Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 08:22 AM PST

What does porbably mean??

probably*, excuse me.

Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 08:23 AM PST

I'm wearing a pair of khaki knee-lenght shorts, a clean white T-shirt, white ankle socks and blue canvas deck shoes and my hat from Universal Studios as I sit in my office working madly on the Ford Foundation.

I don't own a car and haven't for 23 years but when I'm on the Isle of Long with my Anthony and he's driving his car we listen to compilation tapes made by him containing everything from musical stylings from early 78rpm records to camp classics like music from Valley of the Dolls, and everything in between.

Posted by Ben @ 08/02/2003 08:32 AM PST

P.S., I'm not mad about working on the Ford Foundation, just working madly to finish it, but you knew that, right?

Posted by Ben @ 08/02/2003 08:33 AM PST

I don't drive, so I really shouldn't have any opinions about driving music. However, since the move from Long Beach to Delaware looms (complete with warp and woof), I shall soon be going through our magnificent CD collection, deciding which discs to pack and ship with the movers and which to pack in a box that will travel with us in the car. Yes, it is true, we are DRIVING to Delaware!

We are driving to Delaware with the dogs, to be precise (providing the woof in that loom I mentioned earlier), because we really can't see loading them into carriers and shipping them in the air cargo hold. They wouldn't like that at all, and it's far too dangerous. Kelsey, the grumpy and very old daschund (seventeen years old, to be precise) would not ship in an cargo hold well at all. He needs loving, and reassurance, and music. So I'll be going through our CD collection, picking out music for the long drive.

Fortunately, my ever-loving der Brucer and I (the warp of the loom, of course) like the same kinds of music most of the time. There will be lots of showtunes. There will be movie soundtracks. There will be some light classical. There may even be some jazz, but not much because we aren't jazzy. DR Lulu's post reminds me that we also have some classic 50s collections, which will make a great change of pace from the other music. (Thanks, Lulu!)

There will also be a cooler filled with sodas and teas and the makings of sandwiches, and plenty of doggie biscuits (big biscuits for big Marty, little biscuits for little Mikey, and soft chewey treats for Kelsey). There will be our digital camera close to hand, because this will be the one chance I'll have to see our country at ground level instead of flying over it all. There will be a wallet full of cash, for when we stop at those roadside places for other meals and rest stops, because I want to collect a few regional cookbooks if I can. The adventure awaits!

Aside from that, all I've been doing lately is adjusting to my new glasses, both pair. The dividing line on my new bifocals is different from the older pair, which is frustrating. What is more frustrating is working with my new computer glasses. Don't get me wrong, I love having glasses that have the focal point specifically made for the distance between myself and the computer screen. What is frustrating is when I leave the computer to get something from the kitchen, and suddenly everything is fuzzy and threatening to run into me because I can't see them clearly. I'm just going to have to get used to the idea of switching glasses on a regular basis. It's just going to take some time.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 08/02/2003 08:39 AM PST

Weekend treat for everyone... Juliana's Journal has been updated!

Posted by Craig @ 08/02/2003 08:39 AM PST

My, My, all the things that I missed
when I was not online!
I am afraid that I should not have
asked for the e-mail pictures from
Jason: Their size has made my e-
mail quite fershluganah. It will not
receive.
There have been claims made on
Mr. Brent Barrett, so I suppose that I
should not get in on those, but might
I claim the heretofore unclaimed
Danny Gurwin? I believe that I will
find a good use for him, oh yes
indeed a good use. We can have
each other's babies.

Posted by Hapgood @ 08/02/2003 09:06 AM PST

My favorite music during drive time are instrumentals (mostly big band) or those Bobby Darin "build" recordings. Anything with a strong beat and uncluttered arrangements.

I'm dressed and ready to depart for sundry errands in my navy slacks and favorite wrinkle-free, cotton Levi's print blouse and tan sandals.

P.S. Jason Graae is a member of Cabaret West. Did you know he'll be one of the singing cows in the upcoming (Summer 2004) Disney animated musical "Home On the Range" with a score by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater?

Posted by Donna - Cabaret West @ 08/02/2003 09:35 AM PST

Good afternoon, all. I'm just about to hie myself away to the laundromat for a full afternoon of washing. Fun, huh?

Phil: Pictures are sent. Don't get too worried about MUSIC MAN. Five days before we opened PIMPERNEL, we hadn't been fitted for costumes, we had no set, we still didn't have full scripts or scores, and we hadn't even finished blocking act one, let alone act two. You'll be fine.

Posted by Jason @ 08/02/2003 09:36 AM PST

I have an inkling that today will be a slow posting day. Who came up with the word inkling in that context? Does it have anything to do with ink?

Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 09:46 AM PST

Morning, all:

Like many of the early posters, I usually go for eclectic variety in my music listening on long drives. Sometimes it can be a bit jarring, such as when the final strains of a Mahler symphony are immediately followed by ABBA Gold. Still, that's how I enjoy things.

I'm in a pair of ratty gym shorts and flip-flops, as I just finished washing the floor of my kitchen. I've two dogs who spend most of their time in the kitchen, so let me tell you, that floor needed cleaning!

Whilst cleaning and posting, I am listening to my regular Saturday morning opera show. (You can hear it, too, at www.kusc.org.) Today they are featuring four great tenors and they just played the first act duet from OTELLO with Franco Corelli and Teresa Zylis-Gara in a live performance from 1972. My goodness, that man could sing! I consider myself very lucky to have heard/seen him on a number of occasions at the Metropolitan Opera when I was a college student in New York.

Posted by Jay @ 08/02/2003 09:56 AM PST

Traveling music....if I am directing or choreographing a show...I make a mix of songs...usually I put them on a tape playing the same song five times in a row...by the time the trip is over...I KNOW the song.

IF I am NOT working on anything, I like to listen to musicals from start to finish OR an OVERTURE mix that I made. Someone else has talked about his as well....just an entire tape of OVERTURES to musicals. A lot of fun...and you can sing the parts you know!

Green docker walking shorts, white socks, white short sleeve pullover shirt, blue JoeBoxer briefs.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 10:13 AM PST

I hate Bucks County Playhouse. More specifically, I hate the producer. I just received a call stating that we have changed the schedule from doing one week of PIMPERNEL and two weeks of TITANIC to 2 weeks of PIMPY, for which I make less money, and only one week of TITANIC. I am contracted for the original agreement, and I have already called the Artistic Director to let him know that I expect to recieve the contracted amount of money. Ultimately, if he calls back and says no, then I can tell him that I'm not going back. If they do not pay me the amount that we agreed upon, then they will have already broken their contract with me, and I will really have no further obligation to them. Its not a great sum of money...in fact, its only $25...but that's also the cost of the bus ride one-way to the theatre, and besides...its the principle of the thing. If I'm going to pack up my life and move to the bug-infested Poconos for three weeks, then I'm gonna get every last dime that they promised me. How do ya like them apples, BCP??

Posted by Jason @ 08/02/2003 10:20 AM PST

Hey all. I love to drive and music is important. It's always good to have upbeat music. Overtures are great and anything by ABBA. I just got in from my morning walk, wearing grey shorts and a blue t-shirt. Time to get moving, though. Shower then 2 - count them - 2 performances of "The Sound of Music" - one of which, for half, I have to cover the harp who has a wedding to do. To go with Jason's BCP playhouse story, with this production of SOM, we found out the day of the first cast meeting that they added a matinee. Didn't ask the cast or even the orchestra. It could have easily been "The Sound of Silence"

Posted by Matthew @ 08/02/2003 10:45 AM PST

Matthew: Unfortunately, it is in our contracts that they can add an extra performance should they choose to do so. They did it to the VICTOR/VICTORIA cast. I don't think, however, that they had a clause in there to switch the number of performance weeks, thus changing our pay. That does suck, though, when they spring things on you, doesn't it?

Posted by Jason @ 08/02/2003 10:50 AM PST

My favorite driving songs are "See the USA in your Chevrolet" and "Come away with me Lucille In My Merry Oldsmobile".

Jason - Try to get an agent to see you at the Poconos and then he can sign you and worry about the contract stuff.

Comments on two of yesterday's last minute posts:

Tom of Oz, the best version of "Once Upon a Time" I've ever heard is by Mabel Mercer. It's on an old Decca LP and I don't know if it was ever released on CD.

I too love Leslie Uggams. I think the reason she never became a bigger star is that she was nver able to over come the image of the cute little girl from "Singalong With Mitch". She's even good in non-musicals. Leslie and Stokes almost overcame the stereotyped characters they were forced to play in KING HEDLY a couple of years ago.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 08/02/2003 10:58 AM PST

I love listening to The Manhattan Transfer when I have a long trip. I have all of their albums…and much more, thanks to some very recent Internet-broadcast live concerts! I also love musicals, of course. When I have a long drive, I usually pick shows that I haven't listened to in a while. I have a portable CD player at work (and cordless headphones) so I listen to a lot of CDs throughout the week.

Today, I'm actually going to work to make up some time from this week. I recorded on my computer hard drive the Broadway cast album "Two's Company" with Bette Davis (I don't think she's that bad) and the soundtrack to "Mack the Knife" with Raul Julia and Julia Migenes (hey, if they'd gotten married, she'd be Julia Julia!). I put them on CD-RWs so that I can preview them before the final burn. "Two's Company" is really beyond hope of cleaning up (way too much crackling and popping--no skips, though), but it's still listenable. That's what I'll be listening to at work today (a holdover from yesterday's topic o' the day).

I'll be wearing (not at the moment, but when I leave the apartment) olive green shorts and a Hawaiian shirt with big red flowers, palm trees and Woodies all over it. Not THOSE kinds of woodies, but the old fashioned car, the Woody… sort of a precursor to the station wagon and SUV with fake (faux) wood side paneling (hence the name). I don't know who designed this shirt (I got it at Fred Meyer), but it's funky and people really like it. It's the only Rayon shirt that I've ever owned and it's quite comfortable.

Posted by George @ 08/02/2003 11:10 AM PST

I just pre-ordered the HOUSE OF WAX on DVD. It contains the original MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM on it as well. To be released on Tuesday!

There are several 3-D movies being sold on EBAY right now - the instructions say that the shutter-3D glasses must be used...I assume those are the black and white glasses not the blue/red glasses. Has anyone had any home experience with these glasses and are they generally available?

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 11:19 AM PST

Grey CK boxer briefs at the moment. About ready to shower, slip into a pair of khaki dockers and a silk shirt and run a few piddling errands.

"Swishy shorts"? That's a term I'd never heard before. Thanks, DR Sarah! Now, when I see someone swishing down the street, I'll know it's because of his shorts! [g]

I don't drive long distances, so I usually just turn on the radio when I want music in the car.

I haven't gone CD in the car yet...just cassette...and I don't DO cassettes much any more.

Here's a question for BK who has not had time for Ask BK day in recent weeks:

What would it take -- really -- to make this site the most popular site on the internet? Is there a standard?

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 12:18 PM PST

I have lots of composite tapes that I made to play in my car:

There are the showtune composites; tapes of fifties/early sixties rock 'n roll (pre-British invasion with an emphasis on doo-wop); I even have my "cowboy songs" composite tape...and I hasten to add, I mean COWBOY, not country and western...We're talking Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie/ Sons of the Pioneers/ Marty Robbins/ Michael Martin Murphy/Ridin' Down the Canyon kinda stuff...I'm a sucker for cowboy songs.

The radio station is usually tuned to that LA station that plays the Great American Songbook...though they could broaden their scope. How about less Linda Ronstadt or Barry Manilow doing standards along with Frank and the usual suspects and a little Johnny Hartman or Vic Damone or Bobby Short or Bruce Kimmel-produced artists.

Occasionally, I switch to the classical stations.

Posted by Charles Pogue @ 08/02/2003 12:40 PM PST

George -- Just curious. Is Mack the Knife different from Three Penny Opera?

For me, long road trips require OBC recordings.

Posted by TCB @ 08/02/2003 12:47 PM PST

Oh sorry -- Wearing a robe, with nothing underneath.

Posted by TCB @ 08/02/2003 12:48 PM PST

DR Ron Pulliam: click my name for a picture of somewhat-swishy shorts. Like those, only purple and more...swishy...:)

Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 01:12 PM PST

Whoops. There you go...the other was email.

Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 01:13 PM PST

Driving music, I always put in DISCOGRAPHY by The Pet Shop Boys and Bruce Springsteen's Greatest Hits for lengthy travel.
Short distances, it's usually an arrangement of whatever songs I happen to be working on learning.

Posted by td @ 08/02/2003 01:15 PM PST

Hey, Mr Pogue!

What about one of the greatest
REX ALLEN ?????

Posted by François @ 08/02/2003 01:21 PM PST

TCB, it's a movie version of Three Penny (or is it Threepenny) Opera by Weill & Brecht, using (mostly) the Marc Blitzstein translations.

Posted by George @ 08/02/2003 01:27 PM PST

George Wow. You learn somethig new every day at this site. Is it available on video or DVD? Is it worth seeing, or would you suggest staying with the CD?

Posted by TCB @ 08/02/2003 01:37 PM PST

Dear reader Sarah: Tease, tease, tease (that's three teases)! I was expecting a picture of YOU in those swishy shorts.

Posted by Jay @ 08/02/2003 02:00 PM PST

TCB, I've never seen the movie, but you can get the video used (it was never available on DVD) through amazon.com and eBay. As of this moment, there are 7 used copies listed on amazon.com, with prices ranging from $7.99 to $90.00! There's one on eBay. All of the reviews on amazon.com are postitive (mostly 4 stars).

Posted by George @ 08/02/2003 02:04 PM PST

I was also going to remind bk about HOUSE OF WAX which he should be able to pick up today. That's the only one of this week's releases that I've pre-ordered. Wish we could get a 3-D version of HOUSE OF WAX.

When the 3-D boom re-hit the US in 1982, some of the studios re-released their old 3-D movies for midnight showings, and I got to see HOUSE OF WAX and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON in 3-D. I kept hoping for DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER and KISS ME KATE, but they never came around.

Posted by Matt H. @ 08/02/2003 02:16 PM PST

This is more the swishy type shorts I was thinking about.

Posted by Greg Louganis @ 08/02/2003 02:19 PM PST

I saw HOUSE OF WAX in 1982 as well...and boy did I get a headache! They did issue the black/white horizontal lens-vertical lens glasses then NOT the old red/blue ones.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 02:20 PM PST

My car music for long journeys is usually complilation tapes of music from 1958 to 1961. I have about ten tapes for each year! If I had a CD player in the car I would quite likely play "The Pet Shop Boys". (& Dusty of course).
Thanks WEL. I think I only have some Jule Styne by Mabel Mercer - must go check.

Thanks Donna: A mention of Bobby Darin keeps some of us happy.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 02:26 PM PST

Ron wrote last night:
Big Brother 4 did NOT disappoint. I like watching the aired show even though I know pretty much what has already happened prior to it airing.

Me too. I like knowing what is going to happen. But I also like to see how they edit it.

Jun DESERVED to be nominated. She cannot keep anything to herself. She spend time with Nathan and Alison and then went and delivered a blow-by-blow report of what transpired to Dana and the 3 Stooges. She's most definitely worth giving the old heave-ho. Alison is right not to trust her...but, in all seriousness, she should have put Justin up against Dana.

I am still not sure Alison did not make a mistake to nominate Jun. Jack is extremely smart. He told Alison exactly what she needed to do, nominate Dana and Justin. He was right when after the nominations he said he thought Alison had made a mistake.

Although in Alison's defence she was smart enough to cover her bases. Justin is her ex and she knows she can manipulate him a bit if she needs to later. Also, she went and made a deal with him. That was Dana's biggest mistake. She wasn't thinking to the future. When you nominate people, you have to make sure that you are covered next week.

I still think that Justin is the biggest threat in the house, and that the 3 stooges together are stronger. They should have broken that up. But we shall see.

That little conversation in which she told Justin that she "thinks" Nathan is gay and then that "there's no way he's not gay" makes me wonder if Alison is just trying to make her boyfriend back home think she's not doing anything sexual with Nathan when they cuddle and squirm under the covers the share EVERY night. If that's not the case, then she's a she-bitch from hell and deserves to have the tables turned on her.

I was also wondering about that conversation. What bothered me the most though was how close Alison has been to Nate. I don't like it when people then go and talk behind their friends backs. Erika and Jack would never do that, which shows their maturity.

I was actually thinking about Nate being gay. I never thought that before, because of how he was all over Alison. But I think she was telling Justin the truth. She knows how guys are around her. I bet Nate is acting affectionate but not in a sexual way.

We shall see.

Posted by Jennifer @ 08/02/2003 02:58 PM PST

DR Greg: You have completed the corruption process. I'm officially going to hell. :)

DR Jay: If only I could find the digital camera, I would be glad to put up a picture of me in the swishy shorts. If only...

I have to babysit for an evil, evil child today. It makes me mad, because I wasn't even supposed to babysit her, but she's tagging along at the house. She is pure evil if there ever was. I had better get paid more. And her parents are even weirder. Last time I was forced to babysit her, her father (while drunk) told me I was "one hell of a good looker" and asked me to sing in his band. He said that he didn't have any other members, but it would be fine with just the two of us. So I'm not looking forward to this.

And today, while walking my dog, Wilson Pickett (blues legend) hit on me. He lives on my street, and as I walked past his house, he asked me if I needed a ride home. When I said no, he said "Oh well that's too bad, hunny, I was hopin I could." How lame is THAT?!? Old people are so weird, no offense to you middle-agers, all of whom I adore.

Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 03:01 PM PST

Rex Allen? "Son Don't Go Near The Indians". Maybe Ben Codler's "Son Don't Go Near the Eskimos".
Didn't Allen narrate for Disney François? (In the 50's).
Today might be a day to listen to "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols 1 & 2." - Marty Robbins. Does anyone remember the Marty Robbins sequel to El Paso - (El Paso City)?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 03:24 PM PST

Jennifer: Another thing the Stooge contingent talked about bothered me greatly. They are VERY threatened by Nathan's reding his Bible. Justin called it "sacrilegious." How absurd. And, of course, Nathan and Allison are just giggling away at how passages from the Bible tend to mirror their own strategies in the house.

Dana could use a little Bible reading. Unfortunately, the book would probably explode at her touch.

Have you noticed how Dana and the Stooges are constantly, constantly criticizing the other members of the house? I wonder if the others are equally critical. We'll never know the way the show is edited.

As for whether Nathan is gay or not, I certainly considered that possibility from the git-go (we didn't have an openly gay Bunky or Marcellus equivalent. I've also considered that he may very well be a virgin and intends on remaining that way until he marries. He's said things to Alison, such as she's been "touched" by everyone in the house -- I'm sure Alison hates THAT, but she still clings to him.

Another possibility for "closet" material -- Justin. I don't care that he's Alison's ex or that Dana is nuts about him. There's just something.....

: )

DR Sarah -- thanks for the visual of the "swishy short."

Speaking of swishers...anyone remember Swisher Sweets?

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 03:27 PM PST

Since so many of you have
been sending questions about
him -- and Tom being first !
(howdy, pardner!) -- here are
some infos on REX ALLEN:

Rex was the last of the singing
cowboys. His striking good
looks and rodeo champion
background boosted him into
lead western roles for
Republic Pictures. His first
1950 Republic feature was
appropriately titled "The
Arizona Cowboy". For comedy
relief his sidekick for most the
Rex Allen series was none
other than Slim Pickens and
Buddy Ebsen. Rex found his
horse KoKo according to H.F.
Hintz "Horses in Movies".
Trainer Glenn Randall
purchased KoKo for Dale
Evans, but it was decided a
less spirited horse  was
needed for Dale. Rex Allen
bought KoKo for $2500.00 in
1950. KoKo joined Rex in his
second picture for Republic
titled "Hills of Oklahoma".
KoKo was just right for Rex.
According to Bobby Copeland
of "Trail Talk" fame, Rex says
that one of his favorites the
movie titled "Rodeo King and
the Senorita" some folks have
mistakenly written it was a
remake of the Roy Rogers
movie "My Pal Trigger" actually
it was a remake of  John
Wayne's movie "The Cowboy
and the Lady". Rex Allen came
along at the end of the "B"
western movies era. Rex
made his mark as recording
artist and as a narrator for
Disney's nature film
productions and Disneyland
attractions.

So if you're out Arizona way
visit the 
Rex Allen Museum in Willcox,
Az
about 85 miles from Tucson, 
For more information
Rex Allen Museum, call (520)
384-4583

Posted by François @ 08/02/2003 03:47 PM PST

Thanks François. Won't be passing Tucson in the near future but you never know.
Thanks Charles: I am listening to my Marty Robbins CD as I type.
("Running Gun" is playing).

Speaking of Rex Allen, I was (whilst looking for some old discs for TCB) found an old 45 by Steve Allen - "The Disc Jockey Song"/"Gotta Have Money In The Bank Frank". (Coral records circa 1958.) Whitburn does not list it. Do any of you less young Hainsies know it at all?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 04:10 PM PST

Well, forty count them forty posts is nothing to sneeze at on a Saturday - but let's get a rally going, just for the halibut.

Sarah - Watch out for them elderly R&B singers. All the middle-aged folks here at haineshisway.com are much more your cup o' tea I should think, since we all look faboo in our swishy shorts.

I did pick up House of Wax today, and I must say it's a bit of a disappointment. Normally, I think WB does a great job with transfers, but this doesn't look that great, and sadly neither does Wait Until Dark - it's a bit on the brown side, and there's no excuse for that with the ease of color correction today. However, Casablanca looks great, as does Soylent Green and The Omega Man.

Posted by bk @ 08/02/2003 04:13 PM PST

And I think Rex Allen, Jr had a record of his father's songs on Disney's Buena Vista label. I seem to remember the cover on one of the inserts of Annette's LPs.

Hmmmmm...just checked my inserts and didn't see Rex - BUT inside the Italianette LP is a lovely note from Annette herself telling me that if I send $1.00 and the coupon below I can get my choice of any 3 of her singles...and the list is there as well! I think I didn't do it because I didn't want to cut up the paper insert.

I scan of the insert by email to the first DR who can correctly identify the "B" side of Annette's hit 'Tall Paul'...and I have a tie breaker if it comes to that.

No more talk of middle age please. It is unseemly.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 04:16 PM PST

I in the third paragraph should be A.

Which reminds me of a telegram from an aircraft carrier:

Arriving 9 am Tuesday. Please send admiral's woman aboard immediately.

Second telegram trying to correct the wrong impression:

In first telegram please insert washer between admiral and woman.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 04:19 PM PST

"Ma He's Making Eyes At Me" was the "B" side in Oz.

Posted by Tom Guest @ 08/02/2003 04:19 PM PST

Swishers Sweets - licorice, right, Ron?

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 04:20 PM PST

Some of us will go to any lengths to get mail!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 04:22 PM PST

Tom Guest you are correct. Please let me know your email address for your scan!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 04:31 PM PST

Thanks. It is obviously a do nothing lazy Sunday here in OZ!
Don't think I will play my Annette collection today though. not the weather for a "Pineapple Princess". A cool winter's day down under.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 04:40 PM PST

Still talking about Big Brother 4

Ron: I totally agree with what you said about the bible. It really bothered me that the Stooges and Dana were so upset by Alison and Nate reading it.
They are not allowed books in the house, and I see no reason why anyone should care that they are reading the bible. I think maybe Justin doesn't believe Alison's intentions are good ones. But from what they showed I thought it seemed fine. She was genuinely interested and it was funny how she could show how certain passages related to what was happening in the house.

Btw, do you think Justin really likes Dana? She seems horrid to me and I can't really understand why someone as hot as Justin would lust after her. But I have to say he hasn't said anything in the diary to show he's faking it.

And finally DO YOU STILL LIKE THE STOOGES EVEN NOW? :)

Jennifer

Posted by Jennifer @ 08/02/2003 04:41 PM PST

On it's way, Tom!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 04:45 PM PST

Jrand52,

The REX ALLEN Vista Record
LP, to which you are refering,
has been issued as a CD in
1998.
Walt Disney Records tried to
reissue some of their
landmark titles -- Ukulele Ike,
Hayley Mills, Burl Ives -- on
cds, BUT retailers did not
know how to market them and
the series flopped!

I was "lucky" enough to get all
four released titles, and I know
you're jiggy to learn that!!

Click on my name for details
on the Rex Allen LP/CD....

Posted by François @ 08/02/2003 04:59 PM PST

Received and clear. Have sent photo back - old Black & White which may not be too clear, Worth a try.

Thanks

Tom

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 05:00 PM PST

Thanks, Francois...how interesting. I did not know that series even existed.

Thanks for the picture, Tom.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 05:13 PM PST

Sarah: Ew Ew Ew Eeeeeeewwwww!!! Your post about the Lecherous Dad and the Leering R & B Singer made me want to take a really really hot shower with, like, detergent and steel wool. Stay far, far away from these people!

Jrand: Which theater did you see House of Wax at, do you remember? I think we saw it at Washington Square. LOVED it and didn't get a headache at all. Remember when channel 4 showed a bunch of 3-D movies like Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Mask? Ahhhh...those were the days...

Posted by Lulu @ 08/02/2003 05:15 PM PST

Greenwood Mall...same General Cinema chain, though.
Yup Channel 4 showed Creature from the Black Lagoon and I think Hondo as well in 3-D!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 05:32 PM PST

Leslie Uggams has just told me that spring will be a little late this year. Should I be concerned? Will Autumn (Fall) be late as a consequence in the northern hemisphere" So many questions. Should I get a life? Leslie had a life one once upon a time. Well that is what she is singing at the moment. Is she right? Does "Once Upon A Time" never come again?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 05:46 PM PST

Earlier today, Dear Reader George suggested that if Julia Migenes married Raul Julia, she'd be Julia Julia.

I propose that if Anna Leonowens married Don Juan, got divorced, married animator Bill Hanna, got divorced again, and married South Viet Nam president Nguyen Van Thieu, she'd be Anna Juan Hanna Thieu.

Posted by Jay @ 08/02/2003 05:54 PM PST

Jennifer: To whom, pray tell, was your question about 'liking' the Stooges directed?

Heaven forfend that anything I've ever said made you think I cared one whit about the Stooges.

It's MBarnum who favors them. Not I!

: )

Moving in on 60 posts....for a Saturday evening...NOT BAD AT ALL!

Heck! Many a weekday has been seen as successful with 60 posts. Most weekends, we're happy if there are thirty-something!

Things seem to be picking up around here.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 05:55 PM PST

Ta-DA!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 05:55 PM PST

Before Jason jumps all over us, my "Ta-DA!" was in honor of the 60th post for this second day of August 2003.

We have passed 60 posts!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 05:56 PM PST

Ron: Sorry. You're right. I thought you had said you liked the Stooges. But it was MBarnum who liked them.

Posted by Jennifer @ 08/02/2003 06:02 PM PST

I confess to being the stooges fan! LOL! I am in the minority of one! Oh, well. Actually it is mostly because I like Justin. He seems like a nice guy. For some reason I have taken a liking to Jee too. Frankly, I think there are a lot of threats in the house, a lot of strong players. Alison still grates on my nerves although the odd thing is that if I were in the house I would probably be friends with her. My thoughts one each of them may be totally different after a few weeks as they all tend to change personalities over the course of time.

As for driving music I usually switch over to AM and listen to the station that plays the big band music and 1950s pop..Frankie Laine, Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland and lots of the Carpenters. And I will often stick in a CD of 1970s disco and pop music for the longer trips.

Posted by MBarnum @ 08/02/2003 06:23 PM PST

Please don't get me started on those if X married Y she'd be jokes. I have many of them and groaning is not allowed at HHW.

Film Forum in NY shows 3D films with the polaroid glasses (as opposed to the red/blue) and it is quite good 3D. I saw KISS ME KATE in 3D there recently. And I understand Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood is having a 3D festival in September with over 30 features and 20 shorts and all in the original Polaroid format.

BK ---
Did you know you are thanked in the acknowledgements of Scott Schecter's book "Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend."? It's a very good book for the Garland fan, but sometimes he gets a little too detailed with things like listings of checks that she wrote. What info did you provide him?

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 08/02/2003 06:47 PM PST

Dear Reader William E. Lurie:

You know, sometimes things just work out that way. You know me as the actress Ruta Lee, but I was once madly in love with that South Vietnamese president and married him. He ran off with that vicious English school teacher in Siam, so we got divorced, but we both came to our senses and realized we could not live without each other, so we remarried.

Posted by Ruta Thieu Thieu @ 08/02/2003 06:55 PM PST

Jason -

First off, hang in there - principles are everything!

Got the photos - Many thanks! Unfortunately, Outlook "saved" them as a Windows Media file. Tried to save it as a .jpg, but Windows changed that to a "filename.jpg.eml" file. Can anyone tell me 1) how to open the photos and 2) how to change my settings to keep this from happening again?????

And thanks for the good wishes for "MM" - we'll see what happens. Have a great time with Susan and the gang at JA's tomorrow night!

Posted by Phil @ 08/02/2003 06:57 PM PST

All tbe best Phil. No trouble in River City for you.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 07:02 PM PST

I love the Schecter book...I sent him some additional info for future additions.

JMK also used it as a reference for his play STARCROSSED.

I am watching WHERE EAGLES DARE on TCM...only one more month before we get our own glorious widescreen DVD release of this movie. A great favorite from the year I graduated from High School.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 07:20 PM PST

Couldn't resist...click on my name for Annette's special offer for her fans...and you know who you are.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 07:28 PM PST

Jason--My e-mail is in the same situation as Hapgood's right now--so overstuffed with pictures of bepowdered and bewigged you that it doesn't want to take any more e-mails! Really though--I got the first 5 of the pictures and thought they were splendiferous. Someday I will have to see you perform (and hopefully under a circumstance where the theatre you are working for is paying you your contracted salary!)

Today was somewhat momentous for me. I quit my job. Working at a Sam's Club hoisting 30-40 lbs. things can really take a toll on one's back, and mine got so screwed up on account of the job that I'm going to have to take a physical therapy class. Well, I'm not mourning too much. I'm planning on going into the infinitely more glamorous field of office work (either that or I'll be in English tutor at my school).

BK--you have completely Kritzerized my household--my dad, over our vacation, read both books and wants me to tell you how much he enjoyed them. Now the only family members to have not read the books are my sister, our four cats and our dog.

As for the topic of the day, I don't have my own car but when it's my turn for the radio, I usually play some cast recording. I hate how people blast loud rap music from their cars..I get my revenge by blasting Sondheim!

Posted by Maya @ 08/02/2003 07:39 PM PST

Hasn't there been enough blasting of Sondheim, Prince and "Bounce" without car sound systems joining in?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 07:44 PM PST

Haha...the irony. Here I am planning to be IN English tutor. Maybe I should learn some basic grammar first.

Posted by Maya @ 08/02/2003 07:44 PM PST

Oh, you know what I meant, Tom!

It isn't like my car prefers Andrew Lloyd Webber!

Posted by Maya @ 08/02/2003 07:47 PM PST

And I thought winning was special Jrand!

Posted by Tom Guest (from OZ) @ 08/02/2003 07:50 PM PST

It was for nearly 3 Hours!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 07:58 PM PST

Maya: Thanks for the visual -- you hefting 30- to 40-pound slabs of things around.

Our Mr. Barrett had better watch himself!

I just took some peppers off my grill -- red, green and yellow. They're all roasted and flavorful now.

An ear of corn is now roasting on the coals while a couple of rib eyes smolder on the grill.

Yummy.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 08:01 PM PST

S. Woody: When is the big move and how long will you be off line?

Will you be able to satisfy your HHW "Jones" with a laptop in some hotel/motel room along the way?

Or is "Der Brucer" planning on hitting the KOAs along the way?

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 08:03 PM PST

Ron--this is some day for visuals between Sarah in her swishy shorts and me hoisting heavy things, probably looking like one of those women with the bulging muscles on Bodybuilding Weekly.

Really, I'm a 5'2" little weakling. Brent has nothing to fear from me! Except my temper, maybe....

Posted by Maya @ 08/02/2003 08:09 PM PST

Must now leave for a few hours. No doubt by the time I return, there will have been another 20 posts to read. I am going to an Art Show where my Colin has entered some of his work. I shall tastefully avoid a few puns that have sprung to mind!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 08:25 PM PST

Oh, Ron....grilled corn on the cob! It's great when you can pick it from the garden and carry it to the grill with some tomatoes and cucumbers for a salad and sandwich!

It is too late in the day to be hungry. Oh, no, it's not.

And who is guesting on So Graham Norton this evening? Mr David Gest and Mrs. David Gest....Liza Minelli.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 08:40 PM PST

Eighty posts -- 80!

Is that the BEST we can do, my fellow H/Kers?

Have we bottomed out? Have we choked? Are we "done" with the day? Or could we have 19 more posts (real ones, not padding ones) to make this one of those ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH days on HHW???

Come on gang, let's put on a show!

Mickey will pick the music, do the arrangements, provide all the accompaniment during rehearsals, perform in every dance and still mess with Judy's mind before the curtain goes up (or comes down) when all will be right with the world once again!

Tom: Are you back from the Art Show? What kind of work does Colin do? What medium does he work in?

Jrand52: What the heck is So Graham Norton?

Maya: You are a petite little thing, aren't you? No wonder your back hurts. Still...that was a lot of weight you were slinging around. How lond did you have that job?

Where in heck is Hapgood tonight?

What do you supposed happened to Jason? I'm curious as to how the company he's with will respond to his reminder that he gets paid for doing "Titanic" whether he does it or not.

Where do people go on Saturdays that they don't look in a say, "Boo" or something?

Where the heck is BK?

Oh! That's right! He's having dinner with a couple of Errant and Truant DRs...obviously food is more important than numbers here at HHW!

Actually, food is more important than most things, so that was a "D'uh!"

Hello-o-o-o-o-o?

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 09:20 PM PST

Ron,

Tom's Colin is a selftaught
watercolor artist...

I know.... i should have waited
for ASK TOM DAY, but since i
knew part of the answer...

Oh, ... and the man is terribly
gifted...

I guess BK is enjoying Mr
Jason Graae in concert...
Some get all the breaks, I tell
you...

In one hour and a half I'm off ...
to bed!

Posted by François @ 08/02/2003 09:36 PM PST

I went to work today then went to Borders Books & Music in Tacoma and spent some hard earned money on the remastered "Anyone Can Whistle" OBCR (finally!), and the DVDs to the London "Kiss Me, Kate" and Sondheim & Lapine's "Passion". I had ordered the "...Whistle" CD from deepdiscountcd.com a couple of months ago. They took my money, sent me an e-mail that it had been sent, then put the money back into my account. No explanation, no e-mail saying they didn't send it and no CD. I mean, I did get my money back, but still no communication is not good customer service. Anyway, all is now well. I'm now going to watch parts of "Passion" and "Kiss Me, Kate."

Ron, Post #82!

Posted by George @ 08/02/2003 09:36 PM PST

Ron - Graham Norton is a British tv talk show host who has a show entitled SO GRAHAM NORTON that is aired nightly on BBCA, British Broadcasting Corporation America.

He is a youngish gay man who has MOSTLY American guests, great interplay with the audience, and some unique musical interludes. Two half hour episodes are shown each night at 11 pm EST.

Tickets go on sale soon for AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA...I can hardly wait to find out what Indianapolis will make of the Dame and vice versa.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 09:36 PM PST

Well, I don't think 3-D on TV is nearly as effective as at the theater. It's less in your face, I think. I've seen HOUSE OF WAX, BWANA DEVIL, GORILLA AT LARGE, and HONDO on TV/3-D and wasn't impressed with the optical look of any of them.

When that boom hit in 1982, I think I went to every one of the new 3-Ds that came out. Most of them were really lousy movies, but the 3-D effects in FRIDAY THE 13TH 3-D and AMITYVILLE 3-D as well as the one that started it all again COMIN' AT YA were stupendous. I didn't even care about the stories; just enjoyed the effects.

Posted by Matt H. @ 08/02/2003 09:52 PM PST

Ron--I had that job for almost 9 months, which was almost 9 months too many. I really am glad to be leaving it.

Well, goodnight everyone. I don't think I'm going to be around for #100.

Posted by Maya @ 08/02/2003 09:54 PM PST

I'm here! Just been out having a lovely evening with some new friends.

While we were out (which is a far inferior show to Trading Spaces, btw), who did I get a phone call from but the Artistic Director of Bucks Co. Playhouse. Thanks to my phone call (I'm shamelessly taking credit), anyone in the cast of PIMPERNEL who was supposed to get pay increases for TITANIC will, indeed, receive said monies. Isn't that good news?!?!?! I'm gonna have to try this whole 'sticking up for myself' thing more often!

Anywho, I still have more cleaning to do before DR Jose gets here tomorrow, so I'm off for a bit.

Posted by Jason @ 08/02/2003 10:04 PM PST

Maya, you should have asked me for help. I'm 5'8, and I'm not sure how strong I am, but I'm sure I could have helped.

The evil child I babysat was thankfully NOT accompanied by her father, so I was spared comments. Only problem? I have to go back tomorrow to help out at a birthday barbeque, where adults will be drinking, and my responsibility is to watch the small children. Lots of bending over snatching the kids from the edge. And who will be there, but the father and more than likely Mr. Pickett, which means I shall be steering clear of the poolside.

And with that, I'm going to bed.

Posted by Sarah @ 08/02/2003 10:10 PM PST

Congratulations, Jason.

Once there was a typo in a contract we signed for a play giving us a first paycheck earlier than the theatre wanted to pay us. We didn't know it had been a mistake so of course we were expecting to be paid on a certain day. No checks.

We asked that they stick to the letter of the contract and after some discussion we reached a compromise of half....which is better than NONE. I hope your fellow actors give you huzzahs!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/02/2003 10:19 PM PST

Thanks to all for checking in!!

: )

Perhaps 90 is the best we can muster for the day, what with BK and two other DRs out on the town living it up. I'm guessing some schmoozing will be going on backstage, too!

Jrand52: Be prepared to laugh until your facial muscles seize up...and then laugh some more. "Barry" familiarizes himself with whatever city he is in and makes cracks about various neighborhoods, communities that the audience will appreciate...without being too mean about it. As he says, he's Australian..he doesn't HAVE to be politically correct.

Sarah: What you need is a palm-sized stun gun...something you can do a little show and tell with. Next time one of the dirty older men hit on you, explain to them that their attentions in that area are unwelcome, unwanted and unappetizing, and that if they wanted to know what it would be like to be "touched" by you, then to just keep it up and you'll introduce them to Signor Palm Tingler! That goes for the evil child, too!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/02/2003 11:25 PM PST

Back again from the Art show which was interesting and varied. Colin is indeed selftaught and works mostly in pastels these days. (I of course say "where are your crayons" when I want to annoy him). He has been a retired person for 10 years now. He was a Bank Manager - conservative and everything in triplicate. Fortunately for me he has always found cooking my meals a relaxing task - I get to do the ironing, washing, housework. He is also a sports fan - Australian football and cricket in particular - life was not meant to be perfect I guess.
One of Colin's works of art is in the USA - Mountain View, California. I think that is somewhere near where Mark B dwells. But then, I don't really know the way to San Jose!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:28 PM PST

Do I have type up the next nine posts all by myself? (Eric Carmen - Rachmaninov reference). Do the early morning posts count as today's? Help me out here someone.
TCB where are you?
Where is DR Bill Orr (& Joe) this weekend.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:31 PM PST

My sister has tickets to see Dame Edna next Saturday in Melbourne. the show here is called "Back To My Roots" as the Dame is a Melbourne lady (Moonee Ponds). I have warned my dear sister to be on time and not be wearing anything that will stand out. Edna sees all!.I believe Sir Les Patterson has been posted to Baghdad these days.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:34 PM PST

Hi Tom and whoever else is up at this hour, or at whatever hour it is where you are!

Posted by Susan @ 08/02/2003 11:39 PM PST

Can you believe it? Its 2:45 in the A.M. here in NYC and I'm alphabetizing my CDs. That's so sad...

Posted by Jason @ 08/02/2003 11:42 PM PST

Hi Jason! What an undertaking!

Posted by Susan @ 08/02/2003 11:43 PM PST

Good news Jason. I thought I was going to have to send the postcard to New York.

Be assured That Dame Edna would certainly not be politically correct in her home town either - she tells it like it is. There is always an underlying truth in satire. Her creater is not racist but a very astute observer of life's realities - and of course Dame Edna is a remarkable interpreter of Mr Sondheim's songs.

Well I am trying to get to 100!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:43 PM PST

And what time is it where you are, Tom from OZ?

I'm in Jason's timezone and I have no excuse for not being sound asleep right now. I'll be sorry at 8 a.m. when my alarm goes off!

Posted by Susan @ 08/02/2003 11:45 PM PST

Hi Susan and Jason. It is Sunday at 4.43 pm (approximately). Isn't the alphabet a wonderful invention.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:45 PM PST

So who will be # 100?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:46 PM PST

ME!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:46 PM PST

Goodnight DRs Susan and Jason.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/02/2003 11:47 PM PST

YAY! We made it! And I'm 101!

Posted by Susan @ 08/02/2003 11:47 PM PST

Oops! Ok ok, I'm 102. Now I can go to sleep. Good nite, DRs Tom and Jason.

Posted by Susan @ 08/02/2003 11:48 PM PST

Sorry Tom of Oz, I have been busy writing a long email to a friend.

Posted by TCB @ 08/02/2003 11:50 PM PST

Time to sleep.

Posted by OM Time @ 08/02/2003 11:55 PM PST

How can we possibly not be
the most popular site on all
the internet? 4 days 4 of 100
posts 100... quite impressive,
me thinks. I've been E&T from
posting the last couple days,
but have been reading all the
posts faithfully.

Something most unseemly
seems to have happened to
my computer this evening. It
froze up (as it does all too
often), and when I rebooted
the monitor had a red tint to it.
About 5 hours and a couple
restarts later, I'm still looking
at a red-tinged screen, and my
eyes are not appreciating it
one bit.

Posted by Jed @ 08/03/2003 12:05 AM PST

Wow...It took me two hours just to alphabetize the musicals. According to my database (yes, I keep them listed in a database...I'm a nerd!), I have 298 cast recordings/solo vocal CDs. That does not take into account the many double- and triple-disc sets that I have, nor does it take into account the orchestral recordings and professionally released compilations that I have. Then there are the pop CDs, movie soundtracks, classical orchestral, classical vocal: solo, classical vocal: choral, and opera. God, I need to get a life!

The saddest thing is, I have 3 recordings of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Original, Canadian and Mexican Cast Recordings), 4 (!) LES MIZes (Original London, Broadway, French Concept and Complete Symphonic Recordings, and I'm probably going to copy the School Edition Recording) and 3 versions of MOBY DICK. I really must get a life.

Posted by Jason @ 08/03/2003 12:10 AM PST

Oh! And a hearty congratulations to one and all for making this the FOURTH NIGHT IN A ROW to break 100 posts. BK will be so pleased. I hope he and DRs Laura and Sandra had a simply smashing time at Mr. Graae's concert.

Posted by Jason @ 08/03/2003 12:12 AM PST

TCB. Your truancy is forgiven. I am sure your friend appreciates your time and friendship.

JED: Welcome back. Do hope you are out of the RED soon. I go to see my Taxation consultant tomorrow. I hope he can keep me out of the red too.

note to self: Didn't I say goodnight a while back?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/03/2003 12:17 AM PST

Jason, I don't mean to brag (well, okay I do), but I have the original London, Canadian, Mexican, German and Japanese cast recordings of "The Phantom of the Opera." (I also have a list, but of just my musicals - so far - and I had to look.) I also have a studio cast highlights recording. Of Les Miz recordings, in addition to what you have, I have the subsequent Paris cast recording, German cast, Manchester (5-track) cast, and the Royal Albert Hall 10th Anniversary concert cast. In the words of Captain Ahab (I got your CDs today, THANKS!), "OBSESSION'S NOT JUST A PERFUME!"

Years ago, my CDs used to be in order, but not now. A couple of months ago, I put my records in order and am now just starting (finally!!) to add the records to my list. I stopped after "A Chorus Line"... for now.

Posted by George @ 08/03/2003 12:31 AM PST

Well, I just back in from closing night - I stayed to help out with the strike. Very good last day of shows! They actually sold standing room! -And it turns out that this production was their best seller in the history of the theatre - outside of the Christmas shows that is - but still, that was great news! -And lots of repeat customers too during the run. All in all, I had a wonderful time - great theatre, great people, good times all around.

I'm going to have to confess right now that I haven't read any of today's posts, and that I most likely will not get to really catch up until Monday night - or even Tuesday at this point. I shall be training up to New York City in a few hours where I will be convening with the other H/Ks at Joe Allen for a fun and festive get-together. And as DR Jason mentioned yesterday, I shall be making good use of his couch - and hospitality - tomorrow night. Come Monday, I will be doing some MAJOR clothes shopping at H&M and Macy's. I shall be returning to DC on a late train Monday night, and then back to Richmond on Tuesday morning. And then... We'll see...

So, I hope to be able to read some major posts once I am back, and until then... Have a great weekend!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 08/03/2003 12:42 AM PST

When I started my compiling my list, I only added the musical cast recordings that I own on CD (and CD-R). I am now just adding the shows that I have on vinyl LP (including titles duplicated in both formats). I have not yet added solo recordings, composer tributes (unless they're live recordings) or compilations. We'll have to see how long it takes to put (onto my list) the musicals that are on vinyl, before add any of the other stuff.

Posted by George @ 08/03/2003 12:43 AM PST

George, is your Japanese cast recording of Phantom in Japanese?

Posted by Susan @ 08/03/2003 12:54 AM PST

Insomnia Susan. Have you tried counting pennies? Jason's counting may have sent him to sleep.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/03/2003 01:01 AM PST

Me?? Insomnia?? No No No (that's 3 no's). I'd surely fall right to sleep, if I could just get myself to bed. LOL

Posted by Susan @ 08/03/2003 01:14 AM PST

hmmmmm i think maybe sneek in here and see what little crumblets are waiting to be nibbled on...ooh, is that rye bread...better not, rye bread does things to my sexual urges...

Posted by a little mouse @ 08/03/2003 03:58 AM PST

What does that last post reference?

Posted by A.A. @ 08/03/2003 06:40 AM PST

Jason just listened to my cd's. Thanks!

Although I do not know much about the visuals of DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, from listening to a lot of the music I can only say, what were they thinking?

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/03/2003 07:34 AM PST

Jrand: For visual aide, should you want it, you can check out www.dotvfans.com . I think its still up and running.

Posted by Jason @ 08/03/2003 08:26 AM PST