J. A. Jance, on writing:

 

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

- J. A. Jance.

On this day in music history - The album Beyond Dreams: Pathways To Deep Relaxation, by Hennie Bekker (2016)

Beyond Dreams: Pathways To Deep Relaxation

by Hennie Bekker

was released on July 22, 2016.

Track list:

Self Connect; Floating to Forever; Letting Go; The Calm; Quiescence; Beyond Dreams.

On this day in music history - The album Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, by Susan Graham and John Nelson (1997)

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été

by Susan Graham and John Nelson

was released on July 15, 1997.

Track list:

No. 1, Villanelle; No. 2, Le spectre de la rose; No. 3, Sur les lagunes; No. 4, Absence; No. 5, Au cimitière; No. 6, L’île inconnue; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111: D’amour l’ardente flamme; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, H 76: Mais, qu’ai-je donc?; Les troyens, H 133: Je vais mourir; Les troyens, H 133: Adieu, fière cite; Béatrice et Bénédict, H 138: Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?

Happy Bastille Day!

To Do list: 14 Juillet

• Buy baguette.
• Debate existential concepts.
• Storm the Bastille.
• Nap.

Happy Bastille Day!

On this day in movie history – The Honor of the Press (1932)

 

The Honor of the Press
a.k.a. The Scoop

directed by B. Reeves Eason,

written by John T. Neville,

based on a story by J.K. Foster,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1932.

Cast:

Edward J. Nugent, Rita La Roy, Dorothy Gulliver, Wheeler Oakman, Russell Simpson, John Ince, Charles K. French, Reginald Simpson, Franklin Parker, Vivian Fields, Franklyn Farnum.

On this day in music history - Butterfly (2017)

 

Butterfly

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released July 14, 2017.
 

Track list:

Butterfly; She Devil; Baby Mine; Frozen Charlotte; Ophelia; The Worst Thing; The Man in the Wilderness; My Skin; Vain & Careless; Andalucia.

Recommended reading - Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner, by Paul M. Sammon (2017)

 

Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner

by Paul M. Sammon (2017).

Revised & Updated Edition.

ISBN-10: 0062699466

ISBN-13: 978-0062699466

Description from back cover:

The ultimate guide to Ridley Scott’s transformative sci-fi classic Blade Runner.

Ridley Scott’s 2007 “Final Cut” confirmed the international film cognoscenti’s judgment: Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick’s brilliant and troubling science fiction masterpiece Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is among the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction films ever made. Future Noir Revised & Updated Edition offers a deeper understanding of this cinematic phenomenon that is storytelling and visual filmmaking at its best.

In this intensive, intimate, and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott purposefully used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction’s most uncompromising author into a critical sensation and cult classic that would reinvent the genre. Sammon reveals how the making of the original Blade Runner was a seven-year odyssey that would test the stamina and the imagination of writers, producers, special effects wizards, and the most innovative art directors and set designers in the industry at the time it was made. This revised and expanded edition of Future Noir includes:

An overview of Blade Runner’s impact on moviemaking and its acknowledged significance in popular culture since the book’s original 1996 publication.

An exploration of the history of Blade Runner: The Final Cut and its theatrical release in 2007.

A look at its long-awaited sequel, Blade Runner 2049.

The longest interview Harrison Ford has ever granted about Blade Runner.

Exclusive new interviews with Rutger Hauer and Sean Young.

A fascinating look at the ever-shifting interface between commerce and art, illustrated with production photos and stills, Future Noir provides an eye-opening and enduring look at modern moviemaking, the business of Hollywood, and one of the greatest films of all time.