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Title: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 12:02:57 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of a birthday and other happenings, and now it is time for you to post until the happening cows come home.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 12:05:00 AM
Happy Birthday Bruce :)
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 12:08:23 AM
And the word of the day is: ACUITY!
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 12:08:38 AM
How did I first become aware of you  ;D

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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 12:12:06 AM
My father mentioned I would probably meet you at school, and then proceeded to share information your father had told him about you.  I remember having fun with that when we met, until I confessed where my knowledge came from.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 12:22:49 AM
Happy Birthday to

One Terrific Gentleman!
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Post by: youngreps@sbcglobal.net on December 08, 2016, 12:45:13 AM
Happy Birthday Bruce!  And doesn't Guy Haines also share the same natal day?  Happy Birthday to him, wherever lost in Pasadena he finds himself :)
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 01:32:18 AM
A Very Happy Birthday to Our Very Own BK!! :D
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 01:48:32 AM
And Congrats on the successful Richard Sherman event!  Love the pictures in your notes, too!
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 01:50:14 AM
And now, to bed. 8)
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Post by: FJL on December 08, 2016, 02:31:39 AM
Happy birthday to Bruce!!!!
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Post by: FJL on December 08, 2016, 02:32:03 AM
From yesterday - belated anniversary wishes to bigbuck.
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Post by: FJL on December 08, 2016, 02:33:42 AM
TOD:  from the 1970's TV shows
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Post by: Michael on December 08, 2016, 03:11:05 AM
Good Morning To All
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Post by: Michael on December 08, 2016, 03:11:34 AM
Happy Birthday to Bruce
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Post by: Michael on December 08, 2016, 03:12:01 AM
TOD

It would have to be The Partridge Fmily
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Post by: Michael on December 08, 2016, 03:16:51 AM
TOD Part 2

I also had the cast recording of STAGES and I wanted to get the rights to do it for Players Theater at McGill University in Montreal. I called Varese Sarabande and LACC to see if I could in touch with you to get the rights. I even wrote to you in care of you at ABC but was never successful in getting those rights.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 04:49:18 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 04:49:33 AM
Happy birthday, Bruce!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 05:16:33 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 05:17:44 AM
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our one and only BK!
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Post by: Druxy on December 08, 2016, 05:47:35 AM
Happy Birthday, Bruce!
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Post by: Druxy on December 08, 2016, 05:50:28 AM
TOD:

I'm not quite sure if it was THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL or you dressed in a tux in a hot tub (with beautiful girls) for the Playboy Channel.

I know we first met at one of Ray Court's autograph shows.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:28:05 AM
Good mornring, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:30:02 AM
I stayed up too late watching "A Place To Call Home," slept poorly, and woke up with a sore throat.  I am quite sleepy and the gunk between my nose and my shoulder is making me quite unhappy.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:31:16 AM
I have about 16 bars to orchestrate on "Go Into Your Dance" and a Guys & Dolls scre to work on today.  I spent much of yesterday cooking, so I have plenty of food in the apartment and no reason to go anywhere.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:31:46 AM
U did finally hear from Joshie, who is now in tech for TITANIC.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 06:37:11 AM
I have about 16 bars to orchestrate on "Go Into Your Dance" and a Guys & Dolls scre to work on today.  I spent much of yesterday cooking, so I have plenty of food in the apartment and no reason to go anywhere.

Is this the Warren-Dubin Go into Your Dance?
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:38:21 AM
In spring 1980, the Thalia - a revival house I still miss after 30 years! - showed The First Nudie Musical.  I didn't know the film, but I was selling occasional copies of the recording at The Drama Book Shop. My composer friend Thom Heinrichs, who worked in the store's receiving dept., and I went to a showing around 6:30. The movie was part of a double feature, and I no longer remember the other film because we didn't stay to watch it.

Since the Thalia was only a block away from my old apartment on West 94th Street,  I got home around 8:30, laughed about the movie, and went back to the final 10:00 show.  The next day I raved about the film to everyone I encountered in the Book Shop.  A young actress named Lila told me she'd gone to college with Bruce Kimmel, and I said something like "I want to work with him."

Fouteen years later, I did.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:38:45 AM
I have about 16 bars to orchestrate on "Go Into Your Dance" and a Guys & Dolls scre to work on today.  I spent much of yesterday cooking, so I have plenty of food in the apartment and no reason to go anywhere.

Is this the Warren-Dubin Go into Your Dance?

Nope. Cole Porter.
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 06:40:11 AM
TOD:

I came to know Bruce Kimmel in several different ways and I don't know that I put them together until much later.

The first was likely on The Partridge Family and other shows.

Then there was a Mike Douglas episode on The First Nudie Musical.

I remember buying the album of Stages. So that was a third BK.

I didn't put them all together until after someone gave me a copy of A Broadway Christmas, which I have to admit was more important at the time because my friend Larry Moore did the orchestrations. And I had interviewed Liz Larsen.  But I played that album for an entire year and wanted to know more about everyone on there.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:41:49 AM
Happy Birthday, BK!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 08, 2016, 06:50:02 AM
Happy Birthday BK!

Hope you have a terrific day!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:54:24 AM
TOD:

I didn't put them all together until after someone gave me a copy of A Broadway Christmas, which I have to admit was more important at the time because my friend Larry Moore did the orchestrations. And I had interviewed Liz Larsen.  But I played that album for an entire year and wanted to know more about everyone on there.

Actually, I worked on A Broadway Christmas, but that was Lanny Meyer's recording.  Because of the tight schedule he asked me to write three charts, and I wrote them in June 1994, in a Dayton Ohio hospital where my mother was dying. 

Every morning, I would drive to the hospital, check in with my dad and brothers, visit a bit with my mother who didn't know who any of us were; she spent most of her time talking to dead relatives and complaining about being tethered. After seeing that all was status quo, I would go to the hospital cafeteria, commandeer a table, and spend the day writing.  I would take breaks and visit my mother's room, then head back to the cafeteria.  The next morning, on my way to hospital, I would Fed Ex to Manhattan the work I'd done the day before.  On the day we buried my mother, I began "Fireworks/Together" for Sally Mayes' Comden and Green album.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 08, 2016, 06:56:17 AM
Happy Birthday to our very own Bruce!!!
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 07:00:51 AM
In spring 1980, the Thalia - a revival house I still miss after 30 years! - showed The First Nudie Musical.  I didn't know the film, but I was selling occasional copies of the recording at The Drama Book Shop. My composer friend Thom Heinrichs, who worked in the store's receiving dept., and I went to a showing around 6:30. The movie was part of a double feature, and I no longer remember the other film because we didn't stay to watch it.

Since the Thalia was only a block away from my old apartment on West 94th Street,  I got home around 8:30, laughed about the movie, and went back to the final 10:00 show.  The next day I raved about the film to everyone I encountered in the Book Shop.  A young actress named Lila told me she'd gone to college with Bruce Kimmel, and I said something like "I want to work with him."

Fouteen years later, I did.

I'd never heard the part about Lila before - that would be Lila Davis, who I really liked.
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 07:01:50 AM
Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 07:02:22 AM
I think I got five hours of sleep - just couldn't stay asleep, which is fine on this day. :)
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 07:02:55 AM
I am determined to "like" every Facebook birthday wish, as I did last year. 
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 07:08:42 AM
Elmore, it was your name on the album that initially made it, no matter how many songs you did.

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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 07:09:40 AM
I am determined to "like" every Facebook birthday wish, as I did last year. 

Sounds sorta like a BK lyric.

"... and I like every post I see."
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 07:13:35 AM
In spring 1980, the Thalia - a revival house I still miss after 30 years! - showed The First Nudie Musical.  I didn't know the film, but I was selling occasional copies of the recording at The Drama Book Shop. My composer friend Thom Heinrichs, who worked in the store's receiving dept., and I went to a showing around 6:30. The movie was part of a double feature, and I no longer remember the other film because we didn't stay to watch it.

Since the Thalia was only a block away from my old apartment on West 94th Street,  I got home around 8:30, laughed about the movie, and went back to the final 10:00 show.  The next day I raved about the film to everyone I encountered in the Book Shop.  A young actress named Lila told me she'd gone to college with Bruce Kimmel, and I said something like "I want to work with him."

Fouteen years later, I did.

I'd never heard the part about Lila before - that would be Lila Davis, who I really liked.

I liked her, too. I always wondered what became of her.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 07:15:06 AM
Elmore, it was your name on the album that initially made it, no matter how many songs you did.


I do not remember being credited on the recording, DR JohnG.  I certainly didn't expect it.  I was just helping Lanny out.
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Post by: Amy on December 08, 2016, 07:17:46 AM
TOD:
I don't exactly remember how, but Mark found you online and made the connection between you and The Partridge Family. We saw you sing "Dance a Little Closer" at S.T.A.G.E. as Guy Haines, and had no idea who Guy Haines was or why he was completely covered up with balloons, but we loved the performance. Then, Mark started buying the Guy Haines CDs and the Benjamin Kritzer books and the rest is history. We first met you in the lobby of some show at intermission (neither of us can remember which one) and spoke to you about how much we loved the Guy Haines CDs and wished you'd record more of them. You said you might, but you never did. We're still waiting!  ::)
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 07:33:54 AM
So, BK, were there no reviews for the Sterling's show?
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 07:45:32 AM
The happiest of birthdays to MR BRUCE KIMMEL - who brightens the days of many and boosts the careers of many.....

Many happy returns of the day.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 07:45:59 AM
I enjoyed reading about the show in the notes, and I loved the photos.  I can imagine the fun the audience had!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 07:49:20 AM
TOD:

I was looking at books on Amazon....and I saw the cover of BENJAMIN KRITZER.....it intrigued me, so I bought the book....

Then I realized I had some Bruce Kimmel produced CD's:  Not of This Earth, Cut in Boston, and a few others.....

Then former DR JMK began asking me trivia questions.  He said they were from this here site and that I should read and join in on the fun, which I did - it was the old board....probably sometime in the late 1990's.

Then I bought MORE BK PRODUCED cd's....and started watching for him on television...I also found THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL on VHS.  I had read about it in Danny Peary's book about Cult Films....this may have been BEFORE I joined the site...
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 08:15:04 AM
Charlotte just called.  Her audition plans have fallen through because of a cold, so we're seeing the movie at 2:30. After yesterday, this can only be a better one.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 08:33:27 AM
Good morning, good day vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 08:35:30 AM
Someone in my house won't listen to anyone about how the Heat Pump works....so said person keeps pushing all the buttons on the thermostat....now i don't think it's working......at all....

Said person will listen to anyone who comes into the house about it, but will not listen to me.....said person keeps asking the same question over and over.....but will not accept  my answer......
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 08:44:28 AM
Feel better DR elmore!
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 08:49:06 AM
Lol DR Jrand, good luck with "said person" and the heat pump.
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Post by: Druxy on December 08, 2016, 09:03:48 AM
I am pleased to announce that my book, MISS DINAH SHORE, is now available as an audio download through Amazon, audible.com  and, within a day or two via iTunes.  Pam Dougherty does a wonderful job narrating the biography.

https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Dinah-Shore-A-Biography/dp/B01N6DWKCA/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1436102515&sr=1-1
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 09:26:48 AM
Good morning, good day vibes for DR ELMORE.

Thank you, dear friend!
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Post by: Ginny on December 08, 2016, 09:43:26 AM
Thursday afternoon greetings!  I've been for a lovely early birthday breakfast with my friend Becky.
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Post by: Ginny on December 08, 2016, 09:43:43 AM
Happiest of birthdays to our very own BK!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 09:44:59 AM
Service man is on the way.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 09:45:18 AM
I hope he is ready to get a lesson in running a heat pump.
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Post by: Ginny on December 08, 2016, 09:49:32 AM
TOD - I first saw the name Bruce Kimmel on a CD that DR Elmore sent to me, Liz Callaway's Anywhere I Wander, in the early '90s.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 10:23:04 AM
1993 to be exact.  Our first album together - well, that and Unsung Sondheim, which were done concurrently.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 10:24:14 AM
I went back to bed, slept one more hour and then the doorbell rang with a lovely Edible Arrangements package from the parents of Hayley Shukiar - chocolate covered apple slices - in the fridge for later.  Listening to more string quartets.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 10:25:36 AM
I think some Sibelius should arrive today, which is appropriate because his birthday is also today.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 10:26:17 AM
What do you all think of Mozart?  I have never been able to get into any of his music - I'm at a loss as to why - I can appreciate but it just doesn't speak to me harmonically.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 10:40:03 AM
TOD:

I went to The First Nudie Musical - very likely in its first few days of release, most likely in Westwood.  Loved it, but I was ignorant of the people involved.  I don't think I even knew who Cindy Williams was at that time.  This was also right at the start of a period when I had this huge, dying television, which was so close to not having one at all that I just kind of ignored TV till I got a new one.  It was some time before I began catching up with BK's various TV appearances, and I'm sure I have some yet to discover.

As a then-lightweight record collector, I nevertheless had the Nudie soundtrack as well as Stages.  My biggest Varese thrill, though, which I didn't even make the connection on till much later, was the series of five Twilight Zone LPs on Varese which I treasure to this day.  Later I acquired a number of CDs that coincidentally were BK productions.  There were so many, of course, that I still find myself discovering one or another that I must have, and it's been great fun catching up on them.

I eventually caught up with BK the person via Home Theater Forum which is where I learned about the release of the Nudie Blu-ray.  From there I migrated here, and the rest is history.  It's interesting to muse upon the what-if's had BK's and my paths crossed while I lived in L.A.  It's certainly been amusing to find that we were likely in the same place at the same time on a few occasions (as DR Jane and I were at the Heifetz concert!).
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 10:42:53 AM
Loving all these stories!
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 11:19:55 AM
Someone in my house won't listen to anyone about how the Heat Pump works....so said person keeps pushing all the buttons on the thermostat....now i don't think it's working......at all....

Said person will listen to anyone who comes into the house about it, but will not listen to me.....said person keeps asking the same question over and over.....but will not accept  my answer......

~~~Coping Vibes for Jrand!!~~~
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 11:20:02 AM
I am pleased to announce that my book, MISS DINAH SHORE, is now available as an audio download through Amazon, audible.com  and, within a day or two via iTunes.  Pam Dougherty does a wonderful job narrating the biography.

https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Dinah-Shore-A-Biography/dp/B01N6DWKCA/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1436102515&sr=1-1

Congrats, Druxy!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 08, 2016, 11:26:10 AM
TOD:

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.....aware of you.  Indirectly, I suppose, it was through Bay Cities.  I was in Italy (late 1980s) and had learned about Bay Cities through a CD I purchased from Intrada.   Via the insert in the CD, I reached out and ordered a few things.  I'm fairly certain everything I ordered had BK's fingerprints all over them.  So...there was name recognition in that regard.

But...BK...Bruce Kimmel...the "person".   It had to have been first at Filmus-L during a discourse over Joe Caps.

Then it was at rec.music.movies that you rescued me from a very nasty piece of work who thought he owned r.m.m.  You invited me to haineshisway.com.

That was the day after the Oscars - March 25, 2002 -- when I found HHW.com and a new group of people interested in many of the same things I was.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 11:44:47 AM
Someone in my house won't listen to anyone about how the Heat Pump works....so said person keeps pushing all the buttons on the thermostat....now i don't think it's working......at all....

Said person will listen to anyone who comes into the house about it, but will not listen to me.....said person keeps asking the same question over and over.....but will not accept  my answer......

~~~Coping Vibes for Jrand!!~~~

And another dose.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 11:45:49 AM
Amy, thanks to you, I know have Dance a Little Closer running around in my brain.

That's a good thing.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 11:59:10 AM
I shall shortly be on my way for a birthday lunch.  I will say that as great as Forest of the Amazon sounded on my new computer speakers, the SACD is unbelievably great - it's actually the first more modern recording I've heard in 5. sound and if they only all sounded this great - a couple of the other more modern things I got in SACD were so poorly recorded (unless that ridiculous kind of producing was intentional) that it really didn't matter how pure the audio was.
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Post by: FJL on December 08, 2016, 12:49:11 PM
I am pleased to announce that my book, MISS DINAH SHORE, is now available as an audio download through Amazon, audible.com  and, within a day or two via iTunes.  Pam Dougherty does a wonderful job narrating the biography.

https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Dinah-Shore-A-Biography/dp/B01N6DWKCA/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1436102515&sr=1-1

Congrats, Druxy!

Congrats, Druxy from here in NY, too!!!!

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Post by: FJL on December 08, 2016, 12:49:30 PM
And of course, BK was on "Dinah and her New Best Friends" so it all comes full circle.
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Post by: Matthew on December 08, 2016, 12:58:10 PM
Happy Birthday BK!!
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Post by: Matthew on December 08, 2016, 01:04:34 PM
I became aware of Bruce Kimmel from seeing his name on all of those show related CD's in the 90's, and it was through this site where it's been great to get to know the name on the CD. 

One day, I'll meet that name in person.  A person whom I hold in great high esteem and whom I gently idolize for his determination and success for fighting against all the odds, and coming out on top.  For often venturing out in unknown territory and taking the bull by the horns and succeeds. 
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 01:54:35 PM
Back from a fun lunch with Kay Cole.  While I was eating, Nick Redman texted and said if I didn't have lunch plans to come to our Thai jernt.  Oh, well.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 01:55:09 PM
Picked up one package and two more should be arriving at some point.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 01:59:26 PM
I am home from the Lonny Price film, which is really moving and heartbreaking as "Merrily We Roll Along" turns into "Follies."  There are interesting vignettes of performers like Ann Morrison today, and wonderful clips from the original 1981 production.  I saw the fourth or fifth preview of the 1981 production and the closing night performance.   Some of the clips are from previews: the furniture in the song "Old Friends" was gone by the opening and the sacking of Ron Field as choreographer.  I cannot recommend this film enough.

When they get to the clips of the 2002 cast reunion performance 21 years later, I lost it.  I've never liked the show, although I have much admiration for it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 02:00:07 PM
When the lights came up and we were leaving, we ran into my old friend David Chase and his wife Paula.  That was a nice surprise.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 02:01:20 PM
1993 to be exact.  Our first album together - well, that and Unsung Sondheim, which were done concurrently.

You're right. but 13 is an unlucky number!
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Post by: Kerry on December 08, 2016, 02:02:10 PM
Woo Hoo!
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 02:02:28 PM
The motherboard on our furnace was fried......it was under warranty, so there was no charge for the replacement.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 02:02:55 PM
It's always nice to see someone you know when the lights come up.
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 02:03:17 PM
I have no educated opinion on Mr. Mozart.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 02:06:03 PM
I am so glad that Dr Elmore has finally seen the movie!!   
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 02:07:23 PM
The motherboard on our furnace was fried......it was under warranty, so there was no charge for the replacement.

At first glance, I read the first part of that sentence a little differently, DR Jrand66.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 02:12:01 PM
Seeing that box of film clips Lonny Price is looking through, I have to wonder how much other footage from it would also be worthy of being seen now.  They could only put so much into one movie, but maybe on an eventual Blu-ray release...?
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 02:17:36 PM
The motherboard on our furnace was fried......it was under warranty, so there was no charge for the replacement.

Oh my, good thing about the free replacement though.  To you have a plan to prevent this from happening again?
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 02:18:16 PM
I am so glad that Dr Elmore has finally seen the movie!!   

I feel the same way :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 02:18:30 PM
I know about the sacking of Ron Field, but did they include any reference to that in the film?  Right after seeing it I wondered if I'd missed some mention of it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 02:23:05 PM
I know about the sacking of Ron Field, but did they include any reference to that in the film?  Right after seeing it I wondered if I'd missed some mention of it.

Never mentioned it.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 02:23:36 PM
Bruce,
(http://www.partypro.com/mm_PARTYPRO_/Images/69-COASTER.JPG)
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 02:25:08 PM
John Glenn passed away. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-astronaut-us-sen-john-glenn-ohio-died-203210458.html)
 
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 02:32:07 PM
Seeing Merrily turn into Follies ...

The most apt review I've read yet. Scarily apt.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 02:32:29 PM
Congratulations, Druxy!
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 02:39:04 PM
Amazon says Best Worst Thing is available for free download on Android. I have an iPhone. Figures. But George you might want to check it out.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 08, 2016, 02:44:29 PM
I have no educated opinion on Mr. Mozart.

Well, Wolfy's not much for intellectual stuff anyway.  He's as down to earth as any coprophiliac can be.

Being a musical genius is just his schtick!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 08, 2016, 02:45:27 PM
I have learned that Warner Archives "will be" releasing Blu ray discs of:

Wait Until Dark

Bells Are Ringing

(after "Battleground" and "Bad Day At Black Rock").
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 02:45:43 PM
Lovely, Ron.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 02:46:35 PM
The coprophagy reference, that is.
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Post by: John G. on December 08, 2016, 02:49:46 PM
Mozart sometimes works beautifully for me. Thanks to Bergman's film of The Magic Flute, I learned this work at a relatively early age. Still love a lot of it.

I also enjoy some of his orchestral work, though there are some pieces that are too mannered.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 03:08:40 PM
The movie will play in Washington and Texas, so plan your iteneraries now!
http://www.bestworstthingmovie.com
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:18:50 PM
I have no educated opinion on Mr. Mozart.

Two of my most favorite Mozart soprano pieces are Kathleen Battle's performance of "Giunse alfin il momento . . . Deh, vieni non tardar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlzxugLzSWc)" and Sarah Brightman's recording of "Alleluja (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjYctQpwYuQ)."
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:19:08 PM
John Glenn passed away. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-astronaut-us-sen-john-glenn-ohio-died-203210458.html)

:(
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:21:12 PM
Amazon says Best Worst Thing is available for free download on Android. I have an iPhone. Figures. But George you might want to check it out.

Thanks for the info, John!! :D
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Post by: Jrand74 on December 08, 2016, 03:21:14 PM
LOL DR CHAS SMITH - it was my typing.

DR JANE - it looks like one of the relays melted on the motherboard, but there was no explanation about why it might happen....it was about 3.5 years old.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:26:10 PM
The movie will play in Washington and Texas, so plan your iteneraries now!
http://www.bestworstthingmovie.com

It's playing in Bellingham, which is over 150 miles away!  It's playing in the mornings, but I couldn't go see that and be back in time for our Saturday night performance of The Physician In Spite of Himself. :-\ I'll try the Amazon download.
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Post by: FJL on December 08, 2016, 03:27:50 PM
Where Were You When the Lights came Up - that could almost be the title of a Doris Day retrospective
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:31:16 PM
Well, we just got official word that all Thurston county Timberland libraries (including the Service Center where I work) will close due to (potential) weather issues.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 08, 2016, 03:35:26 PM
Well, we just got official word that all Thurston county Timberland libraries (including the Service Center where I work) will close due to (potential) weather issues.

So...sleeping IN tomorrow?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 08, 2016, 03:36:03 PM
The coprophagy reference, that is.

You are quite welcome.   It was a relief just letting it go.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:40:25 PM
Well, we just got official word that all Thurston county Timberland libraries (including the Service Center where I work) will close due to (potential) weather issues.

So...sleeping IN tomorrow?

Not necessarily.  I've heard that the snow this afternoon will turn to rain tonight, so it might not be as cold tomorrow.  We'll see.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 03:40:55 PM
LOL DR CHAS SMITH - it was my typing.

DR JANE - it looks like one of the relays melted on the motherboard, but there was no explanation about why it might happen....it was about 3.5 years old.

I thought it might be a result of the unsaid person messing around with it ;D
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 03:42:19 PM
Well, we just got official word that all Thurston county Timberland libraries (including the Service Center where I work) will close due to (potential) weather issues.

It hasn't snowed there yet?  We have already had snow, our first snowfall in Vancouver.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 03:42:30 PM
I am still cold from walking today.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 03:44:28 PM
I took two walks totaling around 7 miles.  The sun was shinning at 10:00 and it was 32 degrees out.  My second walk, closer to noon, was 28 degrees, dreary and snowing.  Both walks the wind was blowing rather hard.  I about got blown over in the morning.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 03:45:37 PM
Well, we just got official word that all Thurston county Timberland libraries (including the Service Center where I work) will close due to (potential) weather issues.

It hasn't snowed there yet?  We have already had snow, our first snowfall in Vancouver.

No snow yet, but I'd heard that there was some south of here and heading our way.
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Post by: bigbuck on December 08, 2016, 04:06:19 PM
It was mostly cloudy today but we are expecting to see some snow showers this weekend, but that won't end there, it is expected to continue until Monday.
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Post by: bigbuck on December 08, 2016, 04:06:58 PM
Good evening all!
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Post by: bigbuck on December 08, 2016, 04:11:49 PM
Happy birthday bk!
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 04:14:15 PM
Well, it's snowing in Tumwater!  And most everyone has left the building, so I need to go now.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 04:14:28 PM
Hello, bigbuck!
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 04:14:42 PM
TAO is deciding on our Slack account about whether or not to perform the show tonight.  It may or may not happen.  We'll see.

I'm going home now, but I'll be back in a bit. 
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Post by: KevinH on December 08, 2016, 04:25:11 PM
Happy, Happy Birthday to Bruce!!!
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Post by: KevinH on December 08, 2016, 04:26:54 PM
TOD:  Well, I never knew your name but I remember the Charmin Commercial.  And then Nudie Musical.  I guess I didn't remember your name till I put two and two together with all the CD's you produced after I followed the link from allthatchat.com to this here site.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 08, 2016, 04:29:28 PM
Hello, everyone.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 08, 2016, 04:30:19 PM
A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BK!!

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Post by: ChasSmith on December 08, 2016, 04:30:32 PM
Just made sure my DVR is ready to capture The Glass Menagerie (1966 CBS production) at 8 pm on TCM.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 08, 2016, 04:33:10 PM
I first met BK at the Culver City Rollerdrome. My friend Jan and I were there skating. Bruce skated up to me and asked for my phone number. No introduction, no preamble, nada. Very direct. I was a bit stunned, but I gave it to him.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 08, 2016, 04:35:29 PM
I was fourteen. He was fifteen.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 08, 2016, 04:42:43 PM
Re: A PLACE TO CALL HOME:
One of the things I like about the show is that it ISN'T about a rich and powerful family and their perfect lives. So many family secrets! So much that you wouldn't guess. And lots of twists and turns. I also never gave much thought to life in 1950s Australia, but lots of changes were taking place in the postwar years. It gives me a perspective on history that I didn't have before.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 04:44:15 PM
TAO is deciding on our Slack account about whether or not to perform the show tonight.  It may or may not happen.  We'll see.

I'm going home now, but I'll be back in a bit.

I'm home.  The performance has been cancelled.  We're going to change next Thursday's regular show to the PWYC performance.  No tickets had been sold, so we're able to do that.
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Post by: Jeanne on December 08, 2016, 04:47:19 PM
TTFN.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 04:48:23 PM
I just heard on the local news that the snow won't last too long.  It should be back to rainy normalness tomorrow. :)
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 04:52:26 PM
Well, it's snowing in Tumwater!  And most everyone has left the building, so I need to go now.

Drive carefully.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 05:19:33 PM
Well, it's snowing in Tumwater!  And most everyone has left the building, so I need to go now.

Drive carefully.

Thanks, Jane. It hadn't been snowing for very long, so it was very easy driving.
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 05:24:04 PM
Just made sure my DVR is ready to capture The Glass Menagerie (1966 CBS production) at 8 pm on TCM.

It's started.  I set my DVR to record it, too.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 05:50:03 PM
This morning while walking in the cold I sent Keith a text.  Since I had to take my gloves off to do so I made it as short as possible, typing u instead of you.  I wrote "What time will u be home".   It seems my phone decided to correct my grammar and sent Keith the message "What time will I be home".  ;D
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 06:03:53 PM
Picked up the other two packages, replaced the dead light bulbs in the front of the house, and have been listening to this latest set of Sibelius on his and my birthday.  The conductor is Kurt Sanderling and the orchestra is a German one.  I've gotten through symphony one which I thought was a very fine performance compared to the others I like - sound is a bit muffled for my taste but we'll see how the other symphonies fare.  But the orchestra plays wonderfully and I like Mr. Sanderling's way with the first.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 06:04:31 PM
Never got around to the jog.  I've been keeping up with the birthday post "likes" - it's been daunting as they're closing in on seven hundred.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 06:07:52 PM
It is tough having soooo many friends ;) 
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Post by: Druxy on December 08, 2016, 07:30:52 PM
I just finished watching HAIRSPRAY.

Thought the cast was good, but the direction was "off".
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 07:54:07 PM
My legs have been cold all day.  I finally remembered where I put my Cuddleduds to wear under my pants when it is cold.
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:09:16 PM
Happy birthday Bruce!!
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:18:40 PM
I got here entirely by accident
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:19:25 PM
I was bored and googled my maiden name
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:21:02 PM
To my surprise my friend, former DR WFO had mentioned me by name in a post here
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:25:11 PM
I followed the link and joined just to tease Bill, once he figured out who "vixmom" was he clued me in as to who all the other people were on this here website
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 08:25:20 PM
Still caught up on "liking" birthday wishes - close to 800 now!  Go know.  700 are surely from folks I've never met, but I do enjoy the ones that say they're fans of this or that and that I've brought some sort of happiness to their lives.  I cannot tell you how that warms my sixty-nine year old heart.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 08:25:27 PM
Watched Jackie.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 08:26:32 PM
Listening to the Sibelius second with Sanderling - the sound seems less muffled on this one.  And at times I have to say it's almost like listening to a different symphony from the other versions I've heard.  I'm quite liking Mr. Sanderling's way with these.
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:27:01 PM
The funny thing is as I learned more about you BK I realized I had been watching you for years
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:28:04 PM
It was a lucky day for me when I wandered into your livingroom and was allowed to stay
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Post by: vixmom on December 08, 2016, 08:52:27 PM
I read Kritzerland and was hooked. And I have been reading all your books since then. And I am still discovering your albums
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 09:10:57 PM
Love these stories, and love all of you, who have made this a VERY special day.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 09:42:26 PM
💜💝💙
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 09:59:20 PM
Good evening!
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:01:27 PM
WONDERFUL LIFE SNOWED OUT
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:02:23 PM
I was part way to Lakewood when I got the call that the show was cancelled.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:03:52 PM
Fortunately, I went through the McDonald's drive thru, or I would have been farther along with my travels.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 10:04:45 PM
Keith asked if you will have a make-up night for the special actor's benifit performance.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 10:05:19 PM
Fortunately, I went through the McDonald's drive thru, or I would have been farther along with my travels.

And dinner to take back home with you.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:07:38 PM
When I left my place, there was no snow coming down, but the theater is farther south and away from the Puget Sound, so it was snowing heavily there.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 10:08:45 PM
At least you didn't have to deal with snow.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:09:55 PM
It finally started snowing at my house around 8:30.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:26:00 PM
I guess it was so late getting to me because I am so close to the water.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:30:22 PM
I spent most of the day trying to keep warm.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:31:39 PM
I finally went out to the store and to pick up my laundry this afternoon.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:32:19 PM
Then I kept waiting and waiting for the damn snow to arrive.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:36:23 PM
Keith asked if you will have a make-up night for the special actor's benifit performance.


They offered to do it next Thursday, but some of the cast members have other commitments on Thursday.  So, I guess not.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:38:47 PM
I am not too worried about missing the actor's benefit, but I feel sorry for the people who can't afford to come to the show except on Pay-what-you-can performances.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:40:06 PM
It was a lucky day for me when I wandered into your livingroom and was allowed to stay


It was a lucky day for us when you came to stay.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:50:43 PM
T.O.D.

I guess I first saw Bruce on HAPPY DAYS and the ice skating episode of LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY, but I never knew the name to match the face until I saw THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL.  I stumbled across this site trying to find an address for Jerry Herman.  I had never seen a site with such banter and good humor.  After lurking for about a week, I got up the nerve to join.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:53:44 PM
So, George, back to work as usual tomorrow?
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 10:56:32 PM
It is currently 71 degrees in my bedroom, and I am not feeling guilty about it!
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 11:01:21 PM
So, George, back to work as usual tomorrow?

Hopefully.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:10:06 PM
I need to switch computers.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:17:45 PM
And I am back!
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:18:07 PM
One more post.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:19:13 PM
Page Seven
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 11:19:34 PM
I am not too worried about missing the actor's benefit, but I feel sorry for the people who can't afford to come to the show except on Pay-what-you-can performances.

I figured that.
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Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 11:20:58 PM
It is currently 71 degrees in my bedroom, and I am not feeling guilty about it!

I wish it was warmer in here.  I think I will read under the covers until I warm up.
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:21:24 PM
Four inches of snow in Olympia (officially).
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Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:22:54 PM
I am not too worried about missing the actor's benefit, but I feel sorry for the people who can't afford to come to the show except on Pay-what-you-can performances.

I figured that.


I am sorry there is no way to change it.
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Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 11:30:10 PM
Snow?
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Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 11:31:22 PM
Amazon says Best Worst Thing is available for free download on Android. I have an iPhone. Figures. But George you might want to check it out.

Thanks for the info, John!! :D

Well, I ordered the movie, and it was free from Amazon, but it turns out that it's not that simple.  You're actually buying an app, and then that takes you to a site where you have to register.  You have to use a credit card (they say "Your credit card will NOT BE CHARGED for validating your account"), but when I submitted the info, I got another message, "Your card could not be authorized, please try another credit card."  I hope I haven't just given my credit card info to on-line thieves. :-\
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:31:31 PM
Snow?

Yes, snow.  But there ain't no sanity clause.
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 11:31:58 PM
About to hear the last of the symphonies - I'm VERY happy with this set.  My favorite, the 5th is beautifully done, although I may prefer Bernstein in the final movement, on the big tune, but that's really nitpicking.  Comparing this with Bernstein, the latter's approach is much heavier in every symphony.  Sanderling takes a subtler approach that just works so beautifully and the slightly muddy sound of the first improved immediately.
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: bk on December 08, 2016, 11:32:15 PM
I think I've got three more sets to go through after this.
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: Jane on December 08, 2016, 11:32:59 PM
Amazon says Best Worst Thing is available for free download on Android. I have an iPhone. Figures. But George you might want to check it out.

Thanks for the info, John!! :D

Well, I ordered the movie, and it was free from Amazon, but it turns out that it's not that simple.  You're actually "buying" an app, and then that takes you to a site where you have to register.  You have to use a credit card (they say "Your credit card will NOT BE CHARGED for validating your account"), but when I submitted the info, I got another message, "Your card could not be authorized, please try another credit card."  I hope I haven't just given my credit card info to on-line thieves. :-\

GOOD VIBES YOU DIDN'T!
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:33:25 PM
Amazon says Best Worst Thing is available for free download on Android. I have an iPhone. Figures. But George you might want to check it out.

Thanks for the info, John!! :D

Well, I ordered the movie, and it was free from Amazon, but it turns out that it's not that simple.  You're actually "buying" an app, and then that takes you to a site where you have to register.  You have to use a credit card (they say "Your credit card will NOT BE CHARGED for validating your account"), but when I submitted the info, I got another message, "Your card could not be authorized, please try another credit card."  I hope I haven't just given my credit card info to on-line thieves. :-\


Wow, I hope not.
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: TCB on December 08, 2016, 11:35:12 PM
Can you go to your credit card website and see if there are any charges?
Title: Re: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Post by: George on December 08, 2016, 11:56:03 PM
Can you go to your credit card website and see if there are any charges?

I did, but I they say that they don't charge to validate, so if anything happens, it probably won't be right away.