So I wonder when Don Gibson's "Too Soon To Know" became a R & R song! Maybe Linda knew it from the Roy Orbison version (which was still very "country").
Intruiging. Now Jose - the Jimmy Webb songs.
I'm about to take a risk. I have discovered that one of my co-workers, Christopher (who is taller than I), is not familiar with the songs of Cole Porter. Oh yes, he can sing (to a degree) songs from POTO and some hits from the 80s back through the 50s, but there are clear gaps in his education.
So I'm going to loan him my copy of Anything Goes: Rebecca Liker sings Cole Porter. If he does not return it in a reasonably prompt fashion, I do have a back-up for getting it's return: I have met his wife, and know where she works!
harmonically, lyrically and otherwise - was written when Mr. Strayhorn was only 14 years old. *I may have misheard that last fact - I know he young when he wrote that song, but I had never heard he was that young when he wrote that song.
November 29, 1915 - William Thomas Strayhorn born in Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio to James Strayhorn and the former Lillian Craig.
1920 - After periods living in various locations including Montclair, New Jersey, the Strayhorns settle in greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1926 - Billy Strayhorn begins private lessons.
1927 - In seventh grade, Strayhorn starts his music study at Westinghouse High School under Carl McVicker and other teachers.
1929-1933 - While at Westinghouse, Strayhorn engages in various musical activities, including participation in the Orchestra Club. As first pianist with the Senior Orchestra, Strayhorn performs Edward Greig's Piano Concerto, opus 16, among other pieces. During this period, he begins composing his first works combining jazz and classical elements.
November 6, 1935 - Premiere of "Fantastic Rhythm," a musical revue with book, music and lyrics by Billy Strayhorn, performed at Westinghouse High School.
September, 1936 - Strayhorn attends the Pittsburgh Musical Institute, a private music conservatory.
1933-1936 - Working on the piece sporadically over a period of several years, Strayhorn composes "Lush Life."
Strayhorn began his musical career in Pittsburgh, where he studied for a time at the Pittsburgh Music Institute, wrote a high school musical and, while still in his teens, composed "Lush Life," a work that had all the world weariness of a much older man.
Born in Dayton, OH, on 29 November 1915, the young composer and pianist Billy Strayhorn offered his composition Lush Life to Duke Ellington in 1938;
Has anyone heard from Jane and keith??
Has anyone heard from Jane and keith??
Speaking of cooking ribs on the BBQ, does anybody have any recipes for this? I would love to try it as I LOVE ribs!
I love using the BBQ (a recent finding for me).
So how long do you BBQ tomatoes for? And in slices?
Has anyone BBQed fruit? I would also like to try this.
And I like black!
Is it raining in Canada, or is Canada Dry?
Robert Englund - Freddy from NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - in case anyone did not know, is the son of Cloris Leachman.
Robert Englund - Freddy from NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - in case anyone did not know, is the son of Cloris Leachman.This is a case of people having the same last name, an understandable confusion.
There was a Gene Roddenberry TV movie for CBS during the 70s (I believe it was a pilot) that I remember liking a lot. It had a Sleeper-like plot about a scientist who is frozen and then awakened hundreds of years in the future. I don't remember much about it other than that the leading man wore a sexy body suit, there was a super-speed intercontinental subway, and that Mariete Hartley played a girl with two belly buttons. For some reason, this vision of the future appealed to me at the time.
There was a Gene Roddenberry TV movie for CBS during the 70s (I believe it was a pilot) that I remember liking a lot. It had a Sleeper-like plot about a scientist who is frozen and then awakened hundreds of years in the future. I don't remember much about it other than that the leading man wore a sexy body suit, there was a super-speed intercontinental subway, and that Mariete Hartley played a girl with two belly buttons. For some reason, this vision of the future appealed to me at the time.You're thinking of Genesis II, which was indeed a pilot for a series that never came to be. It starred Alex Cord as the man from our present who was reawakened in the future. Mariette Hartley played the villian/love interest, presumably to be a recurring role, and Ted Cassidy played one of the good guys.
.......John Saxon replacing Cord in the lead. He wasn't nearly as good, in my opinion,
You're thinking of Genesis II, which was indeed a pilot for a series that never came to be. It starred Alex Cord as the man from our present who was reawakened in the future. Mariette Hartley played the villian/love interest, presumably to be a recurring role, and Ted Cassidy played one of the good guys.
The outdoor city scenes were filmed at the University of California, Riverside. It was a very pretty campus, at the time.
Roddenberry's second attempt to tell the story was titled Planet Earth, with John Saxon replacing Cord in the lead. He wasn't nearly as good, in my opinion, and neither was the second pilot.
My problem with donuts is that I simply cannot stop at one. I must have multiple donuts.
I've never really tried BarBQ myself. Grilling, that I've tried, but BarBQ is a slow-cooking method that is as much (if not more) smoking the meat as it is heating it to edible temperature. It's a time-consuming process, and I rarely have that much time to spare.
Has anyone BBQed fruit? I would also like to try this.
Anyone who can have just one donut is an alien masquerading as an earthling. When I was an actress working in Stratford there was a Tim Horton Donuts there which was the primary source of my diet. Donuts for dinner is to die for.
When I was an actress working in Stratford there was a Tim Horton Donuts there which was the primary source of my diet.
I'll be spending all day Saturday at my sister's 4th of July Barbeque/Pool party. I was thinking of going out and buying a croquet set to play with the kids. Is croquet any fun? Or should I go out and buy some lawn darts and water balloons instead?
THE KILLER TONGUE (ORIGINAL TITLE: LA LENGUA ASESINA).
Summary:
After eating a chunk of meteorite of mysterious origin, Candy and her pack of poodles are transformed, she into a latex fetish queen with a great wig and a five foot long tongue that kills people and harangues her in the voice of Harvey Fierstein, the poodles into a set of color-coordinated drag queens. Meanwhile, Robert Englund runs around acting creepy, Candy's sweaty ex-con boyfriend and the nun who loves him cavort in the desert, and what's left of the meteorite either kills people, heals them, or makes them horny, depending on the circumstances.
I'd pay good money to see that one!
Does anyone here know how to do potatoes on the BBQ? I would like them to turn out crispy, the way they are after being cut and baked on 375 for 45 minutes to an hour.
I've tried microwaving them and then putting them on skewers.
And I've tried putting them in aluminum foil. I'm guessing maybe they would just take a really long time?
Oh the movie within a movie in MATINEE called "Mant" is also a great example of the obscure sci fi flick.
I think the BBQing you describe is something that does not exist here.
The History of Grill Dome Canada
The passion for Barbeque started in 1991 with our first open pit whole hog experience. After three years of this primitive method of preparing a whole hog, our first homemade smoke cooker was built and we haven't stopped expanding and experimenting with barbeque.
Having purchased, made and used other smoke cookers, our quest for a smoke cooker for our varying climate continued. With the frustration of metal cookers that lose most of their heat in the winter and were difficult to control in the hot summer months, the search began for an alternative.
During a barbeque competition in 2001 we competed against a team that brought something new, a ceramic cooker. While the cooker itself looked odd to us, the concept it held was intriguing.
A Canadian magazine was running an ad for Grill Dome USA and it caught our attention. After several e-mail communications and a trip down to Atlanta, Georgia the first pair of domes arrived in Canada. It only took a couple of cooks to realize that we found an incredible new tool in barbeque cooking.
With 10 Barbeque competitions under our belt and having experienced 2 of the most well known competitions in the United States, we start on our latest venture, Grill Dome Canada.
Canadians are only now starting to enjoy the experience of true barbeque. Before the introduction of smokers, we thought (and some still do) that the gas grill was the only barbeque option. Until you've tried what a smoke barbeque can produce, you don't know what you're missing. The best part is, smokers aren't just for meat. We've enjoyed baked goods, appetizers, vegetables and even desserts. Some of our experimenting has come over what has been the harshest Canadian winter in years. With temperatures dipping down to -17oC during the day, we were enjoying a delicious smoked cooked pork shoulder.
Yep, I remember both movie/pilots now. Genesis II was definately the better of the two. It had the same feel as the original Star Trek series, cinematically and thematically. Planet Earth, on the other hand, was a much duller affair that just rehashed some of the Genesis II concepts.
Did anyone else ever think that the guy from The Buckinghams who sang lead on "Kind of a Drag" was actually singing "Canada Dry"?:) And we don't have "Canada Dry" here.
So, are you looking for a baked potato with a crispy skin? or more like "oven-baked" fries, but done on the grill.
Getting potatoes to crisp on the grill is not really something that's easily accomplished. They get crisp in the oven since they're being cooked in dry heat. A grill is dry, but... I think they'd just get too smokey. ??? You'd basically have to treat your grill as an oven, place the potato slices - which have been oiled - on a high rack - and see what happens.
Now there's always baking the potatoes on the grill - or wrapping them in foil and burying them in the coals. -Slice them up a little bit, add some oil and spices, wrap in foil, place in fire.. wait... Very much a camp-fire staple.
Ha, I see I explained it well. :(
No, not baked pototoes. I meant sliced wedges (when you oil and season them and put them in the oven for an hour).
I'm wondering if I put them in aluminum on the grill if they would get crispy.
I don't claim to know anything about cooking, but I don't see how one can barbecue over gas. Isn't the idea is that the smoke from the fire adds to the flavor? I've done charcoal, mesquite, etc. But please tell me: If it's gas, is it still BarBQ?
Re: gas BBQs
Well there are coals. It's just gas that lights them, right?
I saw Target Earth at a sneak preview at the Baldwin Theater. When the robot made its first appearance I went running up the aisle and right out of the theater, losing one of my thongs (the shoe, not the underwear) in the ivy in front of the theater. We never found it.
Lava rocks or some man-made lava-rock-like composite that holds heat very well.
Three long-lasting, 36,000 BTU stainless-steel burners --each with its own temperature control--cook countless meals evenly and efficiently. In place of the lava rock, pumice stone, or flat metal plates found in most gas grills, Weber grills include the company's patented Flavorizer bars, which do not retain dripped fats. Instead, juices sizzle and smoke when they hit the Flavorizers, eliminating potentially disastrous flare-ups while imparting a delicious smoky flavor to food.
DR Der Brucer, not sure where in Canada they do true BBQing. But I've never heard of anyone doing it here. To everyone here BBQing is what you call GRILLING. :)
Where on Earth are those Canadian-BBQ persons doing their so-called "real barbecue" where an "extreme" winter daytime temperature is -17 celcius? Vancouver? sheesh... they may be bbq pros - but they're also weather wimps :D
Get Stuffed - Pit mister
Paul Street and the sweet mysteries of barbecue
"Barbecue is the most American of foods; to hell with apple pie. If Congress decided to declare a national dish, barbecue should win by acclamation."– Dotty Griffith, Celebrating BarbecueBy Glenda Bartosh
There are those who ski. There are those who golf. And, in America, there are those who barbecue.
When Paul Street toyed with the notion of converting Dusty’s to a barbecue nirvana some five or six years ago, he had no idea that he’d be swept up whole hog, so to speak, into the cultish Budweiser-annointed world of competitive barbecuing.And he certainly never pictured himself – bona fide Canuck and mere mortal immersed in food and beverage management for Whistler-Blackcomb – in a park on the banks of the Mississippi River in sultry Memphis, Tennessee, grinning from ear to ear with his teammates after being declared overall grand champions (plus masters in the hog category), beating out some 230-odd teams in the 24-hour barbecue marathon known alternatively as the "Superbowl of Swine" or the great Memphis in May World Champ BBQ.
Take your pick.But once Paul started researching the notion of bringing gen-u-ine BBQ to Whistler – something we Canadians often confuse with mere grilling – he quickly found out that barbecue is nothing without a competitive edge."If you’re talking to a barbecuer, if you can’t go out and cook with these guys, who are you?" Paul points out. "There’s an amazing lack of restaurateurs out there willing to put it all on the line because they are going to get beat. A restaurateur who’s going to beat a seasoned competitor? It’s not going to happen."
What, no vibes? Skammen. How can we get our rights without the potent HHW vibes and xylophones?I've been at work, just got home, and am still trying to catch my breath.
...losing one of my thongs (the shoe, not the underwear) in the ivy in front of the theater....Sorry, BK, but the parenthetical stuff makes this sentence lose it's effect.
I just finished watching the first two episodes of Lost in Space and the Wonder Woman pilot movie on deeveedee. I liked the first half of the first season of Lost in Space, but when Dr. Smith turned into a wussburger, it got bad really fast. Likewise, once they took the Wonder Woman series out of WWII, it jumped the shark, as the kids say these days.
But they both had such promising beginnings. Heck, Cloris Leachman played Wonder Woman's mom, and Kenneth Mars was playing a Nazi (shades of Franz Liebkin!)...how cool is that?
I quite agree with you that the first group of episodes of Lost in Space were quite good, but once they settled into the silliness they show was not worth watching. In my humble opinion that perhaps the first 7 episodes are the best of the series and some of the best dare I saw original sci fi tv.
The Robot was actually kinda scary at first, and Dr. Smith was some kinda Judo expert and a Commie spy or something! That's pretty cool, too.
I don't claim to know anything about cooking, but I don't see how one can barbecue over gas. Isn't the idea is that the smoke from the fire adds to the flavor? I've done charcoal, mesquite, etc. But please tell me: If it's gas, is it still BarBQ?Noel, you're confusing BarBQ with grilling. BarBQ requires slow cooking, over wood. It requires smoking the meat.
DR S. Woody, HERE GRILLING AND BARBEQUING ARE THE SAME THING. Like I said, EVERYONE here refers to grilling as BBQing. You must remember that there are different terms for such things in different areas.Ah, well. What can we expect from people who still equate fine cooking with that sissy French stuff.
...and whatever those damn things are that look like a xylophone only they're smaller and girls carry them in marching bands and they make a tinkley sound.
I'm cooking oatmeal. Isn't that exciting? Maybe I should try barbecuing it. Why am I cooking oatmeal so late at night? Good question. I always cook several days' worth, store it in the fridge, then just nuke it for breakfast. The end.
You refer, of course, to the glockenspiel, Dear Reader S. Woody White."Glockenspiel" having nearly as many letters as I used in my discription of the instrument!
You should meet the step-mother of Dear Reader Stuart and myself, Dear Reader Panni. She brews coffee, stores it in the fridge in mayonnaise jars, and then nukes it in the microwave when it is time to be consumed.She does wash out the jars before storing the coffee in them, I hope! It could make the difference.
This is a process I cannot recommend to others. I hope your stored and aged oatmeal does better than that coffee.
She does wash out the jars before storing the coffee in them, I hope! It could make the difference.
Oh no! I've been quoted! I'm trying to figure out what is correct grammatically. What I wrote was wrong - "several day's worth" - that's incorrect. But is it "several days worth"...? Or is it "several days' worth"...?
You should meet the step-mother of Dear Reader Stuart and myself, Dear Reader Panni. She brews coffee, stores it in the fridge in mayonnaise jars, and then nukes it in the microwave when it is time to be consumed.I guess the topic of the day was indeed horror stories DR Jay. Of course DR Panni - some of us think that oatmeal is a horror story too.
This is a process I cannot recommend to others. I hope your stored and aged oatmeal does better than that coffee.
How did you like 110 in the Shade, Jay?