Malt balls, anyone?
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/malt%20ball%20cake_zpsxj0hblre.png)
Glad to hear that your eye is doing better, DR TCB.
Good morning, all! Oy, what a night I had!
Last night i watched the BBC telecast of Rodney Ackland's play Absolute Hell, which I found amazing for its boldness both as a play produced in 1950 and as a telecast. The cable stations wouldn't balk at it, but NBC, CBS, and ABC would have heebie jeebies at the frank discussions about sex in all shapes and sizes in a 1945 Lonson "club-gay bar." It was great fun seeing a lot of BBC actors like Francesca Annis letting go of her corsets and playing a woman on the fringe of British films kept by one man and carrying on an affair with a soldier, Charles Grey as a British film producer using his power to pick up young men, or a young Bill Nighy, whom I first saw as the father in I Capture the Castle playing a young gay novelist picking up soldiers and throwing rocks at (usual) comedienne Betty Marsden's bull dyke book critic.
My beloved Judi Dench played Christine, the horny and blowsy owner of the club, and she was quite wonderful. So, I had several dreams in which Miss Dench appeared last night.
Dinner party vibes for DR SINGDAW
THE BAD SEED est mort.
It went out with a good audience and some great performances.....strike ended shortly before midnight - and we were outta there!
I am auditioning today at 3 p.m. for THE GAME'S AFOOT!
Thanks to the late-night posting contingent for saving the day yesterday.
Malt balls, anyone?
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/malt%20ball%20cake_zpsxj0hblre.png)
~ ~ ~ MOVING VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Ben!!
THE BAD SEED est mort.
It went out with a good audience and some great performances.....
I am auditioning today at 3 p.m. for THE GAME'S AFOOT!
DR vixmom, I'm sorry to hear of the family situation. It only gets worse from here.
Published on July 3rd (4 days before my surgery), MISS DINAH SHORE seems to be selling okay on its own. I certainly haven't felt well enough to promote it until now. As I told my publisher, people will either want to read a biography of Dinah Shore, or they won't. Thankfully, I guess they do. :)
http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Dinah-Shore-Michael-Druxman/dp/1593938462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436102515&sr=1-1&keywords=miss+dinah+shore
The good news is that I am back from the Er and dad didn't break anything when he fell sometime after midnight and before 2 am
Malt balls, anyone?
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/malt%20ball%20cake_zpsxj0hblre.png)
What acoustics do to the sound of your voice:
http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music/joachim-mullner-acoustics/#e6DtBBjGGGC6mSui.97
THE BAD SEED est mort.
It went out with a good audience and some great performances.....strike ended shortly before midnight - and we were outta there!
I am auditioning today at 3 p.m. for THE GAME'S AFOOT!
~ ~ ~ MOVING VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Ben!!
Ditto!
Published on July 3rd (4 days before my surgery), MISS DINAH SHORE seems to be selling okay on its own. I certainly haven't felt well enough to promote it until now. As I told my publisher, people will either want to read a biography of Dinah Shore, or they won't. Thankfully, I guess they do. :)
http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Dinah-Shore-Michael-Druxman/dp/1593938462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436102515&sr=1-1&keywords=miss+dinah+shore
We watched DRIVING MISS DAISY with James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury last night.
Enjoyed it, but it took me awhile to get used to the fact that I was watching a theatrical performance on television.
The doctor says it's going to be, at least, another two weeks before I can put any weight on my left foot.
I hate being so dependent on other people. I particularly worry about my wife, who has had 4 back surgeries and has to be there for me to lean on her when I need to get up.
:(
The doctor says it's going to be, at least, another two weeks before I can put any weight on my left foot.
I hate being so dependent on other people. I particularly worry about my wife, who has had 4 back surgeries and has to be there for me to lean on her when I need to get up.
:(
~~~Vibes of All Kinds~~~
There's an interesting PBS documentary on Margaret Mitchell at the moment.
Fascinating, Druxy, reading the history of a book written forty years ago that you found rummaging in your storage unit. More interesting is, even though it was already written, you say you updated it - but didn't talk to me - I was on a TV series called Dinah and Her New Best Friends, you know. She adored me, you know.
Sunday evening greetings! Our household was up early this morning and the 4 of us went to DN Lauren's church for her son's baptism. Rob and Mary Linda are his godparents, as Richard and I were for Lauren. There was a lovely potluck luncheon afterwards and I slept for a couple of hours when we got home.
I suppose I'm up after a whopping three hours of sleep. I'll try to get more in a bit. Guess we've had our rainfall because the damn sun is out. Also, we were discussing the Coffee Dan's at Hollywood and Cahuenga, the one I went to - and cousin Dee Dee also only went to that one - I was sure it was on the south side of the street but she was positive it was on the north side. I couldn't imagine where that would be, but I found it this morning. There are several driving shots on Hollywood Blvd. from various years - I could see nothing that even resembled a restaurant on the south side so I began concentrating on the left. But most of the video image was too indistinct although my eye kept going to one particular building but I could not see the sign well enough and it just didn't look right - but I finally found one driving shot that was pretty sharp. I concentrated on that building and indeed it's Coffee Dan's - located exactly two doors east of Cahuenga and a few doors west of the Warner Cinerama (later the Pacific's), which makes perfect sense, since that's where I would have eaten before seeing Brothers Grimm and How the West Was Won. This shot was taken in 1962 - I have no idea when Coffee Dan's opened there or when it closed, but now that I know where it is I can probably narrow that down. And from one site I read, it was a covert hangout for gays of that era. Who knew? So, you'll see the Warner Cinerama on your left, which is located between Wilcox and Cahuenga. As you pass it you'll see a yellow sign on the left that says "Free Jobs" and next to it a pink building - that's Coffee Dan's - if you freeze the image at exactly :28 and go into full screen mode you can finally make out the sign. Whew!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTNrMdBR6Fc
We watched DRIVING MISS DAISY with James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury last night.
Enjoyed it, but it took me awhile to get used to the fact that I was watching a theatrical performance on television.
I was able to record it and make a DVD. :)
We watched DRIVING MISS DAISY with James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury last night.
Enjoyed it, but it took me awhile to get used to the fact that I was watching a theatrical performance on television.
I was able to record it and make a DVD. :)
Can you make me a copy, too?
THE BAD SEED est mort.
It went out with a good audience and some great performances.....strike ended shortly before midnight - and we were outta there!
I am auditioning today at 3 p.m. for THE GAME'S AFOOT!
Congrats on the end of a good run and hope you have some good auditioners!
Also, George, could you make me a DVD out of another video. This is not one of my shows, but it is the New York Opera's production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, starring Sally Ann Howes and Regina Resnik.
I know it isn't Ask Jane Day; but, Jane, how are you liking the new home?
I'm serious about the publishing thing - I've been thinking about it for two years - I know how to do this stuff now and it would be a nice home for people - what I have to figure out or research is how I get the stuff to Amazon and other online folks. My feeling is I could do it in such a way that the authors wouldn't have to do anything but purchase their books. No fees up front.