Saturday, January 13, 2018
Dickendorff
So (beginning a sentence with a conjunction, which is a "no-no,") Hans Zimmer and his buddy stepped in to do the score for Bladerunner 2017. (Sorry, it is another date, but what significance is '49'? Summer of Forty Two. 1981. 2012. 2049. Blade Runner 2049. It was a heavy film, heavy in content, tone, and intent. I liked it, but I was not ready for the Apocalyptic content. After realizing that I would be frightened by the scenario (and it was realistic, mainly from little sounds morphed into big sounds via EQ). This is a new cinematic technique that untalented composers are using. If you can't really compose themes with a pencil, you can improvise on shitty samplers and turn the bass up. Infrasonic textures will emerge, not really music or a score, but sound effects that emulate war. Not my cup of tea for a film, but it was effective enough. I am tired of looking at the Apocalypse. Fully I believe it could happen in our lifetime, and fully I believe if Trump remains President it is likely. It is our decision, the U.S. of A. Keep Trump in power as our president, or impeach him for the Nazi. It's bust however you look at it. Pence? Cheney? Nazi? What is worse? Cheney was awarded no bid contracts to rebuild Iraq. Haliburton masterminded "The War on Terror" and went to the bank. Only today, 2018, have we cleaned up his mess. Cheney should be prosecuted as a war criminal at The Hague. Maybe he will die in prison like Slobodan Milosovich. We would be so lucky. All of our recent presidents are corrupt and evil, so it is this chapter in American history in which we live. It is tiring, although Hollyweird is trying. Tony Bennett always has been my favorite jazz singer second to Joe Williams. He was awarded the Gershwin prize and he deserves it. That was a nice band, and the eccentric pianists had feel out the whazoo. Tony's pianist didn't swing that much, but his interpretation of words is Frankian, or perhaps better. Bennian. I enjoyed the show at the DAR Constitutional Hall. The acoustics were impeccable, and the sound was rich, full, and full of life. G-Phan was on her regular game and "The Words Did Not Get in the Way." For a middle-aged man and single, those gals were punk. It is a tragedy that Amy Winehouse died. America may be the best country in the world, as Tony saith, but we have a long way to go to even catch up to our former glory. What we have are rich kids having fun. I want to say this emphatically now. The new CEO policy, CEO's being paid exponentially more than anyone else, for their influence on Segal Street? All ready it has become apparent that if you don't PAY employees who do a job, the company will fail. All of them will fail, because you need employees to do jobs that CEO's and their rich kids can't do. Trump. (Subliminal messaging) Not Gump. Trump. Trump is the example. Slavery. Do nothing at the top, and fire all of your employees because revenue is being created by bubbles and futures. Eventually your company will die, because no longer is it a company. Companies have employees, diverse rosters of intelligent, talented, willing, artists who create content and lead the world. When you pare down you company, eliminate these jobs, and refuse to pay anyone, then you get, well WalMart. Sam is turning over in his grave. If you don't PAY sound engineers, lighting technicians, and grips, you won't have a quality show. You will have Steven (or is it Stephan?) Colbert. Lousy sound, no boom mic, no AKG or Sennheiser on the desk, and amateur lavaliers. I had to stop watching a fruity drummer in a Brokeback Mountain cowboy hat. Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, and Steven all of show-worthy talent. James Corden sings as well as anyone, and he knows the songs as well as the artists. Car Pool Karioke is the highpoint of his show, and Madonna to this day makes me hot. Why? Not because of her button-pushing, but because she understands music and dance. The choreography is just as important as the music, and while she or Brittany may not be the most capable of vocalists, they do understand and feel what they are singing. It is visual, and I am becoming more visual, a visual artist. A poet, don't know it. A Jackson. A Johnson, on a farm in Iowa seducing Clint Eastwood, or Johann Johannson Johnson, aka Jerimiah Johannson big boobies. Without job descriptions, work, and a concept, no company can exist. Renderman just cannot do all the work. The slavery concept that has been emerging in America is not new. It is our soul. Affluent dickheads that believe that slaves should work for free for their gain? It is why Abraham Lincoln said "Nay!" (and hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives on our native soil) Remember that? It draws nigh.