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Excellence Indeed or: Another Piggy

27 Wednesday Feb 2019

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So today was the big day. It was the DWSP Excellence Awards for 2018. All the recipients were pleased with their videos and since it’s now over and happened, I can say who won the awards. Bailey Power Plant, The Ramkat, Cobblestone Farmers’ Market, The Canteen Bistro & Market, Fiddlin’ Fish Beer Company and Claire Calvin. Claire kind of won three times. She won for herself and her restaurants, plus she co-owns Canteen and since her Alma Mexicana restaurant was the first one in Bailey Power Plant, then she was mentioned there, as well. Also, Kim Lawson is the GM of Canteen and her husband is Richard Emmett who co-owns the Ramkat. It was a lot of one degree of separation going on today.20190227_214217

There was a hiccup that wasn’t my doing and I will address that first thing tomorrow, but otherwise, it was a great day.

Plus, we recorded Fan Interference today where we interviewed former WFU and current Arizona Hotshots (of the AAF) QB John Wolford. It was a good interview. Hailey Brooke McFadden is getting a lot of good guests for us. It is awesome. She has some big news that really goes hand-in-hand with my big news that I still haven’t announced yet because I and the entity haven’t worked out the announcement, yet.

Tonight on The Less Desirables, we had Kristen Williams in to talk about K10 Yoga. She was a great guest. And, she got D and B on the floor doing yoga, that’s something.

Stay tuned to the DWSP YouTube channel (and you know I’ll forward it here) for those Excellence Awards vids. Listen to Fan Interference HERE. Listen to TLD HERE.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“While the focus has always been presenting live music, The Ramkat hosts performing arts of all stripes, as well as other community events and entertainment.” – Me

Success! or: Rest Easy

22 Friday Feb 2019

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I did it! Well, almost, but you can’t any closer than this. But, I have one tiny edit to make on the vid projects with DWSP. I had the director of the organization approve them today and outside that one small edit that I need to take care of BAM! We are outta there!g1369638954952825892

I feel good about it but I’m tired. I am celebrating by not doing anything out of the way until Monday (when I do the edit), so, that means blogging, too.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“There is nothing to regret with a job well done.” – Joe Garcia

Chuggin’ Along or: The Progression Indeed

21 Thursday Feb 2019

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So, I started and finished the first three of the videos today. These are the rough cuts that need approval from the DWSP and then I make whatever edits they need and produce them and deliver them. I have three more to go. 0c03a5e430e9f9b10288edb43036202f

I have my awesome Friday morning TBD Referal Group in the morning first thing, but as soon as that meeting is over, I am going to run over and start on the next three. I also have a few other things going on that I need to do during the day but hope to have these at least most of the way done.

I told The BCPF that I was going to try my dangedest to not impose on our weekend. So, that may mean a Sunday or whatever to finish but I am on a deadline, now so I’ll just be kicking butt!

That said, I’m worn out and am calling it a night!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Get tough: don’t work under pressure; work over pressure.” – Brian Celio

Late Night Chat or: Hoarse of Different Color

20 Wednesday Feb 2019

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It’s 11:09p on Wednesday night and I’m writing this from The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill. I am tired. I am hoarse. I am just getting started… or finished, at least for the night. TLDNetwork

Started with a meeting with one of my awesome clients this morning, finishing up the copy for the DWSP awards’ VO, prepping for and recording Fan Interference, prepping for and recording The Less Desirables and then, because I feel a little tickle in my throat and can’t afford to get sick right now (at least for my voice), I decided to go ahead and do the VO for the awards. So, I just finished those. Now, all I have to do is work on the video and then have the DWSP folks come to approve it and then we are d-o-n-e!

But, back to the TLD Network stuff. That’s right, as I mentioned, it’s a full complement of TLD Network shows this week, culminating with tonight’s TLD. So, because I want you to know about these things, I’m going to give you the links to each show from this week. Here goes:

The Man Who Ate the Town HERE.
The Beer Dads HERE.
Apartment 5B HERE.
Fan Interference HERE.
The Less Desirables HERE.

Plus, you can always go to the TLD Network website HERE.

I’m going home. I will do the video prep for TLD social media tomorrow. I will go to bed. I will talk to you tomorrow.

Until then, same blog channel…
Scorp is tired.

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“For someone who’s never watched this show, you have an awful lot to say about it!” – Rory (Apartment 5B)

That Time of Year or: The Big Project

19 Tuesday Feb 2019

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Here we are, again, Dear Reader. We’re in the middle of February and that means that I’m working on the “big project” for the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership. This is their 2018 Excellence Awards (yes 2018, because it’s for the accomplishments in 2018). 51735369_2357390400947372_6806129601891270656_n

What does that mean for you? Well, it is more about what it means for me. I will be working a lot of my free time over the next few days (possibly into next week) getting the video presentations done for the DWSP. So, a lot of my writings will probably be scaled down or very scarce over those days. It should all be back to normal the middle of next week.

So, I am asking you for patience and understanding. None of the podcasts are going to miss. In fact, if all goes well, this week will have a full complement of TLD Network shows. Keep an eye on the Network website for more info.

Until tomorrow, stay classy…
Scorp out!

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“Welcome to the 2018 Excellence Awards!” – Me

Back into the Grind or: Stepping Out

05 Monday Mar 2018

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So, today, I was finally able to get a new “As Ardmore Turns” done for The Less Desirables Podcast. With all that I’ve had going on, I hadn’t done one since January. Ardmore street sign

A few people complained and I get that, but you have to realize that an eight-minute episode takes sometimes up to two hours to do. The longer the episode the longer the time. This week’s episode is 20 minutes long. That’s almost three and a half hours of work. I will admit when I’m doing them regularly, that time is slowed down; I get a rhythm. When I don’t, I have to get back to the groove.

Plus, Ardmore hasn’t been giving me much material to work with. They fluctuate between mediocre and downright boring, at least as of late. I guess that’s good if you’re an Ardmorian, but not good when you are used to capitalizing on their drama.

So, for this episode, I had to break out of the confines of Ardmore and Ardless, beyond the borders of Silas Creek/Cloverdale and Knollwood/First Street and head to where the real drama seems to be stirring: downtown.

So, this week some paranoia over some parked cars is the subject, just to let you know. And it was a long episode, like I said (20 minutes). So, it comes out this Wednesday. Keep your ears out!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Do you know this car?” – Jillian

Beer Dinners or: The Wisest Piggyback

27 Tuesday Feb 2018

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I’ll admit I’m running out of uses of the word “wise” in the titles of these blogs. But, now that the Willows Bistro/Wise Man Beer dinner has come and gone, I can stop trying to be clever with it. Which brings me to this week’s piggyback. 27866971_2028113177204920_778145288986063139_n

There was no The Man Who Ate the Town podcast this week as I needed to be free for the client with the video that will be played tomorrow morning. So, instead, I wrote a nearly 2000 word review of the gala from Sunday night. Yes, it’s long but necessary, I think. Food people will get it, non-food people won’t so just warning you now to plan accordingly.

Also, in the morning at 8am, the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership will be holding their annual meeting which includes the 2017 Excellence Awards (the big vid project on which I have been working). So, come hungry. It’s free. Just be there. Say hey. Oh… and you can read that review HERE.

Until tomorrow (early)…
Scorp out!

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“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” – Mother Teresa (for which Wise Man’s Something Wonderful Pale Ale is named)

Waiting on the Man or: Almost Done

22 Thursday Feb 2018

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So, the title of this post is two-fold, a double entendre, if you will. First, I have completed the first drafts of the video job. The copy, the VO, the splicing, it’s all done. Now, I just have to have the client sign off on them, which I’m waiting for him to do tomorrow. If there are changes needed, then I’ll make those and if not, then I will put it together and have it ready for next week. Right as rain, that.

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The other thing is I listened, again, to the Velvet Underground + Nico album. This time it was because of “procedure.” Because I play something that was released today, or I play something from someone whose birthday or deathday is on this day.

None of the releases for today did I have in the collection. No one’s birthday was today that I could find that mattered. Today was, however, the anniversary of Andy Warhol’s death. So, since that was my only recourse, I played it. I took one for the team.

I hate that album. I must say that today I found it more tolerable than usual, but I still didn’t enjoy it. I told someone that it is the auditory equivalent of eating cow dung for breakfast. Oddly enough, I really like Lou Reed solo. And, I don’t mind two of the Nico songs on the album.

But, overall it’s just a wreck of sound. I don’t like “raw.” I don’t like the lo-fi production value. I think it sounds like they were just goofing off, although I know they weren’t. I don’t like the off-key talk/singing that Lou Reed does in this. I don’t like the “artistic” side of it. But, I do like how the songs are written.

I think it’s kind of like Bob Dylan. Great songs but man I like hearing others doing them. I have some folks say that it’s one of the “finest” albums ever recorded and to that, I say it’s absolute bullshite.  You can be all hipster and claim to like it all you want, but it’s pure crap, at least in this album form. There, I said it.

And I’ll end up with at least two more VU albums because they’re on that darned list and I want all that I can get from it. I was asked why I do that and my answer was because I am a collector. Some disagree with me, but I don’t care. I do what I want. That’s how I roll. The BCPF likes it but she likes a lot of stuff that I don’t necessarily like to listen to. That’s okay. I have it here for her. Yeah… that’s it.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Hey, white boy, what you doin’ uptown? Hey, white boy, you chasin’ our women around? Oh pardon me, sir, it’s the furthest from my mind. I’m just lookin’ for a dear, dear friend of mine. I’m waiting for my man.” – “Waiting For My Man” (Reed)

That Time Again or: Excellence Indeed

19 Monday Feb 2018

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Dear Reader, if you remember about this time last year, I was slowed in my posts. I posted every day but my content was slim. I guess you can say that it has been a bit thin over the last bit anyway, but now, we are at the biggest job of the year for me.

I don’t have to hide what it is I’m doing but I can’t necessarily tell you details. The Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership’s 2017 Downtown Excellence Awards are next Wednesday and I am the one that puts the award videos together, along with voice-overs.

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Because the award winners are determined at the end of January and the Annual Meeting for the DWSP is end of February, that leaves little time to gather the info, write the copy (that’s The BCPF’s contribution to this), have it approved, do the voice-overs, have those approved, compile the images, put them in a video and have those approved. It’s not a simple process, not with the rest of my jobs taken into account.

So, we’re in the midst of that. Every minute that I’m not working on the podcasts this week (including not having a couple of them) and when I’m not with The Boy, 3B, I’ll probably be working on them. So, for the next week, just know that my posts will be, again, slim. Expect videos and songs.

I can still be creative without posting 350 words. Even this isn’t 350 words. I think I’ve said a good bit. You’re not on the backburner, I’m sure you understand the sitch. I appreciate your patience in this process, too.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“To make downtown a destination by creating a core of vibrant, intense mixed uses in a pedestrian-friendly environment with emphasis on major employment centers, restaurants, supportive and festive retail activities, entertainment, arts and downtown residential uses.” – DWSP Mission Statement

Piggybackin’ or: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!

13 Tuesday Feb 2018

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First off, happy Mardi Gras, Dear Reader. This week on The Man Who Ate the Town podcast, Kelly and I talk about the Downtown WSNC Restaurant Week, Waldo’s Wings taking over Skippy’s and other food things. Plus, what do people who observe lent give up for Valentine’s Day since this year it falls on the first day of lent/Ash Wednesday/tomorrow? Hear us discuss it HERE.

 

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz