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Well, you've read the notes, you've gotten the braggadocio vibe, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're sulking because they didn't win any Oscars.
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And the word of the day is: SPLENDIFEROUS!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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And the word of the day is: SPLENDIFEROUS!
Which is a perfect description of all the postings yesterday!
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Well, I'm off to sleep. I'll have to think about the topic of the day. The only movies that I can think of right now are "Gypsy" and "1776," and I don't think that they count. ;)
Goodnight, everyone!
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And Happy Page 41 for Yesterday!!
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TOTD:
Her Majesty Mrs Brown
Prick Up Your Ears.
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And the word of the day is: SPLENDIFEROUS!
Dang! Somebody dumped iron filings in the sugar substitute again.
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TOD: The Spirit of St. Louis (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0051003/maindetails) (19570, with James Stewart as Charles A. Lindbergh. Too bad the film was only nommed for special effects - Stewart was perfectly cast in this film.
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I need to step back a couple of days, since I've been basically E&T.
I hereby present my report on the current tour of Joseph and the Armadillo's Multi-Scaled Paint Coat.
It is what it is.
The house was packed, particularly with youngsters, all of whom had somehow conned their parents or other relatives into paying full price for the tix. Or the parents or other relatives had thought this was a good way to get the youngsters into the theater. Whatever, it was the right age-group for this show, which was written to be a cantata for a kid audience in the first place.
This particular production stars Patrick Cassidy as Joseph. He has everything the lead needs for this part. He has a very good voice. He has a dazzling smile. He has shaved his chest, worked out until he's nicely buff, and applied makeup to his body to make sure you see his six-pack.
No one else in the cast is as good-looking. They don't have to be, because they mostly keep their clothes on.
The surprise of the show is Amy Adams, a former American Yodel contestant who was suggested for the part of the Narrator by the AY crew to this production's producers. She has a very good theater voice, and a charming personality, even though she looks (as noted in a review in the Philly Inquirer) (http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/13994605.htm) like Sharon Osborn.
The grandlads enjoyed the show very much. As such, it wasn't such a waste for der Grampa to have bought them the tix. And I got to spend a little quality time with the son-in-law, helping him navigate the streets and finding parking, so I didn't totally waste the day either.
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What am I doing up at this hour? I need to get back to bed, I've got a work shift starting at 3:30 this afternoon!
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Yesterday, DRTPunk asked:
What the heck is growing out of Charlize Theron's shoulder!!??
It's a parrot. It's a Monty Python parrot. And the rest of the dress is just as dead.
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Going back a couple of days, DR George posted:
Oh...and they didn't have a "Daddy Johann Sebastian Brubeck." There were only seven boys in the entire show! They had a Mama Brubeck:
Mama started out in San Francisco
Tootin' on her trumpet loud and mean
Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth Mama,
Spread the picture on a wider screen."
It worked well enough for a high school production.
(and later)
And they changed the line: "Hit the road Daddy, leave your common-law wife" to "Hit the road Mama, leave your worries and strife."
(plus)
I don't know if they got "official" permission to have a Mama Brubeck instead of a Daddy, but I'm sure the high school changed the line to reflect the change in gender. And the new line isn't actually new. When I was in Show Choir in high school (20+ years ago), we did the choral arrangement and it was censored edited so that it could be taken out of context of the show and the "worries and strife" line is in that choral arrangement. They could very easily have just used that because it already exists and it works.
My bet is Dorothy Fields wrote the "worries" line change herself. As for the gender bend, I believe she would have smiled and approved heartily.
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Before I head back to bed, don't anyone let me forget that der B has arranged for our tix to Shenandoah at the Ford's Theater, in DC. I need to make sure of the date, and arrange for the day off at work.
The Ford's is where der B and I saw Children of Eden, and first met DR Jose in person. We brought him roses. He told us about a very nice French bistro across the street, where we happily dined. We plan on dining there again. Jose is being blamed, of course, correctly and with pleasure.
Meanwhile, der B caught sight of a poster for Wicked, which will be playing in Philly very soon. On line, he has discovered that the only tix left for the very limited run are for restricted view seats - not acceptable, in our minds. The promoters of Wicked are playing their cards quite correctly, by having the show play highly limited runs in each city, making tix almost impossible to acquire. So much for a former poster's insistance that those of us outside of NYC should wait for the show to appear in our areas and not ask for a synopsis of the show (in otherwords, ask for spoilers).
Another trip to NYC may be in order. Maybe in tandem with Lestat?
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I'll post now because I doubt that I will be caught up with yesterday's posting for most of the day!
I watched a bit of the show yesterday and then went to the bedroom and read. We went to sleep around 10:30 and I didn't know of anything Oscar (other than George Clooney and Rachel Weiz (sp) until I awoke this morning.
Happy Monday to all and now I will try to catch up.
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I think both Tomovoz's bio pics are excellent choices. I've always been fond of those Epic historical bios like Khartoum, Cromwell, Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence notwithstanding, such films can sometimes be a little turgid; but I find them interesting history. I'm also a sucker for those wildly inaccurate musical bios like Three Little Words, the "bio" of Ruby and Kalmar.
I'm sure there are more respectible, better bio films than some of those I've mentioned...but I'm drawing a blank right now.
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The cows may not have won any Oscars, but at least the cowboys did.
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What a wonderful Oscar Bash at HHW!
My favorite dress: Hiya the Chinese girl's dress....she came on quite late, but it was lovely....with a black strapless fitted top with a deep heart bodice (subtly sequined) - and a reembroidered lace full skirt to the floor....or something like that!
Most speeches were fine, jokes were NOT, songs were NOT, montages were NOT -
I now have some DVD's to buy....some NOT available yet of course....GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, CRASH, WALK THE LINE, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS....
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Favorite biopics (even though loads of liberties were taken):
Funny Girl
A Beautiful Mind
Silkwood
Amadeus
Norma Rae
Coal Miner's Daughter
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Hey All Everybody!
Feeling a mite hungover this morning from our late night revels. Also, this is my first day back at the office in over a week, so I'm also kind of disoriented (as opposed to datoriented.)
I found two lovely packages awaiting for me at my desk: one containing the much discussed SECOND ACT TROUBLE (which I didn't realize was a hardback), and another containing the MIRRORMASK DVD (a movie by comic book faves Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean), the JERSEY BOYS OCR, the CURIOUS GEORGE soundtrack (by a new fave of mine, Jack Jackson), and the Cleveland Orchestra ROMEO AND JULIET recording that DR Elmoore recommended a while back. This should be a merry day of listening for me!
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I assume we are not talking ACCURATE biopics for the TOD, those are few and far between.
But I will choose:
Joseph E. Levine presents Carroll Baker as Harlow (as the billing reads) - only for Miss Baker and her valiant efforts to make something of nothing, and a couple of scenes that show what the movie COULD have been...and a couple of stills where she bears an uncanny resemblance to Jean Harlow...that makeup and hair and costume plot was abandoned.
Dirk Bogarde as Franz Lizst in SONG WITH END.
Charlton Heston & Sophia Loren in EL CID.
Susan Hayward as Jane Frohman in WITH A SONG IN MY HEART.
And....although I never thought I would say this....Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin in BEYOND THE SEA.
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Off to work at World of Wisdom, Molly comes home tomorrow. Hurray!
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Good morning, all! I slept late and enjoyed every moment of it. I have a trip to the post office today, some forms to fill out, and some Toyland writing to do, so I shall work at home and enjoy myself with a few CDs and, perhaps, telephonic conversations.
Dear Friend BK, I would be happy to offer suggestions for your workshop, but I must admit I feel a bit vague on what the overall agenda of the class is: audition scenes and songs, history, the declineand fall of decent singing technique, dance? I know they've had a song to do; are they going to work on scenes?
TOD: AMADEUS
PRICK UP YOUR EARS
SEVEN LITTLE FOYS
THE SCARLET EMPRESS
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
I'm caught up now in this new history of the John Wilkes Booth conspiracy, MANHUNT, and I'd like to see a Lincoln bio.
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TOD:
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ray
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Great Ziegfeld
Probably more. I'm going to have to think on this.
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Love the coining of the word "noirishly" in the notes. There should be all sorts of film terms based on this like noirishing, undernoirished, noirishment.
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I have not attempted to catch up to last night as of yet, I am sure I shall be dipping in and out all day.
I had a choice I could have possession of the TV or the computer but not both, sicen theyare in different rooms and Vixdad loathes award shows. I chose the TV
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A few thoughts before i see what all of youwere saying... moistly I thought everyone looked nice...no major fashion disasters although the dress withthe big black bow would have gained alot by losing the bow.... (I cannot think of that actress' name now for the life of me... I know she won for Monster a couple of years ago.......oh the little grey cells are simply not working!
I love the blue gown won by (yes lost the name again, the latina actress who played the lesbian painter)
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I loved Ben Stiller's "special effects" and Will Ferrell's and Steve Carrell's makeup but I was disappointed with Jon Stewart. I like him very much on the Daily Show and I felt like he was completely in over his head... a feeling he may have shared considering the opening video of "how I got the job"
Meryl Streep's & Lily Tomlin's introduction of Robert Altman made me laugh as well
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As for the "Best Song" all I can say is were the voters on crack? ONE lyric "Its hard out here for a pimp trying to get money to pay the rent" if you don't count (and I don't ) the incoherent mutterings of the bunch of male rappers
The ONLY good thing I could take from that win was the obvious shock and joy of the winners who clearly didn't think they had a chance to win
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Since I failed to see any of the nominated movies up for Best Picture I can't speak to the choice there.
Or for that matter as to the winners of the other catergories except for best Animated picture, where I actually did see the nominees and my choice won!
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Well off to dive into the posts from last night.... I may be some time....
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I can't dance I have to catch up
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Good morning!
It was raining when I woke up (after a very unrestful night) which mirrored my mood. But the clouds are rolling by now (a Jerome Kern reference), the sun is coming out (a Charles Strouse reference), and it looks like it might be a great day (a Billy Rose reference; who wrote the music for "Great Day"?).
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Favorite biopic is probably LAWRENCE OF ARABIA but honestly, for capturing his essence, I'd certainly rank CAPOTE right up there even though it's only a few pivotal years of his life.
Does ALL THAT JAZZ count? :)
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After I logged off last night, I watched another FIREFLY episode and enjoyed it thoroughly. This one was called "Jaynestown" and dealt with bad boy of the crew Jayne Cobb's being mistakenly honored on a planet where something dastardly he did years ago actually turned out well for the inhabitants, and he had been celebrated ever since. Probably my favorite episode of the series (though I haven't seen the last three which never aired on Fox and I never caught on FX when they ran the show.)
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A full night of new TV episodes tonight including the CBS comedies, two hours of '24,' MEDIUM, and CSI: MIAMI.
Happy times are here again!
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I don't know from today's topic.
Today I have a very busy day planned: Along with another woman, I shall attempt to dig out a hoarder's house. After which I shall come home and throw away everything I own. Unfortunately, this is not a paying gig.
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And I haven't a clue what I'm going to watch this afternoon. I recorded SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW in high definition off HBO-HD last night. I wasn't a big fan of the movie when I saw it in the theater (really loathed Gwyneth Paltrow's character), but with all of the computer generated backgrounds of it, I was curious how it would look in high definition, so I recorded it and may watch it today.
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Favorite bio-pics:
Greer Garson as Edna Gladney in BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST (1941)
Paul Muni as Emile Zola in THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (1937)
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I also recorded TCM's broadcast of the Danny Kaye musical THE KID FROM BROOKLYN yesterday afternoon, and I watched a bit of it last night. The Technicolor is just eye-popping in this film.
However, Vera-Ellen has that overly made-up Technicolored look that Warners saddled Doris Day with in her early Warners musicals. I know in Doris' case, it was to hide her freckles. Don't know why Vera was slathered so liberally with pancake, though.
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I really liked Johnny Depp in ED WOOD! And Martin Landau as Lugosi. Loved YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. I do think someone should write a movie about Verdi... whatta life. And They really missed with the bio pic of BEETHOVEN - yipes, how did that happen, with so much great TRUE stuff to write about??? Loved AMADEUS. The movie about Richard Feynman - forget the name, but whatta tale. THE ROOKIE!!!
And now, more caffeine...
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SEABISCUIT!!
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And I'm having lunch with best friend John today, so that will lift my spirits as well. Yes, I'm still brooding about that stupid upset at the Oscars last night.
As for the rest of the show, I enjoyed Jon Stewart. Yes, a little too smug, but that's his persona, and I wouldn't have expected anything different. I thought he did a fine job. Not Johnny Carson fine but fine.
Too many montages, many with no point. I ADORE film noir, but what point were they making with those clips? I don't get why it was included. The epic montage was a misfire from the get-go with so many films that weren't epics.
Oh, well, back to the drawing board for next year, fellas.
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CHARIOTS OF FIRE!!!
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My sister and I just sat glued to the tube through the Oscars - eating, eating, eating. I had the customary trough o' salad, we had boiled soybeans, we had plate of crudites, we had leftover popcorn from the showing of TRANSAMERICA earlier yesterday - sheesh - Reese Witherspoon? Yes, she's adorable, and yes, America still mourns for Johnny and June...
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I've watched many an Oscarcast in my day...and have many of them recorded.
But last night's....Y-A-W-N.
3 1/2 hours I'd gladly trade for just about anything else.
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i caught up....I am suprised I did so well, I tied with TPunk for third which neans Geoerge that you really are number 4!!!
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I am curious as to what Dan the Man's sparkling prize will be.
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I am curious as to what Dan the Man's sparkling prize will be.
I will render a full report when it's in my hot little hands.
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Monday greetings!
TOD -
Stars and Stripes Forever, Clifton Webb as John Philip Sousa
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frida
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TOD Shakespeare in Love
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I'm kidding I'm kidding!!
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HMMMM actually the first thing that comes to mind is Man of All Seasons.....
I'll have to think on this
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Read this question, come up with an answer and then post it. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has got it right.
A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.
Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?
[Give this some thought before you answer, I'll post the answer later]
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Only possible way to meet again was at another funeral.
I'm not a psychopath Vixmom - well only at 4.00am.
Blame it on this year's Oscar winning song OR Jose)
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Visually I like "Moulin Rouge" as a bio. Not the Baz L version!
Yep. Lawrence and Amadeus and certainly George III
Does "Gods and Monsters" count"?
Thanks Jack . YES "Beyond The Sea"
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All cleaned up now and ready to head out for lunch. I'm being fetched, so I'm just playing a waiting game.
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Afternoon all!
I popped by a few times last night but since I'm no fan of Oscar/award shows I didn't post.
I hope that everyone is doing well.
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"The Buddy Holly Story".. Gary Busey.
"Chaplin"
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I can't believe I haven't seen BEYOND THE SEA yet! I don't know why it hasn't appeared on Showtime, HBO, Starz, or Encores. They must have started with it at either Cinemax or The Movie Channel, and it'll work its way to the sister channel in another month or two.
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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - the last time a heavily favored movie (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) was upset for Best Picture by a come from behind win at the Oscars.
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page Three Dance!!![/move]
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Good day one and all....
My fingers have rested after a fun evening...
TOD:
Let me see:
Coal Miner's Daughter
Michael Collins
Madness of King George
Seabiscuit (I liked that movie also DR PennyO - I also have the book)
Walk the Line
My Left Foot
Some Mother's Son It talks about the Irish hunger strikers that died in 1981, namely Bobby Sands.
Angela's Ashes
Lawrence of Arabia
Diary of Anne Frank
Mask
Emerald Forest
La Bamba
Ray
Shakespeare in Love
Out of Africa
Gandhi
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Yep, should have included COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER. I just love that movie.
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Has anyone listed "Frances"?
Where is JMK?
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"Sweet Dreams"
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"Evita" - OK I'm not serious.
But I would include "The Motor Cycle Diaries"
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up. I'm up! -Actually, I've been up for bit already since I had a phone call from a fellow pianist/keyboard player/conductor-type looking for a bit of professional advice/musings. Interesting way to start the day. In any case...
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"Bound For Glory"
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ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM?
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I have a feeling we're going to fast food it today: either Taco Bell or Jack-in-the-Box are my guesses. I usually let him pick since my cast iron stomach can eat anything.
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REDS--a favorite of mine that has yet to make it to DVD.
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I don't think I've seen REDS since I saw it in the theater on its original release. I liked it then. I wonder how I'd feel about it now.
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Well, since no one has mentioned it - one of my all-time faves: The Jolson Story. I, too, love Spirit of St. Louis (finally coming to DVD this year).
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As for bio pics...
The one that seems to stick in my mind, and mainly for all it's excess...
"The Music Lovers" - Tchaikovsky via Ken Russell.
Oh, then I guess "Lisztomania" could be included here too. ;)
And in the non-Ken Russell realm...
"Impromptu" - Chopin - with Hugh Grant and Judy Davis (and Bernadette Peters).
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The mail brought bills, bills, one stock dividend, and TV GUIDE. Alas, no new DVDs to play with.
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OH!..
"Walk The Line"
I really did like this movie.
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...and then there was that bio-pic about Natalie Cole's little-known, underachieving sister: COLE'S MINOR DAUGHTER.
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And I've not gotten a shipping notice from Amazon about HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Has anyone who pre-ordered it from Amazon heard from them about shipping?
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elmore, the class isn't rigid but is mostly about interpretation, acting a song - we're about to work on scenes that lead into songs or songs that have interior dialogue in them - but I'd like to do some sort of lecture tomorrow about something.
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DR Dan (the Man) - Dave McKean's artwork is the inspiration for the scenic design of Lestat, and he's also "composed" the video sequences used in the show. Truly "fantastic" work.
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I've watched many an Oscarcast in my day...and have many of them recorded.
But last night's....Y-A-W-N.
2 1/2 hours I'd gladly trade for just about anything else.
3 1/2
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Better log off now before my ride gets here.
WBBL.
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I don't think I've seen REDS since I saw it in the theater on its original release. I liked it then. I wonder how I'd feel about it now.
I watched it last summer, DR Matt. It still holds up for me.
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elmore, the class isn't rigid but is mostly about interpretation, acting a song - we're about to work on scenes that lead into songs or songs that have interior dialogue in them - but I'd like to do some sort of lecture tomorrow about something.
Heart and soul!
You have to have the drive in one in order to make it work...
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And I'm sure other newspapers had similar headlines in their TV columns today...
"Jon Stewart - Keep Your "Daily" Job"
;)
I didn't mind John Stewart's efforts last night. I think the fault lies - not with me, as usual - but with the way the Oscars are formatted now. Even though most of my memories of the Oscars from the 70's and early 80's are kind of vague, the ceremonies did not seem so planned, so structured back then. Yes, they had musical numbers, tributes and montages, but there was always a sense of impromptu in the air. And it was this sense of liberty that allowed the hosts - especially Johnny Carson - to truly be hosts, to think on their feet, to comment when necessary, to make jokes when necessary... To be funny.
With all the worry about censors and political correctness, I have a sense that the host of the Oscars - whoever he/she may be - is following a script the whole evening, or at least a highly-suggested outline. Even the off-the-cuff remarks have been rehearsed and run by the network execs.
...Just a thought.
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DR Dan (the Man) - Dave McKean's artwork is the inspiration for the scenic design of Lestat, and he's also "composed" the video sequences used in the show. Truly "fantastic" work.
Thanks for that info, DR Jose. I just checked out his bio at the LESTAT website and discovered a number of things about him that I was unaware of. What I couldn't find was whether he designed the poster for the show. Do you know if he did or not?
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RE: The current tour of Joseph... with Patrick Cassidy...
My favorite line from The Washington Post review when the show played here last Fall (and when I was in the pit for it)...
"Man, that Joseph is ripped!"
;D
*And, alas, Amy Adams does look a bit dowdy in her costume and wig.
**And now there is talk - quite serious talk actually - of bring this tour back into NYC sometime in 2007. Hmm...
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Thanks for that info, DR Jose. I just checked out his bio at the LESTAT website and discovered a number of things about him that I was unaware of. What I couldn't find was whether he designed the poster for the show. Do you know if he did or not?
Yes, he did.
Be sure to check out some of the musings (and drivel) over at lestatmusical.com too.
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I-n-t-r-o-s-p-e-c-t-i-o-n -- I'm told it does a body good.
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How can THAT Amy Adams not be using her middle initial, when OUR Amy Adams has been around much longer?
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Before I head back to bed, don't anyone let me forget that der B has arranged for our tix to Shenandoah at the Ford's Theater, in DC. I need to make sure of the date, and arrange for the day off at work.
The Ford's is where der B and I saw Children of Eden, and first met DR Jose in person. We brought him roses. He told us about a very nice French bistro across the street, where we happily dined. We plan on dining there again. Jose is being blamed, of course, correctly and with pleasure.
Meanwhile, der B caught sight of a poster for Wicked, which will be playing in Philly very soon. On line, he has discovered that the only tix left for the very limited run are for restricted view seats - not acceptable, in our minds. The promoters of Wicked are playing their cards quite correctly, by having the show play highly limited runs in each city, making tix almost impossible to acquire. So much for a former poster's insistance that those of us outside of NYC should wait for the show to appear in our areas and not ask for a synopsis of the show (in otherwords, ask for spoilers).
Another trip to NYC may be in order. Maybe in tandem with Lestat?
Oh... I could have arranged Shenandoah tickets for you. -Since I played auditions for the show... In any case...
I'm gonna try to sneak back down here to catch the show in previews myself.
As for Wicked... Regardless of what a former poster may have said, I'd say see Wicked in NYC. The touring version is quite good, but the physical production is obviously scaled down for practical reasons. In NYC, the show basically surrounds you.
However, the touring cast is quite good, and I would love to see Julia Murney as Elphaba when she steps into the show - which I believe is very soon. DR Ginny will be seeing her in Cincy.
And if you want house seats for Lestat... Well, I think I might know someone who can put a request in for you.
;)
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Last night's Oscars: I have always believed, despite just about everything else, that the "winners" were secret until the envelopes were opened.
What tipped me off that this has changed was the presentation of the original score awards. First, the orchestra and Itzhak Perlman perform selections from the nominated scores in REVERSE order, ENDING with "Brokeback Mountain." Then, there's the "not-so-obvious" choice of a Latina presenting the award -- FOR MUSIC SCORE. Could they have TELEGRAPHED the winner any more obviously?
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I-n-t-r-o-s-p-e-c-t-i-o-n -- I'm told it does a body good.
Ooohh... That was one my favorite "School House Rocks"!
:P
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How can THAT Amy Adams not be using her middle initial, when OUR Amy Adams has been around much longer?
AEA vs. SAG
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At the time they walked off the stage, the winners of Documentary -- Short had me grinning. They were so over-the-top and so....French. But, they were a highlight for me...very grateful and funny.
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HMMMM actually the first thing that comes to mind is Man of All Seasons.....
I'll have to think on this
I went to "St. Thomas More Elementary School" for 1st, 5th (last half), 6th, 7th 8th Grades...
We saw that movie each year. Sometimes twice. Quite heady subject matter for a 12-year old.
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Oh, sorry... That pun was not intentional.
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And back to the Wicked tour for a sec...
Yes, the producers have been very smart in regards to booking limited runs in each city. The DC engagement sold out in seven hours! Even the Company House Seats were extremely limited during the course of their run at the Kennedy Center. Of course, I'm sure that Wicked will be returning for another "Limited Engagement" in the 2007-08 season. -And the show is already booking return engagements to LA and Denver in the coming year.
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*Oh! And two "return engagements" that have been announced for the Kennedy Center next season...
The Phantom of the Opera - I think it will be the fourth time the show has come back there.
However, the one event I'm most excited about:
Sweeney Todd: The Reunion Concert - This will be a reunion of the Sondheim Celebration cast which starred Brian Stokes Mitchell and Christine Baranski. -And I was one of the rehearsal pianists. -Oh, and Hugh Panaro was Anthony in that production - I guess both of us may be taking a night off from Lestat next spring. ;)
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Wow, 41 pages of posts. I'm going to assume they are fabulous and move on! I'll have to think about the TOD for a bit. For now... work.
DR Jose, have you ever played a production of "Miss Saigon"?
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Now they're having a "reunion concert" of an event that happened what, two years ago?
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Wow, 41 pages of posts. I'm going to assume they are fabulous and move on! I'll have to think about the TOD for a bit. For now... work.
DR Jose, have you ever played a production of "Miss Saigon"?
No. But I learned the book. LOTS of notes. Quite the workout.
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Now they're having a "reunion concert" of an event that happened what, two years ago?
Well, the Sondheim Celebration was in 2002... By 2007, it will be five years ago.
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No. But I learned the book. LOTS of notes. Quite the workout.
Thanks. I'm assiisting on the show and the MD and I are looking for ways to reduce the orchestration - it's overly orchestrated to begin with, not that it's "messy" or anything, it's quite lovely, but too much for the theatre were in with a BAD sound designer. Thought you'd might have some suggestions, but it's cool :)
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Thanks. I'm assiisting on the show and the MD and I are looking for ways to reduce the orchestration - it's overly orchestrated to begin with, not that it's "messy" or anything, it's quite lovely, but too much for the theatre were in with a BAD sound designer. Thought you'd might have some suggestions, but it's cool :)
How many "books" are they sending out? I thought the "small" pit version was available - it's what they're using on the current(?) tour (non-Eq). However, that version does require a virtual orchestra machine, so.. :-\
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However, keep in mind that it's basically a pop/rock show. Start with your piano, keyboard, bass and drums and percussion(!) and expand out from there. -And, yes, you will need a "solo saxophone".
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How many "books" are they sending out? I thought the "small" pit version was available - it's what they're using on the current(?) tour (non-Eq). However, that version does require a virtual orchestra machine, so.. :-\
I'm assuming we're getting the full orcehstration. Oh, and those Vortual Orchestra things really scare me... the concept anyway!
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And speaking of the Kennedy Center, I just received this bit of info from them:
The Golden Gala concert will feature Plácido Domingo and a roster of the most acclaimed stars of the opera world, among them Anna Netrebko, Juan Diego Flórez, Denyce Graves, Salvatore Licitra, Elizabeth Futral, Samuel Ramey, Anja Kampe, Paul Groves, John Matz, Alan Held, and Carlos Álvarez. Crowning the on-stage festivities will be the world premiere of "The Audition," a musical theater piece in the style of an "opera spuffo" by composer Marvin Hamlisch and librettist Sheldon Harnick, starring Broadway diva Kristin Chenoweth and Plácido Domingo.
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elmore, the class isn't rigid but is mostly about interpretation, acting a song - we're about to work on scenes that lead into songs or songs that have interior dialogue in them - but I'd like to do some sort of lecture tomorrow about something.
Here's a thought: although the productions are often rather tacky and amateurish, when I go to see the Ohio Light Opera do operetta, from FLEDERMAUS (1874) to THE NEW MOON (1928), I like the fact that everything is played sincerely and for its reality. Too often, in New York, operetta gets camped because of its high-flown gestures and romantic attitudes: when City Opera prevented THE NEW MOON and THE DESERT SONG directed by Robert Johanson, the romantic plots were so camped up for their silliness that the actual comedy roles were completely over the top with shrill posturing soubrettes and ultra-nelly comedians. How does one deal today with texts and attitudes of another time?
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I'm assuming we're getting the full orcehstration. Oh, and those Vortual Orchestra things really scare me... the concept anyway!
I just checked over at MTI's site... 18 pieces, three of which are Keyboard Books. Looks like they just cut down on the strings. However, the percussion books look like the originals:
Percussion 1: Gamelan, Tympani, Large Tam-Tam, Crotales, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Ching, Large Odaiko, Bell Plate, Tsusumi, Hindu Bells, Kin, Tibetan Skull Drum, Marimba, Mokugyo, Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, Coin Clapper, Thai Bell Tree, Odaiko, Tubaphone
Percussion 2: Thai Bell Tree, Large Odaiko, Gran Cassa, Kyeezee, Drum Kit, Toms, Chinese Cymbal, Small Sustaining Cymbal, Piccolo Wood Block, Xylophone, Tsusumi, Hi-Hat, Mark Tree, Sistrum, Suspended Cymbal, Kin, Marimba, Tam-Tam, Chest Rattle, Gongs, Small Wood Blocks
That's a LOT of doubles! -And if I remember correctly, when the show was running in NYC, the percussion players were some of the highest paid pit players due to the number of doubles they each had. -It was also "infamous" for being an amazingly physical book, but it was also fascinating to watch each player in their respective "cages".
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For the class, my suggestion is the old HHW standby that we love to discuss....the Eleven O'Clock number, the best and the worst....why they work, why they are needed....
Or title songs - some are sung by title characters, some are sung by the chorus, and some are sung by supporting characters....best and worst.
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Que es un opera spuffo?
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WBBL
Oh DR MATTH thanks for the info yesterday about the upcoming SUPERMAN the series DVD release of the next two seasons....I was thinking they would put the last ones together someway. That will be 3/4 and won't they also have 5/6?
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Jose - When you were in school, was the song "More More More" played over the loudspeaker a lot? I always thought of Sir Thomas More when I heard that song.
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Andrea True - now there was a girl for all seasons.
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Very well connected, that Andrea True.
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Last night's Oscars: I have always believed, despite just about everything else, that the "winners" were secret until the envelopes were opened.
What tipped me off that this has changed was the presentation of the original score awards. First, the orchestra and Itzhak Perlman perform selections from the nominated scores in REVERSE order, ENDING with "Brokeback Mountain." Then, there's the "not-so-obvious" choice of a Latina presenting the award -- FOR MUSIC SCORE. Could they have TELEGRAPHED the winner any more obviously?
Oooh! A conspiracy!
Except that writing the arrangment (and orchestration) for the suite takes time.
This probably conflicts with when the ballots are due from the voters. Having been involved with ballot counting (although not for the Oscars), I can assure you that the counting takes a very short amount of time.
I could be wrong, but perhaps DR Pogue can tell us how late the ballots can be accepted. My hunch is that they will be accepted until very close to the ceremony itself.
I found the segment with Perlman to be an innovative way of presenting the musical score nominees. The order in which the nominees were given showed Perlman to his best advantage, first primarily as a soloist and, as the suite progressed, more and more as a part of the orchestral whole. I did not find the order odd at all.
Oh, by the way, Salma Hayek is from Veracruz, Mexico. Gustavo Santaolalla is Argentinian.
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I have to comment on the touring Wicked as well-- You know I just saw the one that came through Tampa in January and I also thought the NY version was better.
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Jose - When you were in school, was the song "More More More" played over the loudspeaker a lot? I always thought of Sir Thomas More when I heard that song.
Umm... No.
But there was that folk setting of the "Hail Mary". ;)
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Last night's Oscars: I have always believed, despite just about everything else, that the "winners" were secret until the envelopes were opened.
What tipped me off that this has changed was the presentation of the original score awards. First, the orchestra and Itzhak Perlman perform selections from the nominated scores in REVERSE order, ENDING with "Brokeback Mountain." Then, there's the "not-so-obvious" choice of a Latina presenting the award -- FOR MUSIC SCORE. Could they have TELEGRAPHED the winner any more obviously?
I thought that Ms. Hayek was chosen to present the award just so that the composer's name would not get mangled during the reading of the nominees.
*I still remember the years that "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" and "Les Miserables" were nommed for Tony's... All that attempted French.
;)
*And also since she portrayed an artist in Frida.
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And who knows? Maybe the order of the selections was pre-determined by the order of the montage?
;D
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...Sweeney Todd: The Reunion Concert - This will be a reunion of the Sondheim Celebration cast which starred Brian Stokes Mitchell and Christine Baranski. -And I was one of the rehearsal pianists. -Oh, and Hugh Panaro was Anthony in that production - I guess both of us may be taking a night off from Lestat next spring. ;)
Hey, take the train down, share a compartment...
;D
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Hey, take the train down, share a compartment...
;D
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Umm... AEA and AFM... I don't see it working out.
;D
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Oh... We're now on Page Five!!!
Everybody...
"Take Five"
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002XQU.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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Oh, by the way, Salma Hayek is from Veracruz, Mexico. Gustavo Santaolalla is Argentinian.
Oh, by the way...they're BOTH Latin American.
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I found the segment with Perlman to be an innovative way of presenting the musical score nominees. .
Hardly "innovative" -- they did a similar presentation a year or so back...was it also Perlman, or was it Yo Yo Ma?
Thank goodness we've moved beyond the Debbie Allen "choreography"...the all-time low point for me was seeing "Schindler's List" being "tapped" to.
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The order in which the nominees were given showed Perlman to his best advantage, first primarily as a soloist and, as the suite progressed, more and more as a part of the orchestral whole. I did not find the order odd at all.
Well...hmmm...let's see. If you are knowledgeable about the nominated scores -- at all -- you'd know that the most intimate and solo-oriented of the group is the Santaolalla composition ("Brokeback Mountain")...written for guitar, actually...so...the theory that we went from something intimate (the orchestral "Munich") to something suitable to an orchestral whole ("Brokeback") is really QUITE odd.
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DR Ron, Ms. Hayek and Mr. Santaolalla don't even come from the same continent. Their backgrounds are quite different. Lumping them together makes as much sense as uniting Ghandi and Mao Zedung because they were both Asian.
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The suite began with an example of Dario Marianelli's score for Pride and Prejudice. Munich was played third, after a bit of William's other score, Memoirs of a Geisha.
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But which would you rather have? Another seemingly pointless montage or a Debbie Allen dance-tacular?
;D
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But which would you rather have? Another seemingly pointless montage or a Debbie Allen dance-tacular?
;D
More hysterical pissiness...PLEASE.
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Jose, as long as you're here, maybe you could give your opinion as a musician: how well does music written for the guitar translate to the violin? Aren't the techniques used in playing one quite different from the other?
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Hardly "innovative" -- they did a similar presentation a year or so back...was it also Perlman, or was it Yo Yo Ma?
Thank goodness we've moved beyond the Debbie Allen "choreography"...the all-time low point for me was seeing "Schindler's List" being "tapped" to.
One of the many choreographical Oscar low points was the year they swiped Tommy Tune's concept for "Doin' The Production Code" as a tap number to explain the Academy's voting rules. And as I recall, the Emmy Awards did the very same thing.
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Time for me to head off to work. Take care, everyone.
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Hope you have an easy day of it, DR S Woody White!!
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How are u feeling today, DR Danise?
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Very well, thank you., DR Dan (the Man), I'm just sorry that my lovely flowers are starting to die. :'( :)
I'm bouncing in and out because I'm working on dubbing things over to DVD.
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Does anyone here have Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and Premiere Elements 2.0?
I bought it them off of Ebay and was told they were "new" but when they arrived, I didn't get the book that goes with it.
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Does anyone here have Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and Premiere Elements 2.0?
I bought it them off of Ebay and was told they were "new" but when they arrived, I didn't get the book that goes with it.
Hmm...
I know that for Abode Photoshop Elements for Mac, the book that came with the software was very minimal. Like most software nowadays, the manuals are on the set-up discs and/or accessible via on-line help menus.
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More hysterical pissiness...PLEASE.
Am I gonna have to bring out the East German judge?
;)
-Does that "joke" even make sense anymore?
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Hmm...
I know that for Abode Photoshop Elements for Mac, the book that came with the software was very minimal. Like most software nowadays, the manuals are on the set-up discs and/or accessible via on-line help menus.
Humm, I didn't think about that but the box in the store is so heavy and all I got was the disks.
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Humm, I didn't think about that but the box in the store is so heavy and all I got was the disks.
Can you e-mail the seller and inquire about the manuals? or check the original e-Bay listing for some fine print?
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I've already sent him an email this morning but haven't heard back.
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And since I never give up a chance for the Classical Music Geek in me to come out...
Jose, as long as you're here, maybe you could give your opinion as a musician: how well does music written for the guitar translate to the violin? Aren't the techniques used in playing one quite different from the other?
In the end, it's all just notes.
The Art of Transcription is a true musical art. When it's done poorly, well, we find ourselves wishing for the original instrumentation. However, when it's done well... It's always nice hearing something new, a new color, a new interpretation.
The Spanish and Spanish-influenced works of composers such as Albeniz, Villa-Lobos, de Falla and Ravel have been freely translated from one instrument to another - usually piano to guitar, but there have been a couple of instances of guitar to piano. And since a lot of the piano works by Albeniz were influenced by guitar patterns and rhythms, a couple of those pieces sound more at home on the guitar in some cases.
And to sort of answer your query, there is a suite of Spanish songs by Manuel de Falla that started out originally for voice and piano. However, they also exist in versions for voice and guitar. Then there are some rather famous transcriptions of the suite for violin or cello solo with piano.
*Note: The original set of songs numbered seven, "Siete Canciones Populares Españolas", but when when Paul Kochanski worked with de Falla to form the "Suite populaire espagnole" for violin and piano, one of the songs was dropped from the suite. Additionally, the order of the songs in the instrumental suite was/is left up to the performer.
However, even Bach freely borrowed from himself - adapting a violin concerto for a keyboard concerto - or even some other composer's melodies. Mozart did the same thing with his Oboe Concerto which he transcribed for Flute just in a different key. (The Flute Concerto is in D Major, the Oboe Concerto in C Major.) Adding to this musicological situation is that both the Oboe and Second Flute Concertos - or Concerti, if you prefer - were not discovered until this century... And it was the D Major Flute Concerto that was discovered first. So, when the parts for the Oboe Concerto were discovered, they realized that the Flute Concerto was just a re-working of the Oboe original. -But that's another class.
;)
And I'd be remiss in not mentioning that many pieces originally written for one instrument did not become "famous" until they were "enlarged" by someone else. The classic example of this is Mussorgsky's "Pictures At An Exhbition" which was originally a set of piano pieces. Nowadays, people are more familiar with Ravel's amazing orchestration/realization of Musssorgsky's "piano miniatures".
In conclusion:
Music is only Music when it comes off the Page and goes into the Air.
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I've already sent him an email this morning but haven't heard back.
Did what you received at least come in an "official" box?
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Well, I've put on my sweats and running shoes, and I believe I'm gonna head out for a brief jog...
Laters...
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Back from errands, watching Oprah from the Oscar stage at the Kodak Theatre. Have I mentioned that the daughter of one of my friends here is the production manager (not sure that's her exact title) at that venue? Her mom is very proud of her.
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Back from a pleasant lunch. It's turned out to be a beautiful day, and I walked around outside a little just to breathe the fresh air.
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And back to the Wicked tour for a sec...
Yes, the producers have been very smart in regards to booking limited runs in each city. The DC engagement sold out in seven hours! Even the Company House Seats were extremely limited during the course of their run at the Kennedy Center. Of course, I'm sure that Wicked will be returning for another "Limited Engagement" in the 2007-08 season. -And the show is already booking return engagements to LA and Denver in the coming year.
Because of all those return engagements, they couldn't fit WICKED on the calendar here for next season.
We are getting, SPELLING BEE, SPAMALOT, DOUBT, and SCOUNDRELS, among others.
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WBBL
Oh DR MATTH thanks for the info yesterday about the upcoming SUPERMAN the series DVD release of the next two seasons....I was thinking they would put the last ones together someway. That will be 3/4 and won't they also have 5/6?
I'm sure 5/6 will follow late in 2006 or early in 2007. Hooray!
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Did what you received at least come in an "official" box?
No, I didn't get the retail box either. Just the two disks in a DVD case.
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Page 6 Cinderella's helpers' Dance!!!
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I have to comment on the touring Wicked as well-- You know I just saw the one that came through Tampa in January and I also thought the NY version was better.
NOW y'all tell me, DRs Danise and Jose! Just kidding, we're taking our 17-year-old niece as her Christmas present; I'll leave it to her parents to take her to NYC.
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When I finally came inside, I put FIREFLY back on and watched a couple more episodes. The first one up was called "Out of Gas" as the good ship Serenity was floating dead in space with life support systems failing and we started having flashbacks not only to see how the ship got into such a precarious position but even DEEPER flashbacks showing how the captain rounded up the present crew coming from so many different backgrounds.
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The second episode had to do with a pillaging assignment to add some much needed revenues to their coiffers and also to get some medical information on River, the deeply psychotic child experimented on my the evil Alliance technicians. Very exciting episode.
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I don't think I've seen REDS since I saw it in the theater on its original release. I liked it then. I wonder how I'd feel about it now.
I haven't seen the movie, but I love the theme song. ;)
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Just read this on the internet. Sure to make DR Jennifer and others here very happy:
"CBS renewing freshman series Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer and How I Met Your Mother for a second season, the network announced Monday. "
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The TOD was on my mind while I was running errands. Don't know if these are technically bio-pics, but they both made me want to learn more about the real-life people portrayed (and both movies are favs of mine):
Quiz Show
Cradle Will Rock
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NOW y'all tell me, DRs Danise and Jose! Just kidding, we're taking our 17-year-old niece as her Christmas present; I'll leave it to her parents to take her to NYC.
I guess you didn't see my post! :D
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Wow! I just got an email about doing charts for baritone Rodney Gilfry, who played Stanley in the premiere of Andre Previn's opera STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Well, I've been waiting for the phone to ring. Hoo and ray!
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Another Rodney!
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And one for DR MBarnum!
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Now I have to head out and deliver the chart for Ms Karen Ziemba to the Men's Chorus conductor. Heigh ho the glamorous life!
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JRand55, don't you think it might be time for some more Allison Hayes pictures of the week???
Since you are at work today I think I will help out....this one is just for DR Rodzinski!
(http://images.andale.com/f2/100/127/15114543/1142544239326_allisonhayes05.jpg)
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NOW y'all tell me, DRs Danise and Jose! Just kidding, we're taking our 17-year-old niece as her Christmas present; I'll leave it to her parents to take her to NYC.
:)
Well, as I said, you get to see the debut of Julia Murney as Elphaba. There are many people in NYC who would love to catch her on the road as Elphaba. And I know some people who are making the trip to do just that. -If that means anything. ;)
And if I didn't think that you should see the tour, I would not have played elf. :)
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The TOD was on my mind while I was running errands. Don't know if these are technically bio-pics, but they both made me want to learn more about the real-life people portrayed (and both movies are favs of mine):
Quiz Show
Cradle Will Rock
I was going to list "Cradle Will Rock" when I saw "Frida " listed earlier.
For me "Frida" worked "Visually" but I felt nothing. "Cradle Will Rock" is wonderful.
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And one for DR MBarnum!
I still remember the pic of him in Opera News a few years ago. He was in a basketball uniform - tank top and shorts. He certainly has great guns.
;)
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DR elmore - Congrats on the Gilfry gig!
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I also read that CBS has renewed all three CSIs, COLD CASE, WITHOUT A TRACE, both SURVIVOR and THE AMAZING RACE.
Not yet renewed (but not canceled) are OUT OF PRACTICE, COURTING ALEX, and CLOSE TO HOME. Obviously, they're going to watch their ratings closely over the next weeks to see if they, too, will be offered another season.
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Oops (Spoo), NUMBERS has also been renewed.
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Good Afternoon!
Well... I headed out for my jog, but since my right foot felt a little "funny", I just decided to go for a brisk walk. However, after about 10 minutes, I just started jogging. 20 minutes later... Then it was back here for a couple of sets of push-ups and crunches and some stretching... Ahh...
*It's amazing just how fast the muscles can lock back up and tighten again. However, it's also nice to know just how fast they "remember" also.
**And this was just what I needed to get back into the swing of things. I still have a new Opening Night outfit to buy in a couple of weeks.
:)
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Congrats to DR Elmore!!!!
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Awwww...
For any Jim Stanek fans - DR td, are you lurking out there? - be sure to check out the latest Lestat blog on Broadway.com.
...And, as always, Hugh Panaro is not bad to look at either.
:)
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Kenneth Turan had an interesting rationale for the victory of CRASH over BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (and the other nominees) last night that made me feel a lot better once I read it.
For those interested in reading it:
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story
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I'm heading down now for late afternoon chores and an evening of viewing.
WBBL.
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Congrats DR ELMORE....nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try.
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Thanks for posting that lovely photo of Miss Allison Hayes, DRMBARNUM.
Today, March 6, is indeed her birthday. She would have been 76 today. And although you can't tell it from that still - in WOLF DOG she plays a faithful wife and mother of a young son.
Happy Birthday, Allison!
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I watched the beginning of the Jimmy Kimmel Show last night and they showed a nice shot of the El Portal - and in the lobby was some kind of new fancy Pontiac Car!
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Kenneth Turan had an interesting rationale for the victory of CRASH over BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (and the other nominees) last night that made me feel a lot better once I read it.
For those interested in reading it:
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story
Try this:
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story)
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Kenneth Turan had an interesting rationale for the victory of CRASH over BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (and the other nominees) last night that made me feel a lot better once I read it.
For those interested in reading it:
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story
Or CLICK HERE (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story).
;)
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Topic of the Day...these have all been mentioned, but I've seen them and think they're all very good:
Amadeus
A Beautiful Mind
Cradle Will Rock
Funny Girl
Shakespeare in Love
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Better late than never, I guess.
;)
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Better late than never, I guess.
;)
No, Jose, not late..."Great minds think alike." ;D
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I am tired. The spiders and dust and stacks weren't too bad. It was the dead mice that got to me.
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Well, as I said, you get to see the debut of Julia Murney as Elphaba. There are many people in NYC who would love to catch her on the road as Elphaba. And I know some people who are making the trip to do just that. -If that means anything. ;)
And if I didn't think that you should see the tour, I would not have played elf. :)
I should have put a ;) in my post, because I'm afraid it sounded ungrateful. Wicked in Cincinnati will be wonderful, I'm sure, and our experience of it will be heightened by viewing it through the eyes of our stage-struck niece who had tears in her eyes when she read the promisory letter we gave her for Christmas. DR Jose has been an elf extraordinaire - if the papers are to be believed, we wouldn't have 4 Sunday matinee tickets waiting for us without his intervention :-*
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Congratulations to DR Elmore on today's phone call!
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I should have put a ;) in my post, because I'm afraid it sounded ungrateful. Wicked in Cincinnati will be wonderful, I'm sure, and our experience of it will be heightened by viewing it through the eyes of our stage-struck niece who had tears in her eyes when she read the promisory letter we gave her for Christmas. DR Jose has been an elf extraordinaire - if the papers are to be believed, we wouldn't have 4 Sunday matinee tickets waiting for us without his intervention :-*
DR Ginny - The ;) was understood. No worries.
Do you know if she'd like to go backstage?
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No, Jose, not late..."Great minds think alike." ;D
I like how you think, young man.
:)
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DR Ginny - The ;) was understood. No worries.
Do you know if she'd like to go backstage?
Oh, my, DR Jose, I'm sure she'd love to (but only if accompanied by her aunt, uncle, and cousin ;)!)
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DH Richard and I have to deliver a box of books to the site of the upcoming used book sale and help sort for a while. Bye for now!
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Before I head back to bed, don't anyone let me forget that der B has arranged for our tix to Shenandoah at the Ford's Theater, in DC. I need to make sure of the date, and arrange for the day off at work.
The Ford's is where der B and I saw Children of Eden, and first met DR Jose in person. We brought him roses. He told us about a very nice French bistro across the street, where we happily dined. We plan on dining there again. Jose is being blamed, of course, correctly and with pleasure.
Didn't you also see OUR AMERICAN COUSIN at Ford's Theatre?
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All cleaned up now and ready to head out for lunch. I'm being fetched, so I'm just playing a waiting game.
Aren't we all, my dear, aren't we all.
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Aren't we all, my dear, aren't we all.
Your new avatar looks "alive" -- like the head could turn and follow me across the room.
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"With A Song in My Heart", biopic of Jane Froman
"Love Me or Leave Me", biopic of Ruth Etting
"Deep in My Heart" -- Rudolf Friml
"Till the Clouds Roll By" -- Jerome Kern
"Words and Music" -- Richard Rodgers (and, to a lesser degree, Lorenz Hart)
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For the class, my suggestion is the old HHW standby that we love to discuss....the Eleven O'Clock number, the best and the worst....why they work, why they are needed....
Or title songs - some are sung by title characters, some are sung by the chorus, and some are sung by supporting characters....best and worst.
Speaking of title songs, was the musical CHICAGO, initially entitled ALL THAT JAZZ?
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Does anyone here have Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and Premiere Elements 2.0?
I bought it them off of Ebay and was told they were "new" but when they arrived, I didn't get the book that goes with it.
Danise, you can download the book online.
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JRand55, don't you think it might be time for some more Allison Hayes pictures of the week???
Since you are at work today I think I will help out....this one is just for DR Rodzinski!
(http://images.andale.com/f2/100/127/15114543/1142544239326_allisonhayes05.jpg)
Why? Does he like black and white photos?
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Wow! I just got an email about doing charts for baritone Rodney Gilfry, who played Stanley in the premiere of Andre Previn's opera STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Well, I've been waiting for the phone to ring. Hoo and ray!
He is cute!
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the typing fingers are sore from last night...
TCB, did you see the pics I posted of Liz last night?
They are on page 41 i believe.
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Try this:
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story (http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/env-turan5mar05,0,5359042.story)
Thank you, Ron, for correcting that web address. And, I never had any doubt that the reasons stated in that article were the reasons that BROKEBACK MOUNTIAN lost. I knew it the moment the winner was announced.
BTW (By the way in internet lingo) did anyone ever see Mr. Nicholson open the envelope last night?
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I am tired. The spiders and dust and stacks weren't too bad. It was the dead mice that got to me.
Are you talking about the Oscars now, Laura?
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Your new avatar looks "alive" -- like the head could turn and follow me across the room.
Careful, Ron, I just did!
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TCB, that's a very nice picture...but would you like it in it's original aspect ratio? :)
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the typing fingers are sore from last night...
TCB, did you see the pics I posted of Liz last night?
They are on page 41 i believe.
Yes I did, DakotaCelt, thank you for posting them. She is one of the few "movie stars" left whose passing will bring me to tears.
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TCB, that's a very nice picture...but would you like it in it's original aspect ratio? :)
Well, sure, George, I guess; but this version does make me look skinnier.
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Well, sure, George, I guess; but this version does make me look skinnier.
My picture sure could use a stretchin'. ;)
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Thank you, George.
Love,
Porky Pig
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My picture sure could use a stretchin'. ;)
Actually, here I am...squeezed to perfection. ;D
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Thank you, George.
Love,
Porky Pig
I MEANT NO OFFENCE!! Please forgive me if it seemed that way!! Mea Culpa...mea maxima culpa...mea maxima maxima culpa!! :(
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I modified my post to remove the offending passage. Again, my bad.
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I modified my post to remove the offending passage. Again, my bad.
What offending passage, George? You certainly didn't offend me.
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It was just announced that baseball great Kirby Puckett has died.
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And one for DR MBarnum!
The heck with MBarnum, that one's mine!!!!
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What offending passage, George? You certainly didn't offend me.
:-* And your newest avatar is quite elegant!! ;D
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Good Evening!
I just got an amazing(!) e-mail. And, frankly, I'm a bit stunned. But in a good sense.
In short, I now know that I have the place in NYC that I'm subletting for as long as I want.
The Power of Love!
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:-* And your newest avatar is quite elegant!! ;D
Thank you George. Are you kissing butt? ??? ??? ???
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TCB your new avatar isquite stunning, but whither the whiskers? I do so love a man with whiskers.....
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Good Evening!
I just got an amazing(!) e-mail. And, frankly, I'm a bit stunned. But in a good sense.
In short, I now know that I have the place in NYC that I'm subletting for as long as I want.
The Power of Love!
Congratulations on keep0ing your home... has the previous tenant gotten engaged?
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Elmore conrats on the new gig... can I come and watch him sing *sigh* I'll even forgive his lack of facial hair
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TCB, you handsome devil!
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conrats.... sigh... congrats I mean... I need to get me one of those computers what you talks to and it just types itself!!!
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Congratulations on keep0ing your home... has the previous tenant gotten engaged?
Engaged last Wednesday...
Married yesterday!!??!!??!!??!!??!!
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Danise, you can download the book online.
Cool! I take it that's at the Adobe site?
BTW--I LOVE the new picture, DR TCB!!
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I just received a most wonderous package from DR, with emphasis on the "dear" Tomovoz...I think that I have some very nifty music to listen to this week...music from some groups I have never even heard of....I love discovering new music (new to me, that is)!
Thanks Tom!!
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Mazel Tov![/i]
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Engaged last Wednesday...
Married yesterday!!??!!??!!??!!??!!
:o :D
Must be loVe!!
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Danise your inbox is full!!
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I told you all I was dubing old VCR tapes over to DVD.
I hope you don't mind my sharing a few picures of something I duped over today. I don't know if they will post ok but......
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/Test1-00hr59min18sec1.jpg)
If you look in the blue circle, you might see someone you know.
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Opps, it needs to bigger. I'll be right back.
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Mazel Tov![/i]
Now running through my head
"A blessing on your heads mazel tov mazel tov..."
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TCB, you handsome devil!
Thanks, Mike. Last chance to marry me (well probably not the last chance).
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and such a son-in-law, like no one ever saw....
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Did Michael and Jose's wedding plans fall through.. I miss so much!
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Alright I am beeing paged... later gators!!!
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Thanks, Danise. Thanks, Vixmom (what do you think that is above my lip?).
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Careful, Ron, I just did!
secret weapons in the avvie TCB???
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I am not sure my body is doing too well tonight. A truck backed into my car this afternoon while I was sitting in it. I had already put the car in Park, so I think I felt it more than I might have otherwise. I thought I was fine, but I am starting to get a little sore.
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I told you all I was dubing old VCR tapes over to DVD.
I hope you don't mind my sharing a few picures of something I duped over today. I don't know if they will post ok but......
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/Test1-00hr59min18sec1.jpg)
If you look in the blue circle, you might see someone you know.
Is that you?
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secret weapons in the avvie TCB???
You bet.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/Test1-00hr59min18sec1.jpg)
If you look in the blue circle, you might see someone you know.
Danise, where did you find that photo of me?
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Let's try this again.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/G-1-Test1---00hr-59min-19se.jpg)
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I am not sure my body is doing too well tonight. A truck backed into my car this afternoon while I was sitting in it. I had already put the car in Park, so I think I felt it more than I might have otherwise. I thought I was fine, but I am starting to get a little sore.
Oohhhh...
I hope it's just a minor twinge/pain come morning. In the meantime...
~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES~~~~
*Did you get the license plate number?
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It was just announced that baseball great Kirby Puckett has died.
I will be darned... I had actually met him once and went to a number of Twins games that he played in....
Amazing!
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Page nine dance!!
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One more:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/G-2-Test1---00hr-59min-21se.jpg)
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TCB, you look so butch. ;) and I'm not just saying that.
I must now be off. I'm off to my sister's house. Our parents are coming over for dinner and they (not me) are having cabbage soup. :P
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(what do you think that is above my lip?).
You can't fool me--that's a soup strainer! ;) :)
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I am not sure my body is doing too well tonight. A truck backed into my car this afternoon while I was sitting in it. I had already put the car in Park, so I think I felt it more than I might have otherwise. I thought I was fine, but I am starting to get a little sore.
~~~Vibes for TCB!!!~~~
And Vibes for your car! I hope there wasn't any (much?) damage!
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Oohhhh...
I hope it's just a minor twinge/pain come morning. In the meantime...
~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES~~~~
*Did you get the license plate number?
Thanks Jose, I am sure I will be fine. And no, I didn't.
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Danise, where did you find that photo of me?
TCB you are a person of many disguises
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You can't fool me--that's a soup strainer! ;) :)
or an albino catepillar
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~~~Vibes for TCB!!!~~~
And Vibes for your car! I hope there wasn't any (much?) damage!
Thanks, George. My car is fine, except for a bent license plate, which is why I didn't get the license number.
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Yikes! I do hope that you are alright, DR TCB. My Mom is really hurting right now with her back, I would hate to think you are in the same pain.
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You bet.
You evil person!!! :-)
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Danise, where did you find that photo of me?
I missed that post! :D
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TCB you are a person of many disguises
No, the girl in the photo is far too lovely to be me.
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Yikes! I do hope that you are alright, DR TCB. My Mom is really hurting right now with her back, I would hate to think you are in the same pain.
Well, thank you, Danise. I am in constant pain with my back and my hip. It is just the rest of me that is now starting to hurt.
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Did Michael and Jose's wedding plans fall through.. I miss so much!
I think fickle Filipinos with Russian fingers give DR MBarnum a case of cold feet.
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No, the girl in the photo is far too lovely to be me.
Awww. Thank you, TCB. That was a long time ago. The theater group I was with was doing "Mame".
If I'm allowed to drive, I'm taking Mom to the doctor next Monday for her back. I hate to say it but all the stress of my being in the hospital did something to her back and she's been in bed the past couple of days.
And I'll also say that I feel like I've been grounded or something. If I don't get the ok to drive tomorrow I think I'm going to go banana's!
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I think fickle Filipinos with Russian fingers give DR MBarnum a case of cold feet.
ouch....
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Some people will go to painful lengths to meet a Truck Driver.
(and yes I thought about rephrasing that!).
Best of calming, healing and soothing vibes DR TCB.
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Awww. Thank you, TCB. That was a long time ago. The theater group I was with was doing "Mame".
If I'm allowed to drive, I'm taking Mom to the doctor next Monday for her back. I hate to say it but all the stress of my being in the hospital did something to her back and she's been in bed the past couple of days.
And I'll also say that I feel like I've been grounded or something. If I don't get the ok to drive tomorrow I think I'm going to go banana's!
Don't push yourself!
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Feel better vibes to DR TCB. ~~~~~~~~~~~
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Some people will go to painful lengths to meet a Truck Driver.
(and yes I thought about rephrasing that!).
Best of calming, healing and soothing vibes DR TCB.
Thanks, Tom. Sadly, he wasn't worth that approach.
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Feel better vibes to DR TCB. ~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks, Jennifer.
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Don't push yourself!
"Don't push Yourself!" that's going to be the title of my next novel.
I think just about everyone I know has said that to me. :D
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I think fickle Filipinos with Russian fingers give DR MBarnum a case of cold feet.
"Russian"? or "Rushin'"?
;)
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"Don't push Yourself!" that's going to be the title of my next novel.
I think just about everyone I know has said that to me. :D
Note to self: Cancel order for "Don't Push Yourself" t-shirt and baseball cap.
;)
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Note to self: Cancel order for "Don't Push Yourself" t-shirt and baseball cap.
;)
;D
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"Don't push Yourself!" that's going to be the title of my next novel.
I think just about everyone I know has said that to me. :D
Well, good, because now I have said it, too.
;D
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Well, sure, George, I guess; but this version does make me look skinnier.
It also make you look commanding and dashing, good sir! A very good pic, indeed!
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It also make you look commanding and dashing, good sir! A very good pic, indeed!
Thanks, Dan, the amazing thing is I took it myself.
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Don't push yourself!
I agree with TCB, DAnise, dont push yourself
Better back vibes to DAnise's mum
Vibes also to TCB.... Cute caterpillar!
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DR DAnise, in an earlier thread, you posted a picture of BEar, what kind of dog is he??
Also have you see Doctor Who; Shada?
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Thanks, Dan, the amazing thing is I took it myself.
You remind me of a grizzled old ranch hand from a western like Bonanza
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DR Jose, you are an international male: Russian hands and Roman fingers.
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I agree with TCB, DAnise, dont push yourself
Better back vibes to DAnise's mum
Vibes also to TCB.... Cute caterpillar!
Oy! See that phrase is catchy!
Thank's for the vibes for my Mom.
I'm finishing up one last dvd dub for the night. An older movie called "Sweet Hostage" with Linda Blair. One of those odd movies that I happen like.
Some of my tape are years old. If I don't do something soon I'll lose them because the tapes will break.
I must have taped this movie by timer because the commericals are in it. I always used to cut them when I sat and taped something. It's kinda cool to see them.
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Thanks, Dan, the amazing thing is I took it myself.
It's a very distinguished look, dear sir.
Dear Friend BK, did you settle your class dilemma for tomorrow?
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DR Danise, just to be contrary:
Just do it!
Put the pedal to the metal!
Go for the gusto!
No pain, no gain!
Drink Ovaltine!
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Oy! See that phrase is catchy!
Thank's for the vibes for my Mom.
I'm finishing up one last dvd dub for the night. An older movie called "Sweet Hostage" with Linda Blair. One of those odd movies that I happen like.
Some of my tape are years old. If I don't do something soon I'll lose them because the tapes will break.
I must have taped this movie by timer because the commericals are in it. I always used to cut them when I sat and taped something. It's kinda cool to see them.
Same here I have a number of tapes like that... The soapboards have a network of sharing tapes, etc...
I have a number of old telly movies I would love to transfer to dvd...
The typical lifespan of vhs tapes is 10 years.
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DR Jose, you are an international male: Russian hands and Roman fingers.
He is??
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I agree with TCB, DAnise, dont push yourself
Better back vibes to DAnise's mum
Vibes also to TCB.... Cute caterpillar!
Thanks, DakotaCelt.
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Danise, how long have you been posting with these lively individuals?
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Great new avatar, DR TCB.
And now we have seen DR DANISE in MAME!!
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I thought she looked FAHBULOUS!!!!
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I have had WAY too much coffee tonight!!!
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DR LAURA - I was thinking about you today...I am glad you survived. Hoarding is a compulsion that I hope I don't grow into - collecting is something else.
I am sure your efforts will be rewarded with a star or two in your crown.
You are braver than I am....
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It's a very distinguished look, dear sir.
Dear Friend BK, did you settle your class dilemma for tomorrow?
Thank you, dear friend.
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I thought she looked FAHBULOUS!!!!
Indeed - that's how young I feel - it's today! ;D
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Great new avatar, DR TCB.
Thanks, Jack!
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re: FRANCES mentioned earlier today.
DR JMK and I both feel the same way about that work of FICTION. In fact it is worse to me than Carroll's HARLOW because it made so many claims as to being the "true" story....or based on such.
You could find a bit of truth here and there....and Lange looked liked Frances, though she didn't sound like her at ALL!
Oh well.....
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Thanks, Jack!
YW. ;D
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Question for you TCB....
I was looking at your profile.... You by chance woiuld not be related to the Birkelands in the Devils Lake area of ND?
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Same here I have a number of tapes like that... The soapboards have a network of sharing tapes, etc...
I have a number of old telly movies I would love to transfer to dvd...
The typical lifespan of vhs tapes is 10 years.
Some of these are a LOT older then that. The tapes of the plays were from circa 1990.
The cool thing is with some software I bought, I can now make stills of anything I record. That was another thing I was testing today with those pictures of me. It worked pretty good.
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Danise, how long have you been posting with these lively individuals?
Gee, I'm not 100% sure. I know I've been here since the start of this new board layout and I did post on the old layout for at least a little while.
Maybe 2-3 years? Does that sound right?
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And I have to say I couldn't have found a better group of people to post with.
I belonged to another board (that shall be nameless )where the fighting and spats still go on to this day.
I've totally stopped posting there because every time I had 2nd thoughts and went back, I honestly couldn't find anything to post about and I didn't want to fight.
I look in on them from time to time and just gasp at some of the posts I see.
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Some of these are a LOT older then that. The tapes of the plays were from circa 1990.
The cool thing is with some software I bought, I can now make stills of anything I record. That was another thing I was testing today with those pictures of me. It worked pretty good.
I have some soap tapes from the late 80s and even an appearance of theChieftains at the Boston Pops when they appeared on public telly.
Would love to get some eppies from Search for Tomorrow... I wouldlove to capture but my dvd player does nto do that and I dont have even enough memory on my puter to do that....
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Gee, I'm not 100% sure. I know I've been here since the start of this new board layout and I did post on the old layout for at least a little while.
Maybe 2-3 years? Does that sound right?
And you have weathered teh storm admirably
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Question for you TCB....
I was looking at your profile.... You by chance woiuld not be related to the Birkelands in the Devils Lake area of ND?
Not that I am aware of, DakotaCelt. My father's family for the most part came from Norway, by way of Alaska.
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And I have to say I couldn't have found a better group of people to post with.
I belonged to another board (that shall be nameless )where the fighting and spats still go on to this day.
I've totally stopped posting there because every time I had 2nd thoughts and went back, I honestly couldn't find anything to post about and I didn't want to fight.
I look in on them from time to time and just gasp at some of the posts I see.
I am down to a few soap boards and they I am posting less and less on. However, I do enjoy a few people and we correspond or chat...
This is a fun board... I felt strange at first jumping in since I am a soapfan and Matt Ashford fan, I was not sure if I would be accepted.
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And you have weathered teh storm admirably
Not really. Danise was in perfect health before she found us.
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re: FRANCES mentioned earlier today.
DR JMK and I both feel the same way about that work of FICTION. In fact it is worse to me than Carroll's HARLOW because it made so many claims as to being the "true" story....or based on such.
You could find a bit of truth here and there....and Lange looked liked Frances, though she didn't sound like her at ALL!
Oh well.....
DRJRand55, all film and dramatic bios are fiction! No one's life is so perfectly plotted. I loved AMADEUS, but reading this new Mozart book points up how false so much of the play and film is. It's the writer's fantasy about the life of a genius and a colloquoy on the nature of how talents are distributed.
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I wondered if you were Norsk... The Birkelands in ND are also Norwegian.....
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Not really. Danise was in perfect health before she found us.
THere ya go Danise, you can blame TCB for your troubles!!
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And I have to say I couldn't have found a better group of people to post with.
You chose good, DR Danise! We're lucky to have you around.
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Not really. Danise was in perfect health before she found us.
It's the rays from the monitor. Remember being told "Don't sit in front of the TV because of the radation?" And now we sit in with them at eye level and post till we're going blind! :D ;D
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You chose good, DR Danise! We're lucky to have you around.
DR.ELmore if you are interested, I could send you the longest Anti Days/Passions writer rant you have ever seen... It was politely written....
I wanted to say some less than flattering things but I minded my manners...
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I am down to a few soap boards and they I am posting less and less on. However, I do enjoy a few people and we correspond or chat...
This is a fun board... I felt strange at first jumping in since I am a soapfan and Matt Ashford fan, I was not sure if I would be accepted.
No worries with this group. :)
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True, DR ELMORE....true....but nobody ever claimed (falsely) that Mozart had a lobotomy.
I guess FRANCES just strikes close to home for me because the woman had enough trouble without being subjected to such *&*^ when she couldn't defend herself....
But as you say....ALL film and dramatic bios are fiction....I doubt we would believe much of the truth...because it IS after all stranger than....
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You chose good, DR Danise! We're lucky to have you around.
I'm the lucky one.
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DR DAKOTA CELT - of course DARK SHADOWS and GENERAL HOSPITAL were my two stories - many years ago...and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is probably the only one I watch now and then....
BUT I do have on tape the last 5 shows broadcast of my nearly all time favorite THE EDGE OF NIGHT from sometime in the 1980's.... When I watched it again a few years ago, it was like seeing a group of old friends... My soap styles - acting, writing, sets, costumes, music - have certainly changed...
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YES DR DANISE....we are lucky you chose us.
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It's the rays from the monitor. Remember being told "Don't sit in front of the TV because of the radation?" And now we sit in with them at eye level and post till we're going blind! :D ;D
yep!
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MR BK hasn't said what he is teaching tomorrow....inspiration for the class or the short story must have stricken him....that or hunger.
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Thanks for posting that lovely photo of Miss Allison Hayes, DRMBARNUM.
Today, March 6, is indeed her birthday. She would have been 76 today. And although you can't tell it from that still - in WOLF DOG she plays a faithful wife and mother of a young son.
Happy Birthday, Allison!
Refresh my memory please, DR JRand. How and when did she die?
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I just watched the video of SWEENEY TODD...what a terrific show. I saw Skip Harris listed in the ensemble...is THIS the Skip that DR FJL knows so well?
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DR DAKOTA CELT - of course DARK SHADOWS and GENERAL HOSPITAL were my two stories - many years ago...and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is probably the only one I watch now and then....
BUT I do have on tape the last 5 shows broadcast of my nearly all time favorite THE EDGE OF NIGHT from sometime in the 1980's.... When I watched it again a few years ago, it was like seeing a group of old friends... My soap styles - acting, writing, sets, costumes, music - have certainly changed...
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1992 was the turning point for Days...
I love the classic stuff...
Would you be willing to every share the EON tape?
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True, DR ELMORE....true....but nobody ever claimed (falsely) that Mozart had a lobotomy.
I guess FRANCES just strikes close to home for me because the woman had enough trouble without being subjected to such *&*^ when she couldn't defend herself....
But as you say....ALL film and dramatic bios are fiction....I doubt we would believe much of the truth...because it IS after all stranger than....
No, but AMADEUS did falsely claim that Salieri was behind his death, envied him, and wanted him dead, all rumor. I never saw a single Frances Farmer bio on film but one of ther bios claimed she had a lobotomy; it's part of our cultural mythology by now.
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Some of these are a LOT older then that. The tapes of the plays were from circa 1990.
The cool thing is with some software I bought, I can now make stills of anything I record. That was another thing I was testing today with those pictures of me. It worked pretty good.
My collection of videotapes goes back to when I bought my first VCR--January, 1983. The very first thing I taped in full was RSC's NICHOLAS NICKLEBY.
DR Danise--those pictures were from video captures? Wow--they are so clear! I would have thought they were actual photographs.
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DR.ELmore if you are interested, I could send you the longest Anti Days/Passions writer rant you have ever seen... It was politely written....
I wanted to say some less than flattering things but I minded my manners...
Thank you, but no thanks! I hate the stupidity of both shows but I refuse to get dragged into the maelstrom!
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Oh don't get JRand and I started on Dark Shardows! We're both BIG fans!
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Actually, here I am...squeezed to perfection. ;D
LOL! DR George, you gave me my biggest laugh of the day. Thank you.
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Oh don't get JRand and I started on Dark Shardows! We're both BIG fans!
I liked that show!
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I just watched the video of SWEENEY TODD...what a terrific show. I saw Skip Harris listed in the ensemble...is THIS the Skip that DR FJL knows so well?
No. DR FJL's Skip is Skip Kennon, gentleman, scholar and musician. He wrote the music for THE LAST STARFIGHTER. Skip and DR FJL are the Walter and Jean Kerr of the millenium. Oy! I'll never hear the end of that.
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DR Danise--those pictures were from video captures? Wow--they are so clear! I would have thought they were actual photographs.
Yes they were. First duped from the tape on to the DVD and then captured using computer software.
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I like the new avatar, DR TCB, but it feels strange to have a new one up that I didn't help screw up! :D
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It's the rays from the monitor. Remember being told "Don't sit in front of the TV because of the radation?" And now we sit in with them at eye level and post till we're going blind! :D ;D
Well, can I just do it until I need glasses?
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I liked that show!
Did you ever go to the DS cons? I met Jonathan Frid at one of them.
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Did you ever go to the DS cons? I met Jonathan Frid at one of them.
DR Danise, you're just a vagabond adventuress!
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DR Danise, you're just a vagabond adventuress!
And I speak a little Klingon too! ;)
Just so happens, I have the photo of JF and me.
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Thanks for correcting the link to the Turan article, DRs Ron Pulliam and Jose.
I don't know why I coulodn't cut and paste it correctly. Weird.
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Refresh my memory please, DR JRand. How and when did she die?
Thank you for asking, DRMATTH.
Miss Allison (Mary Jane) Hayes was enjoying a prolific if ordinary career in Hollywood in the early 1960's - many B movies and lots of episodic television. She wasn't a smoker or a drinker, but had some "female" complaints. Her mother's friend Gloria Swanson suggested that Allison see her own doctor, Henry Bieler. Dr. Bieler gave Allison a prescription for a calcium supplement and suggested she take it several times a week.
Not only didn't the original complaint get better - Allison began to exhibit MANY strange symptoms. Dr. Bieler suggested she double her dose of the supplement - and against the advice of her friend actress Sara Shane (friend of MBARNUM), Allison did just that.
She took the supplement regularly for about four years - in the meantime she eventually lost the use of her right hand, had to walk with a cane, and several other strange maladies. She underwent over 300 X Rays and went from one specialist to another - many of whom told her that her symptoms were psycho-somatic or worse - psychotic.
Eventually she began studying on her own, and discovered that she had lead poisoning. A technician asked for a sample of all medications she had taken and let her know that the supplement (not regulated by the FDA and imported from England) had nearly 1000 times the safe limit of lead in it.
It was a slow death sentence, and there was nothing she could do. Allison lived about four years longer after the diagnosis, and pleaded with the FDA to start regulating supplements - they said they were studying it...but it remains a gray area today....ask Sara Shane!
She died On February 27, 1977, a few days shy of her 47th birthday. :'(
You can read my two-part bio of her here: (this is part two, with a link to part one).
http://www.horror-wood.com/allison.htm (http://www.horror-wood.com/allison.htm)
Now, aren't you glad you asked? 8)
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Did you ever go to the DS cons? I met Jonathan Frid at one of them.
No.... I did go to a Doctor Who on in MPLS and I got to meet Tom Baker
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And I speak a little Klingon too! ;)
Just so happens, I have the photo of JF and me.
Too Cool...
I used to have a picture of dressed up as Romana
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Yes, DRELMORE - part of the culture now....Frances would be pleased to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mozart, I am sure.
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DRDANISE - I am green with envy....GREEN!!!!
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Watched another MURDER SHE WROTE episode tonight from the Biography Channel. You can tell it was near the end of the show's run because people are using cell phones and while the phones aren't as big as a barn, they're bigger than the miniature ones folks have today.
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Thanks for correcting the link to the Turan article, DRs Ron Pulliam and Jose.
I don't know why I coulodn't cut and paste it correctly. Weird.
Long URLs can't be cut and pasted. If it's longer than ## characters long, the end of the URL goes into plain text (as opposed to hypertext).
Just use the [url] formatting tag for long(er) URLs in the future.
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Thank you for asking, DRMATTH.
Miss Allison (Mary Jane) Hayes was enjoying a prolific if ordinary career in Hollywood in the early 1960's - many B movies and lots of episodic television. She wasn't a smoker or a drinker, but had some "female" complaints. Her mother's friend Gloria Swanson suggested that Allison see her own doctor, Henry Bieler. Dr. Bieler gave Allison a prescription for a calcium supplement and suggested she take it several times a week.
Not only didn't the original complaint get better - Allison began to exhibit MANY strange symptoms. Dr. Bieler suggested she double her dose of the supplement - and against the advice of her friend actress Sara Shane (friend of MBARNUM), Allison did just that.
She took the supplement regularly for about four years - in the meantime she eventually lost the use of her right hand, had to walk with a cane, and several other strange maladies. She underwent over 300 X Rays and went from one specialist to another - many of whom told her that her symptoms were psycho-somatic or worse - psychotic.
Eventually she began studying on her own, and discovered that she had lead poisoning. A technician asked for a sample of all medications she had taken and let her know that the supplement (not regulated by the FDA and imported from England) had nearly 1000 times the safe limit of lead in it.
It was a slow death sentence, and there was nothing she could do. Allison lived about four years longer after the diagnosis, and pleaded with the FDA to start regulating supplements - they said they were studying it...but it remains a gray area today....ask Sara Shane!
She died On February 27, 1977, a few days shy of her 47th birthday. :'(
You can read my two-part bio of her here: (this is part two, with a link to part one).
http://www.horror-wood.com/allison.htm (http://www.horror-wood.com/allison.htm)
Now, aren't you glad you asked? 8)
Wow. What a shame and it really makes you think about some of the things we trust to make us feel better and/or keep us healthy.
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Exactly, DRDANISE....maybe DR MBARNUM can post the link the Sara Shane's site....she lives in Australia now and fights against the medical establishment....
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Yes, DRELMORE - part of the culture now....Frances would be pleased to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mozart, I am sure.
I just never want to hear her sing Mozart! I'm sure Wolfgang would have liked her acting; he appreciated talent in the theatre.
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Yes, DR JRand, I AM glad I asked about Allison Hayes. I had no idea she died so young. What a tragedy to die so horribly.
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Thanks for that, Elmore. The Kerr analogy is quite appropriate. Skip's real first name is Walter, and I can often be heard calling out to friends saying "Oh, Mary, Mary!"
There's a joke in there somewhere, if anyone has time to go on an expedition looking for it.
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'24' had a two hour episode tonight that contained shocks and surprises galore.
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and the death of one of the show's most beloved characters. :(
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Look at all these folks. Too bad we don't have the chat room open!
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Exactly, DRDANISE....maybe DR MBARNUM can post the link the Sara Shane's site....she lives in Australia now and fights against the medical establishment....
Speaking of DR MBarnum, where is that little devil tonight? I've kicked DR Jose around the block because it's all his fault for leaving New York, but I can't be mean to MBarnum if he's not around. Our DR MBarnum must have heard they're selling DVDs of Grade Z 1930s and 40s films down at the Piggly Wiggly for less than a dollar each.
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I was having momentary difficulty with the sound on my system, so I switched over to over-the-air high def as opposed to getting it over cable, and those few seconds I thought were going to hopelessly lose me in the plot. At about the midway point, things started to add up, but I really was afraid I wasn't going to be able to follow the dreams/illusions to make sense of it due to missing those few seconds.
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Thanks for that, Elmore. The Kerr analogy is quite appropriate. Skip's real first name is Walter, and I can often be heard calling out to friends saying "Oh, Mary, Mary!"
There's a joke in there somewhere, if anyone has time to go on an expedition looking for it.
Well, it made me laugh! They wrote GOLDILOCKS together, dontcha know.
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Isn't there a country song called "How do you spell green? I-N-V-U"
Or something like that.
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Didn't you also see OUR AMERICAN COUSIN at Ford's Theatre?
I'm sure I didn't, but that's because I'm from the West Coast. Der Brucer, being from Philly, may have travelled south to see the play, but every time I bring the subject up he acts so traumatized that I've dropped the subject.
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No.... I did go to a Doctor Who on in MPLS and I got to meet Tom Baker
My favorite Doctor! I never did get to meet him but I did meet a couple of people from the shows--Peter Davidson, Anthony Ainley, Colin Baker, John Nathan Turner, Nicola Boryant. No pictures handy. They might be part of what I lost in the "flood" (long story).
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You people are ALL crazy!!
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I tended to favour the Three Bears for some reason.
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It's Post Oscar Shock!
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So true, DRMATTH, so true.
And inspired by DRMBARNUM's earlier photo (and apologies to DR RLP because it will set his teeth on edge) - but here is another photo from the same Wolf Dog session with Allison looking much more natural. She loved animals and children ... was the apple of her father's eye (his only daughter, born when he was 50 years old)... and no one (even in tired old Hollywood) says a mean thing about her (except Beverly Garland).... 8)
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And Jose, er, I mean Stritch, was in Goldilocks. :)
I love "I Never Know When To Say When" and some othe songs from that show. But I always wondered if Walter Kerr's strangely muted recation in print to musicals that became classics (like WSS and Fiddler) may have stemmed from his trying to actually create musicals, coming so close but not making it.
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and I've never been accused of eating daisies. (which may mean something to someone).
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And Jose, er, I mean Stritch, was in Goldilocks. :)
I love "I Never Know When To Say When" and some othe songs from that show. But I always wondered if Walter Kerr's strangely muted recation in print to musicals that became classics (like WSS and Fiddler) may have stemmed from his trying to actually create musicals, coming so close but not making it.
Well, I blame GOLDILOCKS' failure on DR Jose. I'm quite fond of the show. Stritch told me that Agnes DeMille walked all over Mr Kerr as the director, but I suspect that's DR Jose on the piano during "Give the Little Lady a Great Big Hand." Russian hands Jose strikes again!
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I love a good Pat Crowley reference.
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and I've never been accused of eating daisies. (which may mean something to someone).
You are a daisy!
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What page dance is this????
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GOLDILOCKS - the most underrated musical?
Or is it THE GOLDEN APPLE?
SHE LOVES ME?
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Walter Kerr's PIECES AT EIGHT is one of my favorite books of theatre criticism....
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I first heard of the Righteous Brothers from their appearance on the TV series Please Don't Eat the Daisies. They did Daisy Chain Melody, am I right?
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I have to share one more screen capture with you all.
Anyone know this handsome fella? Sigh. I couldn't click the capture button fast enough to make myself a screen saver collection of just him.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/EF-Test1---00hr-53min-09sec.jpg)
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One of the my favorite things he wrote is:
I was involved (intimately involved) with a production once that was having trouble on the road. We were surprised when after one particularly disastrous preview that the producer declared what was wrong with the show....what was KILLING the show....was the ground cloth that was being used in the first act.
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I first heard of the Righteous Brothers from their appearance on the TV series Please Don't Eat the Daisies. They did Daisy Chain Melody, am I right?
Yup...with the Everly Brothers and the Brothers Four.
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Walter Kerr's PIECES AT EIGHT is one of my favorite books of theatre criticism....
When I was a kid, I loved Jean Kerr's writing. She always made me laugh. Why isn't MARY MARY on DVD? Dammit!
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Of all things earlier today, I pulled COLLATERAL off the shelf and started rewatching it. It IS very suspenseful.
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I have to share one more screen capture with you all.
Anyone know this handsome fella? Sigh. I couldn't click the capture button fast enough to make myself a screen saver collection of just him.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/EF-Test1---00hr-53min-09sec.jpg)
DR DANISE where did you get this photo of me?
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If your daisy went on strike, would you pick it? (A feeble Alan Jay Lerner reference)
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I first heard of the Righteous Brothers from their appearance on the TV series Please Don't Eat the Daisies. They did Daisy Chain Melody, am I right?
LOL FJL.
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Now that's my idea of a cowboy!
:D ;)
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When I was a kid, I loved Jean Kerr's writing. She always made me laugh. Why isn't MARY MARY on DVD? Dammit!
What are you, a Diane McBain fan? 8)
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I have to share one more screen capture with you all.
Anyone know this handsome fella? Sigh. I couldn't click the capture button fast enough to make myself a screen saver collection of just him.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/EF-Test1---00hr-53min-09sec.jpg)
Errol Flynn.
Is this from DODGE CITY or some other color western film he made?
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You are a daisy!
I need a Jimmy Gilmer in my life.
(possibly obscure but Rodzinski would know)
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I need a Jimmy Gilmer in my life.
(possibly obscure but Rodzinski would know)
Bottle or glass?
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Well, that's JRand but it's from the film San Antonio . I'm not saying how I got it.
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What are you, a Diane McBain fan? 8)
I always liked Diane McBain; she's quite wonderful in MARY MARY, as I recall, and I always liked Joanna Barnes in AUNTIE MAME and THE PARENT TRAP.
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Okay, this tired old whore is signing off. 'Night, all!
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Close Jack. a few years earlier though.
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SAN ANTONIO. Thanks for the info. I'm not sure I've ever seen that one.
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If your daisy went on strike, would you pick it? (A feeble Alan Jay Lerner reference)
A strike for more honey and shorter flowers I guess.
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Close Jack. a few years earlier though.
Missed! 8)
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Well it's pumpkin time for me. I can't get used to these kind of hours--I'd never be able to get up and go to work.
I'd best say good night for now. I have my post op to tomorrow as well so I'd better be rested or my doctor will never let me drive!
Have a good evening all!
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DR ELMORE - I like Joanna Barnes too...she was great on all those 70's game shows!
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Thanks for getting my movie right, DR DANISE! Now it's my bedtime, too, with my boots on.
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SAN ANTONIO. Thanks for the info. I'm not sure I've ever seen that one.
It's the one with the song, "Some Sunday Morning" in it.
Night all!
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Bought a copy of "Crash" today.. Because it was there. About the Equivalent of $10 US.
And that is not why I am listening to Hall & Oats singing "Rich Girl" at this very moment.
MMMMM They just sang "Maneater" and I bought a copy of "Eating Raul" today as well.
"Kiss On My List" does not connect though.
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I just saw that the boxed set of MGM musicals (SUMMER STOCK, ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY, IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER, and THREE LITTLE WORDS) comes out April 25th.
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Hope you'll share your thoughts about CRASH with us, DR Tom, when you've watched it.
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KISS ON MY LISZT - that's the title of my next bio-pic
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I saw that the DVD has jumped to #2 at Amazon after its big win last night.
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Sad to say, I didn't get a shipping notice from Amazon about HARRY POTTER today, so that means no GOBLET OF FIRE for Wednesday. Oh, well, I'll have to find something else.
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And now I think I'll head down and get ready for bed.
Good night, everyone!
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Interesting coinkydink -
The first "Broadway" show that der Brucer ever saw was Goldilocks, in Philly before it got to Broadway.
With Strich.
(She was in the show, he was in the audience, they weren't dating.)
The theater where we saw Joseph and the Randy Vicar's Coat is the theater where he saw Goldilocks yea those many years ago. The very same!
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My favorite Doctor! I never did get to meet him but I did meet a couple of people from the shows--Peter Davidson, Anthony Ainley, Colin Baker, John Nathan Turner, Nicola Boryant. No pictures handy. They might be part of what I lost in the "flood" (long story).
I am jealous.... I love Peter Davison... Lucky Girl!!
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KISS ON MY LISZT - that's the title of my next bio-pic
Perhaps you could use the Gary Edwards Combo's "Franz Liszt Twist"..
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Well... I'm actually starting to fade... And I need to do some stretching before heading to bed... -Alas, I do believe my sciatica is acting up again... Ah, well... It's manageable and bearable...
Goodnight.
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I tried an interesting combination for dinner tonight.
Pork loin chops (two)
Crushed pineapple (1 can)
Ginger (1 tablespoon, minced) (the plant, not the kind that hung out with Mary Ann)
Sesame seeds (1 tablespoon)
Sesame oil (1 teaspoon)
Cayenne pepper (1 dash)
In a medium skillet, mix the pineapple, ginger, sesame seeds, and cayenne over medium heat, let flavors meld for maybe three or four minutes. Add the pork loin chops on top of the mixture, and cover for eight to ten minutes, turning the chops over about half-way through. Drizzle the sesame oil over the chops, and serve the chops with the pineapple mixture either on top or underneath.
Corn and Rice-a-Roni make good accompaniments.
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DR DANISE where did you get this photo of me?
Better yet, DR JRand, where did you get that toupee???
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Well... I'm actually starting to fade...
That's what you get for setting yourself out in the sunlight all the time.
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I'm going to wussburger.
Sandwiched between two pieces of Texas Toast.
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It was just announced that baseball great Kirby Puckett has died.
He lived in my town.
Spring Training is going on here in town. My son said good morning to Derek Jeter at a Starbucks this morning, he told me.
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DR DAnise, the good doctor is now on the scifi channel
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Back from supper with Miss Tammy Minoff. I've decided to talk about all kinds of songs from musicals - thanks for the suggestions - eleven o'clock numbers, opening numbers, I want songs, charm songs, comedy songs, etc. That should kill an hour very quick.
Must relax for a mo, write the notes, then write a page of notes for class tomorrow.
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I come home and everyone disappears. How unseemly. Still, a rather amazing post-Oscar day of postings, wouldn't you say? In fact, I'd say that if folks hadn't WUSSBURGERED we would have been in the top seven posting days. Well, perhaps we'll have a frenzy in the next hour and fifteen minutes.
Adelphia had a hiccup and lost synch with the computer, so naturally we had to do the ridiculous unplugging of everything, shutting the computer down, replugging then relogging on, after which all was well.
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I hadn't realised how many posts there had been today.
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And Jane is catching up!
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For DR JRand in the morning!
"Daisy Petal Picking" was the second hit for Jimmy Gilmer after his #1 "Sugar Shack". About 6 years before "Bottle Of Wine"
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I wish. I really should be off to bed. I wanted to say hello. Tomorrow is a “fun” packed day and then I’m off to LA for a wedding shower.
Bruce and Penny I will try and call while I’m there. I barely have time to do everything I need to do before leaving Wednesday morning. I still haven’t set up plans with all my family. There are several people I haven’t seen in a few years I really must see.
I have friends who return to their hometowns and have very few people to see. I on the other hand am far too good at staying connected with folks. ;D
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Danise, good permission to drive vibes tomorrow!
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I’m just kind of staring at the computer-I think I should be able to sleep now.
‘night
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Grease
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I’m just kind of staring at the computer-I think I should be able to sleep now.
‘night
Pleasant dreams Jane and safe journey vibes to LA
Take care!
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Ooh, a visit from Jane. I'm hoping she'll call and that we can all find an hour to go have a drink somewhere.
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I can't sleep.
I can't sleep, don't ask me
I can't sleep, don't ask me
I can't sleep, merci boucoups...
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Pleasant dreams, DR Jane!
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And that gets us to page 15? Interesting.
(Consider the dance already implied.)
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I had a good day at work, BTW, which is By The Way in computer lingo. We're training staff for a new store just south of us, nicely out of our immediate area but more convenient for some of our customers.
The new staff is very nice, and we're all trying to speed them along in feeling comfortable in their jobs. Still, they've got a lot to learn in less than a month. I don't envy them.
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I just caught up and wanted to say, "Hi."
So, "Hi."
;D