so, a few things: Tom Whedon is in fact my Dad. He also used to write
musicals before he worked in TV, so today he is either very proud or changing his name.

By the by, I'm LOVIN' next weeks ep. Michelle branch works great in it - I saw her in boston ('cause of Jesse) and one song completely gave me the feeling I wanted for ep 8. Didn't love it on the album though (overproduced) So Michelle and the boys recorded like the live version while touring, so it's not gonna sound like anything else, which is nice. Then she went out and became this big noise, which is great (she's very cool), and is playing on the ep her music helped shape. Synergy -- it's overwhelming.

The nerd troika. It's SO PATHETIC how much the writing staff IS those guys, and I do include me. We're constantly having nerdtriv arguments and realizing they must go in scripts. Adam Busch is great, isn't he? All those guys. Jeez, this is just my night for praisin' people, isn't it? Well, they deserve it.

And no, I wasn't thinking of "Now/Soon/Later" when I wrote "I'll never tell", but is there a better song in the world? My mother played Desiree in summerstock, she was the only one who ever dragged out that old warhorse "Send in the Clowns" and got TEARS from me. Hell of a woman.

joss says:
(Wed Nov 7 04:46:47 2001) [Edit/Delete]

No more shoutouts! Certainly not to Chris Beck and Jesse Tobias, the musical geniuses who guided me through this whole thing. How about Chris' overture? Trivwise, Jesse plays in Splendid, who has been on the show twice, is a great friend, handled the more rockin' end of the orchestration (but he and chris blended pretty seamlessly) and is also musical director and lead guitarist for Michelle Branch, who's appearing on the show next week. Whew!

joss, appearing not seeing red says:
(Wed Nov 7 04:40:00 2001) [Edit/Delete]

Kibs -- that was actually a bit high for James at the end, he loves the growlies, sings a lot of Waits and Springsteen. So in your face (is a smootch.)

I don't know if my Noxon shout out made it to the UPN board, so I'll reiterate - how cool is she? What a classic voice, like Emma's it's just perfect for a musical. Yay her.

I can't possibly praise all the people I have to praise right now, but I would like to comment on the people posting that they'd like "have my baby" or "be my sex slave". Let's be realistic here. That is SO COOL!

(Yeah, I'm still kind of a loser)

The short version will air I think a week from fri -- it was hell to do, but we pulled out "If Were together" entirely, plus a verse from spike and a verse from "Walk through the fire". Plus a messload of dialogue, the overture and Dawn's Ballet. All gone. So tonight -- and the inevitable if very far off DVD are the real versions of the show. The rerun is kind of like highlights.
Hopefully it still plays as a dramatic piece though, not a hodgepodge.

joss still says:
(Wed Nov 7 04:28:48 2001)

Kibs, I DID check their ranges. To whom in particualr were you referring?

joss wondering if he's still red says:
(Wed Nov 7 04:25:31 2001)

If red is Mere's color I'm happy to wear it. She just turned in a rockin' script for angel 11. Yet another coworker who's way too goodlookin' to be so talented.

KIBA! Hey, baby. Long time. Hope you enjoyed.

It's official, the UPN site has gone boom. I guess that means there was a big response. I hope.

joss, leaving says:
(Wed Nov 7 04:02:09 2001)

how'd I get so red?

joss, somehow needing a password? says:
(Wed Nov 7 04:01:08 2001)

Hemnoy! Things moving a little slowly over at the UPN site, thought I'd dropby one last time tonight. Speaking of the UPN site, yeah, kinks not worked out, but cut 'em some slack, they're trying hard to please us. They've never done this befroe, and nobody told them that picking up the show meant picking up the website as well. Anyhoo, i'm gonna go back there when it cools down. But while i'm here, can I just echo what that other guy said? I think it went something like this: Amber Benson.... Amber Benson...

Whether or not tonight's ep worked, i know this much: Musicals will never go away. They may hide, they may hibernate, but they endure. We've had some great examples lately (South park, Oh Brother, Moulin
Rouge, Magnolia) and there's gonna be more. They're like a drug. Gotta have 'em.

Sleepage. ANd I did post some stuff over at the Beta about ep 8 and whatnot. Lot's o fun.

yours ever, me.

so we're back
Posted by: Joss - Nov 06, 2001, 9:30 PM
Hey guys. Can't stay long -- it's late where I am. But wanted to holler to my west coasties, hope it went over well.

Actually, what I'm truly frightened about is that my Film Professor watched it with her class. I could be in huge trouble: the woman TAUGHT MUSICALS, for God's sake! Must hide.

How about them actor-types, huh?
Posted by: Joss - Nov 06, 2001, 7:16 PM
I just gotta give a thundering shout out to my kids. They inspire me, they make me make them work harder, and they always come through. First time I heard Tony sing it was at a charity function, I was cringing, he was gonna sing "ever breath you take" to a tape, it couldn't go well... ten seconds into it and, in the immortal words of a friend of mine, I think I'm a little gay. He's the golden throat. And James, who always tells me to do everything I dream of, then brings that intense voice and those cheekbones along for the ride... Amber... just, you know... Amber....

i mention those three in particular cause listening to them sing at my house really did light the fire to write them a musical. But EVERYBODY did such wonderful work, I can't even start. And not just the players -- wardrobe, lighting, set dec -- eveybody worked so hard on that ep, and UPN went to the Fuggin' MATTRESSES to get it out there to people. I'm very grateful. With the love and the hugging and also the gayness, where appropriate.

It's over! It's finally over!
Posted by: Joss - Nov 06, 2001, 7:05 PM
Well. that's that, then. I can't tell you what a relief it is to have it out there at last. The hugest undertaking of my life. I just feel so... so... Hemnoy. You know what I mean?