Friday, January 6, 2006

Briefly Noted

I dunno who to thank for this nice plug over at the Scoop website. But thank you, whoever wrote it. The whole site is a pretty good read and one we recommend. Even when they don't talk about me.

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Lou Rawls, R.I.P.

Sorry to hear the news that the title of the record album at right — Lou Rawls Live — is no longer applicable. If you never got to hear the man perform in person, you missed out on a wonderful experience. Talk about having a voice that you play like a fine musical instrument.

I met Lou a few times but only one anecdote comes to mind this morning. About ten years ago, I directed him in a short voiceover job. It was a never-aired animation pilot based on the comic strip, The Boondocks Jump Start, [Correction] and he was playing one of the main roles. He was very good and after we thought he'd left, one of the engineers said, "It must be hell to have every woman who hears you sing want to sleep with you." Lou, who'd overheard the comment out in the hallway, leaned back in, flashed a big grin and said, "Man, I wish it worked like that." Having seen him once in Vegas, I have a feeling it almost did.

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Friday Morning

I won't be posting much today but e-mail I've received lately prompts me to mention...

• Yes, I know Howard Stern's available "on cable TV" via the iN Demand (that's how they type it) service. That's just the videotaped radio show without the bleeps and blurs. I think one of these days, he's going to do a real show for HBO or Showtime or one of those and it'll be a huge success.
• Yes, I know there are some practical applications in math and encryption to having the largest possible prime number. It's just not something I figure on using in my life. Not unless I have to tally the number of mistakes of the Bush administration.
• Yes, I know there are a few remaining outposts of the restaurant chains I described as "extinct (or nearly-extinct)." That's what the part in the parentheses meant.

Back soon with more fun stuff as soon as I catch up on some deadlines. Ta-ta.

• Posted at 12:37 AM · LINK

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