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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a distinctly burnt umber feeling, and now it is time for you to post until the burnt umber cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: AMATIVE!
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And the word of the day is: AMATIVE!
While most of the cast won their roles in the play through the extensive audition process, Marilyn made the TEAM VIA her AMATIVE skills on the casting couch.
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And now for your mental delectation, a new The Creature Wasn't Nice review. If you haven't gotten the CD yet, I have copies and can sell them to you - just drop me an e-mail.
http://www.cinemusic.net/2007/06/11/the-creature-wasnt-nice/
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I should read the notes before I log off.
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You know who loves the word of the day? The Randy Vicar, that's who.
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That reminds me of the story of The Randy Vicar and the Polish Sausage. That's one of my favorites.
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Will we never get to page two?
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Yesterday was faux Flag Day - today is the real thing - unfurl, baby, unfurl!
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I will single-handedly take us to page two.
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Will we never get to page two?
Patience, patience.
(A G&S reference, twice!)
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While I am at work, I will try to think of Saint Saens songs.
It may be difficult, what with the competing muzak wafting in the air, but I will try.
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And the computer again wants to shut itself down!
See, der Brucer, it isn't something I'm doing!
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It's time to restart (actually, shut off) my computer, so I'm off to bed. Good night, all.
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Sleep tight, esteemed BK.
Good morning, Dear Reader Laura. Or shouldn't you be tucking yourself under the covers, as well?
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Good night, George. Have sweet dreams of oatmeal bowls washing themselves.
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Good night, George. Have sweet dreams of oatmeal bowls washing themselves.
Umm...okay...if I must.
;D
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I'm still here. Listening to some marvelous David Raksin music - I have two CDs-worth of wonderful Raksin from his personal collection of acetates. Very little of it has ever been commerically available. I'm now listening to his beautiful score to Separate Tables.
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I'm here still.
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Still, I'm here.
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goodnight all
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Welcome ten GUESTS. What is the sound of one hand clapping?
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sleep sweet sleep,
dream sweet dreams,
float softly in and out of a gentle world of love and light
think not of the morrow, for it will come soon enough.
-Adriana Patti
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Favorite French songs - almost the entirety of Irma La Douce with that marvelous Margueritte Monnot music, especially Our Language Of Love. Quite a few Jacques Brel songs. And, of course, I do love Ravel, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honneger and the rest of Les Group des Six, Jean Michel Damase. I love the French singer Mirielle Matthieu.
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Are we STILL on page one?
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Man, they don't write movie music like this anymore.
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I think I'll forego my nightly viewing of Perry Mason Season Two to listen to Raksin.
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Why is dear reader Laura just sitting there like so much fish?
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I am sort of tired, as I woke up yesterday morning at seven.
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I have quite a few DVDs to watch over the next few days.
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Look at all these ME posts. That avatar does get tiresome with only ME posting.
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So it is written, so it shall be done - page two.
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Will we never get to page three?
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While I am at work, I will try to think of Saint Saens songs.
It may be difficult, what with the competing muzak wafting in the air, but I will try.
"If I Had Words" (Theme from "Babe")
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Favourites:
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Debussy "La Fille Aux cheveux De Lin"
Erik Satie: Various themes
Songs:
Milord
l'amour est Bleu
What makes a Man (Aznavour)
Yesterday When I Was Young (Aznavour)
Tout Les Garcons Et Les Filles
Dans Le Monde Entier
Un Jour un Enfant
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Favourite Song:
La Mer.
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Good morning DR Edisauras
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Good Morning, Tom! I was catching up and I missed you!
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I'm up with my regular cat ritual...my oatmeal bowl-equivalent.
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Favorite classical pieces:
Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit, La Création du Monde and that ondes martenot concerto (cousin to the theremin)
Debussy:Ma Mere l'Oye
Satie: Gymnopédies
Songs:
Ne Me Quitte Pas
You Must Believe in Spring (don't remember the French title)
Edition Spéciale
Just about anything by Francis Cabrel, Maxime Le Forestier, Les Negresses Vertes and Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine...I'd have to go through too many CD's to pick out my favorites.
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Hmmm.....I don't know much from France....that I know of, I know.
Hmmmmm.....I like the music and movie LES UNS DE LES AUTRES....
And Jacques Brel of course.
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Any HHW'er who was planning to fly in to see CINDERELLA this weekend, I am sorry to tell you that all remaining performances are sold out.
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I am working today and tomorrow. :(
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TOD
YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
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Return of TOD
IF WE ONLY HAVE LOVE
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. I must have forgotten to log out last night.
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Good morning North America and France .
Goodnight.
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Does "Michelle" count for the Topic of the Day?
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A lesser-known favorite French song is "Le Petit Dejeuner" recorded by Jean Sablon.
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And now for your mental delectation, a new The Creature Wasn't Nice review. If you haven't gotten the CD yet, I have copies and can sell them to you - just drop me an e-mail.
http://www.cinemusic.net/2007/06/11/the-creature-wasnt-nice/
I loved the comment that the creature's singing voice was done my one of the muppets. If he only knew.
I also wouldn't exactly call the songs "lounge songs" which is what the reviewer did.
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Hmmm.....I don't know much from France....that I know of, I know.
Hmmmmm.....I like the music and movie LES UNS DE LES AUTRES....
And Jacques Brel of course.
I agree with your choices
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Return of TOD
IF WE ONLY HAVE LOVE
My favorite Brel song/ Laurie Beechman and her sister do a beautifulbilingial version of it on her album No One Is Alone
Another fav Brel song is Amsterdam
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Le Ciel Est Bleu
Also I had an album of songs by Roger Whittaker that were French versions of his popular English songs. Of those the French version of Durham Town was almost an a totally different songs called Mon Pays Bleu
Add:
Un Ballad D'Amour
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BURNT UMBER:
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TOD/WOD: I have amative feelings for the following:
* Duruflé: Requiem
* Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
* the piano music of Satie
* Jacques Brel: Les désespérés [Desperate Ones]
* Ravel:
Piano Concerto in G
String Quartet in F
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
'Mother Goose' suite
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Will we never get to page two?
Certainly.
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Are we STILL on page one?
We were but we aren't now.
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Will we never get to page three?
Eventually.
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bk, sorry you didn't enjoy Grey Gardens. I feel the score works quite effectively in the theatre. The new album is essentially what you own; they only recorded the two or three new songs and swapped them into the previous track list.
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Good morning!
Cool morning, warm afternoon, same as the last couple of days, but I continue to enjoy the early morning cooler temperatures. Tomorrow looks to be the same.
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DR Cillaliz - How very scary! Glad you are safe.
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Don't know a lot about French music. I guess LES MIZ started out in French so I guess that would fit the topic.
Clasically, I adore Debussy, especially "Reverie" and "Clair d'Lune."
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DR JoseSPiano - sorry to hear about your crumbly cookies [!] and poor service. :(
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Yes, bk, in addressing your comments to DR Ron Pulliam last night:
HD-DVD and Blu-ray are inherently sharper DVD formats. Their resolution is 2 1/2 times that of standard DVDs - 480 scan lines of resolution for DVD versus 1,080 scan lines for high definition discs. Mastered properly, the high definition DVDs feature a depth of focus, color saturation, and level of detail that DVD can't hope to match.
That's not to say that DVDs can't look startlingly good when they're done right. But unless somone in the mastering process screws up royally or has limited quality materials to work with, the HD discs are always going to be steps up in quality to their DVD counterparts.
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I just popped in for a few minutes because I am expecting company later this morning, and I must go get cleaned up now.
WBBL.
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TOD:
Hormis Edith Piaf et Jacques Brel, je ne sais pas beaucoup de musique française.
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Good morning, all! Another night of weird dreams: I remember a stalled car on the side of the road, an old small house in Oxford Ohio in which I was staying with several roommates and several ghosts, a hallway that wasn't always there, a trip to a mall by train, but nothing ties together.
Today, the NYPL: more BABES newspaper clippings.
TOD:
Marguerite Monnot: Irma la douce, her songs for Piaf
Jacques Brel
Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre, Samson et Dalila, Carnival of the Animals
Bizet: Carmen, Jeux d'Enfants
Offenbach: LA Belle Helene, Orphee aux Enfers, La Perichole, et al.
Messager: Veronique
Massenet: Manon
Thomas: Mignon, Hamlet
Ganne: Hans le jouer de flute
Ravel: Concerto for piano in G, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Tombeau de Couperin, Sheherazade
Debussy: Suite bergamasque, Ariettes oubliees, orchestra works
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm wondering where my friend Mike is. ??? His bus, I thought, was scheduled to get in around 7:30am, and then he was supposed to call me before he hopped on the subway uptown. Well, still no call, and it's already 10:00am. So... I've called his place in Richmond and left a message there, just in case. I hope to hear from him soon. -Guess I'll check the traffic reports in DC and NJ.
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I forgot Ravel's wonderful Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String quartet!
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All cleaned up with nowhere to go!
Actually, I jumped back on-line for a second while waiting for my friend to arrive.
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And since bk mentioned David Raksin, he also provided the lively score for THE BIG COMBO that I watched last night.
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Today I'll continue with ANGEL episodes (getting very close to the end of the fourth season; I may try to finish it so I can start on another TV-boxed set.
I still have WITHOUT LOVE waiting to be watched. I may put in HOLLYWOOD OR BUST with Dean and Jerry today, too.
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Tonight is another episode of THE STARTER WIFE (which I'm enjoying) and another STUDIO 60. I still haven't watched LAST week's STUDIO 60. May try to get to it today as well.
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Now, since my computer is upstairs and my guest will be arriving downstairs, I need to head down there so I don't miss his knock at the door.
WBBL.
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I forgot Ravel's wonderful Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String quartet!
I forgot that one, too - and I agree, it IS wonderful! :)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Rameau: Gavotte et Cinq Doubles
Debussy: "La plue que lente", "Images", the Preludes, the Etudes (and the rest of the piano music) and almost all of the mélodies
Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine", the Violin Sonata, the two Piano Quartets, and almost all of the mélodies especially "Notre amour", "Les rose d'Ispahan", "Les Berceaux", "La Bonne Chanson", and those amazing duets: "Puisqu'ici-bas", "Tarantelle" and "Pleurs d'or"
Poulenc: "Ç" - a truly haunting song, the instrumental Sonates especially the ones for flute and oboe, the Concerto for Two Pianos
Milhaud: "Scaramouche" for two pianos - So much fun to play!
Saint-Saens: "Carnivale des Animaux", and some of his mélodies are also quite beautiful.
Ravel: "Don Quichotte á Dulcinée", both Piano Concertos, "Miroirs"
Other art-song composers/specialists: Hahn, Duparc, Bachelet, Satie, etc., etc., etc.
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I don't know from the TOD.
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I think I have THE BIG COMBO on DVD or DVDr someplace, but have not watched it yet. I think someone I interviewed had soemthing to do with it, or else I just wanted to see Earl Holliman.
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As for more "modern" French composers, well...
For some unknown reason, one of my French teachers in high school would play a recording of Johnny Holliday singing "Big Bijoux" (sp?). Alas, I think the tackiness of that recording sort of spoiled my further appreciation of French pop music. :-\
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OH!
Poulenc: "Les Chemins de L'Amour"
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I don't know from the TOD.
Quelle Surprise!
I didn't get your schedule yet!
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Any HHW'er who was planning to fly in to see CINDERELLA this weekend, I am sorry to tell you that all remaining performances are sold out.
Oh, shucky DARN!
And I just washed my hair and everything....!
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Oh... Whew!
My friend, Mike, just called... Their bus did get in a little later than scheduled, so they just headed up to MoMA, and will check their bags there while they are there. He'll check back in with me this afternoon. -He was going to call earlier, but since he knows I don't normally keep early morning hours, he refrained from calling until a more "civilized" hour. -Which is OK - it's been kind of nice being up early here in the apartment while everyone else is asleep - nice and quiet.
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Hmm.. I've been up for a bit, but have yet to have breakfast. Guess I better remedy that situation.
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Good morning, all! Another night of weird dreams: I remember a stalled car on the side of the road, an old small house in Oxford Ohio in which I was staying with several roommates and several ghosts, a hallway that wasn't always there, a trip to a mall by train, but nothing ties together.
Questions:
Do you know this house? Have you ever been there?
These ghosts...are they stranger ghosts or ghosts of people you once knew/loved.
The hallway "that wasn't always there"...VERY interesting. Are you imposing a hallway you always thought SHOULD have been there...or is it more a dramatic device your subconscious installed?
The trip to a mall by train....regular above-ground "traditional" train? More modern (i.e., fast rail)?
I think dreams are fascinating.
I envy you that one!
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DR elmore - Let's see... Mexican food, margaritas.... weird dreams? -Sounds normal to me. ;)
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And I just washed my hair
Can you do a THING with it?
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Oh by the way, DR JoseSPiano - the Woodward/Newmans pass along their congratulations on your getting your hair cut yesterday!
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I slept very, very , very well last night.
IT was night two of sleeping in an air-conditioned bedroom.
For all unfamiliar with the Bay Area of California, "central air" is not a "usual" feature of homes. The "marine layer" is nature's air conditioning and is prevalent throughout the year. Yes, we have hot days....hot weeks, even....but never for extended durations. Folks are generally jiggy with waiting the heat out because the cool always returns.
That said, there are occasions when A/C is a necessity.
I live in a condo that has windows/balcony on the west side of the building...on the top floor....and my unit gets the full brunt of the sun until sunset. When the marine layer rolls in, normally in the afternoons, it blocks the sun during the course of the afternoon when my unit would "super heat."
When a high pressure system prevents the marine layer from penetrating inland, I get that "super heat". The only times that are bearable is when I'm getting an onshore breeze. I can then open my front door and get a cross-current in effect, drawing out the warm air and replacing it with cool.
When offshore winds are the norm, we get heated wind off the valley/deserts....and THAT's when I need my A/C.
I have a window unit in the living room. And about six weeks ago, I invested in a portable unit for my bedroom (it vents out the window). I used it two days a month ago. And I've used it this week. The past two nights, I left it running all night.
And believe me, the difference between a cool room and a heated, oxygen-deprived room is STAGGERING.
(And you could only read about such things here on HainesHisWay.com without getting a sales pitch).
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TOD: Ravel & Debussy. Pretty much anything by them.. Other than that, I don't listen to French songs.
Well, I'm disappointed. I went to my history on the computer as I always do and pulled up this site on it, as I do every morning and started reading BK's notes and there he is talking about being halfway through a new Kritzer novel that will be very long. I 'm thinking, "Oh, joy! A new Kritzer novel! Sending young Kritzer off to college. What fun!" Then I realized I was reading notes from 2003 from the Archive that I had pulled up last night when I was doing a search on myself for something.
Now I'm crushed. But College Kritzer. Think about it, BK!
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Oh by the way, DR JoseSPiano - the Woodward/Newmans pass along their congratulations on your getting your hair cut yesterday!
Ah, that would explain the flowers I received this morning. The delivery man could not track down the card that was supposed to with them.
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I'm up with my regular cat ritual...my oatmeal bowl-equivalent.
Kitty gets a bath every morning?
der Brucer
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I'm getting my hair cut on Saturday tho I don't expect flowers from the Newman/Woodward household.
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PAGE FOUR HAIR BOUQUET DANCE!!!
(http://www.frenchfavors.com/images/skeleton_leaves/bridal_hairdo_leaves2.jpg)
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I'm getting my hair cut on Saturday tho I don't expect flowers from the Newman/Woodward household.
Surely they wouldn't begrudge you a bouquet of man-in-the-moon marigolds!
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Today after work I'm heading down to J&R to purchase a pair of mid-priced binoculars for a friend's 50th birthday gift. He lost the binocs he usually uses (they are for theatre viewing when we are in the cheap seats) and he hinted he could use a new pair. Ask and ye shall receive (within reason that is).
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I'm getting my hair cut on Saturday tho I don't expect flowers from the Newman/Woodward household.
They don't send you flowers..
They don't sing you love songs..
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Perhaps with a gentle nudge from Sing and Jose I could get at least an e-mail congratulations.
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Kitty hets a bath every morning?
der Brucer
Better than the imagery I had....a bowl of kitty litter that looked like oatmeal.
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They don't send you flowers..
They don't sing you love songs..
They hardly talk to you anymore
When you come through the door at the end of the day...
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But do you remember when...
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I saw Old Acquaintance last night. It's a 1940 play by John Van Druten. They made it into a movie in 1943 starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.
The show last night was pleasant. A standard 1940s Broadway play with three acts each about a half hour. The situations were a bit out of the ordinary for the time. One woman is a divorced single mother raising her daughter and being very successful. The other has had more than one affair and the writing is quite open about the fact that the affairs involved sexual relations. I've never seen the movie but I'm sure Mr. Hays made them change that part of the play. It was fun to see Harriet Harris on stage chewing the scenery. While I enjoyed myself I don't think the show will do much beyond it's limited Roundabout run. It was perfectly pleasant but nothing more. I don't think it's selling well either since it's on the half-price booth and TDF every day. Oh, well. A slow start to the new theatrical season.
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Questions:
Do you know this house? Have you ever been there?
These ghosts...are they stranger ghosts or ghosts of people you once knew/loved.
The hallway "that wasn't always there"...VERY interesting. Are you imposing a hallway you always thought SHOULD have been there...or is it more a dramatic device your subconscious installed?
The trip to a mall by train....regular above-ground "traditional" train? More modern (i.e., fast rail)?
I think dreams are fascinating.
I envy you that one!
Why, DR RON, didn't know you were interested in dreams. I think of that as JRAND's territory. I don't know much about dream analysis, but welcome hearing yours--as well as JRAND's.
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Time for some news from Playbill On-Line
This article contains a familiar name.
Herringbone (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108780.html)
News for Francois.
Julie Andrews (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108817.html)
For Sweeney fans.
Tim Burton (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108819.html)
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Oh, shucky DARN!
And I just washed my hair and everything....!
Oh well...
If you're anywhere near Salinas, you can go see SACCO AND VANZETTI at the Maya Cinema! ;D
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TOD - Faure's "Cantique de Jean Racine" and his "Requiem" (which I know is in Latin, but whatever.
Anything by Jaques Brel
And to stretch things even more, I love Susan Egan's "French Song" on her Coffee House CD. And I even like Maria Friedman's "Paris in the Rain" those are stretching the topic, I know! :)
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Off to the gym... you finish the rest
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I was actually thinking of John Van Druten and I REMEMBER MAMA yesterday when we were talking about Swedish meatballs.
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Good morning, HHW!
I just dropped in for a moment, then got engrossed--as usual.
TOD:
I adore the soundtrack to THE CHORUS by Bruno Coulais. Enjoyed the film, but love, love, love the music.
I also enjoy the music of Saint-Saens, Ravel (other pieces more than the Bolero), and Faure. I recently heard a couple pieces by Francois Dompierre, who I believe is actually French-Canadian. I related instantly to his work.
There are others, but my brain isn't functioning well enough right now to recall them.
Much to do. Must go. Will be interested to hear the rest of today's TOD.
DR MICHAEL SHAYNE, do you know the work of Dompierre?
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OH!
DR Matthew - I know what you mean about trying to "play" mutli-piano pieces on one piano... Or something like that. And to tie it in to today's Topic...
I remember playing Saint-Saens "Variation on a Theme of Beethoven" in college with a studio-mate. There are a couple of variations where it's a call and answer between the two pianos/players, and practicing those sections "solo" was always kind of tricky. It was always much easier with the other piano/player to play off of.
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Kitty gets a bath every morning?
The princess wakes me up for her treat, a bit of canned food that she sometimes doesn't even eat. She does this, I think to garner favor from the Queen, who wouldn't lower herself to actually ask for anything. She will not stop unitl I get up, and has some of the most annoying ways of making that happen. But she's so cute that I can't even get mad at her.
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She looks like this, but without the headphones and without doing a Stevie Wonder impersonation.
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DR Matthew - I remember a Piano Festival Piece that came out a few years ago. It was a 2-Piano, 8-Hands arrangement of the "Theme from Bonanza". Quite simple technically, but oh so effective!
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DR Matthew - Have you considered trying to record Steve Reich's "Six Pianos"? ;)
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The princess wakes me up for her treat, a bit of canned food that she sometimes doesn't even eat. She does this, I think to garner favor from the Queen, who wouldn't lower herself to actually ask for anything. She will not stop unitl I get up, and has some of the most annoying ways of making that happen. But she's so cute that I can't even get mad at her.
LOL. wonderful kitty pic.
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That cat made me smile Edisaurus!
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Off to the gym... you finish the rest
...to work up a sweat.
...to take a nice steam.
...to work on my upper body.
...to work on my lower body.
...to look at the scenery. ;)
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Elmore, I have now e-mailed you my itinerary, such as it is.
Will you be contacting some of the missing in action HHWers such as DR Jason and DR TPunk so that we may get to see there lovely smiling faces whilst we are in NY?
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DR Matthew - I know what you mean about trying to "play" mutli-piano pieces on one piano... Or something like that. And to tie it in to today's Topic...
I remember playing Saint-Saens "Variation on a Theme of Beethoven" in college with a studio-mate. There are a couple of variations where it's a call and answer between the two pianos/players, and practicing those sections "solo" was always kind of tricky. It was always much easier with the other piano/player to play off of.
Actually, DR Jose, I'm recording each part into a 4 track mini disc player. Keeping it in time with each track has proven to be a challenge. Time to drag out the metronome and see if that helps.
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DR JoseSPiano - those are all good. I think DR Matthew probably had in mind:
...then to a fitting.
:)
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Actually, DR Jose, I'm recording each part into a 4 track mini disc player. Keeping it in time with each track has proven to be a challenge. Time to drag out the metronome and see if that helps.
I remember recording one part of Milhaud's "Scaramouche", so that I could practice the other part on my own. Who knew I played with so much rubato? ;)
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DR JoseSPiano - those are all good. I think DR Matthew probably had in mind:
...then to a fitting.
:)
Ohhh...
Color me blushed right now.
DOH!!!!!!!
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TOD
Berlioz - SYMPHONY FANTASTIQUE
Franck - Symphony in D
Ravel - La Valse
Bizet - Carmen
der Brucer
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I guess I just have A Chorus Line on the brain... I just got booked for a few more performances, as well as some day rehearsals. :)
-Guess I'll be getting some practice time in over the next couple of days.
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My husband Jayson once tried to record a 4 part Tallis motet, singing each of the voices himself. He even added a cathedral-like reverb effect! But you're right; without a click track, it's incredibly difficult to keep things together...
:)
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Kitty listening to Bluegrass:
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CONGRATS, DR JoseSPiano, on the extra ACL work.
Yea!
:)
Up close and personal with those dancers...whew!
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Love those kitty pics, DR Edisaurus! Your cats have good taste in music!
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Hmm.. With all this French talk, I'm suddenly in the mood to read a few chapters out of Pierre Bernac's "Interpretation of French Song"... And maybe even Charles Panzera's book too.
Or maybe I'll just listen to Elly Ameling and Gerard Souzay a bit later.
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I remember recording one part of Milhaud's "Scaramouche"
Can you do the fandango? (a Queen reference...the band, that is...)
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CONGRATS, DR JoseSPiano, on the extra ACL work.
Yea!
:)
Up close and personal with those dancers...whew!
Thanks, DR singdaw. -And I'll be up close and personal with some of the new cast members too... Whew! :)
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Hmm.. With all this French talk, I'm suddenly in the mood to read a few chapters out of Pierre Bernac's "Interpretation of French Song"... And maybe even Charles Panzera's book too.
Or maybe I'll just listen to Elly Ameling and Gerard Souzay a bit later.
Or just eat French Toast :D
der Brucer
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Can you do the fandango? (a Queen reference...the band, that is...)
;D
Well, I think I've tripped the light fandango. Well, at least tripped while trying to do the fandango.
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Or just eat French Toast :D
der Brucer
Hmm... pain perdu. :)
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Who knew I played with so much rubato? ;)
I guess it's kind of like listening to your own voice on your answering machine for most of the rest of us!
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The French title of You Must Believe In Spring is Chanson de (or du) Maxence - it's from Young Girls of Rochefort and its film lyric has nothing to do with the Bergman's lyric.
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I got up a few minutes ago - looks like it's gonna be another hot day.
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I guess it's kind of like listening to your own voice on your answering machine for most of the rest of us!
...And then trying to speak along with yourself at and in the same pace.
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Just was able to tell a client that their tax bill is $3,000 less than the state revenue people asked for in their notice. That felt good.
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Well, I think I've tripped the light fandango. Well, at least tripped while trying to do the fandango.
That's what happens when you're light in the loafers!
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it's gonna be another hot day.
[a Jones & Schmidt reference]
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Just was able to tell a client that their tax bill is $3,000 less than the state revenue people asked for in their notice. That felt good.
I had that happen once, after I started freelancing. I was audited and it said I owed a lot more than I thought I did. I used a professional accountant to deal with it and have always worked with her ever since.
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Just was able to tell a client that their tax bill is $3,000 less than the state revenue people asked for in their notice. That felt good.
I imagine it doesn't feel so good when it goes the other way! :-\
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Good Morning
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The correct amount due NEVER turns out to be more than the amount the govt. bills the client. The govt. tends to err on the side of over-billing, never under-billing, at least in my experience.
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TOD/WOD: I have amative feelings for the following:
* Duruflé: Requiem
* Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
* the piano music of Satie
* Jacques Brel: Les désespérés [Desperate Ones]
* Ravel:
Piano Concerto in G
String Quartet in F
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
'Mother Goose' suite
What he said. ;D Plus the Faure Pavane.
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Funny but true department: I once went to a bar to audition and sat down at the piano. I played a Gmaj7 just to check out the action, at which point the bartender said (I kid you not), "Sounds too much like Erik Satie," so I stood up and left and went home and wrote a song called "Sounds Too Much Like Erik Satie." Still makes me laugh.
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Yes, of course, Michel Legrand, how could I forget him? How many of you know his sister Christiane was one of the Swingle Singers? (Probably all of you, you know it alls ;) ). For those who love Michel & Brasilian music (a sublime combination), there are several treasures to be had: Michel's tribute to the great Brasilian pianist Luiz Eca, a wonderful duet album with Michel and Paulo Castro-Neves, and Christiane's somewhat less wonderful, but still enjoyable, album of Brasilian tunes sung in French.
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Even funnier but true department: just had a short-lived gig at a little restaurant that wanted to try live music. Usually you get booted from these gigs because nobody comes and it doesn't pay for them to have music. Well, guess what? This place cancelled after two weeks because too many people were coming and no one on staff wanted to stay later than 9 p.m. Can you believe it?
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Awww....
Hart Was Doyenne of the Arts and Showbiz (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/arts/13hart.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=slogin)
David Lewis, Miss Carlisle’s longtime piano accompanist, played Stephen Sondheim’s “Old Friends” — one of the first songs she and Mr. Lewis learned together — and Gershwin’s “The Man I Love.”
The reason for that one, Mr. Lewis explained, was something she had told him once: “When I die and there’s a memorial service,” he recalled her saying, “I want you to go to the piano and play ‘The Man I Love’ in my key. If I don’t come out on that stage, then you’ll know I’m gone.”
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Stars shining bright above you
night breezes seem to whisper
I love you
Birds singin' in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me.
Say "nighty night" and kiss me
just hold me tight and tell me
you'll miss me.
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me.
Stars fading
but I linger on
dear
still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger til dawn
dear
Just saying this:
Sweet dreams til sun beams find you
sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you.
But in your dreams
whatever they be
dream a little dream of me.
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Sigh.
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Biceps, and triceps, and pecs, OH MY!!!
Peekabo of Broadway (http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20070614_BARES_FEATURE/blocker.html)
*DR elmore - I believe I spied Michael Hunsaker in one of the shots photos. ;)
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And speaking of muscles, it's time to work on mine...
Laters...
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Get to those pushups and dumbells dear DR Jose.... ah haz spoken !
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And a good morning to dear Esteemed, swirled, festooned, and pumped BK --
All of the best, most successful, most strengthening VIBES are sent to you!!
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And a lovely good morning to all of the studlies and lovelies, and assorted cookies...
I had a very nice dream last night, where my schedule for going out to dinner became kind of twisted up and complicated, because 2 "daytime male soap opera" stars were fighting about which one of them was my date for that night.
......LOOK !!! ..... it was my dream, so leave it alone !!
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DR JoseSPiano - those are all good. I think DR Matthew probably had in mind:
...then to a fitting.
:)
HIGH FIVE DR Singdaw!
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and wrote a song called "Sounds Too Much Like Erik Satie."
That is a hilarious story! :)
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As for the TOD :
When I have kind of dark times (like recently), I love to listen to the "Libera Me" section of the Faure Requiem.
Gounod - "O Divine Redeemer"
Poulenc - Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Tympani
Bizet - "Carmen"
Debussy - Lots !
Ravel - Lots!
And I love the french popular song, that became translated and recorded in this country as "Hymn to Love" (I think??)
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Hi Naomi..... you said something yesterday that really cracked me up. But I seem to have older "lovely brain tissues" and I can't remember what it was.
But thanks anyway!!
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And now I must away..... and I have to drop a PM to the lovely and delicate Elmo, so he will know my NYC schedule. Hi Larry !! (hugs)
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Biceps, and triceps, and pecs, OH MY!!!
Peekabo of Broadway (http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20070614_BARES_FEATURE/blocker.html)
*DR elmore - I believe I spied Michael Hunsaker in one of the shots photos. ;)
TWENTY costume designers?!?
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Thursday afternoon greetings! My morning was consumed with teaching the June edition of Grantseeking Basics. 19 people attended and they had great comments and questions.
TOD - The section of "Down at the Twist and Shout" that Mary Chapin Carpenter sings in French. This topic also reminds me about that old Streisand album, Je M'appelle Barbra.
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I'm listening to David Shire's gorgeous score to Old Boyfriends. When I attended the first reading of what became Take Flight, I was sitting in the third row and David was about three rows behind me. At some point, Christiane Noll as Amelia Earhart began singing a gorgeous ballad - everyone sat, enthralled. I, of course, was the only one who knew immediately that dear David had "borrowed" his main theme from Old Boyfriends and used it for the ballad. I turned around and looked at him and smiled and nodded, and he sheepishly smiled and nodded back. Nothing like making use of a good tune.
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Shortly I shall be on my way to the Kritzerland designer's home environment.
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Streisand in foreign languages department: Does anybody remember how the classical album was first announced as Follow the Lieder, a much better title IMHO.
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My beloved goddaughter Charlotte and her friends at the Horace Mann school discuss HARRY POTTER!
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1562375&vid=156597
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I was actually thinking of John Van Druten and I REMEMBER MAMA yesterday when we were talking about Swedish meatballs.
"katrin, pass Mama de yam an' de yelly."
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My beloved goddaughter Charlotte and her friends at the Horace Mann school discuss HARRY POTTER!
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1562375&vid=156597
Charlotte is ADORABLE!
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Biceps, and triceps, and pecs, OH MY!!!
Peekabo of Broadway (http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20070614_BARES_FEATURE/blocker.html)
*DR elmore - I believe I spied Michael Hunsaker in one of the shots photos. ;)
Yep! Michael's in two of the "Bacchus" photos.
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Charlotte is ADORABLE!
I do agree. She is the love of my life.
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DR Elmore - thank you for introducing Charlotte to us! I've shared the video with DH Richard and with a couple of Harry Potter fans here at work.
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My Region 2 DVD of HOT FUZZ just arrived! Yay!
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DR Jose, i also enjoyed last night's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
Who are your favorites?
I can't really say my absolute favorites yet. Since i really feel like i don't know most of them yet at all. That is my biggest complaint.
I thought the best routine of the night was the one wade did (with sara). That was so good. But in a way it's unfair that they get incredible choreography while others did not.
I really liked lacey and her partner doing mia's dance. And also really enjoyed the broadway number. I thought they were great.
I also love hok.
I'll be very interested to see who goes tonight. It's sort of sad for them. But i'm glad the judges get to make the final call.
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Good Afternoon!
Too bad it's not hot and sunny right now, or I'd head down to Chelsea in a tigh, white t-shirt.
NOT! :P
-But I do feel pumped! :)
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TWENTY costume designers?!?
Yep. Basically one for each skit. -And since there are up to 20 costume designers, there are also 20 or so teams of stitchers and fitters. Even though it's called "Broadway Bares", there's still some clothing involved.
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DR Jose, i also enjoyed last night's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
Who are your favorites?
I can't really say my absolute favorites yet. Since i really feel like i don't know most of them yet at all. That is my biggest complaint.
Well, I don't really have a favorite right now either. However, I think not knowing most of them is a good thing. It helps to put everyone on equal footing from the start. You just simply judge them on their dancing. Not on who their father is. Not on what their mother did. Not on what kind of obstacle they had to overcome. It actually makes it seem like a real competition/audition - where most of the time, all you really know the contestant by is a number.
And I can tell that the choreographers have also stepped up their game too. Yes, there were some better routines last night, but there were really no bad ones. Even the "Smooth Waltz" was nicely choreographed.
*And, on a sort of personal note, one of my roommates works at Broadway Dance Center here in NYC, and he knows some of this year's finalists. And he's also working on Mia Michael's new website. :)
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My Region 2 DVD of HOT FUZZ just arrived! Yay!
So, is that the "real" version? or the "el cheapo porno" version?
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Some frustrating news (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18984968/) for the PROJECT RUNWAY fans among us.
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My beloved goddaughter Charlotte and her friends at the Horace Mann school discuss HARRY POTTER!
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1562375&vid=156597
:)
*And I'm wondering just how many copies will be run as a "First Edition"? And how soon those will pop up on e-Bay? Or will the initial print run be so big, that "First Edition" really won't mean anything?
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Page Seven Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/Mod1600.jpg)
This is from the Off-Bway show, SHOUT, which I'm listening to right now. Purists of 60's music probably won't like it, but I'm finding the performances sort of sweet.
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Some frustrating news (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18984968/) for the PROJECT RUNWAY fans among us.
I had an inkling it would not come back till this fall. I know the final "casting" didn't finish until a few weeks ago, and just doing the timeline, well...
However, with "Top Chef" and "Hey, Paula (Abdul)" ::) this summer on Bravo, there's enough reality TV to keep one occupied. I think. ;)
-Besides, once the new Harry Potter book comes out, no one will be watching TV anyway.
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Page Seven Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/Mod1600.jpg)
This is from the Off-Bway show, SHOUT, which I'm listening to right now. Purists of 60's music probably won't like it, but I'm finding the performances sort of sweet.
...And they're currently looking for a musical director for the upcoming production in Rochester and elsewhere.
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I am actually contemplating taking off a few days from work and hiding out at the beach to read the book when it first comes out. I'm worried that it will be hard to duck spoilers reported in the news or on the internet.
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TOD/WOD: I have amative feelings for the following:
* Duruflé: Requiem
* Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
When I was in high school, we did the Fauré and when I was in college, we did the Duruflé. I loved them both. :)
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-Besides, once the new Harry Potter book comes out, no one will be watching TV anyway.
And I remember when the last book was released, walking through Central Park and people were curled up on benches, on the lawn, sitting on the rocks, all reading Harry Potter. I'm betting there will be a similar scene in a few weeks.
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OH! And as for Shout - I loves me some Denise Summerford! A true powerhouse voice!
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Does Denise Summerford sing the title song? She's got me jumpin'!
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I am actually contemplating taking off a few days from work and hiding out at the beach to read the book when it first comes out. I'm worried that it will be hard to duck spoilers reported in the news or on the internet.
I am worried about this, too, and alas, I think your plan is the only thing that will work! :-\
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I just put myself on the reserve list for the new Harry Potter book on CD. We've ordered 98 copies and I'm #118, so it'll be a while. Love that Jim Dale!
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HA!
Just watching Dr. Phil shut down the "Dr. Phil Scammers". :)
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elmore, I thought I was the love of your life? Hah!
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The first editions of the last few Harry Potter books are meaningless as first editions go - because the first edition print run was over 5,000,000 copies. The first HP book in its original first UK edition had under 2000 copies printed, the bulk of which went to libraries and schools and it's why that one sometimes goes for twenty to twenty-five thousand bucks (although the HP market in firsts has dropped significantly over the last few years).
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Had a nice time with the Kritzerland designer. I think we're going to go ahead and reissue Classical Broadway.
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elmore, I thought I was the love of your life? Hah!
Words fail me!
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Words fail me!
Don't let that stop you, though, from letting us know how you really feel! ;)
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I slept very, very , very well last night.
IT was night two of sleeping in an air-conditioned bedroom.
For all unfamiliar with the Bay Area of California, "central air" is not a "usual" feature of homes. The "marine layer" is nature's air conditioning and is prevalent throughout the year. Yes, we have hot days....hot weeks, even....but never for extended durations. Folks are generally jiggy with waiting the heat out because the cool always returns.
That said, there are occasions when A/C is a necessity.
I live in a condo that has windows/balcony on the west side of the building...on the top floor....and my unit gets the full brunt of the sun until sunset. When the marine layer rolls in, normally in the afternoons, it blocks the sun during the course of the afternoon when my unit would "super heat."
When a high pressure system prevents the marine layer from penetrating inland, I get that "super heat". The only times that are bearable is when I'm getting an onshore breeze. I can then open my front door and get a cross-current in effect, drawing out the warm air and replacing it with cool.
When offshore winds are the norm, we get heated wind off the valley/deserts....and THAT's when I need my A/C.
I have a window unit in the living room. And about six weeks ago, I invested in a portable unit for my bedroom (it vents out the window). I used it two days a month ago. And I've used it this week. The past two nights, I left it running all night.
And believe me, the difference between a cool room and a heated, oxygen-deprived room is STAGGERING.
(And you could only read about such things here on HainesHisWay.com without getting a sales pitch).
Ron, I have been thinking about getting one of those portable units, but the only other person I know has had one, hated it. You said that yours vents out the window. Do you have sliding windows or the regular up and down variety? How long of a hose did your air conditioner come with? The longest I have seen advertised is about four and a half feet. That doesn't sound like allows you much mobility with the unit. Does it?
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Surely they wouldn't begrudge you a bouquet of man-in-the-moon marigolds!
Before or after the gamma rays?
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It has again been raining off and on all day today. It has stopped for the moment. Of course, as we went to lunch, the heavens opened and we got drenched.
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Got my friend's computer files transferred onto a CD for him this morning, but it was a little bit of a hassle since the old computer he wanted them off of used Windows 98, and it's NOT a very intuitive operating system. The old computer didn't have a CD burner on it either, so I was doing the transfers va floppy discs (remember those?)!
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While we were waiting for our ride, we watched PLANET EARTH off the Blu-ray disc. I showed him the "Shallow Seas" episode which features some of the most astonishing underwater photography I've ever seen. He had never seen Blu-ray HD before, so he was very suitably blown away.
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When we got in from lunch, I watched another episode of THE CLOSER, the one with the Japanese mother and child found in Los Angeles harbor. Some great performances in the episode, but one of the least suspenseful mysteries of the second season.
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I ended my afternoon with the last ANGEL episode on disc 5 as Fred is being stalked through LA trying to escape capture by her former friends (who are under the influence of the "goodness goddess").
A late afternoon phone call of lengthy duration (a friend bored at work) prevented me from finishing it, so I'll do that when I go back to viewing later today.
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Good Afternoon!!!!
(http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/80/71/6h/www.ftd.com/pics/products/C6-3067_c.jpg)
*Although, the ones that were just delivered to me were/are much prettier. :)
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Cool review of the Creature CD!
A "muppet" though? I never thought that.
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Ron, I have been thinking about getting one of those portable units, but the only other person I know has had one, hated it.
TCB: I can't for the life of me recall the brand/model of my unit, but it looks much like the unit below. My window is regular up and down. The hose was collapsed upon receipt but expands 8 feet. Of course, it has to take a bend or two from window to back of A/C unit, so it probably won't expand beyond 5 feet from window.
You can put it anywhere you have a window. It rolls around on casters. But no, you can't just place it wherever you want and turn it on.
Some models have two hoses, but I've never read anything that said they did what the descriptions declared they did.
I went to a local ACE Hardware and asked the questions I needed answering:
1. Do you sell any other units than this model? (No)
2. Have any ever been returned, and why? (Yes. Folks didn't like the fact that they had to empty the water from the unit after running it for about a week)
3. Have you ever had one returned because it didn't cool sufficiently based on the area it was designed for? (No. We've sold these with success. We warn folks it's for a room of no more than 300 square feet -- the model I got, that is -- and no more)
That information, plus a money-back guarantee should it not perform to my satisfaction and I paid my money and took my prize.
I am NOT disappointed, thus far
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Elmore, I have now e-mailed you my itinerary, such as it is.
Will you be contacting some of the missing in action HHWers such as DR Jason and DR TPunk so that we may get to see there lovely smiling faces whilst we are in NY?
If I lived in the Portland area and could fly JetBlue, I just might have booked a seat on MBarnum's flights.
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"Je Vien De Loins"
"Disparue" which was this new-wavy pop song my French teacher played us in high school.
"Saperlipopette" by Clothilde
Lots of songs by Françoise Hardy
"Quand un amour Renaît" by Sylvie Vartan (that's a French version of the Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee")
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The princess wakes me up for her treat, a bit of canned food that she sometimes doesn't even eat. She does this, I think to garner favor from the Queen, who wouldn't lower herself to actually ask for anything. She will not stop unitl I get up, and has some of the most annoying ways of making that happen. But she's so cute that I can't even get mad at her.
Cute cat and story.
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"Ah-um-oo-err" by Christine Pilzer
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Very disappointing about P Runway
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Even funnier but true department: just had a short-lived gig at a little restaurant that wanted to try live music. Usually you get booted from these gigs because nobody comes and it doesn't pay for them to have music. Well, guess what? This place cancelled after two weeks because too many people were coming and no one on staff wanted to stay later than 9 p.m. Can you believe it?
Sorry you were canceled, great story though. :D
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Does "C'est La Vie" sung by Robbie Neville count as a French song?
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How about "Le Freak" by Chic?
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DR elmore, I’m sorry to say I could not watch the video of DG Charlotte.
Did everyone have to follow the directions to open the video? I’m hesitant to add anything new without check with my computer expert first.
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From Cilla:
I always say, when I walked out of the Central Court Building in Phoenix after the divorce being final....the flags were flying to celebrate my freedom.....sort of like this Independence Day is really an independence day for me. I guess I have a holiday theme for major events in my life
HAPPY FLAG DAY!!! :D :D :D
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TCB: I can't for the life of me recall the brand/model of my unit, but it looks much like the unit below.
I am NOT disappointed, thus far
Thanks, Ron.
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So, BK, not a peep about my idea for College Kritzer. Somehow I would think you'd have a marvelous time hysterically describing Benjamin's first fumbling attempts at sex. Instead of KRIZERLAND, you could entitle it KRITZERLAID.
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There's another Michel I adore--Michel Colombier. BK probably knows him as a film composer, but he was a fantastic arranger first, starting out in musique concrete with Pierre Henry, then moving into pop for Petula Clark and then for Lani Hall and even later Flora Purim, and he wrote the magnficient jazz rock pseudo-oratorio Wings for A&M Records. He sadly passed away at a young age (late 50s IIRC) a couple of years ago from cancer.
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Oh yes.... happy flag day to all.
......."It's the fourth of July, there'll be fireworks in the sky....."
I know it's still only June, but I've had that bloody lyric line in my head all day !
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In reality tv land, it was fun to see a well-produced, well-paced treat for a change--the new season of Last Comic Standing. Does anybody know why Jay Mohr is no longer hosting? That idiot sitcom actor from last year is gone, thank heavens.
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I have to head down now and clean the bedroom areas before I can start back with evening viewing. Due to my guest this morning, I wasn't able to get the bedrooms cleaned before he arrived.
WBBL.
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While at the pet store today I saw a cute, semi-reasonably priced toy & offered it to Sherlock. As usual he didn’t want the reasonably priced toy but picked up an expensive one. I tell you, that dog has expensive tastes in toys. He was so cute holding the big stuffed monkey with long floppy arms I couldn’t resist buying it for him. Fortunately Keith didn’t notice the price tag until it was too late. Sherlock had already carried it around the store, squishing it the entire time so it would make loud noises.
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There's another Michel I adore--Michel Colombier. BK probably knows him as a film composer, but he was a fantastic arranger first, starting out in musique concrete with Pierre Henry, then moving into pop for Petula Clark and then for Lani Hall and even later Flora Purim, and he wrote the magnficient jazz rock pseudo-oratorio Wings for A&M Records. He sadly passed away at a young age (late 50s IIRC) a couple of years ago from cancer.
I think "Wings" only sold one copy in australia - mine. A couple of the tracks ended up on the Best of Lani Hall. Not even that is available on Cd. Sad.
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Hello, folks. I think that is all I have to say.
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As François is not on line to remind us:
Jacques Brel was not French.
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Hello, folks. I think that is all I have to say.
Yak, yak, yak! Take a breath!!!
;D
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I listed Mr Aznavour. I guess he was French by citizenship. (Was he born in Algeria?)
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Jacques Brel was not French.
I learn something every day on this site!
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As François is not on line to remind us:
Jacques Brel was not French.
Yes, an accusation he and Hercule Poirot must contend with at all times.
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I listed Mr Aznavour. I guess he was French by citizenship. (Was he born in Algeria?)
He was born in Paris.
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The TOD reminded me that I had never purchased the orchestral version of Milhaud's Le Boeuf Sur le Toit on CD. When I went to look for it, lo! I discovered there was a 2 piano version! Can anyone recommend a recording of this?
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Thanks Ron - Algerian parents I think. I'm too lazy to check.
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No mention of "Autumn Leaves" or "My Way".
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If i/m in the right spot I love Bizet's Carmen(Leotyne Price) and Kurt Weill's song from Marie Galante(on teresa Stratas' Unknown Kurt Weill
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Tom of Oz, I am curious if you recall a musician/singer by the name of Chet Clark, aka Chet Demilo, aka Peter Clark? He worked in Australian TV in made recordings in the late 50s and early 60s. He hosted a TV show called 6 O'CLOCK ROCK
(http://www.artjazz88.com/pages/bio-early-images/album-cover.jpg)
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A welcome to Brian. Hope you enjoy it here.
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I listed Mr Aznavour. I guess he was French by citizenship. (Was he born in Algeria?)
Mr Aznavour(ian), like his friend Mike Connors is born Armenian!
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Yes, an accusation he and Hercule Poirot must contend with at all times.
Accusation???????? :o
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WELCOME BRIAN! :)
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Chet Clark was a very run-of-the-mill artist. He didn't meet with success in Oz.
He appeared on Six O'Clock Rock which was compered by Johnny O'Keefe known to some DRs through "Shout" the bio musical which starred David Campbell.
Judy Cannon, listed on the LP cover, was in the London production of Gypsy with Angela Lansbury in 1973.
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http://www.c-aznavour.com/SITE/accueilEN.html
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Mr Aznavour(ian), like his friend Mike Connors is born Armenian!
Thank you François. My memory ...... I knew there was something!
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Welcome to new DR (Dear Reader) Brian!
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No mention of "Autumn Leaves" or "My Way".
No!
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Mr Aznavour(ian), like his friend Mike Connors is born Armenian!
Perhaps by nationality...but he was born IN Paris.
Any nationality born IN the U.S. is American born.
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Perhaps by nationality...but he was born IN Paris.
Any nationality born IN the U.S. is American born.
No question about that; oh NO! He is French! Oh yes!
:-* :-*
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My beloved goddaughter Charlotte and her friends at the Horace Mann school discuss HARRY POTTER!
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1562375&vid=156597
It worked on our main computer!!! :D :D
Charlotte is darling and her friends were very cute. The entire video was fun.
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Thank you for the link DR Ben!
Dame Julie is taking her bloody time to write her book which was promised quite a few years back!
Now... I think that stopping at My Fair Lady is a BIG mistake! Who wants to read about Julie Andrews from age 0 to age 22?
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A big welcome to new DR Brian! Tell us about yourself!
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And now that I've asked that, I'm going to be rude and leave!
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The TOD reminded me that I had never purchased the orchestral version of Milhaud's Le Boeuf Sur le Toit on CD. When I went to look for it, lo! I discovered there was a 2 piano version! Can anyone recommend a recording of this?
I have Bernstein's recording which also includes La Creation du monde but I also like this Hyperion recording with the New London Orchestra because it includes Le Carnaval de Londres, Milhaud's arrangement of music from The Beggar's Opera.
DR Tomovoz, DR Francois can carp about the Belgian Brel not being French all he wants to, but the songs have French texts and I would guess the arrangements and often co-writers are French. Is a song with a French text and a British composer, such as Les Illuminations a French song? Beats me.
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Brian is very similar to "BRAIN", which you will hear mentioned in these parts from time to time. We have some notoriously bad typists here, (me included) so keep that in mind if you see yourself mentioned.
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If i/m in the right spot I love Bizet's Carmen(Leotyne Price) and Kurt Weill's song from Marie Galante(on teresa Stratas' Unknown Kurt Weill
Again! Are J'attends un navire and Le roi d'Aquitaine from the German Kurt Weill's French show Marie Galante French or German songs?
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I have Bernstein's recording which also includes La Creation du monde but I also like this Hyperion recording with the New London Orchestra because it includes Le Carnaval de Londres, Milhaud's arrangement of music from The Beggar's Opera.
Thanks, DR Elmore! I will pick up one of those. Maybe you or Jose can recommend one of the two piano 4 hands versions? Just the IDEA of it is very exciting to me
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DR Tomovoz, DR Francois can carp about the Belgian Brel not being French all he wants to, but the songs have French texts and I would guess the arrangements and often co-writers are French. Is a song with a French text and a British composer, such as Les Illuminations a French song? Beats me.
And, besides, I don't believe DR Francois carps on anything. He is a gentleman.
Welcome, DR Brian!
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I have Bernstein's recording which also includes La Creation du monde but I also like this Hyperion recording with the New London Orchestra because it includes Le Carnaval de Londres, Milhaud's arrangement of music from The Beggar's Opera.
DR Tomovoz, DR Francois can carp about the Belgian Brel not being French all he wants to, but the songs have French texts and I would guess the arrangements and often co-writers are French. Is a song with a French text and a British composer, such as Les Illuminations a French song? Beats me.
I am not carping about anything, I am just -- well, I did not, DR Tomovoz did -- saying that he was Belgian because his writing and his singing,his inspiration and his sensitivity were very Belgian; that's all! Of course, he spent most of his short career in France and I am rather "proud" that people think he was French.
Oy vey! No need to get so upset! :-* :-* :-*
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re: so you think you can dance
Well, I don't really have a favorite right now either. However, I think not knowing most of them is a good thing. It helps to put everyone on equal footing from the start. You just simply judge them on their dancing. Not on who their father is. Not on what their mother did. Not on what kind of obstacle they had to overcome. It actually makes it seem like a real competition/audition - where most of the time, all you really know the contestant by is a number.
I don't care about their personal stories. What i meant was that i like to know everybody by name/ know what they've done leading up to now in the competition.
I think it really sucks that we were not given the chance to watch every step of ALL the dancers.
They are making up for it a bit by going back now. But i would have rather gotten to see everybody's dancing before last night.
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Chet Clark was a very run-of-the-mill artist. He didn't meet with success in Oz.
He appeared on Six O'Clock Rock which was compered by Johnny O'Keefe known to some DRs through "Shout" the bio musical which starred David Campbell.
The reason I asked was because I met him when I was in LA...and I knew nothing of his career until yesterday when I finally too a look at his website. I had run into he and his lady friend while shopping in Burbank and we talked for quite a long time as his lady friend turned out to be a 1950s actress that I liked.
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And, besides, I don't believe DR Francois carps on anything. He is a gentleman.
I wonder if he eats carp!
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I'm back to THE CLOSER, Season 2. I swear Frances Sternhagen is channeling Miss Daisy, which I saw her perform with the wonderful gentleman Earl Hyman, a really wonderful man. I'm very fond of him, and I love Frances; she's one of my favorite actresses and always adorable whenever I see her, but I can't call her a friend even though I'm friendly with her two sons Tony and Paul, who is on the Kritzerland AFTER THE BALL.
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Yes, welcome, Brian!
A Leo, eh?
Are you feisty???
A few of us Virgos are gabby as all get-out. So make your presence known/felt!
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Welcome new Dear Reader Brian! Don't run away, come and stay!
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Oy vey! No need to get so upset! :-* :-* :-*
I was worried about upsetting you! A lot of Brel's songs are co-written with others so he can't take full credit for a lot of them.
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I've not checked the website but it always amazes me how much invention goes into the past successes of pop artists and the heights of their success. I've read a few where the artists have had #1 records in Australia (in reality they were lucky to have made it to #40)
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I wonder if he eats carp!
Just ask him! He posts from time to time here! ;)
Actually, right now, he's sitting in front the computer like so much carp!
Carp-e Diem, says he!
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Just ask him! He posts from time to time here! ;)
Ah, he's never here when I'm posting.
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A few of us Virgos are gabby as all get-out. So make your presence known/felt!
Especially Dear Reader Laura!!!
;D
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François thanks for the link.
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No mention of "Autumn Leaves" or "My Way".
Ferrante & Teicher were French?
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François thanks for the link.
Il n'y a pas de quoi!
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Ferrante & Teicher were French?
Yes, but they were born in... Belgium! ;)
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Welcome, Brian!
The Brian from Planet X?
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Me Carp. Wasn't there a line in some film about "Seizing the Fish" Or was that grab a dead poet.
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Yes, but they were born in... Belgium! ;)
I used to buy their waffles.
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Just read your Carp reference DR François!
I was at the Post office collecting cats following the leader.
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I'm sure Paul Anka and Neil Young are often thought of as American(USA) composers.
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Just in case anyone has taken DR François' comment seriously - Lou Teicher was born in PA and Arthur Ferrante in NY. (Both seedy areas of Antwerp)
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Just in case anyone has taken DR François' comment seriously - Lou Teicher was born in PA and Arthur Ferrante in NY. (Both seedy areas of Antwerp)
Thomas, have you become the Nationality Police?
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I'm proud to be an American....just BECAUSE:
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;D
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Thomas, have you become the Nationality Police?
No! Just a carp fisherman.
Remember I like to remind people that Russell Crowe is from New Zealand, Olivia Newton John was born in England and Mel Gibson was born in the USA.
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Just in case anyone has taken DR François' comment seriously
THAT WOULD BE THE DAY! :D
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I can't see Charlotte...
It just keeps cycling through endless video advertisements! :(
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I'm proud to be an American....just BECAUSE:
Wow! That picture made me salute.
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Autum Leaves was a USA #1 hit for Louis Weertz in 1955. (Rodzinski would know that)
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Just read your Carp reference DR François!
I was at the Post office collecting cats following the leader.
Dame Judi has arrived! :)
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THAT WOULD BE THE DAY! :D
Almost a John Wayne reference.
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Brian is very similar to "BRAIN", which you will hear mentioned in these parts from time to time. We have some notoriously bad typists here, (me included) so keep that in mind if you see yourself mentioned.
From time to time someone spells Bryan’s (our son) name Brain. More than once packers wrote Brain all over his moving boxes (we have moved numerous times). Bryan got a kick out of it.
Brian is your name misspelled on a regular basis?
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I can't see Charlotte...
It just keeps cycling through endless video advertisements! :(
It's AFTER all the video pub carp...err... crap!! ;)
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Indeed she has, thanks François.
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O, CARP!
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As François is not on line to remind us:
Jacques Brel was not French.
Everyone I think is French turns out not to be French.
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From time to time someone spells Bryan’s (our son) name Brain. More than once packers wrote Brain all over his moving boxes (we have moved numerous times). Bryan got a kick out of it.
Brian is your name misspelled on a regular basis?
Wow, some people should use their brayn!! ;)
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I just put myself on the reserve list for the new Harry Potter book on CD. We've ordered 98 copies and I'm #118, so it'll be a while. Love that Jim Dale!
We only ordered 20 copies of the CD talking book (so far), and there are 245 requests. We've got 120 copies of the book on order and there are (as of right now) 557 requests!
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François- ;D
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Wow, some people should use their brayn!!
But people with brawn are also welcome! ;)
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The question is : is Harry pottertrained?!
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But people with brawn are also welcome! ;)
You're so wheatty! ;)
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So - is the Harry Potter talking book available on the same day that the book is published? And if so, does that mean that Jim Dale and his sound engineer know how it all ends ahead of the rest of us?
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You're so wheatty! ;)
That's bran... :)
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That's bran... :)
I guess I am corny!
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I guess I am corny!
And that's just ONE of the many reasons we love ya! :D
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So - is the Harry Potter talking book available on the same day that the book is published? And if so, does that mean that Jim Dale and his sound engineer know how it all ends ahead of the rest of us?
I guess the printers do too, come to think of it!
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And that's just ONE of the many reasons we love ya! :D
Because I am corny AND flaky?!
(Thanks for the compliment! I am vain too! ;))
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I don't know if you heard about it; there is going to be an official sequel to Gone With The Wind!
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I'm proud to be an American....just BECAUSE:
Ah, the MBarnum 2007 calendar.
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I don't know if you heard about it; there is going to be an official sequel to Gone With The Wind!
Quick, call Carol Burnett! :o
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I don't know if you heard about it; there is going to be an official sequel to Gone With The Wind!
Wasn't there one of those some years back - Scarlett? I thought that had been authorized by Margaret Mitchell's estate...
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I don't know if you heard about it; there is going to be an official sequel to Gone With The Wind!
There was already an official sequel to GWTW, years ago.
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Wanna see a rare photo of a very young Walt Disney?
Here it is:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_Sar8IPNlxOY/Rmz6rexe4-I/AAAAAAAAAsE/1zQJXkwoJhE/s1600-h/Swope.jpg
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There was already an official sequel to GWTW, years ago.
That's what I thought too!
The writer's name is Donald McCraig.
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Wanna see a rare photo of a very young Walt Disney?
Wow...YEARS before he was cyrogenically frozen!
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Even funnier but true department: just had a short-lived gig at a little restaurant that wanted to try live music. Usually you get booted from these gigs because nobody comes and it doesn't pay for them to have music. Well, guess what? This place cancelled after two weeks because too many people were coming and no one on staff wanted to stay later than 9 p.m. Can you believe it?
Sounds like they needed to get new staff. ::)
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From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind
A second sequel will be released in November of 2007. The story covers the same time period as Gone with the Wind and will be told through Rhett Butler's perspective. The second sequel has been titled "Rhett Butler's People" and has been written by Donald McCaig
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Wow...YEARS before he was cyrogenically frozen!
I guess you've been to Disney On Ice! :o ;)
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Interesting idea, but HATE the title!
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Ah, the MBarnum 2007 calendar.
Oh, they're TOO young! ;)
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Sounds like they needed to get new staff. ::)
Or pay them overtime!
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Biceps, and triceps, and pecs, OH MY!!!
Peekabo of Broadway (http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20070614_BARES_FEATURE/blocker.html)
*DR elmore - I believe I spied Michael Hunsaker in one of the shots photos. ;)
I can't access this at work! :P AND I have rehearsal tonight, so I won't be able to see it until after that. I hate it when that happens. ::)
;)
My beloved goddaughter Charlotte and her friends at the Horace Mann school discuss HARRY POTTER!
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1562375&vid=156597 (http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1562375&vid=156597)
I was able to watch this and Charlotte is very comfortable in front of the camera! She's delightful!
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Interesting idea, but HATE the title!
Yes; "The Butler Did It" would be better! ;)
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Back from a nice meeting. Must now grab some chow.
Pogue, I like where I left Benjamin. However, the short story Maddie is basically a Kritzer story with a differently named protagonist.
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Whatever shall I eat?
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Perhaps some Popeye's, although that's pretty "heavy."
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Perhaps a Subway Club, although that's pretty "blah."
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How about some wacky noodles?
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In reality tv land, it was fun to see a well-produced, well-paced treat for a change--the new season of Last Comic Standing. Does anybody know why Jay Mohr is no longer hosting? That idiot sitcom actor from last year is gone, thank heavens.
I haven't heard why...although I do like Jay. I noticed that he listed as "Consultant" in the credits.
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How about some wacky noodles?
While listening to the song Wacky Dust! ;D
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I am not sure....maybe....wait a second....
Lord, that sounds too much like Eric Satie.
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Loved the kitty/headphones pictures!
Welcome to new DR BRIAN....tell us all about yourself.
Thanks to DR DtM for the item in my mailbox today.....sharing space with some lovely photographs of Miss Allison Hayes from DR MBARNUM.
Is Chet's gf the lovely and talented monster from FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, Miss Sally Todd?
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Page 12 Sally Todd Dance
(http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/t.php?id=1196)
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Waiting for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE coming on in about 15 minutes.
Watched SMALLVILLE in HD for the first time....except the voices were out of synch!!!
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Pogue, I like where I left Benjamin. However, the short story Maddie is basically a Kritzer story with a differently named protagonist.
I thought so.
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Perhaps a Subway Club, although that's pretty "blah."
I have difficulty walking into a Subway store, the smell makes me sick.
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I have difficulty walking into a Subway store, the smell makes me sick.
Bet Sherlock would like Subway! ;D
Holly the Zaftig Sharpei liked the bread and cheese. 8)
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And I remember when the last book was released, walking through Central Park and people were curled up on benches, on the lawn, sitting on the rocks, all reading Harry Potter. I'm betting there will be a similar scene in a few weeks.
I confess, I've never read a Harry Potter book or seen a Harry Potter movie
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Wow I didn't know that the voting was by couple this time around on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE....scary if you get stuck with a dud partner the first couple of weeks.
How is Sherlock enjoying his monkey?
Classic Broadway sounds great....and I forgot to say yesterday, it sounds like a great release!
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I confess, I've never read a Harry Potter book or seen a Harry Potter movie
Life is TOO short.....ya know? ;D
I have seen a couple of the movies, but haven't read any of the books.
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Life is TOO short.....ya know? ;D
To read a book? Sadly, a lot of people feel that way about theater.
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To read a book? Sadly, a lot of people feel that way about theater.
LOL....to read more than ONE Harry Potter book.....I leave it up to your discretion....
Theatre....I have always thought that people have been subjected to so much BAD theatre, that sometimes it's too much of an effort to take the chance, or spend the money.
BUT then there are the nights - and it could be in any kind of theatre...anywhere - that magic strikes you, everything works, and you are touched as you never can be touched by a movie or television show. AND that is why they also keep coming back....
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Jrand there isn't much Sherlock doesn't enjoy eating. He loves popcorn, even dropped the monkey at the store once he realized we had popcorn (the pet store has free popcorn by the exit).
He bcarried the monkey into the house and then ignored it while he napped (it was a big day out, including a trip to the dog park). Once he woke up he played with it for awhile.
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I am sleepy....I went to a few sessions, but celebrated flag day and my divorce anniversary by getting a Sedona Mud Body Wrap at the Spa here. It also included a reflexology foot massage and a scalp massage while I was wrapped up. My skin is soft, I am relaxed and I could care a less about most everything :) I had a great grilled grouper for dinner.
I must say, the biggest Marriott in the world is too big for me and 3000 people at a conference is total chaos. But I'm learning a few things and enjoyed relaxing today, very much
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So - is the Harry Potter talking book available on the same day that the book is published? And if so, does that mean that Jim Dale and his sound engineer know how it all ends ahead of the rest of us?
DR Singdaw - we've been seeing more and more simultaneous print and audio releases. Here's a
great interview with Jim Dale (http://www.bookpage.com/0706bp/jim_dale.html)
about his recordings of the Harry Potter books.
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Cilla-I didn't expect your evening report to include a mud wrap. ;D
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The person I remember hearing sing in French on television regularly was Miss Gisele MacKenzie.
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This morning I met and talked to my only competition in Sioux City. He told me that he is indeed glad that I will be practicing immigration law. He is really new and wants someone to run things past etc. The first thing he said to me is "I want you to know I don't consider you to be the competition" LOL, I know what he means, but it doesn't mean I won't be trying to get all the clients I can possibly get.
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Mud Wrap....you Iowa attorneys really know how to live it up at a conference, I am tellin' ya.
Hmmmm Mary the judge on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE just said America doesn't know anything about dance and doesn't know what it's seeing.
She is wrong.
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This morning I met and talked to my only competition in Sioux City. He told me that he is indeed glad that I will be practicing immigration law. He is really new and wants someone to run things past etc. The first thing he said to me is "I want you to know I don't consider you to be the competition" LOL, I know what he means, but it doesn't mean I won't be trying to get all the clients I can possibly get.
Bet he won't be saying that this time NEXT year! ;D
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DR Cillaliz - your day sounds glorious. I could use some pampering like that - wonder if I could find some at the library conference that I'm going to in Washington, DC, in about 10 days?
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Benji came back for a guest dance and flashed his undies!
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DR Cillaliz - your day sounds glorious. I could use some pampering like that - wonder if I could find some at the library conference that I'm going to in Washington, DC, in about 10 days?
How will you put that on your expense report? ;D
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Ginny thank you for the link to the, extremely, interesting interview.
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Cilla-I didn't expect your evening report to include a mud wrap. ;D
Well it is a resort and spa ;D
I went to 4 sessions today...tomorrow and Saturday are the sessions I really want to go to, and I decided to do something at the Spa. I'd never had a body wrap before. It was ok and my skin does feel really good and looks healthier, but I prefer massages.
I did manage to spend more than I intended on law books, but what they heck, they were books I've been looking at for some time and I had a chance to talk to the authors about them, but I'm done talking to vendors.
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I opted for Popeye's Fried Chicken and it hit the spot - hadn't had it in months.
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How will you put that on your expense report? ;D
LOL, DR JRand! We got the most stringent guidelines I've ever seen for this year's conference. While the reimbursement amount for which I'm eligible to apply will help, it won't come close to covering the entire cost of the conference.
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LOL....Sherlock & the Monkey....Sherlock and the Popcorn... LOL
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I did manage to spend more than I intended on law books, but what they heck, they were books I've been looking at for some time and I had a chance to talk to the authors about them, but I'm done talking to vendors.
DR Cillaliz - hope you were able to arrange to have them shipped and won't have to carry them on your flight home!
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Bet he won't be saying that this time NEXT year! ;D
LOL! I bet you're right. He took over a few cases from another lawyer, but this is his first conference. He hasn't sent out announcements, I only know a couple people in town who've ever even heard of him. So, no, I don't think he'll be competition ;)
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LOL....Sherlock & the Monkey....Sherlock and the Popcorn... LOL
Those are the titles of the first two books in my new series of children's books ;)
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DR Cillaliz - hope you were able to arrange to have them shipped and won't have to carry them on your flight home!
Oh everyone is more than happy to ship the books to you.
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Although I don't like the emmense size of this conference, I have to say we get all kinds of goodies for our registration fees and the materials and speakers are very worthwhile
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I confess, I've never read a Harry Potter book or seen a Harry Potter movie
I've seen the movies, but I've never read the books...and I work in a library!
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Any entertainment provided...or are you on your own?
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Oh everyone is more than happy to ship the books to you.
Oh, I thought maybe you'd have to pick them up in New York City the weekend of June 30-July 1 ;).
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WELCOME TO NEW DEAR READER BRIAN!!
Come back and chat some more!
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DR Cillaliz - the American Library Association conference I'll be attending in Washington will probably have more than 20,000 in attendance. It will be my 19th ALA annual; one of my coworkers is going to her first (to receive an award, which is pretty cool) and is totally freaked by the complexity of the scheduling.
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Oh, I thought maybe you'd have to pick them up in New York City the weekend of June 30-July 1 ;).
;D I wish
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DR Cillaliz - your day sounds glorious. I could use some pampering like that - wonder if I could find some at the library conference that I'm going to in Washington, DC, in about 10 days?
There is too much to do in DC to take the time for a spa.
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Been to many conferences - of varying attendance and effectiveness - but none can beat the Annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists which I help organize for three years....
Balitmore....Miami....Nashville....
Journalists are a different breed of animal entirely.
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Welcome, new D(ear) R(eader) Brian!!
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I love Washington D.C. - which hotel are you staying in DR GINNY?
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DR Cillaliz - the American Library Association conference I'll be attending in Washington will probably have more than 20,000 in attendance. It will be my 19th ALA annual; one of my coworkers is going to her first (to receive an award, which is pretty cool) and is totally freaked by the complexity of the scheduling.
Today I refilled the magnetic paper clip holder I got at the only ALA I attended with Keith. I had fun checking out all the new books that hadn’t been released yet, unfortunately there weren’t any freebies of books.
While I was touring the city of New Orleans and its outskirts, everywhere I went there were librarians. I kept wondering if they were getting any work done. ;D
When you are in a great city like DC it is going to be difficult to stay in-doors.
Are your evenings free or do you get invited to any functions?
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I love Washington D.C. - which hotel are you staying in DR GINNY?
We'll be at the Hampton Inn in Crystal City (near Reagan National Airport). One of the vendors, ThomsonGale, provides terrific shuttle bus service among all the conference hotels and the convention center.
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DR Cillaliz - the American Library Association conference I'll be attending in Washington will probably have more than 20,000 in attendance. It will be my 19th ALA annual; one of my coworkers is going to her first (to receive an award, which is pretty cool) and is totally freaked by the complexity of the scheduling.
Our schedule is a 96 page book!
Entertainment? Not really. There was a reception tonight that was not enough food for too many people and a few open bars for about an hour. There was a pub crawl tonight, but it was pretty much a handful of 20 somethings and I didn't have any interest after having a body wrap.
I'm sure I could find some people going here or there if I wanted to, but frankly, this relaxing stuff is really nice, and I'm happy with it. Oh Saturday night there is a big party over in Downtown Disney. I'll probably go to that.
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Been to many conferences - of varying attendance and effectiveness - but none can beat the Annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists which I help organize for three years....
Balitmore....Miami....Nashville....
Journalists are a different breed of animal entirely.
So are criminal defense lawyers, they make these immigration lawyers seem like a pretty tame bunch!
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I took the shuttle at the ALA once and then walked everywhere or used the streetcar.
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Time for rehearsal. Until later! :D
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DR Jane - I'm too far down the food chain, professionally, to be invited to the parties. Our first evening, we're having dinner with friends who actually live in NYC, but one of them is a vendor and they'll be in DC for ALA. On Sunday evening, I'm meeting a couple of my grad school classmates at the University of Michigan reception, where we expect to be the old-timers. We'll probably go out to dinner after that.
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A party at downtown Disney could be fun, worth checking out anyway.
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Sounds like fun, Ginny.
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Crystal City - great area....I think I stayed at the Mariott in Crystal City....it seems to me...once or twice.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is in the old Post Office Building just across the street from Union Station in D.C......love walking around...as Lil Abner said....you cain't even spit what you don't hit a national monument!
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A party at downtown Disney could be fun, worth checking out anyway.
Yup, that I will do. There are shuttles back and forth to the hotel, which isn't too far away, and the admission is already paid for so, may as well go see it.
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Ginny with your busy social life I expect it is a relief not to be invited to a business social event. Have fun.
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Party in Downtown Disney Saturday night....pass it on.
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We are watching a basketball game here.
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Who's playing?
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Oh....so America chooses the bottom three couples, then the judges pick one girl and one boy from those six....doesn't have to be a couple.
Oh........BUT it is exactly as DR JENNIFER predicted....too many of the contestants this year are of the same discipline....and the couple dancing is NOT their strength.
I agree with one sent home but not the other.
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We are watching a basketball game here.
Is it the Colts and the 49'ers? 8)
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Will we never get to page fourteen?
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So it is written, so it shall be done - page fourteen.
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Time for to go to bed.
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I had to finally turn on the air conditioning - it was really hot today, and the home environment, which usually stays pretty cool, didn't.
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MR BK....do you give Party Animal notes to the cast when they are in costume, or do you wait until they are back to human form to talk to them?
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Is this like the dog ate my homework?
Cat Destroys Lloyd Webber's Phantom Sequel Score
By Andrew Gans
14 Jun 2007
After putting felines in the spotlight for nearly two decades, one would think the furry creatures would have more respect for Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
London's Daily Mail reports that Lloyd Webber's new kitten Otto has managed to destroy the music he has penned for the upcoming sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. The six-month-old cat somehow climbed into the frame of Lloyd Webber's digital Clavinova piano, which features a built-in computer.
The award-winning composer told the London paper, "I was trying to write some new music; Otto got into the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score for the new Phantom in one fell swoop."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108816.html
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That's one of those things that you don't know how to respond to....with humor or hubris.
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You'd think you'd have a back-up copy of some sort
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I would have expected a "save" option just like a regular computer. To loose everything, oh my. Maybe the cat did him a favor & the rewrites will be better.
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Cilla-obviously I agree with you :)
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Is this like the dog ate my homework?
Cat Destroys Lloyd Webber's Phantom Sequel Score
By Andrew Gans
14 Jun 2007
After putting felines in the spotlight for nearly two decades, one would think the furry creatures would have more respect for Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
London's Daily Mail reports that Lloyd Webber's new kitten Otto has managed to destroy the music he has penned for the upcoming sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. The six-month-old cat somehow climbed into the frame of Lloyd Webber's digital Clavinova piano, which features a built-in computer.
The award-winning composer told the London paper, "I was trying to write some new music; Otto got into the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score for the new Phantom in one fell swoop."
Wow, all three notes?
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Bad, TCB, bad boi....
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Gone in one swell foop.
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Good Evening!
Sorry to have been errant and truant for the past couple of hours, but I've been playing host and tourguide to my friend, Mike, and his friend, Linda. We had a great Thai dinner in Hell's Kitchen, then took a nice walk up the Upper West Side. And now it's DVR time, so...
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I like the Hallmark Father's Day commercial with the father dancing to Can't Touch This by Hammer!
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Wow, all three notes?
Well, technically, I think it was only two. He went back to first one after the second one.
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Now I'm wondering if Craig is watching basketball. I hope he is either studying, or sleeping. I just remembered he has the ability to multi-task. I suppose he can do school work & watch a game at the same time.
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Well, technically, I think it was only two. He went back to first one after the second one.
That's hubris. ;D
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In any case, my hat is off to you, DR TCB and your response to Sir Andrew's dilemna. :)
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Well, since I don't want to ignore my guests...
Goodnight.
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TCB & Jose as soon as I read what the cat had done I knew there would be comments like those ;D
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And since I should review some materials before tomorrow so I know which sessions I need to see in person....
Good night
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OH!
And it looks like I'll be covering the Keyboard 2 book for A Chorus Line now too!! -And since I'll be playing rehearsals, that's basically the Keyboard 1 Book, so, I guess that makes me the unofficial emergency keyboard sub. :)
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-Or maybe what the cat did was revenge. ;D
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"Memory? Well, let's see what your memory is like now, Sir A!"
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I've been in the other room eating ice cream and trying to watch Alison Kraus on PBS. The sound and picture aren't in sync, which makes it very disconcerting to watch her sing.
I'm off to bed - 'night.
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OH!
And it looks like I'll be covering the Keyboard 2 book for A Chorus Line now too!! -And since I'll be playing rehearsals, that's basically the Keyboard 1 Book, so, I guess that makes me the unofficial emergency keyboard sub. :)
Woo hoo! Congrats!
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DR Jose - great Chorus Line news!
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Congratulations DR Jose. Glance then, look free.
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Doesn't ALW just have to go through the beginner's guide to Puccini again?
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Gone in one swell foop.
With CATS it would be one fell scoop.
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ALW already used his big "phantom 2" number for "The Beautiful Game".
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Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs. Last game of the finals.
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DR Jose :D :D :D
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DR Laura I hope your team wins.
'night
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My team was eliminated some time ago.
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I don't think a sequel to Phantom would be a good idea, so -- good kitty!
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With CATS it would be one fell scoop.
I'm sorry, I was trying for a litter humor.
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Congrats, Jose!
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Wasn't there one of those some years back - Scarlett? I thought that had been authorized by Margaret Mitchell's estate...
There was a TV movie. My DH worked on it...
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{{{{{{{Congratulations to dear DR Jose}}}}}}}}}
;D :D :o ;) ;D 8) :) ;)
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Just had a nice phone conversation with a fellow who owns a few off-Broadway theaters - very interesting. I've know him for years (he, in fact, produced Together Again), and have seen him now and then (his daughter was on a Nickolodeon show when I was working with that network for a few weeks).
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Great news, DR Jose!
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Just had a nice phone conversation with a fellow who owns a few off-Broadway theaters - very interesting. I've know him for years (he, in fact, produced Together Again), and have seen him now and then (his daughter was on a Nickolodeon show when I was working with that network for a few weeks).
Have you sent him a copy of THE BRAIN (not to be confused with Brian) FROM PLANET X?
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There was a TV movie. My DH worked on it...
Yes, but it was based on the novel which was officially authorized by the Mitchell estate.
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Loved the kitty/headphones pictures!
Welcome to new DR BRIAN....tell us all about yourself.
Thanks to DR DtM for the item in my mailbox today.....sharing space with some lovely photographs of Miss Allison Hayes from DR MBARNUM.
Is Chet's gf the lovely and talented monster from FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, Miss Sally Todd?
Yes siree! He just sent me the photos he took of Sally and I at the store. That was very nice of him.
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Will we never get to page fourteen?
There and gone already.
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We had more rain and the temperatures dropped as a result. It is SO great outside right now, and I'm enjoying the cool air so much. SHould be another good night of sleep.
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I began the evening with another episode of THE CLOSER, this one concerning the two doctors accused of murder after a child died on the operating table. Very dramatic episode, and the actress playing the grieving mother gave a very intense performance.
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I've been working as many hours as possible since I've been back from Europe, trying to make back all of the money I spent, so I'm sorry that I haven't been around, really! I did want to share this video that I was just shown, because I know so many people on this website appreciate music in all of its forms.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=646496&cache=1
This is Paul Potts, a contestant on "Britain's Got Talent," the British equivalent of the lame American version. This video is so incredible to me, because although he clearly isn't professionally trained, thats the ENTIRE point of the movie. It was sort of a reminder of the purpose behind my studying music- that you have to love what you're doing to make it profound and beautiful. He so clearly is passionate about this aria, and whatever mistakes he makes are made up for by his love and devotion. He says himself that confidence isn't his strong point, and yet he's willing to risk that fear for the sake of performing that song so beautifully. I can't get over it! I cry every time.
Anyway, I hope you love it!
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Next, I watched last Thursday's night's STUDIO 60. It was a fairly frantic and slightly muddled episode with the time shifting back and forth between the present and 2001. Some of the stories were interesting, but some of the dialog put into the mouths of the characters was too much speechifying and not enough "real speak." I believe there are two more episodes to go, tonight's and next Thursday's.
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I finished the ANGEL episode where Fred was able to discover a way to win back the souls lost to the being's "countenance." But it didn't work on Connor, and who know what happens next. I didn't count the number of episodes left, but it must only be one or two more. They're on the last disc in the set.
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I finished the evening with the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn film WITHOUT LOVE. I'd never seen this in its entirety, and I ended up liking it very much.
The DVD looks very good, but there were a few specks and bits of dirt on the print used for the transfer. Still, a good job all around, and quite a cast in addition to the two stars: Keenan Wynn, Lucille Ball, Patricia Morison, and in a tiny role as a flower girl, Gloria Grahame.
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Surely, there's a joke to be made about going from T.S. Eliot to "T.S., Sir Lloyd Webber" but I can't figure one out.
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Or is it Lord Lloyd Webber?
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Thank you for the link, Swishy. It was lovely.
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I think he is a lord. Oh, my lord!
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Heading down to bed now. Tomorrow, even with my usual Friday errands, should be a much less hectic day than today was.
Good night!
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I'm very tired.
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Watching a motion picture on DVD - had a visit from a friend and now it's back to the movie.
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DR MICHAEL SHAYNE, do you know the work of Dompierre?
All I know that it is town and a surname in Quebec
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Had a nice time with the Kritzerland designer. I think we're going to go ahead and reissue Classical Broadway.
And again I recommend the CD. I have the original Bay Cities release
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Photos are up of William Ivey Long's costume design for B.D. Wong in Skip's show HERRINGBONE, especially in case any of the HHW guests are producer types. :)
http://www.wtfestival.org/performances/detail.php?PerformanceID=521
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quick question
Who sang Just A Map on the Lost In Boston Cd?
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quick question
Who sang Just A Map on the Lost In Boston Cd?
Meg Bussert
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quick question
Who sang Just A Map on the Lost In Boston Cd?
Just a Map [From The Rothschilds] - Meg Bussert
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Well, well, well! Just a... few seconds late!
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Wow! Look at the number of posts for you, DR Tomovoz!
Posts: 11111
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Not any more!
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Not any more!
Oh! You HAD to ruin it, hey?!! ;)
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Oh.... 2200 for me!
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"Just a Nap" will be a song sung in my own version of Sleeping Beauty!
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And for Joely Fisher, I'll write "Just a Carp"!
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No one here except you and me, Tom de Oz!
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America has disappeared.
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You and me,
We're the kind of people other people
Would like to be.
Toddy
A little strolling?
Victor
Why not!
Both
Wand'ring free,
We present the kind of picture
People are glad to see.
And we don't care that tomorrow
Comes with no guarantee;
We've each other for company.
And come what may,
You and me, we'll stay together
Year after year,
Won't we, my dear?
"That's why we're you and...
Victor
Me!
Toddy
Walk this way
Victor
Oh!
Toddy
I taught him everything he knows
Victor
And that's why he has so little left, oh!
Toddy
I'll get you for that
Victor
[whistling]
Toddy
Oh, I love this guy!
Victor
Out!
Toddy
Careful now!
Victor
Humm...
Toddy
Twice
Both
Ah...Ah!
Toddy
I can fool you...
Victor
No, you can't!
Watch, Toddy!
Humm...oom...
Dah dam dah dah!
Toddy
You're on your own, kid!
Victor
What! What! Oh, Toddy!
Humm...oom...
Both
And come what may,
You and me, we'll stay together
Year after year,
Won't we my dear?
We'll always be you and me.
We'll always be you ...and...
Me!
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Except for Delaware. ( a Perry Como reference)
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America has disappeared.
Let's call 911!
(Oh! It does NOT work from abroad! :-\)
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He so clearly is passionate about this aria, and whatever mistakes he makes are made up for by his love and devotion. He says himself that confidence isn't his strong point, and yet he's willing to risk that fear for the sake of performing that song so beautifully. I can't get over it! I cry every time.
I liked it very much, Sarah. "Turandot" is my favorite opera, although I prefer Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma."
I'm certain he was near-petrified, so some of the control issues may be due to that. As he progresses through (or, if he progressed through), I'm guessing he'll get (or got) better.
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America has disappeared.
IF we had, you'd not have ben able to post the above in "this" forum.
No...we simply tend to go quiet when we're stupefied.
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Gone in one swell foop.
And from now on, we'll only have his word for it that the destroyed score was creative inspiration he cannot possibly hope to duplicate.
And then we'll get something more akin to "The Lady in White".
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Is it the Colts and the 49'ers? 8)
I'm almost positive it must have been.
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Waiting for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE coming on in about 15 minutes.
Watched SMALLVILLE in HD for the first time....except the voices were out of synch!!!
Hmmmm. I watched "Smallville" and there weren't any synch problems here. I wonder if it's the way it was broadcast....or something heretofore unexplained?
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Everyone I think is French turns out not to be French.
It's amazing, isn't it. There's not noir or blanc about it.
And don't even start on the French things that have been stripped of the word and replaced with "freedom"!
:)
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And now it's time
To say goodbye
To all our company.
Oh, hell...there's only François left...
GOOD NIGHT, FRANK!
Buona notte!
Guten nacht!
Bonne Nuite!
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A lull. ::)
;)
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OH!
And it looks like I'll be covering the Keyboard 2 book for A Chorus Line now too!! -And since I'll be playing rehearsals, that's basically the Keyboard 1 Book, so, I guess that makes me the unofficial emergency keyboard sub. :)
Yea, Jose!! ;D Congratulations!
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A lull. ::)
;)
'cause some some heard a lull-a-bye?
der Brucer
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I've been working as many hours as possible since I've been back from Europe, trying to make back all of the money I spent, so I'm sorry that I haven't been around, really! I did want to share this video that I was just shown, because I know so many people on this website appreciate music in all of its forms.
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=646496&cache=1
This is Paul Potts, a contestant on "Britain's Got Talent," the British equivalent of the lame American version. This video is so incredible to me, because although he clearly isn't professionally trained, thats the ENTIRE point of the movie. It was sort of a reminder of the purpose behind my studying music- that you have to love what you're doing to make it profound and beautiful. He so clearly is passionate about this aria, and whatever mistakes he makes are made up for by his love and devotion. He says himself that confidence isn't his strong point, and yet he's willing to risk that fear for the sake of performing that song so beautifully. I can't get over it! I cry every time.
Anyway, I hope you love it!
I did! And it's nice to see Simon genuinely complimenting someone for a change!