Saw "Company" at the theater last night. It was almost sold out. The sound quality was horrible. You couldn't understand the singers half the time, but the Philharmonic was great. The DVD stopped working in the middle of the bedroom scene leading up to "Barcelona." As an apology, the theater management handed out free passes to another show. That was nice, still we missed the injured butterfly punchline.
Like Harris more than I thought. Liked most of the cast actually. Just had some problems with Elmore's second favorite director after Eric Schaffer. That would be Mr. Lonny Price, who sometimes edited scenes with the right, "Laugh-In"-style cuts that worked with the music and at others, he was completely at a loss.
Safe Travel vibes Elmore@
I thought you were traveling to DC, did I miss read?
ASK BK #1
Other than Bachelor Bills that was used in The Creature Wasn't Nice are any more songs still in existance that was written for what was supposed to be the followup to Nudie Musical about two sailors on shore leave?
ASK BK #2
Will there be any exclusive to Blu Ray features not found on the DVD?
Will it be a combo pack? Bu Ray/DVD/Digital Upload
ASK BK #3
At one time you thought about releasing a spoken word album Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, but it turned out to be expensive. Was it the title or is it "speaking" cast albums in general that are expensive? (What makes them more expensive than musicals?)
Hmmmmmm.......
My question for ASK BK DAY - at those previews you mentioned ... do you think the audience booed at the names because they thought said person MIGHT be in the audience to find out the reaction to the film.....have you ever identified a participant at a PREVIEW you attended or been asked to fill out a card?
Lawsy, was there ever some great film music circa 1966-68. Listening to a Percy Faith two-fer of film themes which is just one glorious melody after another.
Well, the fire that started on May 8 in the extreme southeastern corner of Arizona is now 95 percent contained. It has burned 222,954 acres. Hopefully it will be totally contained tomorrow.
It's a post.
The most amazing thing is happening right now on Facebook. My mom and her sister had an older brother who died in 2004. He had 3 sons, with whom my sister and I (and the cousins who've been here this week) had lost touch. My sister got their addresses from my mother, called 2 of the 3 to tell them about Aunt Jo, and now cousins are reconnecting every which way on FB. Amazing!
Prayers to all those suffering in the flooding. I just can't even imagine it.
Hi everyone - DD Ben went to the vet yesterday and did very well. He got his rabies shot and is all ready to go He is at a good weight and seems to be healthy. Our walks have been fun filled with almost NO pulling on my part. He's behaving well at camp and the kids love him.
It's been a week since he came to live with me, and the strides he's made have been amazing.
Other than that, everything else is the same :)
I must head down to T-Mobie as I can't seem to get this new fangled phone, I think it is called a Sidekick and it has an android or something like that in it....anyway, I can't answer phone calls on it, it stopped connecting to the internet and I can't figure out how to get the ringtone that I downloaded to the phone to actually play when the phone rings.
BlueGobo offers a great clip of Elaine Stritch and Russell Nype singing "You're Just in Love":
http://www.bluegobo.com/
DR Elmore - very nice to hear about your phone call from Charlotte.
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BK claimed to be a Percy Faith fan until he saw my complete collection (every Percy CD ever released), at which point he realized he simply didn't have my level of commitment. :)
Go put the fear of Gawd in them, DR JRand!
Here are some picture of the flooding from KMOT, NBC affiliate
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207992072577329.50909.113338562042681
They sounding the sirens now in Minot for people in the zones to get out
Jane, they zoo was completely evacuated last week and the animals in holding areas outside of teh city and regional zoos in Fargo, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and St Paul.
Both zoo and the people will need help
Here are some picture of the flooding from KMOT, NBC affiliate
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207992072577329.50909.113338562042681
They sounding the sirens now in Minot for people in the zones to get out
Jane, they zoo was completely evacuated last week and the animals in holding areas outside of teh city and regional zoos in Fargo, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and St Paul.
Both zoo and the people will need help
That's amazing...and not the good kind. :-\
Here are some picture of the flooding from KMOT, NBC affiliate
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207992072577329.50909.113338562042681
They sounding the sirens now in Minot for people in the zones to get out
Jane, they zoo was completely evacuated last week and the animals in holding areas outside of teh city and regional zoos in Fargo, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and St Paul.
Both zoo and the people will need help
That's amazing...and not the good kind. :-\
Meanwhile on the Missouri, houses are sliding into the river north of Bismark..
Here are some picture of the flooding from KMOT, NBC affiliate
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207992072577329.50909.113338562042681
They sounding the sirens now in Minot for people in the zones to get out
Jane, they zoo was completely evacuated last week and the animals in holding areas outside of teh city and regional zoos in Fargo, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and St Paul.
Both zoo and the people will need help
That's amazing...and not the good kind. :-\
How a zoo can be evacuated is mind boggling. It is nice to know it can be done.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_2d701dd2-9d02-11e0-9a7a-001cc4c002e0.html
HOuge Island north of Bismarck.... The power of water is awesome and scary
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_2d701dd2-9d02-11e0-9a7a-001cc4c002e0.html
HOuge Island north of Bismarck.... The power of water is awesome and scary
You got that right! :o
(http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/bismarcktribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/3b/43b762a2-9d03-11e0-af97-001cc4c002e0/4e023e18c0868.image.jpg)
I must head down to T-Mobie as I can't seem to get this new fangled phone, I think it is called a Sidekick and it has an android or something like that in it....anyway, I can't answer phone calls on it, it stopped connecting to the internet and I can't figure out how to get the ringtone that I downloaded to the phone to actually play when the phone rings.
Keith had a Sidekick and disliked it very much.
MBarnum, my new phone makes phone calls. That's about it. I love it. It has large print.
Keith & I are going to the neighbor's house for wine & snacks.
I must head down to T-Mobie as I can't seem to get this new fangled phone, I think it is called a Sidekick and it has an android or something like that in it....anyway, I can't answer phone calls on it, it stopped connecting to the internet and I can't figure out how to get the ringtone that I downloaded to the phone to actually play when the phone rings.
Keith had a Sidekick and disliked it very much.
The instruction booklet has absolutely NO information in it! And my previous phones have all been used for nothing but simple phone calls.
The lady at T-Mobile did show me how to answer calls...while I was trying to press the "phone call" button, you are actually supposed to "swipe" it in sort of a swooshing movement with your finger...who knew?
And to download and use a ringtone, you have to us a particular phone app. I downloaded Zedge (or something like that), found the ringtone I had previously downloaded, and now it IS my ringtone.
and lastly, I need to stop "fixing" my settings...something I clicked on cut off the phone's internet capability....somehow....
Prayers to all those suffering in the flooding. I just can't even imagine it.
DITTO!
DR Dakota I'm glad you are away from it.
Tonight there was a great mistake on the news. They were doing the promo for what's coming up after the break and announced "Coming up Mr. Food will give a great Southern recipe" The video was a cat meowing on someone's lap. The announcer started laughing and said "It's not cat!"LOL!
Vibes and prayers for everyone along the Mighty Missouri River!Exactly.
Love thisGreat. And true.
Love thisI like that also and then wring out the sponge or at least soem of it over the wildfires
Sorry to learn Glen Campbell has Alzheimer's disease.
Maybe you had to be there
Vibes and prayers for everyone along the Mighty Missouri River!Exactly.
DR Cillaliz - the band shell is beautiful!
BK claimed to be a Percy Faith fan until he saw my complete collection (every Percy CD ever released), at which point he realized he simply didn't have my level of commitment. :)You've been committed? LOL
I think the latter was true for my case. This is not the theater where the live Met broadcasts are featured.Saw "Company" at the theater last night. It was almost sold out. The sound quality was horrible. You couldn't understand the singers half the time, but the Philharmonic was great. The DVD stopped working in the middle of the bedroom scene leading up to "Barcelona." As an apology, the theater management handed out free passes to another show. That was nice, still we missed the injured butterfly punchline.
Like Harris more than I thought. Liked most of the cast actually. Just had some problems with Elmore's second favorite director after Eric Schaffer. That would be Mr. Lonny Price, who sometimes edited scenes with the right, "Laugh-In"-style cuts that worked with the music and at others, he was completely at a loss.
Odd--this is the fourth movie theatre COMPANY episode I've read about in which something has gone wrong equipment-wise. Is the film cursed or is it just being shunted into screening rooms that have known, pre-existing problems?
DR Cillaliz - the band shell is beautiful!
Yes, it is. Do they have cncerts there?
Vibes for the folks in Louisville. Just heard that my parents are in the basement with tornado warnings happening.
Keith & I are going to the neighbor's house for wine & snacks.
Does the neighbor know?
Here's the history of the park and the bandshell
http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/print7881.html?id=64_0_3_0 (http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/print7881.html?id=64_0_3_0)
Now playing: Percy's exquisite treatment of Grusin's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Those Lydian flourishes he gives to the cadences are gorgeous. I believe The Lion in Winter is coming up next, which Percy does in 3/4.
Elmore, I need your help. I'm sending you an e-mail, so please be on the lookout. Thanks in advance.
Here are some picture of the flooding from KMOT, NBC affiliate
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207992072577329.50909.113338562042681
Hi everyone - DD Ben went to the vet yesterday and did very well. He got his rabies shot and is all ready to go He is at a good weight and seems to be healthy. Our walks have been fun filled with almost NO pulling on my part. He's behaving well at camp and the kids love him.
It's been a week since he came to live with me, and the strides he's made have been amazing.
Other than that, everything else is the same :)
Tonight there was a great mistake on the news. They were doing the promo for what's coming up after the break and announced "Coming up Mr. Food will give a great Southern recipe" The video was a cat meowing on someone's lap. The announcer started laughing and said "It's not cat!"
Hi everyone - DD Ben went to the vet yesterday and did very well. He got his rabies shot and is all ready to go He is at a good weight and seems to be healthy. Our walks have been fun filled with almost NO pulling on my part. He's behaving well at camp and the kids love him.
It's been a week since he came to live with me, and the strides he's made have been amazing.
Other than that, everything else is the same :)
That is strange. I jsut got an e-mail from DD Ben today, praising how well you were doing.
Vibes for the folks in Louisville. Just heard that my parents are in the basement with tornado warnings happening.
BlueGobo offers a great clip of Elaine Stritch and Russell Nype singing "You're Just in Love":
http://www.bluegobo.com/
I don't know why, but every time I see Russel Nype's name, I always think of Nipsey Russell first. Weird huh?
DR Cillaliz, just reading about your basement problems. Sorry! That is really nice of the facebook friend to offer to help you!
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Flooding be gone.
BlueGobo offers a great clip of Elaine Stritch and Russell Nype singing "You're Just in Love":
http://www.bluegobo.com/
I don't know why, but every time I see Russel Nype's name, I always think of Nipsey Russell first. Weird huh?
Me too. But the idea of Elaine Stritch and Nipsy Russell together convinced me otherwise.
Daily? And the answer doesn't have to be particularly long. The paper isn't all that long.Elmore, I need your help. I'm sending you an e-mail, so please be on the lookout. Thanks in advance.
I got your email and this may take me a bit of time. Keep reminding me about this.
Which one was wearing the flouncy dress?BlueGobo offers a great clip of Elaine Stritch and Russell Nype singing "You're Just in Love":
http://www.bluegobo.com/
I don't know why, but every time I see Russel Nype's name, I always think of Nipsey Russell first. Weird huh?
Me too. But the idea of Elaine Stritch and Nipsy Russell together convinced me otherwise.
DR Jane is THE SNOWMAN by Jo Nesbø the first book? You will have to let me know how you like it.
DR JohnG - Someone at the movie theater should have been able to "rewind" the "Company with the New York Philharmonic" disc(?). -When the projector bulb blew at the screening I was at, they were able to go back a chapter(?).No intermission and the disc wasn't playing, so they skipped past where it stopped.
*How long an intermission did they take? We only had a five minute one, but I think that was because the movie started almost 10 minutes late and the unplanned "intermission" when the bulb blew... And "Super 8" was supposed to start right after "Company" was done.
DR MBarnum - You have a "Sidekick"? I thought only 15-year old girls had... Oh... Nevermind..;D
;D
DR CILLALIZ - Sorry to read about your flooding woes. Hopefully, the rest of your clean up won't take too much longer, and that Mother Nature won't get in the way (again).
Does anybody have the Richard Rodney Bennett recording of "Within the Quota"?
Dear JRand,
Has your theater ever performed "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee?"
Dear JRand,
How many times have you been asked that question?
Dear JRand,
Has your theater ever performed "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee?"
Never - if you read Esther's letter about our "by God" language in THE MUSIC MAN, you realize why we couldn't do a show with a song titled "My Unfortunate Erection."
I must say however that like clockwork, the show was put forward each year by none other than my friend Ernie.
Here are some picture of the flooding from KMOT, NBC affiliate
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207992072577329.50909.113338562042681
Has there ever been a year like this one, as far as flooding? I mean in modern times, not when elmore was a youth.
Dear JRand,
Has your theater ever performed "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee?"
Never - if you read Esther's letter about our "by God" language in THE MUSIC MAN, you realize why we couldn't do a show with a song titled "My Unfortunate Erection."
I must say however that like clockwork, the show was put forward each year by none other than my friend Ernie.
Maybe you should suggest doing it and dedicating the performance to Ernie.
Just read some tweets and other reports about the death of a stagehand at the Al Hirshfeld Theater where the current revival of How To Succeed... is playing. Details are still sketchy at this point, but tonight's performance did end up being cancelled. Daniel Radcliffe and John Laroquette announced the tragic news to the audience.