Okay I did it. Now what? I posted 52 blog posts in 52 weeks. A few times I wrote them in bunches and I also went a few weeks without writing any. What it amounts to is 52 in a year, which is just what the goal was.
Publishing is fun, I just don't like writing about it.
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As much as I want to keep the subject around publishing, I lean on music and film to get me through. There’s so much concentrated in one song or film that I can barely capture a complete thought in 500 words. Still, it makes for a better read than book marketing or Amazon statistics.
Did you know that session drummer legend Hal Blaine played on a Steely Dan song? Yep: “Any World (That I’m Welcome To)" from the Katy Lied album. In a biography of Steely Dan, I read that they used him because they wanted to use Hal Blaine on something.
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Understandable, but I wish it had been “Rikki Don’t Lode That Number” or another early track that would have been more interesting with his melodic stylings on the drums.
I digress again. Music this time.
I can’t wait to watch The Devil and Daniel Webster, the 1941 film directed by William Dieterle. I’ve never seen it, but a friend says I have to see it, especially around Halloween. Duly noted, although it’s been on my Halloween list for about ten years running.
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I’ll get back to publishing soon enough. I’m working on Volume II of Unruly Mix, and it’s going well, just taking a long time. I’ll keep you posted.
In the meantime, have you ever heard Nick Heyward’s North of a Miracle album?