Toren Atkinson’s Absolute Blog

I’m getting pretty excited about the new album, The Shadow Out of Tim. I hope I can pull off all the storytelling I need while still maintaining just the right amount of rockage - which is, for your information, 100% rockage. When we go into the studio in December I’m pretty sure we’re going to be recording about 13-14 tracks. Two of which will not appear on the album but will be saved for the subsequent album. But don’t worry, you’ll hear them at our live show next Saturday.

Speaking of music, I listened to “Concerto for Clarinet (Part I and II)” by Artie Shaw today, and I was blown away. Briefly, Artie Shaw was one of those wartime jazz bandstand musicians (Glenn Miller being the most famous) and Shaw was famous for his clarinet playing. This youtube clip from some movie has about three and a half minutes of the nine minute track I have on my iTunes. My other favourites he performed are Someone’s Rockin’ My Dreamboat (with Ella Fitzgerald I’m sure) and Just Kiddin’ Around. Go find them.

ps I can’t get enough of that crazy lingo as seen in Jeepers Creepers (not the film).

To, Cc and Bcc (link to original article)

First, there are the users who have no idea that the ‘Cc’ exists. Every address is listed in the ‘To’ even if the email is only directed to one person. In cases such as this the receivers have no clue as to who should take action so either they all do something or they all do nothing.

Secondly, there are users who feel that every single e-mail should be copied to their entire address book whether it’s relevant to those receiving it or not. These are the ‘cry for attention’ crowd.

Lastly, there are users who never read the names of the people who receive a copy of an e-mail. They are the ‘Did you see this?’ crowd. For example, person X sends an e-mail to persons A, B and C. C immediately forwards it to A and B with the question ‘Did you see this?’ not bothering to see that X already sent A and B copies.

The addresses in the ‘To’ are for the people you are directly addressing. The addresses in the ‘Cc’ are for the people you are indirectly addressing. Copy only those who need to be copied; not your entire universe of contacts. The addresses in the ‘Bcc’ are like ‘Cc’ except that the addresses in ‘To’ and ‘Cc’ do not know that the addresses in the ‘Bcc’ are included in the conversation. The ‘To’ and ‘Cc’ addresses are blind to the ‘Bcc’ addresses.

Quite often* when I send an email to a bunch of people I’ll put everyone in the BCC, because some of my friends might not want their email spread around to people they don’t know, even if they do have me in common.

*And other times I forget.

Have you seen The Departed yet? No? Well I’m about to talk about it, particularly the ending.

You’ve been warned.

Sometimes a film tries so hard to be anti-Hollywood that it becomes Hollywood. Especially when it IS Hollywood. And that’s what struck me about the ending of The Departed, which I was quite enjoying until it got to that point. First 4/5ths of the film: 8 out of 10. Last fifth of the film: 4 out of 10 what with all the shenanigans.
PS - anyone know why it’s called The Departed?