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Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on May 13, 2004, 12:00:25 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've blinked, you've rubbed, you've done all that needs to be done except post - so let's all post right this very minute: And there off and running.
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Welcome nine GUESTS. Who are these mysterious midnight dwellers? Come and join the partay, people.
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wow Am I first? Not bad for a newbie!
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There are a number of documentaries I've greatly enjoyed, but, of course, I can't seem to think of any of them at the moment. Oh... just thought of one... The Men Who Killed Kennedy. Originally a 5-part series, I believe, now 9 parts. A couple parts of it that aren't up to the level of the rest (particularly a bit on some mistress of Lee Harvey Oswald), but I found most of the series rather interesting.
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Favorite documentaries... I love documentaries. One of my all time faves in BEST BOY (Oscar winner).
Was spoiled in Canada by having the National Film Board. Worked with Donald Brittain - one of the great documentary film directors - on his first non-docu and a few times after that. (He was nominated for the Oscar a couple of times.)
A number of his are among my favorites: MEMORANDUM; VOLCANO; An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (narrated by Richard Burton); LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. LEONARD COHEN; and PAPERLAND.
I've never seen the Company docu and would really like to one day.
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Saw the Documentary of the lives of the Kenedy's recently here in OZ and was interested to see how different things were from what i remember from the press of the time.
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Documentaries? These are the only ones that I can think of off the top of my head:
"Dear Jesse" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150290/)
"Silverlake Life: The View from Here" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108138/)
and, "Original Cast Album: COMPANY" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293475/) by D. A. Pennebaker
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TOTD: Two DVDs come to mind first:
"Russian Ark" and "Buena Vista Social Club". I am ashamed to admit that I have not as yet seen "Bowling For Columbine". I must remedy that.
My childhood memories of the Disney nature films "Vanishing Prairie" and "Living Desert" are still there and I have a couple of videos still that I thought were terrific - one was "Anne Frank Remembered".
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Well folks, here it is. I'm sitting here waiting for the car to pick me up to take me to airport at 5:44 AM.
Butterflys are flying but I'm going!
Take care of yourself. I'll talk to you when I get back or if I can find a cyber cafe, I'll try to send a quick e-mail/post from there.
Cheers!
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My favorite documentaries off hand include "The Thin Blue Line" by Errol Morris, "Shoah" by Claude Lanzmann, "The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl", and "Theremin" which is about the life of Leonard Theremin.
Dave
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Oh Oh Oh what a lovely war....wait....no that's a song sung by Julie Andrews....
Documentaries....what a wicked coincidence, because I saw one just this week on PBS on the most amazing of subjects, amazing because who would have thought it would have even been interesting.
It was the story of TupperWare and the man who invented it, and the woman who established the Home Party System and how he eventually drove her out of the business and wiped her name from the company history. It had a LOT of films of "Jubilees" and "get togethers" and interviews with TupperWare families.
I also enjoy COMPANY:The Recording of the Cast Album....because it is, just like being there on that long, long night when they were putting that thing down.
And then there is BEEFCAKE, a documentary about the Athletic Models Guild tied to a fictional story, and a lot of interviews with the guys who were photographed by Bob Mizer.
TWIST! the story of the dance craze.
And of couse some series ones as well....which I will think of when someone else posts them. I will also mention THEY SHOOT MOVIES DON'T THEY? which is bizarre in all respects.
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And in a separate category and post:
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: The Story of the Kindertransport
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In addition to those some people have already mentioned. Director Michael Apted has done a series of Documentaries with a the same group of children every 7 years. Started with 7 Up and it now at 42 Up
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And do they THAT"S ENTERTAINMENT film count as documentaries?
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Good morning, all! Yes, DR Panni, the last page of yesterday's posts went into Cinerama. I was afraid it was my computer till you mentioned it.
DRMichael Shayne, I have no favorite arrangement that I can think of at the moment. Some of the orchestrations I'm most fond of are these:
RAGTIME ROMEO (Liz Larsen)
NEW WORDS (Liz Callaway)
MOON RIVER (Liz Callaway)
DANCING ON THE CEILING (Twiggy)
DREAM DANCING (Rebecca Luker)
ANYTHING GOES (Rebecca Luker)
THAT OLD PIANO ROLL (Harry Groener/Lynnette Perry)
MY HEART IS SO FULL OF YOU (Liz Callaway)
TICK TOCK GOES THE CLOCK
I never did much "arranging" on the albums for BK, mostly orchestrations since the Musical Director was generally the arranger with the singer and BK. Most of the arranging and orchestrating I've done has been for other recordings, and I'll mention a few:
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (New York City Gay Men's Chorus)
Overture to JUBILEE (Appendix on John Yap's complete KISS ME KATE)
LOVING YOU (Sean McDermott)
ONE SONG GLORY (Sean McDermott)
I COULD WRITE A BOOK (Matt Bogart)
JUBILEE has some of my best work as an arranger and orchestrator. and I hope I live long enough to see a complete recording.
One of yesterday's questions was what songs make you cry, and I've been weeping along since "Good Night, Irene" and The Weavers. One that absolutely destroys me whenever I play it is Liz Callaway's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," which is still so timely, and which I've been avoiding because of my shock, anger, and grief over the Middle East and this past week's execution of Nick Berg.
And on to today's Rulb (Blur spelled backwards), I can recall few documentaries, but the making of the COMPANY cast recording is still my fave. I'm also fond of STRATASPHERE about the great Teresa Stratas.
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From yesterday, both songs that make me cry were mentioned (along with some others)
Jonathan Wesley Oliver, Jr. This one destroys me, especially having been involved with the NAMES Project Quilt for over 10 years.
What Would I Do from Falsetto Land. No matter how many times I hear it, I cry
As many of you have mentioned, the Company cast album documentary stands out in my mind. I remember being riveted the first time I saw it, especially by the Elaine Stritch sequences when she's doing Ladies Who Lunch.
Common Threads is also a powerful documentary
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A favorite of mine is The World of Tomorrow, a documentary about the 1939 World's Fair that's narrated by Jason Robards. I had always been fascinated by the '39 Fair, and I fell in love with this film the first time I saw it (in a vastly truncated form on PBS.) What's wonderful about it is that it not only tells the story of the fair (set against the political climate at the time), but it also recounts the Robards' family trip to the fair (much of the footage comes from the color 8mm movies that Robards' father took.) An unintentionally funny shot is of a woman from Robards' family who looks exactly like Jason Robards in drag.
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In case you wonder where everyone is today, it took me several tries to get on the site. The message was that there were too many people logged in, but when it finally let me in there were only two others. I hope this gets fixed, because not everyone will try a dozen or so times like I did.
To mention just one ducumentary - "Grey Gardens" - the story of a couple of strange old ladies who happened to be related to Jacquie Kennedy.
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Can we also mention fake-umentaries? I like all of Christopher Guests' films: This Is Spinal Tap, First In Show and A Mighty Wind. Also like Eric Idle's The Rutles and Woody Allen's Zelig.
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Wow, some wonderful posts last night after I went off to slumberland!
I missed out on JRand53s mystery picture...which I got wrong...I was thinking HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER (guess I just didn't recognize Sandra Knight)...
Documentaries...I can't think of any favorites off the top of my head. I have seen some good ones, I am sure. I know that each year during the Academy Awards I see clips of ones that I would love to see, but I never can find out where to see them at (they don't show documentaries in Salem, evidently).
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I am suddenly awashed by memories of great documentaries I've enjoyed.
The works of the Burns Brothers, Ken and Ric: The Civil War, Baseball and Jazz by the former, and New York, Coney Island, The Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge by the latter.
Diane Keaton's loony Heaven.
Bill Moyers' two-parter on PBS last year on the Hudson River.
Gizmo, about the nutty inventors of the '30s. This one featured a clip of a woman who believed that she had rediscovered the "ancient Greek principles of human flight" and planned to open schools across the country where she would teach people how to fly. This woman was so sincere and so ernest in her beliefs and yet so wrong-headed that she won my heart. I wanted to write a play about her.
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DR Elmore,
My Heart Is So Full Of You (Liz Callaway) is, in a word (two words), exquisitely arranged.
And DR Panni,
I'm glad you mentioned the documentary Best Boy. I haven't seen it since it was released, but it made a lasting impression. I think it's my favorite as well.
Last night, for the first time ever, I turned on American Idol. The singer I heard was amazing, and I thought I had been missing something truly important. Turned out she was Donna Summer.
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JRand53 and Elmore3003, keep a lookout tomorrow...some of Henry Willson's boys will be in your mailbox very soon!
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Good Morning!
Documentaries: The previously mentioned Company Cast Recording one and Common Threads (Bobby McFerrin's theme always chokes me up). Oh, and PBS (I think) had one about the "Entarte" (sp?) music written during WWII - the music the Nazis found "offensive" as well as the music written in the concentration camps. Deutsche Gramaphon released a nice set with a video and an accompanying CD.
-Sorry, I'm a bit scrambled right now.. slept in a little too much - lots of police sirens and fire engine sirens going off outside this morning - ??? It went on and off for about an hour. I eventually got up (around 7:30AM) to look outside to see what all the fuss was about. Nothing. Then I turned on the news... Nothing. ??? AH, well...
OK - Time to get ready for the show!!!
Laters...
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Favorite documentaries? I have so many. Among them
JUNGLE CAT (True-Life Adventure from Disney)
THE CELLULOID CLOSET
THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
COMON THREADS: STORIES OF THE QUILT
These three gay oriented ones are all beautifully done
ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED
ON CUKOR
and, of course, COMPANY: ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM
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I was disappointed with the ouster of LaToya London last night on AMERICAN IDOL, but I can't say I was surprised. She has the least personality on camera of the four finalists, and her complacent attitude on Tuesday night saying she wasn't worried about getting voted off I'll bet didn't sit too well with people. And Jasmine's genuinely tearful reaction to the judges' brutal reviews I'm sure won her many, many sympathy votes.
As for Fantasia's next-to-bottom vote, many people are saying these two divas split votes between them. That few folks who vote for one are likely to vote for the other. That may be true. I simply saw it as both of them doing less than great with their material this week. Fantasia even chose a song from 1984 that was not disco, similar to her choosing a Queen song last week that wasn't Big Band. Her lack of popularity this week may have had something to do with that, too.
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I was disappointed with the ouster of LaToya London last night on AMERICAN IDOL, but I can't say I was surprised. She has the least personality on camera of the four finalists, and her complacent attitude on Tuesday night saying she wasn't worried about getting voted off
I did not take Miss London's comment in that way. Ryan asked her if she was feeling a lot of pressure. Her response was that she wasn't. She then correctly stated that all the final four were winners and would have career opportunities. In light of all the comments made to them by Elton John and Barry Manilow, plus the unforgivably lame ouster of Jennifer Hudson a few weeks back -- and Jennifer is doing GREAT in spite of that -- she made a very valid point. Worrying won't make anything better.
Simon misconstrued that remark to mean that she was complacent, but I did not and I'm quite certain she did not intend it to be removed from the context of the question about feeling pressure.
She did not say she didn't care whether she won or not, nor did she say it did not matter. She said the pressure did not overwhelm her, personally, because she believed she was a winner no matter what happened.
That's truth.
And did anyone notice Simon's pained face last night as ultra-successful and no-longer-constrained-by-"American-Idol"-success-story Clay Aiken contradicted Simon's same take on LaToya's comment. He's living proof of the truth.
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RLP – I am sorry, but I must have already gone to bed before you posted your reply to me last night. You are absolutely right about soap operas over the past 30 years, as well as films and plays and books. I think that is why I was so shocked at myself that I was feeling like a prude. I guess the difference to me is that those are works of fiction, while The Bachelor is supposedly “reality” television. For me, at least, watching Bo and Hope, or Luke and Laura, or whomever; jumping from bed to bed, using sex as a weapon, is a standard part of the dramatic landscape. In the end, we presume that virtue will triumph and good will prevail. Regardless of the depths of evil involved, the final resolution, the deus ex machina, will bring about the necessary rewards to all parties. But, where is the life lesson in The Bachelor? Certainly the girl that doesn’t get the rose (or does she get the rose and not the guy?) learns that giving the man what he wants in the bedroom does not guarantee success, but, at the same time, the girl that wins validates the use of sex to achieve her goals.
This is all a little deeper than I wanted to delve into certain aspects of a program like The Bachelor. I guess I just assumed that the show would present a more chaste surface persona, even if the underlying reality was anything but pure. And frankly, I was really just surprised at myself for being so offended by something so stupid.
Documentary: The Times of Harvey Milk
Ric Burn's New York
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DR TCB: Well the ultimate proof of the effect of soap opera on the US of A can be found on any episode of Jerry Springer! :D
And I can't tell you the number of over-ripe melodramatic bitches and queens I've had to endure over the years. Guys are pretty much guys, but there's something about estrogen and estrogen-wannabes (can it be the low output of the pituitary gland????) that turns some folks into raving prima donnas with wild affectations and stupid dialogue.
And that's in real life, supposedly....unless, of course, my whole life is a dream...and, wait a minute...that would make all YOU PEOPLE constructs of my imagination...and then that means I'd need to start seeing a shrink.
Oh My God! I'm turning into my worst nightmare!
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DR TCB- While I find it quite gross to see The Bachelor making out with so many women, I'm fairly certain that there was no sex happening in those Fantasy Suites.
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I agree with DR Jennifer...they do tend to edit those shows to titilate the viewer into sticking around for next weeks episode. They make it look as though something is going down, but in reality it never happens! The best you get is the NFL player taking his shirt off and dipping into the hot tub...reason enough to watch of course, but not the raw sexuality that is implied! LOL!
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As for American Idol:
I'm fairly certain that many people voted to keep Jasmine because of how harsh Simon's comments were. That makes me so mad.
I am also pretty sure that LaToya annoyed a lot of voters by what she said. She might not have meant it the way it came across, but it did sound like she was saying that she didn't really want to win.
I do think Jasmine will go next week. But I hope that the judges realize what happened, and are not brutally harsh. It's a total shame that the judges cannot say exactly what they think. But there you have it.
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AI: In what way are those three "judges"? Honestly! None of their comments mean a thing on the whole. Are they telling us what to think? How to think? They weren't able to shake John Stevens loose when he should have gone. And Jasmine has been around at least one week too long, maybe two.
Do "we" need their approval? Do the contestants?
My point is that if they're judging, they ought to be cutting one person each week.
Or better yet, let them vote to cut one person and let "us" vote to cut one person. When we agree, that cut person goes, when we don't agree, nobody goes. In the event nobody goes in a given week, the next week the judges and public vote to oust two contestants, etc.
For Lupone afficionados and fanatics:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/13/DDGK66K6G419.DTL&type=music
She's playing in San Francisco and got rather a good review.
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AMERICAN IDOL TALK.
Re: Jasmine's reaction last night
I was not impressed at all.
Obviously she was surprised. But she seemed really happy (thanking her fans). Personally I felt more embarrassed than happy for her. It would be one thing if her fans voted for her because they thought she was the best. But that wasn't it at all (check out the title of this message on the Idol board - "I voted for Jasmine to make Simon mad").
Not good.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone this week? Tarnation? Certainly not here.
WEL: I think we know by now that our host occasionally has hiccups for brief moments, but they do fix them quickly. I got on fine, and no one else has mentioned a prob, so I imagine it came and went within minutes.
Good documentary choices!
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More AMERICAN IDOL TALK.
DR RLP: I think the judges hold enormous influence on the public.
Do you not think that their remarks basically guaranteed Diana's safety this week.
IMO if Simon says a performance is great, then fans listen.
But then there are unfortunately many voters who vote out of sympathy (feeling so bad that Simon made Jasmine cry ...).
It's weird, but when John Stevens kept going forward, I never saw it as people rebelling against Simon. I saw it as people liking his unique talent (although in retrospect I think probably many of his votes were to spite Simon).
But this week, it seemed obvious to me. This was payback for LaToya's comments, and against Simon for being mean.
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If the final two ends up being Jasmine and Diana, I predict a big shake-up in voting procedures next year with the judges getting to have a say along with the public vote. I suspect they'll initiate a weighted judging routine where each judge will rank the contestants, and the rank from call-in telephone votes will be one rank. Therefore the results of the four ranks (three primary judges and the public) will be averaged together, and the lowest rank gets ousted.
I have to agree that the PERCEPTION of what LaToya said and her laid back attitude about everything to do with the show worked against her. In this case, I think the audience wants to see someone REALLY want to win. She didn't exude that.
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Three more excellent documentaries
Before Stonewall by Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti, and Greta Schiller (the sequel After Stonewall, was good but not, at least for me, as good as Before Stonewall)
Coming Out Under Fire-great film by Alan Bérubé. It puts to shame the whole Don't Ask, Don't Tell argument.
Paris is Burning by Jennie Livingston.
I do see other documentaries besides gay-themed ones :-)
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Btw, is this DR Danise's trip to NYC or to see Michael Ball?
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Favourite docs...
SALESMAN...by the Mayles Bros.
SHERMAN'S MARCH
CRUMB ( I think that's the title...about the underground comic book artist)
THE CIVIL WAR by Ken Burns
BASEBALL by Ken Burns
Last night we went to see THE TALKING CURE at the Mark Taper. Okay. Good to see Harris Yulin working. It was part of The Lovely Wife Julieanne's birthday celebration...her B'day is today!
The food drink concessions at the Music Center are absurd. A split of champagne, which you can get in most restaurants for $5.50 was eleven dollars. Of course, you can get a whole bottle of decent champagne for under five at Trader Joe's.
My Cincinnati Reds are in town (does anyone else remember when they were caled the Cincinnati Redlegs), playing the Dodgers...I may have to get out there this weekend.
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I believe this is the Michael Ball trip.
I have just slipped in Romance, Romance with the lovely Alison Fraser and the lovely Scott Bakula. I forgot how much I like this show.
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Well, you see, if lovely wife Julieanne were a registered member of this here site we would have known it was her birthday. Still, we must lift a glass of Diet Coke and wish her the happiest of birthdays - she's swell.
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Oy. So much American Idol talk.
Sorry for those who don't follow the show. :(
Re: LaToya
I also think that she isn't as exciting a performer as Fantasia or Diana.
But a big thing to me is that she is 25, and a mature woman (with a husband and kids). The other contestants are teenagers (although fantasia has a baby). And I think they probably appeal to the teeny bopper voters more.
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To the Swellegant lovely wife Julieanne - even though we hardly know ye' (at least some of us) a most happy birthday to you!
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MBarnum and Jennifer -- That is exactly the point I was trying to make. I don't really care if the quarterback is getting in on with every one of the girls every night, or if he is getting it on with the cameraman, the point is that the program, the network, and the producers are holding it out to the public, that these young women, if they want to win the bachelor's hand and his heart, have to jump in the sack with him. I have no doubt that nothing actually goes on in the Fantasy Suite, at least not while the cameras are turning, but that is not the message they are presenting to the public. The message is clear: If a woman wants to win the game, she had better be willing to put out.
But again, my reason for mentioning this at all, was not because such things are going on in the world (we all know that); but rather, the fact that I was offended by it.
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Such a thrill to sit in a theatre and hear my music played for the first time...
Diary of a Scoundrel plays (free!) Sunday (8) and Monday (2 & 8) at The Circle-in-the-Square (Broadway, on W. 50th) and, if you come, you'll be entertained. The director is the highly-esteemed Moni Yakim and I'm very pleased he put his faith in me, and magnificent violinist Rebecca Lord again this year. The lead actor had worried that he was taking himself way too seriously in a climactic monologue. Now that music's added, it's clear to the audience that we're playing this for comedy, given the actor a new-found freedom.
I was also thrilled by the ASCAP workshop last night. While it wouldn't be kosher to comment on the show written by someone who's integral to the glory of this here site, I'll say that the other work presented received what seemed to me an under-enthusiastic response from the esteemed guest panelists. Then, Stephen Schwartz came through and saved the day. What had seemed unworkable to the others had thrilled Schwartz (and myself and much of the audience) with its bold strokes and quirkiness. And that last-minute vindication made for one of the most satisfying nights I've witnessed there, quality of the show aside. (Add in the quality of the show, and you have the best evening ever. At least of the evenings Sondheim's not been on the panel.)
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Oy. So much American Idol talk.
Sorry for those who don't follow the show. :(
Quick, somebody, make a documentary called American Idol: Behind the Scenes so Jennifer can have a favorite documentary!
;D ;)
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DR Elmore,
My Heart Is So Full Of You (Liz Callaway) is, in a word (two words), exquisitely arranged.
DR Dan-in-Toronto, thank you for the kind words. I wanted to use this chance to mention two documentaries I forgot this morning: THE LINE KING about Al Hirschfield and the Bruce Vilanch film (GET BRUCE maybe?).
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My Cincinnati Reds are in town (does anyone else remember when they were caled the Cincinnati Redlegs), playing the Dodgers...I may have to get out there this weekend.
I do! I do! My mother and Uncle Bud went to every opening day game for years.
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Welcome nine GUESTS. Come on in, the posting's fine.
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And Happy Birthday to Julianne, DR CharlesPogue. I'm preoccupied, and I meant to add it to my post about the Reds.
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They're baaaaaaack. The Merry Searchers - fourth time this week. Searching for the same thing. What do they think we're doing here? Only talking about one subject? Note to Merry Searchers: No one cares. Not at this site.
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Add to our list of documentaries: The Living Sea, presented in IMAX, with narration by Meryl Streep and music by Sting. A beautiful film, visually stunning, although der Brucer thought that the filmmakers overused the sweeping camera movements, which on an IMAX screen can feel like riding a rollercoaster.
So far, running through the Documentaries list over at DVDPlanet, there seem to be several broad catagories of documentaries available on DVD.
1) Musicians documentaries - concert videos, backstage on concert tour videos, that sort of stuff.
2) Special Interests - everything from Christianity to Aliens. Sometimes intermingled.
3) IMAX - take the theater experience home with you! Good luck getting the same feeling on your home screen!
4) Biographies - sports figures, artists, politicians, the usual suspects.
5) Travelogues - including a whole series about riding on trains.
Of course, I've only managed to get through the "A" listings. On to films starting with the letter "B".
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And isn't it funny that every time I mention GUESTS or the Merry Searchers, the GUEST list immediately diminishes by two. Every single time.
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That's the letter "A", as in "Alley."
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Ok, two documentaries that I thought of that I saw was one on the history of the Barbie doll and one on Ragdoll cats. Neither were earth shattering but I found them both interesting...particularly the Barbie one as it showed a vintage Barbie commercial from about 1960 which had Sally Fraser as a sales woman showing two little girls the latest in Barbie fashions! And besides, I love those vintage Barbies!
I am sure I have seen some hard hitting documentaries as well, but I guess I am just more attracted to pop culture...I must think!
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Note to Merry Searchers: We have better things to post about. We've moved on, why can't you?
Note to Merry Searchers: Amscray.
Note to hainsies/kimlets: As always, your posts are the chercest on all the Internet.
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BK, how do you know what the merry searchers are searching for?
Happy birthday to Julianne! ;D
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The most recent documentary to pass before my eyes was right up my alley: My Architect, in which a son makes discoveries about his father by, in part, exploring his architecture and the wise words of the greatest architects alive today.
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I know because there is a leetle chart which tells me what is being searched for. We get legitimate searchers all the time. And then we get the Merry Searchers. They haven't been here in ages, not until a certain announcement was made.
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DR S. Woody White: :)
DR TCB: I see what you're saying about the Bachelor. But I don't know how many viewers think he is having sex or that the girls need to put out. I know I don't think that.
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Having read my thoughts on the Aileen Wuornos doc, what did you all think of Monster?
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I did not see MONSTER. It didn't sound like something I would enjoy.
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I didn't see Monster although it comes highly recommended by friends of mine who said it was quite good and even though it was one of those huge physical change movies (beautiful girl becomes unbeautiful serial killer) which can almost always grab a nomination if not an award, they felt she really deserved the Oscar.
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Dear Friend BK, I just tried to email you and it came back as undeliverable! What the hell?
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BK, two more tries have come back, and the returned mail says your address has permanent fatal errors. It sounds lethal!
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I will probably see MONSTER on DVD, not something I wanted to see on TV. Really sounded like a Cybill Shepherd tv movie to me - all done up movie style.
Congratulations and break a leg to DR NOEL! What a thrill it must be to see and hear your project!
Happy Birthday to DRW Julieanne!
DRMBARNUM that Barbie documentary sounds pretty hard-hitting to me.
There are a couple of documentaries on Criterion DVD's that I enjoy:
On PEEPING TOM there is a documentary about it's screenwriter. During WWII he worked for the government and composed poems that really passed code - his story tied with the story of the film and its reception was intriguing.
On A NIGHT TO REMEMBER a producer named MacQuitty talked about putting the film together (as a young child he had seen the Titanic launched), there were interviews with Walter Lord, and some very interesting behind the scenes shots from the film.
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It's okay, elmoore, the mail is also coming to a completely different address. However, send one of the returned e-mails back to me at haineshisway@aol.com, so I can forward it to the host.
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Isn't techonology wonderful?
Oh yes yes yes....and it will be even better when we get electricity!
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Weird to see so few posts on a Thursday. Is it some holiday we don't know about. Maybe Thursday the 13th?
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Tony picks prove: lots to love
A carefully drawn list reflects a thankfully busy Broadway season
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etlede3798107may13,0,3122911.column?coll=ny-theater-bigpix (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etlede3798107may13,0,3122911.column?coll=ny-theater-bigpix)
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Having read my thoughts on the Aileen Wuornos doc, what did you all think of Monster?
I disliked it very much. Charlize Theron might have been giving some kind of performance there, but she was completely undermined by a director who saw to it that every one of her scenes led up to a "big acting moment" in which Theron was always smack dab center screen. The screenplay is clunky, too. First we're supposed to feel sorry for Theron's character, then horrified by her, then sorry for her, then horrified by her, etc., and in the end, I found that I couldn't care less about her. I'm mystified by the critical praise Theron received for this.
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Page Six:
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm
Does anyone know who they are talking about here?:
"WHICH box-office hero is so smitten with the lush leading lady of his next picture that observers liken him to a puppy nipping at her heels - and other parts? Meanwhile, his wife can't figure out why he's been so distracted lately. Hollywood insiders expect the whole thing to bust open later this week when the lovebirds will be in Cannes at the same time for different movies."
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I have to agree that the PERCEPTION of what LaToya said and her laid back attitude about everything to do with the show worked against her. In this case, I think the audience wants to see someone REALLY want to win. She didn't exude that.
Well, it's all armchair quarterbacking at this point, isn't it.
To me, LaToya -- moreso than ANY OTHER contestant -- exuded the desire to impress and win each time she took command of the stage...ALWAYS attired appropriately (and Fantasia and Jasmine can NEVER be accused of dressing well), and looking every inch an "American Idol." She may not have made the best song choices, but she executed them beautifully. That's not something someone would do if they didn't care about winning. To suggest that she didn't care -- or that her remarks made her seem not to care -- seems wrong somehow.
If folks are going to be THAT touchy, she's well rid of the competition. She's better than all that.
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NY Post: Michael Riedel: Hugh Jackman: Straight Man:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05122004/entertainment/20647.htm
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Page Six:
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm
Does anyone know who they are talking about here?:
"WHICH box-office hero is so smitten with the lush leading lady of his next picture that observers liken him to a puppy nipping at her heels - and other parts? Meanwhile, his wife can't figure out why he's been so distracted lately. Hollywood insiders expect the whole thing to bust open later this week when the lovebirds will be in Cannes at the same time for different movies."
DRJennifer, my guess is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; about 30 minutes ago I heard a blurb aboout them being at Cannes, and there seems to be a rumor going around about some triangle between them and Jennifer Anniston. How did you miss this trash?
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DR RLP: I agree that LaToya always looked classy. She was by far the best dressed.
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DRJennifer, my guess is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; about 30 minutes ago I heard a blurb aboout them being at Cannes, and there seems to be a rumor going around about some triangle between them and Jennifer Anniston. How did you miss this trash?
Thanks. I hope it's just a rumor, as I really like Brad and Jennifer as a couple.
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I think you're right about Brad and Angelina, DRELMORE, and I only read such stuff casually....but it was obvious to me.
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Just for now!
Happy birthday fo the Lovely Wife! Cheers!
MONSTER. I saw it recently and i can't wait to read BK's opinion.
One of the most powerful and disturbing movie i've ever seen! It sure does not look like the traditional Hollywood movie and it(s much more than an actress performance for the physical transformation!
Folks, I do believe that we need to watch Charlize in the future. She's quite an actress, oh yes, and she deserves all the warads she got, IMHO. Terrific and mesmerizing! The script is good, the direction is efficient and all the acting top rate!
More later!
Oh, one little documentary I recommand is "Frank & Ollie", dedicated to two legendary Disney animators (1995).
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Here's a nice HHW story.
The other day we were talking about fairy tales and Peter Pan. I was going to write that I once knew the "longest-running Nana." This was Eric Carr, the late friend of a close friend of mine named Lynne.
When I first met Eric, he told me the story of his career as Nana. He was a most colorful character with a fascinating background, and I wrote to To Tell The Truth (yes, this was quite awhile ago), certain that Eric, with his English accent and wonderful stories, would make a delightful contestant. (It never happened.)
In getting my facts organized for my HHW post (which also never happened), Google took me to the site of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity - which has a terrific photo gallery of Peter Pan through the ages. And in the gallery was a picture of Eric/Nana.
I sent the picture to my friend Lynne - she and Eric were extremely close. She had never seen a picture of Eric as Nana, and she was moved to tears.
Here's the site: www.gosh.org/about_us/peterpan/photo_gallery.html
Along with Nana are photos of various Peter Pans - Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood (Eric's production), and Phyllis Calvert.
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I find it very strange that all of the pictures, I have seen, of the naked Iraqi prisoners (except one) have been carefully blurred to prevent us from seeing any private portions of the prisoner's anatomy. However, at the same, there are several sites on the internet where you can go and see Nick Berg actually being beheaded. What kind of sick logic is that?
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I've been to Reno; I've been to Beverly Hills.... but I'm here.
Favorite Documentaries:
In Search of the Titanic
The making of the Company Album
Light and Darkness ( that great documentary on cinematographers)
Hope all is well with all two and four-legged creatures. It's going to take me awhile to catch up. Can anyone fill me in on the last few weeks in a paragraph or two?
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Good Afternoon!
Another hot day here in the metro D.C. area... And it was another hot day in Ford's Theatre. I'm sooo glad we don't have to wear formal blacks for this show (tuxedo). Just as long as the shirt - even t-shirt - is black, and the pants (or jeans) are black, that's all the matters.
So, I've just had some pretty decent Chicken Tikka - from a box (frozen)!. Very tasty, and a nice portion.
And now I think I will take a nap.. Or not...
DR Kerry - As for what's been happening on here the past few weeks.... EVERYTHING!!!! -Oh, I did get pretty sick, but I'm much better now. ;) Yadda, yadda, yadda...
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Good Afternoon!
Another hot day here in the metro D.C. area... And it was another hot day in Ford's Theatre.
"Someone oughta open up a window...."
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Hope all is well with all two and four-legged creatures. It's going to take me awhile to catch up. Can anyone fill me in on the last few weeks in a paragraph or two?
We have kept the home fries burning!
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Dear Friend BK, did I send you what you requested about undeliverable mail?
DR TCB, aren't you aware the American Way of Life is that genitalia and bared breasts are bad but violence and bloodshed are good. It seems to be promoted everywhere; how did you miss it? We have a shoot-em-up, bring in the cavalry and screw up the economy president, and clearly a lot of his voters support my theory.
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Oh, I know I'll hear about this last post!
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Some of my favorite documentaries:
Roger & Me
Bowling for Columbine
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History. Seriously, you gotta see this to believe it. And then, you still might not believe it. When I first saw this, I thought it was a joke. But it's not.
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
The Revolution Will Not be Televised
Penn and Teller: Bullshit!. Yes, they're documentaries, and yes, I love 'em...!
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
The Fog of War
Company
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
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I have no comment on American Idol or documentaries.
This morning I went for a walk at the riparian preserve, and this is what I saw:
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I just watched MR. BELVEDERE RINGS THE BELL, the third and last of the Belvedere movies starring Clifton Webb. Not that good, of course, but now at least I have seen all three in the series.
Wonder why Fox hasn't released SITTING PRETTY in its Studio Classic series? It is so hilarious.
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Last post one hour ago. And yet, we see many people just sitting there like so much fish. SHAME.
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Okay I'll post. Otherwise we may never got off of page four.
I think DR MBarnum asked us to remind him to watch Survivor tonight. Not sure if he'll read this before it starts.
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DR TCB, aren't you aware the American Way of Life is that genitalia and bared breasts are bad but violence and bloodshed are good. It seems to be promoted everywhere; how did you miss it? We have a shoot-em-up, bring in the cavalry and screw up the economy president, and clearly a lot of his voters support my theory.
Right on!
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Is anybody here gonna watch the finale of Frasier?
I haven't watched it all year.
It's actually started here already.
Maybe I'll catch the last hour.
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So, how many people are going to watch tonight's last episode (ever) of "Frasier" and/or the seasion finale of "ER?" I won't get home in time to see the 8:00 show "Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter" (I've set up my VCR to tape it), but I should be home in time for the 8:55 actual series finale episode. And I'll probably watch the season finale of "ER" just because it's on and I've seen a few shows over the last season, so I'm not totally in the dark about what's going on.
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I didn't preview my post. I just posted it. So I didn't see that Jennifer and I asked the same question at (almost) the same time!
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I won't be watching ER or Frazier, since I don't think I've seen an entire episode of either show.
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I might watch A Night at the Opera tonight, or take a break from the brothers Marx and give one of the Hammer films a whirl.
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My goodness, only six more posts and I reach a new apex - 4300.
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****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIEANNE!****
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Congratulations on the 4300 posts, bk. (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/aktion/action-smiley-033.gif)
(Just another 2280 and I'll reach 4300.)
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And one for Mahler.
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Not quite there yet.
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Top five posters as of today:
bk
JRand53
Matt H.
Tomovoz
Panni
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So, how many people are going to watch tonight's last episode (ever) of "Frasier" and/or the seasion finale of "ER?" I won't get home in time to see the 8:00 show "Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter" (I've set up my VCR to tape it), but I should be home in time for the 8:55 actual series finale episode. And I'll probably watch the season finale of "ER" just because it's on and I've seen a few shows over the last season, so I'm not totally in the dark about what's going on.
DRGeorge, I stopped caring about FRASIER about two seasons ago, and I used to enjoy it immensely but it wore out its welcome with me. I feel the same about ER (why would anyone go to such an accident-prone hospital for help?) and WILL AND GRACE, which has gone from shocking andf funny to rude and smarmy (Karen's "milk milk lemonade" bit was the clincher for me). I'll probably go back to CSI and
WITHOUT A TRACE. I used to know Anthony LaPaglia when we was a bartender in the early 1980s and he's a good guy.
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That's a sanity clause.
Oh, you can't fool me - there ain't no Sanity Claus.
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What is wrong with me??? I have dropped to Number 8 on the list of posters here at HHW. I used to be Number 6, but a proud and defiant Number 6. But #8? What kind of a position is #8???? Ohhh, the humanity!
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You must become a frenzy.
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Ahhhhh, 4300.
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That's it, I must become a frenzy. I will post like the wind. But, no, I must be careful. I can't allow #7 and #6 to know my plans. No, this will take planning.... careful planning.
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And one for moi! Where in tarnation is everyone? I'm off to bed, but here's one for the road. Sleep well, all.
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Don't worry, TCB, it's definitely quality that counts.
If you want quantity just post a few thousand simple sentence posts. It's how the numbers get run up quickly.
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No, Ron, you are right. I'll just continue to plug along, posting when I have something to say. Or, when I can make something dirty out of someone else's post. Just like always.
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There is no truth to the rumors that the producers of ER are planning on a couple of spinoffs, to be titled UM and DUH.
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For those interested, an excerpt from a post -- on www.magicmusic.net -- by the gentleman who does most of the mastering of the Walt Disney Records soundtrack reissues:
"And for "Steps In Time", the last version of the "Mary Poppins" Soundtrack (60615 or 60706) is the only time the complete sequence has been included. Obviously, it will also be on the upcoming 40th Anniversary Special Edition – Hold on to your umbrellas folks, as I believe you'll be blown away! I'm nearly finished, and it's sounding incredible! Don't have a final release date, but I'll try to post when it is comfirmed."
Randy Thornton
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Top five posters as of today:
I don't know what to say...I didn't prepare a speech... I want to thank my parents who always believed in me (I guess), my rabbi, my rabbit, my many charming friends, all the little people - the fans, and, of course, bk for his encouraging words ("Where in tarnation is everyone!") --- and above all, the person without whom I would not be where I am today - ME.
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So what's being number nine, rabbit feed?
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Chicken picatta tonight, only I forgot the capers. My bad.
(Flatten chicken breasts between layers of plastic wrap with a mallet. Heat some olive oil in a large skillet, saute a couple of smashed cloves of garlic in the oil until very fragrant, remove garlic. Saute the breasts in the oil until nice and golden brown and cooked through, turning once (the flattened breasts will cook faster). Remove breasts to a warm plate. Away from the heat, add to skillet some white vermouth (about a quarter cup or so, ok, make it a half cup), return to heat, scrape up all the golden bits on the bottom of the pan. Add a large handful of chopped parsley and the zest and juice of one lemond, plus a tablespoon or so of crushed capers. Return the breasts to the pan, rewarming them and turning to coat with the sauce. Distribute breasts between serving plates and top with the rest of the sauce.)
I served this with some couscous (no, I didn't steam it, I cheated and added it to boiling water and fluffed, so sue me) and a couple of zucchini which I had split in half lengthwise, sauteed lightly on the cut side, turned over and coated with freshly grated Parmesan, then popped into a 350 oven until golden and toasty and cooked through.
With the exception of forgetting the capers, it went quite well.
I probably won't have to cook tomorrow, which feels good, since I'm getting sick of my own cooking and could stand tasting someone else's food, just to get my bearings back.
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But #8? What kind of a position is #8????
Well, it depends on whom you are with, though I've found that the only true difference is that females generally prefer a bolster pillow to better support their backs.
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Oh, and I went for a haircut today. Tried a different barber, on the advice of a bartender friend of ours. I'm not happy with how it turned out, a little raggedy and frankly not short enough.
The good news is that, because it's longer than I really wanted it, my hair won't take as long until it needs cutting again. Then I can go back to the shop I've been to before.
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That brought us to page five?
Instead of our regular dance, how about some good news der Brucer got on the phone today:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%][size=20]JENNY ACED HER CHEM EXAM![/size][/move]
That's worth dancing about!
(Hope this didn't cinerama for anyone, but this kind of good news is worth it.)
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Oh, RLP, don't be such a poop. Just be happy, dear. We're all happy - if people want to make one sentence posts to run the numbers up, let them. We've got quality, we've got quantity - or, to quote Mr. Maltby and Mr. Shire - "I want it all"
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I watched the FRASIER retrospective, but turned on the DVR for the actual last episode because there is no TV series more striking in high definition than CSI.
Despite its record number of Emmy Awards won over its first 10 seasons (eclipsing the record held for so long by THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW), I've never warmed to the show. I've watched episodes here and there over the years, mainly because I enjoyed Dan Butler's performance as Bulldog. He became merely a recurring character some years ago, however, so you have to be lucky to catch him on an episode now.
I was sad to see FRIENDS end (though I knew it was time). I think FRASIER overstayed its welcome by at least three years. Had it ended sooner, it wouldn't have set that Emmy record, but it would have gone out in more a blaze of glory than as almost an afterthought as has happened to it now.
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Welcome GUESTS.
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Before FRASIER came on early this evening, I put in the Disney hodgepodge FUN AND FANCY FREE. I'd had it on videotape for years, and found the laserdisc in a cutout bin for a couple of dollars some years back. When I was having trouble with my laserdisc machine several months ago, I looked at my laser collection and decided I would slowly start replacing whichever lasers I could with their DVD counterparts, and this was one that I have just now gotten around to watching.
I wasn't born when it and those other Disney music medley animated features came out (MAKE MINE MUSIC and MELODY TIME), but I wonder if people during those years began to wonder if Disney would ever get around to doing an entire animated feature again. It must have seemed an eternity to them between BAMBI and CINDERELLA.
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Oh, RLP, don't be such a poop. Just be happy, dear. We're all happy - if people want to make one sentence posts to run the numbers up, let them. We've got quality, we've got quantity - or, to quote Mr. Maltby and Mr. Shire - "I want it all"
With seventeen more posts, DR RLP will attain godhood.
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TCB: You have mail - your HHW box is full!
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SWW - Please pass on congrats to Chemmy Jenny!
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Good Evening!
Whew! It's hot!! -Yes, I know, I've said that before, but... Unfortunately, the A/C in the theatre was still not working properly, so I took a nice cool shower once I got back to the apartment.. Ahh.. and now I'm snacking on some very good - and organic - potato chips (seasoned with salt and pepper!), and I suspect some ice cream will be consumed in a little while...
So... Catch you after a little while.... and some ice cream.. ;)
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The only documentary from which I know is Murder of the Century.
I am eating a box of cereal.
New York T-shirt, leggings, saddle shoes.
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I loved the Mr. Belvedere series. Clifton Webb was so great no matter what he did.
Thanks to Jose for filling me in. Sorry you were ill. Better now, I hope?
And thanks to all for keeping the home fries burning.
Black sable one day
Next day it goes into hock
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So have you caught up with your reading Kerry? And of course with your emails? Good to see you back. You have been missed.
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Welcome back, Kerry! 8)
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More hot pies, more hot pies.
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What about a little dance for.... Kerry, since he's back?
Gee, Dear Reader Jose is stuffing his face with ice cream again!!
One more hour for me and I go home .... with Bonnie Jean!
I look cute in my kilt, really!
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I have just driven to the local post office and I arrive back to more hot pies. of course after 15 minutes they may not be hot any more.
At last the "Triplets" (Renunion) has made it to a cinema release in OZ. Great reviews. It's one of my favourite DVDs. Despite showing it to quite a few friends, I have not tired of it. I think "Troy" starts here this weekend. As Herman's Hermits sang, - "A Must To Avoid". I don't think it would be my kind of movie at all.
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I was sad to see FRIENDS end (though I knew it was time). I think FRASIER overstayed its welcome by at least three years. Had it ended sooner, it wouldn't have set that Emmy record, but it would have gone out in more a blaze of glory than as almost an afterthought as has happened to it now.
Last year, I would have agreed with you about Frasier. It had grown rather stale, and simply wasn't as funny as it had once been. This last season, however, seemed a return to the good ol' days, with the return of the original writing team. I lost interest in Friends probably four or five seasons ago, and didn't even watch last week's finale. Never did regain its charm for me.
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One more hour for me and I go home .... with Bonnie Jean!
I look cute in my kilt, really!
The best part about being in Brigadoon a few summers ago... by far the most comfortable costume I've ever worn! :D
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Oh Thursday night. I started to watch the FRASIER finale....but moved on to other things. I liked the performers, but the situation was so strange, that a lot of the laughs were telegraphed....as if that doesn't happen anywhere on television. Anyway....I think Frasier will do better in reruns as the years go on, but I really think Friends will fade away.
After all we still have I LOVE LUCY, but "staples" such as ALL IN THE FAMILY have moved onto TVLAND....and no MAUDE or GOOD TIMES.....FRAISER I think was more character driven...and FRIENDS got very tiresome in the middle of the run....but that's just my opinion.
TROY opens tomorrow!
1800 posts....I laugh...piker!!!
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The best part about being in Brigadoon a few summers ago... by far the most comfortable costume I've ever worn! :D
So, which part did you play?
Tommy?
Mr. Lundie?
MEG?
;D
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So, which part did you play?
Tommy?
Mr. Lundie?
MEG?
;D
Sandy Dean, the candy salesman!
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After all we still have I LOVE LUCY, but "staples" such as ALL IN THE FAMILY have moved onto TVLAND....and no MAUDE or GOOD TIMES.....FRAISER I think was more character driven...and FRIENDS got very tiresome in the middle of the run....but that's just my opinion.
Good Times is showing regularly on one of the cable nets, not sure which one. But it's being shown.
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I just heated up some soup -- and it exploded all over the microwave. End of soup.
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Well, if that was supposed to be your dinner, I'd recommend strongly that you go get something to eat.
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Good evening!
Well, I had some more potato chips, and then I had one of those Eskimo Pie Low-Carb Fudge Bars. Not bad. Not great. -And think it's mainly low carb since they beat so much air into it. It was very light all around.
And now I'm practically becoming non-functional... So...
Goodnight.
*Oh, and when I was in Brigadoon in high school, I was the seller who sang, "Ale for sale or barter there, At the fair, Laddie!" -Boy that was high! Oh, and I also did the sword dance (since I knew how to "spot" during the turns - and we had a choreographer who happened to be a Scot! Very good dance!!). Hmmm.. I just realized, did the people in Brigadoon drink ale for breakfast? ;)
As I was saying... Goodnight.
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Oh, and I also did the sword dance (since I knew how to "spot" during the turns -
Haven't thought of this in years -- I was very good at "spotting" when I was studying ballet. Never got dizzy. Gave me a great sense of achievement - 'cause I was no Pavlova - but I was aces at spotting. (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/mini/small-smiley-007.gif)
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But #8? What kind of a position is #8???? Ohhh, the humanity!
Then there's #17: the spread eagle! (a Chicago reference) ;)
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Sandy Dean, the candy salesman!
Brigadoon was the very first musical that I performed in (in college in 1988). I was Angus McGuffie. :D
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*Oh, and when I was in Brigadoon in high school, I was the seller who sang, "Ale for sale or barter there, At the fair, Laddie!" -Boy that was high!
I don't remember if it was specifically Angus' part, but I sang that line also. Yes, it was very high! :o