Topic: NOTES ACCOMPANIED BY AUTOHARP (Read 27973 times)

bk · « **on:** October 09, 2012, 12:49:48 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you've strummed the autoharp whilst reading the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently making beautiful MOOsic on the autoharp.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2012, 12:50:32 AM »

And the word of the day is: CATACHRESIS!

Ben · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:42:08 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

Michael · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:46:18 AM »

good morning to all

Ben · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:50:37 AM »

Here are some pictures from DC.

As part of our stay at the Mayflower our friend arranged to have champagne, strawberries and chocolate dipping sauce delivered to the room. Here I am posing with the goodies

Ben · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:51:22 AM »

Here I am on the DC Metro going up a VERY long escalator

Ben · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:52:08 AM »

We went to the Lincoln Memorial and here I am standing in front of the amazing statue

Ben · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:55:45 AM »

We did a lot of Lincoln viewing. The next day we went to

Lincoln's Cottage

During his presidency he went there during the summer months. Washington in the summer can be horribly hot and humid and this house, just 3 miles from the White House was considered a retreat. It was similar to what Camp David is now. They have a statue of "Old Bob" which is Lincoln's horse and Lincoln and this is me in between the two.

Ben · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:56:11 AM »

Here I am taking a much needed nap. I didn't know this picture was being taken.

Michael · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:56:56 AM »

tod

All the movie theaters, book stores, bars and nightclubs (with a couple exceptions) I went to in my formative years are all gone. Especially the cinemas that were the movie palaces that were eventually made into multiplexes, rep houses and then they simply closed and converted into other retail spaces or demolished. I miss them most of all.

Ben · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:57:01 AM »

Here I am visiting my good friend Kermit the Frog in the Smithsonian.

Michael · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2012, 03:58:36 AM »

Great photos Ben!!

Ben · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:01:45 AM »

The first Washington Monument was a Greek inspired statue, not the obelisk we know today. It's also in the Smithsonian along with Kermit and the Ruby Slippers, although the Ruby Slippers have just left for London for a six week exhibition. Here is a shot of Washington looking Greek.

Ruby Slippers in London

Ben · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:02:30 AM »

Here is a display artifact showing the Statue's first display outdoors in DC.

Ben · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:03:31 AM »

Here is a post-dinner shot outside of Bistro D'Oc. Anthony is taking the picture and these are our dinner friends.

Ben · « **Reply #15 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:04:21 AM »

And finally, here is a shot of Anthony and me in front of the Fountain in Dupont Circle. You can't see much of the Fountain but it's a nice shot anyway.

Ben · « **Reply #16 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:23:25 AM »

Thanks, Mike!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:34:52 AM »

Good morning, all! I have my eye appointment at 10 am, on 21st and Fifth Avenue. It's a schlep, so I'll leave here around 8:45. Since I'm pretty certain he will put drops in my eyes, I'll be out of focus for several hours. I'll leave the office, grab a taxi and head for Toyland, where I'll continue to work on my charts for ROBERTA. As son as I feel comfortable that my eyes are no longer dilated, I'll head home.

DR Ben, thanks for the photos! They are quite wonderful.

John G. · « **Reply #18 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:57:21 AM »

Good morning, all.

Great photos, Ben. The trip looks wonderful.

Happy Tuesday vibes, all.

John G. · « **Reply #19 on:** October 09, 2012, 05:05:34 AM »

TOD: I am going to have to write this in bits and pieces, as time allows.

I grew up in a suburb of Louisville called St. Matthews. At that time, it was sort of the end of town on that side,but it has grown extensively in the intervening years, past the shopping malls and straight into Middletown, which used to seem a world away. (The same is happening here in Texas, with the divide between San Antonio and Austin getting smaller all the time, as places spring up along the highway, filling in the gaps.)

Favorite movie theater: The Vogue. I have written about this before, but it was more than a mile from home and I wasn't allowed to walk there until in my mid-teens. At that time, it had become one of the two revival theaters in town (the Uptown was the other), and it was where I saw plenty of Bergman, Fellini and even Hal Prince's two movies regularly entwined with Hollywood's best. Saw plenty of Minnelli musicals, the Greer Garson-Laurence Olivier "Pride and Prejudice," "The Jazz Singer" and some wonderful silent movies. A ticket was only $1.50, so I could go more often and just lose myself in whatever was playing. Plus, they never carded, so I saw stuff like "1900," with all its sex and violence, when I was 14 or 15.

The sign is still up, but the place is now a store that sells something like home furnishings.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 09, 2012, 05:38:47 AM »

What terrific photos....thanks for sharing DR BEN!!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 09, 2012, 05:48:42 AM »

And it's time to see the doctor. I'll check in from Toyland.

I also got this morning another rave for EILEEN from the Library of Congress.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:12:24 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 09, 2012, 05:48:42 AM

And it's time to see the doctor. I'll check in from Toyland.

I also got this morning another rave for EILEEN from the Library of Congress.

And I got this morning my notice of EILEEN having shipped from Amazon.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #23 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:13:17 AM »

Good morning, all.

Great photos, Ben. That sounds like an ideal weekend trip. I haven't seen Washington since I was a kid, which is unforgivable.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #24 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:20:00 AM »

I'll have to go E&T for most of the day because of many many things that must be done, and I'll be back this evening to ketchup.

Speaking of E&T...

Where is DR Danise? - Hasn't it been a week or more?
Where is DR Jeanne? - There's an L.A. voice we haven't heard from in a while.
Where is DR JoseSPiano? - I know, My Fair Lady, but ... E&T?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #25 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:32:41 AM »

In the notes, BK says, about Lotte Lenya: "...one of the great Bond villains, Rosa Klebb and her scenes are electrifying and brilliant. It’s too bad she didn’t do a lot, film-wise."

As a kid seeing this, I didn't appreciate who she was. Now I watch FROM RUSSIA and see as seasoned a pro as anyone, and have to wonder where that seasoning came from with so little film experience. Electrifying is the word. She always was, of course, on records, and I have to assume on stage. I will have to find the other movies she's in (I have 3 PENNY). I don't think I've seen THE APPOINTMENT, or either of the two Tennessee Williams ones.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #26 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:37:55 AM »

TOD

I have two hometowns (Columbus and Fort Lauderdale), a college town (Cleveland), and a year and a half spent in and near Chicago -- all of which were wonderful places, even if I didn't think so at the time. For the purpose of the TOD, I have to choose Fort Lauderdale as the most meaningful in terms of the formative years there -- sixth grade through high school. Back shortly with that.

Kerry · « **Reply #27 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:45:06 AM »

Ben, thanks for all the great pics!!!!

Kerry · « **Reply #28 on:** October 09, 2012, 06:48:55 AM »

I grew up in Phoenix. I'm still in Phoenix-- in fact just blocks from the house in which I grew up. The drugstores with soda fountains are gone; the downtown where we'd walk and windowshop (the same downtown Phoenix in the opening shots of "Psycho") is long gone. Some places frommy childhood exist but not many (which is both good and bad, I suppose).

Druxy · « **Reply #29 on:** October 09, 2012, 07:13:32 AM »

TOD:

In Seattle, there was the Roycroft Theater on 19th. Every Saturday, they would have a kids' show: a serial, cartoons and a feature. I would go every weekend. The one feature I saw there that has always been a favorite was BROKEN ARROW with Jimmy Stewart.

Then, when I was old enough to take the bus by myself (22 years old, I think)...

I'd go downtown on Saturdays and see movies at the Orpheum, Liberty, Coliseum, Roosevelt, Music Hall, etc. All these theaters are now gone.

My favorite restaurant was owned by my uncle. It was called Pancho's, and it made the greatest ground beef sandwich in the world.

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