Tracks

Yet. Another. Blog.


I'm suddenly envisioning a far future in which a successor species is conducting extensive archaeological digs to learn about the long-extinct human race, only to find that somewhere in the early 21st century there is a complete cessation of any physical cultural record. They'll either think we were telepathic or illiterate, at least until they find mountains of fossilized screenplays in the Los Angeles dump and know for sure it's the second one.


 Here's what no alien or apian race will ever know about me:

• This Sublime Dance on AOL-Journals (out of commission...but don't worry, I have Word docs)
• An unnamed blog on MySpace (remember MySpace? How I'm filled with nostalgia for 2006)
•  Radical Transparency here on Blogger (all of two posts, intended to be anonymous and oooh, subversive!)
•  Will Busker on Xanga
• Side Work Online on Blogger
• AOL Shopping Trends & Advice (I get paid for this one if you can believe it)

How about some goddamn craziness to get this started off right? As I'm writing this, I recalled that I once had a Yahoo GeoCities homepage back in 2001 that boasted my first ever blog (before anyone ever called it a blog). Among other musings, it actually contained my thoughts and feelings about the breakup of my engagement.

I decided to see if I could dig it up and list it above, especially since I haven't visited it in at least four or five years. So I ventured over to GeoCities, only to find this notice. If you're too lazy to follow the link, it says that "GeoCities is closing on October 26, 2009." As in 9 minutes ago. 

You can't make this stuff up. Not that I'll really miss the content that was posted there, but one way or another it's gone for good, leaving no discernible trace. I'm slowly being erased...like Marty McFly.

Anyhow, my intent here isn't to evoke nihilistic head-slapping. No, quite the opposite: I want to once more drop a milemarker onto the (digital) landscape so I or anyone with a net connection can look back and notice a passage. 

And, if necessary, navigate a similar course.

Here's the latest:

• I am hard at work on a screenplay called Tracks, with an anticipated 1st draft completion date of November 2. Yes, next Monday. With the assistance of co-creator John Oropallo, I fully intend to have Tracks in the hands of a production team by January 2010. 

• I am performing with my beloved Ariana Hall on Tuesday, October 27, sometime between 8:30-10, at Room 5, upstairs at 143 N. La Brea in Hollywood. We're part of a Beatles tribute evening, with several of LA's best singer/songwriter talent paying homage to the greatest band in history. $10 entry goes to charity, come out and see us!

• Storeytime a cappella group continues to rehearse in anticipation of accepting more gigs around the LA area and forwarding the inspirational effort of Patrick Storey to become a professional singer with autism. We just completed recording our demo reel with 3-time Grammy winning engineer Anton Pukshansky at Beta Records. We made our debut recently at the 2nd annual An Evening for Autism benefit in Newport Beach.

• I sing on Sundays with the magnificent Choir of St. Matthew's Episcopalian Church, Pacific Palisades. Having been bred in choral traditions throughout high school and college, getting to sing with this choir is like returning home. That I'm a paid staff member is beyond a blessing.

That's all for now. I'm going to go tuck in my girl and prepare for another day full of possibility tomorrow.

JS