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August 2024

Teaching An Audio Workshop At A Porn Company
As you can imagine it takes a while to get used to talking to a room full of people as muted hardcore porn plays on the giant monitors in the back of…
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Was I Insane?
Why I Toured With My Films And Books
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Celebrating A Friend
Gary Ferrington was a retired Professor as well as a wonderful writer and photographer, a tireless advocate for Music and the Arts, and an all around…
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July 2024

The Joys of Reading For Pleasure
I was such a nerd that I formed a book club in the fifth grade with a few other kids. We would meet on Saturdays to talk about books. Did I mention I…
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Amazon Is My Printer Not My Publisher!
As an Independent Author, I supply my books to the bookstores. I do my own publicity, make my own travel arrangements, and find a place to stay. Amazon…
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My Father Passed Away 5 years Ago This Week
His comment to me when I was young and wild was, “I figure you’ve probably done worse and not been caught so this is a good lesson. I’m behind you 100…
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Psycho Remake and Old Conversations
I shared a cutting room with Dick Oswald, who had started his career at Universal and cut sound on Psycho. Of course I had to ask, “What was the…
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June 2024

It Seemed Like A Great Idea…
I stupidly thought I could knock this out in a month. Once I started, I realized I couldn’t half-ass any of the stories. I need to do it right and make…
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Fifty Years And Counting...
I look at my Toyota Land Cruiser and still see that 17 year old kid who thought it would be a good car to buy back in 1974. It was $1700’s well spent.
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I Do Not Like Elevators
I was in an elevator once that got stuck. It was an outdoor elevator in Seattle on a hot sunny day. The elevator suddenly stopped in the middle of its…
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Five Films I (Still) Watch Every Year
Yes, we have to look beyond Charlton Heston playing a Mexican detective, but without Heston, Welles doesn’t get hired to direct.
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