Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/11/2003 09:22 AM PST

What a lovely volley of posts to yesterday's late notes.

Re the archive: The last few days are missing, yes, and Mark assures me he will do his best to recover them on Monday. His main concern was getting us up and running, and hopefully he'll be able to recover those eight or nine days without a problem.

Posted by bk @ 10/11/2003 09:23 AM PST

When I last posted here on Thursday, I announced that I was off to see Miss Faith Prince in a cabaret show and promised a report the next day. Technical matters interfered, of course, but here are my comments, a day late (but not a dollar short.)

The concert was marvelous. I have had limited exposure to Miss Prince, but her rendition of "Adelaide's Lament" on MY FAVORITE BROADWAY--THE LEADING LADIES was enough to convince me that she is highly talented.

The show began with "Broadway Baby" and at the line "Heck! I'd even play the maid" she sang "Heck! I'd play Miss Adelaide," and segued into "Adelaide's Lament." The transition was jarring to my ear, but this is my only criticism of the performance. Amongst the highlights of the repertory she sang were several songs from BELLS ARE RINGING, including the most heart-wrenching rendition of "The Party's Over" I have ever heard. A very wistful "Wish You Were Here" was immediately followed by a hysterical reading of "The Boy From..."

There were other familiar songs from Broadway shows and a few songs I had not heard before. Miss Prince's husband, who is a talented trumpeter, joined her for a couple of songs, including a touching "A Man with a Horn."

Miss Prince came across as very down to earth and as having a wicked sense of humor.

I happened to be seated next to a couple who are friends with Miss Prince and her husband, and they told me that they (Miss Prince and husband) had recently relocated to the Los Angeles area. I have my fingers crossed that their presence here means that I will have the opportunity to see Miss Prince in a role on one of Los Angeles' musical stages.

Posted by Jay @ 10/11/2003 09:28 AM PST

I went to work yesterday and was mighty peeved that I actually did have perform multiple pieces of work instead of reading about BK and DR's work.

Wow that takes the work award for # of times I have been able to work "work" into a sentence.

Never mind, I spend the rest of the evening bugging new DR Andrea over MSN where we gossipped about her love life. Always an enjoyable topic.

Andrea, tell the nice people about the Straight-French-from-France-Bagpiper-who likes Musicals!

I swear to gosh Maya, she claims he exists! :)

My current audio visual enjoyments:

MP3 list: I'm rediscovering the HAIRSPRAY OBC. Terribly enjoyable.

CD in the Discman: DR Jeffrey's Urban Cowboy, etc. disc he made for me

Book: NICK: A MONTREAL LIFE (my uncle left it at my house post-family reunion). Very interesting compilation of Nick Auf der Maur's columns from The Gazette. Also features some tributes from Mordechai and Jacon Richler and a host of others.

VHS/DVD: I just realized that I haven't watched a movie in weeks! argh!!

I'm spending the day shopping for a present and a cake for a friend's birthday party.

Then it's off to a nice neighborhood bistro where I will be hoping they will be serving moules. Have I mentioned my moules-obsession recently?

Yumm.... :)

Posted by Emily @ 10/11/2003 09:30 AM PST

Well I won't repost my ENTIRE post from a few minutes ago, but I did indeed Make All County Chours yesterday, so I was indeed happy, until I got home and saw that there was no HHW, and that I had been verboten. But now we're up and running and BK is up and composing and all is well, eh?

In my CD player: Absolutely nothing at all...I'm eagerly awaiting my Jeepers Creepers CD though!

MP3 Player: It has struggled and managed to get "Music That Makes Me Dance", which is SUCH a gorgeous song. I actually got it at about 2 in the morning, but everyone else was asleep, so I couldn't sing along. I'm making up for lost time as I type :)

In my VHS Player: The Student Prince, a pretty horrible movie actually IMO, but I like some of the songs.

In my DVD Player: Singin In the Rain...I am addicted to this movie, but Gene Kelly is so droolable, so I guess I have a small excuse.

Book: The Pact, by Jodi Picoult. Rather depressing.

I have absolutely ZERO plans for today. Who wants to come over Sarah's house and keep her company?

Posted by Sarah @ 10/11/2003 09:54 AM PST

Congratulations on making All County! Swish on, girl!

Posted by Jay @ 10/11/2003 10:03 AM PST

Standing by for my DVD player: "Song of the South" and "Exodus"!

Standing by for my CD player: "Radio Sunnydale" and "Jeepers Creepers" (both of which I listened to at work)

On my DVD player: Disc 2 of the Superbit presentation of "Lawrence of Arabia" (p-h-e-n-o-m-e-n-a-l).

Impatiently awaiting via USPS:

Superbit presentation of "Total Recall"

"Avenue Q"

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 10/11/2003 10:14 AM PST

Sarah, you have excellent tast in your love of hunky Gene Kelly! What a man!!!

In my VCR: Was going to be an old Dennis Morgan movie called BURN 'EM UP O'CONNER...but I set my timer wrong! %&*@#!

DVD: EYES IN THE NIGHT. A nifty 1940s detective mystery with quite a twist...the lead detective is blind! I believe there were at least two movies in this series. I saw the other one on TCM last year. Donna Reed co-stars as a spoiled teenager dating a much older man. Fairly good movie.

KAHO NAA...PYAAR HAI, another Bollywood film. This was a very recent hit in India. Has some good songs and a very hunky, muscular young hero that made this film tops with the teeny bopper crowd in India. At 3 hours long it took a few days for me to watch, but it was enjoyable enough.

CD: Soundtrack from the films AN EVENING IN PARIS and LOVE IN TOKYO and a compilation cd of THE CARPENTERS hits.

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/11/2003 10:15 AM PST

Oh, and DRs JRand53 and BK be sure to check you mail today!

Posted by MBarnum @ 10/11/2003 10:16 AM PST

YAY we're back! It was all very weird yesterday, don't you think? Finally listened to "Jeepers Creepers" and wanted to post SO badly. It's so nice to have BK producing again. In the first seconds of track one, you just KNEW it was a BK produced CD and how we've missed them! It's one of the best! Thanks!

CD Player (car) Avenue Q (what a show!)

CD Player (computer) Jeepers Creepers

CD Player (bed stand) A New Brew (it's Andrew Lloyd Webber in Jazz...great fun)

No DVD's or VHS's at the moment. "The Lion King" is still in the package.

Good to be up and running again.

Posted by Matthew @ 10/11/2003 10:40 AM PST

Oh I got two CD's in the mail today! Wooooooohooooooooooo!

In my CD (just before I play my new ones) HARLOW Score by Neal Hefti & JEEPERS CREEPERS

VHS - LOVE HAS MANY FACES with Miss Lana Turner

DVD - Manji, a Japanese film recommended by DR MBarnum. A soap opera that is delerious and delicious!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/11/2003 11:28 AM PST

Alright.. I really want to listen to Jeepers Creepers!

I too went into withdrawal last night. I think I'm addicted already.. that's not good.

Fine, for the sake of Emily and Maya:
There is a bagpiper who I've met once, gave him my e-mail cause he wanted some more information about Celtic Society. So now he e-mails me quite a bit. Wants to know about musicals in montreal. Except I don't remember what he looks like...

oops....

Posted by Andrea @ 10/11/2003 11:42 AM PST

Sarah, growing up just down the road from 20th Century Fox Studios and Beverly Hills I saw and met a good number of movie stars. The only time I ever blushed, giggled and acted like a silly fan was the day I met Gene Kelly and shook his hand. And, I was in my mid twenties by then. That was one of the rare occasions, at that age anyway, I was pleased I looked like a teenager.

Posted by Jane @ 10/11/2003 11:58 AM PST

THE TAILS OF BONNIE AND CLYDE, Chapter XIII

After some initial skepticism, Kelsey had decided he really liked the new kibble Tippi had sold to der Brucer. It was flatter than the kibble the other dogs were eating, with just enough crunch to satisfy him, sort of like eating Grape Nuts dry. Der Brucer could put a bowl in front of him and Kelsey would eat his fill, stopping when he’d had enough. His training, from having the shared dinner bowl available at all times, had paid off. Instead of feeling that if he didn’t eat everything in front of him it would be taken away, he had learned how to control his own eating habits and had never become fat. Somehow, the other dogs seemed to understand that the special kibble was for Kelsey, and generally left it alone.

Frankly, I’ve never understood why people insist on feeding their dogs on a schedule, with whatever the dogs don’t eat within a proscribed time limit getting dumped in the trash. I realize that the idea is that forcing dogs into a dining schedule sets them into certain habits, including their bowels, but dogs should be allowed to dine at their leisure. Otherwise, it’s very much the “gobble, gulp and go” mentality we ourselves face at McDonald’s, and that has never struck me as healthy. The same result applies to most dogs’ bowel movements, scheduled and forced. Of course, our dogs have always had the advantage of a doggie door ready for their disposals, but that’s like our own need for a well-appointed toilet with Charmin, where we allocate the necessity with a certain amount of dignity.

The only part of Kelsey’s dining habits that ran on a schedule was his nightly bowl of foil-packed food for smaller dogs. This was his special treat, with collateral treats for Marty and Mikey. Every night, at 10:30, we pour a packet’s contents into a bowl and set it before Kelsey. Der Brucer cuts the packet completely open and let Mikey have a few licks, then presents the packet to Marty, who very gently takes it away from der Brucer’s hands and finds a quiet corner to lick it absolutely clean. Kelsey always leaves a little taste of the food in the bowl, which Mikey finishes.

The addition of Bonnie and Clyde complicated this routine somewhat. We tried giving the pups a couple of tasty leather chew strips, which would be good for their teeth, but they would let themselves get distracted by the treats the other dogs were eating and drop the strips. Mikey would sneak up behind Bonnie and grab her leather chew for himself. Bonnie would realize that her chew was gone and help herself to Clyde’s when he wasn’t looking, I’d get him a second chew to compensate, and then Marty would see what was going on, so we were running through four leather chew strips a night. All things considered, they had us pretty well trained.

They also had us spending a fair amount on food. The main bowl of kibble was filled from a 50-pound bag we would pick up at Sam’s Club (well, I would actually pick up the bag, der Brucer was picking up the tab), but Kelsey’s soft foil packets weren't sold at Sam's, and were running 78 cents per at the grocery store. Der Brucer decided it was time for us to run a survey.

What we found was that the regular grocery stores, like Von’s or Albertson’s, were equally priced at 74 cents. The bargain grocery stores, like Food 4 Less and Value Plus, were not a bargain if you weren’t eating people food; they were charging 81 cents per serving. The pet supply store where Bonnie and Clyde had had their shots, on the other hand, charged a mere 57 cents per packet!

The clincher came when der Brucer dropped me off at the other pet supply chain’s outlet, while he filled some prescriptions at the same shopping center. Their price was 48 cents per packet. Multiply that cost by seven times a week, and the savings started to mount up!

My curiosity now running, I checked the price on a 5-pound bag of the kibble Tippi had sold us, for which we’d paid something like nine dollars. At this store, the same size bag cost just $5.50! “Oh, yes,” a perky young clerk told me, “Our prices are always lower than theirs. I have a friend who worked there, and even with their employee discount she would come here to save money.” A further check showed that the brand Tippi had sold us was a bargain as well, with other brands for senior dogs running as much as twice the cost per bag.

Then I spotted another counter within the store, because this chain has it’s own veterinary service in many of it’s outlets. There was another price I wanted to learn. I just wasn’t sure der Brucer would be as happy with my getting the information.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 10/11/2003 12:12 PM PST

Hey, Ron. If I never got around to buying the first 2-disc set of "Lawrence of Arabia," do I still need it for anything, or is everything on it included on the new Superbit version?

Posted by Sigerson Holmes @ 10/11/2003 12:17 PM PST

S. Woody White, I have been emailing your saga to Keith so I think I left off on chapter VIII. Any chance you might email me the missing episodes or do I need to wait until Monday for the archives to return?

Posted by Jane @ 10/11/2003 12:29 PM PST

SWW, oops, you might need my address.

Posted by Jane @ 10/11/2003 12:30 PM PST

My mom is going on ANOTHER cleaning frenzy, and I had to vacuum stairs. I have 3 siblings. They are all home. But she INSISTS that I do it. She KNOWS I hate it, why must I be the chosen one for this chore? Parents confuse me sometimes.

DR Jay: Thanks! And may I just say how funny I think it is when you people IM or email me and say "Swish on!"? I adore my nickname.

DRs Jane and MBarnum: As if it weren't enough that he was gorgeous, he was blessed with those dancing skills. Oh how he danced. I wish there were more men like him!

Jeans and a black tanktop with a gray pullover halfway seethroughish sweater-type-thing...I don't know how to describe it. And black sandals.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/11/2003 12:59 PM PST

Don't forget, we must make up for yesterday, so post and post again.

Swishy, now that daddywads has gotten you Jeepers Creepers he simply must get you Kritzerland, otherwise you will not be caught up, Kritzer-wise and everyone who is anyone is caught up Kritzer-wise.

Now in my car CD - Stan Getz heaven, baby. They just released several albums as Japanese imports and I love the packaging so much - they're like little albums - they replicate the original gatefold albums perfectly, just smaller. I got Focus, his masterpiece, composed by Eddie Sauter and orchestrated by Hershey Kay (who did 110 In the Shade among others), and Communications '72, his great album with Michel Legrand for orchestra and voices, and his Voices album with Claus Ogerman, and his Burt Bachrach album. Yummy.

Posted by bk @ 10/11/2003 01:02 PM PST

Pishaw, my dear John, Daddywads did NOT buy me Jeepers Creepers, I bought it with my own money. His exact words were "Is it a national holiday? Is it your birthday? Did I miss something? I should be buying you SAT books, not CD's. YOU buy it."

Isn't Daddywads nice to his oldest and sweetest daughter?

Speaking of the SAT's, they're making me take it sometime in the next three weeks to "beat the rush". I think they've completely lost it.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/11/2003 01:19 PM PST

Swishy Sarah, are you prepared for the SAT? Did Dadywads (so cute where-where did you come up with that?) get you SAT software so you can practice again and again and again?

Posted by Jane @ 10/11/2003 01:28 PM PST

Just caught up on yesterday's posts. Good news indeed td.
I trust everyone is now settled back into "our addiction". For my list of DVds and Cds see yesterday. I have since enjoyed the extras on "A Mighty Wind".
Back again much later.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 10/11/2003 01:32 PM PST

Well I too missed this website yesterday. I even had to email BK to find out what was up.

Btw, has anyone ever thought of putting together an e-list of all the DRs, so we could be informed of such events.

The weather here is so bizarre. Last week it was cool. Now it is hot. But this morning it was cool 12C and so FOGGY. And now it's like 23C(74ish) and so freakin hot. How is a person supposed to dress?

Ah but I love the heat again.

Posted by Jennifer @ 10/11/2003 01:35 PM PST

I'm at work and I am heeding the call to post again. Last night I posted that I had just received Brownstone from eBay and Anything Goes, the 2003 New London production with John Barrowman (from England!). I was going to bring them to work, but I forgot them at home. What I do have here are Zanna, Don't! and My Life With Albertine by Ricky Ian Gordon (another three-named composer) with Brent Caver, Chad Kimball and Emily Skinner! I'll listen to that one first. Then I have Janis (the alto of The Manhattan Transfer) Siegel's "The Tender Trap." Fred Hersch plays on the CD and they do "That Old Black Magic" in a 5/4 time signature. It's wonderful.

Posted by George @ 10/11/2003 01:35 PM PST

DR Jane: The missing chapters are on their way!

Posted by S. Woody White @ 10/11/2003 01:48 PM PST

S. Woody White, THEY ARE HERE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Posted by Jane @ 10/11/2003 02:02 PM PST

Changes in the media check from yesterday:

CD - BAT BOY (OCR)

DVD - THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN

and I'm getting the itch to watch my laserdisc box set of THE THIN MAN films, all of which I adore. I never tire of watching them since they are filled with MGM's sterling character actor roster and enjoy those actors so much. Marjorie Main is a scream in ANOTHER THIN MAN.

Posted by Matt H. @ 10/11/2003 02:21 PM PST

DR Jane: Buy me software? Are you crazy? That would cost MONEY. No, I'm just going to pray that I magically know all of the stuff on the test by the time I take it. I took the PSAT, last year, which is a smaller, but much harder version that all 9th, 10th, and 11th graders are required to take. I got really high scores on it, so I'm not TOO worried.

And I got Daddywads from our Dear BK, one post before mine. I'm not creative like that.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/11/2003 02:25 PM PST

DR Swishy Sarah; Congratulations on making the choir! A suggestion for a good read, as you like Gene Kelly so much. (You can get this book at the library, which is where I got it.) The book is THE MEMORY OF ALL THAT, by Betsy Blair. She was Kelly's first wife when she was a teenager and he was in his early thirties. It's a really interesting book, not just about that, but about the blacklist, etc..
I had a huge garage sale today and my house is getting quite empty. Luckily (not for her, poor woman) I got an emergency call a couple of nights ago from a woman who used to clean for me. This being Boulder, she's also a healer and a minister. She and her cat Elmo suddenly found themselves homeless and she desperately needed shelter for a couple of weeks. I told her to come here. The thing is that she is a physically strong woman - unlike me - so she was able to help people who bought couches and other heavy items to move them to their trucks. It was a madhouse - I made almost $500.! My poor dog, Abie, was thoroughly confused. All his favorite veg-out places are suddenly gone. So here I am in a house devoid of living room furniture (and soon bedroom and dining room, as well) with Elmo the cat, Abie the dog and my former cleaning lady. Kaufman and Hart should've had such a good plot!

Posted by Panni @ 10/11/2003 02:34 PM PST

Heard this afternon from Frank Dietz, who did the wonderful cover art for JEEPERS CREEPERS: GREAT SONGS FROM HORROR FILMS. Frank writes:

"Well, I've listened to JEEPERS CREEPERS and I think it's just terrific! What a bunch o' fun! My faves are Who Killed Teddy Bear (sounds like a John Barry 007 theme!), Look For A Star (hearing it brought back memories of Circus Of Horrors, which I haven't seen in 20 years!), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, the Universal medley (I don't want to live eternally!), the Mothra theme (my daughter Caitlin loves it; she's into anything Japanese), Goody Goody, and The Blob (props for the Steve McQueen reference). And then the bonus Mothra track had me laughing out loud!

"Great stuff! Congratulations to Richard, Tom, Bruce and everyone involved.

"Now about volume 2...I vote for the theme song from Wait Until Dark (Mancini's loving ode to a psychopathic murderer), the haunting end title song from Romero's Day Of The Dead, the oddly named Mushroom Song from The Giant Gila Monster, and just about any number from The Wicker Man."

Posted by Richard Valley @ 10/11/2003 02:35 PM PST

I know I'll seem like a pedantic nerd, but I HATE incorrect punctuation. So I must correct my typo. My post should have begun..."Dear Swishy Sarah:"
(colon, not semi-colon). Maybe I'm just a semi-pedant?

Posted by Panni @ 10/11/2003 02:38 PM PST

If there's to be a Volume 2 of "Jeepers Creepers" it should enclose "Daddy Dear" or what ever it was called as sung by Constance Towers in NAKED KISS, a horror of a film if not exactly a horror film. In fact maybe you could get Ms. Towers to sing it herself.

Posted by William E Lurie @ 10/11/2003 03:38 PM PST

When it comes to media checks, I'm having a bit of a task to accomplish. Along with all the other packing that needs to be done, I'm trying to pick out the CDs we'll be playing in the car as der Brucer and I drive east to Delaware. Last night I made the initial cut, 75 titles. Earlier today I was able to cut that down to 58 (12 of which are BK produced). But I've been told by der Brucer to cut that list down even further.

AAARGH! I mean, some of these titles are absolutely necessary. How can anyone drive through Oklahoma without listening to the original score?

And I don't want all show tunes, I do want some variety.

The goal is to cut the list down to 40. This is going to get downright bloody.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 10/11/2003 04:16 PM PST

To MARK BAKALOR and BRUCE

I'm having trouble accessing the server to start loading tomorrow's new radio show. I keep getting logon errors. HELP!!!! Send me an email or call to let me know what to do.

Thanks -- DONALD

Posted by Donald Feltham @ 10/11/2003 04:20 PM PST

Sigerson Holmes: The Superbit "Lawrence of Arabia" offers the film in its finest video/audio incarnation. And nothing more.

If you want all the extras, go with the other 2-CD version. But don't complain when the sound isn't up to snuff, or when you discover they've used the wrong music for Lawrence when he's parading atop train cars while his arab hordes cheer and the photographer gets his "Yes sir, that's my baby" line in.

Cat Lovers: Miss Vickie is in a royal snit! She's m-a-d mad as a wet hen with me because I gave her a bath today.

She needed it badly, believe me, as I've been getting too much exposure to dander lately and it's affecting my skin.

It's the first bath she's had in YEARS (she's a very clean cat, for the most part) and I yield to the notion that indoor cats keep themselves clean enough until I have reason to feel she needs a little help.

I'm probably in for it now, though. Little treats will probably await me at every turn for a day or two.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 10/11/2003 04:35 PM PST

It's been three hours since my post and I just noticed that I misspelled Brent CaRver's name. Oops.

And speaking of Janis Siegel and Fred Hersch CDs ... Bruce, you were "Executive Producer" for a CD that they did together called "Slow Hot Wind" and it was "Produced" by Janis and Fred. I know it's not "Ask BK Day" (and I can ask again if you want me to) but what's the difference between producing and executive producing, at least in this case? And how did you get to work with them? Did they come to you (specifically) or Varèse (in general) or did you go to them? I've just always wondered but never remembered to ask on any "Ask BK Day" (unless I actually have asked and have since forgotten that I have).

Jay, do you have Faith Prince's CD of her live cabaret act? It was her first solo CD and it's pretty darn funny and just plain good. Her "The Boy From..." is hysterical. I also love her story about how she chose "Something Wonderful" as her audition song for The King and I. It's quite touching.

Only 60 more posts to get to 100!

Posted by George @ 10/11/2003 04:40 PM PST

Hey Swishy Sarah: OMG I love the daddywads name too! Btw, you can get SAT books in paper form that have loads of practice tests to take. I took something similar for the GMATS here. I would definitely recommend it. No matter how smart I was, I would never take a test like that without taking practice tests. Good luck.

Btw, where are all the posts?

Btw2- guess what I've been doing today? (and tomorrow). Christmas shopping! My sis's niece who calls me her auntie lives way up north and we have to buy all of santa's presents and ship them there this month.

Posted by Jennifer @ 10/11/2003 04:58 PM PST

DR George: I do not, but I have figured out that what's on the CD is essentially what I heard on Thursday night. And, indeed, Miss Prince's final encore was Miss Adelaide singing "Something Wonderful." Hey it got her the part and the rest, as they say, is history. (Right before she sang the song, Miss Prince acknowledged that if it weren't for being cast as Miss Adelaide, she probably would not have been standing there before us.)

Posted by Jay @ 10/11/2003 05:00 PM PST

I believe that if you peruse the archives, you will indeed know that my darlin' Swishy Sarah DID indeed pay for JEEPERS CREEPERS with her very own money - - I'm the one who told her how to. . .show tune alert:

"Who taught her everything she knows. . .?"

Posted by td @ 10/11/2003 05:05 PM PST

Dear Readers:

I got a haircut today. Isn't that exciting? Isn't that too too?

This evening I shall be attending the season-opening concert of the Pasadena Symphony. It is an all-Beethoven program, with the Leonora Overture Number 3 (it took Mr. Beethoven four tries before he got it right, and then he switched the name of the opera to boot), the Grosse Fugue, and the Violin Concerto.

The Pasadena Symphony is quite an accomplished ensemble. If it weren't overshadowed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it would receive more acclaim than it does, in my humble opinion (IMHO in internet lingo.) Mr. Jorge Mester, a conductor of some note (actually, since he is an orchestral conductor, he is of many notes, but I digress), is the musical director and the orchestra plays in the gorgeous and historic Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Posted by Jay @ 10/11/2003 05:08 PM PST

Sarah, good luck with the SAT. I bet you do well. I do however agree with Jennifer. It can't hurt to do some practice tests.

Ron Pulliam, rinsing or wiping Miss Vickie down, in-between baths, with distilled water might help your allergies.

Posted by Jane @ 10/11/2003 05:09 PM PST

Clever, DR TD. Oh, a Jule Styne reference.

Posted by Jay @ 10/11/2003 05:11 PM PST

Daddywads, daddywads - I MADE IT UP. It came to me in a creative fervor. That Jennifer is afraid to give me credit for ANYTHING.

Donald: I'm afraid that Mark may have just gotten the site and posts portion up and may be dealing with the rest (JJ and you) tomorrow night or Monday. e-mail him, though, or e-mail me if you need his e-mail.

Now, we must get to work here - we cannot let our down day overtake our SPIRIT. We must
puuuuuush, damn it all.

Posted by bk @ 10/11/2003 05:26 PM PST

I have just got an email restoring temorary access to the FTP and so I have uploaded the missing Juliana Journal entries..

Donald - Email me and I will give you my login and password so you can do the radio show...

Best,
Craig

Posted by Craig @ 10/11/2003 05:46 PM PST

With my guest here visiting we have been sampling various dvds showing of my almost new tv and dvd player

Posted by Michael Shayne @ 10/11/2003 05:51 PM PST

A-Posting I Shall Do.. A-Posting I Shall Do...

-So do it already!!?!?!?!?!!!!

I guess I had a productive day, but since I slept in until 11:00AM again, it was all kind of condensed. I did get some cooking done today, however; my first time cooking since I got back from my trip! I made a nice dinner of Polynesian-style spare ribs, cole slaw and some bread (purchased King's Hawaiian). And I baked a green tea pound cake... And it's probably the most expensive pound cake I've ever made! I used the matcha I bought at Takashimaya in NYC. It came in a beautiful box covered in beautiful Japanese calligraphy. Well, inside the box was a beautifully wrapped little box... which holds the tea... Or so I thought. So, I unwrap the inner box - which is wrapped in handmade paper - and find a sealed foil packet. Well, I opened that foil packet and found another foil packet(!)... a smaller foil packet(!!!). It turns out that inside the first foil packet was a cardboard sleeve - which I thought was a box... So, after measuring out the two tablespoons of matcha, powdered green tea, needed for the recipe, I have about a teaspoon left. And the box of tea cost $28.00!!!!!! So, adding up the butter, eggs, flour and confectioner's sugar... I now have a $30.00 loaf of green tea pound cake! Steve and I had a slice for dessert - along with a small scoop of lemon sorbet. It is quite nice.. very subtly flavored, and it has a very green tea smell. But $30.00!!! It better taste as good tomorrow! -And the next day!

Well, it's my final weekend in Richmond until January, and I think I'm going to head out tonight and paint the town red... although since it's raining, the paint will most likely run. (I'll be back on Mondays, but no weekends.) I'll check back in (maybe) after I get back.

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 10/11/2003 06:44 PM PST

Well, no one can say we didn't make fifty. Still, I would have thought more since we were down for twenty-two hours. Surely you must have twenty-two hours' worth of posts saved up, no? Well, I'm through cheerleading for the evening and shall now step out to sup. It would be nice if there were some posts when I got back, but I also know that whenever I say that the opposite occurs.

I am starving and will undoubtedly eat like a horse. In the meantime, black and white striped polo shirt, jeans and sneakers, and I look quite clean.

Posted by bk @ 10/11/2003 07:10 PM PST

Wow... Lulls R Us today it appears! :)

I'm breaking the lull to tell you all about the birthday dinner I participated in.

I couldn't actually find the book that I wanted to get my friend (she's a Margaret Atwood stalker and MA just came out with a children's book) but I ordered it from a nearby store. Hopefully it will be here in a couple of days. *crosses fingers*

I also didn't buy/bake a cake because the birthday girl specifically asked me not to.

The dinner itself was delicious if slow on making its arrival. First, we had to wait an hour before actually getting seated despite the fact that the waiter promised us it would be 35 minutes maximum.

We were getting mightily peeved the fourth time the waiter seated another group of "older" diners ahead of us - despite being told that we were first on the list.

Do you ever notice what awful treatment young people get from waiters and waitresses in most restaurants? I mean, the fact that we are there kind of insinuates the fact that we will be able to pay. Ugh.

I enjoyed an ab fab rack of lamb on garlic mashed potatoes and stir-fried spinach.

Yum.

My birthday is next month and I have to start thinking of what I want to do for it...

sushi perhaps? :)

Posted by Emily @ 10/11/2003 07:49 PM PST

Hello fellow Dear Readers! I have just gotten back from a lovely evening out with my friends. We started out at Subway, where we got subs, sat down, took one bite, and were disgusted. This was a VERY bad Subway.

So, we threw out our subs, and went to the movies. We saw School of Rock (SO funny. Jack Black is a great performer, and even has a great singing voice. I loved it.) I sat next to an incredibly good looking guy who looked to be about 18, who kept asking me if I thought the kids were really playing their instruments or not. No matter how cute you are, being annoying will not get you anywhere. I was very peeved with him by the end of the movie.

We went to Burger King after that, because we were then starving, but the doors were all locked. The place was almost full, but they wouldn't let us in. There was STILL a LINE, but they kept saying "No more serving. We close. No open door. Go please." So instead, we shimmied off to Taco Bell/KFC, where I got a soda, and they got food. While pushing the button for my Diet Pepsi, the top of the soda machine fell off and onto my hand. It really hurt, but did they even bother to come help? No. So I had a soda machine top on my hand for about 5 minutes, while my friends sat there and laughed. Aren't they nice?

And now, I'm here, and abhorred at the number of posts. I was expecting an uproar of late arrivals, apologizing for their errant and truant behavior. Where are you?!

And don't you HATE it when you hear people talking about you when they think you're out of earshot? I said hello to my parents when I walked in the door, and the SECOND I turned around, they said "Will you look at what she's wearing? I TOLD her she looked awful in that, but does she listen to me? Of course not. Kids today never listen. Blahblahblahblah." I look very nice, not slutty or whorish or skanky or ugly. Just goes to show that Benjamin was right, parents are martians.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/11/2003 08:05 PM PST

Hey BK, watch it. I did not not give you credit for the term daddywads. I merely was telling Swishy Sarah how much I liked the name.

I have a huge craving for General Taos chicken right now.

Posted by Jennifer @ 10/11/2003 08:45 PM PST

Well, Dear Readers, I have returned from what has a been a truly theatre-packed day. We started the afternoon off with WICKED...

First off, I think Ms. Kristi Chenoweth may have just won herself her second Tony--she was BRILLIANT! You could tell that the authors wrote much of her material specifically for her, and she worked it accordingly. Ms. Idina Menzel was also quite spectacular in the role of the Wicked Witch and probably will snag herself another Tony nom, too. The rest of the cast was fantastic. Mr. Joel Grey was fine in the role of the Wizard, but I'm not really sure why they felt they needed a name for that part.

WICKED was, without a doubt, the most visually spectacular show I've ever seen in my life, and I LOVED it. I'm not generally one for spectacle, but for a show dealing with Oz, one would expect to see some pretty swell stuff, and they didn't disappoint. The set is huge, surprisingly functional and extremely well-lit.

I honestly think this is Mr. Schwartz's best score to date, though some of the lyrics fell a bit flat and were predictable. I didn't have a major issue with that because I was too into the story, which, by the way, is different from the book, but it works quite well. My friend didn't enjoy it very much, claiming that he was jaded from seeing it when it was "bad" in San Francisco. We're seeing it again tomorrow afternoon, and I can't wait. I also cannot wait for the recording to be released. What a wonderful production! I hope it runs.

We also saw Mr. Hugh Jackman (again) in THE BOY FROM OZ, which was just as enjoyable as it was two weeks ago. There have been a few changes to the song order, including a couple of added songs and a cut or two, but unfortunately not a whole lot of script changes. The weakest point of the show is the book, but Mr. Jackman's performance is more than enough to make up for it. The rest of the cast is fantastic, too, and I'll be interested to hear what the critics have to say.

Overall, a great deal of fun. I laughed, I cried (quite a bit--WICKED is very touching, as are certain scenes/songs in BOY FROM OZ)... If you have the opportunity, see these shows. They're worth the money.

Posted by Jason @ 10/11/2003 09:12 PM PST

Sarah,

It's when you won't be annoyed
by very good looking guys that
you should start complaining!

I guess he was trying to... as
we say here in France!... flirt
...'cause you are good looking
yourself!
:- )

Posted by François @ 10/11/2003 09:31 PM PST

François: You're right! But this guy was REALLY annoying...he needed flirting lessons or something, and I'm def. not patient enough to give them out...unless its someone as goodlooking as The Naked Cowboy, in which case I'll make an exception :)

Come ON, I know SOMEONE has to be here. Even if you don't have a single thing to say, POST ANYWAY! No one will be mad, you're more likely to be bitchslapped if you DON'T post.

Posted by Sarah @ 10/11/2003 10:28 PM PST

I told you, Swishy, if you want people to do something they invariably will not do it. This I have learned time and again. The trick is - DON'T POST. We don't want any more fershluganah posts. That's IT. Enough with the posting. Don't let the fact that you were annoyed that the site was down for twenty-two hours and that you couldn't post ANYTHING change your mind. WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY MORE POSTS AND THAT IS THAT.

Posted by bk @ 10/11/2003 11:24 PM PST

BK, don't worry, this is NOT a post, but I guess that since we're NOT supposed to post that I should re-ask my questions on Wednesday. I can do that. (An A Chorus Line reference.) This NON-post statement is now over. You can all return to your non-posting lives.

Posted by George @ 10/11/2003 11:33 PM PST

Fine. Be that way. I shan't post, I tell you, I shan't post at all.

Posted by Jay @ 10/11/2003 11:42 PM PST

DR Jane -- Thanks for the advice about using distilled water for in-between rinses or wipedowns. I never considered anything like that and it makes sense.

DR Jason -- I'm so glad you found "Wicked" worthwhile. I know Chenoweth has a flashy, funny role, but I still contend that Menzel is the heart and soul of that show. It is "she" who tugged at my heartstrings and "she" who delivered all the big emotional wallops, and "she" who gave me all the goosebumps.

The both deserve nominations, but unless they could share the Tony, I couldn't be happy if only Chenoweth won, whereas a solo win for Menzel would seem justified.

But the season is young, the verdict isn't in and more shows loom on the horizon. It's way too early to be giving away Tonys...yes?

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 10/11/2003 11:59 PM PST

George, I meant to answer your question earlier and then my dinner companion arrived and I forgot. Ask it on Wednesday and I shall give it quite a long-winded answer, I promise.

Now, STOP POSTING. I am tired of seeing posts.

Posted by bk @ 10/12/2003 12:06 AM PST

I am back from my all day Record Fair (which is really a social get together for the sellers). I have decided that I will of course not post.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 10/12/2003 12:58 AM PST

An additional non post: DR Jose will not doubt be amazed to know that today is the official 80th birthday of Vegemite.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 10/12/2003 12:59 AM PST

Okay then - I won't post either about all the Bollywood songs I have been listening to, courtesy DR MBarnum.

Or how excited I am that DR Jason and DR Ron have posted about WICKED and BOY FROM OZ.

Or that I have even read any of the posts today.

I won't.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/12/2003 07:01 AM PST

Posts?!!!! We don't need no stinking posts!

Posted by Kerry @ 10/12/2003 08:27 AM PST

Director Quentin Tarantino is in charge of TRIO this weekend. He is showing some wacky movies...and some Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

DR MBarnum says that June Kenney is featured in a movie that will be shown at 1 pm EST!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 10/12/2003 08:56 AM PST

DVDs in the players:

THE DEVIL AND DANIEL
WEBSTER and YANKEE
DOODLE DANDY. I've always
had a soft spot in my heart (or
is it my head?) for YDD, and
seeing it all spiffed up on DVD
was a real treat. On the other
hand, I've never seen TD&DW
before, and while I enjoyed the
movie tremendously, as the
picture unfolded, so did a lot of
flaws in the picture and sound.
Lines and flecks, and
distorted sound, specifically
on the high pitches. It was,
without question, a
disappointment; Criterion
usually does a far, far better
job with their discs.

THE TICK: THE ENTIRE
SERIES

This series really deserved
better treatment than it was
given on television. It was
smart, genuinely FUNNY, and
head and shoulders above
99% of the crap on network TV
these days. I suppose that's
what doomed it, though. Still,
all nine episodes of the show
are preserved on this DVD,
which will (if there's any justice
in the real world) sell a lotta
copies.

In the CD player:

JEEPERS CREEPERS (what
a shock!)

The expanded-with-better-
sound-bonus-tracks OBC
album for ANYONE CAN
WHISTLE.

THE ESSENTIAL
COLLECTION by THE SONS
OF THE PIONEERS.

Posted by Robin @ 10/12/2003 08:59 AM PST

DVDs in the players:

THE DEVIL AND DANIEL
WEBSTER and YANKEE
DOODLE DANDY. I've always
had a soft spot in my heart (or
is it my head?) for YDD, and
seeing it all spiffed up on DVD
was a real treat. On the other
hand, I've never seen TD&DW
before, and while I enjoyed the
movie tremendously, as the
picture unfolded, so did a lot of
flaws in the picture and sound.
Lines and flecks, and
distorted sound, specifically
on the high pitches. It was,
without question, a
disappointment; Criterion
usually does a far, far better
job with their discs.

THE TICK: THE ENTIRE
SERIES

This series really deserved
better treatment than it was
given on television. It was
smart, genuinely FUNNY, and
head and shoulders above
99% of the crap on network TV
these days. I suppose that's
what doomed it, though. Still,
all nine episodes of the show
are preserved on this DVD,
which will (if there's any justice
in the real world) sell a lotta
copies.

In the CD player:

JEEPERS CREEPERS (what
a shock!)

The expanded-with-better-
sound-bonus-tracks OBC
album for ANYONE CAN
WHISTLE.

THE ESSENTIAL
COLLECTION by THE SONS
OF THE PIONEERS.

Posted by Robin @ 10/12/2003 08:59 AM PST