Popcorn 'N Roses

S:C will return this weekend sometime after all...YAY!

Well, everyone, it looks like Kim is in the clear again. She's probably getting out of the hospital today, so if she does get out, we MIGHT just have the Rising Stars show for the fourth after all...depends on how she feels, and how hot it gets in the studio. But if not, it should be ready for the usual slot on Sunday.

It might sound a bit weird though...i've come down with a really awful cold, and it sounds like it. I sound worse than I feel, though, so at least that's something.

So come hell or highwater, it looks like S:C will be back this weekend! YAY!

Subject:CINEMA is on a forced hiatus...

The rising stars will just have to hold their horses...and i'm sorry to have to announce that Subject:CINEMA is on a hopefully short but indefinate hiatus, due to the fact that one of the hosts is AWOL again...

After two weeks of clear sailing, after her last hospital stay, Kim got sick again last night, and was readmitted to the hospital this morning.  They have already taken new X-rays and an ultrasound, and will be doing another CT Scan this evening.

I am still of the believe that her recurring condition is being brought on by one of her medications, but no one will listen to me, even though she's showing all the symptoms of severe side effects for this drug, a blood pressure medication called Benicar HCL.

Needless to say she was pretty upset that she got sick again, and it hit suddenly. She had been fine up until Sunday, when her sinuses started to bother her, which was the first sign last time as well. Then yesterday, she trooped through work without a problem except she said she was getting the pain back in her stomach - it's like a muscle pain, a constant burning in the muscles in front of her stomach. Then late last night, the vomiting began - slowly, just once before bed, and then it really hit her bad this morning, and so we took her back to the ER.

The thing she's really pissed about is that the bruises from the IV tubes and blood tests from the first go round just healed..and she's not wanting more...

Anyway, thanks for your understanding. I know from your letters of support that you all understand, and that we'll be back as soon as we possibly can. I'll also see what I can do in the interim as fill in until she gets back.

Thanks so much for your time!

TC

Rising Stars schedule change - it's now a 4th of July tradition...(ahem, see below...)

You know, sometimes things just get you to the point where you want to throw the computer out the window...or in this case, adjoining electronics...

Our mic preamp went belly up, probably due to the heat, and we were just beginning to record this week's show. I've already ordered a replacement, but it won't be here until Tuesday at the earliest. So we've decided to revamp our schedule a bit, since we can't record a lick on mics until the new preamp gets here.

So we're gonna start a new tradition- beginning this year, and continuing on each year, the annual To Rise And Fall In L.A. Rising Stars list will be announced at 12 noon every year on July 4.  We're gonna make it our Independence Day tradition.

So although Subject:CINEMA will not be around until next Friday - thankfully next week's Daily Call shows were recorded this morning, before the preamp blew (and probably the reason WHY it blew) - you can look forward to our annual hoilday special, and we'll have 20 fantastic names to announce this coming Friday...and then our regular show next Sunday as well...

As the week goes on, i'll have a few other tidbits in the blog, and maybe I can concentrate a little bit on the PNR Connection stuff too...

We'll see you Friday with Subject:CINEMA #119 - To Rise And Fall In L.A. III - the 3rd annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list 2008!

Cheers, and thanks as always for your patience, understanding, and loyal listenership!

TC