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Thursday 19th 2006f October 2006

Still Here, Relax

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, posted by Anthony around mid-afternoon.

Ok, ok, settle down. I’ve been busy, all right? Sometimes I just don’t have time to sit down to write a blog entry. Even now I don’t really have time, but I seem to be doing it anyway. The site is a bit topsy-turvy at the moment – posts with pictures embedded a certain way are causing the whole thing to crash, so there’ll be no pictures in this entry even though I have a few appropriate ones. It looks like I need to go back and re-edit old posts which will take a while. All the movie reviews are offline at the moment, among other things.

Among the photos I would put up if I could is one of my new first-cousin-once-removed Shannon, born to my cousin Catherine and her husband Barry in Kentucky. Congratulations! They got married within a few months of Eleanor and Jim and it’s good to see they’re keeping up in other departments too.

So what have I been busy doing? Well, no sooner had Shea returned to Bristol than my friends Thomas and Cathal showed up to stay with me for a while. Cathal’s brother lives in Manhattan and is also named Anthony, which was somewhat confusing to me, but I muddled through. His aunt was also in the city so he was hanging out with family a fair amount of the time he was here. Thomas has always been a bit of a classical music enthusiast so they spent a number of evenings going to various operas and concerts.

We went to see The Departed along with the rival Anthony. It’s a fairly startling film. I’m going to go see it again tonight to see if I can figure out what I think about it. Maybe I’ll report back about that. I had a good time hanging out with the guys when I had a chance to. They’ll each be providing guest entries in time, hopefully with fuller accounts of their days. Maybe I’ll have it together to add photographs at that point.

After they left I had a few days before another crowd of visitors descended, although on this occasion their presence had nothing to so with me. They were a bunch (there’s probably a better collective verb) of foley artists come down from Canada to perform live at the Lincoln Centre as part of the New York Film Festival. They were with Brand Upon The Brain, directed by Guy Maddin. It’s a silent film to be shown with an entire soundtrack created live alongside it. In NYC there was an 11 part orchestra and narration by Isabella Rossellini as well as the foley provided by Andy Malcolm, Caoimhe Doyle and Goro Koyama.

I’ve known Caoimhe for years. She worked at Ardmore Sound at the same time I did. She was an assistant on a couple of films I worked on and then went on to become an accomplished foley arist. Andy is an incredible foley artist with a list of credits as long as your arm. He’s an old friend of Patrick Drummond’s and used to come over to to Ireland whenever we had a big budget Hollywood movie to do foley for, sometimes bringing Goro with him. Also along was their mixer Don White who I had met when he came over with Andy and Goro to do the foley for The Good Thief where as the foley editor I worked with the lot of them and was able to take credit for all their hard work. This is not a joke.

Tickets for this performance were completely sold out almost as soon as they went on sale, so I wasn’t able to get one. Luckily myself, Maeve (who had assisted alongside Caoimhe on the movie On The Edge back in 2001) and Maeve’s fiancee Jordan were allowed to sit in on the full rehearsal the morning of the show. A personal performance! It was incredible – a unique experience to say the least. Here’s a review from the Toronto performance.

The previous day I had met with the crew for lunch and dragged them around from Ground Zero all the way up to the West Village – a lightning tour of some of New York. I had lunch with them again after the rehearsal and I was invited to the closing party of the festival, but by the time they had finished and gone there it was nearly miodnight. I had to be in work the next day so I had to decline. It was a flying visit – hopefully it will be longer next time.

Now available to buy is the fruits of some my recent labour, the PS2 game Bully. I think it comes out in Europe fairly soon, although it’s called “Canis Canem Edit” there (any definitive word on how to pronounce this is welcomed). I believe Tony Blair was asked a question about it yesteday, which seems like a strange mangling of priorities. It’s pretty tame, but it does have a current score of 90 on Metacritic, which is nice. As well as cutting a chunk of the dialogue and generally managing the production audio assets I also provide the voice for the character “Chuck”. So if you’re wandering around the industrial area of town and you see a construction worker who appears to have an incongruous Irish accent feel free to give him a belt. I’ll let you know if I feel it in a mysterious voodoo like fashion.

I’ve been pre-qualified for a mortgage so soon I will start looking at one bedroom apartments in Brooklyn to buy in earnest. Wish me luck!

Comments on "Still Here, Relax"

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At 11:01 pm on Thursday 19th 2006f October 2006, Babs stated

I WOULD comment right now but I’m busy weeping into my Mets towel. Wahhhhhhhh!!

Oh ok—good luck with the mortgage, but, um, BROOKLYN?? Jeez even the Bronx would be better!!
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At 9:33 pm on Saturday 21st 2006f October 2006, Ivan was compelled to share

Good to have you back, good luck with the mortgage, dont get a credit card with it. Bullys out eh.? hmmm
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At 10:18 am on Sunday 22nd 2006f October 2006, Peter stated

It’s kanis kanem eddit, as I could have told you had I got through to you on the day. Know what you mean about The Departed, hurry up and write a review so I’ll know what to think about it.
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At 11:36 am on Sunday 22nd 2006f October 2006, Daragh imparted

First time for Anthony! : To think twice about writing a comment about a Scorcesse film. Lets remember, he’s still, to this day, the only person I know who liked ‘Gangs of New York’. ‘The Departed’ starts off with a cracking tune from the ‘Stones’, de capaccuino is actually not that bad in it too (normally I wanna strangle the little fecker!). Jack, as always, plays himself, but yea, know whatcha mean Anto – It’s got me interested to see the original film- ‘internal affairs’ or something.

.....The Departed?

Lets just say don’t read too much into the hype, e.g it’s the next ‘Goodfellas’ excetera, excetera, excetera.
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At 12:23 pm on Monday 23rd 2006f October 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD discoursed

Hey Anthony…good luck with the mortgage. I’m joining the home owning brigade myself.

Enrique’s diary makes excellent reading:

http://www.salsaland.blogspot.com/
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At 1:37 pm on Monday 23rd 2006f October 2006, shea felt the urge to write

Hi Anthony, well done on the pre-approval and good luck with the apartment hunting, i hope that giant TV will fit in!
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At 3:01 am on Tuesday 24th 2006f October 2006, daragh wanted everyone to know

Ah yes, were all settling in nicely now, slaves to mortgages, it just gets easier and easier.
Think I wanna join James in Salsaland!
Hey James ‘Lets shoot the rehersal’.
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At 8:34 am on Tuesday 24th 2006f October 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD proclaimed

A new installment from Enrique: in which Enrique drinks too much and thinks he’s George Costanza (well, kind of…)

http://www.salsaland.blogspot.com/
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At 8:35 am on Tuesday 24th 2006f October 2006, Ivan was inspired to add

So did I make the cut? If so where can I be found? Who did my voice? So many quetions and no PS2!
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At 2:52 pm on Tuesday 24th 2006f October 2006, Anthony announced

Oh, you’re in. Wander around the school.
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At 3:33 pm on Tuesday 24th 2006f October 2006, Nigel stated

Ah so I’m part of a growing club then? I imagine you’re in for a hard time Anthony. Isn’t Manhattan one of the few places on the planet that’s even more expensive than London? Buy near a park if you can. It’s my walks to work through Regents Park that keep me sane!
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At 3:35 pm on Tuesday 24th 2006f October 2006, Nigel was inspired to add

Oh and speaking of new releases … tune in to BBC1 on Nov 2nd to see “The State Within”. You’ll be able to see it soonish on BBC America yourself.
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At 7:55 am on Monday 30th 2006f October 2006, JIMI, M.A Hons decided it was worth pointing out

Guy Maddin? Wow. Have you seen his film “The SAddest Music in the World?”. Truly bizarre. And I mean that as a compliment…
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At 4:49 am on Tuesday 31st 2006f October 2006, daragh realised it was important that we all should understand

‘A Good Year’ – not a Vintage one – critics have slated it big time – but yea, not a bad year all the same.
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At 6:56 am on Tuesday 31st 2006f October 2006, daragh imparted

Has ‘The Departed’, departed yet?
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At 11:30 am on Tuesday 31st 2006f October 2006, Anthony was inspired to add

Wild horses couldn’t drag me to A Good Year with that trailer. Plus it’s directed by Ridley Scott, who just doesn’t make good movies.

The Departed clings on. Now I think it’s a masterpiece. I actually reviewed it. I haven’t done that for over a year.
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At 4:24 am on Wednesday 01st 2006f November 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD professed

If Anthony doesn’t like ‘A Good Year’, then the odds are it’s a good film. I’m sure even the right honourable Anthony will appreciate my logic…

Enrique’s adventures continue…

http://www.salsaland.blogspot.com/
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At 9:40 am on Tuesday 07th 2006f November 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD decided it was worth pointing out

Jeez, it’s quiet in here. Much more action in my friend Enrique’s blog…

http://salsaland.blogspot.com/
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At 11:17 am on Wednesday 08th 2006f November 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD was compelled to share

Anthony>> commiserations on the poor performance of your beloved GOP. Chin up, old boy. Everything will be all right.

Hang in there buddy, we’re thinking of you in this, your darkest hour…
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At 11:06 am on Thursday 16th 2006f November 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD stated

Hello?
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At 12:35 pm on Thursday 16th 2006f November 2006, Anthony discoursed

Hello.
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At 1:21 pm on Thursday 16th 2006f November 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD realised it was important that we all should understand

Goodbye?
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At 4:50 am on Friday 17th 2006f November 2006, daragh wanted everyone to know

Got a Beatles thing going here?
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At 9:26 am on Friday 17th 2006f November 2006, JIMI, M.A PhD decided it was worth pointing out

Affirmative.
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At 12:56 am on Saturday 18th 2006f November 2006, Babs testified

Affirmative?? I never heard that one. Which album is it on??

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Thursday 19th 2006f October 2006

Still Here, Relax

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