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Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on July 20, 2004, 12:00:32 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've put the notes together, the notes have made a tune and you are now humming the notes ad nauseum. So, now it is time for you to post until the together cows come home.
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I am enjoying the rehearsal notes very much! ;D I wish I was there!
Greek or Indian Food? Hmmmmmmm....chicken & beef gyros are about as far as I go & know in those categories.
Oh MR BK - the publicity wheel is turning, yes it is....an important weekly newspaper took your photograph today and will be running it in a future issue. Yes, everyone be sure to look for a special issue of the GRIT newspaper with this photo! :o
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First post huzzah!
Oh Oh Oh - hey!
6539 Santa Monica Blvd....isn't that close to where the old ZIV Studios used to be....where they filmed HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER?
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TCB asked...
Question for all the Northwest locals (George, Ann, Jed, and Tomovoz): Is anyone going to see the concert performance of ASSASSINS in Tacoma Saturday night?
Gosh dang it! If not for a wedding I'm going to up in Mount Vernon on Saturday, I'd be there in a second!
P.S. to my cyber-dad... Looks like I'll be in your neck of the woods later on this week/weekend (Thursday through ??... except for Saturday's wedding)... I'm thinking we need to break bread or something!
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I think Bob's Big Boy has changed hands, ownership-wise, sometime over the years. Nostalgia is one thing, accuracy is another.
That, plus In-N-Out is a more accurate reflection of the current taste of Southern California.
I had a co-worker at my old office, a young twerp from Chicago, who demanded that we (the more long-term Californians) explain to him why In-N-Out was the definitive California burger. Problem was, he was confrontational about everything else, as well. He didn't last very long, at the office or in California. He just never "got" it.
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I can't honestly say I understand Greek or Indian food. Or Indian or Greek food. Or Indian/Greek Fusion, if there is such a thing.
Ugh.
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Not so much an Indian food person, but I do love my Greek food. My favorite is probably spanikopita (spinach and feta cheese in phyllo crust). Also a great fan of tiropatakia (phyllo cheese triangles), skordalia (garlic mashed potatoes), and souvlaki (lamb, which I can't seem to remember at the moment how it's cooked). Just about anything goes well with tsitsiki (cucumber/yogurt/garlic/dill sauce). And we can't forget some baklavah for dessert!
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Much prefer Indian food to anything East of Thailand. Can't provide names though. I even like to have one of the "take away" curries at times - lamb, beef or vegetarian. Love the spices evident in most Indian cooking. Have not have Greek food for quite a while but I do love the way Lamb is cooked - lots of garlic too! I quite like Egg plant which is often used in Greek dishes but Colin is not fond of it.
One of my favourite Greek meals (as Cooked by Colin) is Pieces of chicken cooked in olive oil and with lots of lemon, crushed garlic, black pepper and chicken stock - and brussel sprouts and pitato ares erved witht eh chicken. The chicken pieces are bite sized and coated in flour and lightly browned before being cooked in the oil etc.
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Good Evening! Good Morning! Wherever you are!
RE: Today's Notes - As for bearing the "Brunt of BK"... Nothing to worry about. After working a few years playing for opera rehearsals, a "BK brunt" is nothing compared to a "leading soprano brunt"... or even a "stage director brunt"... or, worse yet, "a conductor-who-doesn't-really-know-the-score-as-well-as-he-should brunt". Besides, I know that BK is someone that demands perfection from day one, and there's nothing really wrong with that at all. And after sitting back and taking a breath, we realized we had an amazingly productive first week of rehearsals. In fact, technically speaking, tonight/last night was the end of our first week of rehearsals. WHEW! -Oh, sorry, that was another day's notes.
(Besides, we all know that BK is a pussy cat at heart.) ;)
Greek food - YUMMY! Almost anything wrapped or layered in phyllo dough is fine with me! Tiropita (feta cheese), spanakopita (spinach and feta), kreatopita (lamb and feta), and there's one with zuchinni and feta wrapped in phyllo that I really like too. Then there are the phyllo based sweets: baklava (I'm particulary fond of the pistachio and almond variations), strifto ("cigarettes" of phyllo, nuts, sugar and cinnamon), galaktoboureko (custard in phyllo), kataifi (the shredded phyllo dough used for a bunch of goodies), etc., etc., etc. Then there's roast leg of lamb with lots of garlic and rosemary, calamaria (squid - either fried or broiled), avgolemeno (egg-lemon sauce or soup), taramasalata (the fish roe spread), hummus, souvlaki (marinated and grilled pork), gyros, moussaka, sekatanoia (broiled chicken livers), pastitsio (a lasagna type dish), and the very "simply grilled" meats, poultry and fish. -Yes, I like Greek food a lot.
And I like Indian too. I started exploring the Southern vegetarian cooking of India a few years ago since there happened to be a couple of very good restaurants popping up in DC. Iddly (the lentil "donuts), pakora (spinach fritters), samosas, dosas (those big pancake looking things), curries, etc. And I like the "meated" versions too. And almost anything that comes out of a tandoor oven. Especially the breads! I'll admit that a lot of it can start to taste the same after a while, but I've found some wonderful places to eat where the spicing is anything but generic - truly a party in my mouth. ;D -And I'm also a sucker for those sugar and honey-drenched and fried(!) Indian sweets. And that Indian ice cream, kulfi, always satisfies my sweet tooth. As well as "gulab jaman" - the fried balls of dough soaked in a rose-water syrup.
Well, it's definitely time for me to head to bed now...
Laters...
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Elmore,
Hope you're feeling well. How's the back?
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Elmore,
Hope you're feeling well. How's the back?
DRD-I-T, thank you for asking. It hurts like hell, and standing up straight is an ordeal. So far, I've had no problem moving around, so long as I move slowly and gingerly, but my usual speed has been drastically reduced since yesterday morning. My damned allergies keep me sneezing and every sneeze is a painful twist. I'm trying to maintain my mostly positive nature, but it's a bit difficult this morning.
Sorry I missed chat last night. My meeting, which was to have ended at 9:30 went on till 10:00 and I wasn't home before 10:30. When I got in, I learned the new tv is arriving this morning between 10:30 and 12:30 so I'm clearing as much space between the door and the old television. I need to go to the post office and pick up a package as well, so I've got a morning crammed with incident.
I've never liked Greek food much, except for baklavah, but the Indian restaurants on the Lower East Side are excellent, and a great place to take friends from out of town. I never remember names but I do love curries, so I'd recommend a mild curry for a beginner. Some of the breads are amazing: is it puri that is all puffy? The yogurt-cucumber dish is quite tasty as well. I feel like James Beard with a mental block.
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We had several visitors this weekend, and one - a friend originally from Trinidad - brought curried goat. (When she arrived she said: "I have the goat in the car." Some thought she was talking about a traveling companion.) The guests thought they would have a taste to be polite, but everyone wound up having seconds.
With both Indian and Greek foods, I'm partial to the appetizers and the vegetarian dishes. Indian: Onion bhaji (they're like onion rings, with heat); and sag paneer (spinach and a mild cheese, in a gingery sauce). Greek: taramasalata (creamy carp-roe spread/dip); and a thick tzatziki (cucumber-and-yogurt spread/dip). With both cuisines, some restaurants get carried away with the oil - and that's what seems to put people off.
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Elmore, sorry to hear about your back, but at least w/the new television coming you can curl up (or get into some comfortable position) and watch crisp, clear television until you have to go to Barnes & Noble and be pleasant to people looking for books :-)
Love Indian food. As Elmore said, the 6th Street Little India places are fun, although the street is slowly changing as more and more restaurants close up. I love samosas and shag pannir (every restaurant I go to has things spelled a different way). Spinach w/chick peas and cheese. I love Indian breads but have to be careful because you can fill up on them (so light and fluffy) before your meal comes.
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I dunno much about Greek food, but I do like it. There's a restaurant here in Minneapolis called (and I'm not making this up!) "It's Greek to Me!". They serve a menu option called "taverna style", which means random samplings of five, ten, fifteen or twenty items off of their menu. Obviously, the more folks at your table, the more samples you'll get. It's dee-lish!!!
Indian food? I've never cared for it. My theory is that Indian restaruants have one gigantic vat, which they dole out to the customers, regardless of what they've ordered.
Yesterday, I had a friend over for a few games of Scrabble, my all-time favorite board game. We're both entered in a tournament on the 31st of the month, and both of us could use the practice.
So, once he's in the door, he asks me if I've seen the new SuperScrabble game. I'd never heard of it, but we were off to one of the local game stores, and I bought a set. It's essentially the same game, but with an extended larger board, more squares and tiles (including another "Q", "X" and "Z"!), and "quadruple letter" and "quadruple word" premium spaces.
These very high-scoring squares really change the dynamics of the game. A quadruple word score can net someone some SERIOUSLY big points, so that both of us were playing very, VERY defensively as the game lead us out to the margins of the board.
The game lasted over two hours. I lost, 705 to 667. But it was a very entertaining game. Had I been constructing SuperScrabble, I'd've kept "triple" point premiums as the highest bonus, and spread them out over the board so it would've been harder, not easier, to earn the bonuses.
But it's still an entertaining variation on the game. I doubt it'll ever replace the original in my heart, but it's still a fun change-of-pace.
And that's the end of my Scrabble rant.
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I am shortly going to murder a squirrel on my roof. This idiot squirrel has been noisily scratching my roof directly above where I sleep for the last four days at the crack of dawn. This has become its "thing" and I'm done with getting up at five or six in the morning. Tomorrow morning if the little wazoo starts up I have a ladder ready and I will climb up there and have a little conversation with the squirrel and if I don't like its attitude I shall hurl it from here to eternity and hell and back.
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I am shortly going to murder a squirrel on my roof. This idiot squirrel has been noisily scratching my roof directly above where I sleep for the last four days at the crack of dawn. This has become its "thing" and I'm done with getting up at five or six in the morning. Tomorrow morning if the little wazoo starts up I have a ladder ready and I will climb up there and have a little conversation with the squirrel and if I don't like its attitude I shall hurl it from here to eternity and hell and back.
A squirrel on the roof? Sounds crazy, no?
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DR Elmore hope your back feels better soon!
As for today's topic, I am not thrilled with Indian food, but I LOVE Greek food.
Greek food is very popular here, and there are many Greek restaurants to choose from.
I love souvlaki and tzatsiki. And I started making it myself (the latter). I just take sour cream, yogurt, dill, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, cucumber and feta and mix it all together. It is so good!
I also love pikilia platters (sp?).
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My experience with Indian food is limited, but what I have had so far I enjoyed. Some of it was a bit on the spicy side. I look forward to trying more variations of Indian food, however.
I love Greek food...don't know all the names but the lamb is always tasty and anything they do with spinach seems to turn out fantastic! Spanikopita is delicious also, but my favorite is the stuffed grape leaves! MMMmmmMMMM!
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Greek: taramasalata (creamy carp-roe spread/dip)
Is this the pink stuff?
If so, I love that! But I never knew the name.
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By the way Bob's Big Boy in Burbank is my favorite place to eat when I go to the Court's Memorabilia show! My buddy Ron and I usually eat there a couple of times while we are in town. It just reminds me so much of southern California in the 1950s!
I have never eaten at an In and Out Burger joint. I must try it next time I am down there.
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DR Elmore, I hope you'll tell us a bit about your new TV set. When both Michael Shayne and I got new TVs, we did our duty and gave up some details on it. Hope you will feel free to do the same. Hope you feel better.
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It's primary election day here, so at some point today I'm going to have to make myself halfway presentable and go vote. Upon returning, I have "The Six Napoleons" in the DVD player to watch, and then will proceed with ONE, TWO, THREE which I'm really looking forward to seeing again.
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Can't lend much information of the topic of the day. With Indian food being spicy and my insides not being able to handle it, I can't say I've had more than one or two Indian dishes in my life, and I only had bits of them.
As for Greek, I have had gyros and baklavah, of course, and other dishes at our annual Greek Festival here in Charlotte, but I couldn't tell you what the names of the foods were to save my life.
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I've always really disliked most Indian dishes. There's a spice or two or three in there that makes me go "ewwww" (often I go "ewwww" just as other Indian-food-loving people are describing how *wonderful* a dish is).
As for Greek - is there anything that tzaziki doesn't go with? It is the universal sauce. I enjoy spanokopita as an appetizer and souvlaki, gyros and calamars are delish - if very low-brow on the gourmet scale.
arrghalaghahgargha
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I forgot Baclavah! Sure is sweet!
Yes DRELMORE we must have details on your new TeeVee!
MBARNUM I am posting as the Allison Hayes Picture of the Week, the picture you are bidding for on EBAY. I hope you get it....I hope you get it (A CHORUS LINE reference).
MR BK I had a pesky woodpecker that was doing a number on my eaves and driving me crazy. I sprayed some RAID Hornet and Wasp Killer along the eaves....and after a couple of tentative pecks a couple of hours later, he was GONE GONE GONE!!!
TCM had a tribute to Thelma Todd last night. What a great bunch of early 1930's comedies and musicals. Funny stuff!
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Your Allison Hayes Picture of the week:
If someone gets in your way - dispatch them! :o
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I meant to comment on this yesterday, and it kept slipping my mind.
BK mentioned spending all of Sunday on one number with the choreographer, and it reminded me of how many musicals I have done in which we spent the entire first rehearsal on one number:
For COMPANY, it was the opening number that we spent the entire three hours learning (and the music director worked backwards teaching it to us. Don't know why he chose to do this, but it seemed to work with that particular intricate number.)
For AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND, we spent the entire first rehearsal learning "Cabaret." I've you seen the show or listened to the cast album, you know it's sung in five part harmony in a Manhattan Tranfer-type of arrangement. Very involved, quite long, with very, very tricky harmonies.
For A CHORUS LINE, we didn't spend the first rehearsal learning the opening number combinations because those were the audition pieces. Instead, we started with "One." First the melodic line, then dividing us into groups for the "round" section. Then, learning the basic dance that gets repeated and repeated throughout that section of the show (and in the finale).
For WEST SIDE STORY, the "Dance at the Gym" Each gang was taken to a different rehearsal hall and taught separately their parts of the number. Then, we came together and did the whole thing. I was shaking with excitement putting that electric number together for the first time. Maybe you have to be a dancer to understand, but it is one of my fondest memories ever in learning a show.
I could go on and on with other memories: FOREVER PLAID, GUYS AND DOLLS, BIG RIVER. The point is, that first music/dance rehearsal is often burned into one's memory.
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Is this the pink stuff?
If so, I love that! But I never knew the name.
Yes, it is. Local fish stores sell a homemade version, but I've found the Krinos brand (sold in jars in some Canadian supermarkets) is excellent - and quite reasonable. It's really good on matzah.
Speaking of which, I guess some have observed that the Jewish DRs have different levels of keeping kosher. Here's mine. Last Passover I was at a neighborhood fish store, buying shrimp. I looked at the taramasalata, and asked the fishmonger if she knew all the ingredients in it. "There's no chometz [non-Kosher-for-Passover ingredients]," she answered as she packed up the shrimp.
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BK, I desperately want to get my tix for the show, but I have pathological version of leaving a credit card number on a phone answering machine...and pretty much the internet too. As the theatre is quite close to me, I have no problem going down and purchasing tix at the box-office, if they keep such thing as box-office hours.
I love Indian food. Curries, tikka chicken, tandori chicken, chicken masala, lamb dishes, naans, and all those wonderful breads. Onion pakoras I adore.
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Gosh, gee whiz, my computer may be behaving normally again...all of its own accord.
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And one for Mahler.
I must say, nothing I've heard described thus far, Indian and Greek food-wise, has made my mouth water.
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Greetings from the middle of nowhere! I am learning all sorts of things about my relatives. For example, my step great uncle-in-law is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world's oldest twin at age 109.
Last night, we played the traditional game of our favorite card game, Scum. We've played this game at every reunion since I can remember. I took some lovely pictures, which I'm sure you are all very anxious to see.
Tonight is the talent show, which is always entertaining. And then after that there might be a bonfire. Uncle Paul brought his guitar and great uncle Arthur brought his harmonica, so we are in for a real shindig.
And now, the pictures...
Here we have my cousins Aaron and Amanda arguing, with my uncle Paul stuck in the middle. (I know Aaron looks like he's laughing, but believe me.)
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We finally figured out that these shoes belonged to my cousin Susan.
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My cousin Robin is still trying to figure out why I put this hat on her head and took a picture.
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bk - Try sprinkling lots of CAYENNE PEPPER on the roof today. It works for raccoons, so I don't see why it wouldn't for squirrels. I had huge raccoon problems in Boulder -- for one thing, they tried to get in my window -- which was right by the bed -- they'd stare back at me in the middle of the night when I looked out. Anyway, the cayenne pepper got rid of them.
I like Indian food. In Boulder I used to have it at least once a week -- there were two excellent Indian places near the house. I haven't had ANY since November, when I moved to LA. Indian food definitely has to be enjoyed with companions -- and I don't have friends here who like it. Skammen.
Greek food I don't mind, but I can go for years without having it and not think about it at all. There's a Greek place minutes from here, but I've never ventured inside. Again in Boulder, I had a Greek friend who was a wonderful cook. She would have fabulous parties a couple of times a year and would serve great Greek food.
Back to work. I won't be posting much during the day.
THE ABOVE TOOK ME OVER HALF AN HOUR OF STURM UND DRANG TO POST. ADELPHIA!! AAAARGH!
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And one for Mahler.
I must say, nothing I've heard described thus far, Indian and Greek food-wise, has made my mouth water.
With Indian food, what you really want is a combination - all those aromatic breads dipped in a variety of complex, exotic sauces.
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I am watching the OUTER LIMITS marathon on SciFi....Mr Harlan Ellison's 'The Man with the Glass Hand' is on right now. Great stuff!
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Same goes for my uncle Paul.
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As soon as Aaron saw the cards he was dealt, he said, "I wish I had a camera!" Luckily, I had one.
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DR MATTH, I know what you mean. I love putting a number together...and then watching it for the first time.
As a director-choreographer....some of my favorites, songs and dances that worked from the beginning just as I imagined them:
The Challenge Dance for 7 Brides for 7 Brothers
I'm In Love With a Girl Named Fred for Once Upon a Mattress
Once a Year Day for Pajama Game
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Great pictures DRSANDRA! But where is the food?
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And because my mom wanted to see it, here is the worst picture of a robin anyone has ever taken.
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Thanks, JRand. I wanted to get a picture of the cherry Jell-o salad, but I didn't think to bring the camera to dinner. I'll get some food pictures tonight.
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Yes DRELMORE we must have details on your new TeeVee!
The Hainsies are much more excited over my new tv than I am, and I'm puzzled as to why it has not yet shown up. My Panasonic television is 15 or 16 years old, purchased by funds I made doing STRIKE UP THE BAND for California Music Theatre in 1988 or 89. I really can't remember. Because it's lasted so long, I figured I'd buy another Panasonic so I went to Circuit City and bought a 20" Panasonic tv for $200. However, between the tax, warranty, delivery, and set-up fee it ended up costing $363.00! So I want them to deliver it so I can spend the afternoon learning how to work a television's advanced technology of 15-16 years.
I have the same problem every time I rent a car: I have to relearn where the lights are, the emergency brake, the dimmer, the AC. UGH!!!
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Speaking of which, I guess some have observed that the Jewish DRs have different levels of keeping kosher. Here's mine. Last Passover I was at a neighborhood fish store, buying shrimp. I looked at the taramasalata, and asked the fishmonger if she knew all the ingredients in it. "There's no chometz [non-Kosher-for-Passover ingredients]," she answered as she packed up the shrimp.
That's quite funny, DR DIT.
Greek food: Definitely baklavah. Tzatziki. Spanakopita. When we lived on Roosevelt Island, mY DP and I would often go into deep Astoria, to places where you just sat and they brought food...no menus. Fish that seemed to leap from the hook onto the platters after beeing briefly sauteed in olive oil, and accompanied by the freshest of veggies....
Indian food: I love most of it. Appetizers (samosas, pakoras, onion fritters, et al). Kurmas, keemas and curries, and an occasional vindaloo, if it's not TOO hot. And others. And the breads: Pooris, parathas. Biryani, etc. I really do love Indian food.
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Can't get out of my house to go vote until late afternoon. The side street where my garage is is having sidewalks and other construction work done on it (been going on for months). It WOULD be today when they get to my end of te street, blocking me in with their work. But they'll be done by 4 p.m. at the latest, and I don't mind waiting until then.
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It just landed! Beautiful picture, too many remote controls for all the nonsense, but I've now tested a DVD, Videocassette and the cable. To quote Robert Browning, "God's in His heaven, all's right with the world." Now, if He'd only fix my back.
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To quote Robert Browning, "God's in His heaven, all's right with the world." Now, if He'd only fix my back.
Sounds to me like you need some little Asian women to walk on your back.
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There's an Indian restaurant on the block I live on, but I'm not fond enough of the cuisine to go there with any frequency. I do like a good nan, which is quite different from a good nun, although the spelling is not.
Speaking of Spelling, I heard that Marcy & Zina performed at Tori's wedding. Quite a gig, that. I plan to see their new musical tomorrow.
If you love pie, you've got to love Mousaka, which is made with that wonderfully light phyllo dough. Weighing down the thing a bit, are the layers of mashed potato, but the rest is all a seasoned and vegetabled ground beef. I think it's my favorite kind of pie, although I don't go to Greek restaurants often. Joy used to work at Niko's on Broadway, and I never liked the food. Only the service. :-)
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As the son of a nearly-fluent Greek-speaking Israeli (how's THAT for a combo, eh?), I've experienced quite a few kosher variants of Greek dishes. On my own, I'm quite partial to taramasalata (Krinos's is quite good, but I'm really jonesing to make my own), and I've made some kicker dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) in my day. I'm a believer in simple fare, so tossing some chunks of feta and a few kalamata olives in a salad is just fine by me, and Krinos's alfonso olives never last more than a day or two in my fridge. And then there's heavenly baklava (the Greeks never learned how to make taiglach properly, so they hadda settle... ;D)
Never did much Indian food, other than playing with some curry recipes at home (surprisingly, there aren't too many kosher Indian places in the nabe)...
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Boy, I sure am missing out on a lot of fun at the reunion, as evidenced by DR Sandra's photos! It's a good thing I sent the camera with her so we can all share in the festivities.
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Two of my favorite 1950's sci-fi opuses are being released on deeveedee, and I couldn't be more excited. On September 7th, it's The Alligator People starring Beverly Garland, the fifties answer to Sigourney Weaver. On September 14th, it's I Married a Monster from Outer Space.
I'm officially psyched!
And, as a bonus, Ed Wood and Wave 2 of the Universal Monster Collection (The Invisible Man Legacy, The Creature from the Black Lagoon Legacy, and The Mummy Legacy) gets issued on October 19th, which also happens to be the Significant Other's natal anniversary. Seems rather unfair that I get all the gifts on his day, but whatcha gonna do?
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Good morning...for the first time in a long time, I was up at 7 am. Working two full days today and tomorrow because i'll be in Vermont for the rest of the week and through next Wednesday. Which means I'll be E&T for awhile.
Indian food? hmm...gotta think on that one
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DR ROBIN 'The Alligator Man' also features Rocky Jones himself - Richard Crane!
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Question for all our musical mavens out there...Was there ever any kind of recording done of THE ODYSSEY musical that starred Yul Brynner/Joan Diener and was done (and died apparently fairly quickly) around 74/75? Eric Segal, the writer (and I guess lryicist); Mitch Leigh the composer; Albert Marre, the director.
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Sounds to me like you need some little Asian women to walk on your back.
Too many people walk all over me already. I just thank God it's not the 1950s or I'd be wearing a stainless steel truss. Maybe I'll hang myself upside down for a while.
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Ahh, perseverance pays off. I knew if I waited long enough I could find Sketches of Broadway, the new Janis Siegel CD, at Academy. Today was my lucky day. I will be listening this afternoon. The song list sounds great. I am a big fan (I know DR George is also).
Academy also has two CDs in their window. One of Annie Warbucks and the other The Gay Life with Miss Barbara Cook and Jules Munshin. They are somewhat pricey which is why, I think, they have been in the window for over a week. Any thoughts, DRs on either of these scores? Worth having or just curiosities?
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Question for all our musical mavens out there...Was there ever any kind of recording done of THE ODYSSEY musical that starred Yul Brynner/Joan Diener and was done (and died apparently fairly quickly) around 74/75? Eric Segal, the writer (and I guess lryicist); Mitch Leigh the composer; Albert Marre, the director.
DRCharlesPogue, I'm sure there has to be a tape floating around. I'll call the Goodspeed library and see if they have one. By the time the show got to NYC, I believe that Eric Segal no longer had his name on the billing. Wasn't it called at some point HOME SWEET HOMER. I believe it started on the West Coast, so there should be several different versions floating about on tape. Even though it was a flop, I've always been partial to a lot of CRY FOR US ALL (another Marre, Diener, Leigh disaster).
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Yes, Home Sweet Homer. As elmore said, no doubt there is a bootleg tape floating around somewhere.
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I'm so tired right now I can't even see straight. My plan, after lunch, is to fake myself into a nap. I've never been able to just lie down and take a nap during the day BUT if I put on a DVD and lie on the couch like so much fish, then I doze off easily, day or night.
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Let's see if this cast photo is too big for the board. If it is, I'll send it to someone to resize.
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Let's see if this cast photo is too big for the board. If it is, I'll send it to someone to resize.
I LOVE IT!!!!
Now tell us who's who.
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Academy also has two CDs in their window. One of Annie Warbucks and the other The Gay Life with Miss Barbara Cook and Jules Munshin. They are somewhat pricey which is why, I think, they have been in the window for over a week. Any thoughts, DRs on either of these scores? Worth having or just curiosities?
I bought The Gay Life when the CD first came out, and give it a mixed review. Barbara Cook is remarkable (surprise), and the CD is worth the price (I guess; how much is it?) just to hear her voice captured at that point in her career. She has three excellent songs (Magic Moment, Something You Never Had Before, The Label on the Bottle). The music is far superior to the lyrics ("You've had gay love before, come-what-may love before"). Other than Barbara's songs, and the overture, there's nothing too redeemable here. Walter Chiari? You can't understand his English. Jules Munshin? Way too cutesy. Elizabeth Allen as Walter Chiari's "former Hungarian flame"? I can only imagine DR Panni's response.
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Good Morning!
From Left to Right:
Suzanne Blakeslee, Ryan Raftery, Tammy Minoff, Paul Haber and Alet Taylor/Oury
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The Gay Life is $25. I guess because it seems to be out of print. I am a Barbara Cook groupie. I love her. Granted, I have paid more for a couple of CDs but they were double CDs. Oh, well. We will see. If it's still in the window next week maybe I'll get it.
It Never Was You - what a gorgeous song!!!
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Tammy will be here momentarily - we don't like the photos our publicist has chosen, so we're rechoosing. I'll post more photos soon.
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BK, just go to a Greek place and order one of the sampler dishes...then you can try a wide variety of things and figure out what might be your favorites!
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I'm back, and I'm not spending six bucks an hour. My cousin Jonathan noticed that he was getting a wireless Internet connection signal on his palm pilot downstairs by the foozeball and ping pong ball tables. It took two of my cousins, but they got my laptop online too.
And here are some more pictures...
Here we have a very bad picture of my cousins Charles and Darryl cheating at foozeball.
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BK, the cast photo is great!! The one guy rather appeals to me, as well!
Ok you New York DRs, has anyone bought their tickets to see my buddy Charles Bloom's musical INSOMNIA? Don't delay...it closes July 31!
DR Elmore, exactly what did you do to get your back in this condition, anyhow? I must have missed your explanation!
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The only Greek food that I've had have been gyros and baklavah (I love baklavah!). The only Indian food that I've had has probably been curry rice. That's it. I'm not an adventurous eater. Never have been...never will be.
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DR Jrand53, I also hope that I get that Allison Hayes picture!! I bid high so we will see what we will see! And of course if I get a copy I will certainly make one for you!
You could put it in a nice double picture frame with the shot of Allison stabbing Jack Palance in SIGN OF THE PAGAN! LOL!
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We just had lunch. My cousin Dave, who keeps track of things like this, said that our table broke the record for most people at one table. And, as requested, here is a picture of lunch.
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BK, the cast photo is great!! The one guy rather appeals to me, as well!
I refuse to believe it! I see no bodybuilders over 70 in that photo!
I pulled my back out holding onto electronic equipment when my former Panasonic, VCR and cable box fell off the table they whole megillah was sitting on as I was moving it to clean it before the deliverymen toted it away today. I can't believe I managed to not damage anything but my back.
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BK, the cast photo is great!! The one guy rather appeals to me, as well!
I am with DR MBarnum!
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Great cast photo! They are obviously looking at the satellite in the road....just like Allison in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. Handsome men and lovely women....and they can sing!!! What a deal!
Yes MB - that would make a lovely foldout Photo-Album....hehehe.
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Back momentarily. I'm not always getting my email, can't stay online and have huge probs accessing HHW and/or posting. Other than that my Internet is working just great.
Cute cast picture.
Bye.
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I love the internet - except when it doesn't work. Grrrrrrrrr....DR PANNI is in internet limbo it seems....
She needs the HAL 9000!
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BK, I love that photo. Was that one of the ones that was chosen?
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Was that one of the ones that was chosen?
That's one good-lookin' bunch!
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No, that was one we didn't care for that much - we have really good ones and have now chosen them. I'll post more later. Off to lunch.
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BK, the cast photo is great!! The one guy rather appeals to me, as well!
Which one guy?
Did anyone else see Larry King interview Martha Stewart last night? First, Martha is so much brighter than Larry. And second, they were both busy pushing BK's revue: "What if?" "What if" What if?"
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Oh thanks, DRSARAH - now I am hungry.
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Academy also has two CDs in their window. One of Annie Warbucks and the other The Gay Life with Miss Barbara Cook and Jules Munshin. They are somewhat pricey which is why, I think, they have been in the window for over a week. Any thoughts, DRs on either of these scores? Worth having or just curiosities?
I certainly don't find much of merit about ANNIE WARBUCKS, but THE GAY LIFE has some lovely melodies, and who wouldn't want to have EVERY barbara Cook cast album there is? I'm sure there are several of us who could make a copy of either (both) of these if you want to spare some expense. I feel no guilt about this when CDs are out of print as I'm sure THE GAY LIFE is.
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ANNIE WARBUCKS.....it should be in the window for a LONG time....better there than in someone's CD player!
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That IS a good looking cast. They look like a fun group to work with. We're looking forward to the cast album. There WILL be a cast album, won't there?
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Didn't get to ONE, TWO, THREE yet. I recorded HUSBANDS AND WIVES on the DVR last night, and wanted to see if the copy was OK before dubbing it over to a DVD-R.
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I saw a bit of the Martha Stewart interview. I know she isn't the warmest person, but am I the only one here who feels really bad for her.
And btw DR Panni, I'm having email problems as well. I can get into my account, just not my inbox, and I can't send messages. And of course tech isn't responding to my emails.
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Ahh, perseverance pays off. I knew if I waited long enough I could find Sketches of Broadway, the new Janis Siegel CD, at Academy. Today was my lucky day. I will be listening this afternoon. The song list sounds great. I am a big fan (I know DR George is also).
Academy also has two CDs in their window. One of Annie Warbucks and the other The Gay Life with Miss Barbara Cook and Jules Munshin. They are somewhat pricey which is why, I think, they have been in the window for over a week. Any thoughts, DRs on either of these scores? Worth having or just curiosities?
I MOST DEFINITELY am a fan of Janis Siegel's!! And I think that her new CD is damned good. ;D
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You know, DRJENNIFER, Martha Stewart broke the law, and I don't think she is above punishment for it. And of course she was convicted of perjury (I think) not just the insider trading stuff....BUT....
She was paying A LOT of money for advice and she took the advice of men she trusted. She knew it was ILLEGAL....but if she was getting this advice from them...a LOT of other people were, too. I think more attention should have been paid to the men giving the advice. I know one guy is going to jail, but to think he was acting without the knowledge of his superiors....or that this wasn't standard practice is a bit naive.
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Moving on to page four....in just a moment or two.
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I haven't really been following the Martha Stewart case too closely. But I believe that she was convicted for lying and not for the actual crime of selling her stocks.
I don't know, I've heard a lot of people say that they are making a scapegoat out of her. And it does seem like they are making a lot of something very minor.
Also on Larry King, I heard Ms Stewart say that her expert lawyers thought that she would be found not guilty (as did she). So I'm not sure what the real story is.
The few callers that I saw were very supportive. But it seems that so many other people want to bring her down. I think that is the norm (people loving when celebs fall big time).
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And one for the Cohen twins.
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I haven't really been following the Martha Stewart case too closely. But I believe that she was convicted for lying and not for the actual crime of selling her stocks.
DRJennifer, I live in New York and I can't figure the whole Martha Stewart thing out. She's found guilty of several things, I believe, in this trial:
1. Insider trading
2. Lying about it
3. Being a mean evil bitch; I believe that the broker's assistant who turned evidence painted Miss Martha as a hostile, evil, unfriendly harridan and a lot of his giving evidence was to put her in her place and get revenge
From the past week's events, this is clear: she's still arrogant, sees nothing wrong in what she did, sees herself as a great martyr like Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned 25 years for political reasons (she got 5 months for lying!), and blames the guilty charge for laying off employees and stock falling, not realizing all the problems with layoffs and stock are the result of her criminal actions.
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TCB it was good to see you returned, wish I could have been there.
I was busy enjoying myself immensely watching “the movie” TWO MEN.
Bruce I looked at the website wishing I could be there.
Elmore CONTINUED HEALING VIBES! Have you tried putting ice your back? A frozen bag of peas works well. The second day switch to a heating pad
Dan-in-Toronto, shrimp for Passover, or any other time? You obviously don’t keep kosher. :D
I just finished reading page two. I will have to finish later as I must go to the post office and do errands.
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TCB it was good to see you returned, wish I could have been there.
I was busy enjoying myself immensely watching “the movie” TWO MEN.
Ah! Now she clarifies it!
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DiT that is some fancy dancin'!
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Thirty five years ago today...Apollo 11...the moon...Neil Armstrong. ;D
Click on the link to hear the audio from the moment you didn't hear on television!
CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION EXTREME ADULT LANGUAGE!!!! 8)
http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/ (http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/)
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Hmmm, some of these photos are too large - but I'll try this one for size.
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Good, that size works. Here's a couple more.
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Here's another.
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Public notice.
It is so great to have DR Elmore back here - A pity I read his comments so many hours after they are posted. It seems so dumb to comment on them when I eventually get to the board and my comments are 4 pages on. Thank you for the smiles Larry.
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Dan the Man has not posted for a week. Did I miss something?
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The WHAT IF... gang looks very happy! ;D :D ;) :) :-*
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I am so tired my eyes are crossed (picture Ben Turpin in a dress)... Now comes the hard part - to work through the late part of the day feeling this zonked.
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Seems to me the DR Kerry has not posted in many, many days (weeks)!
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I am shortly going to murder a squirrel on my roof. This idiot squirrel has been noisily scratching my roof directly above where I sleep for the last four days at the crack of dawn. This has become its "thing" and I'm done with getting up at five or six in the morning. Tomorrow morning if the little wazoo starts up I have a ladder ready and I will climb up there and have a little conversation with the squirrel and if I don't like its attitude I shall hurl it from here to eternity and hell and back.
You must either feed the squirrel (a la der Brucer), or get a good Burgoo recipee from Charles.
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I am so tired my eyes are crossed (picture Ben Turpin in a dress)... Now comes the hard part - to work through the late part of the day feeling this zonked.
You have different moustaches!
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And you're beautiful, DRPanni. But, I have never seen you and Ben Turpin in the same room at the same time!
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Dear Friend BK, I love these photos! I want more! More! And bios! And who's tentatively doing what! And more photos!
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I'm frenzied! I'm sure it's that new Panasonic and its clear picture and vibrant sound and too many damned remote controls.
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I'm frenzied! I'm sure it's that new Panasonic and its clear picture and vibrant sound and too many damned remote controls.
Why don't you just watch a nice old video, DR Elmore?
Yours truly.
Ben T.
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Lovely and vivacious photos...but of course we must also see rehearsal photos!!
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Why don't you just watch a nice old video, DR Elmore?
Yours truly.
Ben T.
Well, Ben, you know I just might! I've still got one my good friend Panni sent me that I need to watch so I think i'll just go watch it. I'll report back later!
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And DR Elmore3003, I think now would also he the time to rent that movie about Puppet People that you have been meaning to rent as well as a Bollywood movie or two!
And don't forget your tickets to INSOMNIA.
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And DR Elmore3003, I think now would also he the time to rent that movie about Puppet People that you have been meaning to rent as well as a Bollywood movie or two!
And don't forget your tickets to INSOMNIA.
So I says to him, "Ernie." "Ernie," I says, "Get off my back!"
I own that damned Puppet People film, but the beautiful Panni is my prior obligation, DRMBarnum. Just get in line. Don't cry, lady, I'll buy your stinking violets!
Testy! Testy!
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From recent emails MBarnum, DR Kerry has his mind on other things!
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DR Elmore. I found Charley and Amy. Thank you.
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So I says to him, "Ernie." "Ernie," I says, "Get off my back!"
"I'll never forget it, ya know!" ;D
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How was I to know her father was a pharmacist?
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Rest day!
I slept well last night and this morning. Made up for three days of little to no sleep.
No obsessive cleaning to mention today. I'm plain tuckered out and grateful to relax. Spent most of the day with Sci-Fi's "Outer Limits" marathon.
Bad things that keep me on edge: The phone ringing, something slipping off a table and a naughty cat who likes to misread my movements and jump into my lap -- all of which cause my brain to signal my right arm to react and it's not able to. Causes discomfort and stress!
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Sandra, nice pictures. I had a good laugh over the hat ones and one doesn’t get dealt a hand like that very often.
Elmore I know how you feel. On one of my trips to L.A. without Keith I never did find out how to turn on the lights. Either they weren’t working or it was me. Fortunately it was summer and I was able to avoid driving at night.
DearReaderLaura are you getting lonely?
Jennifer I don’t know how bad I feel for her. I think she will get “easy time”. I do believe someone decided to go after her simply because of who she is. I think Jrand makes a very good point.
I consider myself to be a very moral person but wonder what I would do if a friend said to sell. So Dear Readers what do you think you would do?
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Page five dance.
This one is for you RLP.
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Jane - don't forget to email your #. What's the time difference there?
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I have spend the morning listening to a Washingtonian sing.
Jimmie Rodgers - Born in Camas 1933.
One of those voices Of which I never tire. I think he was even more successful here than in the USA.
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Panni next time I’m in L.A. we will go for Indian food. Afterwards we will have marzipan for dessert.
Pakora’s are best when there is a selection of different vegetables. I prefer my naan to be plain, and then use it to scoop up an assortment of foods. I’m sure I love just about every vegetarian dish as long as it isn’t too hot. Favorites are Sag Paneer, Channa Masala, Chana Dal or Chana anything and Malai Kofta. I think Palak Paneer is the one with spinach I like. I mustn’t forget the basmati. The sauces are so good over it.
I have never been a fan of Greek food until Budapest. Our last night there we ate at a Greek restaurant along the river. We ordered an assortment of appetizers and food to share. Every thing was great, including the stuffed grape leaves I normally find to bitter.
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Tomovoz, now I’m listening to Jimmy Rogers. I don’t have any Jimmie Rodgers.
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Panni, same time zone. We are only six miles from the California border. Watch for email in a few minutes.
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Not even "Honeycomb". Shame. Most pleasant voice. His versions of "The World I Used To Know: and "Someplace Green" by Rod McKuen were big hits here and still played frequently on the radio. His "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" was possibly the biggest selling record in Australia in 1960.
Not sure that I have any Jimmy Rodgers songs - maybe a train song from the 1930's.
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Maybe we should meet half way Jane - Hawaii - and swap disks!
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Well, hello again! I've calmed my frenzy watching a film version of "A Shayna Maidel," a play I wanted to see but missed in the late 1980s. The film (tv, Halmark, actually) is entitled "Miss Rose White," with an amazing cast of people I admire, such as Maureen Stapelton, Maximilian Schell and Penny Fuller, and know: Amanda Plummer is an old friend from Drama Book Shop days and I adore her. The music is by another friend, Billy Goldenberg, who wrote the score for BALLROOM based on a tv film starring Maureen Stapelton, and Rose White is played by Mrs Kevin Bacon. This movie has "Six Degrees" written all over it. And it was written by our own DRPanni. Curse you, DRPanni, I burst into tears three times at the plot twists and turns! Three times! It might become a viewing favorite. I liked it very much.
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I have just shown Colin the Leonard Maltin review of "Miss Rose White". Doubt if it has had a showing here in Oz. Colin's stepmother (a delightful lady) is Rose White.
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I am not a big fan of Indian Food, but I will eat a chicken dish. I love Greek food and don't get enough of it in South Florida. Montreal has great Greek restaurants maybe I'll go to one when I am there this weekend.
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Bruce can I put the pictures up on www.brucekimmel.com?
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I spent most of the day on the couch, like so much fish, watching deeveedees I've been meaning to watch, but hadn't gotten around to watching.
First off was Frankenstein Must be Destroyed!, Hammer's second-to-last outing with Peter Cushing as the title Doctor who needs destroying. Boy, did he ever need to be destroyed...I love Cushing as the mad doctor, though. He's evil through and through, but charming and disarming when the plot calls for it. I don't think I've ever seen this movie before, but I know I enjoyed it quite a bit this time around.
Second off was Godzilla 2000, which I saw theatrically. I bought the deeveedee the day it came out, and I hadn't even taken the shrinkwrapping off of it 'til today. I liked it a lot, even if the monster the Big G fights spends a good deal of the movie looking for all the world like a giant flying bedpan.
The last movie I watched was Carnival Story, a sleazy movie from the fifties starring Anne Baxter, George Nader, and some poor shmoe who looked uncomfortably like Tor Johnson. Anne plays a hardened woman who joins a carnival in Germany, and learns to be a high-diver. But she's sort of an airhead, who gets mixed up with the wrong guy, and she makes an awful lot of just plain boneheaded decisions. There's some really great shots of the point of view from the 110-foot diving platform at night, and it's photographed surprisingly well, I thought. I also found myself totally engrossed in this movie, even though it's not very good. The deeveedee's color isn't very good, and the sound is distorted, but it's still well within the realm of watchability. (And, my oh my! George Nader and Anne Baxter were both quite gorgeous!)
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Maybe we should meet half way Jane - Hawaii - and swap disks!
Sounds like fun. :D
I have “Honeycomb”, one of my favorite Jimmy Rogers songs. Other favorites are “Kisses Sweeter than Wine” and “OH, Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again”
Now there is Jimmie Rodgers http://www.jimmierodgers.com/ , And then there is this Jimmy Rogers http://www.island.net/~blues/jrog.htm (wrong color). But I can’t find info on my Jimmy Rogers and I must do the dishes.
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We just finished up the talent show. That was really something. The grand finale was when great uncle Arthur played his harmonica and great aunt Leona played the piano. You haven't lived until you've heard my great uncle Arthur play "Sweet Hour of Prayer" on his harmonica.
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I'll stick with Jimmie Rodgers. (James Frederick Rodgers) Do you know his song "Secretly"? - very similar to "Silhouettes". "Bimbombay" was also a #1 hit here.
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Bk, love the photos. Now I must hurry & get my tix. Please find out from Tammy if there is any other way I can secure tickets without putting my credit card out into the ethers of a phone line or an internet line?
Were your ears burning today? My exec at NBC was talking about these great CD series, Lost In Boston & Unsung...I said, "Oh, yeah, my friend Bruce Kimmel produced them..." We're talking about 110. He's yet to see it...but he was waxing euphoric about all the great Schmidt & Jones stuff you had recorded.
By the by, I spoke too soon. My computer is still screwing up. I'm still on a modem. Can a lot of building work in the neighbourhood screw up phone reception? We awake to the cacophony of power tools every morning and they go on for the greater part of the day. I sometimes think it's just the heat causing interference. Anyway, it's still a pain-in-the-ass!
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I'll stick with Jimmie Rodgers. (James Frederick Rodgers) Do you know his song "Secretly"? - very similar to "Silhouettes". "Bimbombay" was also a #1 hit here.
“Secretly”, another Jimmy Rogers 50’s hit. :)
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Tomovoz, read this: http://www.tsimon.com/rodgers.htm
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I just saw The Notebook. It offers a couple of plot points that really require stretching one's suspension of disbelief and a couple of "surprises" you could see coming miles away.
Did that stop me--and the rest of the audience--from weeping through the whole damned movie? Of course not. Ryan Gosling and James Garner and Gena Rowlands are all quite splendid.
See it. And bring hankies.
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I don't think you looked at the other links I sent. :o
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Thanks Jane. Didn't know the Jimmy just the Jimmies.
The confusion used to make searching Amazon etc difficult. I think they use the "young" Jimmy's middle name now.
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DR Sandra, I am glad to know that Uncle Arthur is still playing the harmonica. Uncle Arthur is about 95 years old, and it's a joy to know he's still playing.
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I have made it so much fun for Echo to get pills thrown down her throat she looks forward to it-no kidding. Am I good or what? :)
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So Tomovoz, do you know who the country western singer is? ;D
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Jane - Okay, we've got an LA date for Indian food.
Larry - Glad you liked ROSE. It's VERY different from the play. In fact the playwright said she loved it -- but it wasn't her play. Which I took as a compliment. The play was very much a stage piece. I was doing a movie.
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Don't talk to me about remote controls. I have six inside the caddy next to my recliner.
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I have an LP here with Dick Smothers singing "The World I Used to Know," and it's an exquisite song beautifully sung. Many people forget that Dick had a lovely solo voice.
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In answer to your question, Jane, yes, I do miss the family. My allergies are very very bad when I go to the midwest, so I stayed behind this time. I've been very busy in their absence.
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Well, I enjoyed ONE, TWO, THREE as much as I remembered, and Cagney's rat-ta-tat performance still is mind boggling. (I forgot the little Red Buttons bit where he imitates Jimmy.)And Jimmy gets to do an Edward G. Robinson impression, too, so it all balances out.
After that was finished, I put in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and just lost myself in the romantic melodrama of it all. Just love that movie.
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Have said goodbye to all the Jimmies and the Jimmy DR Jane. (one of the first 45rpm records I bought was "Oh Oh I'm Falling In Love Again"/"The Long Hot Summer".
I am now listening to "Steel Pier". I love this score.
One of my most played OBC Recordings.
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Well, I enjoyed ONE, TWO, THREE as much as I remembered, and Cagney's rat-ta-tat performance still is mind boggling.
I haven't picked up the deeveedee of One, Two, Three yet, but I will sooner rather than later. I hadn't seen this movie until it showed up on TCM last year, and I was stunned at how damned funny it was.
Apparently, though, Cagney thought Horst Buchholz was a horst's ass, and this is the last movie he made before Ragtime, nearly twenty years later.
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I'm cleaning the home environment so it will be spotless for my workblitz tomorrow.
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Wussburger time...early rising tomorrow.
Have fun!
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Shayne: Yes, feel free to use the photos.
Pogue: You can give your info to Tammy and she'll take care of it. I'll talk to you about it tomorrow.
Sad to be all alone in the world. Where in tarnation IS everyone? In the land of the WUSSBURGER?
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I'm so tired that I had one glass of wine (probably not even a whole glass) and it totally knocked me out.
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I'm back from the gym. I kicked myself hard again...but it's getting easier. That's a good thing, right? Now I'm hungry. I had couscous with sundried tomatoes for dinner...it was yummy, but not very much. Is it bad to eat right after you work out?
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Good Evening!
As will BK will undoubtedly state later, we had a good rehearsal tonight. Lots of fun, and lots of laughter. :D
Well... I think that's all for me tonight... The day caught up with me on the walk back from the Metro station. And I need to get bed earlier than I did last night - I just stayed up for no real reason whatsoever.
So... Goodnight.