One fold a day

So now I am thinking that I want to do one fold a day.
That could involve 140 passes times 4 through the photocopier.

First though it's paper chopping and flattening and cutting to size.

Ahoy there land in the distance..

RepetitionRepetitionRepetition

Today I cut paper, 300 sheets or there abouts.
I printed 2 different pages from Book 1.
I took the prints to Ecoprint to chop to size.

I had to measure each of the 300 pages because I had not lined them up to an edge but used the central line-up. This took a long time.

Each day I doubt I will be able to print the entire set of books for mid-September, just because it is physically impossible.

I have perhaps 15000 pages to print.
I have 64 days til Sept 9th. (excluding next week which I am away for...resting)
So, on average 234 pages to print a day.
The most of one page I have to print is 140.
So, if I aim to print 2 full sets of pages a day, that seems a little easier.

I know this is boring to read, but it is making things easier in my mind!
Here is a Butcher picture to lighten the content.

The gig that was a turning point

Reflection on the gig and listening to the audience has stirred me...... I realise we are achieving our desire to alter the gig going experience.... As I have ranted about in the past, the gig format is conservative and gig going should be anything but. Most gigs you know what you are getting, three bands on a stage, clapping, encore, then chucked out by security....but Stories From The Sonic Basement show it tantalised the audience by being full of unknowns. Led through darkness, which is not only disorientating but encourages listening in a more in depth way. Then the slow reveal of the room/building with solid harmonically fueled songs, not just weirdy beard noises to confuse and upset....thou we did do a bit of that too ....it's just too tempting, hee hee. We The Butcher's Of Common Sense, The Neutrinos, will continue the quest. I believe this gig is a turning point because we have done most of our experiments in art galleries and done unconventional shows inside conventional venues. This show was in a derelict tower block basement. We used the acoustic, we played with the building. We led the audience through the building......everyone loves nosing around buildings, or exploring places they wouldn't normally be allowed into. Every city and town has abandoned buildings. Every building has songs to be harvested......a sonic to explore. Our next set of shows we have been planning since Feb are called 'I Am A Building'. After Wednesday's show, I think it is the perfect choice.

A Low Ebb

I can't believe how much this is costing, It's mounting to more than my annual income.

What the hell am I thinking of?

I'm upsetting folks who lend out their photocopiers.

I'm pulling in favours and weighing heavy on others .

For what?

What for?

wrapping

amongst the printing, so much wrapping and labeling.

The secret skill of wrapping demonstrated here by S.

Fear and 29 days til completion

Today is a challenge, I am visiting a photocopier, a new one, It sounds good but I have no money to buy it.
Why would I be given it?
Can we be borrow it?
Can we negotiate a price?
Can we pay in installments?

I also need to visit the manager of Wicks to request a discount on paper.
We need to visit the Cloth House to negotiate felt prices.

I have to talk to people , ask for help, not stew and worry.

Book World

Yesterday the world that the book has created was at its most abundant.

The cast....
Steve, computer training 10.30am re debosing artwork for book cover
talk to HQ of Cloth House re felt purchase, can we get a deal/support in kind?
talk to Konica Minolta local rep , Mark re a replacement photocopier.
Dan at Service Point photocopying images on tracing paper for silk screening. 12.30pm
Lisa at Stew to expose tracings on silk screens 2.30pm
Konica 1216 photocopier at Stew, to flatten lining paper ready to chop to size.
John at Ecoprint to chop paper exactly to A3 on laser machine. 3.30pm
visit Henry at the Book Hive for pricing and release schedule advice 4pm
Norwich Arts Centre to use their super photocopier 6pm
Go to Planet Beet Fridge and make music noise 9pm
Wrap and label all printing.