Heading Home!

Whew! The weekend trip is over. By any measure, the premiere was a smashing success. The second night also sold out, which surprised me. Both nights' audiences were very enthusiastic and excited. It seems to be a big deal to have the world premiere of a movie in Cleveland.



The crowd excitedly awaited curtain. (Chris was afraid nobody in San Francisco would believe that there were crowds. I offer the above photo as proof!) On the second night we recognized a couple who had come the first night. They had no connection to Eggshellsnd (the place or the movie), they just liked the movie so much that they came back for seconds. And the second night they brought their daughter along. She seemed to enjoy the movie, too.



I had some time to see the sights of Cleveland on Saturday with my in-laws who drove over from Pittsburgh for the day. I know I'm tall, but I never realized just how freakishly tall I am. You know, other than when I'm trying to stuff myself into a coach-class seat on a five-hour flight....

So, now I'm on my way home. Tired. Glad I went. But glad to be out of that hotel. Oh, right. The hotel. It was, er, a hotel. Mostly....


-- Post From My iPhone

Welcome to Eggshelland

Yep, it's real. I'm here in Cleveland (yes, Cleveland) and I've just gotten back from visiting Eggshelland, the subject of Eggshelland, the documentary I wrote and performed the musical score for. Here you see me and Chris Noice, the director of the movie, in front of this year's display. It's far more spectacular than I expected.

I also got to meet Ron and Betty Manolio, though I didn't get any photos of them on my camera. The awesome thing about them is that they were exactly as I expected them to be from having watched the movie. So, Chris did a great job capturing them and their energy and their love for one another.

Here's Julie Matthews, the producer of the movie, along with Chris, flanking the poster for the movie that Ron and Betty put up alongside the Eggshelland display. Chris and Julie have been working on this movie off and on for five years.

The work is paying off, and we're now about an hour and a half away from the world premiere of Eggshelland. Everyone is excited and nervous, though I've been through this world premiere business before. Still, it's fun.

Look for another posting later tonight or tomorrow with details about the premiere and how it all came together. We're expecting a pretty good crowd, judging by ticket sales, so I'm hoping it'll be a great experience for Chris, Julie, the Manolio family and everyone else who comes.

More to come!

Long Day

I started today with a trip to Sacramento for work. After a brief scare (one of the folks I was to tape was in an unscheduled meeting with someone very high up in the organization -- someone who is famous for not being able to keep scheduled meetings on schedule, let alone unscheduled ones), I managed to finish everything and hit the road back to San Francisco. Directly from the office, I hit BART, and got to the airport on time for my flight to Cleveland (via LA). The flight to LA was quite nice; I was able to upgrade to "economy plus" for 14 bucks.



Now I'm at LAX, awaiting the sardine-can leg of the trip. They're overbooked, looking for volunteers to give up a seat. I'm tempted, except that Chris has already promised to pick me up at the Cleveland airport, and he's probably asleep....

Alas. It's going to be a long, cramped flight....

But, WORLD PREMIERE OF EGGSHELLAND.

In Cleveland. Yep. Cleveland.


-- Post From My iPhone

Playin' With the iPhone