I think that I will agree that 1939 is considered to be the best year for movies
here are some of them
Dark Victory
Gone With the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Jesse James
Babes In Arms
The Rains Came
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gunga Din
The Women
and quite a few others
I suspect my health problems might be no more than my being lactose intolerant.
~ ~ ~ DO NOT GET SICK VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR ChasSmith!!!
I actually did have one thing to report, and that is I suspect my health problems might be no more than my being lactose intolerant.
Is anyone recording Sweeney Todd?
I think that I will agree that 1939 is considered to be the best year for movies
here are some of them
Dark Victory
Gone With the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
Jesse James
Babes In Arms
The Rains Came
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gunga Din
The Women
and quite a few others
~ ~ ~ DO NOT GET SICK VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR ChasSmith!!!Ditto!
Nice to hear that the Philharmonic's Show Boat will be filmed.
Last Saturday, before the show, the Executive Committee had a preliminary meeting about starting to accept credit cards at the theatre....using one of those Square Readers.
There was a lot of discussion. The President had included his wife since she is our bookkeeper.
I asked her if it was something she wanted us to do, since it would mean some extra work for her, and she said yes. I personally think it's TOO expensive for us....because we would then have to add a service charge which I think people would HATE.
And there was much discussion about how to keep track of purchases if more than one thing was purchased....i.e. a season ticket and a donation OR a ticket and a box of popcorn....all of those things are separate line items.
ANYWAY - day before yesterday the president sent an email to members of the Executive Board saying just forget the whole thing because we were not cooperative and resistant to change and would do nothing to help Brenda separate the purchased items and he was going to tell the board the EC argued too much, so forget it.
I emailed back and said, I thought that was just a first discussion and we were going to talk about it more.
No response.....which is fine. I would just as soon NOT take cards....right now we take telephone reservations and people pay when they get their tickets. Now and then somebody doesn't show up....maybe 4 tickets for the run of the show. If they have to pay for the tickets on the phone by card - which takes a lot of time - I would say that our reservations will drop considerably...although our walk in business might pick up.
For Broadway musicals, I'll choose 1964 - some huge hit shows, some shows I love despite not being huge hits, and can you imagine a season today producing this many musicals, several of such high quality? Here they are - I'll start with the biggies:
Ron and I were apparently madly typing away the same list at the same time :)
DR GEORGE - Brown Paper Tickets is a good choice....DePauw University uses it.
But we have reserved (numbered) seats and between 700 and 800 Season Ticket subscribers, so I don't think its format would work for us.
DR George, thanks for the pillow update. Glad you found a good replacement for the pillow you love. You got a great deal, too. Are you returning the other pillow or keeping it?
I'm glad that Oregon is getting much-needed rain. California is not, but at least someone's getting it.
Ron and I were apparently madly typing away the same list at the same time :)
Great minds think alike?
;)
And I am home!
I had a long 3-hour orchestration-choral tutorial with a composer who asked for some help with a holiday number. I enjoyed it immensely. I think he felt I was beating him up at times.
Hello, everyone.
A very tired DR Jeanne reporting in. I find that when I have things I MUST do--appointments and such--my body understands and musters the energy. But when I have a day like today, flexible, with only should-do or would-like-to-do stuff, my body will say, "No way!" It lets me know that it's in charge. In other words, I think several months of stress have caught up with me and I'm just really worn out.
I'm glad that Oregon is getting much-needed rain. California is not, but at least someone's getting it.
We are thrilled to see a little green on our lawn today. From now on we will give it short drinks in-between the rains and hope by spring it will be all green again.
TOD Movies:
I love a lot of the movies from 1939 and 1975. A few from the latter:
Nashville
All the President's Men
The Day of the Locust
Jaws
Rocky Horror Picture Show
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dog Day Afternoon
Three Days of the Condor
Shampoo
The Man Who Would Be King
Tommy
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Farewell My Lovely
Night Moves
The Drowning Pool
Cousin, Cousine
And a few personal favorites:
At Long Last Love
Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS
Smile
Supervixens
Funny Lady
Lucky Lady
Hello, everyone.
A very tired DR Jeanne reporting in. I find that when I have things I MUST do--appointments and such--my body understands and musters the energy. But when I have a day like today, flexible, with only should-do or would-like-to-do stuff, my body will say, "No way!" It lets me know that it's in charge. In other words, I think several months of stress have caught up with me and I'm just really worn out.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Vibes to a very tired and worn out DR Jeanne~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And I am home!
I had a long 3-hour orchestration-choral tutorial with a composer who asked for some help with a holiday number. I enjoyed it immensely. I think he felt I was beating him up at times.
And I am home!
I had a long 3-hour orchestration-choral tutorial with a composer who asked for some help with a holiday number. I enjoyed it immensely. I think he felt I was beating him up at times.
Larry, have you ever thought about teaching orchestrating in a college? When I was going to college to be a choir teacher (which, fortunately for everyone, didn't happen), I had to take an orchestrating class. The guy just basically read the book and it wasn't a very good experience for many of the students who took that class, including me. Anyway, I'm sure that you'd be excellent at it. You're actually in the business...and you love doing it.
Just a thought. :)
Rain? What's rain?
And I am home!
I had a long 3-hour orchestration-choral tutorial with a composer who asked for some help with a holiday number. I enjoyed it immensely. I think he felt I was beating him up at times.
Larry, have you ever thought about teaching orchestrating in a college? When I was going to college to be a choir teacher (which, fortunately for everyone, didn't happen), I had to take an orchestrating class. The guy just basically read the book and it wasn't a very good experience for many of the students who took that class, including me. Anyway, I'm sure that you'd be excellent at it. You're actually in the business...and you love doing it.
Just a thought. :)
DR Cillaliz, interesting news on the "good ol' boy" front!
They were looking at a mobile reader device for the Iphone or Ipad....and the more I read about it, the less I like it....
So I am glad someone had a fit and postponed the whole thing.
Our tickets are $10 across the board.....so we're doing okay.
I, too, found the new judge situation interesting. Cilla, I suspect your instincts are correct about tiring of the restrictions in a few years, had you gotten the position. Vibes that Mynra proves to be a gem and the next chapter of your law practice is very fulfilling.
DR vixmom, since you didn't like my comment about that medicare commercial with that insincerely perky actress asking her husband if he did his pushups, I will tell you one commercial I love and that makes me laugh every time I see it: State Farm Insurance, where the jealous wife catches her husband on the phone at 3am talking to Jake at State Farm, and she grabs the phone and says "what are you wearing, Jake at State Farm?" and Jake answers "Uh . . .khakis."
And the wife says to her husband, "She sounds hideous," and her husband responds with something like, "Yeah, well she's a guy."
I just laugh; its so wonderful and absurd.
And I am home!
I had a long 3-hour orchestration-choral tutorial with a composer who asked for some help with a holiday number. I enjoyed it immensely. I think he felt I was beating him up at times.
Larry, have you ever thought about teaching orchestrating in a college? When I was going to college to be a choir teacher (which, fortunately for everyone, didn't happen), I had to take an orchestrating class. The guy just basically read the book and it wasn't a very good experience for many of the students who took that class, including me. Anyway, I'm sure that you'd be excellent at it. You're actually in the business...and you love doing it.
Just a thought. :)
I would love to be a guest lecturer for a term, and I've been looking into such a situation. No fish have taken the bait yet, but I'm hoping!
DR vixmom, since you didn't like my comment about that medicare commercial with that insincerely perky actress asking her husband if he did his pushups, I will tell you one commercial I love and that makes me laugh every time I see it: State Farm Insurance, where the jealous wife catches her husband on the phone at 3am talking to Jake at State Farm, and she grabs the phone and says "what are you wearing, Jake at State Farm?" and Jake answers "Uh . . .khakis."
And the wife says to her husband, "She sounds hideous," and her husband responds with something like, "Yeah, well she's a guy."
I just laugh; its so wonderful and absurd.
DR vixmom, since you didn't like my comment about that medicare commercial with that insincerely perky actress asking her husband if he did his pushups, I will tell you one commercial I love and that makes me laugh every time I see it: State Farm Insurance, where the jealous wife catches her husband on the phone at 3am talking to Jake at State Farm, and she grabs the phone and says "what are you wearing, Jake at State Farm?" and Jake answers "Uh . . .khakis."
And the wife says to her husband, "She sounds hideous," and her husband responds with something like, "Yeah, well she's a guy."
I just laugh; its so wonderful and absurd.
I get a kick out of that one too, DR elmore!
DR vixmom, since you didn't like my comment about that medicare commercial with that insincerely perky actress asking her husband if he did his pushups, I will tell you one commercial I love and that makes me laugh every time I see it: State Farm Insurance, where the jealous wife catches her husband on the phone at 3am talking to Jake at State Farm, and she grabs the phone and says "what are you wearing, Jake at State Farm?" and Jake answers "Uh . . .khakis."
And the wife says to her husband, "She sounds hideous," and her husband responds with something like, "Yeah, well she's a guy."
I just laugh; its so wonderful and absurd.
And the beginning where he says "Yeah, I'm married, does it make a difference?" That's one of my favorites too
I, too, found the new judge situation interesting. Cilla, I suspect your instincts are correct about tiring of the restrictions in a few years, had you gotten the position. Vibes that Mynra proves to be a gem and the next chapter of your law practice is very fulfilling.
Thanks so much. It's only day 4 and today I asked Myrna to see how much notice her other job needed for her to quit and work for me full time. (She wants to do that) She's still got a ton to learn, but with only 4 hours a day at my office, there just isn't enough time to really learn much. I insisted that she find out how much notice they want as I don't want to do to someone else what was done to me
OK - lodgings reserved, flights booked, opera tickets purchased for Nov. 13-20 in NYC!
Now, all I need is ticket info for BK's shows...
DR vixmom, since you didn't like my comment about that medicare commercial with that insincerely perky actress asking her husband if he did his pushups, I will tell you one commercial I love and that makes me laugh every time I see it: State Farm Insurance, where the jealous wife catches her husband on the phone at 3am talking to Jake at State Farm, and she grabs the phone and says "what are you wearing, Jake at State Farm?" and Jake answers "Uh . . .khakis."
And the wife says to her husband, "She sounds hideous," and her husband responds with something like, "Yeah, well she's a guy."
I just laugh; its so wonderful and absurd.
DR vixmom, since you didn't like my comment about that medicare commercial with that insincerely perky actress asking her husband if he did his pushups, I will tell you one commercial I love and that makes me laugh every time I see it: State Farm Insurance, where the jealous wife catches her husband on the phone at 3am talking to Jake at State Farm, and she grabs the phone and says "what are you wearing, Jake at State Farm?" and Jake answers "Uh . . .khakis."
And the wife says to her husband, "She sounds hideous," and her husband responds with something like, "Yeah, well she's a guy."
I just laugh; its so wonderful and absurd.
And the beginning where he says "Yeah, I'm married, does it make a difference?" That's one of my favorites too
Everything seems fine for me online today!
TOD Movies:
I love a lot of the movies from 1939 and 1975. A few from the latter:
Nashville
All the President's Men
The Day of the Locust
Jaws
Rocky Horror Picture Show
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dog Day Afternoon
Three Days of the Condor
Shampoo
The Man Who Would Be King
Tommy
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Farewell My Lovely
Night Moves
The Drowning Pool
Cousin, Cousine
And a few personal favorites:
At Long Last Love
Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS
Smile
Supervixens
Funny Lady
Lucky Lady
I can't believe someone else actually saw Ilsa The She Wolf.....
Did you know that they filmed it on the same set as Hogan's Heroes?
I may not watch TV, but I have seen that State Farm commercial, too, and I love it.
I may not watch TV, but I have seen that State Farm commercial, too, and I love it.
Let's all watch it!
http://www.adfibs.com/jake-from-state-farm/
DR Vixmom, you'll have a pretty drive. Sounds like a fun weekend!
DR Cillaliz, interesting news on the "good ol' boy" front!
It's that old karma wagon rolling over their backs....again :)
In about forty minutes or so I shall be on my way for the final evening of mixing.
It is kind of fun to walk through a lake, especially when you walk on what was once a road to enter.Wow, and the Missouri river is running very high. Too high to get the old casino boat downstream without it hitting the bridges on it's way down river
OK - lodgings reserved, flights booked, opera tickets purchased for Nov. 13-20 in NYC!
Now, all I need is ticket info for BK's shows...
DR MBarnum just looking at that doll will give me nightmares. I will not watch the movie ;D
Hello, everyone.
A very tired DR Jeanne reporting in. I find that when I have things I MUST do--appointments and such--my body understands and musters the energy. But when I have a day like today, flexible, with only should-do or would-like-to-do stuff, my body will say, "No way!" It lets me know that it's in charge. In other words, I think several months of stress have caught up with me and I'm just really worn out.
Muskegeon- Norton Shores - my best friend's (since we were 14) eldest daughter (my birthday twin- by design!) is getting married
I will be flying into Chicago - meeting with clients on Thursday and Friday morning and then driving to Michigan for rehearsal dinner on Friday night, then wedding on Saturday , then I drive back to Chicago for a 6 PM flight home
I may put up one or two tracks in the next week or so, just as a little tease.
Mix is finished, unless I listen and hear anything I want to finesse, but I think we really got it all and it just sounds great. I made a couple more vocal fixes in the comps, Lanny did his thing and is very happy and happy this is in the can.
Had a lovely evening -- took the Dear Nephew out for his Birthday. Plus the Dear Niece celebrated her 4th wedding anniversary! Grandma Mary would be so proud of her grandkids, Tyler 26 & Kelsey 28 -- it's amazing how 13 years has flown by so quickly.
I may put up one or two tracks in the next week or so, just as a little tease.
Happy Birthday to the Dear Nephew and Happy Anniversary to the Dear Niece!!
Great pictures, BwayAnge!