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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were back in the saddle, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently listening to Madame Butterfly.
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And the word of the day is: ARCADIAN!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to occasional dear reader Donna.
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Morning all. I'm eating oatmeal with raspberries and blackberries
I have a meeting this afternoon at the Rockefeller Foundation.
That's all for now.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR Donna!!!!!! :D
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Thank you to DRs Ginny and Matt H.!!!!
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Thanks, DR Sam!!!!!!!!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rob, DS of DR Ginny!!!!!
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down on Abby's foot during the places blackout.....so she promptly began the show on Page Two.
Then Mortimer and Elaine began having trouble with their lines.
In Act Three - I couldn't get the curtain cord pulled down, I had to stand on the window seat, giving me just a few seconds to loop the rope and tie up Mortimer. THEN when I struck the match to light the candles during the murder scene, the match broke and landed on the floor, still burning. I kept talking, stomped it out....and lit another one.
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Tomorrow/Tonight will be better and the loveliest show ever! Vibes!!!!!!!
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I'm going back to work today after 5 days off. The time off seemed to help a lot. The Swelling as gone down, don't need the cane to help me walk. back and hip don't hurt. Still some pain in the neck and leg, but it's tolerable. Besides I'm bored and want to go to work.
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The one and only opera was a child and I saw an abridge version of Hansel and Gretel with just the kids and the witch. I didn't understand why a girl was playing Hansel.
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~~~RECUPERATION AND PAIN-BEGONE VIBES~~~
FOR DR MICHAEL S!!!!!!!!!
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TOD:
The first opera I likely saw was Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors."
Now I pretty much love all opera. I didn't really like it all that much until I started to study voice in college; suddenly, I appreciated what it was that singers were doing! I must say, the live opera experience is really enhanced, for me, by the MetTitles system, where the translation appears on a personal screen on the back of the seat in front of you. On television and DVD, not an issue.
Some current favorites: Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro," Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress," Copland's "The Tender Land."
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Good morning!
We had a nice summer rain this morning, completely NOT in the forecast, but it seems to be over now. The high is supposed to be 79 today, and if that's a signal that cooler weather is ahead for next week, I'm ALL for it.
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I didn't have a great night. No pain at all, but after I woke up sometime after 2 a.m., I had a hard time finding a comfortable position to sleep more than a couple of hours at a clip. Still got 6 1/2 hours, but they were very checkered by waking and shifting, the kind of nights I HATE.
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My work project today is the third in the series of martial arts movies being released next week on Blu-ray by Buena Vista. This one is a Jackie Chan movie called THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER. Obviously, I've never seen it before, and I think it's the longest of the four films being released at 102 minutes. That may not seem like a very long running time at all, but with all the fighting in these movies, that can seem like an eternity.
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I THINK that CARMEN was the first opera I ever saw. My aunt used to take me with her to lots of operas since my uncle wasn't fond of them. I wasn't crazy about them either, truth be told. I adore musicals, but opera just wasn't my thing. And I never saved opera programs, so I don't know WHO I saw all those years ago. Finally about the mid-60s when it was clear I was really only interested in musicals, my aunt stopped dragging me to them, and we ended up only going to musicals in NYC and elsewhere to satisfy me.
I've seen many of the classics: TOSCA, LA BOHEME, THE MAGIC FLUTE, AIDA, but never got to THE RING or TURANDOT (which one of these days I would like to see).
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The CW continues with season premieres tonight with THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and the fifth (and maybe last) season opener of SUPERNATURAL.
Don't forget about PROJECT RUNWAY either.
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Feel better vibes for DR MICHAEL S and DR MATTH.
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Thanks, DR KERRY - it HAS to bet better tonight.
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Opera....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....haven't seen many - if any.
But I like to listen to recordings. I sometimes confuse my opera with my operetta, of course.
But as for recordings.....I would like to have a good one of MADAME BUTTERFLY!
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Good morning, all! I'm happy everything is going so well, BK! On the reed's ad lib sections, I give you carte blanche to be the editor on what he's doing under the vocals.
I have a crazy day today: Toyland this morning, and then I'd like to catch the runthrough of Act One of FINIAN'S RAINBOW from 1-5. At 7, I'm seing the premiere of our DR Julie's film CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY, which - truth be told - I'd rather not, since I don't deal with 9/11 too well. Still, I have a friend in the cast, i love DR Julie, and I want the film to be a huge success so I'm going. And taking a box of Kleenex.
BK, the Elixir of Love is indeed the title; it's funny, but - like most of Donizetti, I don't think it's funny enough. I remember seeing a City Opera prodction of Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers that was so funny I thought I was going to die with parodies of the Yeston musical THE TITANIC, an Italian family that was so un-PC it was criminal, and a leading lady who thought she was doing a 1960s Fellini film in her toreador pants and sunglasses.
Given your penchant for fantasy and short stories, I think you'd like Offenbach's TALES OF HOFFMANN very much, and I wish you'd caught the LA Opera's spring production this year of Braunfels' DIE VOGEL, which got wonderful reviews. Braunfels in the 1920s was Trude Rittman's teacher at the Cologne Conservatory, and his lush untra-romantic score for DIE VOGEL reminds me of Korngold's film work.
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As for the Topic of the Day, my choice would be either Solti's edition of CARMEN, which is not only a wonderful performance but a great documentary of what's been going on with editions of this great opera in the past 50 years.
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Or TOSCA with Maria Callas, one of the greatest opera recordings ever made, as well as the epitome of singer and role merging. Callas, both the legend and the real person, meld completely with the diva Tosca in early 19th Century Rome during the Napoleonic Wars. She has the temperament and understanding of this crazy jealopus diva better than any other singer and the rest of the cast is superb.
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re: ellen as the new judge on AMERICAN IDOL.
I don't think it's a good idea at all. I am actually disappointed that paula won't be back. To me a lot of the show was about her vs simon and the tension/attraction.
Does ellen know anything about singing? She is funny. But she was a judge once last season on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. And she was not good, because she did not know anything about dancing.
She would say they were great and then make a joke. But she didn't have anything to contribute. I fear it will be a similar situation on Idol and can't figure out why they would even consider her (other than the fact that she is popular).
All the other people i had heard about (that they were considering) were singers or people who knew something about singing. So at least that made sense.
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I am gonna watch THE VAMPIRE DIARIES tonight. Although i wonder if it will be anything like the book. Already in the book the lead girl elena is a beauty that looks like an angel with long blonde hair. Yet the girl cast has dark brown hair!
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Opera....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....haven't seen many - if any.
But I like to listen to recordings. I sometimes confuse my opera with my operetta, of course.
But as for recordings.....I would like to have a good one of MADAME BUTTERFLY!
DR JRand59, since opera houses are producing occasional operettas like FLEDERMAUS, MERRY WIDOW, LA BELLE HELENE, or other light pieces, I don't feel you should ever worry about confusing the two forms. The major problem for me with opera houses is that they generally are too heavy-handed with operetta. I've seen too many Merry Widows who are over-the-hill divas rather than a young sexy widow between 20 and 30 years of age who, after being abandoned by her noble true love because of her lowly background, marries the country's richest man, only to have him die on her wedding night; speculations as to his cause of death could be endless. Getting her true love back makes the plot sort of a revenge plot but I have yet to see that angle in a production.
As to the wonderful MADAMA BUTTERFLY, I recommend two items, one is the film from around 10 years ago that I recommend to everyone; the casting is a group of photogenic singers and the production quite a successful film. The kid playing Butterfly's baby Trouble, whose name will be changed to Joy when Lt Pinkerton comes back to her, is a really adorable kid.
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And my favorite recording is this one with the great Renata Scotto, a true diva, who never sang better than she does here. I think Mirella Freni is also a wonderful Butterfly, but her recording with Pavarotti is not so hot because von Karajan the conductor is TOO SLOW!
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I'm probably not going to watch THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. Every review I've read has given it a teen/early 20s girl recommendation with scant recommendation for anyone else, and despite really liking Ian Sommerhalder, I can't get enthused about adding another show to my already heavy roster of shows. So I'll take a pass on this one, at least for now.
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The CW continues with season premieres tonight with THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and the fifth (and maybe last) season opener of SUPERNATURAL.
Don't forget about PROJECT RUNWAY either.
I miss PROJECT RUNWAY being on Wednesdays.
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Now I guess I'll head downstairs and find something to watch waiting for the call from best friend John about today's lunch. We had to skip lunch earlier in the week, so we have a lot of catching up to do.
WBBL.
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Page Two Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
Me, too! I'm off to Toyland.
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TOD Never been a big Opera fan.
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I'm home. I have to take Callie to the vet at 10:00 AM. She threw up her medicine and then had litter box problems this morning. She went and hid down the basement. She's slowly coming around. She came upstairs a few minutes ago and is moving slowly, but seems to be a bit better. Hopefully the vet won't find anything serious.
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Don't even get me started on opera. This last year or so I have been so awash in opera BD's to review, with many more to come, that my head is spinning. That said, there have been some real unexpected gems, like the Dove Pinocchio and Tan Dun's Marco Polo.
The best thing I did yesterday: switch to the digest form of CASTRECL. :)
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In the immortal words of DR Laura, "I have nothing more to say."=====(for now anyway) :-\
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I'm up after some completely weird dreams.
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Thursday morning greetings!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rob, DS of DR Ginny!!!!!
Thank you, DR DAW. Rob's actual birthday was Monday, but he was in Michigan until Tuesday, so we're celebrating today.
And, DR Elmore, Montgomery Inn's original location is in Montgomery (greater Cincinnati). They also have locations in northern Kentucky, greater Columbus, and on the Cincinnati riverfront (The Boathouse). We should go there next time you're in Ohio!
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I have yet to see my first opera. Perhaps on my next trip to NYC I will include that in my itinerary.
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I did see a Kabuki play in Tokyo, however.
It was fun, but what I most remember is the mistake of trying to get a cab at 5pm to take me to the theatre.
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I'm really groggy this morning, and glad I did a little jog last night, as there's no way I'd have done one this morning.
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I have yet to see my first opera. Perhaps on my next trip to NYC I will include that in my itinerary.
Oh, God, now I have to hope and pray there's an opera production with naked bodybuilders when he next terrifies visits the City! Otherwise he'll snore and embarrass me.
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TOD:
Desert Island Opera: "Turandot" -- the Mehta recording with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti.
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TOD - Opera is one of those tastes I developed The University of Michigan; it had never been a part of my family's entertainment choices while I was growing up. Because I was placed in the residence hall closest to the School of Music, most of my friends were music majors. My friend, Karen (who DR Jose might see at SETC this weekend), was a voice major and prompted me to see my first opera when she was cast as "Second Youth" in The Magic Flute. I also remember a production of Cosi Fan Tutte at UM and several productions of the University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society (UMGASS).
DR Elmore probably remembers seeing The Bartered Bride and La Boheme at Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. And, with my friend Becki, I saw Carmen at Indiana University.
For a while, Middletown had a professional company, The Sorg Opera, but, alas, could not sustain it. People from Dayton and Cincinnati appreciated their work, but locals did not. We saw them do several Gilbert and Sullivans, Madame Butterfly, The Marriage of Figaro,, and a concert version of Aida.
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Well, Callie is in the hospital for the day. They're going to try an enema and see if that helps. Glad it's her and not me. She knew she needed help. She was actually purring when we arrived at the vet and was still purring when they took her from me.
Boo had her shots. She was not amused.
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Now I have to make a road trip to visit one of my clients. I better go so I'll be back before the vet closes.
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I shall shortly be on my way to a recording session. More from there.
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Today is Thursday, September 10, 2009.
I am hoping it will be a good day.
There is talk (oh! yes! there is TALK) that my co-workers are taking me to a (post-) birthday lunch at Venezia in Berkeley, where I shall most certainly indulge in spaghetti carbonara.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And... Welcome to Fall! -At least here in NYC. :)
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I had a very energized and sweat-inducing workout at my gym last night.
Am still feeling very endorphin-infused this morning. It was either the workout or I'm having a caffeine rush.
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And now...
Good Afternoon!
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I had a very energized and sweat-inducing workout at my gym last night.
Am still feeling very endorphin-infused this morning. It was either the workout or I'm having a caffeine rush.
Or both.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
I'm thinking the first opera I ever saw was either Carmen or La Bohéme.
When I was in college, Virginia Opera would hand out free tickets to the students in the music department, so I was sort of an opera regular for about four years. However, I still tend to listen to opera rather than attend it. -The Met Broadcasts are free, Met tickets are not.
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DR ELMORE - I love that film of BUTTERFLY!!! And to show my crassness - I also love to hear Deanna Durbin's recording of "Un Bel Di."
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Hey when is the NYC production of DOCTOR ATOMIC coming out on DVD? I am tired of watching that production from the West Coast....
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As for the Topic of the Day - Atto Due...
Favorite operas:
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro
Rossini - The Barber of Seville
Puccini - Madame Butterfly
Bizet - Carmen
Massenet - Manon
Britten - Billy Budd
Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress
Carlisle Floyd - Susannah and Of Mice and Men
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The Netherlands rather, I guess it is....although the Blu Ray of that production is available for $28.....
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My work project today is the third in the series of martial arts movies being released next week on Blu-ray by Buena Vista. This one is a Jackie Chan movie called THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER. Obviously, I've never seen it before, and I think it's the longest of the four films being released at 102 minutes. That may not seem like a very long running time at all, but with all the fighting in these movies, that can seem like an eternity.
We like The Drunken Master movies.:)
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Hey when is the NYC production of DOCTOR ATOMIC coming out on DVD? I am tired of watching that production from the West Coast....
DR JRand - Alas, it's still "in the hopper"... :-\
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The Netherlands rather, I guess it is....although the Blu Ray of that production is available for $28.....
...And then that production traveled to Los Angeles, so... It's "West Coast" by association.
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Thanks DRs Matt H, DAW, & Ginny. I feel about the same as I did yesterday. At least I don’t feel worse.
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Or was it San Francisco?
Anyhoo...
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DR DAW thank you for the job vibes. I hope your allergies clear up soon.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
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HEALING VIBES FOR MICHAEL S. AND ALL WHO NEED THEM!!!
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I must say that I cannot recommend highly enough the Kritzerland release THE NIGHT THEY RAID MINKSY'S/GAILY GAILY.....
Such fun music.....and all of the songs I remembered are there. And it sounds great. GAILY GAILY is a terrific typical Mancini score with some interesting orchestrations....and a song from Lehman Engel's one-eyed Turkish prostitute.
And MINSKY'S has the funny music AND songs....and some of the patter...."You go to your closet and get your ascot....."
".....little Chubby Drysdale....the girl with the two....twinkling eyes!"
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I have yet to see my first opera. Perhaps on my next trip to NYC I will include that in my itinerary.
Oh, God, now I have to hope and pray there's an opera production with naked bodybuilders when he next terrifies visits the City! Otherwise he'll snore and embarrass me.
You could teach DR MB the score beforehand so he could sing along.
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I hope you come back and visit us.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
That was just for last Friday's "Tweet-peat" of the pilot. When it was re-broadcast on Wednesday - in the "Director's Cut" - there was no twitter feed. So, if you have iTunes... Or you can also watch it on Fox's website, and Hulu.com I think.
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I'm gonna get recordings of a couple of the operas suggested here, especially the one elmore mentioned, the Korngoldian one.
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I will be off soon to the offices of the
Rockefeller Foundation (http://www.rockfound.org/)
for a meeting/presentation.
I won't be back until after 5 so don't wait up.
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I'm gonna get recordings of a couple of the operas suggested here, especially the one elmore mentioned, the Korngoldian one.
And/Or you could just go with a Korngold Opera: Die Tote Stadt.
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I'm going back to work today after 5 days off. The time off seemed to help a lot. The Swelling as gone down, don't need the cane to help me walk. back and hip don't hurt. Still some pain in the neck and leg, but it's tolerable. Besides I'm bored and want to go to work.
~~~Continued Get Better Vibes for DR Michael S.!!~~~
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And a Very Happy Birthday to occasional DR Donna!! ;D
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I didn't have a great night. No pain at all, but after I woke up sometime after 2 a.m., I had a hard time finding a comfortable position to sleep more than a couple of hours at a clip. Still got 6 1/2 hours, but they were very checkered by waking and shifting, the kind of nights I HATE.
~~~Continued Get Better Vibes for DR Matt H.!!~~~
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I have ALL the Korngold operas and all his classical music. As well as all Puccini.
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As Well As Puccini is the title of my new rock album.
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As Well As Puccini is the title of my new rock album.
I thought that was the subtitle for "How To Write An Opera For Dummies"?
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I'm home. I have to take Callie to the vet at 10:00 AM. She threw up her medicine and then had litter box problems this morning. She went and hid down the basement. She's slowly coming around. She came upstairs a few minutes ago and is moving slowly, but seems to be a bit better. Hopefully the vet won't find anything serious.
~~~Vibes for Cillaliz's DC Callie!!~~~
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I must say that I cannot recommend highly enough the Kritzerland release THE NIGHT THEY RAID MINKSY'S/GAILY GAILY.....
Such fun music.....and all of the songs I remembered are there. And it sounds great. GAILY GAILY is a terrific typical Mancini score with some interesting orchestrations....and a song from Lehman Engel's one-eyed Turkish prostitute.
And MINSKY'S has the funny music AND songs....and some of the patter...."You go to your closet and get your ascot....."
".....little Chubby Drysdale....the girl with the two....twinkling eyes!"
OMG! I just remembered that I received it at work TWO DAYS AGO and I haven't listened to it yet! :o I remember getting it and setting it aside and I got completely distracted and your post just reminded me. I'll be listening to this as soon as I get to work. :D
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
That was just for last Friday's "Tweet-peat" of the pilot. When it was re-broadcast on Wednesday - in the "Director's Cut" - there was no twitter feed. So, if you have iTunes... Or you can also watch it on Fox's website, and Hulu.com I think.
I wish I had been paying attention & recorded the correct showing. I'm not watching on my computer & I've lost Keith now. Oh well, maybe we will catch the re-runs.
Am I correct the premier episode was not as good as the pilot?
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VIBES FOR SWEET CALLIE DC OF DR CILLA!
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I have yet to see my first opera. Perhaps on my next trip to NYC I will include that in my itinerary.
I'm sure there is one by now!
Oh, God, now I have to hope and pray there's an opera production with naked bodybuilders when he next terrifies visits the City! Otherwise he'll snore and embarrass me.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
That was just for last Friday's "Tweet-peat" of the pilot. When it was re-broadcast on Wednesday - in the "Director's Cut" - there was no twitter feed. So, if you have iTunes... Or you can also watch it on Fox's website, and Hulu.com I think.
I wish I had been paying attention & recorded the correct showing. I'm not watching on my computer & I've lost Keith now. Oh well, maybe we will catch the re-runs.
Am I correct the premier episode was not as good as the pilot?
I liked the premier episode. Not better, not worse. Just different.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
That was just for last Friday's "Tweet-peat" of the pilot. When it was re-broadcast on Wednesday - in the "Director's Cut" - there was no twitter feed. So, if you have iTunes... Or you can also watch it on Fox's website, and Hulu.com I think.
I wish I had been paying attention & recorded the correct showing. I'm not watching on my computer & I've lost Keith now. Oh well, maybe we will catch the re-runs.
Am I correct the premier episode was not as good as the pilot?
I was frustrated by the twitting tweeting, too, but I was able to record the extended "director's cut" pilot. Anyone want a copy??
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Now I pretty much love all opera. I didn't really like it all that much until I started to study voice in college; suddenly, I appreciated what it was that singers were doing!
Ditto! I've posted this before but one of the absolute best opera experiences that I had was Benjamin Britten's "Turn of the Screw" at Vancouver Opera when I was in college. It was absolutely riveting. We also saw a wonderful production of "La Boheme" there.
One of my favorite opera films is "Tosca (http://www.amazon.com/Puccini-Kabaivanska-Luccardi-Mariotti-Bartoletti/dp/B0007P0LOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252603525&sr=1-1)" with Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska and Sherrill Milnes. It was filmed in the actual places where the opera takes place and at the times of day that it's all supposed to happen. That's pretty cool. :)
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Well, I need to (finally) get ready and go to work.
Have a good day, all!
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But before I go...
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PAGE FOUR DANCE!! ;D
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TOD:
I did not attend a live performance of an opera until I was a senior in high school and we went to see TOSCA at the Academy of Music. While I was fascinated by the performance (all that drama in those HUGE sets!), it wasn't enough to completely hook me into the art form. While I would catch the broadcasts on PBS and buy a recording here and there I never became as much a nut for opera as I did for musical theatre.
My favorite full scale opera is LA BOHEME. But I also love AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (the only English language opera that I do like.)
Question for those who might know (DR Elmore): during the 80s, PBS broadcast a filmed version of Strauss' ELEKTRA. It was done in the style of German Expressionism--it often resembled a silent movie with the performers singing with very exaggerated expressions. But it was stunning! I had it on video but lent it out and never had it returned. I've been trying to find it on DVD. Does anyone know anything about this production and if it's available?
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Thanks, DR Jane! :)
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~~~EXTRA-STRENGTH HEALTH VIBES~~~
for DR Cillaliz's DC Callie!!!!!!
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A Russian plumber wearing way too much cologne is about to earn his $350 (hopefully). Oy.
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TOD:
Question for those who might know (DR Elmore): during the 80s, PBS broadcast a filmed version of Strauss' ELEKTRA. It was done in the style of German Expressionism--it often resembled a silent movie with the performers singing with very exaggerated expressions. But it was stunning! I had it on video but lent it out and never had it returned. I've been trying to find it on DVD. Does anyone know anything about this production and if it's available?
Was it THIS ONE (http://www.amazon.com/Strauss-Elektra-Brigitte-Fassbaender/dp/B000FII194/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252604705&sr=8-7)?
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TOD:
Now that I think about it, the first opera I watched on TV was a Harold Hecuba production of HAMLET.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
That was just for last Friday's "Tweet-peat" of the pilot. When it was re-broadcast on Wednesday - in the "Director's Cut" - there was no twitter feed. So, if you have iTunes... Or you can also watch it on Fox's website, and Hulu.com I think.
I wish I had been paying attention & recorded the correct showing. I'm not watching on my computer & I've lost Keith now. Oh well, maybe we will catch the re-runs.
Am I correct the premier episode was not as good as the pilot?
I was frustrated by the twitting tweeting, too, but I was able to record the extended "director's cut" pilot. Anyone want a copy??
Oooh....oooh! Me!
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TOD:
Now that I think about it, the first opera I watched on TV was a Harold Hecuba production of HAMLET.
:) :) :) :) :)
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TOD:
Question for those who might know (DR Elmore): during the 80s, PBS broadcast a filmed version of Strauss' ELEKTRA. It was done in the style of German Expressionism--it often resembled a silent movie with the performers singing with very exaggerated expressions. But it was stunning! I had it on video but lent it out and never had it returned. I've been trying to find it on DVD. Does anyone know anything about this production and if it's available?
Was it THIS ONE (http://www.amazon.com/Strauss-Elektra-Brigitte-Fassbaender/dp/B000FII194/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252604705&sr=8-7)?
I was looking at that one earlier but I'm not sure. The name Brigitte Fassbaender does ring a bell. I'm tempted to order it just for the hell of it.
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The Director's Cut of "Glee" is available on HULU (http://www.hulu.com/glee).
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I had a very energized and sweat-inducing workout at my gym last night.
Am still feeling very endorphin-infused this morning. It was either the workout or I'm having a caffeine rush.
Or both.
I think more the latter...I've had a minor "crash and burn", but I'm pulling out of it.
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a minor "crash and burn"
It isn't major until it's on YouTube.
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A Russian plumber wearing way too much cologne is about to earn his $350 (hopefully). Oy.
This one is straight out of Max Bialystock's playbook--The Russian Plumber and the Housewife with the Clogged Drain.
Make sure you tell her to make the check out to "CASH".
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Whew! Rob and I have been moving furniture today. The project isn't finished, but we made a lot of progress.
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A Russian plumber wearing way too much cologne is about to earn his $350 (hopefully). Oy.
This one is straight out of Max Bialystock's playbook--The Russian Plumber and the Housewife with the Clogged Drain.
Make sure you tell her to make the check out to "CASH".
That's about the only one our "hold me, touch me" didn't do--she came up with a new one every single night. It took me a week or so to figure out she was ad libbing there. :)
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I was frustrated by the twitting tweeting, too, but I was able to record the extended "director's cut" pilot. Anyone want a copy??
A bunch of people were frustrated by the "Tweet-peat" screen format. Actually, the fans of "Fringe", which also broadcast a "tweet-peat" last week, were particularly turned off by the venture.
*However, since it was a "tweet-peat" - a repeat of the show, well... But I can totally understand the frustration if that was your first time viewing either show last week.
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OK - Time for me to stop dawdling.
Laters...
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BK,
I purchased the latest CD because of THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S, BUT I'm also really enjoying the score from GAILY, GAILY.
I saw the film when it first came out, but I can hardly recall it at all. It made that great of an impression on me.
Isn't it sad that so many great scores are wasted on lousy movies?
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It's pouring down rain here in Austin right now, and, boy, do we really need it.
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For those of you who have installed iTunes 9, be sure to check out the new iTunes U section in the iTunes Store. I've been exploring it all afternoon--the amount of educational and informational content in there is incredible--and it's all free! (well, everything I've come across so far...)
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Thanks for that tip, DR DtM!!
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Tonight is our first church choir rehearsal of the new season.
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Tomorrow is my friend.
I would AVOID like the plague any Tweet Show.....sometimes they should realize that some REPEATS are first time views for some.....
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....people....sit on their butts
Got the dream - yea -
But not the guts.....
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What's the URL for Joe (You Lie!) Wilson's Twitter page?
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Never mind, I found it--but do you need to be a member to see what people are posting on his page? Or does it even work like that? :)
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What's Twitter?
hahahahahahaha
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And now I am off for tonight's SOLD OUT performance.
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I didn't have a great night. No pain at all, but after I woke up sometime after 2 a.m., I had a hard time finding a comfortable position to sleep more than a couple of hours at a clip. Still got 6 1/2 hours, but they were very checkered by waking and shifting, the kind of nights I HATE.
~~~Continued Get Better Vibes for DR Matt H.!!~~~
Thank you, DR George. Today has been a bit rough, much to my dismay, but I guess I have to expect setbacks occasionally.
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Had a nice lunch with best friend John. Had lots to catch up with. The time just flew by.
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Page Five Dance!!!
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I wish I could say the time flew by with THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER. I will say that Jackie Chan's stunt/fight work seemed more realistic and less FX generated than in the previous two martial arts movies I've watched this week. And he doesn't mind letting his character get beaten to a pulp or appear less than virtuous.
But the movie's first half was way too slapstick and silly for my taste, and Jackie's a bit long in the tooth to be playing the son of the man playing his father. They looked more like brothers separated by only a few years.
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There was only one bonus item, a 6-minute interview with Jackie in which he patted himself on the back about how hard it was to do these kinds of pictures. (5 minute fight scene takes four weeks to shoot, etc.)
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I had time to watch/skim through today's ATWT and OLTL. Nothing at all on the former. Fish had background appearances on the latter but all in the service of the political plot going on with the show, nothing about his personal life.
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I think THE TWITTER SHOW has possibilities. Just a half-hour of nothing but Twitter feed on the TV screen.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
Thanks for the congrats DR JRand
That was just for last Friday's "Tweet-peat" of the pilot. When it was re-broadcast on Wednesday - in the "Director's Cut" - there was no twitter feed. So, if you have iTunes... Or you can also watch it on Fox's website, and Hulu.com I think.
I wish I had been paying attention & recorded the correct showing. I'm not watching on my computer & I've lost Keith now. Oh well, maybe we will catch the re-runs.
Am I correct the premier episode was not as good as the pilot?
I was frustrated by the twitting tweeting, too, but I was able to record the extended "director's cut" pilot. Anyone want a copy??
Oooh....oooh! Me!
You're on the list.:)
Anyone else? Jane??
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One opera on DVD that I recently got from Netflix (it was talked about here some time ago) and I really liked (and not just because of the "gimmick" ;)) was THIS (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000RGSW7U/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance) version of Vivaldi's "Ercole su'l Termodonte."
But it was a very nice "gimmick." :D
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For those of you who have installed iTunes 9, be sure to check out the new iTunes U section in the iTunes Store. I've been exploring it all afternoon--the amount of educational and informational content in there is incredible--and it's all free! (well, everything I've come across so far...)
I've never heard of the "iTunes U section" in the iTunes store. I'll check out that tonight.
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I was a shepherd in a college production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors".
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Guess I'll hop off-line now and get started on writing up today's work project. Then, I'll head back down to find something fun t watch tonight until I watch SUPERNATURAL in close to "live" time.
WBBL.
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re: ellen as the new judge on AMERICAN IDOL.
I don't think it's a good idea at all. I am actually disappointed that paula won't be back. To me a lot of the show was about her vs simon and the tension/attraction.
Does ellen know anything about singing? She is funny. But she was a judge once last season on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. And she was not good, because she did not know anything about dancing.
She would say they were great and then make a joke. But she didn't have anything to contribute. I fear it will be a similar situation on Idol and can't figure out why they would even consider her (other than the fact that she is popular).
All the other people i had heard about (that they were considering) were singers or people who knew something about singing. So at least that made sense.
I have to ask what possible difference can it make that Ellen isn't a singer? Paula isn't one, either....she's a dancer with "processed" vocal overdubs that truly don't reflect any singing ability on her part...and the dancing is her claim to fame, not her singing.
One needn't BE a singer to appreciate a good performance.
As for Paula, she went way beyond her overdue expiration date...a talentless hack who for more than a season was under the influence of drugs while on the air.
She is also a prima donna and I'm certain the "Idol" folks feel it's good riddance. I know I do.
Funny your asking if Ellen knows anything about singing. What difference can it possibly make? The audience doesn't have a clue about singing...witness all the horrible choices the audience has made in naming winners and runners-up in past seasons.
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Tomorrow is my friend.
I would AVOID like the plague any Tweet Show.....sometimes they should realize that some REPEATS are first time views for some.....
It would have been nice if the blurb on DirecTV had said it was a Tweet Show, then I could have recorded a different airing of the same episode.
I will see if I can get Keith to watch the premier with me & hope it won't matter we didn't watch the pilot.
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And now I am off for tonight's SOLD OUT performance.
:)
I hope you are very pleased with the show tonight.
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DR Matt H I'm sorry you are having a set back, and yes unfortunately they are to be expected.
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Tomorrow is my friend.
I would AVOID like the plague any Tweet Show.....sometimes they should realize that some REPEATS are first time views for some.....
It would have been nice if the blurb on DirecTV had said it was a Tweet Show, then I could have recorded a different airing of the same episode.
I will see if I can get Keith to watch the premier with me & hope it won't matter we didn't watch the pilot.
If you want, I can make a DVD copy of the extended pilot. I'm making one for Ron...or you can watch it on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/glee), like Jose suggested.
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There was only one bonus item, a 6-minute interview with Jackie in which he patted himself on the back about how hard it was to do these kinds of pictures. (5 minute fight scene takes four weeks to shoot, etc.)
Back then he never used stunt doubles & there tended to be injuries..... ;) I like his interviews & out takes.
You might have preferred Drunken Master II
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Thank you for the offer/offers DR George. I'll ask Keith when he comes inside. If he won't watch now I'll probably pass. I rarely watch something without him anymore. It is a nice change from when he was rarely home & I watched just about everything without him.
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I must say that I cannot recommend highly enough the Kritzerland release THE NIGHT THEY RAID MINKSY'S/GAILY GAILY.....
Such fun music.....and all of the songs I remembered are there. And it sounds great. GAILY GAILY is a terrific typical Mancini score with some interesting orchestrations....and a song from Lehman Engel's one-eyed Turkish prostitute.
And MINSKY'S has the funny music AND songs....and some of the patter...."You go to your closet and get your ascot....."
".....little Chubby Drysdale....the girl with the two....twinkling eyes!"
My copy has not shown up, alas! I did have a great afternoon at the FINIAN'S RAINBOW rehearsal. Now I have to get ready to go back downtown for CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY.
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I'm gonna get recordings of a couple of the operas suggested here, especially the one elmore mentioned, the Korngoldian one.
It is fantastic! Braunfels was a Catholic who hated the Nazis and left the country so all of his works were banned. The recording of DIE VOGEL was made as a part of the London/Decca series of works suppressed by the Nazis.
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TOD:
Question for those who might know (DR Elmore): during the 80s, PBS broadcast a filmed version of Strauss' ELEKTRA. It was done in the style of German Expressionism--it often resembled a silent movie with the performers singing with very exaggerated expressions. But it was stunning! I had it on video but lent it out and never had it returned. I've been trying to find it on DVD. Does anyone know anything about this production and if it's available?
DR Dan(the Man) I know nothing about this, but it piques my interest enough to be curious about it. I will investigate.
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Well, I want to go back out as much as I want dental surgery with no anesthesia, but I've committed myself to the film.
When I got back from the rehearsal, I had a curious UPS notice on my door about an attempted "final delivery." When the fat hell was the earlier delivery? I signed for 3 packages yesterday so I am wondering if my delivery man is on meds or drugs?
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One opera on DVD that I recently got from Netflix (it was talked about here some time ago) and I really liked (and not just because of the "gimmick" ;)) was THIS (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000RGSW7U/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance) version of Vivaldi's "Ercole su'l Termodonte."
But it was a very nice "gimmick." :D
I think this will be my first opera.
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Guess I'll hop off-line now and get started on writing up today's work project. Then, I'll head back down to find something fun t watch tonight until I watch SUPERNATURAL in close to "live" time.
WBBL.
I was a shepherd in a college production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors".
I was a calico in a 1st grade version of Hickory, Dickory, Dock.
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DR elmore I hope you like the film tonight and are glad you went.
Good luck with UPS.
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One opera on DVD that I recently got from Netflix (it was talked about here some time ago) and I really liked (and not just because of the "gimmick" ;)) was THIS (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000RGSW7U/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance) version of Vivaldi's "Ercole su'l Termodonte."
But it was a very nice "gimmick." :D
I think this will be my first opera.
I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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DR George, Keith said yes thank you. He will be glad to give GLEE a try. There was NO WAY he would watch the annoying Twitter episode.
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I'm probably not going to watch THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. Every review I've read has given it a teen/early 20s girl recommendation with scant recommendation for anyone else, and despite really liking Ian Sommerhalder, I can't get enthused about adding another show to my already heavy roster of shows. So I'll take a pass on this one, at least for now.
That's funny every sight i've read has showed this as one of the must see shows.
I know ausiello at Entertainment weekly said it. ANd i believe it was one of the few tv guide recommended. I think that EW will have their hefty Fall preview issue coming out tomorrow. And i'm assuming they will have something online.
Although since the show is on the CW i think they mostly do go for the teen market.
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TOD: I have seen a few operas: Hansel and Gretel and The Marriage of Figaro at ASU and a Phoenix Opera production of La Boheme.
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I have a GLEE question…..Almost half the bottom portion of the picture was filled with Twitter this & Twitter that. Keith finally had enough and we turned it off. Was the premier the same way?
You're talking about the pilot episode then right? You must have recorded it last friday (the cast was tweeting). The pilot as DR Jose mentioned was also broadcast last wed.
The first episode (after the pilot) was aired last night. And will be rebroadcast on friday.
I'm curious why you could not watch the rest of the pilot without keith. Do you always have to watch together? I think you'd like it.
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I was frustrated by the twitting tweeting, too, but I was able to record the extended "director's cut" pilot. Anyone want a copy??
A bunch of people were frustrated by the "Tweet-peat" screen format. Actually, the fans of "Fringe", which also broadcast a "tweet-peat" last week, were particularly turned off by the venture.
*However, since it was a "tweet-peat" - a repeat of the show, well... But I can totally understand the frustration if that was your first time viewing either show last week.
I think that most people watching on Friday would have been crazy fans of the show viewing it as a repeat.
I think that it was something they wanted to try (having the cast do living tweeting).
I guess i feel bad for those who recorded the show on friday. But it's not like it wasn't announced that they were tweeting. And the regular version was on 2 days before.
I watched some of the tweet show to see what the cast was saying. But i had already seen the show earlier in the week.
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DR George, Keith said yes thank you. He will be glad to give GLEE a try. There was NO WAY he would watch the annoying Twitter episode.
Great! You're on the list. :)
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Thank you for the offer/offers DR George. I'll ask Keith when he comes inside. If he won't watch now I'll probably pass. I rarely watch something without him anymore. It is a nice change from when he was rarely home & I watched just about everything without him.
I wrote my post before reading this (i was still on page 4).
I think it's nice to watch together. But sometimes a show will appeal to one person and not the other!
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DR Jennifer, yes it was the Pilot Twitter episode & it gave me a headache. I did not complain when Keith couldn't take it anymore. We saved the premier episode from last night.
Sometimes it is inconvenient compromising on what we watch. I nixed the Sopranos & Keith nixed Boston Legal, until we watched to catch a guest star & decided he did like it. If it is a movie I want to finish & he doesn't I'll finish watching it at a later time. With tv series I've decided why get too involved if I know he won't watch it.
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Jennifer at what point did they announce they were twitting? Certainly not before I recorded. We didn't see anything about it until it suddenly began twitting.
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The meeting with the Rockefeller Foundation was very successful. They were impressed and we did a good job if I do say so myself. I like to think that every one of these that I do cements my position in this time of transition. We don't have a date yet but in a few weeks we will be doing the same presenation to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. It will probably happen after the big housecleaning (at the office) so I may be safe for a while.
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For a while, Middletown had a professional company, The Sorg Opera, but, alas, could not sustain it. People from Dayton and Cincinnati appreciated their work, but locals did not. We saw them do several Gilbert and Sullivans, Madame Butterfly, The Marriage of Figaro,, and a concert version of Aida.
Hopefully the concert version was of Verdi's AIDA, and not Elton John's.
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Wonderful DR Ben and SAFE JOB VIBES!!!!
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Session is going very well - Brent sounds great and we're doing song five now - we'll do seven today.
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Session is going very well - Brent sounds great and we're doing song five now - we'll do seven today.
:D
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Session is going very well - Brent sounds great and we're doing song five now - we'll do seven today.
Nice!
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Cheetah (http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92995?fp=1) breaks world speed record. Open the bottom video for the full story & better views of the cheetah.
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There were no tweets or twitters while I was watching GLEE. . .thank goodness!
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>>>>>VIBES FOR DC CALLIE<<<<<
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DR td, "thank goodness" is an understatement. It was horrible.
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I'm hoping we will have news of DC Callie very soon.
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Thanks Jane!!!
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I think "The Vampire Diaries" will be a hoot. I'm looking forward to it. There's certainly nothing else vying for my attention.
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Dear BK:
What is a "scratch vocal?"
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Was the tweeting worse than closed-captioning?
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Far worse and the twittering was in boxes with colored lettering. It was like those annoying commercials that go across the screen (have you seen them?), only much larger & took up about 25% of the screen. It was not about watching the program, it was about Twitter.
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A scratch vocal is done at the time that the band records - that session is really to get the band right, not the vocals. Sometimes you get lucky and there are scratch vocals that end up being used, either in pieces or whole, but the final vocal days are to get everything exactly as we want it.
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Thanks, BK.
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Nice Cheetah
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Hi Laura
I have nothing to say.
Nap time after work (busy day).
Yea for Friday.
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Hi td
Goodnight all.
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We are back from a wonderful belated birthday dinner for DS Rob at Montgomery Inn. As soon as Bones is over, I must make blueberry muffins for tomorrow morning. It's Rob's first first day of school this fall - he's starting EMT certification classes at Sinclair Community College in Dayton (on 9/11 - how appropriate). His second first day of school will be in 2 weeks when his classes start at Univ. of Cincinnati. I'll make another batch of blueberry muffins for that morning, too.
I've been making first-day-of-school blueberry muffins since he was in pre-school. Why stop now?
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That's very sweet, Ginny.
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Cute DR Ginny & I'm sure DS Rob still enjoys them. :)
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The vet wanted Callie to spend the night (Poor things had 2 enemas today), but I knew that she would be miserable in a cage with a howling cat a couple cages over(It was really howling - I visited her before deciding if I'd leave her all night) so I busted her out of the joint.....ok, I told the vet I was taking her home and paid for his services. If she's not better tomorrow I'll take her back, but she is SOOOO glad to be home.
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Callie was hissing and swatting at both the vet tech and me! I opened the cage and put her carrier in, she walked right in and calmed down right away. She purred all the way home. When we got home, Boo was crying and crying. She was very glad to see Cal when I opened the door. They have been hanging out together ever since
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We are back from a wonderful belated birthday dinner for DS Rob at Montgomery Inn. As soon as Bones is over, I must make blueberry muffins for tomorrow morning. It's Rob's first first day of school this fall - he's starting EMT certification classes at Sinclair Community College in Dayton (on 9/11 - how appropriate). His second first day of school will be in 2 weeks when his classes start at Univ. of Cincinnati. I'll make another batch of blueberry muffins for that morning, too.
I've been making first-day-of-school blueberry muffins since he was in pre-school. Why stop now?
Yum! I love blueberry muffins. DS Rob is a lucky guy
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DR Cilla I would have done the same thing.
FEEL GOOD, STAY HOME VIBES FOR DC CALLIE!!!
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We are back from a wonderful belated birthday dinner for DS Rob at Montgomery Inn. As soon as Bones is over, I must make blueberry muffins for tomorrow morning. It's Rob's first first day of school this fall - he's starting EMT certification classes at Sinclair Community College in Dayton (on 9/11 - how appropriate). His second first day of school will be in 2 weeks when his classes start at Univ. of Cincinnati. I'll make another batch of blueberry muffins for that morning, too.
I've been making first-day-of-school blueberry muffins since he was in pre-school. Why stop now?
Yum! I love blueberry muffins. DS Rob is a lucky guy
Don't get too excited, DR Cillaliz - they're from a mix.
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When we got home, Boo was crying and crying. She was very gald to see Cal when I opened the door. They have been hanging out together ever since
This is sooo sweet.
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We are back from a wonderful belated birthday dinner for DS Rob at Montgomery Inn. As soon as Bones is over, I must make blueberry muffins for tomorrow morning. It's Rob's first first day of school this fall - he's starting EMT certification classes at Sinclair Community College in Dayton (on 9/11 - how appropriate). His second first day of school will be in 2 weeks when his classes start at Univ. of Cincinnati. I'll make another batch of blueberry muffins for that morning, too.
I've been making first-day-of-school blueberry muffins since he was in pre-school. Why stop now?
Yum! I love blueberry muffins. DS Rob is a lucky guy
Don't get too excited, DR Cillaliz - they're from a mix.
I'd still love them!
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When we got home, Boo was crying and crying. She was very gald to see Cal when I opened the door. They have been hanging out together ever since
This is sooo sweet.
They'll be jealous of each other in no time flat, but it's nice to see them happy together for the moment
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Thanks for posting about ITunes U. I'm hooked.
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G'night Sam. Seems we are ships which pass in the night.
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Poor Callie. I hope she is better by morning.
I don't envy you about the litter box, though.
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Poor Callie. I hope she is better by morning.
I don't envy you about the litter box, though.
Well, if it's just in the litter box, I'll be very happy
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Callie is acting like she's feeling better. The Doc told me not to give her her meds tonight, so she's going to be even more happy. I'll check the boxes soon to see if there are any presents for me
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I've been using the same blueberry muffin mix for years and tonight discovered that they're now whole grain:
Duncan Hines Blueberry Struesel Muffin Mix (http://www.duncanhines.com/products/muffins/100-whole-grain-blueberry-struesel-muffin-mix)
I follow the "No Cholesterol" directions.
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DR Ginny, I still say YUM!
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T.O.D.
First opera I saw was probably AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS.
Favorite opera, probably because I was in the opera and we studied it a great deal; but musically my favorite is CARMEN.
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DR Cilla are you expecting "presents" from Callie tonight or should she be cleaned out for the day?
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G'night!
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Alternating between muffins & "presents", what a conversation. ;D
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Jennifer at what point did they announce they were twitting? Certainly not before I recorded. We didn't see anything about it until it suddenly began twitting.
They were always planning to air the pilot on wed and the tweeting version on friday. I know it was posted here and i'd read about it elsewhere.
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T.O.D.
Favorite opera, probably because I was in the opera and we studied it a great deal; but musically my favorite is CARMEN.
The only opera that I've performed in (and my very first theatrical experience) was in a production of "Carmen" at Western Washington University in 1987. It was a lot of fun (even though the director yelled at everyone and we had to sight read the score without marking from the very first rehearsal) and set me on a path of community theater performing. :)
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I love blueberry muffins and have a very good recipe i've been using for a long time.
I actually have to make some on saturday. Because on sunday is my niece's 4th birthday party. She is having her whole class at a kid's indoor playpark.
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DR Cilla are you expecting "presents" from Callie tonight or should she be cleaned out for the day?
She didn't do her thing, which is why they wanted her to stay.
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I'm (finally) listening to "The Night They Raided Minsky's" and the song "You Rat You" sounded VERY familiar! I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but it hit me that part of the tune was reused by Charles Strouse to become "Something Was Missing" from Annie! :-X
Interesting.
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Not that there's anything wrong with that. ::)
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And now, I'm off. I have an errand to run, then some TV watching to do.
Until later!
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Jennifer at what point did they announce they were twitting? Certainly not before I recorded. We didn't see anything about it until it suddenly began twitting.
They were always planning to air the pilot on wed and the tweeting version on friday. I know it was posted here and i'd read about it elsewhere.
I read the pilot would be on, set it to record and then skipped all the other comments about it. ;D Honestly I thought I had set the director's cut to record.
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DR Cilla are you expecting "presents" from Callie tonight or should she be cleaned out for the day?
She didn't do her thing, which is why they wanted her to stay.
Oh, then SUPER BIG VIBES CALLIE LEAVES YOU PRESENTS TONIGHT!!!
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IN THE LITTERBOX!
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LOL-Yes, in the litterbox!
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Today was the first day back to work. The first 4 hours were okay, but then the pains return and it hurt so much that it made me cry and I had to go home. I lay down and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Resting has helped, but I don't think I am going to be able to do full days. I am going to have to find a MD doctor of some kind to check to see i it could be something else. My GP did not find anything and there was no blood clots. But there is still the pain after being on my feet for so long. I am going to have to see what kind of specialist I should go see.
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~~~DIAGNOSIS VIBES~~~
for DR Michael S!!!!!!!
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DR Michael S, can you find a way to stay off of your feet at work?
GOOD LUCK FINDING THE RIGHT DOCTOR TO HELP YOU!!
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'night
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Finally back from the session, and picking up packages (the UPS Store was open late tonight for some reason), putting gas in the motor car, and then lugging in a few boxes of Bank Shot which arrived early today instead of tomorrow morning (boxes were put in the garage). I'm quite exhausted but am craving a sweet. For lunch I had a California chicken wrap and a teeny-tiny Caesar salad so I'll definitely eat something at some point.
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Session is going very well - Brent sounds great and we're doing song five now - we'll do seven today.
The hell with Brent, how were the sax and percussion?
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With all this talk of opera and Carmen - Well, check THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDFgtFXfnv0) out!!! :D
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It was a terrific day - the overdubs of percussion and reeds went well, although, that said, I hate doing overdubs, especially when there's no click track. But it all went smoothly and sounds really good. Then Brent came and we began doing final vocals - our friend Jessica Drake and her cute as pie daughter Melina dropped in for a while, and that was fun. We shot video, and the entire day could not have run smoother. Brent got seven final vocals (out of the twelve), but my memory of The Christmas Song was that his scratch vocal was just about perfect, so we put that up and played it and it wasn't "just" about perfect, it WAS perfect, so that only leaves four songs for tomorrow. We start at noon and we should be done by two or three at the latest, which is grander than grand news. Brent did stellar work today - he's one of my favorites to work with because he listens, understands, and does. We always do a take, and then I make a few tiny comments, then we do a couple more and that usually does it. He really knows how to take the tiny comments and implement them and make them his own. It's going to be a lovelier than lovely album.
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So, do I want a sweet, or do I want something a little more substantial, like french fries?
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I'm (finally) listening to "The Night They Raided Minsky's" and the song "You Rat You" sounded VERY familiar! I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but it hit me that part of the tune was reused by Charles Strouse to become "Something Was Missing" from Annie! :-X
Interesting.
I always preferred the song as "You Rat You," sung by the incomparable Lillian Hayman, Tony winner for HALLELUJAH BABY! I hope my CD arrives soon.
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There was only one bonus item, a 6-minute interview with Jackie in which he patted himself on the back about how hard it was to do these kinds of pictures. (5 minute fight scene takes four weeks to shoot, etc.)
Back then he never used stunt doubles & there tended to be injuries..... ;) I like his interviews & out takes.
You might have preferred Drunken Master II
Actually, this WAS DRUNKEN MASTER II. It was renamed THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER for its American release in 2000. (It was a 1994 film.) The American version of the film (which is a slightly different cut from the original movie) is what Disney is releasing on Blu-ray.
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It was a terrific day - the overdubs of percussion and reeds went well, although, that said, I hate doing overdubs, especially when there's no click track. But it all went smoothly and sounds really good. Then Brent came and we began doing final vocals - our friend Jessica Drake and her cute as pie daughter Melina dropped in for a while, and that was fun. We shot video, and the entire day could not have run smoother. Brent got seven final vocals (out of the twelve), but my memory of The Christmas Song was that his scratch vocal was just about perfect, so we put that up and played it and it wasn't "just" about perfect, it WAS perfect, so that only leaves four songs for tomorrow. We start at noon and we should be done by two or three at the latest, which is grander than grand news. Brent did stellar work today - he's one of my favorites to work with because he listens, understands, and does. We always do a take, and then I make a few tiny comments, then we do a couple more and that usually does it. He really knows how to take the tiny comments and implement them and make them his own. It's going to be a lovelier than lovely album.
Thanks, BK, for the update! I told Chris I thought he might need a click track for "Christmas Mornings," and he said the drums would keep everything together. That was the only one I was worried about.
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I returned to one of my tried and true comfort films - THE WIZARD OF OZ. I've been revisiting it a lot lately. I'm not quite sure why. It may be that I'm feeling my mortality more these days. I don't know. But I do keep getting drawn back to it.
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I'm sorry you had a miserable day, DR Michael Shayne. I hope tomorrow will be better for you.
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I watched some NCIS episodes from Season 2's first disc. I watched these quite a while ago and they aren't all that familiar watching them again tonight. Very enjoyable.
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Good Evening!
DR elmore - I didn't mean to rush off like that earlier. I just didn't realize we were already at Columbus Circle, so...
Good to see you made it back home safe and sound. Well, at least safe. ;)
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Then I watched tonight's SUPERNATURAL. Engrossing (and somewhat gross) episode, some frightening and some funny parts. Misha Collins' Castiel is as appealing as ever, and Mark Pelligrino as Lucifer....be still my heart!
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I enjoyed much of CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY, and I liked the cast. There were a couple of problems I had and perhaps they will be addressed when the film gets a distributor. I had a couple of surprises: my colleague Curtis Moore wrote the film score. He might have told me a while ago and I forgot that, but he's a good composer and I thought his music was sometimes better than the songs by cast members. I still get teary over 9/11.
It was a nice surprise to see Kelli O'Hara and get a hug. Her husband Greg Naughton plays a business man who falls apart after 9/11 and ends up homeless on the street. I liked his storyline the best and I think it has a hole in its structure near the end of the film.
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Good Evening!
DR elmore - I didn't mean to rush off like that earlier. I just didn't realize we were already at Columbus Circle, so...
Good to see you made it back home safe and sound. Well, at least safe. ;)
DR Jose, don't worry about it. It's always good to spend time with you, even if I spend half of it ranting. You're a good sport about it and I appreciate that more than you know.
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And now that I'm caught up...
And now that I've had another slice of Shoo-Fly Pie too...
:)
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(((((Michael S.)))))
I hope you find out what's wrong soon and get relief!
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With all this talk of opera and Carmen - Well, check THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDFgtFXfnv0) out!!! :D
For some reason, I knew that would come when I clicked on that link.
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Dear BK:
What is a "click track?"
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It's like a ticking sound that goes to the musicians when recording - it sets up a steady beat for the song, so that if there are overdubs at a later date, the new musicians hear the click and know exactly the rhythm and timing of the music, whereas with no click, overdubs are flying by the seat of your pants because rhythm can vary, there can be tempo changes galore and some of them quite subtle, so it takes a lot longer for a player to lock to the track.
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I don't know what to do about food.
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I'm going to close up shop here and head downstairs to bed. Funny, despite not having the most restful of nights, I was not drowsy all day. I guess I am getting enough sleep to ward off any temptation to nap during the day.
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Spoo!
Good night!
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Thanks, BK.
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How about some popcorn or a bowl of cereal?
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How about some popcorn or a bowl of cereal?
Cereal sounds good right now.
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IN THE LITTERBOX!
:D
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As for Twitter and "Fringe" and "Glee"....
As DR Jennifer already mentioned, the "tweet-peats" were previously mentioned when they were first announced here on HHW. -And I was not the one who posted that news.
The pilot for "Glee" originally aired back in May, then the director's cut was shown last Wednesday, then the "tweet-peat" last Friday. -And I believe there were already a few DRs who had talked about the show after it originally aired back in May, myself included.
I actually didn't think the "tweet-peat" really worked all that well either. There was some speculation - hope? - that Fox would change the format of the tweet-peat after the negative reactions they received after the "Fringe" tweet-peat. -And, in fact, due to technical difficulties, the tweeting started late during "Glee", and actually had to catch up for a bit once it did get started.
However, it was fun getting to "see" some of the commentary from the actors. -And it should be noted that a different set of actors tweeted during the West Coast feed.
It was a promotional gimmick, and for a good portion of their viewing audience it did work, even if it was not an ideal presentation. *And there were a bunch of tweets from the cast that did not make the TV feed, and it was fun following those live on the web.
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And that "Ercole" opera-buff-OH! was posted here on HHW months ago too. -Blamed DR elmore. (I think). ;)
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VBES TO MICHAEL S~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Jane - Why not give "Glee" a chance on the web. Just watch the first segment. If you like it, stop it, get Keith to sit nice and close to you, and start it over. :)
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I think the tweeting would bother me, too. I didn't watch that one, but it sounds distracting. I think it would be better to keep the tweeting on the web so the people who don't like tweets can still enjoy the show and the tweeters on twitter can tweet and twit away
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Hello - I have just gotten home a short time ago =
I woke up at 6 showered dressed made breakfast did a load of laundry -drove the Vixter to school, did some grocery shopping came home and out he groceries away , went clothes shopping ( I needed a pair of pants)and got to work by 8:30
After a full day of work I met some friends for dinner - we had a wonderful time but I was out much toolate and I am falling alseep
I shall attempt to catch up before I sign off
VIBES For all!!
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~~~~~PAIN-FREE VIBES TO DR MICHAEL S~~~~~
*Is it possible that you're dealing with some sort of major food intolerance?
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I think the tweeting would bother me, too. I didn't watch that one, but it sounds distracting. I think it would be better to keep the tweeting on the web so the people who don't like tweets can still enjoy the show and the tweeters on twitter can tweet and twit away
Well... Again... Both airings of "Fringe" and "Glee" were advertised as "Twitter-Enhanced", so... -Sometimes it pays not to fast-forward through the commercials. ;)
However, I did find it a little strange that Fox chose to tweet during Fringe, but I guess the show has quite a Twitter following. "Glee", I thought, was more of a perfect fit for the experiment - even if the actual execution didn't really succeed.
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Went to Gelson's and got some low-fat, low-cal ice cream. I shall now, at long last, sit on my couch like so much fish for at least one hour.
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DR JMK - Twitter is set up like Facebook. Well, sort of. You can view a person's "Profile", their "Timeline", tweets, but you can only see the "comments" from people with whom you Follow/Following. -If that makes sense. -And it probably doesn't. ::)
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And to sort of beat a dead horse...
The tweet-peats also allowed viewers to ask questions of the cast and crew during the broadcast, and get responses from them (during the broadcast).
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I think the tweeting would bother me, too. I didn't watch that one, but it sounds distracting. I think it would be better to keep the tweeting on the web so the people who don't like tweets can still enjoy the show and the tweeters on twitter can tweet and twit away
Well... Again... Both airings of "Fringe" and "Glee" were advertised as "Twitter-Enhanced", so... -Sometimes it pays not to fast-forward through the commercials. ;)
However, I did find it a little strange that Fox chose to tweet during Fringe, but I guess the show has quite a Twitter following. "Glee", I thought, was more of a perfect fit for the experiment - even if the actual execution didn't really succeed.
Oh, I get the idea and I'm sure the show has a huge Twitter following. Just thinking that there has to be a way to make everyone happy.
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As for "Clear Blue Tuesday"...
All I really want to say is: I have some very talented friends.
:)
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And to sort of beat a dead horse...
The tweet-peats also allowed viewers to ask questions of the cast and crew during the broadcast, and get responses from them (during the broadcast).
But couldn't they do that by tweeting online during the show? Aren't most twitter people tuned into twitter all the time? I'm not, but I often watch TV while on my computer, so I would think others do too
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And that "Ercole" opera-buff-OH! was posted here on HHW months ago too. -Blamed DR elmore. (I think). ;)
Months ago? More like two years ago, I think.
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I think the tweeting would bother me, too. I didn't watch that one, but it sounds distracting. I think it would be better to keep the tweeting on the web so the people who don't like tweets can still enjoy the show and the tweeters on twitter can tweet and twit away
Well... Again... Both airings of "Fringe" and "Glee" were advertised as "Twitter-Enhanced", so... -Sometimes it pays not to fast-forward through the commercials. ;)
However, I did find it a little strange that Fox chose to tweet during Fringe, but I guess the show has quite a Twitter following. "Glee", I thought, was more of a perfect fit for the experiment - even if the actual execution didn't really succeed.
Oh, I get the idea and I'm sure the show has a huge Twitter following. Just thinking that there has to be a way to make everyone happy.
Well... Make sure that if you happen to catch a repeat of a show to check if it's going to be a tweet-peat instead. ;)
*However, I guess it's good news for Fox that there were a good number of first-time viewers for both "Fringe" and "Glee" during the tweet-peats.
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And to sort of beat a dead horse...
The tweet-peats also allowed viewers to ask questions of the cast and crew during the broadcast, and get responses from them (during the broadcast).
But couldn't they do that by tweeting online during the show? Aren't most twitter people tuned into twitter all the time? I'm not, but I often watch TV while on my computer, so I would think others do too
It was just an experiment, and, as of right now, there are no plans to repeat said experiment.
*However, it looks like some of the cast members of both shows will be tweeting throughout the season.
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RAPID RECOVERY VIBES to MATTH , MICHAEL SHAYNE AND CALLIECAT
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I don't think I have ever seenan opera - I am a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta however - I am not sure if my favorite is Pirates of Penzance or The Mikado - I love them both
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sand now I must go to bed as my eys are faikling me
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I returned to one of my tried and true comfort films - THE WIZARD OF OZ. I've been revisiting it a lot lately. I'm not quite sure why. It may be that I'm feeling my mortality more these days. I don't know. But I do keep getting drawn back to it.
You revisited WIZARD while I was revisiting GONE WITH THE WIND.
This time I watched it in 1080, while listening to Rudy Behlmer's commentary track.
The dvd looks outstanding, very three dimensional, which give me high hopes for the forthcoming Blu-Ray.
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~~~~~PAIN-FREE VIBES TO DR MICHAEL S~~~~~
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And to sort of beat a dead horse...
The tweet-peats also allowed viewers to ask questions of the cast and crew during the broadcast, and get responses from them (during the broadcast).
But couldn't they do that by tweeting online during the show? Aren't most twitter people tuned into twitter all the time? I'm not, but I often watch TV while on my computer, so I would think others do too
The tweeting did occur online. As I sort of previously mentioned, only a relative handful of tweets made it to the TV screen.
*If they had put all the tweets on the screen, that would have been one mighty fast scroll.
**And if anyone is interested:
@msleamichele (Lea Michele) (http://twitter.com/msleamichele)
@MsAmberRiley (Amber Riley) (http://twitter.com/MsAmberRiley)
@druidDUDE (Kevin McHale) (http://twitter.com/druiddude)
@frankenteen (Cory Monteith) (http://twitter.com/frankenteen)
@alittlelamb (Dianna Agron) (http://twitter.com/alittlelamb)
@chriscolfer (Chris Colfer) (http://twitter.com/chriscolfer)
@mark_salling (Mark Salling) (http://twitter.com/mark_salling)
@IJennaUsh (Jenna Ushkowitz) (http://twitter.com/IJennaUsh)
And just for fun:
@Rachel Berry (http://twitter.com/RachelBerryGlee)
@Kurt Hummel (http://twitter.com/KurtHummelGlee)
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sand now I must go to bed as my eys are faikling me
Awww... :)
Sleep well, DR vixmom.
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thanks for all the vibes for Callie. I'm sure she'll be ok. The vet said it was amazing with her condition that she made it 2 years between episodes like this. He thinks she's going to be fine
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I have to get the car in for a oil change at 8:00 AM, so I need to sign off and get some sleep. They always have coffee and rolls at the dealership, so it's sort of like eat breakfast and your car is ready. I like that
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And to sort of beat a dead horse...
The tweet-peats also allowed viewers to ask questions of the cast and crew during the broadcast, and get responses from them (during the broadcast).
But couldn't they do that by tweeting online during the show? Aren't most twitter people tuned into twitter all the time? I'm not, but I often watch TV while on my computer, so I would think others do too
The tweeting did occur online. As I sort of previously mentioned, only a relative handful of tweets made it to the TV screen.
*If they had put all the tweets on the screen, that would have been one mighty fast scroll.
**And if anyone is interested:
@msleamichele (Lea Michele) (http://twitter.com/msleamichele)
@MsAmberRiley (Amber Riley) (http://twitter.com/MsAmberRiley)
@druidDUDE (Kevin McHale) (http://twitter.com/druiddude)
@frankenteen (Cory Monteith) (http://twitter.com/frankenteen)
@alittlelamb (Dianna Agron) (http://twitter.com/alittlelamb)
@chriscolfer (Chris Colfer) (http://twitter.com/chriscolfer)
@mark_salling (Mark Salling) (http://twitter.com/mark_salling)
@IJennaUsh (Jenna Ushkowitz) (http://twitter.com/IJennaUsh)
And just for fun:
@Rachel Berry (http://twitter.com/RachelBerryGlee)
@Kurt Hummel (http://twitter.com/KurtHummelGlee)
Very interesting. It's things like this that make me feel old. ;)
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bk - Glad to hear that the sessions are going swimmingly.
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Jennifer at what point did they announce they were twitting? Certainly not before I recorded. We didn't see anything about it until it suddenly began twitting.
August 31, 2009 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if39271c89709c28ea9c155e1ce61f60d)
;)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Safe Travel Vibes for Our DR Jose S Tomorrow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm off to bed. Good night, all!
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And back on September 2, 2009:
Re: WITH IT
« Reply #248 on: September 02, 2009, 11:05:33 PM »
Quote from: Cillaliz on September 02, 2009, 11:00:23 PM
I watched the Pilot of Glee tonight. What fun!! It brought me back to sitting onstage for Spring Awakening and watching Lea Michele up close and personal, so to speak. Anyway, it looks like a really fun show
And tonight was the "Director's Cut"! I think the only extra footage was of Matthew Morrison singing "Leaving On A Jet Plane". -Which he "previewed" at Broadway in Bryant Park a few weeks ago.
*Friday night they'll be showing the pilot again - the "regular" version - with live Tweeting from the cast and creatives.
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PAGE 10 OCD DANCE!!!!!!!!!!
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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And I really should finish packing my luggage since I need to head to the airport in about eight hours. ::)
Goodnight.
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Just listened to BANK SHOT. What fun. The cd is short, but time felt like an hour, I must have finally just sat, relaxed, and listen. A rarity for nervous types like me.
I'm having fun with all the cd's as it takes me back to the days when I got the chance to sit in on the recordings at Universal Studios in the late 70's and early 80's.
Now I'm listening to Scent of Mystery, wonderful get rid of the blues happy music for me.
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And I had a nap and 31 flavors ice cream.
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Hi Sam.
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Saturday I'm taking bk's new book with me to Malibu. The shows at 8:00, but I want to be there by 3:00 to visit the remodeled museum, and just enjoy the wonderful courtyard and fresh air. So I should have plenty of time to read.
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Hi Laura
I found something to say.
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OMG!!!
I just found out that I won cupcake from Butter Lane Bakery!!! via Twitter!
butterlane @JoseSPiano Hi--you won free Butter Lane cupcakes! You were the 1st to tweet our High Line location. Come by cart anytime and pick em up!
:)
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LOTS OF HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY VIBES FOR EVERYONE.
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Well, Time Warner is completely down won't take calls and no idea when they will be up and running. I went to my local subway as they have wifi but their service is down and they're on dsl. So have no idea if notes will go up tonight or tomorrow. If I knew of a place with working wifi I would go do them now but I don't. Posting this from my iPhone
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Where's monkey.
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DAW, thank you for the muppets.
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AT&T never goes down.
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Night.
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I hope your internet gets fixed quickly, BK.
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I went out, managed to get on linksys from the car, and wrote and posted the notes, and am now changing the topic because I simply don't trust that Time Warner will get its act together anytime soon.