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Music and its Influences
Jan. 16th, 2008 09:34 pmYesterday I rediscovered Sunset Boulevard ... It's been more than a year since I listened to it and I've never done so in LA before, which adds an extra dimension of whoa. I drained my iPod batteries on it yesterday. Also of note: the renewed addiction to the title song, which is cut 25 on my special personal recut of the London Cast Recording.* Track order yesterday went something like this:
1, 2, 3, ... 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27, ... 42, 43, 44, 25, 25, 25, 1, 2, 3 ... 25, 25, 26, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27 ... 43, 44, 25, 39**, 25, 25, 25, 25 (pause) 25
You get the idea.
Incidentally, if Norma were a powerful witch and she transfigured Joe into a chimp at the end of the play, then it could be a circular story, as long as you leave out the continuity of the swimming pool, but that isn't mentioned in the recording.
( footnotes )
Then, today, I rediscovered the soundtrack to Pirates 3, which I had semi-intentionally not listened to since I was down here this summer because I associate it so strongly with where I was interning then and working now and didn't want to dilute it. The movie may be so much twaddle but the soundtrack is just fantastic, easily the best part of the film. When I heard it for the first time back in May I was instantly plunged into a Redwall mood the likes of which I haven't known since I was about 15, and a shadow of this came back today, so I did some doodles:
(click to make biggarrr)
( musical quote geekitude )
So, now I want to finish my Sunset board and draw small furry animals killing each other, with a sprinkling of tortoises and stone cities because I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to read Small Gods, and that Sweeney Todd comic strip I've finally got an idea for ... I suppose this all proves that the crucial ingredient I've been missing over the last few inspirationless months has been an overwhelming workload that precludes any drawing for fun.
Hurrah.
1, 2, 3, ... 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27, ... 42, 43, 44, 25, 25, 25, 1, 2, 3 ... 25, 25, 26, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27 ... 43, 44, 25, 39**, 25, 25, 25, 25 (pause) 25
You get the idea.
Incidentally, if Norma were a powerful witch and she transfigured Joe into a chimp at the end of the play, then it could be a circular story, as long as you leave out the continuity of the swimming pool, but that isn't mentioned in the recording.
( footnotes )
Then, today, I rediscovered the soundtrack to Pirates 3, which I had semi-intentionally not listened to since I was down here this summer because I associate it so strongly with where I was interning then and working now and didn't want to dilute it. The movie may be so much twaddle but the soundtrack is just fantastic, easily the best part of the film. When I heard it for the first time back in May I was instantly plunged into a Redwall mood the likes of which I haven't known since I was about 15, and a shadow of this came back today, so I did some doodles:
(click to make biggarrr)
( musical quote geekitude )
So, now I want to finish my Sunset board and draw small furry animals killing each other, with a sprinkling of tortoises and stone cities because I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to read Small Gods, and that Sweeney Todd comic strip I've finally got an idea for ... I suppose this all proves that the crucial ingredient I've been missing over the last few inspirationless months has been an overwhelming workload that precludes any drawing for fun.
Hurrah.
