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Jan 13 06: empty; tank!
It would be an understatement to describe the gang at the office today as unmotivated, given yesterday’s announcement. I think I managed to get about 5 pages of stuff edited, and two of them were blank. Next week we’ll probably start wrapping things up prior to turning out the lights, but today, not so much.
On the other hand, the day wasn’t a total waste. My copy of Yoko Kano’s Cowboy Bebop CD-Box arrived today, so I’ve been rocking out on that as I watch day D minus 59 tick past.
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about—Cowboy Bebop, n.: a seriously fun animated series from Japan, seedy noirish bounty-hunter adventures all over the solar system, often broadcast late at night on the Cartoon Network. The music is by Yoko Kano, who seems to be a one-woman industry, providing fabulous scores for any number of Japanese shows. She can do it all: harmonica-and-guitar blues, rock ballads, glistening synthy dance numbers, atmospheric electronica, and (best of all) this bone-crunching, horn-driven jazz. “Inner Universe,” the opening tune for the first season of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, is a techno earworm of ferocious power. Bebop’s opening tune, called “Tank!”, is… is… is the guys from The Jetsons’ big band out on a bender in a smoky bar somewhere, long after the studios in Burbank have locked their doors for the night. Or, as one fan described it, like being hit over the head with a sock full of Jonny Quest.
So today may have been unproductive, but at least I wasn’t bored.