Day: February 6, 2007

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And Beyond The Infinite

The 50 Mile High Club?

This news story is just beyond the pale when one considers that it wasn’t really so long ago that an active-roster astronaut getting a divorce was a bit of a scandal. Not exactly the kind of publicity NASA needs, either…yeesh. Keep your orbital docking maneuvers to yourselves!
I’m having a hard time figuring out the newsworthiness of the whole thing to begin with. It’s bizarre enough as it is without bringing any of the players’ occupations into it, but you can bet that this one will stay in the news because of the NASA connection.
In other news, Turner’s deal to pay Boston $2,000,000 is a bargain. Turner and Cartoon Network could’ve deliberately deployed $2 mil of promotion and they wouldn’t have gotten the kind of impact out of it that they did here: even rival news outlets are mentioning the signs and the show they’re from. I don’t think they planned it this way, but you better bet that someone down the road will try to pull something like this off in the future – and will probably fail miserably.… Read more

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Home Base Music

I don’t remember anything after that

Turns out I have the mother of all sinus infections. Loverly. I’m on some meds for it, not sure if I’ll be back at work by Wednesday or not. Ick.
Got the new Intrada CD of the original 1968 Alex North sessions for the 2001 movie score that Kubrick rejected. Without wanting to upstage the eventual movie review too much, this CD is awesome if you’re a 2001 fan, an Alex North fan, or still curious about North’s unused 2001 music even after the 1993 release that was arranged and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (North himself having passed on in 1991). The music is very different from that recording in some places – it’s often a matter of the balance of instruments used, the timing, and other subtleties, but there are some sections of music that, despite the 1993 Goldsmith recording, are completely new to me. The booklet itself is worth the price of admission too – I had no idea that the whole thing had led to this intractible feud between North’s widow and Kubrick, and wouldn’t ever be settled until both she and Kubrick were gone. I highly recommend it. I’ll slot a more comprehensive review into the schedule soonish, but it may be a couple of weeks – I’m still happily digesting it all.
I see that the ELO fan club, or at least its UK congtingent, is working to make “Latitude 88 North” an iTunes hit. Hey, if it worked for “Love Don’t Roam“…
I’ve got some more news…but of course I can’t tell you what it is just yet. 😛… Read more