December showed up rapidly on the heels of November, so this is a not-November post. The important point is that book progress has been … actually very good. The stubborn section is on the ropes, nearly done as the year closes. One more main section to finish in 2026 to have it done.
And it is in fact the most wonderful time of the year … I don’t like a lot of rock Christmas songs, but there is this one:
Still working … will be back in November … and am happy to see the return of the band Rush in the near future.
August just ended, and I’m still plugging away on a stubborn book section. Will be back in a month. Right now, it’s good to note that it is still summer and here’s a great musical expression of it. This is honestly better than the original:
It is July indisputably. Even in my imagination it is no longer June. Still here, still working on one particular book section as previously mentioned. Will be back in August.
I hope everyone enjoys the 4th here in the U.S. And with heavy metal’s founders about to do their big farewell show, here’s a good musical closer:
Squeezing this post into June 1 (hey, it was still May when this weekend began). I’ve mentioned previously that I’d gotten a section of the script book basically done. Glad to say that the next section I’ve been working on is looking like it shall be done soon. So I look forward to posting in June (because in my imagination this is being written in May), with an update on that.
Been listening to Bill Nelson’s band Be Bop Deluxe a lot lately. This is an amazing performance by him with his more recent band The Gentlemen Rocketeers:
Been more than a bit of a hectic past month, and I’m still plugging away as mentioned last time. Here’s looking forward to the rest of March and April, and I’ll be back in May.
And let’s close this post with a great performance by a fantastic band in their prime:
The time does fly at the end of the year, 2024 was no exception, and I hope that the holidays were restful for everyone.
I mentioned I was focusing on one script book section in particular back in November’s post. I’m glad to say that that part is 98% done, and it’s the rest that I’m working on right now. I’ll be back with another update in February. Meanwhile, here’s a musical closer by two phenomenal guitarists:
The work goes on. Getting the script book out in the fall was the plan, but it has stubbornly managed to not be complete. Oh well, monthly updates will happen here until it’s all done and I can provide a definite release date.
Been working a lot on one section in particular, and it will be a big step toward being done when that part is completed. I’ll be back in December, and let’s close this post with a great live performance by Rush of one of their best songs:
Surfacing just briefly to say that I’m plugging away at the script book right now … will have more to say on that next month.
Meanwhile, courtesy of Talk Talk, here’s some advice that never fades:
I never met Roger Corman, but I did once get a nice email from his assistant. I had reached out to him because Wyott Ordung, credited for Robot Monster’s script, directed one of Corman’s earliest features Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954). A pretty decent movie for its budget, I believe, even if the monster could have been better. The windy, oceanside atmosphere of the movie gave it a certain something that put it above a number of the cheap ‘50s monster movies.
In any case, Roger Corman was a real force of nature in how he got so many movies completed and successfully released on low budgets, while jumpstarting the careers of so many in the film industry. And, by the way, his 1990 autobiography is a great read. Here’s a Monster from the Ocean Floor preview:
Rest in peace.
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