2011
last 100 days
Countdown:
71 Days
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Day: 29
20
October 2011
- Goal - 1 hour per day doing some work on the movie:
Karen Everett video: The five stages of post-production
Karen Everett video:
Creating the dramatic arc
Contacted patrice for phon interview on integration at St. Vincent’s
- Time: 60 minutes
- Goal: 30 minutes per day basic music work:
Warm ups on the MojoCaster
“Granby Street” lyric swap
Dies Irae work. Focus
on dyad and octave work.
Total time: 30 minutes
- Goal: 15 minutes per day (minimum) exercise:
Kettlebell swings – 10X5 (per side) 45 lbs
Kettlebell snatch -
10X5 (per side) 45 lbs
Double Kettlebell squat – 5X5 90 lbs (2X45lbs)
Total time: 24
minutes
- Goal: 15 minutes per day (minimum) scoring work for the movie:
“So What” - Miles Davis
“It's Your Thing” - Isley
Brothers
“Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing”
- Living Colour
D-sus work
R&B chordal texture work
E-B/D#-C#m-A chordal work
Total time: 30 minutes
Notes:
I know the earlier links are getting a little stale, so
here’s a recent link that sums up much of the weirdness
about the Occupy Movement. Glance
over it, get a chuckle, get mad, whatever.
I think I was ranting a bit about coverage
of Occupy Baltimore in the Baltimore Sun.
I was amused by the Sun’s coverage of Occupy Baltimore, where the writer
noted (almost with disdain) that none of the protesters would say how long they
would keep it up. Contrast that with the
next day’s coverage of the Grand Prix, where (surprise, surprise) the
Baltimore Grand Prix didn’t pull in as much cash as the promoters projected. It seems that if you spend a lot of time (and
cash) courting the media, even when you blow it, your friends in the media will
give you a pass. Grand Prix organizers
projected $70 million would come to the
city as a result of the race. A pair of
UMBC professors estimated the financial impact was in the neighborhood of $20
million.
Race supporters took a three-pronged approach to damage
control, first, they declared, “…the
city's final analysis would be the best gauge of the race's success.”
Really? So what you’re telling me is
that Baltimore City, who has a vested interest in spinning the race as a
success, has the final say in determining if the race was indeed a success? That’s grading on the ultimate curve, perhaps they should adopt that philosophy for the
Public Schools’ standardized test results.
Tactic two is to cast dispersions on the
document. Councilman William H Cole IV,
wouldn’t discount the results outright, but did find, “… their report "rushed and absolutely flawed.” He took issue with the sampling, specifically
that hotel, restaurant and travel data
weren’t included in the study.
Tactic three is to come out with your own data, and
for that, the city’s tourism bureau, Visit Baltimore, will team with a research
firm, Forward Analytics to release a, “comprehensive economic impact analysis by late October or early November.” Can’t wait to see it.
All I can say to the Occupy Baltimore folks is they
need to get on the stick and start playing nice with the media. Print up a few flyers announcing that your protest will generate $20 million
and you plan on occupying McKeldin Square until, well you get the idea. If you want to be taken seriously in this
town, the secret is to over promise, under deliver, and blame someone else for
the results.
I’m not seeing a lot of coverage of religious
reaction to the Occupy Movement. When
that segment finally takes a stand on Occupy, I’m sure it will be tempered by
the findings of this tidbit. Interesting.
