Topic: FAREWELL 2007/HELLO 2008! (Read 56909 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #240 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:48:57 PM »

I guess I'll head down now, get some dessert (I had none at lunch time), and then start THE NAKED PREY.

Thanks for the tip on AS THE WORLD TURNS. I'll check just to make sure, but I won't be anticipating anything.

WBBL.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #241 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:51:35 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 31, 2007, 02:11:24 PM

And for an interesting(!) review of "Sweeney Todd", here's one that was just posted on the Sondheim listserv from the World Socialist Web Site:

Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]

Well, nothing like a Socialist for no sense of humor or, frankly, a good sense of literature: Berg's LULU, which ends with, but wasn't inspired by, Jack the Ripper, is a condensed adaptation of Frank Wedekind's two LULU plays, which he doesn't mention! Nor does he mention the great film of the plays, PANDORA'S BOX, with Louise Brooks. Or did I miss that?

Matt H. · « **Reply #242 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:52:17 PM »

Page Nine Ron and Harry Dance!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #243 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:52:50 PM »

And now I'm really going!

WBBL.

singdaw · « **Reply #244 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:55:18 PM »

Interesting site, DR JoseSPiano... Thanks for the link!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #245 on:** December 31, 2007, 02:56:04 PM »

Question for the NYC HHWers...

Have any of you ever gone to Times Sqaure to ring in the New Year?

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #246 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:00:46 PM »

I will be scarce for part of the evening... DBF Jon and I are going out for supper and then spend a little quality time before he pulls out around midnight.

Keep him in your thoughts as travels the wild and wiley way to Utah....

Tomovoz · « **Reply #247 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:01:38 PM »

Larry there was a TV report last night on a "lost" opera - Helene -written for Nellie Melba (Saint-Saens) - it is to be recorded here next month. The opera will possibly be staged in Vienna. I've already forgotten the name of the young Australian Tenor who will be on the recording. He is doing well in Vienna and opened the La Scala season to great aclaim.

FJL · « **Reply #248 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:02:50 PM »

Jose - They're closing down the area???

I haven't left the building since yesterday. Not even to go to the pie shop

FJL · « **Reply #249 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:04:46 PM »

The one year we ventured into Times Square was when Skip was doing sound effects for a play and they had to capture authentic sounds of New Year's Eve at Times Square.

singdaw · « **Reply #250 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:05:06 PM »

***TRAVEL VIBES*** to DBF Jon

elmore3003 · « **Reply #251 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:05:14 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on December 31, 2007, 02:56:04 PM

Question for the NYC HHWers...

Have any of you ever gone to Times Sqaure to ring in the New Year?

No way! I may be dumb but I ain't stoopid.

singdaw · « **Reply #252 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:06:06 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on December 31, 2007, 02:56:04 PM

Have any of you ever gone to Times Sqaure to ring in the New Year?

Just the thought of it is enough to make me want to vomit on the ground.

George · « **Reply #253 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:07:54 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on December 31, 2007, 03:00:46 PM

I will be scarce for part of the evening... DBF Jon and I are going out for supper and then spend a little quality time before he pulls out around midnight.

Keep him in your thoughts as travels the wild and wiley way to Utah....

~~~Travel Vibes for Dakota's DBF Jon!!~~~

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #254 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:14:03 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on December 31, 2007, 02:56:04 PM

Question for the NYC HHWers...

Have any of you ever gone to Times Sqaure to ring in the New Year?

I've done New Year's Eve in Times Square just once before. -WOW! -And I just checked the IMDB to see which year it was... Back in 1991! -Oh, and I guess it was more like "near" Times Square since I was actually in the Ziegfeld catching a late show of "The Prince of Tides". -New Year's Eve in NYC watching a Barbara Streisand Movie - Can I be any more gay?

(No need to answer that question.)

I had driven my friend, Mark, and his partner up from DC that afternoon. They were visiting from LA, and were planning on spending a couple of days in NYC during that trip. We actually left DC around 8:00 in the morning, however, we had to make a stop at Mark's mother's house... Then we had to make a stop here... Then there... Etc., etc., etc... We didn't hit the Lincoln Tunnel around 5:30... We exited the Lincoln Tunnel around 7:15. UGH!

We ended up meeting up with some friends for a very good Mexican dinner at Mesa Grill - which had just opened earlier that year. -And that was long before Bobby Flay's profile and popularity and increased - along with the menu prices at MG.

None of had any real plans for that night, but we all knew we really didn't want to deal with all the madness of Times Square - especially after the long trip up from DC. So, we somehow decided to see "The Prince of Tides". The late show.

-And, yes, sometime in the in the middle of the movie, lots of people started whispering "Happy New Year".

Once we got out of the movie... WHOA! I don't think I've ever seen that much "mess" anywhere. Of course, we tried to walk through Times Square, but since we didn't have hotel keys with us - and none of us lived in the area - we had to walk up and around to get back to the subways. OH! And that was also the night that the subway fares changed. At midnight! -None of our tokens - remember those? - worked anymore.

In any case, it was a memorable New Year's Eve, if not the most enjoyable.

*And I still remember being amazed the next morning when we headed back down to Times Square, and it seemed like everything was back to normal. Those City Sanitation Workers really do know how to clean up after a party!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #255 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:17:51 PM »

Quote from: FJL on December 31, 2007, 03:02:50 PM

Jose - They're closing down the area???

I haven't left the building since yesterday. Not even to go to the pie shop

I think you and Skip live far enough West not to be that affected by the street closures. However, if you find that you need to head out later, be sure to have some sort of ID on you that has your home address on it so that the police will let you in and out of the "area". -That is if you head out between 11:30pm and 2:00am - I think that's the window of "limited access". -You could also carry a party invitation with you too - as long as the person's address is on it.

-And I think the Pie Shop closed early today anyway.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #256 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:19:24 PM »

~~~~~TRAVEL VIBES DB JON~~~~~

*Is he plane-ing, train-ing or automobile-ing it?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #257 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:22:18 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 31, 2007, 03:01:38 PM

Larry there was a TV report last night on a "lost" opera - Helene -written for Nellie Melba (Saint-Saens) - it is to be recorded here next month. The opera will possibly be staged in Vienna. I've already forgotten the name of the young Australian Tenor who will be on the recording. He is doing well in Vienna and opened the La Scala season to great aclaim.

REDISCOVERED OPERA WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING IN MELBOURNE

Tomovoz · « **Reply #258 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:22:54 PM »

Tenor is Steve Davislim. Probably old news but he is back in OZ at the moment - hence current news items and interviews.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #259 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:23:21 PM »

Thanks DR Jose!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #260 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:26:35 PM »

The tenor in question:

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #261 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:27:12 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 31, 2007, 03:23:21 PM

Thanks DR Jose!

You're welcome, DR Tomovoz!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #262 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:27:39 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 31, 2007, 03:22:54 PM

Tenor is Steve Davislim. Probably old news but he is back in OZ at the moment - hence current news items and interviews.

Looks like a Simbulan relation!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #263 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:28:29 PM »

OK - Time to finish getting things together here before Steve comes by to retrieve me.

Laters...

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #264 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:28:59 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 31, 2007, 05:37:34 AM

the 1935 auction catalogue in which Clifford Herbert put up for sale the original full scores to BABES IN TOYLAND. Part of today and tomorrow, I will try to assemble a history of how the materials ended up at the Library of Congress.

At the conclusion of the auction the were packaged up and given to the USPS stamped "MEDIA MAIL"; they were delivered Nov 15th of this year.

der Brucer

Tomovoz · « **Reply #265 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:29:22 PM »

Steve Davislim is from Melbourne's western suburbs - not really that far from the northern suburb of Reservoir!

singdaw · « **Reply #266 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:35:39 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 31, 2007, 03:28:59 PM

"MEDIA MAIL"

MEDIA MAIL is the spawn of Satan!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #267 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:42:58 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on December 31, 2007, 07:31:35 AM

I'll be watching THE NAKED PREY...

A sight that may be seen any Sunday in a nudist colony.

der Brucer

elmore3003 · « **Reply #268 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:43:12 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 31, 2007, 03:28:59 PM

At the conclusion of the auction the were packaged up and given to the USPS stamped "MEDIA MAIL"; they were delivered Nov 15th of this year.

der Brucer

That's the story of my eBay wns when the shipper uses lousy Media Mail! Unfortunately, Clifford cared less about the score and more about the money he would get from the auction. The BABES score went for $900 in 1935.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #269 on:** December 31, 2007, 03:44:00 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on December 31, 2007, 03:29:22 PM

Steve Davislim is from Melbourne's western suburbs - not really that far from the northern suburb of Reservoir!

Perhaps he's a ~~tramp~~ walker like our DR Jose!

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