Great Video + Ohio Rocks + "Code Two"

Happy Super Late Night, Sweet Baby,

I hope you had a great show in Akron, and tomorrow you will be on to Cleveland. You can play "Cleveland Rocks" when you get there!  :) You can even visit the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame, which - even though I don't approve of all it's members or agree with all it's policies - would still be a pretty cool place to go to, even just for all the memorabilia they have. It would probably be pretty difficult to fit in, timewise, but if you have the chance, by all means go. Just for The Coolness Of It All.  :)

Well, you are on fire now, girl. That was another excellent video you directed for Fall II Rise, with a great visual storyline to go with the song. You got a really effective camera angle with the young lady talking just above the top of her husband's newspaper as he ignores her. The viewer can see her face and his face simultaneously, with the paper as the barrier. A really good shot, that one, as was the shot of the bowl careening toward the camera.

I was hoping for a happy ending, but I understood after it was over that that wasn't the message of the song.

Great work by you and the band and your actors. :)

Tonight's film was called "Code Two", a crime drama from 1953 that follows the progress of three young LAPD cops as they graduate from the Police Academy and then go on to join the motorcycle division because it offers more money. I think this film was made as kind of a promotional film for both LAPD and it's motorcycle cops, who were becoming a legit part of the force at the time. It was made by MGM, but has almost a "company film" feel to it. "Code Two" stars Ralph Meeker, a distinctive actor who was a hambone but a good one. He always put a lot of personality into his roles, and in this film he has to take down a gang of criminal truckers all by himself. The photography is black and white and there are some great "old" (pre-development) shots of the Chatsworth and Simi Valley areas, when nothing much was out here. The entire film runs just 69 minutes, but a ton of stuff happens, which just goes to show once again what you can do with a good script.

I love searching for, and finding!, old films that I've never seen, and this was a good one.

I watched part of the first Rams game - their first in L.A. since 1994 - and that was exciting, even though it falls under the "yeah....I know.......sports" banner. Been watching the Olympics, too.

Tomorrow morning, church and singing.

See you in Cleveland.  I Love You.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo  :):)