Crew call!

Cee, Rod, Marinell, Mark, Dia, Eddie, Ryan, Kevin, Erika
Mind you, Ry, the one with the guitar, and Kev, the one in red, are 2 members of the 5 piece band: itsawhale!

A bottle and a rosary...

It used to mean a lot, mean a lot to me
Now it doesn't mean it doesn't mean a thing
It used to mean a lot, mean a lot to me
Now it doesn't mean, doesn't mean a thing
And I pretend that it meant a lot to me
But it never meant, never meant a thing
Used to mean a lot, mean a lot to me.
Now it doesn't mean...
Doesn't mean anything.

I love Ryan Adams

Whale sighting...

Because I had an amazing crew: Dia, Eddie, Rod, Marinell and Mark. A brilliant co-producer: Trisha, and 2 very talented musical guests: Ryan and Kevin from itsawhale, Saturday’s production was a breeze. All had lot’s of fun, everyone loved everyone else and although Eddie threw Ryan and Kev out of the main studio, they were able to hang out for a bit afterwards to snack and chat with Trisha and I. All around lovely boys, funny, gracious and as Trish put it, 'nice to look at.' Ahem.
Here is a picture taken at the studio, Ryan to your left and Kevin to your right.
I should be able to edit the footage on April 7th so the songs can air on the 15th of April, so stay tuned.
I have too much on my plate right now. I need a personal assistant; though I can’t pay you, please send your resume and let me know whether you own a kilt or not.
Yeah.
Right.
Thanks.

In the control room, no one can hear you scream! Or, the out of control room.

I've heard of directors walking out of productions and I had thought, for the most part, that it was a result of an ego out of control! So imagine how surreal it felt that I was doing the exact same thing!

Last night at the studio, I was directing a performance from a string quartet from St. Petersburg. The producer and I had gone over what the show was going to look like and after about 5 different sound checks we were ready to go at quarter to 10pm (already running an hour behind schedule). We laid down the bars and tone, we got through the opening credits and the first movement, I told my floor director to count the musicians down into the second movement when all of a sudden aforementioned producer started hollering “Why is he talking? Why is he talking? He’s ruined it! I wanted it to be like a live concert!” All this as the performance is still going on and I’m trying to set up shots with three cameras and directing my td! I’m trying to keep it together and half understand what the producer is going on about.

At one point I asked my td to take over and asked what the problem was. Turned out the producer and one of the facilitators had decided to change the format of the show right before we began, and they changed the graphics DURING the performance and never bothered to tell the floor director or me. Brilliant! As a result my concentration was shot and I was, let’s just say a little more than a little bit, angry. I kept going through the end of the fourth movement and when that was done. I grabbed my coat and purse and walked out of the control room. About 5 people followed me, one of them, the producer who kept insisting he had told me of the changes and I insisting that he had not. In retrospect it was useless going back and forth with the “I did!” and “No, you didn’t!” Yet, it took place and there you go. The facilitator did interrupt and apologized on the spot owning up to changing things and not telling me, which was fine but I was still angry. The kicker was having the producer ask me to stay and do the fourth movement over, to which I responded, “The fourth movement was the best take!” Apparently not for the quartet, which I understand, but honestly, I was too rattled to even attempt a decent direction.

I drove home, ranted, took a hot shower and went to bed. This morning I received a long letter of apology from the producer, fair enough. The end result was that they had the facilitators direct the entire show over…hopefully the producer will end up with some material he can use.
I am so glad I don’t do this for a living…I’d look like Eddie Van Halen!

Someone is wearing a wig

Hey Cecilia,
I’m going to take a guess and say you're the Cecilia from San Fran that X is always mentioning... In fact many times I've been with him he's been on the phone with you... I feel as if we're already friends... Nice to meet you finally even if it's through myspace..D

I'm as stunned as you are, especially about the phone calls thing...is someone impersonating me...?

Hello Down There

About a million years ago my friends and I were looking for the weekend punk rock show (a weekly ritual), we ended up in South Central L.A. or somewhere equally as dangerous. After some surreal small talk with the shadey locals they decide we're cool so they guide us to the venue. I remember being in the club's back alley with some people sharing the contents of a small bottle, a.k.a. really cheap wine, when the woman I was talking to points up into the night and says "The gestapo!" I look up and all I see is a blinding beam of pure white light, everyone scatters like, yes you guessed it, roaches. I'm left there in the middle of the spotlight wondering why Scotty is taking so long to beam me up when I feel my arm being grabbed by Alicia who pulls me back into the darkness of the club.

I still don't know who was playing that night.

Extra Starbuck for ya...

We'll see the sun come up on Sunday morning 
And watch it fade the moon away 
I guess you know I'm giving you a warning
Cause me and moon are itching to play
I'll take you on a trip beside the ocean 
And drop the top at Chesapeake Bay 
Ain't nothin like the sky to dose a potion 
The moon'll send you on your way 

moonlight
feels right

Gracias Dave!
Besos
x

On the Tip of My Tongue - March show

Right, so Ryan tells me that he and Kevin (from the band itsawhale) will come out and do some acoustic stuff on March 25, which is grand but something tells me they may be a no show! Still, I shouldn't jump to conclusions because lately, all of my guests have been on time, the trend started with The Sort Outs who are no more by the way. Greg and Keith have begun again with the appropriately named new band,The Beginnings. So far they've only played a leather bar, which makes zero sense whatsoever - who is booking these guys? Garrin is playing tomorrow, I have to say he is one of the top 20 amazingly talented people I've had on my show, Austin Willacy, pc muñoz, Colin Devlin, Lisa Mandelstein, Paul Manousos, The Suns, MWP, Carmel Waller, James Nash and Lane Murchinson being some of the others.
The Suns should have a new record out before the year is over, I think Summer or Fall is the target season. Can't wait.
The Church are to release Unwelcome Like the Clouds sometime this Spring, I understand the record is already a year old. There is also a SKilbey biog in the works, the pre-orders are on eBay, just type in Steve Kilbey.
pc is busy producing records for other folks, but his latest enterprises: 20 Haiku and Highschool Reunion are out and available.
If you want the links to any of these talented folx, drop me a comment baybee.