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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had the Kenton touch, and now it is time for you to post until the Kenton Kows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ABSQUATULATE!
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And a happy haineshisway.com birthday to former dear reader Jose, who only lives for Facebook now and who has seemingly forgotten all about this here jernt that served him so very well for so very long. Go know.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Jrand!! :D
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And a Happy Birthday also to (former) DR Jose!!
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Good (too early again) morning, all.
Coffee. Oh yes. Coffee.
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My morning was made the moment I saw the title of the notes.
Great, great stuff... further opening one's eyes to the world of Capitol Records.
It's High Time (RCA) that I looked over my own modest inventory of Kenton and blasted some to the neighbors.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Jrand!!!
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And a Happy Birthday also to (former) DR Jose!!
A great big DITTO!
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Most happy birthday wishes to DR Jrand65!!!
(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/jack_zpsclhdneym.jpeg)
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And also to former DR JoseSPiano.
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DR John G. - condolences and {{{hugs}}}
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~ ~ ~ TOE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR TCB!!!
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~ ~ ~ WORK, HEALTH, & REST VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR vixmom!!!
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Oh, and DR Jrand65 - the answer to your question last night is: yes! :)
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I have the Cal Tjader West Side Story in iTunes, but not the Kenton for some reason. I know I have the Kenton CD somewhere. (maybe in DR George's garage?)
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Happy birthday, JRand.
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Happy birthday, JoseSPiano.
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I was first introduced to Stan Kenton when he played for a Cybill Shepherd album.
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Insert your own snide comment at will.
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Good morning, all!!
I slept late. For the past two days I have been dragging through the day, and i needed to sleep. I had a very strange dream about being in a hotel/hostel/dormitory in Austin, TX although I now have no memory of why the dream placed me there. A concert entrepreneur for whom I once wrote arrangements put in an appearance as well. And there was a music store and an LP.
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Today I shall work at home. There are things.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to our DR JRand64 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess he is now DR JRand65!
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This morning, I received a creepy email from one Frank Anderson who claimed he'd seen me on Facebook and wanted to get to know me. This is a first.
Thanks, Frank. No, thanks.
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I hope our former DR Jose has a wonderful birthday today!
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Morning, all! Happiest of birthdays to JRand & Jose!
Not familiar with the Kenton albums. Will have to take a look for 'em. I have a couple of jazz West Side Stories (Richie Cole's and Oscar Peterson's). Jazz was never really my "thing," but I've enjoyed many albums featuring alternate takes on scores that I loved.
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Thank you to DR GEORGE, DR KERRY, DR SINGDAW, , DR ELAN, DR JOHN G and of course MR BK for the shout out in the notes.
DR JANE - that is a photo from NEVER TOO LATE!! So it is a few years ago, I am flattering myself by using it as my avatar!
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Thanks to DR ELMORE for the email card! I am updating my flash drive so I can watch it.
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Adobe Flash, that is.
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You saw it here, folks.
JACK is FLASHING!
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Happy Birthday, Jack!
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Happiest of Happy Birthdays to DR JRand65 who, I'm guessing, is going to absquatulate with the preponderance of line notes today (most of which should be "Happy Birthday" greetings).
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Ozmoses, singdaw. OZMOSES!
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And a tip of the "Happy 47th Birthday" hat to FDR JoseSPiano whose face I see quite often on FaceBook....more often than not with some food items poised to be consumed right beside it!
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Indeed! And I am restarting.
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Hey!
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And suddenly, there was no light.
My internal clock told me it was around (or about) 6 a.m. this morning.
My eyes told me differently. My bedroom was dark.
I got up anyway and checked the clock. It was 6:01 a.m.
WTH?
It was not dark at 6:01 a.m. YESTERday.
I mean, I knew it was coming, this earlier darkness, but it seems things happen SUDDENLY here in Oakland.
There is no gradual darkening...or lightening. I noticed this a few years ago when I got off work at 5 p.m. (I now get off at 4:30 p.m., but that's not important). One day, the afternoon was approaching dusk and the next day, dusk had descended without so much as a how'd'ya do.
Happily, my internal clock told me that regardless of the quality of light (or the lack thereof), it was still time to get my butt out of bed.
When I departed home, I had the quality of light I was used to upon arising from bed.
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I love Capitol Records! Home of the Beatles AND The Beach Boys.
HOWEVER I hate Capitol Records for one thing.....I am pretty sure they were the company that started using that stupid album cover that had a flap the opened like a book and then you pulled the record out of the middle of the cover.
NOT a gatefold cover that was solid and the record came out the end of the back.....
I can't find a good picture of what I mean.....
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Ode to Change (with apologies to song's writers):
Everything's been changed
Nothing's like before
Things I did before
I do no more
They're all behind me
Everything's been changed
Since this morning's dark...
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I love Capitol Records! Home of the Beatles AND The Beach Boys.
HOWEVER I hate Capitol Records for one thing.....I am pretty sure they were the company that started using that stupid album cover that had a flap the opened like a book and then you pulled the record out of the middle of the cover.
NOT a gatefold cover that was solid and the record came out the end of the back.....
I can't find a good picture of what I mean.....
Please share if you do find one. Did Bell Records have a jacket like that for "Lost Horizon"?
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Happiest of birthdays to DR JRand65! I will catch up to you (and qualify for Medicare) several months...
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I think flashing is a fine way to celebrate a milestone birthday. Especially if the flashing is done in another state.
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A very happy birthday to Jrand!!!!
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Thank you, all, for the condolences. Just found out that we will be playing for Sharon's funeral. The piece is It Is Well with My Soul, which we recently played.
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I don't know if Jose reads here, but if so, birthday wishes to Jose!
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Condolences and hugs to John G.
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The happiest of birthdays to DR Jrand...
65!!!
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I love Capitol Records! Home of the Beatles AND The Beach Boys.
HOWEVER I hate Capitol Records for one thing.....I am pretty sure they were the company that started using that stupid album cover that had a flap the opened like a book and then you pulled the record out of the middle of the cover.
NOT a gatefold cover that was solid and the record came out the end of the back.....
I can't find a good picture of what I mean.....
Please share if you do find one. Did Bell Records have a jacket like that for "Lost Horizon"?
Yes. (And wasn't that also one of those that went in the bloody wrong direction?)
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Thank you DR GINNY, DR FJL, and DR CHAS SMITH
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Yes that cover DR RLP and yes DR CHAS SMITH it went THE WRONG WAY. The Lost Horizon cover was even worse because it had a graphic on it that was cut.
The Supremes Sing Funny Girl and the Wild in the Streets soundtrack LP also had those covers.
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And a happy birthday to FDR JoseSPiano ... who I only ever see evidence of when out on the town with other HHWers.
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I've got a few other such record (and laserdisc) jackets. Most annoying. I can kind of understand why they did that for sets of three discs, but not with only one or two.
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Thank you, all, for the condolences. Just found out that we will be playing for Sharon's funeral. The piece is It Is Well with My Soul, which we recently played.
I send them, too, DR JohnG!
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Thank you, all, for the condolences. Just found out that we will be playing for Sharon's funeral. The piece is It Is Well with My Soul, which we recently played.
I send them, too, DR JohnG!
I do, too. The music selection is perfect and will be very moving.
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Happy Birthday to E & T DR Jose!
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Sorry to hear that news, DR John G. Condolences to all.
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There were a few other record albums, too, that "went the wrong way" for absolutely no discernible reason.
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There were a few other record albums, too, that "went the wrong way" for absolutely no discernible reason.
And a few people, too.
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And on that note (G flat), let us turn to...
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PAGINA TRES!
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Coincidentally, I just played a G-flat.
(Oh, all right, it was an F#. Sue me.)
(Posting from Programming Hell, for Assassins.)
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DR Jrand65,
(http://www.calliopegifts.co.uk/images/_lib/65th-cake-candles-flittered-happy-birthday-9017627-0-1403788225000.jpg)
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(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0OzzWWJcYk9Hxl7-lX3A83jko4A5O6uqVGrvDg_qtCG5QrAHU)
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Thank you DR JANE.
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Another day of sneezing. Mother Nature does not like me.
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Happy Birthday to me....I left my script at the theatre last night, and I am not secure enough in Act Two, so I will have to go down there a couple of hours EARLY so I can work on it.
Always check your bag.....always check your bag.....
We have gotten three notices that the line notes will be a little late because there are so MANY of them......she wasted her time....and now she wants to waste ours.
We're grownups....not students.....and since we did each scene twice, we'll get twice as many notes.... And she didn't bother to check with the stage manager to get the lines that we changed, so she keeps giving us prompts based on the script in those places....
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I'm up, I'm up - eight and a half hours of sleep or thereabouts.
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Not sure I remember any Capitol flap covers.
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I have the Cal Tjader West Side Story in iTunes, but not the Kenton for some reason. I know I have the Kenton CD somewhere. (maybe in DR George's garage?)
To paraphrase Stephen Sondheim: If you can find it, it's here!
;)
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You saw it here, folks.
JACK is FLASHING!
And he has a lovely new avatar!
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Flap Covers.....I never knew what they were called.
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I guess the Lost Horizon LP was more of an envelope type thing than a flipback. And I guess the idea was that you flip the front all the way to the back and not just open it like a gatefold LP.
I thought it was a Capitol Records thing.....maybe I was mistaken.....it has been known to happen.
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I got three pages of crap like this. I'm leaving now to get to the theatre so I have a couple of hours to go over Act Two. Not that it will help.
GILLETTE 16 A Line Said: "There is no means of escape for you this time."
Actual Line: "There is no means of escape this time.
16 A Line Said: "I'm afraid you'll have to this time."
Actual Line: "There is no means of escape this time."
17 P Line Said: "You see, they compromise…"
Actual Line: "Because they compromise…"
17 S Line Said: "A young lady who made one mistake…"
Actual Line: "A young lady who made one small mistake…"
17 P Line Said: "Get out! Now! I never want to see you ever again!"
Actual Line: "Get out! Now! I don't ever want to see you again!"
17 P Line Said: "…we have nothing left to say except goodbye. My presumed friendship…"
Actual Line: "…we have nothing left to say but goodbye. My supposed friendship…"
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I got three pages of crap like this. I'm leaving now to get to the theatre so I have a couple of hours to go over Act Two. Not that it will help.
GILLETTE 16 A Line Said: "There is no means of escape for you this time."
Actual Line: "There is no means of escape this time.
16 A Line Said: "I'm afraid you'll have to this time."
Actual Line: "There is no means of escape this time."
17 P Line Said: "You see, they compromise…"
Actual Line: "Because they compromise…"
17 S Line Said: "A young lady who made one mistake…"
Actual Line: "A young lady who made one small mistake…"
17 P Line Said: "Get out! Now! I never want to see you ever again!"
Actual Line: "Get out! Now! I don't ever want to see you again!"
17 P Line Said: "…we have nothing left to say except goodbye. My presumed friendship…"
Actual Line: "…we have nothing left to say but goodbye. My supposed friendship…"
Oh, my goodness! :o Talk about anal retentive! I haven't been in a show where we've gotten line notes at all since I was in college...and even then I never got line notes that were that specific!
:P
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Wow. Those are line notes, all right.
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A bunch of years ago I was sitting in on a rehearsal of THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, and because of the regular person's absence, was asked to follow along and give lines or correct anything egregious as they ran through it. I decided that Mr. Tenn. Wms. was not going to be shafted on my watch, and they got their lines tightened up damned well that night. Everyone was happy with it, too, and with my style (I was right on them, prompter-style). That was 1997, and I expect to be asked back at any moment.
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In honor of National Dog Day, here's a picture of a poor pup who got too close to a porcupine.
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:o Oh, no! That's terrible!
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Poor baby.
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Oy and Vey!
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Page 3?
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Really?
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This simply will not do.
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This cannot stand.
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Well, it can't sit or roll over, either.
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We have to get things simmering and boiling.
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Roasting and sautéing.
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Broiling and battering.
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Did a jog and will now get ready and then be on my way to rehearsal. I got K's Donuts as a treat for all my hard-working folks.
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Stuffing and spatchcocking.
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bk, did they have any of the chocolate peanut butter things left?
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Oh, and FOUR, by the way.
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I want a peanut butter thing like I used to get at Stan's 40 years ago.
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We stopped for some guacamole & chips from a restaurant what makes exceptional guacamole & chips. Keith ate a few bites and I ate down to the half way mark. If it is still good tomorrow we will buy some Saturday night to serve to company on Sunday. Unfortunately the restaurant is closed on Sundays.
I was very happy to do a test run today :)
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Wouldn't that make a great title for a monster film....
The Thing Was Peanut Butter
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO DEAR READER JRAND65!!!
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Happy Birthday to former DR Jose!
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Yes there was exactly one peanut butter chocolate donut thing left. Someone had bought one just before me and this morning some yahoo ordered over forty donuts all of which were chocolate and a bunch of which were the chocolate peanut butter thing
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Happy Birthday to DR JRand65!!!
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Happy Birthday to Former DR Jose!
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Well, I'm off to the movies. A friend e-mailed me, asking if I wanted to go to the movies with him for free! He volunteers at the Olympia Film Society and gets free tickets. His girlfriend doesn't want to go, so I said that I would. We're going to see Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qfmAllbYC8).
Be back later.
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Enjoy the movie.
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Thanks, but I didn't go to the movie.
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My friend didn't get my e-mail in time, so he never came down to the theater.
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Since he was going to give me a free ticket, I didn't go by myself and pay for a ticket.
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I'm now at home checking the recording of "ALittle Night Music."
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The problem with this 26-year old videotape is that there is a clicking sound all through the video. :(
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I'm at the intermission section and the clicking is less noticeable than at the beginning of the tape, but it's still there.
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Don't know if this can be of any help, or if the resolution would be any good, but as of a couple of years ago the entire ALNM broadcast was on YouTube (in several parts).
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Damn. I thought I'd downloaded it, but if it's here, it's on some other hard drive.
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It's really interesting to see how differently the "Live from Lincoln Center" program itself is.
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Don't know if this can be of any help, or if the resolution would be any good, but as of a couple of years ago the entire ALNM broadcast was on YouTube (in several parts).
I had seen that too, ChasSmith, but didn't download it because I knew that I had the videotape. Obviously, I didn't check my tape in time to record it without the clicking.
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Happy Birthday to DR Jrand. Hope you had a great day!
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Such terrible and sad news DR JohnG!
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Hello, everyone.
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My condolences to DR John G. I think this is one of the most difficult aspects of aging, losing friends.
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Happy Birthday to JRand!
I hope it was a good one!
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Bruce, what are the dates for Sami's show? If you mentioned them I missed it. I'm having trouble managing my own calendar at the moment.
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Happy Birthday to Jose!
Drop by and say hello.
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Jack, I do like your new avatar.
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I've been watching RAFFLES on DVD. I read the stories many years ago and loved them, then purchased the video. Acorn had the collection on DVD for $10 and I grabbed it. I do enjoy these stories and Anthony Valentine is wonderful as the scoundrel Raffles.
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Vibes to all for all.
Good night.
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Happy birthday Jack! You look ver handsome in your new avatar
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John gig a terribly sorry to hear about your friend my condolences to all who love her
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Toe vibes for tcb
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Side vibes for elmore
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I put in 14 hours andi'm fading fadt
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Back from a good rehearsal. We did run the show, but I told Sami to take it easy on her voice. She's finally begun to get through the monologues where she was consistently going up on the same lines - I think there were only two spots where she fumfered, otherwise it was all correct. And she really is getting the pacing of the show down, too. Still hard work ahead on the storytelling aspect, and we're going to try a new approach to the start of rehearsals. She's been sleeping in the car and her mother has refused to get her up until three minutes before rehearsal. Obviously this results in a bad mood and groggy person and we can't have it anymore - I've gone on about it for weeks, including this morning, but our stage manager came up with a good idea of her call being fifteen minutes earlier than our start time. At that point, the stage manager will take her and get her warmed up so she's ready to go at our proper start time. If that works, everything will flow easier and be much more fun.
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Listening to music. Was a good boy and only ate half of the chocolate peanut butter thing.
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John G., my condolences.
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George, I apologize. I thought I explained that I have the copy of ALNM that I wanted you to transfer.
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It was purchased by a friend of mine on Ebay, so I don't think it has a clicking sound.
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I don't know for sure because I don't have a VCR.
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My apologies George, that I didn't explain that very well.
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Watching a bootleg of Finding Neverland with Jeremy Jordan and the first American cast. What a bore.
Not all the talent in the word can save a horrible score and a lousy way of telling the Barrie story.
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Jack, I love the new avatar.
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Good night, all.
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I think I need to change my avatar.
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I have no pictures of me on my laptop.
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Of course, that might be a blessing.
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I 'll worry about it tomorrow.
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Tomorrow is another day.
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Fiddle-de-dee!
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George, I apologize. I thought I explained that I have the copy of ALNM that I wanted you to transfer.
Oh...no problem. I would be happy to make a DVD of your tape.
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Listening to The Shearing Piano - what a CD - it has the original ten-track album, which was a life-changer for me, but also includes an additional ten tracks of unreleased music from those same sessions. Astonishing.
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I sped through the earliest two of the last five episodes of "America's Got Talent."
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The comedian Myq Kapan was voted out.
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He was my favorite.
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE SX GRATUITOUS POST #150 DANCE!!
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Then I watched the last epsode of "Another Period."
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Carl Reiner is on The Tonight Show tonight.