-
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were lovelier than lovely, and now it is time for you to post until the lovelier than lovely cows come home.
-
And the word of the day is: PLEIAD!
-
A while back, TCB and Jane were discussing whether or not
there is a Santa Claus Challah has raisins.
The answer lies in the source of the recipe:
“Sephardic Jews, those from the Mediterranean region including North Africa and Spain, were blessed with the region's bounty of ingredients; Ashkenazi Jews, who come from Eastern Europe and make up the majority of Jews in this country, had a smaller palette from which to work.”
Ashkenazi – no raisins; Sephardic – raisins!
LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-roshhashana16-2009sep16,0,2160590,full.story)
Rosh Hashana, Tunisian style
Exotic, delicious -- and yes, kosher. The Sephardic community has its own way of celebrating the Jewish new year. In L.A., an expat is spreading the word about the spicy cuisine.
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49267037.jpg)
Alain Cohen holds out a gorgeous spiral-shaped loaf of challah, the color of cherry wood. On the top of the bread is a graceful open hand made of dough. Cohen and his baker, Yuri Amsellen, have been experimenting again. From the crowded kitchen of Cohen's Pico Boulevard takeout shop, Got Kosher? Provisions, comes the hypnotic smell of yeast.
In the weeks before the Jewish new year, the store has baked loaves in the shape of Jacob's ladder, and others in a circle with a well in the center, meant to hold honey for dipping. They've added dried fruits, apples and raisins.
For Rosh Hashana, which begins Friday at sunset, challah is essential. The braided oval bread that Jews break and share after lighting candles each Sabbath gets reworked once a year into a spiral to call to mind the cycle of life.
A loaf topped with an open hand, however, is uncommon. But in this, as in other food customs, Tunisian Jews have their own way.
...
Recipe: Apple and honey challah (http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-roshhashanarec16d-2009sep16,0,2685979.story)
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49267105.jpg)
Bakers start your ovens!
der Brucer
-
And a Kitty story to warm your hearts:
Cat Returns Home After 2,400-Mile Stray (http://www.gnn.com/article/returned-australian-cat-strayed-2400/672283?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl2|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnn.com%2Farticle%2Freturned-australian-cat-strayed-2400%2F672283)
der Brucer
-
TOD:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Pfollies.jpeg)
-
Mama Cass, Mary Travers, and Joni Mitchell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aYAUE6is7I)
-
Topic of the Day: for shows, I love the poster art for (in no particular order) Ain't Misbehavin', Big River, Miss Saigon, the original Follies, 1776, Nine, City of Angels, A Chorus Line...at least, that's what I can think of right now.
-
I need to be in bed...and asleep.
Now. 8)
-
TOD
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lJhfTjm8L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_ia.bFKfEMBMTCjzbkF/SIG=12g6gt095/EXP=1253264154/**http%3A//images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003QTH.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg)
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e9/8f/528c810ae7a0b920ac209110.L.jpg)
der Brucer
-
TOD:
I've always loved the original EQUUS art--so much is conveyed about the play using simple geometric shapes and in black and white. I have a framed copy here in my office that you can just sort of see in my avatar pic.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/equusw.jpg)
-
Another favorite--the original CHICAGO poster.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/chicagoOC.jpg)
-
And another, though this pic does not do it justice. I love this one for it's line art. When it's coupled with the silvertone of the original print, it screams "Big Broadway Musical!"
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/20thCentury.jpg)
-
Good morning!
-
Thank you DR Jose for your detailed report of the fabulous sounding dress rehearsal. I just set the DVR to record tonight's late broadcast. And congrats on winning the signed opening night program. I also love reading about all the interesting people you meet everywhere you go.
-
Job vibes for DR Jane's son Craig. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
Yesterday I went to a matinee of Burn the Floor. A lot of beautiful looking dancers, extremely talented. No story or effort to connect the numbers in any way. Each one is a stand alone production, and I must say, after awhile, everything starts looking the same. The usher told me the show was 2 1/2 hours running time, but I was relieved that it was really only two hours.
After that, I had a bunch of time to kill in the theater district, until my evening obligation in the same area at 8pm. So I decided to take in a movie. The one that had the right timing for my schedule was The Time Traveler's Wife. I usually really like that kind of movie, so I figured it would be a good choice. I found it mildly diverting, but ultimatley, thought it could have been much better.
-
Good morning, all! I've tried on my suit; it fits. I damned near killed myself falling over cartons and crap in front of my closet to get to it. The situation here, with my clutter and now George's is truly infuriating. I'm hoping he arrives and finishes this mess early today, because I was hoping to actually begin tidying up the dump last night. I'm very frustrated and unhappy, but thrilled the suit fits.
Today, I have to work on my comments for the McGlinn memorial. I think there will be some good performances and reminiscences. Hugh Panaro has been out of touch about appearing or rehearsing so I'm not sure he's showing up. He can be flakey, much as I like him and hate to say it. I am waiting for a letter from tenor Jeffrey Lentz that I am supposed to read. I know the following people have agreed to appear: Rebecca Luker, Jason Graae, Jeanne Lehman, Korliss Uecker, Debbie Gravitte, George Dvorsky, Ron Raines, Brent Barrett, Kim Criswell, Margaret Jane Wray, Korliss Uecker, and cellist Jerry Grossman. Speakers will include me, John Vogel (the estate executor), William Hicks, Ted Chapin, Dona D. Vaughn, Erik Haagensen, Betty Auman, Teresa Stratas, and members of the McGlinn family.
-
As to our TOD, because I spend so much time in the past, I think my favorite early poster is the Art Nouveau BABES IN TOYLAND from 1903 with its peculiar toys running the sides of the poster:
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/BabesInToyland1.jpg)
Most of the early theatre posters were pretty awful; DEAREST ENEMY, a show I love, began with this
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/enemySheet.jpg)
and later sexed it up for the tour with Helen Ford in her first costume, a barrel
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/s_enemy.gif)
-
Yes, bk, MAD MEN: Season Two is out on Blu-ray. It's been out for several weeks.
-
And yes, it's the Peggy storyline that irritated and disappointed me. The actress is wonderful; ELisabeth Moss deserved an Emmy-nomination for the season (she didn't get it; only Jon Hamm, John Slattery, and Robert Morse were nominated and none of them won).
Moss did get nominated for Season Two and many think she has a more than decent chance at winning this Sunday when the EMmys are handed out in the major categories.
-
I don't think the original 1925 NO NO NANETTE artwork says much about the show
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/teafortwo.jpg)
but I also don't think the 1971 revival did either, although Hillary Knight's poster evokes a certan bubbly quality for period revues like the Follies and the Scandals:
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/no-no-nanette-1972.gif)
-
Good morning!
Another semi-cool overcast morning, and our high isn't supposed to leave the 70s today, so I'm happy and grateful for that. We never got more than a trace of rain yesterday. Maybe we'll get some today so I can see how my new roof is going to work out.
-
TOD:
I loved the hot pink MY FAIR LADY movie poster. I also thought the graphic red WEST SIDE STORY movie poster was super. I kept both albums displayed in large plate holders in my bedroom because I loved the way they looked so much.
-
I'll continue watching more MY NAME IS EARL this morning and on into the afternoon and evening until I finish with it. I haven't written the first word of the review yet. I'll start work on that later this morning.
-
A note to TV viewers:
THough the new season doesn't officially begin until next week, many shows are starting back up tonight:
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and SUPERNATURAL began last week, of course, and continue with new episodes today.
NBC's Thursday schedule including THE OFFICE begins the new season tonight!
BONES and the newly moved FRINGE begin their new seasons tonight!
SURVIVOR begins its new season tonight (although CSI and THE MENTALIST rerun their last season finales tonight in preparation for their new seasons starting next week).
-
And, of course, PROJECT RUNWAY continues with its new season on Lifetime tonight as usual.
-
Here are some posters I love from THE BOY FRIEND (1954, Broadway)
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/215px-The_boy-friend_1954bway-1.jpg)
and 1967, London, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre)
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/18936.jpg)
I think they both capture the 20s spoof very nicely.
The 1956 CANDIDE poster is one of my faves, maybe because I think the OBC is irreplaceable and unapproachable for performance of the score
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/696998685925_300.jpg)
It might be a bit too classy for Voltaire's story but it's a better match for the elegance and wit of the score than the 1973 poster, a production I loved, but which I've never seen work outside the Broadway Theatre:
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/candide.jpg)
And the 1998 John Caird production in London says nothing about the show!
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/logo_200x200_000256.gif)
-
Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And it was nice not to have to get up before 8:00 this morning. ;) -Although, getting up and out of bed earlier than my usual time yesterday resulted in a very nice day. Or something like that.
-
And, of course, PROJECT RUNWAY continues with its new season on Lifetime tonight as usual.
I just realized: I have yet to watch an episode of the current season. Hmm...
-
As for the Topic of the Day....
The first things to come to my mind are two Sondheim shows: the "half and half" artwork for the original production of Sunday in the Park with George, and the artwork for the first London production of Assassins:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_78adyXlckXI/RtXMZ6DsjII/AAAAAAAAAPM/u9QS90A-oDU/s400/poster-Assassins.jpg)
*I still remember coming across the Assassins poster in Triton Gallery years ago, and making that splurge purpose. I'm guessing it's somewhere rolled up with my other posters (it was printed on paper-stock and not cardboard/stock).
-
Last round, I promise!
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/200px-Myfairlady.jpg)
and
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/Camelot_OBC_Album_Cover_1.jpg)
I think these two posters are wonderful and tell the audience exactly what the production hopes to convey as well as the great original FOLLIES poster (how many unhappy audience members who walked out missed the crack in the face on the poster? It says it all) and the Al Capp design for
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/lil_abner.gif)
-
Why is Candide nekkid on that poster?
-
As for the Topic of the Day....
The first things to come to my mind are two Sondheim shows: the "half and half" artwork for the original production of Sunday in the Park with George, and the artwork for the first London production of Assassins:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_78adyXlckXI/RtXMZ6DsjII/AAAAAAAAAPM/u9QS90A-oDU/s400/poster-Assassins.jpg)
*I still remember coming across the Assassins poster in Triton Gallery years ago, and making that splurge purpose. I'm guessing it's somewhere rolled up with my other posters (it was printed on paper-stock and not carboard/stock).
I'd never seen the ASSASSINS London artwork; it's wonderful, as good as the FOLLIES poster.
-
As for the Topic of the Day - The Movie Edition....
I guess I'd have to say "Jaws" and "Cinema Paradiso".
-
Why is Candide nekkid on that poster?
I think it was a request of the orchestrator.
-
There can be only one answer for me.
Artist Reynold Brown.
Subject Miss Allison Hayes as the titular character.
-
Why is Candide nekkid on that poster?
I think it was a request of the orchestrator.
I am glad they listened.
-
And now I am off to get my oil changed....
Well the oil in the car, that is.
-
I'd never seen the ASSASSINS London artwork; it's wonderful, as good as the FOLLIES poster.
I had never seen it either until I stumbled upon it in the bins. It literally shocked me - just the right amount of creepiness. It's also printed on what looks like a grocery bag - which provides the brown background - so that, combined with the silk-screened nature of the graphic, and the flag as Venetian blinds... Yep, creepy and unsettling.
-
Hello All!
-
As for the passing of Mary Travers...
One of my earliest musical memories is going through the stack of music books my parents had - mainly Time-Life and Reader's Digest collections - and coming across "Something To Sing About", which is a collection of tunes from the "Folk Era". -Clothbound, red cover. Not only was the sheet music included to selected songs, but there were also pictures and profiles of various artists. Peter, Paul and Mary were, of course, one of the featured artists. I believe they were also mentioned in the little introductory note before "Michael Row The Boat Ashore" in "The Reader's Digest Treasury of Best-Loved Songs of All Time". My parents also had their first self-titled album, and I will always associate "Blowin' in the Wind" with them - and Mary Travers' voice - rather than Bob Dylan.
-
Hello All!
Hello, Kerry!
-
Yes, favorite theater poster would have to be '1776' which I think is simply hilarious, and, after seeing the show and hearing "The Egg," completely appropriate.
-
Can I say I have been really enjoying the moderate coolness this morning. I have the window open in my office with the attick fan pulling the air through the room. It's just wonderful not having that hot, sticky air to deal with.
Fall cannot come soon enough for me.
-
Yes, favorite theater poster would have to be '1776' which I think is simply hilarious, and, after seeing the show and hearing "The Egg," completely appropriate.
Did you know "The Egg" was written late in previews and suggested by the poster?
-
Now I'm going to head down for more MY NAME IS EARL. I thought I only had nine more episodes to go, but a quick count shows it to be more like eleven more episodes, so I can get several knocked out quickly this morning.
WBBL.
-
Yes, favorite theater poster would have to be '1776' which I think is simply hilarious, and, after seeing the show and hearing "The Egg," completely appropriate.
Did you know :The Egg" was written late in previews and suggested by the poster?
No! What great information. Thanks, DR Elmore! SInce this is one of my all-time favorite musicals, any information about it is always welcome.
-
And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
-
Mama Cass, Mary Travers, and Joni Mitchell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aYAUE6is7I)
That was one of my last reviews for DVD Talk. I love Mary, but she's not exactly my favorite interpreter of Laura Nyro, LOL.
-
Yes, BK, I did indeed mention the Gilberto tune being temporally misplaced. :)
-
the Gilberto tune being temporally misplaced.
Along with your sanity? ;)
-
Did someone say, "Ice Cream"? Well, how about "Ice Cream Sundaes (http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Food/8-Incredible-Ice-Cream-Sundaes.html)"?
*I believe DR Cillaliz may recognize one of the featured ice cream creations.
-
And, of course, PROJECT RUNWAY continues with its new season on Lifetime tonight as usual.
I just realized: I have yet to watch an episode of the current season. Hmm...
You're gonna love some of them, Jose!
-
Did someone say, "Ice Cream"? Well, how about "Ice Cream Sundaes (http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Food/8-Incredible-Ice-Cream-Sundaes.html)"?
*I believe DR Cillaliz may recognize one of the featured ice cream creations.
Yup. I have to pass near there today and was thinking about stopping in, lol. They do have reduced fat ice cream
-
And a Kitty story to warm your hearts:
Cat Returns Home After 2,400-Mile Stray (http://www.gnn.com/article/returned-australian-cat-strayed-2400/672283?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl2|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnn.com%2Farticle%2Freturned-australian-cat-strayed-2400%2F672283)
der Brucer
Good advertising, find a pet, CHECK FOR A MICROCHIP!
-
Good morning. Time to boil the nipples.
-
DR Jennifer, thanks for the vibes.
-
I don't know from show posters, so I will list my favorite movie posters...
Two of my all time favorite movie posters are framed and prominently displayed in my living room..
(http://i21.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/19/b9/8e6a_12.JPG)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/3067584055_5d71575bfa_o.jpg)
-
It is definitely Autumn in NY. Getting a little chilly.
-
TOD: One of my favorite movie posters...
-
TOD: Another favorite....
-
TOD: And another....(strong Saul Bass graphic)
-
TOD: And just for fun...
-
I'm up - had a good night's sleep with an odd dream - not unpleasant, just odd.
-
Here are a few of my very favorite Bollywood movie posters.
STATE EXPRESS (1938)
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_p4pTNR3ieyk/RqRvjb-6fsI/AAAAAAAABSI/pdJowTFRxgI/1938-b-State%20Express.jpg)
SECRET 5 (1939)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_p4pTNR3ieyk/RqRZ5r-6adI/AAAAAAAAAjw/utElL_fAuxA/1939-c-Secret%20Five.jpg)
ANJAM (1968)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p4pTNR3ieyk/RqRm8L-6dfI/AAAAAAAABAg/53fZGJnRVFI/1968-g-Anjam.jpg)
-
MattH - just wondering why the Peggy story line irritated you - so far it hasn't bothered me, mostly because I was so fascinated by the weight gain look, but then I haven't seen the last two episodes of season one. Much as I find the leading man and Sterling somewhat repulsive, the one who irritates me the most is Pete Campbell, which means, I suppose, he's written and acted well. I really like the gal who plays what I would call the Edie Adams role - Joan.
-
I'm going to try and jog in about thirty minutes, then go pick up the tapes, then go to do some errands, and then maybe take the tapes to the transfer guy.
-
I don't think the original 1925 NO NO NANETTE artwork says much about the show
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/teafortwo.jpg)
but I also don't think the 1971 revival did either, although Hillary Knight's poster evokes a certan bubbly quality for period revues like the Follies and the Scandals:
(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/no-no-nanette-1972.gif)
I was actually going to mention NO NO NANETTE but I didn't care for the only decent image I could find:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/nononanette.jpg)
It's incredibly eyecatching in it's original silver tones and full rich purples.
-
TOD: And another....(strong Saul Bass graphic)
I am hearing Madeline Kahn's voice saying, "I am not A cardinal--I am THE cardinal!"
-
It's a great poster that says little about the production in 1971 or that it's a book musical; it essentially says "20s revues of glamorous girls in very little clothing." I chose the album cover over the poster because I couldn't find a better image either!
George is here and the chaos is worse!
-
I am curious as to what posters HHWers actually have hanging on their walls? I am sure that JRand, JMK, Ron Pulliam, and BK likely have some displayed.
-
I used to have many movie posters on the walls before I began collecting illustration art. I think there's only one left - no, two, no, three. Still hanging in the den is a locandina (small Eyetalian poster) for the reissue of my favorite Fellini, The White Sheik - the 1960 reissue art is my favorite on this film, and I've had all of it including the large original release Eyetalian. One wall still has the large UK poster for Nudie Musical, and in the kitchen I have the window card for the NY showing of Scent Of Mystery - no actual posters were made for the film - just window cards.
-
On my wall - with many more in the drawer -
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman - Style A and Style B. repro
The High-Powered Rifle - original one sheet
Sunset Blvd - signed by the OBC
Dancin' - window card original
Giant, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause - repro
-
Time for a shower....or past time....
-
DR elmore - It's just the calm before the storm.
Just keep breathing. -And maybe head down to Starbucks or Edgar's, grab a free table, order a coffee and read and continue to prepare for John McGlinn's Memorial Service.
-
All of over my house in various nooks and crannies are many, many, many posters of Frances Farmer films.
-
The Belgian posters back in that day had the most beautiful paintings. During the war years, they were frequently printed on the back of maps!
-
I used to hang and rotate posters from various shows wherever I lived, but when I moved into where I'm living now, I painted and I liked the clean empty look and never put anything up.
-
DR DtM - I took down 3 of the 3-sheet posters that I had up for many years. It is nice to see the wall!
-
DR elmore - It's just the calm before the storm.
Just keep breathing. -And maybe head down to Starbucks or Edgar's, grab a free table, order a coffee and read and continue to prepare for John McGlinn's Memorial Service.
I've known George for 30 years and I think his mind's starting to go. He walked out of here 30 minutes ago and I have no idea where he's gone to! I just want to get this job finished, paid for, and everything off the floor.
-
Thursday afternoon greetings! I've been up since before dawn, but spent this morning helping to administer a certification exam for grantwriters. The rules are very strict about what's allowed in the room and what's not and I didn't want to sully the environment by being online (even though I'm not taking the test). Now they're taking the second phase of the exam and I'm at the registration table in the hallway.
-
DR Elmore - home improvement projects always look worse before they look better. It'll be worth it!
-
DR DtM - I took down 3 of the 3-sheet posters that I had up for many years. It is nice to see the wall!
My sister has a middle room that served at one time as a playroom for my neice when she was a youngen. My neice and my sister papered the walls and ceiling with posters of E.T., The Muppets, Star Wars, Smurfs, Snoopy, John Travolta and lots of tigers (they love tigers), along with some school art projects and family photos. Close to thirty years later, it's all still up there. My sister can't bring herself to remove any of it.
-
A couple of years ago I sold off a lot of my vintage original movie posters as I needed the dough and they were all just sitting in boxes, most hadn't seen the daylight in 20 years.
On my walls at home are:
Original one sheet: ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE
Original inserts for HOT CAR GIRL and SORORITY GIRL
Original one sheet for THE HYPNOTIC EYE
and in the bedroom I have half sheets of HIGH POWERED RIFLE, POLICE NURSE, and DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
At work I have the 20 x 30 poster for the 1946 Bollywood filmi FLYING PRINCE and the 1960 Bollywood film REPORTER RAJU.
-
Back from a two-mile jog - already quite hot out. I shall now go pick up tapes.
-
Pick Up Tapes was a game we played a lot when we were little.
-
I shall now go pick up tapes.
After which, you shall return?
-
I watched EARTH vs THE SPIDER last night. I like this movie a lot. Mr B I G was a very efficient director/producer, and his casts were always excellent.
-
Even though June Kenney was the MOST annoying girlfriend ever, and most of the teenagers in the River Falls High School must have been held back several years....
Also noticed that a lot of the exteriors were filmed at Universal....the small town lot, and the Beaver Cleaver street. Ed Kemmer drives past what would become the Munster House.....and the spider walks around the neighborhood, too....although the Cleaver house is dressed as it was for THE UNGUARDED MOMENT.
-
No I understand the problems George is having: my apartment buiding was a jointure of two separate buildings in the 1960s and the wall the bookcases are against is the outside side wall of the original building, so my neighbor's apartment has the outside wall of the other building. George is running into construction complications, like steel plates, etc. from the 1960 construction that make it impossible for him to use as anchor spots. Luckily, the crucial part of the bookcases has been secured, but a couple of spots along the way will only make things more solid. If he can find them! The wall behind the bookcases is beginning to look like Swiss cheese as he drills holes to see what's feasible.
We need Vibes!
-
Hello, George!
I do no wish to be encumbered
Like this, George,
With shit, George!
Your tools, George,
They're laying on the floor
And all this clutter
And my book shelves, George!
They've laid there all in vain--
Around them I must strut.
But thank you for the pain
That's building in my butt.
Yes, thank you, George, you coot...
Now, where's my suit...
-
Vibes for George and DR Elmore!
-
We're at the local university campus for this certification exam and during the recent class change, a student asked me if I was being punished ('cause I'm sitting in the hall). Actually, it's the people inside the room answering 150 multiple choice questions who are being punished!
-
~~~DRILL, BABY, DRILL VIBES~~~
for DR elmore3003 and George!!!!!!!
-
Hello, George!
I do no wish to be encumbered
Like this, George,
With shit, George!
Your tools, George,
They're laying on the floor
And all this clutter
And my book shelves, George!
They've laid there all in vain--
Around them I must strut.
But thank you for the pain
That's building in my butt.
Yes, thank you, George, you coot...
Now, where's my suit...
I'm busting a gut. Send vibes!
-
Vibes for DR elmore, George, and the walls.
-
Vibes for DR ELMORE in his travails.
-
DR elmore - I'll be down in your neighborhood in a little while... Just sayin'... ~~~~~~~~~~~
-
The plywood plates to hold the bookcases are bolted into the wall! George is off to get some screws and washers to attached the bookcases to the plates and it's accomplished! After that, he has some minor work to do, like raise the feet of one bookcase a couple of inches off the floor to take the press off the crucial plate, and straighten out a shelf that's bent bent by the weight.
Who says HHW vibes don't work?
-
DR elmore - I'll be down in your neighborhood in a little while... Just sayin'... ~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, I don't think he's going to be finished before 5, and I do hope he finishes up today. I would like to vacuum everything as soon as the work is cleared out and before I start putting things back on shelves. I've also got some rethinking about the music and books. Hmmmm . . .
-
And 24 hours from now, I should be somewhere in the City of Brotherly Love, a.k.a. Philadelphia, PA. Or as Bloody Mary would put it: Philadellia. -I think. ??? In any case...
I had tried to head to Philly for the day a couple of weeks ago, but the weather and other things just got in the way. However, it's supposed to be a nice weekend, and since I have a few friends I haven't seen in a while, well...
:)
-
DR elmore - I'll be down in your neighborhood in a little while... Just sayin'... ~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, I don't thoink he's going to be finished before 5, and I do hope he finishes up today. I would like to vacuum everything as soon as the wrk is cleared out and before I start putting things back on shelves. I've also got some rethinking about the music and books. Hmmmm . . .
Well... Just in case you stillmay need some help getting some of your books up off the floor and back on to your shelves...
-
DR elmore - I'll be down in your neighborhood in a little while... Just sayin'... ~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, I don't thoink he's going to be finished before 5, and I do hope he finishes up today. I would like to vacuum everything as soon as the wrk is cleared out and before I start putting things back on shelves. I've also got some rethinking about the music and books. Hmmmm . . .
Well... Just in case you stillmay need some help getting some of your books up off the floor and back on to your shelves...
Any shoo-fly pie left?
-
Vibes for DR ELMORE in his travails.
...and his ENTRAILS, too...
-
Back from picking up tapes - small reels this time - I'll be interested to hear the quality.
-
DR elmore - I'll be down in your neighborhood in a little while... Just sayin'... ~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, I don't thoink he's going to be finished before 5, and I do hope he finishes up today. I would like to vacuum everything as soon as the wrk is cleared out and before I start putting things back on shelves. I've also got some rethinking about the music and books. Hmmmm . . .
Well... Just in case you stillmay need some help getting some of your books up off the floor and back on to your shelves...
Any shoo-fly pie left?
Actually, there's one slice left. And since I've already had my slice for the day. Hmmm...
-
This tweet from the Xerox machine on "Mad Men"... Yes, there's a twitter account set up for the Xerox914 (http://twitter.com/Xerox914). In any case... Here's the tweet:
"Where has my lemon tree, dragon, and hammer gone? The world is a bit less reflective and caring today."
-
Who knew a machine could be so empathetic?
-
Those Xerox products have HEART.....
-
Tape transfer guy is in the Valley, so he'll save me a trip and come pick up the tapes from here. Then I'll go find something amusing to eat.
-
I bought MILK and LEATHERHEADS on BluRay.
-
Milk And Leatherheads - that's the title of my next novel.
-
Waiting for transfer guy, who's just arrived - then I can EAT.
-
Although now I'll probably have to wait until after two, as Jerry's will be too too crowded.
-
George is here and the chaos is worse!
Not sure how to respond. I hope worse soon become much better.
-
We're at the local university campus for this certification exam and during the recent class change, a student asked me if I was being punished ('cause I'm sitting in the hall). Actually, it's the people inside the room answering 150 multiple choice questions who are being punished!
;D
-
George is here and the chaos is worse!
Not sure how to respond. I hope worse soon become much better.
It is much better!!! :) ;D
-
Thoughout my house are show cards for the following musicals/shows:
MY FAIR LADY
THE MUSIC MAN
CITY OF ANGELS
SWEENEY TODD
LES MISERABLES
ANGELS IN AMERICA
A CHORUS LINE
PASSION
INTO THE WOODS
In my office are the movie posters for:
OUT OF AFRICA
TOP GUN
STAR TREK II
MAKING LOVE
DEATH ON THE NILE
THE WIZARD OF OZ
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005)
CORPSE BRIDE
THE DARK CRYSTAL
MARVIN'S ROOM
THE RIGHT STUFF
-
Today was best friend John's birthday, so we had a nice lunch and gift unwrapping. A very enjoyable way to start the afternoon.
-
When I got back in I watched more MY NAME IS EARL (I watched four episodes before I went to lunch). Lots of guest stars. My favorite was Betty White who played a local lady who everyone in Camden thought was a witch.
-
I did stop to watch today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Lily and Damian were on but not the boys and not Holden. They weren't on the previews for tomorrow either.
-
Page Five Dance!!!
-
I am looking forward to tonight's SURVIVOR premiere. Although i won't be able to watch it at 8pm.
It's my niece Megan's 4th birthday today!
-
I have two more EARL episodes and then the bonus features on disc four. I did go back and pick up the deleted scenes on disc two that I had forgotten to watch last night.
-
Well, I must hop off-line now and get some writing done. Then I will go back down to finish MY NAME IS EARL and then enjoy some prime time TV shows tonight. Can't wait for BONES.
WBBL.
-
Back from a sandwich and fries at Jerry's. For some reason, at prime lunch hour there was almost no one there, which is very unusual.
-
Picked up a couple of packages and some mail and shipped several packages, and I think that's about it for today, other than beginning the liner notes for our next release.
-
Back from a sandwich and fries at Jerry's. For some reason, at prime lunch hour there was almost no one there, which is very unusual.
A day late for Ask BK, but I keep forgetting to ask--is that the Jerry's on Ventura where we met years ago?
-
Hello, George!
I do no wish to be encumbered
Like this, George,
With shit, George!
Your tools, George,
They're laying on the floor
And all this clutter
And my book shelves, George!
They've laid there all in vain--
Around them I must strut.
But thank you for the pain
That's building in my butt.
Yes, thank you, George, you coot...
Now, where's my suit...
That's funny!
-
JMK - different Jerry's, this one is close to my house.
-
VIBES FOR THE KITTIES OF DR LAURA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How are they doing today?
-
Hanging in there, Cillaliz. Thanks.
-
Well, the bookshelves are secure. I could do acrobatics on them and they wouldn't fall. I'm very happy and in the midst of the tidy up. I need a nap.
-
Very good news about the shelves, Elmore! You deserve a nap. :D
-
Mere coincidence department? Whilst uploading some new reviews to Blu-ray.com (a process which takes quite a bit of time due to all the 1080p screenshots), I was perusing other reviews and stumbled across a user named Haines3.
-
TOD - the Broadway version (ones I have owned and hung):
(http://asset0.flavorpill.com/attachment_image_files/0018/6659/folliespgm_large.jpg)
(http://duanesm.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/into_the_woods_poster.jpg)
(http://www.threepennyopera.org/posters/1976ny.jpg)
-
Topic of the Day for some favorite movie art:
(http://www.kritzerland.com/minskyCOV72.png)
(http://www.kritzerland.com/KLBScov72.png)
(http://www.kritzerland.com/KL_AcreCov72.png)
;D
-
Good Evening!
I had forgotten just how comfy and cozy my fleece cardigan was/is. Ah, Fall. :)
-
TOD: (the movie version):
(http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/6/b70-3219)
(http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/kiss_of_the_spider_woman.jpg)
(http://www.impawards.com/1966/posters/hawaii.jpg)
-
And just in case anyone else has been having issues...
AT&T's cellular and data network has been experiencing service outages in various cities nationwide over the past few hours. Things seem to be back to normal right now, but, if you were expecting calls and didn't them, that's probably why. -Call your voicemail manually to check for any stray messages.
-
Finished season one of Mad Men. The penultimate episode was the best so far, and the final episode had very good things in it. SPOILER AHEAD:
But the Peggy "surprise"??? How could she go eight months without realizing she was not fat but pregnant - makes no sense on any level, at least for me.
-
Finished season one of Mad Men. The penultimate episode was the best so far, and the final episode had very good things in it. SPOILER AHEAD:
But the Peggy "surprise"??? How could she go eight months without realizing she was not fat but pregnant - makes no sense on any level, at least for me.
BK, I have read several news articles (not recently, though) where girls really did not know that they were pregnant until they gave birth. It's rare, but it really has happened. Some people just didn't know what was happening to themselves.
On the flip side, I knew this one girl in high school who knew that she was pregnant, but was absolutely adamant that she never "did it." NOBODY believe that story.
-
Finished season one of Mad Men. The penultimate episode was the best so far, and the final episode had very good things in it. SPOILER AHEAD:
But the Peggy "surprise"??? How could she go eight months without realizing she was not fat but pregnant - makes no sense on any level, at least for me.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
I've read reports, stories where that has happened. It's basically a case of deep, deep denial, and it really showed just how much there is still to learn about Peggy and her home life.
END OF POSSIBLE SPOILER
-
Sadly, another death to report... This time from the world of Classical Music....
Leon Kirchner, Composer, Dies at 90 (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/leon-kirchner-composer-dies-at-90/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat)
-
I was going to go to my local used DVD/Blu-Ray place to see if they had season two of Mad Men, but I just read some reports on the Blu-Ray that basically say no matter what player you have it takes about five minutes to actually get to the menu where you can choose the episode (forced ads and trailers seem to be the deal), and then, if you stop, you're back to square one. I'm wondering when these companies will learn because not being able to resume where you were is, perhaps, the biggest drawback to Blu-Ray, and I'm afraid that until they fix the problem, sales will remain what they are and not grow.
-
Strange but true department. . .
For quite some time, I had been unable to view YouTube. Sadness, but I got used to it. Supposedly, it was due to a benign Trojan (intervalhehehe).
BUT, for some strange reason, I THINK it might be due to the changeover to Comcast (which has a Desktop Doctor program), as of yesterday, I have been able to access YouTube once again. Happiness.
What I want to say is, BK, I've been enjoying every one of the WHAT IF... and TWO'S COMPANY clips! Thank you for posting them. (and yes, I did comment on Michelle Nicastro's "Part of Your World" clip).
-
TD, did you watch Pink Fish? That's my favorite.
-
Yes that IS a problem.
Tuesday night I had the first regular DVD that would not load and play on my Blu Ray player....it was an MGM Midnite Movie Double Feature.....Boris Karloff in Die Monster Die and something else.
-
I liked "I Love You, Man" - Mr Paul Rudd and Ms Rashida Jones and Mr Jason Segel were all very funny.
I also liked "Leatherheads" - but Renee Zellwegger has a funny way of holding her mouth that is very unattractive on TV....so I can imagine what it must look like on the BIG screen.
I only hope Renee's mouth and Adrian Brody's nose never make a movie together.
-
I really don't like PARKS & RECREATION and it's too bad that THE OFFICE doesn't have a better lead in.
-
TD, did you watch Pink Fish? That's my favorite.
Omigod! Yes! Many, many times! That Andy Taylor is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
I have been trying to learn to sing "Pink Fish" for ages!
-
I also really love Greg Jbarra's "Will The Sun Ever Shine Again."
-
I spent 3 hours vacuuming and putting musical scores back on the shelves. I'm getting my space back but the room is covered in fine dust. Ugh.
-
Good morning. Time to boil the nipples.
I just take a shower, myself.
-
Good morning. Time to boil the nipples.
I just take a shower, myself.
I refuse to follow those two quotes.
-
The Vixter's been called back for the school's Fall production of Stage Door
VIBES please!
-
Thids morning I drove into NYC to coduct a closing and meet a couple of my brokers. I was disappointed it was such a grey and dreary morning
-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for the vixter's Successful Audition! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
Call-back vibes for The Vixter!
-
The Vixter's been called back for the school's Fall production of Stage Door
VIBES please!
~~~Call Back Leg Breakage Vibes for The Vixter!!~~~
-
Call Back vibes for THE VIXTER.
-
THE OFFICE season opener was funny but it was not a home run for me.
-
Dust Be Gone vibes for DR ELMORE.
-
I returned from dinner with tomorrow's conference speaker in time to see the second half of tonight's season premiere on Bones.
I will be E & T all day tomorrow attending and helping with the fall conference put on by the Dayton and Cincinnati chapters of the American Association of Grant Professionals. The good news is that it's being held at the spiffy new hospital that's only 3.5 miles from our house.
-
At midnight EST on TCM - Vera Ralston aka Mrs Herbert J. Yates - stars in a Republic extravaganza entitled JUBILEE TRAIL.
If for no other reason, if you have not seen Mrs Yates in action - you might watch the first few minutes to see her opening number in a blue sequin dress - wherein she dances and "sings" and mostly looks very surprised to find herself in a musical number.
-
This number is the essence of Vera Hruba Ralston for me.
(http://www.coolcinematrash.com/wp-content/gallery/jubilee-trail/jt3.jpg)
-
CASTING VIBES FOR THE VIXTER!
-
This number is the essence of Vera Hruba Ralston for me.
(http://www.coolcinematrash.com/wp-content/gallery/jubilee-trail/jt3.jpg)
Are you sure that isn't DAW?
-
Good luck vibes to the Vixter!~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
No, DR DAW parts his hair on the other side.
-
Broken legs to the Vixter!
-
But first Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar.
-
G'night!
-
Time to leave work. Off to my sister's, then home.
Until later.
-
Vixter Vibes.
-
Just dozed off whilst watching a motion picture - I think I was out for about thirty minutes or so.
-
my fleece cardigan
(http://cdn.allleftturns.com/www/sites/default/files/articles/SnuggieGreen.jpg)
-
the room is covered in fine dust. Ugh.
Well, if you MUST have dust, have the finest! ;)
-
Another favorite--the original CHICAGO poster.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/chicagoOC.jpg)
Tony Walton did that one
-
No, DR DAW parts his hair on the other side.
Amongst other things. ::)
-
~~~CALL BACK VIBES~~~
for DR the vixter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
Call back vibes to the VIxter!!!
-
Vibes to the vixter
-
Oh, I have successfully arrived in Montreal.
-
I am so sorry for missing DAW's birthday. Hope it was a great one, and I'll find out when I catch up little by little.
-
One of my favorite posters.
(http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/10/1034/Z11L000Z/the-poseidon-adventure.jpg)
I remember waiting in line outside the Carelton Cinema in Toronto and was fascinated by the art work. I thought it was a recreation of a scene from the film. Of course it wasn't
-
Another favorite
(http://chasness.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/earthquake_movie2.jpg)
-
And almost anything by Jack Davis
-
And that's it for now. Good night
-
More Jack Davis art coming on Kritzerland.
-
Finished season one of Mad Men. The penultimate episode was the best so far, and the final episode had very good things in it. SPOILER AHEAD:
But the Peggy "surprise"??? How could she go eight months without realizing she was not fat but pregnant - makes no sense on any level, at least for me.
The VERY thing I objected to. And if she didn't suspect through innocence or naivte (which I don't buy for a minute), those nosy, pushy secretaries around her certainly would have known the score. Being pregnant is VERY different from being fat through gaining weight.
-
A little girl at our church was born just hours after her mother discovered she was pregnant. It does happen.
-
I liked "I Love You, Man" - Mr Paul Rudd and Ms Rashida Jones and Mr Jason Segel were all very funny.
I also liked "Leatherheads" - but Renee Zellwegger has a funny way of holding her mouth that is very unattractive on TV....so I can imagine what it must look like on the BIG screen.
I only hope Renee's mouth and Adrian Brody's nose never make a movie together.
In some things I think Renee Zellweger is wonderful (JERRY MAGUIRE, CHICAGO, BRIDGET JONES), but I thought she was simply terrible, miscast, and had no chemistry at all with George Clooney and John Krasinski in LEATHERHEADS. She was this vacuum in the middle of the movie.
-
A little girl at our church was born just hours after her mother discovered she was pregnant. It does happen.
Maybe so, but with this tiny girl who grew into this balloon in an office LOADED with nosy, sarcastic women, I find it HIGHLY unlikely. Sorry, no argument will convince me.
-
I finished the last two MY NAME IS EARL episodes, the last one of which guest starred Burt Reynolds. And how ironic that it ended with a "To Be Continued" cliffhanger title card when NBC inevitably canceled the show.
-
There was a 33-minute Q&A session with cast and crew, and it was obvious that when it was filmed, no one had a clue the show was going to be ending. Several of the writers and the show's creator mentioned things they wanted to explore in upcoming seasons! Oops!
-
Then, I watched my CASTLE episode of the day, the one with the woman's body drowned in a bathtub of motor oil.
Can't wait to see some new episodes of the show. I'd love to see this series run for years.
-
I watched today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE with Fish coming face-to-face with his parents on the verge of revealing his sexual orientation to them. Staging was very awkward and a bit unrealistic, I thought, but I'm enjoying the performances.
-
Nice to welcome BONES back to a new season, and I enjoyed the new show very much, even with the wishy-washy "coma Booth" who's going to take some time to get back to normal.
-
And SUPERNATURAL had a wonderful episode tonight too with the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse arriving for Armageddon. Some good action and thrills.
-
I have an early morning (8 a.m.) PT session tomorrow, so I need to head down and get to bed.
Good night!
-
Call-back vibes for The Vixter!
The same from me!
-
Ah, well, Matt H., this mother wasn't tiny. So I guess in Peggy's case, it is not the same.
-
I gotta tell you.
-
Listening to music - was trying to watch a Warner Archive "comedy" called Get To Know Your Rabbit - truly awful, unless it gets better at some point. Totally unfunny and charmless and rather ineptly directed by Brian De Palma - this film was shelved, tinkered with, and released to lousy reviews and no business. And, of course, there are people who LOVE it on the imdb.
-
~~~~~CALLBACK AND CASTING VIBES TO DR THE VIXTER~~~~~
-
Well... Basically because I can, and because I want to, I'll be heading to Philadelphia in the morning, so...
Goodnight.
-
Vibes for the Vixter!!
-
Good evening - almost midnight.
Just home from seeing The Royal Family - at MTC's Biltmore Samuel J Friedman Theatre. A marvelous cast -- Rosemary Harris, John Glover, Jan Maxwell, Reg Rogers, Ana Gasteyer, Larry Pine, Tony Roberts, and David Greenspan, among others. Quite funny, and I liked the way it builds through the three (!) acts. What a treat to see Rosemary Harris in such fine form. She was wonderful.
-
I love the old three-act structure - wish it would come back.
-
Good morning. Time to boil the nipples.
I just take a shower, myself.
LOL! I'm with you, Debra....extremes aren't my thing.
-
I'm thinking of boiling my nipples - just for fun. But I think I'll take a nice hot shower instead.
-
Boiling My Nipples - that's the title of my next novel.
-
I'm told that the contract for our second cast album release is finally on its way. After it's signed, I gather it usually takes two to three months to actually get it to the release point.
-
I'm also waiting on pins and needles about getting my foot in the door with a very similar deal to what I have at MGM, but elsewhere. If that works out, it will result in some terrific stuff for late this year or early next year.
-
And I should have CD refs for the rest of this three CD set we'll hopefully doing - very interested to hear the music on these refs. One of the scores, as I've mentioned, will require a lot of work in terms of piecing it together from all the various takes (it was recorded in a completely idiotic way by a composer who should have known better, but who, being one of the most spoiled of all composers, felt he could do it any old haphazard way).
-
But the Peggy "surprise"??? How could she go eight months without realizing she was not fat but pregnant - makes no sense on any level, at least for me.
Well, my Mother was well into her sixth month before she realized she was pregnant with my younger brother! After she had her first child the doctors told her that because of her physical problems she could not have any more children. (The boy died 18 months later as a result of brain damage suffered during birth). 8 years later she found herself gaining weight, but knew she couldn't be pregnant; besides, her menstrual periods continued. It was only after the baby had quickened and started vigorous kicking that she had doubts. (She Had dismissed the earlier quickening signs as intestinal upset.) Note: this was women who had carried a baby to full term in the past and who would have welcomed the opportunity to have more children. In fact, because my parents "couldn't have any more", and because they didn't want to raise Bobby as an only child, they initiated procedures to adopt a child (me). Even though Bobby died before the procedures were complete, they still adopted me. So, the medically pronounced certainty that she could not bear children coupled with the regular monthly events told her she just couldn't be pregnant!
Well, as my younger brother Chuck bears witness, she was!
Seems that when the Doctors told her she "couldn't" have children, they really meant that she "shouldn't" have children (her deformed pelvis made successful deliveries problematic. (Chuck was Caesarian).
der Brucer
Note" some women carry "high wide and handsome" and look like at mack truck at five months; others carry lower and can look only bloated by the ninth month.
-
I love the old three-act structure - wish it would come back.
I've always wondered what are some of the latest plays or musicals that actually have three acts?
-
My show The Good One was in three acts.
-
No, No Nannette and Anyone Can Whistle are two that I can think of, but they're both older shows.