8: The Final Cut
Posted in Diary posts on February 15th, 2010 by Peter Baker15 February 2010
Tony the Tiger update: Tony has taught himself to read music. Four months ago he still thought musical stave lines directly represented guitar strings. Now he can sight read ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’. It’s remarkable. It’s like living with a curmudgeonly east-London version of Jimmi Hendrix. We’ve lined Tony up a gig at next summer’s Peace Fest. He’s hoping he’ll attract some groupies.
December was mental. By the 4th I had the month planned out hour-by-hour to ensure I used every moment for the penultimate editing and review sessions – picking through text with my heroic copyeditor, sitting in kitchens soaking up reaction, protracted arguments about the presentation of ideas, then head down: actioning, tweaking, adjusting and fine-tuning.
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