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02023-06-29 | Movies, Music, Rain Music, Travel | 2 comments

This time I scheduled my flights so I would have over six hours between arriving in Philly on my national flight  and leaving on my international flight, because in March I had only three hours between flights and American Airlines managed to delay my national flight so much that I had to run between terminals and barely made my flight to Lisbon. There is a nice Amex lounge in terminal A and I don’t mind waiting… And yet, and yet, American Airlines managed to get me to Philly late again, and yes, I had to run again. Planning a six hours layover is crazy enough, but now that’s not even sufficient? 

ENT doc gave me a prescription for a cream last week. Used it once and it made my ears well. During the flight I listened to Rain Poems on my AirPods Max at least four times all the way through. I probably used the headphones for six hours altogether and my ears are still clear. The album is coming together nicely and I really enjoyed the experience. I have a couple of melodies to finish and Jon has a few bass parts to record but it’s not long now. This is my first album record with the new mobile set up and the first album NOT recorded in my studio in Santa Fe since 1995. Oh, that’s not entirely true… most of Pedals On the Path was recorded at Jon’s studio, but I mixed and mastered it at mine. 

Lisbon is hot during the day but cools off nicely during the night. The trick is to get up early because at 0600 it is 65ºF. At 0700 I walked a little over four miles and didn’t get lost. A few times I wasn’t sure where I was but at this point I just have to keep going in a direction and I will eventually find a landmark I know. Look ma, no GPS.

Watched the first half of the movie Tár last night. Wow. If the second half keeps up with the first, this is an amazing movie!! 

In a statement accompanying the teaser trailer in August 2022, Field said that he wrote the script for Blanchett, and that he would not have made the film if she had declined it.

Wikipedia

I can understand that because she is truly amazing in the role. 

2 Comments

  1. Steve

    >ENT doc gave me a prescription for a cream last week. Used it once and it made my ears well.

    I am curious: have you always had this type of sensitivity or is it a new phenomenon?

    I ask because: as I enter my sixth decade … this summer I have experienced eye allergies unlike anything I have experienced before … ever … it was brought to my attention while at the doc that such allergies may be “grown into” … never heard of that before.

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    • ottmar

      Allergies are weird. Some you can get and grow out of and some you can’t get rid of at all…
      I’ll write a little post of what I have figured out.

      Reply

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