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[JoseSPiano]

This is just soooo wrong!!!  But...

-You've been warned...

2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes

[JoseSPiano]

Jose---I'm trying to figure out your personal quote-- the source and the meaning--- most intiriguing.
I'd be afraid of a cheesecake milkshake too.   I like either one of them alone-- but not together.

I used to know the true source and author of the quote, but those facts escape me right now.  I think I first heard the phrase in an interview with Tom Cruise of all people - maybe on Oprah and/or his The Actor's Studio appearance.

It intrigues me too.  And it goes along with my other favorite Luck quote which is attributed to Sir Michael Redgrave - who spoke the words to his daughter Lynn - "Make Your Own Luck."

[JoseSPiano]

DR Panni - Lovely pics from Hungary!

Isten hozta

[Jennifer]

DR Jose, I WANT a cheesecake milkshake!  That sounds incredible!

Btw, I was very good today.  I went to the bank and they had a HUGE table of homemade halloween treats.  And I ate none.

[Jennifer]

I don't see any pics from DR Panni.

Hmmm re: Ron Raines

I don't know if that is what he used to look like.  But the top one is definitely what he looks like now.  Wow that would be interesting if the bottom pic is actually him.

[William F. Orr]

It intrigues me too.  And it goes along with my other favorite Luck quote which is attributed to Sir Michael Redgrave - who spoke the words to his daughter Lynn - "Make Your Own Luck."

Isaac Asimov recounts that his mother was told, "Your son sure is lucky."  To which she repllied, "Yes, the harder he works, the luckier he gets."

[Matthew]

Well, it seems like every clarinet player on the "show" circuit here in the Bay Area is busy this eve.  Amazing.  Anyhow, I'm getting used to the fact that there won't be one at the rehearsal this eve.  By 10:00pm, I will be over the whole thing!

WFO, that's an awful lot of CD's you have there, that should keep you plenty busy, I'm sure.

[Jennifer]

For some reason I did not see posts 26-29 on page 1. I guess i didn't refresh.

[Stuart]

I realized I have not posted today as yet.......

So again, thanks for the well wishes upon my ascendency.  (Insert wrist-swivel "regal" wave here)

Media Check:
DVD:  Nothing, though we did purchase the PBS Broadway documentary, and I am looking forward to all the extras.
VCR:  I think the DP managed to tape The Apprentice without my technological help for a change.
Car: Still in need of finding out why I can't play my Discman anymore.  (i.e.: Is it the Discman itself, or the contraption that plugs into the tape deck and allows me to listen to said Discman)
Office:  Actually, a promo CD of a swing band I am thinking of booking for next season.

I am quite glad that DR Panni arrived safe and sound.  And that her driver didn't feel the need for a quick "Pick-me-up" from her neck.

Lovely LR, BK.  

Can I just say that today at the office is the first day in months that I didn't feel as if someone was pointing a gun to my head, with finger poised?  I am not sure if I have gotten that far ahead (which I always endeavor to do), or that they (the gunpointers) are all worrying about their own issues, or that I am forgetting some major project that I should be doing....

[François de Paris]

Official infos Re:"Mary Poppins Special Edition Soundtrack" Released on 11/16, borrowed from magicmusic.net:



I figured I'd stop the speculating, and once again break my rule about posting playlists, as this is just too good to keep to myself an longer.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, Disc 1 of this new release is the soundtrack (leaving only 8 seconds to spare on the disc), and Disc 2 holds all the bonus materials – Including excerpts of the original story meetings with P.L. Travers, Don DiGradi, and the Sherman Brothers – complete with never-before heard song demos.
You will notice that I have indicated which tracks are new with a † and which tracks have additional material added to them with a *. This will also appear on the outside packaging as well.
So, here we go –
DISC ONE – The Soundtrack (1:19:52)
1. Buena Vista Fanfare (:08) †                   
2. Overture (2:58)
3. One Man Band (:56) †
4. Sister Suffragette  (1:43)
5. The Life I Lead (2:00)
6. The Perfect Nanny (1:38)    
7. Air Mail • Admiral Boom • The Not-So-Perfect Nannies • Mary Poppins Arrives (3:06) †
8. A Spoonful of Sugar (4:07)
9. Pavement Artist  (2:06) *
10. Jolly Holiday (5:22) *
11. Jolly Holiday (Reprise) (1:05) †    
12. Penguin Dance (2:20) †
13. The Carousel Horses (4:17) †
14. Supercailfragilisticexpialidocious  (2:00)    
15. Pavement Artist (Reprise) (1:01) *
16. Stay Awake (1:43)
17. Trouble at Uncle Albert’s (1:41) †
18. I Love to Laugh (2:42)
19. A British Bank (The Life I Lead) (2:06)    
20. Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) (3:49)    
21. Father’s Footsteps (1:17) †
22. Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (3:31)
23. Panic at the Bank (2:12) †
24. Chim Chim Cher-ee • March Over the Rooftops (6:19) *   
25. Step In Time (8:41)
26. A Man Has Dreams (The Life I Lead / A Spoonful of Sugar) (4:27)
27. Mr. Banks Is Discharged  (4:46) †
28. Let’s Go Fly a Kite  (1:48)
† = New Track
* = Includes Additional Material
DISC 2 – Bonus Material (1:14:43)
1 – 21 The Mary Poppins Story Meeting Excerpts (41:05) †

1. Cherry Tree Lane
2. Mr. Banks Decided to Hire a Nanny Himself
3. The Children Write Their Own Advertisement
4. The Line of Applicants and Mary Poppins Arrives
5. Notes on Mary Meeting the Banks
6. Up to the Nursery
7. Bert and the Talking Pictures
8. A Carousel Horse Ride to the Seashore
9. The Return Home
10. The Next Morning We Meet the Sweep
11. Uncle Albert’s
12. A Change in the Wind and an Adventure with Admiral Boom
13. The Bird Woman
14. Mr. Banks and the Compass
15. The Compass Sequence: Timbuktu
16. The Compass Sequence: The Land of Sand
17. The Compass Sequence: Tea In China
18. The Compass Sequence: The North Pole
19. The Return Home
20. Everyone Descends on Cherry Tree Lane
21. Mary Departs
22. Hollywood Spotlight Microphone (17:24) †
Dick Tufeld interviews  the stars, composers, and musical director for Mary Poppins (c. 1964)
Julie Andrews
Dick Van Dyke
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Irwin Kostal
23. The Sherman Brothers Reminisce About Their Work On Mary Poppins (16:05)
So, mark your calenders for November 16th!
Randy Thornton

[Panni]

I know I've only been in Budapest a day, but I've started a business...

[Tomovoz]

You asked!

Florac - Provence

[Tomovoz]

Congratulations on the new business Panni.

[Panni]

A Hungarian dinner... By candlelight, natch...

[JoseSPiano]

CD - Selections from LA TRAVIATA which I see Saturday night at City Opera; the OBC of SHE LOVES me which I see Sunday at Papermill (with the perfectly ast Nancy Anderson as Amelia)

Actually, if I recall correctly, Nancy Anderson is playing Ilona Ritter - yes, still, perfect casting.  Michele Ragusa is playing Amalia Balish.

[Jane]

Tom and Panni I can't get enough of your photographs.

[Dan-in-Toronto]

DR François,

What are the Judy Holliday selections. And "The Perfect Nanny" - is that from the TV show?

[elmore3003]

Hmmm re: Ron Raines

I don't know if that is what he used to look like.  But the top one is definitely what he looks like now.  Wow that would be interesting if the bottom pic is actually him.

DRJennifer, he's my best friend.  Yes, that's he in both photos, the bottom photo was in the Playbill for the Houston Grand Opera production of SHOWBOAT.  We met on the BOTMC recording .

[François de Paris]

DR François,

What are the Judy Holliday selections. And "The Perfect Nanny" - is that from the TV show?

DiT, I'm sorry you missed a few details from my post but i have to say I did not make it easy on you to post it in French!!

[Tomovoz]

I'm still practising!

François - you have mail!!

[William F. Orr]

I can sit at my desk and travel to the French countryside.  I can sit at my desk and dine in Hungary.  Thanks for brightening my day, DR Tomovoz, DR Panni!

[Tomovoz]

A pleasure indeed Mr Orr.

I think BK will have to organise another "clean out" of picture posts soon!

DR Jane will no doubt be impressed that I have met with some success at last!!!

[Sandra]

I am really tired.

Yesterday I was supposed to write the proposal for a term paper. But all I accomplished yesterday was to be a pin cushion for people with swords. And I'm too tired today. I'll do it tomorrow.

[Matt H.]

Yep, picture quality shows up well here. Hope all DRs with pictures to share of vacations, homes, etc. will do so. Why have this deluxe site if we're not going to use it?

[François de Paris]

Tom and Panni I can't get enough of your photographs.

Jane, stop it!

They are so vain that they're gonna believe you!

Funny how Hungary can look like France and vice versa, and versa vice, and Miami Vice...... ;

[Jane]

DR Jane will no doubt be impressed that I have met with some success at last!!!

Very impressed and enjoying every minute of it.  

[Matt H.]

Friday Media Chkec:

CD - NUNCRACKERS (OCR)

DVD - CSI: Season 4 - Disc 1

DVR - last night's JOEY and WILL & GRACE (which I know now are reruns. I had hoped NBC might air new shows since the World Series ended after 4 short games this year; no such luck).

And friend sent me two gay-themed films on DVD which I'll get to at some point this weekend. Their names elude me at the moment.

[Jane]

Jane, stop it!

They are so vain that they're gonna believe you!

Funny how Hungaria can look like France and vice versa, and versa vice, and Miami Vice...... ;

  I think not on all three statements.  

[Tomovoz]

These are NOT Halloween masks.
  Paris - October.

Colin, François & Moi

[Matt H.]

I am loving having daytime rehearsals for NUNCRACKERS, but it certainly wrecks my internet routine since I can't log on before I leave hoime in the morning due to time restraints. One more week of mostly daytime rehearsals before the kids get added to the mix and we have to start rehearsing at night.