| Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 |
| 1:15 pm |
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| Monday, November 16th, 2009 |
| 4:59 pm |
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| Sunday, November 15th, 2009 |
| 6:28 pm |
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| Saturday, November 14th, 2009 |
| 12:58 am |
honey bunny
After leaving the happiest place on earth, I managed to make it to the non profit Echo Park Film Center at 1200 N. Alvarado Street for Margie Schnibbe's Birthday Party, "An Evening of Sex and Bunnies". Margie, does work for Vivid Video, and this screening featured an artistic "re-imagining, re-mixing, and re-shooting" of her latest commercial film for Vivid, "Honey Bunny". This "re-imagining" was done by 4 Brooklyn artists at Monkey Town Video in New York where it was presented as a 4 screen multimedia installation. Here in the small Echo Park Film Center, the 4 screens were put on one screen for this "art screening" of Honey Bunny. Margie has a large body of work involving Bunnies, as well as her professional career with Vivid. There was a fat guy in a bunny suit too. Just in case you don't believe me, here's the snapshots. Friday the Thirteenth is now over, until further notice. |
| Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
| 6:13 pm |
DCA
Here I is getting off the California Screamer at Disney California Adventure. It's only a 10minute wait to get back on and do it again... Posted via LiveJournal.app. |
| 1:59 pm |
"Pulp"
 I'm watching Michael Caine in the oddball 1972 'comedy' Pulp being broadcast over the air on KTLA DT 5.2 The stranger on the bus has just been found stabbed in his hotel bathtub, and is outed as a Transvestite. What a fascinating old movie. Now, Michael Caine is getting in a curtained sedan with Lionel Stander. Now, Mickey Rooney is grooming himself in an art deco mirror as he barks orders at an unsuspecting Michael Caine. Whoever wrote this screenplay is uber-gay. I gotta get out, tv is on sleep timer.... |
| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
| 12:29 am |
BWI - DFW - LAX
Pete Moffet in Hollywood with Dashboard Comfessional tomorrow on the Bonnie Hunt show at Sony studios in Culver City. 
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| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 |
| 5:21 pm |
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
| 4:58 pm |
another 'Mentalist' shoot
I arrived for the Society of Broadcast Engineers luncheon today at the Holiday Inn Burbank today to find that, well, it was not the Holiday Inn. The Burbank Holiday Inn had been transformed into the mythical "Rancho Rosa Inn". And, Rancho Rosa High School, home of the Rancho Rosa Toros, was having their 1995 Class Reunion. It was all signage for another flashback scene being filmed (Kodak 35mm stock, Panavision cameras) for an upcoming episode of "The Mentalist" (CBS, Thursdays 10pm, 9 central) I actually saw Simon Baker as California Bureau of Investigation consultant Patrick Jane, rushing back and forth past our meeting. Quite a diminutive man, smaller in person than he seems on the HDTV. I suspect that this episode will not air until February or thereafter. Just watch for the crime to take place in "Rancho Rosa". My phonecam snaps of the lunchtime visit to Burbank are here. No, I was unable to catch a snap of Patrick Jane, solving murder cases with his keen observational and psychic powers. Lest I forget, KFWB chief engineer emeritus Richard Rudman did our SBE presentation on the Emergency Alert System, and how it will change completely thanks to FEMA in time for the end of the Mayan calendar, hopefully. 
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| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
| 4:08 pm |
In Christ, for Television , for the Lord
A Christian Television Station in San Diego was sent my resume and replied with this today; "Dear Francis,
Thank you for applying for the position as Chief Engineer at Turning Point for God. To complete your application would you please forward your Christian testimony as well as your salary history.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
In Him,
Human Resources"
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| 12:48 pm |
Live Audio Stream
This is the FM tuner heard on KWXY.NET via the computer on the floor running Oddcast V3, talking to server at Calpop running Icecast It's a Harman - Kardon HK715, not the more elegant
Fanfare FM used for the source on the "Don's On" recordings posted at the kwxy.net site. Tremendous thanks to Grizzy, my unix sysadmin, and Dr. Surdi for making this possible. More photos here. 
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the end of san francisco's pirate cat radio
Headline in tonight's CGC Communicator, a newsletter for broadcasters; "Pirate Cat Radio, an unlicensed FM outlet in San Francisco for the past 13 years, has fallen silent following the issuance of a $10,000 Notice of Apparent Liability by the FCC."  However, they say they are still on the internet, where they have more listeners than over the air anyway. Story here. |
| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
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| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
| 6:55 pm |
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| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
| 8:59 pm |
Mr. Las Vegas
Imagine my excitement when I got the following spam a moment ago... Feel free to use the Free Ticket Invitation email address to invite yourself... Guess it's far from sold out.   THE ONE AND ONLY "MR. LAS VEGAS,"
WAYNE NEWTON, CELEBRATES 50 YEARS ON THE STRIP
WITH A HISTORIC NEW SHOW.
A celebration of 50 storied years as told by the man who shaped them, Once Before I Go is a rare opportunity to experience an iconic career through the entertainer's own lens. No other performer has seen 50 years from center stage in the ever-changing city of Las Vegas and it's likely none other ever will.
Once Before I Go is an intimate journey through a life spent on stage. From a shy 15-year-old just off the bus, to his place as one of America's most celebrated entertainment icons, Once Before I Go is the story of Wayne Newton told by the man who is living it.
You and a guest are cordially invited to
the "Once Before I Go" show.
Saturday November 7 or Tuesday, November 10
8:30pm in the Tiffany Theatre at the Tropicana
To reserve your seat, please email LKR13@aol.com. In the subject line please
put Wayne Newton. Include your name, company and date you would like to attend.
An email of confirmation will be returned
Tickets can be picked up the day of show at the Tiffany Theatre box office at 7:30pm.
While on the property, please take a moment to browse in the
Wayne Newton memorabilia store located directly across from the box office. |
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| Thursday, November 5th, 2009 |
| 9:05 pm |
HD Expo Burbank
 Driving by the Burbank Marriott today I was reminded that HD EXPO, the little Creatasphere event was there today and yesterday. Saw the big Panasonic 3D truck, and a fleet of Pacsat uplink trucks, where ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pixelcub worked in Sacramento, once upon a time...  |
