I worked out the chords to the first line of the final verse of “Au revoir mon enfance” (Goodbye My Childhood) by Boris Vian and two thirds of the first verse of “Le rent' dedans” (The Pick-Up) by Serge Gainsbourg.
I weighed 89.3 kilos before breakfast, which is the heaviest I’ve been in the morning since October 2.
I played my Kramer during song practice and it went out of tune during most songs. Tomorrow I’ll begin a two session stretch of playing my Martin.
I edited a bit more of It Came from Hollywood in my “Monsters” Movie Maker project.
I weighed 89.85 kilos before lunch. October 31 was the last time I pushed the scale that far in the early afternoon.
In the afternoon I took a bike ride downtown and back. The cyclists rush hour on the Richmond bike lane has disappeared in the icy weather. It was pretty much just me and the electric bike couriers.
I weighed 89.7 kilos at 18:30. I haven’t been that fat in the evening since October 27.
I was caught up in my journal at 19:27.
I reviewed the next cassette tape on the pile and it was a Christian and the Lions concert at the Rivoli. Because I had promoted the band as being poetic we got hired to perform at a literary event that I recall was sponsored by the U of T Bookstore. In addition to providing beer tickets for performers, the Rivoli also gives a free meal. We got pad Thai but even though Steve Lowe stressed that he was vegetarian he ended up with shrimp. Our drummer that night was Jim Bravo, who also had his own band named Brainbox. I met him because he was a student at the Ontario College of Art and he used to draw me in at least one of his classes. Arjan played bass but he wanted me to introduce him as “Doctor Chicago”. I gave some funny introductions for each member of the band.
I reviewed the videos of my song practice performances of “Laisses-en un peu pour les autres” and “Leave Some for Everyone Else” from September 27 to 30. I played “Laisses-en un peu pour les autres” on my Martin Road Series on September 27 and on my Gibson Les Paul Studio on September 29 and the final takes for both sessions were okay. I played “Leave Some for Everyone Else” on my Martin on September 28 and on the Gibson on September 30 and both final takes weren’t bad.
I had a potato with the last of my gravy and three chicken drumsticks while watching episode 26 of Cain’s Hundred.
A racehorse owner named Charles Dennis wants to build an alternative racetrack to the one his state has because the current one is crooked. racetrack owner and Organization boss Ben Kilrea has hired lobbyist Dan Mullin to try to stop the new track from being built. A bill has been written to present to the legislature to pass the proposed new racetrack as part of Parks and Recreation. Mullin is a friend of the host of a party promoting the new racetrack to the members of the legislature. There he runs into Assemblywoman Frances Olney who is the widow of Assemblyman Olney and she was elected based on the reputation of her late husband. She and Mullin had an affair before her husband died. They still have feelings for each other but she is dedicated to her public service. Leonard Yates is the chairman of the Assembly and it appears he can be influenced by contributions and so Mullin is working on him. But Kilrea is impatient with the little progress Mullin has made because the opposition to the racetrack still hasn’t got enough votes. Mullin urges Kilrea to let him handle it legally but Kilrea goes ahead and has Dennis’s stables burned, killing 12 yearlings. Dennis still plans on building the track. Nicholas Cain informs Frances that he thinks the fire was arson. She makes it clear that her vote cannot be influenced. Yates tries to delay the bill but Frances pushes for him to let it be put to a vote soon. Mullin makes it clear to Frances that he wants to marry her and she is not against the idea. Cain subpoenas Mullin to investigate his records but Mullin is not worried because there is nothing crooked in his office. Kilrea tells Mullin he’ll expose his and Olney’s affair to the public if the bill comes to a vote. Mullin offers Yates shares in Kilrea’s track but under a different name. At the assembly Yates challenges Dennis’s ability to run a track and claims he’s an amateur. Yates tries to adjourn the hearing until more study has been done, which means indefinitely. Frances makes a point of order and moves that the hearings continue until every witness has been heard. That is seconded and so Yates loses this round. Mullin tells Frances about Kilrea’s threat to expose their affair, which took place while her husband was in office. As she came to office because of her husband’s reputation, this could ruin her political career. At the assembly Frances requests to call a witness and she brings Mullin to the stand. She questions him about their affair and exposes it to the assembly. She also has him state that Kilrea tried to influence the vote with the threat of exposure. She gets him to agree to testify about Kilrea’s other activities. The yes side wins the vote and it looks like Olney’s political career may have been saved by her courage and honesty.
Mullin was played by David Janssen, whose film debut was at the age of 14 in It’s a Pleasure in 1945. He signed a contract with 20th Century Fox at the age of 18 but dropped him because of his look. In the early 50s he signed with Universal. He co-starred in Hell to Eternity (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe), The Girl He Left Behind, Man Trap, The Green Berets (although he opposed the Vietnam War), Generation, Once is Not Enough, and Golden Rendezvous. He starred in Ring of Fire, King of the Roaring 20s, Twenty Plus Two, Where it’s At, Marooned, Warning Shot, Macho Callahan, Warhead, Covert Action, and The Swiss Conspiracy. He was in 32 films before becoming the star of the TV series Richard Diamond, Private Detective in 1965. The series lasted until 1960. In 1963 he was cast as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive and he became a household name. The series finale broke the record for number of viewers. He starred in the mini series The Word. My mother had a major crush on him. In 1971 he starred in the short-lived series O’Hara US Treasury. From 1973 to 1975 he starred in the series Harry O. He believed he was the illegitimate child of Clark Gable. He had an affair with Suzanne Pleshette while he was married.
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