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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were speedy, and now it is time for you to post until the speedy cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: NEOTERIC!
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Welcome ten GUESTS.
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Make that eleven GUESTS.
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Topic of the Day: Mame...if only to rectify the original lead casting choice. ::)
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***JOB VIBES***[/size]
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According to Wikipedia, Evelyn Wood is no longer with us:
Evelyn Wood (Logan, Utah, January 8, 1909 – August 26, 1995), sometimes known as "the Pioneer of Speed Reading," learned how to read quickly by watching fast readers. She coined the phrase, "speed reading" and developed a system that was taught in seminars. She and her husband started the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics. Until the late 1990's classes were frequently taught on college campuses in the USA. Her book was published in 1959. White House staff members in the Kennedy, Ford, and Carter administrations took the course.
Her method has been copied and reiterated by many other speed reading authors. Her method is to read every word by using a finger or pointer, such as a pen to move under each line of text at a steady pace. Her system is based on the idea that every person reads a word at the same rate, but a poor reader re-reads words. The pacing hand prevents re-reading, the brain does not need to interpret a jumble of words, with a resulting increase in comprehension, speed, and enjoyment. She died after a nine year decline after her second stroke.
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While Mame certainly ranks as one of the biggest misfires, for me, I think the movie version of Bye Bye Birdie stinks to high heaven. What a mess. Between the miscasting, the plot changes, and the incredible stupidity of the super speed Russian ballet thing I run screaming from the room whenever this piece of junk is mentioned.
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Congrats to DR GEORGE on 16,000 posts!
And job vibes to DR SINGINGNYMPH - and continued job vibes to DS of DR JANE.
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Today is a work day. Oh well.
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TOD:
Hmmmmmm
Anything Goes
Man of La Mancha
I don't know how or WHO would do them, though.
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This morning's a mess between an emergency situation here at the apartment ad a necessary appointment with my accountant on this year's IRS return. More later.
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***BETTER DAY VIBES***[/size]
for DR Rally Moole![/size]
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And the word of the day is: NEOTERIC!
And The song Of The Day Is: YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME
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What happens when you pull the string?
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In COLOR!!!????
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You mean they've
colorized ruined this cinematic classic?
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I wonder if Evelyn Wood ever met Elle Woods?
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I did forgo - so, does that mean I "forwent" - going to the gym this morning (I will go this afternoon), as well as going down to Chelsea to get my haircut before today's round of auditions (I will go take care of that tomorrow). Sleep, ah, precious sleep.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
"A Chorus Line" - Although, there's just something so terribly bad and wrong about the movie that "appeals" to me. ;) And I don't think it should ever be remade. Instead, once time machines are invented, they should go back to 1975-76 and make a proper video of the original Broadway company.
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What happens when you pull the string?
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So, which one is the neighbor and which one is DR MBarnum?
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Good Morning, Ben.
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~~~~~JOB VIBES TO DR SINGINGNYMPH~~~~~
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~~~~~SMOOTHER DAY VIBES TO DR ELMORE~~~~~
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And that's the Morning Report from Chez Harlem.
Laters...
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Good Morning, Ben.
We need to recruit a DR named Sally, so that we can re-create Follies EVERY morning! :D
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TOD:
Annie
Chorus Line _- which they'll never get right, because they don't know how to leave well enough alone. Smae with annie, although even the ABC version was somewhat better... in some ways.
Cabaret was probably the most brilliant movie version-totallly differnet from the stqage play, the musical play but, Fosse got it alllllll right.
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I had never seen this quote from E.Y. Harburg before:
Words make you think a thought.
Music makes you feel a feeling.
A song makes you feel a thought.
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And one for Harburg
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Well, yikies! I forgot to log off yesterday -- so I've been lurking for hours and hours without even knowing I was lurking -- that's what I call some gratuitous lurking....
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You mean they've colorized ruined this cinematic classic?
Yep, but the original black and white version is also there so nothing has been ruined.
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I meant to mention that on that new DVD, there is both a repurposed 5.1 track and the original mono, too. So you have lots of choices if you buy this release.
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Good morning!
Cold, just the way January should be. Still, cloudless blue skies couldn't make for a more perfect mid-January morning.
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I agree with some of the aforementioned musicals gone wrong on film:
And maybe it's just me, but I can't stand the film version of A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, but love it the times I've seen it staged -- there was a lot of bad casting in that movie and I didn't like the way a lot of the characters were played.
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My viewing for the day will be decided by what comes in the mail. If it brings me the five Criterion discs I'm expecting, I'll start with THIS SPORTING LIFE. If not, I'll have to begin HAWAII FIVE-O and put it aside once those Criterion movies come. I guess I'm a snob, but those Criterion classics will get my first attention if I had a choice, even though James MacArthur is pretty wonderful to watch at this stage of his life.
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So many stage musicals have been ruined by their film versions. I agree with almost every one that's been posted here: BYE BYE BIRDIE, MAME, FORUM, A CHORUS LINE, ANNIE.
I'll add GUYS AND DOLLS which does have the Michael Kidd choreography and Vivian Blaine, but while Jean Simmons is tolerable, I'd throw out both Brando and Sinatra, reinstate the cut songs and get rid of the new ones.
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TV REminder:
AMERICAN IDOL begins the weeks of audition rounds tonight (2 hours tonight and tomorrow night). I will not begin watching the show this year until the Hollywood round begins. I simply don't have the hours each week to look and laugh at the clueless who think they can sing or the wisely untalented who only want to appear on TV hoping for a few minutes of glory (or in the case of someone like William Hung, is still talked about.)
New episodes of NCIS, BOSTON LEGAL, and LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.
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I adore the movie of CABARET, but I wish someone would mount a TV version of either the original material or of the revised version, both of which are different in many ways from the film and are both equally memorable.
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I agree with some of the aforementioned musicals gone wrong on film:
And maybe it's just me, but I can't stand the film version of A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, but love it the times I've seen it staged -- there was a lot of bad casting in that movie and I didn't like the way a lot of the characters were played.
I don't like any film version of a Broadway musical that leaves out half the score.
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Congrats to DR Jorge for all those posts!!
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And congrats to DR Singingnymph (is she the love child of DR Singingnaomi?) on making it to the clouds! What color toga do you want?
... And you'll need to be very, very, very patient while waiting for your HHW godliness prize (my HHW toaster is still in the process of being delivered...)...
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Ah, yes. I forgot Forum, Annie and Guys and Dolls.
A Little Night Music ain't no rose either.
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...slow news day here at HHW ... I can hear the Grand Pooh-Pah BK now: "Are we ever going to make it to page 3?" ....
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Oh, and welcome back to DR Edi -- you were missed (and that from someone who is most E and T -- see, even I even picked up on the fact that you had been missing in action). Give "Oh Crap" a hug for me.
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Mini-frenzy!
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Ah, yes. I forgot Forum, Annie and Guys and Dolls.
A Little Night Music ain't no rose either.
Good lord, how did I forget A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC?
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...slow news day here at HHW ... I can hear the Grand Pooh-Pah BK now: "Are we ever going to make it to page 3?" ....
He would say that even if there were many more pages of posts. The number would change, but the sentiment would be the same.
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Good morning, everyone.
I'm up and around these days, but still fighting the remains of the flu. I am NOT caught up on the posts, so I have no idea what people are talking about--shush, Bruce.
Must run some errands.
Hope to rejoin you all at some point.
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And the word of the day is: NEOTERIC!
An anagram for NEOTERIC is ERECTION.
I'm not even going to try putting that in a sentence! :o
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I was going to say hi to DR SoulSis, but I'm sure she's back reading ALL of the posts -- what a kiss-up! ... ;D
Update: She posted while I was typing that....spoo ...
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I've never seen the 1930s version of ANYTHING GOES (TOPS IS THE LIMIT). I know it's not as far a departure from the original as the abysmal 1956 Crosby/O'Connor version is, but is the 1930s version anything like the Broadway version?
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I'll add GUYS AND DOLLS which does have the Michael Kidd choreography and Vivian Blaine, but while Jean Simmons is tolerable, I'd throw out both Brando and Sinatra, reinstate the cut songs and get rid of the new ones.
I concur with Matt on GUYS AND DOLLS, esp on Sinatra. I knew the show from the Bluth Bros production and was aghast when I saw the film.
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I don't know from today's TOD.
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He would say that even if there were many more pages of posts. The number would change, but the sentiment would be the same.
Yes -- he is SOOOoooo predictable! ;)
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While Mame certainly ranks as one of the biggest misfires, for me, I think the movie version of Bye Bye Birdie stinks to high heaven. What a mess. Between the miscasting,...
Huh?
I don't argue with the changes in storyline being off, but which characters do you think were miscast? Certainly not Dick Van Dyke!
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Yes, Miss K, just when you least expect it! Hello! We do need to catch up sometime.
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I don't know from today's TOD.
I guess it helps to know something of Broadway musicals, and their translation to Hollywood musicals...
...before being re-worked into Bollywood material. ;)
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Nope, can't quite see this as a musical.
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Might as well get 'er to page 3 ...
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Tah-dah!
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Oh, and Ginny--I believe you mentioned some time back that people who like the works of Rosamunde Pilcher usually like Maeve Binchy, as well. I've known of MB for ages, but never read her. Yesterday I picked up one of her novels and I do think I'll like it.
I read Val McDermid's THE DISTANT ECHO while ill. Great page-turner, but disturbing because the actions of one person damaged so many lives. But then if I want something uplifting why am I reading murder mysteries???
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This time I won't forget to log out -- gratuitous lurking begone -- Adios!
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What happens when you pull the string?
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I keep my pants up with a piece of twine
I keep my arms wide open all the time
I keep myself quite willing all the time
Because you're mine
Please pull the twine.
From a New Christy Minstrels recording
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Really must go.
TTFN.
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I forgot to mention the TCM documentary on Val Lewton broadcast last night. I recorded it and hope to see it one of these days. Looked very interesting.
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I need to head downstairs and check the mail before starting to prepare lunch (barbecued chicken today).
WBBL.
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I agree with some of the aforementioned musicals gone wrong on film:
And maybe it's just me, but I can't stand the film version of A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, but love it the times I've seen it staged -- there was a lot of bad casting in that movie and I didn't like the way a lot of the characters were played.
I agree, Miss Karen - the film stinks. Too many of the songs were cut, in particular "Free" (the cornerstone of the entire story, IMO), to be replaced by the plunkly-wunkly wails and warbles of Ken Thorne. And Phil Silvers as Marcus Lycus - if they'd kept the role a supporting player, instead of beefing it up the way they did...
To be honest, the only parts of the film that I like are the music for "The Chase" - Mozart would have approved, maybe - and the End Credits. Those two pieces are fun. Trash the rest.
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How to fix the film version of A Little Night Music - start by throwing out the director.
The one thing that was done well in that film was replacing "Glamorous Life" with "Glamorous Life." Even the undercutting of the lyric with what was shown on film worked. But most of the time, the film showed Prince's vast misunderstanding of how film works. Just because he's been praised for making stage musicals "cinematic" doesn't mean that he knows cinema.
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Gypsy would have been far better without Roz Russell. Bad enough she couldn't handle all the singing - she couldn't handle the fact that she was playing the villian in the piece! A woman I worked with a few years back lovedlovedloved Russell in the film, but dammit Rose pushes and dominates her daughters throughout the film, refusing to let them become their own persons, to the point of putting Louise on the burlesque stage, something that was practically synonymous with being a prostitute - this character is a monster, and needs to be seen as such!
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MAN OF LA MANCHA was a total botch.
I would love to see both RAGTIME and LES MISERABLES turned into film musicals.
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Some plays are so inherently theatrical and, their theatricality so definitely a part of their success, that I would rather see a literal filmed transcription of the play as opposed to seeing it made into a "movie".
Examples that come to mind: MAN OF LA MANCHA, THE FANTASTIKS, ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN (despite a mesmerising performance by Christopher Plummer and an earnest attempt). I think the SWEENEY TODD film also fails, truncated songs, not great singers, and a languidness about it. I'd much rather watch the Hearn /Lansbury taped theatre production.
Stage farces rarely work on the screen FLEA IN HER EAR and NOISES OFF come to mind. The amazement with these kind of shows comes from all the door-slamming and physical timing onstage. Though two film farces that I think do work would be ARSENIC & OLD LACE and THE RITZ. Of course, I never saw The Ritz onstage; and I only saw Arsenic onstage after I'd seen the film.
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Time to get ready for work. I've got to get der Brucer to run a couple of errands before I get there, so I'm leaving you all a little early.
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Tuesday morning (CST) greetings! It's another cold winter day here in SE Wisconsin, but they say it's going to get much colder later in the week.
We went last night with Richard's classmates to a local bistro that was having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for a youth soccer league. It was OK, but you'd think for $6.25, they could have filled my wine glass more than half full! The students were supposed to reconvene last night for a film, but someone had already checked it out of the library, so the instructor cancelled. They really needed a night off.
I'm back in the library atrium working on the conference...
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DR Dakota, do you have something you put on your car at night to keep the engine
warm?
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DR Singingnymph-GOOD JOB VIBES!!!
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I'm up and attempting to de-groggify.
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So no one thinks any of these flops could be remade with today's talent, behind and in front of the camera? And be gotten right, which is the point.
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Ginny, I've been enjoying reading your posts from SE Wisconsin.
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Better day vibes to DR elmore!
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Oh, and Ginny--I believe you mentioned some time back that people who like the works of Rosamunde Pilcher usually like Maeve Binchy, as well. I've known of MB for ages, but never read her. Yesterday I picked up one of her novels and I do think I'll like it.
I have liked Maeve Binchy for years and I have read a number of her books. She is a delightful writer. I have also read Cecelia Ahern.
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Ginny, I've been enjoying reading your posts from SE Wisconsin.
Thanks, Jane. When the sun comes out (which they day will be later to day), I'll take some pictures.
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DR Dakota, do you have something you put on your car at night to keep the engine
warm?
I plug it in and it starts the block heater.
One reason cars in this area have cords coming out of from front. Block heaters are standard equipment up here.
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Better day vibes to Elmore!
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However, -30 is not good either way. Block heaters can only do so much...
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Oh, and Ginny--I believe you mentioned some time back that people who like the works of Rosamunde Pilcher usually like Maeve Binchy, as well. I've known of MB for ages, but never read her. Yesterday I picked up one of her novels and I do think I'll like it.
I read Val McDermid's THE DISTANT ECHO while ill. Great page-turner, but disturbing because the actions of one person damaged so many lives. But then if I want something uplifting why am I reading murder mysteries???
DR Jeanne - when I'm sick I like to read light series mysteries - Laura Childs' tea shop or scrapbooking series, Cleo Coyle's Greenwich Village coffee shop series, or Monica Ferris' needlework shop series. That last one got me through pneumonia several years ago.
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Another writer I like is Anne McCaffrey and particularly her Dragonriders of Pern books.
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TOD....
I cannot think of any at this moment...
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TOD - Having see the OBC, I thoroughly disliked the film version of Cabaret when it was first released. Then I read the original Isherwood storiies, watched the film again, and changed my mind.
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I liked the original movie version of hte Producers but the remake was not as good
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We need to recruit a DR named Sally, so that we can re-create Follies EVERY morning! :D
You're absolutely right, DR sallyforth....! :D
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I concur with Matt on GUYS AND DOLLS, esp on Sinatra. I knew the show from the Bluth Bros production and was aghast when I saw the film.
AS was I....and frankly agape that it was directed by Joe Mankiewicz.
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I'd love to see a re-do of "Bye, Bye Birdie" with original score intact.
And not anything remotely like that horrendous TV botch with Jason Alexander.
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And "Annie" could be done extremely well if someone really WANTED to do it properly. John Huston didn't have a clue, any more than did Richard Attenborough with "A Chorus Line."
It seems the bigger or more prestigious the show, the more botched the film version.
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My morning appointment with the endodontist went well. He was replacing the build-up material he put in on Dec. 10. He told me last month that he would need to do this before I could go back to my dentist because the build-up material showed, in the X-ray, signs of blood contamination (from the gum sawing he did!!!) and that the build-up is what my dentist will place the crown over. He wanted this material to be pure and properly formed.
So....he worked on me for about 35 minutes....I was properly numbed (he'd asked me before starting if I wanted to forego numbing....NO WAY, JOSE!). It's a good thing, too, because he needed to notch some bone and do a slight bit of cauterizing.
Needless to say, it "sounds" worse than it was. The "taste", though, is unpleasant...and the numbing is wearing off.
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Time to meet the seminarians for lunch.
Bye for now!
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I'm in the office with only one other co-worker right now...and it's the one who threw the hissy huff yesterday.
She's in "a state" this morning, too, even though we had a normal afternoon yesterday. She's apparently worked herself into this "state" with more fervid imaginings. Am waiting for the made-up mind-reading statements to spew forth at any given moment.
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Am waiting for the made-up mind-reading statements to spew forth at any given moment.
Sounds like a good time...
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...and the numbing is wearing off.
Glad you got through the ordeal OK, DR Ron Pulliam.
Do your lips feel large?
Are you drooling uncontrollably?
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I rather like the orignal film version of ANNIE and I did not care for the telly remake in 1999.
The singing seemed better in the original. The second version did have some nice moments but I just felt it not as true to the original.
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I have liked Maeve Binchy for years and I have read a number of her books. She is a delightful writer.
A number of years ago we had the good chance to spend a few nights in Dublin. On our one tour out of the city our bus took us past her home in the charming town she lives in (can't remember the name now).
I believe the last time I read one of her books I purchased it in Ireland. Maybe it is time to pick up another one to read. Any suggestions?
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((Ron))
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Thanks, Jane. When the sun comes out (which they day will be later to day), I'll take some pictures.
Photos- :)
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Sadly, RLP, there are a couple of people I work with who are like that at the library... You never know when they are going to be set off.
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A number of years ago we had the good chance to spend a few nights in Dublin. On our one tour out of the city our bus took us past her home in the charming town she lives in (can't remember the name now).
I believe the last time I read one of her books I purchased it in Ireland. Maybe it is time to pick up another one to read. Any suggestions?
That is neat. I just got done re-reading Circle of Freinds. I had not read that for a long time and I picked up when I was up at my mothers. I also like The Copper Kettle.
I ahve actually met Cecelia Ahern. When my freind Maureen and I were in the Twin Cities a few years back to see the Chieftains, we went to Irish on Grand. We were roaming around and I bought her book, PS, Love you. It had just been released in the US and she was there for a book signing. We chatted for a short amount of time with her. She was doing a book signing later in the day at Barnes and Noble. It is an couple from Ireland who own Irish on Grand and it has some wonderful little gems in it.
Many years ago on Prodigy Classic, Anne McCaffrey sanctioned a role playing game based on her books and I even got an email from her. I had a dragon named Chieftainth....
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In Anne's books, all her dragon names end in TH...
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Glad you got through the ordeal OK, DR Ron Pulliam.
Do your lips feel large?
Are you drooling uncontrollably?
Are you getting excited?
Well get over it. I'm doing NONE of those things!
Harrumph!
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((Ron))
Thanks!
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I rather like the orignal film version of ANNIE and I did not care for the telly remake in 1999.
The singing seemed better in the original. The second version did have some nice moments but I just felt it not as true to the original.
Despite the casting oddities of the Disney-produced television film, I thought it far more faithful to the original score...but it stopped short of being what it "should" have been.
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Let's start with the positive part of the day: my IRS situation is good, I've overpaid, and all is well.
For the past week, I've been having the feeling that there have been critters in my bed, like thinking that a bug just crawled over your leg kinda thing. So, this morning at 5 am, something appeared to be crawling on my ear, and I killed it. I turned on the lights to check and there were 4 or 5 bedbugs in my bed. At first I thought they were roaches, then I paniced and thought they were ticks, but no, they were bedbugs, and I suddenly have an infestation. Between 5:30 and 9:30 I did eight loads of laundry in my basement laundry room and the laundromat down the street, I damn near asphyxiated myself spraying the mattress with pesticide. I threw out all my pillows, and called the landlord.
I ran into a 5th floor neighbor and asked her if she'd heard anything about a vermin problem, and she said she'd heard several neighbors had been complaining about bedbugs. I recently read an article about it being a Manhattan problem at the moment, so I'm wondering now if the flurry of nocturnal activity from my neighbor several days ago was the same thing. Anyway, I expect this to be a nightmare for the next couple of weeks. Much as I like him and his dog, I'm wondering if the dog brought them into the building or if they're wondering from floor to floor looking for a good home. Hopefully, they won't find it here.
DR Jose, Friday's good, too.
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That is neat. I just got done re-reading Circle of Freinds. I had not read that for a long time and I picked up when I was up at my mothers. I also like The Copper Kettle.
Might you mean The Copper Beach?
http://www.maevebinchy.com/
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DR elmore-yuck and I'm sorry.
I don't believe your neighbor's dog is the cause of this....."The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) is the best adapted to human environments."
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BK -- there is a "fellow" calling himself "CharlieIves" who has a thread over at FSM that is a diatribe against many folks who participate in the forum because they give him a hard time and challenge him at every turn.
There is no user history for said CharlieIves. It's not a renamed entity as a search yields zero posts by him.
Check it out and see if there are any clues you can grok from it.
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This site might be helpful, doesn't hurt for anyone to read it...just in case.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/
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(And don't let the bedbugs bite!)
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For some reason the Canadian channel broadcast this on Sunday night. I wonder if they will continue to do so.
Anyhow, I loved this episode.
I usually enjoy the shows with the kids (i find the 2 oldest to be very good). And although it was a bit odd that they did not even show the other kids, i thought the older daughter did great.
I really had no idea how the child's dreams were going to affect the case Alison was working on (i didn't even really realize they were related at all till closer to the end).
But i loved how ariel got involved in alison's real childhood.
And all the stuff with the policeman was very good. I think having him be such a good cop when he saw the group of kids outside the concert, totally threw me off the trail.
Very good episode!
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Years ago when the boys were young, the three of us got lice. I wrapped everything I could in plastic bags & left the bags sealed for weeks. elmore, I really feel for you.
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I saw that, DR RLP!!! ;D
I was going to ask: where? ;)
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DR elmore3003. I am truly sorry for you. I had read that it was a recent and huge problem in Manhattan.
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I saw that, DR RLP!!! ;D
I was going to ask: where? ;)
All over....for some odd reason. Power of suggestion, I reckon.
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It's nearly lunch time. I truly want to go out and have some soup.
My tooth, and the associated gum area, is beginning to "ache". Trauma, as it were.
I don't have any of my ibuprofen handy. I may have to call it a day at some point and go home.
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I have "Medium" to watch on my DVR cache this evening. I was in bed by 9:30 p.m.
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RE: ned on GHOST WHISPERER
A couple of days ago i mentioned how jarring i found it when watching last week's GHOST WHISPERER that ned had aged so much without mention.
DR Der Brucer said it was the same kid grown up.
Now i would be completely shocked if this was true.
But does anyone know?
The other kid was little, brown hair (like 12). And this new kid was blonde and like 16!
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Kill the bugs vibes for Elmore... I am sorry to hear of the situation Elmore
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RE: ned on GHOST WHISPERER
A couple of days ago i mentioned how jarring i found it when watching last week's GHOST WHISPERER that ned had aged so much without mention.
DR Der Brucer said it was the same kid grown up.
Now i would be completely shocked if this was true.
But does anyone know?
The other kid was little, brown hair (like 12). And this new kid was blonde and like 16!
The original Ned was played by Tyler Patrick Jones who is now 14 going on 15.
The new Ned is actor Christoph Sanders.
I much prefer the "new Ned" as a character and as an actor. He adds a new dimension that Camryn Manheim's "Delia" and the other Ned simply could not provide. Blame the writers, I suppose. But what on earth is the "point" of Delia?
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There has been a reported increase of them in this area also
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Might you mean The Copper Beach?
http://www.maevebinchy.com/
Sorry, Apparently i cooking at the same time as I was trying to come up with the title, Yes it is Copper Beech.
The Grass Lake was the other one I was trying to think of.
Circle of Friends is good also
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So no one thinks any of these flops could be remade with today's talent, behind and in front of the camera? And be gotten right, which is the point.
Sure they could, it would just depend on who did it.
And of course one man's flop is another man's treasure.
I always going in expecting the movie version to be different then the stage version, and vice versa...and I don't mind. It is the nature of the beast.
Or something like that.
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Thanks for the info DR RLP.
I"m not sure which ned i will prefer. Although i definitely liked the old one a lot.
I just found it very odd that they would change direction mid-season without even a mention (although they did take a few digs at it by referring to him being older).
I think this ned will have more to do. I don't really like that they so drasticly changed things. They could have just found another kid and not made him ned.
Okay i just looked on the imdb for the name you gave (tyler patrick jones) and it says the kid is 13 (march 12, 1994). I wonder what age he was supposed to be. I always thought he was like 11ish.
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Sorry about the bedbug problems, DR Elmore. Look out the window. If this is what you see then hightail it out of that city!
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I was actually quite disappointed with who left this week. I know they fought. But i sort of liked them (mostly for their competitive nature).
Plus i really don't like the gramps team. I find him to be very useless as a player. But mostly i just hate teams to have a chance to win that always come in last (or 2nd to last). They have never come in first, or anything near that. If they won, i would be quite upset.
As for yeller dad ron. I don't really like him either. I like christina and mostly think she is great. BUt even though ron does not yell anymore. I still cannot say i've actually seen him do anything.
And to me this is about a team, not one person. Christina does everything. She makes all the decisions. Makes all the flight arrangements. Deals with all the taxis.
Ron just follows her.
My favorite team that is left is tk and rachel. I think they are lovely people and would like them to win. Although i think christina deserves it more.
As for jen and nate, it was unfortunate. But i don't really think they were to blame. There were a series of unfortunate events.
1.they did not get on the first flight with father/daughter.
Now i wonder if there was room or if christina made that lady tell them it was full (it looked like she did and if she did then i am very against that). That really bugged me.
2.they did not get on that train even though they had more than 5 minutes (and therefore had to wait for 30+ minutes allowing tk and rachel to catch up).
i wonder if they could have purchased their tix through the machine.
3. the local told them it would be faster on the subway.
i would probably have listened to the local too!
The thing that actually bugged me most about this episode was that the tasks did not take any time. Walking on rocks. I mean come on. The tasks need to be difficult so that it's not first come, first finished.
And the speed bump took maybe 5 minutes. Dumb (even though i love tk and rachel).
Here are some interviews with the eliminated team:
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-amazing-race/exclusive-interview-jennifer-a-15684.aspx (http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-amazing-race/exclusive-interview-jennifer-a-15684.aspx)
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20171482,00.html (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20171482,00.html)
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-jennifer-parker-nathan-hagstrom-dish-on-the-amazing-race-6393.php (http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/exclusive-jennifer-parker-nathan-hagstrom-dish-on-the-amazing-race-6393.php)
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DR Elmore - you didn't need this latest household crisis right now, or ever! Coping vibes to you!
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I agree, Miss Karen - the film stinks. Too many of the songs were cut, in particular "Free" (the cornerstone of the entire story, IMO), to be replaced by the plunkly-wunkly wails and warbles of Ken Thorne. And Phil Silvers as Marcus Lycus - if they'd kept the role a supporting player, instead of beefing it up the way they did...
I wonder if that had anything to do with the fact that (if I remember correctly) they originally wanted Phil Silvers as Pseudolus in the original Broadway production. He turned it down and they gave it to Zero, who won the Tony Award®. Phil eventually played the role in the 1970s revival and also the Tony®.
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Feel better vibes to DR Jeanne...
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My morning appointment with the endodontist went well. He was replacing the build-up material he put in on Dec. 10. He told me last month that he would need to do this before I could go back to my dentist because the build-up material showed, in the X-ray, signs of blood contamination (from the gum sawing he did!!!) and that the build-up is what my dentist will place the crown over. He wanted this material to be pure and properly formed.
So....he worked on me for about 35 minutes....I was properly numbed (he'd asked me before starting if I wanted to forego numbing....NO WAY, JOSE!). It's a good thing, too, because he needed to notch some bone and do a slight bit of cauterizing.
Needless to say, it "sounds" worse than it was. The "taste", though, is unpleasant...and the numbing is wearing off.
~~~Teeth Recovery Vibes for DR Ron!!~~~
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I never knew there were such htings as bedbugs in this day and age. Yikes! One more thing to worry about!
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~~~Feel Better Vibes for DR Jeanne!!~~~
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Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But today is is actual birthday...according to my Futurama calendar. If he were still alive, he'd only be 79 years old.
That's really not that old. :-\
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Congrats to DR GEORGE on 16,000 posts!
Thanks, JRand and Miss Karen for the posts congrats! :)
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For the past week, I've been having the feeling that there have been critters in my bed, like thinking that a bug just crawled over your leg kinda thing. So, this morning at 5 am, something appeared to be crawling on my ear, and I killed it. I turned on the lights to check and there were 4 or 5 bedbugs in my bed. At first I thought they were roaches, then I paniced and thought they were ticks, but no, they were bedbugs, and I suddenly have an infestation. Between 5:30 and 9:30 I did eight loads of laundry in my basement laundry room and the laundromat down the street, I damn near asphyxiated myself spraying the mattress with pesticide. I threw out all my pillows, and called the landlord.
I ran into a 5th floor neighbor and asked her if she'd heard anything about a vermin problem, and she said she'd heard several neighbors had been complaining about bedbugs. I recently read an article about it being a Manhattan problem at the moment, so I'm wondering now if the flurry of nocturnal activity from my neighbor several days ago was the same thing. Anyway, I expect this to be a nightmare for the next couple of weeks. Much as I like him and his dog, I'm wondering if the dog brought them into the building or if they're wondering from floor to floor looking for a good home. Hopefully, they won't find it here.
~~~SUPER NO MORE CRITTERS VIBES FOR DR ELMORE!!~~~
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TOD, and I've got a lot to say:
CARMEN JONES: great score, severely truncated for the film, and today we have Audra MacDonald. . . .We've got Brian Stokes Mitchell.
PORGY AND BESS - we've got Audra.
CAROUSEL - we've got Hugh Jackman. We've got Kristen Chenoweth for Carrie. We've got Barbara Cook for Nettie.
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER - we've got Kristen, again. Maybe Hugh could play the good doctor, though I'd like to hear what Stokes would do the the score. Idina Menzel might even make for an interesting Daisy.
I'm like DR Ginny on CABARET, a film I really didn't appreciate enough until I had read the Isherwood.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with Ann-Margret as Desiree, Christine Baranski as The Countess, Angela Lansbury as Mme. Armfelt, Amy Adams as Anne, Alicia Witt as Fredericka, Daniel Radcliffe as Henrick, Stokes (again) as Count Carl-Magnus and Nathan Fillion as Frederick.
BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS with Queen Latifah as Jewell, Reba McIntyre as Miss Mona, Tom Wopat as Ed Earl, Michael McKean as the governor.
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Sorry about the bedbug problems, DR Elmore. Look out the window. If this is what you see then hightail it out of that city!
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DR MBarnum, I felt my life was like this when you came to visit!
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TOD (Part Two) Things I would greenlight that have not been done:
BIG RIVER - attach Michael (FLICKA) Mayer as director.
SIDE SHOW - get the gals from B'way and give it to Tim Burton.
FOLLIES - BUT, reconceive it at a Hollywood soundstage about to be torn apart, gather up the living MGM girls and start shooting. . .
NINE - shoot it in black & white, with the exception of "The Grand Canal" sequence and let Woody Allen direct it.
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Oh, and while we still have Roman Polanski, let him direct a film version of the original DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES.
What about a Tim Burton/Frank Wildhorn collaboration on JECKYLL & HYDE? Danny Elfman could be musical adapter/director?
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I've only done a page or so so far - although I did quite a lot of revising before I did the new page, so that has to count for something. I'll definitely do two or three more pages, then I just want to get this batch of over fifty pages to muse Margaret first thing in the morning.
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DR MBarnum would be ecstatic if someone would greenlight BOMBAY DREAMS.
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Ron, my immediate thought was that "CharlieIves" is either Avi Hearn (The Mark Of Score-o or any number of other usernames) or Robert John Guttke, who returns from time to time using other names). My guess is that it's the former, but I suppose it could be the latter.
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Good Afternoon!
"Clap yo' hands!" like your were "An American in Paris"!
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Thanks for the info DR RLP.
I"m not sure which ned i will prefer. Although i definitely liked the old one a lot.
I just found it very odd that they would change direction mid-season without even a mention (although they did take a few digs at it by referring to him being older).
I think this ned will have more to do. I don't really like that they so drasticly changed things. They could have just found another kid and not made him ned.
Okay i just looked on the imdb for the name you gave (tyler patrick jones) and it says the kid is 13 (march 12, 1994). I wonder what age he was supposed to be. I always thought he was like 11ish.
IIRC, they haven't replaced him mid-season. This entire season, Ned has been "missing", so to speak. Often referred to but never shown.
I'm thinking that he was out as of the end of last season. For what reason I don't know. It may be that his folks wanted him in school rather than working. It may be that the producers wanted a more mature Ned for future episode writing.
I doubt we'll ever "know" for sure.
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Slightly oftod; the movie OLIVER! vastly improved on the stage show. To do Chorus Line, you'd need to watch how Bennet filmed the opening for the Tonys and take your cue from there(and NO shots of Zach sitting in the theater)The prob with ACL and Dolly is that Dolly has that runway-how do you equalize that for film? 3-D ? and Chorus Line, you've got the whole line in front of you for almost half the show.I haven't a clue as to how you'd duplicate that.; I'd like to see a film of FORUM with Norbert Leo Butz-I bet he'd be a stitch.
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DR elmore - YIKES! There were a couple of articles about bedbugs and other critters in the year end issues of both Time Out New York and New York Magazine. -And just yesterday, I received an "invitation" from the City Of New York to attend a seminar of the current bedbug infestation and how to get rid of them.
In the meantime, here's the article from New York Magazine:
Bedbugs (http://nymag.com/guides/everything/pests/40650/)
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Ron, my immediate thought was that "CharlieIves" is either Avi Hearn (The Mark Of Score-o or any number of other usernames) or Robert John Guttke, who returns from time to time using other names). My guess is that it's the former, but I suppose it could be the latter.
Guttke's verbiage is, more often than not, a tad "twee"...and I don't see any of that in that post. I'm thinking it's Hearn, as well.
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DR elmore - YIKES! There were a couple of articles about bedbugs and other critters in the year end issues of both Time Out New York and New York Magazine. -And just yesterday, I received an "invitation" from the City Of New York to attend a seminar of the current bedbug infestation and how to get rid of them.
In the meantime, here's the article from New York Magazine:
Bedbugs (http://nymag.com/guides/everything/pests/40650/)
I just heard from the agent for my building and professional exterminators wil be calling on me. It turns out the B line of apartments is infested so the bugs are most likely looking for new hangouts. I'm in the C line.
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I would guess they're migrating from the baseboards behind the bookcases with CD player and amplifier. Yikes! That's a lot of books to move.
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Gadzooks!
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I began my afternoon by watching last night's CSI: MIAMI.
Not a great episode, and I'm really bored with all the to-do with Horatio's kid though it did have a place in the episode since the mother (played by Elizabeth Berkley) was indirectly involved in the murder (though no proof allowed her to go free).
CSI: MIAMI is one of the sharpest and most vivid HD shows on any network, but last night, the soft focus filters were out in force with both Berkley and Caruso using them.
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Well, I disagree with DR S. Woody about the 1962 GYPSY which I consider a classic, but I've defended it enough times here and won't go through it all again.
I also think the Disney/Rob Marshall ANNIE was a million times more effective than the Huston ANNIE and truer to the show. Both versions left out chunks of the stage original that I missed, but if I'm in the mood for ANNIE, I'll pull out the Disney version every time.
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The Criterion discs I was expecting did not show up today, so I was forced into proceeding with HAWAII FIVE-O, Season 3. If the discs show up tomorrow, I'll put HAWAII FIVE-O aside and do the Criterion films, and then go back to HAWAII FIVE-O much later in the week.
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I got three episodes watched of HAWAII FIVE-O. The crime dramas of the old days moved much more slowly than the ones of today do. That said, I still enjoyed seeing the guest stars and the clothes, and all the "groovy" dialog that got worked into the scripts.
Among the guest stars so far have been Gerald O'Laughlin and Donald Moffat in the first episode, Nancy Wilson (as a heroin addict!) and Harry Guardino in the second, and John Marley and Eric Braeden in the third.
The transfers are up and down in quality. Scenes shot on soundstages look the best. Location work is hit or miss in terms of sharpness and grain. Of course, sound has to be rerecorded on those location shoots at the beach, and it's SO obvious. There have even been some black scratches on the masters used for the transfers.
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I completed my afternoon viewing by skimming through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nada.
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DR elmore - If you haven't done so already, CHECK YOUR BOOKS! And your boxes of books. Just grab a few off each shelf and check their bindings for "nymphs". If you see any trace of them, well... start microwaving! :-\
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TOD: I have no clue, except that I often don't care for the movie versions.
I loved Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, though.
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And now a little break...
It has been another great afternoon of dancing. We even had some pointe work today - which I haven't seen in an audition in years! Best of all, there's some real "depth" to the field of candidates. That's always a good "problem" to have when a show is about to be cast. :)
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DR Ron Pulliam, perhaps if you drool uncontrollably you can keep your co-worker away.
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DR Ron Pulliam, perhaps if you drool uncontrollably you can keep your co-worker away.
...And/or just go up to her desk right now, and drool away!
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Hopefully, she won't take that as a sign of affection, interest.
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OK... Break is almost over...
Laters...
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DR elmore - If you haven't done so already, CHECK YOUR BOOKS! And your boxes of books. Just grab a few off each shelf and check their bindings for "nymphs". If you see any trace of them, well... start microwaving! :-\
I know! And there are books everywhere!
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Can you kill the eggs/baby critters by putting the books in the freezer? It works with flour and birdseed.
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/BarnesButte.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/tumbleweeds.jpg)
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DR Laura - what are those things in your second photo?
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Art.
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They look like tumbleweeds.
Great photos, DR Laura. As always.
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They are large hollow balls made of saplings.
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I guess I'll head back down and continue with the adventures of Steve McGarrett.
Since I'm not watching the 2-hour IDOL auditions tonight, I should be able to finsh disc 1 and possibly get all the way throgh disc 2 tonight as well. If I get burned out on these, I'll switch over to the Val lewton documentary from TCM that's on the DVR.
WBBL.
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Art.
Oh.
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They are large hollow balls made of saplings.
Manmade? They look like something a bird would fashion.
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Art.
That's what you call a man with no arms and no legs who is hanging on your wall.
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DR DearReaderLaura and DR JoseSPiano: I don't drool. Much.
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The dogs do NOT appreciate having deer traipsing through the snow in their front yard!
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Oh.
LOL!
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They are large enough to walk into -- actually, you can fit several people into each one.
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http://www.psstudios.com/clients/dbg/07/dougherty/
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DR RonP, re: Ghost Whisperer's NED, are you sure that he has not been on this season?
It feels like i've just seen him!
I'm gonna see what the imdb says about his last show. You might be right. But i swear i just saw him!
Okay now this is odd.
I go to imdb.com and type in Ghost Whisperer.
It shows Tyler Patrick Jones as playing ned from sept 2006 to may 2007. But then it says he did one show "slambook" dec 2007.
That was the episode we saw last week.
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Well, I've been locked in the library at closing time again. Actually, it's almost time for me to go try to figure out what's happening during Evening Prayer (even the seminarians admitted at lunch that it's not easy!). Wonder what's on for dinner tonight?
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The original Ned was played by Tyler Patrick Jones who is now 14 going on 15.
The new Ned is actor Christoph Sanders.
Interesting - IMDB still credits Jones for the "Slambook" episode.
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I'm debating taking my novel down to Toyland and sleeping on the floor there tonight. I'll probably drag out the MBarnum memorial air mattress and sleep in the hallway. Or I could take it with me to Toyland.
Hmmm . . .
DR Jennifer, I personally think you're worrying too much about the actor playing Ned, but since IMDB isn't always reliable, check out this site: http://www.tv.com/
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I go to imdb.com and type in Ghost Whisperer.
It shows Tyler Patrick Jones as playing ned from sept 2006 to may 2007. But then it says he did one show "slambook" dec 2007.
That was the episode we saw last week.
IMDB is wrong; Christoph Sanders is playing Ned now, just as Ron told you earlier. IMDB is unreliable.
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Interesting - IMDB still credits Jones for the "Slambook" episode.
der Brucer
IMDb is fraught with errors.
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Interesting - IMDB still credits Jones for the "Slambook" episode.
der Brucer
Yes, but if you go to Christoph Sanders' page on IMDB, which doesn't list him as Ned, you'll see in the various postings below mention GHOST WHISPERER. The cast is correct on tv.com.
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Very slow going today - I should have just printed out what I had, Xeroxed it and given it to muse Margaret and taken the day off. I've written three pages and I think that's going to be about it for today, unless I get a sudden urge to do another page or two.
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Well, I disagree with DR S. Woody about the 1962 GYPSY which I consider a classic, but I've defended it enough times here and won't go through it all again.
That's ok, Matt; I"ll take over. I love the film!!!!!
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Yes, but if you go to Christoph Sanders' page on IMDB, which doesn't list him as Ned, you'll see in the various postings below mention GHOST WHISPERER. The cast is correct on tv.com.
This is the kid who played Ned in last week's show:
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/tumbleweeds.jpg)
That must be some feral kitty to cough up those fur balls!
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This is the "old" Ned....Tyler Patrick Jones:
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Poor ELmo! Sorry to hear about the pesky bedbugs, yuck! I had read an article last summer about the little critters making a comeback in the US. They love us -- hitching rides with humans and their stuff. The article I read made the same point as the others mentioned today -- mainly that they love matresses and furniture and books -- but will hitch a ride in luggage when you're traveling. My article said that since we've become so global -- so many of us USAers going abroad all over and abroads from all over coming in here -- the little critters are taking advantage of the free rides and their numbers have exploded -- especially in the bigger cities where you have a lot of tourists/hotels and alot of apartment dwellers. Someone in your apartment building is the culprit -- and it ain't the dog!
Bedbugs Begone Vibes for DR ELmo ... and all his neighbors...and all of NYC!
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And THIS is the link (http://www.tv.com/ghost-whisperer/slam-a.k.a.-slambook/episode/1146321/summary.html)[/url] to TV.COM and the recent episode in which the new Ned took over the role of Ned.
Ned has been referenced several times during this season, but this last episode is the first time the character has been seen (to the best of my knowledge) during this season.
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IMDb is fraught with errors.
That's the buzz on the streets (I go to it a lot for info, but reader beware is the word I hear)...
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That's the buzz on the streets (I go to it a lot for info, but reader beware is the word I hear)...
I think the info is as good as the folk who submit it.
DR MissKaren, did you not see my post #155? My apartment building is infested in the B line, meaning apartments 1B, 2B, 3B, etc. I suspect the extermination is sending them into the C line of the building.
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Manmade? They look like something a bird would fashion.
LOL, Mr. Mini-Me -- I was going to ask the same question -- although I was going to use the word animal instead of bird ... then I saw DR Laura's link about it... then LOL again ...
...guess "art" is indeed in the eye of the beholder -- one man's creation is another's piece of something a bird could fashion .... (and how many pieces of "art" have I thought that about...)
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The bed bugs'll getcha
If you don't watch out.
And if they ever getcha
Then you'll sing and shout;
You'll go heigh-dee heigh-dee heigh-dee
Heigh-dee whoa-dee doe-dee doe
That's what love is all about
You can't eat, you can't sleep, you'll go crazy,
You'll just whoa dee doe dee doe all day.
If someone wants to know
Why you're crazy
You'll answer with a heigh-dee heigh heigh
And a whoa-dee doe-day!
Oh! The bed bugs'll getcha if you don't watch out
And if they ever getcha
Then you'll sing and shout:
You'll go heigh-dee heigh-dee heigh-dee
Heigh-dee whoa-dee doe-dee doe
That's what love is all about!
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I think the info is as good as the folk who submit it.
DR MissKaren, did you not see my post #155? My apartment building is infested in the B line, meaning apartments 1B, 2B, 3B, etc. I suspect the extermination is sending them into the C line of the building.
Yes, but me thinks they heard that sweet ELmo was in the building and went looking since they couldn't resist the allure of you and your mattress, ;) ;) ...
...and ELmo was in the building! So Bingo!
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They are large enough to walk into -- actually, you can fit several people into each one.
They are called, "Childhood Dreams" and are meant for children to play in and run through and sit and dream in. They remind me of larger versions fo the tumbleweeds we'd have alll over this desert city (when there was much more vacant land).
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one man's creation is another's piece of something a bird could fashion
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And I guess if we want to be politically correct, we can refer to DR Edi's DH as "Oh, Piece of Something a Bird Could Fashion!" instead of "Oh, Crap!" ...
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Larry,
Just think of "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," and ther problmes Emily Kimborough and Cornelia Otis Skinner encountered with bedbugs. At leas t they were not mutant bugs like yesterday's topic!
You are encountering WAY too many problems where you live (no matter you have such strange dremas). Have you considered moving (as loathsome a thought that is)?
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Sitting here at work looking someone's dissertation on "The Rhetorical Analysis of Cher"
Yes, Cher.....
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Hola MissKaren!
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They are called, "Childhood Dreams" and are meant for children to play in and run through and sit and dream in. They remind me of larger versions fo the tumbleweeds we'd have alll over this desert city (when there was much more vacant land).
That makes me think of another article I read about a lady, who as a joke, started selling tumbleweeds online -- they became a hit with folks wanting to use them as decorations, at western themed parties, etc., so now she makes about $40,000 a year stepping out in her yard and catching tumbleweeds ... one lady's old dried up weeds (and trip laughing all the way to the bank) are another's piece of craftwork ...
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Hola MissKaren!
Howdy, DCelt!
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This particular diss is looking at Cher's acting, music lyrics, magazine and album covers.
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Are you staying busy? I am also taking a grad class....
How isCason?
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Well, I disagree with DR S. Woody about the 1962 GYPSY which I consider a classic, but I've defended it enough times here and won't go through it all again.
I also think the Disney/Rob Marshall ANNIE was a million times more effective than the Huston ANNIE and truer to the show. Both versions left out chunks of the stage original that I missed, but if I'm in the mood for ANNIE, I'll pull out the Disney version every time.
I quite agree with both assessments.
Watching GYPSY, as many of you know, is my New Year's Eve tradition.
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Sitting here at work looking someone's dissertation on "The Rhetorical Analysis of Cher"
Yes, Cher.....
Well, is it interesting?
...what point/points does this someone make in his/her rhetorical analysis of Cher?
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Are you staying busy? I am also taking a grad class....
How isCason?
Yep, gearing up for my thesis semester .. what are you taking?
Case is fine and dandy -- back out in LA (got to see him over the holidays which was fun cause he keeps me laughing) ...
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What can we say about Cher? That she wears her clothing well. . .
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That's ok, Matt; I"ll take over. I love the film!!!!!
der Brucer
Oh, really?! Or are you just playing devil's advocate, hmmm? :)
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What can we say about Cher? That she wears her clothing well. . .
...and not wears it well, too, perhaps ...
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Well, is it interesting?
...what point/points does this someone make in his/her rhetorical analysis of Cher?
I have only scratched the surface and it is over 300 pages...
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Wonder what the rhetorical analysis of HHW would be?
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SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF CHER. Definitely the title of my next dissertation.
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I will take a closer look at hte book and offer my comments. It can be ordered via ILL if you scholarly types want to take a look
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Wonder what the rhetorical analysis of HHW would be?
DANGER: SNARK INFESTED WATERS, perhaps?
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I am sitting here at work pictureing td's comments and trying to keep a straight face!
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THe poor cows and gazelles... What is the symbolic meaning?
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I am sitting here at work pictureing td's comments and trying to keep a straight face!
Yeah, it is difficult to picture td and keep a straight face .... ;D
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I am curious to see what theory this person applied to analyzing Cher
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My student workers are looking at me very oddly.....
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there is even a section analyzing cher's fashions and beauty
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Yeah, it is difficult to picture td and keep a straight face .... ;D
I am really, really trying to keep a straight face!
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Good Evening!
I'm back at my apartment, and, boy, are my arms tired!
And I think I may take a nap. Or not. We shall see.
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Yeah, it is difficult to picture td and keep a straight face .... ;D
My face IS straight, it's the rest of me that's a little bent.
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I am really, really trying to keep a straight face!
I'll find you a primitive man.
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no wonder i like this board, it never fails to make me smile!
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Gosh! I wonder what I'm gonna have for din-din!
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My face IS straight, it's the rest of me that's a little bent.
T. M. I.!!!!!!!
;D
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Coming to a cable system near you:
O W N (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/arts/television/16oprah.html?ref=arts)
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I mushed on and did another three pages so I could finish the chapter I was on. That way muse Margaret doesn't have to stop in the middle of a chapter.
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I shall now relax until I leave for the DGA, around five-thirty.
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no wonder i like this board, it never fails to make me smile!
. . .and you know, you're never fully dressed without a smile!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/dressed.jpg)
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I read that earlier Jose about Oprah and Discovery starting a new network
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TD!!!
You are too funny!! :D
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My student workers liked the picture!
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My student workers liked the picture!
You should make them listen to the cd!
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Hmm... Well, it's thin...
MacBook Air (http://www.apple.com/macbookair/)
Although, I'm guessing most people are going to opt for the optional external optical drive - even with the new Remote Disk software capability.
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/01/15/business/15mac-600.jpg)
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Larry,
Just think of "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay," and ther problmes Emily Kimborough and Cornelia Otis Skinner encountered with bedbugs. At leas t they were not mutant bugs like yesterday's topic!
You are encountering WAY too many problems where you live (no matter you have such strange dremas). Have you considered moving (as loathsome a thought that is)?
I will most likely never move until they carry me out:
1. I love the location
2. My rent is embarassingly low since i've been here for 30 years
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TD!!!
You are too funny!! :D
Jason is even funnier; he inscribed my copy with "I tip my hat to you, sir!" nudge, nudge, ;) ;)
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Coming to a cable system near you:
O W N (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/arts/television/16oprah.html?ref=arts)
Golly...Oprah's Book Club....Oprah presents "The Color Purple"....Oprah presents Barack Obama....and now Oprah presents a cable network.
T.M.O.
(That's TOO MUCH OPRAH for me!)
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Jason is even funnier; he inscribed my copy with "I tip my hat to you, sir!" nudge, nudge, ;) ;)
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
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You should make them listen to the cd!
I will have to get the CD....
I have introduced them to Robert Clary, Liz Callaway, The Brain from Planet X, Les Miz, A Little Night Music....
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Shakes head....
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2. My rent is embarassingly low since i've been here for 30 years
No doubt that dips, on occasion, depending on house guests?
;D
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This work day is almost done.
Almost done to a turn.
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Ron! I'm shocked! A TYPO from YOU? ! ? ! ?
As we all know, Ron meant to type"
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
;D
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There's little to do here in the waning moments.
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Little I'm "going" to do, that is.
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Ron! I'm shocked! A TYPO from YOU? ! ? ! ?
As we all know, Ron meant to type" ;D
Arghhhhhhhhh!
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It has been clear here in Oakland since shortly after noon. We have a beautiful sunset going on.
This morning we had heavy patches of swirling fog.
Same is called for tomorrow morning.
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I LOVE FOG!
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I'm only 9,691 posts behind you, Jose. You'd better watch your back!
;D
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Arghhhhhhhhh!
Ron is practicing his "pirate-speak."
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Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonious part
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well-to-do;
But I'll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.
For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!
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Ron is practicing his "pirate-speak."
Ummm... I just think his "numbing" hasn't worn off yet.
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Sorry, Apparently i cooking at the same time as I was trying to come up with the title, Yes it is Copper Beech.
The Grass Lake was the other one I was trying to think of.
Circle of Friends is good also
Thanks. Copper Beech is the only one you mentioned I haven't read.
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The only other musical / operatta I would question would be Pirates of Penzance which became "The Pirate Movie" in the theatres.
However after Edi posted that vid link a while back, it was a tad more amusing...
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I will most likely never move until they carry me out:
1. I love the location
2. My rent is embarassingly low since i've been here for 30 years
I don't blame you then, but you HAVE endured a lot lately with your abode!
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Ummm... I just think his "numbing" hasn't worn off yet.
No need for euphemisms around me, DR Jose. ;)
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Watching "American Idol"...
I actually like the preliminary rounds. Yes, I know the producers do a lot of "encouraging" of the less-than-stellar talent, but... I still like it. It's like therapy for me. ;)
*And I do have to give the production staff - mainly the editors - for putting together all the footage from each city. They still manage to make it look like everyone got scene in one day, when, in fact, it's a multi-day process.
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Congrats to Jose on his new plateau!
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Well... 26010 has always been my lucky number. ;)
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Well... 26010 has always been my lucky number. ;)
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Sapling balls and bedbugs.
I ask you, where else on the entire inner net will you find such topics all in the same place?
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Watching some DVD's and skipping IDOL, etc.
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Sapling balls and bedbugs.
I ask you, where else on the entire inner net will you find such topics all in the same place?
Sapling balls and bedbugs I understand. But "Cher" and "clothing" in the same sentence???
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Who knew!!! ;D
You have to say that HHW is the most happenin' place on the net... Nothing is left untouched!
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Laura,
Less than 3000 to 10000
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That makes me think of another article I read about a lady, who as a joke, started selling tumbleweeds online -- they became a hit with folks wanting to use them as decorations, at western themed parties, etc., so now she makes about $40,000 a year stepping out in her yard and catching tumbleweeds ... one lady's old dried up weeds (and trip laughing all the way to the bank) are another's piece of craftwork ...
Somewhere between Sacramento & L.A. Keith mentioned her to me as the tumbleweeds were attacking our car. It felt as if we were in a tumbleweed storm.
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We see tumbleweeds - she sees $$$$$$$!!!
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After Evening Prayer, in which Richard was the chant leader, we went to a pizza place in Oconomowoc. We then reconvened in their classroom to watch a video about St. Gregory's church in San Francisco. The students are now discussing what we've seen. And I'm here for the wireless connection.
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We knew in reality the tumbleweeds were light and would blow away, but when they are gigantic & blowing straight at your windshield they are scary. ;D They can scratch the car & make a mess of the front grill.
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LOL Ginny, glad you are there for the wireless, and us. :)
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Great photos, DearReaderLaura DR!
CONGRATULATIONS on your new milestone, DR JoseSPiano! :)
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LOL Ginny, glad you are there for the wireless, and us. :)
Yes, US! :)
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Grill.
Now I'm hungry.
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The class discussion has quickly turned into a lecture by the prof - and he's losing the students, who are exhausted.
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I was surprised to read that Brad Renfro died. Only 25 years old, what a shame
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DR Cillaliz - congratulations on your new library card!
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DR Cillaliz - congratulations on your new library card!
Thanks Ginny! I've had one in every city I've lived in, but just never got around to getting one here. I checked out A Thousand Splendid Suns (I think that's the title)
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Great photos, DearReaderLaura DR!
I must have missed a page. The tumbleweeds don't look so scary when they are standing still. ;D
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The person who's been nagging me for conference details for a week now was sent them in an email almost 5 hours ago. So far, they have not been acknowledged.
Makes ya wonder, huh?
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Excellent book Cilla.
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After watching The Kite Runner and A Mighty Heart, I decided I may as well read another book covering Afghanistan and Pakistan
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They aren't tumbleweeds; they are woven out of sticks and quite intricate, really.
I must photograph green tumbleweeds for you all sometime.
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After watching The Kite Runner and A Mighty Heart, I decided I may as well read another book covering Afghanistan and Pakistan
And my book group this month is reading Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson.
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They aren't tumbleweeds; they are woven out of sticks and quite intricate, really.
I must photograph green tumbleweeds for you all sometime.
This is Twigamore, it is an art creation woven from sticks and twigs
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And another of Twigamore
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It was up for a year or two at the Sioux City Art center until it finally took a dive. This looks like it was near the end
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I didn't take a photo of it, but one of the nearby cities has always made a huge "Christmas Tree" out of tumbleweeds.
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We are going to watch MEDIUM. Somehow we didn't record the previous week's episode. Have I mentioned lately how much we miss TIVO & dislike the new DVR software from Direct TV?
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'night
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Class is winding down, so I'm outta here.
See y'all tomorrow!
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Jason is even funnier; he inscribed my copy with "I tip my hat to you, sir!" nudge, nudge, ;) ;)
I'm jealous!
:)
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Yes! Congrats to Jose on 26000+ Posts! :D
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Hmm... Tonight's first installment of "American Idol" was, well, sort of boring. And it seems like they sold a TON of commercial time - I'm tempted to go back to the DVR and actually time the commercial breaks. It seemed like over the course two hour broadcast, about an hour of it was made up of commercials and/or bumpers.
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I'm jealous!
:)
Well, there are even some people who have seen Mr. Graae without his hat on. Just sayin'.
8)
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Interesting photos Cilla and Laura.....
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"Clap yo' hands!" like your were "An American in Paris"!
Have you ever played the 4 hands version? (With another pianist, of course...)
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Well, there are even some people who have seen Mr. Graae without his hat on. Just sayin'.
8)
I can NAME at least two.
BUT that would be most unseemly.
This isn't DataLounge. . .
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I was surprised to read that Brad Renfro died. Only 25 years old, what a shame
From the moment he entered the limelight from the movies, his life has been troubled. Here is someone who most assuredly could not handle success.
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Have you ever played the 4 hands version? (With another pianist, of course...)
Darn you, Amy! Why'd you have to go and add the parenthetical phrase? ! ? ! ? :(
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In the meantime, here's the article from New York Magazine:
Bedbugs (http://nymag.com/guides/everything/pests/40650/)
Good god. I am not going to be able to sleep tonight, and NY is looking less attractive!
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Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer
Count the head lice on the highway...
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I began my evening by watching the Val Lewton documentary which I recorded off TCM last night. I figured I'd go ahead and watch it and erase it from the DVR.
Very good show, very interesting and sad life. How ironic someone with that much success just never seemed to be truly happy.
And no Dr. Drew Casper among the talking heads either! In fact, they went to Japan to get some of their experts.
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I would guess they're migrating from the baseboards behind the bookcases with CD player and amplifier. Yikes! That's a lot of books to move.
Be careful, dear Elmore!
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DR elmore - If you haven't done so already, CHECK YOUR BOOKS! And your boxes of books. Just grab a few off each shelf and check their bindings for "nymphs". If you see any trace of them, well... start microwaving! :-\
Not if they're Singing Nymphs!
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I want some sapling balls in my yard!
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Then, I squeezed in four more episodes of HAWAII FIVE-O. More guest stars on parade: Dewey Martin, John Vernon, Andrew Duggen, Peter Bonerz, Ed Flannery.
James MacArthur is sadly underused in the show, but at least in episode #7, he got to be the primary investigator since Jack Lord almost got blown up.
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The dogs do NOT appreciate having deer traipsing through the snow in their front yard!
Tell the dogs that the snow will be gone, soon:
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And I finished my evening with tonight's BOSTON LEGAL. Hadn't seen Bess Armstrong in awhile, and Grant Shaud was also on (though in no scenes with Candice Bergen).
This will undoubtedly be one of William Shatner's Emmy submission episodes.
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And I guess if we want to be politically correct, we can refer to DR Edi's DH as "Oh, Piece of Something a Bird Could Fashion!" instead of "Oh, Crap!" ...
LOL! I'll tell my "piece" hello for you!
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Have you ever played the 4 hands version? (With another pianist, of course...)
Yes, I have. I remember buying a copy of the LaBecque Sisters recording of various, and subsequently, the sheet music for the two-piano version which was rediscovered/prepared for their recording. In fact, I remember buying it at Boston Music Co. in Boston since I was up there visiting my godparents.
I played through it in college with a friend. Alas, he still has the Piano II part - and the score was not published as a "score" - so all I have is the Piano I part. Guess I should buy another set of parts sometime.
*And I've always wondered what the LaBecques "did" to the piano during the blues section - there's definitely something on those strings.
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Oh... That was the Two-Pianos, Four Hands version.... Although, I think there is a One Piano, Four Hands version too.
OH! And I meant to mention the other day, that I've also played the One Piano, Four Hands version of Milhaud's "Le Beouf sur la Toit"!
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Well... 26010 has always been my lucky number. ;)
;D
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Going to write for a bit and then head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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I was just perusing Playbill.com and came across THIS (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114222.html) article about the opening night of The Little Mermaid. What I found MOST exciting was this passage:
Composer Stephen Schwartz, whose Wicked shares a common demographic with the Chicklet of the Sea, owes a couple of Oscars to Disney films, so one can't help wondering when his Disney-animated film will turn into a Broadway musical.
"I think we're starting up Hunchback of Notre Dame, hopefully, next year. Rumor has reached my ear that it's happening."
;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D
HOPEFULLY, they won't have the "happy" ending for this (potential) Broadway version like the movie had. :)
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Oh... That was the Two-Pianos, Four Hands version.... Although, I think there is a One Piano, Four Hands version too.
I have the old piano roll version, so I'm assuming it's one piano...
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Hmm... Some self-corrections:
The pianist I saw last night at Carnegie Hall was Radu Lupu, not Rada Lupu.
And it's the Labèque Sisters (Katia & Marielle), not the LaBecque Sisters.
And, apparently, there is not a Piano Duet (1 piano, 4 hands) version of Gershwin's "An American In Paris" available.
-And I still find it sort of strange that the Gershwin catalog is now distributed by Alfred Publishing. ???
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I have the old piano roll version, so I'm assuming it's one piano...
Ah... That's probably more like a One Piano, Three-Hand version, and I wonder if it's one of the piano rolls that Gershwin himself prepared and "doctored". Artis Wodehouse "repaired" and transcribed some of Gershwin's piano rolls a couple of years ago, and a recording was later released, as well as a book of transcriptions. -And if you look at the transcriptions, you can definitely tell that Gershwin added a few notes here and there after he had "recorded" them.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yVw1pHAbL._AA280_.jpg)
*There was also a second volume issued (both on Nonesuch).
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The piano 4 hands version I have is performed by Frank Milne and Ernest Leith.
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Ah... That's probably more like a One Piano, Three-Hand version
Was there an accident? Or what was the other hand "doing"?
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My version is on Biograph.
BTW, Jose, what does it mean when the notes refer to musicians "inscribing" the piano rolls? Does it mean notating what was recorded?
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This year saw a prime example of Hollywood botching: I wasn't wild about Hairspray on stage, but an inexperienced director mucked up just about everything that made it work.
The "adults," John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken and Queen Latifah all have embarrassing and/or underwhelming moments. Edna was the creation of Divine and amplified by the basso camp-purveyor Harvey Fierstein for the musical. Why cast Travolta and force him to wear a fat-suit that limits his mobility? I'll never understand this. He's weird, not humorous, and seems to have been going in the exact wrong direction, by trying to make her a real woman. If that's the right direction, they could have gotten a real woman. And how embarrassing that Michelle Pfeiffer can't wrest a single laugh out of seducing the oddly sexless Christopher Walken.
What remains are the convoluted story, which switches racial prejudice for anti-fat prejudice as if they're on an equal plain, and those songs, which are frequently witless, pointless, or just uninventive
But let's just talk about the rat for a moment. On stage, Tracy sings about the rats at her feet and a robotic rodent does these cute moments and it's successfully charming in an oddball way. In the movie, there's a real rat, which doesn't dance or do anything particularly rat-like. Ick.
To see the praise heaped on this travesty was disconcerting indeed.
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I was just perusing Playbill.com and came across THIS (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114222.html) article about the opening night of The Little Mermaid. What I found MOST exciting was this passage:
;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D
HOPEFULLY, they won't have the "happy" ending for this (potential) Broadway version like the movie had. :)
I actually didn't mind the "happy" ending of the theme park version that used to run down at MGM-Studios. In fact, even though they closed it a few years ago, it's still my favorite of the Disney theme park shows. It was a great mix of live actors and some puppetry. And, of course, the music. "Out There" still gives me goosebumps.
I also ended up playing the auditions for the first cast for that show. It was quite the experience teaching the potential Clopins "The Bells of Notre Dame" since it ended on a high-D(!!!). Even on the soundtrack for the movie, Alan Menken ended up singing the ending notes since the original singer thought they were too high, and that he would hurt his voice. So, of course, trying to "convince" young actors that they had to sing a high-D for their audition... Well... It was actually kind of thrilling. -When they would hit it. ;)
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TOD: THE PRODUCERS (the musical)
THE MUSIC MAN (the TV version)
BYE BYE BIRDIE (because of the cheesy effects previously mentioned)
RHINOCEROS (although I LOVE the cast--Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder)
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I grew up in a home with a Duo-Art piano. This is a player piano that plays rolls that were "inscribed" using a special process that captured the expression of the famous pianists of the day (that day being around 1925) that recorded them.
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The piano 4 hands version I have is performed by Frank Milne and Ernest Leith.
Ah. OK.
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My version is on Biograph.
BTW, Jose, what does it mean when the notes refer to musicians "inscribing" the piano rolls? Does it mean notating what was recorded?
Inscribing is... Oh... What DR Noel said. ;)
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However, "transcribing" is notating what was recorded.
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I actually didn't mind the "happy" ending of the theme park version that used to run down at MGM-Studios. In fact, even though they closed it a few years ago, it's still my favorite of the Disney theme park shows. It was a great mix of live actors and some puppetry. And, of course, the music. "Out There" still gives me goosebumps.
I also ended up playing the auditions for the first cast for that show. It was quite the experience teaching the potential Clopins "The Bells of Notre Dame" since it ended on a high-D(!!!). Even on the soundtrack for the movie, Alan Menken ended up singing the ending notes since the original singer thought they were too high, and that he would hurt his voice. So, of course, trying to "convince" young actors that they had to sing a high-D for their audition... Well... It was actually kind of thrilling. -When they would hit it. ;)
Cool! :D
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I'm now leaving work to go home and watch some TV.
Until later!
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Good god. I am not going to be able to sleep tonight, and NY is looking less attractive!
No wonder hotels are so expensive there. You pay a fee for yourself and separately for every bug staying there with you
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Well, the Amy Linton touch is not in full swing on LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD. It has taken me at least 3 days to transfer media which would have only taken 3 hours to load.
I was working with what the second editor ended up with; a cut they "sort of liked", but they couldn't tell me what they didn't like about it. I have determined that it wasn't the other editors' fault---there is just nothing to work with.
The show is well shot and the composer is Joey Newman, (Lionel's grandson) and the music is lovely but almost wall-to-wall.
On the plus side, they liked the TRADING SPACES tape so much that they are going to put it on air, even at 2 minutes, and license the songs I used. As many sales tapes as I have done, that's the first time this has happened that I know of. So, good for that, but the rest of the day was so technically frustrating that I almost started crying. Why do there have to be so many tape formats/codecs/audio formats?? Argh!!!
I MISS SPROCKET HOLES!!!
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No wonder hotels are so expensive there. You pay a fee for yourself and separately for every bug staying there with you
Maybe it's the fee to keep the bed bugs away?
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Miss Sproket Holes.... what a great name
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I read that Rent is closing after its June 1 performance. Is this old news or new news?
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Another deadline is approaching....
NAMT Accepting New Musical Submissions Through Feb. 8 (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114284.html)
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I read that Rent is closing after its June 1 performance. Is this old news or new news?
Well, if it's true, it's new news. Alas, I think it's just a "strong rumor", and one's that been floating around for the past year or so.
Unfortunately, I wish it were true. The show that is currently at the Nederlander is most definitely not what Rent started out to be, and what should have been "protected".
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It's in The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/theater/16broad.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=login
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There is actually a two-tier due date for NAMT applications, depending on what category a show falls into:
February 8, 2008 - Non-NAMT Member Professional Theatre Organizations and Literary Agencies (include the $50 registration fee)
February 22, 2008 - NAMT Members and Alumni Festival Writers (no registration fee required)
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It's in The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/theater/16broad.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=login
WOW!
Well, then... Hmm...
( :) )
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And it just came up on Playbill http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114290.html
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So, I guess that all the "Rent Closing?" threads on the chat boards should be in full force by now. ;)
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Now I'm wondering if they will go ahead and buy out the contracts of the current Roger and Mark. It's been sort of an open secret that Michael Greif and some other people involved with the production are not happy with the current leads. -I didn't like them at all. It would be nice for the show to close with a Good Cast. -Hmm... Maybe Adam and Anthony will come back again? ;)
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So, I guess that all the "Rent Closing?" threads on the chat boards should be in full force by now. ;)
Yup, looks like it ;)
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Now I'm wondering if they will go ahead and buy out the contracts of the current Roger and Mark. It's been sort of an open secret that Michael Greif and some other people involved with the production are not happy with the current leads. -I didn't like them at all. It would be nice for the show to close with a Good Cast. -Hmm... Maybe Adam and Anthony will come back again? ;)
That was mentioned on one of the chat boards and what appeared to be a young female said something like "Yuck! aren't they almost 40?" That cracked me up
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My favorite quote of 1996 was: "Could you explain it to me one more time - why shouldn't they have to pay rent?"
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Ain't nothin goin' on but the RENT
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Well, I need to get some sleep so I can go to work in the morning and make money to pay my office rent.
night
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Back from No Country For Old Men about which more later.
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...everyone got scene...
It's OK, I'm still nice :-X
der Brucer
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Just for you, DR DerBrucer. Just for you.
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Uh-oh... Magnolia Bakery's new Upper West Side location opens this weekend at Columbus and 69th. ;D
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And, now...
Goodnight.