Hi Elizabeth,
Happy Tuesday Night. I hope your day was a good one. I guess you are probably still working on your video? It takes a lot of work to complete, I know. Well anyway, it was a basic workday here. I try to think up stuff to write about but am not always successful, hence the missed days like yesterday. I will keep trying, though I cannot guarantee success without something to respond to.
The passing of George Martin was a surprise, because it came out of the blue, though because he was 90 it cannot be said to be a shock. Tons of stuff will be written about him in the coming days, and by people far closer to the situation than me (though fan tributes will pour in as well), but all I can think of to say is that, as great of a band as The Beatles were - and as a young band they were incredibly tight from playing so many gigs - and as great of songwriters as they were (Lennon/McCartney is the greatest team of all time), there is a reason they also made the greatest records of all time.
That reason is George Martin. He was a unique producer in that he took the role to that of a full collaborator, and he suggested many of the musical ingredients, some experimental, that made The Beatles songs unique and perfect sounding, like the piccollo trumpet solo on "Penny Lane", my own favorite song by the band. Or the backwards guitars on "Tomorrow Never Knows", or the crazy sounds all through "Sgt. Pepper", especially on songs like "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" or "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". That is an amazing record, and even more so that it came out 50 years ago this Summer.
When you take into account that most songs, including Beatles, are written on strummed acoustic guitars and/or piano, then you have to ask how the finished product is arrived at, with a full blown sound, arrangement and instrumentation. That is due to the producer, and never did a producer do more to enhance the songs of a band than did Sir George Martin, who created perfect records with The Beatles, filled with songs developed and honed to their ideal musical condition. As such, he helped create music that will always be listened to, ala Bach and Beethoven. Add The Beatles to that short list, and come back in 500 years to see if I'm right.
Thanks, Sir George! The Beatles are my strongest, earliest memory, and I can't calculate their influence on my life. I, as literally one of likely billions of worldwide Beatle fans, past and present.....////
Tonight we watched the election results. I was disappointed with Michigan, but overall not too worried. The media love to play up all the so-called "momentum" changes in the race, but if you look at the delegate count, it is still in Hillary's favor. Plus she has all the "superdelegates". I had to Google that term to see what it means, and apparently the superdelegates are people like governors of states and assorted local polititians who pledge to vote for one candidate or another, and in this case - because they are political officials - they are supposed to act as endorsers or even "guidance counselors" to the general public of Democratic voters (the Republicans do not have superdelegates). The reason for this is because, in a few past elections, idealistic Democrats had nominated candidates like George McGovern, who lost to Richard Nixon in the biggest landslide in American history. Or Michael Dukakis, who had a similar fate in 1988. There was a candidate named Eugene McCarthy in 1968 (or '72? Can't remember) who the idealists loved. He flamed out, too. So did Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s against Dwight Eisenhower.
Democrats sometimes get unrealistic expectations of who can be elected against a standard Republican candidate. Repubs sometimes nominate a moderate (if there is such a thing for that party), but they never get dreamy eyed and nominate someone who is far out of step with the right wing.
The Democrats, on the other hand, have nominated far left candidates on a few occasions.
And they've gotten clobbered every single time.
So, I would just say to all the Bernie voters, I can appreciate that you are standing up for your candidate, who seems to be a forthright guy. But America is not, and never will be, a Socialist country. It is too diverse, and too divided in opinion, and to be successful in Socialism, a country must have all (or a high percentage) of it's citizens on the same page. And that's never gonna happen in America, because of the demographics.
So, I would say to Bernie voters the same thing I thought about Ralph Nader voters in 2000. Nader played a big role in electing George Dubya Bush, the worst President in American history. By running as a third party socialist independent, he took votes away from Al Gore, who might have been one of the greatest Presidents we've ever had. And Bush won instead, and we had an eight year catastrophe.
So I would say to Bernie voters, if you want to guarantee Trump as President, keep on Feeling The Bern. Idealism does not win general elections. Instead, it works from the bottom up, at a local level.
From the top down, at the Presidential level, there is a Big Bad World to deal with. Neither Bernie nor Trump is Presidential material, for differing reasons, but if that were the choice, we'd be stuck with Trump, which would be the biggest and unfunniest joke in American history.
Luckily, we won't have to worry about it (fingers crossed), because Hillary will soon pull away from Bernie Sanders, a good guy at heart but a political disaster waiting to happen. ////
I get carried away with politics, which is why I don't comment on it often, lol....
On a brighter note, I did see your post from Rupi, via your friend Sarah, about International Women's Day. I agree wholeheartedly with what is said in that post, and that is again why we need to promote women all over the world, because women - if given the chance to be themselves and not "compete" (but instead maybe alternate or share) with men, in charge of things - would provide to the world a 50% side of things, a female perspective, that we've been been missing out on, and lacking.
We lack without women being involved, not from any stereotyped or sexual perspective, but from a female spiritual perspective.
Not a strident, "fighting against men" perspective, either, ala Women's Lib from the 70s. Instead, something much higher. Female leadership and ideas, as we are all in this together and need to cooperate as humans rather than compete as sexes.
That's all I know for tonight. I will see you in the morning. Post if you can.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox :):)
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Singing and Sound
Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,
I hope you had a nice day. I went to church by myself this morn. Pearl has a cold. We were shorthanded in choir and only had nine of our fourteen members (which is a small choir to begin with), but we sounded really good as a smaller "singing group", and we got our best applause since I joined, and a nice compliment from the pastor, who deemed our singing "beautiful" on today's anthem. So that was nice. :)
Now we are learning a song called "O Lord, How Excellent Is Thy Name" by a guy named Benedetto Marcello, and it is some of the most demanding singing I have done yet. But I'm gonna nail it, because I wanna keep getting better.
Today I did see two posts by you. One was a song by Architects, "A Match Made In Heaven", so you know I love that title! It's perfect, and so true. Maybe they are an upcoming client too? But even if not, the song is enough..... :):)
I also saw that you are going to the Versus Me show at The Red Zone on April 17. I am glad that you are The Official Photographer/Videographer for those guys, and maybe for I Prevail, too. Good things are gonna happen because of those connections.
Right now I am listening to one of my favorite organists, Andre Isoir. At church in the choir, I sit right in front of our organ, and so the pipes are in the wall above me and I get the full effect when our director plays it loud. Pipe organ is very heavy and melodic and so dynamic, with all it's "stops" and replications of other instruments (woodwinds especially), and I think it is just an incredible sound when blasted. Early French organ music is my favorite, and when I am in the mood it just hits the spot.....
It's interesting because I have found that you develop a taste for different types of music as you go along, but as you look back, you can see that the seeds for those new sounds were planted previously. For instance, I became enamored of certain harpsichord composers about 10-15 years ago. In my 20s, I might have liked the sound of the instrument if I happened to hear it in passing, on a record or the radio, but it would not have been something I would have actively sought out to listen to. The same with organ music.
And it's interesting because I don't think it's a "forward" discovery, per se, but rather something from the past that took a long time to gestate in me. I don't know about the organ music, but with the harpsichord, I know know that it was some of the first music I ever heard on a regular, repetitive basis. My Dad played Scarlatti records a lot when I was very small, so I heard that when I was maybe 2 or 3.
My point is that music that had an emotional effect on me when I was small returned many years later to become something I actually sought out, even though in my middle period of music listening, say from 12 to 40, it would never have crossed my mind.
This shows you The Power Of Music, and of Certain Instruments, and of All The Vagaries Of Musical Sound In General, to influence your psyche.
Sound and how it affects you is an interesting thing to consider.
That's all I know for tonight, my Darling.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I hope you had a nice day. I went to church by myself this morn. Pearl has a cold. We were shorthanded in choir and only had nine of our fourteen members (which is a small choir to begin with), but we sounded really good as a smaller "singing group", and we got our best applause since I joined, and a nice compliment from the pastor, who deemed our singing "beautiful" on today's anthem. So that was nice. :)
Now we are learning a song called "O Lord, How Excellent Is Thy Name" by a guy named Benedetto Marcello, and it is some of the most demanding singing I have done yet. But I'm gonna nail it, because I wanna keep getting better.
Today I did see two posts by you. One was a song by Architects, "A Match Made In Heaven", so you know I love that title! It's perfect, and so true. Maybe they are an upcoming client too? But even if not, the song is enough..... :):)
I also saw that you are going to the Versus Me show at The Red Zone on April 17. I am glad that you are The Official Photographer/Videographer for those guys, and maybe for I Prevail, too. Good things are gonna happen because of those connections.
Right now I am listening to one of my favorite organists, Andre Isoir. At church in the choir, I sit right in front of our organ, and so the pipes are in the wall above me and I get the full effect when our director plays it loud. Pipe organ is very heavy and melodic and so dynamic, with all it's "stops" and replications of other instruments (woodwinds especially), and I think it is just an incredible sound when blasted. Early French organ music is my favorite, and when I am in the mood it just hits the spot.....
It's interesting because I have found that you develop a taste for different types of music as you go along, but as you look back, you can see that the seeds for those new sounds were planted previously. For instance, I became enamored of certain harpsichord composers about 10-15 years ago. In my 20s, I might have liked the sound of the instrument if I happened to hear it in passing, on a record or the radio, but it would not have been something I would have actively sought out to listen to. The same with organ music.
And it's interesting because I don't think it's a "forward" discovery, per se, but rather something from the past that took a long time to gestate in me. I don't know about the organ music, but with the harpsichord, I know know that it was some of the first music I ever heard on a regular, repetitive basis. My Dad played Scarlatti records a lot when I was very small, so I heard that when I was maybe 2 or 3.
My point is that music that had an emotional effect on me when I was small returned many years later to become something I actually sought out, even though in my middle period of music listening, say from 12 to 40, it would never have crossed my mind.
This shows you The Power Of Music, and of Certain Instruments, and of All The Vagaries Of Musical Sound In General, to influence your psyche.
Sound and how it affects you is an interesting thing to consider.
That's all I know for tonight, my Darling.
I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Sunday, March 6, 2016
I Love Movies
Hi Elizabeth,
Happy Saturday Night. I haven't seen any posts the last couple days, so I am guessing you are working on your video. I hope it is coming along well and of course it's gotta be, because you always do an excellent job.
It's a good thing I'm not doing it, haha, because I am still terrible at online video, but I made a new discovery yesterday : the Youtube video editor! Hooray! I found it by Googling, and it's pretty easy to use, you just drag and drop your video clips in the order you want them spliced together. You can trim them, too, so you can eliminate the "bump" that always happens (for me, anyway!) when you press the start button. I did a rudimentary splice of two clips I'd already posted, just to see how it worked. The Youtube editor also has a stabilizer, which I tried to use on my ridiculous little "Tunnel" clip (inspiration "Blazing Saddles"). When it was processed through the stabilzer, all the shakiness was gone. But for some reason when I uploaded it, it was the shaky version.
Anyhow, better videos are in my future. I am a trial and error kind of guy, and I learn by osmosis, so just by recording stuff and using the editor, my videos will get less crummy over time, lol.
Not much to report besides that, so I will list more films that I like, just for the heck of it. I could do lists all day.......
No particular order :
"The Cranes Are Flying", directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
"Masculin/Feminin" by Jean-Luc Godard.
"Au Hazard Balthazar" by Robert Bresson.
"Portrait Of Jennie" by William Dieterle, starring Jennifer Jones (one of my favorite actresses).
"The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg" by Jacques Demy, the only movie I know of with all musical dialogue.
"Mr. Hulot's Holiday" by Jacques Tati, a unique and inventive French comedian/director.
"Vampyr" by Carl Theodor Dreyer, one of the best Vampire movies ever made, from 1932.
"A Canterbury Tale" by Powell & Pressburger.
"Laura" by Otto Preminger, one of the best Film Noirs, starring Gene Tierney, another of my favorite actresses.
"The Double Life Of Veronique" by Krzysztof Kieslowski, the director of the "Three Colors Trilogy", of which I previously mentioned the film "Red", which is one of my all-time favorites.
Well, there's ten more films. With movies, I could list 'em for a very long time, because I've seen so many and have many favorites from many genres.
My lists are "just for the heck of it", not to say "you should see this film, or that film". Cinema finds it's way to you, I have found, and the films you like, you will see.
But just as there is a ton of music out there, so are there tons of movies.
Me, I just enjoy listing stuff, naming stuff, thinking about favorites.........
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Happy Saturday Night. I haven't seen any posts the last couple days, so I am guessing you are working on your video. I hope it is coming along well and of course it's gotta be, because you always do an excellent job.
It's a good thing I'm not doing it, haha, because I am still terrible at online video, but I made a new discovery yesterday : the Youtube video editor! Hooray! I found it by Googling, and it's pretty easy to use, you just drag and drop your video clips in the order you want them spliced together. You can trim them, too, so you can eliminate the "bump" that always happens (for me, anyway!) when you press the start button. I did a rudimentary splice of two clips I'd already posted, just to see how it worked. The Youtube editor also has a stabilizer, which I tried to use on my ridiculous little "Tunnel" clip (inspiration "Blazing Saddles"). When it was processed through the stabilzer, all the shakiness was gone. But for some reason when I uploaded it, it was the shaky version.
Anyhow, better videos are in my future. I am a trial and error kind of guy, and I learn by osmosis, so just by recording stuff and using the editor, my videos will get less crummy over time, lol.
Not much to report besides that, so I will list more films that I like, just for the heck of it. I could do lists all day.......
No particular order :
"The Cranes Are Flying", directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
"Masculin/Feminin" by Jean-Luc Godard.
"Au Hazard Balthazar" by Robert Bresson.
"Portrait Of Jennie" by William Dieterle, starring Jennifer Jones (one of my favorite actresses).
"The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg" by Jacques Demy, the only movie I know of with all musical dialogue.
"Mr. Hulot's Holiday" by Jacques Tati, a unique and inventive French comedian/director.
"Vampyr" by Carl Theodor Dreyer, one of the best Vampire movies ever made, from 1932.
"A Canterbury Tale" by Powell & Pressburger.
"Laura" by Otto Preminger, one of the best Film Noirs, starring Gene Tierney, another of my favorite actresses.
"The Double Life Of Veronique" by Krzysztof Kieslowski, the director of the "Three Colors Trilogy", of which I previously mentioned the film "Red", which is one of my all-time favorites.
Well, there's ten more films. With movies, I could list 'em for a very long time, because I've seen so many and have many favorites from many genres.
My lists are "just for the heck of it", not to say "you should see this film, or that film". Cinema finds it's way to you, I have found, and the films you like, you will see.
But just as there is a ton of music out there, so are there tons of movies.
Me, I just enjoy listing stuff, naming stuff, thinking about favorites.........
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Friday, March 4, 2016
All Decades Are Awesome + Stalker + Dave Grohl Walk
Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,
I hope you had a nice day today. Those were really nice pictures you posted, of you and your brother. You guys were a couple of cute kids and you take good photos together. Happy Birthday to your bro! I'm sorry to say, though, that I had to chuckle - just a little bit - that you feel old because he is now 21.
Hehe........yep. You are positively ancient now. The next thing you know, you'll be......gasp.....24!
I kid, of course. But even if you do feel a tad older than before, say, when you were 19 or 20, two things are worth keeping in mind: the first is that Your Twenties Are Awesome. That means all of Your Twenties, from 20 to 29. And the other thing - and this is the Best Thing - is that when you are in your twenties, a year seems to last forever. You will see what I mean 30 years from now. Time seems to, or actually does, speed up as you go along. But even now, at my age (I hate that saying, "at my age", what a bunch of baloney, it sounds like What My Parents Would've Said, and now I'm saying it, haha), but anyway.....wait a minute.....lemme switch back from italics.......okay, here we go...
Where was I?
Oh yeah, at my age, or let's just say when you get a few years older, you can do something neat with time. You can sort of Control It. Yeah, pretty cool, eh? You can allow it to just speed along, like five minutes ago it was New Year's Day and we were watching the Rose Parade, and now - suddenly! - it's March.
But you can also slow time to a crawl, because you get better at staying in the moment, and noticing all the little things that you appreciate every day. And when you notice them, you stay with them as they are happening, and life slows way down to it's actual progression, second by second, minute by minute.
So that's pretty cool too.
What you will discover as you go along is that all decades are pretty awesome. And if you take good care of yourself - which I know you will - another neat thing is that you remain your peak Spiritual Age (or emotional age if you want to call it that) while your body feels a bit older, but not too bad.
For instance, Donald Trump still feels twelve years old inside, even though he's almost 70.
So, you get the idea.
Me, I'd guess my peak Spiritual Age is around, oh somewhere between 25 and 35. Too hard to pin down. It's easiest to describe by saying that, if you are a happy person by nature, you will never stop feeling like the Young Happy You, even though you will get a few more aches and pains as the decades pass. Not too bad though, as long as you exercise.
That's why I say all decades are good, as long as you do two things : Remain optimistic and take care of yourself. And stay curious. That's the extra thing.////
Tonight we saw "Stalker" at CSUN. Man, that is some Heavy Stuff. It's Tarkovsky's most philosophical film, I think, and somewhat tortured, because at it's heart it's about the need for hope in human affairs, and how hope would not exist were it not for torment or frustration. But the film is so much more than that.
It's Tarkovsky; it's Ultra Heavy; it's Philosophical & Slow, but it has a huge payoff : it stays with you always.
So, that was the highlight of the day. We are due for rain over the weekend, so I am gonna try to get a hike in tomorrow. Can't guarantee it because of busy work schedule, but fingers crossed.
I liked your Dave Grohl/Butch Vig video post, which was very funny, and so I went on what I call a Dave Grohl Walk this afternoon, down past Studio 606. There's a Northridge - Madison Connection for you!
See you in the morning, my Darling. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I hope you had a nice day today. Those were really nice pictures you posted, of you and your brother. You guys were a couple of cute kids and you take good photos together. Happy Birthday to your bro! I'm sorry to say, though, that I had to chuckle - just a little bit - that you feel old because he is now 21.
Hehe........yep. You are positively ancient now. The next thing you know, you'll be......gasp.....24!
I kid, of course. But even if you do feel a tad older than before, say, when you were 19 or 20, two things are worth keeping in mind: the first is that Your Twenties Are Awesome. That means all of Your Twenties, from 20 to 29. And the other thing - and this is the Best Thing - is that when you are in your twenties, a year seems to last forever. You will see what I mean 30 years from now. Time seems to, or actually does, speed up as you go along. But even now, at my age (I hate that saying, "at my age", what a bunch of baloney, it sounds like What My Parents Would've Said, and now I'm saying it, haha), but anyway.....wait a minute.....lemme switch back from italics.......okay, here we go...
Where was I?
Oh yeah, at my age, or let's just say when you get a few years older, you can do something neat with time. You can sort of Control It. Yeah, pretty cool, eh? You can allow it to just speed along, like five minutes ago it was New Year's Day and we were watching the Rose Parade, and now - suddenly! - it's March.
But you can also slow time to a crawl, because you get better at staying in the moment, and noticing all the little things that you appreciate every day. And when you notice them, you stay with them as they are happening, and life slows way down to it's actual progression, second by second, minute by minute.
So that's pretty cool too.
What you will discover as you go along is that all decades are pretty awesome. And if you take good care of yourself - which I know you will - another neat thing is that you remain your peak Spiritual Age (or emotional age if you want to call it that) while your body feels a bit older, but not too bad.
For instance, Donald Trump still feels twelve years old inside, even though he's almost 70.
So, you get the idea.
Me, I'd guess my peak Spiritual Age is around, oh somewhere between 25 and 35. Too hard to pin down. It's easiest to describe by saying that, if you are a happy person by nature, you will never stop feeling like the Young Happy You, even though you will get a few more aches and pains as the decades pass. Not too bad though, as long as you exercise.
That's why I say all decades are good, as long as you do two things : Remain optimistic and take care of yourself. And stay curious. That's the extra thing.////
Tonight we saw "Stalker" at CSUN. Man, that is some Heavy Stuff. It's Tarkovsky's most philosophical film, I think, and somewhat tortured, because at it's heart it's about the need for hope in human affairs, and how hope would not exist were it not for torment or frustration. But the film is so much more than that.
It's Tarkovsky; it's Ultra Heavy; it's Philosophical & Slow, but it has a huge payoff : it stays with you always.
So, that was the highlight of the day. We are due for rain over the weekend, so I am gonna try to get a hike in tomorrow. Can't guarantee it because of busy work schedule, but fingers crossed.
I liked your Dave Grohl/Butch Vig video post, which was very funny, and so I went on what I call a Dave Grohl Walk this afternoon, down past Studio 606. There's a Northridge - Madison Connection for you!
See you in the morning, my Darling. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Sardine Recovery & Hair Color
Happy Late Night, Sweet Baby,
Today was mostly a recovery day from the concert last night, which you have in your 50s if you stand in one place like a Sardine in a packed club for two hours, and then don't get to sleep til 3am. The show was mega awesome, and well worth the slight muscle strain and minor foot pain, but I still caught up on my sleep and then didn't do much today. I had originally planned to go on a hike, which I will do instead on perhaps Friday.
I wasn't expecting The Whisky to be so jam packed, but KX is having a bit of a revival, new people are discovering their music, and so it was a situation where you can't move without losing your place as a Sardine. Picture a bunch of them in a can and you have an idea. The Sardines closest to the stage, if there is a stage inside the can - and there probably is cause Sardines like concerts too - they don't wanna move because another one will take their place...........but anyhow...
So, I took it easy today. Next show will be David Gilmour at the Hollywood Bowl on March 24, a piece of cake as far as comfort is concerned, even though it holds 36 times as many people as The Whisky, lol, 18k vs. 500.
I hope your day was good. Maybe you are still in NM, or on your way back? All I saw was the post of the older lady with the colored hair. Aqua? Or purple? Not sure but why not, I say. Go for it, especially if it's your color.
I am considering coloring my hair by my next haircut, which should occur around my birthday. On one had I know I will put it off if I don't force myself to do it, and on the other hand I need all the encouragement I can get, cause I really want to do it. I mean, my hair isn't all that grey. What is has is a ton of grey highlights that show up in certain lighting conditions, because it is overall transitioning from brown to grey. So in certain light it looks mostly brown, and in other, brighter light it looks much more grey.
So I figure it's time to color it!
But we've gotta make sure I don't wimp out.
I've still got a month and a half to figure a way to do so, so we've gotta prevent that and make sure I get my color.
I can't guarantee it'll be aqua or purple, but you never know. Just so long as the grey is covered up.
That's all I know for tonight, my Darling. I hope your shoot is going well, or that it was a success if you are done.
I Love You and will see you in the morning. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Today was mostly a recovery day from the concert last night, which you have in your 50s if you stand in one place like a Sardine in a packed club for two hours, and then don't get to sleep til 3am. The show was mega awesome, and well worth the slight muscle strain and minor foot pain, but I still caught up on my sleep and then didn't do much today. I had originally planned to go on a hike, which I will do instead on perhaps Friday.
I wasn't expecting The Whisky to be so jam packed, but KX is having a bit of a revival, new people are discovering their music, and so it was a situation where you can't move without losing your place as a Sardine. Picture a bunch of them in a can and you have an idea. The Sardines closest to the stage, if there is a stage inside the can - and there probably is cause Sardines like concerts too - they don't wanna move because another one will take their place...........but anyhow...
So, I took it easy today. Next show will be David Gilmour at the Hollywood Bowl on March 24, a piece of cake as far as comfort is concerned, even though it holds 36 times as many people as The Whisky, lol, 18k vs. 500.
I hope your day was good. Maybe you are still in NM, or on your way back? All I saw was the post of the older lady with the colored hair. Aqua? Or purple? Not sure but why not, I say. Go for it, especially if it's your color.
I am considering coloring my hair by my next haircut, which should occur around my birthday. On one had I know I will put it off if I don't force myself to do it, and on the other hand I need all the encouragement I can get, cause I really want to do it. I mean, my hair isn't all that grey. What is has is a ton of grey highlights that show up in certain lighting conditions, because it is overall transitioning from brown to grey. So in certain light it looks mostly brown, and in other, brighter light it looks much more grey.
So I figure it's time to color it!
But we've gotta make sure I don't wimp out.
I've still got a month and a half to figure a way to do so, so we've gotta prevent that and make sure I get my color.
I can't guarantee it'll be aqua or purple, but you never know. Just so long as the grey is covered up.
That's all I know for tonight, my Darling. I hope your shoot is going well, or that it was a success if you are done.
I Love You and will see you in the morning. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
King's X Was Incredible, Things Are Taking Off, Trump Is Toast
Happy Late Night, my Darling,
I am back from The Whisky. Man, what a show. King's X was on fire, extremely tight and powerful. The sound system in the club was excellent too, something I noticed at the PFM show there last November. KX is very bottom heavy, and the low end sounded like a buzz saw, just going right through you. Great harmony vocals and ripping leads, and of course Doug Pinnick, who is 65 but sings with the soul and energy of a man half his age.
They were so good, and as I just posted on FB, it was maybe the best I have ever seen them, except possibly in 1992 at the Fonda Theater, when Doug's voice was at it's peak. But anyway - good grief, Charlie Brown! That was One Heavy Show!
Grimsley and I did not stay afterward to meet the guys at the merch table because the place was packed, and the line to meet 'em was very long and I had to get back to Pearl's, but it was an incredible night nevertheless, and I am stoked to have seen such a great show. Now they have to make a new album, which we fans have been waiting for since 2008.......
I hope you had a good day, and that your shoot is going well. I saw, earlier this morning, a post by you of I Prevail (a band photo), so maybe they are the band you are shooting? That is great if true, but the whole thing is great no matter who it is, just because the work is happening again and things feel like they are taking off. :)
I liked your Selfie With Sunglasses. It seems that the aqua background sets you off, gets you snapping pics with previous subjects and now yourself. Something about that color that you can't resist, I think. :)
Oh, and The Calvin and Hobbes dance was perfect....... :):)
On a final note, I am glad to see that Hillary did so well today. It's gonna be her against Trump, the weirdest election in American history, but come November I think we are gonna have our first woman President, and I think that's great. "More Love & Kindness" is a great slogan, too. You lose, Trump.
So, I proclaim it an excellent day, Sweet Baby. I Love You and will see you in the morning!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
I am back from The Whisky. Man, what a show. King's X was on fire, extremely tight and powerful. The sound system in the club was excellent too, something I noticed at the PFM show there last November. KX is very bottom heavy, and the low end sounded like a buzz saw, just going right through you. Great harmony vocals and ripping leads, and of course Doug Pinnick, who is 65 but sings with the soul and energy of a man half his age.
They were so good, and as I just posted on FB, it was maybe the best I have ever seen them, except possibly in 1992 at the Fonda Theater, when Doug's voice was at it's peak. But anyway - good grief, Charlie Brown! That was One Heavy Show!
Grimsley and I did not stay afterward to meet the guys at the merch table because the place was packed, and the line to meet 'em was very long and I had to get back to Pearl's, but it was an incredible night nevertheless, and I am stoked to have seen such a great show. Now they have to make a new album, which we fans have been waiting for since 2008.......
I hope you had a good day, and that your shoot is going well. I saw, earlier this morning, a post by you of I Prevail (a band photo), so maybe they are the band you are shooting? That is great if true, but the whole thing is great no matter who it is, just because the work is happening again and things feel like they are taking off. :)
I liked your Selfie With Sunglasses. It seems that the aqua background sets you off, gets you snapping pics with previous subjects and now yourself. Something about that color that you can't resist, I think. :)
Oh, and The Calvin and Hobbes dance was perfect....... :):)
On a final note, I am glad to see that Hillary did so well today. It's gonna be her against Trump, the weirdest election in American history, but come November I think we are gonna have our first woman President, and I think that's great. "More Love & Kindness" is a great slogan, too. You lose, Trump.
So, I proclaim it an excellent day, Sweet Baby. I Love You and will see you in the morning!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Hikes, Sandstone, Leverage & Sweet Babyism
Hi, Sweet Baby,
Happy Monday Night. Are you still in New Mexico? I liked your photo this morning and was very glad that you got to explore the area and go for a hike. That is super cool! I was just talking about the mountains in NM, and here you've got a photo depicting them. The rocks look like.......hmmm, are they sandstone, like at Santa Susana? They kind of look like sandstone, but then again there also looks to be a harder element. Not granite, and I am trying to remember what the San Gabriels are made of. They are the mountains next to the Santa Susanas........anyhow, I can't recall the element other than sandstone, but that's an awesome looking mountainside in your pic. It reminds me a little of the Devil's Slide at Santa Su, except your mountain may be higher, and it also has a stream.
Rocky hikes rule! One of my favorite things on The Slide is the "coming down" part, where you just kind of pick which rock you are gonna step down on next, like a "boing-boing-boing" kinda thing. You just eyeball it as you are going down and pick the best rock, while you are in stride, to keep your balance and momentum going. It's like taking a really weird and jagged staircase down the hillside.
Well, that's great that you got to go on your hike, and that you got to go to New Mexico period. If you are still there, then I will guess that it's not a band tour, per se, but a different type of shoot. A tour would not remain in one place, so maybe you are shooting a video? Maybe you can't reveal what it is, due to client obligations, so it can be a surprise. But overall, I just think it's great that you got to go, and that new work is coming your way. I knew it would, and there will be more to come! :)
I had a basic workday, but because Pearl had an appointment with her foot doctor, I got to take Kobi on an L.A. River walk, which he always enjoys. Our section of the river, as you know, is not a river but a former river from 100 years ago, that has been a concrete-lined flood control channel since the 1930s. The actual Los Angeles River was drained back then by the Army Corps Of Engineers. I mean, imagine draining a river. What's up with that, right? Lol. But those guys can engineer anything, and the Dutch drained all their land centuries ago, so it's doable.
Man, people are weird, lol. The things they figure out how to do never ceases to amaze me. If I was living next to a river, and it was flooding (as our LA River used to do) and destroying cropland, I'd be like, "hmmm, I guess I'll move to another location".
But the Army Corps Of Engineers - and engineers in general - are guys who look at problems from the point of leverage. The old Archimedes trip of "give me a lever big enough and I'll move the world".
I think you have to be born with an Engineer Brain to think of doing that kind of stuff, and I only remark on it because I took The 'Ster on a dogwalk down by what we call the river, but what is actually a concrete lined, nearly empty channel that snakes from the north end of The Valley all the way to the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach.
I saw your post about James' singular cooking method, "just add cheese", and that cracked me up. Wisconsin should consider making him a spokesman for the industry, as he is a leading Cheesehead. We in California revere cheese, too, and we make a ton of it - as previously noted by me - but I fear we will never surpass you guys in sheer Cheese Leadership. Especially because of the one-track-mindedness of guys like James......
Lastly, I saw your Sweet Baby pic, of the little one born on Leap Day. Of course I loved it: Sweet Babyism at it's finest. :):)
Best wishes for whatever you are working on, and continue to have a blast in New Mexico.
I Love You and will see you in the morning! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
Happy Monday Night. Are you still in New Mexico? I liked your photo this morning and was very glad that you got to explore the area and go for a hike. That is super cool! I was just talking about the mountains in NM, and here you've got a photo depicting them. The rocks look like.......hmmm, are they sandstone, like at Santa Susana? They kind of look like sandstone, but then again there also looks to be a harder element. Not granite, and I am trying to remember what the San Gabriels are made of. They are the mountains next to the Santa Susanas........anyhow, I can't recall the element other than sandstone, but that's an awesome looking mountainside in your pic. It reminds me a little of the Devil's Slide at Santa Su, except your mountain may be higher, and it also has a stream.
Rocky hikes rule! One of my favorite things on The Slide is the "coming down" part, where you just kind of pick which rock you are gonna step down on next, like a "boing-boing-boing" kinda thing. You just eyeball it as you are going down and pick the best rock, while you are in stride, to keep your balance and momentum going. It's like taking a really weird and jagged staircase down the hillside.
Well, that's great that you got to go on your hike, and that you got to go to New Mexico period. If you are still there, then I will guess that it's not a band tour, per se, but a different type of shoot. A tour would not remain in one place, so maybe you are shooting a video? Maybe you can't reveal what it is, due to client obligations, so it can be a surprise. But overall, I just think it's great that you got to go, and that new work is coming your way. I knew it would, and there will be more to come! :)
I had a basic workday, but because Pearl had an appointment with her foot doctor, I got to take Kobi on an L.A. River walk, which he always enjoys. Our section of the river, as you know, is not a river but a former river from 100 years ago, that has been a concrete-lined flood control channel since the 1930s. The actual Los Angeles River was drained back then by the Army Corps Of Engineers. I mean, imagine draining a river. What's up with that, right? Lol. But those guys can engineer anything, and the Dutch drained all their land centuries ago, so it's doable.
Man, people are weird, lol. The things they figure out how to do never ceases to amaze me. If I was living next to a river, and it was flooding (as our LA River used to do) and destroying cropland, I'd be like, "hmmm, I guess I'll move to another location".
But the Army Corps Of Engineers - and engineers in general - are guys who look at problems from the point of leverage. The old Archimedes trip of "give me a lever big enough and I'll move the world".
I think you have to be born with an Engineer Brain to think of doing that kind of stuff, and I only remark on it because I took The 'Ster on a dogwalk down by what we call the river, but what is actually a concrete lined, nearly empty channel that snakes from the north end of The Valley all the way to the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach.
I saw your post about James' singular cooking method, "just add cheese", and that cracked me up. Wisconsin should consider making him a spokesman for the industry, as he is a leading Cheesehead. We in California revere cheese, too, and we make a ton of it - as previously noted by me - but I fear we will never surpass you guys in sheer Cheese Leadership. Especially because of the one-track-mindedness of guys like James......
Lastly, I saw your Sweet Baby pic, of the little one born on Leap Day. Of course I loved it: Sweet Babyism at it's finest. :):)
Best wishes for whatever you are working on, and continue to have a blast in New Mexico.
I Love You and will see you in the morning! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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