The Hybrid Cousins.....an e-mail exchange

Hi Trio,
I had big trouble with my computer yesterday and lost all my past e-mails I've collected over the years.
Could you please send your last e-mails again.I got them but my system wasn't back up and running right and I lost them to.
Its been two of the worse days I've had in a long time.
I lost all my contacts I've collected over the years so I have start from scratch and contact whoever I can.
Everything is back to normal now.
I got fireworks back and your cd.Send me your e-mails to me for the last two days again.
...............Lenny

Wow! What happened, Lenny? I am sending emails now.
........................ Trio
Re: Another New painting
Hahaha! Yes, he does look happy. And wacky! Maybe he is wackily happy? or happily wacky? Haha! Another winner from Lenny.
Hey, remember I want to do a movie about an artist and use some of your pics? Got any ideas about a name for him and a brief description like a short bio or a photo of what he should look like. I was thinking maybe Adam Rifkin as a model for his appearance? But any idea will be appreciated. I have plenty of places that I could put an Adam Rifkin character. Maybe the artist that does your pics should be wilder looking. Don't ask me to use you for a model because I don't want to draw anybody I know. It cramps my style and I worry about what they will think.
............................ Trio
Hello, Lenny,
Well, I am sorry to hear about the loss. And you had just installed that CD burner! I guess you are wishing that you had backed up everything to CDs.
You can download my shorts from my Yahoo Group called IttyBittyMovies. I'll send you an invitation from the group so you can join. You don't have to go through the Yahoo ID process unless you want to. Just your email address will get you in. But a Yahoo ID is no problem. It's free and includes a free web page and a free email account. And you can click boxes to avoid being sent any spam, even from Yahoo. I have several Yahoo accounts and they work perfectly.
Well, I hope you get back to normal soon. And I really, really hope that the Dazzle adapter didn't cause your problem. Then I would feel like I contributed to the disaster!
............................ Trio

Hi Trio,
I did something wrong with my computer than screwed it up so much that I had to reinstall windows 98.Dave moved all my files on my d drive so I didn't lose that but he forgot to save me e-mails and I lost four years of contacts,all my e-mails I've saved from the beginning of my internet history.As you might have noticed my e-mails were my journals besides being communications that's why I said so much about myself.Losing them was equal to losing 1/4 of everything I've done in three years.
I had Dave come over twice and another friend Mike once
to help reinstall all my programs,and get everything back to normal.It was a horrorshow.If I hadn't lost all those e-mails(my Data Base) I would have been able to handle it better.The only think right now that gets me feeling better and back in gear is understanding and realizing that everything I lost is very little compared to what other people have and what I stll have left.I've learned to live with disappointment for so long I guess I can handle another couple of pounds.
Can you send me your last few shorts too.I'll make a list of what I have to make sure I have all of them.
Lenny

Wow! What happened, Lenny? I am sending emails now.
........................ Trio
Hi Trio,
I had big trouble with my computer yesterday and lost all my past e-mails I've collected over the years.
Could you please send your last e-mails again.I got them but my system wasn't back up and running right and I lost them to.
Its been two of the worse days I've had in a long time.
I lost all my contacts I've collected over the years so I have start from scratch and contact whoever I can.
Everything is back to normal now.
I got fireworks back and your cd.Send me your e-mails to me for the last two days again.
...............Lenny
Hi Trio,
I did something wrong with my computer than screwed it up so much that I had to reinstall windows 98.Dave moved all my files on my d drive so I didn't lose that but he forgot to save me e-mails and I lost four years of contacts,all my e-mails I've saved from the beginning of my internet history.As you might have noticed my e-mails were my journals besides being communications that's why I said so much about myself.Losing them was equal to losing 1/4 of everything I've done in three years.
I had Dave come over twice and another friend Mike once
to help reinstall all my programs,and get everything back to normal.It was a horrorshow.If I hadn't lost all those e-mails(my Data Base) I would have been able to handle it better.The only think right now that gets me feeling better and back in gear is understanding and realizing that everything I lost is very little compared to what other people have and what I stll have left.I've learned to live with disappointment for so long I guess I can handle another couple of pounds.
Can you send me your last few shorts too.I'll make a list of what I have to make sure I have all of them.
Lenny
Wow! What happened, Lenny? I am sending emails now.
........................ Trio
Hi Trio,
I had big trouble with my computer yesterday and lost all my past e-mails I've collected over the years.
Could you please send your last e-mails again.I got them but my system wasn't back up and running right and I lost them to.
Its been two of the worse days I've had in a long time.
I lost all my contacts I've collected over the years so I have start from scratch and contact whoever I can.
Everything is back to normal now.
I got fireworks back and your cd.Send me your e-mails to me for the last two days again.
...............Lenny

Hi Trio,
Its me again.I've started a new style with my paintings inspired by you.I started to incorporate what little drawing skill I have into the paintings.They turn out really interesting.
I'm not sure what you mean but I have an idea.
The artists name could be Sidney Hipple.That was the name I used to use for them and one of my charactor names in my stories.
Bio:Sidney Hipple is an artist who has very limited drawing ability and no training in art.Because of this he is not accepted in the art community because they have all gone to college and studied the masters.Sidney has an interest in some past well known painters but very little.Only when he happens to see something of someone.He doesn't go looking at art that often.He creates paintings using a method known only to him.He lives alone with his cat?In life he is developing a method for himself to prevent his past from becoming his future.He is not motivated by spite or anger.He is associated with what you might call a secret society of people trying to bringing more harmony in their lives and into the world.They are in the world but not of it.They are called The Invisible Society.
That's all I can think of right now.
Speaking of painting I'm gonna do some before I got out tonite to the one minute movie.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Another New painting
Hahaha! Yes, he does look happy. And wacky! Maybe he is wackily happy? or happily wacky? Haha! Another winner from Lenny.
Hey, remember I want to do a movie about an artist and use some of your pics? Got any ideas about a name for him and a brief description like a short bio or a photo of what he should look like. I was thinking maybe Adam Rifkin as a model for his appearance? But any idea will be appreciated. I have plenty of places that I could put an Adam Rifkin character. Maybe the artist that does your pics should be wilder looking. Don't ask me to use you for a model because I don't want to draw anybody I know. It cramps my style and I worry about what they will think.
............................ Trio

Hey Trio,
I do have my therm high.I don't like the cold.I leave a high window open for Punchie when I can and keep the heat low when I'm not home.She's getting cool when she gets to go out.She comes after I call her a few times.
I'm recording more now and will have a chance to continue my musical bio with narratives.Claudia will certainly be included.You'll hear it all and more sometime.
I've got one cassette that Stormy titled for me that I have to make into mp3s.It's great for me to hear my songs back for the first time and see what he titles them.I'll attach the latest one to give you an idea.
I've got one cassette to listen to and title and another one that's half full.I'm going to be going into a recording phase that may last up to four more cassettes so I want to start processing them soon.But recording is my main concern cause when I'm in the mood I'm in the mood.
I'm not concerned about the level of your drawing skills.I think the are your interpretation of what you see and feel and I find everything you do is sincere,genuine and has great essence.I'm not looking for great detail.As simple as you may think your drawings are I think they are outstanding.I'm open to any ideas you have.I trust your interpretation.
I'm going to go for now.I'll fill you in on my mother and my family next time.
I've acquired an added additive lately and want to utilize any creativity while that may come out.
I'll attach a painting I did that I titled that reminded me of christmas.
The world of music will always live on in the hearts of those who really care.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Punchie sounds like she is living up to her name and getting a little punchdrunk in the head. Sleeping in the sink might be because your house is very warm from the heating system and she finds the sink a cooler place to sleep. Do you keep your thermostat turned up high? That could also be why she likes going out more now. Is she a longhaired cat like a Persian?
The Claudia adventure sounds interesting. You can keep me up to date on that.
Christmas cards...
I don't have a head full of Christmas ideas. I know all the standard ones, of course, from Santa Claus to wreaths and bells and angels and snowmen and candycanes and the three wise men and reindeer and Christmas trees and little birds in the snow and children opening presents and on and on... It's overwhelming!
Send two or three photos that would be good for a card - maybe you at the keyboard or your house in the snow or your cat - and I will try ( I emphasize TRY - I am no great artist! ) to draw something with a Christmas feel - for instance if it was your house in the snow I would draw it with a wreath on the door and a snowman in the yard - or I could take one of you at the keyboard and put a Christmas tree next to you - and so on.
Speaking of photos, I checked out the June Smith (your mom?) link that you gave me. Very pleasant music. Does she play professionally or in public in some way? And the picture of your grandmother is beautiful. She was a stunning looking woman. Did she perform?
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was the usual - turkey, cranberry sauce, and relatives.
I have attached a couple of Merry Christmas doodles, but I would like to have a try at doing something from your photos.
See you later .......................... TRIO .......................
Hi Trio,
Tales of Trash and Swing time are the only ones I don't have from the early series.
Lenny

Subject: Tales of the Trash
By the way I don't think I have Tales of Trash.What happened?
I don't know if you remember, but when I first started emailing the movies I had trouble with my msn account and had to switch over to a Yahoo account for emailing the movies. Here is a list of the earliest movies.
Coming Soon From Grabbox Video
Tales of the Trash
Swingtime
Mercury
Cone Glue
Tenga Nay
14 Second Jam
CB-93
Rug Runner
X-3
Betty and the Cat
And I am positive you have all the ones after that because they come from the Yahoo account. Let me know if you are missing any. They are no longer on my hard drive, so I will wait until I know if you need any others besides Tales of the Trash before I dig them out.
............................ Trio

Hi Trio,
I think I figured out why the text didn't show up.I had to change the color because of the background.I'll copy and paste it on this e-mail.
Hi Trio,
Looks like the good old days of mp3.com are gone.I tried to sign up some of my bands for the gold service last week but there was an error everytime I tried to get the service.Oh Well maybe it was for the best.I found out that all the songs that were on stations besides the three on each band page was still on the stations.So I made stations with all the songs on some pages.
I'm realizing that many artists have deleted their songs from mp3.Now I'm reading on the BB that mp3 is closing the end of Feb.We'll see.I started to start a band site on IUMA.It's the best alternative I can see.It's free and at least you get in some search engines like.I guess I'll start build six or seven band site there.
I like your latest shorts.What a shock about the Shuttle.
I've been lazy lately and unmotivated.how's everything in S.C.?Any two or three inch snow storms lately?We got some heavy snow last Sunday.I was remembering what you said before about it raining down there.I think I'ld rather have snow than cold freezing rain.
I was bored in work a few weeks ago and did some quick paintings.I'll attach one.
I don't think I'll be recording again for a while or not much if I do.
There's a new coffee house in Lowell that I'm gonna see about playing at in the future.
I'm getting prepared for a weekend of Action Theater in Boston in April with Ruth Zaporah.
I think I'm gonna start another painting phase with Fireworks soon.I've been trying to clean up on computer lately.
My friend Chris who I dictate my stories has started doing Web pages and is gonna start looking into getting my home page looking better and updated.I'm not really into dictating any stories lately anyways.
I've got to find out the best way to transfer your shorts to vhs tapes without making a major production out of it.By the way I don't think I have Tales of Trash.What happened?Did you think I was gonna show it to Little Larry?
Hope all is well.

Lenny
That was the past e-mail text.
Glad you got the musical e-mail.My friend Stormy created them and has sent me many of them.I guess the process took him a while to perfect.I'm starting to take out his text and put in my own and forward it to other people.
I'll be sending more.
I was great seeing my painting in the latest edition of Rogue.I've made a cd of my past paintings that I was going to send you.You'll ready have a ball with these babies.
I've got another idea about maybe you utilizing or doing narration on some footage I have that would be priceless.Let me know if VHS tapes are the best to send you.It may be just lots of footage I've gotten with my DV camcorder over the years.The sound should be great too.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Art received
No. I got the repeat send but still no writing in it. I can read what you wrote in this one of course.
Haha! What's going on, Lenny?
.................. Trio .............

Hi Trio,
That's weird.I sent you four e-mails.The first one had music in it and I wrote something.
I'll send it again and see if you get it.
Lenny

Hi, Lenny
Just opened 5th art, 6th art, 11th art, and eyeballtrianges2. Beautiful! I can't wait to fit them into a movie. There was no message with them. Hope you are doing OK. Haven't heard from you in a while and I knew you were trying to get new hardware installed in your computer. I was afraid you crashed! I am mailing the box of cassettes today. So maybe you will get it Saturday or Monday.
See you later ............... Trio

Subject: Re: Mike Watson
Hi Trio,
That's the most amazing thing.He does all the drum programing himself and the keyboards and everything else.I think all the vocals too.I'm always amazed how complexed his drums are.I think he plays out with friends sometimes on guitar but I don't think he's been able to get a band together to get them played out.Maybe in bands he's been in years ago maybe.
You can imagine how I felt years ago when he heard my music and commented: Your sampled guitar improvs sound better to me than most
real guitars and your stuff is hilarious. There's something special and unique in there, thanks
for puting it there. Also thanks for puting some of my stuff on your stations.
Mike Watson.
It's people like him that keep inspiring me to continue my musicial adventures.
I enjoyed your story about playing in the jazz band in high school. I've been watching a lot of Cirque de Soleil lately on the Bravo channel.I've recorded six performances and Bravo has a series that shows how the performers and staff get prepared for a production.It's interesting hearing what music they use for the scenes and what the performers have to go through.
I finally got my new cd writter installed.Dave saved the day and came over two days ago to finished the job someone else started but got hung up on.I finally could make a cd of your mp3s for him.He's getting a one minute film ready also.I think he has yours complete or almost finished.
Well I activated one of my credit cards so I'm able to keep eight bands at full strength.I'm going to be overhauling most of my mp3 pages too.
I haven't been recording at all for a while.I'm going to be deleting many vocal songs on mp3 about mp3.They have little appeal for most people except the people I talk about in the recordings.
Dave had me send you a Vegas Video program he had.You should get it by the weekend or next week.
I got a flyer from EarthDance about their up coming classes.Ruth Zaporah is coming there again in Sept for a workshop.She was going to be there last year but I quess thet didn't get enough people to go so they had someone else do it so I didn't go.I'm going this year if it doesn't get canceled.I love improv and esp Action Theater more than anything else in this world.A few years ago I could make it cause of money problems and Ruth e-mail me and asked where I was.My dream someday is to be able to do a month long workshop.You'll find it interesting when I send you the video of the demonstration I filmed at Earthdance.
I'll put some other interesting stuff on the VHS tape too.Last time I was there for action theater there was a violinist that let me film him.This guy was good.
I've met people from around the world and the country at Earthdance during action theater workshops.
I found out that a seasoned action theater teacher Sarah hickler is having a workshop in Boston before Earthdance.I think Ruth will be there too.Life is good.It will be good to see some familar faces again after all these years.
I was just goofing about Dino Costello being your name.Maybe you could be Susie Quatro's brother?Just kidding again.Hey if we can't kid each other who can we kid?
It's almost time for Sponge Bob Square Pants.I've been recording the ones I don't have yet.Dave saw the program recently and loved it.
Thanks to your shorts I've been getting some ideas I want to start doing.
Lenny
Subject: Mike Watson
Before I forget check out one of my mp3 heros Mike Watson's sketches of vain.He's put on over 20 new songs that are unbelievable.
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/84/fun_sizefour-track_fun.html>
You'll Like Song Doctor and Sack lunch.Mike has to be the best composer,musician and guitarist I've ever heard or seen including famous people.
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I agree completely. Outstanding guitar playing. And do you think he did the drum parts too? If so, he is a genius.
................. Trio

Subject: Box received!
Lenny!
Opened up the box about an hour ago. So much stuff in it!
Thank you so much, man. All these goodies. Your CDs look great. Tell me again how you make them. Do you actually do the printing on the CD itself? I understand how you could record your own CDRs and print the book with an inkjet printer, but how do you get the printing on the CD? I guess you can tell I have never made one.
>>>>>>>The cds have labels.They're cheap about $35.00 for 500.I was concerned how they would play on cd players because they have adhesive on the labels and most cds have the info burned in but they seems to work in all computers and most newer cd players.They don't play in some car cd players but they seem to work.And the program is simple to use.It must be for me to get the hang of it.
Thanks for the CDR with the stock video clips. Just glancing at the titles of the clips I am sure I can use some of them.
>>>>>I think that's something Dave wanted you to have if I'm thinking of the same thing.
And of course I am looking forward to checking out your videotape. And the Scatterbrain Jukebox tape looks so cool. I didn't realize it would be so professional. Everything is beyond my expectations. I really feel honored to have you and Dave using some of my little movies in your work. I can't think of a better home for them.
>>>>Dave did a good job on Scatterbrain .He is a perfectionist on everything he does.Now you must get my goof on putting some in video stores.Imagine bringing one in and putting it on the shelf.Maybe when the store sees it they may think it came in but didn't get coded.
And a Charles Bukowski novel! I read the first page and knew I had better stop because I would stay up all night reading it. So cool! Thanks! I know you don't won't to lose that so I'll send it back as soon as I finish it.
>>>>>>You can keep the Bukowski novel.I've read it and would have ended up bringing it to a used book store anyways.
I've got a real treat that I'll send you.Charles Bukowski was the inspiration for a movie called BARFLY and the director filmed and interviewed Bukowski for over a year and released two vhs tapes of Bukowski speaking.It is a trip to see him speak.I've got three copies of part one.I'll send you one to keep.When you see Walter from The Broadway Cafe where PH101 played you'll see how he reminded me Of C.B.
The book of World Tales looks very interesting. When I picked it up it fell open to a one page story and I am thinking Hey! Some of these stories might be short enough to fit into a 60 second movie. Speaking of 60 second movies, Dave said he was going to submit "Room 202" to that exhibition. I hope they like it.
>>>>>>You tell stories so well I figured you'ld enjoy World Tales.You can keep that to.I've get damaged copies for half price and always have a few on hand.
Thanks for the credit lines on the Other Orchestra and Children of Invention CDs. That made me feel real good to see that.
>>>>>>I've been waiting a while for you to see that.You've been a good influence.I was telling Dave today that you're shorts are an extention of you're music.I'm waiting to get my new cd burner working so I can make a cd for Dave of all your mp3s.The voices you do on your recordings are priceless and the stories are so well conceived.
I was looking over the improv glossary and rules you included. Fascinating stuff and applies to what I do. Improv with other actors must really be fun. You make me want to go over to some of the local theater groups and see how I might fit in. The theater club and music scene here is probably not nearly as active as in Massachusetts but it does exist.
>>>>>>>>Like I said your stories are so good I thought if you saw some improv info you could really go to town.
Improv is my first love over anything else.I haven't done it for a few years cause most of the troops are in Boston but my favorite is called Action Theater.I approuched a person called Larry Pizza who run a troop at Improv Boston but he never got back to me.Most of my actor friends don't enjoy improv so it's hard to find people to work with.
I do improv at work and in life just to make myself laugh.The only way I'm going to get back into improv is to start to teach it in the Lowell area and find allies that way.I don't go out much so its hard to find a space to practice and perform but maybe in the future.
By the way the Improv Glossary is for Improv sports like you may see on T.V..It's interesting for the terms but some terms I wouldn't make law in what I want to do.
Most cities have improv classes.If you find one where you live I would check it out.You are a natural.
I'll send you a demonstration VHS tape I filmed of Action Theater a few years ago when my improv teacher Ruth Zaporah let me film at a workshop held at a place in western Mass called Earth Dance.You'll find it interesting.It is the most user friendly form of Improv I've ever found.
The other person who is outstanding is Keith Johnstone.He's got a book called Improv that is out of this world.I attending one of his workshops in Boston a few years ago and took some notes.I'll send a copy of them.
He started developing improv in England in the 50's or 60's for actors to loosen up and is really to me the King of Iimprov.
You know you and Dave are such creative guys that I wish I was up there so that we could all get together. If the opportunity arises to take a trip up north maybe I will get my wish.
>>>>>>>>>You're always welcome.I was telling Dave today about a possible cover story for Trio if need be.
Trio's real name could be Dino Costello.As the rumor goes Frank Sinatra had a fling way back when with Lou Costello's sister in between break ups with Ava Gardner.Frank was drunk when it happened and refused to admit the fling so Lou's sister named the baby after Dean Martin to spite Frank.
Another rumor could be that Dino Costello was related to the mobster Frank Costello and needs to keep a low profile.
I'ld have ball with that as Tony D'Wonderful "Talent Agent".
Before I forget check out one of my mp3 heros Mike Watson's sketches of vain.He's put on over 20 new songs that are unbelievable.
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/84/fun_sizefour-track_fun.html>
You'll Like Song Doctor and Sack lunch.Mike has to be the best composer,musician and guitarist I've ever heard or seen including famous people.This guy has the Zappa style down to an art.And he's a real regular guy and very seasoned in recording.
That's the beauty of the mp3 and the computer revolution.Musicians like us can develop a network with others we would have otherwise never been able to know about.Could you imagine what we could be into a year or two from now by developing a sincere support group?
Well I think I will sit back in my recliner now, switch on the VCR and enjoy some of these riches you sent.
>>>>>>Speaking of Easy Chairs I bought a used one a month ago at a used furniture store in Lawrence that had about 30 used easy chairs and tons of furniture.It was in good shape and cost only $25.00.I haven't had one since I moved last year.Punchie sits in it most of the time so I'm still on the couch alot.She's my house mate so I can't take the chair away from her.Of course some times I get her out of the chair by giving her some whip cream in the kitchen and sitting in the chair before she gets back.
I'm glad you like the package.I usually put stuff on the outside of the box so it's too noticable to get lost by the post office besides it gives it an interesting charactor.
Well it's time for me to see if Punchie is in the EZ chair and wind down.
By the way my address is
26 Arlington Ave.
Dracut,Ma.01826
welcome to the LOOP.
Lenny
Thanks again ......... your friend .......... TRIO ....................

Subject: NOLNOD
Hi Lenny,
Just saw the emails you sent to Yahoo. I don't check that mailbox everyday like I do this one.
Your "In Columbia" song was pretty cool. I sent you an email from the song page.
>>>>I started listening to some of my recent cassettes to title them and I realized that I did that recording before Halloween.My method with vocal song is after i record the instrument track whatever comes to mind becomes the theme for the song then I record the vocals right away.I was converting some songs recently and found one where I talk about Tony D and the award he gets.Even for me that's going back a ways.You'll crack up Dino!
What does NOLNOD mean? No, I was just joking about the fact that some of my movies are kind of strange and odd.
The word "NOLNOD" came about because I was stuck for a title and I thought the beginning of the movie looked like the streets of a city so I decided I would use "London" spelled backwards for a title which is NODNOL and then I thought NOLNOD sounded better. No, about the only thing these movies mean is that I have a lot of time to kill! Hahaha!
>>>>>You movie are great.I had Dave put a few early ones he had on dv so I could use them on the vhs tape I'm making of footage of PH101 and Cyber Tribe(the band mark is in)and a few of my things to send out to associates to see what I've been up to.
If what you call killing time seems pretty productive to me.Your movies are already classics to me.I can't wait untill Dave gets them all on vhs so I have them to add to my current viewing pleasure and to show friends.
So you got that last batch of songs up on MP3.com? That's pretty good. You are going to miss all that free web space. As will I. But at least they didn't shut it down completely.
>>>>>>For some reason my songs are getting approved right away.I'm gonna start to pile on songs now.
I'm not gonna miss it cause I have no choice but to pay to keep at least 10 bands up.Believe me when I tell you that $5.00 a month is a deal esp for musicians like us that ain't one hit wonders.
I've been on mp3 for years now and I've seen what happens because of changes.
When the world is upside down,I'm right side up.When the world is right side up I'm upside down.
I'll get into this more later I've got to get to Cambridge to see some associates in life so I can get back early.
We're counting down to Christmas now. Hope your holidays are pleasant and joyful.
>>>>> Less than a week and it will all be over.I've got all my cards sent out.It's all down hill from here.
Lenny
See you later .................. TRIO ..............................

I go to the mp3 bb everyday to see what's going on.Same old stuff all the time.It's like a cocktail lounge for some mp3 artists.I never knew about the board for years.When I started checking it out it was insightful.It's gotten to be a battle ground for some time now.I've only met a few worthwhile artists on it but the few that I have like yourself have been invaluable.
I started printing the cards to start to give out at work tomorrow.For the greeting I put "May You Get Everything Your Heart Desires"
On the back I put:Created By Trio Quatro for Laughing Dervish Productions Copyright 2002 by Trio Quatro.
Thank You again.It's great and perfect for all the different people I give cards too.It is original and certainly is the best card I've ever given out.
Thank you for putting the hat.I'm losing my hair and the hat gives me that ZZ top Sharpman look.
Subject: Re: Have You Checked The BB?
Well, I think a lot of artists don't realize that the bulk mail filter on their email program automatically blocks mass emailings like MP3.com makes. You have to catch one when it filters it and then tell the email program to exempt MP3.com from the filtering. I haven't been to the BB in several months, but I'll bet it's really juiced up over this! Haha!
................. Thanks for the compliments on my Christmas drawing .......... TRIO ..........

Subject: Fw: Have You Checked The BB?
Hi Trio,
Here's An E-mail Stormy sent me with a link for the Shopie post.

Subject: Have You Checked The BB?
Hi Lenny
I was just boredly looking at the artist bb and there was a thread from SOPHIE <http://msg.mp3.com/artistforums/liststory/?topic_id=129589&month=200212> detailing some changes that they are going to make to the site in January. One of them is this: Non-PAS artists will be limited to THREE FRIGGIN' TRACKS on their page. I thought of you immediately with your multiple artist pages with hundreds of tracks....... I never had more than about 25 up at one time, but this is idiotic. They're also eliminating P4P EVEN FOR PAS artists! Artists were NOT sent an email about this, though SOPHIE claims they were, and there is nothing about it on the site's main page. Unless you happen to be scrolling through the artist messageboard, you wouldn't find out anything about it. Just thought I'd pass this on.
~Stormy u

Subject: Re: 3 songs!!!
I just saw the drawing.I am beaming with joy.It is perfect!Thank you so much.It is a work of art!I'm known for having and finding interesting cards esp x-mas cards.People look forward to what card I find or make.The right hand looks like it could be my tape player which I'm always putting on when I play.I never play unless I'm going to record.
I've got over 1200 songs on mp3 but not all the songs show up on my pages.The Other Orchestra has over 150 but only 102 show up on my page.You want to hear something weird.I have a song called cousins on one of my pages but doesn't show up on my page but came to the top in one of my local mp3 charts.
I know I've been pushing it for a while on mp3 so I can't complain.I tryed to figure out what makes some of the songs not appear.Maybe there at the end of the list.If I decide on the gold premuim service I may have all my songs seen on pages with more than 100 songs.
I saw on one of the mp3 bb posts that the new fee was $100.00 a year for platuim (you get paid)and $50.00 a year for gold (which lets you have as many songs as you want).On another post I saw $10.00 a month and $5.00 a month.
Thanks for the notice from mp3.Now I know I've got till Jan 15th to get prepared.
If I can save ten pages including my mother I'll be happy.I'll find a way to make it work.If I can get just one more year out of mp3 I should be doing good.
My home page cost about $50.00 a month including my e-mail account.I've gotten out cheap for years so I don't mind paying mp3 for a year.I made about $600.00 at the beginning.Mostly on three bands Henry Riddle,Charles Riddle(now Lenny Hall)and The Flugnoids.I cleaned up in the beginning with Henry Riddle so I created Charles Riddle and had more hits.It's sad that Henry Riddle has not gotten much activity in years.
I just got an e-mail from T.Stormy Hunter about the bb.Maybe a post I posted.
Lenny

Subject: Re: 3 songs!!!
Hey, thanks for the link! Yeah, that is something I will like. I went to it just now and added it to my Favorites list.
I've got a lot of your stuff downloaded, but not all of it. Did you tell me once that you had over a thousand tracks at MP3.com or is that my bad memory talking?
Thanks ................ TRIO

Hi Trio,
Here's a site you may like.
<http://www.mbfractals.com/program.html>
I've got all your songs downloaded.
Lenny
Subject: 3 songs!!!
I guess you got the notice from MP3.com that only premium artists will be allowed to have more than 3 songs on their page. I could jump up and down and curse except that it's a free service and us beggars can't be choosers.
Well, I thought from the first day I uploaded a song that it was too good to be true that unlimited free storage space was available on the net.
If you want any of my songs to use for anything, better download them soon. I plan to cull my pages down to 3 songs each and then pretty much ignore MP3.com after that. Maybe once a year I will check to see if they are still there.
Lenny, I'll bet you are hopping mad, or do you have a premium page you can put everything on?
............... TRIO ( Boy, that number three came back to bite me! ) ........................

Hi Trio,
I didn't get any notice.I found out about it through the mp3 bb this morning.If you got the notice could you forward it to me or tell me when it goes into effect?
From what I understand its $100.00 a year for the premium service and $50.00 a year to have as many songs as you want but not get paid for activity.
I don't have any premium pages but I may look into paying the $50.00 a year for a few bands.I don't even have a credit card.I filed bankruptcy a few years ago so if I do I'll have to send a money order to mp3.If I have time to get the money up before the change over. I've got to try to keep my mother on mp3 if I can.It has changed her life.
I'm am deeply distressed about the change but I've seen so much happen over the years that I've learned to roll with the punches.When things like this happen I don't get mad I get serious.Mp3 has been good to me.I've had over 100,000 downloads,met many interesting musicians and have become good friends with many.Mp3 gave me a reason to record so much music because I had a place to store it and have people hear it.My many musician friends in my area don't have the commit value that I've found from mp3 artists and the feedback has really been terrific.Out of all the people I've gotten to know and hear on mp3 you are certainly on the top of the list.I got to know so many artists but none ever posted as many songs as you.I tell me friends that you are like my musical counterpart in S.C.Everyone that hears Donkeytown and Jolly Roger really enjoy your style and ability.I played some of your media files for a friend last night and he really enjoyed them.I'm very honored to be choosen to receive them whenever you do a new one.You have great talent and are one of the most genuine and interesting person I've met in all my years on the web.I just started to convert some cassette tapes last night to mp3.It was the cassette that stormy titled.I did the songs a few months ago and one called In Columbia was about you.I may not even get a chance to have you hear it now but I'll find a way someday.
I've downloaded all your songs a few weeks ago but I'll go in and see if I missed any tonite.I'm sorry about not getting back to you sooner.I realized that I didn't sign one of my last ones.Someone came over and I got called away and sent it without finishing it.
Don't worry about coming up with any drawings of me or my mother.I know I didn't give you much to go on but if you think of any x-mas drawings I may like please send it to me.
Hey! I drove to N.J. again last friday to see Ph101 again.It was another long drive but it was worth it.Rick Lewis from PH101 told me that the place they were playing at was run by an old hipple from the 60's so I had to go and check it out.Its called The Broadway Cafe and the owner is called Walter.I got there about nine.PH101 was going on at 12 so just the first band was there and getting set up.I sat down and started taking notes and a short story while I waited.Here it is with some added notes taken later.
The Broadway Cafe is really a trip.It was 5.00 to get in.The door man was cool and a regular guy.The atmosphere of the place looked liked something from A Charles Bukowski story.The bartender remined me of Art Carney.I went to the bar to order a drink.I knew from the looks of the place that they won't have my favorite drink a Pina Colada so I ordered my second favorite drink Baillys on the rock.The bartender said 'We don't have Baillys' so I asked for a screw driver.He said it would be a few minutes cause he has to send someone out to get some orange juice.Everyone in the bar was genuine and seemed right at home.There were paintings that the owner did all around the place.There was a life size photo of Frank Sinartra(opps)Animal skills above the front door.A guitar attached to a support beam,tons of photos.I found out later that the building was 120 years old and the owner Walter owned it for about 25 years.In that 25 years he created a place that was like a musuem.It had lots of wooden cases with weird stuff in them.The paintings he did were of a classical natureand very good and large.The floor were old black and white square titles.The walls and beams were all cover with something even the support beams and poles.They had a couch and sitting chair and an ashtray and an old ashtray stand by the entrance.The Broadway Cafe is a product of Walters Creativity over 25 years.
Two elderly men looked liked they had been hanging out there for many years.One reminded me of Charles Bukowski.He kinda looked like his counter part.He was sitting at the bar and had a good buzz.He had a woman maybe in her fourties hanging over him just like a Bukowski Story.I found out later that this was Walter the owner.My father would have loved this bar in fact the owner reminded me of what my father would have been like if he had a bar like this.My father was named Charlie and died in 1992 of cancer.He was a simple guy who had a good heart.He only went to the 6th grade.I never saw him read much his whole life and write anything except his name.My Mother and Father got divorced before I was born so I never knew my father untill I was 8.My mother had always told me he was dead because she was kinda ashamed of him.Maybe because he was a simple man.I lived with my father and his mother and stepfather in Methuen,Mass untill I was 16 when I moved out and stayed with neighbors then at my best friends house Paul Listro.I had dropped out of school and was working at a supermarket at the time.I didn't see much of my father for years.I changed jobs a few times (gas stations) moved to Tewksbury,Ma. when I was 18 and started working at a chemical plant.A few years later I got laid off and finally moved to Lowell,Mass.I finally got a hold of my father and started to see him when I could.Over the years I got to appreciate my father for the person he was and his good qualities and disregard any feeling of shame I had in the past.
I gave him a movie called Barfly that's about Charles Bukowski and he loved it.To him that kind of life was glamorious and the place to be.He would have loved to see footage Of C.B. if I had had any back then so you can maybe understand why I was so affected by Walter and the Broadway Cafe.
All the bands were great and polished.I got to get lots of footage of the bar and it's suroundings.I even got Walter on film when he went on stage after PH101 started playing.He went on stage and went into a small closet and came right out.It was classic.The whole night was great.Someday I'ld like to play the Broadway Cafe or at least go there again.If PH101 ever plays there again I'm there.
Well Trio I kinda got off the story a little but you know me sometimes I just say what's on my mind at the time.
I hear that N.C. is a beautiful place.What's it like down there?It snowed again today.It's going to be a snowy winter up here I can tell.
I'm glad we got a chance to hear each others music,become friends and colab on a few tunes.Many people say your voice sounds like William Borroughs.You have made my music even more unqiue by adding your vocals.Your music has been a big inspiration and I envy your ability of telling stories and they have given me ideas on how I can make my music more user friendly but I could never come close to your level of storytelling.You've got a lot of chops and styles down very well also.
I'm gonna continue converting the cassette I started last night and try start the other two I need to listen to and title.Looks like I may not be posting any again but at least I'll have them made into mp3s.
I'll check out your sites later on and check out the mp3 bb to see how the wolves are reacting and get some insight from the level headed artists.
Your last two media files were great as always.It's always a treat to get them.
While I was driving the Van my uncle chuck gave me I listened to country rock cause my car 89 sunbird doesn't have a radio.
I've got a joke for you.
What do you get when you play a country sond backwards?
You get your job back.You get your girl back.You get your truck back.Your dog come back.
I kept forgetting to tell you that.
Lenny

I guess you got the notice from MP3.com that only premium artists will be allowed to have more than 3 songs on their page. I could jump up and down and curse except that it's a free service and us beggars can't be choosers.
Well, I thought from the first day I uploaded a song that it was too good to be true that unlimited free storage space was available on the net.
If you want any of my songs to use for anything, better download them soon. I plan to cull my pages down to 3 songs each and then pretty much ignore MP3.com after that. Maybe once a year I will check to see if they are still there.
Lenny, I'll bet you are hopping mad, or do you have a premium page you can put everything on?
............... TRIO ( Boy, that number three came back to bite me! )

Subject: Re: Christmas card
Hey Trio,
I do have my therm high.I don't like the cold.I leave a high window open for Punchie when I can and keep the heat low when I'm not home.She's getting cool when she gets to go out.She comes after I call her a few times.
I'm recording more now and will have a chance to continue my musical bio with narratives.Claudia will certainly be included.You'll hear it all and more sometime.
I've got one cassette that Stormy titled for me that I have to make into mp3s.It's great for me to hear my songs back for the first time and see what he titles them.I'll attach the latest one to give you an idea.
I've got one cassette to listen to and title and another one that's half full.I'm going to be going into a recording phase that may last up to four more cassettes so I want to start processing them soon.But recording is my main concern cause when I'm in the mood I'm in the mood.
I'm not concerned about the level of your drawing skills.I think the are your interpretation of what you see and feel and I find everything you do is sincere,genuine and has great essence.I'm not looking for great detail.As simple as you may think your drawings are I think they are outstanding.I'm open to any ideas you have.I trust your interpretation.
I'm going to go for now.I'll fill you in on my mother and my family next time.
I've acquired an added additive lately and want to utilize any creativity while that may come out.
I'll attach a painting I did that I titled that reminded me of christmas.
The world of music will always live on in the hearts of those who really care.
Lenny

Subject: Christmas card
Hi Lenny,
Punchie sounds like she is living up to her name and getting a little punchdrunk in the head. Sleeping in the sink might be because your house is very warm from the heating system and she finds the sink a cooler place to sleep. Do you keep your thermostat turned up high? That could also be why she likes going out more now. Is she a longhaired cat like a Persian?
The Claudia adventure sounds interesting. You can keep me up to date on that.
Christmas cards...
I don't have a head full of Christmas ideas. I know all the standard ones, of course, from Santa Claus to wreaths and bells and angels and snowmen and candycanes and the three wise men and reindeer and Christmas trees and little birds in the snow and children opening presents and on and on... It's overwhelming!
Send two or three photos that would be good for a card - maybe you at the keyboard or your house in the snow or your cat - and I will try ( I emphasize TRY - I am no great artist! ) to draw something with a Christmas feel - for instance if it was your house in the snow I would draw it with a wreath on the door and a snowman in the yard - or I could take one of you at the keyboard and put a Christmas tree next to you - and so on.
Speaking of photos, I checked out the June Smith (your mom?) link that you gave me. Very pleasant music. Does she play professionally or in public in some way? And the picture of your grandmother is beautiful. She was a stunning looking woman. Did she perform?
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was the usual - turkey, cranberry sauce, and relatives.
I have attached a couple of Merry Christmas doodles, but I would like to have a try at doing something from your photos.
See you later .......................... TRIO .......................

Hi Lenny,
I just sent you all of your emails I had on my hard drive. I usually delete emails when they are over a month old but I did have a few of the older ones that I had missed. Also I delete emails with large attachments the same day I get them which is why some fairly recent emails are missing. I save the attachments in a separate folder then delete the email to free up the memory.
I hope you will be able to forgive Dave and I am sorry I don't have more emails to send.

............... Trio
Subject: Three pics

Hi, Lenny
Thanks for the JPEGs. "Touch Panel" and "Panel Head" look like you may have been daydreaming about acquiring some new high-tech audio equipment. Very futuristic!
Not much happening here. Instead of being creative I have been playing "Parasite Eve" on the Playstation. Also learning how to use a new drawing program I bought called TurboCad Designer. It has many buttons and menus and toolbars, but the manual has a step-by-step example that is showing me what to do. By now I am pretty patient with new programs as I know it is usually worth the effort to take the time to learn what they do. I still remember how I used Paint Shop Pro for over half a year before I realized I could make animations with it.
I have been studying the problem of getting video into my computer and found a number of solutions for sale. They range from about $60 to $200. For $60 the Dazzle company and several others sell a small adapter with a video input and USB output. So just plug the VCR in one end and the other end into the computer. It's limited in resolution and framerate and depends on your computer to do the conversion into digital video.
For about $200 Dazzle and others make a unit which again plugs into the USB input on my computer. However this adapter has its own video-to-digital chip built in so that it frees up your computer to do other things. Also on this unit there are video outputs as well as inputs so that after working with the video on your computer, you can record it back to a VHS tape.
I did my looking at Circuit City which seemed to have a better selection than Best Buy. It seems to be important not to buy an older adapter since they had problems with USB when it first came out. There is a USB 2.0 now which is much faster than USB 1. Most computers over 6 months old have USB 1. Fortunately, the $200 adapter will work with either USB 1 or USB 2, although it is much faster with USB 2.
Well, that is my tech talk for today! Haha! Hope I didn't bore you too much. But I thought you might be interested in tools like this as much as I am. You note that I didn't mention any of the video cards that plug inside your computer. I am not afraid to open up the box, but I would much rather not. And since I don't have a Firewire input, I only considered the USB solutions. If you are serious about video, you probably want to check out the Firewire approach since the output of digital camcorders is Firewire (IEE1494) and of course most of the Firewire cards will also except regular video too.
See you later ................................... Trio

Subject: IUMA
I started a page on IUMA for The Other Orchestra
<http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/The_Other_Orchestra/>
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I checked it out. The real player stream worked great. I didn't try to stream an mp3 since it said it was the hifi version. Looks like a good site. Any song limit? Looked like you have to keep your songs in groups of ten.
................................... Trio
Subject: Film Festival
I assume your film short got selected for the one minute movie fest? What's the scoop?
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Well, I am assuming it too. I got put on their emailing list and it said that Liquid Kulak was in the festival. Dave had to convert my movie to VHS to enter it of course, but he was entering a movie, too, so I don't know any more than you. Anyway, I won't be coming up for it although I might come to Boston later in the year. Isn't the film festival going to be on cable TV? Maybe you can tape it.
........................................ Trio
Subject: Multimedia CDs
I've been creating Multi Media cds for friends to check out.
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That sounds interesting. What do you mean by "multimedia"? Have you figured out a way to get your video footage onto CDs?
........................................ Trio
Subject: dazzle adapter on sale

Hi, Lenny,
Remember the Dazzle adapter I mentioned? For putting VHS video into your computer through the USB input? It was on sale this week at Best Buy. Tomorrow is the last day. It's $39.99 after a $30 rebate off the regular price of $69.99. I would buy one except that I already found something to do the job -- a little Intel PC camera that has video inputs on it and a USB output. It works pretty good on VHS. The microphone doesn't work, but that might be the software or my soundcard. However, it does VHS better than I expected. I thought there would be scan lines, but no, it is nice clear video. I'll try to send you a sample. It depends on how clear the VHS tape is, of course. A fuzzy EP tape doesn't get any better.
..................... Trio

Subject: Re: dazzle adapter
Hi, Lenny,
Glad you found one. If it works as well as the PC cam adapter that I found then you should like it.
I am surprised you have to change your monitor setting. Are you sure about that? And if you are talking about what I think you are talking about, then you should be able to open Control Panel in Windows and go right to the monitor settings.
But since you will probably be inputting your VHS tapes at the 320x240 resolution (that's as good as VHS gets) then your monitor should be fine.
.......................... Trio

Hi Trio,
I went to best buy and got the dazzle today.I've got the change my monitor setting before I install it.I've never done it.I'll call their tech support and have them walk me through it.
It like like the perfect program I need ed.Thanks for steering me in the right direction.
I met with some last night named Tom White who's a photographer and a bass player,with one of my multi media cds.I showed him a few of your shorts.He enjoyed them alot esp one of my favorites X-3.He cracked up when I played Jolly Roger in Donkeytown and Shakes and Rollie and Me.
It turns out this guy is a nudist and is really into nudism.He showed me some photos he took in Canada at a nudist camp he goes to, of three adults covering themselves with mud from toes to head in different stages.It was amazing how they looked afterwards.I'ld like to do a video of the shots and put music to it.Who's knows maybe it could use some narration.Hint.Hint.It could be one of the wildest thing I've ever done. I may be doing some back ground music for a nudist film too.That would be interesting.Who knows it could become another sideline for my music.At least I'ld be doing soundtracks.
I'm thinking of creating another multi-media cd with some of my stories,paintings and mp3's for a promo package.
I'm getting ready a cd for CD Baby of 100 mp3's of The Other Orchestra and selling it for maybe $20.00 or $25.00.I just got and idea.Maybe add some painting and stories too.Shit maybe someday I can sell my multi-media cds on some site like cd baby.
I'm looking forward to the showings of the One Minute movies next week.I'm gonna go to both viewings and mingle with a artsy fartsy crowd for an evening.Dave and I are a couple of charactors when we go to places like this.It should be fun.Maybe Dave and I could bring our camcorders and get some footage.
.....................Lenny

Hi, Lenny,
Remember the Dazzle adapter I mentioned? For putting VHS video into your computer through the USB input? It was on sale this week at Best Buy. Tomorrow is the last day. It's $39.99 after a $30 rebate off the regular price of $69.99. I would buy one except that I already found something to do the job -- a little Intel PC camera that has video inputs on it and a USB output. It works pretty good on VHS. The microphone doesn't work, but that might be the software or my soundcard. However, it does VHS better than I expected. I thought there would be scan lines, but no, it is nice clear video. I'll try to send you a sample. It depends on how clear the VHS tape is, of course. A fuzzy EP tape doesn't get any better.
..................... Trio

Subject: Nudism
Hi, Lenny
Look further down in the email.............
Hi Trio,
I went to best buy and got the dazzle today.I've got the change my monitor setting before I install it.I've never done it.I'll call their tech support and have them walk me through it.
It like like the perfect program I need ed.Thanks for steering me in the right direction.
I met with some last night named Tom White who's a photographer and a bass player,with one of my multi media cds.I showed him a few of your shorts.He enjoyed them alot esp one of my favorites X-3.He cracked up when I played Jolly Roger in Donkeytown and Shakes and Rollie and Me.
It turns out this guy is a nudist and is really into nudism.He showed me some photos he took in Canada at a nudist camp he goes to, of three adults covering themselves with mud from toes to head in different stages.It was amazing how they looked afterwards.I'ld like to do a video of the shots and put music to it.Who's knows maybe it could use some narration.Hint.Hint.It could be one of the wildest thing I've ever done. I may be doing some back ground music for a nudist film too.That would be interesting.Who knows it could become another sideline for my music.At least I'ld be doing soundtracks.
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Yayyy nudity! Too bad so many nudists are out of shape! I think if I was narrating a nudist film I would tend to make fun of them. They might not like that. You making background music sounds like a great idea.
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I'm thinking of creating another multi-media cd with some of my stories,paintings and mp3's for a promo package.
I'm getting ready a cd for CD Baby of 100 mp3's of The Other Orchestra and selling it for maybe $20.00 or $25.00.I just got and idea.Maybe add some painting and stories too.Shit maybe someday I can sell my multi-media cds on some site like cd baby.
I'm looking forward to the showings of the One Minute movies next week.I'm gonna go to both viewings and mingle with a artsy fartsy crowd for an evening.Dave and I are a couple of charactors when we go to places like this.It should be fun.Maybe Dave and I could bring our camcorders and get some footage.
.....................Lenny
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I hope you guys have a good time. I doubt if you will be the only "characters" there. And who knows who might not be thinking that YOU are the artsy-fartsy ones! Haha!
.................................. Trio
Subject: Spongehead Bob
Hi Lenny,
Spongehead Squarepants Bob is great! This is the first time watching it for me. I had no idea how clever and inventive it was. I thought it was just another kids cartoon so I never bothered to watch it, but I really like the way these guys pull things from so many areas for their stories. Very creative.
I also started watching the Adam Rifkin tape and I like that too. It's hard to tell who is putting on who, who is on the joke and who is not, what's real and what's phoney -- My kind of movie. Another great movie about the movie biz was The Player. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It must be 5 or 10 years old by now. I don't know. Time flies.

............... Trio

Subject: Art received
Hi, Lenny
Just opened 5th art, 6th art, 11th art, and eyeballtrianges2. Beautiful! I can't wait to fit them into a movie. There was no message with them. Hope you are doing OK. Haven't heard from you in a while and I knew you were trying to get new hardware installed in your computer. I was afraid you crashed! I am mailing the box of cassettes today. So maybe you will get it Saturday or Monday.
See you later ............... Trio
Subject: Rogue 4
Hi, Lenny
I put two of your art works into "Rogue 4". You won't have any trouble finding them.
I sent the box of cassettes. You mentioned wanting ones that I had listened to, so I included a bunch of those. They are the ones with small white stickon labels. On the label is the date I listened to it and a letter grade I gave it like "A" or "B" or "C" and on the second line of the label you will see "RS" and a number. That's the grade that Rolling Stone gave that album. I was curious in those days to see if I liked what they liked.
There is also a Jack Kerouac book and four VHS tapes. Two of the tapes are ads from video companies that maybe Dave could use. And the other two tapes are movies that I didn't send because of the movies but for the cool plastic cases that the tapes are in. I thought you might be able to use the cases.
See you later ................. Trio

Subject: Dino Costello
I was telling Dave today about a possible cover story for Trio if need be.
Trio's real name could be Dino Costello.As the rumor goes Frank Sinatra had a fling way back when with Lou Costello's sister in between break ups with Ava Gardner.Frank was drunk when it happened and refused to admit the fling so Lou's sister named the baby after Dean Martin to spite Frank.
Another rumor could be that Dino Costello was related to the mobster Frank Costello and needs to keep a low profile.
I'ld have ball with that as Tony D'Wonderful "Talent Agent".
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Man, you Yankees and your mobsters! Howzabout "Trio Costello"? That's got a ring to it...
Listen, when I was in high school I played trumpet in a small jazz band. The drummers name was Teddy Immediato. (Not sure if I spelled that right!) His father and his father's two brothers had emigrated to America and opened up a bakery called The Three Little Bakers. Before that they had been acrobats - tumblers. So in order to promote the bakery they would go around to various functions and put on a little show. Our little jazz band would provide backup music. Along with Teddy on drums and me on trumpet we had a piano, a trombone, and a baritone sax. Weird group, huh? The climax of the act was a three man tower and then they would come tumbling down. Our music had to build all during the act (it was short) and then reach a wild climax when they built the tower. We would be blowing our brains out playing as loud and "swinging" as we could. A lot of fun.
...........Trio

Subject: Package cartoons
I'm glad you like the package.I usually put stuff on the outside of the box so it's too noticable to get lost by the post office besides it gives it an interesting charactor.
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Yeah, I meant to comment on the cartoons. Haha! Pretty good. I had to read the package before I could open it! And an added bonus is the mailmen give more attention to your packages, no doubt!!!
........................ Trio
Subject: Re: A new painting
Haha! Yeah, a lot of them did come from yard sales! Nice painting!
.......................... Trio

Subject: More Trio
Well I can't cover everything in this letter, but I'll cover some of them...
1) Thanks for the very generous offer to let me use any track. That's very exciting. You will get a lot of plays out of this since I will have to browse through everything now! Haha!
2) I'll start with the Spiders From MP3 station. Hey, I noticed the EarWorm tracks in there! You like to do little tricks like that, don't you? :) And I went to search and listened to the two EarWorm songs that some "weirdo in Massachusetts" made. I guess we know who that is. Cool! They sound kind of spooky though. I guess that's what happens when you have "EarWorm" for a name. Not exactly kittens and puppies, is it! They could make good soundtracks for stories though. I am thrilled at the possibilities in your stuff.
>>>>I've been naming songs after mp3 bands for years.It's more of a courtesy than anything else.Most of the time I don't tell them unless I hear from them or wait untill I contact them again.
3) No, I am not a looper. Ideally I can use a track as is. I did that with one of the Smackass tracks. Another one I had to speed up a little. I am too lazy to sit around cutting tracks into pieces and remixing them to any great extent. I do a little of course when editing. Mainly it's just the length and the tempo that I have to mess with.
4) The Children of Invention CD looks great. Of course I would like one but hold off for a while. I am going to set up my EarWorm Jazz page as a CD and then I'll trade you one of those for the COI CD.
5) When I first read about the Korg Karma I fell in love with it. It seems to think like I do. I can never play the same thing the same way twice. For two reasons. I have no memory for music so I have to improvise everything. And because of that, I make "mistakes" which require constant adjustment, like suddenly the chord progression is different etc. I think the Karma would complement that. It would put even more uncertainty into the mix, but I think I would like that. I need better sounds. My little Yamaha cheapie has been good to me, but it doesn't even have pitch bend!
6) You have "tricks" too, huh? Then you know you are a productive musician. :) That idea about the pitch bend wheel is cool. I just wish I had one! As for staying on the white keys - yep, I'm right there with you.
7) Your history is interesting. Three years here! Has it been a steady push, or do you drift away for months at a time? I can visualize that drift away time coming for me, but I am too new to MP3 right now.
>>>>I wish I could drift away and have more of a steady push too.
Right now I've got three cassettes(90 min.)of songs to make into mp3's and upload to mp3.com.Most weeks I can spend maybe 4 hours doing something with mp3 unless I have bulk time on the weekend .
I drift away from the board.I never went there or really knew about it for years anyways.I may not update my pages for months but I try to put new songs when ever I can.
I rarely have time to search for new bands to listen to but I always listen to whoever finds my music and has a real comment.
I started putting my music on mp3 for my friends.As it turned out mostly mp3 artists listened and sometimes contact me and we became friends.
I'll hit your other e-mail.
It's my TV night.
Lenny
OK, enough for now. I am leaving out something, but I'll read your email again and find it.
CU later ................. TRIO

Hi Trio,
I look forward to hearing thr colab.
Ya Fox has some great stuff on Sunday.Futurama is my favorite,then king of the hill.Malcolm in the middle.The simpson are cool too.
I'm really into HBO on sunday too.
It's interesting you choose Korghead as the first peice to colab on.It's was created from the very first combination listed on the work station called The Voice of Karma.
I'm gonna try to post some more songs this week sometime.
If I missed anything in your last e-mails I'll back pedal to them on my next e-mail.
Have a great week

Lenny
Subject: First collaboration uploaded
Well, the subject line says it all. Just uploaded our first collaboration -- "KorgHead I Know".
I name them by adding a word or two to their original track names. That way I can keep up with what came from where.
With any luck it will be active by next weekend.
You like those Sunday Fox cartoons also, don't you? Haha! Futurama and the Simpsons are my favorites.
.................. TRIO ...................

Hi Trio,
Thank You for the card.Jolly Roger in Donkeytown is the best thing I've ever heard.I can't tell you how much joy it has brought to me hearing it and you doing it.
The song Jolly Roger is part of a recording phase I went through a few years ago.I've got a bunch of songs like that.
I've started to notice that you narrate what is happening with the instruments and the arrangements.That's very interesting because when I record and create music I always think of the different instruments as different charactors in the musical structure.It's great to hear you put vocals and a story to the music.It's just what I would do if I had the incredible ability that you do.I've never had anyone compliment my music as well in such a perfect way.The balance is perfect.
Jolly Roger in Donkeytown was what I really needed.
I found out tuesday evening that my favorite person in the world passed away.It was my cousin Terry.She was only in her early 30's,was deaf and a diabetic but she was the kindest person in the world.
She had been dead for a week.My Aunt Susie and Uncle Chuck,her parents called me and came down from N.H. wendsday and we went to the police station.After they left I went to where my cousin lived and packed up all her belongs that didn't smell or have roaches.Most of the stuff I had to throw out.You can only imagine how bad it was but I was her best friend and the only person she really trusted.She kept to herself and never had company.She didn't drink or take drugs she just smoked cigarettes.She had a hard life as you can imagine but she was a tough bird and was very smart.She spoke very clearly and everyone who met her loved her.
It seems she tripped on her way to the bathroom and hit her head on the corner of the wall and baseboard and died instantly.
I'm starting to stablize and have started to title some recent recordings.I've got two more cassettes to do.It's the best stuff I've done yet.I'm always trying to surprise myself with what come up with.I hope to start uploading some songs next week so they start showing before the end of August which is my third year on mp3.I always try to do something special for august and Halloween and may birthday 11/27/54.
I use to like to revamp my pages ever three months but it's been impossible for over a year now.
I record so much music that by the time I can make them mp3s to me they are kinda out of date for me because I'm doing music that's to me is more recent and interesting.
I've been getting prepared for the plays I'm in a few weeks.It's gonna be a real boost to my acting experience.
I'll tell you I don't think I'll be doing another play for a long while.I've got tons of film projects that I never have time to work on.Believe it or not music is really a sideline compared to what I have with film and video projects.I bet I have as much film stuff waitng to be edited and released as I have songs on mp3.I have a lot of nature footage,friends,jams and documentaries of people and tons of footage of local jazz bands I filmed in 80's and stuff I've filmed in the last few months in my spare time.I film with just a small digital camcorder and the sound is great.I've played out at an open mic last year doing my newest music and got some of it filmed.I use to get 10 minutes every time I played which was a drag cause it takes me ten minutes to just warm up.
It's mostly college students that go to the open mic.I'm trying to get to the open mic before they come back from vacation.That way I'll have more time because not many people show up in the summer.
It kinda sucks cause most of the time I don't have any one use my camcorder and get it on film.
I always try to record myself when ever I play out.Last year I really blew peoples mind with my music.It was my first time playing at The Sugar Shack.That's the name of the place.There is no place around here to play out at.There's a jazz jam on tuesday but the musicians that run it don't care for me using my karma cause the drums and bass are already there.I could do free jazz with them in a snap but they just play standards.I have many musician friends who have followed my music for years.In fact I guess I fit in great joining mp3 cause most of the only people would appreciated my music were musicians.
I record music to get it out of my system and to always create something more interesting than before.I've got some great music coming up.
I'm glad we have the opportunity to colab.For the first time in my life I feel like I've got someone who makes my music even better than it already is thanks to you with your vocals and fantasic imagination.I rarely blow my own horn on promoting my music but I can't wait untill my assocates hear what you've done and are doing.
I've always had a great support system but the addition of you has truly made creating music more worthwhile.
One last thing.I noticed that you have a good thing going with all your songs being alone in your region.
<http://golocal.mp3.com/gir?genre_id=0011&geo_id=10041610>
For me its one thing that makes mp3 interesting seeing how the songs are charting in my local region.Since most of the songs are mine I know what songs are being played.
I'm gonna try to convert some song files before Tube time.
I'm sure my cousin Terry is looking down smiling and mostly likely going to be able to hear my music after all.
Have a great weekend.
Your friend and Colab
Lenny
P.S. I've attached a post I did a while ago that you might have missed.

Haha! Thanks for asking me about emails. I found some from July and August that I didn't delete because they had slipped over into page 2 of my archived mail. Sending them now.

............... Trio

Hi Lenny,
First of all, I am really sorry to hear about your cousin's death. If you are like my family, you probably played together as kids. I know it would make me feel awful if any of my cousins die.
>>>>>>Thank you for your kind thoughts.I did spend some time with my cousin Terry when I was young but not that much.I was her best friend for the last five years and the only one who was not put off by her sometimes angry attitude.I'm going to having tons of projects involving things about her and all the good things she did.Her memory and influence will always live on with me and my family.
Yes, your music does seem very character oriented. That appeals to me and makes it fun to narrate over. I do get the feeling that you are putting on a play and I have been called in to do one of the parts.
>>>>I've got two roles.One in a scene from the Temptest as Caliban
<http://www.dmax.com/Shakespeare/Comedy/The_Tempest/00691.htm>
and as Lomov in the Marriage Proposal (attached)
I have to warn you that I tend to get interested in something intensely for a few days then move on to something else and then come back to that interest later. In other words, you won't see a steady stream of collaborations coming from me. More like bursts of a few, then an empty stretch, then another burst, and so on.
>>>I understand I'm the same way.
But I have downloaded quite a few of your tracks and still have many tracks to listen to, so I am in awe of the huge resource of music files that you have at MP3.com!
>>>>I'm just glad to have an audience even if it is other musicians which I think is even better.
And more on the way! It's like the magic moneybag that is never empty! Ahhh, if it was only a MONEYbag, eh? Just joking... I don't even daydream about making money from music. Haha!
>>>>>>I don't have any daydreams about making any money from my music either.I just want to make it available to the public in some way.My main interest is film anyways but mp3 has made me a much better musician and in a lot of ways a better person because of the community of musicians.
Many years ago when I was a kid I had a little jazz band in Wilmington, Delaware, but I played trumpet then. We weren't any good, but I did get to experience live playing for an audience and that was exciting. Then came years and years of no music and then the cheap portable keyboards came on the market and I got interested again.
You do a great job with your cheap portable keyboards.I know where you are coming from.I started with the first small casio in the 80's then got a few other keybords with auto accompanyment and in the 90's got into using korg workstations.
I have occasionally thought about playing live now, but so far haven't made any serious effort. I had been recording my stuff for fun until I bought a computer last year and discovered MP3.com. Since it was free, I thought why not upload my recordings. I didn't expect them to appeal to the trance, rock, and techno crowd. And they don't. Haha! But I find that it's satisfying to me to know that my stuff ends up somewhere besides my desk drawer. Actually, if I hadn't received an email from a listener right after I uploaded the first few tracks, I probably would have stopped there. But that little bit of feedback spurred me on. It was a good omen, a sign to continue. So here I am.
>>>>That's the great thing about mp3 at least someone is listening and the community for the most part is concerned about listen to other artists and maybe growing from that.We may not make a lot of money but we'll have a lot of fun and I'm sure further develop a deep friendship and a constant respect for one another.What more could a musician ask for?Maybe some recording artists want to be famous and be noticed but what I would call real musicians just want to be creative for its own sake without that ego bs.To me if making music is anything it is first of all a service to humanity esp on mp3.most folks may not like,get in or have the opportunity to hear it but the few that do are certainly effected.
You are a breath of fresh air.You have to be the most talented person I've ever collab with and respect you more than you could imagine.Even if you never did another colab with me just having what you've done so far has made me free like a real musician for once in my life.
I am amazed by the number and variety of projects that you are involved in. I imagine your motivation runs so deep that you have no idea why, you just know you have to do it.
>>>>If i had four clones and six assistants working full time and don't have to work two jobs to make ends meet I would still not be caught up in a year on all the things I could do and hope to get to.But I keep creating and doing what I can.After the play ends in the end of August I'll have more time to devote to some of the projects.
Someone sent me an email that they had done a video for "Mumbly Bumbly"... Was that you? I was unable to download the file - about 15Meg - and then the link stopped working. If it wasn't you, I'll find the email and send you a copy.
>>>>>That wasn't me but That song is one of my favorites.I'ld like to see it though.Your music and what you do is perfect for video and film.Very real and extremely expressive.I'ld like to do something with your music and certainly make our colab top priority.
I haven't even started learning the editing process of film.I just have tons of projects.I collect most of it but haven't even had time to look at some of it.It's like music.I just keep recording and listen to the cassettes when I make mp3s out of them and name the songs.That's the same thing I do with film but I never get a chance to do anything with it because of time and other projects that come up.I'm just grateful to be so create and get it out of my system and have a few people and friends check it out.
Lenny, do you have any tracks that are dialogues? If you would pretend to be two people talking and record it dry with no reverb and no background music, then I could slice it apart and insert my own voice as part of the dialogue. It might work, it might not. Then you could add background sound to the finished track. A possible subject is two guys meeting up after many years - seems they both played in a jazz band together when they were kids, then went their separate ways. That would be a realism style track. Or it could be something bizarre, zany, or science fictional. There are NO limits! Except pornography. I don't do pornography or four letter words.
>>>>>Great idea.I started a station for you but it seems mp3 is out of wack again but there are a few things on my invisible theater page.
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/49/invisible_theater.html>
A few songs may beBeta beat poem,Egg beat poem,the beach,the beat.the looks and beatnic banquet.
Maybe that could give you some ideas.
I know what you are talking about and I can record some stuff this week with just vocals with the concept you have in mine.I think its a great idea and I'm honored you would suggest it.I'll have a ton of material soon.It will be fun and exciting.
I'm not into talking about porn and don't use four letter words in my recording.Some times I even use fig if I neeed to say fuck.I know where you are coming from and I agree.Not only does it limit the audience we would want and care about, it also doesn't add anything to the flavor of what we are about,our being and what we would feel is best for humanity esp in this time of history.Thanks for another great boost in my moral.
About the regional thing. Yeah, I found it odd that no one else from Columbia was on MP3.com. Especially since smaller cities in SC have several bands each listed. And Columbia is 300,000 people with a large university, too. Very odd...
>>>>>If you check it out more you'll find that there are more sections of the where you live(different parts of town)that you are not in but have bands on mp3.This is a great thing that mp3 thought of years ago for some reason.I think the bigger the city the more sections it has on mp3 and of course how many artists.
I'm gonna go do a liitle food shopping and try getting those lines down by Monday.I've taken a few days off and will be helping make the set for the plays.We have rehearsals all week.
See you in the future ................ TRIO
>>>>>>You bet.It looks brighter every day..........Lenny
Hi Trio,
Thank You for the card.Jolly Roger in Donkeytown is the best thing I've ever heard.I can't tell you how much joy it has brought to me hearing it and you doing it.
The song Jolly Roger is part of a recording phase I went through a few years ago.I've got a bunch of songs like that.
I've started to notice that you narrate what is happening with the instruments and the arrangements.That's very interesting because when I record and create music I always think of the different instruments as different charactors in the musical structure.It's great to hear you put vocals and a story to the music.It's just what I would do if I had the incredible ability that you do.I've never had anyone compliment my music as well in such a perfect way.The balance is perfect.
Jolly Roger in Donkeytown was what I really needed.
I found out tuesday evening that my favorite person in the world passed away.It was my cousin Terry.She was only in her early 30's,was deaf and a diabetic but she was the kindest person in the world.
She had been dead for a week.My Aunt Susie and Uncle Chuck,her parents called me and came down from N.H. wendsday and we went to the police station.After they left I went to where my cousin lived and packed up all her belongs that didn't smell or have roaches.Most of the stuff I had to throw out.You can only imagine how bad it was but I was her best friend and the only person she really trusted.She kept to herself and never had company.She didn't drink or take drugs she just smoked cigarettes.She had a hard life as you can imagine but she was a tough bird and was very smart.She spoke very clearly and everyone who met her loved her.
It seems she tripped on her way to the bathroom and hit her head on the corner of the wall and baseboard and died instantly.
I'm starting to stablize and have started to title some recent recordings.I've got two more cassettes to do.It's the best stuff I've done yet.I'm always trying to surprise myself with what come up with.I hope to start uploading some songs next week so they start showing before the end of August which is my third year on mp3.I always try to do something special for august and Halloween and may birthday 11/27/54.
I use to like to revamp my pages ever three months but it's been impossible for over a year now.
I record so much music that by the time I can make them mp3s to me they are kinda out of date for me because I'm doing music that's to me is more recent and interesting.
I've been getting prepared for the plays I'm in a few weeks.It's gonna be a real boost to my acting experience.
I'll tell you I don't think I'll be doing another play for a long while.I've got tons of film projects that I never have time to work on.Believe it or not music is really a sideline compared to what I have with film and video projects.I bet I have as much film stuff waitng to be edited and released as I have songs on mp3.I have a lot of nature footage,friends,jams and documentaries of people and tons of footage of local jazz bands I filmed in 80's and stuff I've filmed in the last few months in my spare time.I film with just a small digital camcorder and the sound is great.I've played out at an open mic last year doing my newest music and got some of it filmed.I use to get 10 minutes every time I played which was a drag cause it takes me ten minutes to just warm up.
It's mostly college students that go to the open mic.I'm trying to get to the open mic before they come back from vacation.That way I'll have more time because not many people show up in the summer.
It kinda sucks cause most of the time I don't have any one use my camcorder and get it on film.
I always try to record myself when ever I play out.Last year I really blew peoples mind with my music.It was my first time playing at The Sugar Shack.That's the name of the place.There is no place around here to play out at.There's a jazz jam on tuesday but the musicians that run it don't care for me using my karma cause the drums and bass are already there.I could do free jazz with them in a snap but they just play standards.I have many musician friends who have followed my music for years.In fact I guess I fit in great joining mp3 cause most of the only people would appreciated my music were musicians.
I record music to get it out of my system and to always create something more interesting than before.I've got some great music coming up.
I'm glad we have the opportunity to colab.For the first time in my life I feel like I've got someone who makes my music even better than it already is thanks to you with your vocals and fantasic imagination.I rarely blow my own horn on promoting my music but I can't wait untill my assocates hear what you've done and are doing.
I've always had a great support system but the addition of you has truly made creating music more worthwhile.
One last thing.I noticed that you have a good thing going with all your songs being alone in your region.
<http://golocal.mp3.com/gir?genre_id=0011&geo_id=10041610>
For me its one thing that makes mp3 interesting seeing how the songs are charting in my local region.Since most of the songs are mine I know what songs are being played.
I'm gonna try to convert some song files before Tube time.
I'm sure my cousin Terry is looking down smiling and mostly likely going to be able to hear my music after all.
Have a great weekend.
Your friend and Colab
Lenny
P.S. I've attached a post I did a while ago that you might have missed.
Subject: Re: Mumbly Bumbly video

Hi Trio,
I'll check out that site when I get a chance.
I started writting a short bio for one of your ideas and have attached it.It's just a quick bio.If you have any changes or suggestions let me know.Just something to look at.
Lenny
----- Original Message ----- From: Trio Quatro <mailto:trio33@msn.com> To: Leonard Hall <mailto:laughingdervish@sprynet.com> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: Mumbly Bumbly video
Here is that email I mentioned. Naturally I was curious to see it. I tried to play it with Windows Media Player, but that didn't work, so I downloaded the divx codec and I was able to play a short demo video on the divx site. I still couldn't play his video direct off the net, though, so I went to his page and started downloading it - a 90 min download for a 15meg file. But about 60min into the download I lost my internet connection and gave up in disgust.
I don't mess with video on the internet. It's too much trouble. A 90min download for a one minute video?!
I don't know if you have a fast connection or not. Maybe you can see the video. I emailed him and told him I hadn't seen it, but admired the effort it must have taken to make it.
.......................... TRIO .................................
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I made a little video thing for "mumbly bumbly"

see it at:

www.crimsoft.com/crimity/animations/quickmonkey.avi

you're going to need to download the divx codec though:

www.divx.com

tell me what you think.

ttyl,

Matt Ostgard
Subject: Re: Two guys meeting up after many years
Hi Trio,
First of all.I realized that I miss read this when I read it the second time when I replyed to it.
Yes, your music does seem very character oriented. That appeals to me and makes it fun to narrate over. I do get the feeling that you are putting on a play and I have been called in to do one of the parts.
>>>>>I'm glad you feel that way.It's true and to me you're a top knotch musician and a vital componet in what I enjoy doing most.I feel like I've finally found someone who is a true creative equal.
Subject: Two guys meeting up after many years
Your bio document was cool. Almost too real.
I don't know if I could be a "Dino Costello" voice or not. Can't hurt to try.
>>>> It wasn't a requirement in the theme to be Dino.I just wanted to use that name and a bit of your bio.I thought that you could always think of a few other members of the Tony D experience and name them and choose one that feels comfortable with.I like the tony idea.I'll answer the questions.
I really like all your Tony d'Wonderful stuff. All the jazzy stuff you do about clubs and musicians.
Hey, I just had an idea. I could be a reporter for the Atlanta Journal entertainment section doing an interview of Tony. Tony just won an award and the Atlanta Journal reporter is interviewing him. But the reporter never heard of Tony before, so he doesn't know anything about him.
So Mr. d'Wonderful, is it OK if I call you Tony?
>>>That's okay.Most of my friends and fans call me Tony D.There are a million Tonys' out there but there's only one Tony D.I was born the way I am and I intend to stay that way.Just a regular Joe trying to do what he loves for who ever will listen.
How do you feel about winning the Jazz Club Owners' Association award for the Most Entertaining Jazz Artist of 2002?
>>>> I feel honored to be chosen over all the other great artists out there.I've admired so many of them over the years and have learned so much from them.
Little Larry and The Mobile HomeWreckers, who was also nominated,is the best band to ever emerge out of the trailer park scene.I remember the days when he played with Jelly Roll Hurt'in.I don't know how many years he played with him in the inspection bay of Big Louies Mobil station.It wasn't a club or as good as playing the trailer parks but there were times when Big Louie wasn't working on a car in the other bay and they could fit 15 maybe 20 people inside.
One night about 1:00 in the morning while the band was jamming on a John Lee Hooker tune some biker friends of Big Louie came in for gas and started some crap about a solo that Little Larry was doing.They were all drunk or high and started up all their bikes by the bay door to drown out the band.When Jelly closed the bay door they started throwing beer bottles at the door and broke all the windows.After that Big Louie stopped having bands play in his gas station and Little Larry went back to the trailer park were he lived with his mother,four brothers and 14 cats and eventually started a band of his own from other musicians who lived in the trailer park.Today he's the biggest draw at all of the trailer parks he plays at.Although he plays mostly where there are over 20 units he still finds the time to play at places that may have 5.He's a humble guy and a hell of a harp player.
I could go on and on about all the great talents that were not selected.Fat Wally and the Empty Buckets,who puts out a can for tips,Sloopy Sally and the A Cups, Handsome Herbie and his Boogie Boys but I know you have a few more questions.
Tony, when you were growing up, when did you first know you wanted to be a jazz musician?
To be continued......
I can see long answers to those two questions!
And the "interview" bit might fit together with the "meeting" bit. Maybe Dino and Tony are both in town because of the awards ceremony?
Great Idea!
Well, let the ideas keep coming, eh? But right now it's bedtime.
Talk with you later ................. TRIO .......................
It's a long week of rehearsals for the plays.I'll get back this as soon as I can.
..........Lenny............
Subject: Re: Your reply to "Two guys, etc....."

Hi Trio,
Just a quick note.I've got to get the rehearsal.
The stories on mp3 wrre read by a friend of mine Jimmy Cennamo.If you go to my home page you'll see them and other stories.
<http://www.laughingdervish.com/stories.html>
Talk to you soon
Lenny

Hahaha! Lenny, your Tony D stuff is just as funny on paper as it is when you hear it.
Have you done any writing or thought about writing down some Tony D episodes?
Well, I answered my own question by going back to Laughing Dervish.com. Some great writing there. I didn't see much on Tony D, but I read the Vito Vaselini story. Wow, that's a bummer, but you have that spark of humor in there that lightens it up enough to be bearable. I feel that you have a deep sympathy for the ways people's lives can turn out, no matter how undesirable their life may seem to be.
But in your email that whole shtick about Little Larry and the Mobile Home Wreckers and the rest was hilarious!
That suggests another entire bit based on the awards ceremony itself. This is turning into an epic - "New England Jazz" - which should also be a genre on MP3.com!
Well, I'll let your coffee brain get back to percolating on your many interests. This Southern boy gets tired out if he has more than three ideas a day.
Until later .............................. TRIO ............................
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Hi Trio,

I read your reply to my post about cd covers.

I've seen what you do and I think you may be able to pull it off.

Here are some other ideas you may want to think about.

If you could do cartoons of all the artists on the cd it would be an idea.I could send you the band photos if you wanted or maybe just a few.The other idea that may be simpler is to take the bands photos and arrange them on the cover.I don't know much about working with photo shop or other programs that can do this.

I'm interested in any thing you can come up with esp since you are also influenced by Frank Zappa.You would be a perfect addition to the family.

E-mail me whenever you get a chance.

Lenny

Subject: Re: Animation
Hi Trio,
I don't see why we couldn't find someone that already does it well.We've got three great discriptive songs.
I haven't even learned how to do html codes to create highlighted links.I'll start working on it next week and put some feelers out there.I don't know why we can't get a three way partnership going with someone.
I'm getting closer on getting my lines down.I also have a bad memory so it's really a struggle.I'm the type of actor that needs to know his lines and blocking(where and when I move)before I feel at ease.The show opens thursday but we're having a small group in the theater on wendsday just to get the feel of a live audience.
I also prefer improv and have studied many different forms of it.I really don't enjoy being in plays that much I just like the challenge.This is going to be my last play for a long time.
Hey! I've got a weird thing that happen.Yesterday when I got home I have a message from Little Jimmy and the Homewreckers.I haven't heard from him in years.Maybe he felt the vibe of the Little Larry and The Mobile Homewreckers story.They were my favorite local blues band for over 20 years now.They broke up a few times.Maybe they are getting back together.My favorite song they did was called Help Me.It's by Sonny Boy Williamson.I can't wait to fill him in on what's been going on the past three years.
Lenny
Subject: Animation
------------------------------------ You said ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What you've done with your narration of my instrumentals gave me a thought.
All your narrations add so much that now they seem perfect for animation or cartoon plots. We should start looking for someone who is interested in doing that. I think it would be great.
I'll be clear to do more things after this production is under way.
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Yeah, I've been thinking animation for a long time. A lot of work to get all those image frames made, but if I can get hold of a low cost easy-to-use animation program, I intend to give it a try. And I am thinking I might be able to do stop-motion animation just using an ordinary PC camera and the Windows MovieMaker software that came with WindowsXP, but it uses up as much memory as a regular video. I don't know anything about Flash and the other web animation techniques. That's on my list of things to investigate. There is just so so much technical detail to learn. I keep discovering features in my audio recording software that I had no idea were in there. I don't want to try to learn animation when I haven't even mastered the software I already own...
Hope you learn all those lines. I could never be in a play because of my bad memory. I would have to only do improv.
If they still say "Break a leg!" then break one! If they don't, then good luck with the show.
.................................... TRIO ................................
Subject: Re: Doctor Pervert Warning
Man of Man of man.Do I love your our latest colab.I just uploaded some new updates songs on mp3 on the Captain Weirdo page and Invisible theate page.Should be there in a week.Should be there in a week.
Tonight was the first night of the plays.Opening night.
I'll fill you in what's going on and the drama of the atmosphere.
I'm gonna do some recording before I go to bed.
Lenny
Subject: Doctor Pervert Warning
I was playing around with some of your tracks today.
I have attached the mp3 file. It sounds like the start of a longer track, but I don't have a finish for it...
So I don't know if it will ever get uploaded to MP3.com. But since this is the first time both our voices are on the same track, I thought I would send you the mp3 file.
Hope the play is going well............... TRIO ........................
Hi Trio,

It's been a busy summer but I finally got the COI cd on a site.Here's the url.

The CD Baby page is ready for The Children Of Invention: Music Only A Mother Could Love

YOUR PERMANENT LINK IS...

http://www.cdbaby.com/childrenoi

I'll catch up with you soon.

Lenny
Subject: Re: EarWorm Animation Video
Hi Lenny,
Hope this finds you well and happy. It must be getting cold up there about now. This is my favorite time of year here since I don't need to run the air conditioner or the heater.
>>>>>>Hi Trio
I'm doing good.It's starting to get cold up here.My cat enjoys looking out the open window so I keep two windows open for her when I can.Heat is included in my rent and my apartment was built well with a good heating system so having the windows open doesn't really loose that much heat.My lawn mowing season is almost over.That will be a relief.I get burnt out by the end of the season.
I abandoned music (temporarily) about a month ago and started learning animation and video. I knew my paint program had an animated GIF feature, but I hadn't ever tried it because my idea of animated GIFs has always been those little 3 or 4 frame animations that you see on web pages. But when I dipped into the program, I found that it was capable of long animations.
>>>>I wish I could get away from music for a while and do more film stuff.I've sent two cassettes off to my friend Stormy in Calif to titled the songs.He's done one and sent me the songs titles.I processed the files and made mp3s of the songs last night and put a few on mp3.I've got one more full cassette to title of my most recent stuff that I need to process and make into mp3s.Maybe after that I'll be content for a while.
I've always thought it would be interesting to do animation.I can imagine how time involved it is.I kinda miss doing the digital paintings with fireworks.That how i first got the idea of trying to do animation with it but it looks really complicated.
I really enjoyed your animation.You've got a pleasant style with your creativity in every thing I've seen and heard you do.
It would be nice if there was a animation program that would be simple to create decent animation that had short cuts in some of the processes.I don't know anything about it but it's starting to interest me more seeing what you've done.
Included with WindowsXP is the WindowsMovieMaker program which will accept animated GIFs as input. So unknown to me I already had a set of software tools on my computer.
Although both pieces of software are easy to use, the actual task of making an animation is just as tedious as I thought it would be. It's fun now because I am new to it, but I wouldn't want to do it as a fulltime job.
>>>>>Here's a site I found with interesting animation.
<http://www.toxictoons.com/>
Anyway. the attached clip - Coming Soon From Grabbox Video - is some of the little pieces that I made learning to use this stuff. I don't know how far I will go with it. Making a 60 second cartoon would be a major project and I have no deep motivation to put out so much effort for such a small result. Especially since there are a boatload of super animators out there working in 3D and so forth. However, I wouldn't mind making a crude cartoon with my limited skills if it entertains me.
I have checked out a lot of videos on the web. I use the DivX search page. It seems to be the most powerful and to find the most movies. I filter out the porn since there is plenty of those clips out there. I have found a few good clips, but they are mostly TV ads from foreign countries. A lot of skill goes into those ads. Hopefully they will teach me something about how to tell a story in 60seconds or less.
How are you going to use your video footage? Will you make a DVD? Will you put clips on the internet? Are you recording with a digital camera? Have you done any video editing yet?
>>>>>>>I just gave my production partner Dave two dv cassettes to use in his video projects.If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have anything to present to the public.He's been into video editing for a while now.He did a project for me he called the Lance Gargoyle Story.It has several good videos on it.It's an hour long.He's got his second project almost completed.It's two hours of videos of his music and some bands he knows and some footage and music of mine.He's really into it and it's looks great.He's always buying new programs.He got a cartoon program his working with now.I can't wait to see what he does with it.
A few years ago I started to put some short video clips on a site but the process was so involved because I used Quick time and had to upload the files in three different formats.They never looked that good on the site so I never continued.If I did put anything again on a video site I've got the Videos Dave did and some live footage from last year at the Sugar Shack.
I've got a Panisonic Digital Camera I've been using for a few years now.I got an I-mac with the i movie a while back and started doing some editing with that but it was so time consuming I had to lay off it before I got to know really well.
I've been waiting all summer to take my vacation.I hope to be able to get it soon.I'll put some time in then.If I don't have several 6 or 8 hour blocks to work with I can't get enough momentum to get anything completed.
Dave is working on putting our productions on DVD.
If I find a good site I'll start processing and uploading video to that site.I'm sure Dave may have a few sites in mind.His motivation in making videos is the ones he does of his music are going to be sent along with his music to music companies.We are mainly working with VHS and super VHS for the time being.
He does all the production with a computer program called Vegas Video and then puts them on DV tapes or super VHS for the masters.
Let's talk video! Any sites to recommend? And keep me up-to-date on what you are doing with your video.
I'm sure Dave knows some sites.I'll forward your e-mail to him and get some info.
I've finished my first cd of The Other Orchestra.I put three vocals on it.Two were Jolly Roger in Donkey Town and Shakes Rollie and me.
Here's the song list.
1.Frankenzappa 2.Bread Like Apes 3.Bass Droppings 4.Happenstance 5.Madness Control 6.The Other Orchestra 7.Jolly Roger In Donkeytown 8.Another Dive 9.Joey Peppers 10.Sidecar At The Flame 11.Sad Day 12.Mrs. Lincoln's Thread 13. Goodbye Terry We Love You 14.Yvonne 15.Jean Luc 16.ELP 17.Carrier of Light 18.Elixer of Dawn 19. Fused Art 20.Irish Erotica 21.Shakes Rollie and Me 22.Operant Rats 23.Rosso Antico
24.The Most Plentiful Ingredient
I them for Dave and he loved both of them and wants to do a video of Jolly Roger in Donkeytown.He e-mailed me and asked me if I would ask you if you would send some footage of yourself for the video.I told him I didn't think it would something you would be interested in.You seem like you enjoy keeping a low profile.We're gonna make other plans but if it is something you would approve of let me know.
Those are the two songs that I want to make something with the most.
Everyone that hears them really enjoy them.I played them for my mother last weekend when I saw her for her birthday.
Dave is gonna have a ball with Jolly Roger in Donkeytown.
I've got a movie called The Last Castle that I'm gonna watch.
I'll be back at you soon with more updates.
Lenny
Oh, and I did finally download that clip by the guy who animated "Mumbly Bumbly". It was basically a dancing monkey. I got the impression that he was a student learning to use a 3D program. That he had created the monkey and needed an excuse to make it do something. Hey, I was happy to help!
Okay, I'll see you later ........................... TRIO .................................

Subject: Something of interest
Hi Trio,
I went to the video site that has my clips and found this article I found interesting.
<http://www.radicalzoo.com/community/showarticle.php?threadid=154&postid=525>
Lenny
Subject: Re: Reply to your reply - TRIO

Hi Trio,
I'm gonna e-mail Dave your e-mails.He can fill you in on whatever you need to know.
Thanks for the animation info.I got my vacation approved for the middle of next week and the following week.You got me inspired to start checking this animation stuff out and maybe doing some during that time.
I don't know much of the fine details but I'll be doing a lot with Dave while I'm on vacation so I'll be learning a lot of new info also.
Lenny

Subject: Reply to your reply - TRIO
I've always thought it would be interesting to do animation. I can imagine how time involved it is. I kinda miss doing the digital paintings with fireworks. That how i first got the idea of trying to do animation with it but it looks really complicated.
I really enjoyed your animation. You've got a pleasant style with your creativity in every thing I've seen and heard you do.
******** Thanks, Lenny. You always have good supportive comments to make.
It would be nice if there was a animation program that would be simple to create decent animation that had short cuts in some of the processes. I don't know anything about it but it's starting to interest me more seeing what you've done.
********* I don't know anything about specific programs, but I understand that most of the advanced ones have a feature that will interpolate between two frames for you. In other words, you might only have to create half the frames and the program would come up with frames to fill in between your frames.
Also, there is the TV anime style of animation where a lot of the time nothing moves but the character's mouth. Definitely a shortcut there!
And then there are the Flash type programs that have some script language doing some of the actual drawing. Those are more appealing to programmer types. They have a very clean jazzy look when done well.
The most time-consuming is Disney style animation where every frame is a separate illustration. A minimum of 700 drawings per minute of movie! Yikes! No wonder they work in teams.
>>>>>Here's a site I found with interesting animation.
<http://www.toxictoons.com/>
********** I will be checking it out tonight.
He's always buying new programs.He got a cartoon program his working with now.I can't wait to see what he does with it.
******** Ask him about cheap programs for animation. Under $200. The big programs are priced at several grand!!!
A few years ago I started to put some short video clips on a site but the process was so involved because I used Quick time and had to upload the files in three different formats.They never looked that good on the site so I never continued.If I did put anything again on a video site I've got the Videos Dave did and some live footage from last year at the Sugar Shack.
******** I checked out MP3.com's movie site called MP4.com! They are all streaming movies - you can't download them. That sucks as far as I am concerned, although I liked the movies I saw. Many people there use Flash for animation which has it's own unique appearance. But unless you have a fast connection, streaming moves just don't cut it.
Let's talk video! Any sites to recommend? And keep me up-to-date on what you are doing with your video.
I'm sure Dave knows some sites.I'll forward your e-mail to him and get some info.
****** Great!
I've finished my first cd of The Other Orchestra.I put three vocals on it.Two were Jolly Roger in Donkey Town and Shakes Rollie and me.

I them for Dave and he loved both of them and wants to do a video of Jolly Roger in Donkeytown.He e-mailed me and asked me if I would ask you if you would send some footage of yourself for the video.I told him I didn't think it would something you would be interested in. You seem like you enjoy keeping a low profile.We're gonna make other plans but if it is something you would approve of let me know.
Those are the two songs that I want to make something with the most.
Everyone that hears them really enjoy them.I played them for my mother last weekend when I saw her for her birthday.
Dave is gonna have a ball with Jolly Roger in Donkeytown.
I've got a movie called The Last Castle that I'm gonna watch.
I'll be back at you soon with more updates.
Lenny
****** Dave sounds like a good man to know. Good luck on the video. I am so glad that you find my vocals useful. I hope I can do some more for you.
You are right about the low profile, though. I don't won't to see myself in a video. If I find a clip I think he might like, what format should it be in? Is 320x240 big enough? Or does it have to be bigger?
Talk again later .................................. TRIO ....................................
Subject: Re: Mercury from Trio
Hi Trio,
Dave e-mailed me about his suggestion.I was a little annoyed about him pressing the issue of getting footage from you.
I talked to him tonite and he said he wanted to ask you if he could use Mercury on the scatterbox videos.I said I didn't know but it wouldn't hurt to ask.The scatterbox video is something Dave is putting together of various bands including his music and some of mine and other bands with different styles.
I give Dave a bunch of music files and footage and he goes to town.He's been doing some nery interesting stuff.The Scatterbrain is going to be two hours of music videos.
My projects are different than Daves.I'm into documentaries,nature footage,live music I've done last year and whatever else develops.I'm going to be doing Jolly Roger in Donkeytown myself as my first video project.I hope to get footage of some actress I know doing the parts as the Donkey voiced women if I can.It makes much more sense for me to do your part or get someone else to play the role on video.
I'm going to be able to get caught up on several projects while on vacation.
I like your new video.The last one with the guy dancing reminded me of these things artists put with their messages on the mp3 bb.
I'm getting interested in doing something with animation but I can't draw very well at all.I'm sure if I start doing it I'll create my own technique and style anyways.
I'll caught up with you later.
Lenny
I'm on vacation after tuesday
Subject: Mercury from Trio
Hi Lenny,
Dave emailed me and asked about being in a video but I am still low profile.
He said the name of one of your mutual projects was "ScatterBrain JukeBox" - cool title!
I am still playing with animation. Another clip attached - "Mecury".
It's not much but I am working up to something better --- I hope!
See you later ....................... TRIO .........................................
Subject: Re: DISASTER
Hello, Lenny,
Well, I am sorry to hear about the loss. And you had just installed that CD burner! I guess you are wishing that you had backed up everything to CDs.
>>>>>>The only thing I lost was my e-mail history which I shouldn't have lost if Dave would had remembered to save my e-mails.Let me know if you have any e-mails that you received from me or sent or replyed to that you haven't totally deleted yet.
You can download my shorts from my Yahoo Group called IttyBittyMovies. I'll send you an invitation from the group so you can join. You don't have to go through the Yahoo ID process unless you want to. Just your email address will get you in. But a Yahoo ID is no problem. It's free and includes a free web page and a free email account. And you can click boxes to avoid being sent any spam, even from Yahoo. I have several Yahoo accounts and they work perfectly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>I went to the site and got what I was missing.It looks like a good set up.
Well, I hope you get back to normal soon. And I really, really hope that the Dazzle adapter didn't cause your problem. Then I would feel like I contributed to the disaster!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The main cause of the disaster was caused by my inexperience with performing certain functions.The distress came from losing those e-mails which shouldn't have happened and wouldn't have happened if someone else had reinstalled my windows 98 for me like my back up computer person Mike(the guy that gave me the video files).
I'm listening to your cd now.I'm gonna do some painting.
I'll fill you in on the the fest in my next e-mail.
Lenny
.........................
............................ Trio
Hi Trio,
I did something wrong with my computer than screwed it up so much that I had to reinstall windows 98.Dave moved all my files on my d drive so I didn't lose that but he forgot to save me e-mails and I lost four years of contacts,all my e-mails I've saved from the beginning of my internet history.As you might have noticed my e-mails were my journals besides being communications that's why I said so much about myself.Losing them was equal to losing 1/4 of everything I've done in three years.
I had Dave come over twice and another friend Mike once
to help reinstall all my programs,and get everything back to normal.It was a horrorshow.If I hadn't lost all those e-mails(my Data Base) I would have been able to handle it better.The only think right now that gets me feeling better and back in gear is understanding and realizing that everything I lost is very little compared to what other people have and what I stll have left.I've learned to live with disappointment for so long I guess I can handle another couple of pounds.
Can you send me your last few shorts too.I'll make a list of what I have to make sure I have all of them.
Lenny
Wow! What happened, Lenny? I am sending emails now.
........................ Trio
Hi Trio,
I had big trouble with my computer yesterday and lost all my past e-mails I've collected over the years.
Could you please send your last e-mails again.I got them but my system wasn't back up and running right and I lost them to.
Its been two of the worse days I've had in a long time.
I lost all my contacts I've collected over the years so I have start from scratch and contact whoever I can.
Everything is back to normal now.
I got fireworks back and your cd.Send me your e-mails to me for the last two days again.
...............Lenny
OK Lenny,
I am downloading them now.
................ Trio
Subject: Once Upon A Time#1
Hey Trio,
I've been doing some more paintings and I think I've caught on about your idea of using my paintings in a story.I'm going to send you some today that might go well together in a short.Looking at them I can see how the title and the painting could help drive the story.It may become a good process in the future.
Here we go
Lenny
Haha! They look pretty happy. What have they been drinking?
Once Upon A Time#2
This is one of my new favorites.
This one seems to be a message in some strange language.
Hey Trio,
I've been doing some more paintings and I think I've caught on about your idea of using my paintings in a story.I'm going to send you some today that might go well together in a short.Looking at them I can see how the title and the painting could help drive the story.It may become a good process in the future.
Here we go
Spongebob is on in the other room.I'm gonna go see if its one I haven't seen.
Lenny
Yeah, he looks tough. And he seems to be threatening the Straw Man from the Rogue movies!
................ Trio
Hello Lenny,
Yeah, my email account only holds 2 megabytes so it doesn't take much to overload it. I check it everyday and keep it cleared out.
Your pics look great. Feels good to be on an inspiration kick, doesn't it? That's the way I am. Sometimes the ideas are really flowing and other times the well is dry.
Room 202 was the only movie even close to a minute long. I think X-3 is only 30 or 40 seconds. Maybe it didn't matter and the movie just had to be under a minute. Also X-3 has the sexual element in it - not exactly family friendly.
Did you see any R-rated movies in the mix? They advertised 60 movies in 60 minutes. Wow! I can't wait to see it.
You know I am dependant on Dave for converting Room 202 to tape so that it could be entered - not an easy task - so I am comfortable with him deciding which movie to enter and how many to enter.
I bet the One Minute Festival did give you a lot of ideas. That's why I so much want to see it.
Johnny Cash video? No, haven't seen it.
Trigger Happy on the Comedy Channel? No, I am not connected to cable. I know! I am way behind the times! Haha! I don't even have a DVD player yet. And I just got on the internet last year. Even some of my older relatives got on the net before I did. Well, I just have to catch up with you modern folks.
.................. Trio
Subject: Re: Once Upon A Time#2
Hi Trio,
I think I overloaded your e-mail account.I got some returned e-mails.Sorry I got carried away.
I really went to town yesterday and got inspired.Once I get a technique I like I really get into it.
Friday was a good experience.The Revolving Museum had a very nice exhibit called Toys in Playland.I'm gonna go and check it out again.The film Fest at Evo had some good results.I met someone who I hadn't seen in years.He was sent a postcard about the event and thought he was excepted so he took the night off from work and came.He found out that His submission was going to be accepted by they couldn't access or get it off the DVD he sent.He was really bummed out but I told him that him and I wouldn't had met up again after over 10 years if it didn't happen and we've both come along way in ten years.His name is Matt and were gonna start getting together soon.
The place they had the film fest was packed.It looked like local people from Lowell were given extra considerationon being considered for being in the film and lots of people from Lowell and the area were there.were there.
My honest review is that half of the films should have been cut because they weren't of a polished nature.The good ones are going to carry the so so ones and if it was cut in half if would be easier to watch.You should have selected X-3 instead of room 202.It went over okay but X-2 would have gotten a much better response.Some poeple had more than one film in the series.I didn't think the feature that the person that was doing it was that hot.The sound wasn't balanced through out the film and it was too long.It gave me a lot of ideas though.Dave told me that they broadcasted it last weekend before the fest.Too bad he didn't think of recording it so I could see it and send it to you.A DVD is coming out in the summer and its going to be shown on the cable channel sometime.I'll record it when it comes on.I want to see it again soon.About 1/4 of it of really good.
Thanks for the past e-mails.They could become useful sometime down the road.
Have you seen the new Johnny Cash Video?It's really out of this world and kinda spooky.I want to see it again.
Have you ever watched Trigger Happy on the Comedy Channel on Monday at 10:00 p.m.?It's a British Program that gives me a lot of ideas of what I've been wanting to do around my area.
I'll try to send the paintings you might have not gotten.It's only a few but you may get a repeat.
Lenny
Subject: Re: Once Upon A Time#2
Haha! They look pretty happy. What have they been drinking?
It reminded me of hieroglyphics and got me thinking: You know this could be a message in some alien pictorial language.
Subject: Re: Dandyland
I never know what they are going to look like at the end and I title them after I make them like my music.I think the title might have been inspired by the Revolving Museum.I'll see if I can video tape the exhibit one of the times I go and see it.It was really interesting.
Hi Trio,
I think I overloaded your e-mail account.I got some returned e-mails.Sorry I got carried away.
I really went to town yesterday and got inspired.Once I get a technique I like I really get into it.
Friday was a good experience.The Revolving Museum had a very nice exhibit called Toys in Playland.I'm gonna go and check it out again.The film Fest at Evo had some good results.I met someone who I hadn't seen in years.He was sent a postcard about the event and thought he was excepted so he took the night off from work and came.He found out that His submission was going to be accepted by they couldn't access or get it off the DVD he sent.He was really bummed out but I told him that him and I wouldn't had met up again after over 10 years if it didn't happen and we've both come along way in ten years.His name is Matt and were gonna start getting together soon.
The place they had the film fest was packed.It looked like local people from Lowell were given extra considerationon being considered for being in the film and lots of people from Lowell and the area were there.were there.
My honest review is that half of the films should have been cut because they weren't of a polished nature.The good ones are going to carry the so so ones and if it was cut in half if would be easier to watch.You should have selected X-3 instead of room 202.It went over okay but X-2 would have gotten a much better response.Some poeple had more than one film in the series.I didn't think the feature that the person that was doing it was that hot.The sound wasn't balanced through out the film and it was too long.It gave me a lot of ideas though.Dave told me that they broadcasted it last weekend before the fest.Too bad he didn't think of recording it so I could see it and send it to you.A DVD is coming out in the summer and its going to be shown on the cable channel sometime.I'll record it when it comes on.I want to see it again soon.About 1/4 of it of really good.
Thanks for the past e-mails.They could become useful sometime down the road.
Have you seen the new Johnny Cash Video?It's really out of this world and kinda spooky.I want to see it again.
Have you ever watched Trigger Happy on the Comedy Channel on Monday at 10:00 p.m.?It's a British Program that gives me a lot of ideas of what I've been wanting to do around my area.
I'll try to send the paintings you might have not gotten.It's only a few but you may get a repeat.
Lenny
I never know what they are going to look like at the end and I title them after I make them like my music.I think the title might have been inspired by the Revolving Museum.I'll see if I can video tape the exhibit one of the times I go and see it.It was really interesting.
Lenny
Hello Lenny,
Yeah, my email account only holds 2 megabytes so it doesn't take much to overload it. I check it everyday and keep it cleared out.
Your pics look great. Feels good to be on an inspiration kick, doesn't it? That's the way I am. Sometimes the ideas are really flowing and other times the well is dry.
Room 202 was the only movie even close to a minute long. I think X-3 is only 30 or 40 seconds. Maybe it didn't matter and the movie just had to be under a minute. Also X-3 has the sexual element in it - not exactly family friendly.
Did you see any R-rated movies in the mix? They advertised 60 movies in 60 minutes. Wow! I can't wait to see it.
>>>>>>It had some much racer stuff than I seen you do.It seemed longer than than 60 minutes and they had a break too.
You know I am dependant on Dave for converting Room 202 to tape so that it could be entered - not an easy task - so I am comfortable with him deciding which movie to enter and how many to enter.
I bet the One Minute Festival did give you a lot of ideas. That's why I so much want to see it.
Johnny Cash video? No, haven't seen it.
>>>>>>>Its played on the Country channel.If I see it again I'll record it.
Trigger Happy on the Comedy Channel? No, I am not connected to cable. I know! I am way behind the times! Haha! I don't even have a DVD player yet. And I just got on the internet last year. Even some of my older relatives got on the net before I did. Well, I just have to catch up with you modern folks.
>>>>>>>>Oh life without cable.What would I do?I don't have a DVD player either.My motto:Keep it simple.
.................. Trio
..................Lenny

Hi Trio,
I think I overloaded your e-mail account.I got some returned e-mails.Sorry I got carried away.
I really went to town yesterday and got inspired.Once I get a technique I like I really get into it.
Friday was a good experience.The Revolving Museum had a very nice exhibit called Toys in Playland.I'm gonna go and check it out again.The film Fest at Evo had some good results.I met someone who I hadn't seen in years.He was sent a postcard about the event and thought he was excepted so he took the night off from work and came.He found out that His submission was going to be accepted by they couldn't access or get it off the DVD he sent.He was really bummed out but I told him that him and I wouldn't had met up again after over 10 years if it didn't happen and we've both come along way in ten years.His name is Matt and were gonna start getting together soon.
The place they had the film fest was packed.It looked like local people from Lowell were given extra considerationon being considered for being in the film and lots of people from Lowell and the area were there.were there.
My honest review is that half of the films should have been cut because they weren't of a polished nature.The good ones are going to carry the so so ones and if it was cut in half if would be easier to watch.You should have selected X-3 instead of room 202.It went over okay but X-2 would have gotten a much better response.Some poeple had more than one film in the series.I didn't think the feature that the person that was doing it was that hot.The sound wasn't balanced through out the film and it was too long.It gave me a lot of ideas though.Dave told me that they broadcasted it last weekend before the fest.Too bad he didn't think of recording it so I could see it and send it to you.A DVD is coming out in the summer and its going to be shown on the cable channel sometime.I'll record it when it comes on.I want to see it again soon.About 1/4 of it of really good.
Thanks for the past e-mails.They could become useful sometime down the road.
Have you seen the new Johnny Cash Video?It's really out of this world and kinda spooky.I want to see it again.
Have you ever watched Trigger Happy on the Comedy Channel on Monday at 10:00 p.m.?It's a British Program that gives me a lot of ideas of what I've been wanting to do around my area.
I'll try to send the paintings you might have not gotten.It's only a few but you may get a repeat.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
OK, I'll call you Mr Improv. Weather is great here, too. All the pear trees are in bloom and I broke out the shorts and T-shirts today since it was in the high 70s. I like my flannel shirts but soon will be time to put them away until October.
I had an etch-a-sketch once but could never draw anything with it. Actually, it's not easy to draw with anything, but most people feel a lot more comfortable with a pencil than a mouse. When pen tablets (you know - drawing directly on the monitor screen) get cheap, I'll probably switch to that.
I have been looking for SpongeBob videos at the thrift shops. Haven't found any yet, but I did pick up a Betty Boop tape that I really like. Ever see her? I read that they are making a SpongeBob movie and that they made over 65 TV episodes.
................. Trio
Subject: Re: Where were you

Hi Trio,
I'm having fun doing the new paintings.I never know what they are going to look like until they are finished.I paint the background as usual then create the charactors after.Someone told me recently about someone creating unique drawings with an Etch a Sketch with circles and everything.Remember those things?I had one when I was a kid?I do simple drawings with a continued stroke without taking the mouse off and then change it by giving the form a style that I like.Then as usual I look at it and see what the charactors or scene is saying.Actually they are easier to name than my past paintings.Now I'm starting to do the parts of the person in different strokes.It's going to be nice to have them on t-shirts someday.
I should be called Mr Improv.I do Acting Improv,Improv Music,Improv Paintings even my stories are kinda Improv Too.
I finally got 7 mp3 bands signed up for the gold service.Its a three month obligation when you sign up but that's okay.Its going to interesting to see how my activity is after all my songs are back up.I still get several plays even with just three songs.All my songs where available in lo-fi play in my local region and I did get some plays of other songs there.My Other Orchestra page at IUMA isn't doing that good but my mother's IUMA site is getting regular plays.
Its been a nice day up here and Punchie has gone out three times since I've come home.
Worm Convention was going to be just the background but it looked so complete I didn't put any charactors on top of it.I kept looking at it thinking of names.Like my music I like to find names that I think fit it but keep in mind what other people may see too.
It's SpongeBOb time.I saw saw one I hadn't seen.I'm gonna go see the second one.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I'm having fun doing the new paintings.I never know what they are going to look like until they are finished.I paint the background as usual then create the charactors after.Someone told me recently about someone creating unique drawings with an Etch a Sketch with circles and everything.Remember those things?I had one when I was a kid?I do simple drawings with a continued stroke without taking the mouse off and then change it by giving the form a style that I like.Then as usual I look at it and see what the charactors or scene is saying.Actually they are easier to name than my past paintings.Now I'm starting to do the parts of the person in different strokes.It's going to be nice to have them on t-shirts someday.
I should be called Mr Improv.I do Acting Improv,Improv Music,Improv Paintings even my stories are kinda Improv Too.
I finally got 7 mp3 bands signed up for the gold service.Its a three month obligation when you sign up but that's okay.Its going to interesting to see how my activity is after all my songs are back up.I still get several plays even with just three songs.All my songs where available in lo-fi play in my local region and I did get some plays of other songs there.My Other Orchestra page at IUMA isn't doing that good but my mother's IUMA site is getting regular plays.
Its been a nice day up here and Punchie has gone out three times since I've come home.
Worm Convention was going to be just the background but it looked so complete I didn't put any charactors on top of it.I kept looking at it thinking of names.Like my music I like to find names that I think fit it but keep in mind what other people may see too.
It's SpongeBOb time.I saw saw one I hadn't seen.I'm gonna go see the second one.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
Shorts! I've been wearing sweatpants under my pants for so long its gonna be great just to wear pants and light socks.
Looks like I'll be mowing lawns again this season.Its good money under the table and the customers I have are mostly elderly people who are very nice.
I never did much drawing on an etch a sketch either but the person I was told about does some amazing drawings.
I've gotten use to the mouse doing drawings.I'm not at artists and never painted excepted when I was dating Virginia years ago.Her father Charlie(whos in the inconspicous video)was painting and I did a few landscapes but they weren't that good.Virginia does some nice paintings and is one of my biggest fan.I'm glad I started that new technique.The old one had run its course.
I'm gonna start recording again but will be using my oldest Korg work station the o1Wfd as my main instrument.
Hey I don't think I mention that I remember in a past e-mail you said you finally got to hear me play guitar.I forgot to tell you that I don't think I have any guitar on any of my music on the web.All the leads are done with the o1Wfd.I had some guitar stuff on mp3 years ago but the quality of the old recordings weren't as clean as my korg work station stuff.I've got some guitar stuff that I think is okay but its hard to find.
I've recorded myself for years and have twice as many cassettes than you sent me of live recordings and tons of jams with friends.
Here's a little story.I use to jam with a guitar player named Danny St.Hillaire when I first started playing guitar.He was really good and loved jamming and just playing lead.I would play some simple chords and we would jam our ass off.Our guitar sound was always distorted so Danny came up with the name The Distortion Brothers for our jams.We got some good stuff on tape.I use to call Dannny
Dan Santana cause of his great leads.This is back in the early 1980's.I rarely play a clean guitar sound.My guitar leads are much different than my keyboard leads.My style in what I play on guitar is different too from my keyboard stuff too.
I've got a few boxes of peoples music recorded years ago from the radio too.There's so much music I've collected from the web and my own that I never listen to them unless I take a long ride but now I've got my mp3 player so its great in the car and in work.
I was reading in TV guide that Spongebob has 60 shows and the movie is gonna be out in a year or more.Nick is playing an episode that has never been shown some time this month.I've stopped recording him and have seen many I haven't gotten that are great and I kick myself in the ass.I'm gonna start recording him again to catch any I've missed.I've got four more vhs tapes of SB.I'll send you a few if you want.You may not find many in yard sales.I found one in a video store(the one I sent you)and made a few copies.
I knew you'ld get a kick out of him.My friend Dave Rawlings says he's the new Bugs Bunny.
You've got to see Trigger Happy Television.You will laugh your ass off.I've got a short vhs tape of a few shows that I made for a friend that has since gotten cable.I'll send it to you.I'm gonna start recording it every week when its on.Its the type of performance art I've been dreaming of.Its made in the UK.I'm gonna absorb the best of it and incorporate some of it into what I hope to do this summer around Lowell and the area.
I haven't seen my Aunt Susie and Uncle Chuck(Terrys parents) since Thanksgiving.I'm gonna go up Sunday to N.H.and see them.They've got my christmas present.They are about the only ones that buy me anything and it is alway perfect.I've got a very suppotive family,although I don't see them often.
Hey I'm gonna try to attach a classic sound clip that a friend gave me of messages left by his mother to his sister.
Its intense and very dramatic.
I'm looking forward to your next discovery.
Lenny
AKA MR> IMPROV

Hi Lenny,
OK, I'll call you Mr Improv. Weather is great here, too. All the pear trees are in bloom and I broke out the shorts and T-shirts today since it was in the high 70s. I like my flannel shirts but soon will be time to put them away until October.
I had an etch-a-sketch once but could never draw anything with it. Actually, it's not easy to draw with anything, but most people feel a lot more comfortable with a pencil than a mouse. When pen tablets (you know - drawing directly on the monitor screen) get cheap, I'll probably switch to that.
I have been looking for SpongeBob videos at the thrift shops. Haven't found any yet, but I did pick up a Betty Boop tape that I really like. Ever see her? I read that they are making a SpongeBob movie and that they made over 65 TV episodes.
................. Trio
Thanks, Lenny
I went over to mp4 dot com and watched the video (well, the lo-fi version - I don't have a fast connection). I am not a big fan of tragic music since I don't understand it that well, but I have enjoyed some of the Johnny Cash hits of the past.
..................... Trio

Hi Trio,
All I can say is brilliant.No just because its about me but this seems like a break through to something very unique and totally original in so many ways.This may be your ticket out of absurdity for sure.
I had to look at what paintings you used so I could get all the titles and see if there was some pattern or hidden meaning.
I got Touch Panel,What's This?,Tree of Opportunity,Yard Sale,Two Sweet,Going Out,and Where were you?Knowing what the names of the paintings are gives it an added interesting feel.
I'm quite honored.I have to say that it is the best thing than anyone has ever done with something and made great use of it.I was already raving about your shorts.Wait untill they see this one.
It's almost time for Spongebob.I've been starting a new vhs tape and keeping a list of what episodes I get so I don't repeat like on the last series.
I'll get back late.
You are the greatest.
HaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I'll be chuckling for a long while on this one.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I'm not a big fan of tragic music either but it found it kinda spooky after not seeing or hear his music in so long.
I've always listened to up music.I think people lives can be influenced by the music they listen to.
I haven't bought a cd or listened to much popular bands in 15 years.
The music I've been listening to mostly for almost four years are mp3 artists and my own.
Well it that time again.TV TIME.
Again thanks for the great short.Nice very nice.It really made my day.
Lenny

Hi, Lenny
I had not thought about putting the titles together. Cool. The story I get is this:
I found a mysterious touch panel. What's this? I touched it and it opened a door into a yard. There was a yard sale going on underneath a tree of opportunity. Two sweet people were just going out. "We waited," they said. "Where were you?"
I have a folder of your tracks that I saved because they had a particular mood or atmosphere. I thought the track in "Lenny" fit your art very nicely and it was even called "Fused Art"! More of your art and music will turn up in future movies although they might not be the entire movie like "Lenny". Haha!
........................... Trio
Lenny Hall <laughingdervish@sprynet.com> wrote:

Hi Trio,
All I can say is brilliant.No just because its about me but this seems like a break through to something very unique and totally original in so many ways.This may be your ticket out of absurdity for sure.
I had to look at what paintings you used so I could get all the titles and see if there was some pattern or hidden meaning.
I got Touch Panel,What's This?,Tree of Opportunity,Yard Sale,Two Sweet,Going Out,and Where were you?Knowing what the names of the paintings are gives it an added interesting feel.
I'm quite honored.I have to say that it is the best thing than anyone has ever done with something and made great use of it.I was already raving about your shorts.Wait untill they see this one.
It's almost time for Spongebob.I've been starting a new vhs tape and keeping a list of what episodes I get so I don't repeat like on the last series.
I'll get back late.
You are the greatest.
HaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I'll be chuckling for a long while on this one.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Lenny
Niceeeeeeeeeeeee!Lots of graphics.Great story line.Terrific music and narration.Everything is perfect.
Pretty soon you'll have more trio shorts than episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants.
Will there be an Earworm Movie someday?
Lenny

Hi, Lenny
I think you told me you put the little movies in a playlist and play them one after another. That's what I do, too.
When "Lenny" comes up on my playlist, it's a very refreshing change of approach. You know we are both very much alike in that we like to improvise our art and music. But the end result is unique. I want to do another movie using your sound and images. Do you want to give me some suggestions? Here's what I need:
1) The background music - 30 to 50 seconds taken from one of your tracks. Since I have the CDs you sent, you can just specify which CD and the title.
2) The images - 6 to 12 jpegs of your art. Again, since I have your CD of art, all I need is the titles.
3) A title for the movie - working title is "Lenny 2" unless you have a different idea.
4) Narration - this is optional. But if you have an idea for words or dialogue it should be less than 100 words. You could email it for me to do, or, if you like, you could create your own sound file and attach that to an email as an mp3 file.
In fact you might get a kick out of creating the entire soundtrack. You have all the tools right there for putting narration and music together. Just make sure that the length is less than 50 seconds. Anything from 30 to 50 seconds is good. Then convert it to an mp3 file just like you would to send it to mp3dotcom, only attach it to an email instead and send it to me. If you use the mp3dotcom standard of 128kbps, it should be less than a megabyte in size.
Well, what do you think? Interested? Let's make a movie!

............... Trio

Hahaha! Yeah, SpongeBob did 65 episodes. I'm catching up! I really admire that SpongeBob team of animators. Great stuff... EarWorm movie? Sure! It would probably only take me about 20 years to make it. Haha! Thanks for the complements. Did you get my email about another Lenny movie?
Somebody from mp3dotcom wants a movie - Mark Hewer. He does smooth music and he didn't notice the part about doing his own artwork. But he sent me a sound clip and I will use the pics off his band page. He has been at mp3dotcom for a while. His artist number is only 88 and he has over 300,00 plays.
See you later ..................... Trio

>>>>>>>>>An important thing I think you should do is list all the paintings at the end of the song. Seeing the titles of the paintings may help people wanting to see it again. Show the titles long enough so they can read at least most of them. Just an idea...
Hi, Lenny
And a good idea it is. In my version of winmediaplayer, when the movie is over the last frame freezes on the screen. I made a little test movie to see if it works that way in yours as well. Play the "Title List Test" movie by clicking on it. If you put it in a playlist, then winmediaplayer will just jump to the next movie. Of course there is a "pause" button in winmediaplayer so that you can freeze the movie on any frame, including the last frame.

............... Trio

3) A title for the movie - working title is "Lenny 2" unless you have a different idea.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The title could be what the song is or one of the painting or something that all the painting shows.But please not Lenny 2.This project sounds like it has a different flavor.You can use your own judgement.
OK! Temporarily, like in this email, I will call it Lenny 2, but hope to have a title for it soon.

............... Trio
2) The images - 6 to 12 jpegs of your art. Again, since I have your CD of art, all I need is the titles.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.I'll start looking into my painting tomorrow and pick the ones that might go with each song and tell you the names and where they are in the Fireworks files you have or send you them if they are new ones not sent to you yet.
Sounds good, Lenny, and I am thinking that you will be inspired to create a new painting.
You said you were worried about getting lazy and repeating yourself. That's actually a good thing for movies. For instance, if you had three paintings that were similar, then they could be put together as an animation. Also, just taking the same painting and creating new versions with different colors and styles would be useful.
So don't worry about repeating yourself. That might be bad for gallery art, but it is an essential part of animation art! You can give them the same title, but number them. For instance: Party 1, Party 2, etc!
And the 6 to 12 number only applies to unique images. If you have a series of similar paintings, I can fit more in the movie since they will each be on the screen for a shorter period of time.
For example, if you had a painting Party and did 7 variations in different colors, it could display on the screen in the same 3 or 4 seconds that a single painting would, but it would have the visual excitement of the shifting colors.

............... Trio

<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/213/213913.html>
This song is called A dive.It is one of favorites and most interesting if you were to do something with maybe more than one part.It has tons of interesting changes all through it and would make a nice series but even the first part to start would be great.
That is a good track! I want to use it for my own animation! I would use the last forty seconds to background your movie, but I think I really do want to save the first part for my own use. Ain't I selfish? Haha!
One thing I liked about the Fused Art track that backgrounds "Lenny" is the exotic beat combined with the "exploration of a mysterious place" quality about the sounds.
I'll check out some other tracks and more ideas from you are welcome. It could of course be a track that you don't think is all that great except for 30 or 40 seconds of it since that's all we need for the movie!
............... Trio

<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short. I don't have any song with the time you need. Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
It IS short enough, but I don't think it has enough of your personal style in it. Too much Korg and not enough you.
The length of the tracks is not a problem as long as we can clip 30 or 40 seconds out of it. Fading in and out works fine, but sometimes a track will have a natural break in it where it can easily be cut. Fast peppy tracks are more likely to have such a break than slow flowing tracks.
My personal opinion is that a peppy track works better for a short movie than a flowing track. There isn't time in a short movie to establish a mood with a long intro and so on. Whatever is going to happen has to start happening right away or there will not be time to finish it! Although I guess you could argue that "Why I Make the Little Movies" has a slow backing track.... So I am open to every idea of course!

............... Trio

If I see you on the board I'll leave a post.
Hahaha! No, you won't see me on the board again! I stayed up past midnight yesterday posting and debating Iraq with other boardies. That's why I quit going there. I get addicted and waste huge chunks of time writing thousands of words that become obsolete within minutes after they are written. Plus my nerves get riled up from all the arguing and debating. It's too bad they don't have an area where you could post a notice and it would just stay there for people to see. Like a real life message board.
Trio
I just almost finished an e-mail about the project and I hit a key and it vanished.
I'm getting ready to record Trigger Happy TV.I've got two vcrs so I'm starting a tape for you at the same time.
Oh Shit! It's not on.They did this last week too It came on an hour later but only one episode.
Oh well.I've to do that e-mail again and it was a long one.
I think I've heard Mark Hewer.I'll check him out.With 300,000 plays he has to be doing something right.
What an Artist Number?
I've got to get back and start that last e-mail again.
Lenny

Subject: Re: movie attached -- "Why I Make the Little Movies"
Hahaha! Yeah, SpongeBob did 65 episodes. I'm catching up! I really admire that SpongeBob team of animators. Great stuff... EarWorm movie? Sure! It would probably only take me about 20 years to make it. Haha! Thanks for the complements. Did you get my email about another Lenny movie?
Somebody from mp3dotcom wants a movie - Mark Hewer. He does smooth music and he didn't notice the part about doing his own artwork. But he sent me a sound clip and I will use the pics off his band page. He has been at mp3dotcom for a while. His artist number is only 88 and he has over 300,00 plays.
See you later ..................... Trio

Lenny Hall <laughingdervish@sprynet.com> wrote:
Niceeeeeeeeeeeee!Lots of graphics.Great story line.Terrific music and narration.Everything is perfect.
Pretty soon you'll have more trio shorts than episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants.
Will there be an Earworm Movie someday?
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I like the idea.

Subject: All hail Lenny!
Hi, Lenny
I think you told me you put the little movies in a playlist and play them one after another. That's what I do, too.
When "Lenny" comes up on my playlist, it's a very refreshing change of approach. You know we are both very much alike in that we like to improvise our art and music. But the end result is unique. I want to do another movie using your sound and images. Do you want to give me some suggestions? Here's what I need:
1) The background music - 30 to 50 seconds taken from one of your tracks. Since I have the CDs you sent, you can just specify which CD and the title.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.It would be hard for me to find the song on the cds I sent you.They were old copies.
It would be best if you could get them from mp3 pages.
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/213/213913.html>
This song called A dive.It is one of favorites and most interesting if you were to do something with maybe more than one part.It has tons of interesting changes all through it and would make a nice series but even the first part to start would be great.
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short.I don't have any song with the time you need.Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
Other short moody pieces on the henry riddle page could also be Tonys in Love or Hollywood.
If there a song you like best it okay with me.
2) The images - 6 to 12 jpegs of your art. Again, since I have your CD of art, all I need is the titles.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.I'll start looking into my painting tomorrow and pick the ones that might go with each song and tell you the names and where they are in the Fireworks files you have or send you them if they are new ones not sent to you yet.
You could put whatever you want in between the painting or anything else you want.I trust whatever you do if its your own drawing but please
3) A title for the movie - working title is "Lenny 2" unless you have a different idea.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The title could be what the song is or one of the painting or something that all the painting shows.But please not Lenny 2.This project sounds like it has a different flavor.You can use your own judgement.
>>>>>>>>>An important thing I think you should do is list all the paintings at the end and the song.seeing the titles of the paintings may help people wanting to see it again.Show the titles long enough so they can read at least most of them.Just an Idea
4) Narration - this is optional. But if you have an idea for words or dialogue it should be less than 100 words. You could email it for me to do, or, if you like, you could create your own sound file and attach that to an email as an mp3 file.

>>>>>>>>If you want to do any narration that's up to you.I wouldn't know what to say and you do a great job at that.
Even your story line you said after I told you what the paintings titles were and order was with the Lenny Short.You comments on what you saw was a good narration example.
In fact you might get a kick out of creating the entire soundtrack. You have all the tools right there for putting narration and music together. Just make sure that the length is less than 50 seconds. Anything from 30 to 50 seconds is good. Then convert it to an mp3 file just like you would to send it to mp3dotcom, only attach it to an email instead and send it to me. If you use the mp3dotcom standard of 128kbps, it should be less than a megabyte in size.
Well, what do you think? Interested? Let's make a movie!

>>>>>>>Ya let make a movie.I'm game.
I'll start looking at my paint files and have them ready and maybe some more ideas tomorrow.
Sounds like a great idea.
I was almost starting to get lazy painting and being predictable so I've stopped painting for a while.
I'm gonna start getting my VHS tape of my DV footage started.
It's almost time for Trigger Happy TV if it comes on.
Talk to you tomorrow.
If I see you on the board I'll leave a post.
Oh
I didn't see what images were left by who knows who untill I got on my home computer.YOW!
Here's a song you could use part of for those images.You'll get a laugh in any case.
Lenny

............... Trio

Hi Trio.
I've been listening to waiting to waltz and I've got a good feeling about that one.It's short and I think I may even have a painting named after it I would use.
I'll send you 8 or 10 paintings tomorrow that I think would fit and talk to you more.
Ya! Lets make a movie.
Lenny

Subject: Re: movie attached -- "Why I Make the Little Movies"
Hahaha! Yeah, SpongeBob did 65 episodes. I'm catching up! I really admire that SpongeBob team of animators. Great stuff... EarWorm movie? Sure! It would probably only take me about 20 years to make it. Haha! Thanks for the complements. Did you get my email about another Lenny movie?
Somebody from mp3dotcom wants a movie - Mark Hewer. He does smooth music and he didn't notice the part about doing his own artwork. But he sent me a sound clip and I will use the pics off his band page. He has been at mp3dotcom for a while. His artist number is only 88 and he has over 300,00 plays.
See you later ..................... Trio
Lenny Hall <laughingdervish@sprynet.com> wrote:
Niceeeeeeeeeeeee!Lots of graphics.Great story line.Terrific music and narration.Everything is perfect.
Pretty soon you'll have more trio shorts than episodes of SpongeBob Squarepants.
Will there be an Earworm Movie someday?
Lenny

Subject: Titles at end of movie
>>>>>>>>>An important thing I think you should do is list all the paintings at the end of the song. Seeing the titles of the paintings may help people wanting to see it again. Show the titles long enough so they can read at least most of them. Just an idea...
Hi, Lenny
And a good idea it is. In my version of winmediaplayer, when the movie is over the last frame freezes on the screen. I made a little test movie to see if it works that way in yours as well. Play the "Title List Test" movie by clicking on it. If you put it in a playlist, then winmediaplayer will just jump to the next movie. Of course there is a "pause" button in winmediaplayer so that you can freeze the movie on any frame, including the last frame.

............... Trio
I can give you an idea for the movie title after I send you the paintings and know what song is being used and determine what the title might be.
Subject: Lenny 2 movie

3) A title for the movie - working title is "Lenny 2" unless you have a different idea.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The title could be what the song is or one of the painting or something that all the painting shows.But please not Lenny 2.This project sounds like it has a different flavor.You can use your own judgement.
I think I get what your saying.I'll start working on some ideas.

Subject: Images for Lenny 2
2) The images - 6 to 12 jpegs of your art. Again, since I have your CD of art, all I need is the titles.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.I'll start looking into my painting tomorrow and pick the ones that might go with each song and tell you the names and where they are in the Fireworks files you have or send you them if they are new ones not sent to you yet.
Sounds good, Lenny, and I am thinking that you will be inspired to create a new painting.
You said you were worried about getting lazy and repeating yourself. That's actually a good thing for movies. For instance, if you had three paintings that were similar, then they could be put together as an animation. Also, just taking the same painting and creating new versions with different colors and styles would be useful.
So don't worry about repeating yourself. That might be bad for gallery art, but it is an essential part of animation art! You can give them the same title, but number them. For instance: Party 1, Party 2, etc!
And the 6 to 12 number only applies to unique images. If you have a series of similar paintings, I can fit more in the movie since they will each be on the screen for a shorter period of time.
For example, if you had a painting Party and did 7 variations in different colors, it could display on the screen in the same 3 or 4 seconds that a single painting would, but it would have the visual excitement of the shifting colors.

............... Trio
T
I've got other songs I'll send you links to that have the same flavor.It's impossible for me to cut the tracks.Its something I've never done.The suggestions should give you decent parts and break off points.
Here's two that might work.
Out With Nature
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/250/250925.html>
Rap Meets the Space Junkie
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/226/226569.html>
Both songs seem like they could be faded out okay.
The second song may be the magic song.
I'm gonna play it while I'm doing the paintings.
I'll start them now.
L

Subject: A Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/213/213913.html>
This song is called A dive.It is one of favorites and most interesting if you were to do something with maybe more than one part.It has tons of interesting changes all through it and would make a nice series but even the first part to start would be great.
That is a good track! I want to use it for my own animation! I would use the last forty seconds to background your movie, but I think I really do want to save the first part for my own use. Ain't I selfish? Haha!
One thing I liked about the Fused Art track that backgrounds "Lenny" is the exotic beat combined with the "exploration of a mysterious place" quality about the sounds.
I'll check out some other tracks and more ideas from you are welcome. It could of course be a track that you don't think is all that great except for 30 or 40 seconds of it since that's all we need for the movie!
............... Trio
If you want something Peppier maybe
Another Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/230/230661.html>
for Credits use The Other Orchestra for the music on any of the new series of songs.
Its my most promoted band.

Subject: Waiting to Waltz
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short. I don't have any song with the time you need. Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
It IS short enough, but I don't think it has enough of your personal style in it. Too much Korg and not enough you.
The length of the tracks is not a problem as long as we can clip 30 or 40 seconds out of it. Fading in and out works fine, but sometimes a track will have a natural break in it where it can easily be cut. Fast peppy tracks are more likely to have such a break than slow flowing tracks.
My personal opinion is that a peppy track works better for a short movie than a flowing track. There isn't time in a short movie to establish a mood with a long intro and so on. Whatever is going to happen has to start happening right away or there will not be time to finish it! Although I guess you could argue that "Why I Make the Little Movies" has a slow backing track.... So I am open to every idea of course!

............... Trio

Hi Lenny,
I thought you might be curious about the Mark Hewer movie. It wasn't as much fun to do as yours was because he didn't have any artwork, just photos. But he took the time to respond so I don't mind making the movie for him. It doesn't take too long to make a movie if I am given a sound file and some images. The hard ones are the ones where I have to create the sounds and images myself! Hahah!
I also included the correspondence between me and Mark below since I know you find that interesting too.
I am downloading your pics now and will email you later today.
.................. Trio

To: Mark Hewer Subject: Movie attached
Hi Mark,
Here is the movie. No, the filesize is small. That's the idea - to make a little movie small enough to email. Hope you can use it. And thanks again for responding to my posts on the message board.
.................... Trio

To: Trio Quatro Subject: Re: Ear Worm Movies
That's great Trio! I'm looking forward to it. You
might have to send it to becmark@sympatico.ca because
my Yahoo account might not accept such a large file.:)

Thanks again!

Mark

--- Trio Quatro <trio33@msn.com> wrote:
> Thanks!
> That's perfect. My next email will have a movie
> attached to it.
>
> See you later ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Trio
>
>
> To: Trio Quatro
> Subject: Re: Ear Worm Movies
>
> Hi Trio,
>
> Thanks man! Here's a short clip I think you'll be
> able to work with (attached)...
>
> Mark
>
>
> p.s. You can cut some from the beginning if you like
> just in case it's too long (I think it's about 60
> seconds)
>
> --- Trio Quatro <trio33@msn.com> wrote:
> > Hello again, Mark
> >
> > Hey, your music sounds great and there are lots of
> > pics. The idea I was working with was a movie for
> > an artist who both makes music and does artwork
> (ie
> > painting, drawing, or CG art). However, I could
> put
> > something together with your images if you can
> send
> > me a 40 second soundfile. I listened to your
> tracks
> > but they have that flowing quality so that I can't
> > clip 40 seconds out of them like I could with
> faster
> > music. Have you ever recorded anything as short
> as
> > 30 or 40 seconds? If so, just convert it to a
> > standard mp3 (128kbps) and attach it to an email
> to
> > me.
> >
> > .................. Trio

> > From: Mark Hewer
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:30 PM
> > To: trio33@msn.com
> > Subject: Ear Worm Movies
> >
> > Hi Trio,
> >
> > I would love one of your movies. You can find
> me
> > at http://mp3.com/markhewer and I have lots of
> pics
> > and mp3's on my page to choose from or can mail
> you
> > something if you like.
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Mark Hewer
> > http://mp3.com/markhewer
> > http://1sound.com/markhewer
> >
> >
Hi Lenny,
I thought you might be curious about the Mark Hewer movie. It wasn't as much fun to do as yours was because he didn't have any artwork, just photos. But he took the time to respond so I don't mind making the movie for him. It doesn't take too long to make a movie if I am given a sound file and some images. The hard ones are the ones where I have to create the sounds and images myself! Hahah!
I also included the correspondence between me and Mark below since I know you find that interesting too.
I am downloading your pics now and will email you later today.
.................. Trio

To: Mark Hewer Subject: Movie attached
Hi Mark,
Here is the movie. No, the filesize is small. That's the idea - to make a little movie small enough to email. Hope you can use it. And thanks again for responding to my posts on the message board.
.................... Trio
----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Hewer Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:28 PM To: Trio Quatro Subject: Re: Ear Worm Movies
That's great Trio! I'm looking forward to it. You
might have to send it to becmark@sympatico.ca because
my Yahoo account might not accept such a large file.:)

Thanks again!

Mark

--- Trio Quatro <trio33@msn.com> wrote:
> Thanks!
> That's perfect. My next email will have a movie
> attached to it.
>
> See you later ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Trio

> From: Mark Hewer
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:10 PM
> To: Trio Quatro
> Subject: Re: Ear Worm Movie

> Hi Trio,
>
> Thanks man! Here's a short clip I think you'll be
> able to work with (attached)...
>
> Mark
>
>
> p.s. You can cut some from the beginning if you like
> just in case it's too long (I think it's about 60
> seconds)
>
> > Hello again, Mark
> >
> > Hey, your music sounds great and there are lots of
> > pics. The idea I was working with was a movie for
> > an artist who both makes music and does artwork
> (ie
> > painting, drawing, or CG art). However, I could
> put
> > something together with your images if you can
> send
> > me a 40 second soundfile. I listened to your
> tracks
> > but they have that flowing quality so that I can't
> > clip 40 seconds out of them like I could with
> faster
> > music. Have you ever recorded anything as short
> as
> > 30 or 40 seconds? If so, just convert it to a
> > standard mp3 (128kbps) and attach it to an email
> to
> > me.
> > .................. Trio
> >

Lenny,
I got the second SpongeBob tape! Thank you very much. I do like SpongeBob! And I don't know what TriggerHappy TV is, but Dave said you told him about it and he liked it so I am looking forward to checking out that tape, too.
I really feel bad that the Dazzle adapter didn't work out for you. Maybe this is why they are putting it on sale? I don't know. I have seen other products from them in the store and they look like a reliable company, but you never know. At least you have the MAC to make movies on, except that they are QuickTime, but most people can watch that. I have a QuickTime player on my machine.
I have some MAC things laying around, like a thumbwheel and some other stuff. I'll try to send it to you. I have a MAC that I don't use anymore, but it is older than your IMAC, so I don't think you would want it.

............... Trio

Yeah, that sounds good. A Dive and Another Dive are both good choices in my opinion.
Now that you have told me the story behind Waiting to Waltz, I like it too. Especially if you have images to go with the story.
................. Trio

Waiting to Waltz
If you want something Peppier maybe
Another Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/230/230661.html>
for Credits use The Other Orchestra for the music on any of the new series of songs.
Its my most promoted band.

Waiting to Waltz
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short. I don't have any song with the time you need. Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
It IS short enough, but I don't think it has enough of your personal style in it. Too much Korg and not enough you.
The length of the tracks is not a problem as long as we can clip 30 or 40 seconds out of it. Fading in and out works fine, but sometimes a track will have a natural break in it where it can easily be cut. Fast peppy tracks are more likely to have such a break than slow flowing tracks.
My personal opinion is that a peppy track works better for a short movie than a flowing track. There isn't time in a short movie to establish a mood with a long intro and so on. Whatever is going to happen has to start happening right away or there will not be time to finish it! Although I guess you could argue that "Why I Make the Little Movies" has a slow backing track.... So I am open to every idea of course!

............... Trio

Lenny!
Ooooh, just had a spooky experience. I started to download Rap and the Space Junkie, realized it was 9 megabytes long and canceled the download. "I'll listen to a little of the lo-fi version first," I said to myself. The first few seconds intrigued me, so I said "Well, I'll just go ahead and download it and cut 40 seconds out of it."
I started the download and went back to watching TV. A minute or two later I heard the beep that the download was complete. "That's odd," I thought. "It should have taken almost an hour."
So I clicked on the file and it had downloaded exactly 43 seconds of the song and then shut off! Is that weird or what! Definitely have to use THAT track!
The Out With Nature animal sounds track is pretty cool too. Would work very good with some images that could be seen as jungle or animals.
.................. Trio

To: Trio Quatro Subject: Re: A Dive
T
I've got other songs I'll send you links to that have the same flavor.It's impossible for me to cut the tracks.Its something I've never done.The suggestions should give you decent parts and break off points.
Here's two that might work.
Out With Nature
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/250/250925.html>
Rap Meets the Space Junkie
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/226/226569.html>
Both songs seem like they could be faded out okay.
The second song may be the magic song.
I'm gonna play it while I'm doing the paintings.
I'll start them now.
L

A Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/213/213913.html>
This song is called A dive.It is one of favorites and most interesting if you were to do something with maybe more than one part.It has tons of interesting changes all through it and would make a nice series but even the first part to start would be great.
That is a good track! I want to use it for my own animation! I would use the last forty seconds to background your movie, but I think I really do want to save the first part for my own use. Ain't I selfish? Haha!
One thing I liked about the Fused Art track that backgrounds "Lenny" is the exotic beat combined with the "exploration of a mysterious place" quality about the sounds.
I'll check out some other tracks and more ideas from you are welcome. It could of course be a track that you don't think is all that great except for 30 or 40 seconds of it since that's all we need for the movie!
............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I checked out the Mark Hewer movie.I think it came out great considering you were just working with photos.
I haven't listened to his music yet but I know I'm gonna like it because it looks like his main instrument is Drums.
I'm not happy with all the images I've sent.After I looked at them I got a better idea that may look better.
I know I got some e-mails kicked back so I'll send you 3 at a wack.When you want more let me know.If there are some you didn't get let me know.
After the A series I've got the T series that are going after the A series in the same short if possible.
I just did the T series and it gives the story board a new twist.I was getting into it.
Also I can made a mp3 of music if you want. Let me know the time needed if you can't use one of my songs you have already.

Subject: Fw: Movie attached
Hi Lenny,
I thought you might be curious about the Mark Hewer movie. It wasn't as much fun to do as yours was because he didn't have any artwork, just photos. But he took the time to respond so I don't mind making the movie for him. It doesn't take too long to make a movie if I am given a sound file and some images. The hard ones are the ones where I have to create the sounds and images myself! Hahah!
I also included the correspondence between me and Mark below since I know you find that interesting too.
I am downloading your pics now and will email you later today.
.................. Trio
> Hello again, Mark
> >
> > Hey, your music sounds great and there are lots of
> > pics. The idea I was working with was a movie for
> > an artist who both makes music and does artwork
> (ie
> > painting, drawing, or CG art). However, I could
> put
> > something together with your images if you can
> send
> > me a 40 second soundfile. I listened to your
> tracks
> > but they have that flowing quality so that I can't
> > clip 40 seconds out of them like I could with
> faster
> > music. Have you ever recorded anything as short
> as
> > 30 or 40 seconds? If so, just convert it to a
> > standard mp3 (128kbps) and attach it to an email
> to
> > me.
> >
> > .................. Trio
Hi Lenny,
I thought you might be curious about the Mark Hewer movie. It wasn't as much fun to do as yours was because he didn't have any artwork, just photos. But he took the time to respond so I don't mind making the movie for him. It doesn't take too long to make a movie if I am given a sound file and some images. The hard ones are the ones where I have to create the sounds and images myself! Hahah!
I also included the correspondence between me and Mark below since I know you find that interesting too.
I am downloading your pics now and will email you later today.
.................. Trio
Gosh, Lenny, if I laugh my ass off how am I gonna take a crap?
.............. Trio

Hi, Lenny
I have the Fireworks manual on my computer, but not the actual program MY program Paintshop Pro does most of what Fireworks does except it doesn't have the cool styles and patterns that Fireworks has. For that reason, and because there isn't much room on my hard drive, I decided not to put Fireworks on my drive.
Yes, if you can figure out how to do GIF animation, you can do what I am doing. And it would be a lot easier on my little 2 megabyte mailbox if you converted your images at your end first, since it would make the file size smaller. And it's a lot of fun to animate your paintings! AND you can put them on your web page and put them in emails. Also there is a way to use them for your song images at mp3dotcom. You have probably seen artists with animated GIFs next to their songs.
So I am sure the time spent learning how to use that part of Fireworks would be time well spent!
My next email contains a little more info about GIFs.
.................... Trio

Subject: Re: The A pics
Have you ever looked at The fireworks Program?When I save A Image I can also save it as something called Gif animation.
Hi, Lenny,
GIF is a cool file format. It can contain more than one image. If there is only one image in it, then that's all you see in your web browser.
When a GIF file contains more images, it also contains a number for each image telling the browser how long to show each image on the screen.
You can import or export GIFs in FireWorks. The most important pages in the manual are page 93 and page 128. I am talking about the pdf manual on your CD rom. You might have put it on your hard drive when you installed FireWorks.
If you import the GIF that I made of your A pics, then you will see how it works.
Then you can try it yourself.
It's not difficult if you just keep in mind that all you are doing is putting the images together in a file along with a display time for each image. In the GIF I made of your A images, each image displays for a 1/4 second (250 milliseconds) except for the last image which displays for 1 and 1/2 seconds.
GIFs can be set to loop or not loop. If yours only plays once and stops, then you forgot to save it as a looping GIF.

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
That scene for Waiting to Waltz has been with me since I did the song.A lot of the Henry Riddle music is like that to me.
I'll go through and get the painting that can convey the emotional drama.
I'll attach the missing files and send you a few more.
When you get the T series your gonna laugh you ass off.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Waiting to Waltz
Yeah, that sounds good. A Dive and Another Dive are both good choices in my opinion.
Now that you have told me the story behind Waiting to Waltz, I like it too. Especially if you have images to go with the story.
................. Trio

Subject: Re: Waiting to Waltz
If you want something Peppier maybe
Another Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/230/230661.html>
for Credits use The Other Orchestra for the music on any of the new series of songs.
Its my most promoted band.

Subject: Waiting to Waltz
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short. I don't have any song with the time you need. Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
It IS short enough, but I don't think it has enough of your personal style in it. Too much Korg and not enough you.
The length of the tracks is not a problem as long as we can clip 30 or 40 seconds out of it. Fading in and out works fine, but sometimes a track will have a natural break in it where it can easily be cut. Fast peppy tracks are more likely to have such a break than slow flowing tracks.
My personal opinion is that a peppy track works better for a short movie than a flowing track. There isn't time in a short movie to establish a mood with a long intro and so on. Whatever is going to happen has to start happening right away or there will not be time to finish it! Although I guess you could argue that "Why I Make the Little Movies" has a slow backing track.... So I am open to every idea of course!

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
That scene for Waiting to Waltz has been with me since I did the song.A lot of the Henry Riddle music is like that to me.
I'll go through and get the painting that can convey the emotional drama.
I'll attach the missing files and send you a few more.
When you get the T series your gonna laugh you ass off.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Waiting to Waltz
If you want something Peppier maybe
Another Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/230/230661.html>
for Credits use The Other Orchestra for the music on any of the new series of songs.
Its my most promoted band.

Waiting to Waltz
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short. I don't have any song with the time you need. Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
It IS short enough, but I don't think it has enough of your personal style in it. Too much Korg and not enough you.
The length of the tracks is not a problem as long as we can clip 30 or 40 seconds out of it. Fading in and out works fine, but sometimes a track will have a natural break in it where it can easily be cut. Fast peppy tracks are more likely to have such a break than slow flowing tracks.
My personal opinion is that a peppy track works better for a short movie than a flowing track. There isn't time in a short movie to establish a mood with a long intro and so on. Whatever is going to happen has to start happening right away or there will not be time to finish it! Although I guess you could argue that "Why I Make the Little Movies" has a slow backing track.... So I am open to every idea of course!

............... Trio
Have you ever looked at The fireworks Program?When I save A Image I can also save it as something called Gif animation.
lenny
Trio,
Glad you got the box.You haven't lived untill you've seen trigger happy TV.
Don't worry about the Dazzle.If it helps you be able to import VHS tapes that would be great.
I'm not planning on using the i-mac that much right now.I'm gonna just start compiling footage on Super VHS so I can see what I've got and be able to send VHS tape to people and put what I want into the mac later.
I'm getting further and further away from getting to much more involved with my computer unless its something that I'm already doing.
It will be four years next month that I got my computer and I've been in front of it ever since.It's brought me light years ahead in my creativity,contacts and influences that I would have never had,knew or learned from if I hadn't gotten one and had a web page made and got on mp3 and listened to all the artists and I'm gonna keep on listening and seeing what else happens but my main focus is going in the direction of film,playing out again,making use of what I have already(paintings,stories,music)and getting back into the performing arts.Thank Heaven I'm going to have a chance to take that Action Theater workshop next month and see Ruth after over two years.
So you got drawn into the board huh?
My take on what's going on wouldn't be pleasant to most peoples standards.My gut feeling says its not gonna be a pretty picture.
I'm as interested in other peoples opinion of this war as much as I'm interested in what they do when they make love.
I listen and take in what makes the most sense
Its almost TUBE TIME and I've still got another e-mail to reply too.
I'll catch you on the flipside.
Good luck with our latest collab.
Lenny

Subject: Box received
Lenny,
I got the second SpongeBob tape! Thank you very much. I do like SpongeBob! And I don't know what TriggerHappy TV is, but Dave said you told him about it and he liked it so I am looking forward to checking out that tape, too.
I really feel bad that the Dazzle adapter didn't work out for you. Maybe this is why they are putting it on sale? I don't know. I have seen other products from them in the store and they look like a reliable company, but you never know. At least you have the MAC to make movies on, except that they are QuickTime, but most people can watch that. I have a QuickTime player on my machine.
I have some MAC things laying around, like a thumbwheel and some other stuff. I'll try to send it to you. I have a MAC that I don't use anymore, but it is older than your IMAC, so I don't think you would want it.

............... Trio

Lenny,
I got the second SpongeBob tape! Thank you very much. I do like SpongeBob! And I don't know what TriggerHappy TV is, but Dave said you told him about it and he liked it so I am looking forward to checking out that tape, too.
I really feel bad that the Dazzle adapter didn't work out for you. Maybe this is why they are putting it on sale? I don't know. I have seen other products from them in the store and they look like a reliable company, but you never know. At least you have the MAC to make movies on, except that they are QuickTime, but most people can watch that. I have a QuickTime player on my machine.
I have some MAC things laying around, like a thumbwheel and some other stuff. I'll try to send it to you. I have a MAC that I don't use anymore, but it is older than your IMAC, so I don't think you would want it.

............... Trio

Lenny
Yes, dFilm is cool. I made a couple of movies there back last summer when I was on the message boards a lot. If you click on the "Create your own movie" link that pops up at the end of the movie, then you will get a screen that lets you make the same kind of movies. You get to choose from a selection of settings, characters, and actions and then you type your words into the word balloons. You can't save the movie on your hard drive but they save it on their own server. Then you can send people a link to it.
................. Trio

Subject: Re: GIF animation - useful information
Hi Trio,
I'll start looking into that.
I found a cool band that put one of my songs on her mp3 station.
I started to download some of her songs to check them out.(she's got a ton of music)and I went to her home page(one thing I always do)and found this animation that cracked me up.
<http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=13819>
Looks like a good film site too.

Subject: GIF animation - useful information
Hi, Lenny,
GIF is a cool file format. It can contain more than one image. If there is only one image in it, then that's all you see in your web browser.
When a GIF file contains more images, it also contains a number for each image telling the browser how long to show each image on the screen.
You can import or export GIFs in FireWorks. The most important pages in the manual are page 93 and page 128. I am talking about the pdf manual on your CD rom. You might have put it on your hard drive when you installed FireWorks.
If you import the GIF that I made of your A pics, then you will see how it works.
Then you can try it yourself.
It's not difficult if you just keep in mind that all you are doing is putting the images together in a file along with a display time for each image. In the GIF I made of your A images, each image displays for a 1/4 second (250 milliseconds) except for the last image which displays for 1 and 1/2 seconds.
GIFs can be set to loop or not loop. If yours only plays once and stops, then you forgot to save it as a looping GIF.

............... Trio
It reattaches after you stop laughing.

Subject: Re: Waiting to Waltz
Gosh, Lenny, if I laugh my ass off how am I gonna take a crap?
.............. Trio

To: Trio Quatro Subject: Re: Waiting to Waltz
Hi Trio,
That scene for Waiting to Waltz has been with me since I did the song.A lot of the Henry Riddle music is like that to me.
I'll go through and get the painting that can convey the emotional drama.
I'll attach the missing files and send you a few more.
When you get the T series your gonna laugh you ass off.
Lenny

: Re: Waiting to Waltz
If you want something Peppier maybe
Another Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/230/230661.html>
for Credits use The Other Orchestra for the music on any of the new series of songs.
Its my most promoted band.

Subject: Waiting to Waltz
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/330/330296.html>
This is a short piece from my henry riddle page.It is very discriptive and is nice mood music and it is short. I don't have any song with the time you need. Could you fade out or fade in to get just the amount of music time you need.
It IS short enough, but I don't think it has enough of your personal style in it. Too much Korg and not enough you.
The length of the tracks is not a problem as long as we can clip 30 or 40 seconds out of it. Fading in and out works fine, but sometimes a track will have a natural break in it where it can easily be cut. Fast peppy tracks are more likely to have such a break than slow flowing tracks.
My personal opinion is that a peppy track works better for a short movie than a flowing track. There isn't time in a short movie to establish a mood with a long intro and so on. Whatever is going to happen has to start happening right away or there will not be time to finish it! Although I guess you could argue that "Why I Make the Little Movies" has a slow backing track.... So I am open to every idea of course!

............... Trio
I think somebody up there like me.
Welcome to the world of Lenny Hall.
I'll send you some more T files.
Lenny

Subject: Weirdness!
Lenny!
Ooooh, just had a spooky experience. I started to download Rap and the Space Junkie, realized it was 9 megabytes long and canceled the download. "I'll listen to a little of the lo-fi version first," I said to myself. The first few seconds intrigued me, so I said "Well, I'll just go ahead and download it and cut 40 seconds out of it."
I started the download and went back to watching TV. A minute or two later I heard the beep that the download was complete. "That's odd," I thought. "It should have taken almost an hour."
So I clicked on the file and it had downloaded exactly 43 seconds of the song and then shut off! Is that weird or what! Definitely have to use THAT track!
The Out With Nature animal sounds track is pretty cool too. Would work very good with some images that could be seen as jungle or animals.
.................. Trio

Subject: Re: A Dive
T
I've got other songs I'll send you links to that have the same flavor.It's impossible for me to cut the tracks.Its something I've never done.The suggestions should give you decent parts and break off points.
Here's two that might work.
Out With Nature
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/250/250925.html>
Rap Meets the Space Junkie
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/226/226569.html>
Both songs seem like they could be faded out okay.
The second song may be the magic song.
I'm gonna play it while I'm doing the paintings.
I'll start them now.
L

Subject: A Dive
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/213/213913.html>
This song is called A dive.It is one of favorites and most interesting if you were to do something with maybe more than one part.It has tons of interesting changes all through it and would make a nice series but even the first part to start would be great.
That is a good track! I want to use it for my own animation! I would use the last forty seconds to background your movie, but I think I really do want to save the first part for my own use. Ain't I selfish? Haha!
One thing I liked about the Fused Art track that backgrounds "Lenny" is the exotic beat combined with the "exploration of a mysterious place" quality about the sounds.
I'll check out some other tracks and more ideas from you are welcome. It could of course be a track that you don't think is all that great except for 30 or 40 seconds of it since that's all we need for the movie!
............... Trio
Subject: Weirdness!

Subject: Weirdness!
Lenny!
Ooooh, just had a spooky experience. I started to download Rap and the Space Junkie, realized it was 9 megabytes long and canceled the download. "I'll listen to a little of the lo-fi version first," I said to myself. The first few seconds intrigued me, so I said "Well, I'll just go ahead and download it and cut 40 seconds out of it."
I started the download and went back to watching TV. A minute or two later I heard the beep that the download was complete. "That's odd," I thought. "It should have taken almost an hour."
So I clicked on the file and it had downloaded exactly 43 seconds of the song and then shut off! Is that weird or what! Definitely have to use THAT track!
The Out With Nature animal sounds track is pretty cool too. Would work very good with some images that could be seen as jungle or animals.
.................. Trio

Hi Trio,
It must be weirdness e-mail day too.I just got two e-mals back that I sent but they look like I sent them to myself.I sent one back to you in case.
Oh Well,
I went into my fireworks files and found some paintings in fireworks one that I think would go great with waiting to waltz.
fates window*
borrowed time*
calm yourself* * these are my first chioces.I'm not sure how
come together* many you can fit.
brain waves
lifes prisoner*
i think
two souls*
the outcasts*
fighting the fire
opportunity*
random thoughts
the real me
the date
the love dance
stand tall young man*
If I send you any more paintings I'll send them as gif.
Hi Trio,
I'll start looking into that.
I found a cool band that put one of my songs on her mp3 station.
I started to download some of her songs to check them out.(she's got a ton of music)and I went to her home page(one thing I always do)and found this animation that cracked me up.
<http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=13819>
Looks like a good film site too.
Hi Trio,
I'm gonna check it out when I get a chance.
Tonight is the SB lost episode.It's about to start soon.
Lenny
The Files are on the disc under Fireworks J-pegs.It's the first Fireworks file on the cd.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Suggested Paintings for Waiting to Waltz.
Thanks for the list. I haven't checked yet but I assume I can find these on the CD you sent?
....................... Trio

Hi Trio
I like it.
I didn't realize you could get so many images in that short of time.
Did you have enough paintings for waiting to waltz?
But scoping out a gig in Lowell.Looks promising.
Lenny
Hello, Lenny
That's about the max on how many images will fit in a megabyte, I think. I didn't count them, but I know some of them go by almost too fast to see.
Waiting to Waltz is in the fermentation vats. You know, like fine wine the movie ideas have to ferment and develop. It won't be too long, but I am trying to finish up some of the half-completed movies that I have laying around. I also want to do one called "Spooky" using your images and that track of yours that I told you about.
Let me know how the Lowell gig works out.
.................... Trio
Lenny Hall <laughingdervish@sprynet.com> wrote:
Hi Trio
I like it.
I didn't realize you could get so many images in that short of time.
Did you have enough paintings for waiting to waltz?
But scoping out a gig in Lowell.Looks promising.
Lenny
Hi Trio,
I'm hoping to hear back about a possible gig maybe in May.The place looks like the perfect place to do a performance and I'll be able to put some of my paintings for the back ground.
The owner seemed interested and a few of my musician friends have already mentioned my name Lance Gargoyle.
I went to see a friend play there last Saturday.
I've put all my new paintings on mp3 if you want to check them out.
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_images/45/the_other_orchestra.html>
This week I've got inventory in work and have to re orgonize the inventory list.
The person who I meet after 10 years at the one minute film fest came by last week and is coming by this evening again.
I gave him scatterbrain jukebox to see and some cds.
Next month I've got that Action Theater Workshop.Next week I'm going to a Showcase at Southwick Studios where I study acting.A few people I haven't seen in a while will be performing.
I got a line from Mike Watson last week.The new project he's in is doing well.I respect that guy more than any other musician I know in this world.
I've re-established a few mp3 contacts and make a few more lately.
I'm off to the reading room then to work.
Please use Lance Gargoyle and The Other Orchestra for any musicial credits and Sidney Hipple for Painting credits
See you on the farside.
Lenny
Hahaha! Wow! That's quite a story, Lenny! It's a good thing I already have some experience with Captain Weirdo and his friends or I might have had trouble following it. But instead it made perfect sense to me! Hahaha!
I have been having "deja vu" all day long. I don't know what's going on. Ideas are rolling in for movies and now you send me this email that has enough ideas for a dozen movies! Hahaha! Thanks, Lenny!
........................ Trio

Hi Trio,
hahahahahahahahahaha! I love the new short.hahahahahahahahahah!
It reminds me of one of my favorite things I say and have been thinking lately. I'ld like to say that most people are little more than monkeys but what have the monkeys done to be insulted.
Here's another Capt Weirdo idea I've had in my mind lately.
In the 13th zone which is ruled by Sargent Smegman now that Dr.Pervert became a good guy in the Earth Zone,are beings(The Flugnoids) that communicate through the eyes of people in the Earth Zone.The persons eyes are like lenses for the Flugnoids.That's why sometimes two people will not know each other but feel some kinship or mutual attraction esp if they pass on the street or see in the Earth Zone.That's how the Flugnoids keep an EYE or eyes on the Earth Zone hoping that more and more meet and some day band together for the common good of mankind.
In the beginning Sargeant Smegman(NOTE:the name Sargeant Smegma was too extreme so I changed it)ran half of the 13th zone and Dr Pervert ran the other half.They got along but S.S. wanted to control the whole place so Dr.Pervert tells S.S. that he is going to get to the Earth Zone through the void to recuit perverts and bring them back to train and then go back and control the Earth Zone,but he is really getting them to over throw S.S.
Dr.Pervert has two devices.One can stop time the other makes him invisible.He can only use them once.He comes to Earth and the Goverment lets him have all the perverts he wants,just to get rid of them but Dr.Pervert gets side tracked to Nude World and uses his devices there.Capt.Weirdo stops him in time and destroys the devices.Now Dr.Pervert is stuck in The Earth Plane and starts to work at the Laundry Mart with Sidney Hipple not knowing he is Capt Weirdo.After a while Sidney Hipple realises that Dr.Pervert has changed and is now a good guy and tells him he's Capt Weirdo.
Everything is fine untill S.S. finds a way to influence the Earth Zone untill he can find his way through the void from The 13th zone to the Earth Zone to get the perverts he's been promised.
This is where The Flugnoids come in the picture and the lense concept is bought out.
The 13th zone was kinda cool cause Dr Pervert was well known for being aware of all the music in the Earth Zone and there was always bands jamming and playing everywhere.S.S. is tone deaf and all the music wasn't good enough for him so he decides to abduct famous musicians from The Earth Zone and bring them back and start his own band because none of the musicians in The 13th Zone would jam with him.He tried Classical,Rock,Country,Punk even Industrial but nothing worked and no one would join his band The Smegmanites.
He captured Ozzy Osbourne but Capt.Weirdo saves him with the help of The Octave Avenger(played play Mike Watson)before anyone noticed,even Ozzy which isn't to odd considering the shape he's in these days.He got a good buzz going through the void and no one believed him when he told them what happened or they couldn't understand him or thought he was finally losing it.
S.S.gave up that idea and the 13 Zone starts falling apart.The Fabric of Time was about to explode so Capt. Weirdo and Dr.Pervert call their secret force of Super Heros "The Children Of Invention" and other Allies from the best music on the Internet.Most of the Children Of Invention wanted to go but most of them were busy.Rick Lewis was getting PH 101 back up and was getting gigs with his new vocalist Heather Christian and Drummer Frank Diorio.Mike Watson(The Octave Avenger)was working his new project IN CASE OF FIRE and couldn't leave cause the new project finally got a young guitar player who was SPOT ON and who's musical equipment was going to make him the
perfect multi-tasker which is what IN CASE OF FIRE was going to need to reproduce the
recorded material without having a massive band.
So Capt.Weirdo gets two masters of music expression Trio from Earworm and T.Stormy Hunter, two of his closest advisers in the musical scene on the Internet,to keep an eye on the Earth Zone while they were gone to save the 13th Zone.If it explodes the 13th zone will bleed out into the Earth Zone and there would be weirdos from the 13th Zone everywhere and people on the Earth Zone would be able to enter the 13th Zone and become corrupted by having their ever desire available.
On their way through the void they get lost and end up in Oomph where the Flugnoids live and find out about THE HELPERS also called The Friends on The Earth Zone.They are the people who band together after they discover that their eyes are lenses reflecting and reaching back into the void to Oomph and The Flugnoids.
They stay with the Flugnoids for a short while because Capt Weirdo gets ill from the Atmosphere in the void.They make a plan to surprise S.S. and save the world.
S.S. is lazy and stinks really bad so he doesn't have many friends in the 13th Zone except his Flunkies and the brown noses that think he's cool.You can smell him a mile away,which makes it hard to approach him without holding your nose.
The Flugnoids show our duo how to suspend their sense of smell (which is very strong)through breathing excerises and they go back into the void and enter the 13th Zone.
As planned they enter right in front of S.S. as he's sitting on his throne sleeping in his Palace of Poop.Capt.Weirdo whips out his Korg Karma Music Work Station and starts playing some cool jazz.I think the song was Sidecar At The Flame and the Flunkies and Brown noses can't take it and run away.At the same moment Dr.Pervert grabs a fire hose and starts spraying S.S..S.S. is so surprised at feeling water for the first time that he is in shock and starts to curl up like a baby.He had so much stinky goo on him that after Dr.Pervert got him all cleaned up it looked like he lost 100 pounds.
S.S. looks totally different and sits up and confesses to our Duo that he always wanted to take a bath but his skin was so sensitive that the Atmosphere in the 13th Zone made it sting.His dirt build up had also effected his temperament and how he felt.It looked like he was having the D T's and had changed his ways so Captain Weirdo and Dr.Pervert take him back through the void and to the Earth Zone where his skin will not be irritated and he could wash regularly and he becomes a good guy.He moves in with one of the Children of Invention ,Liquid Kulak for a while until Daves mother finds out and he moves into with a cool band,Little Larry and The Mobile HomeWreckers. who let him play bongos and be their roadie.
Everything is cool in the 13th Zone for now but you never know what could happen next.The Fabric of Time is safe and Captain Weirdo and Dr.Pervert have other concerns in The Earth Zone.Dr.Pervert is thinking of a new name to use in the EARTH ZONE.He was gonna use Lance Gargoyle but it was already taken.Then it came to him.Muckles Fig Naughty.He would always be Dr. Pervert when he was a superhero with Capt. Weirdo but in The Earth Zone he would be known as Muckles.
Stay Tuned for more CAPTAIN WEIRDO and HIS SPACE RANGERS.
Hey Trio,
You got me inspired.I hope you got a laugh.
............Lenny

Subject: Re: movie attached -- "ebay cats"
Hi Lenny,
Sounds like you are going to be pretty busy. Haha!
I just finished a movie before I read this email. It uses Lenny Hall for a credit. I hope you don't mind. ("Blok Talk" is the movie.)
I'll check out the paintings.
.............. Trio

Hi Trio,
You know I've got to get a gig soon or at least start recording again when I start rattling off stories like that.
It's always an honor to have you use my music in your productions esp since you use music of mine that I think is the very interesting and original but not most people, unless maybe if they are musicians,don't find them that appealing.
I enjoy seeing what you do with my paintings.
It would be interesting if they could be shown like a deck of cards or like dominos slowly falling or falling up.
Here's another story plot I've been thinking about.
A man has to give away all his possessions in a year to people who can really use them.Hey what a minute!That could be a reality series.
Hey here's a kick.The company I work for Healthsouth is in the news.
<http://al.com/specialreport/birminghamnews/?healthsouth.html>
Don't Worry my job is safe.I wish I would get laid off but that won't happen.
Keep creating.What you're doing just keeps on getting better and better.
And I'm enjoying them more and more every time I see them.
Lenny
Hi Trio,
I started with a simple idea and I just went with it.I wasn't sure where it would go or end but it even cracked me up.You're a good influence.
Once upon a time there was an idiot. When very little, this idiot had been found to be short-sighted, and had been given a pair of glasses by his parents. Being an idiot, he soon got so used to his glasses that he even forgot he was wearing them.
Unfortunately, the glasses had become very dirty in the idiot’s first years of life, when, as a child, he had played very boisterously, jumping into puddles without any concern for his own cleanliness.
Now, as an adult, the fool complained time and time again that all the people he met had spots of dirt on their faces. He got on everybody’s nerves with his complaining, although it must be said that sometimes he found people who agreed with his views
The idiot perceived, rightly, that there was a lot wrong with the world such as he saw it. His problem was that he saw the cause as being somewhere else than it really was.
His own shortcomings might have been a more rewarding subject of study. Recognising and remedying some of these shortcomings might also have had the miraculous effect of reducing the number of things that in his view were so clearly wrong with the world, and with other people.
Only those who feel vaguely insulted by this story will have any chance of understanding what it is all about, and of correctly locating the problem
Hello Lenny,
I don't have the domino effect in my program, but I am sure there are programs that have it. I could do it by hand, but that would be quite a bit of work. I can slide frames to the left, right, up, or down or I can open them up in various ways (like curtains or blinds for example) but some things have to be done by hand. You know in "Lenny" where a door opens in the first image to reveal an image behind it? Something like that has to be done by hand and takes a while. But the type of change where one image just slides away to reveal another one - that only takes a mouse click.
I enjoy working with your images and sounds. Your sounds work really well for some things. I thought "Blok Talk" depended quite a bit on your sound. I needed the "Lenny Hall" style for that one! I am looking forward to using more of your things. And I haven't forgotten about "Spooky" and "Waiting to Waltz"!
The man giving away all his possessions sounds interesting. I wish it was me! I have plenty of junk around here to give away. It might be a weird show though because people would be refusing to take what I was trying to give to them! Haha!
If you are wondering why the rest of this email looks strange, it's because I forwarded it to this msn account from the Yahoo account, because this is the account I usually use for email and I check it more often than the Yahoo account.
............... Trio
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Hi Trio,
You know I've got to get a gig soon or at least start recording =
again when I start rattling off stories like that.

It's always an honor to have you use my music in your =
productions esp since you use music of mine that I think is the very =
interesting and original but not most people, unless maybe if they are =
musicians,don't find them that appealing.
I enjoy seeing what you do with my paintings.
It would be interesting if they could be shown like a deck of cards or =
like dominos slowly falling or falling up.

Here's another story plot I've been thinking about.
A man has to give away all his possessions in a year to people who =
can really use them.Hey what a minute!That could be a reality series.
=20
Hey here's a kick.The company I work for Healthsouth is in the news.

http://al.com/specialreport/birminghamnews/?healthsouth.html

Don't Worry my job is safe.I wish I would get laid off but that =
won't happen.
=20
Keep creating.What you're doing just keeps on getting better =
and better.
And I'm enjoying them more and more every time I see them.

Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Daryl Oogy is not one of my better movies, but I am cleaning up the clips on my hard drive so I can free up some memory. I could just delete the clips, of course, but somehow I feel compelled to use every scrap! So if you see some strange movies (Hmmm... I guess maybe they are all "strange") that's why.
.................. Trio
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He's got my vote.I haven't seen better moves since Jake Blues in the Blues Brothers.And I bet he does his own stunts too.

Will Daryl Oogy win the International Headbanging Cartwheel Competition? ......

............... Trio

Yeah, Lenny!
I like it a lot! You know what I like! Were you using the Karma?
Now I feel like adding a horn part to it. I think Trios Shorts will turn up in a movie.
Haha! It's early in the morning and when I first read your email I thought "What? He did a song about my underwear?"
...................... Trio

Subject: An MP3.com Fan has sent you an email!
The following message was sent to you from a visitor to your
page on MP3.com. MP3.com is not responsible for its content.
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Hey Trio,

Here's a song that just got approved that I think you'll like.

http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/3172/3172131.html

Hi Lenny,
This is on my list of things to do this week.
............... Trio
----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny Hall Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:07 PM To: Trio Quatro Subject: Re: Suggested Paintings for Waiting to Waltz.
The Files are on the disc under Fireworks J-pegs.It's the first Fireworks file on the cd.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Suggested Paintings for Waiting to Waltz.
Thanks for the list. I haven't checked yet but I assume I can find these on the CD you sent?
....................... Trio
Sounds like a technique that works pretty good.
I can't believe you sold your workstation. I can't bear to part with any of my equipment. I still have everything I ever owned (which isn't much, but it all has good memories).
I have started recording again, but this time with an eye toward the movies instead of mp3dotcom. I put a kitchen timer next to the keyboard and try to compose 40 second songs and stories. Haha! It's a challenge!
......................... Trio

Subject: Re: An MP3.com Fan has sent you an email!
Hi Trio,
I did that a while ago but was waiting for mp3 to settle down before I put it up.
I used the korg i30 work station.As soon as I heard it back and heard the piano I thought of your music and your shorts.
I've been borrowing the work station for a while now from my friend Bradlee that I sold it to.
While were on the subject let me tell you about how I create some of the music with the o1wfd.
First I start by having the tempo half way and do a track.Then I add tracks maybe two more untill there is a lot going on and it is almost has too much going on.When I'm done I play it back at the slowest or slower tempo and everything has it own charactor and is unique but fits with the total mix.
I use to have a Lowrey keyboard years ago and I use to build my own drum tracks.It had a loop and as you added more drums to the loop it got faster and faster.That gave me some ideas when I got the o1wfd that I use.
Company just came.catch you later.
Lenny

Subject: Re: An MP3.com Fan has sent you an email!
Yeah, Lenny!
I like it a lot! You know what I like! Were you using the Karma?
Now I feel like adding a horn part to it. I think Trios Shorts will turn up in a movie.
Haha! It's early in the morning and when I first read your email I thought "What? He did a song about my underwear?"
...................... Trio

Hi Trio,
I did that a while ago but was waiting for mp3 to settle down before I put it up.
I used the korg i30 work station.As soon as I heard it back and heard the piano I thought of your music and your shorts.
I've been borrowing the work station for a while now from my friend Bradlee that I sold it to.
While were on the subject let me tell you about how I create some of the music with the o1wfd.
First I start by having the tempo half way and do a track.Then I add tracks maybe two more untill there is a lot going on and it is almost has too much going on.When I'm done I play it back at the slowest or slower tempo and everything has it own charactor and is unique but fits with the total mix.
I use to have a Lowrey keyboard years ago and I use to build my own drum tracks.It had a loop and as you added more drums to the loop it got faster and faster.That gave me some ideas when I got the o1wfd that I use.
Company just came.catch you later.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
It's always good to get good news. Glad to hear that your gig in Lowell is working out. Sounds like fun.
The music in the second part of Daryl Oogy comes from the Sims game. I don't know if you have ever played it or seen it, but there is a radio in it and Oogy Oogy Ooh is one of the songs that play on the radio. None of the songs in the Sims have real words. I think it's so that they can sell the game all over the world. But I took a liking to Oog Oogy Ooh and just had to use it.
Silent Invasion is the first movie using the 30 second sound tracks that I have started recording. I like your description that it has a "different flavor". I want to be like the ice cream store and have 47 different flavors of movie!
I hope the shoot at EVOS is productive and also the Lance Gargoyle Story.
............................. Trio

Hey Trio,
I enjoy the music in Daryl Oogy so much it was running in my head a few days ago.Very catchy esp the last part.
All the current series are out of sight but Silent Invasion really was terrific.I think its the color,shapes and the music.
I think I like the ones where you do the music.This latest one really has a different flavor.I wish I had some of the chops that you do.
How do you get it to snow in April?Put away your shovels in March.It's snowed the last few days.I'll be mowing lawns soon and had a customer from last year call about raking her leaves.I got it half done before it snowed.I do it after work so I usually have one or two hours to spend.I count on what ever side work I get in the good weather to keep me afloat.
Good News.It looks like I'm gonna get that gig at the Coffee House in Lowell.Maybe in two or three weeks.I haven't played out and had the whole night for seven years when I played at a place called Don Juans in Lowell.
I'm planning on doing all easy listening and many songs from the Korg i-30.I went through all the programs today to choose the ones I like the best.I think of them as music for film.
I'm helping Dave do a shoot at EVOS on tuesday.I've been getting together with Matt who I met at the 1 min film fest and Matts gonna start doing some video work for me filming the Lance Gargoyle Story and be there to to get some footage of me and Dave at EVOS.He's got a few ideas I'm helping him with too.
It's almost TV time and I've got to try to respond to more e-mails before the even is done.
Lenny
I could not agree more with that philosophy. Very good. That's the way I want to be, too.
...................... Trio
Lenny Hall <laughingdervish@sprynet.com> wrote:
Hi Trio,
Here's something a friend Bradlee just sent me.He's the guy playing guitar at the end of the Lance Gargoyle Inconpicuous videos.
Lenny

Subject: FW: Thanks For Your Kind Words!
LG;
got this from a fellow eBay-er.
it kinda struck a chord with me.
i thot of you, buddy.
you play the part of Michael.
peace,
love you man;
Quiglee.
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Subject: Thanks For Your Kind Words!

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate.
He is always in a good mood and always has something
positive to say.
When someone would ask him how he was doing, he
would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there
telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I
went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You
can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to
myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to
be in a good mood or ...
you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in
a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a
victim or....
I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can
choose to accept their complaining or... I can point
out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about
choices. When you cut away all the junk, every
situation is a choice. You choose how you react to
situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The
bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what Michael said. Soon hereafter, I
left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We
lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made
a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several
years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a
serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care,
Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw Michael about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were
any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what
had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the
well-being of my soon to be born daughter, "Michael
replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered
that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I
could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Michael continued, "...the paramedics were great. They
kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they
wheeled me into the ER and I saw The expressions on
the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really
scared. In their eyes, I read "he's a dead man. I knew
I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me.
Said Michael. "She asked if I was allergic to
anything. "Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a
deep breath and yelled, "Gravity."
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live.
Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Michael
lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also
because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him
that everyday we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:34
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about
yesterday.
Hi Trio,
I'm looking forward to the gig.I use to play at another coffee shop in Lowell but it was kinda of a drag cause I just got to play for ten minutes and everyone else played acoustic guitar and did folks songs.A few of the musicians were really good but didn't stop by much after a while.I played there a few times.I've got some footage of a few times I played there but I'll really get to get a lot of footage at The Lowell Coffee House and can play from 9:30 untill 12:00.I should be able to do at least 40 songs.I may do mostly instrumentals but maybe some vocal improv songs if I have enough friends there so I don't freak out the regulars.I'ld love to do a Captain Weirdo Update.If the atmosphere isn't right vocal songs don't feel worth doing.
I put a few shelves up next to my computer and punchie is always lying on the first shelf when I'm at my computer.She just came in.Looks like I'll just be using the top shelf.
It's great to see your first 30 second film.I always enjoy hearing your playing.You must have played a lot at one time to pick up so many chops and runs in many different styles.
Speaking of chops I got a few Demo Cds from Mike Watson with the band he's in IN CASE OF FIRE.It's really interesting stuff.It's seven pieces with 3 guitars.It's interesting listening to the songs and recognizing Mike's playing.I sent him a Multi-Media cd last week.
I went to a Showcase in Watertown at Southwick Studio last week.A showcase is the last class of a workshop where the actors do the scenes or the monologues that they've learned during the class.I got to see a few actors I've done plays with in the past.It was a good time.There isn't going to be a Summer Production this year.Andrea is taking the summer off fo the first time in 8 years.I'm planning on compiling some footage I have of Andrea and the company and talking with some students and making a little tribute film or short series to surprise Andrea at the end of the Summer when we normally have the production.It will be a GOOD opportunity to check in with all the actors I've met and become friends with over the years.There must be at least 40 people.
I'm doing the Action Theater workshop in a few weeks.It's three days.About four hours each day.It's gonna be great seeing Ruth and some other students I haven't see in a few years and getting a refresher course.
I've taken a lot of different improv classes in the past and I have to say that woman who do improv I always find attractive no matter how plain or unappealing they may look.I'm a sucker for a babe that's does improv.Maybe cause improv has that sense of danger that I enjoy in performance.Sometimes it's like jumping out of a plane and hoping the parachute opens.Action Theater isn't as difficult as other improv styles I've taken in the past.
They way your going with these shorts I'm sure you'll easierly pass 47 flavors.I can't believe how far you've come in such a short time and how your movies have evolved so much as you've gone along.
Silent Invasion is really a break through with the graphics but esp with you doing the music.The whole production is outstanding.
I had a lull in my TV time.It's back to the all might tube.I honor you all mighty tube.I honor you.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Good News
Hi Lenny,
It's always good to get good news. Glad to hear that your gig in Lowell is working out. Sounds like fun.
The music in the second part of Daryl Oogy comes from the Sims game. I don't know if you have ever played it or seen it, but there is a radio in it and Oogy Oogy Ooh is one of the songs that play on the radio. None of the songs in the Sims have real words. I think it's so that they can sell the game all over the world. But I took a liking to Oog Oogy Ooh and just had to use it.
Silent Invasion is the first movie using the 30 second sound tracks that I have started recording. I like your description that it has a "different flavor". I want to be like the ice cream store and have 47 different flavors of movie!
I hope the shoot at EVOS is productive and also the Lance Gargoyle Story.
............................. Trio
Hi Trio,
Here's something a friend Bradlee just sent me.He's the guy playing guitar at the end of the Lance Gargoyle Inconpicuous videos.
Lenny

Subject: FW: Thanks For Your Kind Words!
LG;
got this from a fellow eBay-er.
it kinda struck a chord with me.
i thot of you, buddy.
you play the part of Michael.
peace,
love you man;
Quiglee.
Itty bitty movie stat at Yahoo
Shortest movie (17sec) ................... Don't Try to Stop Me
Longest movie (56sec) .................... ebay cats
Most praised movie ....................... BirdMan of TowerTown
Most thrilling (whatever "thrill" is!) ... TURNUP
Most erotic movie (in a strange way) ..... X-3
Most violent movie (in usual way) ........ X-3 Dinosaur Planet
Most self-justifying ..................... Why I Make the Litl Movies
Serial adventure ......................... Rogue 1 to 6

Most puzzling ? ... Quite a few
Most likely to be deleted when the Yahoo allotment of filespace
fills up? ... The earliest movies and recent ones like Nero and
Indifferent Phenomena and Daryl Oogy that are too lame to remain.
Hey! Our movies are in San Francisco next week! Ever been there? I spent a summer there many years ago and saw Jimi Hendrix in live concert and Jethro Tull and others and mucho assorted craziness. I checked on the internet recently about apartment rental rates in the San Fran area (thinking I might like to go live there for awhile) and discovered that there is nothing under a thousand a month, not even a one room efficiency! Quite a change from when I was there paying thirty dollars a week for a room in a hotel! Haha!

............... Trio

Hi Lenny,
Your story about San Francisco was very funny and reminds me of some other quick trips.
My friend finally got a chance to visit Paris and he packed his suitcases and bought his ticket. But when he got off the plane in Paris he was disappointed. He said the first things he saw were a McDonald's and an Exxon station and he just went back to the terminal and got on a plane back to the USA! I guess we do get our hopes up about a place when all we have to judge it by are some nice pictures and stories.
My quick trip was Las Vegas. For some reason I got it into my head that I had a lucky number and could win at roulette. I jumped on a plane to Vegas and then watched all my money dribble away at the roulette wheel. I had to walk back to the airport (many miles!) because I couldn't even afford a taxi. As I was trudging along, a blonde in a Lincoln pulled up beside me. "You want a blowjob?" she called. At first I was flattered, then it dawned on me that she was a prostitute. As I leaned on the side of the car, I said "I don't have any money..." She drove away so fast I almost fell over in the street!

............... Trio
Yes, please use them. Sounds like fun and I know I will have a good time watching the CD.
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" I got a request. When I create my multi-media cd of my art, music and stories could I add your shorts also? I think it would be a great boost for the cd and your shorts. I'd give you a cut of course and I already consider you a member of The Other Orchestra so it would be appropriate to have it on my multi media cd."

............... Trio

Good luck Saturday night. I know you like live performance most of all. If there was a club where you could play every weekend, I think you would have your heaven on earth.
Should be plenty of need for lawn cutting. I always thought that was pleasant work because it's outdoors, which I like, and you get the exercise of walking which I would be doing anyway, and get paid for it!

............... Trio
Hey Trio,
Funny you should ask about S.F. I have only travel far twice.Once in 1975 to Florida.I was laid off and drove down with someone.I had a few friends that I stayed with while the person I drove down with stayed with his aunt.
The other time was S.F. in 1981.I quit my job quit my apartment,storage my stuff at a friends and took the bus out.At the time I had gone to check out a Gurdjeiff around Boston and they had chapters in L.A. and S.F.
I read in the paper an article how in S.F. women are more plentiful because of the gay scene so I thought I'ld go there and have a better chance hooking up with women.
A few people on the bus thought I was very brave to go some place where I didn't know any one and try to make it.It took five days to get out there.I checked into a Y.M.C.A. at 8:30 a.m. and checked out the scene after I took a good shower and shaved.I had maybe $300.00 left to start out but after I checked out the paper for jobs and my chances of getting a start there my gut feeling said no.I got two days back that I paid for the room after finding out that the next bus was leaving at 1:30.I got to the bus station got my ticket and went and got a quart of fried rice for the ride out.
I got home in three days.Got a room in my building again(still had cash left)got my job back and short time later started to play out on open mic as Lance Gargoyle.And the rest is history.Mt friend Dave Rawlings says I took a bus to Calif for lunch.I had a great time going out and back and felt so free.I've always had to work a job and rarely leave my home for a week and go some place.Mostly just day trips when I can
Punchie catch her first mouse.Well it was a mole but that's pretty good for her first kill.
I got that gig at the coffee house for this saturday nite.I've been trying to get prepared and promote the event.I just found out Sunday.I'm going to Boston one friday,saturday and sunday for the Action Theater work shop.I'm gonna have to park in Cambridge and take the T in to Town.It should be an adventure.
I've been raking lawns after work when its not raining and that's bringing in much nedded cash.I charge $20.00 an hour.I'm a fast worker and do an nice job.I've got a job to finish next week and another new account lined up.
I found a new art site and put some of my paintings there.Here's the url for the site and a link to my stats for just two days.
<http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=5872&SetBG=Yes>
<http://www.artwanted.com/member_stats.cfm?ArtID=5872&PassCode=13036131>
The slide show looks cool.It's $6.50 a month for the site,which is reasonable.
I thought of moving to Cambridge years ago but the rents are really high there.It's better for me to travel there in 40 min.
My rent for my room in Lowell in 1981 was just $35.00 a week.Times have changed.
Hey I was born on the same day as Hendrix.Nov 27th.So was Bruce Lee.I never was a big fan of his but mt synth guitar sounds like his style sometimes how I bend the notes.
I like you recent shorts.
I got a request.When I create my multi-media cd of my art,music and stories could I add your shorts also?I think it would be a great boost for the cd and your shorts.I'ld give you a cut of course and I already consider you a member of The Other Orchestra so it would be appropriate to have it on my multi media cd.
I video tape those bands last week with Dave.The first two were noise bands.Dave loves that stuff.I can take about 10 minutes.The next two band did industrial stuff that was okay but way to long.You know me I like the music changing ever moment.The last band was worth the wait.Two guys with masks on with good backing tracks and great stage presence.I'll send you them when Dave gives me a copy of my footage.
Dave has submitted a song from him,you and me for another project that the one minute film fest guy is doing.
I wasn't that impressed by the guy.He seemed like another guy with a college education who need much more life experience than he had.In other words he needed more seasoning.
Any way sorry I've been out of touch.Sometimes I don't e-mail people unless the e-mail me then I always respond.
Wish me luck this weekend.It's gonna be an adventure and a creative blast.
By the way are you thinking of moving?Don't rule out moving up north.I'ld make sure you got set up good.
If not how's about inviting me down for a visit this summer?It would be the experience of a lfe time.
Keep on creating.
.....................................Lenny

Subject: San Francisco
Hey! Our movies are in San Francisco next week! Ever been there? I spent a summer there many years ago and saw Jimi Hendrix in live concert and Jethro Tull and others and mucho assorted craziness. I checked on the internet recently about apartment rental rates in the San Fran area (thinking I might like to go live there for awhile) and discovered that there is nothing under a thousand a month, not even a one room efficiency! Quite a change from when I was there paying thirty dollars a week for a room in a hotel! Haha!

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I'm trimming my song list before I go to sleep.I've been drained the last few days.It gonna be a long weekend untill sunday evening.Boy it will be good to be home again and relax..
Tomorrow i go to work,come home get ready to go to Boston for the start of action theater.come home go to boston again in the morning.come home get ready for the gig.go to the gig.get home go to sleep.get up sunday for the last day of action theater.Come home in the afternoon and relax in the evening.
Next week its lawn raking.Its really tiring sometimes.I don't mind mowing but raking I'm glad when its over.
I feel like I'm going through the void going to the 13th zone.
Lenny

AM Subject: Gigs
Good luck Saturday night. I know you like live performance most of all. If there was a club where you could play every weekend, I think you would have your heaven on earth.
Should be plenty of need for lawn cutting. I always thought that was pleasant work because it's outdoors, which I like, and you get the exercise of walking which I would be doing anyway, and get paid for it!

............... Trio
Hope your Saturday night gig went smoothly. I guess you are worn out and reclining in front of the TV now. You deserve a rest!
........................ Trio

Subject: Re: Gigs
Hi Trio,
I'm trimming my song list before I go to sleep.I've been drained the last few days.It gonna be a long weekend untill sunday evening.Boy it will be good to be home again and relax..
Tomorrow i go to work,come home get ready to go to Boston for the start of action theater.come home go to boston again in the morning.come home get ready for the gig.go to the gig.get home go to sleep.get up sunday for the last day of action theater.Come home in the afternoon and relax in the evening.
Next week its lawn raking.Its really tiring sometimes.I don't mind mowing but raking I'm glad when its over.
I feel like I'm going through the void going to the 13th zone.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Sounds like a dynamite weekend. I'm glad the gig went so well. Three camcorders! All yours? How did you control them? I guess you had help.
Action theater seems very cool. Shaving your armpits has got to be a nuisance. Stubble in there would be very irritating. I don't blame women for wanting to avoid it. I have no problem with a woman with armpit hair unless it's a real bush under there. And I think light hair on the arms is sexy. Blonde hair on the arms is extremely sexy when the sunlight highlights it. I like women who don't wear makeup. I like a natural look. Why smearing red lard on your lips is supposed to improve your appearance is beyond me.
Well, I imagine trudging back to work after such a good weekend is a real bummer, but cheer up! There is another weekend on the way!
................................ Trio

Subject: Re: Gigs
Hi Trio,
It's been another great weekend.
Action Theater was terriffic as always.Imagine doing my favorite improv with a bunch of intellectual and artistic people from all walks of life.Some teahers too.There were 6 men and 14 women.Two of the women I knew and I'm sure I made points with a few more for creative reasons of course.
Laura Wolf has done it three times with me over the years.Once when I went to Earthdance for action theater years ago and there were at least 8 women who didn't shave their armpits or legs.One was from Europe.I don't think the others were
donut bumpers just that new womens lib stuff.Anyways I notice today that Laura had shaved,Or her arm pits at least.I guess times are a changing.Most women were involved in dance this time as is usual.It was held at a dance studio at B.U. so there were a two very attractive women students in there 20's that I might have had a roll of quarters in my pocket if I were somewhere else.What vitality! What spirit!Everyone had a lot of energy.
I asked Ruth Zaporah,the teacher of Action Theater if I could video tape next weekends advance session for documentery series and she said she was compiling a video collection to put out something sometime in the future and she would think about it.At the end of the day I asked her if I could video tape the session and give her the masters and I could keep a copy and she said yes.You'ld like action theater.
The gig went great.I had three camcorders getting the performance. I played almost 60 songs.I may another gig somewhere else.
more about everything later.I am pretty drained.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
It's been another great weekend.
Action Theater was terriffic as always.Imagine doing my favorite improv with a bunch of intellectual and artistic people from all walks of life.Some teahers too.There were 6 men and 14 women.Two of the women I knew and I'm sure I made points with a few more for creative reasons of course.
Laura Wolf has done it three times with me over the years.Once when I went to Earthdance for action theater years ago and there were at least 8 women who didn't shave their armpits or legs.One was from Europe.I don't think the others were
donut bumpers just that new womens lib stuff.Anyways I notice today that Laura had shaved,Or her arm pits at least.I guess times are a changing.Most women were involved in dance this time as is usual.It was held at a dance studio at B.U. so there were a two very attractive women students in there 20's that I might have had a roll of quarters in my pocket if I were somewhere else.What vitality! What spirit!Everyone had a lot of energy.
I asked Ruth Zaporah,the teacher of Action Theater if I could video tape next weekends advance session for documentery series and she said she was compiling a video collection to put out something sometime in the future and she would think about it.At the end of the day I asked her if I could video tape the session and give her the masters and I could keep a copy and she said yes.You'ld like action theater.
The gig went great.I had three camcorders getting the performance. I played almost 60 songs.I may another gig somewhere else.
more about everything later.I am pretty drained.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
Yesterday I finished raking a lawn I was doing.Today it's raining so I've got a break.
The gig was a good experience.After the first set I had to turn up the volume louder so it came out over the crowd noise.
Dave was there with our friend Doug(Wah).Dave used his camera and Wah used mine.Matt,the person I met at the 1 min film fest had his camera.Dave is in heaven with three camera shots to work with.He's already working on one.The three of them worked together well.A drummer Jim Gibbins came.It was his first time seeing me play out and hear the new music.I jammed with Jim years ago and he lived in a building I managed in the past.He was in heaven to sitting with Matt,Dave and Wah.
Another musician friend Chris Elston who was in a band called Data bank a came with his wife and bandmate Andy.I've known him since 1982.I did a gig with his band years ago.
My good friend Dave Ambrose came with his girlfriend and a buddy that really enjoyed the show.Dave Rawling and his wife Beth came.
Ron from RR Records showed up for the first time ever with Brian,one of the guys from that band Dave and I filmed a few weeks ago.My jazz buddy Arthur came in but was driving cab and he couldn't turn the cab off cause it wouldn't start back up.Him and Dave Ambrose told me about the place and that I should go check it out.A few regulars came and stayed a while but one couple stayed all night and really enjoyed the show.
I played all instrumental music for the first set.Henry Riddle stuff(film music)No vocals except a few comments between a few songs.The next and last set I played songs from the Karma.No rock just new age kinda stuff and finally jazz at the end.I did a few vocals with the jazz stuff.I couldn't help myself.
I'm known for my vocals tunes so some musicians didn't stay much past the second set but I didn't care.I knew I was getting it on film and that's all that mattered.Now I can move on to different music.
Dave Ambrose and his friend said they wanted me to play a big party with some other bands were I can do the stuff I really like.My monster songs and vocal improv are the stuff I like the best but It would go over at the Higher Ground Coffee house where I played last weekend.That would be a good gig.
I'll send you the performance after I get the tapes back from Dave V.I'm loking forward to seeing it and see how it came out.At least I know the second set will have excellent sound quality.You'll like the Henry Riddle stuff.I did Waiting to Waltz and about 30 more of that style.
I don't mind some underarm hair but I've seen some women with black hair and beards under their arms.I have very little underarm hair.I had pneumonia in the hospital after I was born and all my hair fell out and some never grew back that heavy.I don't have much bottom eye lasies either.I just noticed I don't have much on my arms either.
Your latest short has an unique appeal.What flavor is that number 51?
Punchie caught another mole today.She's really becoming the great mole hunter.
Well The Tube is calling.I missed recording a few programs on HBO that I record every week and am trying to catch the next showings.
I hope to start recording some new music and putting up another art site on Artwanted.com.I've gotten almost 7000 views in a little over a week.Thanks to my years on mp3 I really know how to work Artwanted.com to my advantage.
HBO here I come.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Gigs and hair
Hi Lenny,
Sounds like a dynamite weekend. I'm glad the gig went so well. Three camcorders! All yours? How did you control them? I guess you had help.
Action theater seems very cool. Shaving your armpits has got to be a nuisance. Stubble in there would be very irritating. I don't blame women for wanting to avoid it. I have no problem with a woman with armpit hair unless it's a real bush under there. And I think light hair on the arms is sexy. Blonde hair on the arms is extremely sexy when the sunlight highlights it. I like women who don't wear makeup. I like a natural look. Why smearing red lard on your lips is supposed to improve your appearance is beyond me.
Well, I imagine trudging back to work after such a good weekend is a real bummer, but cheer up! There is another weekend on the way!
................................ Trio

Hey Trio,
How's it going?Yard work is really busy this year.I've been leaving work early when I can to get caught up.
False starts reminds me of what I go through when I start a lawn.It's a long process but once I get started and see some improvement I start to feel better.Last week I put in 15 hours on one lawn.I put in 11 hours this week so far.When its not raining I'm out there doing lawns.When it rains I stay in and do something else.
I thought of inviting you up for a week or two if you were available and wanted to make some quick cash so I guess I will.
If you're up for it I could pay you $20.00 an hour.You could work 10 to 30 hours a week,have weekends off
and stay at my home rent free.There's a train in Lowell that goes to Boston all the time if you wanted to take any trips into Boston.I thought it could be like a little vacation too.Just thought I'ld mention it.
I started another art site. <http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=5984>
I found someone on the web to update my home page>i'm very happy with his performance and glad to have the broken links corrected.
I got some great footage of Action Theater 12 hours.I've been getting it on super VHS tapes to make copies for the students and the teacher Ruth Zaporah.I've got two tapes done four to go.It's gonna give me a great edge the next time I take a workshop and will improve my stage and performancepresence 100 %.
After that I'm going to be putting all my Footage of my acting teacher Andrea Southwick on Super VHS to look at and then all my nature footage.
I heard a song on the country station I listen to in my car with itty bitty in the theme that reminded me of you.
Stormy sent me a cool link that you may enjoy.
<http://www.otisfodder.com/365days.html>
I hope to strat recording again soon.
Sorry I've been out of touch but duty calls more often than I expect sometime.
I always enjoy getting your movies. Hope Everything going good with you.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Wow! That's a good offer! My first urge is to jump into my car today and drive up to Lowell!
But first I have to get through Mothers Day.
I'll have to think on it some more and let you know about it.
Don't worry about being out of touch. I try to answer all my email but I don't originate much. Like most people, my days tend to be pretty ordinary and repeat the same patterns, so I don't have much to say. Really the movies are the creative, out-of-the-ordinary part of my life and they can speak for themselves.
You, on the other hand, are up to all kinds of interesting things from acting to lawn care to videotaping to music making and performing - so I always enjoy hearing from you. But I don't worry if a week or two goes by without an email. I just assume you are up to some hi jinks away from your computer.
Now to check out the links in your email. See you later
................................. Trio
That link you gave me: <http://www.otisfodder.com/365days.html> is grrreat!
I have already downloaded several selections. There is no lo-fi preview unfortunately, so I have to download the whole selection to hear it. On the other hand, the descriptions are so complete that I have not been disappointed with anything.
Thanks for a great link.

............... Trio

Hey Trio,
I'm really enjoyong the recent Itty Bitty movies with your music in the back ground.
I just got back from doing some lawns.I put in 18 hrs during the wek and 8 at one and 2 at another.
Besides doing my regular day job I am beat.
Hope you can make it up.We'll have a blast.
After the next two weeks it will slow down and I can have a beat.
I'm going to my mothers tomorrow.I got her a cd mp3 player for mothers day and some small power speaks like I have.Now she can play cds of mp3s.
Got to shower now and decompress(watch TV)
More good news later.
Lenny
THE IRON MAN
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Hi Lenny,
Sorry I took so long to answer this email.
I won't be going anywhere for a while. I've got commitments this weekend and also for Memorial Day.
Wish I could come up and help out. It sounds like you are swamped with lawn jobs. Does it really slow down in a few weeks? Is that because the grass grows slower in the summer heat?
I still want to visit Boston and you, but it will probably be part of some lazy tour that circles up through the Mississippi Valley into Canada, down to Boston, and then back down the coast. I can't drive more than 300 miles a day so even going straight to Boston would be at least a 2 day trip for me. I'd kind of like to make sure SARS is all petered out before I hit the road. Also I want to buy a video camera.
So everything is vague. Is there any kind of festival going on in Lowell or the surrounding towns during the summer that you are particularly interested in? And what is your acting schedule? I guess I have to be careful not to conflict with all that.
Well, sorry I am not up there cutting grass, but I don't know if I would be much good at it. I walk 90 minutes every day and consider that a good workout, but that's nothing compared to lawn cutting!!
...................... Trio

Hey Trio,
I'm really enjoyong the recent Itty Bitty movies with your music in the back ground.
I just got back from doing some lawns.I put in 18 hrs during the wek and 8 at one and 2 at another.
Besides doing my regular day job I am beat.
Hope you can make it up.We'll have a blast.
After the next two weeks it will slow down and I can have a beat.
I'm going to my mothers tomorrow.I got her a cd mp3 player for mothers day and some small power speaks like I have.Now she can play cds of mp3s.
Got to shower now and decompress(watch TV)
More good news later.
Lenny
THE IRON MAN

Hi Trio,
Can you send me the url to your Yahoo Itty Bitty Movies?I can find it.
lenny
Hi Lenny,
Yeah, Amtrak would be suitable for a one-destination trip. However, part of my driving problem is that I can't sit in a chair for extended periods of time because of my back. So I need to spend a lot of the day moving around. And Amtrak would not help that. I also have a bad hip and weak eyes, but let's not go into all of that! Hahaha! I still like to imagine myself in perfect health.
You are right. I wouldn't be much of a yard man!
I was just looking over your CD of images last night. "Dandyland" is a favorite of mine. Do you recall how it is composed of rectangular sections? I spent a few minutes separating each section out as an individual image. On of the problems with using your images in my movies is that the tiny screen size of the movie is overwhelmed by the amount of pixels in your large images. I think I might try an approach of using parts of your images instead. I know that is artistic butchery, chopping them up like that. So how do you feel about that? Is your feeling that I should keep them whole no matter what? Or is your feeling that I can deconstruct them and use pieces of them?
Hey, do me a favor and switch back over to the trio33@msn.com <mailto:trio33@msn.com> email address because I cannot save your emails on my computer from the Yahoo address. That's why I try to use the msn address for all my email. Thanks!
...................... Trio

Subject: grass
Hi Lenny,
>>>>Hi Trio,
Sorry I took so long to answer this email.
I won't be going anywhere for a while. I've got commitments this weekend and also for Memorial Day.
Wish I could come up and help out. It sounds like you are swamped with lawn jobs. Does it really slow down in a few weeks? Is that because the grass grows slower in the summer heat?
>>>>>>>>>>>I'm swamped with lawn raking more than mowing right now.I'm just doing mowing 6 lawns so far this year but two customers wanted there lawns raked.One took 15 hours.The one I've finished today was a mess.Lots to trimming,small tree cutting and lots of raking.I must have filled up 45 large heavy duty bags and spent 31 hours on it.It was a mess.I had to leave that job and start another one(not one I'm mowing this year) last Saturday.I've got maybe another 8 hours there.I'm gonna try to get there tomorrow and friday and if I need to Saturday afternoon when I get back from Cambridge.The raking jobs been an unexpected boost in my funds.
It's been raining some and the grass is growing faster so I'll be mowing more soon and raking less.Luckily it's been rain when I'm not raking.
The grass starts to grow less toward the end of the summer.By that time I'm pretty worn out any way.
I still want to visit Boston and you, but it will probably be part of some lazy tour that circles up through the Mississippi Valley into Canada, down to Boston, and then back down the coast. I can't drive more than 300 miles a day so even going straight to Boston would be at least a 2 day trip for me. I'd kind of like to make sure SARS is all petered out before I hit the road. Also I want to buy a video camera.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Have you ever thought about taking Amtrak up for just a visit before the road trip?
So everything is vague. Is there any kind of festival going on in Lowell or the surrounding towns during the summer that you are particularly interested in? And what is your acting schedule? I guess I have to be careful not to conflict with all that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'm home for the summer.No acting this year Andrea is taking the summer off.I won't be going on vacation or away untill Sept when I'm going to Earthdance for Action Theater.Lowell has a folk fest every summer but it never interests me.I listen to so much music that I can't really be bothered.Lowell sometimes has a blues fest too but never gets any local musicians or bands from Lowell and there are many of them.Most of my best local musician friends are into jazz.I heard from my friend Peter they stopped the Jazz jam on tuesdays.
I get great enjoyment when I go to Cambridge on Saturday.Harvard Square is one of my favorite places.I get my hair cut there.I haven't seen my favorite local Boston Jazz band Either/Orchestra in years.They don't play out much but I'ld like to see those guys again.
I got a message months ago from Little Jimmy of Little Jimmy and The Homewreckers.I lost his number but if the band gets back together I'ld like to see those guys again.
The person Matt(Vernon Weeds)I met at the 1 min film fest is working out great.He's a good guy and his film ideas are very good and inventive.It turns out he's a good musician too and records his own songs.He's got some good film ideas and is going to be working with me as cameraman for THE REAL LANCE GARGOYLE STORY and other local film ideas I'm planning.It's gonna be a hoot.
My main concern is getting that Action theater footage on super VHS.I've got two and a half VHS tapes and three and a half to go.Then I'm gonna work on the Nature footage or the Footage I've collected over the years Of Andrea Sothwick.I still need to look at all the footage from when I played at the Lowell Coffee House.
I'm trying to find time to record some new ideas but I've got to find out why the device I use for my vocals isn't working.
Around this time of years I go to the beach on sundays when I can.Most of the time at Rye Beach in N.H.sometimes I go to Maine.I start early in the morning and get back between 1 and 3 in the afternoon so I can wind down and get ready for TUBE TIME and the next week.
Well, sorry I am not up there cutting grass, but I don't know if I would be much good at it. I walk 90 minutes every day and consider that a good workout, but that's nothing compared to lawn cutting!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Sounds like even a small lawn would be a work out for you.I don't think I can do it many more years.Every year I say it's gonna be my last.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Hey The new art site ARTWANTED.COM is boosting my limit on images from 100 to 200.I've been putting four new ones on each site every couple of day.I've been starting to put some more music on mp3 to increase my activity.i've still got 100's of past songs I've never put on or deleted from slow mp3 sites.
I've got something I've been getting ready that I think you'll get a kick out of too.
Till next this is
Lenny...........The Last Of The Ironmen
signing out
...................... Trio

Hey Trio,
I'm really enjoyong the recent Itty Bitty movies with your music in the back ground.
I just got back from doing some lawns.I put in 18 hrs during the wek and 8 at one and 2 at another.
Besides doing my regular day job I am beat.
Hope you can make it up.We'll have a blast.
After the next two weeks it will slow down and I can have a beat.
I'm going to my mothers tomorrow.I got her a cd mp3 player for mothers day and some small power speaks like I have.Now she can play cds of mp3s.
Got to shower now and decompress(watch TV)
More good news later.
Lenny
THE IRON MAN
Hi Lenny,
>>>>Hi Trio,
Sorry I took so long to answer this email.
I won't be going anywhere for a while. I've got commitments this weekend and also for Memorial Day.
Wish I could come up and help out. It sounds like you are swamped with lawn jobs. Does it really slow down in a few weeks? Is that because the grass grows slower in the summer heat?
>>>>>>>>>>>I'm swamped with lawn raking more than mowing right now.I'm just doing mowing 6 lawns so far this year but two customers wanted there lawns raked.One took 15 hours.The one I've finished today was a mess.Lots to trimming,small tree cutting and lots of raking.I must have filled up 45 large heavy duty bags and spent 31 hours on it.It was a mess.I had to leave that job and start another one(not one I'm mowing this year) last Saturday.I've got maybe another 8 hours there.I'm gonna try to get there tomorrow and friday and if I need to Saturday afternoon when I get back from Cambridge.The raking jobs been an unexpected boost in my funds.
It's been raining some and the grass is growing faster so I'll be mowing more soon and raking less.Luckily it's been rain when I'm not raking.
The grass starts to grow less toward the end of the summer.By that time I'm pretty worn out any way.
I still want to visit Boston and you, but it will probably be part of some lazy tour that circles up through the Mississippi Valley into Canada, down to Boston, and then back down the coast. I can't drive more than 300 miles a day so even going straight to Boston would be at least a 2 day trip for me. I'd kind of like to make sure SARS is all petered out before I hit the road. Also I want to buy a video camera.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Have you ever thought about taking Amtrak up for just a visit before the road trip?
So everything is vague. Is there any kind of festival going on in Lowell or the surrounding towns during the summer that you are particularly interested in? And what is your acting schedule? I guess I have to be careful not to conflict with all that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'm home for the summer.No acting this year Andrea is taking the summer off.I won't be going on vacation or away untill Sept when I'm going to Earthdance for Action Theater.Lowell has a folk fest every summer but it never interests me.I listen to so much music that I can't really be bothered.Lowell sometimes has a blues fest too but never gets any local musicians or bands from Lowell and there are many of them.Most of my best local musician friends are into jazz.I heard from my friend Peter they stopped the Jazz jam on tuesdays.
I get great enjoyment when I go to Cambridge on Saturday.Harvard Square is one of my favorite places.I get my hair cut there.I haven't seen my favorite local Boston Jazz band Either/Orchestra in years.They don't play out much but I'ld like to see those guys again.
I got a message months ago from Little Jimmy of Little Jimmy and The Homewreckers.I lost his number but if the band gets back together I'ld like to see those guys again.
The person Matt(Vernon Weeds)I met at the 1 min film fest is working out great.He's a good guy and his film ideas are very good and inventive.It turns out he's a good musician too and records his own songs.He's got some good film ideas and is going to be working with me as cameraman for THE REAL LANCE GARGOYLE STORY and other local film ideas I'm planning.It's gonna be a hoot.
My main concern is getting that Action theater footage on super VHS.I've got two and a half VHS tapes and three and a half to go.Then I'm gonna work on the Nature footage or the Footage I've collected over the years Of Andrea Sothwick.I still need to look at all the footage from when I played at the Lowell Coffee House.
I'm trying to find time to record some new ideas but I've got to find out why the device I use for my vocals isn't working.
Around this time of years I go to the beach on sundays when I can.Most of the time at Rye Beach in N.H.sometimes I go to Maine.I start early in the morning and get back between 1 and 3 in the afternoon so I can wind down and get ready for TUBE TIME and the next week.
Well, sorry I am not up there cutting grass, but I don't know if I would be much good at it. I walk 90 minutes every day and consider that a good workout, but that's nothing compared to lawn cutting!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Sounds like even a small lawn would be a work out for you.I don't think I can do it many more years.Every year I say it's gonna be my last.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Hey The new art site ARTWANTED.COM is boosting my limit on images from 100 to 200.I've been putting four new ones on each site every couple of day.I've been starting to put some more music on mp3 to increase my activity.i've still got 100's of past songs I've never put on or deleted from slow mp3 sites.
I've got something I've been getting ready that I think you'll get a kick out of too.
Till next this is
Lenny...........The Last Of The Ironmen
signing out
...................... Trio

Hey Trio,
I'm really enjoyong the recent Itty Bitty movies with your music in the back ground.
I just got back from doing some lawns.I put in 18 hrs during the wek and 8 at one and 2 at another.
Besides doing my regular day job I am beat.
Hope you can make it up.We'll have a blast.
After the next two weeks it will slow down and I can have a beat.
I'm going to my mothers tomorrow.I got her a cd mp3 player for mothers day and some small power speaks like I have.Now she can play cds of mp3s.
Got to shower now and decompress(watch TV)
More good news later.
Lenny
THE IRON MAN

Hi Lenny,
Thanks for switching over to the msn address and thanks for permission to butcher. I have gotten use to just using parts of things to make them fit in the movies. I feel like you do I think. If someone can use part of my stuff - fine. That's better than them not using any of it.
Have you mentioned Dave Rawlings before? I forgot to mention that my memory is shot, too! I am a wreck, bro!
....................... Trio

Hi Trio,
I was just looking over your CD of images last night. "Dandyland" is a favorite of mine. Do you recall how it is composed of rectangular sections? I spent a few minutes separating each section out as an individual image. On of the problems with using your images in my movies is that the tiny screen size of the movie is overwhelmed by the amount of pixels in your large images. I think I might try an approach of using parts of your images instead. I know that is artistic butchery, chopping them up like that. So how do you feel about that? Is your feeling that I should keep them whole no matter what? Or is your feeling that I can deconstruct them and use pieces of them?
Use whatever you want however you want.Paintings ,music or anything.
It doesn't matter if you use part of my paintings.You got one of the best eyes and ears I know.
I was showing your latest itty bitty movies to Dave Rawlings tonite.He's really enjoys them esp the latest ones.You can't watch just one.
I'll fill you in more later.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I was just looking over your CD of images last night. "Dandyland" is a favorite of mine. Do you recall how it is composed of rectangular sections? I spent a few minutes separating each section out as an individual image. On of the problems with using your images in my movies is that the tiny screen size of the movie is overwhelmed by the amount of pixels in your large images. I think I might try an approach of using parts of your images instead. I know that is artistic butchery, chopping them up like that. So how do you feel about that? Is your feeling that I should keep them whole no matter what? Or is your feeling that I can deconstruct them and use pieces of them?
Use whatever you want however you want.Paintings ,music or anything.
It doesn't matter if you use part of my paintings.You got one of the best eyes and ears I know.
I was showing your latest itty bitty movies to Dave Rawlings tonite.He's really enjoys them esp the latest ones.You can't watch just one.
I'll fill you in more later.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I try to make sunday my catch up day.I got your latest movie.It reminds me how kinda lacked I'm been lately with responding to e-mails.
I heard a saying recently that I wrote down."Information is always moving".
I'm cooking one of my 7 qt spagetti sauce.I found a place that has great italian sausage.So I decided to make a batch of sauce,I free it in pint bags.The last batch lasted almost two months.
I changed the fuse in my vocal effect and I'm finally ready to start recording again.I got a gig at a party july 19th so it happened just in time.I'm due for some new recording.
I'm going to be the headliner at the party(three other bands) and i'm told that I can pull out all the stops.I couldn't do any improv vocal songs or some of my monster songs(past lance gargoyle vocal tunes )at the coffee house.It's the kinda performance I've been waiting for.I can do my charactors,Tony D',Sidney Hipple,Lance Gargoyle,and Captain Weirdo.I think of my recording process as practice to get ideas.
Last night Dave and I went to see a jazz band that we know a few of the players.We both filmed it but the lights were kinda low.It was a slow night for the club so after two sets the owner said she was closing the bar.
Dave Rawlings and I have been refering weird movies to each other for years now.He really knows something that very different and interesting as your Itty Bitty Movies are.Outstanding is a better word.If all you ever created were your I.B.Movies you would go down in my creative hall of fame.
It will be interesting for me to see pieces of my paintings in your movies.Someday I've like to see them all together in columns of ten or tweenty across going down.Imagine making t-shirts with fabric that was like a quilt of my paintings?Boy if I had real money what I would do.
The lawn raking is almost done.Next week it's back to lawn mowing.What a relief.I had to borrow a chain saw that's how bad one of the yards I did.It's all downhill from here untill the fall.
Now I can continue with more creative projects.
You've got almost 60 I.B. Movies now.I enjoy them more and more every time I see them .OUTSTANDING and always a surprise.
I'm off to a recital my Acting teacher Andrea Southwick is doing a few towns over.Then it's back home to Decompress and get ready for another week and another set of adventures.Every day is a holiday,ever meal a banquet.
Healthsouth updates(my company)it's become like a soap oprea.
<http://al.com/specialreport/birminghamnews/?healthsouth.html>
. . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Your spaghetti sauce reminds me of a neighbor I had many years ago. He didn't cook much, but every now and then he would make a giant pot of spaghetti sauce. It was delicious.
Your T-shirt idea is cool. But like you say, it would cost a few bucks to pull off. If you could be sure of selling them, it would be fun - maybe at your gigs? But I don't think people want to spend money so freely nowadays.
Your characters are going to get a workout? That's great! You know I was thinking what it would be like if I could just combine you and Dave and me into one superartist. It would be someone who had characters to make stories with, act them out, draw artwork and animation, compose and perform the background music, assemble the movie, make tapes and DVDs, and have the contacts to sell and distribute them! SuperArtist!
The summer is having a bad effect on my creativity. I like to get outside in the great weather. But it's cool and rainy today. Maybe I can get something "arty-farty" done! Haha! See you later...

............... Trio

Lenny,
That sauce sounds grrrreat! Makes me want to get out my biggest pot and get something going. Even though I cook every day I don't have any "showpiece" dishes that I do. No specialties. I will eat anything, but try to keep it mostly vegetables with small amounts of meat and fish.
I like seafood too. When I was a kid one of our Saturday night family meals was to go to the all-you-can eat boiled shrimp restaurant and stuff ourselves. Outdoor oyster roasts with cold beer are great. I never had good results with clams. I tasted squid but it's just rubber to me! Lobster costs too much. Catfish is big here. I buy the fresh pieces and just saute them with no breading. Whenever fresh salmon gets down to 4$ a pound (It's usually 6$/lb) then I have a great salmon meal. Flounder, tuna, mackerel, sardines, herring - it's all good.
Lenny, I think I am hungry! Haha! Time for breakfast...
......................... Trio

Subject: Spaghetti Man
Hi Lenny,
Your spaghetti sauce reminds me of a neighbor I had many years ago. He didn't cook much, but every now and then he would make a giant pot of spaghetti sauce. It was delicious.
>>>>>>>>>>>.Mine has lots of garlic,mushrooms ,peppers,a small onion,lots of ground sirlion,sausage,tomato sause and tomato paste.Caraway seeds,Fennel seeds,sweet basil,SUGAR,garlic/pepper seasoning and a few more things.I cook it all day.I fry all the meat first so its cooked good.I had my first sample today when I got home.It always taste better after it cools and gets reheated the next day.I cook up pasta(angel hair)too.
The other thing I cook is fried scallops,shrimp,and sometimes clam bellies.Punchie like scallops and lobster.Lobster is my favorite seafood.
An italian friend of mine Paul Listro that I grow up with in Methuen,Mass said he use to make spagetti sauce and put a live lobster in the sauce to cook with and flavor the sauce.I've got to try that someday.
My other big kick in the summer is italian ice (slush)There's a place in Lawrence,mass that Paul and I use to get it as kids.It's the best slush around.I buy banana,pistachio,or almond.I was getting a gallen at a time.Last time I got a two and a halk gallen container.
Your T-shirt idea is cool. But like you say, it would cost a few bucks to pull off. If you could be sure of selling them, it would be fun - maybe at your gigs? But I don't think people want to spend money so freely nowadays.
>>>>>>>>>>>>I'll look into what it would take getting the fabric made sometime.It will be interesting to look into.They would certainly be unique and each peice of clothing would be original.
Your characters are going to get a workout? That's great! You know I was thinking what it would be like if I could just combine you and Dave and me into one superartist. It would be someone who had characters to make stories with, act them out, draw artwork and animation, compose and perform the background music, assemble the movie, make tapes and DVDs, and have the contacts to sell and distribute them! SuperArtist!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'll have to save my thoughts on for a song.
The summer is having a bad effect on my creativity. I like to get outside in the great weather. But it's cool and rainy today. Maybe I can get something "arty-farty" done! Haha! See you later...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.It's been a little cold up here in the morning and hot in the afternoon.Just one more lawn to finish up and I'm done with raking.I did three lawns today.I've got two tomorrow and two past customers called that I'm doing wendsday.I try to do all my lawns as early in the week as possible.Most of my customers are elderly.Most of the lawns are small and take anywhere from 20 mins to two hours.I don't do any lawns that take more than two hours.
............... Trio... .... .. .... ... Lenny

Subject: Spaghetti Man
Hi Lenny,
Your spaghetti sauce reminds me of a neighbor I had many years ago. He didn't cook much, but every now and then he would make a giant pot of spaghetti sauce. It was delicious.
>>>>>>>>>>>.Mine has lots of garlic,mushrooms ,peppers,a small onion,lots of ground sirlion,sausage,tomato sause and tomato paste.Caraway seeds,Fennel seeds,sweet basil,SUGAR,garlic/pepper seasoning and a few more things.I cook it all day.I fry all the meat first so its cooked good.I had my first sample today when I got home.It always taste better after it cools and gets reheated the next day.I cook up pasta(angel hair)too.
The other thing I cook is fried scallops,shrimp,and sometimes clam bellies.Punchie like scallops and lobster.Lobster is my favorite seafood.
An italian friend of mine Paul Listro that I grow up with in Methuen,Mass said he use to make spagetti sauce and put a live lobster in the sauce to cook with and flavor the sauce.I've got to try that someday.
My other big kick in the summer is italian ice (slush)There's a place in Lawrence,mass that Paul and I use to get it as kids.It's the best slush around.I buy banana,pistachio,or almond.I was getting a gallen at a time.Last time I got a two and a halk gallen container.
Your T-shirt idea is cool. But like you say, it would cost a few bucks to pull off. If you could be sure of selling them, it would be fun - maybe at your gigs? But I don't think people want to spend money so freely nowadays.
>>>>>>>>>>>>I'll look into what it would take getting the fabric made sometime.It will be interesting to look into.They would certainly be unique and each peice of clothing would be original.
Your characters are going to get a workout? That's great! You know I was thinking what it would be like if I could just combine you and Dave and me into one superartist. It would be someone who had characters to make stories with, act them out, draw artwork and animation, compose and perform the background music, assemble the movie, make tapes and DVDs, and have the contacts to sell and distribute them! SuperArtist!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'll have to save my thoughts on for a song.
The summer is having a bad effect on my creativity. I like to get outside in the great weather. But it's cool and rainy today. Maybe I can get something "arty-farty" done! Haha! See you later...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>.It's been a little cold up here in the morning and hot in the afternoon.Just one more lawn to finish up and I'm done with raking.I did three lawns today.I've got two tomorrow and two past customers called that I'm doing wendsday.I try to do all my lawns as early in the week as possible.Most of my customers are elderly.Most of the lawns are small and take anywhere from 20 mins to two hours.I don't do any lawns that take more than two hours.
............... Trio

Trio,
Catfish!We use to call them Hornpout when I use to fish when I was a kid.My friend Paul Listro fried some up last year when he was here and the smell turned me off.I changed the grease in my pan afterwards.We never ate what we caught from the Merrimack River in Methuen.It was dirty water.
Speaking of food I got a few 12 packs of my favorite beverage Cola and Root Beer.I drink soda from the time I wake up untill I go to bed.Currently I break it up with a big bowl of Banana slush.I got a big bag of chips too.I'm all set for the week now.Oh I forgot Milk.I drink a lot of milk.Only whole milk.I'm into a bens and jerry's pistachio Ice cream kick.I make Frappes with vanilla syrup,milk and ice cream.
I recorded a little last night but I've still got a ways to go before I get back in the swing of things.I'm thinking of asking my friend Bradlee if he wants to sell me the Korg i-30 back from him.I think he'll take payments ever month and I don't think he'll ever play it anyways.
It's easy of compose on and I have a ton of songs already on disc I created with it.
I had mp3 delete 6 bands of mine that never went any place cause I started them later than the others.I deleted all the songs months ago.
It's tube time and I've got a hackering for some SLUSH.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Spaghetti Man
Lenny,
That sauce sounds grrrreat! Makes me want to get out my biggest pot and get something going. Even though I cook every day I don't have any "showpiece" dishes that I do. No specialties. I will eat anything, but try to keep it mostly vegetables with small amounts of meat and fish.
I like seafood too. When I was a kid one of our Saturday night family meals was to go to the all-you-can eat boiled shrimp restaurant and stuff ourselves. Outdoor oyster roasts with cold beer are great. I never had good results with clams. I tasted squid but it's just rubber to me! Lobster costs too much. Catfish is big here. I buy the fresh pieces and just saute them with no breading. Whenever fresh salmon gets down to 4$ a pound (It's usually 6$/lb) then I have a great salmon meal. Flounder, tuna, mackerel, sardines, herring - it's all good.
Lenny, I think I am hungry! Haha! Time for breakfast...
......................... Trio

Hi Trio,
Last night I went to see a friends band.I just stayed for one or two songs.I thought they were going to play originals but they were going to play metal.But the opening band was a R+B band.I was going to leave because the music was so loud but after they started playing and I realized they were R+B I decided to stay.They were great.I was thinking how Frank Zappa loved R+B and had one of the largest collection around.
I was in heaven listening to them.They did several orginals too.Realizing that everything is an opportunity I talked to the singer about filming them after they got off.They just started playing out and didn't know when they would be playing out again but were very interested about me filming them.The band is called The Third Movement.
I sent you out a package yesterday with a vhs tape of that band at Evos Dave and I filmed(I think they are called Four Way Anal )and also I put on Mark and Dougs side band i filmed last saturday.I added a Lance Gargoyle LTc footage.A few of the songs you might have seen before on the Lance Gargoyle video..Its old but its interesting to see how my Monster songs were.I had room to put another thing I did as Sidney Hipple.
I put in a book I got at Bryn Mar that I got done reading that you'll enjoy.
Hey I've got a link you should check out.I've had someone working on it for a week and it's finished.There are some corrections that need to be done on the music page that got lost but this new page looks okay.Let me know what you think.Sorry if I did it without telling you.I wanted to surprise you.
<http://www.laughingdervish.com/itty_bitty.shtml>
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Yes! I am surprised! Haha! I mean I knew you were going to put some movies on your site, but this is really impressive. Your friend did a good job on the site design.
My first thought was "Will he have room for his art and music if his server space is filled up with movies?" But then I saw that your art is linked to artwanted.com and your music is linked to mp3.com so I guess space was not a problem.
Speaking of links, I guess it is high time I put a link to your laughingdervish.com site on the links page of the IttyBitty group at Yahoo. I thought I would just say something like "Here is where to go to hear more music and see more artwork done by my friend Lenny Hall." How does that sound?
I am looking forward to the package. Just by coincidence I was reading today in the Bukowski novel "Factotum" that you sent and your second SpongeBob tape is sitting in my VCR. You are like my own private entertainment channel! Haha! And I thank you for it.
.............................. Trio

Hi Trio,
Glad you like the new page.The new web person(found online)has been working on it for over a week after I sent him the files.There are a few things that have to be put back on my web page that they took out,like my stories page,while changing the new top navagation bar but I can live with that untill next week.
I've been thinking if you want me to have the comments you've gotten on Yahoo at the bottom of the left colunm to fill that space?It would fill the space better to balance the right side were the most of the files are.
I welcome the link on Yahoo.Any links help.Speaking of links I'm gonna forward an e-mail from another one of Zappa influenced mp3 artist that I'm in contact with in good old N.J Dan Pallidino (Riddleworks)..It one of the best web sites I've seen on the web.
It's been raining so I've had since Friday off from mowing.I just got one mowing lined up from last week and just a little bit of lawn raking to finish.
My self propeled mower didn't self propel any more during my biggest lawn and I had to go out and get two used mowers the next day.Normally I would just push it to finish but it was a big lawn.I got a used Toro for $200.00 that's self-perpelled.It didn't have a bag but I have to bags from the Toro I have that's I had for parts.I had to change the drive wheels but it rocks better that the Honda I have.The other mower I got for $100.00 is not self perpelled but it's a good back up.
It's been a busy weekend.I'm trying to get as many mp3 cds to put on CD Baby because the set up fee ($35.00 each CD)is free untill the end of the month.Good thing I just have to work an hour at(my day job) Healthsouth,St. Joseph's Healthcare Center in the morning.
I finished compiling the Masters on the Action Theater footage yesterday and got vhs tapes when I got blank cds today.It took 6 vhs tape total.It's interesting stuff.Next up is all my nature footage or the Andrea Southwick footage.
I finally got some recording done yesterday and I've finished one tape.I'm gonna make mp3s and get them on mp3 next week and maybe a few on IUMA.I used mostly the Korg i-30 and found some old tracks I had forgotten about.I did a few improv vocals but I was thinking how you are the King of Improv vocals.I got a few good moment in and the instrumentals are really rockin.
I went to see my Friend Dave Ambrose playing at the coffee house last night and saw a guitar player Greg that I've jammed with years ago.Dave and a musician who came to me performance are playing on the July bill.
I honestly can't believe how much savvy I've gotten being on mp3 and the web for almost four years and how it's a snap talking with and networking with musicians in the area even the ones I'm just meeting.Looks like I've gotten a good education after all.
To tell you the truth I just wanted to start a web page for my friends to see and look how far its gone so far.It's a lot of fun and keeps me occupied.
My regular sunday nite shows aren't on tonite so I've got untill nine to compile some more mp3 cds for cd baby.I may have as many as ten to send in.Even if I don't sell any or that many right away its gonna look good having all those cds there.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Surprise
Hi Lenny,
Yes! I am surprised! Haha! I mean I knew you were going to put some movies on your site, but this is really impressive. Your friend did a good job on the site design.
My first thought was "Will he have room for his art and music if his server space is filled up with movies?" But then I saw that your art is linked to artwanted.com and your music is linked to mp3.com so I guess space was not a problem.
Speaking of links, I guess it is high time I put a link to your laughingdervish.com site on the links page of the IttyBitty group at Yahoo. I thought I would just say something like "Here is where to go to hear more music and see more artwork done by my friend Lenny Hall." How does that sound?
I am looking forward to the package. Just by coincidence I was reading today in the Bukowski novel "Factotum" that you sent and your second SpongeBob tape is sitting in my VCR. You are like my own private entertainment channel! Haha! And I thank you for it.
.............................. Trio
My friend Lenny Hall has revamped his Laughing Dervish web site and
put some EarWorm movies there including a few earlier ones that are
not listed in this group. And since you only got a taste of his
music and artwork in my movie "Lenny" -- now you can attend the
feast!

<http://www.laughingdervish.com>

Hi Lenny,
Thanks for the tape and the book and the weird red squishy thing. Punchie didn't like it? It looks like "Testicle on a Rope"! Hahaha!
Your question about putting Yahoo comments on your web page - no, please don't. Actually the only comments come from one lady who feels like I need encouragement I guess. I delete all those kinds of comments from the Group pages. You just see them in your email. That was cool by the way that you used the Yahoo Group image on your web page. There are three more images in the PHOTOS section of the Yahoo group. If you really need to fill space maybe they would do. Or better yet, why not your "Dandyland" painting and you could subtitle it "One of EarWorm's favorite Lenny Hall images..."

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I thought you'ld be interested in at least the first two bands on the tape since I mentioned them.
The Book I got from Bryn Mawr.I get them for free for helping out.I thought I;ld pass it along to you after I read it.
Don't worry about the comments.I'll do as you suggest at the next update of the LD site.
I've been busy the last week putting THE MASTER PLAN into action after thinking about it for over two years now.You'll freak when you see it.Maybe in a week it will be ready
I put some recent songs on mp3.com.They should go live in a day or two.You get a laugh out of a few of them.
How's everything with you?How's the weather down there?Up here Its like we went from Winter to Summer.It's either too cold or too hot.What happened to Spring?
I can't believe you don't get more positive respondances from Yahoo.I guess that just the nature of the site.Everyone I show them to really enjoy them.
Someone gave me a copy of a cool painting program that I started to work with.It's called ZBrush.It's accually a paint or design program for non artists.It's out of this world.Looks like another paint era coming up.
Hey in the video the first band Four Way Anal look good but a name change may have been a good idea.Those whackos always trying to make a statement with their name.
The Second band on the tape has Mark Playing Drums and Doug on Bass.I'm gonna try to get them to get some side thing going with me playing Keys.Mark said that Doug hates playing drums cause he's into Keyboards and Vocals but I thought he was very good.
What a summer this is going to be and I'm getting ready a head of time.
Speaking of Time It's Tube time.
........................Lenny

Subject: Package received
Hi Lenny,
Thanks for the tape and the book and the weird red squishy thing. Punchie didn't like it? It looks like "Testicle on a Rope"! Hahaha!
Your question about putting Yahoo comments on your web page - no, please don't. Actually the only comments come from one lady who feels like I need encouragement I guess. I delete all those kinds of comments from the Group pages. You just see them in your email. That was cool by the way that you used the Yahoo Group image on your web page. There are three more images in the PHOTOS section of the Yahoo group. If you really need to fill space maybe they would do. Or better yet, why not your "Dandyland" painting and you could subtitle it "One of EarWorm's favorite Lenny Hall images..."

............... Trio

Hello Lenny,
Well of course I have to hear more about the Master Plan. I can't imagine what it is.
I enjoyed the tape and the book, but I never did figure out what to do with the red squishy thing. I guess I will pass it on to somebody else. Haha.
Weather down here is still mild - in the 80's - but it won't be much longer until it creeps up to a 100 or more. Meanwhile very pleasant.
I am not cranking out movies like I was in April, but still working at it. If I start repeating myself I will have to quit for a while.
........................... Trio

Subject: Re: Package received
Hi Trio,
I thought you'ld be interested in at least the first two bands on the tape since I mentioned them.
The Book I got from Bryn Mawr.I get them for free for helping out.I thought I;ld pass it along to you after I read it.
Don't worry about the comments.I'll do as you suggest at the next update of the LD site.
I've been busy the last week putting THE MASTER PLAN into action after thinking about it for over two years now.You'll freak when you see it.Maybe in a week it will be ready
I put some recent songs on mp3.com.They should go live in a day or two.You get a laugh out of a few of them.
How's everything with you?How's the weather down there?Up here Its like we went from Winter to Summer.It's either too cold or too hot.What happened to Spring?
I can't believe you don't get more positive respondances from Yahoo.I guess that just the nature of the site.Everyone I show them to really enjoy them.
Someone gave me a copy of a cool painting program that I started to work with.It's called ZBrush.It's accually a paint or design program for non artists.It's out of this world.Looks like another paint era coming up.
Hey in the video the first band Four Way Anal look good but a name change may have been a good idea.Those whackos always trying to make a statement with their name.
The Second band on the tape has Mark Playing Drums and Doug on Bass.I'm gonna try to get them to get some side thing going with me playing Keys.Mark said that Doug hates playing drums cause he's into Keyboards and Vocals but I thought he was very good.
What a summer this is going to be and I'm getting ready a head of time.
Speaking of Time It's Tube time.
........................Lenny

Subject: Package received
Hi Lenny,
Thanks for the tape and the book and the weird red squishy thing. Punchie didn't like it? It looks like "Testicle on a Rope"! Hahaha!
Your question about putting Yahoo comments on your web page - no, please don't. Actually the only comments come from one lady who feels like I need encouragement I guess. I delete all those kinds of comments from the Group pages. You just see them in your email. That was cool by the way that you used the Yahoo Group image on your web page. There are three more images in the PHOTOS section of the Yahoo group. If you really need to fill space maybe they would do. Or better yet, why not your "Dandyland" painting and you could subtitle it "One of EarWorm's favorite Lenny Hall images..."

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I'm Sorry.The Red thing is a yoyo.I've got one and I send them to friends sometime.
You'll freak when you see the BEGINNING of the master plan.It should be up in less than a week.
In the Meantime here's a new song that got posted.
There's list of the new songs.All are new except the one at the botton.
<http://golocal.mp3.com/gir?genre_id=0&geo_id=10035411>
Check Out Laughing Dervish Update and Half a Brain.You'll have a laugh at the end of Half a Brain.100% Pure Vocal Improv.I never know where they are gonna go.
Got to go try to do a few lawns before it rains again.
I'll catch up to you later.
....................Lenny

Subject: The Master Plan
Hello Lenny,
Well of course I have to hear more about the Master Plan. I can't imagine what it is.
I enjoyed the tape and the book, but I never did figure out what to do with the red squishy thing. I guess I will pass it on to somebody else. Haha.
Weather down here is still mild - in the 80's - but it won't be much longer until it creeps up to a 100 or more. Meanwhile very pleasant.
I am not cranking out movies like I was in April, but still working at it. If I start repeating myself I will have to quit for a while.
........................... Trio

Subject: Re: Package received
Hi Trio,
I thought you'ld be interested in at least the first two bands on the tape since I mentioned them.
The Book I got from Bryn Mawr.I get them for free for helping out.I thought I;ld pass it along to you after I read it.
Don't worry about the comments.I'll do as you suggest at the next update of the LD site.
I've been busy the last week putting THE MASTER PLAN into action after thinking about it for over two years now.You'll freak when you see it.Maybe in a week it will be ready
I put some recent songs on mp3.com.They should go live in a day or two.You get a laugh out of a few of them.
How's everything with you?How's the weather down there?Up here Its like we went from Winter to Summer.It's either too cold or too hot.What happened to Spring?
I can't believe you don't get more positive respondances from Yahoo.I guess that just the nature of the site.Everyone I show them to really enjoy them.
Someone gave me a copy of a cool painting program that I started to work with.It's called ZBrush.It's accually a paint or design program for non artists.It's out of this world.Looks like another paint era coming up.
Hey in the video the first band Four Way Anal look good but a name change may have been a good idea.Those whackos always trying to make a statement with their name.
The Second band on the tape has Mark Playing Drums and Doug on Bass.I'm gonna try to get them to get some side thing going with me playing Keys.Mark said that Doug hates playing drums cause he's into Keyboards and Vocals but I thought he was very good.
What a summer this is going to be and I'm getting ready a head of time.
Speaking of Time It's Tube time.
........................Lenny

Hey Trio,
Your latest Itty Biity Movie is a landmark in entertainment.You have certainly out done yourself this time.Great music, tons of graphics.Looks like a new era or at least a big leap in what you've been doing.I was wondering when your next mini feature would be arriving.It was worth the wait.
It looks like the start of my MASTER PLAN is delayed so I'll tell you what's up.
In the month of May CD Baby had a promotion where they would not charge the $35.00 set up charge for any cds that arrive in May.I wasn't gonna do it cause I couldn't make regular waves cds in a short time.Then a week before Stormy sent me an e-mail mentioning it so I decided to make cds with 100 mp3s on each.I wanted to do this for years and it was how Stormy and I first hooked up from the mp3 bb and started to exchange music.He must have heard over 1000 songs on mine cause he has a portable mp3 player he uses at work.
Anyways in a week I made 20 cds with 100 songs on each.Six copies.Five for CD Baby and one Master.I got a new label program and made the cd labels and cd cover from my favorite paintings.A lot of printing and a lot of cutting of stock.It was a press job but I got them out by Saturday morning.I asked CD baby in the past about sells cds with mp3s and they said yes so I knew it would be cool.
Because I had so many songs on the cds I could allow over 40 songs(The Best ones people may enjoy)to be hear from each cd.
All 20 have been in the process mode for over a week now so it should be be friday.
I was thinking.CD Baby listens to every cd they get.I think it would be over 100 hours of music.Looks like cd baby has listened to more of my music than any one in the world now.
I did three volumes of Cheapness Records,Four volumes of Handsome Hornpout Records,Four volumes of Van Gogh Records, Eight Volumes of Laughing Dervish Records and One Other Orchestra-The Best of.
I'm gonna e-mail David Wear at ikorb to create a new page for the cds on my home page and eventually make a mail order page for the cds and the video and film projects.
I still have about 300 songs to make mp3 cds sometime in the future then I'll have my whole music library available.
I'll attach a new painting and send you a few more.I'm having a ball with the new paint program.It's a new style for me.
Here's a few links Stormy put on that 365 days site.
<http://www.otisfodder.com/365days/archive/143.html>
<http://www.otisfodder.com/365days/archive/164.html>
I've attached a wmv movie Stormy sent also you'll laugh.We're both cat lovers.
I'm gonna watch your latest feature again.
Speaking of cats Punchie just came in and wants some attention.
Gotta go she's the boss.
Lenny
Hey Trio,
Your latest Itty Biity Movie is a landmark in entertainment.You have certainly out done yourself this time.Great music, tons of graphics.Looks like a new era or at least a big leap in what you've been doing.I was wondering when your next mini feature would be arriving.It was worth the wait.
It looks like the start of my MASTER PLAN is delayed so I'll tell you what's up.
In the month of May CD Baby had a promotion where they would not charge the $35.00 set up charge for any cds that arrive in May.I wasn't gonna do it cause I couldn't make regular waves cds in a short time.Then a week before Stormy sent me an e-mail mentioning it so I decided to make cds with 100 mp3s on each.I wanted to do this for years and it was how Stormy and I first hooked up from the mp3 bb and started to exchange music.He must have heard over 1000 songs on mine cause he has a portable mp3 player he uses at work.
Anyways in a week I made 20 cds with 100 songs on each.Six copies.Five for CD Baby and one Master.I got a new label program and made the cd labels and cd cover from my favorite paintings.A lot of printing and a lot of cutting of stock.It was a press job but I got them out by Saturday morning.I asked CD baby in the past about sells cds with mp3s and they said yes so I knew it would be cool.
Because I had so many songs on the cds I could allow over 40 songs(The Best ones people may enjoy)to be hear from each cd.
All 20 have been in the process mode for over a week now so it should be be friday.
I was thinking.CD Baby listens to every cd they get.I think it would be over 100 hours of music.Looks like cd baby has listened to more of my music than any one in the world now.
I did three volumes of Cheapness Records,Four volumes of Handsome Hornpout Records,Four volumes of Van Gogh Records, Eight Volumes of Laughing Dervish Records and One Other Orchestra-The Best of.
I'm gonna e-mail David Wear at ikorb to create a new page for the cds on my home page and eventually make a mail order page for the cds and the video and film projects.
I still have about 300 songs to make mp3 cds sometime in the future then I'll have my whole music library available.
I'll attach a new painting and send you a few more.I'm having a ball with the new paint program.It's a new style for me.
Here's a few links Stormy put on that 365 days site.
<http://www.otisfodder.com/365days/archive/143.html>
<http://www.otisfodder.com/365days/archive/164.html>
I'm gonna watch your latest feature again.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I'm Sorry.The Red thing is a yoyo.I've got one and I send them to friends sometime.
You'll freak when you see the BEGINNING of the master plan.It should be up in less than a week.
In the Meantime here's a new song that got posted.
There's list of the new songs.All are new except the one at the botton.
<http://golocal.mp3.com/gir?genre_id=0&geo_id=10035411>
Check Out Laughing Dervish Update and Half a Brain.You'll have a laugh at the end of Half a Brain.100% Pure Vocal Improv.I never know where they are gonna go.
Got to go try to do a few lawns before it rains again.
I'll catch up to you later.
....................Lenny

Subject: The Master Plan
Hello Lenny,
Well of course I have to hear more about the Master Plan. I can't imagine what it is.
I enjoyed the tape and the book, but I never did figure out what to do with the red squishy thing. I guess I will pass it on to somebody else. Haha.
Weather down here is still mild - in the 80's - but it won't be much longer until it creeps up to a 100 or more. Meanwhile very pleasant.
I am not cranking out movies like I was in April, but still working at it. If I start repeating myself I will have to quit for a while.
........................... Trio

Subject: Re: Package received
Hi Trio,
I thought you'ld be interested in at least the first two bands on the tape since I mentioned them.
The Book I got from Bryn Mawr.I get them for free for helping out.I thought I;ld pass it along to you after I read it.
Don't worry about the comments.I'll do as you suggest at the next update of the LD site.
I've been busy the last week putting THE MASTER PLAN into action after thinking about it for over two years now.You'll freak when you see it.Maybe in a week it will be ready
I put some recent songs on mp3.com.They should go live in a day or two.You get a laugh out of a few of them.
How's everything with you?How's the weather down there?Up here Its like we went from Winter to Summer.It's either too cold or too hot.What happened to Spring?
I can't believe you don't get more positive respondances from Yahoo.I guess that just the nature of the site.Everyone I show them to really enjoy them.
Someone gave me a copy of a cool painting program that I started to work with.It's called ZBrush.It's accually a paint or design program for non artists.It's out of this world.Looks like another paint era coming up.
Hey in the video the first band Four Way Anal look good but a name change may have been a good idea.Those whackos always trying to make a statement with their name.
The Second band on the tape has Mark Playing Drums and Doug on Bass.I'm gonna try to get them to get some side thing going with me playing Keys.Mark said that Doug hates playing drums cause he's into Keyboards and Vocals but I thought he was very good.
What a summer this is going to be and I'm getting ready a head of time.
Speaking of Time It's Tube time.
........................Lenny
This is a new style - the dark and moody side of Lenny...
This is cheerful. Makes me think of toys...
I really like these deep dark rich colors...
Oh that's very nice, very Sci-Fi, which I like of course...
This one is simultaneously happy and scarey...
Geology with a crazed LSD-tripping gopher....
Mom! My robot exploded!
Inside the extraterrestrial womb... Let me out of here!
Comments on Sids paintings (above)
TRIO

Hi Lenny,
Did you write this:
Hey Trio,
Your latest Itty Biity Movie is a landmark in entertainment. You have certainly out done yourself this time. Great music, tons of graphics. Looks like a new era or at least a big leap in what you've been doing. I was wondering when your next mini feature would be arriving. It was worth the wait.
Haha! Are you practicing to be a PR man? Good stuff! I want to hire you to do all my "promo's"...
Master plan sounds awesome. CD Baby had to stay up all night for four days listening to your CDs. Do you hold the record for number of songs on the internet? Might be time to get in the Guiness Book of Records, eh?
It will be interesting to watch the "Plan" unfold....

............... Trio

Hi Lenny,
You wrote:
Have you ever thought of having some innovative person create a Earworm 100 song mp3 cd for CD Baby? You've got over 100 songs and as much as you may think they are not of top studio recording but home recordings I've always admired your songs and seen their potential and uniqueness. Believe me when I tell you that there could be a audience out there that would also see their originality. What have you got to lose.
I hope that you are the innovative person because since you have the files that would be great if you could do it. It would be on your label and another way to promote your other CDs. I was sorry to see mp3.com pull the plug on all the EarWorm songs. I really doubt that I would ever make the effort to upload them anywhere else (not with this slow connection -- it takes 30 minutes to upload a 3 minute song!)
I have no idea what the legal aspects are. I don't want to give you total ownership of the songs. I want to give you the right to select 100 mp3s of EarWorm songs, put them on a CD, and sell the CD on CD Baby with all proceeds, if any, going to you. And of course, you have my permission to use them on your web site, email them to friends, and so on. The only thing I want to keep for myself is the remote possibility that somehow in some weird future development, an EarWorm song might be a profitable thing to own. Haha! We all like to dream, don't we?
Have fun with these songs, yours and mine. I hope you don't get bogged down in seeing the world through money glasses and turn fun into work and carefree art into worrisome enterprise.
............... Trio

Hi Trio,
Don't mind me I'm getting into my promo mood.That's how I promote your Itty Bitty Movies in and off the web to people.You're latest short is what I said.When I have my home page updated I'll have the recent movies add and the latest at the top.When I finally create the Multi-Media cds that's how I'm going to promote your movies along with my music,stories and art.
Have you ever thought of having some innovative person create a Earworm 100 song mp3 cd for CD Baby?You've got over 100 songs and as much as you may think they are not of top studio recording but home recordings I've always admired your songs and seen their potential and uniqueness.Believe me when I tell you that there could be a audience out there that would also see their originality.What have you got to lose.
There are only two musicians from mp3 that had over 100 songs.You and Mike Watson.I'm gonna ask Mike the next time I e-mail him if it's something he's interested in after my CD Baby mp3 cds go live. Mp3 players are getting more popular and someday who knows.
Today will make two weeks since the CD Baby cds are in the process mode.They said in the e-mails that it could take 7 to 10 days but lots of artists must have sent in cd for the promo also.
It's gonna be a new era when they go live.
I don't know about a worlds record for songs on the net I'm sure there are plenty of others but I thing my edge could be the various styles of music by one person using Korg Keyboard Work Stations.I'ld like to get word to Korg USA.Maybe I could get some promo.
Hey Lowell is having their Folk fest in July.I'll send you a clipping from the local paper.I haven't really gone to it that much in the past but it looks like a interesting line up.
It's July 25th-27th.It may be a good time to take a road trip,even if it's just a short one.
Naturally you could stay at my place.I'ld make a space for you in my basement and could check out mission control(my creative space and projects).It's cool down there and you would have access to anything I have and you could use where I live for a base if you wanted to go up north or around the area while your here.
I'ld also welcome the opportunity to visit you sometime this year.
I'll send a few more paintings.Hey can I use YOUR discriptions of my latest artwork?
Are you interesting in naming any of them?I'ld be curious what you would come up with
for titles.
The tube and Punchie is calling.I must obey.
.................Lenny

Subject: Hype
Hi Lenny,
Did you write this:
Hey Trio,
Your latest Itty Biity Movie is a landmark in entertainment. You have certainly out done yourself this time. Great music, tons of graphics. Looks like a new era or at least a big leap in what you've been doing. I was wondering when your next mini feature would be arriving. It was worth the wait.
Haha! Are you practicing to be a PR man? Good stuff! I want to hire you to do all my "promo's"...
Master plan sounds awesome. CD Baby had to stay up all night for four days listening to your CDs. Do you hold the record for number of songs on the internet? Might be time to get in the Guiness Book of Records, eh?
It will be interesting to watch the "Plan" unfold....

............... Trio

Lenny the Scientist - What new chemical are you cooking up?
I see ancient Roman shields here, but bright and shiny and new...
Hi Lenny,
Yes, thanks! They look great and the file sizes are nice and small.
Keep 'em coming!
.................. Trio

Subject: Paintings
After your comments on the eearlier sent paintings.I could help but send a few more.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
There was a lot to talk about in your last email so I will break my reply into several emails. First IUMA.
Yes, the idea of you uploading 30 songs over your fast connection sounds very good. A couple of questions:
1) Do I have to give them a credit card number? That's a no go for me.
2) Is there a limit on how long a song can be? As you know I have some that are 10 minutes long. Also, the ones that I divided into part 1 and part 2 could be combined into one long track. I think you said that visitors can only hear the first 2 minutes of a track. Right?
3) What size do they want for the cover art?
And as far as your question about band names. At mp3dotcom when my EarWorm page got up to about 50 songs it was downloading so slowly that I realized I would have to limit the songs on the page. That's when I created the other 12 pages. I could have called them EarWorm 2, EarWorm 3, etc, but I named them instead. It was never my intention that they be different bands. In other words, there is only one EarWorm band and it is called "EarWorm". The mp3s all have the artist listed just as "EarWorm".
Even though you might not want any money from the CD, you deserve it, and remember that I am not going to give them any way to pay me ( no tax number, address, etc ) so you have to go for it.
In fact, I only want to act as a consultant on the IUMA EarWorm page. And of course I will visit it and run our numbers up! Hahaha!

............... Trio

Hi Lenny,
I checked the link on CD Baby and it came up nice and fast. I see what you mean about only the first song being clickable. I couldn't get it to play, but that's nothing unusual for my connection. They don't offer downloads, do they? That might make it difficult for all us slow connection type people to sample the wares.
Lenny, if you do an EarWorm CD it would have to be on your label and you would have to handle the finances or sign up or whatever is involved. I will gladly creat text or artwork if you need it, but I don't want any contact with CD Baby myself other than to visit the site. And my view on money is that if we are talking hundreds then it's all yours, but if we are talking thousands then my eyes are lighting up! Hahaha!
........................... Trio

Subject: Re: CD Baby
HI Trio,
I'm not interested in any money.I'ld just like to do the same thing I do with my music.Made it available.You can have any money that is generated and I was thinking of Earworm Records or whatever name you would like.It doesn't have to be on my record label.God knows I'm big enough as it is.You could create the cover art and any notes you would want for info.
I have all your music in files in your original mp3 band site names.So if you'ld like me to use some music from some bands and not others as my chooses that's no problem.Maybe you'ld like Earworm songs listed first then Jazz or Jam or whatever you'ld like next.
I know you have a dial up.If you want me to create a site for you on IUMA I'ld be glad to.They let you have 30 songs on the site for free.I could upload the files with my cable connection in no time.After that you could do any text or genre changes you may want and take the site over.
The IUMA isn't a bad site but the activity is much less than mp3.I bet 30 earworm songs would get more activity than your mp3 sites with four songs.
I remember when I had dial up.I must have up and down loaded 100's of songs.I uploaded over 20 songs on IUMA last weekend in 30 minutes.
I've got to give mp3.com a lot of credit.July will make four years.Boy what stories I could tell(and I probably will some day).It was really an artist community back then.Like alot of things I get into it became an interesting research project.I added up my activity from over the years.Including my mother I've had 85,932 views and 169,097 plays.I made a total of $697.00 before the had the pay and play charge.
Hey some of the mp3 cds showed up on CD Baby but only the first song is listed to be played.I've e-mailed CD Baby so that should be cleared up.Only the first two minutes of the songs are played anyways.Imagine if they play the whole song.It would be like mp3.com but you'ld be selling a cd.
Here's an interesting link to get to the Cds.
<http://www.cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=The+Flugnoids&allsearchsubmit=Search>
I can create a link with any series by putting in CD Babies search engine Captain Weirdo,Lance Gargoyle,The Other Orchestra or The Flugnoids and it will bring up (eventually when all the cds are live)to all the cds.Or put in Cheapness,Van Gogh,Laughing Dervish or Handsome Hornpout Records and it brings up all the cds from that series.It's gonna be fun getting them on my home page.
To be honest I don't think there is going to as big a demand from CD Baby as may be from the eventual mail order method from my home page.
I'm not counting on much real success from whatever I do with my music, art,stories or even my film projects.I think once I start focusing more on Performance Art and start doing performances that some of the other activities like the music,art,film and included your stuff my finally find an audience.
What your doing compliments what I'm doing and I'm more than happy to include you in the adventure.You movies are out of this world and I'm more that happy to promote them also and naturally
give you due credit and any proceeds.
Hey I'm getting the itch to do some painting.Your comments on them are priceless.
Lenny

Subject: CD Baby
Hi Lenny,
You wrote:
Have you ever thought of having some innovative person create a Earworm 100 song mp3 cd for CD Baby? You've got over 100 songs and as much as you may think they are not of top studio recording but home recordings I've always admired your songs and seen their potential and uniqueness. Believe me when I tell you that there could be a audience out there that would also see their originality. What have you got to lose.
I hope that you are the innovative person because since you have the files that would be great if you could do it. It would be on your label and another way to promote your other CDs. I was sorry to see mp3.com pull the plug on all the EarWorm songs. I really doubt that I would ever make the effort to upload them anywhere else (not with this slow connection -- it takes 30 minutes to upload a 3 minute song!)
I have no idea what the legal aspects are. I don't want to give you total ownership of the songs. I want to give you the right to select 100 mp3s of EarWorm songs, put them on a CD, and sell the CD on CD Baby with all proceeds, if any, going to you. And of course, you have my permission to use them on your web site, email them to friends, and so on. The only thing I want to keep for myself is the remote possibility that somehow in some weird future development, an EarWorm song might be a profitable thing to own. Haha! We all like to dream, don't we?
Have fun with these songs, yours and mine. I hope you don't get bogged down in seeing the world through money glasses and turn fun into work and carefree art into worrisome enterprise.

............... Trio

HI Trio,
I'm not interested in any money.I'ld just like to do the same thing I do with my music.Made it available.You can have any money that is generated and I was thinking of Earworm Records or whatever name you would like.It doesn't have to be on my record label.God knows I'm big enough as it is.You could create the cover art and any notes you would want for info.
I have all your music in files in your original mp3 band site names.So if you'ld like me to use some music from some bands and not others as my chooses that's no problem.Maybe you'ld like Earworm songs listed first then Jazz or Jam or whatever you'ld like next.
I know you have a dial up.If you want me to create a site for you on IUMA I'ld be glad to.They let you have 30 songs on the site for free.I could upload the files with my cable connection in no time.After that you could do any text or genre changes you may want and take the site over.
The IUMA isn't a bad site but the activity is much less than mp3.I bet 30 earworm songs would get more activity than your mp3 sites with four songs.
I remember when I had dial up.I must have up and down loaded 100's of songs.I uploaded over 20 songs on IUMA last weekend in 30 minutes.
I've got to give mp3.com a lot of credit.July will make four years.Boy what stories I could tell(and I probably will some day).It was really an artist community back then.Like alot of things I get into it became an interesting research project.I added up my activity from over the years.Including my mother I've had 85,932 views and 169,097 plays.I made a total of $697.00 before the had the pay and play charge.
Hey some of the mp3 cds showed up on CD Baby but only the first song is listed to be played.I've e-mailed CD Baby so that should be cleared up.Only the first two minutes of the songs are played anyways.Imagine if they play the whole song.It would be like mp3.com but you'ld be selling a cd.
Here's an interesting link to get to the Cds.
<http://www.cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=The+Flugnoids&allsearchsubmit=Search>
I can create a link with any series by putting in CD Babies search engine Captain Weirdo,Lance Gargoyle,The Other Orchestra or The Flugnoids and it will bring up (eventually when all the cds are live)to all the cds.Or put in Cheapness,Van Gogh,Laughing Dervish or Handsome Hornpout Records and it brings up all the cds from that series.It's gonna be fun getting them on my home page.
To be honest I don't think there is going to as big a demand from CD Baby as may be from the eventual mail order method from my home page.
I'm not counting on much real success from whatever I do with my music, art,stories or even my film projects.I think once I start focusing more on Performance Art and start doing performances that some of the other activities like the music,art,film and included your stuff my finally find an audience.
What your doing compliments what I'm doing and I'm more than happy to include you in the adventure.You movies are out of this world and I'm more that happy to promote them also and naturally
give you due credit and any proceeds.
Hey I'm getting the itch to do some painting.Your comments on them are priceless.
Lenny
I would call this "Galena" for the color and I see the backbone of a serpent so maybe "Galena Snake" (which is a good name for a female undercover agent too, eh?)
"Mr. Slinky Goes to Washington"?
"Merry Christmas, Zha-Zha"
The Little Mermaid escaped into Dark Grotto where her colorful but annoying friends, the Anemones, were afraid to chase her...
Back when automobiles switched over from spoked wheels to solid wheels, Uncle Benny started what was to become his World Famous Wheel Spoke Collection ...
Hi Lenny,
Titles are fun. I tried to think of a few for this most recent batch of images/
................ Trio

Subject: Re: #36
Hey Trio,
Thanks for the comments.They are giving me great added insight on what I could title the paintings.
I'll send you the ones I did a few nights ago.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Your mp3.com idea is interesting. If I recall from when I signed up for mp3.com there is a place on the sign-up to put a manager or agents name that will handle the bands finances and so on. I could create a new page with you on it as agent or whatever.
The naming scheme I use is "EarWorm_XXXX". Oddly enough, EarWorm_Gold is one of the possible names I have listed (along with many others). If you like, we could create an EarWorm_Gold page that would really be a "gold" page and list you for the contact information and so on. I have a few EarWorm songs that have never been uploaded (and could produce new ones too) and meanwhile you could upload the ones you already have. I am not sure why I want to keep all the EarWorm pages with just three songs on them as well. I guess its a sentimental attachment. Although several of them have never gotten any plays at all. I might delete them.
Anyway, what do you think of a gold EarWorm page managed by you that is actually called "EarWorm_Gold"?

............... Triove

Hi Lenny,
Your mp3.com idea is interesting. If I recall from when I signed up for mp3.com there is a place on the sign-up to put a manager or agents name that will handle the bands finances and so on. I could create a new page with you on it as agent or whatever.
The naming scheme I use is "EarWorm_XXXX". Oddly enough, EarWorm_Gold is one of the possible names I have listed (along with many others). If you like, we could create an EarWorm_Gold page that would really be a "gold" page and list you for the contact information and so on. I have a few EarWorm songs that have never been uploaded (and could produce new ones too) and meanwhile you could upload the ones you already have. I am not sure why I want to keep all the EarWorm pages with just three songs on them as well. I guess its a sentimental attachment. Although several of them have never gotten any plays at all. I might delete them.
Anyway, what do you think of a gold EarWorm page managed by you that is actually called "EarWorm_Gold"?

............... Triove

Subject: Re: CD Baby
Hi Lenny,
I checked the link on CD Baby and it came up nice and fast. I see what you mean about only the first song being clickable. I couldn't get it to play, but that's nothing unusual for my connection. They don't offer downloads, do they? That might make it difficult for all us slow connection type people to sample the wares.
>>>>>>>I think cd baby is still working on getting signal going.I couldn't play it either.I've e-mailed them with the problem.Let's see what happens in the next week.
Looking at the CD Baby board lately has given me more insight into other possible future options and what others are saying and doing.
Lenny, if you do an EarWorm CD it would have to be on your label and you would have to handle the finances or sign up or whatever is involved. I will gladly creat text or artwork if you need it, but I don't want any contact with CD Baby myself other than to visit the site. And my view on money is that if we are talking hundreds then it's all yours, but if we are talking thousands then my eyes are lighting up! Hahaha!
If we start taking in hundreds I'm going figure out what you're doing and do it myself.I'll put it on my label and take care of all the finances.I'm going to be doing two or three more of mine and I can do your at the same time.I'll keep you posted when I start the process again.
While we're at it it might be a good idea to put the cd you sent me Sparky in Nozey while we're at it,if you want.It's wave files and I'm gonna create regular cds with waves of my bands The Flugnoids,Lance Gargoyle and Captain Weirdo.
Lenny
........................... Trio

Hi Lenny,
There was a lot to talk about in your last email so I will break my reply into several emails. First IUMA.
Yes, the idea of you uploading 30 songs over your fast connection sounds very good. A couple of questions:
1) Do I have to give them a credit card number? That's a no go for me.
>>>>>>No you don't need a credit card for IUMA.
2) Is there a limit on how long a song can be? As you know I have some that are 10 minutes long. Also, the ones that I divided into part 1 and part 2 could be combined into one long track. I think you said that visitors can only hear the first 2 minutes of a track. Right?
>>>>>>>>No limit on how long the song can be.CD Baby has the 2 minute clip not Iuma they let you have three albums with 10 songs on each and you choose from those 30 songs which ones you have featured.If you look at the O.O. site you'll see how the set up works.
3) What size do they want for the cover art?
>>>>> The same size that I've been sending you recently.
And as far as your question about band names. At mp3dotcom when my EarWorm page got up to about 50 songs it was downloading so slowly that I realized I would have to limit the songs on the page. That's when I created the other 12 pages. I could have called them EarWorm 2, EarWorm 3, etc, but I named them instead. It was never my intention that they be different bands. In other words, there is only one EarWorm band and it is called "EarWorm". The mp3s all have the artist listed just as "EarWorm".
>>>>>>>>I have all your songs in files of files named after the mp3 band names they were on.I'll start with Earworm files first.
Even though you might not want any money from the CD, you deserve it, and remember that I am not going to give them any way to pay me ( no tax number, address, etc ) so you have to go for it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>I put everything under my name and address.
As long as we're at it I was thinking if you'ld like me to take over your mp3.com Earworm site and put it on the gold plan and get some more songs on there that's something I think would be a good idea.Another $5.00 a month isn't going to made a difference to me.You had some good activity there and I think you could capture that again.
You could always have internal access to the The IUMA,mp3.com and CD baby sites to make any changes you would want or see what's the stats and anything else.
In fact, I only want to act as a consultant on the IUMA EarWorm page. And of course I will visit it and run our numbers up! Hahaha!
Please think about the mp3.com idea to.I'ld be glad to do it and to be honest.My IUMA OO site may get 50 plays at best a month.My mp3.com OO pages gets at least 300 a month.My other major mp3 band sites get much better activity too.Earworm would certainly get more plays on mp3.com than IUMA also.
It's a small investment for the best return.
Lenny
............... Trio

Hey Trio,
Thanks for the comments.They are giving me great added insight on what I could title the paintings.
I'll send you the ones I did a few nights ago.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
Great idea.I could never get enough of Earworm songs.Your music is always flawless no matter what style you use and the vocals are always excellent.I know some people doing improv performances and studies including me that would love to have the ability that you have with putting your stories together.I have to say that I sometimes crack up when you do different voices.Hansel and Gretal is one that comes to mine.I'm laughing now just thinking about it.
Lenny

Subject: Sparky in Nozey
Hi again,
I had forgotten about Sparky. There is also a second adventure about him but I think I never got around to editing it.
Maybe I should dig that out, fix it up, and we can combine it with the Nozey adventure.

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I'm getting great ideas for the titles of the recent series of paintings very discriptive.I can't wait to upload some to ARTWANTED.com
Here's some more.
Lenny
Ever look inside an extraterrestrial's sock drawer?
I knew Grandpaw had dentures, but what are these extra eyeballs doing in here?
HELP! (glub-glub) I'm drowning in tea!
The large intestine of a '58 Buick ...
"Look down there!" I shouted, pointing at the collision of forces in the silver hills far below us ...
Martha was able to make beautiful decorations simply by wrapping old bottle caps in colored foil ...
Yo Ho Ho, a-sailing we will go ...

Hi Lenny,
Your mp3.com idea is interesting. If I recall from when I signed up for mp3.com there is a place on the sign-up to put a manager or agents name that will handle the bands finances and so on. I could create a new page with you on it as agent or whatever.
>>>>>>>>>>I was thinking of you tranfering your original Earworm site to my admin page because it is already established and we could build it back up in no time.You could have links going back to this page too.You already have a Itty Bitty movie that displays your Earworm site at the end.Also you already have a few thousand plays displayed on the site which helps alot when visitors go to it.
The naming scheme I use is "EarWorm_XXXX". Oddly enough, EarWorm_Gold is one of the possible names I have listed (along with many others). If you like, we could create an EarWorm_Gold page that would really be a "gold" page and list you for the contact information and so on. I have a few EarWorm songs that have never been uploaded (and could produce new ones too) and meanwhile you could upload the ones you already have. I am not sure why I want to keep all the EarWorm pages with just three songs on them as well. I guess its a sentimental attachment. Although several of them have never gotten any plays at all. I might delete them.
>>>>>>>I have six gold accounts and one for my mother.I was going to have ten but like some of your Earworm sites some sites never got a lot of activity because they were started later on mp3 and never got esablished.When I first got on mp3 I started with six bands with different names to increase my chances.I tryed to change them all to Lance Gargoyle but it didn't work as well.I think sometimes if they are all the same name it gives some viewers to much to choose from or the think it may be more of the same.By using different band names adds to my chances to getting more interest because the viewer doesn't know its the same person but another band with an interesting name.
I've deleted all the bands of the third set of bands because they never gained any history but I'm keeping the bands of the second set even though they don't have three songs in case I want to bring them alive sometime in the future.If you deside to delete them keep the two that had the most activity we may want to expand and bring at least one of them gold also.
Cable vs Dial up and slow loading.I thought that might be a factor in views but I've found it's not always true.Most serious downloaders have cable or dsl and they are building up every day.I wouldn't be concerned about having more than 50 songs on a page.Most of my gold pages have more than 50 and I get a good amount of plays on most of them.I think with dial up the page opens enough to see the page and I think it's better to have someone with a dial up who isn't interested enough to wait for the page to open to miss out on what's there than the person who goes there and loves what they hear and downloads many of the songs.I have many days when I have 10 or 20 views and 90 plays or downloads.The only thing that always concerned me is having the views equal the plays.Most of the time my plays are always more than the views.My mothers mp3 site always have many more plays that views.In the old days of mp3 having six or more band sites I got sometimes 20 e-mails a day from other artists that listened.In the past two years I get very few if any e-mails but I get on an average of 100-300 plays a months.I don't know who's listening these days but some people are.
Anyway, what do you think of a gold EarWorm page managed by you that is actually called "EarWorm_Gold"?
I'ld tranfer your Earworm site to my admin and forget about the gold in the name unless you want to keep some original Earworm page and transfer another or start a new page.
I think Earworm is such a catchy name I think the gold in the title would deflect some interest and diminish the power of the name.
If you tranfer Earworm or what ever we chose to do do you have a problem about changing your location.You could stay in the Columbia,N.C. region but if I used my address you would be in Dracut and be listed with my music on the charts and it would be a plus because I have my music page on my home page going to all the genres so your would be listed with mine.That's up to you but I think it would be the coolest thing to monitor your music in the local charts along with mine in Lowell.That's my juice looking at my local main genres on mp3 everyday to see what songs are at the top that day.
Of all my songs I've put on what do you think has gotten the most regular activity?Birds and Bugs a mp3 with Bird and Forest sounds made from my Korg i-30.
I've got lots of footage of animals and nature footage that I want to use the audio for mp3.I have a lot of it and its one thing that everyone enjoys.
Some day I'ld like to get lots of natural sounds and animal sounds and make a fout track recording of them.Maybe I'll just get an Lp of animal sound and just use that.Imagine hearing a dog barking then made a lion or some other animals that are not normally found in the same place.I think it would be a trip.I did some recordings years ago with two tracks and always wanted to do a four track with good sound quality.
I started getting Lobster for Punchie and some for me but mostly for her and now she's got a Monkey I mean a lobster on her back.She loves lobster and now has a lobster addiction.I might have to ween her off of it with the only other seafood she likes and will eat Scallops.I may have a few myself.
Thanks for the comments on the paintings.It really helps me get a second veiwpoint and is very helpful in getting discriptive titles.
Sal Dali is one of my favorite artist.I like Picasso too.The new program is really inspiring me to create paintings totality different than Fireworks.I have some old paintings made with Paintshop before I used Fireworks but Z Brush is the best.The difference between fireworks and Z paint is like having a Bongo and having a full drum set.Think I'll got do one or two before the all mighty Tube draws me back untill I fall asllep and start another day.
..............Lenny

............... Triove

Hi Lenny,
I got a "page not found" message when I tried that link, so I guess they have approved it by now. What's the correct link?
I finished the DandyLand movie. It will come from my Yahoo address.
...................... Trio
Hi Trio,
I think the platinum service is $14.95 a month.The Gold is $4.95 a month.
The IUMA page should go live in a few days.I put several mp3's and a basic Bio for now.
If you want to ever check it out the code is earworm + the password is 8254
mp3 is still the best way to go.For Ex.In May on IUMA my mother got 230 views and 232 plays.On Mp3 in May she got 232 views and 1792 plays.
Hey I should play that number in the lottery 232.
It's worth the $4.95 a month for that activity.
CD Baby has the same breakdown as mp3.
I don't know what the scoop is with them.I think they have to listen to and process all the songs before they make them available to be heard.I bet they never got mp3s before esp 2000.I still haven't heard back from them yet.
I just looked and CD Baby made the adjustments to my mothers site so maybe there hope after all.
I sent out the line up at the Folk fest in july.I put in a vhs tape of the beginning of the Action Theater workshop I filmed.
You might find it interesting.
I've titled all the paintings you commented on and I'll send you some more.
Lenny

Subject: Re: EarWorm_Gold
Hi Lenny,
I am giving thought to the mp3.com idea. I have to say that you have gotten me interested in mp3 again. I noticed that the platinum page is only $8 a month and includes a loader that will upload 20 mp3s at once. That would solve my connection speed problem. Also I get a demographic breakdown of my listeners with platinum and I find that very interesting. But if I do not decide to make a platinum page, then your idea sounds very good to me. You do make me think about why I don't pay more attention to my stuff and put a little effort into getting it out there. I have always resisted the idea of paying to do it, but who am I to think people should do it for nothing? A free mp3.com was great, but maybe I can convince myself to pry a few dollars loose from my tight grip.
.................... Trio

Hi Trio,
Dandyland looks fantastic.I see what you mean by using peices of it.
Lenny
Hi Lenny,
Your mp3.com idea is interesting. If I recall from when I signed up for mp3.com there is a place on the sign-up to put a manager or agents name that will handle the bands finances and so on. I could create a new page with you on it as agent or whatever.
>>>>>>>>>>I was thinking of you tranfering your original Earworm site to my admin page because it is already established and we could build it back up in no time.You could have links going back to this page too.You already have a Itty Bitty movie that displays your Earworm site at the end.Also you already have a few thousand plays displayed on the site which helps alot when visitors go to it.
The naming scheme I use is "EarWorm_XXXX". Oddly enough, EarWorm_Gold is one of the possible names I have listed (along with many others). If you like, we could create an EarWorm_Gold page that would really be a "gold" page and list you for the contact information and so on. I have a few EarWorm songs that have never been uploaded (and could produce new ones too) and meanwhile you could upload the ones you already have. I am not sure why I want to keep all the EarWorm pages with just three songs on them as well. I guess its a sentimental attachment. Although several of them have never gotten any plays at all. I might delete them.
>>>>>>>I have six gold accounts and one for my mother.I was going to have ten but like some of your Earworm sites some sites never got a lot of activity because they were started later on mp3 and never got esablished.When I first got on mp3 I started with six bands with different names to increase my chances.I tryed to change them all to Lance Gargoyle but it didn't work as well.I think sometimes if they are all the same name it gives some viewers to much to choose from or the think it may be more of the same.By using different band names adds to my chances to getting more interest because the viewer doesn't know its the same person but another band with an interesting name.
I've deleted all the bands of the third set of bands because they never gained any history but I'm keeping the bands of the second set even though they don't have three songs in case I want to bring them alive sometime in the future.If you deside to delete them keep the two that had the most activity we may want to expand and bring at least one of them gold also.
Cable vs Dial up and slow loading.I thought that might be a factor in views but I've found it's not always true.Most serious downloaders have cable or dsl and they are building up every day.I wouldn't be concerned about having more than 50 songs on a page.Most of my gold pages have more than 50 and I get a good amount of plays on most of them.I think with dial up the page opens enough to see the page and I think it's better to have someone with a dial up who isn't interested enough to wait for the page to open to miss out on what's there than the person who goes there and loves what they hear and downloads many of the songs.I have many days when I have 10 or 20 views and 90 plays or downloads.The only thing that always concerned me is having the views equal the plays.Most of the time my plays are always more than the views.My mothers mp3 site always have many more plays that views.In the old days of mp3 having six or more band sites I got sometimes 20 e-mails a day from other artists that listened.In the past two years I get very few if any e-mails but I get on an average of 100-300 plays a months.I don't know who's listening these days but some people are.
Anyway, what do you think of a gold EarWorm page managed by you that is actually called "EarWorm_Gold"?
I'ld tranfer your Earworm site to my admin and forget about the gold in the name unless you want to keep some original Earworm page and transfer another or start a new page.
I think Earworm is such a catchy name I think the gold in the title would deflect some interest and diminish the power of the name.
If you tranfer Earworm or what ever we chose to do do you have a problem about changing your location.You could stay in the Columbia,N.C. region but if I used my address you would be in Dracut and be listed with my music on the charts and it would be a plus because I have my music page on my home page going to all the genres so your would be listed with mine.That's up to you but I think it would be the coolest thing to monitor your music in the local charts along with mine in Lowell.That's my juice looking at my local main genres on mp3 everyday to see what songs are at the top that day.
Of all my songs I've put on what do you think has gotten the most regular activity?Birds and Bugs a mp3 with Bird and Forest sounds made from my Korg i-30.
I've got lots of footage of animals and nature footage that I want to use the audio for mp3.I have a lot of it and its one thing that everyone enjoys.
Some day I'ld like to get lots of natural sounds and animal sounds and make a fout track recording of them.Maybe I'll just get an Lp of animal sound and just use that.Imagine hearing a dog barking then made a lion or some other animals that are not normally found in the same place.I think it would be a trip.I did some recordings years ago with two tracks and always wanted to do a four track with good sound quality.
I started getting Lobster for Punchie and some for me but mostly for her and now she's got a Monkey I mean a lobster on her back.She loves lobster and now has a lobster addiction.I might have to ween her off of it with the only other seafood she likes and will eat Scallops.I may have a few myself.
Thanks for the comments on the paintings.It really helps me get a second veiwpoint and is very helpful in getting discriptive titles.
Sal Dali is one of my favorite artist.I like Picasso too.The new program is really inspiring me to create paintings totality different than Fireworks.I have some old paintings made with Paintshop before I used Fireworks but Z Brush is the best.The difference between fireworks and Z paint is like having a Bongo and having a full drum set.Think I'll got do one or two before the all mighty Tube draws me back untill I fall asllep and start another day.
..............Lenny

............... Triove

I would call this one "Dune" after the sci-fi story of the same name.
I think I played this video game once ...
Hey, I recognize this planet, but this must be after the next big meteor shower ...
My balloons all have leaks in them!
Reminds me of those peppermint LifeSavers I use to eat ...
The curtains on the window of a trailer in a trailer park in Murfreesboro, Tennessee ...

Hi Trio,
I forgot about the yearly rate.It's got me thinking now.Maybe my mother and two of my bands should try the platinum.I can't swing the yearly rate but I'm curious what difference it might make.
You had good activity when you were present on mp3.I use to look at artists activity for years and you did better than most.It may not matter with bands with ten or less songs but you've got a lot of interesting music and no matter what you may think about just toying around your recordings are always impeccable, always entertaining and unique and your voice is incredibly captivating.
I was thinking recently about how my singing voice is very limited and I should get a good vocalist someday when I get a band together.Then I thought that I don't think I ever heard you do any singing on any of your recordings but you have great narration skills.I don't think I have the greatest singing voice.I have a limited range. I guess that's why I do narration so much more in the recent years.
I'll send you some more paintings.I enjoy your comments and the added insight is extremely helpful.
I've got a film about Dali that he did.He was a cool cat and like us ONE OF A KIND a true original.Thinking about him now I'm curious to check what bio and info is on the web.I enjoy biographies
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Good singing voices are extremely rare. Even some famous singers do not have good voices. Bob Dylan comes to mind -- Haha! -- but there are plenty of others. And like most people I can't sing beautifully either. However, I believe everybody can "sing" -- just not "beautifully" -- so let's just say I make sounds with my mouth. Hahaha!
Yes, I would like to see what I could do on mp3.com if I put a lot of effort into it. It's too bad I am so lazy. I wish I had your energy. But maybe I can kick myself in the ass and get myself active on this.
....................... Trio

EarWorm_Gold
Hi Trio,
I forgot about the yearly rate.It's got me thinking now.Maybe my mother and two of my bands should try the platinum.I can't swing the yearly rate but I'm curious what difference it might make.
You had good activity when you were present on mp3.I use to look at artists activity for years and you did better than most.It may not matter with bands with ten or less songs but you've got a lot of interesting music and no matter what you may think about just toying around your recordings are always impeccable, always entertaining and unique and your voice is incredibly captivating.
I was thinking recently about how my singing voice is very limited and I should get a good vocalist someday when I get a band together.Then I thought that I don't think I ever heard you do any singing on any of your recordings but you have great narration skills.I don't think I have the greatest singing voice.I have a limited range. I guess that's why I do narration so much more in the recent years.
I'll send you some more paintings.I enjoy your comments and the added insight is extremely helpful.
I've got a film about Dali that he did.He was a cool cat and like us ONE OF A KIND a true original.Thinking about him now I'm curious to check what bio and info is on the web.I enjoy biographies
Lenny

Ohhh, those tumbling tumbleweeds .....
My dentist's tropical fish tank!
Remember those bright shiny ancient shields? This is like years later, after all the battles are over.
A bucket of spare lenses for Elton John's sunglasses ...
We seem to be building something out of molecular chains -- maybe we are making swing chains ...
Bob's garden looked pretty ordinary until I noticed the graphite chrysanthemums

Hi Trio,
It's really Humid up here today.
Hey Guess what?All but one of the mp3 Cds have gone live and everything looks great!Not only can you play all the songs but the whole songs plays not just a 2 minute clip.
<http://www.cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=The+Other+Orchestra&allsearchsubmit=Search>
I'll start working on your mp3 cd now and the others I plan for cd baby.
Don't be concerned about the Mp3 thing if you don't get to it.If you ever want I'll upload any songs you want any way you would feel comfortable.I'm just not to good with comments for songs.Your IUMA page went live.I'll forward the e-mail to you.I'll put more songs on and copy the text info from your mp3 site and whatever images you may want.
Don't worry about me I've got tons of Energy to spare.
I got to hug my fan.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
It's really Humid up here today.
Hey Guess what?All but one of the mp3 Cds have gone live and everything looks great!Not only can you play all the songs but the whole songs plays not just a 2 minute clip.
<http://www.cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=The+Other+Orchestra&allsearchsubmit=Search>
I'll start working on your mp3 cd now and the others I plan for cd baby.
Don't be concerned about the Mp3 thing if you don't get to it.If you ever want I'll upload any songs you want any way you would feel comfortable.I'm just not to good with comments for songs.Your IUMA page went live.I'll forward the e-mail to you.I'll put more songs on and copy the text info from your mp3 site and whatever images you may want.
Don't worry about me I've got tons of Energy to spare.
I got to hug my fan.
Lenny

Hello again,
I must have turned on my email at the same time you were sending these. Instant transmission. You seem to have embarked on a new style of image with these last two.
..................... Trio

That's a pretty painting. Reminds me of when I was younger and we visited some caverns. They weren't as colorful as your art.
Parallel dimension? Hidden worlds in the next universe. I like it ...
Yes, indeed. I spend hours every day reading old science fiction.
I know what you mean. Some programs just seem to synch up with you. I am in total harmony with my Paintshop Pro programs, but the new 3D drawing program I bought -- I just can not adapt to it.

Subject: Re: Third Attention Day
I'm really getting into this new program ZBrush.I feel like a real artist.
My original idea when I started my home page was to have links through my stories to songs on mp3 and to my paintings.
Lenny

Re: Third Attention Day
That's a pretty painting. Reminds me of when I was younger and we visited some caverns. They weren't as colorful as your art.
Yeah, I noticed several that you used my ideas on, like "Graphite Chrysanthemums" and "Tropical Fish Tank" ...
Cool! It's fun being part of the process. Again, I have to admire your energy, because you have been doing a lot of paintings.
................. Trio

Subject: Re: Cosmic Colony
Hi Trio,
I went in and named all the ones I did so far so I could post them on the Artwanted Site.I did use some of your ideas for some paintings.
You can find all the images I uploaded today.
<http://www.artwanted.com/search.cfm?SearchType=Date&Date=06/29/03>
Lenny

Subject: Re: Cosmic Colony
Hi Lenny,
Nice landscape. A "cosmic colony" indeed. Hey, I just realized this one came with a name instead of a number!
Good show, old boy. Bravo! Can you tell I have been watching too much British TV on PBS?
....................... Trio

Hi Trio,
I went in and named all the ones I did so far so I could post them on the Artwanted Site.I did use some of your ideas for some paintings.
You can find all the images I uploaded today.
<http://www.artwanted.com/search.cfm?SearchType=Date&Date=06/29/03>
Lenny

Subject: Re: Cosmic Colony
Hi Lenny,
Nice landscape. A "cosmic colony" indeed. Hey, I just realized this one came with a name instead of a number!
Good show, old boy. Bravo! Can you tell I have been watching too much British TV on PBS?
....................... Trio

Hi Trio,
As you can see I'm getting into a Sci-Fi mode.Another influence I thought you'ld enjoy.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Sky Top Raid
Hello again,
I must have turned on my email at the same time you were sending these. Instant transmission. You seem to have embarked on a new style of image with these last two.
..................... Trio
I'm really getting into this new program ZBrush.I feel like a real artist.
My original idea when I started my home page was to have links through my stories to songs on mp3 and to my paintings.
Lenny

Subject: Re: Third Attention Day
That's a pretty painting. Reminds me of when I was younger and we visited some caverns. They weren't as colorful as your art.
I went through a Sci-Fi phase years ago and still enjoy sci-fi.
I listed some of the new paintings under Sci-Fi on Artwanted.com.
A friend,we'll call him Uncle Daddy cause that's gonna be his name in the next stories,came over yesterday with a film maker that's been doing a documentary of him for a few years and is editing the project now.I heard about him from U.D. but never met him.I showed him some of your movies and he loved them.And this is a guy that had something on PBS in the past.This guy looked like he needed a good laugh and he certainly got several after seeing some Itty Bitty Movies.He's into other kinds of film making.
My friend told me in the past that he's been having delusions.He comes from a well off family and has much education and is very intelligent.It seems he went over the edge about a year ago when he smashed his girl friends $15,000.00 Cello
in front of where he was living and just sat there.The girl friend is a professional musician and here Parents,also well of had to file charges for insurance reasons.
He's spent time in the Enchanted Kingdom(mental hospitals0 and is okay when he takes his meds but one can tell he still feels awkward around people.
They didn't stay long but I gave him a copy of Scatterbrain Jukebox when he left.
I hope I see him again.
The Bravo channel had Cirque De Soleil's newest production on and I made I recorded it for you also.I have two vhs recorders.
I recorded the preparation process of the production on Bravo months ago so it was great to see the final product.
It is outstanding.
It's almost time for a program on HBO,my favorite channel,called Project Green Light.It's a series where they choose a writer and director from many submissions and let them make the movie.More about that later.Got to start the VHS recorder.
Lenny

Subject: Re: The Next Universe Night
Parallel dimension? Hidden worlds in the next universe. I like it ...
Here's One I Just did between Tube Time.More Sci-Fi.
I rarely read Sci -Fi but I enjoy Sci-Fi Movie.
Looks like a city around the edge.A new border style.
Back to the Tube
Lenny

Subject: Re: Cosmic Colony
Yeah, I noticed several that you used my ideas on, like "Graphite Chrysanthemums" and "Tropical Fish Tank" ...
Cool! It's fun being part of the process. Again, I have to admire your energy, because you have been doing a lot of paintings.
................. Trio

Hi Trio,
Great Movie!Gets me thinking.
I did a painting last night after I got back from an acting showcase at Southwick Studios.
I decided to make a series after the first one thinking it may be something you could utilize.
I'll send 6 or 7 at a time so I don't clog your email.
You'll see your influence in my creativity.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
Great Movie!Gets me thinking.
I did a painting last night after I got back from an acting showcase at Southwick Studios.
I decided to make a series after the first one thinking it may be something you could utilize.
I'll send 6 or 7 at a time so I don't clog your email.
You'll see your influence in my creativity.
Lenny
Hi Lenny,
Thanks for the pics. The Door to Reality must be opened! Or maybe we should leave it closed and stay here in Fantasy Land.
Also, thanks for the tape. I picked it up at the Post Office today but I haven't had a chance to view it yet.
I am thinking about going to a Peach Festival at a small town near here on the 4th of July and taking some photos and then trying to get out a movie about it that same night. If there is one in your email then you will know I was successful.
.................... Trio

Subject:
Hi Trio,
Great Movie!Gets me thinking.
I did a painting last night after I got back from an acting showcase at Southwick Studios.
I decided to make a series after the first one thinking it may be something you could utilize.
I'll send 6 or 7 at a time so I don't clog your email.
You'll see your influence in my creativity.
Lenny
Hi Lenny
There is a Yahoo group about the Cirque de Soleil hosted by a guy who calls himself Circus Boy I think.
I don't have the addy but if you type in "Cirque" or "Soleil" in the Yahoo Groups search box, then I am sure it will come up.
I am glad the IttyBitty movies made the PBS guy laugh. I sure have gotten plenty of entertainment from PBS over the years. I usually have public radio on while I am at the computer.
.................. Trio

Subject: Re: The Next Universe Night
I went through a Sci-Fi phase years ago and still enjoy sci-fi.
I listed some of the new paintings under Sci-Fi on Artwanted.com.
A friend,we'll call him Uncle Daddy cause that's gonna be his name in the next stories,came over yesterday with a film maker that's been doing a documentary of him for a few years and is editing the project now.I heard about him from U.D. but never met him.I showed him some of your movies and he loved them.And this is a guy that had something on PBS in the past.This guy looked like he needed a good laugh and he certainly got several after seeing some Itty Bitty Movies.He's into other kinds of film making.
My friend told me in the past that he's been having delusions.He comes from a well off family and has much education and is very intelligent.It seems he went over the edge about a year ago when he smashed his girl friends $15,000.00 Cello
in front of where he was living and just sat there.The girl friend is a professional musician and here Parents,also well of had to file charges for insurance reasons.
He's spent time in the Enchanted Kingdom(mental hospitals0 and is okay when he takes his meds but one can tell he still feels awkward around people.
They didn't stay long but I gave him a copy of Scatterbrain Jukebox when he left.
I hope I see him again.
The Bravo channel had Cirque De Soleil's newest production on and I made I recorded it for you also.I have two vhs recorders.
I recorded the preparation process of the production on Bravo months ago so it was great to see the final product.
It is outstanding.
It's almost time for a program on HBO,my favorite channel,called Project Green Light.It's a series where they choose a writer and director from many submissions and let them make the movie.More about that later.Got to start the VHS recorder.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
I'm gonna have to check out that Yahoo group.I'm finding just reading what other people are saying on some groups can be very useful and give me more ideas.
You'll enjoy Cirque.I think it's one of the only performance art project I'ld like to see someday live.Of course seeing it on video has all those wonderful shots of what's going on.
I went to a Southwick Studio Showcase this week and it was outstanding.The Class was called Contemporary Drama:
The Plays of Howard Barker and Theater of Castastrophe.The Scenes were really intense.I'll send you the program with my next package.I'm gonna check Howard Barker out soon.
I saw Hillery, an actress friend of mine there who may turn out of be the perfect person to assist me this summer in my productions.I saw Andrea Southwick there and mentioned calling sometime to see her husband Nick about my recent paintings.He's been a big supporter of my creative projects for years.He the assistant curator at a museum.
The Film maker was beaming esp when I showed him Inside the Cerebral Cortex.I can just imagine what he's gonna think of Scatterbrain Jutebox.It will be interesting to see him again.
For the past seven summers I've been involved in a theater production in the summer.Acting in five.I did it for three years then took two off and just understudied or helped out.The last two were a great time.
I'm gonna starting looking at and editing Project Southwick Studio,the footage I've gotten over the years of the productions and some classes.That series and the Action Theater Series and the other film projects should eventually give me some credibility.
I'm gonna see what your e-mail says.
Lenny

Subject: Cirque de Soleil
Hi Lenny
There is a Yahoo group about the Cirque de Soleil hosted by a guy who calls himself Circus Boy I think.
I don't have the addy but if you type in "Cirque" or "Soleil" in the Yahoo Groups search box, then I am sure it will come up.
I am glad the IttyBitty movies made the PBS guy laugh. I sure have gotten plenty of entertainment from PBS over the years. I usually have public radio on while I am at the computer.
.................. Trio

Subject: Re: The Next Universe Night
I went through a Sci-Fi phase years ago and still enjoy sci-fi.
I listed some of the new paintings under Sci-Fi on Artwanted.com.
A friend,we'll call him Uncle Daddy cause that's gonna be his name in the next stories,came over yesterday with a film maker that's been doing a documentary of him for a few years and is editing the project now.I heard about him from U.D. but never met him.I showed him some of your movies and he loved them.And this is a guy that had something on PBS in the past.This guy looked like he needed a good laugh and he certainly got several after seeing some Itty Bitty Movies.He's into other kinds of film making.
My friend told me in the past that he's been having delusions.He comes from a well off family and has much education and is very intelligent.It seems he went over the edge about a year ago when he smashed his girl friends $15,000.00 Cello
in front of where he was living and just sat there.The girl friend is a professional musician and here Parents,also well of had to file charges for insurance reasons.
He's spent time in the Enchanted Kingdom(mental hospitals0 and is okay when he takes his meds but one can tell he still feels awkward around people.
They didn't stay long but I gave him a copy of Scatterbrain Jukebox when he left.
I hope I see him again.
The Bravo channel had Cirque De Soleil's newest production on and I made I recorded it for you also.I have two vhs recorders.
I recorded the preparation process of the production on Bravo months ago so it was great to see the final product.
It is outstanding.
It's almost time for a program on HBO,my favorite channel,called Project Green Light.It's a series where they choose a writer and director from many submissions and let them make the movie.More about that later.Got to start the VHS recorder.
Lenny

Hi Trio,
Glad you like the pics.There's a movie feature in the program that I'm gonna check out.
I got a copy of the ZBrush paint program from the person Mike that gave it to me.I'll send it in the next package.
Have a great time at the peach fest.I can just imagine how unique the outcome will be.I have to say that you have most interesting imagination of anyone I know.
You may enjoy the Action Theater tape since you enjoy Improv.You're the first person to see a whole tape of it.There are.six in all.I'm gonna send the series out to the teacher Ruth Zaporah and a few students that have shown interest in seeing it.I'm going to be re editing it with just exercises and also edit the whole set again unto a series.
The basis for Reality is Fantasy.The basis for Fantasy is Reality.
Back to the canvas.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
The tape was pretty interesting although I did fast forward through some spots. Some of it was downright hilarious - especially some of the first exercises where everybody was hooting and hollering. I don't see how they kept themselves from breaking up with laughter. But no matter how insane it got, everybody treated it seriously. Haha! Quite a show.
I didn't get a Peach Festival movie made. We had some thundershowers on the fourth. It's not really my thing anyway -- live action and reality.
Speaking of reality, I don't usually watch any of the so called "reality" TV shows, but I accidentally tuned in one and got hooked. It's called "Last Comic Standing" and the setup is that they put ten comedians in a Hollywood luxury home and each week one gets booted out. I guess I like it because of the comedy part of the show but the reality part is fascinating to watch as well.

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
Action Theater is a trip.I sent you volume one.The series really gets going by the three volume.There's six in all.
I made the labels for the copies I had for Ruth and two of the students I've known for years today.I'll send them out next week.It's going to be interesting editing it with choice parts when the exercises and being down.I'm gonna borrow some of the audio too for my own little project someday.Can you imagine me doing it the week before?I always have a blast.I can't wait to meet up with Ruth and some of the other people in Sept. at Earthdance.By that time I'm gonna know it inside and out.
Thanks for checking it out.It's great having an outside party look at it esp since you enjoy and do Improv.
I checked out that BB on Yahoo for Cirque but the bb seemed like a drag.I went to Cirques web site and saw they have a new production going that I hadn't known about.It looks like a terrific production.Every new one has a different theme.
You enjoy the one I'm sending you.Normally I try to edit the commercials when I record but I didn't this time so you'll get the commercials too.
On the fourth HBO played 12 hours of Tracey Takes on.I have past episodes but I wanted to record it again just to have it.I recorded a few for you while I was at it.I don't mean to cram vhs tapes on you but this series is priceless.It's a series Tracey Ulman did for hbo where she plays all these different roles and each episode is about some subject.
I got the itch to check out the Adam Rifkin's latest film that I hadn't seen or knew anything about.I tracked it down to a local video store.It's called Night at the Golden Eagle.It was different than any of his other moviesNot much humor.It seemed almost like a movie I would make or certainly I could relate to.I was checking out some of the sites he's on and found out that he's one of the only writers/directors that went from Local cable to Hollywood movies.I guess he did it in the 80's.
Speaking Hey I've got a new name I'm already using.Rufus Bing.Adam Rifkin had a role in his film The Dark Backwards for a moment and his name was Rufus Bing.It may be like Remington Steele the T.V.show only Rufus Bing operates Rufus Bing Productions,including Rufus Bing Talent Agency,and who know what else he's got his hands in.
Since I'm gonna be promoting my projects and other projects more I might as well create an agency that represents us.
I bumped into the last comic standing also a few weeks ago when they were choosing the finalists.I saw it again this past week and it was much more cut throat and some of the people weren't the same.I only saw a few of the originals comics that were from the first show I saw.Most of them seem to have a difficult time adjusting in life.That blond chick with the piercings can't even live up to her obligations living in the house.How they choose who gets kicked out is wild.Nothing like being blunt.
I just cracked my bottom denture.Quess its time to go.
.............Lenny

Subject: Action Theater Workshop tape
Hi Lenny,
The tape was pretty interesting although I did fast forward through some spots. Some of it was downright hilarious - especially some of the first exercises where everybody was hooting and hollering. I don't see how they kept themselves from breaking up with laughter. But no matter how insane it got, everybody treated it seriously. Haha! Quite a show.
I didn't get a Peach Festival movie made. We had some thundershowers on the fourth. It's not really my thing anyway -- live action and reality.
Speaking of reality, I don't usually watch any of the so called "reality" TV shows, but I accidentally tuned in one and got hooked. It's called "Last Comic Standing" and the setup is that they put ten comedians in a Hollywood luxury home and each week one gets booted out. I guess I like it because of the comedy part of the show but the reality part is fascinating to watch as well.

............... Trio

Hi Lenny
Picked up the package with the Zbrush CD and the four video tapes today. Thanks, Lenny. I am really looking forward to watching the tapes.
Speaking of video, I just finished watching this week's "Last Comic Standing" a few minutes ago. If you didn't see it, Dat really surprised everybody by beating out Dave in the stand-up at the end. One more to be eliminated next week and then the final five ...

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
The ZBrush program is pretty cool.It's given me a new out look on creating digital art.
I found a site on artwanted.com that you may enjoy. <http://www.smalltimeinc.com/main.htm>
and this one I found interesting <http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=3836>
I found an option available on the artwanted.com site that's really different.
<http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=5872>
I had the LD home page updated and the new Itty Bitty Movies added.It's starting to look like I had hoped it would look years ago when I started it.
I think you'll enjoy the VHS tapes.Did you notice I made a label for Cirque?It gives it that real bootleg look.I may do it on my other VHS tapes I have sometime.
Project Green Light is one of my favorite HBO series.I saw it last year and this year is even better and I've been recording it for myself also.Keep an eye on Chris Moore.He's the guy I admire the most involved with the series.He's certainly one of my recent role models.
Night at the Golden Eagle is Adam Rifkin latest film.It's kinda dark for him but I like it.Tracey Ulman I think is a long one cause I recorded it at a slow speed.She is my favorite female comedian.The charactors she does is outstanding and the themes are great too.
I recorded another thing last week and recorded it for you too that I'll send out sometime.It's a film by Richard Linkletter called Waking Life.It was filmed and the film was altered to give it kinda a animation effect.It's pretty wild.
I missed Last Comic Standing last night.I forgot what day it was on.I was impressed by the performances last week of the face off.That heavy guy really was good and the other guy carried himself well.
My bets are on Rich "the godfather"He seems like he's been around and knows how to work people and make the most of opportunities.
I got my bottom dentured repaired and whittle it and sanded it down so its comfortable to wear.
Last Sunday I went to the beach and couldn't help getting some Sea Kelp,Broken Lobster traps and other vegetation from the ocean and started a few sculpture I create sometimes.It takes time to dry so my living room smells like the beach.
I scooped up a gallen of ocean water to splash on during the week while I'm mowing lawns.
I forgot to tell you that I started mowing some lawns in patterns that makes it look interesting.One I started in the middle and mowed around it in a circle.I had to get some parts for my mower to get running better.I'm becoming handy with my repairs.My father was very good with motors and making things.He made me a motor bike when I was a kid with a chain saw motor.
I'm realizing more and more how much I'm like the old man.
Wait a minute!I hear a sound from the other room.....It's the tube calling and I must obey.
Lenny

Subject: Package received
Hi Lenny
Picked up the package with the Zbrush CD and the four video tapes today. Thanks, Lenny. I am really looking forward to watching the tapes.
Speaking of video, I just finished watching this week's "Last Comic Standing" a few minutes ago. If you didn't see it, Dat really surprised everybody by beating out Dave in the stand-up at the end. One more to be eliminated next week and then the final five ...

............... Trio
Hi Lenny
Wow!
You did that label for Cirque? Nice job. I was surprised that you would send me the original which is what I thought it was when I saw it. Hey, you are ready to go into the bootleg business and set-up a sidewalk stand somewhere! Haha!
You know some of those guys just take their vidcams into a new movie and videotape the screen. That has to be some low quality stuff there, but apparently people are willing to buy it.
The only tape I have watched so far is the first hour of Project Greenlight and I found that completely fascinating. Very enjoyable. Since I am not on cable, I have no idea about the existence of a lot of things that are on HBO, etc. So I really do appreciate these tapes you send. I am like your poor cousin out in the country and you are my city cousin letting me know what's happening in the civilized world ...
Tracey Ulman I remember from when she had her network show ( now famous as the origin of "The Simpsons" ) so I know I will like her tape. Adam Rifkin I know from the other Rifkin tape you sent. I like him as well.
I have no idea who will win "Last Comic Standing" which I guess is what keeps me watching. I don't really "like" any of them, although the show fascinates me and I can't stop watching it. And so far I have liked all their acts - pretty funny stuff ...
ZBrush will have to take a backseat to PaintShopPro for awhile. I just installed a new upgrade from version 7 to version 8 and it is awesome. Now I am lusting for a drawing pad so I can take full advantage of it. I still find the mouse awkward to draw with.
I use to work on my cars before 1980. But since then I have let the dealer do everything. For one thing, cars are more complicated now with all the electronics in them. With lawnmowers I have changed the oil and sparkplug and cleaned the filter and sharpened the blade. And once I took one completely apart. Unfortunately I never put it back together! Haha!
.......................... Trio

Subject: Re: Package received
Hi Trio,
The ZBrush program is pretty cool.It's given me a new out look on creating digital art.
I found a site on artwanted.com that you may enjoy. <http://www.smalltimeinc.com/main.htm>
and this one I found interesting <http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=3836>
I found an option available on the artwanted.com site that's really different.
<http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=5872>
I had the LD home page updated and the new Itty Bitty Movies added.It's starting to look like I had hoped it would look years ago when I started it.
I think you'll enjoy the VHS tapes.Did you notice I made a label for Cirque?It gives it that real bootleg look.I may do it on my other VHS tapes I have sometime.
Project Green Light is one of my favorite HBO series.I saw it last year and this year is even better and I've been recording it for myself also.Keep an eye on Chris Moore.He's the guy I admire the most involved with the series.He's certainly one of my recent role models.
Night at the Golden Eagle is Adam Rifkin latest film.It's kinda dark for him but I like it.Tracey Ulman I think is a long one cause I recorded it at a slow speed.She is my favorite female comedian.The charactors she does is outstanding and the themes are great too.
I recorded another thing last week and recorded it for you too that I'll send out sometime.It's a film by Richard Linkletter called Waking Life.It was filmed and the film was altered to give it kinda a animation effect.It's pretty wild.
I missed Last Comic Standing last night.I forgot what day it was on.I was impressed by the performances last week of the face off.That heavy guy really was good and the other guy carried himself well.
My bets are on Rich "the godfather"He seems like he's been around and knows how to work people and make the most of opportunities.
I got my bottom dentured repaired and whittle it and sanded it down so its comfortable to wear.
Last Sunday I went to the beach and couldn't help getting some Sea Kelp,Broken Lobster traps and other vegetation from the ocean and started a few sculpture I create sometimes.It takes time to dry so my living room smells like the beach.
I scooped up a gallen of ocean water to splash on during the week while I'm mowing lawns.
I forgot to tell you that I started mowing some lawns in patterns that makes it look interesting.One I started in the middle and mowed around it in a circle.I had to get some parts for my mower to get running better.I'm becoming handy with my repairs.My father was very good with motors and making things.He made me a motor bike when I was a kid with a chain saw motor.
I'm realizing more and more how much I'm like the old man.
Wait a minute!I hear a sound from the other room.....It's the tube calling and I must obey.
Lenny

Hi Lenny,
Your story about the rejection stickers and your label making abilities combined in my brain and made me remember a friend of mine.
Many years ago he had to park his car in one of those parking lots that have a sticker for your windshield. You pay a huge fee and get the sticker which is good for 6 months. My friend of course did not want to pay. He looked carefully at the sticker which was black print on red paper. Then he colored a piece of paper to the same shade of red and used a black marker to copy the printing. Sure you could tell the difference up close, but who would ever look that closely? So he got away with his free parking caper.
Now I am not suggesting you forge the inspection sticker of course, but wouldn't it be easy to do? And how many cars on the road must already have forged stickers?
We use to have an inspection program in South Carolina, but so many people complained that it was an unnecessary nuisance that they dropped it. I have a clean windshield now.

............... Trio

Hi Lenny,
I finished the tape and I am anxious to find out how their movie turns out. I am really happy that you are recording more of it.
Do you think it is a set up? I thought they were a poor choice of director based on what information I was given. And now I am thinking that the brains behind Project Greenlight did not want it to go smoothly because it would make a better "Project Greenlight" series if there was more anxiety and drama in it. So they deliberately chose directors that they thought might screw up. I know it's a cynical attitude. But too many things don't fit. For instance, all the big star names they were asking to make the movie? That seems unrealistic to expect those big stars to want to be in the project greenlight film for no money and with an unproven director.
Well, you have the advantage of knowing how it all turns out, so don't spoil it for me! Haha! Just wanted you to know where my head was on it. I love all the behind the scenes stuff. That was what was so good about the Rifkin film too.
Thanks again...

............... Trio
Yikes!
Don't want to meet him in a dark alley!
But if he is an artist, he has to be a cool guy....

............... Trio
Hey! What's wrong with vegetables? I love my vegetables. I eat meat too, but an ear of corn, some lima beans, and cooked cabbage with onions and green peas, a baked potato, squash, spinach salad, black-eyed peas, fried sweet potatoes... mmmmmmm.... I could go on and on.... Vegetables!

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I made the label from copy paper and put it on with a good glue stick.It worked better than store bought labels.Don't talk about bootlegging.Next thing you know I'll be driving around in my van with the set and hitting gas stations and shopping malls.
I know about people making copies from video taping the movie in the theater.I rented movies for years and just make a copy.I've recorded from T.V. since I got cable years ago and really started a collection.I've got hundreds of VHS tapes that I need to organized sometime and relabel.
I record a lot of programing on HBO.They have very good series and documentaries which I enjoy the most.
It's no big deal recording VHS for as I'm recording it for myself anyways and I know some of the program you may enjoy.
I started to continue recording Project Greenlight for you also and will send the next tape when its full.
Tracey Takes on is one of the best shows that HBO use to have.They rerun them all the time.Tracey Ulman has a new series on HBO coming out in August called Ruby Romaine's Trailer Tales.RR is a charactor she played in Tracey Takes on and it looks like it's gonna be another great series for her.
I'll keep sending you VHS tapes of programming I think you may enjoy.I'll be catching Last Comic Standing tomorrow.I've got a friend Jimmy Cennamo who is an artist that has a few cartoon books out called Gray Matter and started doing stand up a few years ago in Cambridge at The Hong Kong Rest.I've gone there a few times with him and Camcorded him.He been a Hari Krishna for years now cause his second wife (ex Wife)was one.He still smokes,has tons of body tatoos,drinks,had his dream of having a threesome with two other women,dated a transsexual,is always lusting after women and keeps moving back in with his mother.His father was a well known jazz DJ in boston and Jimmy did the jazz show on public radio where his father did.I haven't seen him in years.I'll have to call his mother's house or try to send him an e-mail and see what's been up.Hey I just thought of something.I have a few photos of him.I'll attach one.When he does stand up there's several other comics too.Most of them are pretty good.They don't get paid but they get to perform.
My live performance at that party got moved up to sometime in August.Chances are this will be the last time I play out as a solo performer.I'm gonna focus on doing what I love best Improv.
I got an e-mail from Ruth Zaporah today saying she is back home after being on the road for a while and got the series of Action Theater I recorded and is going to start watching it.I'm going to send in my deposit for the Action Theater Advance workshop at Earthdance in Sept.I put in for my vacation.Two weeks.The workshop is just three days but I might hang out a few days at Earthdance before the workshop while Ruth is there and get some more footage.
Earthdance is okay but it's vegetarian food so I started bring my some food and going into a town about 20 miles away sometimes to get food like a pizza or meat.I tryed eating the food a few time I went but not much tasted very appealing.I was living on fruit in the morning and anything like rice that looked okay.I'll write a story about it when I go in Sept.
I started a few seaweed sculpures two weekends ago.First I shape the metal lobster trap with legs and wrap kelp around it and tie string around it to hold it together.I have to use everything I get the same day esp the kelp cause it gets slimy but this time I put the other vegetation in my frig to keep it fresh untill I put it on.It's been there for over a week and it still looks like it can be used.The kelp has dried and the string is off.I'm gonna start putting the stuff in the frig on this week.After its done I coat it with something called build 50 which equals 50 coats of lacquer.I've got a few that I've got to coat from last year also.
This week is the folk fest in Lowell.I'm going to go out and check it out.I know everybody and his brother so I'm sure I'll see a few people I haven't seen in years.
I'm hearing in the art community in Boston and Cambridge that many artists are moving to Lowell.To bad the local artists never get the opportunities or have the money to rent the spaces or get exposure.
I've been focusing on my digital paintings and giving a cd out of them to get some opinions on what a good move may be next and how to best promote it but my main goal is trying to get the opportunity to teach Improv(the thing I know the best)and get some people together to perform.
I don't take things apart to much but I've been lucky with the lawn mower fixing.
I got some things to do to both my cars.Both have rejection stickers on them.The 89 Sunbird is off the road.I drove it for almost 8 months before I got stopped and got a warning so I put the van on the road.The van is in good shape but the emergency brake didn't work so they couldn't inspect it and I got a rejection sticker.I got the brakes fixed at a garage and the tail pipe came off so I've got to fix that.I may have to go a while before I get it fixed myself but I can drive a while with the rejection sticker.In the meantime this years inspection sticker is almost the same color as the rejection sticker so I made it so my wiperblade covers the middle of it so at a glance it looks okay.
..................Lenny

Subject: Cirque label very impressive
Hi Lenny
Wow!
You did that label for Cirque? Nice job. I was surprised that you would send me the original which is what I thought it was when I saw it. Hey, you are ready to go into the bootleg business and set-up a sidewalk stand somewhere! Haha!
You know some of those guys just take their vidcams into a new movie and videotape the screen. That has to be some low quality stuff there, but apparently people are willing to buy it.
The only tape I have watched so far is the first hour of Project Greenlight and I found that completely fascinating. Very enjoyable. Since I am not on cable, I have no idea about the existence of a lot of things that are on HBO, etc. So I really do appreciate these tapes you send. I am like your poor cousin out in the country and you are my city cousin letting me know what's happening in the civilized world ...
Tracey Ulman I remember from when she had her network show ( now famous as the origin of "The Simpsons" ) so I know I will like her tape. Adam Rifkin I know from the other Rifkin tape you sent. I like him as well.
I have no idea who will win "Last Comic Standing" which I guess is what keeps me watching. I don't really "like" any of them, although the show fascinates me and I can't stop watching it. And so far I have liked all their acts - pretty funny stuff ...
ZBrush will have to take a backseat to PaintShopPro for awhile. I just installed a new upgrade from version 7 to version 8 and it is awesome. Now I am lusting for a drawing pad so I can take full advantage of it. I still find the mouse awkward to draw with.
I use to work on my cars before 1980. But since then I have let the dealer do everything. For one thing, cars are more complicated now with all the electronics in them. With lawnmowers I have changed the oil and sparkplug and cleaned the filter and sharpened the blade. And once I took one completely apart. Unfortunately I never put it back together! Haha!
.......................... Trio
Sounds interesting, Lenny.
How close is Lowell to the sea? Can you walk to the beach or is it a long drive?
I have done a few small sculpture things like woodcarving and making clay models for molds for plastercasting, but I never had room to do anything big. Although (heehee, don't take this too seriously now) I did think about going out in the river that runs through town and carving one of the big rocks in the river into something. I don't know what, a face or something. I think it was just the idea of being out in the river that appealed to me. Also thought about using stumps in the woods for big woodcarvings with a hatchet and chisel, maybe an elf or goblin, but they would rot away and it seemed like a lot of work if no one would ever see it, although if someone did happened to stumble on one they would be mighty puzzled how it got there, wouldn't they?

............... Trio
Beach rent is four times land rent, eh?
I noticed something strange about rents at Myrtle Beach the big resort town in South Carolina. Parts of the beach are lined with tall condominium/hotel type buildings. In the summer these are over $100 a day for a one bedroom apartment, but in the winter months you can rent the same apartment for $500 a month. If I could withstand the traveling and didn't have so much "stuff", then I would live at Myrtle Beach in the winter and in Canada for the summer.
I am again amazed at all the creativity running around in your family.
As for the chainsaw, that would be quicker indeed, and I have seen some chainsaw woodcarving that was big and impressive, but I have promised myself to never work with any artistic tools that can accidently cut off my hand (or poke out my eye or burn my skin or sear my lungs or fry my brain ....) heehee ... Aren't these keyboards nice and safe?
.................. Trio

Subject: Re: seaweed sculpture
The Ocean is about 30 miles away.Can I walk to the beach.You're a funny guy.The rent down the beach is as much a week as I pay in rent a month.
You'ld be surprised what you can mold with Kelp.It hardens well and looks like plastic.I thought of making masks someday from kelp.
My fathers brother drew peoples faces and did carving with marble and gave me a piece and the tools when I was a kid but I never got into it.
My Mother brother Uncle Charlie made a violin when he was 14 and always did interesting projects.He's been carving things from wood like figures.He did a tree with branches that's cool.His last project was making exact copies of the three most famous violins.He did a lot of research and spent years making them.I've got to see them someday.
You idea of making a carving from a stump sounds good but if I did it I'ld go out there with a chain saw like they do with those ice sculptures and chip away the rest after ONLY I can't even draw a straight line never mind carve out a face or head.It would be a Sal Dali interpetation.
I better use up those VEGETABLES(seaweed) in my frig in the veg draw before they go funky and continue those sea stuff creations.hopefully tomorrow.
..........................Lenny

Subject: seaweed sculpture
Sounds interesting, Lenny.
How close is Lowell to the sea? Can you walk to the beach or is it a long drive?
I have done a few small sculpture things like woodcarving and making clay models for molds for plastercasting, but I never had room to do anything big. Although (heehee, don't take this too seriously now) I did think about going out in the river that runs through town and carving one of the big rocks in the river into something. I don't know what, a face or something. I think it was just the idea of being out in the river that appealed to me. Also thought about using stumps in the woods for big woodcarvings with a hatchet and chisel, maybe an elf or goblin, but they would rot away and it seemed like a lot of work if no one would ever see it, although if someone did happened to stumble on one they would be mighty puzzled how it got there, wouldn't they?

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
It use to be that you could get a sticker from the junk yard or get one on the sly for a little more but those days are gone.Around here when you get stopped it shows up when they run the plate so they know.If you have something one there then you're bound to get a fine for sure.
Lenny

Subject: stickers
Hi Lenny,
Your story about the rejection stickers and your label making abilities combined in my brain and made me remember a friend of mine.
Many years ago he had to park his car in one of those parking lots that have a sticker for your windshield. You pay a huge fee and get the sticker which is good for 6 months. My friend of course did not want to pay. He looked carefully at the sticker which was black print on red paper. Then he colored a piece of paper to the same shade of red and used a black marker to copy the printing. Sure you could tell the difference up close, but who would ever look that closely? So he got away with his free parking caper.
Now I am not suggesting you forge the inspection sticker of course, but wouldn't it be easy to do? And how many cars on the road must already have forged stickers?
We use to have an inspection program in South Carolina, but so many people complained that it was an unnecessary nuisance that they dropped it. I have a clean windshield now.

............... Trio

Hi Trio,
I don't think its a set up they just picked the ones they thought were the best.Believe me compared to the guy that got it last year these are are a little more on the ball but I bet most of the choices would have done just about the same.
Half of life is meeting people.The other half is getting along with people.
They don't show the film on HBO till months later not as part of the series.The series has a way of editing in what's has the most interest for the series and what the process is really like.When you get the next tape you'll be surprised what happens on the set.I'll keep recording it untill it's full maybe a week or two.It should run for maybe two more months.
The Rifkin Film is great for that behind the scenes look.Wait untill you see The Dark Backwards someday.I think its his best film.How can you go wrong with a T.V. host called Twinkie Doodle,an agent played by Wayne Newton called Jackie Chrome and James Cann as Doctor Scurvy,never mind the rest of the cast.
I saw Last Comic Standing to night.Dat survives again.Next week should be good.
Lenny

Subject: Project Greenlight
Hi Lenny,
I finished the tape and I am anxious to find out how their movie turns out. I am really happy that you are recording more of it.
Do you think it is a set up? I thought they were a poor choice of director based on what information I was given. And now I am thinking that the brains behind Project Greenlight did not want it to go smoothly because it would make a better "Project Greenlight" series if there was more anxiety and drama in it. So they deliberately chose directors that they thought might screw up. I know it's a cynical attitude. But too many things don't fit. For instance, all the big star names they were asking to make the movie? That seems unrealistic to expect those big stars to want to be in the project greenlight film for no money and with an unproven director.
Well, you have the advantage of knowing how it all turns out, so don't spoil it for me! Haha! Just wanted you to know where my head was on it. I love all the behind the scenes stuff. That was what was so good about the Rifkin film too.
Thanks again...

............... Trio
Don't let looks fool you.He's a marshmello.If Jimmy was ever close to getting in a fight he would make them laugh.He grew up in New York as a kid and once told me he got mugged three times before he was twelve.
.....Lenny

Subject: Jimmy the Body Guard
Yikes!
Don't want to meet him in a dark alley!
But if he is an artist, he has to be a cool guy....

............... Trio
I like vegetables but not the way they make it with tofu and other funky smelling and tasting stuff.I don't like onions except onion rings.To me the Onion is the Ugly Vegetable.I like garlic alot though.I like normal vegetables prepared so they taste normal like corn on the cob,carrots,potatoes,Green Beans,and others.
Even the rice has funky stuff in it most of the time.
I am kind of a picky eater though on what I won't eat.
I belonged to a study group years ago and when we had meals there was several things that always tasted normal except cottage cheese soup.Oh my god it was awefull.It was at the setting so I had to eat it.I must have drank two glasses of water to get it down.Two weeks later they had it again.
..................Lenny

The Ocean is about 30 miles away.Can I walk to the beach.You're a funny guy.The rent down the beach is as much a week as I pay in rent a month.
You'ld be surprised what you can mold with Kelp.It hardens well and looks like plastic.I thought of making masks someday from kelp.
My fathers brother drew people