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Sleepless Angels
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Wooden Box Theater
Presents...
'I see a light above you, a circle that glows when you
walk by me'
'Sleepless Angels'
(Originally titled-Walking with the Dialogue)
An Audio Film
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Written and directed by
Dan Sherrill and Wooden Box Theater
Produced by Kilton Hopkins, Jamie Burd, and Dan Sherrill.
1996, 1998, 2005.
Originally released on cassette on French Love Journal
Records and Circus Records. 1998.
Filmed live on location on Michigan Avenue-Chicago, IL.
February, 1996.
Original cassette mastering done by Kilton Hopkins.
Backward masking recorded February of 1998 at Common
Press Studios DeKalb, IL.
Burned to CD by Jamie Burd. November 2005.
The cassette originally came with the following in its
insert-
'This is an open air recording, if you appear on it for
any reason, and it goes to the top of the charts, you'll
be a star. Inspired by the music videos for Natalie
Merchant's 'Carnival,' and 'Anybody Seen My Baby,' by the
Rolling Stones.
Without these people, this record would not be here-The
music of Harry Connick Jr, Pink Floyd, Jeff Lynne, and
Van Dyke Parks. Natalie Merchant, Peter Bergman, and Rudy
Galindo.
The original thank you list included in the cassette
insert-
Special thanks for guidance and support and secret
keeping-Jennifer Richards, Ashley Mason, The Circus(all 9
of us), Portishead, the band Reggie, Tara McCabe, Tricia
Heron, Roger Waters, Tori Amos, Belinda Maureen Short, M.
Liszka, Chris, Nick and Paula from Downtown Discs, Sue,
C. Magnusson, Amanda and Dawayne from John St. Violet,
Jewel Kilcher, A. Morrissette, Fiona Apple, R. Gianino,
Van Dyke Parks, Ben Evans, Leo, Cole, A.J. and Caitlin
Deschanel, Kami, Matt Carlson, Ben, and Tim Campbell, and
Rachel Petty.
The Original Poems included in the liner notes-
The Last Ballad
The director makes this the last
ballad, but no ones wants to leave
the dance, as they have all found
true love, under the shadow of
our heritage. So the music stops
and everyone goes home, but
out of the shadows of the people
leaving, she walks by him. She
suddenly remembers his name.
Alone and quiet, he asks her to
dance, and for the first time
she says, 'Yes.' So without
music or an audience,
they dance together...
Lady Violet
"While you persist in preventing
me from dancing with the lady
she walks further away. Further
away from me. I don't understand
why this is happening. I don't know
an answer to give to her. Tomorrow
she will look at me and wonder just
who I am and why I wanted so much
to be with her. We never talk, she
doesn't know my name. We have
never spoken to each other, but
she is in my thoughts and in my
world. That's something you can
never take away. The way our
eyes meet. If you try to turn
off the lights, the lady will never
leave my heart." A. Deschanel-1998
'Sleepless Angels' Facts
This was the second release on Circus Records out of
Sycamore, IL. It was also mentioned, under it's original
title, 'Walking with the Dialogue,' in an article about
the label in the DeKalb Chronicle around the time of
preparing for its cassette release. The first release on
the label was, of course, The Circus' own 'Transients
Welcome.'
The walk path for the film was from the Hilton Towers in
Chicago to the Tribune Tower. Both on Michigan Avenue.
Some scenes were captured very close to a tour boat on
the Chicago river. And close to an awesome set of
drummers who just felt like setting up outside at about
11pm! That's Chicago for you.
The tape was sold at Northern Lights Bookstore, where
'Alia and the Boy' was performed live, Record Revolution,
where I'd made a huge poster advertising it, and
Hemispheres, which sold the most copies of anywhere they
were taken to. The tape set a new standard for store
catagorization. Where do you catagorize an audio film?
Suddenly a new genre was born!
Another trip to Chicago with the handheld recorder
actually enabled me to tape record a street peddler
stealing $75 from me. The police that night said I
couldn't use it to get the guy who did it, since it's
technically illegal to record people without them knowing
about it. Even though I had the guy's voice on tape. But
I still got to ride in the front seat of a Chicago Police
car trying to pick out a few suspects they'd caught. None
of them were the guy who stole from me. Imagine that! I
kept it for ages, the footage on tape. I wanted The
Circus to include it on their CD. Just in case, of
course, the idiot happened to own it and press play on
his CD player just to hear his own voice. That would've
been a wake up call!
Recording the backward masking for the poetry opening and
closing of the movie was one of the funnest things I've
ever done. It took a few takes to get it right, and
luckily the producer, Kilton Hopkins, was patient. I was
researching the secret message craze of the heavy metal
explosion of the 70's and 80's and how all these bands
from Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd had hidden messages on
their CD's. If you play ours backwards there's a few
poems, that in all honesty I've heard played forwards
maybe twice ever. It'd be interesting to find a way to
play the tape backwards again. Maybe the people on the
street are passing each other coded messages...You never
know.
Stay tuned for more!
Date Published: 2008-05-13 00:33:17
Identifier: SleeplessAngels
Item Size: 138015682
Media Type: audio
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