Michael's Musings

Good Reading

by Michael B. Druxman on 03/28/15

March 30, 2015

Wife Sandy returned from Los Angeles on Thursday, so everything is back to normal, which I like.

On Saturday, we had three Austin actors over to the house to do a reading of B MOVIE. It went well, and now we are going to make a concerted effort to get the play on stage here by (or soon after) the end of the year. These fine performers are all well connected in the Austin theatre scene, which I am not, so fingers crossed.

The Best Bets on DVD site is down until the end of first of the month, but when it goes back up, you'll find reviews of THE IMITATION GAME, KIDNAPPING MR. HEINIKEN and THE IMMIGRANT, so please take a look. You can access the site via the link in the Introduction section of this page.

You have a creative week.

Michael

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On My Own This Week

by Michael B. Druxman on 03/21/15

March 23, 2015

Last Tuesday (17), I drove wife Sandy to the airport and she is now in Los Angeles, visiting our new granddaughter and other folk. I do miss her, but she will be back this coming Thursday (26). Chester, our dog, and I are surviving.

We are getting a lot of needed rain right now in Austin. I've spent my time doing some writing, and watching some films that I know would not interest Sandy.

One picture that I did view again after many years was HEAVEN'S GATE, the movie that virtually destroyed United Artists. Visually, it's one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, and the basic (true) story is fascinating, but the film runs 3 1/2 hours and that is, at least, an hour too long.

I guess director Michael Cimino got into the editing room and could not bear to cut any of his gorgeous footage. Too bad, because there was the potential for a great movie in all of that footage.

Next Saturday (28), I'm having some actors over to the house to do a reading of my play, B MOVIE. It's my hope that, assuming everything comes together, that we can create a "package" and bring the play into one of the local theatre companies for a production, and if that goes well, perhaps we can do a minor "tour". Logistically, it's a simple play to stage, so moving to other theaters should not be a major issue. We shall see.

You have a creative week.

Michael

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Do YOU like listening to audio books?

by Michael B. Druxman on 03/14/15

March 16, 2015

Interesting: I had trouble logging into the site to write today's blog. I corrected it by switching to another server. I hope this won't be a problem in the future.

Sandy and I became grandparents last week. Her son, Craig, and his wife (Mel) had a baby girl, Lindsay, and this week, Sandy will be traveling to Los Angeles to meet her. I will be staying home with our dog, Chester.

Since I have never really cooked, Sandy is stocking the refrigerator with easy meals that I can microwave.

Otherwise, this past week has not been an exciting one. I continue to work on my lengthy short story and, a couple of days ago, I think I achieved a breakthrough on the plot, so it will, hopefully, move along a bit quicker now.

Fred Frees is still recording the audio version of MURDER IN BABYLON, three chapters at a time. I expect another batch in the next few days.

Do YOU like listening to audio books?

Audible.com has given me some free audio downloads of all of my audio books: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, DRACULA MEETS JACK THE RIPPER & Other Revisionist Histories, ORSON WELLES, CLARA BOW, SHADOW WATCHER and HAIL ON THE CHIEF.

If you would be interested in listening to one of these books, please let me know and I will send it to you. The only thing that I ask is that, if you like the book, that you write a short review of it for either Amazon or Audible.com.

You have a creative day.

Michael

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