Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #170 – “Grampahood in L.A.”

A Big Thing that Happened in L.A. in 2008…but not as big as Franny Owl.

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

LB: IATSE Negotiations with AMPT Settled!

by Larry Brody

…And it looks like the kind of deal that bodes well for other guilds in the future.

Not that it’s completely settled yet. As IndieWire.Com’s Chris O’Falt points out,

Negotiations still continue over the Area Standards Agreement, governing production in major production hubs like New Mexico, Georgia, and Louisiana. read article

LB: Stop the Presses! Part 2

I’d rather hear Dave Chappelle tell us his truth than Ted Sarandos defend it as THE truth because if nothing else, Chappelle is at least funny.

by Larry Brody

Restarting my press. This time around I’m not nearly as thoughtful or emotional as in the previous post.

Just disgusted.

By a headline I just saw on indiewire.com: read article

LB: Stop the Presses! Part 1

by Larry Brody

…Oh, wait, we don’t have any presses. And I’ve already stopped mine. (See the most recent TVWriter™ blog post below.) So what I mean is:

I just found a couple of things I absolutely MUST write about and here they are so start reading right the hell now, everyone!

There. That ought to do it. Now, on to the first of the the two, erm, “press starters.” read article

LB: I’ve come down with food poisoning today…

UPDATE FROM LB: My bout with food poisoning has become a bit scarier over the weekend, although I’m sure I can still make a joke or two about it…if forced.

Bottom Line: I’m putting TVWriter™ on hold this week, and we’ll see what happens after that.

Bottomer Line: Welcoming any and all good thoughts.

Pretty sure this is the dood who made my eggs

by Larry Brody

…So I’d hoped to be able to spend my sick time relaxing and writing a few articles for the coming week of TVWriter™.

But lo and behold!, turns out that, at least in my geographical area, Google is having its own upset and I can’t access most of my online notes and first drafts.

Did the AI s at Chrome, Google News, and Google Keep eat the same messed up hard-boiled eggs that I did yesterday? read article