{"id":190,"date":"2024-09-20T04:20:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T04:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/?p=190"},"modified":"2024-09-20T04:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T04:20:45","slug":"day-7-a-privileged-friendship-part-1-by-amber-raine-aka-laura-moretti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"Day 7: A Privileged Friendship, Part 1 by Amber Raine (aka Laura Moretti)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was fortunate enough to share my fan videos with one of my utmost closest friends (who just happened to remarkably resemble Ken Hutchinson) and to be graced by his feedback. I have thousands of email exchanges with him over 14 years, and hours of recordings, so I didn\u2019t have time to research all of my threads about fan videos for this Countdown (many of those conversations took place over the phone or Skype), but herewith a couple of email exchanges.<\/p>\n

RE: KNOCKING ON HEAVEN\u2019S DOOR<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Laura<\/strong>:<\/span> I may have shared this with you already:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SMsBDFgAWFY<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

David<\/strong>:<\/span> Never seen it before. The best fan video I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

Laura<\/strong>:<\/span> If you\u2019re serious, then I\u2019ll admit to having done it. Cuz I did. If you\u2019re not serious, you\u2019re being sarcastic, then I\u2019ll hide my head under the pillow.<\/p>\n

David<\/strong>: <\/span>I\u2019m not being sarcastic and you know I\u2019m not. It\u2019s great! You did a brilliant job. Real classy… understated and it means something.<\/p>\n

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DREAMS THAT NEVER CAME TRUE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

RE: WE\u2019LL MAKE IT THROUGH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By Amber Raine (aka Laura Moretti)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=20zkvdVPBzk<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[January 3, 2023]<\/p>\n

David\u2019s review:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Subject: Written at 3 a.m.<\/p>\n

Hi there,<\/p>\n

Tried to Skype, but I\u2019m a little rusty and don\u2019t know if you got my msg and I didn\u2019t want to disappear another day. I even took a shower this morning because I was going to call. Temp is still up. 101 and still coughing and weak, but can see a light down the road.<\/p>\n

Quick thought\/note re: the S&H vid. I think we can include fewer hugs and holding moments. Try to build a sense that underneath the moments lies a deep friendship, but not obvious. Use day-to-day pieces\u2014work, action, small moments of connection and humor, etc. We can discuss. And then, at the end, the pay-off: ONE big hug… just ONE.<\/p>\n

Re: the music… is there any one of my tunes that might work? Or can we find a straight instrumental piece? I\u2019m probably making no sense. I really can\u2019t think clearly or creatively right now. The above was a reaction to what I saw. Point is, \u2018they\u2019 (meaning the fans) already know that we are BFFs. Now give them something a bit different. Friendship is built on trust. More later.<\/p>\n

Lots of love,<\/p>\n

Dxx<\/p>\n

[In a Skype call, after I informed him that the video was already finished and posted to the Internet, he suggested we create a Starsky & Hutch fan video together (from scratch) sometime.]<\/p>\n

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Starsky & Hutch were always on his mind; herewith just one instance:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hiya,<\/p>\n

About to call, but wanted to send this. Who do these guys remind you of? Cary Grant & Randolph Scott (roommates in a beach house in Malibu).<\/p>\n

BTW, if you have a copy [this makes me laugh because he KNOWS I do], would you send me the HUSKY & STARCH on the beach photo? I want to send it to [someone] who, rather than celebrating FREEDOM, was celebrating \u2018Straight Pride.\u2019 He just doesn\u2019t get it! I want to make a point.<\/p>\n

See you in a minute.<\/p>\n

Dxxx\"\"<\/a>Click on the image to view it larger.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[What David did with that HUSKY & STARCH beach photo; i.e., the point he was making, he never said\u2014except that I know he definitely appreciated Gay Pride as well as gay rights.]<\/p>\n

\"\"Click on the image to view it larger.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Beach photoshoot image that David referenced with \u201cWho do these guys remind you of?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Click on the image to view it larger.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was fortunate enough to share my fan videos with one of my utmost closest friends (who just happened to remarkably resemble Ken Hutchinson) and to be graced by his feedback. I have thousands of email exchanges with him over 14 years, and hours of recordings, so I didn\u2019t have time to research all of … Continue reading “Day 7: A Privileged Friendship, Part 1 by Amber Raine (aka Laura Moretti)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-fiction","category-sfw","category-slash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countdown.starskyhutchcalendar.net\/2024\/calendar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}