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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on August 03, 2014, 12:01:38 AM

Title: THE DAY OF THE SOUND CHECK AND SHOW
Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 12:01:38 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a sound check and were showy, and now it is time for you to post until the showy cows come home.
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 12:02:36 AM: And the word of the day is: INTERROBANG!
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 12:03:08 AM: Welcome thirty-nine GUESTS.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 12:15:13 AM: ~~~Break Legs Vibes for BK and Kritzerland Cast!!~~~
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 03:27:25 AM: ~ ~ ~ SUPER VIBES FOR A SUPER SHOW ~ ~ ~ for bk and his merrie Kritzerland crew!!!
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 03:29:35 AM: There were several CD box sets released last year that consist of nothing but different recordings of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

Probably not appropriate for listening while sitting in LA traffic. :)
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 03:32:44 AM: The E-mail spammers must have decided that weekends are when I am most receptive to advertising. My gosh, they go to town on my inbox - especially, it seems, on Sunday mornings. :P
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 03:43:45 AM: I'm in the doghouse...

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/doghouse_zps8d3b1cc0.jpg)
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Post by: Ben on August 03, 2014, 03:56:50 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 04:18:13 AM: (http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/roundhouse_zps2c9b971d.jpg)
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 04:44:43 AM: Break a leg for a great show!
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Post by: KevinH on August 03, 2014, 05:24:27 AM: Good morning!
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Post by: Kerry on August 03, 2014, 05:30:40 AM: Good Morning!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 07:18:57 AM: Good morning, all.

It's overcast and there has been some very gentle rain falling, with some nice breezes, this morning. Frankly, I wouldn't mind if that lasted all day, but I think it's supposed to clear up.

Man, I so remember those times in L.A. I wished it would just rain, and rain some more.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 07:20:54 AM: Here are some VIBES for a great Kritzerland show tonight!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 07:23:09 AM: I get to laze around for another hour or so, and then I must get me ready to drive an hour into deepest darkest Connecticut to see PETER PAN.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 07:50:44 AM: I remember when the Philadelphia Orchestra moved from Columbia to RCA. Things like that were a really big deal then. Scandal in the music world! But I wasn't following it other than noting it at the time, and I'd love to read some history of this stuff now. Also, if I'm remembering the timeline right, I was heavily into acquiring and listening to Toscanini recordings -- as much, if not more than, the contemporaries -- so I was hearing relatively few of the new Ormandy releases.

So along with the musical chairs, weren't recording techniques changing quite a bit in those years? The quality of vinyl in this country was certainly taking a turn for the worse. A confluence of bad events. Remember RCA's "flexible" LPs? Those, in retrospect, may not in and of themselves been a bad thing, but they sure added to the impression of increasingly shitty quality. And the exact opposite was happening in Europe, where the quality of vinyl was incredible.

Back to Philadelphia. Was that change well received back then? I want to say no, that most people didn't think it was a good idea at all, but these are vague general impressions. But in reading BK's observations now, I'm thinking the "people" were right! :)

Back to Columbia. Reading a little bit in the audiophile press in later years, I learned that the classical recordings engineered by John McClure at Columbia are now held in high regard because there they employed good clear (and simple) miking with none of the doctoring that came later. (I don't know if he did any of Philadelphia's.)

Sorry for the rambling mess. I'm pulling bits and pieces of memory out of my arse as I type. Which makes for a lovely mental image, don't you think?
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 03, 2014, 08:14:42 AM: Records.

DR CHAS SMITH have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gyvipBs6Vs
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 03, 2014, 08:17:42 AM: Vacation vibes for the Vixter.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 03, 2014, 08:17:53 AM: Show vibes for MR BK & Co.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 03, 2014, 08:21:26 AM: Good morning, all! I slept late and I hope the laundry room is free so I can do this laundry, vacuum, and tidy up.

I've been up about an hour, reading the Proms reviews for last night's "Kiss Me Kate," for which I recommended my Indiana friend Ben Davis, dealing with a computer backup, and pondering my life.

More to follow.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes to Michael Shayne, BK, TCB, vixmom, Jeanne, and others in need! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 08:30:02 AM: Quote from: Jrand63 on August 03, 2014, 08:14:42 AM
Records.

DR CHAS SMITH have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gyvipBs6Vs

!!!!!!!

I read through some of the comments, and ... maybe it's not a joke? I don't know. There are a lot of crazy ideas out there, some of which seem to work.

But not for me, thanks. :) I'll stick with my VPI HW-17.

Which, by the way, I am shocked -- no, actually, make that stunned -- to google, and to find it going for as much as ... $1,800???

Maybe THOSE web pages are the joke! Lordy. (I paid $500 for a secondhand one some 20 years ago, for what was then an $800 machine.)
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Post by: Michael on August 03, 2014, 08:42:55 AM: good morning to all
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 03, 2014, 08:47:43 AM: The laundry room was empty, so things are cooking this morning. The laundry is in the washers, and I need to make the bed, pick up, toss, and vacuum.
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 10:15:41 AM: good morning there was a faint drizzle when I left for church but it was bright and sunny when I came home
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 10:19:09 AM: I stopped and picked up Subway sandwiches on the way home a club with lettuce, tomato, onion and mayo on wholewheat for Vixdad and roasted chicken with swiss, roasted red peppers, red onion , lettuce and ranch dressing on honey oat bread for me
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 10:19:43 AM: pictures not available
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 03, 2014, 10:24:59 AM: I am not so sure myself DR CHAS SMITH......I doubt I will try it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 03, 2014, 10:25:56 AM: And now I am off to the meeting of the bored......where we will find that we are all over budget....which to me just says that we didn't budget enough $$$ for production expenses.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 03, 2014, 10:30:09 AM: The laundry is in the dryers and the apartment is tidies up, except for that one corner I need to tackle.

I need to check out methods of getting to City Hall and the jury room before I decide to ask my doctor for an out from jury duty. There may be a bus to get me there easily. We'll see.
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 10:50:09 AM: I'm up, I'm up - almost ten hours of blessed sleep.
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 10:50:19 AM: Page one? Really?
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 10:50:31 AM: Page two? Really?
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 10:50:39 AM: This will NOT do.
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 11:04:48 AM: Larry, did you check if you have the right to a one-time no-questions-asked deferral? (In case you actually get on a trial, the shlep downtown is much more pleasant in the fall than the summer.)
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Post by: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 11:49:17 AM: Sunday afternoon greetings! We have attended church with Rob and Mary Linda, had lunch at Panera, and shopped at Target. Richard and Rob are now in the basement assembling another set of shelves for storage of stuff they don't need upstairs. Mary Linda's painting and unpacking and I'm doing AAUW work.
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Post by: Michael on August 03, 2014, 12:10:36 PM: good afternoon to all
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on August 03, 2014, 12:11:08 PM: Quote from: bk on August 03, 2014, 12:02:36 AM
And the word of the day is: INTERROBANG!

And The Song Of The Day Is: NIGHT AND DAY(With Punctuation Marks)

By Allan Sherman
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Post by: Michael on August 03, 2014, 12:13:26 PM: Quote from: bk on August 03, 2014, 12:02:36 AM
And the word of the day is: INTERROBANG!

THE CLOSEST MOVIE OF THE DAY THAT ONE CAN COME TO (And too bad it wasn't yesterday's word of the day)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/The_Signs_movie.jpg)
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 12:52:13 PM: Happy Sunday, all.

Show vibes for BK and company.
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Post by: KevinH on August 03, 2014, 01:05:12 PM: Show vibes for BK and company from me too!
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Post by: KevinH on August 03, 2014, 01:05:30 PM: It's laundry day for me too!
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 01:09:05 PM: And me, as well...what a coinkydink!
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 01:09:35 PM: Back from a two-mile jog.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 01:09:54 PM: Today, I've been home doing not much of anything. I did a load of laundry and watched the Chris O'Donnell episode from last season's "Who Do You Think You Are?" Now, I have to take a shower and go to my parents' house for visiting and eating and game playing time. My sister and niece will be there. I don't know if my sister's boyfriend will be there. He just had a pacemaker installed last week. :o He's doing much better now, so that's good.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 01:11:24 PM: I was on FB earlier and came across this article: Good News: IRS Agrees To Monitor Religious Groups For Political Campaigning (http://www.forwardprogressives.com/good-news-irs-agrees-to-monitor-religious-groups-for-political-campaigning/).

We'll see how it all plays out.

;)
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:20:48 PM: From DR Vixmom:
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http://www.nytasteofafrica.com/menu/
I did not know that rice balls were an American dish.

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Elmore I am sorry I forgot to take a picture I know how you like that
;D
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:24:07 PM: DR Vixmom your African meal sounds interesting. Except for the spicy part I would gladly try the veggie dishes.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:26:05 PM: Wouldn't have simply been easier for the Vixter to fly from Florida to Canada?

Consider this 3 week separation preparation for when you have an empty nest and enjoy your alone time with Vixdad.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 01:26:25 PM: And now, I must be off. Have a good rest of the day, all!
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 01:29:45 PM: Quote from: George on August 03, 2014, 01:09:54 PM
Today, I've been home doing not much of anything. I did a load of laundry and watched the Chris O'Donnell episode from last season's "Who Do You Think You Are?" Now, I have to take a shower and go to my parents' house for visiting and eating and game playing time. My sister and niece will be there. I don't know if my sister's boyfriend will be there. He just had a pacemaker installed last week. :o He's doing much better now, so that's good.

Great news that he's doing well.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:30:05 PM: Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 03:27:25 AM
~ ~ ~ SUPER VIBES FOR A SUPER SHOW ~ ~ ~ for bk and his merrie Kritzerland crew!!!

DITTO!!!
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:31:39 PM: Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 03:43:45 AM

I'm in the doghouse...

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/doghouse_zps8d3b1cc0.jpg)

I think a cat would also like this dog house, especially if the steps were covered in carpet.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:36:51 PM: It must be laundry day as I also am doing a load. Earlier we went for a short walk in the park and out for brunch with a stop at the market. I'm getting low on my laundry detergent and 4 out of 5 markets in town do not carry it. I hope the 5th market still does.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:57:44 PM: We woke up to ash on the ground this morning.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 02:00:28 PM: Driving into town we saw a helicopter collecting water from the lake. In the past they have had buckets they scooped the water into. This time they had what looked like a hose that dipped into the water while the helicopter hovered just above the lake.

I couldn't find a photo of the helicopter over the water. This is what the copter looked like and I think that is the hose on the side-not sure.

(http://blackhorsephoto.net/wild_fire/erickson_skycrane_742_DSC_0032_web_sm.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 02:05:02 PM: We had expected the copter to go the direction we came from and all the way up the road to the big fire there. Instead it went west but we couldn't see any smoke in the mountains there.
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 02:14:27 PM: Been relaxing and shall now get ready to shortly be on my way to The Federal.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 03, 2014, 02:33:49 PM: I'm listening to last night's BBC Proms broadcast of "Kiss Me Kate" with my friends Ben Davis as Fred Graham/Petruchio and John Wilson conducting.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 02:47:16 PM: A DC 10 Air Tanker has arrived to help out with the fires.

(http://main.abqjournal.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10TANKER-3.jpg)

I haven't seen it fly over.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:47:50 PM: Let's move on.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:48:00 PM: Three!
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:52:00 PM: Had a lot of fun in Austin yesterday. Started with a trip to a barbecue food truck, where the lines were so long everything but pulled pork was sold out by the time I got to place my order. So I had, you guessed it, pulled pork.

We went to another truck and they had everything but beef ribs and sausage, so I had some great brisket and ribs with a slice of buttermilk pie. I was very happy.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:53:09 PM: Then my friend Deb and I went out to a brewery opening. It was less than fun in the heat, but it was at a place overlooking Lake Travis, so it was beautiful, even if the water levels were way below normal.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:53:25 PM: Music is everywhere in Austin. Even the grocery stores have live music. We went to one and heard a western swing band. Then we wandered around the downtown area, found a great burger at a dive bar, and then heard a rockabilly band playing at the Driskell Hotel.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:54:28 PM: Now I'm off to an Italian dinner prepared by Luca Della Casa from "Foot Network Star." The dinner is supposed to end before the episode is supposed to air, so I think we'll be watching that, too.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 02:58:39 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:53:25 PM
Music is everywhere in Austin. Even the grocery stores have live music. We went to one and heard a western swing band. Then we wandered around the downtown area, found a great burger at a dive bar, and then heard a rockabilly band playing at the Driskell Hotel.

How very nice. We passed a man in the park playing his guitar and singing hoping for donations. People who can't sing or play should not be permitted to disturb the peace in the park. It is bad enough we have to suffer them on the streets in town. This guy was so bad I think Keith finally got it why I donate to anyone with some sort of talent. Sadly I rarely come across people I'm willing to give money, unless it would be for them to go away-lol
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 02:59:11 PM: When I was in New Orleans I could hardly move without dropping money into "hats".
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 03:10:08 PM: I shall shortly be on my way to The Federal. The mugginess here is disgusting.
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 03:23:07 PM: Break a leg, BK!
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Post by: TCB on August 03, 2014, 03:26:19 PM: Break a leg vibes to BK and the Company

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 03:41:22 PM: Break-a-leg vibes to BK and company!
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Post by: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 03:42:08 PM: Sorry, didn't mean to echo DR TCB!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 03:45:38 PM: One more, for good measure: Break a leg!!!
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 03:53:10 PM: Back from PETER PAN, and it turned out to be a damned fine one.

This theater is to die for, and I would have enjoyed playing the show. The production looked to be better than the one I played there several years ago, and the 22-piece orchestra (in a real pit -- imagine!) was excellent.

Here's the theater. I took these ten years ago while playing in a production of WEST SIDE STORY. (scroll down)

http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/warner/warner.htm
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM: I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:46:17 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:20:48 PM
From DR Vixmom:
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http://www.nytasteofafrica.com/menu/
I did not know that rice balls were an American dish.

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Elmore I am sorry I forgot to take a picture I know how you like that
;D

I think to someone who was born and raised in Ghana, rice balls are an American dish :)

I myself have never had a rice ball
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:50:55 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:26:05 PM
Wouldn't have simply been easier for the Vixter to fly from Florida to Canada?

Consider this 3 week separation preparation for when you have an empty nest and enjoy your alone time with Vixdad.

she will need a completely different set of clothes - Florida is hot and very casual - Canada will already be cool by the end of August and we have a wedding and a formal portrait sitting we also bought the tickets for Canada before she bought hers for Florida
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:53:01 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:57:44 PM
We woke up to ash on the ground this morning.

well you do live in Ash Land!
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:54:05 PM: Seriously though, VIBES the fires stay far far away form you
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:59:56 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:54:28 PM
Now I'm off to an Italian dinner prepared by Luca Della Casa from "Foot Network Star." The dinner is supposed to end before the episode is supposed to air, so I think we'll be watching that, too.

now there's a network devoted to FEET?!!
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:01:13 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:46:17 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:20:48 PM
From DR Vixmom:
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http://www.nytasteofafrica.com/menu/
I did not know that rice balls were an American dish.

Quote
Elmore I am sorry I forgot to take a picture I know how you like that
;D

I think to someone who was born and raised in Ghana, rice balls are an American dish :)

I myself have never had a rice ball

;D
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 05:01:32 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:54:28 PM
Now I'm off to an Italian dinner prepared by Luca Della Casa from "Foot Network Star." The dinner is supposed to end before the episode is supposed to air, so I think we'll be watching that, too.

now there's a network devoted to FEET?!!

Well isn't it about time??
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:03:09 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:50:55 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:26:05 PM
Wouldn't have simply been easier for the Vixter to fly from Florida to Canada?

Consider this 3 week separation preparation for when you have an empty nest and enjoy your alone time with Vixdad.

we also bought the tickets for Canada before she bought hers for Florida

The rest would have been a nuisance but possible to manage ;)
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:03:45 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:53:01 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:57:44 PM
We woke up to ash on the ground this morning.

well you do live in Ash Land!

LOL It sure fits during the fire season. I will take smoke & ash any day to a fire.
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:03:56 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 03:53:10 PM
Back from PETER PAN, and it turned out to be a damned fine one.

This theater is to die for, and I would have enjoyed playing the show. The production looked to be better than the one I played there several years ago, and the 22-piece orchestra (in a real pit -- imagine!) was excellent.

Here's the theater. I took these ten years ago while playing in a production of WEST SIDE STORY. (scroll down)

http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/warner/warner.htm

that is beautiful!
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:06:24 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I may have to make a road trip for that one, Chas! I hope it will not conflict with the NYC Kritzerland show
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:07:11 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:54:05 PM
Seriously though, VIBES the fires stay far far away form you

Much appreciated.

I am addicted to a page on FB called RogueWeather.Com (we live in the Rogue Valley). It is fascinating and scary. I watched one video from firefighters in California, that same with a language warning. As the firefighters were driving along the road the fire exploded around them. They began filming after the worst of it. I don't blame the swearing one bit ;D
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:09:47 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:03:09 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:50:55 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:26:05 PM
Wouldn't have simply been easier for the Vixter to fly from Florida to Canada?

Consider this 3 week separation preparation for when you have an empty nest and enjoy your alone time with Vixdad.

we also bought the tickets for Canada before she bought hers for Florida

The rest would have been a nuisance but possible to manage ;)

she doesn't have a straight flight throught ot Florida - changes plans in Baltimore then the flight to Canada is three legs plus and items that she might have collected on her trip in Florida too much stff to be dragging around
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:10:40 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 05:01:32 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:54:28 PM
Now I'm off to an Italian dinner prepared by Luca Della Casa from "Foot Network Star." The dinner is supposed to end before the episode is supposed to air, so I think we'll be watching that, too.

now there's a network devoted to FEET?!!

Well isn't it about time??

:)
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:11:23 PM: is the site loading slowly for every one i or is it just me?
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:11:56 PM: Break a Leg Vibes for the Kritzerland Kast tonight
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Post by: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 05:13:32 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:06:24 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I may have to make a road trip for that one, Chas! I hope it will not conflict with the NYC Kritzerland show

But if it coordinates with the NYC Kritzerland shows, we could go, too!
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:16:43 PM: Quote from: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 05:13:32 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:06:24 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I may have to make a road trip for that one, Chas! I hope it will not conflict with the NYC Kritzerland show

But if it coordinates with the NYC Kritzerland shows, we could go, too!

woo hoo! I have a 7 seater van - I could bring you and Richard, Elmore and Ben and FJL as well if they cared to come!
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:18:51 PM: and don't ANY of you crowd Elmore keep to your own seats or I'll turn this van right around.....
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:22:43 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:09:47 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:03:09 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:50:55 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 01:26:05 PM
Wouldn't have simply been easier for the Vixter to fly from Florida to Canada?

Consider this 3 week separation preparation for when you have an empty nest and enjoy your alone time with Vixdad.

we also bought the tickets for Canada before she bought hers for Florida

The rest would have been a nuisance but possible to manage ;)

she doesn't have a straight flight throught ot Florida - changes plans in Baltimore then the flight to Canada is three legs plus and items that she might have collected on her trip in Florida too much stff to be dragging around

Groan!
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:24:03 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:11:23 PM
is the site loading slowly for every one i or is it just me?

I'm not having any problems today.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 05:25:00 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:18:51 PM
and don't ANY of you crowd Elmore keep to your own seats or I'll turn this van right around.....

;D
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 05:36:03 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:06:24 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I may have to make a road trip for that one, Chas! I hope it will not conflict with the NYC Kritzerland show

Absolutely not. It closes on Nov. 9.
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:51:36 PM: when is the Kritzerland show?
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 05:57:55 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:18:51 PM
and don't ANY of you crowd Elmore keep to your own seats or I'll turn this van right around.....

I won't crowd anyone. Just save 1-1/2 seats and I'll be fine. :)

Seriously, this sounds like a fun idea for a plan, if it really interests others. Hope the dates and timing work out.
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Post by: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 06:01:36 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:51:36 PM
when is the Kritzerland show?

I think the Kritzerland shows are November 15 & 16, but BK will have to confirm. Alas, we won't be able to come in early enough to catch RAGTIME - I have an AAUW commitment here in Middletown on Nov. 10. We'll probably plan our NYC arrival for the 12th or 13th (Richard's birthday).
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 06:04:05 PM: Any chance RAGTIME will extend?
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Post by: FJL on August 03, 2014, 06:09:12 PM: Enjoying the idea of Foot network - all shoes, all the time.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 06:13:08 PM: Quote from: FJL on August 03, 2014, 05:57:55 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:18:51 PM
and don't ANY of you crowd Elmore keep to your own seats or I'll turn this van right around.....

I won't crowd anyone. Just save 1-1/2 seats and I'll be fine. :)

;D
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 06:52:42 PM: Quote from: Ginny on August 03, 2014, 06:01:36 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 05:51:36 PM
when is the Kritzerland show?

I think the Kritzerland shows are November 15 & 16, but BK will have to confirm. Alas, we won't be able to come in early enough to catch RAGTIME - I have an AAUW commitment here in Middletown on Nov. 10. We'll probably plan our NYC arrival for the 12th or 13th (Richard's birthday).

I am sorry you won't be here in time for Ragtime but perhaps we can still have a road trip if you NYC fellas would like to go; I'll come pick yez up and we can head out
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:55:34 PM: Back from a long day of church services and concerts (attending, not performing).

Now, we have thunder.
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Post by: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:56:00 PM: Boy, all this talk of HHW activity in the NY area makes me a wee bit homesick!
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 07:01:17 PM: Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:56:00 PM
Boy, all this talk of HHW activity in the NY area makes me a wee bit homesick!

It would be a good time for a return visit.
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Post by: Jane on August 03, 2014, 07:05:01 PM: The sun is BRIGHT RED! There must be a fire someplace.

'night
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 07:32:53 PM: Quote from: FJL on August 03, 2014, 01:29:45 PM
Quote from: George on August 03, 2014, 01:09:54 PM
Today, I've been home doing not much of anything. I did a load of laundry and watched the Chris O'Donnell episode from last season's "Who Do You Think You Are?" Now, I have to take a shower and go to my parents' house for visiting and eating and game playing time. My sister and niece will be there. I don't know if my sister's boyfriend will be there. He just had a pacemaker installed last week. :o He's doing much better now, so that's good.

Great news that he's doing well.

Thanks, Fred! He didn't come to my parents' house, but my sister said that he's just taking it easy now.
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:37:53 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 07:01:17 PM
Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:56:00 PM
Boy, all this talk of HHW activity in the NY area makes me a wee bit homesick!

It would be a good time for a return visit.

I concur, I am pretty sure Elmore's fire escape will be free in November
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:38:21 PM: freezing but free
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 07:41:05 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 03, 2014, 02:33:49 PM
I'm listening to last night's BBC Proms broadcast of "Kiss Me Kate" with my friends Ben Davis as Fred Graham/Petruchio and John Wilson conducting.

The one time that I went to London, I saw the American production that transferred from Broadway. It's the production that was filmed and released on DVD (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008NFR6/) (which is available new for as little as $61!), except that Rachel York is on the DVD and we saw Marin Mazzie.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 07:42:30 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 02:47:16 PM
A DC 10 Air Tanker has arrived to help out with the fires.

(http://main.abqjournal.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/10TANKER-3.jpg)

I haven't seen it fly over.

Wow! That's an amazing picture!
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:48:21 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:54:28 PM
Now I'm off to an Italian dinner prepared by Luca Della Casa from "Foot Network Star." The dinner is supposed to end before the episode is supposed to air, so I think we'll be watching that, too.

now there's a network devoted to FEET?!!

Indeed. And I took my typing lessons from the Vixmon School of Jamaican Foot Typing.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:53:07 PM: Luca's dinner was wonderful, and it was great to see the episode of Food Network Star while dining. He really showed on this episode that he has star potential, more so than ever before, and his pilot looked incredible, too.

He's just the nicest man. He saw me from afar and came up to shake my hand and thank me for coming to the dinner, even while others were trying to get their pictures taken with him. That made me feel good.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:54:37 PM: Once again, the women were swooning. The women in the restaurant couldn't get enough of him. And Giada on the show was buying everything he had to sell.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:54:52 PM: Let's not dawdle.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:55:02 PM: Five!
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:56:05 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:37:53 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 07:01:17 PM
Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:56:00 PM
Boy, all this talk of HHW activity in the NY area makes me a wee bit homesick!

It would be a good time for a return visit.

I concur, I am pretty sure Elmore's fire escape will be free in November
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:38:21 PM
freezing but free

by "free" I of course mean "available" , but I am sure he will extend the normal HHW discount off the usual rental fee
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:56:59 PM: Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:55:34 PM
Back from a long day of church services and concerts (attending, not performing).

Now, we have thunder.

Is it Celtic Thunder?
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:58:26 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:48:21 PM
Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 04:59:56 PM
Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 02:54:28 PM
Now I'm off to an Italian dinner prepared by Luca Della Casa from "Foot Network Star." The dinner is supposed to end before the episode is supposed to air, so I think we'll be watching that, too.

now there's a network devoted to FEET?!!

Indeed. And I took my typing lessons from the Vixmon School of Jamaican Foot Typing.

I am so proud
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 07:59:21 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 03, 2014, 07:53:07 PM
Luca's dinner was wonderful, and it was great to see the episode of Food Network Star while dining. He really showed on this episode that he has star potential, more so than ever before, and his pilot looked incredible, too.

He's just the nicest man. He saw me from afar and came up to shake my hand and thank me for coming to the dinner, even while others were trying to get their pictures taken with him. That made me feel good.

very nice!!!
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 08:02:31 PM: Austin City Limits just came on the PBS .... when ever this comes on I look for JohnG
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 08:04:27 PM: I haven't spotted him yet
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 08:19:39 PM: I hope TCB is busy enjoying the local festivities
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 08:24:16 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 03:53:10 PM
Back from PETER PAN, and it turned out to be a damned fine one.

This theater is to die for, and I would have enjoyed playing the show. The production looked to be better than the one I played there several years ago, and the 22-piece orchestra (in a real pit -- imagine!) was excellent.

Here's the theater. I took these ten years ago while playing in a production of WEST SIDE STORY. (scroll down)

http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/warner/warner.htm (http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/warner/warner.htm)

That's a beautiful theater, Chas!
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 08:24:25 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I have yet to see RAGTIME. A local high school did it a few years ago, and I'd heard that it was very good, but I couldn't get to it. I was involved in a show that had performances on the same days. I hate it when that happens.
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Post by: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 08:34:03 PM: Quote from: George on August 03, 2014, 08:24:25 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I have yet to see RAGTIME. A local high school did it a few years ago, and I'd heard that it was very good, but I couldn't get to it. I was involved in a show that had performances on the same days. I hate it when that happens.

The Vixter and I saw it last time it was on Broadway - we had a meal with Elmore and Edisarus and her everlovin' Gregg that same day

and we loved it

I have the OBC of the show which is a favorite when we go on extended car trips

we also saw the show at a local college last year
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 08:45:49 PM: Quote from: singdaw on August 03, 2014, 06:56:00 PM
Boy, all this talk of HHW activity in the NY area makes me a wee bit homesick!

Not just activity, DR singdaw.

A veritable hotbed of activity.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 08:47:26 PM: I love the RAGTIME original Broadway cast album. There are a couple of songs on the "Songs from Ragtime" CD that I like better than the versions on the Broadway cast album, but I understand that the changes are for dramatic reasons. I haven't gotten the seven-track revival CD, but I love BK's "Ragtime: Themes From The Hit Musical" CD with Brad Ellis' Little Big Band. :D
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 09:02:47 PM: Last week, I bought (at Costco) "Schindler's List" for only $9.99! It's three discs...one Blu-ray, and two DVDs where the movie is split into two parts on the two DVDs. It also comes with the digital download, which I'm downloading now.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 09:21:36 PM: Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2014, 08:02:31 PM
Austin City Limits just came on the PBS .... when ever this comes on I look for JohnG

I have always wanted to go to a taping of that. Tickets for that are impossible to come by, I've been told.
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Post by: John G. on August 03, 2014, 09:25:06 PM: Quote from: George on August 03, 2014, 08:24:25 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 03, 2014, 04:56:29 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 03, 2014, 03:58:11 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed the show. The theater is beautiful. Didn't you mention you will be doing a show there in the near future?

Yes. I'll be playing in RAGTIME in November.

I have yet to see RAGTIME. A local high school did it a few years ago, and I'd heard that it was very good, but I couldn't get to it. I was involved in a show that had performances on the same days. I hate it when that happens.

I saw the national tour when it played San Antonio. It was right after I moved here and may have been my first visit to the Majestic. It was almost sold out, but I managed to snag a ticket in the very last row, about a mile above the stage. Didn't matter, the sound system as perfect. You could hear every singer plainly and above the music. The acting was wonderful, and I wasn't the only person in tears by the end of the evening.

I've always loved the book, which I may have read 7 or 8 times. But the show worked on emotional levels the book didn't hit. It was true to Doctorow's narrative, but the writers made it their own. I'd love to see it again.
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 10:37:02 PM: Back from the show and then some food.

Tonight's Kritzerland show, for me, has entered the Kritzerland pantheon - just a magical evening with everything working perfectly. Big laughs, tears, and wonderful ovations throughout the evening - I can always tell how vocal an audience is going to be during my first patter, and tonight I knew they would be one of our best and most vocal audiences instantly. Our cast could not have been better: Dan Callaway (oh are we going to miss him!), Jennifer Kranz (her first time with us and delivering wonderfully), Heather Lee (stopping the show three times), Lisa Livesay (oh are we going to miss her!), and Shannon Warne (this woman is spectacular), and our special guest Kay Cole (always a treat and she was simply great), all accompanied by the amazing Tom Griep. Co-produced by the mighty Adryan Russ. And now, on to our fourth anniversary show!
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 10:41:31 PM: That's great, BK! Congratulations to everyone!!
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 11:08:34 PM: Listening to Alban Berg's Lulu suite with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - I'm not in love with Berg or the suite, but boy is it well performed. And now Im Sommerwind by Webern, which I like very much.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:11:15 PM: Quote from: bk on August 03, 2014, 11:08:34 PM
Listening to Alban Berg's Lulu suite with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - I'm not in love with Berg or the suite, but boy is it well performed. And now Im Sommerwind by Webern, which I like very much.

I remember when I was in college, I had to listen to the opera "Lulu" with Teresa Stratas. I did not get it at all. However, I listened to Philip Glass' "Satyagraha" and loved (and still love) that.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:18:49 PM: Maybe I should check out "Lulu (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004R7X8/)" again. I might like it now.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:23:44 PM: Quote from: George on August 03, 2014, 11:11:15 PM
Quote from: bk on August 03, 2014, 11:08:34 PM
Listening to Alban Berg's Lulu suite with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - I'm not in love with Berg or the suite, but boy is it well performed. And now Im Sommerwind by Webern, which I like very much.

I remember when I was in college, I had to listen to the opera "Lulu" with Teresa Stratas. I did not get it at all. However, I listened to Philip Glass' "Satyagraha" and loved (and still love) that.

I know that they're very different styles from each other, but they're both very modern operas and I really hadn't heard much of that, at that time in my life.
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Post by: bk on August 03, 2014, 11:31:44 PM: Now Hindemeth's Mathis de Maler symphony - quite good.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:33:03 PM: My library doesn't have any recording or video of "Lulu."
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:45:45 PM: Starting August 1st, the hours that my building is open were changed. Since I had to leave work early anyway that day, the change didn't affect me then.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:46:11 PM: However, starting tomorrow, I will have to get to work at least an hour earlier than I've been getting there...for years. An hour may not seem like a big deal (and really, it isn't), but I just don't want to have to get to work an hour earlier from now on. :P
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:46:24 PM: I'll live.
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:46:36 PM: ;)
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:46:45 PM: And...
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:46:54 PM: ...since we're so close...
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Post by: George on August 03, 2014, 11:47:33 PM: 6