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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:40:44 AM

Title: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:40:44 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were obsessed, and now it is time for you to post until the obsessed cows come home. 
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:41:34 AM
And the word of the day is: HEARTSEASE!
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:42:14 AM
Guess George won't be checking the new lists.
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Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 12:55:55 AM
First post after BK!
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Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 01:17:32 AM
Guess George won't be checking the new lists.

I checked them.  I've ordered a little too much over the last week from several sources, so I need to take a break from spending. :)
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Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 01:32:51 AM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.
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Post by: Michael on November 27, 2016, 03:51:03 AM
good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on November 27, 2016, 04:01:19 AM
BK

Can you post an updated list of what is still available on your sale.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 04:31:43 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: FJL on November 27, 2016, 04:53:17 AM
Very nice enthusiastic review for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

http://www.axs.com/lakewood-playhouse-welcomes-christmas-season-with-lovely-wonderful-lif-110610

Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: FJL on November 27, 2016, 04:54:08 AM
"When should a performer feel complimented about a smattering of boos for his character during the curtain call? When the role is mean Mr. Potter, played to a tee by Tom Birkeland. Being successfully and relentlessly bad is a challenge. Mr. Birkeland's turn as Old Man Potter was exceptionally well done."
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 05:47:58 AM
Great review, Tom. Thanks, Fred, for posting it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 05:58:00 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 06:00:52 AM
Major bout of insomnia last night.  Honestly, I think when this happens I should just get up and do something.

And me?  I'm innocent.  I'm quite sure the cup of black coffee I enjoyed with some pumpkin pie at 8 pm had nothing to do with it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 06:10:12 AM
Got some running around to do this morning, and a tree to decorate this evening.

Vixmom:  Sadly, the true Christmas spirit exemplified by the aluminum tree with musical turning base and color wheel has to be limited to those years when it can be displayed in a room with controlled access as regards the feline population.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 06:10:39 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 06:11:53 AM
I have a quite day planned: my exercises, some writing, very little.  Tomorrow my schedule picks up.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 06:12:20 AM
I had a long recurring dream last night, but I remember none of it now.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 06:13:39 AM
Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 06:15:02 AM
My dream, whatever in the hell it was, was completely underscored by Mr. Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside". 
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 06:16:31 AM
Great review, DR TCB!
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 06:22:52 AM
Speaking of Messrs. Loesser, the other day I downloaded all the Arthur Loesser talks I could find.  I'd heard a couple of them, but there were a few others to be discovered.  They're wonderful in their own right, but I was overwhelmed at how much they brought back in memories of the man himself -- not only his way of speaking and describing something, but the mannerisms and all that good stuff that makes a person so wonderfully unique.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 06:28:25 AM
In America, this  touching film of haunted lives in Hell's Kitchen, was as wonderful last night as it was the week before.  The little Bolger sisters are amazing as Christy and Ariel and Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton, the parents haunted by the death of their son, are heartbreaking. Perhaps it's too many memories of dead friends and so many memorial services that affects me, but Djimon Hounsou as the dying Mateo haunts me.  His relationship with Ariel is so beautifully written and played.
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Post by: Druxy on November 27, 2016, 06:58:00 AM
I watched the opening episode of WESTWORLD last night on HBO.

Very well done, good cast, but the storyline is rather convoluted.

Anybody else watching this?  Your thoughts?
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 07:31:35 AM
In America, this  touching film of haunted lives in Hell's Kitchen, was as wonderful last night as it was the week before.  The little Bolger sisters are amazing as Christy and Ariel and Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton, the parents haunted by the death of their son, are heartbreaking. Perhaps it's too many memories of dead friends and so many memorial services that affects me, but Djimon Hounsou as the dying Mateo haunts me.  His relationship with Ariel is so beautifully written and played.

i loved this film. Samantha Morton should do more.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 07:42:44 AM
In America, this  touching film of haunted lives in Hell's Kitchen, was as wonderful last night as it was the week before.  The little Bolger sisters are amazing as Christy and Ariel and Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton, the parents haunted by the death of their son, are heartbreaking. Perhaps it's too many memories of dead friends and so many memorial services that affects me, but Djimon Hounsou as the dying Mateo haunts me.  His relationship with Ariel is so beautifully written and played.

i loved this film. Samantha Morton should do more.

I watched the deleted scenes without commentary ;ast night, so I think I'll wath them with commentary today.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 07:52:41 AM
Sounds like I need to see this sometime.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 08:17:55 AM
Sounds like I need to see this sometime.

I don't know how I missed it when it was released!  I found it on my Paddy Considine movie search.  I liked his performance in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher so much that I wanted to see more of his work.  He's in Hot Fuzz, and I loved that comedy.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2016, 08:41:37 AM
Sunday.

Congrats to DR TCB on the great review and thanks to DR FJL for posting the link.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2016, 08:42:35 AM
Lots of music discussion which is most enjoyable.  I certainly enjoy "The Planets", but I am not audiophile enough to appreciate many versions of it.....
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 08:55:24 AM
Good morning
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Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 08:55:55 AM
Two
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Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 09:00:56 AM
My first review for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.

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When should a performer feel complimented about a smattering of boos for his character during the curtain call? When the role is mean Mr. Potter, played to a tee by Tom Birkeland. Being successfully and relentlessly bad is a challenge. Mr. Birkeland's turn as Old Man Potter was exceptionally well done.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 09:04:27 AM
Vixmom, I don't believe this theater records their shows for educational purposes.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 09:28:11 AM
Off to usher for the local ballet company's production of The Nutcracker. I hope the Symphony is playing for it. Their playing the last two years has been better than the dancing.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:09:53 PM
Shayne asked for an updated list o' stuff from yesterday - here it is, but this is all going away by tomorrow.

CDs

Matilda - original London cast album $7
Laura Benanti Live at 54 Below $7

Blu-rays (region B noted where applicable)

A Man Called Horse $8
The Lion King still sealed $8
Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words (Criterion) $15
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss - can't find any copies of one with the fun sparkly slipcase, which this has) $8
Godzilla vs. Biollante (it's really good) $8
Field of Dreams $6
11.22.63 (miniseries - cheapest price on Amazon is twenty-five bucks) $14
Little Big Man (classic - Dustin Hoffman) $8
Damnation Alley (fun sci-fi) $10
The Deep (Nick Nolte/Robert Shaw) $5
Circus of Fear/Five Golden Dragon (super fun B movies! cheapest price on Amazon is $17) $10
An Education (terrific recent film with Carey Mulligan) $8
Autumn Sonata (Criterion - Ingmar and Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman) $15
To Die For (great Nicole Kidman) $6
Rise of the Planet of the Apes $8
The Piano (Holly Hunter) $6
Page Eight (brilliant UK show starring Bill Nighy) $10
Ponyo (Studio Ghibli - all their films are great) $10
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (region B - James Mason and Ava Gardner) $10
Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann) $8
The Monster Squad (80s fun) $8
Misery $8
Midnight in Paris $8
Magician (great documentary on Orson Welles) $12
Mr. Holmes (Iam McKellen) $8
The Muppet Movie $10

and last but not least a very cool steelbook from the UK for Double Indemnity.  Cheapest price on Amazon UK is about thirty-two bucks.  You can have it for $20
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:10:12 PM
I'm up, I'm up - a bit over eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 12:10:28 PM
Looks like it might be okay for a jog.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 12:18:05 PM
Back from a bit o' shopping, and here to report that the traffic out there is HELL.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 12:20:46 PM
And trust me, I know from HELL.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 12:24:10 PM
Very nice enthusiastic review for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

http://www.axs.com/lakewood-playhouse-welcomes-christmas-season-with-lovely-wonderful-lif-110610

That's a great review!  Congrats, Tom, and to your cast, too!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2016, 12:25:40 PM
DR CHAS SMITH - I have missed something....who  is Kristi?
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 12:34:36 PM
DR CHAS SMITH - I have missed something....who  is Kristi?

Sorry, DR Jrand66.  (Woops, I first typed 666!)  Kristi's a long time friend who needed a temporary place to live when she got out of a sorry marriage back in '96.  She moved in here and the housemate situation worked well for both of us.  A bunch of years later she met Nathan and over another few years they'd decided to eventually marry.  At one point he was between apartments and I said to come on aboard, so he moved in, they were married in 2012, and we're a happy household.  A few HHWers met them at the Kritzerland show in NYC two years ago.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 12:36:15 PM
I;ce listened again to Unsung Sherman Brothers, which I'm really enjoying. I'm now listening to Maria Callas' recording of
La Gioconda with the forces of La Scala.  It's almost time for the "Dance of the Hours" on CD 3.

I've been working on a new orchestration for the project I cannot yet announce.  I hope there are contracts this week.  i could use the money and I must admit I'm tired of being coy about what I'm up to.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 12:37:32 PM
The "Dance of the Hours" has landed.  That La Scala orchestra sure knows how to play it really well, since they've been performing La Gioconda for over 100 years.
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Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 01:33:19 PM
Well, I must be going.  I have to shower, get dressed, get food, practice my lines, go to my sister's, then eventually go to rehearsal from 7 pm to 10 pm.  It's going to be a long day.

Have a good day, all!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 01:45:30 PM
So, kids, I took a few minutes to - hopefully - educate myself a little bit on SACDs.

They are basically DVDs, not CDs, with the same gigabyte advantage.

If they are "hybrids" (they have a regular CD layer in addition to the SACD layer), the CD layer will play in a CD player.  If they are SACDs only, or in order to hear the SACD layer, they must be played in a DVD or Blu-ray player that recognizes the format, which is called DSD (Direct Stream Digital).

"SACD" does not imply multi-channel sound; it only means Super Audio CD, for (hopefully) much more detailed/extended high fidelity sound.  A mono or two-channel stereo recording can take advantage of the format.  This explains my finding one piece that only played in stereo.  That's how it was recorded.  The other piece was recorded in three-channel.

And that's about enough for today's lesson!
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 01:50:28 PM
In the fifties up through the mid-1960s, stereo recordings were recorded on three-track tape and mixed down to two for the release.  That's why these Living Stereo and Mercury Living Presence CDs can be released as they are - but when they were being recorded they were monitoring two channels, not three - the three gave them a little leeway in the mix down.  So, it's not that other two-channel SACDs were recorded that way - unless it was direct to two-track - it's that you're getting the stereo mix down with premium sound.  Obviously today things are recorded with many separate tracks and then mixed down. 

But those three-track things sound amazing and spread out the stereo field wonderfully.  That's why I'm concentrating on only those SACD releases.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 01:51:23 PM
I'm really enjoying this CD with all the Gershwin original jazz band orchestrations - really fun and I pretty much prefer all of them to the symphonic orchestrations.  They have a real vibrancy and life that sounds very authentic.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 01:57:51 PM
Got it, thanks, BK.

I'd heard good things (somewhere, have no idea where) about this SACD of the original cast recording of A Chorus Line, so I've ordered a copy.  I got the last reasonably priced one on Amazon, haven't checked elsewhere.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2016, 02:27:06 PM
Thanks DR CHAS SMITH....very nice.
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Post by: Matthew on November 27, 2016, 02:27:09 PM
Good Afternoon
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 27, 2016, 02:31:38 PM
I've been transferring files from my old computer to this one-year-old.   I also orchestrated around 10 pages of score.

It's time to put the broccoli and cauliflower on.
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Post by: Matthew on November 27, 2016, 02:35:13 PM
Sandy Bainum's Christmas CD is on!   On of my faves
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 02:35:29 PM
Sunday evening greetings!  Fr. Richard preached the sermon and assisted with the service at Christ the King in Dayton today, so Rob, Mary Linda, and I were in attendance.  My head, eyes, and hair are full of incense.
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 02:39:21 PM
Today is Mom's 98th birthday, so after we changed clothes I gathered up some appropriate paper plates and napkins here at home and Richard and I stopped at Kroger for some festive cupcakes and an amaryllis planting kit and went to visit.  We had a little party, I planted the amaryllis bulb, and we had a nice visit.
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Post by: FJL on November 27, 2016, 02:42:41 PM
Birthday wishes to Ginny's Mom!
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Post by: Matthew on November 27, 2016, 02:49:05 PM
I listened to the Mozart version of "The Messiah" yesterday - I really like it.
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 02:55:32 PM
Birthday wishes to Ginny's Mom!

Thanks, DR FJL!  And also for your nice comment last night about Rob's lyrics!
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:03:59 PM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.

Thanks for the report.  I always wonder about mumblers.  Isn't there someone listening to them to say "speak so you can be heard!!!"
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:05:37 PM
We saw ARRIVAL today and there were a few times we don't know what was said.  Other than that it was completely engrossing.  I am glad I smuggled in popcorn instead of chips today.  Chips would have been way too noisy.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:09:51 PM
Very nice enthusiastic review for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

http://www.axs.com/lakewood-playhouse-welcomes-christmas-season-with-lovely-wonderful-lif-110610



Very nice DR TCB :)
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:12:05 PM
Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is strange.  All I see are the vibes and not the message "Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK!"

I will DITTO the message.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:12:55 PM
Funny, after quoting it the message is visible.
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:15:17 PM
I watched the opening episode of WESTWORLD last night on HBO.

Very well done, good cast, but the storyline is rather convoluted.

Anybody else watching this?  Your thoughts?

My problem with the show were the people.  They are horrible while the robots are made to suffer.  I prefer the original movie concept.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:20:26 PM
Today is Mom's 98th birthday, so after we changed clothes I gathered up some appropriate paper plates and napkins here at home and Richard and I stopped at Kroger for some festive cupcakes and an amaryllis planting kit and went to visit.  We had a little party, I planted the amaryllis bulb, and we had a nice visit.

It sounds like a lovely celebration. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DEAR MOTHER!

(http://www.birthdayimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/98th-birthday-cake.jpg)
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 03:45:29 PM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.

I do want to see this. I thought we might go over the weekend but the movie theater is I the new mall and the roads to it were all blocked all weekend with the crazed shoppers
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 03:46:36 PM
Very nice enthusiastic review for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

http://www.axs.com/lakewood-playhouse-welcomes-christmas-season-with-lovely-wonderful-lif-110610




Lovely review for TCB and co. I wish I could see this in person
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 03:47:28 PM
Got some running around to do this morning, and a tree to decorate this evening.

Vixmom:  Sadly, the true Christmas spirit exemplified by the aluminum tree with musical turning base and color wheel has to be limited to those years when it can be displayed in a room with controlled access as regards the feline population.
.


And I am sure we are all the sadder for it
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 03:48:54 PM
Vixmom, I don't believe this theater records their shows for educational purposes.

Darn
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Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 03:53:06 PM
Happy birthday yo Ginny's mom!  Wow, 98!!
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 04:02:52 PM
Today is Mom's 98th birthday, so after we changed clothes I gathered up some appropriate paper plates and napkins here at home and Richard and I stopped at Kroger for some festive cupcakes and an amaryllis planting kit and went to visit.  We had a little party, I planted the amaryllis bulb, and we had a nice visit.

It sounds like a lovely celebration. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DEAR MOTHER!

(http://www.birthdayimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/98th-birthday-cake.jpg)

Thank you, DR Jane that's a beautiful cake!
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 04:04:18 PM
Happy birthday yo Ginny's mom!  Wow, 98!!

Thank you, DR Vixmom!  She can't remember from one minute to the next how old she is  :-\
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Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 04:11:22 PM
In Calabasas waiting for rehearsal to start
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 04:31:59 PM
Happy birthday yo Ginny's mom!  Wow, 98!!

Thank you, DR Vixmom!  She can't remember from one minute to the next how old she is  :-\

My father was always asking how old he was, and was always surprised by the answer.  He would laugh and say "I am an alter cocker".  :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 27, 2016, 05:02:17 PM
Birthday vibes for the mother of DR GINNY.
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 05:07:13 PM
Birthday vibes for the mother of DR GINNY.

Thank you, DR JRand!
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Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 05:08:24 PM
Happy birthday yo Ginny's mom!  Wow, 98!!

Thank you, DR Vixmom!  She can't remember from one minute to the next how old she is  :-\

My father was always asking how old he was, and was always surprised by the answer.  He would laugh and say "I am an alter cocker".  :)

Mom says, "Two more years!"

I honestly don't know if I have the emotional stamina for that...
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 05:12:30 PM
:)
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Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 05:36:17 PM
Today is Mom's 98th birthday, so after we changed clothes I gathered up some appropriate paper plates and napkins here at home and Richard and I stopped at Kroger for some festive cupcakes and an amaryllis planting kit and went to visit.  We had a little party, I planted the amaryllis bulb, and we had a nice visit.

A Very Happy Birthday to Ginny's Mom! :D
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 05:44:59 PM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.

Thanks for the report.  I always wonder about mumblers.  Isn't there someone listening to them to say "speak so you can be heard!!!"

I know!  And the worst is when the music soundtrack is louder than the mumbling.  I hate that. :P
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Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 05:56:16 PM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.

Thanks for the report.  I always wonder about mumblers.  Isn't there someone listening to them to say "speak so you can be heard!!!"

I know!  And the worst is when the music soundtrack is louder than the mumbling.  I hate that. :P

Yes, that is worst than mumbling.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 05:57:13 PM
Really, there is more control over the sound levels of the music than actors who mumble.
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Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:22:09 PM
Today is Mom's 98th birthday, so after we changed clothes I gathered up some appropriate paper plates and napkins here at home and Richard and I stopped at Kroger for some festive cupcakes and an amaryllis planting kit and went to visit.  We had a little party, I planted the amaryllis bulb, and we had a nice visit.

Happy birthday to DR Ginny's DM!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 06:23:39 PM
Happy 98th to DR Ginny's DM, and may her journey to the Big 100th be as happy as possible.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:25:18 PM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.

Thanks for the report.  I always wonder about mumblers.  Isn't there someone listening to them to say "speak so you can be heard!!!"

Watching McCabe and Mrs. Miller now with the commentary on. Altman wanted Warren Beatty to mumble to go with the fumble of the character. He dropped it by the second day. Altman still got the aural effect he wanted with snippets of multiple conversations flowing in and out of each. Some people hate that. I love it. It's like sitting in a restaurant and trying to hear every conversation going on around me.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:26:03 PM
Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is strange.  All I see are the vibes and not the message "Most Excellent Vibes & Xylophones for BK!"

I will DITTO the message.

I couldn't see it either. And, yes, more miracle vibes.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:26:16 PM
And let's orchestrate some vibes for Elmore, too.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:27:58 PM
In Calabasas waiting for rehearsal to start


Every time I see or hear Calabasas, I think of the punchline of the rap song in L.A. Now and Then.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:28:09 PM
Let's move on!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:28:20 PM
Page four!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:28:28 PM
Page four? Really?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:31:00 PM
We did have the San Antonio Symphony play live with the San Antonio Ballet today. (Imaginative names, eh?)

The music was glorious. So was the new staging, especially for the first half. The only thing I didn't like was the hair style or wig on Clara. It looked like Liz Taylor's old hair. 
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:34:53 PM
Carol is coming to town Tuesday for a few days for a conference. I'm trying to find a Greek restaurant to go to. Man, have I forgotten the restaurant scene here. My brain must be too full of tango steps.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 06:45:10 PM
Thank you to DRs George, John G, and ChasSmith for the birthday wishes for Mom.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 06:50:40 PM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great!  You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie.  They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI).  The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too.  The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit.  Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand.  Otherwise, I recommend it.

Thanks for the report.  I always wonder about mumblers.  Isn't there someone listening to them to say "speak so you can be heard!!!"

Watching McCabe and Mrs. Miller now with the commentary on. Altman wanted Warren Beatty to mumble to go with the fumble of the character. He dropped it by the second day.

;D Good for him.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 06:51:23 PM
And let's orchestrate some vibes for Elmore, too.

DITTO!!!!!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: ChasSmith on November 27, 2016, 06:57:52 PM
I need to get to Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened at Lincoln Center.  Tomorrow would have been the day, but we didn't get the decorating done tonight so that's a priority tomorrow.  I'm thinking the 2:30 or 4:30 showing on Tuesday.

DR Elmore, I know you're waiting to hear when you're going.  If it should turn out to be Tuesday, maybe we can manage to wave to each other.  I'm going to wait till sometime tomorrow to commit to a time and buy my ticket online.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 07:23:44 PM
Watching Searching for Bobby Fischer for the first time in more than 10 years. I loved this movie when it came out. And I'm really enjoying it all over again.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 07:25:58 PM
I had heard the Altman commentary on my own copy of McCabe. I had checked the new version from the Criterion Collection out of the library. I was glad to find out I don't need another version. 
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:33:23 PM
Back from a fun rehearsal with the Calabasas kids - Sami's getting over a little cold, but still sounded fine.  And the kids, who are doing the Nonsense Words medley are having fun - I gave them some specific direction, broke the song up into solos, trios, and full group and now they just have to learn it by heart.  I'll do a little staging with them at our second rehearsal, which is the night before the event.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:35:41 PM
Prior to that, the two missing packages from yesterday and the one from today all showed up, so that's good.  So, now uploading the Villa-Lobos Symphonies into iTunes and listening to the first of them as I do so - written in 1916 his musical language was already unique and the melodic invention superb.  These symphonies were written from 1916 to 1957 (he passed away in 1959) - twelve in all and if the first is any indication of their quality, it's going to be great fun discovering them.  I've never heard a one of them.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:36:50 PM
After rehearsal Sami went home to some group study thing (they do it on the computer) and her mom and I went to Risto for Eyetalian food.  I had my usual rigatoni with sausage and peppers (not a huge serving), a small Caesar and that was that. 
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:37:10 PM
It's been too cold to jog, so I didn't do one, but really must try to tomorrow.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:37:17 PM
Page four?  Really?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:40:48 PM
This is stunningly beautiful music - and the performance is lovely and so is the sound.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 07:53:52 PM
Even though he wrote twelve symphonies, the music for the fifth symphony seems to be lost forever - so there are eleven in this 7-CD set, with some other pieces included as filler.  Only one of his symphonies, the second, is of longer length - that one is fifty minutes or so - the majority are around twenty-five minutes.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 07:56:55 PM
Happy birthday yo Ginny's mom!  Wow, 98!!

Thank you, DR Vixmom!  She can't remember from one minute to the next how old she is  :-\


I have that problem sometimes and I'm only ...uh....um...
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 08:16:15 PM
Page four?  Really?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 08:16:26 PM
Shouldn't we already be on page fifty?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 08:31:28 PM
So, did everyone shop on Black Friday and Beige Saturday and Indigo Sunday?  Spent too much?  Braved crowds.  I did not shopping whatsoever, not even online where there were mighty find deals to be had - the only thing I bought were a few CDs.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: John G. on November 27, 2016, 08:57:24 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 09:04:47 PM
Our rehearsal is going well.  I am going to help with the one and only scene change in the first act.  Since I'm not in the first act at all, it's not a problem.   
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 09:05:15 PM
I got through my one scene in the second act and got some laughs!  That's always good. ;D
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:41:16 PM
Am on symphony four - this set is going to bring great pleasure and repeated listenings.  Apparently critics are their usual full of themselves, pedantic twits - they give Villa-Lobos a hard time over the symphonies, because in "their" estimation they don't think they're as good as his popular pieces - and yet, they are great, at least the four I've heard.  Go know.  But critics then and critics now are a whole other ball of jelly and critics now have come to realize the worth and greatness of these symphonies.  What a shame number five is lost.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:41:29 PM
How can we still be on page four?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:41:42 PM
Is someone trying to Gaslight me?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:41:55 PM
We should have been off this damn page ages ago.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:42:17 PM
It looks like there are a 130 posts on this page and yet here we are.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:42:30 PM
Okay, this is stupid.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:42:54 PM
Someone has hidden page five - like Villa-Lobos' fifth symphony, it is missing in action.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 09:43:03 PM
Page five?  Really?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:08:16 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:08:39 PM
Where was everybody today?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:09:52 PM
Happy Birthday to DR Ginny's mother.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:11:23 PM
Excellent vibes and xylophones to BK!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:12:42 PM
Another good show today.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:13:18 PM
Now we are off until Thursday night.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 10:14:08 PM
On symphony number six - they're all quite different and all excellent in their different ways.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:14:25 PM
I won't know what to do with myself on Monday-Wednesday.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:14:59 PM
Probably should start looking over the new version of SECOND SAMUEL.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:16:48 PM
I have plans for tomorrow, but on Tuesday I need to get back to my book.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:17:19 PM
I probably should start by rereading all that I have written.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:18:26 PM
Of course, I know the story, but a lot of the details are a little sketchy.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 10:18:49 PM
As I predicted, people who saw the first free preview of Merrily here at the Annenberg are already saying it's great - uh uh.  Cannot be great.  I don't care what the production, what flavor of the month director is doing it, what his "vision" is or anything else - the book of the show has never worked and never will work - not the original, not the revisions made before Mr. Furth died, and certainly not now.  When Maria Friedman's London production opened and garnered all those raves, I knew it was all BS and Sondheim nuts - they filmed it, showed it, and no one came - and guess what?  It didn't work.  The score works.  Do a concert.  But Sandy Bainum is in the ensemble, so I suppose I'll have to trek over there at some point to see it, but maybe not.  Taking bets that the set is all scaffolding like all these shows do nowadays.  And taking bets that some idiot producer, believing all the "critics" and their raves, will put on a stupid hat and take it to NY where it will do exactly what this director's production of Spring Awakening did - lose its entire investment.  Then we'll have to endure the "some things are just worth doing, loss or not" - of course, it's not the producer's loss, it's all the suckers he got to put up the dough.  That's whose loss it is.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 10:19:00 PM
Page five?  Really?
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:20:10 PM
And I probably should refresh my memory on all of the characters.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:24:15 PM
HAIRSPRAY - LIVE is going to be on Wednesday the 7th, so I will get to see it.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:26:15 PM
I came home today from the show, fixed myself some juice, turned on SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and promptly fell asleep.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:26:46 PM
I guess it was a pretty good game, but I didn't see it.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:28:43 PM
Tomorrow I need to start pulling Christmas decorations out of storage.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:31:11 PM
This show is certainly putting me in the Christmas spirit.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 10:32:04 PM
Thankfully I will not get to see Hairspray Live and I hope to miss any other fill in the blank Live that may come along.  I'll be having a grand time doing the Richard Sherman event.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:32:51 PM
That hasn't happened for a while.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:33:51 PM
Thankfully I will not get to see Hairspray Live and I hope to miss any other fill in the blank Live that may come along.  I'll be having a grand time doing the Richard Sherman event.


Well, I enjoy the score, but I have never seen the show.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:34:17 PM
Time to change computers.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:48:05 PM
And I have returned.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: TCB on November 27, 2016, 10:48:41 PM
No one knew I was gone.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 10:56:01 PM
I'm home and watching a DVD from the library that's due on Wednesday.  The last two DVDs that I had from the library were turned in late...one was a week late. ::)
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 10:56:22 PM
Well, since we're here now...
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 10:56:39 PM
PAGE SIX DANCE!
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: George on November 27, 2016, 10:59:35 PM
Thankfully I will not get to see Hairspray Live and I hope to miss any other fill in the blank Live that may come along.  I'll be having a grand time doing the Richard Sherman event.

Well, I enjoy the score, but I have never seen the show.

I've seen it live.  A national tour came here to Olympia and I ushered for both performances.  I thought it was great.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 11:10:47 PM
Listening to symphony number eight and so far it's my favorite.  Can't wait for my complete set of Bachianas and Choros to arrive, because I really don't like the sound of the set I have uploaded.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 11:19:38 PM
This show is certainly putting me in the Christmas spirit.

I can imagine it would.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 11:21:33 PM
I have 4 books checked out from the library that need to be read.
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: Jane on November 27, 2016, 11:21:43 PM
'night
Title: Re: OBSESSIONS
Post by: bk on November 27, 2016, 11:24:54 PM
And the occasional filler material at the ends of the CDs is stellar, too - especially the suite for strings that's playing as I type this.  Notes are written.