The horror movie gig rolls in and in one part I’m supposed to play \u201cThree Blind Mice.\u201d No problem. Later, I glance at the contract and my lawyer\u2019s masterpiece says I\u2019m composing all original music. So I send him a polite little note: hey, the production expects a classic nursery tune. Maybe sprinkle in some legal fairy dust so I don\u2019t get sued by ghosts of the 18th-century. He calls back sounding like Revenue Canada. Says it\u2019s registered, very serious, very official, it’s too late he says and I now owe five grand. Five. Thousand. Dollars. For what should be public domain. I start calculating who to write and how to tell them there’s a horrible error. I feel biblical-grade shit storm coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He says, \u201cApril Fools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The real horror, just my restored blood pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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