Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 8 => Topic started by: bk on December 27, 2006, 12:38:33 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes began the countdown to Rockin' New Year's Eve, and now it is time for you to post until the rockin' cows come rockin' home.
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And the word of the day is: CORMORANT!
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Welcome seven GUESTS. I'm glad SOMEONE is up at this hour, so that I am not alone in my aloneness.
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Now's the perfect time to have an entire page of ME.
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That would teach the WUSSBURGERS a thing or three.
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I'm up...it's almost 4AM here...
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Ooops, I just ruined your page!
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Where are the other guests?
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WOD: Cormorant-what happens when a cormo gets very angry.
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Where ARE the other GUESTS? And where ARE the WUSSBURGERS?
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We still have six GUESTS.
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I had intended to eat lightly, but in the end with all the licorice and the almonds and the spaghetti, I fear I didn't eat lightly enough.
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Perhaps I'll now sing the entire score to Whoop Up.
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Never before,
Have I ever glowed with such a glow
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At Glenda's place
Glenda's place
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And you thought I was kidding.
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I think the GUESTS should make a New Year's resolution to join our merry troupe.
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There! I joined! Hello. :)
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I had intended to eat lightly, but in the end with all the licorice and the almonds and the spaghetti, I fear I didn't eat lightly enough.
Licorice and almonds and spaghetti....3 of the 4 food groups.
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Hey! A guest! Thanks for letting us shame you into joining in!
Where are you from, MissMikah?
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I'm actually down in Texas. Are you all New Yorkers?
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Hmmmm...BK's avatar says online but the only people listed at the top of the page are me and missmikah. I wonder why?
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I'm in Atlanta
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How did you find your way here, all the way from Texas?
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I'm watching a movie with Isabella Rosellini and Aidan Quinn called "Lies of the Twins". It's trashy but I feel compelled to see how it turns out.
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Well, it's random. I'm hooked on bk's compilation CDs...I'm a performer and started listening to them for material, and I just turned into a huge fan. I just found this place today.
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And I'm exhausted so I'm off to bed...but it was nice to meet you, Ed!
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You have good taste in music, obviously!
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Welcome, new DR (that's Dear Reader) missmikah! I'm in Washington State. We're from all over the world!
And yes, you do have excellent taste in music. ;)
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I'm actually down in Texas. Are you all New Yorkers?
Straight north of you in the Buffalo Commons...
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Welcome to this lively place MissMikah!
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WE rocked right on over to page 2!!
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Cormorant....
Lovely lake in OtterTail County in Minnesota... Also a fun place to canoe and enjoy sunsets
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I have not seen a lot of films in the theatres but I did rent a number of dvds and i will list them below... the theatre ones I have seen
Faves:
1. The Queen
2. Prairie Home Companion
3. Water (Mehta Deepa film)
4. Devil Wears Prada (The book is better though)
5. The Illusionist
I liked but the following but it was not among my favorite ones but it was not the worst film I saw this past year:
Da Vinci Code
Worst:
1. Talladega Nights - I was forced to go to this one.
DVD/VHS that I saw this past year:
1. Madness of King George
2. Gangs of New York
3. DreamKeeper
4. House Made of Dawn
5. Powwow Highway
6. Philadelphia Story
7. Monsoon Wedding
8. Pride and Prejudice
9. Bride and Prejudice
10. Nowhere in Africa
Worst:
1. Caveman - dont ask -- I was forced to watch it with two friends
2. Cheyenne Autumn
3. American Pie movies - Too many plot gimmicks and not enough story!
6. Black Dahlia - was expecting more and found it disconcerting to watch
7. Kill Bill movies both of them...
9. Man Called Horse
10. Mary Reilly - I like Julia Roberts but she should not do a Scottish or an Irish accent. YIKES!!
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Welcome to new DR (Dear Reader) missmikah! We are very glad to have you join us. We hope you post often.
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An easy one!
Cormorant:
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and
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Good morning, all! And a special welcome to missmikah!
Someone sent me a wonderful package of chocolate fudge and I overindulged yesterday. My stomach is a mess.
My plans today include a trip to the NYPL to look at all of the Townsend Walsh BABES IN TOYLAND scrapbooks for one last time (sob!). Mr Walsh was the publicist for producer Fred Hamlin, and he kept meticulous scrapbooks on their shows. His collection, which is in both the Theatre Collection and the Manuscript Division, consists of books, posters, and a ton of scrapbooks. There are 4 or 5 huge scrapbooks of newspaper clippings for BABES IN TOYLAND.
DR tomovoz, the popular song history that has not made the Anna Russell CDs is the one that includes the Victorian parlor song "How sad and sweet the days that come While playing my harmonium." I love the popular song group with the great Jimmy Carroll Five.
TOD:
The Illusionist
The Queen
The Devil Wears Prada
I can't even get to 10!
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My last post was over 30 minutes ago! Where are all my East Coast frends today?
I meant to post good travel vibes for DR Ron Pulliam last night, but since he's still in the air
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Wednesday morning greetings! Here I am back at work after 6 days off. Why didn't I take the whole week?
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Welcome new DR missmikah!
I'm actually down in Texas. Are you all New Yorkers?
Only in my dreams. In reality, I'm in southwest Ohio.
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DR MattH, reading about your smaller theatre problem I was thinking that DREAMGIRLS was playing in one of the smaller theatres in the multiplex we went to.
But by my estimation the small theatre must have at least 600-800 seats.
It felt small till you said yours had only 75!
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DR RLP has probably flown over Indiana by now and is heading pell mell toward Oakland.
Lovely photos, DR LAURA.
Welcome to new DR MISSMIKAH - a Texas gal.
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Speaking of Paul Newman films department: can one of you filmophiles give me your best educated guess as to what studio might have had a Newman property circa 1962 called Mollie. It was based on a recurring character (real-life) in A. J. Leibling's WWII stories, a guy (Mollie was a guy) who happened to be an enlisted man under my father's command. My Dad is in all of the stories, continually dealing with Mollie's f***ups and lack of proper Army discipline. I remember some studio (20th Century Fox maybe--was Newman ever under contract to Fox, especially in the early 60s?) calling my Dad out of the blue in that time period and putting him on retainer as a technical consultant, but the film was never made. I'm now compiling info on my Dad for a 60th Infantry site and wanted to get my facts straight on this particular chapter.
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Newman did a LOT of Fox pictures in the early 60's, so my guess is you are correct.
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Good morning to the lovely early-morning early bird DRs here. I think that the Grande Mensch is probably still in the arms of Morpheus, and dreaming of Leslie Parrish and cake.
A special welcome to new Dear Reader Missmikah. You will find that this Living Room is filled with a wonderful assortment of folks of every variety, shape, kind, ethnicity, religion, orientation, persuasion, height, weight, and geographical locale !
I don't think I've left anything out..... but I'm sure any other DRs here will add to the list.
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Hi DR Jeffrey MK ..... when you have a minute, I'd enjoy finding out about the significance of the "Kaufmann building" in your photo, and the other 3 folks in the picture with you. You can do it offline if you want to. Thanks..........
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Hi Jack,
Hi Larry,
(I feel like Laura Ingalls now......)
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Hi Ginny .... I hope you aren't freezing your tuchas off in Ohio !
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Your pictures were beautiful, as always, Laura.
And as far as the word-of-the-day : I actually had a Cormorant once.....it was for the hood of my 1933 Packard car.
No TCB and OzTom -- I'm not quite THAT old !!
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As soon as she wakes up (probably about noon) DR Sandra and I are going to take off for our Christmas trip to Las Vegas. You all know what that means!
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Good morning!
It's beautiful outside: not a cloud in the sky, but it's a December sky and that means COLD! Not getting out of the 40s today.
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Hello DR MG.
Hmmm...seems Newman was under contract to Warners until 1960 when he bought himself out of his contract and went on to do pictures for many studios. So....quien sabe, DR JMK.
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As soon as she wakes up (probably about noon) DR Sandra and I are going to take off for our Christmas trip to Las Vegas. You all know what that means!
Carpet Photos!!!! ;D
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Yup! I know you all can't wait!
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Now it is time to do some work for the day...
Good morning dear Esteemed BK -- I don't have a question for right now, but I'm so glad that you have mentioned several times about the ridiculous and annoying "current trend" in sound tracks for movies. Every camera move has that stupid "high to low frequency fast swoosh" and then a thud at the end of it so that all of the sub-woofers will hit you in the gut.....and all of that is at at least 130 db . And then at the same time, the friggin' dialogue track has everybody talking in breathy whispers, with many words being completely lost!! Who the hell thinks this has to be this way???
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Oh goody..... carpet pictures!! Later, I may go to the paint store and watch samples dry.
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And I guess I might as well give in....
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... and do this shameless thing....
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I didn't see many 2006 films in the theater. Of the ones I saw, DREAMGIRLS is the best, but I can't give a Top 10 list because I just didn't see enough of this year's films, even on DVD. I'll see many of them once they show up on HBO/Showtime/Starz, but I just haven't seen enough of them yet.
For example, I'm still catching up with films of 2005. Both A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and the Kira Knightley PRIDE AND PREJUDICE are on my DVR recorded off HBO-HD, and I'd like to see at least one of them today if I can get to it.
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which just might take me......
to PAGE THREE !!!!
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Other 2006 pictures I've seen (on DVD) and liked included
THE DaVINCI CODE
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND
Biggest disappointment: SUPERMAN RETURNS
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Thanks to DR MusicGuy for asking BK about the track listing for the Wonderful Guy CD. And thanks to BK for posting it last night. I've printed it and made an insert for my jewel case!
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Welcome to brand-spanking-new DR Missmikah!
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I don't think I've seen ten movies this year, either. Of the ones I did see and liked:
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Though I still detest that final shot of Streep in the limo with the wistful smile on her face.)
THE ILLUSIONIST
THE QUEEN
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
I've yet to see DREAMGIRLS--probably won't get to that until after New Year's Day.
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I didn't see very many 2006 movies...and of those I did see nothing stands out as anything I would put in a top 10...maybe DOSTI, FRIENDS FOREVER...it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. I saw several wonderful films from 2005 in 2006, however.
So....I guess I have no answer for the TOD. LOL!
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Welcome MissMikah! You will like it hear and we are very happy to have you join us!!
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I really enjoyed your review of BLACK DAHLIA, BK. Strangely enough, it made me want to see the film. I have no doubt that all of your comments were warranted.
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A special welcome to new Dear Reader Missmikah. You will find that this Living Room is filled with a wonderful assortment of folks of every variety, shape, kind, ethnicity, religion, orientation, persuasion, height, weight, and geographical locale !
I don't think I've left anything out..... but I'm sure any other DRs here will add to the list.
You omitted the halt, the lame, and the maimed.
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I received a most wonderful package in the mail yesterday from our own DR Edisaurus!
Thanks Ami!!! I can't wait to watch the DVD and I will be listening to the soundtrack to THE MINX during my working day!!
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Hi DR Jeffrey MK ..... when you have a minute, I'd enjoy finding out about the significance of the "Kaufmann building" in your photo, and the other 3 folks in the picture with you. You can do it offline if you want to. Thanks..........
Hi, MusicGuy--the building in question is the Gen. M.B. Kauffman Building at historic Ft. Douglas in Salt Lake City. My father was the Senior Officer there for over 40 years and saved the Fort from destruction in the early 70s. At the same time he founded the Ft. Douglas Military Museum, which is housed in the building named after him. The Military Museum is one of the largest in the US and one of the few (surprisingly) that devotes exhibits to all branches of the armed services. It's right in the middle of a gigantic multi-million dollar capital campaign which will expand it to a completely huge and remodeled facility, still named after my father.
The other people in the photo would be DW Betsy and DS's Gabe and Zach. The fourth "person" is my formerly fat belly which has seen a sizeable reduction this past year. :)
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Re: Newman and Warners. This would have been around 1962, I'm quite sure of it, JR, and for some reason Fox is sticking in my memory, so I think it was that studio. My sisters don't remember anything other than Paul Newman. :)
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TOD:
Films I enjoyed this year:
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
WALK THE LINE
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
KINKY BOOTS
THE ILLUSIONIST
My favorite:
THE ILLUSIONIST
Most disappointing:
Probably BOYNTON BEACH CLUB, but there were several contenders.
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TOD:
Films I enjoyed this year:
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS
WALK THE LINE
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
KINKY BOOTS
THE ILLUSIONIST
My favorite:
THE ILLUSIONIST
Most disappointing:
Probably BOYNTON BEACH CLUB, but there were several contenders.
I forgot MRS HENDERSON; spoo, I saw it in 2005!
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I saw several wonderful films from 2005 in 2006, however.
What were your favorites from 2005?
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Re: Newman and Warners. This would have been around 1962, I'm quite sure of it, JR, and for some reason Fox is sticking in my memory, so I think it was that studio. My sisters don't remember anything other than Paul Newman. :)
In THE FILMS OF 20th CENTURY-FOX, there was no listing for MOLLIE in 1961 or 1962, and it wasn't listed in the index at all, but that volume may not be all inclusive.
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I liked THE PRESTIGE, but I don't think it was a great film.
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In THE FILMS OF 20th CENTURY-FOX, there was no listing for MOLLIE in 1961 or 1962, and it wasn't listed in the index at all, but that volume may not be all inclusive.
Yes, MattH, that's because it was never made (as I stated in my first post). The book was optioned and Newman was attached to star. I'm 99% sure Fox called my Dad and actually paid him some relatively tidy sum to be on "retainer" as a technical consultant, but then the project was shelved for some reason. I'm just trying to figure out if my memory of the studio being Fox is correct.
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And I didn't read ANY good reviews for THE BLACK DAHLIA, and it certainly sank like a stone at the box-office.
I remember Hartnet and Swank receiving particularly scathing reviews. Unless Swank is playing a tomboy, she usually doesn't fare too well. I've had to watch the trailer for her new film premiering in January a couple of times over the last few days (about a teacher struggling against gangs in her school), and it doesn't appeal to me either.
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Yes, MattH, that's because it was never made (as I stated in my first post). The book was optioned and Newman was attached to star. I'm 99% sure Fox called my Dad and actually paid him some relatively tidy sum to be on "retainer" as a technical consultant, but then the project was shelved for some reason. I'm just trying to figure out if my memory of the studio being Fox is correct.
Oops (Spoo!)! Sorry. My eyes must have strayed over the "never made" part of the post.
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Heading down now to fix up a simple lunch (I have a gift exchange dinner party tonight), and then settle in with either saome DVDs or one of those HBO-HD movies I recorded.
WBBL.
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Oops (Spoo!)! Sorry. My eyes must have strayed over the "never made" part of the post.
Or perhaps, like George, you were temporarily blinded by a certain photo posted last night. ;D
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Perhaps we will start a new tradition and post photos of the restaurants in which we eat.
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DR Jeanne, from movies which were released in 2005 (most of which I saw in 2006) were GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, TRANSAMERICA, and HOODWINKED, MY BROTHER NIKHIL, KAAL.... Those are the ones that come to mind.
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And the word of the day is: CORMORANT!
Casey would not waltz
With a strawberry blonde...
In honor of a visiting CORMORANT
They instead danced the shag!
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What has become of DR Jane's fly???
:o
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Licorice and almonds and spaghetti....3 of the 4 food groups.
The fourth being Diet Coke.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Hmm... Is it nap time already?...
I slept very lightly last night... Every time the heat went on, it would wake me up. So... I guess I was waking up every 20 minutes or so. I finally got some sound sleep around 5:00, I believe. -And, of course, just as I was turning off the TV, the news broke about Gerald Ford's death, so... In any case...
Good morning! Good Afternoon!
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I'm watching a movie with Isabella Rosellini and Aidan Quinn called "Lies of the Twins". It's trashy but I feel compelled to see how it turns out.
So, Isabella and Aidan are good friends of yours, or did they just drop by?
;D
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Well, it's random. I'm hooked on bk's compilation CDs...I'm a performer and started listening to them for material, and I just turned into a huge fan. I just found this place today.
That's as good a reason to join in the fun! I hope you visit often.
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As for the Topic of the Day... I might have seen 10 movies in theatres this year... I think... And I liked most of them, so... Let's see what I can come up with, remember...
(in no particular order)
-"The History Boys" - Ah!... Dominic Cooper and Jamie Parker in a towel - alas, not the same towel, but still.. I like that bit of "expansion" from the stage play/version. Yes, the movie may have been a bit stage-bound, but I thought it worked for what it was.
-"Running With Scissors" - Well, I liked this one, but didn't love it. I wish more of the humor had been retained from the book.
-"The Devil Wears Prada" - I loved playing "Name that NYC locale" while watching this movie.
-"The Departed" - I went in not expecting to like this one at all, but, Wow!, What a ride!
-"Little Miss Sunshine" - A very sweet movie with some great ensemble work.
-"Strangers With Candy" - So wrong on so many levels... But in a good-wrong way. ;)
-"Sunset Boulevard" - Yes, I know this movie did not come out originally in 2006, but I saw it this year for the first time on the big screen. It really was a treat seeing this on the silver screen.
And that's about all I can remember for now...
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And a Page Four Welcome to new DR missmikah!
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Most of the films der Brucer and I saw in theaters this year were films we took the grandlads to see, and therefor were animated stuff.
Over the Hedge was good. Ice Age 2: Meltdown was terrible. I'm having trouble remembering what else we took them to see. Taking them to bookstores is more fun.
The Illusionist and The Prestige were both interesting, but far too contrived for their own good.
Superman Returns and X-Men: The Last Stand were both disappointments.
I enjoyed Casino Royale a lot.
I'm trying to think of what else we saw in the theaters this year. That might be the full list.
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So... Just a few catching up questions... ;)
Did anyone else get the Special Edition of the Dreamgirls OCR? The two disc version with a couple of previously unreleased tracks - including "It Ain't Over"(!!!) - and the karaoke tracks on the second disc along with a not-so-good dance mix of "And I Am Telling You...".
I only ask since I haven't seen that many copies in the stores, and it's no longer listed on Amazon - which is where I got it from. I wonder if the release of the film soundtrack bumped it from the inventory.
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When seeing DREAMGIRLS (or any other recent movie) did anybody else see a preview for a new Eddie Murphy comedy (where he plays this really fat woman, among other characters). OMG, i cannot remember ever hearing an audience howling with laughter like that for a preview.
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I'm up, I'm up. I'm enjoying getting eight hours or nine hours of sleep every night. I did wake up in the middle of the night because it was raining, but now the sky is blue and I am pink and am trying to ungroggify.
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Jane's fly has flown.
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And a lovely welcome to missmikah.
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DR George - I'm lovin' that Borders Rewards program. Those weekly coupons sure do come in handy. And then if you happen to be able to use different coupons at the same time for different items (one for a book, one for a CD, one for a DVD), and then couple that with a personal shopping day for an extra 10% off... That's some "Reward". *That 40% off DVD Boxed Sets coupon last week came in handy for last-minute Christmas shopping.
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I think most of you know that a top ten (other than worst) would be practically impossible for me. I sort of enjoyed Little Miss Sunshine and The Devil Wears Prada, which is high praise from me these days. I loathed Superman Returns, The DaVinci Code, Scoop, Lady In The Water, Mission Impossible III, and The Black Dahlia.
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Oh.. My "wisdom teeth problem" doesn't seem to be a problem this morning... :) Guess it was just one of those unexplained aches and pains.
-And Whew!
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I got the Dreamgirls 2 CD set - it's nice, and it's nice to have the unreleased tracks. I wish it were a more theatrical-sounding cast album - it was produced as if it were a pop album, which was a mistake, I think. I like it much better than the soundtrack, though.
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And I enjoyed parts of the film Dreamgirls but thought it mostly a failure, which is what makes horse racing.
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I really may have to take a jogging break today, but we'll see - maybe later.
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The memo officially went out from the higher-ups at my tax office: Tax season is starting the day after New Year's Day. I hope there are no morale problems as a result. On the other hand, they pay for overtime, so some people will appreciate the extra cash.
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THE FLY - the new movie treatment about Jane's visit with JMK.
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Oh wait, someone did that reference already. Sorry.
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The memo officially went out from the higher-ups at my tax office: Tax season is starting the day after New Year's Day. I hope there are no morale problems as a result. On the other hand, they pay for overtime, so some people will appreciate the extra cash.
When would tax season normally start?
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Jose - Tax season has normally started third week in January, with Saturdays not necessarily starting some years until the last saturday in January. it's a lovely firm, I don't know why we're so understaffed; they must be doing something "wrong" on the recruitment side.
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DR Edisaurus, as to your question yesterday about where to find VIDEO WATCHDOG...most Borders and Barnes and Nobles carry it.
The current issue may or may not be on all shelves yet...if not just check back in a week or so.
And thank you for your interest in it!!!
PS: My Van Williams (THE GREEN HORNET, SURFSIDE 6) interview will be in the new issue of CLASSIC IMAGES which will hit magazine racks any day now!
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...I loathed...
That's what I forgot we saw in the theater, The DumVinci Code. It worked better in the theater than it does on the small screen, but it was still a highly mechanical film.
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Still groggy after all these minutes.
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GROGGY BOTTOM - a man wakes up in a stupor after a late night in Washington D.C. Very high concept.
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I simply refused to watch MI:III. I can no longer watch a film with Tom Cruise in it and be able to separate his off-screen persona with what happens on-screen. As an actor, he has now jumped the shark. A pity, because he's done good work in the past.
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I must scurry off to work.
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Question for Ask BK Day, should anyone have any thoughts: Should artists' careers be judged by their best work, their most recent work. their average work?
Or some combination of the above?
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OH! Are any other DRs taking advantage of the End of The Year Blowout Sale that Book of the Month (The Good Cook, The History Book Club, etc.) is currently running? Almost all books are just $9.99 - and there's free shipping and handling if you spend more than $25. -Just how many more cookbooks do I need? Well... Just how many more cookbooks do I have the shelf-space for? is the real question.
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I knew we could rely on DR Laura for some actual cormorant pictures, and beautiful ones at that!
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I think artists should be judged on their best work (if they have any) - everyone has off days, even geniuses. Not all Preston Sturges films equal his best, nor Billy Wilder or Hitch, or Ford, nor Cary Grant, nor De Niro, nor Brando, and on and on.
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GROGGY BOTTOM - a man wakes up in a stupor after a late night in Washington D.C. Very high concept.
Hmm... Continuing the high concept... GROGGY BOTTOM - That would be a great name for a coffee shop/breakfast place around George Washington University. ;)
*Which reminds me of a pair of establishments that used to be in Norfolk - at least I don't think they're in existence any more... You could start (and end) your evening at "The Emergency Room"... And then once they closed up shop in the wee hours, you could toddle/stumble across the street to their sister establishment for some breakfast and strong, black coffee... "The Recovery Room". :)
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I've had like five orders this morning - are people remembering that the price is going up on January 1st (probably the 2nd, really)?
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DR Edisaurus, as to your question yesterday about where to find VIDEO WATCHDOG...most Borders and Barnes and Nobles carry it.
I was telling my friend (who directed the film I sent) that I was looking for that magazine and he suggested several stores that I hadn't tried. (The Borders and B&N I checked at didn't have it but I will check back after the hoildays to see if it's there yet.)
If they don't carry it, I will, of course, demand that they do!
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Oooh!!! Thanks for the reminder!
*Now if someone were to play catch-up on their ordering, and were to order a couple of items, is there some break on the S&H?
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DR George - I'm lovin' that Borders Rewards program.
I signed up for that while Xmas shopping. But I didn't get anything from them that explained how you use the rewards. The clerk tried to explain it but there were too many people in line. I guess I'll check their website.
As I was checking out, I wondered why I hadn't gone to B&N first, since I'm already a member there and could have saved at least $200. Duhhh...
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Worst:
1. Talladega Nights - I was forced to go to this one.
This was actually one of the few releases I saw in a theatre this year. Sad, isn't it. So since I had little basis for comparision, I thought it was quite funny. I've done a lot of work with NASCAR in the past and am more familiar with the "culture" than I thought I would ever be, so maybe that was the appeal.
I did see a lot of great films at festivals, though.
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I'm on hold with the Warner Bros. help line. Two weeks ago they called and told me they were sending my replacement envelope for the two Superman discs that are incorrectly done in the new set. I've read online that many have gotten theirs and have gotten their replacement discs - I haven't received the fershluganah envelope yet. Of course, I've been on hold for almost ten minutes.
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Hi, MusicGuy--the building in question is the Gen. M.B. Kauffman Building at historic Ft. Douglas in Salt Lake City.
Music Guy, I'm glad you asked that because I've always wondered that, too (about the 3 other people, that is.)
It's very interesting to hear about your father, DR JMK. I'd like to visit the military museum some time. (I'm an ex-Coast Guard brat, myself.)
And congratulation on the reduction of your "fourth person". I see that some of us *do* keep their resolutions!
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The woman said the envelope should be arriving - they're getting a lot of calls from people who haven't received theirs - she has no idea how they're being sent out - by initial, by who called first - no clew. She said to wait another couple of weeks - which seems ridiculous.
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My plans today include a trip to the NYPL to look at all of the Townsend Walsh BABES IN TOYLAND scrapbooks for one last time (sob!).
A friend of mine was shopping at B&N with her teenagers. They had been there the day before and the kids accused her of buying a porn video for their dad. She was dumbfounded. They smirked knowingly and told her that they had seen her buying a copy of "Babes in Toyland"!
She suggested that they all watch it together that night, and they may learn something. I guess they learned not to make snap judgements!
I wish I could have been there when they started watching it!
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Thanks to DR MusicGuy for asking BK about the track listing for the Wonderful Guy CD. And thanks to BK for posting it last night. I've printed it and made an insert for my jewel case!
Hmmm...I might ask for a copy of said CD in return for a little "Brain" surgery...
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Hmmm...I might ask for a copy of said CD in return for a little "Brain" surgery...
DR Edi - you'd like this CD a lot!
Speaking of such, my DH was very surprised by the shape-note DVD. He had not even heard of it. Thanks for the lead!
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I signed up for that while Xmas shopping. But I didn't get anything from them that explained how you use the rewards. The clerk tried to explain it but there were too many people in line. I guess I'll check their website.
As I was checking out, I wondered why I hadn't gone to B&N first, since I'm already a member there and could have saved at least $200. Duhhh...
Yeah... Just check Borders.com - then click on Borders Stores or Borders Rewards - for the program info. -And be sure to register your card online too while you're there. :)
As for not going to B&N... Oops!
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Speaking of such, my DH was very surprised by the shape-note DVD. He had not even heard of it. Thanks for the lead!
It just came out, but I hope he can spread the word, since they have no distributor. (The scene at the end in the car, unless they've changed it, are the filmmakers. Very sweet people.) I'd be interested in hearing the similarities and differences in the scene up in Ohio.
Hope he likes it!
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*And The Virgin Megastore also started a frequent buyer program of their own - V.I.P. Basically, for every 100 points you earn - a point basically equalling each dollar spent, sometimes two - you get $5 off your next purchase. Plus, you get additional coupons with each purchase. The "Buy One, Get One 50% Off" ones come in handy. -Especially when you add in the $5.00 off coupon too at the register. :)
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Yeah... Just check Borders.com - then click on Borders Stores or Borders Rewards - for the program info. -And be sure to register your card online too while you're there. :)
Thanks, DR Jose!
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Shop quickly at Virgin - it is my prognosis that it won't be around much longer (that was my prognosis for Tower, as well).
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Thanks, DR Jose!
You're very welcome, DR Edisaurus.
*And I really have taken advantage of those weekly coupons. And sometimes I've really taken advantage of them: You're only supposed to use each coupon, once each day. Well... If you're like me, then you print out a couple copies of the coupons for that week - usually just a weekend. Then go to one store and buy one item. Then if there happens to be another Borders store in the area... And so on and so forth. Then repeat the following day. *There are actually four Borders stores within a ten mile radius of the theatre, so... -Two of them only three Metro stops away even! :)
*And even though I've become a fan of Amazon.com of late, there a couple of items that I've been able to buy at Borders with the coupons that Amazon only sells at a limited discount.
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And, yes, I suspect a LOT of DVD viewing, CD listening and Book reading coming up for me in 2007 based on my purchases of the past couple of weeks. -I don't think there will be enough hours in the year. ;)
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Well... I'm gonna head out for a bit... Just want to get out of the apartment for a while before the show.
Laters...
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*And I really have taken advantage of those weekly coupons.
Thanks for the tip, O Shopping Master. Wax on, wax off!
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I always judge June Kenney by her best work....and her worst and her average work...it is all sort of the same for her I think.
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*OH!
DR Edisaurus - And since now until January 31st, you can also still accrue and redeem your Borders Holiday Savings Accrual - which is 5% of your total purchases - well...
:)
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I have about $25 in Border's reward money to use! Woohoo.
I attempted to use it when they had the 40% off boxed sets sale as I wanted to get the 2nd PERRY MASON set...alas, they didn't have any PERRY MASON sets in stock.
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Back from a jog - I knew if I didn't gird my loins that I wouldn't do it at all. It was a little easier today, despite the wind and the chill.
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I shall now get dressed, and then buy a cake and take it over to the wake at Heavy Rotation. Yes, I shall take the cake to a wake.
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I think I shall not shave today - I feel I shall look ragged and rough.
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Oh, I forgot to mention my favorite moment from The Black Dahlia - where Hartnett and Johansson are lying in bed after doing their thing and he - get this - puts TWO cigarettes in his mouth and lights them! I'll bet all the youngsters on the set were going "Brilliant idea, Brian!"
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And then, of course, I watched the puff piece extras and had to endure all these "actors" going on about all the research they did and their characters and it's all such acting classs bushwa and the always-amusing thing is that none of it shows up on the screen.
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Oh, I forgot to mention my favorite moment from The Black Dahlia - where Hartnett and Johansson are lying in bed after doing their thing and he - get this - puts TWO cigarettes in his mouth and lights them!
Wouldn't *this* be the "puff piece"?
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Hartnett doing his thing? The mind boggles.
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And one for Marlboro
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I shall now be on my way to pick up a package and buy a cake, which I shall then take to the wake.
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We got a gift of some delectable brownies, and in the very same box the brownies came in was a catalogue which included the price of such brownies. I know companies send out catalogues later to gift recipients sometimes, but this struck me as a little tacky, putting the ctaalogue inside the gift box.
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Speaking of "One for Mahler, " we're seeing COMPANY tonight.
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An ask anyone who knows question: Maybe BK's close personal friend Nick Redman can ask Shirley Jones this, but, in listening to their commentaries on Oklahoma! and Carousel, I started wondering why Shirley wasn't at least tested for South Pacific. Everyone goes on and on about how it should have been Doris Day, but I wonder why Shirley wasn't considered. I think she would have been perfect casting. Does anyone know?
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Had an interesting afternoon at the movies - in my den.
Actually, I began with TV: another CSI episode from the first disc in the set. This one also involved two cases (three deaths): one of a Brad Pitt-like movie star and another of two Laotian men, Interesting set-ups for the murders but not knock-your-socks-off shocking.
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Back from the cake and the wake. I'll go back later this afternoon, but at one there were only two people in the store - rather pathetic, and which just shows people's true "what have you done for me lately" colors. I had a piece of the cake, as did everyone in the store.
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I guess I will ship these five packages today and get it out of the way - then it really is no shipping until the second.
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Next came A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE. I hadn't seen this at the movies or on DVD, so this HBO presentation was my first experience with it. Terrific!
I thought I had the movie pegged to be another DESPERATE HOURS/STRAW DOGS type of movie. Boy, was *I* off the beam! Wonderful suspense and surprises. And I LOVED Viggo's son in the confrontation in the hallway at school. I was CHEERING!
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BTW, I greatly appreciated David Cronenberg not extending the movie past the breaking point. I have gotten so tired of these overlong for no good reason films lately, and this one was an hour and 36 minutes, perfect for the story it was telling.
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I heard the mail arrive right near the end of A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, and HOORAY! Three Blu-ray discs that I had ordered had arrived.
So, I put in the one I had been most looking forward to seeing: THE SEARCHERS.
Well, my socks were knocked off by the depth of picture, the sharpness, and vivid Technicolor of the Blu-ray high definition presentation of this classic.
I've been watching high def TV and movies off pay cable channels for several years now, but I kept reading from those with these HD players that high def DVDs were even sharper and more three dimensional than TV or cable broadcasts. I didn't see how it was possible, but now that I've seen a truly quality transfer on Blu-ray, I can see EXACTLY what folks have been raving about.
TALLADEGA NIGHTS was a little flat looking: sharp but not particularly looking like you were looking through a clear window onto reality. THE SEARCHERS took my breath away with its dimensionality, the depth of focus (helped, of course, since it was shot in Vistavision), and clarity.
What a terrific way to enjoy one of the great films of all time in the best possible way at home.
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Or perhaps, like George, you were temporarily blinded by a certain photo posted last night. ;D
:o DON'T REMIND ME!!
;)
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I"m home. YEAH!!! I had a good time at my parents' house, but it's so nice to be home with the girls. Boo was waiting by the door when I came in and rather than run away, like she usually does, she sat there and waited for me to pet her.
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She hasn't left my side since I got home. Callie warms up slower, but when we started playing toys she came running. I missed them
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The weather is supposed to get lousy starting late tonight/early tomorrow, so I'll go to the office after it closes to pick up the work I need to do over the next few days and then I think I'm home for the duration. I may go to a movie or out for coffee, but I really just want to stay home and clean, put things away, do a little work, read and just putter around until it's time to go back to work on Tuesday
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You omitted the halt, the lame, and the maimed.
Who, like the Captain's cousins, number in the dozens...
der Brucer
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My dad gave me about 15 of the records they made. Some are acetate and some are like this
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or this
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He wasn't interested in trying to preserve what is on these, so I'm going to try. Not sure if I should do it myself - I do have a program, cables and a little box thingy to connect my stereo to my computer, but I don't have 78 speed. I'll try it once at 45, as BK suggested, but I'm probably not going to get going until tomorrow or the next day. Today I'm relaxing
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Yesterday we went to a friends house for coffee and looking out her front window, this is what we saw
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I know they are Canada Geese. But my mother just looked out the window and said "Look, Canadians!"
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DR George - I'm lovin' that Borders Rewards program. Those weekly coupons sure do come in handy. And then if you happen to be able to use different coupons at the same time for different items (one for a book, one for a CD, one for a DVD), and then couple that with a personal shopping day for an extra 10% off... That's some "Reward". *That 40% off DVD Boxed Sets coupon last week came in handy for last-minute Christmas shopping.
I know!! I should've signed up for this years ago! :D
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Hartnett doing his thing? The mind boggles.
I remember sometime within the last couple of years, Josh Hartnett was voted (by readers of People magazine ::)) as one of the 50 greatest actors?? I thought to myself WTF????
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So... Just a few catching up questions... ;)
Did anyone else get the Special Edition of the Dreamgirls OCR? The two disc version with a couple of previously unreleased tracks - including "It Ain't Over"(!!!) - and the karaoke tracks on the second disc along with a not-so-good dance mix of "And I Am Telling You...".
I only ask since I haven't seen that many copies in the stores, and it's no longer listed on Amazon - which is where I got it from. I wonder if the release of the film soundtrack bumped it from the inventory.
The special edition OBC is still available on Amazon.com. Click HERE (http://www.amazon.com/Dreamgirls-Henry-Krieger/dp/B000JJRWQC/sr=8-5/qid=1167255889/ref=pd_bbs_5/102-4691709-0642501?ie=UTF8&s=music) for the link. :)
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Early this morning, I received a "heads-up" for a long-distance call sometime this afternoon. I have stayed at my desk all day and have I received said call?
>:(
The person knows I am to leave here in 8 minutes.
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As soon as I hit POST, my phone rang and it was said person. She's considerate enough to say that she just wanted me to know she hadn't forgotten and we made an appointment for her to call me tomorrow at a specific time.
;D
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I must go get ready for my dinner/gift exchange. Fortunately, I cleaned the den this morning, so I don't have that chore hanging over my head.
WBBL.
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So, I'm outta here for the evening. When I get home, my mother, her sister, her son, and his girlfriend will be at our house for dinner, which they've ordered from Olive Garden. All I had to do was set the table last night; I'll put cookies on a tray for our dessert.
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Bye for now.
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BK, what software do you recommend for the LP to CD thing. I'll need one that lets me do the 45-78 thing.
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The temperature in Manhattan has dropped plenty in the past two hours. we've been promised a really bad Jan-March 20007, so p'raps it's beginning?
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I don't think we've been to the movies much this year. All I can remember:
Keeping Mum
Little Miss Sunshine.
I enjoyed both.
DVDs of this year's movies:
Best: Brokeback Mountain
TransAmerica
Walk the Line
Worst: Crash
King Kong
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I think artists should be judged on their best work (if they have any) - everyone has off days, even geniuses.
OKAY - get in trouble time:
BK
What do you consider your best work (CD wise)?
What do you consider your worst work (CD wise)?
(If posssible, discount the performers in your evaluation)
der Brucer
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I simply refused to watch MI:III. I can no longer watch a film with Tom Cruise in it and be able to separate his off-screen persona with what happens on-screen. As an actor, he has now jumped the shark. A pity, because he's done good work in the past.
Same way I feel about Jane Fonda.(Again a pity)
der Brucer
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Cillaliz, I very much like the turntable I got from the airline mail order catalog - it's an EON, and they sell them at amazon. it comes with easy software.
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I shipped (got to the post office at the right time - no one there, and even got a parking space in front) - right after I got there about ten people showed up.
I bought some ham and made two ham sandwiches - can't be less caloric than that.
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OKAY - get in trouble time:
BK
What do you consider your best work (CD wise)?
What do you consider your worst work (CD wise)?
(If posssible, discount the performers in your evaluation)
der Brucer
Too hard. I'm proud of almost everything I've done, in one way or another. My best? Well, I'd certainly put Unsung Irving Berlin high on the list for any number of reasons. Worst - I don't think that way, really, but I do know that everyone's least favorites seem to be Bed and Sofa and The Paul Simon Album - the latter, in retrospect, is something I shouldn't have done - it was a no-win album because many of Mr. Simon's songs don't need to have B'way singers singing them. I was forced into doing it after the Burt Bacharach Album - I was in the middle of prepping what was to be that album's followup - The Randy Newman Album - I shouldn't have let myself get talked out of it, but I did, and the compromise (the Paul Simon Album) was a compromise and it sounds like it. That said, I like the sound of the album, and I like many of the tracks (especially the Tammi Tappan and Amanda McBroom tracks).
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I can only think of five movies that I've seen in the theater, and they're listed in favorite order:
Brokeback Mountain (loved!)
Casino Royale (liked a lot)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand (enjoyed the special effects)
King Kong (special effects went on way too long)
The Da Vinci Code (didn't grab me, but didn't hate it ::))
And there you have it. ;)
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... but I do know that everyone's least favorites seem to be Bed and Sofa...
I suspect that in this case the source material is, in fact, the villain.
How does my personal favorite, Das Barbecu, stack up?
der Brucer
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I had a great time recording Das Barbecu and it meets my criteria for a good cast album - we made a CD that perfectly replicated the stage experience audio-wise.
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It was based on a recurring character (real-life) in A. J. Leibling's WWII stories, a guy (Mollie was a guy) who happened to be an enlisted man under my father's command.
Sounds like it would have made a nice film:
Wes Phillips (http://blog.stereophile.com/wesphillips/091106liebling/Wes Phillips)
Best of all his war writing, I think, was "Quest for Mollie," which is collected in Mollie and Other War Stories. Mollie (Karl Warner) was a private Liebling met in Tunisia—well, met posthumously, since Liebling saw him as a roadside corpse on Good Friday, 1943. But Mollie's friends regaled him with tales of Mollie's life back in New York City, so upon returning to NYC, Liebling set out to learn more about him.
New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/040329fa_fact1?040329fa_fact1)
In “Quest for Mollie,” Liebling tells of travelling during one offensive on La Piste Forestière, a dirt road on the northern coast of Tunisia, where Allied forces had fought Italian and German troops, and coming across the refuse of fighting—“bits of the war . . . like beads on a string.” He encountered a lone corpse, “a private known as Mollie.” A month later, after the Allied victory in North Africa, Liebling heard more about “Mollie,” evidently a colorful native of Hell’s Kitchen, and so, back in New York, he moves around the city, from bar to union headquarters, reconstructing the often contradictory details of Mollie’s life, and giving an ordinary young man a representative immortality. “When I walk through the West Side borderland between Times Square and the slums, where Mollie once lived, I often think of him and his big talk and his golf-suit grin. It cheers me to think there may be more like him all around me—a notion I would have dismissed as sheer romanticism before World War II. Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.”
Wild Bill Guarnere (http://forums.wildbillguarnere.com/index.php?showtopic=1017)
From the New Yorker June 2, 1945. Told by an American infantryman to reporter A.J. Liebling
"Mollie was the biggest pop off and the biggest screwball and the biggest foul-up I ever saw and he wasn't afraid of nuthin'. Some fellows get brave with experience but Mollie never had none to begin with. Like one time on the road to Maknassy, the battalion was trying to take some hills and was gettin' nowhere. So Mollie stands up and says "I bet those Italians would surrender if somebody asked them to. What the Hell do they want to fight for?" So he walks across the monefield and up the hill to the Italians, waving his arms and making funny motions. So they shoot at him for a while and then stop, thinking that he's crazy. So when he gats to the Italians he finds a soldier who was a barber in Astoria but got drafted when he went home to Italy to visit. So the barber translates for him and the Italians say "Sure! We'd love to surrender!"
So Mollie comes back down the hill with 568 prisoners."
der Brucer
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I'm eating silly food like sweet and cruncy peanuts. I will stop before it gets out of hand (the trick being not to let the silly foold get INTO the hand and thereby into the mouth).
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We had some LA rain, i.e. about four minutes worth.
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TOD:
Too soon to comment:
On our DVD shelf- not yet seen:
Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
Little Miss Sunshine
Devil Wear's Prada
Yet to see in a Theatre:
Good Shepherd
Blood Diamond
The Departed
der Brucer
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Blech...and the directing experience already hits a roadblock.
To basically sum up how the one-acts work at LACC, provided there are enough student directors (this time, we have seven), they divide the shows up into two bills - The Blue Bill and the Red Bill (creative, huh?) - based on content, actors, sets, etc. We have three shows on the Blue Bill -- and the other four on the Red (one of which is mine). Our project over this break was to set up our rehearsal schedules and get them to our instructor by tomorrow. Of course, everyone has waited until the last minute...some didn't start until today...and the previously ignored problem of shared actors came immediately to light.
We had around 18 or 19 actors on casting, and a grand total of 43 parts (leading to double and triple-casting in some cases). For most of the parts, actors are cast on separate bills (which have different two-hour rehearsal times), yet in a few, really problematic, instances, actors are utilized in really important parts in shows on the same bill *cough*REDBILL*cough*. Two of my fellow directors are sharing a girl who has a lead in both of their shows; both of them and another director are sharing a girl who has a part in all three of their shows; and one of them has a show that requires 14 or 15 women, which gobbles up all the girls in my show. All of this - and just a two-hour rehearsal time each day.
So, I initially wrote up the schedule as I'd like it, if I had my druthers...which it is quite apparent, I don't...and sent it to the one director I really conflict with. As we talked, I felt like the best thing to do would be retool mine and see what she thought. I have now effectively cut down my rehearsal time to an hour on most days - so she can have all of the actresses the second hour (my lead is one of the "women" in her show, and in my show is in every scene, so without her, there is no point in me having a rehearsal) -- and this is just a minor conflict. So, that director is going to speak with the director SHE has the MAJOR conflict with, and they'll see if they can work something out, and then get back to me if I need to make any small changes. All by tomorrow's deadline.
All of this hassle for nervous, first-time directors. No wonder directors are crazy...
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I feel your pain, baby, and I had NO conflicts :-)
Which is why I refused to use anyone who was in Al Rossi's show - because even though he said he'd work it out with me, I knew he wouldn't.
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Does everyone here know that Cason put up the All About Men song on the Brain's myspace page? Go listen, if you haven't www.myspace.com/thebrainfromplanetx. You have to endure Guy Haines' vocal instead of Cason's wonderful vocal, but you'll be getting that soon enough.
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Bruce - I didn't know you did "Das Barbecu!" I kind of came across it by accident about a year and a half ago...and lo and behold, it is a Varese Sarabande recording. Small world, huh?
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I feel your pain, baby, and I had NO conflicts :-)
Which is why I refused to use anyone who was in Al Rossi's show - because even though he said he'd work it out with me, I knew he wouldn't.
Let me just pray that my actors don't start making conflicts or running late...which sadly I feel will be inevitable.
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I had a great time recording Das Barbecu and it meets my criteria for a good cast album - we made a CD that perfectly replicated the stage experience audio-wise.
I LOVE this CD and show! I saw it in Seattle and it was wonderful! ;D
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KITTY OF THE DAY
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/8075E.jpg)
POOCH OF THE DAY
(http://yourscene.latimes.com/PHOTOS/LATM/1UserPhotos/8115E.jpg)
(Just like on Letterman, last night)
der Brucer
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Good Evening!
Well... I ended up toddling - well, taking the Metro - over to D.C.'s Chinatown, where I went ahead and saw "Dreamgirls". I like it. I really liked it. -And I'll probably see it again.
*Although, the girl behind me didn't seem to like it that much... About fifteen minutes into the movie, she remarked to her friend - in not so hushed tones :-\ - "There's too much singing in this movie!"
8)
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The special edition OBC is still available on Amazon.com. Click HERE (http://www.amazon.com/Dreamgirls-Henry-Krieger/dp/B000JJRWQC/sr=8-5/qid=1167255889/ref=pd_bbs_5/102-4691709-0642501?ie=UTF8&s=music) for the link. :)
Hmm... Thanks for the link, DR George. It looks like Amazon changed the initial listing for the product. When I look up my past order history, the item no longer comes up "highlighted". -And it looks like the original price has dropped too.
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OK...
I just got back from the movie about half an hour ago, and I just finished eating my dinner... And now back to Budapest - or at least some city in Hungary... ;)
Laters...
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Cillaliz, I very much like the turntable I got from the airline mail order catalog - it's an EON, and they sell them at amazon. it comes with easy software.
Thanks, I'll check that out.
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To basically sum up how the one-acts work at LACC, provided there are enough student directors (this time, we have seven), they divide the shows up into two bills - The Blue Bill and the Red Bill (creative, huh?) - based on content, actors, sets, etc. We have three shows on the Blue Bill -- and the other four on the Red (one of which is mine).
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We had around 18 or 19 actors on casting, and a grand total of 43 parts (leading to double and triple-casting in some cases).
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All of this hassle for nervous, first-time directors. No wonder directors are crazy...
And what "creative managerial genius" set up this train-wreck-in-motion scenario?
If the director's are crazy, they caught it from the managment!
God, I get pissed when adults set up young people to fail >:(
der Brucer
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we've been promised a really bad Jan-March 20007
Well, at least that's a ways off...
;D
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Bruce - I didn't know you did "Das Barbecu!" I kind of came across it by accident about a year and a half ago...and lo and behold, it is a Varese Sarabande recording. Small world, huh?
And where, I ask you, DR Cason, is Ms Karen Murphy?????
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I was in the middle of prepping what was to be that album's followup - The Randy Newman Album - I shouldn't have let myself get talked out of it
Can we talk you back into it?
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I LOVE this CD and show! I saw it in Seattle and it was wonderful! ;D
Was it not commissioned originally by the Seattle Opera?
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Question for Cillaliz (or other
wise guy legal-eagle:
If a condemned person is about to be executed, can any of the following absolutely postpone his execution:
He is scheduled to be a witness for the prosecution in another case.
He is scheduled to be a witness for the defense in another case.
He is under indictment in another case.
der Brucer
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Two of my fellow directors are sharing a girl
both of them and another director are sharing a girl
and one of them ...requires 14 or 15 women
Boy, you theatre types are so...kinky...errrr...experimental.
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And where, I ask you, DR Cason, is Ms Karen Murphy?????
She is coming! I just haven't had a chance to set her up on here. She is coming, I promise!
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I had a great time recording Das Barbecu and it meets my criteria for a good cast album - we made a CD that perfectly replicated the stage experience audio-wise.
Why do we'uns in the South not know about this? We LOVE Das Barbecu!
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Welcome back, new DR missmikah!
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She is coming! I just haven't had a chance to set her up on here. She is coming, I promise!
We love Ms Karen Murphy!
Did the package arrive?
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We love Ms Karen Murphy!
Did the package arrive?
It did indeed -- and promptly went into my mom's CD player in her car. She really likes it -- and is now inspired. I am sure she'll talk more to you about it, but she was wondering, do you just orchestrate or do you also write original music?
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Was it not commissioned originally by the Seattle Opera?
LINER NOTES:
Commissioned and premiered by Seattle Opera
Subsequently produced by Goodspeed Opera
Further developed at Center Stage, Baltimore
(The Vinnie quote on the liner notes: "Barbecue? I'm a vegetarian!")
der Brucer
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Boy, you theatre types are so...kinky...errrr...experimental.
Geez - beat me to it :(
der Brucer
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Geez - beat me
Talk about kinky!
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BK Is the turntable an ION? I found that but not EONs. I have some old software that I used once or twice but haven't tried in my newer computers. I think I'll try it first. If not, this looks like a great option
Is this it? http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO/sr=1-9/qid=1167265430/ref=sr_1_9/103-9039177-0056616?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
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Why do we'uns in the South not know about this? We LOVE Das Barbecu!
'cause you'uns must not have read my post of 18 DEC:
DAS BARBECU (which Edisaurus should get!)
der Brucer
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Question for Cillaliz (or other wise guy legal-eagle:
If a condemned person is about to be executed, can any of the following absolutely postpone his execution:
He is scheduled to be a witness for the prosecution in another case.
He is scheduled to be a witness for the defense in another case.
He is under indictment in another case.
der Brucer
Hmm, not sure. I'm guessing that there would be a trial deposition scheduled rather than staying the execution and if he's dead, usually they don't care about additional charges, but one never knows. I'm guessing
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BK Is the turntable an ION? I found that but not EONs. I have some old software that I used once or twice but haven't tried in my newer computers. I think I'll try it first. If not, this looks like a great option
Is this it? http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO/sr=1-9/qid=1167265430/ref=sr_1_9/103-9039177-0056616?ie=UTF8&s=electronics (http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Turntable-USB-Record/dp/B000BUEMOO/sr=1-9/qid=1167265430/ref=sr_1_9/103-9039177-0056616?ie=UTF8&s=electronics)
That's it. I don't have it, but I remember the picture from the Amazon.com listing when BK talked about it before.
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Talk about kinky!
SPOO (http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-028.gif)
der Brucer
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It did indeed -- and promptly went into my mom's CD player in her car. She really likes it -- and is now inspired. I am sure she'll talk more to you about it, but she was wondering, do you just orchestrate or do you also write original music?
I wanted to be a composer at one time; I wrote a ton of songs and several one-act musicals in college. I decided I was a better arranger and orchestrator than a composer. I still write occasionally, but I feel the skills suit me better in arranging another's music.
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Hmm, not sure. I'm guessing that there would be a trial deposition scheduled rather than staying the execution and if he's dead, usually they don't care about additional charges, but one never knows. I'm guessing
Thanx.
I have no US issue in mind; I was just thinking about the Saddam bit of executing him before the other charges involving him and other co-defendents are resolved.
der Brucer
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LOL, Boo has wanted to be sitting on my lap since I got back. I had the laptop on my lap, so she ran across the room and jumped on the keyboard. I think she made her point. She is now on my lap and the laptop on the arm of the chair
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Underpants!
I'm back in Oakland.
LONG DAY!
Left at 4:45 a.m. est....arrived SFO at 12:40 p.m., pst.
Got home 1:35 p.m pst. Was totally unpacked and put away by 2:45 pst.
Here I sit at 4:34 p.m. pst.
Sheesh.
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I wanted to be a composer at one time; I wrote a ton of songs and several one-act musicals in college. I decided I was a better arranger and orchestrator than a composer. I still write occasionally, but I feel the skills suit me better in arranging another's music.
Every Richard Rodgers needs a Robert Russell Bennett!
Have you every wielded a baton? (not a bedroom question)
der Brucer
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'cause you'uns must not have read my post of 18 DEC:
Excuse me for a moment as I journey back in time...hopefully to return with some Barbecu!
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Had a nice flight to SFO from Atlanta on a Delta 757.
Had my own TV screen with movies, TV, sports, etc.
I watched "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Scoop."
Both were enertaining. Neither was great. But then....
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LONG DAY!
Here I sit at 4:34 p.m. pst.
Sheesh.
You have clean, sheets - go to bed :)
der Brucer
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Am waiting until evening to go to my office and pick up whatever mail is waiting for me. Should be some Amazon.com packages, fer shur....and then some.
Tomorrow morning, I'll visit the USPS annex and pick up my "held mail" to see what else I got in my absence.
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I've had a few Guinness stouts this afternoon.
I feel no pain. Not much, anyway.
And I'm ready for a NAP.
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You have clean, sheets - go to bed :)
der Brucer
DON't I KNOW IT!
And thanks for remembering....!
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LOL, Boo has wanted to be sitting on my lap since I got back.
It's cold here, so cats are fighting to be in my lap or on my laptop. (Long ago they recognized my computer and drives as a source of heat. They also used to perch on top of the TV until we got a flat screen. I felt a little bad about depriving them of their warm perch.)
And now that I'm coming down with whatever my DH had on Xmas and and running a fever, I'm extra popular!
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LOL, Boo has wanted to be sitting on my lap since I got back. I had the laptop on my lap, so she ran across the room and jumped on the keyboard. I think she made her point. She is now on my lap and the laptop on the arm of the chair
Imagine the same antics by a 120lb Dalmatian!
der Brucer
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LOL, Boo has wanted to be sitting on my lap since I got back. I had the laptop on my lap, so she ran across the room and jumped on the keyboard. I think she made her point. She is now on my lap and the laptop on the arm of the chair
Hmm...let's see....the love and warmth of a cat that wants to be with you....or a laptop that cares naught for thee.
I think the choice you've made is the correct one.
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And now that I'm coming down with whatever my DH had on Xmas and and running a fever, I'm extra popular!
AIRBORNE -- I'm tellin' ya!
This morning, I felt more strongly than ever that I was doomed to have a nasty head cold. I had a sinister post-nasal drip that was quite yucky and dispiriting.
ONE Airborne tablet in an 8 oz. glass of water, and I've been fine most of the day.
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Neuf! Neuf! Neuf!
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It's time I thought of eating something.
Nothing nutritious, mind you.
But something hot and delish. PIZZA!
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Every Richard Rodgers needs a Robert Russell Bennett!
Have you every wielded a baton? (not a bedroom question)
der Brucer
Never wanted to conduct. Write and perform, although the performance days are long past.
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Heat-seeking cat, snuggling up with Howard Zinn, star of Sacco and Vanzetti. As you can see, my kitchen table editing room, devoid of heat or A/C, is quite deluxe.
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AIRBORNE -- I'm tellin' ya!
Even when you're *not* airborne?
DH is returning the favor and fetching me chicken soup or chicken and dumplings, whichever is available.
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Let me just pray that my actors don't start making conflicts or running late...which sadly I feel will be inevitable.
Yes, the inevetible is inevitable.
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Had a nice flight to SFO from Atlanta on a Delta 757.
I thought I noticed someone waving to me from on high!
(Or just high...what with all the Guiness!)
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Cillaliz - yes, on ION, sorry. That recordio disc is one you made yourself at home, on a home recorder. I have one in perfect working order, and I have a whole stack of those discs.
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I'm watching a wonderful movie on DVD, but I made the mistake of laying down on the couch whilst watching. I was forty-five minutes in, and the next thing I knew I was seventy-five minutes in in the blink of an eye. I must now go back to the forty-five minute mark and watch the thirty minutes that went by in the blink of an eye and the wink of a nap.
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I'm going to do a bit of pimping here for my Milken Archive friends since they hired me to do choral arrangements on a couple of their recordings. I had been asked to work on this series of songs from the Yiddish theatre, but along came the project to record BABES IN TOYLAND and others. I turned down Neal Levin, but i love these collections and the notes are excellent.
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Here's the second volume
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They've also got an album of Jewish operas, a recording of Leonard Bernstein's music, and they're all performed and conducted by wonderful people. Today I learned there's now a Volume 3 which I will order from Amazon.com
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A better shot at the ETERNAL ROAD recording
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TV shot of the week:
From The Kennedy Center Honors:
After Betty Buckley and the orchestra had a feud over tempo and Sarah Brightman joined in on the dueling "Memory", the camera cut to the ultimate CAT - Joan Collins.
Then Christine Ebersole showed that she sings a better Norma Desmond than Buckley!
der Brucer
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...although the performance days are long past.
I said it wasn't a bedroom question!!!!
der Brucer
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Top ten Films of 2006? I haven't even seen 10 films from 2006 and those I have seen I can barely remember. Watched two I got for Award Screening the other night...NOTES ON (FROM?) A SCANDAL with Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, and Bill Nighy giving good, solid performances in a film I'm not sure quite works, but was at least interesting. Also saw THANK YOU FOR SMOKING which was amusing...but I doubt if they'll be on my top ten list, if I ever get around to having one for this year. Two films I will not be watching at all, that came as screeners, are the UNITED 93 and that Twin Towers movie by Oliver Stone. I saw the real drama unfold over a few unforgettable days, I don't need to see this stuff dramatized at this point.
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I'm actually down in Texas. Are you all New Yorkers?
WELCOME MISSMIKAH!
I'm from Ashland, Oregon-not originally, just for the last 8 years.
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Preston Sturges .
Piece of trivia here...
His granddaughter, Shannon, was on Days in 1991 and 1992. She played Molly who was a love interest of Tanner Scofield [Michael Easton]
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Shop quickly at Virgin - it is my prognosis that it won't be around much longer (that was my prognosis for Tower, as well).
We dont have neither one up here... Media play went out of business over a year ago and Sam Goody is not in good shape either.
I miss the old record stores of old. They were fun!
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Love picture Laura and Cilla!
Cilla, handle the acetates very gently for they are quite fragile!
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From DRSandra:
I started to come down with something so my mom got me these Cold-Eeze things that made me feel better, but made everything taste funky. That was okay when I was just eating a sandwich that tasted like dirt, but as soon as I opened up a Cherry Coke that tasted like 7Up, I knew things had gone too far. I decided I would rather be sick and drinking Cherry Coke than healthy and drinking 7Up. I do have my priorities. So that was the end of the Cold-Eeze.
And that was that
LOL-I think Cold-Eeze makes everything taste like Cherry Coke. Such a shame I don’t think that is a good thing.
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Yes, MattH, that's because it was never made (as I stated in my first post). The book was optioned and Newman was attached to star. I'm 99% sure Fox called my Dad and actually paid him some relatively tidy sum to be on "retainer" as a technical consultant, but then the project was shelved for some reason. I'm just trying to figure out if my memory of the studio being Fox is correct.
Mr. Newman probably locked away the rights to that story the same way that he locked away forever the rights to THE FRONT RUNNER. A book that could have made a big difference to all gay men back in the 70s; but, instead, was forever silenced.
Sorry JMK, I got off the subject.
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TV shot of the week:
From The Kennedy Center Honors:
After Betty Buckley and the orchestra had a feud over tempo and Sarah Brightman joined in on the dueling "Memory", the camera cut to the ultimate CAT - Joan Collins.
Then Christine Ebersole showed that she sings a better Norma Desmond than Buckley!
der Brucer
Personally (just my opinion), I wouldn't say that she's better than Betty (horseracing...they're both very good and very different kinds of singers), but Christine is certainly much better than Glenn. :)
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OH! Are any other DRs taking advantage of the End of The Year Blowout Sale that Book of the Month (The Good Cook, The History Book Club, etc.) is currently running? Almost all books are just $9.99 - and there's free shipping and handling if you spend more than $25. -Just how many more cookbooks do I need? Well... Just how many more cookbooks do I have the shelf-space for? is the real question.
You limit yourself according to shelf-space???
Haven't you ever heard of stacking them up in piles on the floor?
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Ah, forgot about United 93 - was that this year's film? I wouldn't see the Oliver Stone movie on a bet, but I did think United 93 was an excellently done film, that never felt exploitive - more like a docu-drama, with no chest-pounding patriotism or disgusting patriotic music - just a what might have been happening on the plane scenario told in a very straightforward and compelling manner. No real reason for the film to exist really, but it was the only movie I've seen this year that had me riveted to the screen.
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I went back to the wake and was heartened to see about twenty people in the store - all with stacks of DVDs.
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It's another end of an era.
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BK, do you know this oratorio JOSHUA by film composer Franz Waxman? It just got a rave review in the new FANFARE magazine, and it features my baritone friend Rodney Gilfry. I'm going to order a copy for myself!
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Excuse me for a moment as I journey back in time...hopefully to return with some Barbecu!
Dont forget to say hello to the Doctor and ask him how the TARDIS is doing...
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George....
I have Torchwood!!
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A HOp, Skip and A Jump to page 10!
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Edi, you are popular due to effervescent charm and good humour!
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Sad to see a good store close bk, it truly is!
My favorite craft store closed just before Christmas.
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I will need to add Flight 93 to my list of movies. I have not seen it yet but I have heard good things about it.
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George....
I have Torchwood!!
;D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ordered it and it's been shipped, but I haven't gotten it yet. :( But then, I haven't been home, yet, so it might be there! :D Although, I tend to get things a little later than when other people get them, so I'm not holding my breath. :-\
;)
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elmore, I don't know the Waxman piece - let me know how you like it.
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According to Amazon.co.uk:
Items dispatched on 27 Dec 2006:
Delivery estimate: 4 Jan 2007 - 15 Jan 2007
1 package via International Mail 1 of: Torchwood Part One (2 Disc Set) [2006]
Sold by: Amazon.co.uk
Anyway, I have to wait.
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Every time I watch one of these older movies - you know, not a classic or anything, but just a good old-fashioned movie movie, it just makes so clear how bankrupt today's cinema is. Right now I'm finishing up The Young Philadelphians, a sprawling potboiler filled with terrific performances, a good script, good direction by Vincent Sherman, a lovely score by Ernest Gold - not brilliant, but compared to what I see today, a complete masterpiece.
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And nice not to have to have puff-piece "documentaries" where the actors sit around and pontificate on their characters and all the research they did - I'm sure Paul Newman went to law school so he could play his character.
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...*Although, the girl behind me didn't seem to like it that much... About fifteen minutes into the movie, she remarked to her friend - in not so hushed tones :-\ - "There's too much singing in this movie!"
8)
And you didn't turn around and tell her - in not so hushed tones, either - "That's why it's called a musical!" ???
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Cillaliz-I enjoyed the photos of the records.
Edisauris-Sweet photo. :)
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...If the director's are crazy, they caught it from the managment!
God, I get pissed when adults set up young people to fail >:(
der Brucer
He really does.
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Except for walking Sherlock I have been doing laundry ALL DAY. I'm drying my last load, for the day, still more to do tomorrow.
'night.
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;D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ordered it and it's been shipped, but I haven't gotten it yet. :( But then, I haven't been home, yet, so it might be there! :D Although, I tend to get things a little later than when other people get them, so I'm not holding my breath. :-\
;)
:)
Have not watched any yet. A freind of mine got my copy for me....
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I also now possess Season 1 and 2 of DR. Who!!
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George, I wont say anything until you get yours and then we can have a posting party and comment!
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Edi, you are popular due to effervescent charm and good humour!
I think it's because I'm HOT! (In the cats' opinion, anyway!)
Thanks for the compliment!
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I will check out Das Babecü...looks good!
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George, I wont say anything until you get yours and then we can have a posting party and comment!
Cool...thanks!
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Time to go home. Later. :)
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I also now possess Season 1 and 2 of DR. Who!!
And how much from the original run?
(No, I don't have everything that's out there...but I do scheme and dream.)
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About to start DVD number two.
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And how much from the original run?
(No, I don't have everything that's out there...but I do scheme and dream.)
Season 1 and 2 are from the new series
I have all of Peter Davison and a few adventures of Tom Baker on DVD...
On Video Tape I have Shada, ARc of Infinity and then taped eppies from when it was on the public telly here. I have several adventures of the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. I also have K-9 and Company on tape.
Many adventures of 1 and 2 are either missing or incomplete due to the BBC either discarding the episodes or reusing the tapes. It was a typical practice up until 1980s to do that. It was a practice also done in the US.
I do not have the Fox movie any longer after my vcr decided to make a snack out of it and it broke the tape!
I do have many of the novelizations of the scripts from all 7.
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SWW, I also have a Brit scifi series called "Survivors" written by Terry Nation. Rather disturbing at times and it is about a small group of people struggling to survive after a virus wipes out most of the earth's population.
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George and SWW
Have you seen this...
Doctor Who Warsmith
http://www.batteredsuitcase.co.uk/warsmith.html (http://www.batteredsuitcase.co.uk/warsmith.html)
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Oh, and did I forget to mention that 90% of The Black Dahlia was shot in Budapest? And they BRAG about it. It's not even convincing as the Universal backlot.
And like LA Confidential, there is a scene at the Pantages circa 1947. There should be a box office in the center of the forecourt. There isn't. Easy CGI fix, for those who care.
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Hi lovely, charming, and vivacious H/Ks and DRs ...
Films that I really enjoyed this year were very few. But I did enjoy (and in no particular order)
The Prestige
Beyond The Hedge
Transamerica
The Devil Wears Prada
The History Boys
That last one was a very touching story, and I thought it was beautifully acted by a very talented bunch. And thank god, not a single "talentless teen diva" or American Idol winner among them.
I really am puzzled these days by the wailing and "pseudo-improvisation" that passes for popular singing. Ugh!
But what the hell..... I'm just an old crazy-lady that grows peaches!
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Cillaliz - yes, on ION, sorry. That recordio disc is one you made yourself at home, on a home recorder. I have one in perfect working order, and I have a whole stack of those discs.
I ended up getting "Spin It Again" software that works with the cables that I already had to go from my turntable to my computer. I did one of the acetates, it was a jam session in Hermie Harder's garage on November 4, 1945, when my dad was a senior in high school. It cleaned up pretty well. I'm getting a kick out of doing this.
The main problem I have is that the discs weren't taken care of, they've been in a damp basement for about 25-30 years. I'm amazed they are in as good of shape as they are.
I looked at the ION, but they didn't have any in stock, so I thought I'd just try the software first. So far so good.
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I don't see the appeal of Josh Hartnet. And I don't even think it's because I'm OLD!
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I don't see the appeal of Josh Hartnet. And I don't even think it's because I'm OLD!
He exists....
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Another hop, skip and Jump and here we are at page 11!!
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I am aiming for 5500 posts by the end of the year... I wonder if I can do it?
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Good Evening!
Ah! We had a very special guest tonight in the audience! Mr. Sheldon Harnick himself! -Accompanied by his lovely wife, Marjorie (sp?). They stayed for a bit after the performance, and we all had a nice 'visit'. What a lovely couple. And he had many compliments for the cast and the production in general. *He even liked where we ended up putting the act break. Whew!
*And, thankfully, the cast had a good night with their lyrics. Double-Whew! ;D
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...And, for the record, I don't get Josh Hartnett either. I don't think he's "dreamy", and I don't think he can act either.
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And you didn't turn around and tell her - in not so hushed tones, either - "That's why it's called a musical!" ???
Well, I and the two ladies next to me just started laughing out loud in response to her comment... And I believe that was the perfect response.
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DR Ron Pulliam - Welcome home!
*And as for Airborne... It actually make me feel a little "off" after I take it - like it did tonight. ??? But since at least four people in the orchestra have been fighting the flu the past couple of days, better safe than sorry.
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And a very belated welcome from this formerly E&T DR to DR Cason!
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TV shot of the week:
From The Kennedy Center Honors:
After Betty Buckley and the orchestra had a feud over tempo and Sarah Brightman joined in on the dueling "Memory", the camera cut to the ultimate CAT - Joan Collins.
Then Christine Ebersole showed that she sings a better Norma Desmond than Buckley!
der Brucer
Now I really need to get a tape of this year's ceremony! -I guess I could always check YouTube. ;)
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You limit yourself according to shelf-space???
Haven't you ever heard of stacking them up in piles on the floor?
The floor? Well, that's where I keep my vocal scores and CDs. :-\
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DR Cason - I know exactly what you're going through. Alas, it's just a occupational hazard in most Arts-related college programs. When I was in my undergrad, I used to do a lot of accompanying for both instrumentalists and vocalists - and that was in addition to playing my own solo piano juries. The Music department exams and juries always ended up using the full exam period in order to make sure that there were enough performance spaces and accompanists(!) to go around. I still remember having to play a jury or two on the last day of exams, at the last hour allowed by the university. And when I accompanied for the Music Theatre department at Catholic University, I tied a "record" of sorts: in two days times, I had played for 15 full juries (a minimum of 10 songs per student), and FOUR graduation recitals (50 minutes of music, usually with an intermission)! *And I even remember having to rehearse at midnight with a student since that was the only time the hall was available.
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My floor has binders of genealogy stuff, books, cds, and DVDs....
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*And I even remember having to rehearse at midnight with a student since that was the only time the hall was available.
Oh, is that what you told him? 8)
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It's time I thought of eating something.
Nothing nutritious, mind you.
But something hot and delish. PIZZA!
Pizza is nutritious! Cheese is dairy. And, remember, the "good stuff" in tomatoes is actually enhanced after the tomatoes have been cooked. -And if you drizzle the slice with some olive oil... And accompany it with a glass of red wine...
:)
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Hi Dear Jose,
........you vixen... you tempter.....you siren....you dreamboat....you McStudly.....you bon bon .....you --
Oh well, you get the message. You have been missed!
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You know, I don't think I have ever even seen this Josh Hartnett fellow.
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...and speaking of McHunkly.....
Hi dear MB ! Hope you are doing well and glorious!
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I think it is time to toddle off for a little bit of "telly" and then a good sleep.
Goodnight DRs and H/Ks....
Goodnight dear Esteemed BK .
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.. and a good night to Edi, Tom Dan, & Dakota...
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You know, I don't think I have ever even seen this Josh Hartnett fellow.
You haven't missed much.
But I'm sure he's a very nice person... :)
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Pleasant dreams to you Music Guy!
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Just heard that the movie Fargo was just selected by the national registry for preservation.
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The floor? Well, that's where I keep my vocal scores and CDs. :-\
Oh.
I suppose adding cookbooks to those piles could be confusing.
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The History Boys
That last one was a very touching story, and I thought it was beautifully acted by a very talented bunch. And thank god, not a single "talentless teen diva" or American Idol winner among them.
I really am puzzled these days by the wailing and "pseudo-improvisation" that passes for popular singing. Ugh!
But what the hell..... I'm just an old crazy-lady that grows peaches!
I agree with you about "The History Boys". And I have to give Alan Bennett credit for being able to tell a tale that could have been otherwise very hard and "uncomfortable" to tell due to the subject matter. I even remembering feeling that way after seeing the play. I walked out of the theatre feeling uplifted and inspired.
*And I would also have to recommend the soundtrack for "The History Boys" if only to hear Samuel Barnett's (with Richard Sisson on piano) full renditions of "L'Accordéoniste" and "Bewitched", as well as the choral arrangement of "Bye Bye Blackbird". -And I even like Rufus Wainright's "Bewitched" too. -Although, I'm guessing you could download the individual tracks from iTunes too.
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Tonight I tried watching ONCE MORE WITH FEELING on TCM but I just couldn't get into it. Yul Brynner and Kay Kendall were so forced and shrill that they were giving me a headache. I wish I had watched all of the PBS documentary about Jack Paar instead.
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Oh, is that what you told him? 8)
Umm... It was the student who had to book the rehearsal hall time. I am no Mrs. Robinson!
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How good is it to see DRs DtM and Jose on the page.
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How good is it to see DRs DtM and Jose on the page.
It's always good to be seen.
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It's history boys. They're back once more with feeling.
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You haven't missed much.
But I'm sure he's a very nice person... :)
Oh he's kind of cute, but as my mother would say, he needs to comb his hair.
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Just heard that the movie Fargo was just selected by the national registry for preservation.
Ya Sure
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Wow, page 12!!!! Let's have a disco inferno.....
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I'm sure FJL could do something with "Scene and not Herd" but ......
Some sort of reference to "Cattle Calls" on Broadway I guess.
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It's history boys. They're back once more with feeling.
...And while riding a motorcycle!
-Is the no groaning rule still in effect here on HHW? ;)
*Of course, if you haven't seen or read "The History Boys", you're probably just scratching your head in wonder right now.
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I feel like DR Jose and I should sing a duet of "Hello, Dolly!"...
"Well, hello, fellas!"
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Just heard that the movie Fargo was just selected by the national registry for preservation.
ROCKY is also on this year's list.
Ick!
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...And while riding a motorcycle!
I was wondering whose hands those were!
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I assume they've chosen the film "Fargo" in preference to preserving the city!
My loyalties are with Montana. (Don't ask why).
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Taking a movie break - I feel like taking a nice hot shower, which I shall now do.
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Have you been borrowing DR Elmore's videos?
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Season 1 and 2 are from the new series
I have all of Peter Davison and a few adventures of Tom Baker on DVD...
On Video Tape I have Shada, ARc of Infinity and then taped eppies from when it was on the public telly here. I have several adventures of the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. I also have K-9 and Company on tape.
Many adventures of 1 and 2 are either missing or incomplete due to the BBC either discarding the episodes or reusing the tapes. It was a typical practice up until 1980s to do that. It was a practice also done in the US.
I do not have the Fox movie any longer after my vcr decided to make a snack out of it and it broke the tape!
I do have many of the novelizations of the scripts from all 7.
Most of what I had on tape is gone, lost during the move.
DVD:
First Doctor: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, Edge of Distruction, and a condensed version of Marco Polo, in a collection called "The Beginnings."
Second Doctor: Tomb of the Cybermen.
Third Doctor: Spearhead from Space, Inferno, The Three Doctors.
Fourth Doctor: Pyramids of Mars, The Hand of Fear, The Robots of Death, the entire Key to Time season, City of Death.
Fifth Doctor: Earthshock, The Five Doctors.
Sixth Doctor: The Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors
Seventh Doctor: The Curse of Fenric
I've all of the Target novelizations, somewhere in the basement.
I'm having to stick to the American DVD transfers, not having a region 2 player (and I'm not going to ask der B to get us one, no matter how much he begs).
The Eighth Doctor movie, aka The Enemy Within, is apparently tied up in legal glitches, which is why it's not out on DVD.
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Taking a movie break - I feel like taking a nice hot shower, which I shall now do.
Just remember, nice hot showers do not like dirty movies, so be careful what you show her.
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ROCKY is also on this year's list.
Ick!
as is Blazing Saddles
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as is Blazing Saddles
Well, that at least makes sense. It would be terrible if only the television-edited version were the only copy that existed.
"And always too soon."
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I assume they've chosen the film "Fargo" in preference to preserving the city!
My loyalties are with Montana. (Don't ask why).
Nah, they dont speak like that in Fargo, only in the state of Minnesota...
Montana does have its good points but we do have a little dity here about Montana.
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Time for me to toddle. Der B will no doubt log on soon.
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Half past page twelve--past my bedtime here!
"I'm tired..."
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Most of what I had on tape is gone, lost during the move.
DVD:
First Doctor: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, Edge of Distruction, and a condensed version of Marco Polo, in a collection called "The Beginnings."
I have The Chase and Unearthly Child on tape. I wonder if the Marco Polo story is part of what the BBC is trying to put out.
Second Doctor: Tomb of the Cybermen.
I have WarGames one tape and an audio record of Highlanders
Third Doctor: Spearhead from Space, Inferno, The Three Doctors.
I have the first two that you have posted along with Day of the Daleks. I do not have THree Doctors but I do want to see that.
Fourth Doctor: Pyramids of Mars, The Hand of Fear, The Robots of Death, the entire Key to Time season, City of Death.
I have most of these on tape and now Logopolis, Keeper of Traken, and Pyramids of Mars on DVD
Fifth Doctor: Earthshock, The Five Doctors.
The Five Doctors I also have and that was a hoot.
Sixth Doctor: The Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors
I have Mark of the Rani, Revelation of the Daleks, The Two Doctors and two episodes of the Timelord on Trial. I was not particularly fond of the actor in this role.
Seventh Doctor: The Curse of Fenric
I also have Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks, Delta and the Bannerman and Silver Nemesis.
The Eighth Doctor movie, aka The Enemy Within, is apparently tied up in legal glitches, which is why it's not out on DVD.
Bummer!!
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I also have the Dr Who movie from the 1960s that had Peter Cushing in it.
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Wow, so much to read!
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I was a tiny investor in the off-Bway production of DAS BARBECU, back at a time when I was making such investments. Obviously, I lost my entire investment in that show, although I really liked the show, and I hadn't invested that much. But fortunately, I had almost simultaneously invested a small amount in SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, so i more than made up my loss on DAS BARBECU.
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I was a tiny investor in the off-Bway production of DAS BARBECU, back at a time when I was making such investments. Obviously, I lost my entire investment in that show, although I really liked the show, and I hadn't invested that much. But fortunately, I had almost simultaneously invested a small amount in SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, so i more than made up my loss on DAS BARBECU.
Define "small amount"? ;)
And just how much does one have to invest in a show in order to have their name above the title? And do all producers have to be "publicly" credited?
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Good evening!
The party began well, the dinner was delicious, and then one of my friends got roaring drunk and spoiled the rest of the evening. (Boy friend dumped him a few days ago, and he's still grieving.)
But I got HARPER and INSIDE MAN and LIZA WITH A 'Z' and some others, so that was pleasing.
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Questions I would like answered too FJL. Not necessarily on a public board though. Sort of question some of us are never likely to answered elsewhere I guess.
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When I got home, I raced to the TV to finish watching THE SEARCHERS. That magnificent resolution on the Blu-ray disc just couldn't wait until tomorrow to be concluded.
Some of the special features were ported over from the standard DVD, and I peeped at them, too. But seeing clips from the film in its unremastered state was almost painful after seeing such glorious images in the previous two hours.
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I'm heading off to bed now.
Good night!
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Well, I believe I have that "You've had a long day, you're tired, and you need some sleep" headache, so...
Goodnight.
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Goodnight lads.
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And I don't even think it's because I'm OLD!
That didn't take long just six days ago you said:
I haven't joined the AARP yet
der Brucer
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I have no knowledge of how much people have to invest to become producers. I was never thinking anything along those types of sums.
This was the early 1990's, earned income was coming in quite nicely, so i gambled and invested $5,000 in DAS BARBECU and $10,000 in SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE. These made me a very very tiny insignificant investor, and the continuous checks for SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE - which still come, by the way - more than made up for the total loss on DAS BARBECU (which I had very much believed in, not so by the way).
The knowledge I gained about the financial workings of a major off-Bway show and a Broadway show, one flop and one mild hit - priceless.
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Thanks FJL. I appreciate the answer. It's such a foreign world to most of us here.
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(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/122706_calif_storm.jpg)
AP
Storm in the Valley
Lightning from a fast-moving thunderstorm crashes in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles on Wednesday.
der Brucer
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STunning photo!
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It's really windy here, which I don't like at all.
Have finished motion picture on DVD number two. May watch some Superman cartoons now.
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George and SWW
Have you seen this...
Doctor Who Warsmith
http://www.batteredsuitcase.co.uk/warsmith.html (http://www.batteredsuitcase.co.uk/warsmith.html)
That's pretty cool!
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The WUSSBURGERS have deserted the jernt.
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All alone am I.
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Alone again, naturally.
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New notes going up on time this evening.