Archive for the ‘L.A. Stories’ Category



Tony and the Girls – part 3

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Meher in the courtyard of our motel.  Our room was #3 just to his left.The final chapter of “Meher, me, two strippers and a bodyguard”.
Interlude: A tale of two cops:

Cop one:

The first night I arrive in Los Angeles Meher picks me up at the airport and we set out in search of our original accomodations, Deano’s Motel in Culver City. Just as we accidentally pass the motel a police cruiser pulls up behind us and hits our rearview with this tremendous spotlight, blinding Continue reading.

The Continuing Story of Tony, Erika and Leah

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Meher with Leah's stuffed animalsPart two of: What happened to Trevor and Meher while they were in L.A. together composing the score for Reasons To Live.

April 3, 1998.
Stopped working on the score at just after 4am last night. I tried to stay up with Meher but I sort of drifted off at about 3:30. At 12:38 today the phone rings and thus begins The Continuing Story of Tony and His Girls… Continue reading.

Meher, me, two strippers and a bodyguard

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Meher writing the score in our Royal Santa Monica motel room -April -1998
To continue the Reasons to Live retrospective, over the next few days I’ll be excerpting some journal entries that I wrote during the film’s creation.

As I’ve mentioned earlier, when it came time to write the score for Reasons To Live my composer, Meher Steinberg, was in Los Angeles seeking job opportunities. I couldn’t imagine anyone else doing the job and seeing as I was unhappily single and feeling somewhat Continue reading.