October 10 - All in Flux

Write the press release for SFCCO's Haunted House Science Fiction Quiz Show (November 7 at Chapel of the Chimes), and orchestrate page 4 of The Gospel According to St. Matthew: XIX. The Twelve orchestrated before we are out the door in the



setting sun of the Lagoon



and South Lagoon Mountains,



careening into the sunset



and fog of Orinda, through the Caldecott to



Flux 53 Theatre for the third performance of



Solidarity with



Nora, Keisuke, Julia,



John (who serves incredible double duty on accordion while running the visuals),



Indre,



Eliza,



Harriet,



a sculptural monster,



et. al (including some of the Flux crew for box office and photos), with



a stellar performance and full house including Beth Henry and Alan Crossman.


On the way down, hit upon a notion of how to finalize the selections of The Bible which will constitute Sex and the Bible: treat the scenes as if excerpts from a listing in the Internet Adult Film Database, i.e.

Actress(es)
Actors(s)
Act(s)

Questions to ask re any particular movement's inclusion in the work.

Is there a depictive legacy of sensuality? (this will be important for the visual libretto, referencing art through the centuries)

Are there reproductive behaviors in evidence? (well, after all...)

With these parameters in mind, begin a file to tabulate above, beginning as...

Op. 169 SEX AND THE BIBLE: THE OPERA (Part I) (2009)
Sextets for Voices and Instruments

Act I - GENESIS

...from THE CREATION

...III. Let the Waters be Gathered

God Soprano, God Alto
God Tenor, God Bass
Creation of Life

...VII. Let Us Make Man

God Soprano, God Alto
God Tenor, God Bass
Creation of Adam and Eve

(the division of the role of the almighty into multiple singing parts, in the tradition of Igor Stravinsky in The Flood, etc.)

July 31 - First Things Second

Blitz to the Walnut Creek Apple Store early to see what can be done about the noisy laptop fan, park in the nearest space to the site, am assisted immediately (despite being five minutes late) and given ten minutes for a quick fix, which is all the time available, anyway. Apparent remedy is to download eight updates (tried this in the early am and was not successful) which is done on the spot -- however, it takes about a half-hour, so, after completion, roar to the car and make the way back to Diablo Valley College and expectant students waiting to turn in last-minute work and have conferences, etc. All's said and done by 2:50pm, then return to the auto, quick lunch stop, and through the Caldecott Tunnel for a meeting with Harriet, Molly, and other friendly folks at Flux in Oakland, where we make arrangements to present Patrick Dailly's Solidarity in October and my Sex and the Bible: The Opera in March 2010.



Snack at a taqueria adjacent to the theatre (including a vampiro -- blood-red fruit drink of tomatos, carrots, et al.), across from Foothill Boulevard facades,



then through and over the hills to Moraga (second time on Pinehurst Road in 24 hours [after a more than 10-year hiatus], and in clearer weather than yesterday) and home and a third orchestrated page of Esther Xerxes: X. Proclamation Issued.