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Well, you've read the notes, the notes breezed, and now it is time for you to post until the breezin' cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: CANAILLE!
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And the word of the day is: CANAILLE!
Isn't that a bean?
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!! ;D
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Happy Happy Birthday, DR DakotaCelt!
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WISHING DR DAKOTA CELT
A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
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:) ;) :D ;D :o 8) :P :-*
Happy B day Dakota Celt
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Happy Day to Dakota!
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Good morning, all! I just put the laundry into the washers. I have a bit of work here today along with a matinee of FINIAN'S RAINBOW; today Joshie makes his Broadway conducting debut and I will be there to cheer him. It will be fun to see the show again and to wish everyone a very happy New Year.
In about another 30 minutes I will mop the bathroom and tidy the apartment. The neighbor above me kept his partying with guests no later than some time around 12:30 am last night, but I don't want to disturb the neighbor below me by doing any noisy housework before 9 am.
I did find a biography about Victoria and Albert on Amazon.com and ordered it; I want to see the film again. I may see UP IN THE AIR on New Year's Day, and I want to see the new Disney film this week as well.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Wishes to Our DR Dakotacelt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A HAPPY HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY TO DEAR READER DAKOTA CELT!!!
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Happy Wednesday morning.
Cold. Very cold.
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A very Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!!
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~~~BROADWAY CONDUCTING DEBUT VIBES~~~
FOR JOSHIE!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy birthday, DR Dakota Celt. And thanks for the mention of doing laundry, DR Elmore. Have some of that to tend to. And a few bills to pay and all that end-of-the-year stuff I'd just rather put off.
Have a great day, all.
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Happy Conducting Debut for DAS Joshie!!
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Happy happy birthday to dear DakotaCelt!
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Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!
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I watched the first hour of the Kennedy Center honors last night. I really enjoyed the musical numbers for Mel Brooks.
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DR Jose I just clicked on your list of words that people spell incorrectly. For some reason i thought it would be difficult words, and not just the basics. But still interesting.
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With all this talk of kidney stones, are they much more frequent in men?
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR DAKOTA CELT ! ! ! ! !
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Good morning!
It felt warmer this morning than yesterday morning, and my walk was fun. It's overcast, however, because we're expecting rain tonight. Deep freeze temperatures arrive on Friday or Saturday.
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Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!
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So far, no UPS deliveries this morning, so it appears I may be having another day off. If that's so, I'll watch on of my CHristmas Blu-ray gifts this afternoon and maybe some Warner Archive discs tonight. Certainly there's nothing but reruns on TV, so nothing there of interest.
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Re: INGLORIUS BASTERDS
I really liked the film, too.
Any movie that has Jews killing Nazis has got to be good.
Loved "the Bear" and his baseball bat.
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Wednesday morning greetings! It's cold and gloomy here today and I slept until almost 9am (very late for me).
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Well, I have a different reaction to the two KILL BILL films. I admire them both, but they're SO different from each other, and I really preferred the less frenetic pace and depth of feel of the second one. When I want to watch KILL BILL, I always go for part II first.
I'm not a Tarantino groupie. I haven't seen everything he's done (have never watched RESERVOIR DOGS, for instance), and I was repelled by PULP FICTION when I first saw it. (I suspect it wouldn't be so shocking to me now having seen much of his oeuvre.)
But INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS impressed me from the get-go, and for me it's his best movie by far.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR DakotaCelt!
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I checked the timing for CHE, DR Jose. Each film runs 129 minutes making a total of 4 hours, 18 minutes, so I guess it ISN'T close to five hours after all.
I have no idea when these Fox discs will arrive that I'm expecting, but provided that I get them done by the weekend, I'll be spending next week with these Criterion releases. I'm really looking forward to seeing PARIS TEXAS again after all these years.
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As for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II, unquestionably the worst of the three movies. I still think the first one is the best one.
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I recorded last night's NCIS rerun, so that's likely what I'll watch while I eat lunch. They're always fun to revisit. I just hope it's an episode from this season since I'm making my way back through last season's episodes now from the DVD box set.
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Page Two Dance!!!
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Well, I have a different reaction to the two KILL BILL films. I admire them both, but they're SO different from each other, and I really preferred the less frenetic pace and depth of feel of the second one. When I want to watch KILL BILL, I always go for part II first.
I'm not a Tarantino groupie. I haven't seen everything he's done (have never watched RESERVOIR DOGS, for instance), and I was repelled by PULP FICTION when I first saw it. (I suspect it wouldn't be so shocking to me now having seen much of his oeuvre.)
But INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS impressed me from the get-go, and for me it's his best movie by far.
The only Tarantino movie that I didn't like was his GRINDHOUSE contribution. Absolutely boring!
If UP IN THE AIR does not win the Best Picture Oscar, I would like to see it go to INGLORIOUS BASTERDS.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR DAKOTA CELT!
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Sounds like MR BK has a busy day. I don't have much to do, since I can't update the theatre website until the webmaster does some tweaking on the tabs and pages.....which someone is working on......I have been told.
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Perhaps my Yakuza films will arrive today.
Just finished reading DANGEROUSLY FUNNY - the account of the trials and tribulations of The Smothers Brothers Show. Interesting - hopefully it won't be made into a TV movie.
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My first question for ASK BK day.....do you like The Smothers Brothers, did you watch their show?
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Happy happy happy birthday to Dakota Celt!
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The laundry is finished, the bathroom floor mopped and the rest of the apartment vacuumed. I have to wrap Josh's debut gift and do a bit of work on my Sanford and Langey biographies before I head out.
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DR Elmore - give Josh our best on this special day!
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Yesterday I made two pots of soup with the goose carcasses - it looks really fine!! I think I'll have some for lunch today. I keep unintentionally referring to said concoction as Duck Soup - probably in tribute to the film which I have loved watching many times.
Okay - so here's a question for BK: have you ever eaten a goose??
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Question for BK: with there being ten slots for Best Picture in this year's Oscar race, which schlock release do you think might be able to find its way into being nominated?
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Elmo - Broadway debut congrats to your pal, Josh.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... Oh, and I guess should start a load of laundry myself... Thanks for the "reminder". ;)
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And now that the laundry is in the washer...
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Happy Birthday, DR DakotaCelt!!!!!
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And the word of the day is: CANAILLE!
Canaille, Canaille?
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Happy Birthday, Sarah!
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Happy Birthday DR DakotaCelt
I'm off to work... blech (I'm suppose to be on vacation!!)
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The UPS truck pulled up right alongside my house, and I was sure that was signalling the arrival of the Fox Blu-rays and GLEE, but, nope. He walked right past my front door.
So, looks like a day off for me! Means I'll be able to enjoy the (hopefully) hot reconcilliation scene between Kyle and Oliver today on ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
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I checked the timing for CHE, DR Jose. Each film runs 129 minutes making a total of 4 hours, 18 minutes, so I guess it ISN'T close to five hours after all.
Thanks for checking, DR MattH. Although, now that I think of it, I guess I'm remembering the running time that was listed for the "roadshow engagement" which included the intermission.
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Looks like DR Ron Pulliam got home safe and sound. Glad to see you're home and posting!
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Oh, yes.
I'm back home.
Oy!
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I checked the timing for CHE, DR Jose. Each film runs 129 minutes making a total of 4 hours, 18 minutes, so I guess it ISN'T close to five hours after all.
Thanks for checking, DR MattH. Although, now that I think of it, I guess I'm remembering the running time that was listed for the "roadshow engagement" which included the intermission.
Again, I haven't cracked open the box yet, but it appears from the quick glance I gave it that in addition to the two movies, there's another disc of bonus material. So, this is going to take me at least two days of work to do everything. One day to watch both parts (afternoon and evening installments, I suspect). And then a separate day on the bonus features, similar to the way I approached 8 1/2.
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Oh, yes.
I'm back home.
Oy!
Looks like you're going to miss out on our deep freeze by a few days. COnsider yourself lucky!
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I had a great flight back (and SUPER service in 1st Class).
Slept...watched the movie "All About Steve" (don't waste your money on DVD...watch on HBO or other premium channel...or wait for network broadcasts).
Got in early, got home reasonably soon after. Unpacked. Caught up on e-stuff. Drove my car to market for some groceries. Returned and ate a couple of sandwiches. Watched a little TV and was ready for bed by 8:30 p.m.
Slept well...got up at 5:30 a.m. and have been doing e-stuff ever since.
Need coffee. Need food. Need a NAP!
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I reviewed ALL ABOUT STEVE on Blu-ray last week. Truly terrible. Probably my least favorite Sandra Bullock performance ever.
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I have my New Year's Day repast ready to cook: Baby-backed ribs, turnip greens and black-eyed peas.
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Now, I guess I'll finish up some computer stuff here and then head down, rewatch a MENTALIST episode, get some lunch prepared, and then start on leisure viewing this afternoon.
WBBL.
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I reviewed ALL ABOUT STEVE on Blu-ray last week. Truly terrible. Probably my least favorite Sandra Bullock performance ever.
But...I thought Thomas Haden Church was very good in it. He's a terrific actor.
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DR Jose I just clicked on your list of words that people spell incorrectly. For some reason i thought it would be difficult words, and not just the basics. But still interesting.
It is a good, basic list, however, I will say I guess it's more slanted toward "usage" rather than "misspelling". However, they are quite common, sometimes too common. ;)
*There is usually a bit of "forgiveness" when it comes to misspelling "difficult words". Not so much with "lose" v. "loose", and "its" v. "it's".
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Glad to be home, actually, but didn't want to come back. The two weeks just zoomed by.
Each year, I find it harder to remove "retirement" from my "near future".
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PAGE THREE BABYBACK RIBS DANCE!!!
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*Which is a totally different thing from the "Baby Got Back" Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zKZo-A1Cwc).
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A most happy birthday to DR Dakota Celt! Have a great day!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAKOTACELT.
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Snow is imminent.
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The Brothers Smothers' soundcheck when I opened for them was one of the most fascinating yet kind of creepy things I had ever witnessed. They weren't shy about sharing their familial animus with the assembled multitudes. ;)
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Our family gathered around the radio a while ago to listen to Carl Kasell's final newscast on NPR. Best retirement wishes, CK!
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Well... Maybe I won't head down to the Neil Simon this afternoon... Maybe because I won't be able to get there...
Times Square Shut Down Due To Suspicious Vehicle
42nd Street And Broadway Closed As NYPD Investigates Park White Van (http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/times.square.suspicious.2.1397171.html)
*DR elmore - You may have to adjust your transit plans accordingly depending how this pans out.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eckman always send the best cards. :)
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Well... Guess I'll find out if the NYPD have blocked off more than just 42nd St & Broadway. -Although, from the pic in that article, it looks like the van is parked right in front of the 1/2/3/N/R/W station. At least I'm on the A.
Laters...
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Prolly some guy delivering Jessica Simpson's Pro Activ.
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The Brothers Smothers' soundcheck when I opened for them was one of the most fascinating yet kind of creepy things I had ever witnessed. They weren't shy about sharing their familial animus with the assembled multitudes. ;)
Details please.
And what did you play to open for the boys?
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Why is HERE'S LUCY Season Two already available, but we still only have season one of THE LUCY SHOW?
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DR Elmore - give Josh our best on this special day!
I will; we were just PM-ing on Facebook. He's getting excited and there will be several of his good friends there to cheer for him. I just wrapped his debut gift and I need to find a nice card.
He's a little nervous and very excited. The orchestra, which has a lot of Encores! players, loves him, and Suzanne, the concert master, and Billy, the drummer, will help him along although I don't think he'll need much help. Suzanne played for a recording session he did last year and she says he's a really good conductor.
I am so looking forward to this.
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How To Find Anything Online (http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/how-to-find-anything-online-become-an-internet-research-expert/)
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DR DAKOTA!
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~~~BROADWAY CONDUCTING DEBUT VIBES~~~
FOR JOSHIE!!!!!!!!!!
DITTO!
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DR Jose I just clicked on your list of words that people spell incorrectly. For some reason i thought it would be difficult words, and not just the basics. But still interesting.
Funny, i expected little misspelled words such as "the".
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Re: INGLORIUS BASTERDS
I really liked the film, too.
Any movie that has Jews killing Nazis has got to be good.
keith recently moved it to the top of our netflix queue. it has a very long wait before it is available.
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Glad to be home, actually, but didn't want to come back. The two weeks just zoomed by.
Each year, I find it harder to remove "retirement" from my "near future".
i wish you could stay longer, at least your trip home was uneventful.
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My first question for ASK BK day.....do you like The Smothers Brothers, did you watch their show?
I think I've written of them here before, but yes, I loved and love them and never missed an episode of their show. I don't like watching Tom when he's in his pontificating mode, but when they're doing the thing they do, I adore them.
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Yesterday I made two pots of soup with the goose carcasses - it looks really fine!! I think I'll have some for lunch today. I keep unintentionally referring to said concoction as Duck Soup - probably in tribute to the film which I have loved watching many times.
Okay - so here's a question for BK: have you ever eaten a goose??
I believe the answer to that question would be no.
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And the word of the day is: CANAILLE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: HOUND DOG
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Question for BK: with there being ten slots for Best Picture in this year's Oscar race, which schlock release do you think might be able to find its way into being nominated?
I haven't seen enough movies this year to know, but ten slots is just ridiculous and just about everything that was an Oscar bait film can get up.
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Thank you Vixmom, cilla,& jose. So far the vibes are working :D
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAKOTA CELT
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The suspicious van has been deemed safe.
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CDs arrived at nine and I've got all the domestic copies packaged and am going to do some of the overseas now. These are more complicated than usual because of the multiples, which sometimes includes one copy of one and two copies of another and then sometimes an older CD - I have to be very careful. I have not heard a peep from the helper about stopping in Century City for the tapes - I've left her another message and another e-mail, but I have to tell her she's got to get back to me in a much more timely manner than this.
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In other news - it's pouring rain. The new motor car is nice and dry in the garage environment, and I think I'll do the shipping of the packages in the old motor car or in the helper's car.
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DR JOSESPIANO mentioned Tabitha's Salon Takeover - I was watching it last night, too - but had to turn it off. Tabitha was visiting a salon in Chicago's Boys' Town....and the guys working there were mostly unskilled and I wouldn't let any of them cut my hair - and I don't even have much.
Yes, MR BK - I remember your musings on The Brothers Smothers....this new book is most interesting. And as the years have gone by.....and even at the time - I had the boys mixed up and thought that it was Dick who was causing all the trouble....turned out to be the older brother Tom - who played the younger brother in the boys' act.... Tom's dealings with CBS were most interesting, and the network really did try to work with them, until Tom decided he was bigger than CBS.... He wasn't.
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Okay - so here's a question for BK: have you ever eaten a goose??
I believe the answer to that question would be no.
But have you ever cooked your goose??
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Tavern on the Green Est Kaput
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/30/business/main6038036.shtml
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Good morning, everyone.
Yes, it is raining in LA. I saw it in the forecast, but it just didn't look like rain to me. Perhaps I need to clean my weather window--or my glasses.
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DD gets quite restless when he hasn't had a walk, so I walked him in the rain. He also tends to chew something up when I leave for a few hours. So far it hasn't been anything of any significance, thankfully.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DR DAKOTA CELT!!
May you have a lovely day!
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It is laundry day here, as well. Plus, a work day. I am at present procrastinating. HHW is an excellent way to procrastinate.
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Glad to see that DR Ron both had a good vacation and has returned safely.
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I have been beseiged with much anecdotal musings about kidney stones over the past few days. I feel like I'm in a very exclusive club. Not. ;) I did pick up some Cranberry juice mixes (I can't stand cranberries, so I need to have the flavor masked with something else). I'm currently having some cranberry-raspberry concoction that isn't half bad. Unfortunately, it isn't half good either.
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Must get to work.
TTFN.
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I am now more convinced than ever that I've been dealing with apparently very small stones for years, as my kidneys since yesterday have had the same dull aching, slightly numb feeling I get once or twice a year. I am assuming this is residual pain from the stones. Who knows when I will be able to see the urologist--every time I call, they place me on hold, and it has been a nightmare to try to get the ER records to them.
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I heard that buying a new house and moving is supposed to mask the symptoms of kidney stones.
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<---------- Milestone!!!!
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Good Afternoon!
Alas... No Ragtime for me. The matinee was sold out, and I did not win the ticket lottery. Ah, well.
However, while I was waiting in front of the Neil Simon for my name (not) to be drawn, I did run into two of my dear friends from DC who are in the cast of Ragtime. So, even though I did not get to see them in the show, I'm very glad I had a chance to briefly chat with them, give them a good hug, and wish them well.
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Congratulations to DR JRand59 on his lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!! :D
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So, I've gotten my recipes and cooking plan lined up for the next several days and will soon be off to the grocery...bye for now!
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5 minutes to places. Mr. Clayton to the pit. 5 minutes to places.
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Milestones, Millstones and Kidney Stones!
-I sense a trend.
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Somebody needs to tell the folks at Broadwayworld.com how to spell Spielberg.
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5 minutes to places. Mr. Clayton to the pit. 5 minutes to places.
Do Broadway conductors wear black tie?
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Do Broadway conductors wear black tie?
In the pit? Or at Musical Mondays? ;D
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I am now more convinced than ever that I've been dealing with apparently very small stones for years, as my kidneys since yesterday have had the same dull aching, slightly numb feeling I get once or twice a year. I am assuming this is residual pain from the stones. Who knows when I will be able to see the urologist--every time I call, they place me on hold, and it has been a nightmare to try to get the ER records to them.
I - and my doctor - came to same conclusion last year (or was that already two years ago?). In any case...
Yes, it can take a while for some of the residual pain to recede. It can also mean that there are still some smaller stones aggravating things. However, it does sound like the "biggie" has passed. -Thankfully, I never had a "biggie".
As for cranberry juice, yes, it can help. However, depending on exactly what is causing the kidney stones - like if they're due to some sort of low-level infection - cranberry juice can have little to no effect. In some cases, it can actually make the situation worse. -Which is why a urinalysis is important.
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I have completed my sparkling new arrangement of Blame it on the Bossa Nova for my upcoming Pops session. I must say Ms. Eydie Gorme is rather shrill on her higher notes in her hit version and I'm frankly surprised her producer let that version hit the market, though of course it was one of her biggest hits, so what do I know? I'm sure JR prefers Annette's rendition.
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5 minutes to places. Mr. Clayton to the pit. 5 minutes to places.
Do Broadway conductors wear black tie?
It depends on the show, and/or the time of day (matinee v. evening). Some shows just require black clothes, others do require black tie/tuxedo. However, some "black tie" shows do allow the conductor to wear a nice black suit or dressy black shirt for matinees. In most cases, it's conductor's choice, taste.
However, if the production does require the musicians to wear "black tie", then, in most cases, the musicians are able to place their tuxes and dresses in with the wardrobe department weekly dry-cleaning.
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JRand59
Congratulationd on Your Millstone
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The suspicious van has been deemed safe.
Yes, it has. Although, the reports of fake police tags on the van are a bit unsettling. -If said reports turn out to be true.
*And when I was just down there, it didn't really seem like "anything" going on.
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I have completed my sparkling new arrangement of Blame it on the Bossa Nova for my upcoming Pops session. I must say Ms. Eydie Gorme is rather shrill on her higher notes in her hit version and I'm frankly surprised her producer let that version hit the market, though of course it was one of her biggest hits, so what do I know? I'm sure JR prefers Annette's rendition.
Indeed....Senorita Funicello's version es muy bueno.....Senora Lawrence's version - no tanto.
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There is a lovelier than lovely interview with Liz Callaway in the current [Jan/Feb '10] issue of Cabaret Scenes (http://www.cabaretscenes.org/) magazine. Alas, the interview is not online.
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Thanks DR ARNOLDMBROCKMAN.
Thanks DR JOSE - if it was my debut - I would wear the black tie.....
Yes, DR DAW....in THE PIT!!! LOL
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Page Five Annette....Bossa Nova!
How did she get into that Thunderbird?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHFf9Xdgi8
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There is a lovelier than lovely interview with Liz Callaway in the current [Jan/Feb '10] issue of Cabaret Scenes (http://www.cabaretscenes.org/) magazine. Alas, the interview is not online.
I knew if you looked hard enough, you would be able to find the one thing that is not online! ;D
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I have been beseiged with much anecdotal musings about kidney stones over the past few days. I feel like I'm in a very exclusive club. Not. ;) I did pick up some Cranberry juice mixes (I can't stand cranberries, so I need to have the flavor masked with something else). I'm currently having some cranberry-raspberry concoction that isn't half bad. Unfortunately, it isn't half good either.
and probably isn't strong enough to do ane good. there are capsules, i have some from jarrow.
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Tap tap tap.
Still waiting for the Smothers Brothers story.
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Alas... No Ragtime for me.
sorry :)
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Tap tap tap.
Isn't it "twice on the pipe" if the answer is 'no'? ;)
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Alas... No Ragtime for me.
sorry
Me, too!!! :(
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Alas... No Ragtime for me.
sorry
Me, too!!! :(
Aw, Thank You, DRs Jane and DAW. But, as I mentioned earlier, I'm glad I was able to catch up with some of my friends before their matinee. -And I also ended up standing next to another DC friend who had also signed up for the ticket lottery. Not a bad way to spend about 30 minutes in the cold.
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DR JOSESPIANO mentioned Tabitha's Salon Takeover - I was watching it last night, too - but had to turn it off. Tabitha was visiting a salon in Chicago's Boys' Town....and the guys working there were mostly unskilled and I wouldn't let any of them cut my hair - and I don't even have much.
All in all, it really wasn't as great - or "fabulous" - an episode that I thought it was going to be, that it could have been. The owner definitely seemed to be butching it up for the cameras, and he had obviously had just had his hair color touched-up, as well a teeth-whitening treatment.
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Alas... No Ragtime for me.
sorry
Me, too!!! :(
Aw, Thank You, DRs Jane and DAW. But, as I mentioned earlier, I'm glad I was able to catch up with some of my friends before their matinee. -And I also ended up standing next to another DC friend who had also signed up for the ticket lottery. Not a bad way to spend about 30 minutes in the cold.
not bad, still it would have been nice to see the show. maybe a miracle will happen & the show will be extended.
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Yes, MR BK - I remember your musings on The Brothers Smothers....this new book is most interesting. And as the years have gone by.....and even at the time - I had the boys mixed up and thought that it was Dick who was causing all the trouble....turned out to be the older brother Tom - who played the younger brother in the boys' act.... Tom's dealings with CBS were most interesting, and the network really did try to work with them, until Tom decided he was bigger than CBS.... He wasn't.
That reminds me of the old joke - which can be applied to most any profession:
Q: What the difference between a sound designer and God?
A: God doesn't think he's a sound designer.
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Well, time to take a couple of minutes to re-pack my bags.
Laters...
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~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~
FOR DR JOSESPIANO!!!!!!!!
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And while I'm re-packing my bags, here's some reading material for you. I would link to it, but then you would have to register for the site, so... It's sort of a lengthy review, but it's lengthy for a reason. ;)
Disaster at the Vienna Staatsoper
By Larry L. Lash
MusicalAmerica.com
December 21, 2009
VIENNA -- There are disasters, and then there are disasters. The Titanic was a mere drop in the bucket compared to Vera Nemirova’s new production of “Macbeth,” which premiered at Wiener Staatsoper on Dec. 7, just in time for Pearl Harbor Day. The booing, yelling and unmitigated outrage from the audience that began five minutes into the performance, rising in a deafening crescendo when the provacateuse and her design team took their bow, was unprecedented in my eight years in Vienna.
Did no one in the company’s artistic administration take a peek in the rehearsal hall?
Where was in-name-only Music Director Seiji Ozawa to ask, “Who is this unknown conductor, Guillermo Garcia Calvo (called upon to replace Daniele Gatti who withdrew for health reasons, as did the conductor of the last Staatsoper premiere, Kirill Petrenko), who doesn’t know the score or how to communicate with the pit or the stage, and certainly not how to coordinate them? Who are these singers who are totally unequipped to perform Verdi’s music?”
Where were the company dramaturges Andreas Láng and Oliver Láng to say, “Whoa! This has nothing to do with the intentions of Verdi or Shakespeare or librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei. This is not a ‘Monty Python’ sketch.”
Most notably, where was lame duck Intendant Ioan Holender to say, “How dare you put this pile of excrement on the stage of one of the world’s greatest opera houses, further tarnishing its reputation as well as what’s left of mine?”
Nemirova, a pupil of and assistant to Regietheater gods Ruth Berghaus and Peter Konwitschny, has pulled stunts like this before, most notably with the operetta “Gräfin Mariza” at Volksoper Wien in 2002 which provoked such a scandal it made national front-page news. At her Staatsoper debut, Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” in September 2007, audiences expecting the worst were startled by her well-thought-through, coherent, compelling, memorable production. She had, it seemed, grown up.
No such luck. Nemirova set “Macbeth” in a burnt-out forest (blackened tree trunks courtesy of Johannes Leiacker) on which was set a small, flimsy proscenium like you might see at a summer camp. A few set pieces – Duncan’s bier and coffin, Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth’s bathroom – rose and fell on a central elevator.
The witches seemed to be a cult of rich dames, all dolled up in black evening gowns, gathered in the forest to watch a piece of performance art featuring a canvas stretched on the ground onto which nude women slathered in paint rolled around. (Cue the first boos.)
Things really got ugly when fat King Duncan (Peter Leutgöb) and his kilt-clad retinue entered in a sort of three-steps-forward-two-steps-backward prance, aping the Pythons’ immortal “Department of Silly Walks.” The king then took a bubble bath, blowing foam into the air, followed by a nap on the Macbeths’ bed.
Screwing his courage to the sticking place, Simon Keenlyside, who at 50 still has his Billy Budd body, stripped off his shirt and tie for Macbeth’s blood-soaked murder of Duncan, and was then made to take a shower onstage joined by his wife, both of them clothed.
Banqo’s murderers wore trench coats, white gloves and red clown noses and carried red helium-filled balloons. Banquo’s ghost appeared at the banquet with a balloon. Included for the first time at Staatsoper was the rarely-performed ballet music for the witches’ frolic in the third act. During this farrago, the ladies’ club donned white terrycloth bathrobes and wrapped their heads in bath towels. Booing occasionally drowned out or postponed the music.
The bearing of children’s corpses by the chorus men during Macduff’s lament to his country made a striking image, but how to get them offstage? For the duration of a small eternity, they rose in silence and slowly backed upstage, garnering outright guffaws from the audience. They reappeared at the opera’s end bearing small pine trees, as Birnam Wood to Dunsinane Hill did come.
The first post-performance boos were for Stefan Kocán, a Slovak basso with a tendency to sing flat, utterly lacking the depth and style required for Banquo. Considerably more vehemence greeted debutant Erika Sunnegardh, who sounded more like a provincial soubrette than a Lady Macbeth, her voice tiny, screechy, unable to meet Verdi’s demands for fioratura, and totally blowing the climactic high D-flat at the end of her Sleepwalking Scene, so poorly sung it drew both laughter and booing.
Garcia Calvo, too, received his share of contempt in exchange for his consistent incompetence in the pit. New York native Dimitri Pittas, another debutant, was given a hearty welcome, very possibly because he wasn’t awful. He cut a handsome, sympathetic figure as Macduff and sang his big aria quite well, even if his sizeable tenor comes across steely, lacking Italianate warmth and beauty.
The sole triumph of the evening was Keenlyside’s brave performance. Save for a few dramatic moments where a sympathetic conductor might have worked with him rather than make him force, his was a masterful, elegantly-sung Macbeth, his big, burnished gold baritone flooding the house with true Verdian style. That he made it through the production without any sacrifice of dignity (when a pram containing an Uzi pushed onstage by Lady Macbeth kept rolling, Keenlyside kicked it far upstage, earning applause) was a further testament to the artistry that makes him one of the most intelligent and fascinating singers of our time.
Adding insult to injury, Nemirova took repeated bows as if she enjoyed being the center of the hatred of 2,000 people, perhaps with the foresight that she will not likely be on a stage in Vienna again anytime soon. This was no Scottish tragedy but merely a puerile farce.
Masochists and fans of Keenlyside may wish to attend performances this week (Dec. 21 and 26) or five more in May 2010.
www.wiener-staatsoper.at
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Tap tap tap.
Still waiting for the Smothers Brothers story.
Sorry--I thought I had told it before. I opened for them at a charity fundraiser in Seattle. I was arranger and Music Director for a sort of neomodern "Andrews Sisters" group (not siblings, but three women who did my close harmony arrangements). The Brothers soundchecked on a folksong, can't remember which, but Dick just lit into Tom for not knowing his harmonies, and they both got rather nasty with each other with me, my band and vocalists just standing there twiddling our thumbs. I found Dick a little nicer than Tom, but they were both kind of dismissive, even when I told them I knew Mason Williams.
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And while I'm re-packing my bags, here's some reading material for you. I would link to it, but then you would have to register for the site, so... It's sort of a lengthy review, but it's lengthy for a reason. ;)
Disaster at the Vienna Staatsoper
By Larry L. Lash
MusicalAmerica.com
December 21, 2009
VIENNA -- There are disasters, and then there are disasters. The Titanic was a mere drop in the bucket compared to Vera Nemirova’s new production of “Macbeth,” which premiered at Wiener Staatsoper on Dec. 7, just in time for Pearl Harbor Day. The booing, yelling and unmitigated outrage from the audience that began five minutes into the performance, rising in a deafening crescendo when the provacateuse and her design team took their bow, was unprecedented in my eight years in Vienna.
Did no one in the company’s artistic administration take a peek in the rehearsal hall?
Where was in-name-only Music Director Seiji Ozawa to ask, “Who is this unknown conductor, Guillermo Garcia Calvo (called upon to replace Daniele Gatti who withdrew for health reasons, as did the conductor of the last Staatsoper premiere, Kirill Petrenko), who doesn’t know the score or how to communicate with the pit or the stage, and certainly not how to coordinate them? Who are these singers who are totally unequipped to perform Verdi’s music?”
Where were the company dramaturges Andreas Láng and Oliver Láng to say, “Whoa! This has nothing to do with the intentions of Verdi or Shakespeare or librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei. This is not a ‘Monty Python’ sketch.”
Most notably, where was lame duck Intendant Ioan Holender to say, “How dare you put this pile of excrement on the stage of one of the world’s greatest opera houses, further tarnishing its reputation as well as what’s left of mine?”
Nemirova, a pupil of and assistant to Regietheater gods Ruth Berghaus and Peter Konwitschny, has pulled stunts like this before, most notably with the operetta “Gräfin Mariza” at Volksoper Wien in 2002 which provoked such a scandal it made national front-page news. At her Staatsoper debut, Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” in September 2007, audiences expecting the worst were startled by her well-thought-through, coherent, compelling, memorable production. She had, it seemed, grown up.
No such luck. Nemirova set “Macbeth” in a burnt-out forest (blackened tree trunks courtesy of Johannes Leiacker) on which was set a small, flimsy proscenium like you might see at a summer camp. A few set pieces – Duncan’s bier and coffin, Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth’s bathroom – rose and fell on a central elevator.
The witches seemed to be a cult of rich dames, all dolled up in black evening gowns, gathered in the forest to watch a piece of performance art featuring a canvas stretched on the ground onto which nude women slathered in paint rolled around. (Cue the first boos.)
Things really got ugly when fat King Duncan (Peter Leutgöb) and his kilt-clad retinue entered in a sort of three-steps-forward-two-steps-backward prance, aping the Pythons’ immortal “Department of Silly Walks.” The king then took a bubble bath, blowing foam into the air, followed by a nap on the Macbeths’ bed.
Screwing his courage to the sticking place, Simon Keenlyside, who at 50 still has his Billy Budd body, stripped off his shirt and tie for Macbeth’s blood-soaked murder of Duncan, and was then made to take a shower onstage joined by his wife, both of them clothed.
Banqo’s murderers wore trench coats, white gloves and red clown noses and carried red helium-filled balloons. Banquo’s ghost appeared at the banquet with a balloon. Included for the first time at Staatsoper was the rarely-performed ballet music for the witches’ frolic in the third act. During this farrago, the ladies’ club donned white terrycloth bathrobes and wrapped their heads in bath towels. Booing occasionally drowned out or postponed the music.
The bearing of children’s corpses by the chorus men during Macduff’s lament to his country made a striking image, but how to get them offstage? For the duration of a small eternity, they rose in silence and slowly backed upstage, garnering outright guffaws from the audience. They reappeared at the opera’s end bearing small pine trees, as Birnam Wood to Dunsinane Hill did come.
The first post-performance boos were for Stefan Kocán, a Slovak basso with a tendency to sing flat, utterly lacking the depth and style required for Banquo. Considerably more vehemence greeted debutant Erika Sunnegardh, who sounded more like a provincial soubrette than a Lady Macbeth, her voice tiny, screechy, unable to meet Verdi’s demands for fioratura, and totally blowing the climactic high D-flat at the end of her Sleepwalking Scene, so poorly sung it drew both laughter and booing.
Garcia Calvo, too, received his share of contempt in exchange for his consistent incompetence in the pit. New York native Dimitri Pittas, another debutant, was given a hearty welcome, very possibly because he wasn’t awful. He cut a handsome, sympathetic figure as Macduff and sang his big aria quite well, even if his sizeable tenor comes across steely, lacking Italianate warmth and beauty.
The sole triumph of the evening was Keenlyside’s brave performance. Save for a few dramatic moments where a sympathetic conductor might have worked with him rather than make him force, his was a masterful, elegantly-sung Macbeth, his big, burnished gold baritone flooding the house with true Verdian style. That he made it through the production without any sacrifice of dignity (when a pram containing an Uzi pushed onstage by Lady Macbeth kept rolling, Keenlyside kicked it far upstage, earning applause) was a further testament to the artistry that makes him one of the most intelligent and fascinating singers of our time.
Adding insult to injury, Nemirova took repeated bows as if she enjoyed being the center of the hatred of 2,000 people, perhaps with the foresight that she will not likely be on a stage in Vienna again anytime soon. This was no Scottish tragedy but merely a puerile farce.
Masochists and fans of Keenlyside may wish to attend performances this week (Dec. 21 and 26) or five more in May 2010.
www.wiener-staatsoper.at
It was a disaster when it premiered, too. ;D
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Page Five Annette....Bossa Nova!
How did she get into that Thunderbird?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHFf9Xdgi8
How did she get into that black swimsuit I think is the better question. ;D
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Waited all day for the Bosch dishwasher repairman, who just left.
Apparently, there was a service recall on our dishwasher. They tend to catch fire sometimes. Bosch knew about this in January. They just mailed a letter about it to us a few weeks ago. ::)
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Happy Conducting Debut for DAS Joshie!!
Ditto!! ;D
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Glad to be home, actually, but didn't want to come back. The two weeks just zoomed by.
Welcome home, Ron!
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DR Jose I just clicked on your list of words that people spell incorrectly. For some reason i thought it would be difficult words, and not just the basics. But still interesting.
Funny, i expected little misspelled words such as "the".
I guess it just depends what you were expecting. IMO what they listed would be for someone in grade 7.
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<---------- Milestone!!!!
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Congrats, JRand!
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Thanks DR GEORGE.
I am intrigued by the Weiner Macbeth.
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Interesting photos and other reviews of said production here:
http://www.simonkeenlyside.info/Articles/Perform/Macbeth/2009MacbethVienna.html
One reviewer found little to praise but the "prompt starting time."
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"Phenomenon" spelled backwards is "Nonemonehp."
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Why is HERE'S LUCY Season Two already available, but we still only have season one of THE LUCY SHOW?
Aren't they put out by different studios?
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DR JOSESPIANO mentioned Tabitha's Salon Takeover - I was watching it last night, too - but had to turn it off. Tabitha was visiting a salon in Chicago's Boys' Town....and the guys working there were mostly unskilled and I wouldn't let any of them cut my hair - and I don't even have much.
Yes, MR BK - I remember your musings on The Brothers Smothers....this new book is most interesting. And as the years have gone by.....and even at the time - I had the boys mixed up and thought that it was Dick who was causing all the trouble....turned out to be the older brother Tom - who played the younger brother in the boys' act.... Tom's dealings with CBS were most interesting, and the network really did try to work with them, until Tom decided he was bigger than CBS.... He wasn't.
Tommy played the younger brother in the act? I didn't remember that.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAKOTACELT!
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I had a lengthy phone call, so I didn't qutie as much watched this afternoon as I thought I would get to. Still got some fun things watched for my day off thus far.
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I started off with a reviewing of a MENTALIST episode. This is the one where Patrick helps out his former psychiatrist who's one of the suspects in a murder investigation.
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Page Six Dance!!!
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Then I watched an NCIS for last season's box set. This one had Gibbs reluctantly allowing a trainee to join the team for a case. He's also figured out that Agent Lee was the mole in the organization. I believe he traps her in the next episode in the set.
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I am now more convinced than ever that I've been dealing with apparently very small stones for years, as my kidneys since yesterday have had the same dull aching, slightly numb feeling I get once or twice a year. I am assuming this is residual pain from the stones. Who knows when I will be able to see the urologist--every time I call, they place me on hold, and it has been a nightmare to try to get the ER records to them.
Do they say "Urology Department...please hold" ?
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Yes, MR BK - I remember your musings on The Brothers Smothers....this new book is most interesting. And as the years have gone by.....and even at the time - I had the boys mixed up and thought that it was Dick who was causing all the trouble....turned out to be the older brother Tom - who played the younger brother in the boys' act.... Tom's dealings with CBS were most interesting, and the network really did try to work with them, until Tom decided he was bigger than CBS.... He wasn't.
That reminds me of the old joke - which can be applied to most any profession:
Q: What the difference between a sound designer and God?
A: God doesn't think he's a sound designer.
They use the same joke with federal court judges
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I spent the majority of the afternoon watching THE BOURNE SUPREMACY on HD-DVD. The Bourne films are being individually released on Blu-ray soon (box set already out but too expensive for me to buy), and apart from an upgrade in the soundtrack from Dolby DIgital Plus to Dolby TrueHD on the Blu-rays, there wouldn't be any difference in these discs, so I won't upgrade; I'll continue to enjoy what I already have (and paid almost nothing for: I got one of the BOURNE films on HD-DVD free and the other two were $4 close-outs).
SUPREMACY had been my least favorite of the three films, but looking at it again today, it's really a fine action film and no better or worse than the other two. They're all about equal in quality: thrills galore, fast paced action, and great cat-and-mouse plotting.
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I ended my afternoon watching the Kyle-Fish make-up/love scene on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Wonderful, sexy, endearing, memorable.
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Back from Kroger, where I bought enough to keep us fed and entertained if we get snowed in for New Year's. Not that we're expecting that, but you never know!
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Yes DR MATTH - Here's Lucy is from MPI and The Lucy Show is from Paramount/CBS.
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I guess Tommy played the younger persona - the goofy brother who always told Dick "Mom liked you best".
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DR JRand - congratulations on today's milestone!
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I just got back from seeing AVATAR.
The visual effects are amazing, but I found the film to be rather boring.
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Yes DR MATTH - Here's Lucy is from MPI and The Lucy Show is from Paramount/CBS.
I'm guessing THE LUCY SHOW didn't sell well enough for Paramount to bother any further with it. MPI probably manufactured fewer of the HERE'S LUCY sets and they sold well enough to continue with the series.
That's just a guess, but Paramount has stopped production of LOTS of shows after just one or two boxes if they didn't sell well.
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I know for sure tonight I'll be watching my Warner Archive disc THE VERDICT. No, not the Paul Newman legal thriller. This is the 1946 Sydney Greenstreet-Peter Lorre-Joan Lorring whodunit.
I love this movie so I hope it's a decent print of it used for the transfer.
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No UPS afternoon delivery, so tomorrow's work/play schedule is still undecided/unknown.
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Now I guess I'll finish up on the computer and then head down to begin my evening's entertainment.
WBBL.
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Yeah! RAGTIME just announced a one week extension. It will now be closing January 10.
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Good Evening!
Greetings from the Holland Tunnel. - Lots of outbound rush hour traffic today. But at least it's moving.
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DR Jennifer - Just remember the next time you "loose" something... ;)
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And while I'm re-packing my bags, here's some reading material for you. I would link to it, but then you would have to register for the site, so... It's sort of a lengthy review, but it's lengthy for a reason. ;)
Disaster at the Vienna Staatsoper
By Larry L. Lash
MusicalAmerica.com
December 21, 2009
VIENNA -- There are disasters, and then there are disasters. The Titanic was a mere drop in the bucket compared to Vera Nemirova’s new production of “Macbeth,” which premiered at Wiener Staatsoper on Dec. 7, just in time for Pearl Harbor Day. The booing, yelling and unmitigated outrage from the audience that began five minutes into the performance, rising in a deafening crescendo when the provacateuse and her design team took their bow, was unprecedented in my eight years in Vienna.
Did no one in the company’s artistic administration take a peek in the rehearsal hall?
Where was in-name-only Music Director Seiji Ozawa to ask, “Who is this unknown conductor, Guillermo Garcia Calvo (called upon to replace Daniele Gatti who withdrew for health reasons, as did the conductor of the last Staatsoper premiere, Kirill Petrenko), who doesn’t know the score or how to communicate with the pit or the stage, and certainly not how to coordinate them? Who are these singers who are totally unequipped to perform Verdi’s music?”
Where were the company dramaturges Andreas Láng and Oliver Láng to say, “Whoa! This has nothing to do with the intentions of Verdi or Shakespeare or librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei. This is not a ‘Monty Python’ sketch.”
Most notably, where was lame duck Intendant Ioan Holender to say, “How dare you put this pile of excrement on the stage of one of the world’s greatest opera houses, further tarnishing its reputation as well as what’s left of mine?”
Nemirova, a pupil of and assistant to Regietheater gods Ruth Berghaus and Peter Konwitschny, has pulled stunts like this before, most notably with the operetta “Gräfin Mariza” at Volksoper Wien in 2002 which provoked such a scandal it made national front-page news. At her Staatsoper debut, Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” in September 2007, audiences expecting the worst were startled by her well-thought-through, coherent, compelling, memorable production. She had, it seemed, grown up.
No such luck. Nemirova set “Macbeth” in a burnt-out forest (blackened tree trunks courtesy of Johannes Leiacker) on which was set a small, flimsy proscenium like you might see at a summer camp. A few set pieces – Duncan’s bier and coffin, Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth’s bathroom – rose and fell on a central elevator.
The witches seemed to be a cult of rich dames, all dolled up in black evening gowns, gathered in the forest to watch a piece of performance art featuring a canvas stretched on the ground onto which nude women slathered in paint rolled around. (Cue the first boos.)
Things really got ugly when fat King Duncan (Peter Leutgöb) and his kilt-clad retinue entered in a sort of three-steps-forward-two-steps-backward prance, aping the Pythons’ immortal “Department of Silly Walks.” The king then took a bubble bath, blowing foam into the air, followed by a nap on the Macbeths’ bed.
Screwing his courage to the sticking place, Simon Keenlyside, who at 50 still has his Billy Budd body, stripped off his shirt and tie for Macbeth’s blood-soaked murder of Duncan, and was then made to take a shower onstage joined by his wife, both of them clothed.
Banqo’s murderers wore trench coats, white gloves and red clown noses and carried red helium-filled balloons. Banquo’s ghost appeared at the banquet with a balloon. Included for the first time at Staatsoper was the rarely-performed ballet music for the witches’ frolic in the third act. During this farrago, the ladies’ club donned white terrycloth bathrobes and wrapped their heads in bath towels. Booing occasionally drowned out or postponed the music.
The bearing of children’s corpses by the chorus men during Macduff’s lament to his country made a striking image, but how to get them offstage? For the duration of a small eternity, they rose in silence and slowly backed upstage, garnering outright guffaws from the audience. They reappeared at the opera’s end bearing small pine trees, as Birnam Wood to Dunsinane Hill did come.
The first post-performance boos were for Stefan Kocán, a Slovak basso with a tendency to sing flat, utterly lacking the depth and style required for Banquo. Considerably more vehemence greeted debutant Erika Sunnegardh, who sounded more like a provincial soubrette than a Lady Macbeth, her voice tiny, screechy, unable to meet Verdi’s demands for fioratura, and totally blowing the climactic high D-flat at the end of her Sleepwalking Scene, so poorly sung it drew both laughter and booing.
Garcia Calvo, too, received his share of contempt in exchange for his consistent incompetence in the pit. New York native Dimitri Pittas, another debutant, was given a hearty welcome, very possibly because he wasn’t awful. He cut a handsome, sympathetic figure as Macduff and sang his big aria quite well, even if his sizeable tenor comes across steely, lacking Italianate warmth and beauty.
The sole triumph of the evening was Keenlyside’s brave performance. Save for a few dramatic moments where a sympathetic conductor might have worked with him rather than make him force, his was a masterful, elegantly-sung Macbeth, his big, burnished gold baritone flooding the house with true Verdian style. That he made it through the production without any sacrifice of dignity (when a pram containing an Uzi pushed onstage by Lady Macbeth kept rolling, Keenlyside kicked it far upstage, earning applause) was a further testament to the artistry that makes him one of the most intelligent and fascinating singers of our time.
Adding insult to injury, Nemirova took repeated bows as if she enjoyed being the center of the hatred of 2,000 people, perhaps with the foresight that she will not likely be on a stage in Vienna again anytime soon. This was no Scottish tragedy but merely a puerile farce.
Masochists and fans of Keenlyside may wish to attend performances this week (Dec. 21 and 26) or five more in May 2010.
www.wiener-staatsoper.at
It was a disaster when it premiered, too. ;D
Verdi's MACBETH was a big hit for him in 1847, so I'm not sure what means. His later revisions to the work in the 1860's, prompted by Leon Carvalho's wish to stage the opera in Paris, led Verdi to reexamine with embarrassment some of his early thoughts as a composer. His major disasters in first performances were LA TRAVIATA and SIMON BOCCANEGRA.
I do not understand Eurotrash productions, such as the Viennese one reviewed here, and I cannot comprehend why such idiots continue to be hired to direct and are allowed to enforce such idiocy onto a work.
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No vehicle can survive a bone headed director - who usually leaves a trail of professionals in the wake.....those who finally say no.
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That would be too bad, DR MATTH......The Lucy Show is much more fun than HERE'S LUCY which was a celebrity a week with Kim and Craig.
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Joshie thanks you all for your good wishes and I believe he made a most auspicious conducting debut. His opening number "This Time of the Year" was a bit fast and Rob and I decided it was adrenaline. "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" was quite lovely and he seemed to settle down after that. Rob had a few notes but I think he was very pleased with Josh's performance.
Jack Viertel, who's one of the show's producers as well as the current director of Encores! and Josh's boss there, stood on the stairs to the mezzanine with Rob and me. A group of Josh's friends had the front rwo center, right behind Josh, and they cheered him on as well. The matinee was packed and latecomers were still arriving at 45 minutes after the show had begun. During the Overture an old man sitting in the second or third row center of the orchestra stood up to remove his coat and he was suddlenly in Josh's spotlight. Several audience members thinking he was somebody started to applaud. I turned to Rob and said, it's the ghost of Burton Lane risen from the dead.
The packed house loved the show and gave it a standing ovation today; this is not a common occurrence at the St James.
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I was going to try and see INGLORIOUS BASTERDS based on BK's review, but then he said that he didn't mind the violence in KILL BILL I, and that lost me.
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I was going to try and see INGLORIOUS BASTARDS based on BK's review, but then he said that he didn't mind the violence in KILL BILL I, and that lost me.
DT TCB, I saw Cheyenne today and got your signed photo.
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I just emailed CBS/Paramount to see if there are plans.....my guess is the answer will be no.....if I even get an answer.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAKOTA CELT!!!
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Where is the autographed picture of Cheyenne Jackson what should have come to me, is what I say. I say them what did her in, pinched it!
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Yeah! RAGTIME just announced a one week extension. It will now be closing January 10.
Marcia Dodge, who directed RAGTIME, and her husband Tony came to the matinee today. I spoke to them as they were coming in the stagedoor to say hello to Chris Fitzgerald and Kate Baldwin. Kate's husband is going to be in the new Transport company production of THE BOYS IN THE BAND.
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Should we preorder the FR Cast Album at Amazon.com to get the numbers up? Or should we wait until closer to the release date? At Amazon we don't get charged until it ships.
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Where is the autographed picture of Cheyenne Jackson what should have come to me, is what I say. I say them what did her in, pinched it!
I didn't know that you wanted one. I've been trying to get the one for TCB for about six weeks!
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It's number 11 in Musicals at Amazon right now and is only 12.99 - I think I will pre-order.
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Should we preorder the FR Cast Album at Amazon.com to get the numbers up? Or should we wait until closer to the release date? At Amazon we don't get charged until it ships.
If you order it now, you might get a reduction on the "preorder" price.
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My niece is flying home to Baltimore tonight on Air Tran 598 - vibes are always appreciated.
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Should we preorder the FR Cast Album at Amazon.com to get the numbers up? Or should we wait until closer to the release date? At Amazon we don't get charged until it ships.
If you order it now, you might get a reduction on the "preorder" price.
That's what I thought, I just pre ordered.
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~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~
FOR THE DN OF DR JRAND59!!!!!!!!
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DR elmore3003 - thanks for the report. Glad the afternoon went so well for Josh!!!! :) :) :)
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Today I walked many miles in an attempt to walk off some of the Christmas calories.
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And here's Joshie at Encores! with Michael Urie.
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DR DAKOTA!
(http://s.mynicespace.com/myspacepic/209/20911.jpg)
I love that picture.
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And here's Joshie at Encores! with Michael Urie.
I'll take one of each, please.
;)
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Is Josh as short as he looks standing next to Mr. Urie?
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Oh, Lord, what a day. I began packing things up at nine-thirty and have just finished taking everything where it needed to be - I still have a couple of overseas orders to fill, but I'm not touching another package until after the New Year, on Saturday. I actually did two runs to the post office and one to the UPS Store. I haven't had one thing to eat and am now going out for food.
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Is Josh as short as he looks standing next to Mr. Urie?
I think Josh is about as tall as you, DR Ben!
Tnhere was one funny moment today: in one of the bits of Og's magic, the conductor has to toss a rooster to Og. Rob and David Gursky have no problem with it. Josh's toss barely made it and Chris barely caught it. Rob and I thought it was quite funny.
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DR Jose I just clicked on your list of words that people spell incorrectly. For some reason i thought it would be difficult words, and not just the basics. But still interesting.
Funny, i expected little misspelled words such as "the".
I guess it just depends what you were expecting. IMO what they listed would be for someone in grade 7.
i was thinking more on the lines of uncorrected typos more than truly misspelled words ;D
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More wet dreams for MBarnum department:
http://www.vcientertainment.com/vci_files/VCIMARCH2010.pdf
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Jrand, congratulations on your gallstone.
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Why is HERE'S LUCY Season Two already available, but we still only have season one of THE LUCY SHOW?
Popular demand from the Lucie Arnez cultists.
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I was going to try and see INGLORIOUS BASTARDS based on BK's review, but then he said that he didn't mind the violence in KILL BILL I, and that lost me.
DT TCB, I saw Cheyenne today and got your signed photo.
Seriously?
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I was going to try and see INGLORIOUS BASTARDS based on BK's review, but then he said that he didn't mind the violence in KILL BILL I, and that lost me.
DT TCB, I saw Cheyenne today and got your signed photo.
Seriously?
Did you tell him that I slept on his face?
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DR JOSESPIANO mentioned Tabitha's Salon Takeover - I was watching it last night, too - but had to turn it off. Tabitha was visiting a salon in Chicago's Boys' Town....and the guys working there were mostly unskilled and I wouldn't let any of them cut my hair - and I don't even have much.
Yes, MR BK - I remember your musings on The Brothers Smothers....this new book is most interesting. And as the years have gone by.....and even at the time - I had the boys mixed up and thought that it was Dick who was causing all the trouble....turned out to be the older brother Tom - who played the younger brother in the boys' act.... Tom's dealings with CBS were most interesting, and the network really did try to work with them, until Tom decided he was bigger than CBS.... He wasn't.
Tommy played the younger brother in the act? I didn't remember that.
i always thought he was the younger brother. i don't recall mention of which one was the oldest. i tried to find info on that and couldn't. i went to IMBD and read
tom's father survived the Bataan Death March, and died on a Japanese POW ship. He was buried at sea. however, Dick's father was a POW in WW II and died during the Bataan Death march.
Wikipedia sets it straight, their father died while being transported from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Fukuoka, Japan, to a POW camp in Mukden, Manchukuo.
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More wet dreams for MBarnum department:
http://www.vcientertainment.com/vci_files/VCIMARCH2010.pdf
I didn't know that Mike was crazy about Ernest Borgnine.
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I was going to try and see INGLORIOUS BASTARDS based on BK's review, but then he said that he didn't mind the violence in KILL BILL I, and that lost me.
DT TCB, I saw Cheyenne today and got your signed photo.
Did you tell him that I slept on his face?
Seriously?
I did not tell him that. There are limits.
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My niece is flying home to Baltimore tonight on Air Tran 598 - vibes are always appreciated.
vibes your niece has a safe and easy flight!
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WOW' DR elmore has limits?!?!
;D
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Greetings from the NJ Turnpike! (?)
We just pulled out of the Walt Whitman rest area, which means we should be in DC by 9:00 as scheduled, traffic permitting. It's been a relatively uneventful trip so far, although the woman sitting in front of me keeps "coughing" into a bag every couple of minutes. Time to break out the Airborne!
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Travel vibes to DR JRand's DN - I'd appreciate some for Rob's girlfriend Mary Linda who is driving from Michigan this evening. I'm trying not to think about the snow showers that they're talking about north of Dayton.
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DR elmore - Thanks for the matinee report. Will Joshie be put into regular rotation? *Did he get his picture taken in the lobby in front of the "This Performance Conducted By..." board?
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~~~~~TRAVEL VIBES TO MY FELLOW TRAVELERS THIS EVENING~~~~~
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Today I walked many miles in an attempt to walk off some of the Christmas calories.
I would need to walk to the Canadian border and back.
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DR elmore - Thanks for the matinee report. Will Joshie be put into regular rotation? *Did he get his picture taken in the lobby in front of the "This Performance Conducted By..." board?
I know nothing about any of this.
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Congrats to DR JRand on his milestone!
Travel Vibes to his niece, too!
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So how do I get one of Cheyenne's autographed dancebelts?
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So how do I get one of Cheyenne's autographed dancebelts?
Dream on.
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HAPPY NATAL DAY DR DAKOTA CELT!
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I hope DR TCB stays away from that set-up line!
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My first question for ASK BK day.....do you like The Smothers Brothers, did you watch their show?
How many of us remember Jennifer Warnes from The Smothers Brothers?
How many of us remember The Smothers Brothers' sit-com wherein one of them was an angel?
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Is Josh as short as he looks standing next to Mr. Urie?
Josh's brother Jeremy, who's playing the baritone sax book in the current tour of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, is also of a diminutive stature.
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Watching MOONSTRUCK...always wondered, what is the libation they drink in this movie in which they drop a sugar cube?
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I would like to add my praise also for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. I watched it Sunday evening and found it to be jaw-droppingly amazing. The only film of Tarantino's that I revisit on a regular basis is JACKIE BROWN, but this one will definitely be played a lot around here.
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Travel vibes to DR JRand's DN - I'd appreciate some for Rob's girlfriend Mary Linda who is driving from Michigan this evening. I'm trying not to think about the snow showers that they're talking about north of Dayton.
SAFE DRIVING VIBES FOR DSG MARY LINDA!
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Is Josh as short as he looks standing next to Mr. Urie?
Josh's brother Jeremy, who's playing the baritone sax book in the current tour of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, is also of a diminutive stature.
Interesting color choice!
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Well, i'm catching up on today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE and when Staci said, "my baby's father is right over there" and pointed to the bar where Rex, the one she's fooling about being the father, and Fish, who is the father, were sitting, I thought I would fall out of bed I was laughing so hard.
Some of the acting on this soap is so much better than any other soap I've watched. So why won't Tad tell Daniella he's her father? I'd slap the shit out of that whiny little bitch if she pulled a gun on me.
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I hope DR TCB stays away from that set-up line!
Do you want me to be the second person banned from this site?
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Watching MOONSTRUCK...always wondered, what is the libation they drink in this movie in which they drop a sugar cube?
What a coincidence! I'm listening to LA BOHEME (Pavarotti, Freni) as I type and travel.
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Watching MOONSTRUCK...always wondered, what is the libation they drink in this movie in which they drop a sugar cube?
It could be Absinthe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#Preparation)...I know some theater people who love this stuff.
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Watching MOONSTRUCK...always wondered, what is the libation they drink in this movie in which they drop a sugar cube?
As for the libation: an Old-Fashioned? Champagne Cocktail? Absinthe? (prolly not that one)
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Watching MOONSTRUCK...always wondered, what is the libation they drink in this movie in which they drop a sugar cube?
It could be Absinthe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#Preparation)...I know some theater people who love this stuff.
Since I don't have the movie in front of me... ::)
With Absinthe, you pour the Absinthe over the sugar cube, which is placed on a silver spoon.
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And I'm not sure "love" is the word one would use to qualify one's preference for Absinthe. Just sayin'. ;)
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And I'm not sure "love" is the word one would use to qualify one's preference for Absinthe. Just sayin'. ;)
You don't know theater people of Olympia. ::)
:D
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SAFE AND EASY TRAVEL VIBES FOR MARY LINDA!!
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Thanks for the travel vibes for ML. She should be here in a couple of hours.
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Is Josh as short as he looks standing next to Mr. Urie?
Josh's brother Jeremy, who's playing the baritone sax book in the current tour of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, is also of a diminutive stature.
Interesting color choice!
Funny, i didn't think that.
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~~~SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES~~~
FOR DR GINNY'S DS ROB'S GIRL FRIEND, MARY LINDA!!!!!!!!
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Thank you, DR DAW. Richard wanted me to tell you 2 things:
1. Holy Nativity in Lima used some of the liturgy you posted from King's College in their Christmas Eve service. He wanted to know how you procured the script.
2. He ordered and has received the first 2 installments in the liturgical mystery series. He's well into the first one and quite enjoying it.
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Happy Birthday, DR Dakota Celt!
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Belated Congrats to BK on the new car--looks great!
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As most of you know, I like to play my cards close to the vest in terms of upcoming releases. But, and this is not for publication ANYWHERE - here's a what if for you. Most of you are aware that Ryko put out Promises, Promises on CD, which was then reissued by Varese five years ago (they just cloned the Ryko issue). The What if is this: What if I could go in and remix the album and for the first time fix Jerry Orbach's and Edward Winter's pitchy vocals? I would also include the original album mix - which, I think you'll find interesting, has NEVER been on CD. I have found out that what Ryko put out was re-mixed and while they had the album as reference, it was remixed and therefore, no matter how close they got it, it is not the same. I could never figure out why the Ryko was so disappointing to my ears, and now I know why - all new mix, all new EQ. But the original album masters are in fine shape. I would like to know your opinions on this.
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I don't know about all of that. But I do know that I would buy it! :) Exciting prospects.
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That's great, DR Ginny!
The service booklets for the King's services for this year, and all the years going back to 1997, can be found HERE (http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/chapel-services/nine-lessons.html) - just scroll down to the bottom.
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BK, I'd buy that in a heartbeat!
Too bad you can't do the London cast, also. ;)
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Is Josh as short as he looks standing next to Mr. Urie?
Josh's brother Jeremy, who's playing the baritone sax book in the current tour of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, is also of a diminutive stature.
Interesting color choice!
Funny, i didn't think that.
Macho guys notice that color on another guy.
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As most of you know, I like to play my cards close to the vest in terms of upcoming releases. But, and this is not for publication ANYWHERE - here's a what if for you. Most of you are aware that Ryko put out Promises, Promises on CD, which was then reissued by Varese five years ago (they just cloned the Ryko issue). The What if is this: What if I could go in and remix the album and for the first time fix Jerry Orbach's and Edward Winter's pitchy vocals? I would also include the original album mix - which, I think you'll find interesting, has NEVER been on CD. I have found out that what Ryko put out was re-mixed and while they had the album as reference, it was remixed and therefore, no matter how close they got it, it is not the same. I could never figure out why the Ryko was so disappointing to my ears, and now I know why - all new mix, all new EQ. But the original album masters are in fine shape. I would like to know your opinions on this.
YES!
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BK, I think it's a great idea. When I sw Orbach in the role he wasn't singing flat and I think it's cruel that the album shows him off to such a disadvantage.
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I would definitely buy PROMISES PROMISES!
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Well, I had better rassle a couple of doogies, and hit the rack.
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G'night!
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I'd also put the thing back in proper show order.
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I'd also put the thing back in proper show order.
That's always nice. :)
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Today I walked many miles in an attempt to walk off some of the Christmas calories.
I would need to walk to the Canadian border and back.
I'd need to walk from coast to coast!! My pants are all getting tight. So...the diet starts Jan 1
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!! ;D
Thank you George!
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Happy Happy Birthday, DR DakotaCelt!
Thank you Laura...
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WISHING DR DAKOTA CELT
A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
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Thank you DAW, you are a darling.... :)
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:) ;) :D ;D :o 8) :P :-*
Happy B day Dakota Celt
Thank you Michael S.!!
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Happy Day to Dakota!
Thank you Ben!!
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A HAPPY HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY TO DEAR READER DAKOTA CELT!!!
Thank you Kerry!!!
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Good morning, all! I just put the laundry into the washers. I have a bit of work here today along with a matinee of FINIAN'S RAINBOW; today Joshie makes his Broadway conducting debut and I will be there to cheer him. It will be fun to see the show again and to wish everyone a very happy New Year.
In about another 30 minutes I will mop the bathroom and tidy the apartment. The neighbor above me kept his partying with guests no later than some time around 12:30 am last night, but I don't want to disturb the neighbor below me by doing any noisy housework before 9 am.
I did find a biography about Victoria and Albert on Amazon.com and ordered it; I want to see the film again. I may see UP IN THE AIR on New Year's Day, and I want to see the new Disney film this week as well.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Wishes to Our DR Dakotacelt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Larry... Also thank you for the movie recommendation.. DH and I may see Young Victoria this weekend.
All the best to Josh in his debut tonight
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Hi DakotaCelt! What did you do today to celebrate?
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A very Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!!
Thank you Julie!
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Happy birthday, DR Dakota Celt. And thanks for the mention of doing laundry, DR Elmore. Have some of that to tend to. And a few bills to pay and all that end-of-the-year stuff I'd just rather put off.
Have a great day, all.
Thank you for the birthday wishes John G...
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Good day one and all...
Thank you Bruce for the lovely birthday greetings...
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Listening to an interesting documentary on American Cinema on the local PBS station's digital substation. Very interesting...
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Well, I had better rassle a couple of doogies, and hit the rack.
Is that a euphemism? Something you do in your Cheyenne T-shirt?
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Happy happy birthday to dear DakotaCelt!
Thank you FJL!
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Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!
Thank you Jennifer... :)
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR DAKOTA CELT ! ! ! ! !
Thank you for the birthday greetings Dan the Man!
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Happy Birthday to DR DakotaCelt!
Thank you MattH...
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As most of you know, I like to play my cards close to the vest in terms of upcoming releases. But, and this is not for publication ANYWHERE - here's a what if for you. Most of you are aware that Ryko put out Promises, Promises on CD, which was then reissued by Varese five years ago (they just cloned the Ryko issue). The What if is this: What if I could go in and remix the album and for the first time fix Jerry Orbach's and Edward Winter's pitchy vocals? I would also include the original album mix - which, I think you'll find interesting, has NEVER been on CD. I have found out that what Ryko put out was re-mixed and while they had the album as reference, it was remixed and therefore, no matter how close they got it, it is not the same. I could never figure out why the Ryko was so disappointing to my ears, and now I know why - all new mix, all new EQ. But the original album masters are in fine shape. I would like to know your opinions on this.
I would buy it.
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Has anyone been follwoing this...
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/146000/
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Laura,
WE are going out tomorrow evening with some freinds to celebrate my birthday and New Years eve and then play trivial pursuit.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR DakotaCelt!
Thank you Ginny!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR DAKOTA CELT!
Thanks JRand!
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But, and this is not for publication ANYWHERE - here's a what if for you.
do you need to delete all posts referring to this once people have responded?
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Happy happy happy birthday to Dakota Celt!
Thanks PennyO! :)
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Happy Birthday, DR DakotaCelt!!!!!
Thank you Jose! and also thanks to Monkey. I have been enjoying his adventures
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Happy Birthday, Sarah!
Thanks Ron! :)
I am glad to see you returned safe and sound!
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Happy Birthday DR DakotaCelt
I'm off to work... blech (I'm suppose to be on vacation!!)
Thanks Matthew!
Don't work too hard!
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WE are going out tomorrow evening with some freinds to celebrate my birthday and New Years eve and then play trivial pursuit.
Have a wonderful combination celebration!
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PAGE THREE BABYBACK RIBS DANCE!!!
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Those look good!
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A most happy birthday to DR Dakota Celt! Have a great day!!
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Thank you Mbarnum! :)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAKOTACELT.
Thank you JMK!!
I am glad you are feeling better...
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Prolly some guy delivering Jessica Simpson's Pro Activ.
I actually tried that stuff and it burned my skin big time
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DR Jose I just clicked on your list of words that people spell incorrectly. For some reason i thought it would be difficult words, and not just the basics. But still interesting.
Funny, i expected little misspelled words such as "the".
The and my other favorite word taht or that...
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAKOTA CELT
Thank you Arnold!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DR DAKOTA CELT!!
May you have a lovely day!
Thank you Jeanne... I did..
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<---------- Milestone!!!!
Congrats on your new milestone Jrand!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAKOTACELT!
Thank you Cillla...
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HAPPY NATAL DAY DR DAKOTA CELT!
Thank you td!!
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Laura,
If you want to walk to FArgo... I have some books that can be shelved...
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DR DAKOTA!
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I love that picture.
I do too and saved it...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAKOTA CELT!!!
Thank you Tom!! :)
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We had good news today. the carpet was found (it was in a truck that was stuck somewhere by the snow storm) and the workmen finished putting in the tack strip and the pad. So, they will definitely get the carpet in this week. It's been very touch and go. The guys were very nice today and volunteered to work New Years day and all weekend to finish it for me. Looks like they won't have to
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Well, i'm catching up on today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE and when Staci said, "my baby's father is right over there" and pointed to the bar where Rex, the one she's fooling about being the father, and Fish, who is the father, were sitting, I thought I would fall out of bed I was laughing so hard.
Some of the acting on this soap is so much better than any other soap I've watched. So why won't Tad tell Daniella he's her father? I'd slap the shit out of that whiny little bitch if she pulled a gun on me.
I agree... OLTL has had its moments and right now it seems to be on the right track again. They had some really good storylines around 2003 - 2004 also
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Happy Birthday, DR Dakota Celt!
Thank you KevinH...
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good news, and nice of the guys to volunteer.
because it will be 5 days until my next PT appointment, and without PT there won't be improvement, my therapist offered to see me on saturday.
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We had good news today. the carpet was found (it was in a truck that was stuck somewhere by the snow storm) and the workmen finished putting in the tack strip and the pad. So, they will definitely get the carpet in this week. It's been very touch and go. The guys were very nice today and volunteered to work New Years day and all weekend to finish it for me. Looks like they won't have to
that is good news....
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DH a;dn I are doing an retro 80s music show on Friday on a local community / college radio station... Yes, the 80s have captured me again :)
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btw, thanks for all the weather vibes, obviously i made it today. i hope we continue to stay free of snow and ice.
while pt still hurt like heck, it did not hurt like HECK.
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That is good news Jane... I wish you a very speedy recovery and you will soon be good as new!! Many Vibes!!!!!
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dakota, have fun doing the show.
'night
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dakota, thank you.
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When I was in Wisconsin, I saw someone with two Bernese ... beautiful babies...
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I forgot to mention... you can listen online on friday if you are interested...
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And here's Joshie at Encores! with Michael Urie.
Josh is certainly adorable. Glad to read his conducting was a success.
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We had good news today. the carpet was found (it was in a truck that was stuck somewhere by the snow storm) and the workmen finished putting in the tack strip and the pad. So, they will definitely get the carpet in this week. It's been very touch and go. The guys were very nice today and volunteered to work New Years day and all weekend to finish it for me. Looks like they won't have to
Very good news, Cillaliz!
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My first question for ASK BK day.....do you like The Smothers Brothers, did you watch their show?
How many of us remember The Smothers Brothers' sit-com wherein one of them was an angel?
I certainly remember the show - Friday nights at 9:30. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, and I was DEVASTATED when it got canceled. And I believe the ratings were OK. If they had used the term back then, THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW would have been "on the bubble."
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I know when I watched Fish and Kyle finally get their evening together, I had some tears rolling down my cheeks. This was truly a monumental day in American soap opera history.
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I had a pleasant evening of viewing. I began with THE VERDICT from Warner Archive. This is one of the better looking of the releases I have from them. Sure, there's dirt and some debris, but the grayscale is great and the picture is quite sharp. Audio track is full of flutter, but I'm just glad to have it at all.
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good news, and nice of the guys to volunteer.
because it will be 5 days until my next PT appointment, and without PT there won't be improvement, my therapist offered to see me on saturday.
Good news for you too
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Happy Birthday to DakotaCelt!!!
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When it was finished, I put in THE MAKING OF GONE WITH THE WIND. This two hour documentary is pretty definitive. I just wish they had shown us ALL of the screen tests in this release instead of the usual excerpts. I'd like to see every scrap of film on Vivien Leigh and Paulette Goddard.
I also think Selznick was hard on Jeffrey Lynn who gave a good reading of Ashley (Douglass Montgomery had some good moments in his Ashley scene, too), and he certainly would have been closer to the right age than Leslie Howard. Of course, he wasn't (and never would be) a star.
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I don't think I need to delete posts.
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And I ended my evening watching MELANIE REMEMBERS, Olivia de Havilland reminiscing about her experiences on the movie. Pretty good, and I don't think I had ever watched this entire feature before.
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Jose I took your advice and found the Broadway Box code -
the Vixter and I will be at the 2 PM performance of Ragtime on 1/2
I am sorry you won't be around to join us!
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Congrats to Joshie on his conducting debut
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I would be very interested in Promise, Promises!
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We will be spending New Years Eve and Day awy at our fiened shome so we willnot be heare to party hearty with you all-- wishing you all a wonderful, safe, happy and healthy new year
And wishing full and meaningful employment for all who want it!!!
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Happy Birthday to DakotaCelt!!!
Thank you Vixmom...
I hope you and Vixter enjoy Ragtime
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I'm invited to a New Year's Eve party tomorrow night. I'm hoping to car pool with someone. The party is in a home with a long winding driveway and with the snow, parking will be a nightmare. I just sent an email to see if I can catch a ride with someone. I'm not too far out of the way, so I'm hoping someone will say yes
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As most of you know, I like to play my cards close to the vest in terms of upcoming releases. But, and this is not for publication ANYWHERE - here's a what if for you. Most of you are aware that Ryko put out Promises, Promises on CD, which was then reissued by Varese five years ago (they just cloned the Ryko issue). The What if is this: What if I could go in and remix the album and for the first time fix Jerry Orbach's and Edward Winter's pitchy vocals? I would also include the original album mix - which, I think you'll find interesting, has NEVER been on CD. I have found out that what Ryko put out was re-mixed and while they had the album as reference, it was remixed and therefore, no matter how close they got it, it is not the same. I could never figure out why the Ryko was so disappointing to my ears, and now I know why - all new mix, all new EQ. But the original album masters are in fine shape. I would like to know your opinions on this.
I was also pretty disappointed with the last PP release (both with the sound and the unattractive cover.)
Count me in.
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Travel Vibes for Rob's girlfriend Mary Linda (if she hasn't arrived yet--and if she has, um...Welcome Vibes!)
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Thanks to all for the travel vibes for Mary Linda. She arrived safely about an hour ago, very tired after a full workday and a 5-hour drive. We all watched CSI: NY together and now everybody's crashing.
'night!
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I was late coming upstairs for my evening internet surf, so I'm finished now and heading back down to bed.
Good night!
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Well, I had better rassle a couple of doogies, and hit the rack.
Is that a euphemism? Something you do in your Cheyenne T-shirt?
All smutty kidding aside, @FiniansRainbow on Twitter has come up with a cute nickname for C.J. fanatics: Cheyenne-tologists
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Has anyone been follwoing this...
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/146000/
I heard about that, DR DakotaCelt. Comcast's purchase of NBC Universal was probably the death knell for network-programmed broadcast TV.
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DH a;dn I are doing an retro 80s music show on Friday on a local community / college radio station... Yes, the 80s have captured me again :)
I was just listening to ABC's Lexicon of Love yesterday afternoon.
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Oh, damn...
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Noooooooooooooo!!!!
:(
I just saw the tweet from @FiniansRainbow...
:(
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Me too... :(
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{{{{{{DR ELMORE AND THE REST OF THE FINIAN'S RAINBOW FAMILY}}}}}
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I guess they posted the closing notice after tonight's show...
FINIAN'S RAINBOW will be closing January 17, 2010.
Look to the Rainbow.
*I was hoping that as I scrolled back I would see the news posted here already.. I'm still on the bus. :(
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I was hoping to see it when I came in. And I doubt the producers are up to the shenanigans of the Ragtime producers (you know who they are) - their one-week "extension" I believe was totally planned. And maybe it will be two weeks and then four. In the end, no matter how many weeks they play this game, they will lose their investors' entire investment.
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Happy Birthday dear DakotaCelt. 8)
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I was hoping to see it when I came in. And I doubt the producers are up to the shenanigans of the Ragtime producers (you know who they are) - their one-week "extension" I believe was totally planned. And maybe it will be two weeks and then four. In the end, no matter how many weeks they play this game, they will lose their investors' entire investment.
But they will also keep a company of actors, musicians, technicians and house staff employed for one more, two more, ## more weeks. Producers invest in a show knowing the risk. Actors audition for a show hoping that it will run long enough for them to qualify for insurance.
Ah, well... Not the ideal situation for anyone involved. :-\
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Here's the Playbill article http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135594-Wanna-Cry-Finians-Rainbows-End-Will-Be-Jan.-17
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So sorry about the news DR Elmore
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Happy Birthday dear DakotaCelt. 8)
Thank you Sam!!
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Poor Elmore..
I am sorry to hear that Fininan's Rainbow is closing
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Much peace, love and happiness for New Year's Eve.
Goodnight :) (as I will try to be at work at 5AM).
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And good vibes for everyone.
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Here's the Playbill article http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135594-Wanna-Cry-Finians-Rainbows-End-Will-Be-Jan.-17
This is sad...but as it says in the article, at least there will be a cast recording.
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And now, I'm off.
Until later!
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Jose I took your advice and found the Broadway Box code -
the Vixter and I will be at the 2 PM performance of Ragtime on 1/2
I am sorry you won't be around to join us!
YEAH! I'm sorry I won't be in town this weekend either, but I'm glad that you will be able to see the show.
*Now, if you'd like to use that code to buy me a ticket for next week... ;D
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Happy Birthday, DR DakotaCelt!!!!!
Thank you Jose! and also thanks to Monkey. I have been enjoying his adventures
And January 1, 2009, will mark Monkey's One-Year "Public" Anniversary.
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...And I really hope that someone from the production called DR elmore earlier tonight to share the news with him. After all the time and LOVE that Larry has invested in this show, I would hate for him to wake up tomorrow morning and read the news on Playbill.com and/or on here. :-\
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DR Jane - I'm glad that you were able to schedule a PT appointment sooner rather than later.
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bk - As for P, P - YES!!! -Just how would you "fix" the vocals? Are there some takes are more in tune? Or would some digital manipulation be involved?
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And now for something completely different....
Silent Monks "Sing" The Hallelujah Chorus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTEzNU)
:)
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OK... It's been a long day, a long bus trip, and I don't really want to sleep in that much tomorrow/today, so...
Goodnight.
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Ok, I know this is terrible, but I don't want to go to the party tomorrow night. There I said it. Hopefully I'll feel like going tomorrow...
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Ok, I know this is terrible, but I don't want to go to the party tomorrow night. There I said it. Hopefully I'll feel like going tomorrow...
There's nothing terrible about that. Sometimes a quiet New Year's Eve is a good thing, and just what one needs to ring out the old and bring in the new. Just play it by ear. -Especially considering your "continuing" weather.
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bk - As for P, P - YES!!! -Just how would you "fix" the vocals? Are there some takes are more in tune? Or would some digital manipulation be involved?
I've got all the tapes here. From what I can tell from the digital copy they made of the multi-tracks (that's how they did this remix) the vocals seem to be clean, on separate tracks. Therefore I can digitally pitch them where they need to be. It's actually not THAT many notes and I wouldn't do everything but it would be great to fix the really egregious notes.
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This is the only partay worth going to.
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Finished with my viewing.
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I think I'll actually start writing the notes in about thirty minutes, since they'll probably be longer than usual.
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Time for sleep. Tomorrow I have one potential client coming in and then we finish packing everything. I don't think we'll be able to move anything tomorrow, but I'm hoping we can move the small stuff over the weekend. It all depends on how the carpeting goes tomorrow and how much cleaning was done tonight
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Thanks Jose. I will play it by ear, but things have been pretty crazy lately, I could use a little quiet alone time.
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Ahhhh....I just finished burning a DVD after frantically editing up until the last minute. I'll still be tweaking in NY, in preparation of a meeting with the producer, director, composer and writer. My assistant editor worked on it today and I haven't watched it through but that's what I hope to do in the airport/plane.
I hope the weather plays nice and I can have better travels than last time!
I'll be staying down in the village on 10th if anyone would like to meet up. Greg and I just want to have a little break away from things. I hope this is a good idea! At least my housesitter is happy we're going away; she likes staying here, needs the money and loves the kitties!
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Don't have time to read the notes tonight but want to wish Dakota a Happy Birthday! And regarding your question, the Atlanta airport serves Marietta, and Southern Tech is a mile form my old house.
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Thank you Edi for the birthday greetings...
I will let DH know...
SAfe journey to NYC... All the best!