Well, dear readers, it’s late and therefore I must write these here notes in a hurry. It’s late because hunger got the best of me. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, hunger got the best of me, but then I, in return, got the best of hunger. Tit for tat, baby. I hadn’t eaten since eleven-thirty in the morning, save for an apple and some pineapple chunks, a few low-cal crackers and two low-cal cheese things. So, twelve hours later hunger got the best of me and since I don’t think I’d eaten over twelve-hundred calories I decided to have a chopped salad with mostly red wine vinegar as my dressing. It was just right and how hunger is no longer an issue and the issue is no longer hunger or vice versa or even versa vice. I am sated with salad is what I am.
Can I just say that yesterday was day. Frankly, I couldn’t wait for it to be over, so annoying was the first third of the day. The annoyances began early when the CDs we were supposed to be shipping did not arrive in a timely manner or any other manner. It took an hour to figure it all out, but apparently the almost 106 degree heat the day before caused the pressing plant to have to shut down its press from overheating. They also had a shrink-wrap machine go down. The problem was that no one told my gal there that that had happened. So, that part of the day was a bust. The plan was they’d press and deliver on Monday, as the helper wasn’t going to be available today. Then I got another call because the plant noticed a problem on the inlay card for Dear Brigitte – the left half of the card with the first set of track titles had the track numbers over the first letter of each title. Say what? The printer looked at the approved film he’d been sent and it was a screw-up on the designer’s end. We’d made a last minute change to one track on the right side and when he approved the film he hadn’t even bothered to check the left side – but when the fix had been entered it somehow caused the numbers on the left to shift over. So, the printer graciously agreed to reprint the inlay card gratis, and we now won’t ship till next Wednesday, which is still a few weeks early.
As you might imagine, that took up most of the morning. Then I had to have a sandwich and no fries or onion rings, since I had to be back home by one to await the delivery of the big Follies poster. It was slated to arrive sometime between one and four – it got there just before three. They brought it in the house and I removed the bubble wrap and beheld the big Follies poster, which was big. BIG. About 43×64 big. I called Grant Geissman and happily he was free to come over to help figure out where the big Follies poster would live. We talked about the three options – I only had three walls that would accommodate the big Follies poster. One wall got taken out of the equation right away. Then it really became obvious that there was only one wall that was going to work, so we removed the two paintings that were hanging on that wall and then hung the big Follies poster. It looks rather splendidly splendid and is certainly impressive as big Follies posters go. Grant was too tired to figure out how we were going to hang the two paintings we removed (both classic paperback book cover paintings), so we’ll do that in a few days.
After that, I did some work on the computer, entered a bunch of fixes on yesterday’s liner notes, and then had several telephonic calls of various lengths. After that, I sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched the second Cracker movie, which was not quite as good as the first Cracker movie. It was also about forty minutes longer than the first Cracker movie. It was an excellent film – not a whodunit, but a how will they be caught? Robbie Coltrane is terrific as Fitz, and I must admit I am totally smitten with Gwendolyn Somerville as a policewoman. Apparently, she went on to play Harry Potter’s mother, so I’ll have to revisit those movies just to watch her. There are some truly funny things in these shows, and they’re also occasionally very violent. The characters are wonderful. Some of it seems contrived at times, but that’s a minor quibble when the majority of it works so well.
Then I went and had my salad, accompanied by the Kritzerland designer, and then it was time to write these here notes, which, in case you’ve been paying attention, is what I’ve been doing. Well, that and gazing at the big Follies poster.
Today will be completely devoted to finishing song choices, assigning the songs, and gathering sheet music so I can get the singers all their material. I didn’t realize that I fly to the city that never sleeps a week from this Sunday, so everything has to get done before I go. Otherwise, I have some errands and whatnot to do, hopefully I’ll pick up some packages and an important envelope, I’ll eat something light and amusing, and then I’ll relax.
Tomorrow, I’ll be taping a radio show with Mr. Donald Feltham, all about the Follies CD, so you’ll definitely want to tune in as I will be revealing things heretofore unrevealed. After that, I think I may have a fairly easy day. I may go to see a singer in the evening. I also have to prep our new soundtrack release announcement for Monday morning – and it’s a big one for lovers of Golden Age film music.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, finish choosing songs, assign songs, gather music, do errands and whatnot, hopefully pick up some packages and an important envelope, eat, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Friday – what is currently in your CD player and your DVD/video player? I’ll start – CD, Kritzerland projects. DVD, more Cracker. Blu and Ray, too many things to mention. Your turn. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy in the knowledge that the big Follies poster is here, safe and sound.