Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 16, 2014, 12:25:49 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were tuneful and hit all the right notes, and now it is time for you to post until the tuneful cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DOGBERRY!
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I'm still waiting to see if my amended income tax return was received.
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Just had to share. :)
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Morning all.
That is all.
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good morning to all.
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Loving the Abner updates!! :)
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ASK BK
some cd reissue questions
Have you ever considered reissuing any David Shire's score for The Promise or Norma Rae? I don't think the former has ever made it to CD and the latter seems to be out of print and commands big bucks.
There is a third one is the soundtrack for the Phantom Tollbooth. The only full length animated film the great Chuck Jones ever directed. I couldn't even find an lp for sale anywhere.
The fourth would be Lalo Schifrin's 1980 score for The Competition also never been on CD
The fifth would be one of Henry Mancini's last scores That's Life that I don't think was ever released in any form
and I would also like to see the soundtracks from Pieces of Dreams (Michel Legrand), Lovers and Other Strangers (Fred Karlin) and the soundtrack (not the recreation) of El Cid (Dimitri Tiomkin)
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Good morning, all.
In a word,
Coffee!
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Top o' the morn' on this lovely spring day in the middle of April...
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At least it didn't stick to the damned road.
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I hope vixmom didn't fare any worse than this.
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And the word of the day is: DOGBERRY!
Do the Yokums eat these also?
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I was surprised and fascinated to hear that the LI'L ABNER film cut a lot of stuff from the book. Since I was but a wee thing the time we did the musical, I don't remember anything about the book and I don't have a script, so the only thing I've had to go on all these years is the film, and I never missed anything.
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What isup with the cold today? Crazy after how nice it had been. The windchill is -twelve C which is cold. And it snowed last night and was blowing like crazy. Luckily it is only a dusting on the ground now. But still.
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Wednesday morning greetings! We had a small crowd for book group last night, but still managed to chat until almost 10pm. Today is a "tend to Mom" day...
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Warmth vibes for all.
And happy hump day.
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Interesting theatre tidbit from the other day which I had missed:
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/169206/rabbi-stephen-sondheim?utm_medium=email&utm_source=html&utm_campaign=weekly_top_posts_subject_3&utm_term=post_82221156371
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Listen to "sneak peek" of Rocky cast album tracks here:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=729786#.U059ZfldW0Y
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Wednesday.
Both rehearsals went well. Tonight we are doing some music.....and then tomorrow night we choreograph BUSHEL & A PECK....so two nice evenings.
Plus of course another rehearsal with my DWTS partners. I saw a couple of the other routines yesterday....lots of lifts and high kicks and spins and sliding across the floor on the ass.....none of which we do.....we will have to count on personality!!!
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Fascinating Laurents-Sondheim link, singdaw.
Raises this question in my mind: Are email conversations we have with others actually their property to make public against our will?
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Wednesday.
Both rehearsals went well. Tonight we are doing some music.....and then tomorrow night we choreograph BUSHEL & A PECK....so two nice evenings.
Plus of course another rehearsal with my DWTS partners. I saw a couple of the other routines yesterday....lots of lifts and high kicks and spins and sliding across the floor on the ass.....none of which we do.....we will have to count on personality!!!
Is this being filmed along the way?
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We watched the premiere episode of FARGO last night.
Terrific show!
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Interesting theatre tidbit from the other day which I had missed:
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/169206/rabbi-stephen-sondheim?utm_medium=email&utm_source=html&utm_campaign=weekly_top_posts_subject_3&utm_term=post_82221156371
I have been reading Riedel's columns on the correspondence, and to my mind, it's the first time that Sondheim has ever acknowledged the man's existence. That is why Riedel feels the need to write about this and not any of the other dirt that Laurents might have dished.
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Listen to "sneak peek" of Rocky cast album tracks here:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=729786#.U059ZfldW0Y
Loving the first song.
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Up earlier thanks to allergies. Yesterday I had no problem.
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Once again, they are shooting a commercial here. Third time in two weeks - methinks it's time for another phone call.
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Good morning, all! At 8:30 I moved my physical therapy to Friday and went back to bed. I slept in until 10:00. I had a nightmare about being in a hotel in Paris and a conference between the Man from Philadelphia and the head of the Institute for whom I worked 2001-2011. Oy!
Then I got out of bed to find two emails from Philadelphia. Oy in extremis!!!
I'm off to City Center to help Joshie for tomorrow's orchestra reading.
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Someone posted a snap of those of us in the Holi fashion show and posted it on Facebook. I must say that in my western outfit I look rather more like Forrest Gump than John Wayne.
Plus, I know that the camera adds 10 lbs...so why does it look like an extra 30 lbs on me?
Needless to say, the photographic evidence of my ramp walk will not be posted here, unless some better pictures turn up! it is just too horrifying....well, except that everyone else in the photo looks wonderful...and the clothes are beautiful!
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Someone posted a snap of those of us in the Holi fashion show and posted it on Facebook. I must say that in my western outfit I look rather more like Forrest Gump than John Wayne.
Plus, I know that the camera adds 10 lbs...so why does it look like an extra 30 lbs on me?
Needless to say, the photographic evidence of my ramp walk will not be posted here, unless some better pictures turn up! it is just too horrifying....well, except that everyone else in the photo looks wonderful...and the clothes are beautiful!
I've heard the camera never lies, Mikey!
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Page 2!!
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DR FJL I am sure there will be photographic and video evidence of the crime.
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HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO MAESTRO HENRY MANCINI!
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T.O.D.
Forgive my stupidity (you have for all these years), which Academy is hosting the Richard Sherman evening?
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Someone posted a snap of those of us in the Holi fashion show and posted it on Facebook. I must say that in my western outfit I look rather more like Forrest Gump than John Wayne.
Plus, I know that the camera adds 10 lbs...so why does it look like an extra 30 lbs on me?
Perhaps there were three cameras!
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Oh, by the way, got my Blu Ray machine hooked up last week. Watched part of KING KONG ESCAPES. Haven't figured out how to get the internet to work on it so that I can watch Amazon Prime stuff. May have to have the Comcast man come by and get it working properly.
One thing I have noticed when playing non blu ray dvds on the new machine...every now and then a twirling earth icon pops up in the top right hand corner of the TV screen, and I know not why.
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That must be the reason, DR TCB. Glad there weren't any more cameras than that!
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Maybe that means the earth is being invaded.
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two emails from Philadelphia.
I hear it's hot as hell there! ;)
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Maybe that means the earth is being invaded.
I fear that's the only possible explanation.
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One of my favorite "modern" classics - Aaron Jay Kernis's Musica Celestis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS1d7s4YoAQ
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We, also, are welcoming spring and Easter with a touch of snow. :P
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I have to face it:
When TCB ignores a comment you make on one of his direct quotes, you know you're "over".
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DR MBARNUM's photos showed up on my Facebook feed....he is being too hard on himself.
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Good Morning All:
TOD:
BK,
Are you seriously considering doing the "In Between Years" of the Kritzerland Series Book?
I hope you do!
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Goodbye for Now' :-* ;)
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How the camera never lie and add 10-30 pounds? It seems to do both in my case.
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We, also, are welcoming spring and Easter with a touch of snow. :P
Shocking!!
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The LACC Theatre Academy will be hosting IF they give me a date that works.
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DR MBARNUM's photos showed up on my Facebook feed....he is being too hard on himself.
Mine, too, and I agree. Give yourself a break, Mikey!
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I'm back!
Picked up the following from the library yesterday.
MR SELFRIDGE SEASON 1.
DOC MARTIN, SEASONS 1,2 AND 3. I loved this show. Right now I think it is my Favorite!
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Goodbye for now! :) :-* 8)
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In honor of Henry Mancini's birthday today, here's the opening credits for Stanley Donen's TWO FOR THE ROAD created by the genius Maurice Binder (set to Mancini's theme, of course):
http://youtu.be/4-H7cGmw4Kw
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Here's TWO FOR THE ROAD as performed by the awesome Miss Peggy Lee:
http://youtu.be/mLSOWeCBfzs
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Here's Dave Grusin's version of Henry Mancini's TWO FOR THE ROAD:
http://youtu.be/3b5PP-9UuUc
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Michel Legrand's version of TWO FOR THE ROAD:
http://youtu.be/oMj5yru65MU
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Maxine Sullivan's beautifully sung rendition of TWO FOR THE ROAD with Dick Hyman:
http://youtu.be/3krkpltI8Ek
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I detect a pattern here...
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The Fred Hersch Trio (and you guessed it) TWO FOR THE ROAD:
http://youtu.be/UtwtULQLY4U
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I detect a pattern here...
Yes, you are most perceptive. In a round about, yet chock full of musicality, way, this has all been preamble to a question to BK on this, the birthday of Mr. Mancini:
Would you, could you, ever release a full version of Henry Mancini's TWO FOR THE ROAD?
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Arthur Manuntag's version of TWO FOR THE ROAD:
http://youtu.be/WTnsnJ9lbkc
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If I haven't already implied, I do like the movie TWO FOR THE ROAD, not just for the music.
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I think that Weather Bug may be out of service. It says the current temperature in Tacoma is -21 degrees!
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Nice links DR DAN M. One of my favorite movies.....
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Without DR George it's not official, but methinks I have achieved a personal millstone a few posts ago.
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Here's TWO FOR THE ROAD as performed by the awesome Miss Peggy Lee:
http://youtu.be/mLSOWeCBfzs
Very, very nice.
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Nice links DR DAN M. One of my favorite movies.....
You're welcome DR Jrand. It was one of the movies in which everything fell together just right and the music just ties it all up in a great big bow.
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From 1987, here's Henry Mancini with Johnny Mathis performing TWO FOR THE ROAD:
http://youtu.be/wQFHU3ktzj8
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I have the LP, but I don't think I ever saw the movie.
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In other news, however,
VICTOR YOUNG just got here! :)
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How the camera never lie and add 10-30 pounds? It seems to do both in my case.
I am just as curious. And while pondering this question I ate 2 cake donuts with chocolate frosting and colorful sprinkles.
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Intrada, another specialty label (soundtracks), had the rights to the "Two for the Road" original soundtrack recording several years back (maybe as many as 10 years ago) but the masters could not be found. The RCA album was a re-recording, so they could have issued the original recording without licensing through RCA.
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I used to have a collection of all the cover versions of another song I really like, SEPTEMBER SONG, which has nothing whatsoever to do with Maestro Mancini, except that it is a finely crafted song. Here it is performed by the inimitable Lotte Lenya:
http://youtu.be/rdc4oBnu_fw
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Here's SEPTEMBER SONG as recorded by Nat King Cole and George Shearing:
http://youtu.be/_0Ijg3jRMac
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One of the most idiosyncratic versions of SEPTEMBER SONG as recorded by Lou Reed:
http://youtu.be/dHVqWRxpqXk
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A very, very strange 1970s confluence brought the weird pairing of Sinatra and John Denver on this version of SEPTEMBER SONG. I like John Denver, but when he begins his part, I can't help but be reminded of Kermit the Frog singing "Rainbow Connection", which of course does not bode well for the rest of this duo [mercifully it's less than half of Lou Reed's version, which is (good) weird for very different reasons]:
http://youtu.be/YnzlQGgZyFE
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To recover from that strange Sinatra/Denver duo, here's a younger John Williams and the Boston Pops with the divine Miss Sarah Vaughn and Wynton Marsalis (looks to be from the 1980s):
http://youtu.be/oRhhNPBPGyU
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Two nice songs, for sure. Thanks, DR Dan M. :)
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As long as we're requesting soundtracks, I always thought it was a shame that Dave Grusin's score for ON GOLDEN POND was never released on CD.
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As I leave my self-imposed theme arc of the day, I would be remiss not to include the Great Schnozzola, Jimmy Durante, and his version of SEPTEMBER SONG:
http://youtu.be/a-ldVj34Sfo
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And don't forget...Angelica Huston (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5-LN7DmAYA) performed SEPTEMBER SONG on "Smash."
The song was, of course, introduced by her grandfather, Walter Huston (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mAT-4FdP4). :)
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I'm still waiting to see if my amended income tax return was received.
It's been received again! Now, will it be accepted?? That's the question.
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Home from City Center! Joshie and I are set for tomorrow's orchestra reading of IRMA LA DOUCE.
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Listen to "sneak peek" of Rocky cast album tracks here:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=729786#.U059ZfldW0Y
Thanks for posting this! I'll be listening to this as I finish up this month's invoicing. :)
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Pretty cool!
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Without DR George it's not official, but methinks I have achieved a personal millstone a few posts ago.
Yes, that was missed, but don't worry...I'll keep an eye out for the really important 4-digit "1000" milestone/millstone/gallstone/Gladstone/Goldstone!
;)
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Back from a patty melt and picking up one package. Shall now be on my way to LACC. That final moon color is just like Red Gold, the book that so few have actually finished or even begun to read.
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Been listening to the 1998 Varese release "Classic TV Game Show Themes" and realized how many of the well-known themes were written by Robert Israel. It might even be fun to hear someone do a cover version of the theme to "To Tell The Truth" which has some far-out late 1969 lyrics. ;)
http://youtu.be/XMS_DdEnYZ0
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Home from City Center! Joshie and I are set for tomorrow's orchestra reading of IRMA LA DOUCE.
Don't like the artwork for this production with the green stockings. But I do love that score. How many accordions in the pit?
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Hello. I think "Rocky - the Musical" would have been a great show for Stephen Findle.
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DR Dan M - you are almost three quarters of the way to 1,000. It won't be long now! :)
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The snow seems to be intensifying. I have to go out tonight for choir rehearsal.
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Once you finish Red Gold, if you're looking for something light and fun, you might want to consider this:
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Once you finish Red Gold, if you're looking for something light and fun, you might want to consider this:
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/nancydlue_zpsb5ce062e.jpg)
A repressed gay ghost...what'll they think of next.
:))
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Been listening to the 1998 Varese release "Classic TV Game Show Themes" and realized how many of the well-known themes were written by Robert Israel. It might even be fun to hear someone do a cover version of the theme to "To Tell The Truth" which has some far-out late 1969 lyrics. ;)
http://youtu.be/XMS_DdEnYZ0
Is that the Robert Israel who does silent film scoring and accompaniment?
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It must be the same person.
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Home from City Center! Joshie and I are set for tomorrow's orchestra reading of IRMA LA DOUCE.
Don't like the artwork for this production with the green stockings. But I do love that score. How many accordions in the pit?
Only one, but he's the best in New York!
I think it's a 10-piece band or so: 2 trombones, accordion, tack piano-celesta, guitar, flute, clarinet, bass, and two percussion. I think that's the orchestration. I'll know tomorrow.
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Happy mid-Hump Day, all!
Been up to my ears and eyes in two scripts and new songs, and am soon off to sing and bite people. Yanno, the vampire-y musical, because, who doesn't want singing vampires. Oh, the things we do for a dollar (the original title of "What I Did for Love") :P
BK, I did start RED GOLD last night. Have not had much time with it yet, but I already love the flavor, the characters and the writing. I'm going to savor this one.
Off and running again... or flapping...or something :D
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Time for me to leave work. I'm ushering tonight for Pink Martini and The Von Trapp Singers! I'm sure that it'll be fantastic!
Be back later!
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How the camera never lie and add 10-30 pounds? It seems to do both in my case.
It also seems to add a few decades to my age
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lovely
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I have read Red Gold and I have enjoyed it, however, I have not been up to writing a review; when I am, I will.
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Home from City Center! Joshie and I are set for tomorrow's orchestra reading of IRMA LA DOUCE.
Don't like the artwork for this production with the green stockings. But I do love that score. How many accordions in the pit?
Only one but he's the best in New York!
I think it's a 10-piece band or so: 2 trombones, accordion, tack piano-celesta, guitar, flute, clarinet, bass, and two percussion. I think that's the orchestration. I'll know tomorrow.
That's it?? (I told you I don't know this score.) Wow!
Damn!
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I am feeling much better thank you all for the vibes
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Now I much catch up on all that has not been done and since tomorrow is Maundy Thursday, then Good Friday, the soup kitchen Saturday followed by the Vigil and then Easter Sunday I will not be around much.
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I hope I will not be expelled or disowned by the shocking revelation I am about to reveal
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It is a closely held secret and I hope you will all forgive me for keeping this from you
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but I have been too ashamed to admit it
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but we're all friends here , right? right?
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you can forgive me.... I hope
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you see I um, I ...
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never saw the play or the movie of Li'l Abner and I don't know ANY of the songs
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are we all OK?
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can I still come here and play?
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:)
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oh no I have been deserted....... I am sorry!! I will seek it out and watch it immediately
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THUD.
No, seriously, you have a joyous classic Broadway musical discovery ahead of you.
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JOHn G thank you for your answer last night I will have to buy two books, one for me and one for Fred
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Li'l Abner DVD's out of print, and unfortunately pricey from Amazon sellers.
But watching the movie would certainly be the way to start. After that, the original cast album is a must.
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OK I must go off and be productive
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Li'l Abner DVD's out of print, and unfortunately pricey from Amazon sellers.
But watching the movie would certainly be the way to start. After that, the original cast album is a must.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIL-ABNER-DVD-REGION-1-089859896521-NEW-DVD-/291115328146?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item43c7d36292
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Li'l Abner DVD's out of print, and unfortunately pricey from Amazon sellers.
But watching the movie would certainly be the way to start. After that, the original cast album is a must.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIL-ABNER-DVD-REGION-1-089859896521-NEW-DVD-/291115328146?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item43c7d36292
Oy! Not that one! The musical one looks like:
http://www.amazon.com/Lil-Abner-Peter-Palm%C3%A9r/dp/B0007TKGXK/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1397698427&sr=1-2&keywords=li%27l+abner
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Don't get that first one DR VIXMOM.
I am envious of the joy of first discovery for you.....speaking of which...DR CHAS SMITH I think you would like TWO FOR THE ROAD.....particularly if you are a fan of either of the stars.....
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Noted, DR Jrand63. Duly noted.
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I just put one in my cart to remind me.
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JOHn G thank you for your answer last night I will have to buy two books, one for me and one for Fred
I love your way of thinking.
And I, too, have never seen Li'l Abner. Neither the stage musical nor the movie. But I do know the score from the cast album.
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Page five? Really?
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Back from our second music rehearsal - very fun!
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Then I stopped at Gelson's and got a couple of drumettes and some slaw.
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We've set a date for our first alum association event in three years, I think - An Evening With Richard Sherman - I will be hosting and asking him questions, there will be music - he will play and sing, we'll sing our new song, and Sami will do the nonsense words medley I put together and I may have one or two other singers there. The date is Friday May 30 at 7pm and it's open to the public.
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I believe you can stream Li'l Abner from Amazon.
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Unseemly is as unseemly does.
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Once I get all my boxes unpacked, I will scan some photos from a production of Abner that I was in (1980).
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Then I stopped at Gelson's and got a couple of drumettes and some slaw.
I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED! What happened to the tap tap tapioca? That's one of the few desserts I can still enjoy.
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Once I get all my boxes unpacked, I will scan some photos from a production of Abner that I was in (1980).
Isn't "once I get all my boxes unpacked" a perfect lead into an expository song?
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I believe you can stream Li'l Abner from Amazon.
Billie Hayes played Mammy Yokum in the movie musical. Most people remember her as Witchiepoo from HR PUFNSTUF.
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We're hoping Billie will be coming to see our production.
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We're hoping Billie will be coming to see our production.
That would be great! I saw an interview with Billie Hayes a few years ago. She seems like a very nice person and a talented performer.
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Good night, all.
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Li'l Abner DVD's out of print, and unfortunately pricey from Amazon sellers.
But watching the movie would certainly be the way to start. After that, the original cast album is a must.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIL-ABNER-DVD-REGION-1-089859896521-NEW-DVD-/291115328146?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item43c7d36292
Oy! Not that one! The musical one looks like:
http://www.amazon.com/Lil-Abner-Peter-Palm%C3%A9r/dp/B0007TKGXK/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1397698427&sr=1-2&keywords=li%27l+abner
OH! OK I shall endeavor to find one more in my price range
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but now.. to bed!
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Still page five? Really?
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Tomorrow, it's back to jogging and losing fifteen pounds as fast as I possibly can.
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I have to face it:
When TCB ignores a comment you make on one of his direct quotes, you know you're "over".
I missed something? Where? When?
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Once I get all my boxes unpacked, I will scan some photos from a production of Abner that I was in (1980).
Daisy Mae?
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George, thank you for my package in the mail. What a nice surprise.
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Page 5? Really?
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Okay. One more.
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Page Six!
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Really?
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G'night!
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Time for me to leave work. I'm ushering tonight for Pink Martini and The Von Trapp Singers! I'm sure that it'll be fantastic!
Be back later!
It was! It was fantastic! Both Pink Martini and The Von Trapp Singers (they're the great-grandkids of Maria and Georg and grandchildren of the character of Kurt...I forget what his real name was). They can REALLY sing!
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The theater was absolutely packed. I had to seat people up in the mezzanine (the second highest balcony area) but the sound was good. The voices were all muddy (not loud enough above the band) so that wasn't good, but you could hear everything, which was.
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They sold merchandise in the lobby. I only bought their DVD (http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Martini-Discover-World/dp/B0026IUSV0/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1397718861&sr=1-1&keywords=pink+martini) and the tour booklet (http://store.pinkmartini.com/products/2014-spring-tour-book) and a Sympathique Playbutton (http://store.pinkmartini.com/products/sympathique-playbutton). This is a button MP3 player that has their whole album "Sympathique" on it. The only trouble is is that my computer isn't recognizing it when I plug it into the USB port. I'll try tomorrow at work, and hope that it'll work. :-\
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Some of the band members, China Forbes (their lead singer) and all of the Von Trapps signed after the show! They all signed the DVD and the booklet. The Von Trapps also signed the DVD, even though they weren't on it. That's okay, they signed it! Highly recommended! Go if you ever get a chance! :D