Good morning, all! I was so wound up after last night's show that I stayed up way too long: about 12:30 or so, and now I am getting ready for another round of the McGlinnventory this morning. Most of yesterday was sorting through cartons of DATs, Reei ro Reel tapes, audiocassettes and videotapes, and I suspect today will be more of the same. I ran across lots of cassettes of New Amsterdam Theatre Co. performances that I had duped for John aroubnd 1987, and there are a ton of unmarked items we need to look at or listen to once we have enough space to assemble all of his sound equipment.
For me, the great find yesterday was a live performance CD and audiocassette of Victor Herbert's one-act Wagnerian parody THE MAGIC KNIGHT from the Edinburgh Festival around 1994. I had helped John copy parts for the piece in the early 1990s and I had been hoping we would find the source for the cassette John had given me after the Edinburgh Festival performances. There are several pirated copies floating around in poor sound. I knew that John had a good live performance tape but I had no idea where it might be. The CD jewel case for for the CD was empty and mangled when we ran across it about a month ago, and the CD we found yesterday was lying unprotected amidst a pile of broken plastic and tapes hastily tossed into a carton. Luckily, it had no damage and sounds great. I'm guessing McGlinn's source is an archival house recording. So many of the Edinburgh Festival opera performances are broadcast by the BBC that I suspect each venue has a good sound system.
DR Ginny, tell Rob and Mary Linda that I am very happy for them!
I need my breakfast before I head off to the inventory.
The last movie I saw was THE HURT LOCKER. I think it's the most tense film I have ever seen and I liked it very much. I never want to see it again.