Well, dear readers, this month has flown by, like a gazelle doing a figure 8 while watching channel 9. Or did the gazelle do a figure 9 while watching channel 8? Of course, here in Los Angeles, California, there is no channel 8 but there is a channel 9. This is fascinating information for at least three people, although I have no idea who those three people are and have no inclination to find out. Now, this is a perfect example of stringing words together into sentences that are completely pointless and superfluous but that look like actual writing that will make an actual paragraph. I am not currently listening to music right now, but I am stringing words together mindlessly in the hopes that a cogent and coherent thought may occur. That hasn’t happened so far, but we live in hope and we hope in live. Meanwhile, I did manage to watch a bit more of that limited series called The Girl in the Mirror, but it’s just a little to supernaturally silly and I gave up. Instead, I watched a fun little B-movie from England made in 1955, entitled Cast a Dark Shadow, starring Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, and Kay Walsh, with a nifty co-starring role for Mona Washbourne. It was written by Janet Green, adapted from her play Murder Mistaken, which I’d be curious to read. The film was a flop back then because Miss Lockwood was billed above Mr. Bogarde and she was box-office poison after coming off a bunch of flops. But it’s well acted and she’s terrific in a role very unlike anything else she ever did. It’s very well directed by Lewis Gilbert, who’d go on to direct any number of well-known films like The 7th Dawn, Alfie, Loss of Innocence, You Only Live Twice, Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me, Shirley Valentine, Stepping Out and many others. Then I began watching a sleazy little D-film from 1980, entitled Don’t Answer the Phone. I don’t know what the title has to do with the film yet, but perhaps that will come clear at some point. It features no one you’ve ever heard of and was made by no one you’ve ever heard of. I’m watching only because it was shot in Los Angeles. So far, we’ve only had Gazzarri’s on Sunset Strip but hopefully there’ll be more. Gazzarri’s was located on Sunset near Doheny.
Yesterday wasn’t much of a day, I must say and have said. I got about seven hours of sleep after a somewhat rough night, then answered e-mails and had a telephonic call. Then I moseyed on over to the mail place and picked up no mail or packages. After that, I went to my Gelson’s but nothing seemed appetizing to me, so I walked over to the Burger Lounge – I’ve ordered from the via DoorDash but had never actually been there – and I got a burger and onion rings to go, came home, and ate all of it – very good it was, too. Everything is super fresh there. After that, I had more telephonic calls, did a little work on the computer, chose another two songs and so there are only three left to figure out, and then I sat on my couch like so much fish and fell asleep for about an hour, then began my viewing.
Today, I’ll be up by nine-thirty and then Kay Cole comes at ten so we can film her doing the little staging stuff for two songs that will be featured in the web series. Once that’s done, then I may or may not have a Zoom with David Wechter – he has limited availability and so it depends on how long Kay is here. We shall see. Otherwise, I’ll do a little perk stuff, I believe our casting stuff hits the agents and breakdowns this morning and we’ll see how that goes. I’ll eat something light but fun, and then at some point I’ll watch, listen, and relax.
The rest of the week is more of the same, doing a show order, writing commentary, and watching self-tapes. Busy and then we’ll have a new month.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up by nine-thirty, work with Kay Cole, maybe have a Zoom thing, do some perk stuff, choose the last three songs, eat, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite films starring the wonderful actor, Dirk Bogarde? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, now that I’ve finished stringing words together – and voila – we have the notes.