Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on September 26, 2013, 12:45:32 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes hearted Herrmann, and now it is time for the Herrmannesque cows to come home.
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And the word of the day is: NOISOME!
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Morning all.
That is all.
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good morning to all
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two different dentist appoints this morning.
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You've never seen it like THIS!! 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dK_dfNKPxTk#t=78 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dK_dfNKPxTk#t=78)
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bk, it is too early in LA for you to be up and on this board!!
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Sorry for my absence last night; I was staying at a friend's house, dog-sitting, and didn't have access to a computer.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE!! :)
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/gershwin_zps3a8c1cb8.jpg)
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I received "The Pleasure of his Company" CD today. I had to go to the post office to collect it because I wasn't in when delivery was attempted yesterday. Unusually, I had to sign for it. I haven't had to sign for a Kritzerland CD before but this one had a tracking number so required a signature. New policy?
The Kritzerland boxes are very substantial but this one still didn't stop some of the CD teeth from breaking off, as happens so often, no matter how well packaged from the U.S.
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
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Topic of the day:
The first movie score I really noticed, and really hooked me, was Leonard Rosenman's score for Fantastic Voyage. For better or worse, that score molded my tastes in music, and bent them to the avant-garde.
I heart Rosenman.
My favorite Bernard Herrmann score is for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Which is also one of my all-time favorite movies, and a movie I seem incapable of getting weary of.
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TOD: Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Psycho and Obsession
I always paid attention to movie scores- the first where I noticed the music more was maybe "Lawrence of Arabia"
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Good morning, all! The alarm rang at 7:30 and I went back to sleep for another hour. I did not sleep well last night, and I believe a lot of it had to do with my body adjusting to the new mattress.
This morning I've got physical therapy, and that's pretty much my day.
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Thursday morning greetings! This morning I'm going to a funeral - the father of a mutual friend of mine and DR Elmore's.
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Thursday morning greetings! This morning I'm going to a funeral - the father of a mutual friend of mine and DR Elmore's.
DR Ginny, thanks for sending the obituary. To my knowledge, I never met Andrea's father, but I was very fond of her mother. Please tell Andrea I send my love.
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TOD:
I think the first (non-song) movie score that left an impression on me was GONE WITH THE WIND.
However, I think that the first time I actually took note of a particular composer was when I heard Victor Young's score for RUN OF THE ARROW, which (I believe) was his last. I love that score and, thankfully, it's now out on CD.
Nothing against Hermann, but you can't hum him.
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Aside from songs in Disney movies, the one movie song that stuck with me from my childhood is "Some Sunday Morning" from SAN ANTONIO (1945) , an Errol Flynn Western that I saw when I was four-years old.
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TOD: First film composer I took note of was Alfred Newman. I was in my early teens and 20th Century-Fox films cropped up on TV quite a bit (before Saturday Night at the Movies, too). Saw lots of Fox films from the 40s before NBC introduced us to the Fox films of the 50s.
First soundtrack album I owned: "Exodus" (a gift) by Ernest Gold
First soundtrack album I bought: "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Elmer Bernstein
Favorite Herrmann scores:
(In no particular order)
Trouble With Harry
Vertigo
North By Northwest
Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
The Egyptian (co-composed with Alfred Newman).
Journey to the Center of the Earth
On Dangerous Ground
Hangover Square
The Day the Earth Stood Still
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
You should send the restaurant a note detailing your experience there. I find no excuse for what you endured.
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Shocking service DR DOUG R.....yes write a letter.
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Watching Damsel in Distress on TCM......Burns & Allen keep right up with Fred Astaire in their two dance numbers together, and it is a delight....more so than leading lady Joan Fontaine.... And the Gershwin score is, of course, fantastic!
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RISING SUN arrived today!
Favorite Hermann scores:
Psycho
Citizen Kane
Probably the first film composer I heard of or saw the name of was Max Steiner in KING KONG on television....and of course I knew of his music from GONE WITH THE WIND.
First soundtrack/score albums I bought were probably Elmer Bernstein....loved:
The Ten Commandments
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Carpetbaggers
Walk on the Wild Side
True Grit
Where's Jack?
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To Tell the Truth was Bud Collyer not Bill Cullen, but CLOSE......
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My favorite panelists on TTTT were Polly Bergen and Peggy Cass.....HATED Tom Poston and Orson Bean...a couple of pills.....
One night they had a famous hair stylist on....and Bergen was asking questions about setting the hair or pinning the hair before or after washing it....and all the contestants got mixed up. When it came time to vote Bergen said: "I don't think it's any of them....not a one of them has set a pin curl in his life!" LOL
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Another night they had a composer on and Bergen asked each of the contestants....what is your ASCAP rating....two of them fumbled and the real guy answered:
Somewhere between you and Irving Berlin......
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Too much ME on this page.
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Locally they are broadcasting the funeral of the police officer who was killed in the line of duty...it is very sad.
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Good morning all:
TOD:
FAVORITE BERNARD HERRMANN SCORES:
Vertigo
North By Northwest
Psycho
FIRST COMPOSER I LIKED:
Frederick Lowe,
1ST SOUNDTRACK ALBUM:
Camelot, ( Actually I think my mother purchased it)
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
You should send the restaurant a note detailing your experience there. I find no excuse for what you endured.
You're right Ron. I should have complained at the time. I guess I'm too much of a wimp!
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NOISOME:
Very unpleasant or disgusting.
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AND THE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"To read too many books is harmful."
MAO TSE-TUNG
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I wonder if the Bernard Herrmann fan club calls itself THE SAINT BERNARD'S SOCIETY?
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Thursday morning greetings! This morning I'm going to a funeral - the father of a mutual friend of mine and DR Elmore's.
DR Ginny, thanks for sending the obituary. To my knowledge, I never met Andrea's father, but I was very fond of her mother. Please tell Andrea I send my love.
DR Elmore, the last thing Andrea said to me when I left the funeral home was, "Someday I'm going to New York with you to see Larry!"
She had her husband and both sons with her and there were lots of cousins in attendance. They'll be at Wildwood soon toasting her dad's 95th birthday, which was yesterday.
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DR"S,
I finished Kritzer Time a few days ago. I thought it was wonderful.
Any DR"S who have not read The Kritzer Triology, I ask why not?
It is a great way to get to know BK better. Now that I have read the books, I know where all of BK'S
funnys sayings came from and what has molded him in to the talented man he is today.
BK surely has an unique way of writing. As I have said before, it coaxes you in and you want to linger for a long time getting to know all the characters, then leaving, feeling like you now personally know them.
I highly recommend!
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And the word of the day is: NOISOME!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SCENT OF MYSTERY
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I am home from therapy. Today, they added a new exercise: the bike for 10 minutes. I burned about 15 calories. That was exciting.
DR Ginny, I would love to see Andrea! It's been 34 years, since THE BEGGAR'S OPERA! When I discovered her on Facebook, I sent her a lot of CDs I'd done but she's one of the ones I really miss.
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
You should send the restaurant a note detailing your experience there. I find no excuse for what you endured.
You're right Ron. I should have complained at the time. I guess I'm too much of a wimp!
You left a tip/grautity! Didn't you? :)
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I received "The Pleasure of his Company" CD today. I had to go to the post office to collect it because I wasn't in when delivery was attempted yesterday. Unusually, I had to sign for it. I haven't had to sign for a Kritzerland CD before but this one had a tracking number so required a signature. New policy?
The Kritzerland boxes are very substantial but this one still didn't stop some of the CD teeth from breaking off, as happens so often, no matter how well packaged from the U.S.
The teeth in the jewel case don't break because of the package - it happens in the plant with the automated inserting discs into the jewel case - two-thirds of what I buy from amazon in terms of CDs arrive that way. Tracking shouldn't mean you have to sign for anything - we do tracking on every package now but none requires signature. Maybe they were confused.
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Thanks to Kate for the nice words.
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I was up at five, and finally fell back asleep at six.
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And I'm up now.
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Barely.
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Yup I have purchased CD's from the store that had broken teeth.....
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My favourite Bernard Herrmann score is VERTIGO.
I was familiar with Miklos Rozsa’s name from seeing him featured in the BEN-HUR souvenir booklet in 1959 and later buying the extended play 45rpm disc but I was more interested in easy listening and popular classics as a youngster and didn’t really get interested in film music until I was in my thirties, when the first soundtrack LP I bought was Herrmann’s TAXI DRIVER.
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I received "The Pleasure of his Company" CD today. I had to go to the post office to collect it because I wasn't in when delivery was attempted yesterday. Unusually, I had to sign for it. I haven't had to sign for a Kritzerland CD before but this one had a tracking number so required a signature. New policy?
The Kritzerland boxes are very substantial but this one still didn't stop some of the CD teeth from breaking off, as happens so often, no matter how well packaged from the U.S.
The teeth in the jewel case don't break because of the package - it happens in the plant with the automated inserting discs into the jewel case - two-thirds of what I buy from amazon in terms of CDs arrive that way. Tracking shouldn't mean you have to sign for anything - we do tracking on every package now but none requires signature. Maybe they were confused.
Thanks for the explanation. It always seemed odd to me that the teeth could break in the post. As regards the signature - yes, I think the UK Post Office may have been confused. I did ask why they needed a signature but they didn't seem to know why.
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The mighty hunter:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/catandmouse_zps66f03770.jpg)
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DR Singdaw,
That kitty is sooo cute!. Is it yours?
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WHERE IN TARNATION IS EVERYONE??????? :( :-\
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That kitty is sooo cute!. Is it yours?
Alas, no.
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Martin Short and Nathan Lane take their turn at "Bosom Buddies":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N9s3gThJVek#t=36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N9s3gThJVek#t=36)
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Good morning and good afternoon for the east coasters
Errands today and back to the Heights this evening for the last weekend. It's been quite a run.
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This is a view of a part of the home that I stayed in last night whilst dog-sitting. It isn't really a very good shot, but the house is quite modern. It was designed by Eliot Noyes, one of the Harvard Five group of architects.
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(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/noyes2_zps47c5b31d.jpg)
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You've never seen it like THIS!! 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dK_dfNKPxTk#t=78 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dK_dfNKPxTk#t=78)
So...what's the point of the shirtless guys in the overcoats? They sure are pretty, though. ;)
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I received "The Pleasure of his Company" CD today. I had to go to the post office to collect it because I wasn't in when delivery was attempted yesterday. Unusually, I had to sign for it. I haven't had to sign for a Kritzerland CD before but this one had a tracking number so required a signature. New policy?
The Kritzerland boxes are very substantial but this one still didn't stop some of the CD teeth from breaking off, as happens so often, no matter how well packaged from the U.S.
The teeth in the jewel case don't break because of the package - it happens in the plant with the automated inserting discs into the jewel case - two-thirds of what I buy from amazon in terms of CDs arrive that way.
Interesting. I've gotten CDs (several, but not a lot) from Kritzerland and the hub teeth were broken, but the boxes seemed quite secure. It's never been a problem, though. I have replacements for the trays.
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Just a quick hit and run to wish everyone a wonderful weekend. I'm wrapping up this silly play, squeezing an audition and travel into the mix, then packing and coming home on Monday. Yaay!
I also wanted to share this BroadwayWorld page of pics and info from the set of the new INTO THE WOOS film:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Movie-Set-Update-Kendrick-Pine-Cinderellas-Stepsisters-More-20130926
Cheers!
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~ ~ ~ CALM AND EASY-DOES-IT VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR ryacko!!
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This story was shared on That Other Site by someone who swears it is true. I don't know, but I'd love it to be true! :)
While filming the first "Superman", Reeve saw John Gielgud in the studio commissary. Reeve, who was in full costume, cape and all, goes up to Sir John and introduces himself, saying, "Hello, Sir John, my name is Christopher Reeve and I'm here making a movie called 'Superman'." Gielgud, looking up from his lunch and newspaper, glasses angled down his nose, looks up and says, without missing a beat, "Indeed, young man. And what part do you play?
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That is a lovely home DR SINGDAW
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Martin Short and Nathan Lane take their turn at "Bosom Buddies":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N9s3gThJVek#t=36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N9s3gThJVek#t=36)
Funny!!
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Packing and travel vibes for DR ryacko.
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More "Topic of the Day":
My first soundtrack album was 2001: A Space Odyssey. Loved it.
I'm also head-over-hooves for the rejected Alex North version on the Intrada label.
Did Kubrick make a mistake by not using North's score? I don't know. As far as I can tell, Kubrick couldn't have made a mistake here. It was his film, and he could've reused the library cues from Plan 9 From Outer Space if he wanted to. I've never directed a film (and it becoming increasingly unlikely that I ever will), so I'll trust Kubrick on it. After all, he has directed some films.
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One of the earliest actual soundtracks that I bought was for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It was in the cut-out bin at the local mall (35 or so years ago). The LP vinyl record included the 7", 33 1/3 single to the pop version. As far as I know, I still have both.
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Scott Bakula and Alison Fraser in a Romance/Romance excerpt from the 1988 Tony Awards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Offpzfq7MQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Offpzfq7MQ)
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Finally got around this evening to watching last night's finale from Broadchurch. Maybe I'm just an old sap, but I cried through much of it.
Can't exactly explain why this series has affected me deeply.
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Slow news day here!
Well, choir practice awaits...
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Finally got around this evening to watching last night's finale from Broadchurch. Maybe I'm just an old sap, but I cried through much of it.
Can't exactly explain why this series has affected me deeply.
I've watched half of it. This is going to be a busy weekend for me, so hopefully I'll be able to squeeze the rest of them in sometime.
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WHERE IN TARNATION IS EVERYONE??? >:( :'(
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However did I miss "Broadchurch"?
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two different dentist appoints this morning.
Two!?!
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The mighty hunter:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/catandmouse_zps66f03770.jpg)
You beat me to it :)
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Well, this is something that I'd love to see (and hope beyond all hope that they record...but they more than likely won't): Tony Winner Bernadette Peters Will Head Cast of Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis' A Bed and a Chair (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/182603-Tony-Winner-Bernadette-Peters-Will-Head-Cast-of-Stephen-Sondheim-and-Wynton-Marsalis-A-Bed-and-a-Chair?tsrc=hph)!
By Andrew Gans
26 Sep 2013
Three-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters will head the cast of A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair, a collaboration between Tony-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and jazz musician-composer Wynton Marsalis for New York City Center.
Directed by Tony winner John Doyle and choreographed by Parker Esse, this Encores! Special Event will play the famed Manhattan venue Nov. 13-17.
In addition to frequent Sondheim interpreter Peters, the company will include jazz singer Cyrille Aimée, Meg Gillentine and Tyler Hanes. Additional casting will be announced shortly.
Conceived by Peter Gethers, Jack Viertel and Doyle, the musical event features Sondheim's music arranged and performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Marsalis.
A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair, presented by the combined forces of City Center’s Encores! program and Jazz at Lincoln Center, "celebrates love in New York and love of New York. Native Manhattanite Sondheim and adopted citizen Marsalis (originally from New Orleans) will compare musical notes on their shared passion for our city," according to press notes.
The program will feature more than two-dozen Sondheim compositions, each piece newly re-imagined by Marsalis.
Further information is available at NYCityCenter.org and jalc.org.
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City Center’s annual Gala Benefit will take place on Nov. 14 and will include a post-performance dinner at the Plaza Hotel.
:D
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DR ryacko enjoy your final days of that silly play.
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I was without WiFi all day which was good as I needed to clean.
Last month we spent the night in Bend and Keith purchased a new desk and a matching filing cabinet. A woman who works in the store delivered it when she came down to visit her boyfriend.
Keith spent the day moving his old desk out to the garage and setting up the new one. Without his computer I don't have a WifFi connection to use mine.
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While Keith and the woman fiddled with the new desk I played with this sweet guy.
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Buddy enjoyed exploring our house and the deck.
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After cuddling with me he would flop down on the floor next to me.
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Can you guess you had a really good day ;)
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Great pictures, Jane! Thanks for sharing. ;D
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Thank you DR George.
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What a nutty little day. Had a great lunch meeting with a very nice person (at Mo's), picked up some packages, then came home to relax but nooooo. Got a call that one project we've been working on since June has to go on the fast and I mean fast track. So, I'll do the liner notes early next week, just did the edit road map for the second score and have to wait for engineer John Adams to get back (Sunday) so we can finalize the mix on the first score. I will now spend the weekend figuring out the program for that. The score as used in the film is only about fourteen minutes, but there are a lot of alternates and stuff and I just have to decide how many to use - it's a lot of repetition. I think my plan will be to use some cues that went unused in the film within the score program, because the score really needs to have some variety - the score works perfectly in the film, but as a listening experience it's disjointed and repetitious so adding a few things will help immeasurably. It will be a great release, but we now have to announce it no later than first week of November.
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I think I'll not do a jog today - no time and I don't want to get all sweaty and have to shower again before tonight's meeting.
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Rising Sun (http://www.kritzerland.com/rising_sun.htm) has arrived!
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I've talked about this before, but few years ago, I had some boxes stolen out of my garage...mostly my musical cast recordings (but not all of them...alphabetically from about BE after Beauty and the Beast through early KE). :'( Anyway, one of the more expensive (to replace) recordings that I've been looking at is the 1980 Madrid cast recording of Evita with Paloma San Basilio. Someone on Amazon is selling a new copy right now for over $400! The least expensive used copy is now $64.95. There's another listing for one at $75. Last month, the least expensive used copy was about $120. I was seriously considering getting this...but I'm SO glad I didn't!
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I decided to also check eBay today and someone had a lot of five, count 'em, FIVE different Evita recordings, including the aforementioned Madrid cast recording...AND they even specified that that's on Amazon for $75. Well, the opening bid was at $24.99, and there were no bids! The Buy-It-Now price was $34.99 with free shipping!! I bought that lot the moment I saw it! The seller has over 99% positive feedback ratings, so I hope that it's all legit. The lot also includes the Korean cast recording, which is another recording that was among the stolen. HOO AND RAY!! :D
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I told a coworker of mine about this and he said that I'm probably buying back the actual CDs that were stolen from me. I really doubt it, but anything's possible.
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Are you getting the one at $75?
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Are you getting the one at $75?
You should read my post again...I've updated it. :)
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Well, I guess there are SOME advantages to having a beard:
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And then after I bought the Evitas, there was a link for the same seller, selling four different recordings of Jesus Christ Superstar! Three of them are ones that I hadn't replaced yet and one was one that I never had, so I bought those right away, too! That listing charges shipping, but since the Evitas had free shipping, I didn't feel so bad about not using eBay's fairly new shopping cart option. Another big HOO AND RAY!
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Well, I guess there are SOME advantages to having a beard:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/beardbowl_zps1c28db3e.jpg)
Oh, my! :o
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One of the dogs I was sitting is a cute young black lab named "Stella." She gave me a scare and went missing this afternoon; I was running all around the perimeter of the property yelling "STELLA!" It was very comical.
It turns out she had bounded through the electric fence chasing a rabbit or something, but I retrieved her and all was well.
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/stella_zps16c08330.jpg)
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I decided to also check eBay today and someone had a lot of five, count 'em, FIVE different Evita recordings, including the aforementioned Madrid cast recording...AND they even specified that that's on Amazon for $75. Well, the opening bid was at $24.99, and there were no bids! The Buy-It-Now price was $34.99 with free shipping!! I bought that lot the moment I saw it! The seller has over 99% positive feedback ratings, so I hope that it's all legit. The lot also includes the Korean cast recording, which is another recording that was among the stolen. HOO AND RAY!! :D
Wishes they arrive in excellent condition!
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DR Singdaw I'm glad Stella is safe. I have heard too many horror stories of dogs going through electric fences to trust them.
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Get me off this damn page.
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Page four? Really?
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After listening to the score in my edit road map sequence I decided to move some source music tracks to a bonus section - we'll still have three of them in the program, but six was just too much, even though they're great tracks. But sprinkling the three throughout the score works much better.
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Gads, bk. Well, if anyone can do it, it would be you. Turn the project around quickly, I mean. :)
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Too much ME on this page.
There could NEVER be too much you, Jack!
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Very interesting Sondheim project, DR George. Had not heard about this.
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DR Jane - glad you had such a good day. Thanks for sharing the photos of Buddy!
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Good morning, afternoon, and evening.
Home!!
It's so nice to have me back where I belong.
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Listening to all the prerecords for the film version of Li'l Abner. What fun. Sony is finally releasing the album on CD early next year - same old CDR Arkiv crap I don't like - but the album is a complete rerecording and has nothing to do with the film itself. I never thought it sounded like the movie, which was very confusing to me.
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Wow!!
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These are the prerecords they shot to - not the greatest quality but still fun.
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
You should send the restaurant a note detailing your experience there. I find no excuse for what you endured.
You're right Ron. I should have complained at the time. I guess I'm too much of a wimp!
I don't know if it is being a wimp or cultural differences-- when my British father in law came to visit us for the first time he was shocked by the suggestion that he send back the steak that was too rare for his taste-
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These are the prerecords they shot to - not the greatest quality but still fun.
Now, if someone could just release the Frank Sinatra "Carousel" recordings... ::)
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AND THE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"To read too many books is harmful."
MAO TSE-TUNG
"So many books, so little time"
Frank Zappa
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DR Jane - glad you had such a good day. Thanks for sharing the photos of Buddy!
Thanks. I still haven't picked up the water bowl. I'm going to wait until tomorrow :)
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
You should send the restaurant a note detailing your experience there. I find no excuse for what you endured.
You're right Ron. I should have complained at the time. I guess I'm too much of a wimp!
I don't know if it is being a wimp or cultural differences-- when my British father in law came to visit us for the first time he was shocked by the suggestion that he send back the steak that was too rare for his taste-
Interesting as my English mother never had a problem returning something that wasn't cooked right but then she came here before the war.
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I put flannel sheets on the bed today :(
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I like flannel sheets just about any time. But of course more in the cold seasons.
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I put flannel sheets on the bed today :(
My heater turned on for the first time yesterday.
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LI'L ABNER is very special to me. Never saw a professional stage production, but saw the movie as a kid and loved it, then it happily turned out to be the first musical I got to be rehearsal and pit pianist for. Vocal score is long out of print and pricey to come by, but a few years ago I snagged a lovely hardbound copy that somehow flew under the radar on eBay. Still have the soundtrack (or "soundtrack") LP. And of course the B'way cast LP. And the CD of that is damned nice.
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After work (yes I actually left ON TIME!) today I went back to the art supply store to replace the Vixter's stolen stuff
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I was quite concerned about the cost as we got things on sale and had a 20 % off coupon- well it turned out they were having a one day 30 % off sale and everything was still sale priced! So not only was I able to replace everything new that was stolen but was also able to replace the portfolio and other supplies that she already had
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TOD
Herrmann is a big subject around these parts. He might very well be the first film composer I ever REALLY became aware of. And he is indeed my favorite, if it isn't totally foolhardy to name such a favorite.
Discovering that first Hitchcock Thrillers LP (on London Phase Four) and getting it home to the turntable was an exciting moment I still remember. After that, the Welles album, and then I think there was a dead period (for me) for a while. By this time the original Vertigo LP was pretty rare, and to this day, I've never acquired a copy. I did get the stereo version on Mercury Golden Imports. Oh wait -- something else happened first.
In one of the really small record shops on Hollywood Blvd. I found, in one visit, bootleg LPs of Vertigo and Marnie. I played those over and over and over, just fascinated with the music and orchestration of Vertigo. This, to my knowledge, was a copy of the original Mercury, in mono, and sounded halfway decent. The Marnie one was interesting -- it had every damned cue, but a very muffled sound. Loved it, though. And then I did the unthinkable. I loaned these two to someone (this was around 1973), and that's the last I've seen of them. (Which is actually okay, considering, but it would still be fun to have those on the shelf with the others.)
A few years later -- and I swear this is the truth -- I had a dream about finding an actual Psycho soundtrack LP in a store. The cover was mostly in black and white. The next day, a Saturday, I was treating myself to a day in Westwood -- browsing the book and record stores, eating something delicious, and probably seeing a movie. Anyhoo, I was in Vogue Records, and what do I find in a bin near the back of the store but the then-new Unicorn LP of the complete score of Psycho conducted by Herrmann, in a mostly black and white jacket? I kid you not, DRs. (I've had this happen a couple of other times, but for nothing so memorable.) That record was really a thrill, even though, like just about all of Herrmann's re-recordings, I found it lacking in tightness and urgency in comparison to the conducting and playing on the soundtracks. But what a valuable document, and it beats others' renditions.
The Fantasy Film Worlds album followed those first two London recordings, and I was once again thrilled, especially by Journey and Fahrenheit. Back at the little record store at some point, I found a couple more bootlegs (Bride Wore Black, Hangover Square, Twisted Nerve, maybe some other stuff) which I think were actual film tracks. Later, the LPs for Sisters, Obsession, and Taxi Driver joined the others. I forget what else. I still have every one of these, in (as far as I know) beautiful condition.
I did finally branch out and learn that there were other film composers. But Herrmann was magic, and seeing Hitchcock films at various Hitchcock festivals around town was all the more exciting when the films were also Herrmann's.
EDIT: And how could I forget to give a nod to the LP box set and the vocal score to Wuthering Heights, which I know I've stated before were found at Phil Harris Records and De Keyser Music (next door) at just about the same time. (Talk about yer serendipity.) Well, some things deserve being stated again. Those are treasures.
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The prerecord for Typical Day include a verse I've never heard for Available Jones (not in the B'way score) and all the cut verses - so they were recorded and filmed and then not used in the truncated film version.
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May we (please, oh please) "assume" that something might come of this, Mr. BK, sir?
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I was quite concerned about eh cost as we got thing son sale and had a 20 % off coupon- well it turned out they were having a one day 30 % off sale and everything was still sale priced! So not only was I able to replace everything new that was stolen but was also able to replace the portfolio and other supplies that she already had
Yeah!
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My goodness, look what's coming to NYC.
http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/jacques_demy
It's been years since I last braved Film Forum. Hmm.....
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TOD
I have never really notice movie scores - of course I know Tara's Theme from Gone With The Wind and Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago and the theme from Pirates of Carribbean although I am sure the music is subconsiously affecting my feelings during the movie
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I was quite concerned about eh cost as we got thing son sale and had a 20 % off coupon- well it turned out they were having a one day 30 % off sale and everything was still sale priced! So not only was I able to replace everything new that was stolen but was also able to replace the portfolio and other supplies that she already had
Very good news!
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Well, it's time for me to leave work and go home. The new season of "Glee" starts tonight, and I must watch it.
Be back later!
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Chas thank you for that story I very much enjoyed reading that
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TOD, Now and Forever
I didn't answer much except about Bernard Herrmann. Vixmom's mention of Doctor Zhivago takes me back to the early '60s when I was very much taken with that score and played the LP to death, as well as those by Miklos Rozsa (notably King of Kings). I'm trying to think of others that were noteworthy to me then. Les Baxter and Ronald Stein, from their Corman/Poe films, had a big impact on me, though no albums were available then. (In spite of the line in the end credits of House of Usher in reference to a soundtrack LP!)
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DAW- the house where you were dog sitting looks absolutely beautiful! I am glad you found Stella safe and sound
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george congratulations on the wonderful find
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Healing vibes for Elmore
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I hope I'm suffering from allergies because the alternative (which I am afraid is more likely) is that I am getting sick
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I have a very sore throat, my ears and nose hurt and my eyes feel as if I have had a good cry (which I haven't )
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there is a strange little music on the Tee Vee-- Mirror Mask-- it was already underway when I ran across it so I am not sure how it started but it is odd and quirky and I can;t see to stop watching it
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Oy! Don't succumb! Eat raw garlic! Toss back some brandy! Take a hot shower, then bundle up and sleep!
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Oh, another LI'L ANECDOTE (not to be confused with that other LI'L, ABNER):
BK mentions "the big Schwann music catalog at Wallich’s Music City". If you're referring to that humungous reference catalog found on the counters at good record shops, that one wasn't by Schwann. It was called "Phonolog" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonolog), and one of my early jobs in L.A. was working for a company called Trade Service Publications on Beverly Blvd. (a block from the original Tommy's; the building now houses a Smart & Final) which published the Phonolog along with some highly technical and detailed catalogs for electronic parts and whatnot. A bunch of us had to become expert typists to keep the updated pages for these various catalogs coming. I worked on all of them, and whipped out quite a few Phonolog pages. I was permitted to take home an entire copy, rack included, and keep it updated. I only kept it around for a few years after working there.
There's a copy on eBay listed for $400.
A few fun images at: http://goo.gl/6gSxTo
But man, I loved me my Schwanns. Those, I discovered while in high school, and began buying them every month. Great, great publication. I still have a dozen or so issues from various years.
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So what am I, shutting the place down tonight?
Well, it's bedtime here. Before I pull a Vixmom and go crashing through my laptop screen.
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Sorry for my absence last night; I was staying at a friend's house, dog-sitting, and didn't have access to a computer.
Now let me get this straight. You agreed to stay at a friend's house without finding out if they had a computer. Are you nuts?
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I enjoyed eating breakfast out so much that I did the same today (I must stop this from becoming a habit). I went to a different restaurant but this time the fried eggs were too runny for my liking. The coffee arrived after the eggs and bacon had arrived and I had to ask the waitress twice for some sugar before it arrived. So I won't be going there again.
Perhaps the waitress was trying to break you of the habit?
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Thursday morning greetings! This morning I'm going to a funeral - the father of a mutual friend of mine and DR Elmore's.
DR Ginny, thanks for sending the obituary. To my knowledge, I never met Andrea's father, but I was very fond of her mother. Please tell Andrea I send my love.
DR Elmore, the last thing Andrea said to me when I left the funeral home was, "Someday I'm going to New York with you to see Larry!"
She had her husband and both sons with her and there were lots of cousins in attendance. They'll be at Wildwood soon toasting her dad's 95th birthday, which was yesterday.
Do you mean Wildwood, NJ? They go to Wildwood and they can't swing by and see elmore??
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I received "The Pleasure of his Company" CD today. I had to go to the post office to collect it because I wasn't in when delivery was attempted yesterday. Unusually, I had to sign for it. I haven't had to sign for a Kritzerland CD before but this one had a tracking number so required a signature. New policy?
The Kritzerland boxes are very substantial but this one still didn't stop some of the CD teeth from breaking off, as happens so often, no matter how well packaged from the U.S.
The teeth in the jewel case don't break because of the package - it happens in the plant with the automated inserting discs into the jewel case - two-thirds of what I buy from amazon in terms of CDs arrive that way. Tracking shouldn't mean you have to sign for anything - we do tracking on every package now but none requires signature. Maybe they were confused.
The USPS dropped my passport at my front door without even ringing the bell, but they made me go to the post office and sign for a $6.99 book I bought online and I wasn't home to receive.
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Just a quick hit and run to wish everyone a wonderful weekend. I'm wrapping up this silly play, squeezing an audition and travel into the mix, then packing and coming home on Monday. Yaay!
I also wanted to share this BroadwayWorld page of pics and info from the set of the new INTO THE WOOS film:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Movie-Set-Update-Kendrick-Pine-Cinderellas-Stepsisters-More-20130926
Cheers!
Wow!! I was just at Dover Castle. Well, not just, but in May. Unfortunately, Chris Pine was not at the castle.
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Phonolog, right!
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I'm not sure the Abner material is good enough to release, but we are looking in to pulling the music stems to see what that quality is like.
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Can you guess you had a really good day ;)
It must have been a bittersweet visit, Jane.
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Had a fun meeting - ate some cheese bread, a shrimp cocktail, a tiny cup of clam chowder and a grilled artichoke. I was absolutely stuffed but the only real calories was the three pieces of bread - the cup of soup is very low and I'd only had 300 calories worth of pan-seared salmon for lunch, so I think I'm fine.
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george congratulations on the wonderful find
Thanks! I can't wait to get all the CDs!
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Tonight, I watched the 2-hour season premiere of "Grey's Anatomy," then I watched the 1-hour season premiere of "Glee."
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Julian Ovendon has a small role in "Glee" during Rachel's audition for "Funny Girl" at the beginning of the episode.
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(No spoilers should be needed for that bit of information. ;))
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Well, since we're so close...
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PAGE SIX GLEE DANCE!!
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