Three Miles To The Exit

By the early 1990s,"Three Miles To The Exit" was a staple song I'd include in all my travel tapes for the car. I always found this song a go-to tune, as the main lyrics, "three miles to the exit", were always appropriate for my task at hand. They seemed to have a deep meaning that provided me a host of feelings that always felt correct. As one who always hears the music before the lyrics, I can't even remember what this tune is about; and it doesn't matter. And I do know it was, and is, about anything I need it to be at any given time. But more importantly, the song makes me happy. I don't know why.

"Three Miles To The Exit" is from The Skeptics'album, Snallygaster. The following video was shot for the documentary, The Skeptics In A World Of Their Own, but it was not included in full. It reveals the boys on the way to practice at their secret location in Frederick, Maryland.

So, here's the full version, and who knows, maybe those of you reading this blog entry will find something in this song and we'll meet on the exit one day...or night:

 

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The Way They Stare

In the beginning, The Skeptics were a four piece band. They were fresh and hungry for some action. This was the beginning of a brilliant and swift rise on the local music scene, thanks to Ol' Hole Heels (OHH), who had discovered them and became their manager. Some critics say OHH was the fifth Skeptic. As many know by now, his influence on the band was larger than the Beatle's manager, Brian Epstein, and he has been compared to recording engineer George Martin for his huge musical influence, and has become known as the fifth Skeptic.

Though I love their work as a three-piece, I feel there was something very special and dynamic about their sound as a four-piece. It was a nice alchemy. The following scene is from the documentary, The Skeptics In A World Of Their Own. In this clip, we see rare footage from a 1984 video recording that was shot by Dick Davis in a warehouse located in Frederick, Maryland. This early footage captures one of my favorite, if not favorite, songs by The Skeptics when they were a four piece band.

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Moon Pie

Was watching the night sky last evening. Noticed there wasn't any moon to gaze upon. Well, I couldn't see it, but that doesn't matter. Just thinking about the moon made me flash back to a time during the filming of my documentary about The Skeptics. In the following deleted scene, the boys discuss an important journey:
 Moon Pie

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Flowing Into Spring

For those of you who have missed my earlier posts, just another reminder that my latest short documentary, The Flow Of Forsythe, about abstract artist Charles Eugene Forsythe, is now available for download at Film Baby for only 3.99!

Spring is just around the corner. It's a time of color and change. It's a time each year when nature begins to paint . So, welcome nature's fresh palette of color by taking a few minutes to visit Charles's world in The Flow Of Forsythe.