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Title: THE COMEBACK NOTES WITH COMEBACK SAUCY SAUCE
Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 12:05:30 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes made a comeback and had sauce, and now it is time for you to post until the saucy cows come home.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 12:06:56 AM: And the word of the day is: MIRABILIA!
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 12:24:04 AM: The picture of the chicken sandwich and fries looks pretty good. :)
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 12:31:09 AM: Listening now to Mozart arias for bass - with George London.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 12:38:17 AM: Topic of the Day: I don't really know a lot of arias, but of the ones that I can think of right now are in English:

"Ain't It a Pretty Night" and "The Trees on the Mountains" from Susannah
"The Willow Song" from The Ballad of Baby Doe
"Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 01:07:27 AM: Time for bed.

Have a good day, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 03:49:31 AM: Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 03:50:10 AM: A bad night of sleep, payback for yesterday's I guess.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 03:52:01 AM: Another completely formless day. My only commitment is a zoom meeting with my Miami University Theatre friends at 8:00 tonight. I'm looking forward to that.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 04:00:29 AM: The thunderstorm between 7:00 and 8:30 or so was quite noisy last night. The three cats luckily are not frightened by storms or firecrackers, so I'm happy. Randy and Jo's German shepherds are terrified. Their beautiful Maddie had a special hideaway that Jo prepared for her in the closet next to the vacuum cleaner.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 04:12:18 AM: Last night we watched another Miss Marple, Endless Night, which had a crafty plot that kept me guessing. This is another Agatha Christie novel that did not have Miss Marple as a character and the BBC version wedges her in so badly that I felt the last 15 minutes went totally to hell because the screenwriter had her behaving completely out of character.

According to Wikipedia, there are eighteen novels and collections of short stories with Jane Marple, so I do not understand the need to wedge the character into other Christie mysteries.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 04:57:18 AM: TOD, and this is a short list.
MOZART
Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)
Si voul ballare, signor Contino (The Marriage of Figaro)
Deh vine, non tardar (The Marriage of Figaro)
ROSSINI
Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville)
BELLINI
Son vergin vezzosa (I Puritani)
DONIZETTI
Mad Scene (Lucia di Lammermoor)
BIZET
Habanera (Carmen)
Seguidille (Carmen)
Flower Song (Carmen)
THOMAS
Je suis Titania (Mignon)
Ophelia’s Mad Scene (Hamlet)
OFFENBACH
Ah! Quel diner (La Perichole)
Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore (Robinson Crusoe)
Ah! Que J'aime Le Militaires (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein)
VERDI
Sleepwalking Scene (Macbeth)
PUCCINI
Un bel di vedremo (Madame Butterfly)
Vissi d’arte (Tosca)
Che gelida marina (La Boheme)
Si, mi chimiano Mimi (La Boheme)
O mio bambino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
WEILL
Denn wie mann sich bettet (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
Lonely House (Street Scene)
HERBERT
The nightingale and the star (Mlle. Modiste)
BERNSTEIN
What a Movie! (Trouble in Tahiti)
Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
MENOTTI
Steal me, sweet thief (The Old Maid and The Thief)
Hello! Hello! Oh, Margaret, it’s you (The Telephone)
MOORE
The Willow Song (The Ballad of Baby Doe)

God knows how many words spellcheck has screwed up here!
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:14:08 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:08:19 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:11:11 AM: That chicken sandwich sounds delicious, and looks great.

I don't think we have anyone around here specializing in fried chicken sandwiches except Chick-Fil-A and Popeye's.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 06:43:47 AM: TOD

Can’t top Elmore’s list

Some additions:

Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute
Summertime from Porgy and Bess
This Is Prophetic from Nixon in China
Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeney Todd
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:46:17 AM: Good to hear that BK is enjoy Eleanor Steber's voice. I think it's one of the most uniquely beautiful ones ever. Mozart arias are perfect, but I don't think there are any pieces she did that weren't perfect for her.

Here's a discography, which may or may not be complete: https://shrtm.nu/TftM

Those 1950s Metropolitan Opera recordings on Columbia are golden -- Madama Butterfly and Cosi fan tutte, both with Richard Tucker (and Roberta Peters in the latter), and La fanciulla del West. I also see a Marriage of Figaro with Ezio Pinza, conducted by Bruno Walter, that I hadn't known about. There are a number of live performance recordings that look very tempting.

In concert music she was especially known for Barber's Knoxville "Summer of 1915", which she commissioned, and Berlioz's Les nuits d'ete. I know she's on a Porgy and Bess compilation. And good lord, look at that Oklahoma!. I don't believe I've ever crossed paths with that one.

I am so happy to have known her and played for countless voice lessons with her at school. She didn't do much concertizing herself in those years, but I remember a wonderful Four Last Songs with the student orchestra and Levine, another perfect piece for her intelligence and vocal beauty.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:55:27 AM: What great lists already. It would take me all day to come up with favorite arias without simply cribbing from these!

Without looking up their titles, I'll just add: the major arias (or "fragments" of same) in Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu, Strauss's Elektra and Salome and Der Rosenkavalier, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Oedipus Rex.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 07:03:54 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:55:27 AM
What great lists already. It would take me all day to come up with favorite arias without simply cribbing from these!

Without looking up their titles, I'll just add: the major arias (or "fragments" of same) in Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu, Strauss's Elektra and Salome and Der Rosenkavalier, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Oedipus Rex.

How could I have forgotten Anne's cavatina and cabaletta at the end of Act One of The Rake's Progress?
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 07:12:40 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 07:03:54 AM
Quote from: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:55:27 AM
What great lists already. It would take me all day to come up with favorite arias without simply cribbing from these!

Without looking up their titles, I'll just add: the major arias (or "fragments" of same) in Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu, Strauss's Elektra and Salome and Der Rosenkavalier, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Oedipus Rex.

How could I have forgotten Anne's cavatina and cabaletta at the end of Act One of The Rake's Progress?

Indeed! :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 07:16:08 AM: I conked out last night, and I wonder if I'm going to get to Verdi's Macbeth while it's still available today.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 23, 2020, 07:32:09 AM: Most of the MIRABILIA I collect concerns Frances Farmer, Allison Hayes, and Carroll Baker.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 23, 2020, 07:32:53 AM: Now I want a chicken sandwich and fries, but I have to finish my cheeseburgers first.

I was going to go to WalMart this morning, but I decided to wait until tomorrow morning.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 23, 2020, 07:33:38 AM: TOD:

Un bel di......is probably my favorite (except as "sung" by Miss Shirley MacClaine in MY GEISHA.

Glitter and Be Gay
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 23, 2020, 07:33:52 AM: Mystery project vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 23, 2020, 07:36:55 AM: I watched a lot of MY FAIR LADY last night.....I always like it here and there.....but it doesn't thrill me like THE SOUND OF MUSIC and OKLAHOMA! do.....
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 07:45:01 AM: Quote from: Jrand69 on July 23, 2020, 07:32:53 AM
Now I want a chicken sandwich and fries, but I have to finish my cheeseburgers first.

I'd be happy with either!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 08:01:02 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 07:45:01 AM
Quote from: Jrand69 on July 23, 2020, 07:32:53 AM
Now I want a chicken sandwich and fries, but I have to finish my cheeseburgers first.

I'd be happy with either!

So would I. In fact, my last dream this morning concerned a huge platter of cheeseburgers that I couldn't quite get to. (Tragic!) Hadn't had one of my "bountiful food" dreams in a while. It's one of my less frequent standards.
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Post by: Ginny on July 23, 2020, 08:03:13 AM: Thursday morning greetings! Nothing to report...
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 08:23:58 AM: Let’s move on ...
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 08:24:07 AM: Two!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 09:25:06 AM: The three cats and I had a pile up on my bed for about an hour. As soon as I got up to deal with online banking, Stella moved to the Amazon carton and Thatch headed off to the litter box. Annabelle has taken over grandma's quilt.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 23, 2020, 09:39:10 AM: DR Jane wrote:

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DR Jennifer thanks for the details. Have you picked up books yet? I imagine your frustration as recommending books normally puts you at the top of the queue for them.

Yes I have picked up books.

I don't think that I explained the other part right. I can still recommend books and go to the top of the queue. I just can't reserve anything online.

Although my library has not gotten any new books since March. So i have no idea what has happened to all of the new releases since then.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 12:21:34 PM: I was checking out all the Gian Carlo Menotti Archive posts of his work on youtube, and it's an amazing collection. That led me to NBC Opera, and it's a pity that kinescopes of so many are now lost. One of the lucky ones is the 1952 broadcast of Benjamin Britten's great Billy Budd, starring my late friend Theodore Uppman, who created the role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAEyeOGDsRs&t=910s
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 12:43:18 PM: I do not feel like working today.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 23, 2020, 12:50:44 PM: I went ahead and did my lawn trimming in anticipation of lawn mowing by my sister and brother in law - maybe tomorrow. After tomorrow we have many days forecast with temps in the 90's.....
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 12:52:49 PM: I looked through those Menotti works, and it’s wonderful, but I reacted in much the same way. Someone had made reference to a telecast of The Saint of Bleecker Street that isn’t represented there, and I’ve wanted the second Amahl (1964?) forever. (Although I’m thinking I’ve heard there is a bootleg floating around out there.)

Anyway, I’ve bookmarked the page to thoroughly check out later.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 01:14:46 PM: From DR TCB:
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Sure, give the President a reason to send troops to Seattle.

Who are these violent protesters sabotaging the peaceful protesters >:(
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 01:16:11 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on July 23, 2020, 09:39:10 AM
DR Jane wrote:

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DR Jennifer thanks for the details. Have you picked up books yet? I imagine your frustration as recommending books normally puts you at the top of the queue for them.

Yes I have picked up books.

I don't think that I explained the other part right. I can still recommend books and go to the top of the queue. I just can't reserve anything online.

Although my library has not gotten any new books since March. So i have no idea what has happened to all of the new releases since then.

That's better than what I thought.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 01:42:59 PM: I made a Cajun chicken salad for lunch today. Nothing wrong with it, but the spice seemed to fight the rest of the salad. Seemed out of place. I might make the same salad without the spice: chicken, celery, onion, parsley, pecans, mayo, salt.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 02:04:33 PM: I'm up, I'm up - I was up at nine, went back to bed, and eventually fell asleep - so eight hours all told.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 02:06:24 PM: Just heard from one of our guests. Our esteemed musical director left an entire verse out of her track - not the first time he's done this. His mom was in the hospital (in rehab now) so he really was not all "there" during any of this, and of course he won't be back until five or six to fix his mistake - she's in NY and we have to get her done because she's leaving town.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 23, 2020, 02:09:59 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 01:16:11 PM
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DR Jane wrote:

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DR Jennifer thanks for the details. Have you picked up books yet? I imagine your frustration as recommending books normally puts you at the top of the queue for them.

Yes I have picked up books.

I don't think that I explained the other part right. I can still recommend books and go to the top of the queue. I just can't reserve anything online.

Although my library has not gotten any new books since March. So i have no idea what has happened to all of the new releases since then.

That's better than what I thought.

It's a pain because I would prefer to do everything myself. But the part I really don't like is that I cannot reserve any books that someone else has taken out. Although I wonder if they would agree to override that manually if I called.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 02:24:29 PM: You never know. Good luck.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 02:44:41 PM: Aria was an answer in today's crossword.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 03:43:53 PM: Topic of the Day Addendum (these were mentioned by others...mostly Larry):

Deh vine, non tardar (The Marriage of Figaro)
Green Finch and Linnet Bird (Sweeney Todd)
Habanera (Carmen)
O mio bambino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute)
A Singer Must Be Free (a.k.a. An Artist Must Be Free) (Nightingale by Charles Strouse)
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Un bel di vedremo (Madame Butterfly)
Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville)
What a Movie! (Trouble in Tahiti)
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 03:52:10 PM: More Bruce Willis videos! I cannot get enough of this cat, I just love him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4hg9iu130c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsMu0tQFZTU
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:33 PM: Tears of joy were shed today when we found out our upstairs dog does not have cancer.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:41 PM: He is also feeling better today. For the first time in two weeks he barked and got excited to see up instead of walking up slowly and looking sad.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 03:57:59 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 03:52:10 PM
More Bruce Willis videos! I cannot get enough of this cat, I just love him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4hg9iu130c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsMu0tQFZTU

:))
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 03:58:27 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:33 PM
Tears of joy were shed today when we found out our upstairs dog does not have cancer.

That's wonderful, Jane!!
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 04:05:20 PM: Thanks George. We just love him soooo much.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 04:05:25 PM: Mr Willis even has a Facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/mrwillisthecat/
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 04:14:02 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:33 PM
Tears of joy were shed today when we found out our upstairs dog does not have cancer.

Great news.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 04:14:13 PM: Randy Rainbow strikes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUiDLcp_hIw
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 23, 2020, 04:24:47 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 04:14:13 PM
Randy Rainbow strikes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUiDLcp_hIw

So good!
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 04:40:40 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 04:14:02 PM
Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:33 PM
Tears of joy were shed today when we found out our upstairs dog does not have cancer.

Great news.

Thank you.
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Post by: KevinH on July 23, 2020, 04:49:16 PM: Good evening!
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Post by: KevinH on July 23, 2020, 04:50:09 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 04:40:40 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 04:14:02 PM
Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:33 PM
Tears of joy were shed today when we found out our upstairs dog does not have cancer.

Great news.

Thank you.

That's great, DR Jane!
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Post by: KevinH on July 23, 2020, 04:51:16 PM: Went to the supermarket today. That's about it!
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Post by: KevinH on July 23, 2020, 04:51:24 PM: Page 3!
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 04:55:40 PM: Had two tacos and two taquitos for the meal o' the day from a local Mexican jernt I'm fond of - very good. Now I know where to get my taquitos.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 04:56:03 PM: Fixed track has been sent to the guest.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 04:56:30 PM: I'm already working on the guests for the anniversary show. I don't know who I'll land, but I'm thinking BIG.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 05:01:25 PM: Listening to Bruno with a B do Brahms with a B and it's one of the best versions I've ever heard - beautiful mono sound. There's also a complete stereo Brahms in the box, too.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:20:36 PM: A zoom production of Songs for a New World:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ramin-karimloo-rachel-tucker-cedric-neal-rachel-john-star-in-virtual-production-of-songs-for-a-new-world-beginning-july-23
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:23:25 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:20:36 PM
A zoom production of Songs for a New World:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ramin-karimloo-rachel-tucker-cedric-neal-rachel-john-star-in-virtual-production-of-songs-for-a-new-world-beginning-july-23

The times are British time. The tickets in pounds. Sounds like it's worth missing.
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Post by: Michael on July 23, 2020, 05:40:24 PM: BK you had a shout today from Alice Ripley. There was a Side Show virtual reunion on Lee Lessack's Cabaret Quarantine and Cocktails about the CDs you did with her and Emily Skinner
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 06:02:39 PM: Lee is not my fave, but that was very sweet of Alice - I'd been told about it earlier.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 06:08:04 PM: Bruno and Brahms - I'm tellin' you, this stuff is unbelievable.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:40:50 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:23:25 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:20:36 PM
A zoom production of Songs for a New World:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ramin-karimloo-rachel-tucker-cedric-neal-rachel-john-star-in-virtual-production-of-songs-for-a-new-world-beginning-july-23

The times are British time. The tickets in pounds. Sounds like it's worth missing.

Don’t miss it if you can!
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 06:50:20 PM: Thanks DR Kevin.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 06:50:59 PM: Quote from: bk on July 23, 2020, 04:55:40 PM
Had two tacos and two taquitos for the meal o' the day from a local Mexican jernt I'm fond of - very good. Now I know where to get my taquitos.

I haven't had Mexican food in a long time. It sounds good.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 07:18:51 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 06:50:59 PM
Quote from: bk on July 23, 2020, 04:55:40 PM
Had two tacos and two taquitos for the meal o' the day from a local Mexican jernt I'm fond of - very good. Now I know where to get my taquitos.

I haven't had Mexican food in a long time. It sounds good.

It does! I haven't had Mexican food in a real Mexican restaurant since last year...just Taco Bell and Taco Time which, I admit, aren't really Mexican restaurants, at all. ::)

;)
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 07:19:16 PM: And now, I'm off to Costco. I definitely want to go, and since I didn't last night, I shall tonight.

Be back later.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 07:30:03 PM: Watched half a movie but am too antsy to finish.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:30:25 PM: It's way too hot.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:30:39 PM: I did manage to get in an hour-long walk tonight.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:31:06 PM: When I got back, I did about 20 minutes of yard work and I promptly melted.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:31:31 PM: I made some progress, but I'm far from done.
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Post by: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:50:52 PM: Off to read.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 10:10:09 PM: Same here.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:44:29 PM: Went for a little drive and stopped at Rite Aid to get some Chapstick and more Claritin-D - thankfully they had the 24-hour kind.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:49:51 PM: Listening to quite a few Mozart symphonies via Bruno with a B. I'm getting close to being through all the mono stuff. And then most of the stereo are redos of the mono so that will be interesting. The fun of the original jacket thing is that the CDs also replicate the original LP label - so about twenty-seven discs have the really old blue mono label, then another twenty have the gray mono. They really do these right and frankly I don't know how any of these humungous box sets can make money - they press a certain number and never re-press, which is why even a year later some quadruple in value, which I think will happen to the Walter set in about a year. And clearly, speculators are purchasing extras because the ones that are priced highest are still sealed. But getting the original jacket art and liner notes, a huge hardcover book, sturdy packaging, full color labels - and then selling it so that the CDs average about 2.50 per CD or less is just amazing to me. Then again, Sony owns their own pressing plants so that lessens those costs and they also own the recordings, so it's just a question of remastering.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:50:05 PM: Page three is not good.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:50:12 PM: Not good at all.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:50:23 PM: In fact, at this time of night it's bad.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:50:31 PM: Bad with a B.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:51:54 PM: Mozart with an M. I wish I knew how to like his music better. Certainly, when it's a great conductor like Munch or Walter or Toscanini it goes down easier, and I like a couple of the famous tunes, but in the end they just don't "get" to me. And yet, I like Bach. Go know.
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Post by: bk on July 23, 2020, 10:52:14 PM: I shan't have a chicken sandwich this evening.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 10:59:54 PM: Sorry I can't stay.
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Post by: Jane on July 23, 2020, 11:00:03 PM: 'night
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:13:44 PM: Good evening.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:15:34 PM: Well, the first of the Federal Officers have arrived in Seattle!
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:15:51 PM: I told you so.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:21:56 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:30:39 PM
I did manage to get in an hour-long walk tonight.

I would like to get in a minute-long walk, any day.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:22:49 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 23, 2020, 03:56:33 PM
Tears of joy were shed today when we found out our upstairs dog does not have cancer.

Oh wow, what wonderful news!
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:24:11 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:40:50 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:23:25 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:20:36 PM
A zoom production of Songs for a New World:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ramin-karimloo-rachel-tucker-cedric-neal-rachel-john-star-in-virtual-production-of-songs-for-a-new-world-beginning-july-23

The times are British time. The tickets in pounds. Sounds like it's worth missing.

Don’t miss it if you can!

Is it the work, or the cast that is turning everyone off?
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:26:39 PM: Page 4 is bad.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:27:19 PM: At this time of night, page 4 is very bad.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:27:35 PM: That sounds familiar.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:28:33 PM: Where is everyone tonight?
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:29:49 PM: I had Pizza Hut Pasta for dinner.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:30:09 PM: It was filling, but that was it.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:30:57 PM: I have it quite often, and tonight’s was very good.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:31:27 PM: But it just didn’t cut it tonight.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:33:12 PM: I would enjoy having a steak, or maybe even a ~~hamburger~~ cheeseburger, but I won’t.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:36:42 PM: I had a strange dream the other night. At least, I assume it was a dream because I don’t know what to call it. I was using my wheelchair as a walker, and I came into the bedroom. I looked down and there was Nicky.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:38:05 PM: It was not like a quick look out of the corner of my eye. It was just him. And then he was gone.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:43:35 PM: I went to Safeway today and then to Rite Aid.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:45:06 PM: As usual, not all of the Rite Aid staff was masked.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:45:35 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:13:44 PM
Good evening.

Hi, Tom.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:45:50 PM: I think I need to find a different pharmacy.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:45:58 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:15:34 PM
Well, the first of the Federal Officers have arrived in Seattle!

:o
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:46:21 PM: Glad I don't live in Seattle!
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:47:03 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:24:11 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on July 23, 2020, 06:40:50 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:23:25 PM
Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 05:20:36 PM
A zoom production of Songs for a New World:

https://www.playbill.com/article/ramin-karimloo-rachel-tucker-cedric-neal-rachel-john-star-in-virtual-production-of-songs-for-a-new-world-beginning-july-23

The times are British time. The tickets in pounds. Sounds like it's worth missing.

Don’t miss it if you can!

Is it the work, or the cast that is turning everyone off?

I like both the work and the cast...but that's just me.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:47:44 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:30:57 PM
I have it quite often, and tonight’s was very good.

Nice.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:48:31 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:33:12 PM
I would enjoy having a steak, or maybe even a ~~hamburger~~ cheeseburger, but I won’t.

I actually had a hamburger with some cheese sauce that I got at Fred Meyer. :) It was pretty darned good.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:48:47 PM: They even have big signs on all the doors about masks being required for service.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:49:04 PM: It makes no sense.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:50:27 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:36:42 PM
I had a strange dream the other night. At least, I assume it was a dream because I don’t know what to call it. I was using my wheelchair as a walker, and I came into the bedroom. I looked down and there was Nicky.

Was it a scary dream? Did it comfort you? How did you feel about the dream?
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:51:02 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:38:05 PM
It was not like a quick look out of the corner of my eye. It was just him. And then he was gone.

Interesting.
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:51:12 PM: PAGE FIVE DANCE!!
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Post by: George on July 23, 2020, 11:52:08 PM: Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:45:06 PM
As usual, not all of the Rite Aid staff was masked.

Tonight, I went to Costco, and I didn't notice anyone without a mask, but a couple of people didn't have their noses covered.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:54:45 PM: Quote from: George on July 23, 2020, 11:50:27 PM
Quote from: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:36:42 PM
I had a strange dream the other night. At least, I assume it was a dream because I don’t know what to call it. I was using my wheelchair as a walker, and I came into the bedroom. I looked down and there was Nicky.

Was it a scary dream? Did it comfort you? How did you feel about the dream?

I wasn’t scared. I think I was more confused than anything.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:55:55 PM: I can’t believe we were just now getting to page five.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:56:47 PM: Make it stop.
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Post by: TCB on July 23, 2020, 11:59:12 PM: ~~~~~~~~~~ ZODIAC-MAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: George on July 24, 2020, 12:00:31 AM: Quote from: John G. on July 23, 2020, 07:50:52 PM
Off to read.

Tonight, I finished reading Mary Trump's book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982141468/).
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Post by: George on July 24, 2020, 12:01:21 AM: It was a quick, and fascinating, and kinda scary read.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2020, 12:02:03 AM: The fact that she's not only in the family, but a clinical psychologist with that kind of training really makes for a compelling read.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2020, 12:04:47 AM: Page five? Really?
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2020, 12:05:21 AM: I don't much like Haydn either. I feel like hidin' from Haydn, if you must know.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2020, 12:05:34 AM: Of course, the negative "reviews" for the book on Amazon are (in my humble opinion) mostly, if not all, from people of have drunk the Trump Kool-Aid and insult her the way he insults any intelligent person...childishly. ::)
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2020, 12:05:38 AM: Some posts might help.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2020, 12:06:05 AM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2020, 12:06:14 AM: Why I oughta...
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2020, 12:06:20 AM: And then I wrote...