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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Friday-like, and now it is time for you to post until the Friday cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: EPIGRAPHY!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Yesterday was hot and it's supposed to be hot today.
We may be going to a pool, depends on what's happening with a friend's sister.
If we're not at a pool, I'm stayin' in!!!
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It's pleasant on the patio at 6:04am
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Coffee.
Oatmeal with walnuts, raisins, a banana and some nutmeg (the cinnamon is gone).
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I must go in the house and downstairs to check on the progress of the defragmentation of the hard drive on the desktop.
Bye!
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Morning all! We had a couple of good thunder boomers and some big flashes of lighting. I didn't realize there was a storm around until that first flash when I was posting.
BK asked about hats. I just bought 2 but they are because of the sun and I will wear one for yard work and one when going to something out doors. I wore one to the medieval fair not that long ago.
I've told several people about us and invited them to post here. I guess they just want to use Facebook. There are people from work and old friends who I've found though using it.
I talk to Joseph there and Jason Carter (who is very nice, approachable and fun) as well.
Funny thing though, we can be on the board and I've seen fifty or more lurkers. Who are these people and why don't they step from the shadows to join us? They must know we don't bite and always like to make new friends. :) Please, post with us!
Have a wonder filled day! Vibes to all! TGIF!
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Good morning, all.
I miss ArnoldMBrockman's songs of the day when he's on vacation.
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TOD:
DVD: The Frighteners, maybe Attack of the Puppet People
CD: The Pajama Game
Car CD: Ann Tyler's "The Beginner's Goodbye"
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Good morning, all.
I miss ArnoldMBrockman's songs of the day when he's on vacation.
Me, too.
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Congratulations to DR CHAS SMITH on surviving Robot Monster in 3-D!
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Last night's run thru was actually much better than I expected it to be.....first night with the lights, so that was a bit rough - but it should be better tonight.
Tonight our photographer is taking the production photos.
AND of course it's another expected 100 degree day.
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Maybe I should get out my FOLLIES LP so I can more appreciate the new CD that is coming out!!! I have never purchased the show on CD......
DR ELMORE thanks so much for the GOV'NERS report and link....it looks so funny.....and you are absolutely right - I would LOVE IT!
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Working one half day today....only.....I think I can do it.....whew!
TOD:
CD - Haines His Way.....and my THE CURIOUS SAVAGE mix
DVD - Love Express....a most excellent Bollywood movie that I need to finish watching
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What is on my THE CURIOUS SAVAGE mix cd, you ask? Well it includes all of the scene change music.....
How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? - Miss Patti Page
Mr. Echo - Margaret Whiting
The Flight of the Bumblebee - Rafael Mendez on the trumpet
Side by Side - Kitty Kallen
Song From Moulin Rouge - Percy Faith
Whoop De Doo - Kitty Kallen
Ravel, Berceuse
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I defragmented two computers this morning and just finished the virus scan on one. The other is running now.
I ate my oatmeal, had my coffee and now I wait for the rest of the house to wake up.
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Off to work. Oh well.
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Good morning, all. Leaving for home and hearth soon. Though, trust me, I'm not using the hearth in this weather.
TOD:
CD - SHOW BOAT (McGlinn), thanks to DR Elmore talking about the movie versions, and I hadn't heard or seen it in a while so I needed a fix. Listened straight through on the way up here yesterday.
Also had a hankering for some CAROUSEL, so I've got the 1994 Lincoln Center and London cast CDs with me, which is all I have on CD.
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Speaking of SHOW BOAT...
At the risk of getting DR Elmore's hopes up only to dash them to smithereens...
I have some good news and some bad news.
The Good: I have both the complete laserdisc set, and Criterion's release of the 1936 with its own extras including a commentary by Miles Kreuger. They should all still be in perfect condition.
The Bad: My DVD recorder recently started getting temperamental with the DL (dual layer) DVDs that are the lifeblood of a project like this. I might have simply had a few bad ones, but I need to order more and work with it a bit. These machines tend to be fussy anyway, and I had just moved it into a new setup. If I can get it all working again, I'll see about getting these (cough--ahem) backed up. But it will be a few weeks before I'm able to sit down to that.
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Also, if I'm remembering right, the 1951 version on laser at least includes a good stereo soundtrack and a commentary by director George Sidney which might be of some interest.
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
So, more coffee and laundry.
TOD:
DVD: BONES Season 6, whatever else is sitting there
CD: ONCE: THE MUSICAL, Guy Haines, Jacques Offenbach
VCR: Oy!
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We await the memoirs, Elmore. Maybe then you'll tell us how you really feel. ;)
So, is there to be a recording of Ballet Ballads?
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We await the memoirs, Elmore. Maybe then you'll tell us how you really feel. ;)
So, is there to be a recording of Ballet Ballads?
There are some stories I don't tell here, but are certainly wrth being made known. I've wrked with some of the best and some of the worst. It's the middling worst I bitch about here.
No. A new publication.
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We need a membership drive. The Kritzerland site gets visited by zillions, one of the reasons being Peter Filichia's column, and this site gets hit on daily by tons of lurkers, several of whom I know are daily readers from comments I occasionally get about things I post, and a few I suspect end up here by googling some topic or name and get directed here. So, how do we convince these regular lurkers to join the insanity?
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Friday morning greetings! We're in for another 100+ day here in SW Ohio :P
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Good morning from Montreal. The weather has been beautiful and the jazz festival has been melodic.
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hello, goodbye
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bk, I think we are all looking forward to the Follies re-release. However, some of us don't have the ear that you do and might not notice the work you've done on the old masters. Is it possible that maybe you could have clips of the original and then the same clips from the re-mastered version so people can hear the actual difference? Maybe put it on the website or something? I don't know, it's just a thought.
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Been on and off, around and about, much to catch up on.
I'd been planning to get to the D.C. environs at some point in July to spend some quality time with friends and family there, but that had to be put on hold of course because their lives have been on major hold due to the effects of the power outages there. So I won't have my cheap mini-vacation, but on the bright side, more time to catch up on the backlog of what I've missed. :)
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Page two!
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TOD:
DVD - Rare collection of two variety films from the '30s on the Renown Pictures label
Blu/CD - Nothing!
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I've started reading "Rosemary's Baby". The version I have has an awful and unnecessary Introduction by Chuck Palahniuk - who I admit I'd never heard of before.
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I've started reading "Rosemary's Baby". The version I have has an awful and unnecessary Introduction by Chuck Palahniuk - who I admit I'd never heard of before.
And now that you've heard of him, hit the erase button on your brain. Cleanse it.
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TOD - I'm now listening to audiobooks that I download from my former employer to my iPhone. The selection is somewhat limited, so I listen to things that are a bit of a "stretch" for me. Currently, it's Kathy Reichs' VIRALS, a novel about Temperance Brennan's great-niece, narrated by Cristin Millioti, the girl from ONCE.
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Big Happy Friday Vibes to All!
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MEdia Check:
DVD: I bought THE ARTIST last weekend. Hopefully, I'll get around to watching it this weekend.
Books: Plowing through JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORREL as my commuting read. Before bed, I've been enjoying the second POPEYE daily strip collection.
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TOD:
Nothing new to watch this weekend...unless there is something in today's mail.
We finished the first season of MAVERICK last night and really enjoyed it. The scripts were good and hold up quite well.
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It looks like I'm set to do 2 horror conventions in October, two weekends in a row.
One in McAllen, TX and the other in Burbank, CA.
Just waiting for a final confirmation on the Burbank one.
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My office team and I were stunned yesterday to learn of the death of a guy who worked with us as a consultant a few years ago. He was shot and killed on the street in Philly late last Sunday night, probably the victim of a robbery. He was only 32. He loved the city and had bought, gutted and renovated a house that he turned into a showplace. He loved music and was always introducing me to new bands and recordings. What I remember most about him was that though he was on the shy side, he didn't let that get in his way when meeting people or doing a professional presentation. He was really a sweet guy who didn't deserve to die so young and in this manner.
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My office team and I were stunned yesterday to learn of the death of a guy who worked with us as a consultant a few years ago. He was shot and killed on the street in Philly late last Sunday night, probably the victim of a robbery. He was only 32. He loved the city and had bought, gutted and renovated a house that he turned into a showplace. He loved music and was always introducing me to new bands and recordings. What I remember most about him was that though he was on the shy side, he didn't let that get in his way when meeting people or doing a professional presentation. He was really a sweet guy who didn't deserve to die so young and in this manner.
How sad, DR Dan(theMan)!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes of comfort to his friends and family! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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My office team and I were stunned yesterday to learn of the death of a guy who worked with us as a consultant a few years ago. He was shot and killed on the street in Philly late last Sunday night, probably the victim of a robbery. He was only 32. He loved the city and had bought, gutted and renovated a house that he turned into a showplace. He loved music and was always introducing me to new bands and recordings. What I remember most about him was that though he was on the shy side, he didn't let that get in his way when meeting people or doing a professional presentation. He was really a sweet guy who didn't deserve to die so young and in this manner.
That's horrible news. Sorry to hear it. Condolences to you and all of his friends.
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I need some lunch!
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I'm up, I'm up - got up at nine-thirty, then stayed in bed for another hour. I didn't get to sleep until two last night. I was in bed by 12:45 but we had a helicopter show that was so annoying I'm sure no one in the neighborhood could sleep. I looked to see if they were chasing some hoodlum but could find nothing. I tried to fall asleep but it was useless, so an hour later I sat up and started playing on the bedside iPad - the MINUTE I did that, the helicopters were gone and we had blessed silence. Unfortunately, I was also fully awake. I fell asleep about fifteen minutes later.
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DR Dan (the Man) - I'm so sorry to hear about your young colleague.
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Happy National Fried Chicken Day.
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My office team and I were stunned yesterday to learn of the death of a guy who worked with us as a consultant a few years ago. He was shot and killed on the street in Philly late last Sunday night, probably the victim of a robbery. He was only 32. He loved the city and had bought, gutted and renovated a house that he turned into a showplace. He loved music and was always introducing me to new bands and recordings. What I remember most about him was that though he was on the shy side, he didn't let that get in his way when meeting people or doing a professional presentation. He was really a sweet guy who didn't deserve to die so young and in this manner.
That's terrible! My condolences to you and to his family and friends.
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My office team and I were stunned yesterday to learn of the death of a guy who worked with us as a consultant a few years ago. He was shot and killed on the street in Philly late last Sunday night, probably the victim of a robbery. He was only 32. He loved the city and had bought, gutted and renovated a house that he turned into a showplace. He loved music and was always introducing me to new bands and recordings. What I remember most about him was that though he was on the shy side, he didn't let that get in his way when meeting people or doing a professional presentation. He was really a sweet guy who didn't deserve to die so young and in this manner.
That's terrible! My condolences to you and to his family and friends.
Same here, Dan! Such terrible news.
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What is currently in my CD and DVD player?
Didn't we just do this on Friday?
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Good morning, all.
I miss ArnoldMBrockman's songs of the day when he's on vacation.
Ditto!
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At last the evacuation of Toyland is begun! I feared this was going to be a last minute situation, whre the incoming office and the outgoing office would block traffic all day, but i think we are fine now.
This is a big relief!
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
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MEdia Check:
DVD: I bought THE ARTIST last weekend. Hopefully, I'll get around to watching it this weekend.
Books: Plowing through JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORREL as my commuting read. Before bed, I've been enjoying the second POPEYE daily strip collection.
I never knew that Popeye stripped. Did he use a stage name?
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I know that is not a nice thing to laugh at the recently departed, but as I was reading thru the obituarys, looking for my own name; I came upon this interesting sentence. Mind you, I am not laughing at the deceased, but rather at the person who wrote the obit.
"On Saturday, July 1st, Tim met with a terrible accident while diving off a cliff in Moses Lake."
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My office team and I were stunned yesterday to learn of the death of a guy who worked with us as a consultant a few years ago. He was shot and killed on the street in Philly late last Sunday night, probably the victim of a robbery. He was only 32. He loved the city and had bought, gutted and renovated a house that he turned into a showplace. He loved music and was always introducing me to new bands and recordings. What I remember most about him was that though he was on the shy side, he didn't let that get in his way when meeting people or doing a professional presentation. He was really a sweet guy who didn't deserve to die so young and in this manner.
What a shame. My prayers and sympathies to his family and to his friends.
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On AOL's news bites this morning, they had a big headline, "ANDY GRIFFITH'S CAUSE OF DEATH RELEASED"
At age 86, were we expecting some big scandal? The man had a heart attack for God's sake.
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On AOL's news bites this morning, they had a big headline, "ANDY GRIFFITH'S CAUSE OF DEATH RELEASED"
At age 86, were we expecting some big scandal? The man had a heart attack for God's sake.
EVERYTHING nowadays has to be hyped. :-\
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Speaking of SHOW BOAT...
At the risk of getting DR Elmore's hopes up only to dash them to smithereens...
I have some good news and some bad news.
The Good: I have both the complete laserdisc set, and Criterion's release of the 1936 with its own extras including a commentary by Miles Kreuger. They should all still be in perfect condition.
The Bad: My DVD recorder recently started getting temperamental with the DL (dual layer) DVDs that are the lifeblood of a project like this. I might have simply had a few bad ones, but I need to order more and work with it a bit. These machines tend to be fussy anyway, and I had just moved it into a new setup. If I can get it all working again, I'll see about getting these (cough--ahem) backed up. But it will be a few weeks before I'm able to sit down to that.
My DVD recorder/burner can't handle dual-layer DVDs. :P
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I don't even know what a dual-layer DVD is.
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
as many as the public will buy!
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I have purchased several that turned out to be dull-layer DVDs.
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
I guess I can count on selling at least three copies, then: one to you, Barnum, and TCB!
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I don't even know what a dual-layer DVD is.
I don't know the specifics, but essentially dual-layer DVDs can hold twice as much info as regular DVDs.
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
I guess I can count on selling at least three copies, then: one to you, Barnum, and TCB!
Are you kidding?? I'll take one! ;)
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
I guess I can count on selling at least three copies, then: one to you, Barnum, and TCB!
Will it be available to buy on Kindle?
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
I guess I can count on selling at least three copies, then: one to you, Barnum, and TCB!
Are you kidding?? I'll take one! ;)
Don't buy one, George, you can have my copy when I have finished reading it.
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I don't even know what a dual-layer DVD is.
I don't know the specifics, but essentially dual-layer DVDs can hold twice as much info as regular DVDs.
Most movies that run over 2 hours (?) are dual layer. That's why you often see a slight pause when the player switches to the 2nd layer.
The discs that seem to cause the most problems are the two-sided dual layer discs.
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
I guess I can count on selling at least three copies, then: one to you, Barnum, and TCB!
Will it be available to buy on Kindle?
I thought you were still reading parchment scrolls and cave walls.
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Back home. With just time to relax a bit before getting ready to go to a party that I really could do without going to. But go to it I must.
My recorder specifically handles dual-layer; i.e., until the day it doesn't, and I really hope that day hasn't arrived. It's like with tape -- you want to record at highest possible speed for quality, so you want to use the highest capacity discs in order to fit things on there decently.
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Had some bacon and eggs and picked up a small package. I'm now trying to do damage control - supposedly my helper shipped out a book to the NY Daily News critic - overnighted on Monday. Of course, she's out of town right now and unfortunately she shipped it overnight at our UPS Store, which seems to have absolutely no record of the shipment. The helper is quite definite that she was there at exactly two pm on Monday, saw the gal put the book in an overnight envelope and type the info into the computer. She said it was charged to my house account. There is no charge to the account on Monday and no record of the package being shipped. Obviously someone has screwed up and I tend to trust my helper more than the people at the UPS Store. The helper swears she has the receipt in her car and is trying to get her roommates to go find it so I at least have a tracking number. Meanwhile, I've called the guy and left a message at his office about where to send a new package - I can get it to him tomorrow if he gets back to me in time, otherwise it will have to be on Monday.
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Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.
DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.
DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.
As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.
How many volumes are you considering for these memoirs?
There's one volume devoted to the video collection. Oy!
I guess I can count on selling at least three copies, then: one to you, Barnum, and TCB!
Will it be available to buy on Kindle?
I thought you were still reading parchment scrolls and cave walls.
Only those that you actually created.
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Back home. With just time to relax a bit before getting ready to go to a party that I really could do without going to. But go to it I must.
My recorder specifically handles dual-layer; i.e., until the day it doesn't, and I really hope that day hasn't arrived. It's like with tape -- you want to record at highest possible speed for quality, so you want to use the highest capacity discs in order to fit things on there decently.
Welcome home, Chas, how was the film?
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Off in a bit to First Friday, the monthly walkabout that's supposed to celebrate artists but usually ends up being a food and beer fest. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Hi all!
So sorry to read about DR Dan (the man)'s friend. My condolences to his family and friends.
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I saw that DR Elmore has "Oy!" on his VCR. Some long forgotten musical no doubt? ;) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D
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Back home. With just time to relax a bit before getting ready to go to a party that I really could do without going to. But go to it I must.
My recorder specifically handles dual-layer; i.e., until the day it doesn't, and I really hope that day hasn't arrived. It's like with tape -- you want to record at highest possible speed for quality, so you want to use the highest capacity discs in order to fit things on there decently.
Welcome home, Chas, how was the film?
A great and life-changing experience, TCB. I feel like a new Hu-Man.
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Very humid out today.
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I like it hot out. But we do not often get humidity that bothers me.
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I saw that DR Elmore has "Oy!" on his VCR. Some long forgotten musical no doubt? ;) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D
Starring Michael Ball!
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I saw that DR Elmore has "Oy!" on his VCR. Some long forgotten musical no doubt? ;) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D
Starring Michael Ball!
Don't do that, elmore, you will have Danise calling Ticketmaster every five minutes trying to give them her credit card number.
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Page three?
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Say it isn't so, Joe.
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Say it isn't so, Joe.
Well, then tell Joe to start posting!
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I saw that DR Elmore has "Oy!" on his VCR. Some long forgotten musical no doubt? ;) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D
Starring Michael Ball!
Don't do that, elmore, you will have Danise calling Ticketmaster every five minutes trying to give them her credit card number.
Too late, I've been calling every five minutes. Funny thing, there is no listing for "Oy!" staring Michael Ball. :( Dare I say it? Oy vey! :)
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Page Three? Oy and Vey
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Oy vey! indeed. I think I have to fnd a new executor for my will. My "best" freind is no longer in my social circle these days, and I think I need to appoint someone else. This means a new will and all that crap.
I may ask my brother Randy, but I don't think he relishes spending time in Manhattan to deal with my life. Maybe my adopted son Joshie? I hate this nonsense, but I don't think I'll be keeping things as they stand.
Oy. Vey!
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Oy vey! indeed. I think I have to fnd a new executor for my will. My "best" freind is no longer in my social circle these days, and I think I need to appoint someone else. This means a new will and all that crap.
I may ask my brother Randy, but I don't think he relishes spending time in Manhattan to deal with my life. Maybe my adopted son Joshie? I hate this nonsense, but I don't think I'll be keeping things as they stand.
Oy. Vey!
Joshie might be very flattered that you would ask him.
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Just one more and we will be off this page.
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Just got off the phone with Thelma. She sounds tired. I didn't keep her long, just wanted to touch base.
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Off building another pyramid. But, hey! I'm still here.
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I tried to do too much around the house today, and now I am feeling it. I need to take a pill and go to bed.
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How did I get a show on tv about rv's? $199,999.00? Yeah, I got that in my shoe. NOT!!
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G'night!
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I tried to do too much around the house today, and now I am feeling it. I need to take a pill and go to bed.
You need to take it easy as well.
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Good night and be well!
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elmore, can you ask your attorney or whoever drafts your new will if you can put more than one possible executor this time around - if A can't do it, then B can do it, etc.
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DR Danise I hope that Thelma is doing okay.
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Where there's a will there's a way and vice versa.
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Page four?
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Hello. Not much to say!
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Going out to see the new Spiderman movie. I don't know why we need to start this series over again, as I really liked the last three movies, but I hear it's good. So we'll see. However, $11.25 to see a movie. We're getting up to theatre prices soon. Crazy.
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We returned home tonight. We had a great time. I just wanted to stop in and say hello.
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I hope everyone is well.
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I just got sent a review copy of ON THE INSIDE with Nick Stahl, who seems to have disappeared.
I've never heard of this film, nor do I know why Nick Stahl disappeared.
But, I shall watch the film this weekend and, hopefully, soon Nick Stahl will reappear.
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'night
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Triple digit temperatures and a thunderstorm predicted for tomorrow. I hope we don't have a repeat of last week's storms!
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Should Nick Stahl reappear, I am sure that my watching the film will have had nothing to do with it.
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We returned home tonight. We had a great time. I just wanted to stop in and say hello.
Welcome home, DR Jane!
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Here's what we have to deal with sometimes: A guy in Sylmar CA orders a copy of The Good Old Bad Old Days on June 20. We ship it to the address provided. Today he opens a paypal claim stating we sent it to his OLD address and how dare we since paypal has had his NEW address on file forever. I respond and ask him why he felt it necessary to open a claim rather than e-mail us. I ask him how he KNOWS the package was sent to his old address. I tell him maybe we've got his old address in the computer and the helper inadvertently sent it there - pilot error and all that. I ask him to close the dispute and e-mail me and tell him we'll get it to the right address.
I then actually look at his invoice. Guess what? WRONG ADDRESS. Oops. I write him back telling him he owes us an apology and that the shipment to the wrong address is HIS problem not ours. Again, I ask him to close the dispute and e-mail me to work it out. Of course, those who are quick to open disputes are slow as molasses to respond, so I called paypal and am escalating it to a claim - that way as soon as the helper gets me our tracking info I can confirm delivery to the address on the invoice and they will immediately put the money back into our account. Then, when Mr. Stupid e-mails us he can explain how he knew we'd sent it to the wrong address, and also tell us that IF he knew why he hasn't gone to collect the CD, since it's about ten minutes from his NEW address. One way or the other, we'll at least have our money back.
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Jane is back where she belongs. Let's hear all the stories. THAT should get us to page five.
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Here's what we have to deal with sometimes: A guy in Sylmar CA orders a copy of The Good Old Bad Old Days on June 20. We ship it to the address provided. Today he opens a paypal claim stating we sent it to his OLD address and how dare we since paypal has had his NEW address on file forever. I respond and ask him why he felt it necessary to open a claim rather than e-mail us. I ask him how he KNOWS the package was sent to his old address. I tell him maybe we've got his old address in the computer and the helper inadvertently sent it there - pilot error and all that. I ask him to close the dispute and e-mail me and tell him we'll get it to the right address.
I then actually look at his invoice. Guess what? WRONG ADDRESS. Oops. I write him back telling him he owes us an apology and that the shipment to the wrong address is HIS problem not ours. Again, I ask him to close the dispute and e-mail me to work it out. Of course, those who are quick to open disputes are slow as molasses to respond, so I called paypal and am escalating it to a claim - that way as soon as the helper gets me our tracking info I can confirm delivery to the address on the invoice and they will immediately put the money back into our account. Then, when Mr. Stupid e-mails us he can explain how he knew we'd sent it to the wrong address, and also tell us that IF he knew why he hasn't gone to collect the CD, since it's about ten minutes from his NEW address. One way or the other, we'll at least have our money back.
The nerve of some people. :P
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We returned home tonight. We had a great time. I just wanted to stop in and say hello.
Welcome home, Jane!
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Here's what we have to deal with sometimes: A guy in Sylmar CA orders a copy of The Good Old Bad Old Days on June 20. We ship it to the address provided. Today he opens a paypal claim stating we sent it to his OLD address and how dare we since paypal has had his NEW address on file forever. I respond and ask him why he felt it necessary to open a claim rather than e-mail us. I ask him how he KNOWS the package was sent to his old address. I tell him maybe we've got his old address in the computer and the helper inadvertently sent it there - pilot error and all that. I ask him to close the dispute and e-mail me and tell him we'll get it to the right address.
I then actually look at his invoice. Guess what? WRONG ADDRESS. Oops. I write him back telling him he owes us an apology and that the shipment to the wrong address is HIS problem not ours. Again, I ask him to close the dispute and e-mail me to work it out. Of course, those who are quick to open disputes are slow as molasses to respond, so I called paypal and am escalating it to a claim - that way as soon as the helper gets me our tracking info I can confirm delivery to the address on the invoice and they will immediately put the money back into our account. Then, when Mr. Stupid e-mails us he can explain how he knew we'd sent it to the wrong address, and also tell us that IF he knew why he hasn't gone to collect the CD, since it's about ten minutes from his NEW address. One way or the other, we'll at least have our money back.
People are idiots.
That's all I have
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Got the tracking info and proof of delivery, called Paypal back, escalated to claim, they instantly put the money back in my account, and they are now out of it - he can no longer do anything with them about this transaction. So, he'll actually have to behave like a human being and e-mail us. To that end, I sent him an e-mail from the Kritzerland address.
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DR Danise I hope that Thelma is doing okay.
Thank you DR Jennifer. I worry about her because she cares so much for others (me included) and doesn't take proper care of herself.
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DR Jane is back!!! Who and Ray!!!!! :)
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My Dad always said "Where there's a Will there's a William."
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I guess when you catch someone who really did the wrong thing they get embarrassed and therefore act like jerks.
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Just like She Who MUST Be Obeyed but shall remain nameless.
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Ok, that's my posting quota for tonight.
Have a wonderful evening and talk with you wonderful people tomorrow!
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Welcome back, Jane!!!
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Well, I'm leaving work now (it's late, even for me) and going home.
Until later!
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Just heard the mix of Losing My Mind - just fantastic and I was a puddle of mush because there has never been a vocal to better what Dorothy Collins does on this song. And wonder of wonder, a little piano part that was completely buried in the original mix. Not any more, baby.
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I am finding to my surprise as I occasionally A/B our mixes with the performances on the new recording (which is AWFUL-sounding - dead and dry and ugly) that Mr. Tunick has made all sorts of little adjustments to the orchestration and few for the better.
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Welcome seventy-one GUESTS. Any of you read Peter Filicia's column today - apparently no one here has. Come on out of the woodwork and join our merry band of miscreants.
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When are you releasing FOLLIES?
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I read Mr. Filichia today. Loved hearing what Darcie Roberts was up to. I saw her in "Busker Alley." Twice.
Back from an egg roll eating contest. Not a pretty sight.
Welcome back, Jane.
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Night, all.
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I saw her in Busker Alley once - which was enough :) Not her - the show.
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Announcing Follies in a week or so.
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I want me some Jane stories.
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How did we go from seventy GUESTS to twelve GUESTS? We haven't been down to twelve GUESTS in over a year. Perhaps the thought of coming out of the woodwork scared everyone away. Or perhaps the lack of new postings today bored everyone to tears.
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I gotta tell you.
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Mother of mercy, is this then end of Rico? What happened to our GUESTS?
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Back from "Spiderman" - good movie. In many ways, better than the Toby Maguire film.
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perhaps I'm losing my mind
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Waiting around for the girls upstairs....
story of my life.
Goodnight.
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Back from "Spiderman" - good movie. In many ways, better than the Toby Maguire film.
I want to see it...however, there are other movies that I want to see first.
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Tomorrow is going to be a day of me not doing much of anything. :) My mom, my aunt, my niece and Mona, a friend of my mom's, are all going to spend the day at Mount Rainier.
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I wasn't asked if I wanted to go. I haven't been in many years, but I don't think I would've wanted to go anyway...especially so soon after getting a sun burn last week that's not completely healed, yet.
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(That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. ;))
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I will stay home, watch some TV and burn some DVDs...such as "Show Boat" and the 2012 Tony Awards.
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I'll also probably watch/record/burn the laserdisc version of "1776." I've actually been wanting to do that for quite some time.
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Now I have the motivation to do it. :D
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Well...
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...since we're so close...
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PAGE SIX 1776 DANCE!!
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