Sunday, September 30, 2007

Stumbling onto a Film Set

Walking through the South End yesterday we came across a film crew for the movie Bachelor No. 2 filming a scene. First in a small courtyard we saw what looked like an interview with Alec Baldwin. He was in a chair with lights on him and the interviewer seated opposite him just a little further away than you'd expect. Lights, a single camera and a large light-colored backdrop. We guessed it was for the DVD extras. Further back, behind some brownstones that are fortunate enough to have their own parking we saw a scene being setup. Around a car were four actors preparing. We recognized Jason Biggs and Dane Cook and saw some other guy and a woman who turned out to have been Diora Baird, who I've never heard of. Kinda cool but also disappointing to be reminded how boring a film set is.

We were actually on our way to the Beantown Jazz Festival. I learned that it was very crowded with very slow moving people, had lots of food booths that looked really not appetizing, and a few stages with music playing that wasn't very loud so didn't carry far. We went at the very end and heard briefly a latin female vocalist, a modern jazz fusion group and what was billed as a big band but was really bop with a large number of players. I only cared for the last but standing in a baseball field with dirt blowing into our faces I realized there was a reason jazz is usually listened to in small dark clubs while sitting around small tables drinking. Gotta try things at least once.

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