T-56 Days to Go 23 November 2012 Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

T-56 Days to Go

23 November 2012

Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

Goal:  2 hours per day working on the film

Details: 

·     Processed new donations

·     Compared donation addresses to TQ mailing list

·     Wrote thank-you cards for new donations

·     Explored screening plans

·     Planned way forward to fine cut

Total time:  2 hours

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice

Details:

·     Warm up – MojoCaster

·     It’s Your Thing

·     Granby Street

·     Cissy Strut

·     Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

·     Fretboard Domination

·     Grace City Sunday Set List

Total time:  60 Minutes

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day

Body Opus Week 13 

Recovery and recomposition

Total time:  

Goal:  30 Minutes  “Tangential Endeavors”

“Documentary Storytelling” – Videomaker DVD

                                                                                                             

“The Trouble With TQ” Donor Roll

Name                     Premium Level

Carrie J. Hughes                      Fan

Toni Fesel                                Fan +

Minnie Thomas                       Patron

Nancy Dixon                           Fan

Mary Emmert                          Fan

Bruce McKenna                      Supporter

Eugene Strelka                        Fan+

Fr. John Dorgan                      Patron 

William J. Griggs                    Supporter

John & Katie Zawacki            Fan

Eileen Kanzler                        Supporter

Hank & Claire Tessandori       Fan

Pete & Margie Langlands       Fan

HaveScripts.com                    Supporter

Richard Mooney                    Supporter

Rev. Francis J. Gargani           Fan     

Hal & Sally Neher                  Patron

William T. Prince                     Patron

Tom & Mary McFeely            Fan

Linda & Garry Cooke             Patron

Ed & Maureen Marroni           Fan

Sal Vitale                                Fan

Kathleen Waugh                     Supporter+

Joseph McDonough                Patron

Jone Langlands                       Fan

Young Ja Jun                          Fan

Mary Minkowski                    Fan

Rev. David Ungerleider          Fan

Prodigal Altar Boy Blog - Why Do Ron Paul's Racist Ties Continue to Go Ignored?

Prodigal Altar Boy Blog

6 February 2012

Movie Work

Digitized Zoom footage of telephone interview with TQ in 2009.  This interview was the basis for the paper, “Fool for Christ,” which was the initial thesis paper for the film.

Watched Karen Everett’s week 12 module of “The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary.”  This final installment covered editing tips for the fine cut.

Reviewed “The Mind Map Book” by Tony Buzan

Music Work

Warm-ups on the MojoCaster

Pat Metheny Etudes – Ex. #1 bars 1-8 25X (MojoCaster)

Practiced all eight bars as one piece.  Next step would be to add bars 9-12.

Dies Irae (October Guitars Annihilator)

Played the piece twenty-five times in groups of five.  Did not do any focus work this time because the focus is nailing this on the Annihilator.

Exercise

Kettlebell Work

“5X5” Workout

Kettlebell Swings:   5 reps per side – 5 sets with 45lb kettlebell

Kettlebell Snatches 5 reps per side – 5 sets with 45lb kettlebell

Kettlebell Squats with Military Press at the top:  5 reps – 5 sets with a pair of 45lb kettlebells

Notes

The uberhacker group, “Anonymous” gave African-Americans a Black History Month present last week.  While the din from the outcry over the leaked FBI conference call reached a fever pitch, scant attention was paid to the 1 February hack of the white supremacist group, American Third Party (A3P).  “Anonymous” hacked A3P’s private forum messages, emails, and organization notes only to find (wait for it), Ron Paul!  Yeah!  WHY isn’t that in the mainstream media?  Check out the story here, and here, as well as here.

I don’t want to spoil you surfing pleasure on the above links, but check out this excerpt from the Care2 site:

In a document dump that includes private forum messages, emails, organization notes and other information, the group found numerous connections between Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and A3P. According to the documents, all hosted here, Paul himself regularly met with many A3P members, engaged in conference calls with their board of directors and engaged in a “bridging tactic” between A3P and the Ron Paul Revolution.
Other excerpts show A3P webmaster Jamie Kelso (whose email account was one hacked by the collective) coordinating meeting between Paul and other members of A3P such as corporate lawyer and chairman of the neo-Nazi group Paul. “I’m going to go to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with Bill Johnson,” reads an email to an A3P member dated January 2011. “Bill and I will be meeting with Ron and Ran Paul. I have a teleconference call with Bill (and Ron Paul) tonight. Much more later. Things are starting to happen (thanks to folks like you).”
Yes, Ron “thanks” to you.   Stay alert, folks.
Peace
p.s.:  I promised you I had not forgotten about Ron Paul.

Deliver me not into the hand of my adversaries,
    for false witnesses have risen up against me,
    and also those who speak malice.    

T-53 Days To Go - 2011 - Last 100 Days

2011 – Last 100 Days

Countdown

T-53 Days To Go

8 November 2011

 

 

Goal:  1 hour per day working on the film

Details: 

Finished logging all of the digitized tape footage

Watched Karen Everett video, Story Doctor Kit - "Fixing Problems with Your Rough Cut”

Total time:  1 hour

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice

Details:

Warm-up on the MojoCaster

Pat Metheny – Exercise #1 bars 1-4

“Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” – Living Colour version - Intro

 “It’s Your Thing” – Isley Brothers

“So What” – Miles Davis

D-sus riff work

Total time:  45 minutes

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day

Interval training on the elliptical

Time: 30 minutes

Goal:  15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie

Details:

“Granby Street”  2X on the acoustic, working in the lyrics and ending.

 “Dies Irae” – 20X, followed by dyad and climbing octave work

Am – D7 chord progression followed by

A Dorian riff work

Rhythm work on the E – B/D# - C#m – A  progression

R and B chord progression work

Total Time:  45 minutes

Last 100 Days Countdown - T-56 Days To Go!

2011 – Last 100 Days

Countdown

T-56 Days To Go

5 November 2011

 

Goal:  1 hour per day working on the film

Details: 

Digitized  additional footage from a May 2011 interviews Kathleen and  Jean.  (one tape)

Digitized remaining tapes (three tapes)

Moved Zoom files from memory card to hard drive.

Watched Karen Everett video, “How to Open the Character-Driven Documentary”

Total time:  4 hours

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice

Details:

Roland-Ready Strat  warm-up

Pat Metheny – Exercise #1 bars 1-4 with metronome (60bpm)

 “It’s Your Thing” – Isley Brothers

“Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” – Living Colour version

Total time:  30 minutes

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day

Active rest

Goal:  15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie

Details:

“Granby Street” – lyric swap/brought all verses earlier

Rhythm work on the E – B/D# - C#m – A  progression

R&B chord progression work

A-Dorian riff work

Am-D7 chord work to match up with A Dorian riff

Total Time:  30 minutes

Notes:

 Spent time de-cluttering the basement and making a workspace for the start of editing.