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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were both busy and little, and now it is time for you to post until the busy little cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SAGACIOUS!
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Last night's volunteer appreciation dinner at WCPA (continued):
The BEST part of the evening was when they were giving out the door prizes. They had some things like one-pound bags of ground coffee, a six-month subscription to a local children's museum, a book by a local author, things like that. The two best prizes were 1) a voucher for two tickets to a Harlequin Productions (http://www.harlequinproductions.org/) show (which I won last year :D) and 2) a voucher for two tickets to ANY Washington Center sponsored show (see the list that I posted last night), and I won that!
SCORED AGAIN! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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And now...to bed.
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Just don't forget...
Val Kilmer IS Moses!!
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Last night's volunteer appreciation dinner at WCPA:
Announcing one of the shows for next season:
Cats (I've never seen this live)
I could say many things
such as
It might sound better if you're dead
or
I'll have another order of Ground Glass and then could you pound some nails into my eardrums please?
I think I'll go with the last one 8)
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I had an exhausting but productive day yesterday. From 10:30 to 3 I was in a meeting with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It went very well. Many thing were discussed (none of which related to musical theatre or theatre in general). At 2:40 my supervisor knocked on the door to ask if I was still in the meeting. The COO and Executive Vice President who answered the door (she is one and the same COO & EVP) was ready to KILL her and the funny thing is my supervisor has no clue that she should not have interrupted the meeting. It wasn't some high level secret meeting but her sense of proper behavior sometimes is not in the same realm as others. She had knocked on the door because she wanted to rehearse our presentation one more time before my second meeting at 3:30 when we were to talk about a new database our department has developed. The meeting wasn't until 3:30 and I was absolutely going to be out of the first meeting at 3pm on the dot because the AEC people had to get to Penn Station to catch a train back to Baltimore so she could have waited another 20 minutes for the meeting to end. She's not going to be fired for knocking on the door but boy, her stock in the eyes of the COO/EVP has plummeted. She was on shaky ground before but now she's on the cliff.
Even with all that our 3:30 meeting (at least my portion which didn't happen until 4:50!!!!!!!!!!) went well.
I realize that public speaking is in the Top 5 on a list of things most people don't want to do but come on, if you have a month's notice that you have to make a 5 minute presentation can you at least TRY to make it seem like you put more work into it than sitting at your desk at 3:25 and scribbling out notes that are actually 10-15 minutes long (they stop you after 5 minutes or 10 minutes if there are two people) and droning on like you are in a cave talking to yourself? It's not only embarrasing to us to watch it, it's embarrasing to you to present yourself that way.
We came off the best of the 7 because our material was exactly 8 minutes and 30 seconds and we had rehearsed twice before Rebecca decided we needed a third rehearsal at 2:40pm. Every other person was cut off and they all seemed like they would throw up from nerves. I don't have a clue what they were talking about because the material was not presented well. I don't attend these meetings on a regular basis so I don't know what the higher ups think but if I did have to go every month I think I'd be living on Ground Glass and Drano.
Enough with the negative thoughts.
I'm done with my oatmeal, it's time to take a shower and get to the office. It's supposed to be a cool and wet day in New York. I have no idea what I will listen to at work, other than the Russell Davies Show on BBC Radio 2. I have a meeting at 2pm and then I will leave for the weekend.
That's all for now.
See you in about an hour.
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Glad that it went well, DR Ben!!!!
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NOW AND FOREVER!!!!!!!!
(http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20090514&t=2&i=10111343&w=450&r=2009-05-14T113059Z_01_HKG201_RTRIDSP_0_HONGKONG)
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I have a lot of music listening planned.
The Mavericks (3 cds)
The Manhattan Transfer (Courtesy of DR George)
The All Time Greatest Movie Songs (A Matter of opinion if they are the greatest or not)
The Soundtrack to Something's Gotta Give (Looks like the highlight is Jack Nicholson singing La Vie En Rose)
and a homegrown CD of songs that was lent to me including songs from a group called The Pansy Division with some of the most obscene lyrics I've ever heard. I can't even post them here.
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Betsy got up at the veritable crack o' today to fly back to Wisconsin (and boy will her arms be tired). So I am up. Oy.
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NOW AND FOREVER!!!!!!!!
(http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20090514&t=2&i=10111343&w=450&r=2009-05-14T113059Z_01_HKG201_RTRIDSP_0_HONGKONG)
That horrible show is just like a vampire; you think the coffin's nailed shut and the piece of trash jumps up and bites your ass.
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Good morning, all! Well, yesterday was payday and today it's all gone. WTF?
I'm off to the McGlinnventory for 4 more hours of cleaning out cartons. There's so much torn up paper and crap I want to toss out, but the executor won't let me. He's as bad as those idiot Sondheim cultists who regard Sondheim's used toilet paper as manuscript.
So, TOD:
DVD: Too much and no time
CD: BBC radio broadcasts of several musicals, Ivor Novello, Liz Callaway, Guy Haines, Offenbach's MADAME FAVART.
VCR: cheeper and cheeper
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You cannot convince me that ALW did not have a cerebral hemorrhage sometime after he completed JCS. There is simply no other explanation.
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I got a box of DVD goodies yesterday, of which I will watch many over the weekend. Among them:
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
HE'S NOT THAT INTO YOU
MAN HUNT (Lang)
THE INTERNATIONAL
THE STRANGE ONE
'24," Season 7
I'm also expecting a copy of GRAN TORINO within the next day or two.
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Today I am babysitting. I guess I will listen to 6-year-old chatter.
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BK,
I want to join your protest group.
They were pouring concrete across the street from me this morning at 6:14 am.
>:(
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You cannot convince me that ALW did not have a cerebral hemorrhage sometime after he completed JCS. There is simply no other explanation.
It's that old MEA syndrome, Major Ego Attack.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And it's 8:40am (EDT).
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...According to "The Today Show" segment I'm watching, TV's "Blossom", Mayim Bialik, will be the featured "fashion victim" on tonight's season premiere of "What Not To Wear" on TLC.
-Just in case anyone needs to set their DVRs... ::)
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DR Ben - Glad to hear that everything went well yesterday.
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Last night's volunteer appreciation dinner at WCPA:
Announcing one of the shows for next season:
Cats (I've never seen this live)
I could say many things
such as
It might sound better if you're dead
or
I'll have another order of Ground Glass and then could you pound some nails into my eardrums please?
I think I'll go with the last one 8)
I actually like the score for Cats - even if 80% of it is self-recycled-ALW, and the remaining 20% is recycled-Meyerbeer and Puccini. And I still remember being kind of disappointed when I saw the show live oh so many years ago. All that fuss over a tire! ;)
*Oh, and I believe the current tour only travels with three musicians... And an inflatable set.
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Things have settled down a bit (even though I have a meeting at 2pm today). Since I spent about two hours of extra time getting ready for both meetings yesterday I plan on leaving early on Monday and Tuesday. I was going to leave at 2pm today (instead of 4) but since I got hit with a 2pm meeting that won't happen.
I think I will get a TDF ticket for reasons to be pretty for Tuesday at 7. I hoped to get a TDF for Exit the King (since the talk is Geoffry Rush is the favorite to win Best Actor in a Play Tony) but it's not happening. I want to see it before next Sunday (June 7th) so I may have to get a half-price ticket before the Tonys.
There are (or were) tickets for Tin Pan Alley Rag on TDF last night. That's the musical revue with Scott Joplin and Irving Berlin music. It's being done by Roundabout at their Off-Broadway space. I may try to get a ticket.
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As for the Friday Media Check....
Earlier this week, I discovered that the CD-player in my compact shelf system refuses to play. Actually, it refuses to stay closed - the tray pops right back out after I hit the Close button. Ah, well... So, it's been the usual routine of late-night and morning WQXR. And I rewatched the pilot of "Glee" on my iPod during a long subway ride.
Exciting, huh?
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Time for me to run a few errands.
Laters...
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I have a lot of music listening planned.
The Mavericks (3 cds)
The Manhattan Transfer (Courtesy of DR George)
The All Time Greatest Movie Songs (A Matter of opinion if they are the greatest or not)
The Soundtrack to Something's Gotta Give (Looks like the highlight is Jack Nicholson singing La Vie En Rose)
and a homegrown CD of songs that was lent to me including songs from a group called The Pansy Division with some of the most obscene lyrics I've ever heard. I can't even post them here.
I LOVE the soundtrack to SOMETHINGS GOT TO GIVE. I don't usually like soundtracks that are just a collection of songs, but SGTG's tracks are so perfectly selected that by the time you get to Nicholson warbling "La Vie En Rose" you can't help but crack a smile. Definately one of my favorite discs.
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Last night's volunteer appreciation dinner at WCPA:
Announcing one of the shows for next season:
Cats (I've never seen this live)
I could say many things
such as
It might sound better if you're dead
or
I'll have another order of Ground Glass and then could you pound some nails into my eardrums please?
I think I'll go with the last one 8)
I actually like the score for Cats - even if 80% of it is self-recycled-ALW, and the remaining 20% is recycled-Meyerbeer and Puccini. And I still remember being kind of disappointed when I saw the show live oh so many years ago. All that fuss over a tire! ;)
*Oh, and I believe the current tour only travels with three musicians... And an inflatable set.
Each time I got dragged kicking and screaming to CATS on B'way, I anticipated the show pretty much the same way that DR Ben feels about it. But each time I cam away completely entranced, having surrendered to the atmosphere of the show as a whole.
However, about two or three years ago I saw a touring company in Philly. It turned out to be the non-equity, cut-rate version of the show. Awful wasn't the word! Aside from the cheap-o looking set and the shaggy costumes, the cast was primarily composed of posers who never danced a lick but just pranced across the stage and behaved in kitty-cat manners. Meh! and Feh!
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MEdia Check:
iPod: THE STORY OF MY LIFE, NEXT TO NORMAL
Tivo: DANCING LADY from TCM yesterday morning
DVD: Nada. Nothing.
Which reminds me, I want to order the PEYTON PLACE and DESIGNING WOMEN sets today...
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I have to say that I've watched the video of CATS more than JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR or JOSEPH. With real dancers, it can be a fun if forgettable show. I just never understand why it was such a sensation or had such a long run.
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One more..............
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Good morning!
Another day of the same forecast: partly cloudy (though it's beautiful outside right now) with temps in the 80s and rain forecast for late afternoon and evening.
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PAGE TWO
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Page Two Dance!!!
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Is there an echo in here? :D
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Since I take a break from my morning workout every Friday, I spent part of the morning watching another CANNON episode. It was the best one I've watched in this set, an intricate blackmail scheme with a surprising cast of characters. William Daniels, Louise Troy, and Alex Rocco were among the guest stars.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - SHERRY! (studio cast), disc 2
DVD - CANNON, Season 2, Volume 1, disc 3
THE CLEANER - Season 1
THE CLOSER - Season 4
DVR - THE GARDEN MURDER CASE
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TOD: I received my DVD of a 60's stage production of EDWARD II, starring Ian McKellen. Brilliant! And it goes like a house a fire. Amazing how the Brits can speak Marlowe's verse at a brisk clip with such remarkably stunning clarity.
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I have one more CANNON episode and then I'll be finished with the set. I got an MGM DVD screener copy in the mail today for a movie called THE BETRAYED (I think that was the name). We don't review screeners, only final store product, but I may watch this this afternoon since I plan to take most of the day off after I finish CANNON.
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Well, Mae-Ling is sick, so I guess no six-year-old chatter for me today. Her grandma will stay with her.
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - UN-BROKE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY, 20/20
FOX - DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS
NBC - DATELINE
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I uninstalled and re-installed my printer software, and the gnitnirp esrever problem seems to have resolved itself. :)
Whew!
[and yes, that's a good whew!]
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Oh, well, we're back to the early morning truck grading - loud grading at that. Mr. Building and Safety overseer is getting a call today. Yesterday's work, while annoying, was tolerable. Seven in the morning with the loud machine is not. And I don't give a crap if they finish early today since I'll be in Santa Monica. And invariably what happens is they do this loud stuff for an hour, then do nothing for an hour. They need to reverse the process and do nothing for an hour then the work. Then at least I've got till eight. I am telling you, these people will RUE the day and I, for one, cannot wait. I shall get a recording of loud truck noise and hammering and I will blast it from morn to nine at night, oh, yes, I will blast it from morn to night.
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Oh, and yes, I'm up.
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Whether I do the long jog at eight-thirty is not known at this time.
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I am signing off and heading downstairs a bit earlier than usual since I need to clean up and run my Friday errands a little earlier since best friend John and I are going to lunch today.
WBBL.
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Most city codes (and I would imagine Studio City is among them) permit construction noise from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Believe me, I know from experience.
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Is there an echo in here? :D
Bad timing, I guess. I always figured the "page announcement" was the prerogative of the person making the first post, but it's not a rule or anythingl
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Friday morning greetings! Later today, Richard and I will go to Cincinnati for some errands, dinner, and the UC spring dance concert, in which Mary Linda is performing with motion sensors. Before we leave, I have to make banana nut bread to use up the bananas that have ripened too fast - oh, well, at least I know what I'll take to the potluck breakfast AAUW board meeting tomorrow...
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I uninstalled and re-installed my printer software, and the gnitnirp esrever problem seems to have resolved itself. :)
Whew!
[and yes, that's a good whew!]
Oh, yes, especially if it means uoy lliw pots gniod siht!
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TOD - CD - in the car, we're listening to At Home in Miftord, the first in Jan Karon's series about the fictional North Carolina Episcopal parish priest. Now, when Richard is presented with a challenge, I say, "What would Father Tim do?"
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Oh, well, we're back to the early morning truck grading - loud grading at that. Mr. Building and Safety overseer is getting a call today. Yesterday's work, while annoying, was tolerable. Seven in the morning with the loud machine is not. And I don't give a crap if they finish early today since I'll be in Santa Monica. And invariably what happens is they do this loud stuff for an hour, then do nothing for an hour. They need to reverse the process and do nothing for an hour then the work. Then at least I've got till eight. I am telling you, these people will RUE the day and I, for one, cannot wait. I shall get a recording of loud truck noise and hammering and I will blast it from morn to nine at night, oh, yes, I will blast it from morn to night.
I hope you park your car in a garage that you keep closed. :)
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Oh, is that annoying you, DR RLP?? :)
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All right, Mr. Kimmel, you have my INTENSE, undivided attention with your tale of the pre-FSM Get-together get-together.
I'm curious, of course, as to the "blind" item about the film music maven and the object of his invective.
I'm thinking one was someone noted for wearing suspenders. Could the other one have been someone who once posted a diatribe against him on a certain messageboard many years ago?
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And the word of the day is: SAGACIOUS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: GETTING TO KNOW YOU
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Oh, is that annoying you, DR RLP?? :)
Me? Just me? Why not take a vote!
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someone noted for wearing suspenders.
(http://jayleigh.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/mork.jpg)
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HAS ANYONE HERE HEARD FROM NURSIE?
JANE-THAT IS
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Good morning. I am very pleased to know it is Friday!
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Feeling much better, but no work for me today. Just resting and NOT coughing so much.
TOD
CD - Tom Jones
DVD - Deception much HIGH drama with Bette Davis, Claude Rains, and Paul Henreid
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RLP, no it wasn't Mr. Suspenders. It was one of the most respected film music label producers and labels who was behaving poorly - shockingly so - in fact, I've never seen anything like it EVER. There were thankfully not many people there when it happened but most were looking at their shoes. The bad behavior followed us into the bar area, where Miss Kirgo let forth with some rather cherce rebuttals. Then I had my chat and that seemed to help, at least.
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Most city codes (and I would imagine Studio City is among them) permit construction noise from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Believe me, I know from experience.
Oh, it's worse - it seven to nine at night. The only good part of this is that for now the work usually stops at four because I guess they don't want to go into costly overtime with these guys.
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RLP, no it wasn't Mr. Suspenders. It was one of the most respected film music label producers and labels who was behaving poorly - shockingly so - in fact, I've never seen anything like it EVER. There were thankfully not many people there when it happened but most were looking at their shoes. The bad behavior followed us into the bar area, where Miss Kirgo let forth with some rather cherce rebuttals. Then I had my chat and that seemed to help, at least.
That sounds like someone you've worked with. Any hints as to the "object" of his invective?
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Today's Amazon.com "Gold Box" offer is really "out there", IMO.
If this appeals to any of you.....
On a quest to make everything taste like bacon J & D's Bacon Salt is well on its way. Starting with Original, Hickory, and Peppererd flavors they have now extended to include Natural Bacon Salt and several Limited Edition flavors (Applewood, Jalapeno, Mesquite, Cheddar and Maple Redux). And now they have expanded beyond...
Just what the world needs....EVERYthing tasting like bacon.
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RLP, no it wasn't Mr. Suspenders. It was one of the most respected film music label producers and labels who was behaving poorly - shockingly so - in fact, I've never seen anything like it EVER. There were thankfully not many people there when it happened but most were looking at their shoes. The bad behavior followed us into the bar area, where Miss Kirgo let forth with some rather cherce rebuttals. Then I had my chat and that seemed to help, at least.
That sounds like someone you've worked with. Any hints as to the "object" of his invective?
Look at the name in the post you quoted, the person who gave the cherce rebuttals - that should tell you.
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RLP, no it wasn't Mr. Suspenders. It was one of the most respected film music label producers and labels who was behaving poorly - shockingly so - in fact, I've never seen anything like it EVER. There were thankfully not many people there when it happened but most were looking at their shoes. The bad behavior followed us into the bar area, where Miss Kirgo let forth with some rather cherce rebuttals. Then I had my chat and that seemed to help, at least.
That sounds like someone you've worked with. Any hints as to the "object" of his invective?
Look at the name in the post you quoted, the person who gave the cherce rebuttals - that should tell you.
OMG!
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I am SO (*#*)(_)EWFUF@$%(* ANGRY right now. For the SECOND friggin' time in less than a year, my Fred Meyer Mastercard has been "compromised." Of course, they never tell you which idiot retailer let numbers get out, but it means that yet again they need to close the account, reissue a card (which typically only has about a 6 week expiration status, at which point you get yet ANOTHER card), and I need to go through the hoo-hah of reentering card numbers for automatic payments. At least they're keeping it open through the weekend because I think it's the only card Betsy took with her to Wisconsin.
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Okay, I know that NEXT TO NORMAL has its fans here, but I couldn't get through it. It's not the subject matter, it's the whiny, self-indulgent lyrics coupled with "rock" music that has absolutely no variations in tone through out the score. And then there's the howling singing. This is the musical for the AMERICAN IDOL generation.
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As I said when I saw it, I enjoyed Next To Normal more than I thought I would, mostly because I liked a lot of the cast and it was staged interestingly. I was not impressed by the score or lyrics, and yes, the singing, especially by the teenage boy, was not my cup of tea. But Alice Ripley's performance, at least on stage, is fantastic.
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I think I shan't do the long jog today - it's really overcast out and I would have had to begin about ten minutes ago. I just did two days in a row, so I'm fine until tomorrow.
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I actually don't have a clew as to when I'm supposed to eat something today - so I may not get to a meal until seven or eight.
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Exactly as I said, there is total silence coming from next door. Unbelievable.
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I'm not sure how many fans there are here of PUSHING DAISIES. But they are airing the last episodes starting this saturday night.
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I uninstalled and re-installed my printer software, and the gnitnirp esrever problem seems to have resolved itself. :)
Whew!
[and yes, that's a good whew!]
Backwards might be a fun for awhile. I once had a clock that run backwards if you plugged it into a particular outlet (but I never checked to see if I had actually turned back time).
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I uninstalled and re-installed my printer software, and the gnitnirp esrever problem seems to have resolved itself. :)
Whew!
[and yes, that's a good whew!]
Backwards might be a fun for awhile. I once had a clock that run backwards if you plugged it into a particular outlet (but I never checked to see if I had actually turned back time).
And would your surname be Gateau? (A Benjamin Button reference).
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I'm starting to wonder just a bit about a certain jazz superstar's agent. He keeps asking the same questions over and over. That said, I know he's in his 80s, so I will be patient. For the time being. ;)
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I will be patient. For the time being.
It's good to stretch yourself.
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if I had actually turned back time.
You and Cher!
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DR JMK - bummer about the card snafu. I know how frustrating it is. I don't think I know anyone who hasn't had it happen to them, or know someone who has.
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Hmmm. I enjoyed the Next to Normal recording. I imagined it as sort of a March of the Falsettoes for today.
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You cannot convince me that ALW did not have a cerebral hemorrhage sometime after he completed JCS. There is simply no other explanation.
Well, whatever happened sure helped his bank account.
der Brucer
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I have to say that I've watched the video of CATS more than JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR or JOSEPH. With real dancers, it can be a fun if forgettable show. I just never understand why it was such a sensation or had such a long run.
Perhaps the runs are successful because it is a fun night at the theatre and a very family friendly show that encourages folks to go back again with some friends or relatives.
der Brucer
I saw it twice on successive trips to London
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Strike Two: I don't THE STORY OF MY LIFE, either.
I should have posted about these recordings during yesterday's topic.
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I'm just going to play it safe for the rest of the afternoon and listen to ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY...
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...my Fred Meyer Mastercard has been "compromised." Of course, they never tell you which idiot retailer let numbers get out...
Are you sure it was a retailer? Many past compromises were the result of hacking at the processing center level.
der Brucer
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I have nothing to say, except that I am working on the newsletter and the bulletin.
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I am about to enter the realm of another meeting, scheduled from 2-4pm. One can only hope it doesn't go that long or I shall scream, Mr. Bumble (an Oliver reference).
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I have nothing to say, except that I am working on the newsletter and the bulletin.
And so to be followed by a date with Mr Printer?
der Brucer
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Yes. I'm kinda putting that off.
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Good Afternoon!
I had a somewhat profitable morning down around Union Square. Over the past few days, I've started making some piles of "stuff" to sort through for purging, giving away and/or selling. Well, I took a bunch of books down to The Strand and got some cash - well, a little cash for them (but that was no surprise), and I also took some CDs down to Academy Records. Well, imagine my surprise when the 7 opera sets I took in - all Wagner - ended up netting me a little over $100. I was really only expecting half that.
The buyer did compliment me on the condition of the CDs: slip cases in near-mint condition, no fingerprints on the CDs themselves, etc. "You really kept these in great shape. It's like they never came out of the box." -Well, some of them never did. ;)
I think I'm going to take another batch down tomorrow morning. I'm basically clearing out anything that I know I bought purely for reference purposes when I was primarily doing Classical accompanying. Since one of the teachers at Catholic University liked to assign lesser-known arias from lesser-known operas, I have a bunch of those lesser-known-operas on my shelves. And I most likely only listened to one or two arias from each opera... 15(!) years ago. Buh-bye!
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Strike Two: I don't THE STORY OF MY LIFE, either.
And I liked that one, too. :)
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I uninstalled and re-installed my printer software, and the gnitnirp esrever problem seems to have resolved itself. :)
Whew!
[and yes, that's a good whew!]
.taht gnitsop yb flesruoy xnij tsuj t'ndid uoy epoh I - WAD RD
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PAGE FOUR ACADEMY RECORDS DANCE!!!!
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What an INSANE morning!
I've been working an easement agreement since my boss has been on vacation that I was hoping might go on our June 9 Board of Supervisors agenda. I was told it might have to slide a few weeks to be on the June 23 agenda. This morning, it was magically posted to be on the June 2 agenda (Tuesday!!!) and all hell broke loose. Lots of copying and scrambling and putting tons of documents together to get across the street today.
I just delivered it. It's done. It's an albatross CUT LOOSE from my neck! I'm so relieved!
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Each time I got dragged kicking and screaming to CATS on B'way, I anticipated the show pretty much the same way that DR Ben feels about it. But each time I cam away completely entranced, having surrendered to the atmosphere of the show as a whole.
However, about two or three years ago I saw a touring company in Philly. It turned out to be the non-equity, cut-rate version of the show. Awful wasn't the word! Aside from the cheap-o looking set and the shaggy costumes, the cast was primarily composed of posers who never danced a lick but just pranced across the stage and behaved in kitty-cat manners. Meh! and Feh!
What's kind of interesting about the current non-Union tour - which has been on the road for a number of years already - is that the main supervisors, musically and choreographically, are from the original Broadway company.
And what's scary about the non-Union tour is that some of those "Cats" on stage weren't born until Cats was well into it's then-record-breaking run.
And, yes, the current set - for better or worse - is inflatable (http://www.3dair.com/stagesets-cats.php).
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I will be patient. For the time being.
It's good to stretch yourself.
Of course, there are built-in (coded) limits to some stretches.
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Visual fun - and it's not from UP!
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47037193.jpg)
down for a closer look
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47037211.jpg)
Pictures are from Cappadocia, Turkey
der Brucer
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Well, Mae-Ling is sick, so I guess no six-year-old chatter for me today. Her grandma will stay with her.
DR Laura - I do hope Mae-Ling's sister stays well. -Do you think she has the same thing her father had? -Wasn't her father sick a few weeks ago? -And any leads on the "new car"?
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Oh, well, we're back to the early morning truck grading - loud grading at that. Mr. Building and Safety overseer is getting a call today. Yesterday's work, while annoying, was tolerable. Seven in the morning with the loud machine is not. And I don't give a crap if they finish early today since I'll be in Santa Monica. And invariably what happens is they do this loud stuff for an hour, then do nothing for an hour. They need to reverse the process and do nothing for an hour then the work. Then at least I've got till eight. I am telling you, these people will RUE the day and I, for one, cannot wait. I shall get a recording of loud truck noise and hammering and I will blast it from morn to nine at night, oh, yes, I will blast it from morn to night.
I hope you park your car in a garage that you keep closed. :)
I sense a real-life remake of "Lakeview Terrace" in the making.
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Most city codes (and I would imagine Studio City is among them) permit construction noise from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Believe me, I know from experience.
Oh, it's worse - it seven to nine at night. The only good part of this is that for now the work usually stops at four because I guess they don't want to go into costly overtime with these guys.
Well, just wait until the different crews - unions - start staggering their shifts so that they step on each others toes. Electricians in the morning, plasterers in the afternoon. Plumbing in the morning, painters in the afternoon. Etc., etc., etc.
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Okay, I know that NEXT TO NORMAL has its fans here, but I couldn't get through it. It's not the subject matter, it's the whiny, self-indulgent lyrics coupled with "rock" music that has absolutely no variations in tone through out the score. And then there's the howling singing. This is the musical for the AMERICAN IDOL generation.
I liked - not loved - Next to Normal when I saw it off-Broadway last year. I downloaded the OCR from iTunes when it came out a few weeks ago, and even though I do like the "improvements" they've made, I still only "like" it. -And, I have a feeling when I see it next week, I will still only "like" it. -Even with the fact the Aaron Tveit is now seen on stage in boxers instead of just shirtless with his abs lit from below. ::)
*I also have to say that I don't think that Alice Ripley's voice is recorded as flatteringly as it could have been. I know part of it is the piece, and part of it is also Alice's current vocal technique, but it's almost a bit too edgy at times.
**And I really am glad that they jettisoned the CostCo number!
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"If you love only one musical featuring mentally unbalanced characters, make it Starcrossed."
I believe that needs to be my official pull quote.
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I have to say that I've watched the video of CATS more than JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR or JOSEPH. With real dancers, it can be a fun if forgettable show. I just never understand why it was such a sensation or had such a long run.
Perhaps the runs are successful because it is a fun night at the theatre and a very family friendly show that encourages folks to go back again with some friends or relatives.
der Brucer
I saw it twice on successive trips to London
Exactly!
Cats was a dream show for group sales promoters. Because it essentially had no plot, it was a very easy sell to almost any group, domestic and foreign(!). The "catchy" music, the costumes and makeup, and the dancing were enough to make it a safe bet for almost anyone. There was no "fear" of anyone coming to see the show and "not getting" what was happening on stage.
A good part of the continuing success of Disney's The Lion King is the fact that it is a world-wide-known entity. If a group from, let's say Russia comes to the see the show, they will most likely already be familiar with the plot and songs - even if they don't understand all the English words. And it's still one of the three musicals - along with Jersey Boys and Mamma Mia! that make relatively rare appearance on the TKTS board. A good portion of the audiences for each of those shows is comprised of groups.
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Strike Two: I don't THE STORY OF MY LIFE, either.
And I liked that one, too. :)
Me too.
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I have nothing to say, except that I am working on the newsletter and the bulletin.
Have you thought of printing it backwards for a change of pace?
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Visual fun - and it's not from UP!
down for a closer look
Pictures are from Cappadocia, Tukey
der Brucer
Does Tukey rhyme with Dooky?
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Most city codes (and I would imagine Studio City is among them) permit construction noise from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Believe me, I know from experience.
Oh, it's worse - it seven to nine at night. The only good part of this is that for now the work usually stops at four because I guess they don't want to go into costly overtime with these guys.
Well, just wait until the different crews - unions - start staggering their shifts so that they step on each others toes. Electricians in the morning, plasterers in the afternoon. Plumbing in the morning, painters in the afternoon. Etc., etc., etc.
All of that, plus he'll have the sun in the morning and the moon at night!
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Visual fun - and it's not from UP!
down for a closer look
Pictures are from Cappadocia, Tukey
der Brucer
Does Tukey rhyme with Dooky?
Yes - typing all the "r"s in der Brucer has worn out the key.
de B uce
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Visual fun - and it's not from UP!
down for a closer look
Pictures are from Cappadocia, Tukey
der Brucer
Does Tukey rhyme with Dooky?
Yes - typing all the "r"s in der Brucer has worn out the key.
de B uce
I can well imagine! ;D
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Two hours of my life I won't get back.
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I'm not sure how many fans there are here of PUSHING DAISIES. But they are airing the last episodes starting this saturday night.
Yes, it will be mentioned tomorrow in our regular On TV TOnight!™ feature.
Watch for it!
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Last night's volunteer appreciation dinner at WCPA:
Announcing one of the shows for next season:
Cats (I've never seen this live)
I could say many things
such as
It might sound better if you're dead
or
I'll have another order of Ground Glass and then could you pound some nails into my eardrums please?
I think I'll go with the last one 8)
Dear Ben, please rest assured that I will not waste use my free tickets on seeing Cats. But I'll definitely see it because I'll be able to usher for it (since I've never seen it live), and it won't cost me any $. :)
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Two hours of my life I won't get back.
Oh - did you go see CATS?
der Brucer
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It was very pleasant having lunch today with John rather than the usual Monday (with him) and Thursday (with him and some other friends). This week we did Tuesday and Friday making for a most atypical week.
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I'm not sure how many fans there are here of PUSHING DAISIES. But they are airing the last episodes starting this saturday night.
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It won't be showing here in the Pacific Northwest!! :'( This weekend is the "Celebration of Real Miracles Special" Fundraiser, sort of like the MDA telethon, but for a children's hospital in Seattle. WOULD SOMEONE BE SO KIND AS TO RECORD "PUSHING DAISIES" FOR ME?? It's not being rebroadcast, at all. And although I will be able to (finally) watch it on-line on my new computer, I have a couple of friends who were expecting me to make DVDs of this...and since they live in the area also, they are going to miss it, too.
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Before he arrived to pick me up for lunch, I had time to watch the last of the CANNON episodes in the box set. This one guest starred Carl Betz, Neva Patterson, and Andrew Duggen, but had a very weak ending.
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Spoo, I forgot to close the window while I was on the phone, so it looked like I was dawdling without posting.
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Each time I got dragged kicking and screaming to CATS on B'way, I anticipated the show pretty much the same way that DR Ben feels about it. But each time I cam away completely entranced, having surrendered to the atmosphere of the show as a whole.
However, about two or three years ago I saw a touring company in Philly. It turned out to be the non-equity, cut-rate version of the show. Awful wasn't the word! Aside from the cheap-o looking set and the shaggy costumes, the cast was primarily composed of posers who never danced a lick but just pranced across the stage and behaved in kitty-cat manners. Meh! and Feh!
This is what I'm most afraid of with the tour that's coming here to Olympia. :-\
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I'm not sure how many fans there are here of PUSHING DAISIES. But they are airing the last episodes starting this saturday night.
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It won't be showing here in the Pacific Northwest!! :'( This weekend is the "Celebration of Real Miracles Special" Fundraiser, sort of like the MDA telethon, but for a children's hospital in Seattle. WOULD SOMEONE BE SO KIND AS TO RECORD "PUSHING DAISIES" FOR ME?? It's not being rebroadcast, at all. And although I will be able to (finally) watch it on-line on my new computer, I have a couple of friends who were expecting me to make DVDs of this...and since they live in the area also, they are going to miss it, too.
I can do it, but I hope someone else with a DVR/DVD burner will also at least record the show, too. With the sporadic rainstorms we've been having, sometimes the cable reception goes wonky, and although usually the ABC station isn't the one affected, it would be just my luck this time if it were the one. Better safe than sorry.
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When I got in from lunch, I began my day off by watching THE GARDEN MURDER CASE, the last of the Philo Vance movies I had reocrded from the other day. I had never seen this before, and I didn't guess the murderer though I didn't think the film played all that fair with the clues. Still, I'm glad I got to see it.
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This week we did Tuesday and Friday making for a most atypical week.
And just how long will it take you to recover from this break in your routine :D
der Brucer
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Next I watched another NCIS episode from the fifth season set. In this one, Gibbs' ex-wife is implicated in a murder though it's clear she didn't do it. All of the stuff with Jethro's love life always bores me silly, but the central mystery was good.
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Page Five Dance!!!
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This week we did Tuesday and Friday making for a most atypical week.
And just how long will it take you to recover from this break in your routine :D
der Brucer
It gave me hives, but they usually go away in a few days.
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Next I scanned through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. I knew the boys weren't going to be on, and they weren't in the previews either.
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I finished my afternoon by watching the last half hour of the BIOGRAPHY episode on Mickey Rooney. All those marriages! All those kids! Sheesh!
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I'm not sure how many fans there are here of PUSHING DAISIES. But they are airing the last episodes starting this saturday night.
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It won't be showing here in the Pacific Northwest!! :'( This weekend is the "Celebration of Real Miracles Special" Fundraiser, sort of like the MDA telethon, but for a children's hospital in Seattle. WOULD SOMEONE BE SO KIND AS TO RECORD "PUSHING DAISIES" FOR ME?? It's not being rebroadcast, at all. And although I will be able to (finally) watch it on-line on my new computer, I have a couple of friends who were expecting me to make DVDs of this...and since they live in the area also, they are going to miss it, too.
I can do it, but I hope someone else with a DVR/DVD burner will also at least record the show, too. With the sporadic rainstorms we've been having, sometimes the cable reception goes wonky, and although usually the ABC station isn't the one affected, it would be just my luck this time if it were the one. Better safe than sorry.
Thanks Matt!! :-*
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I have to say that I've watched the video of CATS more than JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR or JOSEPH. With real dancers, it can be a fun if forgettable show. I just never understand why it was such a sensation or had such a long run.
I never understood why they would film Cats on a proscenium stage and not try to approximate the original environmental stage. :-\
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Topic of the Day: nothing, except the soundtrack to Tom Jones! (http://www.kritzerland.com/TomJones.html)
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And what's scary about the non-Union tour is that some of those "Cats" on stage weren't born until Cats was well into it's then-record-breaking run.
And, yes, the current set - for better or worse - is inflatable (http://www.3dair.com/stagesets-cats.php).
Thanks, Jose-- I was wondering what it looked like.
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Each time I got dragged kicking and screaming to CATS on B'way, I anticipated the show pretty much the same way that DR Ben feels about it. But each time I cam away completely entranced, having surrendered to the atmosphere of the show as a whole.
However, about two or three years ago I saw a touring company in Philly. It turned out to be the non-equity, cut-rate version of the show. Awful wasn't the word! Aside from the cheap-o looking set and the shaggy costumes, the cast was primarily composed of posers who never danced a lick but just pranced across the stage and behaved in kitty-cat manners. Meh! and Feh!
This is what I'm most afraid of with the tour that's coming here to Olympia. :-\
I saw the inflatable set a few years ago, it wasn't as bad as one might think. I have a soft spot for the show, as it's the very first Broadway show I ever saw, and I didn't want to see it!! I had seen a tour in 1991 and was bored as all hell. My friend Mark INSISTED I saw the Broadway production, and that's why I went. Now, I try and catch it whenever it comes around as I fell in love with the show. So, the set is inflatable, the actors are young, but it's still Cats and I'll never forget the Broadway experience.
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Well, I have some computer chores to take care of, and then I'll head back down to watch THE BETRAYED (Melissa George, one of my least favorite actresses, is in it). After that, I'll select a Blu-ray or an HD-DVD to finish out my evening. I have a sizable stack of each flavor of high def discs that need to be winnowed down.
WBBL.
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Casualties of the CA budget crisis:
Summer Schools
Music, Arts, Crafts, and PE Classes
Poison Control Center
Elimination of the adult day-care program in its entirety
Elimination of a caregiver program that helps the severely disabled, such as people with traumatic brain injuries.
Eliminate the state's welfare program
Dropping 1 million poor children from health insurance
Cutting off new grants for college students
Shutting down 80 percent of state parks
Among the possibilities is a 10% reduction in court funding as well as slashing $600 million from state universities and $750 million from the state prisons, mostly from programs designed to rehabilitate inmates.
Mass transit funding would take a $315 million hit in the new plan; roads and other transportation projects would lose an additional $242 million.
Community mental health (prevention, early intervention, education and training programs) has gobs of money, funded by a millionaire's surtax, that can't be touched; likewise the Early Childhood Development Programs and anti-smoking programs funded by a Tobacco tax. The voters just turned down initiatives that would have let the state borrow these funds for more pressing health needs.
(But because of Federal orders, they are still planning on spending almost 2 Billion to build two new prison facilities for the sick and mentally ill.)
der Brucer
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Yes. And California won't be able to count on any further money from the gay wedding industry.
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Last night's volunteer appreciation dinner at WCPA:
Announcing one of the shows for next season:
Cats (I've never seen this live)
I could say many things
such as
It might sound better if you're dead
or
I'll have another order of Ground Glass and then could you pound some nails into my eardrums please?
I think I'll go with the last one 8)
I actually like the score for Cats - even if 80% of it is self-recycled-ALW, and the remaining 20% is recycled-Meyerbeer and Puccini. And I still remember being kind of disappointed when I saw the show live oh so many years ago. All that fuss over a tire! ;)
*Oh, and I believe the current tour only travels with three musicians... And an inflatable set.
Well, that could be reason enough to see the show again with a blowpipe and a dozen darts!
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Yes. And California won't be able to count on any further money from the gay wedding industry.
Doesn't that prove there's a God?
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Is there an echo in here? :D
Bad timing, I guess. I always figured the "page announcement" was the prerogative of the person making the first post, but it's not a rule or anythingl
I'm sorry. Did I break tradition or step on someone's toes?
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I too was lucky that I didn't have to pay to see CATS. I was reviewing it for my radio show that I had at that time. I think this was sit down in Montreal for awhile but I am not 100% sure.
I remember at the intermission I saw another entertainment personality and he asked me
"Michael is that it for Memory. It was very short" (A short version is sung right at the end of Act 1)
I told him, "No the full version is sung later" and his reply "You mean I have to sit through Act 2 just here that song?!"
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Good Afternoon!
Well...
If any DR happens to know of anyone looking for a nice-sized and sunny room or two here in New York City, here's the link to the ad I just placed on Craigslist: THE LINK (http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/roo/1195635156.html).
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OK... Time to stretch my legs and get some fresh air.
Laters...
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Very sorry to hear that 1940s actress Jane Randolph passed away at her summer home in Switzerland.
Evidently she broke her hip and was convalescing when she decided to get out of bed. She fell and broke her other hip and died from complications. She was 90.
She will be well remembered by HHWers for her lead roles in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN as well as both of Val Lewton's THE CAT PEOPLE movies.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BTSG,N!Bmk~$(KGrHgoOKiEEjlLmgM5VBKHp!Zu(v!~~_1.JPG)
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That's very sad, MBarnum. And sounds very painful.
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CATS.
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The voters just turned down initiatives that would have let the state borrow fromthese funds for more pressing health needs.
Oh, yes...borrow from those funds and from the state lottery funds...which is political code for "and we will never spend another tax dollar on these programs again because we can raid other funds."
No. The BUCK stops! The state government has GOT to use the money we pay out in billions to balance the budget and fund state programs. Period. Over and Out!
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Two hours of my life I won't get back.
Oh, were you trying to get a printer to work, too?
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It was a beautiful 80 degree day, and I am barbecuing gourmet burgers on the grill.
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I'll be right over, DR TCB. :D
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***ROOMMATE SEEKING VIBES***
for DR JoseSPiano!!!
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I'll be right over, DR TCB. :D
I didn't buy buns, so you will have to bring your own.
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Very sorry to hear that 1940s actress Jane Randolph passed away at her summer home in Switzerland.
Evidently she broke her hip and was convalescing when she decided to get out of bed. She fell and broke her other hip and died from complications. She was 90.
She will be well remembered by HHWers for her lead roles in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN as well as both of Val Lewton's THE CAT PEOPLE movies.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BTSG,N!Bmk~$(KGrHgoOKiEEjlLmgM5VBKHp!Zu(v!~~_1.JPG)
Very sad, Mike. She was quite beautiful. Did you ever interview her?
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I am so happy it's Friday.
I refuse to do anything this weekend that I don't want to. (except laundry).
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Good Evening!
So... I go away for three hours, and only 11 posts in the meantime?!?!?!?!?
SKAMMEN!
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I am so happy it's Friday.
I refuse to do anything this weekend that I don't want to. (except laundry).
That's the spirit, Sam!
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Good Evening!
So... I go away for three hours, and only 11 posts in the meantime?!?!?!?!?
SKAMMEN!
Thank you, Mr. Tattletale!
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hello TCB and Jose
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I'm taking a nap. Because I can. Because I feel like being a brat. Because because.
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When I left the apartment earlier, I went ahead took the A Train down to Times Square... Where I saw this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3576779789_38c76dd3ca.jpg)
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And this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3577585366_84da9c360d.jpg)
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They were all waiting for/looking at you??
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And I have to say that strolling up the new Times Square Pedestrian Mall was very cool... and very weird... and funny. Different companies have donated the various lawn chairs, so each block has their own style. It was also interesting to note that most of the people sitting at the south end of the TSPM sat looking north, and vice versa. I guess they just all want to look at the neon. For some reason I was thinking that even some of the cross streets were blocked off - they are not. However, there are extra police on duty redirecting traffic - automobile and pedestrian - as necessary.
And speaking of lawn chairs:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3576780445_fc1a537541.jpg)
:D :D :D :D :D
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you will have to bring your own.
Is that what BYOB means?? :)
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They were all waiting for/looking at you??
Umm... Yeah, I guess that could be one explanation.
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I'm taking a nap. Because I can. Because I feel like being a brat. Because because.
Nap on, DR Sam!
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***ROOMMATE SEEKING VIBES***
for DR JoseSPiano!!!
Thank You, DR DAW. -Now I just have to convince the roommate who moved out that the security deposit is something he has to get back from from landlord, and not the people who are still staying in the apartment. :-\
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I'll be right over, DR TCB. :D
I didn't buy buns, so you will have to bring your own.
Do you need condiments too?
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They make them mint-flavored?
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They make them mint-flavored?
For your pleasure.
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If any DRs happen to be heading to the movie theatre this weekend to catch one of the newest releases, here's an ARTICLE (http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/new-site-helps-plan-the-mid-movie-bathroom-break/?src=twr) about a new website/service that will help you know when to "go".
RunPee (http://www.runpee.com)
::)
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I continued my walk up Broadway until I got the Time-Warner Center... Where I saw this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3576780979_449019e13f.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/3576781357_af25fb46d8.jpg)
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Jose - i just sent you a link which is not legal info but could shed light.
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Jose - i just sent you a link which is not legal info but could shed light.
Thank You, DR FJL. Much appreciated.
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Very sorry to hear that 1940s actress Jane Randolph passed away at her summer home in Switzerland.
Evidently she broke her hip and was convalescing when she decided to get out of bed. She fell and broke her other hip and died from complications. She was 90.
She will be well remembered by HHWers for her lead roles in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN as well as both of Val Lewton's THE CAT PEOPLE movies.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BTSG,N!Bmk~$(KGrHgoOKiEEjlLmgM5VBKHp!Zu(v!~~_1.JPG)
Very sad, Mike. She was quite beautiful. Did you ever interview her?
I never interviewed her, however she was nice enough to autograph a couple of photos for me back in the 1990s.
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Jose - i decided not to go to D.C. after all. The train ride alone, then four hours and two intermissions somehow didn;t seem like fun once I thought about it this morning
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Jose - i decided not to go to D.C. after all. The train ride alone, then four hours and two intermissions somehow didn;t seem like fun once I thought about it this morning
My friends Sharry and Micheal just saw GIANT - THE MUSICAL. They said it was wonderful!
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I continued my walk up Broadway until I got the Time-Warner Center... Where I saw this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3576780979_449019e13f.jpg)
I don't see Leonard Whiting's bare ass on display.
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Lordy, I am finally back home. The work session with the copyist took close to five hours. At that point there was no way I was getting on the freeway in horrifying rush hour traffic, so I went to a couple of stores in Westwood, bought a couple of Blu-Rays I didn't have (Meet The Robinsons, which I very much enjoyed the first time I saw it, and something else I can't remember). I killed about an hour and fifteen minutes, then decided to brave Beverly Glen to get over the hill, and much to my surprise and delight there wasn't really any traffic to speak of and I was back in the Valley twenty minutes later. I went to Jerry's since I hadn't eaten a thing. There I had to endure a table of thirty fourteen year old girls screaming at the top of their lungs, AND some beer-guzzling yahoos sitting at the bar watching basketball and screaming at the top of THEIR lungs, what with being as emotionally mature as the table-full of fourteen year old girls. I left with a headache, but the food was fine. I must now sit on my couch like so much fish.
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Jose - i decided not to go to D.C. after all. The train ride alone, then four hours and two intermissions somehow didn;t seem like fun once I thought about it this morning
Gotcha.
And, once again, thanks for your PM/link. It really did help (me).
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Here is the Save A Soul Mission staff from GUYS AND DOLLS, plus the very handsome Sky Masterson. (Notice the plush dressing room)
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/SaveaSoulMissionSky.jpg)
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Very sorry to hear that 1940s actress Jane Randolph passed away at her summer home in Switzerland.
Evidently she broke her hip and was convalescing when she decided to get out of bed. She fell and broke her other hip and died from complications. She was 90.
She will be well remembered by HHWers for her lead roles in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN as well as both of Val Lewton's THE CAT PEOPLE movies.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BTSG,N!Bmk~$(KGrHgoOKiEEjlLmgM5VBKHp!Zu(v!~~_1.JPG)
I read the obituary in this morning's newspaper and meant to mention it earlier today and forgot about it.
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Here is the Save A Soul Mission staff from GUYS AND DOLLS, plus the very handsome Sky Masterson. (Notice the plush dressing room)
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/SaveaSoulMissionSky.jpg)
Every one of us who has done theater has dealt with dressing rooms just like that or worse. It comes with the territory.
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I continued my walk up Broadway until I got the Time-Warner Center... Where I saw this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3576780979_449019e13f.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/3576781357_af25fb46d8.jpg)
This is the type of one-of-a-kind photograph I'd love to see more of.
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I had a nice evening of viewing.
I began with THE BETRAYED. A not bad little thriller, and Melissa George was well cast and did nicely in her role. I won't be reviewing this screener. It is not the finished product that will be offered for sale (Fox banners popping up at inopportune times), but it had a fair share of thrills and surprises.
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Page Seven Dance!!!
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Jose - I only link, I don't interpret. I hope the resolution is the correct one for both of you.
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Next I watched another episode of NCIS from the season five set. In this one a brain on Ducky's autopsy table starts dripping mercury, so it leads to a murder investigation.
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This is the type of one-of-a-kind photograph I'd love to see more of.
Thanks, DR MattH. I'm planning on heading back there this weekend - the costumes are only on display through Sunday. I want to get back in there when the sun is out and the light is better, so that I can take some clearer pictures.
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Next, from the Blu-ray stack of unwatched films I selected BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. It looks gorgeous in high definition. I was hoping the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track would be a little more enveloping than it was, but otherwise, I have no complaints, and it's a definite step up from the regular DVD of the movie.
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Jose - I only link, I don't interpret. I hope the resolution is the correct one for both of you.
Fred - I'm breathing much easier now, and thinking much clearer now. :)
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This is the type of one-of-a-kind photograph I'd love to see more of.
Thanks, DR MattH. I'm planning on heading back there this weekend - the costumes are only on display through Sunday. I want to get back in there when the sun is out and the light is better, so that I can take some clearer pictures.
It's the kind of display that's routinely available to NYCers, but those of us elsewhere can only catch things like this when we come visiting.
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G'night!
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I ended my evening watching one of the bonus featurettes on the disc that wasn't on the original DVD release of the movie. (About the film's impact after its release.)
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Is it too late for a Time-Warner Center/Columbus Circle Page Dance???
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/3576781727_ab6f61bd42.jpg)
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TOmorrow I'll be starting the next TV box set for review: THE CLEANER. There are only a dozen or so episodes, so again, I should be able to knock it out in a couple of days. And it's exciting watching something I've never seen even a second of before.
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I got the rest of Criterion's June releases in a big box of discs today. SOme wonderful items coming next month. I've seen them all before except for a documentary on Ingmar Bergman.
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This is the type of one-of-a-kind photograph I'd love to see more of.
Thanks, DR MattH. I'm planning on heading back there this weekend - the costumes are only on display through Sunday. I want to get back in there when the sun is out and the light is better, so that I can take some clearer pictures.
It's the kind of display that's routinely available to NYCers, but those of us elsewhere can only catch things like this when we come visiting.
The two exhibits are only display for a week. And they're part of a tourism campaign for Tuscany.
Turismo In Toscana (http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/intoscana2/export/TurismoRTen/)
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This is the type of one-of-a-kind photograph I'd love to see more of.
Thanks, DR MattH. I'm planning on heading back there this weekend - the costumes are only on display through Sunday. I want to get back in there when the sun is out and the light is better, so that I can take some clearer pictures.
It's the kind of display that's routinely available to NYCers, but those of us elsewhere can only catch things like this when we come visiting.
The two exhibits are only display for a week. And they're part of a tourism campaign for Tuscany.
Turismo In Toscana (http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/intoscana2/export/TurismoRTen/)
Yes, but very likely another equally wonderful exhibit will follow once this one is gone.
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Did someone say tiramisu?
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Did someone say tiramisu?
Does Skip make tiramisu?
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I continued my walk up Broadway until I got the Time-Warner Center... Where I saw this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3576780979_449019e13f.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/3576781357_af25fb46d8.jpg)
Interesting that they do not credit Danilo Donati with the custome design that he won the Academy Award for. It makes it sound as if Franco Zefferilli won the Oscar
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For those Kimlets and Hainsers who will be in Los Angeles to see the world premiere of The First Nudie Musical will there be any get-togethers prior to the readings?
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It's a little earlier than usual, but I think I'll head off to the bedroom and get to bed a little earlier tonight.
Good night!
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LEONARD WHITING IN 1968
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Leonard_Whiting.jpg)
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LEONARD WHITING IN 2003
(http://www.romeo-juliet.newmail.ru/whiting/leonard2003.jpg)
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LEONARD WHITING IN 2007 After his sex change
(http://engineering.jhu.edu/images/staff/leonard.jpg)
Just kidding I want to see how many people actually read this posting ;D
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DR Michael S - We read. We all read. ;)
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Interesting that they do not credit Danilo Donati with the custome design that he won the Academy Award for. It makes it sound as if Franco Zefferilli won the Oscar
I was not able to fit Danilo Donati's Costume Credit in the picture.
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O!M!G!
Here he is girls!
Here's a three-year old boy singing "Rose's Turn" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBBEb_W7jsY) from Gypsy - the Patti Lupone Gypsy!
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I hope we can have some sort of get-together for those coming in to see Nudie. Besides Shayne, exactly who IS coming in?
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Each time I got dragged kicking and screaming to CATS on B'way, I anticipated the show pretty much the same way that DR Ben feels about it. But each time I cam away completely entranced, having surrendered to the atmosphere of the show as a whole.
However, about two or three years ago I saw a touring company in Philly. It turned out to be the non-equity, cut-rate version of the show. Awful wasn't the word! Aside from the cheap-o looking set and the shaggy costumes, the cast was primarily composed of posers who never danced a lick but just pranced across the stage and behaved in kitty-cat manners. Meh! and Feh!
What's kind of interesting about the current non-Union tour - which has been on the road for a number of years already - is that the main supervisors, musically and choreographically, are from the original Broadway company.
And what's scary about the non-Union tour is that some of those "Cats" on stage weren't born until Cats was well into it's then-record-breaking run.
And, yes, the current set - for better or worse - is inflatable (http://www.3dair.com/stagesets-cats.php).
I'm sure that's the tour coming here next season. I was really surprised they are bringing it back again, but they supposedly had Movin Out booked but it cancelled the tour. We can opt out of a show in our season...I opted out of CATS
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Yes. And California won't be able to count on any further money from the gay wedding industry.
Iowa City is planning on that. I hear there are many plans in the works to promote it
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Whew! Sounds like several of us have had very long days/ This week has been insanely busy and today was no exception. I had court in the AM and court in the PM and had to get some things ready to be express mailed to immigration court so they arrive by Monday.
I had several irritating interruptions today and got really tired of being asked stupid questions. A woman called three times to see if I would take her son's possession of marijuana case. I told her no twice because I have too many cases and am not taking new clients...why on earth would she call the third time? I just don't get people like that.
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I have to have the car at the shop by 8:00 AM for routine maintenance so I better get some sleep
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jhvw is planning to visit this summer and help me around the house. It's just a couple weeks for now, but if he likes it up here and we both like living together, it may be extended for quite a while. It has the potential to be a good arrangement for both of us, but we'll see.
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Did someone say tiramisu?
Does Skip make tiramisu?
I live with the king of tiramisu, although he hates to admit it. It's the best I've ever tasted!
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If I were the king of tiramisu....
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I think I'll turn in. Turn into what, I have no idea!
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O!M!G!
Here he is girls!
Here's a three-year old boy singing "Rose's Turn" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBBEb_W7jsY) from Gypsy - the Patti Lupone Gypsy!
He seems to have La Lupone down cold!
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O!M!G!
Here he is girls!
Here's a three-year old boy singing "Rose's Turn" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBBEb_W7jsY) from Gypsy - the Patti Lupone Gypsy!
He seems to have La Lupone down cold!
Indeed he does! Even down to the primal scream ending!
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I am so happy it's Friday.
I refuse to do anything this weekend that I don't want to. (except laundry).
I'm at home and doing laundry right now.
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Just had to share. :)
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I am so happy it's Friday.
I refuse to do anything this weekend that I don't want to. (except laundry).
I'm at home and doing laundry right now.
"Welcome to HHW
Where Every Day Is Laundry Day"
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I am so happy it's Friday.
I refuse to do anything this weekend that I don't want to. (except laundry).
Sadly, I have to help my sister move. Sadly, because I don't want to. ::)
;)
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If i had seen GIANT, i could be on the bus now headed for NYC.
Or very likely, I could STILL be waiting outside the Signature for the darn cab they called to come, if previous visits are any indication. :)
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OK... I got an early start today, and I want to get another early start tomorrow...
Goodnight.
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If i had seen GIANT, i could be on the bus now headed for NYC.
Or very likely, I could STILL be waiting outside the Signature for the darn cab they called to come, if previous visits are any indication. :)
I forget, DR FJL -Have you seen a show in their new-ish theatre? I would think that since they're closer to the strip of restaurants in Shirlington, that hailing a cab would be easier now. Maybe not. ???
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Here is the Save A Soul Mission staff from GUYS AND DOLLS, plus the very handsome Sky Masterson. (Notice the plush dressing room)
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/SaveaSoulMissionSky.jpg)
Nice picture, TCB!
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I continued my walk up Broadway until I got the Time-Warner Center... Where I saw this:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3576780979_449019e13f.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/3576781357_af25fb46d8.jpg)
And speaking of Romeo & Juliet...we have a new poster! ;D
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tO6NwQfyLs0/SiCXZroK4PI/AAAAAAAAABg/UO4nFEyj70I/S730/Poster.jpg)
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The guy in front is Romeo and he is in the arms of Juliet. :)
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A woman called three times to see if I would take her son's possession of marijuana case. I told her no twice because I have too many cases and am not taking new clients...why on earth would she call the third time?
Because she knows you are really really good.
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Jose - I've seen Witches of Eastwick and The Visit at the new theater. The cab situation is fine (within reason) in the daytime after a matinee because you can go back in and get them to call again, but is holy heck after an evening show. The cabs simply take anyone, whether they were called for YOU or not - and on a late Friday night after The Visit, i had to shout at the dispatcher that the cab they finally sent (after a 35-minute wait) was about to pick up a fare on the street rather than come all the way down the block to us at the Signature - it was indeed "our" cab about to pick up a different fare a block or so away from us at the Signature.
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I was downstairs for a while checking out my new computer. I haven't cleaned off my current computer desk, so I'm not using my new computer, yet.
Well, I have decided to get a new 23" monitor, even though I just got a brand new computer and monitor and paid an extra $30 to upgrade from a 20" to a 22" monitor. I'm not doing it because I feel I need one extra inch of monitor (even though the new monitor is true 19:6 HD widescreen!), but I'll give the monitor that I got with the computer (the 22") to my parents for their computer. My mom's birthday is June 16th and their anniversary is June 22nd. :) Two birds with one gift! :D
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Gratuitous Post #230.
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Hey, I just noticed that if I post 10 more posts, we'll get to Page 9.
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AND I'll hit 23,000 Posts!!
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I hope BK doesn't close today so that I can do this.
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AND I hope that no one else posts, so that I can get to both milestones at the same time. ;)
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Or should that be plateaus?
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???
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When in doubt...blither.
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Like an idiot.
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AND SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE...
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PAGE NINE 23,000 POSTS DANCE!!!
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And here it is:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/GPDs23000thPost.png)
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Here's a picture of the new monitor I bought...$100 off, an additional 10% off that AND free shipping! I love deals like that! ;D
(http://snpi.dell.com/sna/images/products/large/A2479675.JPG)
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Love Samsung - what model number is it?