Jim Gilchrist

Biggest downside is the silicone itself. Gloves are required and it can be hard to clean up. Other than that, it's nonconductive, goes where you put it and stays there. Stays on my clothes and in my beard no matter how careful I am.

I've had success by building out in the open and then after testing to be sure the pad is working as intended potting the whole mess thing with silicone. Hard to repair, but so's any pad. Best regards, Jim

The quiet Beatle joined everything in one unified consciousness on November 29, 2001.

It's fitting in a way that Randy Newman gets spot 1,000 since he's really made his living mostly by scoring films since the early '80's. I think the I Love LA posted above is from the 2013 R'n'R Hall of Fame concert. Hard to believe Newman wasn't inducted until then. Thanks, Christian and Crew, for making this part of the forum happen. It's a big part of what makes this group a special place. Best regards, Jim

Evidently Paul McCartney, a pretty decent tunesmith in his own right, once referred to this guy as our greatest living songwriter. Happy birthday to Randy Newman who is on my radio in honor of his 72nd birthday. Pretty awesome to be post number 1,000 in this thread!

Jimi's on my radio today on what would have been his 73rd birthday.

I personally wouldn't recommend the CUBs unless used as intended. They are boundary layer mics and work best on a hard surface (the boundary). We used them on the scene we did that day to save time for post. The big LED panels used to light and make refections in the car and car windows are loud but the post folks have dealing with it down pat. I would recommend what's right for the situation at hand. I often use Schoeps MK4 or 41 capsules on collette cables and the MK6 in cardioid mode works in some situations, but they're no longer available new. Lavs on the visors work well sometimes, and I've found that Trams are really well suited for this application. CUBs work for some setups. The little DPA goosenecks can work great too. All told, the HOC driving shot method has ruined me as far as working on any towed car shot goes. So quick and easy and sounds great when handled correctly. Just like hiding lavs on talent no one method works for every situation and the same solution might work great before lunch and not at all after. Best regards, Jim

And most of the car shots are greenscreen on a special stage (the cooler) with the windshield removed and often the door on the camera side is removed as well. Chris Kellett posted a great pic linked here of the setup in that thread. The one "driving" setup I did on a season 2 second unit took a couple of hours start to finish and on an insert trailer it would likely have taken 8+ hours. Best regards, Jim

In honor of their shared birthday today, I'll be listening to both Booker T. Jones (72 today) and Neil Young (70 today).

I knew about Toussaint, the songs he'd written and acts he's produced before the first time I saw him perform live, opening one of the shows for Little Feat at the Lisner Auditorium in August of '77 that became the album Waiting for Columbus. He had a big band that included the Tower of Power horn section. He was incredible as was the band and his arrangements. I saw him a couple of other times over the years, the last time playing with a quartet at Blues Alley, a medium-sized nightclub. He was touring to raise money for performers who had lost everything to Katrina. A few songs into his set he did his famous medley of hits he'd written, with alternating verse-chorus-verse and chorus-verse-chorus of an amazing string of songs which went on for 15 minutes or so. During the show he spoke about wanting to protect the legacy of Professor Longhair and attributed the benefits he was playing on his trip to selfishly wanting to bring the music he loved back to New Orleans where it belonged.

Legendary songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint died Monday while on tour in Spain. He was 77. See more here.

If you're comfortable with working in the terminal, it's possible to disable notifications completely. JG

Michael, If you don't use Pages, Numbers and Keynote, delete them. Shouldn't be a problem if you use Word, Excel and Powerpoint. If you want to get rid of all the stuff associated with them (preferences, installers, etc.) download the appropriate trial version of Reggie Ashworth's great app, AppDelete. If you just want different document types to always open with a particular app, go to an example of the particular file type in the finder on your machine and open the get info window for the file by highlighting one and pressing the command key and the i key. There will be an "Open with" pulldown that will present you with all the app types capable of opening the file in the resulting window. Simply pull down to the application you want to use and then click on the "Change All" radio button. This behavior has been a part of the Mac OS for a long time. You can change how you're notified about updates in System Preferences by selecting the App Store preference pane. If you deselect "Automatically check for updates" the notifications for application updates should stop. You will also stop getting notices for security updates, if that's at all important to you. Notifications are my least favorite parts of both iOS and OS X. Their appearance in OS X is part of the slide towards a uniform experience on all Apple platforms. Best regards, Jim PS: If you like Reggie's app, consider buying it. He's a great guy and very responsive to users of his products.

It should be noted that Jay Sedrich was sentenced to ten years probation in addition to a $10,000 fine. The terms of that probation prohibit him from working as a first or second AD or as a crew supervisor. Teaching college classes in unit management or ADing might not technically be a violation of those terms but seems pretty close to the edge. Best regards, Jim

Contact information for the President and the Dean of Columbia College: Richard Kobritz, MA, DGAPresident/CEOrkobritz@columbiacollege.edu Alan L. Gansberg, M.A.Dean of the College(818) 401-1032agansberg@columbiacollege.edu Bet regards, Jim

Baltimore's own Caleb Stine and the Brakemen are on my radio today in anticipation of filmmaker Mike O'Leary's doc "It Would Not Let Me Be" which premiers at Maryland Institute College of Art on October 29, 2015. More from the band:

The linked Aljazeera America article talks about unsafe working conditions at B & H's warehouses. In light of our industry's increased focus on safe working conditions the story offers several reasons for us to patronize our industry-specific suppliers. Best regards, Jim http://america.aljazeera.com/multimedia/2015/10/bh-workers-claim-discrimination-unsafe-standards1.html?utm_content=main&ut

Thanks, Scott. Sam Moore turns 80 today. One half of "Double Dynamite," Sam & Dave. Moore maintains that he and Dave Prater went 13 years without speaking to one another and the middle part of their time performing together was chancy for fans with one or the other and even sometimes both failing to show up to shows. Here with 2 pretty great bands, Booker T. & the M.G.'s with the Mar-Keys and Springsteen's touring band circa 2009.

Happy birthday, John Prine.

And color corrected images made by fans: http://imgur.com/a/a0jZ4

NASA has put all the images made by Apollo astronauts up on flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/albums

The Beatles and most particularly John Lennon are on my radio today in honor of what would have been Lennon's 75th birthday.

There's also a menu shortcut mode. You can "favorite" menu items when they're highlighted in the main menu screen by holding down the play key until a dot appears at the far right end of the menu item. Deselect by holding down the play key as well. Once you have some favorites you can move between them in the main menu screen with the FF and REW keys. Best regards, Jim

Happy 80th birthday to the Killer.

Steve, check with a marine supply place. Maybe West Marine. An 8 mm pin is roughly 5/16". Also try looking here: http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-quick-release-pins/=z53fuy. Best regards, Jim