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The
                 Neil
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   I've been on the outer edge of the inner fringe of "The Biz" almost my entire life. From age 12 to age 30 I was a (mostly) working musician. Since age 30, I've been a Personal Manager. I love my chosen field. It lets me use as many of my left and right brain functions as I can still tap into. (I've always said I like writing a good contract way better than writing a good song). I'm fortunate to represent a great group of creative maniacs, and proudly count myself in their number.

   In my "work", (and it's often hard to call it that), I've met, befriended, and been befriended by, more amazing folks than any 20 people should have in their lives. And gone to their shows, dinners, meetings, brisses/christenings, wakes, funerals, bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings, divorces, and on and on... I've never forgotten one thing I've heard. And one thing always leads to another. And I haven't forgotten those things, either. 

   I have opinions. Boy, do I have opinions. So this will be my sounding off point. My "Pride Rock" so to speak. The place from where I'll oversee my beloved, chosen field of play, the entertainment industry. 
Hollyweird. And occasionally ramble, rave, but mostly rant, about it.

   That's right, rant

   Buckle up...



 

I was drained....I'm replenished...AND pretty pissed about some things...

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This entry was posted on 5/11/2007 6:30 AM and is filed under uncategorized.

So, did you miss me? I missed me enough for us all, so don't worry if you didn't. After the publicity fiasco, which (don't get me wrong) had it's upside, life got weird. Being recognised is NOT what I got in this for, and I was. A lot. It made me very uncomfortable in a creepy, why-do-you-watch-those-shows kind of way. And people ask the strangest, boldest questions, especially those folks who don't know me, or him. I guess they figure they've got nothing to lose...they'll never encounter me again and this is their shot. "Did he really do it?", "How does it feel to lie publicly for someone else?", and even (a lot) "Why didn't he just plug the bastard and be done with him?". That last one always made me laugh. It said more about the questioner than anything else. It was his son, for God's sake.

But during my hiatus from me, from reality, a lot has happened in the world-at-large that I want to address. And I will, here. I've got about 12 posts almost ready and will begin putting them up this weekend. As you can imagine, a great many of them have to do with Bozo The Prez. He just continues to amaze me. And would amuse me too if he wasn't inflicting so much pain with his lunacy. But there's other stuff, too, including the impending writer's strike, my split from what's-her-name, the incredible permeation of psych-meds into our society, the state of the entertainment biz, network news, the success and failure of Spiderman 3, and much more.

So stay tuned, kids. I'm building to some incredible rants, and a couple of raves. (It is, after all, so much more fun to rant). They'll be here. Soon. Check in. 

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