catching up on some stories
whirlwind flash and travel have been the keywords for the past two weeks, but much has been noteworthy during all that time.
A few things worth mentioning:
My housekeeping person at the hyatt was happy with my parting tip; so much so that she left me a small note and a necklace/charm. She was really nice during my entire stay, always apologetic if I was in when she knocked, friendly in the halls, and of course good about the unit. I felt compelled to write a brief note back saying thanks for the gift and kind words.
I got some hellacious cough in DC, lost my voice for a few days first, then got a fever when I came back to SF. First time I've had the outward appearance (well, sound) if sickness in a while. At first I thought I just lost my voice from too much talking at NARUC, but no.
I took advantage of getting out of DC a bit early to have lunch during my layover in Chicago with T-Dub (aka tom windish) - things are going well on that front, met his newest employee and caught a quick lunch in Wicker Park - I was hoping to relish in being absurdly over dressed for the area in getting off the CTA I was amazed to see people is suits etc. all over the place. absurd I say. absurd. I gather Tom'll be out here for noise pop and am looking forward to that. Was sad to learn I just missed Deanna playing with Bobby Bare Jr. that evening (not that it woulda worked anyway, but if I'd gotten slammed in the fast approaching storm it mighta been nice).
Jay Primus was kind enough to set up a group excursion to see Philip Glass perform a live soundtrack to Koyanisqatsi at Davies hall (not ray, in case you were wondering). Much to my frustration we paid a premium for an obstructed view seat. Though I think some of our fellow viewers were a bit bummed at the very polite fuss I put up, Mary and I (along with a random person with an even worse seat that ours) were rewarded with very nice loge seats in the middle of the hall. My props to Performances.org for handling the situation so well. I offered to Anita, their publicist, my services (free of charge) for line of sight orientation etc. at future shows - and exclaimed I felt I must have done something kharmicly wrong to end up with a view obstructed seat when I in fact manage the projection aspects of live sound performances to silent films. I feel very strongly that if a ticket isn't sold as view obstructed then it shouln't have an obstructed view, especially when a film is involved.
There are many other things I want to write about, but they're best put in different posts as they fall outside of the "catching up" mode that I'm in with regard to the blog.
A few things worth mentioning:
My housekeeping person at the hyatt was happy with my parting tip; so much so that she left me a small note and a necklace/charm. She was really nice during my entire stay, always apologetic if I was in when she knocked, friendly in the halls, and of course good about the unit. I felt compelled to write a brief note back saying thanks for the gift and kind words.
I got some hellacious cough in DC, lost my voice for a few days first, then got a fever when I came back to SF. First time I've had the outward appearance (well, sound) if sickness in a while. At first I thought I just lost my voice from too much talking at NARUC, but no.
I took advantage of getting out of DC a bit early to have lunch during my layover in Chicago with T-Dub (aka tom windish) - things are going well on that front, met his newest employee and caught a quick lunch in Wicker Park - I was hoping to relish in being absurdly over dressed for the area in getting off the CTA I was amazed to see people is suits etc. all over the place. absurd I say. absurd. I gather Tom'll be out here for noise pop and am looking forward to that. Was sad to learn I just missed Deanna playing with Bobby Bare Jr. that evening (not that it woulda worked anyway, but if I'd gotten slammed in the fast approaching storm it mighta been nice).
Jay Primus was kind enough to set up a group excursion to see Philip Glass perform a live soundtrack to Koyanisqatsi at Davies hall (not ray, in case you were wondering). Much to my frustration we paid a premium for an obstructed view seat. Though I think some of our fellow viewers were a bit bummed at the very polite fuss I put up, Mary and I (along with a random person with an even worse seat that ours) were rewarded with very nice loge seats in the middle of the hall. My props to Performances.org for handling the situation so well. I offered to Anita, their publicist, my services (free of charge) for line of sight orientation etc. at future shows - and exclaimed I felt I must have done something kharmicly wrong to end up with a view obstructed seat when I in fact manage the projection aspects of live sound performances to silent films. I feel very strongly that if a ticket isn't sold as view obstructed then it shouln't have an obstructed view, especially when a film is involved.
There are many other things I want to write about, but they're best put in different posts as they fall outside of the "catching up" mode that I'm in with regard to the blog.
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