Composing cool tunes for warm people
by Nicole Skeltys Week two on the set of the Warrior movie Last week, I brought down to the set of the Warrior movie a nice fat book called “Pennsylvania Spirituals” by Don Yoder (1961). I was working on Warrior as a full-time extra, my main duties consisting of cheering[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys My life as an extra on an action movie ( so far) Although I haven’t actually met Nick Nolte yet, or for that matter even clapped eyes on him, I now feel closer to Nick than any other Hollywood actor I’ve never met. And thats all of[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Hot tubs and city parks After only three days back in Pittsburgh, I found myself sitting in an frothy outdoor hot-tub on Mt Washington, framed by stunning views of the city. Bedecked with lurid plastic leis, with a handsome young gentleman by my side, I quaffed a[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys The Bliss Button A friend of mine who worked in the drug addiction field told me ages ago about a very simple series of medical research experiments where rats (rattus norvegicus strain) were given two buttons to push with two distinct outcomes: one button gave them food,[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Cosmic saloons and dangerous strangers The last fairly hastily posted blog was about T and I returning to Melbourne, to sell or stow our few remaining possessions, catch up with loved ones, then return to Pittsburgh to quickly resume our film work there and other commitments. As[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Twists of fate Tanya and I have been back in Australia for just over a week now. And in that short space of time, I have got some news which made me realize that my life over the last 2 years has actually turned into a series[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys There is a Zen saying: “Leap and the net will appear”. That was the spiritual justification T and I used to sell most of our worldly possessions in early 2008 and take off to the US with a tiny budget, almost no US contacts and (in my[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Truck and cow songs Here are some songs heard on local Montana radio, when T and I were staying at the Montana Artists Refuge in Basin in June last year: “America Moves By Truck” – (sung with semi-religious enthusiasm over an anthemic driving country rock arrangement): (chorus)[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys On Friday night, Tanya was bouncing around in front of the bathroom mirror in her new slinky black stovepipes, rock and roll stud belt, black skivvy and red neckerchief. She was getting ready to go out and see a concert with Scott and was sparkling with happiness.[…]
Read More »by Nicole Skeltys Man About the HouseWhere I have settled in Pittsburgh, the freight trains wait until dusk then come out like great mechanical cows and commence their lowing which continues long into the evening, increasing their frequency in the early hours. I am a poor sleeper, waking often in[…]
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