Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on October 08, 2012, 12:17:07 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Kritzerland-centric, and now it is time for you to post until the Kritzerland Kows Kome home.
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And the word of the day is: APOPHASIS!
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And our two new Kritzerland releases. They'll be live on the site at six in the morning should you care to order them - they are highly recommended by the likes of me. If you want to order before that, you know the drill. The first release:
Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition soundtrack – three great scores on one 2-CD set at a 1-CD price:
THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR/SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD/THE BLUE ANGEL
Music Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
Hugo Friedhofer could do anything. From noirs, to romance, to fantasy, to drama, to lighter fare, he simply was one of the greatest film composers in history. His work for Twentieth Century Fox was especially impressive and from the mid-1950s to the end of that decade he would deliver one incredible score after another in just about every genre.
The Rains of Ranchipur came out in 1955 and starred Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, and Michael Rennie. The director was Jean Negulesco, who’d directed many films for Fox, including Titanic, How to Marry a Millionaire, Three Coins in the Fountain, Daddy Long Legs, Boy on a Dolphin, to name a few. Beautifully photographed in Cinemascope and color, the film had Oscar-nominated special effects, and a stunningly beautiful Hugo Friedhofer score, filled with glorious themes, some exotic, some heartbreaking, some majestic – a true Friedhofer classic. Ranchipur had only about thirteen minutes of its music previously released, in stereo, due to the deterioration of the original mag tracks – that was really all that could be salvaged. Since that release, other sources showed up, and while those were mono, it is finally possible to present almost the entire score complete – all that’s missing is about seven minutes of cues that are thematically covered in other cues.
Also from 1955, Seven Cities of Gold was yet another colorful Fox Cinemascope film, this one a historical adventure film starring Anthony Quinn, Richard Egan and Michael Rennie. The film’s tagline basically said it all: “This is the story of the making… and the forging… of California… when men chose gold or God… the sword of the Cross.” Once again, Hugo Friedhofer provided a score that perfectly captured the drama, the characters, and the flavor of the film. Spanish rhythms, grand themes, and fantastic orchestral colors are the order of the day. Seven Cities of Gold was previously released on Varese Sarabande and has been out of print for some time. For this release, Mike Matessino has completely remixed the score and found two short unreleased cues – the resulting sound is spectacular in that incredible Fox stereo.
Four years later, Fox remade Josef von Sternberg’s classic film, The Blue Angel. Obviously it’s not the Dietrich/von Sternberg film – this time The Blue Angel got the Cinemascope and color treatment, with Edward Dmytryk at the helm. It starred Curt Jurgens and May Britt, who both turn in wonderful performances. Since some of the film takes place in a cabaret nightclub, the film has a few musical numbers, and includes the great song, “Falling in Love Again” by Frederick Hollander with English lyrics by Sammy Lerner (used in the original film of The Blue Angel). Friedhofer’s actual score is brief (eighteen minutes) and we’ve included all of it. Naturally, he interpolates “Falling in Love Again,” but there’s also classic Friedhofer scoring and it’s just his usual great work. This is the film score’s world premiere release.
The Rains of Ranchipur/Seven Cities of Gold/The Blue Angel is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.
CD will ship the third week of November – however, never fear, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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Our second release is for a new film, one that I have a cameo in - it's really fun!
Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition soundtrack CD for a brand new sci-fi musical film:
THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X
Music Composed by Ego Plum
Songs by Scott Martin
What is The Ghastly Love of Johnny X? Is it science fiction? Is it a musical? Is it homage? Yes, yes, and yes. but above all it’s a completely unique, weird, wild, and wacky movie, from the unique, weird, wild, and wacky imagination of filmmaker Paul Bunnell. Shot in gorgeous black-and-white scope, it’s not an easy film to describe and it’s best just to see it as soon as you possibly can (it’s currently making the rounds of many film festivals). It’s clever, funny, quirky, with an occasional dash of David Lynchian weirdness, and it’s sort of unlike any other film you’ve seen. And any movie that has Kevin McCarthy AND Paul Williams is worth catching.
Composer Ego Plum has come up with a fantastic score – big, orchestral, and immensely entertaining. Occasionally channeling the ghosts of Bernard Herrmann (especially The Day the Earth Stood Still), John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Franz Waxman (especially The Bride of Frankenstein), Plum’s score is infectious, melodic, and grand fun, and despite the occasional homages, wildly original. Big orchestra, choir, the ubiquitous theremin sound, a twangy guitar, all of it – a classic sci-fi genre score. Add to that clever and catchy songs (six of ‘em) by composer/lyricist Scott Martin (and orchestrated by Plum) and you have one incredibly entertaining seventy-minute CD.
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X – resistance is futile.
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.
CD will ship the third week of November – however, never fear, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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First to post after BK!
Good morning!
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Congrats on the show last night, BK! I wish I could have been there!
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Thanks for the good wishes, DR Jane! To answer your question, I'm taking the train to Philly.
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TCB--I'll tell Barbra you send your regards!
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Good morning, all!
I will be off to Toyland very shortly. I need to finish up my ROBERTA work, scan it, and send it to the copyists. One of the Metropolitan Opera staff is showing up this morning to pick the items he purchased from the McGlinnventory. Following that, I have no real plans for the day. I do have to defrost my refrigerator, which will be hauled out of here in the next couple of weeks when I get my new stove and friidge. I am so hoping the new one defrosts itself. I really loathe the job.
More coffee.
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TOD
Rodgers & Hart
Moon of My Delight
Tree In The Park
Come And Tell Me
If I Were You
This Funny World
Everybody Loves You
Where the Hudson River Flows
I Still Believe In You
Isn't It Romantic?
My Romance
Falling In Love with Love
Sing For Your Supper
Every Sunday Afternoon
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Everybody's Got A Home But Me
The Next Time It Happens
How Can Love Survive?
People Will Say We're In Love
If I Loved You
My Girl Back Home
So Far
Rodgers Solo
The Sweetest Sounds
Love Makes The World Go Square
Rodgers & Harnick
Away From You
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Morning all.
That is all.
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We are back from a wonderful weekend in DC. It couldn't have been lovelier. We had a smooth, pleasant train trip (both ways), a great hotel (with a few hiccups) and wonderful friends and all in all it couldn't have been better.
Pictures at 11 (or whenever Anthony gets them off the card and onto the computer).
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I'm glad you had a good weekend, DR Ben!
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good morning to all
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Nice to see The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is finally out there.
An Epic Film! Over FIVE Years in Production! With a cast of 46!!
"Filmed in GhastlyScope"
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Good morning, all.
Congratulations, BK. The shows sounds wonderful.
Monday vibes or all.
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TOD:
Moon in My Window
Take the Moment
Stepsisters' Lament
A Lovely Night
Be My Host
Sing for Your Supper
Falling in Love with Love
Where the Hudson River Flows
Moon of My Delight
Zip
At the Roxy Music Hall
A Twinkle in Her Eye
On Your Toes
Way Out West
This Nearly Was Mine
Manhattan
I've Got Five Dollars
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
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I'm glad the show went so well!!! Wish I could have been there.
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Good morning, all.
Coffee!
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TOD:
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
The Lady is a Tramp
Where the Hudson River Flows
Out of My Dreams
Carousel Waltz
If I Loved You
We Kiss in a Shadow
Small House of Uncle Thomas
Twin Soliloquies
Bali Ha'i
Younger Than Springtime
The Lonely Goatherd
How Can Love Survive?
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CDs ordered!
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I'm up, I've announced, I'm going back to bed!
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Monday morning greetings! Now that Middfest is over, I can pick up one of the spinning plates that I dropped during the last 2 weeks. Have to go to a lunchtime meeting at the senior center and then to the grocery.
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Last night's show sounds like it was a BIG HIT!!!
Congratulations to MR BK and Co.
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TOD:
Zip
Terrific Rainbow
There's a Small Hotel
Falling In Love With Love
Love Look Away
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TOD:
Isn't It Romantic?
My Romance
Falling In Love with Love
If I Loved You
You'll Never Walk Alone
Everybody's Got a Home But Me
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Glad you had a great weekend, Ben. Looking forward to the pix.
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Happy Monday!
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Yes DR BEN looking forward to the photos.
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Good day one and all!
Vibes for travel, support and just because....
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Found out about half an hour ago that my lunchtime meeting is cancelled! Still have to go to the grocery, but I can take it a little slower this morning.
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And here we are, another Monday.
That's all I've got
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and a page two dance
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I forgot about Flower Drum Song! I'll have a little of that LOVE LOOK AWAY, too, if you don't mind. Thank you, DR Jrand62.
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Hope you're all hungry, because it's time for:
MORE EATS
Two Guys From Italy – behind the boulevard, north side, off of Las Palmas or maybe McCadden, faced onto the parking lot. I LOVED this place. I think the “Guys” type of name was ubiquitous for pizza but this was more than that – a comfortable neighborhood red sauce Italian jernt with a bar in the front and a couple of dining rooms. I swear I can remember the texture and taste of the pizza, and I’d kill for a slice now. Broke a tooth on it one evening, resulting in my first root canal and crown. Loved the lasagna. Loved it all. They don’t make ’em like this anymore.
George’s (? - something - ?) – hamburger stand, NE corner at McCadden or Las Palmas
BTW, pizza was 33 cents per slice, everywhere, up and down the street
Orange Julius – really got to like the original drink, and I believe I enjoyed more than a few of their hot dogs and maybe a burger.
Magoo’s – enormously popular, but like BK said, nothing great.
Greek Diner – that’s not the name, it was another coffee shop type of thing, but I enjoyed a few greasy breakfasts there. I think this was in the same block as Magoo’s. As I recall, these places burned down mysteriously, but my memory is vague on that whole thing, the timing, etc., and what replaced them.
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Swensen’s – this came later, I think, and I've never been excited about them. I guess it was a C.C. Brown's type of thing? If so, a pale imitation.
Love’s Wood Pit BBQ – oh, take me back. There were many, but this was my first and my favorite location. Don’t know why this wouldn’t have lasted longer than it did. (I also very fondly remember the one on Pico, west of Beverly Dr., when I was living down there.)
House of Pies – I don’t remember what they had besides pie, but that’s probably what I had most of the time. Had a couple of favorites which I’m wracking my brain trying to recall now –banana cream; blueberry; something with raisins? Great people-watching window seats.
Coffee Dan’s – near the Hollywood Theater (was there more than one?) I wish I could remember it better than I do. I’m picturing kind of a dark interior (or not a typical coffee shop look), booths running front to back (?). I think there was an omelet with bananas and raisins that was a favorite – and no, I’m not conflating it with House of Pies.
Read it and weep: http://goo.gl/Q0Ewi
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Johnny’s Steak House – An iconic place on the boulevard but I think I was only in there a few times. Wish I could remember something about the food. Or maybe it’s better to quit while I’m ahead?
Stars Deli (or New York Deli?) – nothing great. NE corner at Cahuenga or Ivar.
There was a bar/restaurant on the north side near Vine (west of the Cave – mustn’t forget the Cave!) whose name totally escapes me but I enjoyed going in there a few times for a drink and a sandwich. Aldo’s? Something short like that. Googie-style front?
Ontra Cafeteria – on Vine, north of Hollywood – and how I wish I’d taken greater advantage of having it there. Loved that building. If cafeterias were still around, they’d be a guilty pleasure.
Brown Derby – on Vine. Only in there once, sorry to say -- don't ask me why because I don't know.
There was kind of an upscale coffee shop or luncheonette across the street from the Derby that I liked.
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Oddly, I’m not remembering much eating on the south side of the boulevard, other than Coffee Dan’s, and one storefront that seemed to house one fast food place after another, one being the short-lived West Castle (a White Castle imitation) in the late 70s. (They had one in the Valley and in Long Beach, too. I was one who loved it, but it didn’t last long.) I’m thinking SE corner at Cherokee.
Seven Seas – no, I never got in there, but I have to salute it as a long-standing iconic presence.
At La Brea I have to take us around the corner and down to Sunset. There’s no choice in the matter. The Tiny Naylor’s drive-in there was one of those things that should NEVER have been permitted to be destroyed. Feast your eyes: http://goo.gl/pLTtm
And across the street, another great favorite, the Copper Penny: http://goo.gl/VW3b6
International House of Pancakes – on Sunset. (To this day, I hate calling them IHOPs, even though I have to so people will know what I’m talking about – and original architecture only, if you please.) I think there’s been a favorite one of these in or near every place I’ve ever lived.
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Just read the notes. Glad to hear the show last night went so well. That is great!
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Strange bedfellows! American Express is teaming up with WalMart to introduce a new debit / credit card.
The lion and lamb shall lay down together.
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Strange bedfellows! American Express is teaming up with WalMart to introduce a new debit / credit card.
The lion and lamb shall lay down together.
That's sort of strange since Amex is so heavily into Costco. But anything for a buck, right?
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Happy Thanksgiving to DR Jennifer and any other Canadians who may be reading this
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One thing I learned when I was a government employee is how nice the three day weekends are and how they can really help to recharge, so I decided that we will take off the same holidays that the courthouses are closed. Today isn't a state holiday, but we're taking it off anyway. This weekend I really needed it.
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Sorry you didn't win the trip to Paris DR GINNY. I was looking forward to the photos.
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Sorry you didn't win the trip to Paris DR GINNY. I was looking forward to the photos.
Oh, well, DR JRand, I'll have England photos in January!
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DR Cilla thanks for the house link. I wasn't familiar with William Steele houses.
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DR Chas it is a shame there aren't many Hamburger Hamlet's left. My brother misses the one that was near him. Mostly I ate at the one in Beverly Hills except during the years I worked at the Bruin. Their chocolate milk shakes were the best. Their chocolate cake was pretty darn good as was their garlic bread.
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Thanks for the good wishes, DR Jane! To answer your question, I'm taking the train to Philly.
Good choice. It is a nice train ride.
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We are back from a wonderful weekend in DC. It couldn't have been lovelier. We had a smooth, pleasant train trip (both ways), a great hotel (with a few hiccups) and wonderful friends and all in all it couldn't have been better.
All honeymoons should be so perfect. :)
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I forgot to mention, the Hamlet was one of the first restaurants to offer a tasty & healthy vegetarian sandwich. It sure beat ordering a cheeseburger without the burger.
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Swensen’s –
I wasn't a big fan either.
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DR Cilla thanks for the house link. I wasn't familiar with William Steele houses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Steele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Steele)
Here's more about William Steele.
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Strange bedfellows! American Express is teaming up with WalMart to introduce a new debit / credit card.
The lion and lamb shall lay down together.
Very unusual... I have always associated AMEX with people with big pocket books like Trump and others. Very interesting union.
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The same to you also... I have a number of Canadian relatives..
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Let's bring some closure for the time being, to this trip through Hollywood, with one final blast of
MISCELLANOUS!
Hughes Market – at Highland and Franklin. Amazingly, many memories tied up with that store, my first L.A. supermarket. Likewise...
Lee Drugs – the angled doorway at the SW corner of Hollywood and Highland.
(Moving out there from Ohio, it was a thrill to find liquor departments in drugstores and supermarkets.)
Hollywood Piano and Organ (not sure about the name) – on Highland across from Max Factor. When they finally closed – I’m thinking roughly ten years ago – I happened to catch a small article about it on the L.A. Times web site, and I wrote a short note of remembrance and thanks which they ended up selecting for publication. I’d rented an old Steinway baby grand there for the apartment on Franklin, $40 per month. (I said $20 in my note but I think it was $40.)
Newberry’s – a classic five-and-dime, and there might have been another that I’m blanking on.
Frederick’s of Hollywood, of course -- opposite my corner.
Larry Edmunds – Thank you for the origianl “Psycho” one-sheet.
The Magic Store and the Army/Navy store.
The camera stores! Not sure of the name, but a large one (similar to Bel-Air in Westwood) where I bought my first good camera, a now-classic Olympus rangefinder. I so wish I’d kept that, but I traded it in a couple of years later on their new OM-1 which I bought at Mel Pierce Camera (farther east on Hollywood Blvd., closer to Western Ave.). This store ("Something" Photo and Sound) eventually moved into a larger space on Sunset near the Dome, but the original store was on Cahuenga (that later became an Alexander’s Stationers), down a little and across the street from:
Lloyd’s Camera Exchange. FASCINATING place. Dark, mysterious, piled to the rafters with all manner of stuff for rental. Before buying my own SLR I rented an old one from them and spent a couple of my pre-car days walking around Hollywood, even up a little ways into the hills, shooting slides. This place was a Hollywood classic.
The Broadway – RIP, old friend. I loved the classic department stores. Always will.
Oh, here’s a good one, on Sunset Blvd. – "Crossroads of the World" --
http://www.crossroadshollywood.com/
One day I heard about something that sounded kind of interesting, and I went and sat in a little second-story office there with a couple dozen other people, listening to Al Kasha, who had just won the Oscar for the song “The Morning After” from The Poseidon Adventure, chatting about that and various other things. I think that was my only time to go into this unique little arcade.
Which also brings to mind a thing called Sherwood Oaks Experimental College which sponsored a weekly series of seminars on Hitchcock. They were held in a second-story space in – I think – the building at the NW corner of Hollywood and Ivar. I sent in the outrageous sum of fifty bucks and enjoyed several very informal evenings with the likes of Bruce Dern, Tippi Hedren, Jimmy Stewart (who shared his 16mm print of Rear Window), Joseph Stefano, John Forsythe, and (get ready for it) Miklos Rozsa – whose chat I most remember for his relating of how many of his Biblical film scores had been destroyed or had otherwise disappeared, and they had to reconstruct them from the earlier soundtrack recordings and sketch scores for later recordings to be made. I need to dig out the pictures I took of these people.
That is all.
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DR Chas it is a shame there aren't many Hamburger Hamlet's left. My brother misses the one that was near him. Mostly I ate at the one in Beverly Hills except during the years I worked at the Bruin. Their chocolate milk shakes were the best. Their chocolate cake was pretty darn good as was their garlic bread.
The "hot fudge cake" with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce. Incredible.
Another one was the apple pie with rum-raisin sauce, ice cream, melted cheese...
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Swensen’s –
I wasn't a big fan either.
The ice cream was never as good as the show around the ice cream.
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Just read that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are calling it quits. That's sad.
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Chas,
Thanks for sharing your journey... Now I am hungry :-)
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Just read that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are calling it quits. That's sad.
That is sad...
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I finished the score reconstruction for ROBERTA so the whole shebang is in the hands of the copyists. Thomas Bagwell arrived and picked up two of the three cartons of scores he purchased, and I helped him get them to a taxi. He'll call when he wants to come back for the third.
I've listened to the new EILEEN release and a 2-CD set of Carl Davis conducting Russell Bennett's show medleys for orchestra. I juyst heard "South Pacific," "Show Boat," and "My Fair Lady." "Porgy and Bess" is playing at the moment.
Now I've got to assemble a chart of all the ROBERTA musical numbers and what characters sing/speak in each number. I also have to scan the dialogue pages for all numbers, showing the copyists where it fits over the music. My week is cut out for me. I think I will now head home.
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!!! 3 !!!
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DR ChasSSmith, now if only you had photos to go with all those recollections!
Larry Edmund's is still there and I usually pop in each time I am in town. Of course, I have been buying from them since through the mail since I was in high school...got lots of 8x10 stills from that place and a few lobby cards, also.
They were the only place I was able to find that had any portrait shots of Ruell Shayne (aka Frank Griffin), all of which I purchased to use for my magazine interview with the actor.
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Good morning. I might have an interesting video up on youtube later today.
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And speaking of preserving historic homes ... here is something to make you all mad.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121007frank-lloyd-wright-home-debate.html
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Congratulations on finishing Roberta, Elmore. I wish I could send you one of her gowns to celebrate with.
And I shall now have "Yesterdays" going through my head this afternoon. There are worse things in life.
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I finished the score reconstruction for ROBERTA so the whole shebang is in the hands of the copyists. Thomas Bagwell arrived and picked up two of the three cartons of scores he purchased, and I helped him get them to a taxi. He'll call when he wants to come back for the third.
I've listened to the new EILEEN release and a 2-CD set of Carl Davis conducting Russell Bennett's show medleys for orchestra. I juyst heard "South Pacific," "Show Boat," and "My Fair Lady." "Porgy and Bess" is playing at the moment.
Now I've got to assemble a chart of all the ROBERTA musical numbers and what characters sing/speak in each number. I also have to scan the dialogue pages for all numbers, showing the copyists where it fits over the music. My week is cut out for me. I think I will now head home.
DR Elmore, I'm intrigued by the Carl Davis CD. Is it available and if it is, what's it called?
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And speaking of preserving historic homes ... here is something to make you all mad.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121007frank-lloyd-wright-home-debate.html
that's a sad story, and the venom in the comments posted at the end are even worse. People cannot civilly agree to disagree any more.
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And speaking of preserving historic homes ... here is something to make you all mad.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121007frank-lloyd-wright-home-debate.html
Sad
The lack of civility is appalling
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DR MBarnum, I do have some snapshots and slides. I need to go through them and start scanning, and hopefully a lot of that can get done on the proverbial cold winter nights this year. I should have thought at the beginning to include links to web pages here and there, but the little bit I did tells me there's a LOT out there to be discovered. There are many, many resources for this kind of stuff now.
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DR Elmore, congrats on all of that.
And I have to say I feel a bit faint trying to imagine what the McGlinnventory must hold, or held.
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And speaking of preserving historic homes ... here is something to make you all mad.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121007frank-lloyd-wright-home-debate.html
Sad
The lack of civility is appalling
Totally.
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The area this house is in -- an upscale part of town called Arcadia -- has seen many beautiful old homes demolished in order to build stucco castles. It is quite sad.
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Elmore.. Congrats on finishing Roberta...
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The area this house is in -- an upscale part of town called Arcadia -- has seen many beautiful old homes demolished in order to build stucco castles. It is quite sad.
It is sad to see that kind of destruction. Granted not all can be saved due to lack of upkeep, termites, etc. The older homes are clues to where we have been and it provides as sense of history and connection. I love it when old houses, schools and other buildings are rehabbed or repurposed.
There is an old school in Arnegard, ND that was rehabbed into bed and breakfast and community center. The gym is used for gatherings and craftshows. The classrooms are made into suites for visiting people with a theme relating to school.
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Agree. Rehabbing and repurposing is the FIRST thing anyone should try to do, with dwellings and all manner of structures.
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Here is the website for the Bed and Breakfast I was referring to in an earlier post.
Old School Bed and Breakfast.
http://www.oldschoolbb.com/
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And the word of the day is: APOPHASIS!
And The Song Of The Day Is: I WON'T DANCE
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But you see, you can have TWO stucco houses on the lot where one stands now! Win! Right?
Maybe not.
Oh -- and these are nice old houses that are being demolished. Folks want new houses but don't want to have to drive so far out of town to get it. (These old houses were probably built in the 50's. That's old for Phoenix.)
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In my garden last week (sped up 4 times)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yho3bZWGQK4&feature=plcp
In my garden this morning (real time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPKvzwMCIr0&feature=youtu.be
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I finished the score reconstruction for ROBERTA so the whole shebang is in the hands of the copyists. Thomas Bagwell arrived and picked up two of the three cartons of scores he purchased, and I helped him get them to a taxi. He'll call when he wants to come back for the third.
I've listened to the new EILEEN release and a 2-CD set of Carl Davis conducting Russell Bennett's show medleys for orchestra. I juyst heard "South Pacific," "Show Boat," and "My Fair Lady." "Porgy and Bess" is playing at the moment.
Now I've got to assemble a chart of all the ROBERTA musical numbers and what characters sing/speak in each number. I also have to scan the dialogue pages for all numbers, showing the copyists where it fits over the music. My week is cut out for me. I think I will now head home.
DR Elmore, I'm intrigued by the Carl Davis CD. Is it available and if it is, what's it called?
DR Matthew, it's "Great American Musicals" on the EMI Classics for Pleasure label. and it's now an out of print CD. I see that I can find it on Amazon using key words "Robert Russell Bennett" and "Carl Davis." There are two reasonably priced used copies. Be certsin that the set has both CDs. The first copy I purchased only had one CD because the seller was a moron.
There are also several other collections of Bennett's show medleys, if you'd likesome titles.
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DR Elmore, congrats on all of that.
And I have to say I feel a bit faint trying to imagine what the McGlinnventory must hold, or held.
We have a ton of things we cannot give away as well as a ton of things we're keeping.
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Lar, I'm so glad you're finishing work on Roberta. I look forward to hearing the finished product.
I've been looking for Gowns by Roberta. I can find lots of copies of her other books, even as free e-books on Gutenberg but finding GBR is hard. I found copies on Amazon starting at $99 but I don't want to read it that much.
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We are back from a wonderful weekend in DC. It couldn't have been lovelier. We had a smooth, pleasant train trip (both ways), a great hotel (with a few hiccups) and wonderful friends and all in all it couldn't have been better.
Pictures at 11 (or whenever Anthony gets them off the card and onto the computer).
I'm glad you had a good weekend, DR Ben!
Ditto! Can't wait to see the pictures. :D
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CDs ordered!
DITTO!! ;D
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Lar, I'm so glad you're finishing work on Roberta. I look forward to hearing the finished product.
I've been looking for Gowns by Roberta. I can find lots of copies of her other books, even as free e-books on Gutenberg but finding GBR is hard. I found copies on Amazon starting at $99 but I don't want to read it that much.
I believe I have a copy here that you are welcome to borrow. I finished the novel and thought, this was a best seller?
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I just got my first rave for EILEEN. It made me very happy after all the slams the Collected Herbert songs got.
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The same to you also... I have a number of Canadian relatives..
Thanks DR Dakota except I am in Oregon. DR Jennifer is in Canada & DR Matthew alternates countries.
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Let's bring some closure for the time being, to this trip through Hollywood, with one final blast of
Hughes Market – at Highland and Franklin. Amazingly, many memories tied up with that store, my first L.A. supermarket. Likewise...
The first Hughes market I knew of was long after we had moved away. There was a very nice one on Doheny Drive walking distance from my father's condo. I was staying with my father after his surgery for bladder cancer and was walking around Hughes when my shopping cart and I almost collided with another shopper who was in town visiting her mother. I still chuckle when I remember how Susan Gordon I both looked at each other in shock, neither of us expecting to run into anyone we knew. We hadn't seen each other for years. After that we continued to kept in touch.
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Newberry’s – a classic five-and-dime
Frederick’s of Hollywood, of course -- opposite my corner.
I grew up shopping at Newberry's on Pico Blvd near Westwood Blvd.
Frederick's was something else. ;D
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Just read that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are calling it quits. That's sad.
I saw that. :o
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That was my SECOND Hughes, DR Jane! Across from Chasen's, right?
Walked and biked there from the Clark Drive apartment.
Just realized that when I think of Hughes Markets, I think of Van de Kamp cinnamon rolls. Not to mention the Van de Kamp windmilled coffee shops. Oh, now there I go again.
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I just got my first rave for EILEEN. It made me very happy after all the slams the Collected Herbert songs got.
Congrats on that, too. Great Monday for you.
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I finished the score reconstruction for ROBERTA so the whole shebang is in the hands of the copyists.
Congratulations!
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Let's bring some closure for the time being, to this trip through Hollywood, with one final blast of
Hughes Market – at Highland and Franklin. Amazingly, many memories tied up with that store, my first L.A. supermarket. Likewise...
The first Hughes market I knew of was long after we had moved away. There was a very nice one on Doheny Drive walking distance from my father's condo. I was staying with my father after his surgery for bladder cancer and was walking around Hughes when my shopping cart and I almost collided with another shopper who was in town visiting her mother. I still chuckle when I remember how Susan Gordon I both looked at each other in shock, neither of us expecting to run into anyone we knew. We hadn't seen each other for years. After that we continued to kept in touch.
Great story.
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Let's bring some closure for the time being, to this trip through Hollywood, with one final blast of
Hughes Market – at Highland and Franklin. Amazingly, many memories tied up with that store, my first L.A. supermarket. Likewise...
The first Hughes market I knew of was long after we had moved away. There was a very nice one on Doheny Drive walking distance from my father's condo. I was staying with my father after his surgery for bladder cancer and was walking around Hughes when my shopping cart and I almost collided with another shopper who was in town visiting her mother. I still chuckle when I remember how Susan Gordon I both looked at each other in shock, neither of us expecting to run into anyone we knew. We hadn't seen each other for years. After that we continued to kept in touch.
Great story.
Indeed. Jealous!
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Wait, am I right about where Chasen's was? Hold on, I'll find out.
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Yes. They were on Beverly Blvd. at Doheny, Hughes on the SE block, Chasen's on the NE.
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Looks like it's still some kind of store.
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I fell back asleep at eight and woke up at eleven-thirty, and then had to leave immediately to get the hard drive with the two Outside The Box episodes to the editor's assistant so it can be loaded into the computer and synched up.
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Chas, there was another Coffee Dan's close to the Warner Cinerama. I'm pretty sure it was also on the south side of the street - I need to find this out exactly because maybe my memory is just playing tricks because it's hard to imagine there would be two in the space of five blocks.
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
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I finished the score reconstruction for ROBERTA so the whole shebang is in the hands of the copyists. Thomas Bagwell arrived and picked up two of the three cartons of scores he purchased, and I helped him get them to a taxi. He'll call when he wants to come back for the third.
I've listened to the new EILEEN release and a 2-CD set of Carl Davis conducting Russell Bennett's show medleys for orchestra. I juyst heard "South Pacific," "Show Boat," and "My Fair Lady." "Porgy and Bess" is playing at the moment.
Now I've got to assemble a chart of all the ROBERTA musical numbers and what characters sing/speak in each number. I also have to scan the dialogue pages for all numbers, showing the copyists where it fits over the music. My week is cut out for me. I think I will now head home.
DR Elmore, I'm intrigued by the Carl Davis CD. Is it available and if it is, what's it called?
DR Matthew, it's "Great American Musicals" on the EMI Classics for Pleasure label. and it's now an out of print CD. I see that I can find it on Amazon using key words "Robert Russell Bennett" and "Carl Davis." There are two reasonably priced used copies. Be certsin that the set has both CDs. The first copy I purchased only had one CD because the seller was a moron.
There are also several other collections of Bennett's show medleys, if you'd likesome titles.
Awesome... I love show medleys. I believe there is one as a bonus track on a The Sound of Music reissue. I'll check out the others, though.
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Chas, there was another Coffee Dan's close to the Warner Cinerama. I'm pretty sure it was also on the south side of the street - I need to find this out exactly because maybe my memory is just playing tricks because it's hard to imagine there would be two in the space of five blocks.
Precursor to Starbucks it seems like.
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Was just told of another new trend, apparently happening up Canada way: One kid gets into the trunk of the car and the driver then goes on a wild and bumpy ride. And this is done voluntarily. ???
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That was my SECOND Hughes, DR Jane! Across from Chasen's, right?
Walked and biked there from the Clark Drive apartment.
Just realized that when I think of Hughes Markets, I think of Van de Kamp cinnamon rolls. Not to mention the Van de Kamp windmilled coffee shops. Oh, now there I go again.
I saw you looked it up. I know Chasen's was a landmark and my parent's went there fairly often, yet it isn't a place I paid too much attention to.
For me Hughes meant wonderful California fruit, veggies, and flowers.
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
:(
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Chas, there was another Coffee Dan's close to the Warner Cinerama. I'm pretty sure it was also on the south side of the street - I need to find this out exactly because maybe my memory is just playing tricks because it's hard to imagine there would be two in the space of five blocks.
Precursor to Starbucks it seems like.
No, not that kind of coffee shop. Whole different thing. The classic L.A. coffee shop is a wonderful thing, more like a diner, luncheonette, family restaurant, things of that ilk. Examples are the Van de Kamps I just mentioned above, Parasol, Du-Par's, Copper Penny, Beverly Hills Cafe -- there are (or were) so many examples, really. And one of the greatest of them all, Ship's -- but don't even get me started. Talk about criminal acts of destruction...
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Was just told of another new trend, apparently happening up Canada way: One kid gets into the trunk of the car and the driver then goes on a wild and bumpy ride. And this is done voluntarily. ???
This stuff gives me shivers.
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Chas, there was another Coffee Dan's close to the Warner Cinerama. I'm pretty sure it was also on the south side of the street - I need to find this out exactly because maybe my memory is just playing tricks because it's hard to imagine there would be two in the space of five blocks.
Precursor to Starbucks it seems like.
No, not that kind of coffee shop. Whole different thing. The classic L.A. coffee shop is a wonderful thing, more like a diner, luncheonette, family restaurant, things of that ilk. Examples are the Van de Kamps I just mentioned above, Parasol, Du-Par's, Copper Penny, Beverly Hills Cafe -- there are (or were) so many examples, really -- and one of the greatest of them all: Ship's -- and don't even get me started... talk about yer criminal acts of destruction...
When I think of the classic coffee shop I think of Ship's.
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This is because great minds think alike, DR Jane.
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I think you can even call Bob's Big Boy a coffee shop. At least out there, where it really fits in as such.
But correct me if I'm wrong on any of these assertions.
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Chas, there was another Coffee Dan's close to the Warner Cinerama. I'm pretty sure it was also on the south side of the street - I need to find this out exactly because maybe my memory is just playing tricks because it's hard to imagine there would be two in the space of five blocks.
Precursor to Starbucks it seems like.
No, not that kind of coffee shop. Whole different thing. The classic L.A. coffee shop is a wonderful thing, more like a diner, luncheonette, family restaurant, things of that ilk. Examples are the Van de Kamps I just mentioned above, Parasol, Du-Par's, Copper Penny, Beverly Hills Cafe -- there are (or were) so many examples, really -- and one of the greatest of them all: Ship's -- and don't even get me started... talk about yer criminal acts of destruction...
When I think of the classic coffee shop I think of Ship's.
We have a classic coffee shop, Earl Abel's, that sells remarkable fried chicken and the pie chef just retired after 61 years there. He made a maple pecan pie that is beyond belief. The coffee, eh, not so hot.
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DR ChasSmith, did you mention that one of the apartments you rented in Hollywood was on Orange? Isn't that just a block from Orchid?
I am remembering that when I stayed at The Hollywood Orchid Hotel on Orchid, I would walk down Orange to get to Hollywood Blvd and my daily dose of morning coffee. Although some days I took Highland...and once I took Yucca...but never again will I make that mistake!
I loved the Hollywood Orchid. I should stay there again someday.
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I think that whole lot of us should take a trip to LA at the same time and visit all of the old places (or new places, for some of us).
I still want JRAnd62 to come down there during one of my trips so I can take him to see and touch Allison Haye's Hollywood house.
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This is because great minds think alike, DR Jane.
:)
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I noticed in the photo of my relative's market was RED CROSS SPAGHETTI - which I remember came in a green box with a ... red cross.
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I think you can even call Bob's Big Boy a coffee shop. At least out there, where it really fits in as such.
But correct me if I'm wrong on any of these assertions.
I didn't go to a Bob's Big Boy until we lived in Michigan. I suppose so.
Did you ever go to Dick Webster's?
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
Makes me glad I don't drink. :-\
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I just got my first rave for EILEEN. It made me very happy after all the slams the Collected Herbert songs got.
That's great news, Larry!
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PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
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(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110315130944/headhuntershorrorhouse/images/f/fe/Allison_Hayes.jpg)
Allison Haye's N. Orange Grove Ave home!
(http://www.freewebs.com/allisonhayes/orange1.JPG)
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A friend sent me this unsolicited email today:
I just had to write to you to tell you how amazing I think Eileen is. It truly has everything that most studio cast recordings lack. The orchestra is just glorious -- obviously very well rehearsed. The singing is also delicious. (I've always had a soft spot for Irish tenors.) The orchestra and singers create an amazing variety of drama and emotions. Even the acting is quite good in the extended scenes that were recorded. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! I can't wait for Dearest Enemy.
This is my first feedback on the recording. I hope it continues good.
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A friend sent me this unsolicited email today:
I just had to write to you to tell you how amazing I think Eileen is. It truly has everything that most studio cast recordings lack. The orchestra is just glorious -- obviously very well rehearsed. The singing is also delicious. (I've always had a soft spot for Irish tenors.) The orchestra and singers create an amazing variety of drama and emotions. Even the acting is quite good in the extended scenes that were recorded. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! I can't wait for Dearest Enemy.
This is my first feedback on the recording. I hope it continues good.
Ask this person to post this on Amazon!
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Back from a sandwich and no fries and working on the Rodgers and Hammerstein list o' songs. Got one piece of annoying mail that must have come in on Saturday, since there's no mail today - how annoying remains to be seen, but I'm throwing it in the trash and will just hope it's not too annoying.
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
Makes me glad I don't drink. :-\
DR George, they aren't actually drinking it.
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I've been putting off getting the foot massage and tonight was going to be the night. Well, they're gone - closed up shop and the storefront is for rent. Guess I'll have to find another place.
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Sorry Bruce.
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A friend sent me this unsolicited email today:
I just had to write to you to tell you how amazing I think Eileen is. It truly has everything that most studio cast recordings lack. The orchestra is just glorious -- obviously very well rehearsed. The singing is also delicious. (I've always had a soft spot for Irish tenors.) The orchestra and singers create an amazing variety of drama and emotions. Even the acting is quite good in the extended scenes that were recorded. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! I can't wait for Dearest Enemy.
This is my first feedback on the recording. I hope it continues good.
:D :D
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A friend sent me this unsolicited email today:
I just had to write to you to tell you how amazing I think Eileen is. It truly has everything that most studio cast recordings lack. The orchestra is just glorious -- obviously very well rehearsed. The singing is also delicious. (I've always had a soft spot for Irish tenors.) The orchestra and singers create an amazing variety of drama and emotions. Even the acting is quite good in the extended scenes that were recorded. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! I can't wait for Dearest Enemy.
This is my first feedback on the recording. I hope it continues good.
Ask this person to post this on Amazon!
I did as soon as I got the email!
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Congratulations on the rave, Elmore
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Cilla - they want only $315.000 for that house? It would easily go for twice that amount here
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Sorry Bruce.
Did some Googling and found a really well-reviewed place in Sherman Oaks, so I may try that - same price.
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Cilla good news on Sherry -
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I have lots I must do -- so I had better go do it
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Sorry Bruce.
Did some Googling and found a really well-reviewed place in Sherman Oaks, so I may try that - same price.
I didn't think you would be able to match that great price. I hope you are just as pleased with the new place.
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DR ChasSmith, did you mention that one of the apartments you rented in Hollywood was on Orange? Isn't that just a block from Orchid?
I am remembering that when I stayed at The Hollywood Orchid Hotel on Orchid, I would walk down Orange to get to Hollywood Blvd and my daily dose of morning coffee. Although some days I took Highland...and once I took Yucca...but never again will I make that mistake!
I loved the Hollywood Orchid. I should stay there again someday.
Orange Dr. is the one west of Orchid, and Orchid doesn't go through to Hollywood Blvd. If you're facing the Chinese Theater, you go up the street to the left, and there's a medium high-rise apartment building, then a little two-story one. I think it was that one. It seems like there had been two such apt. buildings back then, in which case I don't know which it was, but I'm just not sure about that. There was nothing "nice" about it -- it was cheap and they allowed short-term rentals.
What you're saying about Yucca -- I guess that wasn't a good place to walk by then?
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With difficulty I finally let my niece know I will be flying to LA for her wedding shower. I was hoping it would be in November since the wedding isn't until January. We really have to trek to get to her wedding as it will be in Cozumel.
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Jekyll and Hyde - 2012 "Concept" CD, with no surprise to all of you here, is pretty much the same fare as all the rest of the recordings. What's missing is "Facade" and "Murder" - both ensemble pieces that make the show exciting. This is just a CD of "covers" of Jekyll and Hyde songs with some new "angsty" orchestrations and performances. It pains me to write that as I'm a big fan of the show.
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Boy, do I HATE when that happens -- the place closing up shop just like that.
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I think you can even call Bob's Big Boy a coffee shop. At least out there, where it really fits in as such.
But correct me if I'm wrong on any of these assertions.
I didn't go to a Bob's Big Boy until we lived in Michigan. I suppose so.
Did you ever go to Dick Webster's?
I don't think I know what that is.
In Michigan and Ohio it's Frisch's Big Boy. And in a few places such as Cleveland, there was another called Manners, which was the same thing but I believe it didn't use the name Big Boy at all.
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Other L.A. coffee shops: Ben Frank's on Sunset, which somehow became a Mel's Diner. Norm's and Jan's in the Beverly Center area. The Kettle, in Manhattan Beach. Lulu's (?) on Roscoe near Van Nuys Airport. Many, many wonderful coffee shops. LOTS of independent ones all over the place. Or so I hope. I mourn the ones that are gone, but I hope the tradition is still alive.
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I think you can even call Bob's Big Boy a coffee shop. At least out there, where it really fits in as such.
But correct me if I'm wrong on any of these assertions.
I didn't go to a Bob's Big Boy until we lived in Michigan. I suppose so.
Did you ever go to Dick Webster's?
I don't think I know what that is.
In Michigan and Ohio it's Frisch's Big Boy. And in a few places such as Cleveland, there was another called Manners, which was the same thing but I believe it didn't use the name Big Boy at all.
When I was in high school fifty years ago, Frisch's was the cool place to hang out.
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
Makes me glad I don't drink. :-\
DR George, they aren't actually drinking it.
True, but they are "using" and that gets them drunk, which I choose not to do, too.
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I think you can even call Bob's Big Boy a coffee shop. At least out there, where it really fits in as such.
But correct me if I'm wrong on any of these assertions.
I didn't go to a Bob's Big Boy until we lived in Michigan. I suppose so.
Did you ever go to Dick Webster's?
I don't think I know what that is.
In Michigan and Ohio it's Frisch's Big Boy. And in a few places such as Cleveland, there was another called Manners, which was the same thing but I believe it didn't use the name Big Boy at all.
When I was in high school fifty years ago, Frisch's was the cool place to hang out.
There were a couple in Cincinnati I really liked -- one on Central Parkway, and Frisch's "Mainliner" out east on Wooster Pike. Both are still there, but in contemporary form; however, the latter, which sits on quite a large lot and used to have a great car-hop section, retained its original sign and mascot. (That, I should think, is the very least such places can do when forced to modernize.)
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DR ChasSmith, did you mention that one of the apartments you rented in Hollywood was on Orange? Isn't that just a block from Orchid?
I am remembering that when I stayed at The Hollywood Orchid Hotel on Orchid, I would walk down Orange to get to Hollywood Blvd and my daily dose of morning coffee. Although some days I took Highland...and once I took Yucca...but never again will I make that mistake!
I loved the Hollywood Orchid. I should stay there again someday.
Orange Dr. is the one west of Orchid, and Orchid doesn't go through to Hollywood Blvd. If you're facing the Chinese Theater, you go up the street to the left, and there's a medium high-rise apartment building, then a little two-story one. I think it was that one. It seems like there had been two such apt. buildings back then, in which case I don't know which it was, but I'm just not sure about that. There was nothing "nice" about it -- it was cheap and they allowed short-term rentals.
What you're saying about Yucca -- I guess that wasn't a good place to walk by then?
Yucca was very run down and dirty, at least for the few blocks I was on. I only took that route as I had read that film maker Ed Wood lived in an apartment on Yucca in Hollywood back in the day. Evidently, it has not improved since Wood lived there.
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I think you can even call Bob's Big Boy a coffee shop. At least out there, where it really fits in as such.
But correct me if I'm wrong on any of these assertions.
I didn't go to a Bob's Big Boy until we lived in Michigan. I suppose so.
Did you ever go to Dick Webster's?
I don't think I know what that is.
In Michigan and Ohio it's Frisch's Big Boy. And in a few places such as Cleveland, there was another called Manners, which was the same thing but I believe it didn't use the name Big Boy at all.
If it was called something besides Bob's it was still Bob's to us. It had the big Big Boy :)
I'm sorry to didn't experience Dick Webster's lemon meringue pie. They were also known for their chicken gumbo soup.
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
Makes me glad I don't drink. :-\
DR George, they aren't actually drinking it.
True, but they are "using" and that gets them drunk, which I choose not to do, too.
I know, but technically they aren't drinking it ;)
I would think it would really burn your eyes.
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I googled "Dick Webster's lemon meringue pie" and the first two items are the base were....
Stephen Sondheim Stage
www.sondheim.com/comedy/columna/past/46.htmlThe highlight of our skit was a pie fight, and because I didn't know that pie fights ... lemon meringue pies from Dick Webster's, Home of the Lemon Meringue Pie, ...
Benjamin Kritzer - Page 151 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=140330193X
Bruce Kimmel - 2002 - Fiction
As the bus traveled north on La Cienega, Benjamin pointed out some of his favorite places, like Dick Webster's (home of the Lemon Meringue pie), and a bit ...
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
Makes me glad I don't drink. :-\
DR George, they aren't actually drinking it.
True, but they are "using" and that gets them drunk, which I choose not to do, too.
I know, but technically they aren't drinking it ;)
I would think it would really burn your eyes.
That alone would prevent me from ever trying it. :P
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I've been putting off getting the foot massage and tonight was going to be the night. Well, they're gone - closed up shop and the storefront is for rent. Guess I'll have to find another place.
Boy, do I HATE when that happens -- the place closing up shop just like that.
Last Wednesday, I got the weekly flyers and coupons in the mail. Included in that batch was a page of coupons for Arby's (they have new turkey sandwiches). I hadn't been to Arby's in a couple of weeks, so i decided to go the next day (Thursday). I went to the local Arbys's (it's only about a mile and a half away from where I work) and it was closed! I had no idea! No one was in the place and no lights were on. I never noticed when it happened, but it couldn't have been too long ago. As I was driving away, I noticed that someone else had driven up to the drive-through and I saw that there wasn't even a menu board on the pole...just the pole. By this time, a woman had driven up and parked and walked to the door before she too realized that it was closed. Just like that...gone. :-\
As for the coupons, there is another Arby's on the west side of Olympia, so I actually went there on Saturday. It's a little too far to go for a workday lunch, but afterward or on the weekend, it might happen again. :)
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OK, here's a new trend that makes me glad I'm old:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1278583/Young-people-drinking-neat-vodka-EYE-quick-buzz.html
Makes me glad I don't drink. :-\
DR George, they aren't actually drinking it.
True, but they are "using" and that gets them drunk, which I choose not to do, too.
I know, but technically they aren't drinking it ;)
I would think it would really burn your eyes.
That alone would prevent me from ever trying it. :P
I know.
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I am watching an interesting show on Canadian tv. Andrew Lloyd Webber is adding songs to THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto. And they are searching for their Dorothy. There are only 7 girls left. But my favorite was in the bottom two. She did not go home. ALW was there for the first shows. But now he has another woman making the eliminations. I hope he comes back soon. It is called OVER THE RAINBOW. There are two out of the seven I love. One other I like a lot. But two others seem really wrong for the part. And the woman keeps saving one of them.
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Going to watch Dancing With The Stars.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is adding songs to THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto. ...
Oh, please no.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is adding songs to THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto. ...
Oh, please no.
Oh geeze - he already added them to the London production. Really there are really no "songs" in Act Two of the show. And he added a few to the wicked witch of the West, gives her something to sing. Seriously, they are forgettable, but nonetheless, they aren't bad and they serve a purpose. Plus the lyrics are by Tim Rice.
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I googled "Dick Webster's lemon meringue pie" and the first two items are the base were....
Stephen Sondheim Stage
www.sondheim.com/comedy/columna/past/46.htmlThe highlight of our skit was a pie fight, and because I didn't know that pie fights ... lemon meringue pies from Dick Webster's, Home of the Lemon Meringue Pie, ...
Benjamin Kritzer - Page 151 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=140330193X
Bruce Kimmel - 2002 - Fiction
As the bus traveled north on La Cienega, Benjamin pointed out some of his favorite places, like Dick Webster's (home of the Lemon Meringue pie), and a bit ...
Ah!! Thank you! I'm reviewing that passage. Didn't remember the name, and would love to know where it was and how long it was there. La Cienega, south of Restaurant Row and Lawry's, so, south of Wilshire, but how far down.
Here's another: "Los Angeles was a junk-food paradise: cinnamon rolls at Dick Webster's, Orange Julius on every street corner, Blum's sticky buns and Lum's hot dogs steamed in beer." That's on this page:
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-29/food/fo-44142_1_hollywood-restaurants
And that has a Hollywood place I missed: Tick Tock!
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And speaking of preserving historic homes ... here is something to make you all mad.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20121007frank-lloyd-wright-home-debate.html
Actually it's quite interesting. Our Hist Pres Commission has no power, we're just advisory
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Cilla - they want only $315.000 for that house? It would easily go for twice that amount here
That's high for Sioux City
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I did a library errand in the southern Dayton 'burbs and went grocery shopping here in Middletown. After dinner at home with Richard, I picked up my (and DR Elmore's friend) Loyce for tonight's AAUW meeting. We learned all about Title IX, which this year celebrates its 40th birthday. I'm pretty tired and will head for bed as soon as CASTLE's over.
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The Michigan Big Boys were Elias Brothers.
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I should say it's very sad that they want to tear down the house. What I find interesting is the leagal aspects of the case. It sounds to me like the property owners are holding out for the right amount of money, 1/2 mil. It's ridiculous, but that's what it sounds like.
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The Michigan Big Boys were Elias Brothers.
How right you are! There are way more regional names than I knew:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boy_Restaurants
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I googled "Dick Webster's lemon meringue pie" and the first two items are the base were....
Stephen Sondheim Stage
www.sondheim.com/comedy/columna/past/46.htmlThe highlight of our skit was a pie fight, and because I didn't know that pie fights ... lemon meringue pies from Dick Webster's, Home of the Lemon Meringue Pie, ...
Benjamin Kritzer - Page 151 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=140330193X
Bruce Kimmel - 2002 - Fiction
As the bus traveled north on La Cienega, Benjamin pointed out some of his favorite places, like Dick Webster's (home of the Lemon Meringue pie), and a bit ...
Ah!! Thank you! I'm reviewing that passage. Didn't remember the name, and would love to know where it was and how long it was there. La Cienega, south of Restaurant Row and Lawry's, so, south of Wilshire, but how far down.
Here's another: "Los Angeles was a junk-food paradise: cinnamon rolls at Dick Webster's, Orange Julius on every street corner, Blum's sticky buns and Lum's hot dogs steamed in beer." That's on this page:
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-29/food/fo-44142_1_hollywood-restaurants
And that has a Hollywood place I missed: Tick Tock!
Thank you for the additional link. I didn't know that Blum's even had sticky buns-lol.
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The Michigan Big Boys were Elias Brothers.
That sounds familiar.
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'night!
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I should say it's very sad that they want to tear down the house. What I find interesting is the leagal aspects of the case. It sounds to me like the property owners are holding out for the right amount of money, 1/2 mil. It's ridiculous, but that's what it sounds like.
Is this in response to the Frank Lloyd Wright house?
The owner is a development company, I believe. They bought it with the intent of tearing it down to build two houses.
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Well, all this talk of fried chicken made me go to Earl Abel's tonight for some. I also got a slice of their French Coconut pie (a coconut custard confection), but I'll save that for breakfast. And I'll post a pic tomorrow.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is adding songs to THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto. ...
Oh, please no.
Oh geeze - he already added them to the London production. Really there are really no "songs" in Act Two of the show. And he added a few to the wicked witch of the West, gives her something to sing. Seriously, they are forgettable, but nonetheless, they aren't bad and they serve a purpose. Plus the lyrics are by Tim Rice.
I actually like Red Shoes Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvm3xmf4FPY&feature=related) from the updated version. :)
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I should say it's very sad that they want to tear down the house. What I find interesting is the leagal aspects of the case. It sounds to me like the property owners are holding out for the right amount of money, 1/2 mil. It's ridiculous, but that's what it sounds like.
Is this in response to the Frank Lloyd Wright house?
The owner is a development company, I believe. They bought it with the intent of tearing it down to build two houses.
I hope they can be stopped and I'm not even a FLW fan.
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I should say it's very sad that they want to tear down the house. What I find interesting is the leagal aspects of the case. It sounds to me like the property owners are holding out for the right amount of money, 1/2 mil. It's ridiculous, but that's what it sounds like.
Is this in response to the Frank Lloyd Wright house?
The owner is a development company, I believe. They bought it with the intent of tearing it down to build two houses.
The article or maybe it was the comments that said they have had cash offers that would give them $250,000 profit and they wouldn't sell unless they got at least 1/2 mil in profit. That's what I was referring to.
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'night
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Don't get me wrong, I love FLW and want to see the house preserved. But legally the tension between a property owner's right to do what they want to with their property and the government's ability to prevent them in the name of historic preservation is interesting to me.
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Ontra Cafeteria – on Vine, north of Hollywood – and how I wish I’d taken greater advantage of having it there. Loved that building. If cafeterias were still around, they’d be a guilty pleasure.
If I remember correctly, the Ontra Cafeteria was so popular with the movie peope, that they opened a second location right on the Fox lot. They called it...........
<Wait for it>
Ontra Twentieth Century
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I think they were trying to fly under the radar and have it demolished before anyone knew about it, and once word got out they said they'd sell for a certain very high price.
It is very hard to type with a purring cat on your lap rubbing its face all over your hands.
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DR ChasSSmith, now if only you had photos to go with all those recollections!
Larry Edmund's is still there and I usually pop in each time I am in town. Of course, I have been buying from them since through the mail since I was in high school...got lots of 8x10 stills from that place and a few lobby cards, also.
I didn't know they were allowed to sell those types of photos through the mail.
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I'm really not a fan of FLW. But I do understand the significance of the house. And I hate seeing the beautiful vintage houses being torn down in Arcadia just to build what is being built by the thousands in outlying areas of Phoenix.
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I think they were trying to fly under the radar and have it demolished before anyone knew about it, and once word got out they said they'd sell for a certain very high price.
It is very hard to type with a purring cat on your lap rubbing its face all over your hands.
Yeah, i think that's right. They're intentions changed when they got interrupted so to speak
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I just got my first rave for EILEEN. It made me very happy after all the slams the Collected Herbert songs got.
Bravo!
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It is sad, Laura. I couldn't believe how much had been torn down and rebuilt out there from the time I left until I went back about 5 years ago. There were a lot of times I had no idea where I was even though I was in an area I drove through every day or even lived for a while
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You know, Phoenix isn't really all that old. Compared to other cities, Phoenix is quite a young city. And we have demolished almost all of the old buildings. There are very few.
Now the purring cat is stretching onto the keyboard.
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Chas, there was another Coffee Dan's close to the Warner Cinerama. I'm pretty sure it was also on the south side of the street - I need to find this out exactly because maybe my memory is just playing tricks because it's hard to imagine there would be two in the space of five blocks.
Is the Warner Cinerama the big domed theater
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This is because great minds think alike, DR Jane.
Funny, I didn't think of Ship's.
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TCB, that's the Cinerama Dome, which actually never showed real three-panel Cinerama until the 1990s. The premiere attraction there when it was built was Mad World, the first "new Cinerama" picture that was actually just shot in 65mm.
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ChasSmith, you'll be happy to know that Jan's is still there and going strong - Druxy and I have eaten there several times.
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Topic of the Day:
Away From You
Falling In Love with Love
How Can Love Survive?
Isn't It Romantic?
Moon In My Window
Sing For Your Supper (I think that this is probably my favorite Rodgers & Hart Song)
Stepsisters' Lament
The Sweetest Sounds
Take the Moment
We're Gonna Be Alright (mostly for the original Sondheim lyrics ;))
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I'm heading home.
Until later.
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You know, Phoenix isn't really all that old. Compared to other cities, Phoenix is quite a young city. And we have demolished almost all of the old buildings. There are very few.
Now the purring cat is stretching onto the keyboard.
Ricky was doing that earlier today. I want to follow this. In part, because we are looking for ways for us to save houses here and feel like we are powerless. I am hoping that the city wins and will especially pay attention to how they win. It could help preservationists all across the country.
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Jekyll and Hyde - 2012 "Concept" CD, with no surprise to all of you here, is pretty much the same fare as all the rest of the recordings. What's missing is "Facade" and "Murder" - both ensemble pieces that make the show exciting. This is just a CD of "covers" of Jekyll and Hyde songs with some new "angsty" orchestrations and performances. It pains me to write that as I'm a big fan of the show.
Then I will keep my mouth shut. My fingers shut.
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On Monday Night Football the teams keep having to take time outs because of malfunctions with the wireless speakers and headsets used by the coachs and the quarterbacks. Since it is nearing eleven on the East Coast, I am wondering if it has anything to do with the huge solar storm the other day. They are saying that around midnight, we may get to see the Northern Lights. Too bad I can't get out on my balcony. I haven't seen them since I was in Alaska.
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Cilla - they want only $315.000 for that house? It would easily go for twice that amount here
That's high for Sioux City
Really? I'll start packing tomorrow.
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TCB, that's the Cinerama Dome, which actually never showed real three-panel Cinerama until the 1990s. The premiere attraction there when it was built was Mad World, the first "new Cinerama" picture that was actually just shot in 65mm.
Oh okay, the Cinerama Dome is the only theater I have ever been to in Hollywood. I was just trying to fit into the conversation. I saw THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE at the Dome.
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Fried chicken at Earl Abel's. It made me very happy.
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TCB, that's the Cinerama Dome, which actually never showed real three-panel Cinerama until the 1990s. The premiere attraction there when it was built was Mad World, the first "new Cinerama" picture that was actually just shot in 65mm.
Oh okay, the Cinerama Dome is the only theater I have ever been to in Hollywood. I was just trying to fit into the conversation. I saw THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE at the Dome.
I saw THE TIME MACHINE (original) at a theater in Redondo Beach (if that counts!).
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Good night.
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Fried chicken at Earl Abel's. It made me very happy.
Wasn't that a John Denver song?
Sorry, I'm filling in for FJL.
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That fried chicken looks good. It has been years since I have had fried chicken.
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I guess I have driven everyone away. My work here seems to be done.
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They just announced that Alex Karras has only a few days to live. Apparently suffering from kidney failure. Very sad.
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dang I just lost my post
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Cilla - they want only $315.000 for that house? It would easily go for twice that amount here
That's high for Sioux City
Really? I'll start packing tomorrow.
Really. I'll be interested to see what it sells for.
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And TCB, when should we expect you to arrive :)
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Oh my, they said light rain moving through on the Weather channel. I must go look out the window. We've had so little rain I haven't had to mow my yard since June
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TOD
Stepsisters lament
In My Own Little Corner
'Edelweiss
Climb Every Mountain'
You'll never Walk Alone'
I Enjoy Being A Girl (which always makes me think of Jose now --- he'll have to tell you the story)
You Have to be Carefully Taught
This Was nearly Mine
Some Enchanted Evening
Hello Young Lovers
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Oh my, they said light rain moving through on the Weather channel. I must go look out the window. We've had so little rain I haven't had to mow my yard since June
Nope. Ground is dry. Dang
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Cilla - they want only $315.000 for that house? It would easily go for twice that amount here
That's high for Sioux City
Really? I'll start packing tomorrow.
I was thinking the same thing - fortunately with 4 bedrooms and four baths we will have plenty of room to share
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bedtime
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Earl Abel's looks like a good place, DR John G. Mighty good. Looking at pictures on the web.
Might have to scare up some fried chicken soon, myself.
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My first movie at the Dome was FRENZY, which IMDb says was released on June 21, 1972, and I know I went the first evening. I'd arrived in Hollywood on something like the 12th.
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It has been a while since we have had rain, too, Cillaliz.
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That fried chicken do look good! I went to Gelson's and got a teeny thing of mac and cheese and some seafood salad for my snack.