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Archives => Archive 17 => Topic started by: bk on October 18, 2009, 11:59:53 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, I wrote the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the noted cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: TURBID!
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And here comes announcement number one.
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IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
Kritzerland is proud to present its latest release – a brand new, shiny holiday treat!
BRENT BARRETT
CHRISTMAS MORNINGS
It’s a Kritzerland Christmas this season, with the wonderful Brent Barrett back with his third solo album, following his critically acclaimed The Kander and Ebb Album and The Alan Jay Lerner Album. Christmas Mornings will put you in the Christmas spirit all year ‘round, with such classics as “The Christmas Song” “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” “Winter Wonderland” “I’ll Be Home For Christmas/A Place Called Home” “Christmas Waltz/It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” and other great Yuletide hits, including two brand new Christmas songs to warm your heart.
Brent Barrett has been a leading man on Broadway, in London, in Las Vegas, and all over the world in such shows as Grand Hotel, Annie Get Your Gun (in which he starred opposite Reba McEntyre), Camelot, The Pajama Game, Candide, Dance A Little Closer, Closer Than Ever, and many others. He starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom Of The Opera in its record-breaking Las Vegas run, and was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in the London version of the hit revival of Kiss Me Kate, which was taped for and shown on PBS and which is currently available on DVD. He is currently reprising his role of Billy Flynn in the Broadway company of Chicago, a role he’s played to great acclaim all over the United States.
Christmas Mornings is produced by Bruce Kimmel, with musical direction and arrangements by Christopher Denny, orchestrations by Larry Moore, and Brent Barrett co-producing. It’s an intimate, beautiful, heartfelt, and fun look at the sights and sounds of Christmas by one of the best singers working today. It’s a perfect stocking stuffer and an album that’s sure to put you in the holiday spirit.
The first 100 orders placed through Kritzerland will be signed by Brent.
The price is $17.98 (plus shipping). CDs will ship by the first week of December – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com. On street date, Christmas Mornings will also be available at Amazon, CD Baby, and iTunes and other digital outlets. Brent will be appearing in New York at Birdland on December 13 and 14 at 7:00 to launch the CD.
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And here comes announcement number two. You know the drill - it's the price plus shipping (and remember, two CDs ship for the same as one - 3.75) payable via paypal.com to kritzerland at adelphia dot net.
HARRY PALMER, I PRESUME
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition soundtrack release – two great scores on one great CD!
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN Music Composed by Richard Rodney Bennett
and
THE FINAL OPTION Music Composed and Conducted by Roy Budd
From the early 1960s, when a certain character named James Bond made his debut on the silver screen in Dr. No, right up through the end of the decade it was hard to escape the world of secret agents, whether in books, serious films, spoofy films, or TV shows. One of the most memorable creations during that time was the “unnamed hero” of author Len Deighton’s series of spy novels, which began with The Ipcress File. Ipcress was made into a film, produced by Bond producer Harry Saltzman, starring Michael Caine as the now named Harry Palmer. The film was such a success (and quite different in feel from the Bond films, despite having a score by Bond composer John Barry) that it spawned two sequels – Funeral In Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain. By the time of Billion Dollar Brain the spy genre was slightly on the wane so the wane in Brain stayed mainly on the plain. The film was directed by Ken Russell before he became KEN RUSSELL, the enfant terrible of cinema. It’s a very entertaining yarn with a terrific cast and an absolutely stellar score by Richard Rodney Bennett. Mr. Bennett had already done the brilliant score for John Schlesinger’s film of Far From The Madding Crowd (Oscar nomination), and would follow this film with a series of memorable scores for such films as Murder On The Orient Express (Oscar nomination), Yanks, Enchanted April, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Equus, Lady Caroline Lamb, Nicholas and Alexandra (Oscar nomination) and many others. His score for Brain is filled with wonderful energy and great themes (none more so than the electric main title theme), and is one of the highlights in a career filled with them.
The Final Option (called Who Dares Wins in the UK) came out in 1982 and was a then-topical political thriller starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Ingrid Pitt, Richard Widmark, Edward Woodward, and Robert Webber. The film has some exciting and taut action set pieces, main titles by Bond guy Maurice Binder (as does Billion Dollar Brain), and a rousing and wonderful score by Roy Budd. Budd was a terrific composer and wrote great scores for Get Carter, Fear Is The Key, Catlow, Paper Tiger, The Carey Treatment, The Stone Killer, The Black Windmill, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, The Wild Geese, and others. His score for The Final Option is grand fun and a must for Budd fans and Budd neophytes.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the first week of December – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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I'm ordering both of those right now!
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Welcome six GUESTS.
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Most excellent choices!
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I'm ordering both of those right now!
Me too!
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And now time for to go to bed.
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Well, we've got two orders.
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Welcome seven GUESTS.
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Just sent my order.
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And I ordered two (one for Woody's folks)
der Brucer
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Most happy belated anniversary wishes to the loverly Vixmom and Vixdad!
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And most excellent healing and coping thought to the wonderfully eriudite Mr. Brockman.
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It will be a long week at work. Perhaps I will take a break and see Ginny and Richard during a lunch hour. I don't know if we can get to John's on Saturday.
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bk, the new Kritzerland releases look excellent.
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DR George - are you sure the boxes were stolen? I mean, if they were all together, and marked specially, why wouldn't a thief have taken all of the boxes together?
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That's too bad about the loss of your CDs, George. Hopefully they will turn up.
I personally wouldn't file a claim with the insurance, though. Your rates will go up, and they won't give much value to used CDs, I'm sure.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And, yes, I'm up.
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I shall be spending the next couple of hours wandering around Richmond. And, yes, the proper authorities have been already been notified (DR elmore).
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DR George - WHOA!
Are you sure the boxes aren't over at your sister's house? ;)
In any case...
Make one or two more passes through your garage, take notes, lots of notes, and then call the non-emergency number for the police in your area and your insurance company. You may also want to check with your neighbors and/or landlord to see if any other robberies have been reported in your neighborhood.
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And since Steve is about to leave for work, well...
Laters...
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Good Morning. I guess I need to go back to yesterday's posts and figure out what's going on.
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Aw, DR George, that totally sux! It's bad enough when regular CDs vanish but cast recordings go out-of-print and are difficult and expensive to replace.
But mi colección de CD es tu colección de CD. If there's anything you could use a copy of as a temp replacement, let me know. If I have it, you got it...
But just in case--
* * * * * VIBES THAT DR GEORGE'S MISSING BOXES SHOW UP * * * * *
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figure out what's going on
And when you do, will you kindly let the rest of us know?? :)
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Dear George, I'm so sorry. That feeling something is different is usually right. I hope you find them and were not robbed.
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Monday morning greetings! Another crisp, clear day here in SW Ohio.
Today I have to take my engagement ring to our jeweler because I discovered a bent prong yesterday morning. Richard and I decided it would be better not to wear it than to lose the diamond. I'm wearing another ring with my wedding band, but it's not the same.
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TOD:
Playbill.com (http://www.playbill.com)
Woot.com (http://www.woot.com)
Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com)
IMDb.com (http://www.imdb.com)
RhymeZone.com (http://www.rhymezone.com/)
LIFE Magazine on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=B0AEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor)
NEW YORK Magazine on Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=FegCAAAAMBAJ&dq=magazines&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s)
Newsarama.com (http://newsarama.com/)
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DR Ginny - I am glad you noticed that NOW and not during [or after] your visit to NYC!!
I was told that pronged rings should be checked for soundness at least once a year.
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I forgot to say before: BB is still looking spectacular! :)
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Page Two GO PHILLIES!!! Dance:
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DR Ginny - I am glad you noticed that NOW and not during [or after] your visit to NYC!!
Me, too, DR DAW! I've known several women who have lost their engagement diamonds and didn't realize it until it was too late.
I was told that pronged rings should be checked for soundness at least once a year.
I was pretty diligent about that until the store where we bought our rings went out of business. We recently discovered that the proprietor of that store is now a partner in another jeweler in a nearby community. We were very glad to find him again.
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Good morning!
Very cold this morning and only warming into the mid-50s today. It will warm up as the week progresses, at least so say the forecasters.
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I'll be working on TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE this afternoon. In the meanwhile, I'm going to try to squeeze in some recorded shows like BROTHERS & SISTERS and THREE RIVERS today and tomorrow.
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Looking forward to hearing Brent's holiday CD. It'll be greatly anticipated and then added to the queue of Doris Day, Andy Williams, Clay Aiken, and Julie Andrews holiday albums.
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TOD:
I go to usatoday.com, amazon.com, and highdefdigest.com in the mornings...
variety.com, zap2it.com, playbill.com, tvguide.com, in the afternoons...
and afterelton.com throughout the day.
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And, of course, I come here three times a day and to my worksite hometheaterforum.com three times a day as well.
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Hmmm, I try to get a new Christmas album every year or so. Wonder which one I should get this year ;) ?
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It will be a long week at work. Perhaps I will take a break and see Ginny and Richard during a lunch hour. I don't know if we can get to John's on Saturday.
Friday, when we go to the Morgan Library, or Monday, when we go to the Strand Bookstore?
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RE: Last night's THE AMAZIN' RACE:
SPOILER WARNINGS!!!
Thank Gawd! I was getting so sick of that lunkhead and his whiney partner! As one of the Poker Gals once said, how did this idiot ever get to be a lawyer?
I was a little disappointed that there was no real challenge that involved the world's tallest building in Dubai other than taking an elevator ride up there. But the desert and indoor ski/snow challanges made up for it.
At this point, my favorites are the Ken and Barbie couple, the former Miss America and her hubby and the Globe Trotters. There's no team left that I actively dislike, but I guess I would say that the Poker girls and the young couple (with the girl who freaked about going up the tall building) are my least favorites.
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It will be a long week at work. Perhaps I will take a break and see Ginny and Richard during a lunch hour. I don't know if we can get to John's on Saturday.
Friday, when we go to the Morgan Library, or Monday, when we go to the Strand Bookstore?
Monday the 26th sounds good to me. The craziness will be subsiding by then. Let's aim for Monday and I'll let you know if anything changes.
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TOD:
imdb
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It will be a long week at work. Perhaps I will take a break and see Ginny and Richard during a lunch hour. I don't know if we can get to John's on Saturday.
Friday, when we go to the Morgan Library, or Monday, when we go to the Strand Bookstore?
Monday the 26th sounds good to me. The craziness will be subsiding by then. Let's aim for Monday and I'll let you know if anything changes.
Sounds good, Ben. This will be my first trip to NYC in a long time when I haven't had a business reason to visit your workplace.
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TOD:
I don't really have any set daily Internet itinerary [except for HHW, of course]. I just kind of go where the spirit moves me. And Twitter is great at pointing out destinations that I might not have known about.
I am rapidly getting to the point of blog oversaturation. There are just too many charming, literate, witty people out there writing to be able to take it all in. :(
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TOD - My browser usually has tabs open for HHW, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for lunch out later with best friend John. I'll likely watch last night's BROTHERS & SISTERS while I'm waiting for my friend to arrive.
WBBL.
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I am rapidly getting to the point of blog oversaturation. There are just too many charming, literate, witty people out there writing to be able to take it all in. :(
DR DAW - have you tried an "aggregator" like Bloglines? It allows you to scan your chosen blogs quickly and read only what really interests you. That reminds me - I need to add DR MBarnum's new blog to my "friends" category!
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Thanks, DR Ginny. I'll have to check that out.
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A stage manager for the Broadway revival of “South Pacific” has been accused of secretly recording an actress in her dressing room.
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The Complete National Geographic (every issue since 1888) on DVD-ROM: http://bit.ly/2GVhpg
Landfills everywhere overflow!!!
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Nothing worse than a bent prong!
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A stage manager for the Broadway revival of “South Pacific” has been accused of secretly recording an actress in her dressing room.
I bet it was Bloody Mary.
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Nothing worse than a bent prong!
Ain't that the God's truth.
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TOD: HHW
Facebook
MDJonline (to keep up with local political gossip/sleaze)
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TOD;
YouTube
www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com
www.worldofwisdombooks.zoomshare.com
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Good morning, all! I slept laye, nearly 9 am, and I've been busy with emails concerning Live Begins at 8:40 and all the madness this project still generates, laundry, and returning emails. Today I will be working at home, perhaps go to the NYPL when the laundry is over, and stop down at the show tonight.
I am quite excited about hearing Mr Barrett's album, and I hope it sounds lke what I magined during the arranging process. The problem with recording in LA and not being there, is that I have to rely on others to fix/adjust my errors in judgment or taste, and I rely on BK and Chris Denny for that. I've had several bad surprises from London recordings because I only hear the final mix and think, why wasn't I consulted before it was finalized? I got a peculiar phone call from BB last week about billing, so i'm curious to hear how it sounds and how the biling ended up.
TOD: Talkin' Broadway
Broadway World.com
Theatremania
Very rarely I go to the Sondheim site
CNN
Huffington Post
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www.crazydaysandnights.net For celebrity photos and gossip
The Google NEWS page is also quite informative
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But my first stop every day is always of course - HHW!
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Page Three Haines His Way Dance!
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Happy belated anniversary to DR Vixmom and Vixdad!
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DR George, sorry about your cds. I would also look over things again and make sure you just didn't misplace them.
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RE: last night's THE AMAZING RACE
RE: Last night's THE AMAZIN' RACE:
SPOILER WARNINGS!!!
Thank Gawd! I was getting so sick of that lunkhead and his whiney partner! As one of the Poker Gals once said, how did this idiot ever get to be a lawyer?
I was a little disappointed that there was no real challenge that involved the world's tallest building in Dubai other than taking an elevator ride up there. But the desert and indoor ski/snow challanges made up for it.
At this point, my favorites are the Ken and Barbie couple, the former Miss America and her hubby and the Globe Trotters. There's no team left that I actively dislike, but I guess I would say that the Poker girls and the young couple (with the girl who freaked about going up the tall building) are my least favorites.
I agree with a lot of what you wrote. I loved seeing dubai and seeing the desert and indoor skiing.
I really dislike the young couple. I should like them. They seem nice. They are attractive. BUT they come in last every single time (well almost). And i was so sick of listening to that girl whine. And i think it will get much worse next week from what they showed. They are not good competively at all!
I also really think the barbie and ken. And they ARE good competitors. But i'm not crazy about the globetrotters. They have not done anything to bug me. But they just don't stand out to me.
I was also sick of that loud mouth lawyer. Although his wife really bugged me this week. Could they be any less competitive? She kept saying she didn't know anything. They had a map! They funny thing was at the end when the loud mouth guy should have been mad he handled that so well. I was semi impressed!
The miss america and hubby actually are growing on me. He was really sweet this week and they showed their competitive nature.
I don't hate the female poker players. I think they are funny. But they are not good racers at all.
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A question for DR George:
Do you have an inventory of what was in the missing boxes? If so, distribute a list of the contents of what is missing to area shops that buy such things. They may have already made contact with the thief/thieves...but if they bought items from him/them, the store might have a record of who sold the items. The police would be interested in that...and you might get a little bit of satisfaction. You might even be able to recover some of your items.
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Happy October 19th to various and sundry. Especially you, DAW.
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I was sorry to read that "Ugly Betty" fared poorly in Friday night's ratings. I though it a splendid episode overall, but I loves me my "Ghost Whisperer" and "Medium" so I don't want anything taking away from their combined success.
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DR George - is your garage enclosed that only you can get to it?
TOD - yahoo.com/mail, playbill.com, livejournal.com, facebook.com, talkinbroadway.com/sound/upcoming, micechat.com, haineshisway.com
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Why thank you, DR RLP!!! :)
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I caught up on many TV programs over the weekend as I plowed my way through my DVR cache (which was 82% full...so lax was I in actually watching any programs last week).
One show, a favorite, was last week's episode of "Criminal Minds." I have to say I was shocked by the content and more than a little upset by the amount of senseless, brutal violence the show contained...and continued to replay. It was about three men -- sociopaths, all -- who randomly select a victim, beat him senseless and then take him to his home where they then beat everyone there senseless...and all are beaten to death...while the three men videotape their activities. Later on, they sit and watch their video with relish...enjoying it much the same as they might an auto rally or wrestling match.
Yes, I know there are such people in this world. Yes, I know its "intent" is to make folks aware of the methods by which law enforcement sniffs such folks out and puts them away.
But what I don't know is WHY it's necessary to show so much violence...I don't know WHY it's considered okay to be oh-so-clever in showing -- to people who may be just as sociopathic as the characters who are in the fictional episode -- the means by which they "might" be caught if THEY commit heinous crimes.
It's rather like CNN or Fox or CNBC (or whomever) giving out details of a pending military mission...details that the whole world can see...and HAVE SEEN...time and time again.
Is anyone else sick and tired of TV becoming a primer for criminal activity and for being a road map around U.S. strategic military intent?
Aughghghgh!
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TOD:
Here, FilmScoreMonthly Messageboard, Facebook, FarmVille, Farm Town...and Yahoo.com (my home page).
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TOD:
My daily routine, after HHW is...
Bollywhat.com is my favorite Bollywood forum
The blogs of: Memsaab Story, Beth Loves Bollywood, and Danger, Die, Die, Kill
Yahoo India's "Bollywood News" (for my daily dose of Bollygoss)
DVD Verdict I check each day to see what new releases are heading our way
Ebay
Classic Horror Film Board
Los Angeles Times obituary section
Facebook
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DR George, I am sorry to hear about this theft, but I have several questions, such as how did they get into your garage? thry only took show CDs? Do you know any dishonest musical theatre queens in Washington? What would they do with these CDs? Where would they sell them? If it is indeed a theft, you need to get to the police ASAP and file a report.
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DR George, I know how you feel. My house in Marietta was burglarized 3 times and sometime you don't even realize that things are gone until much later, when you go looking for something. It's like you're victimized all over again, and it makes you wonder what else is missing that you haven't noticed yet. I'm hoping maybe they're hiding somewhere...fingers crossed!
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Hmmm--DR George, were you at home when that crew came around to install your skylight? Wasn't that same crew doing repair on other condo roofs? I think, like someone esle mentioned, you should ask your neighbors if they've been missing items since that crew came through.
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Good morning, all! I slept laye, nearly 9 am, and I've been busy with emails concerning Live Begins at 8:40 and all the madness this project still generates, laundry, and returning emails. Today I will be working at home, perhaps go to the NYPL when the laundry is over, and stop down at the show tonight.
I am quite excited about hearing Mr Barrett's album, and I hope it sounds lke what I magined during the arranging process. The problem with recording in LA and not being there, is that I have to rely on others to fix/adjust my errors in judgment or taste, and I rely on BK and Chris Denny for that. I've had several bad surprises from London recordings because I only hear the final mix and think, why wasn't I consulted before it was finalized? I got a peculiar phone call from BB last week about billing, so i'm curious to hear how it sounds and how the biling ended up.
TOD: Talkin' Broadway
Broadway World.com
Theatremania
Very rarely I go to the Sondheim site
CNN
Huffington Post
I don't know the content of the phone call, but the billing is as I wanted it - you get sole orchestrator credit.
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I received an e-mail this morning from Susan Watson! She said, "It is very nice!" and then provided a link to something that I guess is very nice.
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I'm up, and have to go do the jog if I'm to do it - have to go pick up tapes and Cason is coming over around noon to help address and put postage on packages.
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BK, make sure that your garage is locked. And cover up any windows.
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I am watching SENIOR PROM (1958) the Columbia teen romance musical that JRand mentioned the other day....much different then Columbia's other teenage musicals...SENIOR PROM has lots of nifty Big Band lounge music (Les Elgart is one of the performers) and several Broadway like musical numbers, wherein most of Columbia's other films for the youth market were rock and roll driven.
And who knew Jill Corey was still around and even has her own webpage.
I wish I knew who played the hunky, tall college guy that Barbara Bostock's character is messing around with...he is dreamy!
PS: Barbara Bostock completely steals this movie!
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Good morning, all! I slept laye, nearly 9 am, and I've been busy with emails concerning Live Begins at 8:40 and all the madness this project still generates, laundry, and returning emails. Today I will be working at home, perhaps go to the NYPL when the laundry is over, and stop down at the show tonight.
I am quite excited about hearing Mr Barrett's album, and I hope it sounds lke what I magined during the arranging process. The problem with recording in LA and not being there, is that I have to rely on others to fix/adjust my errors in judgment or taste, and I rely on BK and Chris Denny for that. I've had several bad surprises from London recordings because I only hear the final mix and think, why wasn't I consulted before it was finalized? I got a peculiar phone call from BB last week about billing, so i'm curious to hear how it sounds and how the biling ended up.
TOD: Talkin' Broadway
Broadway World.com
Theatremania
Very rarely I go to the Sondheim site
CNN
Huffington Post
I don't know the content of the phone call, but the billing is as I wanted it - you get sole orchestrator credit.
Check your email.
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I wish I knew who played the hunky, tall college guy that Barbara Bostock's character is messing around with...he is dreamy!
Please, God, send DR MBarnum a man for Christmas and cure his erotomania!
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DR George - are you sure the boxes were stolen? I mean, if they were all together, and marked specially, why wouldn't a thief have taken all of the boxes together?
My numbered musical theater boxes weren't all next to each other in my garage, but in three different areas amongst all the boxes. The boxes that were taken were all near the door that is opposite the big garage door (and hidden from the street) and I assume that they just took whatever was closest and easiest.
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That's too bad about the loss of your CDs, George. Hopefully they will turn up.
I personally wouldn't file a claim with the insurance, though. Your rates will go up, and they won't give much value to used CDs, I'm sure.
Thanks, Laura. Friends of mine have said that they've made claims and then their insurance was cancelled! I did call and they said to file a police report and to get a complete (as possible) list of everything that is missing and the replacement value. That's gonna take some time! :-\
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George, I had a friend who made a claim for a laptop stolen out of the car. Their house and car insurance was canceled, and they had a hard time getting new insurance because they now had a record of filing claims. It cost them a lot more in premiums than replacing the stolen laptop.
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George, I had a friend who made a claim for a laptop stolen out of the car. Their house and car insurance was canceled, and they had a hard time getting new insurance because they now had a record of filing claims. It cost them a lot more in premiums than replacing the stolen laptop.
That's what I'm afraid of. I know that it could be several thousand dollars in replacement value, but insurance sometimes seems to be a racket.
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DR George - WHOA!
Are you sure the boxes aren't over at your sister's house? ;)
In any case...
Make one or two more passes through your garage, take notes, lots of notes, and then call the non-emergency number for the police in your area and your insurance company. You may also want to check with your neighbors and/or landlord to see if any other robberies have been reported in your neighborhood.
Yes, I'm 100% certain that they are not at my sister's AND that I never took them out of my garage. :) And I did tell the property manager. I didn't think to ask if anyone else was robbed.
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Aw, DR George, that totally sux! It's bad enough when regular CDs vanish but cast recordings go out-of-print and are difficult and expensive to replace.
But mi colección de CD es tu colección de CD. If there's anything you could use a copy of as a temp replacement, let me know. If I have it, you got it...
But just in case--
* * * * * VIBES THAT DR GEORGE'S MISSING BOXES SHOW UP * * * * *
Thanks, Dan...and thanks. ;)
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Dear George, I'm so sorry. That feeling something is different is usually right. I hope you find them and were not robbed.
DR George, sorry about your cds. I would also look over things again and make sure you just didn't misplace them.
Thanks Sam and Jennifer, but there is no way that I could have "misplaced" them. They're gone. :P
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Topic of the Day (in no particular order):
www.haineshisway.com
www.playbill.com
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html)
www.newsoftheweird.com
www.tmtfanclub.com
www.manhattantransfer.net
www.imdb.com
www.facebook.com
www.youtube.com
These are my regulars...that I'm willing to admit to in public. ;)
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DR George: Beating this already dead horse...is there something that you or someone else was doing in the garage that might have resulted in the boxes being moved....either someplace in the garage (behind or on top of something) or in an unexpected place?
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Nothing worse than a bent prong!
LOL! As soon as I typed that, I knew it had legs!
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An interesting take on the current state of recorded show music (http://www.psclassics.com/about.html).
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Before I left for lunch, I had the time to watch two things. I started with last night's BROTHERS & SISTERS. Lots of tear-inducing moments, and of course, Sarah's dreamy French lover now beginning a story arc for five or so episodes. Very enjoyable episode.
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Then I watched another BONES episode. This was the one with Booth abducted by the Gravedigger (who had abducted Bones and Hodgins last season which was one of my very favorite episodes), and we finally find out who the Gravedigger was. I liked the show, but the whole ghost/hallucination storyline wasn't my favorite.
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When I got in from lunch, I watched TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE on Blu-ray. I was pleased it was better than the first one. Still for the very youngest ones in the family (I'd say ten and under), but it was an entertaining little story with some nice life lessons for kids about friendship and responsibility and perseverence.
Beautiful looking disc with a couple of OK tunes.
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I had time to skim through today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE and AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest in either, and nothing in the ATWT previews either.
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Hopefully tonight I can squeeze in another of the DVR shows into my viewing schedule afetr watching more BONES episodes. I think maybe I'll get LAW & ORDER watched and cleared off.
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Good Afternoon!
It's been a great day so far here in Richmond. The fall foliage is stunning, the sky has been a clear, bright blue all day, and the temps warmed up nicely to the low 60s.
-I've basically been walking around for the past six hours. Whew! But a good Whew!
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And now to meet back up with Steve... Then I'm sitting in on the Richmond Men's Chorus rehearsal tonight... Then a post-rehearsal dinner... Then back to NYC...
Laters...
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I'm hopping off-line now to get some writing done, and then will be heading down to begin the evening viewing.
WBBL.
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What a busy little day this light day has turned out to be. Did the long jog, did my errands and whatnot, drove to the tape vault only to find out that my tapes had been erroneously given to someone else last Friday - they're coming back and I'll have to get them later in the week, which is fine. Then I had lunch with Cason at my beloved Dino's, picked up two packages, but neither of which were as important as the three that are wayyyyy overdue. Then we addressed all the packages, Cason is now attaching postage, and then we're going to Costco for some big boy waters and sodas.
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Thanks Ron, Matthew, Larry, Edisaurus and Dan (the Man) for questions and things to think about. Let me see if I can answer some of the questions:
I didn't have a specific inventory of what I had in the boxes. The musicals will actually be easy to figure out. They were in alphabetical order in the boxes and I can make a list of what I still have...then just try and remember what's missing. I hope that that'll work. The DVDs, however, will be harder. I know some large sets that I owned (the complete "Space 1999," four seasons of "Soap," things like that), but I don't remember everything that I had in there. When I was going through a couple of boxes that I still have, there were some titles that I didn't remember buying at all. :-\
My garage was locked but I don't know when/if I ever left it unlocked. I wouldn't think so because I have to make sure that it catches when I close it. It doesn't always stay closed the first time I shut the door, so I always have to check it and make sure.
Otherwise, I don't know how they got into my garage. My building was re-roofed a couple of months ago and they did take off the roofing material over the garage, but if someone from that crew did take my CDs and DVDs, others on the crew would've known about it and then they all would have to be in on it. That just doesn't seem plausible. When I told the property manager, she said that she trusted the workers very much. That doesn't mean that they couldn't have done it, but it just doesn't seem very likely.
I called one local used CD store, and the guy I talked to said that he did most of the buying for his store. He didn't remember anyone coming in with any cast album recordings anytime recently. Of course, that was only one store, so you never know.
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Hmmm--DR George, were you at home when that crew came around to install your skylight? Wasn't that same crew doing repair on other condo roofs? I think, like someone esle mentioned, you should ask your neighbors if they've been missing items since that crew came through.
The skylight was swapped out a couple of weeks after my roof was reshingled, and the neighbors that I have on both sides now (a Joni Mitchell reference) haven't been there very long. I don't know anything about the previous renters.
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DR George: Beating this already dead horse...is there something that you or someone else was doing in the garage that might have resulted in the boxes being moved....either someplace in the garage (behind or on top of something) or in an unexpected place?
No. The boxes in my garage are in a clump and only three boxes deep (going lengthwise in the garage), so there's no way to hide them. I looked all through my house and there's no way/where that anything could be hidden there, either.
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Not to be a downer or anything. ::)
;)
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Page Two GO PHILLIES!!! Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/jb_jazz_fosse_2_e.jpg)
Those DAMN YANKEES!
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Hmmm, I try to get a new Christmas album every year or so. Wonder which one I should get this year ;) ?
Jim Nabors
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A stage manager for the Broadway revival of “South Pacific” has been accused of secretly recording an actress in her dressing room.
If they had said recording Paul Szot, it might have been me.
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Well, it seems the "VERY religious" PTA VP at the grandlads Middle School has taken up the time honored tradition of Book Burning. The PTA is sponsoring a Scholatics Book Fair, and the self-appointed Guardian of Morals has already pulled a bunch of books from the fair.
The Evil Things:
The Hunger Games - a New York Times best seller which is highlighted in our local book store on their Teen Fiction shelf and was on the Sussex County Suggested Summer reading list for Middle Schools.
The Chronicles of Valamir Tod - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), put The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod on their 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers selection list.
(I bought a copy to read first.)
Pride & Prejudice and Zombies - which I'm thinking of ordering from Amazon.
Unfortunately my DIL is taking her side! She doesn't think 12 year olds are teens and doesn't think their parents should be burdened with the proplem of junior bringing home inappropriate reading material. She refuses to let Alex read Goosebumps books because they're below his reading level - well, reading level-wise he's ready for Forever Amber and Lolita.
The there is this:
"Just because he has the ability to understand complex issues does not mean I want him to feel obligated to read adult situational things that he is not ready for. Granted he is a bit immature for his age but I don’t want to push these situations on him. So Pride and Prejudice with or without zombies is out for him!".
Well, not to worry what middle-school boy would every read Pride & Prejudice! (Well, maybe Larry did).
I swear, self appointed censors are more annoying than a bent prong!
der Brucer
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TOD;
YouTube
www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com
www.worldofwisdombooks.zoomshare.com
Jack, I suppose if I want to play Horace in Dolly, I will have to fight you for the role?
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Good morning, all! I slept laye, nearly 9 am, and I've been busy with emails concerning Live Begins at 8:40 and all the madness this project still generates, laundry, and returning emails. Today I will be working at home, perhaps go to the NYPL when the laundry is over, and stop down at the show tonight.
I am quite excited about hearing Mr Barrett's album, and I hope it sounds lke what I magined during the arranging process. The problem with recording in LA and not being there, is that I have to rely on others to fix/adjust my errors in judgment or taste, and I rely on BK and Chris Denny for that. I've had several bad surprises from London recordings because I only hear the final mix and think, why wasn't I consulted before it was finalized? I got a peculiar phone call from BB last week about billing, so i'm curious to hear how it sounds and how the biling ended up.
TOD: Talkin' Broadway
Broadway World.com
Theatremania
Very rarely I go to the Sondheim site
CNN
Huffington Post
Why did Bridgitte Bardot call you about billing?
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DR George, I am sorry to hear about this theft, but I have several questions, such as how did they get into your garage? thry only took show CDs? Do you know any dishonest musical theatre queens in Washington?
I resent that!
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Good morning, all! I slept laye, nearly 9 am, and I've been busy with emails concerning Live Begins at 8:40 and all the madness this project still generates, laundry, and returning emails. Today I will be working at home, perhaps go to the NYPL when the laundry is over, and stop down at the show tonight.
I am quite excited about hearing Mr Barrett's album, and I hope it sounds lke what I magined during the arranging process. The problem with recording in LA and not being there, is that I have to rely on others to fix/adjust my errors in judgment or taste, and I rely on BK and Chris Denny for that. I've had several bad surprises from London recordings because I only hear the final mix and think, why wasn't I consulted before it was finalized? I got a peculiar phone call from BB last week about billing, so i'm curious to hear how it sounds and how the biling ended up.
TOD: Talkin' Broadway
Broadway World.com
Theatremania
Very rarely I go to the Sondheim site
CNN
Huffington Post
Why did Bridgitte Bardot call you about billing?
I was thinking Barry Bostwick. :D
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George, I am so sorry about your missing recordings.
And I have an alibi for eveyday that it could have happened!
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Good morning, all! I slept laye, nearly 9 am, and I've been busy with emails concerning Live Begins at 8:40 and all the madness this project still generates, laundry, and returning emails. Today I will be working at home, perhaps go to the NYPL when the laundry is over, and stop down at the show tonight.
I am quite excited about hearing Mr Barrett's album, and I hope it sounds lke what I magined during the arranging process. The problem with recording in LA and not being there, is that I have to rely on others to fix/adjust my errors in judgment or taste, and I rely on BK and Chris Denny for that. I've had several bad surprises from London recordings because I only hear the final mix and think, why wasn't I consulted before it was finalized? I got a peculiar phone call from BB last week about billing, so i'm curious to hear how it sounds and how the biling ended up.
TOD: Talkin' Broadway
Broadway World.com
Theatremania
Very rarely I go to the Sondheim site
CNN
Huffington Post
Why did Bridgitte Bardot call you about billing?
I was thinking Barry Bostwick. :D
Ahh, good point. I doubt Ms. Bardot even knows elmore.
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Page four? All packages are addressed and have postage, which is a good thing since CDs will be here in the morning.
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RE: Last night's THE AMAZIN' RACE:
SPOILER WARNINGS!!!
Thank Gawd! I was getting so sick of that lunkhead and his whiney partner! As one of the Poker Gals once said, how did this idiot ever get to be a lawyer?
I was a little disappointed that there was no real challenge that involved the world's tallest building in Dubai other than taking an elevator ride up there. But the desert and indoor ski/snow challanges made up for it.
At this point, my favorites are the Ken and Barbie couple, the former Miss America and her hubby and the Globe Trotters. There's no team left that I actively dislike, but I guess I would say that the Poker girls and the young couple (with the girl who freaked about going up the tall building) are my least favorites.
SPOILER CONTINUES
I pretty much agree with you. I'm liking the poker girls better than I did.
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I was thinking Barry Bostwick.
Well: Benjamin Britten is dead.
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It could have been Brian Boitano calling DR Elmore.
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Have been to Costco and am now stocked with water and Diet Coke for at least two months.
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It could have been Brian Boitano calling DR Elmore.
Did he tell Elmore what he would be cooking?
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We have good news and bad news about our NYC apartment situation. The good news is that we received the key in the mail today. The bad news is that I also received an email from the landlady apologizing for the fact that the elevator, which has been undergoing renovations, did not pass inspection and will likely not be operational for some or all of our stay. She IS offering to discount our rent for the days that it's out, but here's what I said in my email back to her:
"As an out-of-shape baby boomer who just watched the Mad Men episode in which Don and his boss had to walk up 23 flights, I'm not thrilled about the elevator news. We'll get back to you."
As Richard points out, 5 flights isn't nearly as bad as 23. And there don't seem to be a lot of alternatives at this point.
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I was thinking Barry Bostwick.
Well: Benjamin Britten is dead.
But Benjamin Bratt is not!
der Brucer
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Good Evening!
Greetings from rehearsal.
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As Richard points out, 5 flights isn't nearly as bad as 23.
Just pretend you're rehearsing for "Barefoot In the Park".
der Brucer
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And be sure you have everything when you leave the apartment. Running back for a forgotten item will be a real pain!
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DR Ginny - Well... At least you won't have to be moving and carrying any furniture up those five flights of stairs. :-\
As for a discount, she should just give you one night free... And a stack of one-dollar bills for you to tip any Good Samaritans.
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TOD - Here...I go to AILA.ORG all the time - immigration law, Facebook, CNN, lots of places I sometimes go
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Speaking of favorite sites -
I missed Michael Musto's blog last Friday and it turned out I was mentioned, or at least he mentioned & linked the I'M STILL QUEER video from a few months back. That was fun!
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2009/10/hilarious_gay_s.php
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DWS SPOILER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DR LAURA.....Donny got 2 tens and a nine! That's good
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Besides HHW...
Playbill.com
facebook.com
NYTimes.com
twitter.com - which usually leads to some other sites, usually Gothamist.com, Gawker.com and AmateurGourmet.com
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DR FJL - Cool Fun!!
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G'night!
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Congratulations, DR FJL!! You're famous! :D
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Sweet dreams, DR TCB.
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George, I am so sorry about your missing recordings.
And I have an alibi for eveyday that it could have happened!
Thanks Tom...and I have no doubt that you can account for your whereabouts. ;)
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Thanks for the input, DRs der Brucer, Cillaliz, and Jose. The discount she's offering is, in effect, one night free (assuming the elevator is out all five nights we're there).
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Congrats FJL
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One of my former clients brought in a big batch of homemade ceviche today...YUM!!
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I've never heard of that, Cillaliz.
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Thanks, guys, for the congrats!!!
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CEVICHE NAVIDAD - my new holiday dish
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Hi
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OK, CNN has an article that says "Balloon family feels under seige" Well duh, you do some big hoax to get attention and you'll get attention. Maybe not the attention you were seeking, but attention nonetheless.
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Topic of the Day:
I always read Playbill.com, Gothamist, a bit of The New York Times, and Jalopnik.
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Nice blog entry, DR FJL!
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Great news, FJL!
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OK, CNN has an article that says "Balloon family feels under seige" Well duh, you do some big hoax to get attention and you'll get attention. Maybe not the attention you were seeking, but attention nonetheless.
A six-year-old will lie to keep himself out of trouble. But if you want to find out the truth about someone else, ask a six-year-old!
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Thanks so much to Jose, DAW, Cilla, Ginny and Laura.
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Spent most of the evening watching BONES episodes. I am now one episode into disc five (there are six discs in the set), so my little experiment has worked out very well with watching BONES while I was working on other projects. Of course, I had already seen all these episodes (well, the one with John Pyper-Ferguson as a blind man I must have missed last year; I didn't remember it at all.), so I wasn't trying to keep running story arcs straight since I was already familiar with them. Not sure how many more episodes are left on the set. I didn't count, but I will tomorrow.
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I did save time to watch last night's MAD MEN. The Don-romance stuff I found very uninteresting, but I enjoyed everything else about the episode including Peggy and Paul's "rivalry" for a Western Union idea and Betty's discovery of the contents of the drawer she's been trying to get into for years. Looks like Joan is back next week. There are only three episodes left in the season, and Kennedy's assassination is certainly looming. Wonder how the episode will be framed by that upcoming event?
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Speaking of favorite sites -
I missed Michael Musto's blog last Friday and it turned out I was mentioned, or at least he mentioned & linked the I'M STILL QUEER video from a few months back. That was fun!
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2009/10/hilarious_gay_s.php
This is pretty darned cool, Fred! Congrats!
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Time to head home.
Bye...for now.
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Time for me to head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Thanks, George!
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OK, CNN has an article that says "Balloon family feels under seige" Well duh, you do some big hoax to get attention and you'll get attention. Maybe not the attention you were seeking, but attention nonetheless.
I know. i hope the judge throws the book at these asses.
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The show was great tonight! There were a couple of changes that surprised me. I saw my old friend Michael Feinstein afterwards. I don't think we'd seen each other since 1987 or so and he seemed to like the show. He looked great. I felt old and decrepit. I also saw my old friend Greg MacKellan who runs the 42nd Street Moon Company in San Francisco. He's in town this week for NAMT.
The new finale works fine. I think the ending I did worked equally well but it makes no never mind which makes the final cut.
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Certainly they need to take a careful look at parents who make their children part of a hoax like this and then ask them to lie.
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Finished with my viewing for the evening. Have listened to the Brent master - had a few notes, so he'll do those and then off it will go to the pressing plant. Am now listening to the new Jerry Goldsmith release, a two-fer that includes IQ and Seconds. IQ is later Jerry and not too interesting - basically a lot of tracks quoting Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, which gets really old after track six. I'm just waiting for Seconds, one of Jerry's greatest scores, IMO.
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What the HELL is going on here. People now desert us at nine? I gotta tell you. And might I just ask WHERE IS JANE?
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Did I miss the part where she just disappears?
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Where is Jeanne? Did I miss the part where she just disappears?
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Gratuitous Post #164...just because. :)
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Where is Jeanne? Did I miss the part where she just disappears?
Jeanne posted on October 16, 2009, 02:15:21 PM:
I survived the Attack of the Vampire, although my neck is still a bit sore. (Lots of needles.) No problems from Awful Ava, the nurse, who just sat there, doing absolutely nothing, but apparently that is what she was supposed to do. I spoke to the surgeon a bit. He said it looks like a cyst (best scenario), but, of course, we won't know until we get the biopsy report back next week.
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~~~Continued Vibes for DR Jeanne!!~~
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And JANE?