Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on June 16, 2004, 12:01:14 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you're enigmad out, and now you are ready to post your excellent posts and questions. To it, I say.
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Done it again!
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Hmmm, what a quiet morning at HHW. One post from the lovely BeeKay and his adorable doggie in three hours?
That picture from the Cinegrill seems to have Guy Haine's mother or sister or daughter or aunt or niece (someone of the female persuasion) hiding behind a menu? Sandra, does your mother wish not to be photographed? Even in dim light?
JRand, careful if you get that apartment on East 57th Street. You might want to call the broker and have him proofread his contracts. If the description is any indication, there could be typos that would end up costing you money. See below, taken from the actual description.
Great for a family because their is 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Windowed kitcen with great sunsets. For more information call William at 212-XXX-XXXX Ext. XX.
Kerry, glad to see you even if it's late at night. Though it's not late at night for you and I'm actually reading the post early in the morning. Is that too confusing???
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Dan-the-Man, only 3 more to go (it's actually the 501 post that makes you float up). We will have an ascension this morning, methinks.
While we approach our own posting high of 50,000, Mr. BK is approaching his "Personal Best" (a Robert Towne reference). With a mere 43 posts he will have (on this current board incarnation anyway) 5000 posts! Oh, my. That's impressive.
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Where the hell is everyone?
For ask BK Day---
Since you are friends with Harvey Schmidt, you might be able to answer this. Tom Jones has written the book and lyrics for a musical version of HAROLD AND MAUDE that is playing at Papermill in January. Is this just a temporary split of the Jones and Schmidt partnership or have we heard the last new material by them as a team?
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Can anyone else see that picture from last night? All I see is black. :(
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Sacramento Music Circus Summer Season (including Juliana Hansen in Wizard of Oz):
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86812.html
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Hunter Foster to play Leo in PRODUCERS:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86808.html
Judy Kuhn to star in LaChiusa's new musical, The Highest Yellow:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/86809.html
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NY Post: Michael Riedel
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06162004/entertainment/23067.htm
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Alyson Reed as a back-up singer to Jason Graae.
My, how the mighty(ish) have fallen.
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Last night DR Jason wrote: ". I have a roach in my apartment. I swear to the god of household pests, I don't know if I can take much more. First it was mice, and now I've got a roach!! And it's two inches long...at least. I saw it last night and then it disappeared, but I saw it again tonight and I so desperately want to kill it and be done. This is only the second time in the two years I've lived in this apartment that I've seen a roach...it had better not indicate future problems. "
I feel for you. Here in the deep South (a 1776 reference), we have HUGE roaches that go by a variety of names: palmetto bugs, flying roaches, tree roaches. Whatever you call them, they find a way into your home no matter how clean you keep it. I have found three things do a wonderful job at killing them once they arrive. I bought some really odorless but powerful bug spray at Target called BUG STOP made by Spectracide. I spray this along the edges of the floor and walls. Supposedly one application lasts for months.
On the kitchen counter tops (and on the kitchen floor when I spill something), I clean with an all purpose cleaner with bleach in it. It does smell of bleach, but for some reason, the bleach reacts badly with the roaches' insides.
Finally, at the backs of my kitchen counters in small cracks I plug them with a brownish paste ROACH KILLER GEL.
None of these products keeps the roaches out of my house, but when they're here, they inevitably don't stay alive long with these preventatives. I do find them on their backs with their little legs up in the air when I get up in the morning.
Sorry to talk about such a gross subject, but I hate the things, too, and want to share my battle equipment with others in peril.
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Looking forward to another few episodes of MONK this afternoon. Tonight, maybe THE DAMNED. Haven't decided yet.
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Dear Readers:
[Keeping in step with the enigmatic theme of the day, this message was posted using invisible pixels, lest top secret content fall into the wrong hands.]
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Where in tarnation is everyone? There is only about half as many posts as usual at this time of the morning. Perhaps everyone is waiting to post until after Dan the Man's ascension.
For Ask BK Day: I am curious about the possibility of Guy Haines appearing at the Cinegrill. Would these performances be done without benefit of stage lights? Would there be a curtain involved? Or perhaps, will Mr. Haines wait until Halloween night, so that he can perform in costume?
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Gee, if Mr. Haines was present at the Cinegrill, why didn't you take his picture and post it here? Based on the photo of Dear Reader Sandra, it appears that the lighting conditions would have been perfect!
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I was at Walt Disney Concert Hall last night, Dear Readers, for a repeat performance of the concert that Dear Reader Donald saw on Sunday by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The program included pieces by Dear BK's good friend Mr. Stephen Sondheim, Mr. Jason Robert Brown, Mr. Ricky Ian Gordon and Mr. Adam Guettel.
Miss Megan Mullally and Mr. Brian d'Arcy James were the featured guest performers; Mr. Gordon provided piano accompaniment for several of his songs and Mr. Brown played piano and sang several of his numbers, as well. Neither Mr. Sondheim nor Mr. Guettel were present.
The concert came off as a big blah, in my humble opinion. First off, the amplification, which the fine people at WDCH have yet to get right at the hall, rendered most of the solo-performed lyrics unintelligible, thereby zapping to considerable degree the potential impact of what was sung. Songs out of context, several puzzling selections, and poor matching of talent to music here and there (Mr. James would make a fine Jamie in The Last 5 Years, from which he sang "Shiksa Goddess," but he was also put up to the task, not very successfully, of "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd") made for a very disjointed program.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Gordon appeared in a brief discussion that preceded the concert. Mr. Brown displayed a wicked and dry sense of humor, and had some very unkind things to say about the business side of Broadway today. A glimmer of humility was revealed when he acknowledged that Parade was not quite the great work of art for the stage that Sweeney Todd is. Mr. Gordon came off as a highly energetic and witty sort of fellow. Sort of a gay Jewish leprechaun, which I say with only the most positive of intent.
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Thank goodness they never heard of E-Bay!
From the New York Times:
Library Given a Collection of the Makings of Hit Musicals
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has received a gift of thousands of pages of scripts, songs and other pieces of stage memorabilia from two of Broadway's best-known musical teams: Kander and Ebb, and Bock and Harnick. The donation, ranging from scraps of pure inspiration to less successful discards, gives a glimpse of the sometimes delightful, sometimes devilish backstage grind that went into making classic musicals like "Cabaret" and "Fiddler on the Roof."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/16/theater/newsandfeatures/16XDONA.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/16/theater/newsandfeatures/16XDONA.html)
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Look, I am trying to get us to page 2 here, but I cannot do it alone. (Oh! A Kander and Ebb reference. What a coinky-dink!)
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At this rate I don't ever think we will make it to Page Two. :(
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I know the Library of the Performing Arts only allows those with proper credentials to view the tapes in their videotape collection archives, but can any Joe Schmoe off the street use the library to do research or recreational reading? I ask because I've never been in this facility, and if it's open to the public would love to wander around in there this summer when I come to NYC for a visit.
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Good Morning. Here's my bit in getting us on the long and winding road to Page Two. Last night, at the Pinot Bistro, I had the best French Onion Soup I have ever had in my life. And my life has been relatively long and has had quite a bit of French Onion Soup in it.
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Wednesday. Roach day here at HHW. I have only seen a few roaches in my lifetime - and I hope never to see one again.
Interesting articles to read. Alyson Reed singing with Jason Graae...did he do his Teen-Monster-Medley?
Who has the enigma machine. Is it wrapped inside a riddle?
My question for Ask BK day....what was the first book you bought and stood in line to have signed by the author?
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I have never seen a roach in person, only in pictures and only in the movies (another Kander and Ebb reference). Also, I've never had French onion soup, and I don't intend to. It just looks too icky for me...and I don't like cooked onions at all (but I'm glad that you had the best French onion soup of your life, Panni). On to page two!
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Um, can we have roach spoiler alerts at the top of any message containing roach info.
It's creeping me out and making me sick! :)
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That was weird. My smiley looked like a big red X.
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Where the hell is everyone?
For ask BK Day---
Since you are friends with Harvey Schmidt, you might be able to answer this. Tom Jones has written the book and lyrics for a musical version of HAROLD AND MAUDE that is playing at Papermill in January. Is this just a temporary split of the Jones and Schmidt partnership or have we heard the last new material by them as a team?
Answered this the other day when it was asked: They have not split - Harvey gave his blessing. Harvey is in Texas doing lots of stuff he's been wanting to do for years, and is happy as a clam.
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Someone just sent me this. I rarely open these things, but I know the sender is politically savy and wouldn't send on anything lame, so I took a look. It's good (as in funny good).
http://users.chartertn.net/tonytemplin/FBI_eyes/
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My question for Ask BK day....what was the first book you bought and stood in line to have signed by the author?
I remember the first book I bought and got signed by the author, because I had to take a half day off from high school to do it. The book was Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints and the author's name was....... Bert Convey. No, seriously I got to meet Phyllis Diller and talk to her while she autogrphed her book for everyone in line. This must have been in 1967 or 68, and at the time I thought she was the funniest woman in show business.
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Where in tarnation is everyone? There is only about half as many posts as usual at this time of the morning. Perhaps everyone is waiting to post until after Dan the Man's ascension.
For Ask BK Day: I am curious about the possibility of Guy Haines appearing at the Cinegrill. Would these performances be done without benefit of stage lights? Would there be a curtain involved? Or perhaps, will Mr. Haines wait until Halloween night, so that he can perform in costume?
No, Guy would be there, singing his heart out for all to see, or so he said.
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Gee, if Mr. Haines was present at the Cinegrill, why didn't you take his picture and post it here? Based on the photo of Dear Reader Sandra, it appears that the lighting conditions would have been perfect!
He wasn't there, I called him on my handy-dandy cell phone. And yes, that's dear reader Laura hiding behind the menu - she doesn't like to have her photo taken.
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What is it, Dear BK, that makes clams so happy? If I were a bi-valve that spent my life buried in sand, I don't think I would be so happy. Tell us, Dear BK. Or is it an enigma?
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And one for Mahler! Finally.
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Interesting articles to read. Alyson Reed singing with Jason Graae...did he do his Teen-Monster-Medley?
My question for Ask BK day....what was the first book you bought and stood in line to have signed by the author?
Alyson and Susanne are just having a lark. He did not do the medley, and in fact hasn't even heard it since we recorded it. I rectified that situation last night and gave him a CD.
I honestly don't know that I remember what the first book I bought and stood in line for a signing was. Nothing major, probably a mystery of some sort.
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And yes, where in tarnation IS everyone? It's been like this the whole week (well, that's only two days, of course). We've got us a landmark to reach, don't you know.
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I'm working away from home and using Brad W's computer. I don't have much to say, but I felt a bit like a voyeur before logging in, and now that I'm logged I feel that I should be in for the count.
This may be too personal a question of the day (and a lame one), but how many HHW passwords are showbiz-based. (Mine is.)
I didn't think I was such a big Phyllis Diller fan until I saw her perform at a benefit about three years ago. She was hilarious, and what a trouper! She made it a point to work Toronto references into her gags. The benefit was at the respectable but nothing-special Constellation Hotel on the Airport Strip. Phyllis Diller was booked overnight at the posher Four Seasons - but she told the promoter that she wanted to stay at the Constellation - where everyone else on the program (dancers, backup people) was booked.
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Love French Onion Soup!
Had many, many roaches in an old apartment building I lived in on Summer Street. It was built in the 1920s and had roaches galore. The sprayed for them frequently but they never died!
My first book signing, I think, was Gloria Stuart's book. She was adorable and very funny!
All or my passwords are show biz related I think! At least in a way.
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I would love to meet Phyllis Diller! I always have liked her!
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Peggy McKay and Gary Conway were on 77 Sunset Strip last night. Just thought I would share!
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I am a frenzy of posting as I am bored and sleepy and wish to be anywhere but where I am..which is at work!
It is just too nice of a day out!
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My favorite Phyllis Diller line is the one that boils down to its essence what it takes for a marriage to be successful:
Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight!
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Gary Conway was a hottie in his day!
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I know the Library of the Performing Arts only allows those with proper credentials to view the tapes in their videotape collection archives, but can any Joe Schmoe off the street use the library to do research or recreational reading? I ask because I've never been in this facility, and if it's open to the public would love to wander around in there this summer when I come to NYC for a visit.
Yes.
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Good Afternoon!
-I've always wondered about the word "enigma"... Is it not an anagram of "imagine". Hmmm...
*Modify: Ummm... Never mind... Maybe an anagram of "i enigma"... Ah, well.. close but no cigar.
I did not intend to wuss out last night, but, alas, I did. However, even though I actually made it to bed before 4:00am last night, I still didn't drag myself out of bed until right before Noon. And now I have to rush... Well, I have to get ready for... Um... Well... *I'm still getting used to this whole between gigs/vacation/much needed rest thingy.
Question for Ask BK:
Do you like halvah? If so, do you prefer plain, vanilla, chocolate, marble, pistachio, chocolate-covered, etc.?
Do you like Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda?
(Yes, I had dinner at the deli last night.)
-I'll try to come up with a non-food related question as the day goes on...
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Early in my days of computer passwords I had one that I used for everything and it was theatre-based but now I use the preferred mix of numbers and letters (or letters and numbers or number, letter, letter, number, letter, etc. etc. etc.).
I don't remember the very first book I purchased for which I desired an accompanying autograph, but I do remember here in NYC when A Different Light Bookstore still existed on 19th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue after they moved uptown from Hudson Street in the Village). I bought Greg Louganis' autobiography and waited with the hundreds of people winding down the block and around the corner for him to sign the book. It was a cold winter evening but it was a nice experience.
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I've never been to a book signing, but I have had several things signed in person. I've also bought things on-line and was able to have them signed.
And only one of my passwords is theater related. Otherwise, I try to make random patterns on the keyboard so that I don't usually remember what letters/numbers I used, just the pattern.
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When I first read the word "enigma" in today's notes, I wasn't paying attention and didn't actually read it correctly. I didn't see the letter "g." It gives a whole new (although misspelled) meaning to the topic of the day!
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I don't remember the very first book I purchased for which I desired an accompanying autograph, but I do remember here in NYC when A Different Light Bookstore still existed on 19th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue after they moved uptown from Hudson Street in the Village). I bought Greg Louganis' autobiography and waited with the hundreds of people winding down the block and around the corner for him to sign the book. It was a cold winter evening but it was a nice experience.
I also stood in line for Mr. Louganis when he came to DC. He did two signings in the area, one downtown and one out in the burbs. I went to the one in the burbs which turned out to be a good thing since the one downtown was held at Lambda Rising and it rained for most of the day - and the line was outside. I waited at Border's, inside a mall - nice and dry - of course, it didn't rain that day. I also remember calling in "sick" to my afternoon job in order to go to the signing. And I also remember it took a LONG time to get into the store. I think I stood in line at least five if not six hours - hmm, maybe even seven. I do remember that the main part of the mall had even closed up while people were still standing in line. *Apparently, the line was much longer than expected, and there were also a lot of people who gave up standing in the rain the day before who had come to this signing. I think I got through almost all of the book while waiting.
Oh... and funny how this all comes back to me now... There were lots of "warnings" posted about not bringing any souvenirs to be signed, about how Mr. Louganis would not pose for pictures with anyone, how personalizations would not be possible, etc... However, it seemed that Mr. Louganis was not obeying Border's rules - which is also why the line was moving a bit slower than anticipated. However, once in eye-shot, it was very nice seeing him take time with everyone who came up to the table. There happened to be a lot of high school divers in line, and he was more than happy to take a few extra seconds to talk shop and to take pictures with them. Once I got up to the table, I remember thanking him for his bravery and his example.
I don't think I've waited in line for any other author... Oh, there was also Tyler Florence from the FoodTV. Otherwise, if I'm waiting for an autograph, it's at a stage door.
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And only one of my passwords is theater related. Otherwise, I try to make random patterns on the keyboard so that I don't usually remember what letters/numbers I used, just the pattern.
This sounds so confusing.
How do you remember the pattern?
Can you give me an example of the kind of pattern you mean (without giving away one of your actual passwords)?
Sounds very elaborate!
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Sort of a gay Jewish leprechaun, which I say with only the most positive of intent.
The world needs more of them, IMHO.
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I love French Onion soup, halvah, and Cel-ray tonic. How about you?
As for book signings. If you'll allow me to plug my friend Steve Kluger's terrific new book, he'll be signing it in Los Angeles on June 23rd.
Wednesday, June 23
ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
Author Steve Kluger reads from and signs his new novel, an engrossing, often laugh-out-loud tale of two unlikely lovers, high school jock Craig McKenna and Broadway musical-obsessed Travis Puckett. 7:30. A Different Light, 8853 Santa Monica Blvd. WeHo. Info: 310-854-6601
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What is halvah?
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It's a crazy day at MTI...moving people into different office spaces and packing up others. Craziness, I tell you.
Thanks for all of the roach stories. I just wish I could get rid of the one I've got. I'd love nothing more than to kill the sonofabitch just to know that it's dead. I know they say that where there's one roach there are more roaches, and I know I can get messy sometimes, but really--this is only the second time I've ever seen one in my apartment. I hope that means it was just a stray that happened upon my room. Still, I want it dead.
I'm having a fat day today. I've been working so hard to lose weight and to tone up, but the more I look at myself in the mirror, the more I feel like I've made no progress. I know that's ridiculous, of course...my clothes fit better and others have said they've noticed a difference, but it's very frustrating because I can't notice the difference. Makes me what to chuck the whole thing and eat some Dippin' Dots and have a pizza. Followed by a Snickers bar. Chased by a 2-liter of Cherry Coke. I don't know why I'm sharing this with you all, but there you have it.
Has anyone picked up the New Broadway Cast Recording of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF?
I leave for Chicago in eight days. Huzzah!
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My question for Ask BK day....what was the first book you bought and stood in line to have signed by the author?
I believe we were in San Diego at the time, at a Log Cabin convention. One of the speakers at one of the luncheons was the author of a book about gay genetic theories. It was the first book I've ever had signed by the author, and started our tradition of having the books signed for both myself and der Brucer.
(I have resigned myself to the fact that der Brucer is not, and probably never will be, as careful about having books signed to both of us.)
As I was writing this response, the doorbell has rung. Our postperson was there, and handed me a large envelope which contained a copy of Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen, which I won at another website. And, a quick check revealed, it has been signed by the author! Pure coincidence on the timing, but wonderful all the same!
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For Ask BK Day: I am curious about the possibility of Guy Haines appearing at the Cinegrill. Would these performances be done without benefit of stage lights? Would there be a curtain involved? Or perhaps, will Mr. Haines wait until Halloween night, so that he can perform in costume?
If the lights are low enough, would Mr. Haines agree to perform a medley from Mr. Kimmel's First Nudie Musical?
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This sounds so confusing.
How do you remember the pattern?
Can you give me an example of the kind of pattern you mean (without giving away one of your actual passwords)?
Sounds very elaborate!
Actually, it's not very elaborate, at all. This isn't an actual password that I've used, but type out "qazsedc" and that's the sort of thing that I do.
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I haven't picked it up yet (part of me wants it and part of me says, HOW MANY CDs DO YOU NEED YOUNG MAN - actually I think that's Anthony saying that to me) but I was in Footlight yesterday and they were playing it. It sounds OK but not great (from what I heard) but I would still like to have it so I have a recording of the new song and the dialouge bits, etc. I may end up breaking down (what a picture) and buying it anyway.
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Oh my, I also stood in line to ask Mr Louganis to sign his book....which was not as good as I thought it would be...but it was a book!
It was his second signing of the day, and I was there with another cast member from JEFFREY and we had rehearsal that night. As it became clear that not EVERYONE would be able to meet the "author", someone came along the line and asked us all to put our name and address on a mailing label. A few weeks later, I got a bookplate signed by Mr Louganis, which I pasted inside my book.
My friend John Baughman is president of the International Phyllis Diller Fan Club - and I met her through him. She does a great show and even plays some classical type tunes on the piano. A bit fragile now, but very funny - still. She still wears her clothes by Omar of Omaha!
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My password has to do with my favorite author.
I will probably pass on the new FIDDLER CD.
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...but I do remember here in NYC when A Different Light Bookstore still existed on 19th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue after they moved uptown from Hudson Street in the Village). ...
Ah, now you're bringing back memories for me, of the original A Different Light bookstore in the Silverlake section of Los Angeles, on Sunset Boulevard. It started out as a single storefront, and then was later expanded to include the shop next door. Then they got even bigger, moving to the Santa Monica Blvd. location in West Hollywood and setting up shops in San Francisco and NYC. It wasn't the same, somehow, as the original store had this very friendly "it belongs to us" feel to it; the later stores felt more like "you belong to us, so give us your money."
*Sigh*
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D-i-T I had no idea that Steve Kluger was a friend of yours. I have been reading about the book on Insight Out Book Club. I tried to get a copy from the local library, but they currently have no copies available. Didn’t he write that play about the Titanic, THE PILOTS OF THE PURPLE SUNSET, or something like that?
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I also stood in line for Mr. Louganis when he came to DC.
Ages ago I was asked to do the TV-movie adaptation of his book. Unfortunately, at the time I was doing another project (maybe two?) for the same network, so they wouldn't allow the producers to hire me for fear I'd be overloaded. I still regret that - I think it would have been fascinating.
As for standing on line for signings, haven't done that too often. Can't remember the first time. Two occasions I recall are standing on line for Gloria Steinem so that I could get her to sign one of her books for my then very young daughter - for future reference.
The only other time that's memorable was Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. Kanin was actually the one officially signing. But Gordon was also there. I asked her to sign his book (a faux pas, to be sure) and he said that there was no reason for her to sign his book. Absolutely true. So I grabbed one of her books from the shelves and she signed that. Then we all kissed and made up an had a nice chat. (Well, we didn't actually kiss, but did have a good chat about writing.)
Oh - a third one just came to mind. Backstage after a concert in Toronto. Lined up for Yehudi Menuhin who signed "Conversations with Menuhin" for me. That was a thrill.
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Ah, [size=20]Cockroaches![/size]
Not too long after the Glendale office I worked in for so long opened, California had one of it's earthquakes. When everyone returned to work later in the week, a screaming came from the ladie's rest room. It seems that the McDonald's downstairs on the first floor had been hosting a number of the friendly specimens, who had been upset by the shaking and fled to other parts of the building. It fell to me to enter the restroom, capture the bug (a good two-and-a-half incher) and get rid of him.
Which I did by taking him down to the ground level, and throwing him into the street. He flagged down a car, got in, and rode away.
Well, that last I made up. ;D
Remember this, however:
[size=20]He came to us from McDonald's!
Gives new meaning to Supersize Me, don't it![/size]
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PAGE THREE!
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I'm having a fat day today. I've been working so hard to lose weight and to tone up, but the more I look at myself in the mirror, the more I feel like I've made no progress. I know that's ridiculous, of course...my clothes fit better and others have said they've noticed a difference, but it's very frustrating because I can't notice the difference. Makes me what to chuck the whole thing and eat some Dippin' Dots and have a pizza. Followed by a Snickers bar. Chased by a 2-liter of Cherry Coke. I don't know why I'm sharing this with you all, but there you have it.
I totally understand, Jason! I've been hitting the gym faithfully..well...almost faithfully...for over a month, and I'm just not seeing anything change. Maybe I'm impatient, but I want my buns and abs of steel, dammit! :)
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ROACH WARNING FOR THE SQUEAMISH!
Before we became penniless immigrants, we lived quite well in Hungary. We had a maid for a long time who was wonderful, and then my mother made the mistake of introducing her to some man who was visiting from America. They had the nerve to fall in love, get married and go back to the States. After that we had a series of less successful employees. There was one who had an incredible phobia of bugs. She was very dour and humorless and I couldn't stand her. One day when my cousin Eva was over for lunch and the grown-ups were not home, Eva and I started into a very descriptive conversation about various bugs we had seen in our brief lives. The maid kept telling us to stop, but we gleefully kept going. Finally she came over to get me. I made a run for it between her legs, the only route of escape, as she was blocking the way. But she closed her legs, trapping me between them, and whacked me on the bum.
She was fired that very day. Luckily, you can't fire your child.
Now to writing for money.
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I have lots of signed books, but most I have picked up elsewhere...not at signings. Those that are signed personally to me, I usually have some connection to the author that I either get them signed before or after or just hanging around with him at the event, so I'm usually not standing around in line.
One of the few times I remember standing in line was when Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix), then in his nineties, was at the Ray Court Hollywood Collectors Show. I stood in line for him to sign his bio, PLEASE DON'T CALL ME TARZAN (and it was one of the longest lines ever there). He signed to me both as Herman Brix and Bruce Bennett, the author of the bio...Mike Chapman inscribed it as well...and Danton Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs' grandson who wrote the forward and is an acquaintance, also inscribed it...so it's triple signed.
Usually when I'm with Harlan Ellison, I'll get him to sign another one of his books to me...I don't like inundate him, but I've got a fair bunch of great inscriptions from him to me on his books.
But most of the guys I collect are dead guys...but I've got signed Sabatinis, Talbot Mundys, Burroughs, P.C. Wren (wrote Beau Geste), Etc. Sabatini has the most interesting signature...teeney-tiny. The man must have had no ego at all.
I'd like to meet William Goldman someday and have him signed my near-mint PRINCESS BRIDE and also TEMPLE OF GOLD.
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I have never waited on line to have a book signed. However, I did once wait to have my SWEENEY TODD 33-1/3 double LP signed by Miss Lansbury and Mr. Cariou. It was, as I recall, at the old Korvette's on 34th Street. Hmmmm.....but I vaguely recall being more midtown.....maybe 5th Avenue. Was there a Korvette's on 5th? Maybe in the mid-40s? (That's street numbers, not a decade......)
The only book I ever had signed was my original (paperback) version of SONDHEIM & CO., signed by none other than Mr. Kimmel's close personal friend, Stephen Sondheim. It was on that day that one Morton Gottlieb started making goo-goo eyes at me, and didn't stop for several years, every time I ran into him......but that's another story. (Ha! a Sondheim reference in a paragraph that is actually about Sondheim!)
My BK question of the day:
I was listening to LOST IN BOSTON II in the car this morning. I remembered that there was a cut song from APPLAUSE on it, and when I got to "I'm Lost," I thought: "This must be it.....must have been replaced my the much reviled "Hurry Back." Once I pulled into my space, and put the car in park (no laughing, DB Jay), I checked the liner notes to find that it was actually cut from THE APPLE TREE. The lyrics and even the key in which it is sung makes it sound ever-so-suitable for Miss Persky in that spot in APPLAUSE. (It even sounds a bit like Charles Strouse singing....) Do you agree? Wouldn't it have made a fine replacement for the maligned "Hurry Back?"
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OK! OK!...
I'm logging off... Now...
Well... Now...
-Time to get some cleaning done - well, it's more like organizing than cleaning actually. There's no dirt involved. I just need to put some clothes away, rearrange part of my closet, put some groceries away in the cupboard, etc. Oh, I do have to vacuum a little, so I guess that's the cleaning...
OK! OK! I'm going now...
Well...
NOW!!!
Laters...
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Oy. I went over last night and brought my sis and her hubby dinner (leftover ribs). Anyhow, as I'm leaving my sis hands me a bag of cds (that were mine). I had wondered where some of those cds had gone. Most of them I didn't miss. But I was happy to see that she had my copy of The Last Five Years.
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DR Jason: Hey I guess you didn't see my question a day or two ago about the show WB Superstar. I wanted to know how the winner reacted after finding out the truth.
For DRs Jason and Ann: Re: working out.
I have not been good lately. Usually I bike everyday. But I've been feeling a bit under the weather still. And I don't feel like overexerting myself.
Instead I've been eating ice cream! :)
Well I just have to finish the container I have. It's called Coffee Crisp ice cream. And it's so good.
I need to start exercising again everyday.
(sorry I can't motivate you guys right now - but keep it up - i'm sure you'll notice a difference, even if it's only a gradual one).
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TCB - Yes, that's Steve (Titanic) Kluger. Here's his bio from his new book. (Check later today for an e-mail.)
Steve Kluger is a novelist and playwright who grew up during the Sixties with only two heroes: Tom Seaver and Ethel Merman. Few were able to grasp the concept. A veteran of Casablanca and a graduate of the Graduate, he has written extensively on subjects as far-ranging as World War II, rock 'n roll, and the Titanic, and as close to the heart as baseball and the Boston Red Sox (which frequently have nothing to do with one another).
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Tonight is reality tv night for me!
Starts at 7:30pm - Episode one of Simple Life 2 (I believe you guys get it at 8pm or 8:30pm on fox).
Then I have Canadian Idol. Another episode of Simple Life 2. And then the Newlyweds (we don't get MTV here, so season two is only starting tonight).
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Good Eats, Roach-style
Set out dishes containing equal parts of granulated sugar and Borax. Roaches are attracted to sugar, and the boric acid in Borax is deadly to roaches.
(Boric acid and Borax are toxic and should not be accessible to parrots and other pets.)
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I don't remember I'm Lost well enough - I'll have to give it a listen.
Mr. Haines might be coerced into doing a BK Greatest Hits medley, which I used to do when I was doing my very own nightclub show regularly all throughout the eighties and early nineties at The Gardenia. I do think this Cinegrill evening will happen, maybe even as soon as August or September. We'd have some grand guests, is what I'm thinking.
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...Steve Kluger is ...A veteran of Casablanca...
The film, or Ted?
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How can Guy Haines have a nightclub act if nobody is supposed to know what he looks like?
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Good Eats, Roach-style
Set out dishes containing equal parts of granulated sugar and Borax. Roaches are attracted to sugar, and the boric acid in Borax is deadly to roaches.
(Boric acid and Borax are toxic and should not be accessible to parrots and other pets.)
EWWWW!
Which reminds me, so I can remind DR Jose: New Good Eats episode tonight on FoodNetwork, called "Hittin' the Sauce." (http://www.foodtv.com/food/show_ea/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9956_32858,00.html) Sounds yummers, as always. Followed by a re-run of the "Herbal Preservation" (http://www.foodtv.com/food/show_ea/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9956_30299,00.html) ep.
"Hittin' the Sauce" technically starts a new season for Good Eats, although when one season starts and another begins is a little hard to tell with Alton Brown's show. Coming soon, I'd guess in a couple of weeks, will be a show on oysters. He's calling it, logically enough, "Shell Game." (With his way of titleing shows, he'd fit in here at HHW just fine!)
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Since not everyone gets AOL, I wouldn't suppose most people have seen this article on Doctors who are refusing to treat lawyers. (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040615165909990001&_ccc=3)
Personally, I think the doctors have a better point, and that the lawyers had better think about the ramifications of their actions. After all, I sure wouldn't want a doctor operating on me if he was pissed of at me at the time! If the doc was a plastic surgeon, I could end up looking like Faye Dunnaway! Sheesh!
(And I don't even want to try imagining what Faye Dunnaway would look like with a beard!)
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What distinguishes a Guy Haines groupie?
....S/he wears a blindfold.
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I'm excited at the prospect of seeing (but never revealing what I saw) bk's close personal friend, Mr. G. Haines performing at the Cinegrill!
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A QUESTION FOR ASK BK DAY:
If you were to join an on-line dating service (not that anyone here would ever need to) and write a discription of yourself to attract that special someone (as if those attributes aren't self-evident, which they are), what would you include in your discription?
No "Well, I would never do such a thing" replies, please! We already know that none of us would ever need to! But, for the sake of being silly, just pretend, and give us your best on-line come-on.
:D
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Dog-loving middle-aged GWM seeks same for fun days in the kitchen, fun evenings at the theater, and fun nights...well, fun nights! A sharp wit and a curious mind are a plus. You: A combination of beard and brain. Me: Willing to push my limits with the right guy.
(fortunately, the role has already been filled. ;))
(I'd say "The position has already been filled," but DR TCB would have too many comeback lines for this to remain a family-friendly site! :o)
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I've only been to one signing in my life and that was for a recording and not a book. It was during the late 70s, and Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris and Michael O'Donoghue were signing copies of the Saturday Night Live LP at Sam Goody's in Philly. I brought my 8mm movie camera to film the event (Laraine Newman vogued for me, O'Donoghue actually waved jovially into the camera.)
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I am positive I will not be buying the new FIDDLER CD. I have enough recordings of FIDDLER and desire no more. Perhaps if the productions had been deemed extraordinary or Molina an unforgettably unique and memorable Tevye, maybe I would have been tempted, but the production doesn't have a must-see or must-have quality about it.
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I got some of the original CHORUS LINE folks to autograph their book ON THE LINE when it first came out. This happened at the Drama Book Sotre.
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DR Panni, I like the blindfold thing. I think everyone here who goes to see Guy Haines must wear a blindfold! :)
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How can Guy Haines have a nightclub act if nobody is supposed to know what he looks like?
I used to have a baby picture of Mr. Guy Haines. On the website of "the label" that BK started but which is no longer what it used to be, the very first contest they has was a "Name the performer from their baby picture." Guy Haines was one of them and I downloaded it. UNFORTUNATELY, it was on my old computer, which, as I've posted many times before (yes, I'm still in mourning), died and took everything with it. :'(
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A QUESTION FOR ASK BK DAY:
If you were to join an on-line dating service (not that anyone here would ever need to) and write a discription of yourself to attract that special someone (as if those attributes aren't self-evident, which they are), what would you include in your discription?
No "Well, I would never do such a thing" replies, please! We already know that none of us would ever need to! But, for the sake of being silly, just pretend, and give us your best on-line come-on.
:D
I'm not too proud to admit it. Go to gay.com. Go to the profiles section and look for flickpal. You can see for yourself.
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A QUESTION FOR ASK BK DAY:
If you were to join an on-line dating service (not that anyone here would ever need to) and write a discription of yourself to attract that special someone (as if those attributes aren't self-evident, which they are), what would you include in your discription?
No "Well, I would never do such a thing" replies, please! We already know that none of us would ever need to! But, for the sake of being silly, just pretend, and give us your best on-line come-on.
:D
I actually did it, at jdate, at the urging of someone. I met some nice folks - I think the description is still there, so you can see it.
Of course, I wrote a whole play, The Good One, about what preceded online dating - the personals ads in the LA Weekly (or whatever city).
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Since the name Greg Louganis has been mentioned a couple of times, I thought I would put my 2¢ in.
I totally supported Mr. Louganis coming out (not that everyone didn't know anyway), but I deplored the timing. He did so the same week his book went on sale and it seemed to me like he was coming out to sell books, turning a brave statement into a cheap stunt to sell books. Had he announced he was gay even a month or so before the book was published it would have been so much better timing. Instead it was like "well, I want to sell books so I'll wait to come out until people can buy them". This cheapened the whole thing for me and I didn't buy the book, which I probably would have otherwise.
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The first time I stood in line to get a book signed, it was at a science fiction convention, and there were two (count 'em, two!) authors signing: Robert Bloch and Samuel R. Delany, both of whom I hold in awe, and their signed books (Bloch's was a limited-edition hardcover of Psycho II, and Delany's was a first edition of Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand) are books I'll keep with me 'til the day I...well, you know.
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OOoooooohhhh! Page four!
But I don't dance. Don't ask me.
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As to on-line dating....
Michael and I are living proof that it can work. I met Michael after he answered an ad that I placed on-line. My ad went something like this.
I am a big geek. I'm into old horror and science fiction movies, musical theater, pre-1970 science fiction novels, comic books, film music, and "Star Trek"...in short, if geeks have a reputation for liking something...I probably like it too. I look like a geek, talk like a geek, and dress like a geek. If this doesn't put you off, and you actually know who Bernard Herrmann was, or if you wouldn't feel out-of-place at a "Star Trek" convention...well, answer this ad!
Actually, I got quite a few answers, and after some perfectly hideous dating experiences, I unexpectedly met Michael, who turned out to be The One. Who'd'a thunk it????
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WEL...I think Greg Louganis made an appearance at the Gay Games a few weeks/months before his book came out, but I could be wrong....I have been before.
I would just put my picture at the online dating service and an email address.... And then just wait. In fact, I am still waiting.
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Jeeze...I think I'm getting close to Godhood myself. Maybe in another week or so.
Save room in Heaven for me.
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WEL...I think Greg Louganis made an appearance at the Gay Games a few weeks/months before his book came out, but I could be wrong....I have been before.
I would just put my picture at the online dating service and an email address.... And then just wait. In fact, I am still waiting.
Yes, but if you used that current photo, the only person who replied would be Frankie Avalon.
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LOL TCB....I don't use my HHW avatar. But that might be a good idea.
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Greg Louganis actually sat two rows in front of me when I went to see LES MIZ years ago. It was while LES MIZ was still at the Broadway Theater, and Greg had three other people with him. I noticed that he was sitting and talking with a man before the curtain went up. At intermission, I did walk up to him (I'm not sure most of the people there knew who he was) and tell him how impressed I had been to see him in three different Olympics. I think he was stunned that anyone remembered he had been in three different games.
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I remember going to a few book signings in the early 1990s. The signer looked very much like me a decade ago. I don't think the line was that long - well not on my side of the table.
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Explanation please TOM
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You'll just have to do a search at HHW! I think "readers digest" might be the key words.
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LOL
I will look when I get back from rehearsal.
Off I go!
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Since the name Greg Louganis has been mentioned a couple of times, I thought I would put my 2¢ in.
I totally supported Mr. Louganis coming out (not that everyone didn't know anyway), but I deplored the timing. He did so the same week his book went on sale and it seemed to me like he was coming out to sell books, turning a brave statement into a cheap stunt to sell books. Had he announced he was gay even a month or so before the book was published it would have been so much better timing. Instead it was like "well, I want to sell books so I'll wait to come out until people can buy them". This cheapened the whole thing for me and I didn't buy the book, which I probably would have otherwise.
Greg Louganis was already "quietly out" before his book came out. And there had been so much speculation about what his upcoming biography would be about, that his homosexuality was pretty much an open secret at the time. -At least in my little corner of the world.
As for the money angle... Well... I'm sure the publishers had something to do with that too. And aren't most "major announcements" tied together with some sort of major media blitz?
As for Mr. Louganis, if I remember correctly, the timing of his public coming out and the book were on purpose mainly so that people would be able to get all the details and "dirt" directly from him via his book rather than further speculation from so-called "reliable sources". Yes, he did a ton of interviews around that time, but there's no way all those sound bites could have covered all the information that people wanted to know, to find out. And didn't Richard Chamberlain just go through a similar situation?
In any case, just be glad that such a public figure did have the courage to come out, to set the record straight (sorry, I just couldn't avoid the pun). I'm just hoping that now more public figures will come out while their careers are at their height, while they are still active in their careers, rather than after the eyes of public have started to drift away from them.
As for my 2-cents: I lost some admiration for Greg Louganis when I learned that he smoked cigarettes. -He would take cigarette breaks at some of the signings - not the best example for young athletes.
And on a related note... Did anyone else watch the Men's Olympic Diving Trials this past weekend? When did they start Synchronized Diving? Very cool... And, actually, very sexy. ;)
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A QUESTION FOR ASK BK DAY:
If you were to join an on-line dating service (not that anyone here would ever need to) and write a discription of yourself to attract that special someone (as if those attributes aren't self-evident, which they are), what would you include in your discription?
No "Well, I would never do such a thing" replies, please! We already know that none of us would ever need to! But, for the sake of being silly, just pretend, and give us your best on-line come-on.
:D
Actually, I also placed an ad. I went to love.com (I think that now you have to be an AOL subscriber, which I wasn't at the time) and my tag line was "Chubby Seeks Chubby Chaser." I got a few responses, e-mailed a couple and spoke with and met only one. It panned out! He lived (and still lives) in Seattle (I live in Olympia) and we sent e-mails back and forth, chatted on the phone and eventually met. We pretty much dated for three and a half years (until last year) when the long-distance got to be too much for me. He has a job that takes him out of town for a week, every other week and he doesn't have a car. I had to drive up to Seattle any time that we wanted to see each other and try to find parking. About half the time, I had to pay for parking. So all of that hassle, plus the time away from each other, didn't add up to a situation conducive to a developing relationship. We've stayed friends (which is a good thing) and we still call each other and visit, just not as often as when we were "seeing" each other. That's my story. ;D
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What is halvah?
Here's a short answer: It's basically a "sweet" made from sesame seeds and sugar. It has a texture similar to the filling you find in a Butterfinger candy bar or a Zagnut, Clark, etc., only finer.
I first came across at it a small breakfast gathering that some theatre friends had hosted. Once I tried it, I knew I liked it, and I've liked it ever since. You can usually find it among the Jewish and Kosher foods in your supermarkets. It's sold in small bricks - almost like cheese is sold. Some stores and delis also sell it "fresh" where you order big slices off a big brick of it. It's not strictly a Jewish food, more middle-Eastern I believe.
Joyva is the most common brand you can find. And if you go to their vendor website, you can get a more accurate description of exactly what halvah is - as well as order some if you'd like.
www.halvah.biz (http://www.halvah.biz)
AH! According to the site, halvah is of Turkish origin.
-I'll stop now before I share any more possible mis-information... However, there is also Indian halwah which is a concoction of grated carrots, almonds and honey - usually served warm. And it's very tasty too!
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BK: Do you like halvah? Do you like Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda?
Deja-vu anyone? ;)
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Jose, Thanks for posting the halvah site.
They also offer tahini (sesame paste), which is the key ingredient of halvah. You can buy a drum of tahini - 460 pounds. Now, considering that 4 oz. of tahini is 600 calories ....
However, it's cholesterol free.
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Good Afternoon/Early Evening/Dusk!
Whew!
Well, after three hours of some major cleaning and organizing, all I can say right now is...
"Wow! I have a LOT of sh*t, crap, junk, memorabilia, souvenirs, books, CDs, etc..."
There were more than a few moments in the past three hours where I would just stand in the middle of room in awe of just how much stuff I have accumulated over the past couple of years - even over the past year alone! I started feeling a little like Charlie Brown: "This has been a most discouraging day."
So, for now, I'm mainly organizing the mess, and after today I really do have to just take it one box at a time. Sort, purge, sell, give away, E-bay, etc. And if I do one box a day, I should be done by the end of July. (Ugh!) Thankfully, some of the boxes are small, so I can take care of two in a day, but I also have three big boxes, so... Ah, well...
"So, Jose, what did you this summer?" "Well, let me tell you..."
Even while shuffling the stuff I did today, I came across a few items I thought I had lost, items I didn't even know I had, and, of course, those dreaded duplicate items. Oh, and a lot of plain old junk.
"I'm not a collector, I just don't throw anything away."
Oh, and the dust bunnies! The Dust Bunnies!!
So, I'm taking a little break now just to clear my head - and to take a break from breathing in all the dust I've been stirring up. Watching the news, and I'm gonna head out for a little walk in a bit too and get some dinner.
BUT I did empty a few bags, and even a box or two. And I even consolidated some crates.
OK - I can feel my blood sugar starting to get low... Suppertime!
Laters...
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BK: Do you like halvah? Do you like Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda?
Deja-vu anyone? ;)
Love halvah, but try not to eat it, as it's one of the highest calorie and fat gram food items ever. Don't like Cel-Ray, but love Dr. Brown's Creme Soda
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Only two hundred sixty-something posts until 50,000 posts. Might just happen by Friday. I wonder if my new record of 5,000 posts will coincide?
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Big Numbahz!
Is there a prize?
:D
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There will be a big partay, that much I can tell you.
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What is this, siesta time? Boy, it really falls off when folks like elmore and Jane are away and unable to post. Still, what posts there are are the chercest on all the Internet.
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For some reason when I clicked on new to catch up on last nights post I went directly to the last page. ??? So I just read them in reverse. Hope I didn’t miss anything. Now to read today’s posts.
Darryl Hickman was one of my father’s patients.
Bruce, since I won’t be here to read your news, please email me.
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Bruce I’m leaving Friday morning.
Today was not a good day. This morning I had an early dentist appointment, so instead of taking Echo hiking with her friends in the mountains Keith walked her here. He went extra early before it got to hot to go and unfortunately went at the same time as a neighbor. Their dog attacked Echo. We treated her wounds on her ear and thought she was okay. This afternoon we found what looked like a puncture wound on her side. I just returned from the vet. It turned out to be a cyst that somehow, with or without help, burst during the commotion. It was flushed out and our pet sitter will watch her closely for any infections. We have an antibiotic on standby and Neosporin for the wounds.
Keith and Echo were rather shaken up from this, and worse any stress speeds up the progress on Echo’s condition. (If you don’t know what I’m referring to, please read my June 12, 7:02PM post).
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Jason and Matt H. I’m really sorry you have roaches-that is worse than ticks.
Panni, loved the bug story.
Must go feed us all now. I will return later.
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Jane - I'm so sorry to hear about Echo!
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My question is this:
When you record an instrumental album like the Ennio Morriconne album do you mike each instrument separatly in case a musician (god forbid) hits a bad note and therefore can just go back and do an insert with that musician instead of recording the whole orchestra again?
Aside: On the Fistful of Leone track on th same album. What makes or who makes the "wow wow" sounds when it comes to the Good, The Bad and the Ugly theme?
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Love halvah, but try not to eat it, as it's one of the highest calorie and fat gram food items ever.
So?
And your point would be?
This is a problem?
:P
;D
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I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Phyllis Diller twice in a working situation. She was in Montreal working on show. During a break the director asked her for a joke. She replied with>
WARNING ADULT HUMOR FOLLOWS>>>>>>
What is black and hairy and sits on a wall?
WARNING WARNING ADULT ANSWER
Humpty c**t
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Good Evening!
Well, I'm back from my walk if you - as if you couldn't tell...
Boy is it humid outside here in Richmond, VA! It's actually raining now - thankfully, I had my umbrella with me. But it was a good walk, and I picked up some vegetable soup and fried crab sticks for dinner from the Chinese take-out place up the street.
I was flipping channels... well, it doesn't look like I've missed much quality programming this past season - at least according the reruns currently on. However, I did stop at PBS, and they're showing a program called "The Forgetting". It's about Alzheimer's disease. A very moving documentary.
DR Jane - Sorry to hear about Echo. Many good vibes to you, Keith and Echo.
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Bruce: Can you tell us more about the Jason's show? Like the song line up?
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There is another solution to the cockroaches, and it doesn't involve pesticides, poisons, or bug traps.
Go to a pet store, get a yourself praying mantis, and release it in your domicile. Yeah, it's a big bug, but they're less unsightly than the cockroaches upon which they feed.
I've got a buddy down in Washington DC that swears this works wonders. And when I lived there, I tried it for a while, and it seemed to work just fine. Of course, you have to replace the mantis every year or so...
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You gotta have EE-OOO.
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And many good vibes to DR Jane, Keith and Echo.
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A QUESTION FOR ASK BK DAY:
If you were to join an on-line dating service (not that anyone here would ever need to) and write a discription of yourself to attract that special someone (as if those attributes aren't self-evident, which they are), what would you include in your discription?
No "Well, I would never do such a thing" replies, please! We already know that none of us would ever need to! But, for the sake of being silly, just pretend, and give us your best on-line come-on.
:D
Alright, this is what i have on one dating service:
Call me. Don't be afraid you can call me. Call me and I'll be around.
Professional writer. Professional food service. Semi-professional theater guy. Semi-professional singer.
On another site:
i'll serenade you, if you'll serenade me. . .
Looking For: Men for friendship, erotic chat/email/e-sex, a "discreet" relationship, 1-on-1 sex, travel partner or a serious relationship
Ideal Person: warm and tender. someone whom everyone is happy to be around. someone whose glow i can bask in.
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I was flipping channels... well, it doesn't look like I've missed much quality programming this past season - at least according the reruns currently on. However, I did stop at PBS, and they're showing a program called "The Forgetting". It's about Alzheimer's disease. A very moving documentary.
I got my Emmy ballots the other day. Made me realize I haven't watched much TV since moving back to LA. There are hundreds of programs listed in the writing and general program categories. So do I just consider the few I've seen or do I not vote at all? It's an ethical problem. "The Forgetting" is one of the docus I could vote for, for example. But I haven't seen it. (Of course, that's why I was sent all those tapes and DVDs. But even if I watched a select few, that's still not fair to the ones I haven't seen.)
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Minx is sending her vibes to dear sweet Echo; I'm sending mine as well.
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I don’t care for the packaged Halvah, preferring a fresh slice at the deli. Nowadays it is difficult to find it without nuts. Oh, I just like the marbled style.
Jennifer, I wasn’t sure if you were teasing with that question. As far as I know it is sold in every Jewish deli. Is that different in Canada?
Thank you Panni & Jose.
Robin we will take all the good vibes we can get. We are hoping she doesn’t get any worse while we are away. And then there is Bogie who mustn’t get a urinary infection while we are gone. Thank goodness our pet sitter is a vet tech!
I’m enjoying all “for real” on-line dating service blurbs.
Panni, can you just do a bit of research and then watch a few you feel shouldn’t be missed and then vote. You do have a dilemma, I would probably vote for something I thought was great, but don’t know about the others.
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Spoo! I forgot to add that the photo accompaning my online blurbs is very sedate. . .moi lounging, looking like "The Man in the Moon," but not a lady. . .
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Thank you Minx and td.
At the moment I’m a bit drained emotionally so I’m going to vent, then get over it. For the last year I have had the good fortune to take a few nice vacations, except every trip was surrounded by stress, people or pet illness and deaths. We would have cancelled every single trip is they hadn’t been pre-paid and booked with friends. This trip was supposed to be special, the most important of all and no one was to be sick!!!
Okay, vent over. Thank you for letting me get that out of my system. Sometimes I need to pout and vent before I move on. Now I’m going to pack and think of the good time I will have with my sons.
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I forgot to mention the mean dog that bit Echo’s ear is a boxer named Tyson.
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As for ONLINE DATING - Yes, I too have done the online dating thing. It's funny that the question was stated with "of course none of us would"...and so many of us have. I sit alone and write most of the time, and meeting new, interesting people through the "normal" channels is not easy. In fact it's almost impossible. So when I ended my last relationship after 5 years, I decided to try this way of connecting. It worked out fine, I think.
I don't remember what I said. I have it stored somewhere. If I come across it, I'll reprint some here. If I were composing it now, I'd say maybe..."Intelligent, attractive, accomplished woman in the arts, lots of love in her heart, looking for partner in life. Not a matter of need, but of choice. Laughter is funnier, sadness more bearable, accolades more meaningful, chocolate yummier, when it's two instead of one. I'd rather be alone than with the wrong person. But I'd like to find the right person."... Something like that.
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Oh DR Jane, I'm so sorry about Echo. Good pet vibes ~~~~~~~~~
I hope you will still be able to have a wonderful trip. And at least know that you are leaving your pets in good hands. It's okay to be stressed. But you need to be able to spend time with your children too. I'm sure everything will turn out fine.
And re: the halvah, no I wasn't kidding. I don't know, maybe we call it something else here. But I'm not familiar with the name.
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Jane,
I forget who said this, but it went something like this: Go pack, and think of the good time you will have with your sons.
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I'm just beginning to plan my first vacation in three years. . .
August 6, 7 and 8th, I will be in New York City.
So far, I'm seeing WICKED (Front Mezz, Row D) on my birthday, then Saturday night seeing Mr. Jackman in his little extravaganza.
I do hope that certain DRs will be out and about that weekend for dinner at Joe Allen's. . .drinks at McQuarry's. . .The Fringe Festival . . .and whatnot. . .
I don't want to have to vent about my vacation.
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I forgot to mention the mean dog that bit Echo’s ear is a boxer named Tyson.
Now, that's funny! Sad, but funny.
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I forgot to mention the mean dog that bit Echo’s ear is a boxer named Tyson.
Okay I know it's not a good time to laugh. But that is pretty funny.
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I forgot to mention the mean dog that bit Echo's ear is a boxer named Tyson.
No way!
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Vent away, Jane. Life has a way of throwing these nasty curves. There's not much we can do, but carry on. As you seem to be doing beautifully.
BTW - Did you get my PM with the address in Hungary?
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DR Jane,
Archie is lying here farting. I think that's his version of good vibes for Echo.
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And re: the halvah, no I wasn't kidding. I don't know, maybe we call it something else here. But I'm not familiar with the name.
Up until very recently I was getting Halvah mixed up with Baclava in my addled brain. I find baclava too sweet and it makes my teeth hurt. So whenever I was asked about halvah, I'd say no thanks, for those reasons. Then a few months ago I actually saw a piece and tasted it and realized I LIKED it. A second cousin of marzipan. Yummy.
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Dan in TO - Did you get my email? I no longer trust Canadian-US email service.
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Yes I did, Panni in LA.
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Jennifer, do you pronounce it hal-av-a or hal-e-va?
Dan-in-Tornonto , LOL and again LOL
Jennifer and all, it is funny. When I first met the dog, when he still liked Echo, I said, “cute name but I wouldn’t want to name a dog after that guy”. Little did I know…
Panni, I didn’t receive the email. ???
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Panni, I didn’t receive the email. ???
I sent a PM, Jane. Do you want to PM me your email address and I'll send it directly?
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A big hello to my fav touchdown
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Well I am off to bed and taking Penny Orloff's Jewish Thighs on Broadway with me.
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The Novel that is. I think Penny is still in NYC?
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Panni, I received email. :) Please excuse me if I don't respond until tomorrow.
Penny is home in Washington as far as I know.
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I know Jennifer is a fan of some reality TV, and of course I was a big AMERICAN IDOL watcher, but this glut of reality television shows is really kind of depressing. Where once one could catch up with shows in reruns over the summer, now reruns are banished for all but a handful of shows and we're given an overabundance of copycat scenarios that really don't capture my fancy at all.
I had to wait until 10 oclock to watch anything on a network (LAW & ORDER). Fortunately, I had MONK on DVD and THE DAMNED to keep my company.
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Break time from packing. I had planned to finish today, but life is always full of surprises.
Goodnight.
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Alright, this is what i have on one dating service:
Call me. Don't be afraid you can call me. Call me and I'll be around.
Professional writer. Professional food service. Semi-professional theater guy. Semi-professional singer.
On another site:
i'll serenade you, if you'll serenade me. . .
Looking For: Men for friendship, erotic chat/email/e-sex, a "discreet" relationship, 1-on-1 sex, travel partner or a serious relationship
Ideal Person: warm and tender. someone whom everyone is happy to be around. someone whose glow i can bask in.
OOOHH!!! If I had known that was you, td!!!!
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I forgot to mention the mean dog that bit Echo’s ear is a boxer named Tyson.
Then I guess we should be grateful that he didn't rape Echo, too!
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DR Jane,
Archie is lying here farting. I think that's his version of good vibes for Echo.
Ahhh.................., isn't Archie your partner's name?
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I got my Emmy ballots the other day. ...So do I just consider the few I've seen or do I not vote at all? It's an ethical problem....(Of course, that's why I was sent all those tapes and DVDs. But even if I watched a select few, that's still not fair to the ones I haven't seen.)
Panni, you're a writer. You know that if a show isn't working right in the first few minutes, it's audience is going to turn the show off, and it usually isn't going to get better. And part of any documentary is the presentation of it's subject matter, from the git-go. I'd suggest watching the first few minutes of each, to determine whether or not it's worth your time to continue.
Try not to be jaded, of course, but you know what works and what doesn't, or you wouldn't be the professional that you are.
Just try to stack the rejects neatly, instead of throwing them in a pile. They take up less room that way. 8)
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Spoo! I forgot to add that the photo accompaning my online blurbs is very sedate. . .moi lounging, looking like "The Man in the Moon," but not a lady. . .
I want to know more about that bugle you've got in your hands!
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A big hello to my fav touchdown
hello, gorgeous!
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OOOHH!!! If I had known that was you, td!!!!
Well. . .why DIDN'T you? ? ? ? ?
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I want to know more about that bugle you've got in your hands!
THAT isn't a bugle. . . . .
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Interesting weather heare in Rehoboth Beach today. I'd leave an air-conditioned area, like the store or the car, and the moment I'd step outside my glasses would fog up from the humidity. I've never had that happen before!
There's something inside me that still finds having actual weather fun, even when the weather isn't "perfect." That may change when I face my first hurricane...or not.
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THAT isn't a bugle. . . . .
Slide trombone?
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Slide trombone?
. . .getting warmer.
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Tell that broad to get her ass on that moon!
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I have met a few people through online services. Nothing ever became permanent or even semi-so. Only saw one of them more than once.
Not sure how I feel about it yet. It is still a bit new to me.
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Time for bed.
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G'night Annette!
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Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and with an intact rep as a wussburger.
Night!
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I'm writing dialogue in a script for someone who is a furniture design consultant - about which I know zip. So I have all these design books and House Beautiful magazines lying around. Sort of interesting, I suppose...
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Tom - I'm curious - What book signing were you referring to? Have you written a book/books?
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My question is this:
When you record an instrumental album like the Ennio Morriconne album do you mike each instrument separatly in case a musician (god forbid) hits a bad note and therefore can just go back and do an insert with that musician instead of recording the whole orchestra again?
Aside: On the Fistful of Leone track on th same album. What makes or who makes the "wow wow" sounds when it comes to the Good, The Bad and the Ugly theme?
I think the wow sound is an electric guitar, but I'd have to listen to it again. We do mic all the instruments separately and get as much separtion in the room as we can - sometimes you can punch in the reed section or the brass without having to redo everything, but sometimes there's too much "bleed" in the mics. We have a lot of control, though.
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I'm back, and to prove it, I'm here. Spent the evening doing something I guess I'll be doing pretty regularly from now on - directing a play (although, I suppose, the rights could fall through - they've been applied for but for some ridiculous reason Jason might be able to shed light on, it takes three weeks to approve). Tammy Minoff came to me with this play and asked me to direct it, and I read it and said yes. We've now done two read-throughs with the cast, Tammy and two young men, and it's quite an interesting piece. I should be able to tell you the theater info by Friday (just waiting for the final okay - it's a very nice space I've been to several times). If everything works out, we'll preview at the end of July and open the first week of August for four to six weeks, depending on the traffic.
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Question: Why do the Tony people still keep popping up at the top of the site home page? They creep me out and the Tony Awards are OVER.
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Speaking of Tony, here is a photo of the beautiful Rachel, daughter of Anna, from luncheon at the Daily Grill.
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That was funny! I was at another part of the site and came back to the posts, but turned away to say something to Rachel who was behind me. When I turned to face the screen, there she was -- and I SCREAMED. It scared me, man.
Now that I'm over the fright -- she does look very pretty (although she disagrees). Thank you for posting it, bk.
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This morning I went on a walk on Hollywood Boulevard, and this is what I saw:
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And here's something else I saw on Hollywood Boulevard:
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Great photographs DR Laura. I assume you tell fortunes as well.
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Great pictures!
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Good wishes to everyone over at chez Dear Reader Jane. Good health vibes to Echo and Bogie and bon voyage to Jane and Keith. I hope your travels are fun and exciting and your visit with your progeny all you want it to be.
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First of all I must start with my apologies. I have been lazy and have not been to the board for a few days. We have had jam packed rehearsals for Seussical, and I have been attempting to clean house and couldn't bring myself to sit down and read and post on the board. I'm terrible I know. I beg everyone's forgiveness and will try to be better about keeping up with the board.
I won't start anything other than thi for now, I will be up for awhile so I will get back into the groove with tomorrow lovely postings. (P.S. How close are we to the 50, 000 mark?)
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Let's put it this way: If we were to have a fairly good day tomorrow we might just reach it by end of evening. And then, watch out! Friday will be a major bash around these here parts.
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Welcome ten GUESTS. Do you realize that if every guest posted twenty posts, we'd reach our new plateau by morning?
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I hope Seussical goes well Joey. It did not seem to find its audience in New York. We loved it and the deightful Cathy Rigby had "Star Quality". The Cat is just so important in bringing the audience "in" to the action and story.
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Forgot to ask - how is the "tapping " going?
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It was Last Remaining Seats night tonight here, Dear Readers. Unusually, the screening was not at one of the movie palaces on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles but rather at the beautifully restored Alex Theatre in Glendale.
The feature film was Gold Diggers of 1935. I haven't seen a Busby Berkeley film in eons, and I was reminded tonight of just how spectacular the musical numbers in these films are. I was also reminded of how, during the non-musical scenes, I keep wishing those talky people on the screen would hurry up so we can get to the next musical number. This picture climaxes with an over the top production on "Lullaby of Broadway."
It was a varied program tonight leading into Gold Diggers.
First up was a 1933 Betty Boop short, Snow-White, clearly made before Walt and Company got a lock on the character.
Then there was a fashion show featuring glamorous women's costumes from films made in the 'thirties as well as a few that were set in the 'thirties.
Then, Miss Gloria Stuart (who plays one of the leads in Gold Diggers of 1935) made a personal appearance and was interviewed by somebody named Rudy Behlmer. Miss Stuart remains sharp and witty and charming. Best nugget from the chat: When asked what it was like to work with Busby Berkeley, Miss Stuart, who does not appear in any of the big musical numbers in the film, revealed that she never met him. While BB was busy directing those musical extravaganzas, someone with the title of "Dialogue Director" was the one who ran the "book" scenes in the movie.
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DR Jay, I'm sorry we didn't run into you last night. I have become accustomed to seeing you when I go to LA lately.
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Well on the tapping front we learned what he wants us to do at the end. It is VERY intensive. Especially since I have never tapped. I was able to follow along and remember for the most part what we are supposed to do, but I just couldn't get it at the speed he was teaching it. (He was just giving an overview because he has to leave town for a week. We have people who know tap well in the cast who are going to lead the rest of us.) Not everyone is going to end up doing it I think because it is so intensive, but I really want to learn it and do it. I am not a dancer by any means (Darn my parents for taking me out of dance when I was 5) :) I did better than I expected tonight, but I am going an hour early to work on it with some of the good tappers in the cast to try to get it down. Our Cat is very good, but they changed the book and libretto for the tour. It worked better so that is what MTI uses. There is no Day for the Cat in the Hat anymore, and there are some other changes too, but now I am rambling.
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Joey, I don't remember ..... what part are you playing in Seussical?
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Well I am an ensemble member in the show. I muffed up my audition but thems the breaks. I was happy to be cast at all as I haven't done any theatre in over a year. Anyway I am a Who, a cadet, a hunter, and a hunch. :-) It has been a lot of fun, but the rehearsals seem to be not very well organized. I have no worries because the talent in the cast is phenomenal. Seussical is a very ensemble dominant show, so I never really get much of a break off stage.
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I fear I shall be errant and truant for the next few days, Dear Readers. I realize such behavior makes me deserving of a major bitch slapping, but the fact is I shall be out of town and will not have internet access.
I will miss being present for the achievement of 50,000 posts on the new site. I will be absent, too, for Dear BK's crossing of the 5000 personal posts milestone. Worse, I'll be MIA for the big partay celebrating these astounding events.
So (this a little premature, I know) congratulations to Dear BK for making this site possible, and to Dear BK again and all the wonderful Dear Readers who make this a very special place. Thanks to www.haineshisway.com, I've learned a lot about a great many things, and made the acquaintance of oodles of interesting, witty, smart and talented people, many of whom I've had the opportunity to meet in person.
Again, thanks everyone, and congratulations. I will check in upon my return next week.
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DR Jay, I'm sorry we didn't run into you last night. I have become accustomed to seeing you when I go to LA lately.
Sorry to have missed you, too. I was otherwise committed last night, else I would have joined you.
Would have loved to have joined you and Dear Reader Sandra on Hollywood Boulevard today. Now I have to go hunting for Jason's and Jose's stars!
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Have a good trip, wherever you are going, DR Jay. We will miss you.
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If Guy Haines appears at the Cinegrill, DR Jay, we will simply HAVE to go together to see him!!
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DR Joey, I am very glad you have joined our little site, soon to be the most popular site on the internet. I really like having young folk post.
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Rudy Behlmer is a long-time film historian and can be heard on many DVD commentary tracks. He's also a pal of our very own dear reader Pogue.