of star Natalie Wood caused. But the performances, including Miss Wood, were excellent, the James Horner score did the job, and it was enjoyable. But it’s a film that is just about impossible to present on Blu and Ray in a meaningful way that would really replicate the movie theater experience. In an attempt to do that, the central image is letterboxed at about 1.78 within a 4.3 frame, and then for the Brainstorm sequences we go to full scope. It just doesn’t work, but I truly don’t think there’s any way it COULD work. The transfer itself is okay – not great, not bad. I shut it off after an hour.

I then watched episode one of the British TV series Cracker, starring Robbie Coltrane. I’d read very good things about it and it did not disappoint at all. In fact, it was terrific – well plotted, suspenseful, funny, with really good characters and good direction. It’s quite graphic at times and has some rather disgusting shots of body innards and full nudity (pre innards). The performances are wonderful, especially Geraldine Somerville. Quality on the DVD isn’t so hot, but the tale’s the thing and I’m looking forward to watching the entire series.

After that, I listened to some upcoming Kritzerland projects, had a couple of telephonic conversations and that was that. It’s been broiling here in the City of Studio, with temperatures well over a hundred. When you walk outside it’s like walking into an oven. When it’s this hot even the gazelle can’t leap a tall building in a single bound. It takes the gazelle five bounds in this heat. And sometimes the gazelle is simply out of bounds.

Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I really must get a good night’s beauty sleep.

Today, we will be shipping out the Dear Brigitte CDs, after which I’ll try to do some errands and whatnot and hopefully pick up some packages. But I must be home by one to await shipment. They can show up anytime between one and four, so I’ll be stuck here until they do, which is fine. I have plenty of work to do, including finishing choosing songs and then gathering sheet music to send to our singers and musical director.

Tomorrow, it’s just lots of errands and whatnot, approving booklets and packaging so they can be sent in for the normal approvals, paying bills, and then Saturday morning I tape a radio show with Mr. Donald Feltham, which will celebrate our Follies release, and I have a few meetings and meals to do, too.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, ship CDs, do errands and whatnot, hopefully pick up some packages, and then wait for the delivery of the Follies poster, which I’m very excited about. Once it arrives I shall take an actual photograph of it and post it right here at haineshisway.com. Today’s topic of discussion: Since we didn’t do it yesterday, in honor of Mr. Marvin Hamlisch, what are your all-time favorite Marvin Hamlisch songs? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, where I shall be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

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