Author: Philip Luckey
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Good news, uncertain news
The good news: I finished shooting and editing the documentary, now titled “Spiral Fugue.” The other news: I’m leaving Creative Resources to go work at Atomic Films in Chattanooga, doing video editing and post-production. I don’t know at this time what that means for the future and/or usage of this hour-long documentary. Hopefully, time will tell!
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More music interviews & shoots
This week I’ll be interviewing Bob Bernhardt (conductor); visiting a Shaking Ray Levi Society music event; and either getting some African Rock or some Mountain Opry perspectives.
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The Reckless Life
Here’s a treat: a modern picture of me with hair… though not actual hair. Earlier this year (March & April) I had a role (in fact, three roles) in a play called “Reckless” (by Craig Lucas), in the Circle Theatre at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. One of my characters was an insincere, smarmy game show host…
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Sculpting
To catch y’all up on some artistic backlog… I worked on some sculptures in clay back in the fall (1999) and spring (2000). The big bone-looking thing is supposed to be, well, a big bone. (Our model was from a cow, probably a leg or jaw or something.) My main project this spring…
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Musing on music
Sure, music’s a lot of fun. And the convergence of computers with music has certainly been interesting so far. Take MP3s, for example. I thought the connection with Suzanne Vega was fascinating (thanks to King for the forward – link broken now, but discussed the influence of Suzanne Vega on the actual coding of the MP3 standard). Ok,…
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Riverbend 2000 + Carmina
Riverbend has begun. I’m looking forward to seeing Susan Werner perform on Wednesday (and perhaps get an interview with her for my ever-continuing music documentary). Here I am with Susan back in 1995. I’ve started working again on my Community Communication Project. Perhaps I can go ahead and change human society in my free time. And here is the…
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Music documentary?
I’m putting together a documentary on the diversity of music, using a nonlinear narrative style (look at it this way: instead of being told like a story, in a straight line, this look at music unfolds like a spiral staircase). It will probably be somewhat similar to the “Noteworthy” mini-series I created back in 1990-1991.…
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SF 2000, Day 6
(Due to an Earthlink/Mindspring outage the update was posted later than planned. ) I”ve updated the design of my daily updates, hoping to make it more read-able. I spent much of the day at the Macworld Expo in the Moscone Center, downtown San Francisco. It’s not as big as NAB/Las Vegas, but it certainly is…
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SF 2000, Day 5
It was actually overcast this morning — the first non-bright-blue-sky treatment I’ve seen since last Friday. And it rained, at least enough that I could see the raindrops; evidently this is the first significant precipitation in three weeks. By the time I left the apartment, though, the familiar blue sky had emerged. This afternoon I took a tour through the…
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SF 2000, Day 4
Today’s travels took me across the famed Golden Gate Bridge (The Big Red One) to Marin County (turns out it’s pronounced mare-IN). But first, we ate lunch at Joe’s Grill on Clement Street (though some people call it Bill’s Place) where I had a perfect bacon-BBQ-cheeseburger. King, his wife Gwen and I went to Muir Woods, part of the California…
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SF 2000, Day 3
Another day surveying the San Francisco Bay area. Today King drove us over the Bay Bridge to Oakland, then Berkeley, and then over a big hill and some twisty roads which eventually led us back to San Francisco. I visited my first California grocery store (a Safeway). And slept. (For more info on The City,…
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New Year’s Day 2000 in SF
New Year’s Day. First day of The Big Rollover. I’m not taking any strong stands on “New Millennium” vs. “2001 as the true mathematical heir” — it is The Big Rollover from 1999 to 2000 and that’s enough for me. For those of you just tuning in — I’m in San Francisco, California. Today King…
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New Year’s Eve in San Francisco
I arrived in San Francisco after some 12 hours of travel (by van to Nashville, flight to Dallas, flight to SFO). Gwen retrieved me from the airport and took me to the current Rhoton West establishment — a spacious apartment located a block from the edge of Golden Gate Park and some 10-12 blocks from…
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Starting 2000 in San Francisco
I’m busy packing, getting ready to head out to San Francisco for the first week of the New Year. King and Gwen are my hosts for this California adventure. Tune in to this page to check out some of the things I see & do in SanFran. Here’s where I’ll be staying. Look very closely…
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The Dynamic Figure
In looking through a stack of papers on my desk, I found this marvelous self-description — not written by me or about me, but it was sent to me (from Gwen) back in ’97: “This is an actual essay written by a college applicant to NYU. The author was accepted and is now attending NYU.…
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Stillness, peace, and hope
Ah, Monday. Almost December, but you knew that. No sculpture class this upcoming month (I’ll post pix of my sculpted works here after they’ve been fired and scanned); no tap lessons, either (just wait ’til next year). But I am practicing to sing in Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Church of the Good Shepherd choir (up…
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Being or not too being
I have to say that I highly recommend “Being John Malkovich.” I found it surprising, funny, twisted. Can’t wait to see how the Saturday morning cartoon version turns out.
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Renewal
Yes, I’ve finally begun a renewal of my web site. (Y’know, once a year or so <grin>). So far today I’ve laid the groundwork for the past section. Later this week, more work on present and future. I’m expecting to make available an ongoing journal of my upcoming trip to San Francisco for New Year’s…
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Another beginning.
As the poster that hangs on my living room wall says: Time is a whisper. I guess you could say I’m very accustomed to new beginnings … to adapting a fresh existence out of the remnants of my old life. Once again, I’m trying to “turn it all around” and make sense from the chaos…
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The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
This past summer I got to drop my pants in public…and people paid to see it! The name of the Chattanooga Theatre Centre play was “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” directed by Suzanne Smartt. In case it’s not obvious from the picture, I’m portraying a German Gestapo agent pretending to be an Irish tenor…
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From Sterling To Signal View
I’ve been in my new apartment almost one complete month. In case you haven’t heard, I finally moved from my tiny, 200-square-foot efficiency in Riverview to a modern apartment off Mountain Creek Road. It only took some seven years for that transition, but it was worth it. If you ever had the opportunity to visit…
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Naming the dead, without dread
It was more a firing line than a Vietnam skirmish. Assembled in a fairly straight line of chairs placed side by side, the seven of us sat facing an actual live audience — awaiting their reaction while trying not to anticipate it. I spent last Friday and Saturday night engaged in this ritual. Our goal…