Well, dear readers, our annual Tony bash was lively and sparkling, as always. If you missed any of the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs, do check it out, all five hundred plus posts worth. Prior to the Tony Awards, I had a very lovely and restful day. I walked to the local Farmer’s Market, ate breakfast at Du-Par’s, then relaxed in the home environment. I needed a break from doing anything at all, and now I shall be recharged and ready to go this very day. I intend to do quite a bit of writing on various things, I intend to work on the booklets for the two Kritzerland CDs, I intend to see Mr. Grant Geissman, and I intend to engage a pressing plant for our CDs. I intend to master After the Ball, I intend to ship off the Guy Haines album for mastering, and I intend to attend a meeting at six-thirty. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
As to the Tony broadcast, some of it was fine, most of it was not so fine, and some of it was truly reprehensible. Whatever was going on with the conductor was awful – he/she simply was not following the singers, and they obviously couldn’t see the conductor, so it was his/her job – I assume he/she had headphones and a TV monitor, so I’m at a loss as to why it was happening. They really need to give this show back to people who understand theater, not TV. The TV/concert lighting was hideous and unacceptable – done specifically for TV viewers. They need to move the show back to a real theater. That way we won’t have to endure these ridiculous teenage groupies who fill the two cavernous balconies of the Radio City Music Hall. They don’t really need the money they charge for those seats – at least they shouldn’t need the money. It would be like selling tickets to the Oscars – it demeans the ceremony and makes it amateurish. I’m still available to produce this show.
My neck is in poor shape and has been for a few days. I need to book a massage very soon.
Well, wasn’t that an interesting paragraph? That paragraph speaks volumes, doesn’t it? Doesn’t that paragraph speak volumes? How many volumes? Fifty-three, to be exact. You see, this is what happens when you have a neck that is in poor shape and has been for a while. This is what you get when you need to book a massage very soon.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below, because I believe we will be speaking volumes in the next section.
For those who were wondering if I officially started some kind of diet yesterday, the answer is yes. I started a diet wherein I never stopped eating all day. This diet does not work, and I shall be officially starting some kind of new diet today. I shall keep you posted on its progress.
I also need to get a haircut very soon.
My goodness, that was a paragraph, wasn’t it? That paragraph, consisting of one sentence, speaks volumes, doesn’t it?
So, I shall be coming to Portland very soon to do a reading/signing, and to have a hainsies/kimlets get-together. I’ll have complete details for you very soon, and I’m hoping to see each and every one of the area’s hainsies/kimlets. What fun we shall all have. We shall laugh and laugh, and just when we think we can’t laugh any more, we shall laugh again.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must write, I must do errands, I must go, go, go (that is three gos), and then I must toddle off to a meeting. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your all-time favorite cast recordings – the ones you consistently pull out and play – the ones that, for you, capture perfectly the musical they represent? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, and make sure your posts speak volumes.