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Diamondville Updated (8/14)
Hi Paul,
Tom's updated Diamondville with the following:
8/14/98
We apologize for being unable to answer all your email. We read it all, and
occasionally will send out a reply, but lately it's just not possible to keep
up. Eventually we'll come up with an all-purpose response for any incoming
message, and we'll begin auto-returning it to you just so you know your
message got through.
One thing we WON'T do, however, is put those doggoned advertising banners on
our pages. They're a personal peeve here--we get annoyed waiting while banner
artwork I didn't ask for is loading from some distant overworked server. End
of mini-rant.
Aargh---we're still getting lots of email inquiring about tickets. Remember,
we're not in the ticket business, so please don't send us ticket requests. For
ticketing matters, your best bet is to keep watching Ticketmaster online. They
are definitely in the ticket business, but remember that tickets for the fall
tour mostly don't go on
sale until mid-September so they won't be on that case until later.
Lately we've had a slew of requests for interviews with our vocalist, which
we've dutifully forwarded to Neil's publicist, Sherrie Levy. She tells us that
in some cases the email addresses were DOA, meaning that the senders got no
reply from her. If you want to try to make a case for yourself as a gen-u-wine
media person in search of a dialogue, the best approach is to fax an interview
request to Sherrie Levy Public Relations at 212-929-3992. She'll do what she
can to help, but remember that Neil's a pretty busy guy these days.
Geez, it seems like all we're doing today is telling you what we can't do.
Just for balance, we'll close by telling you that we've posted another PBI
story about our recent recording sessions.
PBI PAGE:
Doing Lunch...
Each day during the recording of "As Time Goes By," we headed over to the Fox
studio commissary for lunch. Studio food has a mixed reputation, but Foxfood
was digestible and the surroundings pleasant--and it was right there on the
lot. When I mentioned this to my friends, the question was always, "Did you
see any celebrities?"
In truth, the days of a commissary where one could see Lana Turner chowing
down next to a group of costumed Roman soldiers have become ancient history,
only resuming for a cameo appearance in the food-fight scene at the end of
"Blazing Saddles." And truthfully, the only Fox celebrity I'd probably
recognize today would be Marge Simpson, because of her distinctive hairstyle.
Well, I can only report that I saw no sign of Marge, or any other members of
the Simpson family. However, I did see a lot of men who looked like Mr. Burns.
After lunch, the orchestra whipped through Jonathan Tunick's spiffy
arrangement of "Secret Love," which we were pleased to find was virtually
indistinguishable from our demo arrangement, and Neil delivered another great
vocal, absolutely nailing the high note at the beginning of the bridge.
The orchestra and the vocalist were in fine form for our first day of
recording and we were able to finish ahead of schedule, enabling everyone to
beat the rush hour traffic home. Tomorrow, Alan and I here in the barrel with
our arrangements so our elation was tempered with just a bit of nervousness.
Next: tomorrow.