Well, dear readers, it is late and I must write these here notes in a hurry. I don’t really know how it quite got this late but it did and therefore I must dispense with any and all frivolities and get these here notes done and posted. You see, it is almost twelve-thirty and these here notes should have been up thirty minutes ago – since I’m just starting them, they still won’t be up until almost one o’clock. So, I really must buckle down, Winsocki and write a wonderland of words, a semblance of sentences and a plethora of paragraphs. Of course, I just wasted quite a bit of time writing this rather meaningless paragraph, so there’s that.
You see, yesterday was quite a day, although I really have no memory as to why it was quite a day. I did get a great night’s sleep and that was very helpful. I did eat a chili, cheese and onion omelet that didn’t seem to have any cheese in it, which I felt was rather cheesy in a non-cheese way. I also had an English muffin. Then I went and picked up one package, after which I came home.
Then I buckled down, Winsocki and finished some liner notes and sent them off for editing. Then I gathered music and got 90% of that to our cast – we’re still looking for a guest star and hopefully we’ll find one soon. But it’s a relief to finally have the songs chosen and it should be a fun show. I do have two songs to decide on – two choices for each slot, so as soon as that sheet music arrives I’ll decide and get those to those singers. That all took up most of the afternoon. After that, I finally sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I finished watching the new Blu and Ray of Jodorowski’s Dune, a really interesting and fun look at a film that never got made, despite having several cast members attached (including David Carradine, Orson Welles and Salvador Dali), and a whole slew of incredible designers. A storyboard book or bible was created, a monster-sized thing, and the film shows us tantalizing sequences of those storyboards. This was 1975 and I think no audience in the world would have been quite ready for Mr. Jodorowski’s vision, which was unique, weird, surreal, and even visionary. I have never had any desire to see his two most well known movies, El Topo and The Holy Mountain, because seeing their trailers was enough for me. But Dune I would have seen. Much of the film is Jodorowsky talking about his mad adventure, and I must say he is completely winning and funny and, in his eighties, a bundle of energy – he thought of himself as a film warrior and only wanted to work with people who shared his passion and that passion is still present. When the film fell apart he was understandably upset, but his way of dealing with it is the way everyone should deal with a disappointment. One of the funniest moments in the film is when he tells about going to see David Lynch’s eventual film of Dune. He didn’t want to go, but his sons dragged him to the theater. But he was a big fan of David Lynch so he was curious. A ways into the film he began smiling and smiling because the film was so terrible. It’s really funny the way he tells it. This is the kind of documentary I really love and it is highly recommended by the likes of me.
It’s even later now, because I just had a telephonic conversation with Chris Denny, a New York musical director (he’s Brent Barrett’s long time MD and did all of our albums), and it looks like he’ll be doing our first two Kritzerland shows in New York. There is a slight hiccup at the moment so send excellent vibes and xylophones for the hiccup to go away because if it doesn’t, I don’t really see how we can do the shows in November – it has to do with the club and I know my pal Gene Castle was put in an awkward position and he’s trying to get it all worked out and hopefully he will.
After the documentary, I went to Gelson’s and got a small thing of mac-and-cheese and some Super Chinese slaw for my snack. I came home and ate it whilst watching a DVD of a Danish miniseries from 2000. I don’t even remember how I heard of it – it may have shown up in an e-mail from the company who put it out on DVD, but it sounded interesting so I got it. It’s six one-hour episodes and I’ve now watched the first two and it’s quite interesting and I’m enjoying it very much. It’s called The Spider and it takes place in Denmark post World War II. I’m especially taken with the music.
Today, I shall start some new liner notes, I shall eat, I shall hopefully pick up some packages, and I shall do some errands and whatnot.
Tomorrow night I’m seeing Jason Graae do the old cabaret act that we recorded way back when, An Evening of Self Indulgence. Thursday I have a lunch with Kay Cole, and then I have more meetings and meals and I think maybe something else to see.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, write, eat, hopefully pick up packages, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite pastries? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to be finished with this wonderland of words, this semblance of sentences and this plethora of paragraphs.