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June 23 Talking about Fixing a holeSo. I reworked the booklet (just the page that needed fixing). Sent it to the printer and decided I'd eat the cost of getting the booklet re-printed. It would be easier to do this than to try and fudge the fact that the booklet isn't perfect. Got to keep the customer satisfied.
Printer says "yeah, easy to do , will be ready Wednesday".
It's now Friday. Are they ready ? Are they fuck....
AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Quote Fixing a hole June 22 Instant Karma's going to get youSo I stay up until 1:00am assembling 500 CDs and getting them ready to send to a school the next day. I wanted to make sure they got them at least a day before they actually needed them. To do this I paid a courier €100 to deliver.
Prior to this I pulled in a favour and got someone to do the printing & duplicating for me because the label design they wanted didn't look as good as it should have when printed on my inkjet-based CD duplication system.
I had also created 4 different edits of the CD (a live recording of a concert made back in February). I smoothed out a situation with one of the artists who had forgotten to tell his manager and record label that he had allowed someone to record him in performance.
A friend of this school agreed to design the booklet and backliner. Turns out she is a professional graphics person and used to work (at sleeve design) for a major record label. An awesome piece of work - I was very impressed.
I phoned the principal of the school to ask if the CDs had arrived and if everything was ok. Yes he said. "I'm reasonably pleased".
WHAT THE FUCK ? You're REASONABLY pleased ? Well you bollox I'm REASONABLY PISSED OFF. You got an amazing live album at a brilliant price and you're REASONABLY PLEASED ? Go fuck yourself buddy.
Why 'reasonably' ? Well it turns out that he wanted some low-quality photos taken on the night of the concert included in the booklet for the CD. Well why didn't you say so at one of the 4 sets of proofs you were sent ? Oh... and he should have remembered to ask me to edit out some of the MC's dialog from the recording. Not for any particular reason... he just wished he had asked me.
So "I'll pop an invoice in the post... I don't suppose you could get a cheque to me next week could you ? I've paid the printer and duplicator and it's the end of the school year next week".
Could he fuck. He'd have to look at the invoice. I know this fucker is not going to be happy that even though I've given him a 10% discount on the already excellent price that he's going to drag out paying me.
Instant karma's gonna get you mate. Gonna knock you right on the head.
June 15 Fixing a holeAh bollix in anyway.
I took delivery this evening of 1000 booklets and backliners for two of the CDs I've just produced. Both look better than I expected (I'm very pleased). But But But. On Page 3 of one of the booklets there's a blank bit where a word should be. Oh. And it looks shite - the test was just too close to the safe area on top and it looks like a title has been cut off (it hasn't).
So, Do I just send it on or do I take the hit and pay the printer to run off 500 more ?
I have time... the CDs aren't due to be delivered until monday-week. June 09 I am the bread man. Goo goo g'joob.Hmmm. Turnover.
Oh boy it's been a long time since I experienced fresh, still warm turnover.
Sometimes the crust would be charcoal-like but still gorgeous. Like eating honeycomb without the sugar.
I was always fascinated by the range of colours in the crust. Black through to milky brown. And how the side
would lend itself to peeling off small flakes and wisps of bread.
Yum. Who needs butter with bread like that ?
I'll bet I won't find it in Tesco either...
I looked for an online image but couldn't find any.... so you'll just have to imagine along with me. Turn Me On Dead Man"Billy was the man widely regarded as the real fifth Beatle after he played keyboards on Let It Be , The White Album and Abbey Road and was the only non-Beatle apart from George Martin to get a co-writing credit on a Beatles album. "
AARGGGH !
All it takes is one lazy journalist to write this crap and it gets circulated as fact. Even on the BBC !
1. He didn't play on the White Album.. ok ?
2. He didn't get a co-writing credt. . .
3. Neither did George Martin
Yeah. I'm grumpy. Sod It.
I love the way there's an explanation in case you're confused as to who is who in that photo of Billy & George.
Now. Go and listen to Mr. Preston at the Concert For George. Sublime.
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