Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on July 13, 2005, 12:03:49 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've cracked the notes, you've whipped the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently whipping themselves into a crack-induced frenzy.
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And the word of the day is: OLLAPODRIDA!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
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In keeping with the whipping good notes BK, What is your favourite:
Western Movie score
Song from a Western
Theme or Song from a TV Western.
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Was Olla Podria the Swedish girl in The Producers?
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In keeping with the whipping good notes BK, What is your favourite:
Western Movie score
Song from a Western
Theme or Song from a TV Western.
Favorite western score - so many greats, so I don't know if I can limit it to just one. My favorites:
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Magnificent Seven
The Big Country
One Eyed Jacks
But there are so many more I love, like High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch and on and on.
Song: High Noon - I really do love it, especially as performed by Tex Ritter in the film.
TV song or theme - I'm rather fond of Duning's The Big Valley, and I love Bernard Herrmann's original theme for Have Gun, Will Travel.
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Mac users: When I was in the Apple store the other day, I noticed a "dictionary" icon in the doc. I went home and tried to find said dictionary under "Applications" so I could drag it into the doc, but could not find such a thing. Does anyone know the deal with the dictionary?
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I don't have any questions...yet. And I've been thinking, but nothing's coming (almost a West Side Story reference)
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And I'm sorry, but I can't help you with your Mac question. :-\ I've never owned one, but I've heard that once you've had Mac, you never go back. ;)
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Good morning, all! I have a long day ahead of me with the recording project: I'm back to our old stomping grounds, BK, Manhattan Beach Studio on West 37th to listen to a lot of takes from 2001. Before that, more DARLING OF THE DAY work.
I do have a question for BK: are there any cast albums Kritzerland might be interested in bringing out on CD? Some of the unreleased albums I'd like to obtain are ALL IN LOVE, MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF, Sony's SONG OF NORWAY and MERRY WIDOW with John Reardon, those EP Victor excerpts from the late 40s-early 50s with Felix Knight and Doretta Morrow, the London cast of CAMELOT with Laurence Harvey, etc.
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May you have a darling of a day DR Elmore.
Just finished watching "The Chorus" - lovely.
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Pleasant dreams DR Hisaka. Good night from Australia.
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Good morning, all! I have a long day ahead of me with the recording project: I'm back to our old stomping grounds, BK, Manhattan Beach Studio on West 37th to listen to a lot of takes from 2001. Before that, more DARLING OF THE DAY work.
I do have a question for BK: are there any cast albums Kritzerland might be interested in bringing out on CD? Some of the unreleased albums I'd like to obtain are ALL IN LOVE, MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF, Sony's SONG OF NORWAY and MERRY WIDOW with John Reardon, those EP Victor excerpts from the late 40s-early 50s with Felix Knight and Doretta Morrow, the London cast of CAMELOT with Laurence Harvey, etc.
Maybe add the stufio of Rose Marie with Julie Andrews that I always thought was a good recording and maybe one of the top 3 recordings.
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Since A & M records is going to re-release their Baja Marimba Band releases, What are the chances that you might re-release the one you recorded on Bay Cities?
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Good Morning!
Lots of stuff to do today. Lots of stuff! Including running a few errands before heading downtown for auditions later this morning. In any case...
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BK - I believe the Dictionary is part of the new Mac Tiger OS X.
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I shall post a question or two from the audition hall... once I think of one or two...
Laters...
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Pleasant dreams DR Hisaka. Good night from Australia.
Thank you, DR TOMOVOZ.
Sleep tight and Good night from Tokyo.
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I thought Olla Podria was engaged to Rudolph Valentino at the time of his death.
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DR BEN; Thank you for the link. I learned about naming hurricanes much with KIDS and very enjoyed it. I’ll keep the name lists.
DR JANE; And I learned more and it’s a very interesting story, of course, which I’ve never known , thank you.
DR JMK; “HIMMICANE” ;D
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DR CILLALIZ; What a turtle cheesecake at Rebos looks like? Why TURTLE… ???
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Good morning, everyone!
Have a beautiful day!
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I also like the theme from "Big Valley," although I have great difficulty hearing it without going into a Miss Barbara Stanwyck impression.
"Rawhide" is terribly catchy-- whether you like it or not. I loved "The Lemon Sisters" when Carol Kane sang it while whipping around the microphone cord. A classic.
It's hard to beat "Blazing Saddles" for a theme- it sounds more real than the genuine stuff.
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...It's hard to beat "Blazing Saddles" for a theme- it sounds more real than the genuine stuff.
Same can be said of the theme for The Wild Wild West, with it's harmonica and snare. (That's for the TV series; I never bothered to find out what they did for the film.)
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I've found the perfect way to get more hours in at work: ask for them!
It took a few weeks for the computers at the home office to kick in, what with all the temp workers for the summer (of which I am one). Only problem was, the computer only scheduled me for three days work (eightteen hours, six hours per day). So I let the managers know that I'd like to be kept on call for the other days.
Sure enough, I got a call Monday night asking if I could come in Tuesday, for the five to eleven shift. (This was after der B picked me up after work to help him with dog pictures - more later). Sure, I told them, I'd work. I just rearranged my plans on feeding der Brucer from dinner to a large lunch.
And last night, during my shift, they asked me to come in Friday as well! So that brings me back to my thirty hours.
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As for the dog pictures, we had two shoots on Monday. One was at the SPCA, of a white bulldog we dubbed "Nathan." Sure, he was big, but he was all puppy, happy and squirming and full of facewashings and wanting his belly rubbed. The other was a retriever being fostered by a woman with two other dogs and a toddling daughter. The retriever had been left behind by her family when they moved south.
When der B picked me up at work last night, he told me both dogs have already been adopted! Those pictures work!
Thursday (my next day off, until later notice) we're transporting another dog northwards, to another rescue organization. Busy busy busy.
Being E&T is not the same as wussburgering.
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Today is both National Ice Cream Day and National French Fries Day.
But you don't have to eat them together if you don't want to. :P ::)
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OLLAPODRIDA - isn't that a Western Musical that takes place in Florida?
DR Hisaka - I'm a HUGE fan of the Disney theme parks, have you ever been to Disneyland Tokyo? If so, what did you think? Have you been to the ones in the States. if so, how do they compare.
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Today is also National Gruntled Worker Day!
You didn't know gruntle was a word? It is! It means to put in a good mood. The word is a back-formation from disgruntle. I'd rather be gruntled than disgruntled any day.
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I also like the theme from "Big Valley," although I have great difficulty hearing it without going into a Miss Barbara Stanwyck impression.
This I gotta see..... ;D
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DR Ron Pulliam, I believe the irony in Miss Jones' MUSIC MAN pregnancy with Patrick (soon to be touring in JOSEPH... Again.) is that I have often heard/read stories that during the stage version, Miss Cook was also with child, and Preston told her he would cut the lift during the footbridge scene if she was feeling nausous, or something like that. So for uptight librarian/spinsters, those Marians got around.
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Doretta Morrow
Went to my parents' high school, New Utrecht, in Brooklyn.
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DR MBarnum, I believe the irony in Miss Jones' MUSIC MAN pregnancy with Patrick (soon to be touring in JOSEPH... Again.) is that I have often heard/read stories that during the stage version, Miss Cook was also with child, and Preston told her he would cut the lift during the footbridge scene if she was feeling nausous, or something like that. So for uptight librarian/spinsters, those Marians got around.
DR Stuart, I think you meant to direct that info to DR Ron Pulliam...I don't know from THE MUSIC MAN.
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Favorite western film score...DAY OF THE OUTLAW.
Favorite TV western Themes...CHEYENNE and BIG VALLEY.
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DR Stuart, I think you meant to direct that info to DR Ron Pulliam...I don't know from THE MUSIC MAN.
Humble apologies. I will correct my initial post.
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I'm in a song writing mood.
Darling, remember
At the end of the day,
My love for you
Is just a whip crack away.
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Friday is usually the day I allow myself to have ice cream, but I cannot possibly ignore National Ice Cream Day! Thanks for the heads up! :D
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TV Westerns had WONDERFUL theme songs. BRONCO had a very snappy title tune. Yep, THE BIG VALLEY and THE WILD WILD WEST had great instrumental themes. There are SO many to choose from, but I guess my favorite of all-time would have to be HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL.
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I wonder if, in all of his years of screen acting, that Johnny Depp ever imagined that his likeness would one day appear on a candy bar wrapper.
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Does anyone have any sales figures on the best selling cast albums of all-time (LPs and CD numbers combined)? I know for years, MY FAIR LADY was the best selling cast album (not counting movie musical soundtracks where THE SOUND OF MUSIC led for years). But I have never seen any figures that combined sales from LP days plus CD releases.
Does anyone compile these figures?
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The talk of Gregg Edelmann yesterday reminded me that also yesterday he appeared on the soap opera ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I was quite surprised when he came walking into the police station as an expert of crime investigation. I assume is was only a role that will occupy him for a few days, not a recurring or regular role for him.
He looked good.
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Just saw on the internet that MONK's season premiere last Friday night garnered its largest rating ever during its four year run. Great news!
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Got THE RAINMAKER and the Best of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB DVDs in the mail today, among other items. Happy day!
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The talk of Gregg Edelmann yesterday reminded me that also yesterday he appeared on the soap opera ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I was quite surprised when he came walking into the police station as an expert of crime investigation. I assume is was only a role that will occupy him for a few days, not a recurring or regular role for him.
He looked good.
Gregg Edelman on OLTL? Wish I had known.....I used to be a fairly consistent OLTL fan....but really haven't seen a full episode, nor known who people are (except for the oldtimers) in years. Still sorry I missed my beloved Phyllis Newman's turn as Renee, before the equally delicious Patricia Elliott took over. They shared more than the role.....they are both Supp. Actress (Musical) TONY Award (R) winners!
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Gregg Edelman on OLTL? Wish I had known.....I used to be a fairly consistent OLTL fan....but really haven't seen a full episode, nor known who people are (except for the oldtimers) in years. Still sorry I missed my beloved Phyllis Newman's turn as Renee, before the equally delicious Patricia Elliott took over. They shared more than the role.....they are both Supp. Actress (Musical) TONY Award (R) winners!
Patricia only pops up occasionally now. She hasn't had a real storyline in a long, long time. In the show now, she's married to longtime star Phil Carey (Asa), but the focus is really on the younger cast members now rather than the more mature players.
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About Patricia's Tony Award. I had seen A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC before its Tony win, had liked her but there was NO doubt in my mind that Hermione Gingold was going to take that Tony by a landslide. That was probably one of the biggest shocks of my life the night Elliott won that Tony.
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"Branded" was a great TV theme. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN a great film theme.
Star sighting: Zach Braff filming a movie scene in front of my building yesterday. It looked like a little slapstick.
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I just looked at the list of DVD releases for next week, and this is the first week in a long, LONG time that there isn't one single thing being released next week that I have the slightest interest in. Amazing.
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Speaking of "Branded," I had a piano book of TV theme songs when I was a teenager, and I put together a medley of my favorites, and "Branded" was one of them. The others were "Dr. Kildare," "Twelve O'Clock High," and "Peyton Place."
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OLTL has definitely skewed young of late. Though I was surprised to read they brought back the sweaty old Carlo Hesser, long dead.
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Patricia only pops up occasionally now. She hasn't had a real storyline in a long, long time. In the show now, she's married to longtime star Phil Carey (Asa), but the focus is really on the younger cast members now rather than the more mature players.
Ah....Asa. OLTL's answer to JR Ewing.
I remember the lovely Taina Elg as Olympia Buchanan. It seemed that at one point they had half the original cast of NINE on OLTL.
I remember Al Freeman Jr. and Ellen Holly. I remember Farley Granger. I remember Jennifer Harmon, Doris Belack and the ORIGINAL Doran Cramer, Nancy Pinkerton. I remember George Reinholt and Jackie Courtnay.
I remember Viki (I only remember Erika Slezak as Viki) being pregnant with Kevin for what seemed to be 17 months.
But I can't remember when I stopped watching regularly, or at least checking in.
And I seem to remember having this conversation with you. Just had a deja vu, at least.
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Kevin Buchanan is now one of the heartthrobs of the show. PLayed by Dan Gautier. Is he BYE BYE BIRDIE's Dick Gautier's son by chance?
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You know what else is good? Nelson Riddle's theme from THE PROUD ONES (written by Lionel Newman). It's of the whistling variety.
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Good morning, all! I have a long day ahead of me with the recording project: I'm back to our old stomping grounds, BK, Manhattan Beach Studio on West 37th to listen to a lot of takes from 2001. Before that, more DARLING OF THE DAY work.
I do have a question for BK: are there any cast albums Kritzerland might be interested in bringing out on CD? Some of the unreleased albums I'd like to obtain are ALL IN LOVE, MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF, Sony's SONG OF NORWAY and MERRY WIDOW with John Reardon, those EP Victor excerpts from the late 40s-early 50s with Felix Knight and Doretta Morrow, the London cast of CAMELOT with Laurence Harvey, etc.
There are several things I'd love to bring to CD, reissue-wise, but, unless things have changed, the licensing deal is a very difficult proposition - it's based on a minimum number of units that you guarantee to buy (finished goods) no matter what - and that number has always been 5000. Almost impossible to sell that many of anything. Now that Sony has BMG, their licensing division has suddenly become difficult again. And not all labels are willing to license.
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OLLAPODRIDA, baby, OLLAPODRIDA!
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Favorite song from a western "Cat Rumble" from Fievel Goes West- it seems appropriate given our current circumstances with Walty and Killbot.
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Pehaps that's what we need. A mouse to get the two cats working towards a common goal. A mouse could be a real team-builder.
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I'm on my way to Mr. Grant Geissman's. I shall return.
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Bronco and Branded are two good TV western themes. I also liked Here Come the Brides - not exactly a western.
Movie westerns usually have BIG music, and most of my favorites have been mentioned! But I will just add Elmer Bernstein's True Grit score!
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My question for ASK BK day:
If the stars and planets and ages and agents had been right - the timing does NOT have to be accurate - what part in what classic TV series would you like to have played?
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Bronco and Branded are two good TV western themes. I also liked Here Come the Brides - not exactly a western.
Is that the fabulous Bobby Sherman singing "Seattle?" If so, I LOVE that song!
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Did anyone catch the 1910 version of WIZARD OF OZ that played on TCM recently? I just watched it last night...what fun! It starred a 9 year old Bebe Daniels as Dorothy...I had no idea she was a child actress at one time.
I particularly liked the costumes for Toto (he gets turned into a giant dog) and the cowardly lion....and the scarecrow was quite well acted.
My tape ran out and I missed the last few minutes, but I guess I know how the story turns out.
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The day the terrorists attacks hit London, I was there, as you all know because I've posted about it. But my mom got several calls and emails about my whereabouts that day as a lot of people knew I was planning on going.
It seems like for the last few months, I've been writing lyrics to "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Gal) ... and I recently recieved an email and the subject title was "Has anybody seen...." - it was from a friend of mine whom I wrote a song about her using that same song. "Has anybody seen Ms. Howe" - so I was inspired to do the following (my last name is Mattei (mat-tay) just so you know as I use it quite a lot.
Matt’s Journey to London
(sung by Matt’s Mom to the tune of “Has Anybody Seen My Gal”)
Have you seen the news today
Terrorists down London way
Has anybody seen Mat-tei?
Paris first, did he say?
Was it London or Bombay
Has anybody seen Mat-tei?
Would someone check his list
Paris, Nice, where is he today?
Yes indeed, it was the day
Mat-tei was down in London way
Is he safe? Is he fine?
Did Mary Poppins really fly?
Has anybody seen Mat-tei?
(sung by Matt)
Yes I saw the news today
It was not so far away
Mat-tei was down Ol’ London way
Underground was shut down
Queue’s for taxi’s all around
Mat-tei was down in London town
The cops were all around
Streets were closed, Bus’s were down
In a pub, watched TV
Then fled to leave Ol’ London town
To our regret, heavy sigh
Mary Poppins did not fly
The day we were in London town!
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Is there any mac users that listen to the Broadway Radio Show... if so, how do you make it work?
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DR Ron Pulliam, I believe the irony in Miss Jones' MUSIC MAN pregnancy with Patrick (soon to be touring in JOSEPH... Again.) is that I have often heard/read stories that during the stage version, Miss Cook was also with child, and Preston told her he would cut the lift during the footbridge scene if she was feeling nausous, or something like that. So for uptight librarian/spinsters, those Marians got around.
Had never heard that about Ms. Cook.
My discomfort with the knowledge is that I shall, from this point forward, always be taken "out" of the movie thinking "here is where Shirley was preggers with Patrick" when this scene arrives.
:D
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The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle...
That's Bobby Sherman alright, although for some reason Perry Como had the Top 40 hit of that song. If you like a good simple pop tune, Bobby Sherman's LPs are chock-full of 'em.
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There are so many great Western movie scores: Magnificent Seven, Big Country, The Bravados, Ride the High Country, Rozsa's Tribute To A Bad Man...
Western songs from movies: Gunfight at OK Corral; River of No Return (The Sons of the Pioneers have a great version of this); The Hanging Tree (by Marty Robbins), Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (never used in the movie); 3:10 To Yuma
TV Theme: I always like The Rebel Johnny Yuma and the Theme to Jim Bowie. Paladin is still pretty catchy.
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Correction: I have a song on a CD by Johnny Cash called The Rebel Johhny Yuma. It is NOT, however, the theme I remember from the TV show which went: "Johnny Yuma was a rebel..."
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Of course, the greatest Western song...not connected to any movie or TV show that I know of...is still probably GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY!
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Wild Wild West's film score is awful, and what makes it worse is it's by Elmer Bernstein (IIRC). There is virtually no use of the classic tv theme. For a while I thought it was a licensing issue, but about 3/4 of the way through the film, there's a brief quote of the theme.
Bobby Sherman's albums are great pop fluff. Bobby did a personal appearance at the downtown Seattle Sears store my Dad managed (it no longer exists :'() and my Dad brought me home a copy of a promo 45 of "Easy Come, Easy Go." Years later it turned out that DS Betsy had IVd Bobby (who was then, IIRC, a paramedic) when he came to Chicago and did a guest spot on her radio show. She loved, loved, loved him.
Scary stalker department: I have a stalker. No joke. It's very scary and I think we're going to have to call the police. Vibes, please.
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~~~ ANTI-STALKER Vibes for DR JMK!! ~~~
:o
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In Dallas, there used to be a very cool shopping mall called Ollapodrida.
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If that WIZARD OF OZ was on TCM, DR MBarnum, you can bet it's going to be on that OZ set that's coming out this fall.
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I've sung my praises of Alfred Newman's HOW THE WEST WAS WON score many times here, but I was more interested in TV Western themes which I don't remember our ever discussing before today.
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Where I work, we have an employee bulletin every Friday. In last week's bulletin was a list of:
NEW WORDS FOR 2005
- MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
- STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
- SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
- IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.
- PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the heck out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
- GENERICA: Features of landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.
- OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you’ve just made a BIG mistake.
- WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks.
;D Just had to share! They don't always put something funny like this in it, but this week they did.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PROTECTIVE VIBES FOR JMK ~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/move]
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Vibes for DR JMK.
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Back from finishing the galley - I'm sure there's still a bad break or two, but I'm so done proofing this thing. Every book these days has much worse, so I'm just moving on. PDF of the galley has been sent to the publisher.
Tape hunt was a bust. Deciding whether to go to storage after I eat lunch, or tomorrow morning.
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- OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you’ve just made a BIG mistake.
This one was coined years ago by Rich Hall as a Sniglet. Back then, it was the measure of the amount of time between when you slam the car door shut and when you realize you left the keys in the ignition.
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Non-Stalker vibes for DR JMK
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A stalker? Really? How bizarre. Be safe and careful and DO call the police!
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I'm having dinner out with friends tonight, something of a rarety for me as I usually prefer to eat out at lunch time. At any rate, I'll be E&T for a bit tonight.
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And I'll be E&T for quite a LONG bit tomorrow. Tomorrow is my friend Jeff's day off, and we'll be unloading that pod we packed up eight months ago and taking its contents into his new condo. Not looking forward to the work in the hot sun (it was cool fall when we packed it up before), but at least it will be over and done with after a few more days. He has until Tuesday of next week to get it totally unloaded. Then, the company comes and picks it up.
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Enjoyed the rest of MONK disc 2 this afternoon. I guess up next will be one of the DVDs I got today or perhaps EAST OF EDEN which someone was mentioning yesterday.
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Thanks, all. Yes, it's a very bizarre story. I don't want to say too much lest it be read here by interloping eyes, but suffice it to say you need to be very careful when you subscribe to any listserv or internet group. You never know who's on the "other end" (or off the deep end, as the case may be). We have dutifully recorded the many phone numbers this weirdo is calling from and will report them if we receive any more.
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I wonder if, in all of his years of screen acting, that Johnny Depp ever imagined that his likeness would one day appear on a candy bar wrapper.
The idea of someone under the age of puberty drooling over Johnny Depp creeps me out.
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I've eaten my fill. My fill was quite yummilicious. I've read the new Scarlet Street magazine, in which I, MBarnum, and Jrand have words. So, I may go over to storage and try to get that out of the way.
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It is 110 in the shade (some kind of reference) and I've been out in the sun all morning. We think we'll be done tomorrow, maybe. I have a headache.
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According to the imdb:
Johnny Depp
Date of birth
9 June 1963
Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
He is as old as some of his fans' parents.
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Vibes of safety to JMK and hopes for prevailing levelheadedness to JMK's stalker.
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- IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.
Would FoxNews count as irritainment?
:P
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Would FoxNews count as irritainment?
:P
Absolutely!
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Rodzinski: A group of five of us pigged out at Richie's during lunch. And while the dim sum was scrumptious, there were many people there and some of the food leaving the kitchen was just too incredible not to gawk at and drool over.
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Yummy Yummy Yummy:
Attention potato chips lovers!
Lay's Potato Chips has a new, Pringles-like potato chip called "Stax."
And for a limited time, one of the flavors is "Dill Pickle" -- and it is w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l!!!!!!!
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DR td is also represented in SCARLET STREET.
Off to the Wednesday re-opening of I'LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT....wishing for lots of people in the audience...and lots of scares!
Adding some additional thunder & lightning tonight...it couldn't hurt!
JMK - drive your Edsel to the service station and have them put you up on the lift...that's what Frances would do.
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Safety vibes for Dear Reader JMK. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I'm in a song writing mood.
Darling, remember
At the end of the day,
My love for you
Is just a whip crack away.
Why must we keep hurting each other?
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Once upon a time, there was a plumber named "Whip" who apprenticed 8 years of his life under his father, and then he took over the family business.
Whip was a strapping young man, but as he grew older he began resembling his father and uncles more and more, putting on a gut.
As such things go, Whip worked exclusively in jeans and t-shirts and would sometimes show a bit of butt crack when he was hunched over some pipes.
The older he got, the bigger he got, until one day, a customer called Whip's son, who was also studying to take over the family business, and asked him if there wasn't something he could do to hide "Whip's crack away."
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That was specifically for TomovOz, but it was also for Dan (the Man).
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Thank you DR Ron
Other Western themes: "High Chaparrel" "Bonanza" that often get played here on radio. "Ballad of Paladin" (Duane Eddy version) too.
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Well!
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There was TV show made in OZ in the early 60's called "Whiplash" It starred Peter Graves. The theme was big hit here. "Whiplash" is also a song recorded by the wonderful Mr Gene McDaniels who has a new album released about now.
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JMK - drive your Edsel to the service station and have them put you up on the lift...that's what Frances would do.
LOL! Oh, my gosh, I was drinking a big gulp of water when I read that....unfortunately! LOL!
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I thought it was Doris Day who put in that call to the plumber's son. Of course he was known for being somewhat "deadwood" at that stage.
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"Whip's crack away
"Whip's crack away
"Whip's crack away!"
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Td? Oh, you mean that guy who used to come around these here parts? Haven't seen him in months.
Back from storage. Couldn't find the music I was looking for, but thankfully found the lyrics and a tape of the song.
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And just where has TD been??
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"Whip's crack away
"Whip's crack away
"Whip's crack away!"
Oops! It never occurred to me that this might also be someone's "life" style!
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I am rather disappointed to see that Kevin Spirtas' show is only playing for two days...I was hoping it would be playing when I come down to L.A. at the end of the month :(
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Ah....Asa. OLTL's answer to JR Ewing.
I remember the lovely Taina Elg as Olympia Buchanan. It seemed that at one point they had half the original cast of NINE on OLTL.
I remember Al Freeman Jr. and Ellen Holly. I remember Farley Granger. I remember Jennifer Harmon, Doris Belack and the ORIGINAL Doran Cramer, Nancy Pinkerton. I remember George Reinholt and Jackie Courtnay.
I remember Viki
I remember sky!
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All the cabaret shows in that venue are two nights only. Kevin is just starting to get other bookings now.
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Well, tell him to book himself at the Burbank Hilton, will you.
Perhaps Dawn Wells will be appearing on stage during my stay.
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Is that the fabulous Bobby Sherman singing "Seattle?" If so, I LOVE that song!
Pardon me? In this part of the country, we preferred Perry Como's version.
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Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
I'm back from auditions and callbacks. I was actually kept a bit busier today, so I wasn't able to post from the audition space. But it was a good day. Next stop: New York for auditions sometime in the next couple of weeks...
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-And, as always, it's always "fun" being privy to the conversations that go on after the actors leave the room.
;)
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Perhaps we'll have a mini-hainsies/kimlets get-together whilst MBarnum is in LA.
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I only know the version by Perry Como. I don't know if the TV show aired here. I doubt if I had ever heard of Seattle before I heard Perry singing about it. I knew of Tacoma of course.
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I only know the version by Perry Como. I don't know if the TV show aired here. I doubt if I had ever heard of Seattle before I heard Perry singing about it. I knew of Tacoma of course.
Of course!
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I meant to mention that Ford's was holding their auditions at the new Woolly Mammoth Theatre space. It's an amazing space. You enter on the street level, then take a set of stairs down to the theatre proper - as well as classrooms, rehearsal space and offices. It has that hip and edgy concrete and steel look - which is very appropriate for the theatre company.
And the new space is also a perfect example of the private and public sector coming together in support of the Arts. I forget the exact arrangement, but for now, Woolly is only paying $1.00(!!!!) a year(!!!!) for their rent.
...And now that their new building is done, there are just five other major theatre renovation and building projects left in DC...
;)
http://www.woollymammoth.net
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As for the Topic of the Day, I've never really been one for Westerns, so...
However...
While sitting in on one of those piano festival/recitals/workshops featuring new music for students, I heard a great piano duet version of the theme from "The Wild, Wild West", as well as "Ghost Riders In The Sky". And then there was a Two-Piano, Eight Hands (a double duet) arrangement of the Hoedown from Copland's "Rodeo". Those were fun.
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Today is both National Ice Cream Day and National French Fries Day.
But you don't have to eat them together if you don't want to. :P ::)
Hey?!?!? I thought every day was National Ice Cream Day!
;)
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I wonder if, in all of his years of screen acting, that Johnny Depp ever imagined that his likeness would one day appear on a candy bar wrapper.
...Or on the package for those "new" Hostess filled cupcakes with the purple icing and purple filling - I saw them at Target yesterday. I don't mind purple food... but that particularly shade of purple is just a little too man-made even for me to consider consuming.
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olla podrida
SYLLABICATION: olla po·dri·da
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. olla po·dri·das also ollas po·dri·das
1. A stew of highly seasoned meat and vegetables. 2. An assorted mixture; a miscellany: “All the conversations were in English . . . the whole olla podrida spiced with the latest gossip” (William Pearson).
ETYMOLOGY: Spanish : olla, olla; see olla + podrida, feminine of podrido, rotten (from Latin putridus; see putrid).
Hmm... Stew.. Rotten... Putrid...
I think I'll pass.
;)
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Is there any mac users that listen to the Broadway Radio Show... if so, how do you make it work?
Hmmm... That's a good question...
???
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~~~~ANTI-STALKER VIBES FOR DR JMK~~~~
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Yummy Yummy Yummy:
Attention potato chips lovers!
Lay's Potato Chips has a new, Pringles-like potato chip called "Stax."
And for a limited time, one of the flavors is "Dill Pickle" -- and it is w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l!!!!!!!
DR Ron Pulliam - You need to check out the new product displays at the supermarket more often.
;)
...Or maybe I need to stop checking out the new product displays so often.
;D
*My favorite Dill Pickle flavored chips are the ones made by the Route 11 Potato Chip Company in Middletown, VA.
:)
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Well, the developer has come. He did not bat an eye at the price I "suggested." He said that was exactly what he had been thinking. So if his engineer says another house can fit behind ours, I believe we have a sale (with no realtor commission).
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Well, the developer has come. He did not bat an eye at the price I "suggested." He said that was exactly what he had been thinking. So if his engineer says another house can fit behind ours, I believe we have a sale (with no realtor commission).
YEAH!!! Party at JMK's!!!!
;D
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JR, LOL. Believe me, if I had an Edsel it would be up the lift as we speak. ;D
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YEAH!!! Party at JMK's!!!!
;D
Correction: moving party at JMK's. ;)
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Well, the developer has come. He did not bat an eye at the price I "suggested." He said that was exactly what he had been thinking. So if his engineer says another house can fit behind ours, I believe we have a sale (with no realtor commission).
You know what this means, don't you? Your "suggested" price was too low! ;)
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OK, the weirdest thing just happened. When I posted my JR post it was before Jose's. It was still before Jose's when I just posted the "correction" post. And now it's after. Cue Twilight Zone theme, please.
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You know what this means, don't you? Your "suggested" price was too low! ;)
Maybe, but it's a lot more than we'd get if we just sold the house to a private party. Believe me, the "suggested" price includes a hefty "premium" for his ability to subdivide and stick another house back here. I got lots of advice from various realtors about what should be our "take the money and run" amount, and we got that and more. (If the deal goes through, which it may not--his engineer may say they can't fit another house back there, but that would be fine, too--we love this house and don't "need" to move. This has all kind of been a lark).
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JMK good vibes!
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In a mere 1000 posts or so we shall be achieving our new plateau.
Just got an auction catalog and, oh, dear, I'm afraid I will be attending and, oh, dear, I'm afraid I shall be bidding to win on at least two count them two items. I think both items (which are at the beginning of the auction, when people just tend to bid on anything - they get tired as it winds down) will get some action, but I shall have them unless there are nutcases who drive it too high. Then again, maybe I will get lucky and not have too much competition.
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It appears all my favorite songs have been mentioned. At first it seemed no one would include The Rebel. Pogue-great list.
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Oh...
Due some pretty severe weather going on further down 95, I'm staying put here in Fairfax tonight. When I was heading back from auditions, there were reports on the radio about flash-flooding and downed trees on 95 around Fredericksburg.
So, I may actually head down tomorrow morning and come right back, or head down tomorrow night.
We'll see...
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Oh, to answer an earlier question:
I just missed getting a series called Richie Brockelman, which went to Dennis Dugan - I really wanted to do that show. And, of course, there were, in the history of TV, many shows and roles I would love to have done.
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Final dress rehearsal tonight with NO lights. We had lightening storms that killed all electric in our city for four hours, and now I have to reset all my clocks. :-/
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That was specifically for TomovOz, but it was also for Dan (the Man).
Appreciated in more ways than one.
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So we just got back from the neighborhood meeting next door where the developer was telling the neighbors about his proposal for that property (we of course decided we should all play dumb, since the neighborhood is already up in arms about all of this). The sticking point with our lot is they need 6,000 sq. ft. minimum outside of the "p-zone" (TCB go for it), the environmentally protected zone that our lot backs up to. So Betsy and I just went out and measured and she used her advanced math skills to determine there is plenty of room. So it will be interesting to see what happens.
The kind of scary thing we learned tonight is that all of these lots that abut the p-zone and stream are considered landslide hazards.
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Final dress rehearsal tonight with NO lights. We had lightening storms that killed all electric in our city for four hours, and now I have to reset all my clocks. :-/
What city are you in?
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The kind of scary thing we learned tonight is that all of these lots that abut the p-zone and stream are considered landslide hazards.
YIKES!
A friend of mine was about to buy a house in some "great" neighborhood in New Jersey - just about 20 minutes from NYC. He found this great house - lots of bedrooms, two full baths, garage, nice backyard, etc. - perfect place for him, his wife and their two young children. Well...
After doing some investigating, he found out that value of the homes in this one particular block was quite a bit lower than similar properties - even than some house right across the street. Apparently, the stream that runs behind their property has a major tendency to flood, and since most of the houses there are not on blocks and/or have really old basements... And with the natural landscaping, the water is bound to run into the property.
Not quite the great deal he thought it was originally.
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Well, I DID have ice cream today, and then I had a delcious dinner tonight with some friends that I hadn't seen since LA CAGE closed. It was fun catching up on everyone's activities and all the gossip, too.
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During the run of AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND, lightning stuck the building and knocked out the circuit that the light board was on. The audience was asked if they wanted to cancel the show or do it with the house lights on. The applause decided that we'd do the show with the house lights on.
Before the first act was over, the circuit was repaired and they were able to run the show with light cues. But that was a strange 40 minutes or so doing to show and seeing the entire audience while we were doing it.
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I forgot once again last night to set the DVR for RENO 911! but I have now set it to get Thursday night's rerun. The description sounded really funny.
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And it rained twice here today with a nice hot, sunny patch in between. Ah, summer thunderstorms are SO unpredictable.
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This looks like an auction BK might be interested in (wait for the second picture to load):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7530953721&category=18824&rd=1
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A friend stopped by tonight wanting to hear the song "The Only Home I Know" from SHENANDOAH. I've always loved that song, and I'm pleased he's interested in learning it as an audition piece.
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And so reasonable at 13K. These sellers are unbelievable. He probably got thes 350 photos for a buck a piece.
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Well, Boys and Girls,
You'll have to hold down the fort for me for a few days (which is nothing new, I guess). I'm off to Chicago for the annual fundraising concert for Hopeful Heart.
See www.hopefulheart.com (http://www.hopefulheart.com) for more.
Last year our very own Jason wowed the audience, so he will be missed this year (although I'm working on the future....)
So I get to miss work (no pain there), miss a few days pay (definitely pain there) and work very hard for a few days, but it's worth it for the people Hopeful heart helps.
If I have access to a computer, I'll check in. Otherwise, see you Tuesday. You all be good and be careful while I'm gone!
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Well I almost got to see a movie in the park tonight.
Last week we ended up leaving Miss Congeniality 2 cause the kids were bored and they started the movie while it was too light. Tonight they waited till dark (9pm), but the kids were bored again (i went with my brother-in-law's sister and her kids and a bunch of others).
I will say this, the first 20 minutes of Guess Who (the Ashton Kutcher/Bernie Mac) movie seemed very funny. But it was not for kids.
They need to have more kid friendly movies in the park (since tons of kids go). And they need to have more bathrooms! 2 bathrooms for a thousand people just does not cut it. And don't they know when kids say they have to go, they mean THAT MINUTE. I made the poor little 5 yr old go in the bush. :)
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Off to find my room for sleeping. Will be back tomorrow in a somewhat abbreviated number of visits (I think).
Good night.
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DR CILLALIZ; What a turtle cheesecake at Rebos looks like? Why TURTLE… ???
I don't know why turtle, but it's chocolate, carmel and pecans on a New York style cheesecake
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"Turtles" are a candy made of caramel and pecans covered in chocolate that vaguely remind one of a turtle's shell. Here is one picture:
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And here's another:
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And unless you have some made from real cheap (meaning low quality) ingredients, they're very, very, very (that's three verys) good! ;D
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Well...
The original Turtles candy are made of pecans, caramel and chocolate.
You arrange a couple of pecans in a bunch, then pour caramel over them - enough to hold them all together - and then once the caramel is set, you either dip the whole thing in melted chocolate, or pour melted chocolate over it. The resulting candy looks like a turtle - sort of. Some candy makers even go as far arranging the pecans so that they have a head and legs.
... And then there are variations using cashews, peanuts, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, etc.
:)
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I believe these Turtles and I could be so happy together. ;)
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They'd rather be with me JMK.
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Actually I just spoke with them, and they've ditched us both for someone named Elinor.
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Guess we'll just have to go with the Flo then JMK.
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Don't worry! There are enough chocolate pecan caramel turtles in the world for EVERYONE! ;D
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Here's a place that specializes in turtles of all kinds as well as other candy creations:
http://www.turtlealley.com
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Well, if I'm to be functional at auditions tomorrow... And I also have to negotiate a contract in the morning too - which is something I truly do not like having to do. Ah, well... In any case..
Goodnight.
*And, technically, since it's 1:00AM as I post this, I am not WUSSBURGERING... technically.
;)
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Did everyone go with Jose?
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I started watching "Rookie" with Dennis Quaid, about a 30/40 something year old guy trying out for the baseball minor leagues and I think he's going to be "sent up" to the major leagues. I was expecting "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" to be on at 10:00 p.m., but "Rookie" started at 8:00 and won't be over until 11:00. So that's where I've been.
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The actual title is "The Rookie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265662/)" and here's the synopsis from imdb.com:
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot of pitches to be thrown before he makes it off the mound, big-league dreams are revived, and there's no telling where he could go.
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Fun to see all those lovely desserts, since I cannot eat them at this time.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? WUSSBURGERS everywhere I look.
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I have no news.
I am listening to a Floyd Cramer Cd.
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It is of course Bastille Day today (Thursday).
Greetings to François.
I think he will be back in another week.
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I have no news.
I am listening to a Floyd Cramer Cd.
Speaking of CDs, I'm putting together some songs by The Manhattan Transfer for you, Tomovoz. I said that I would do this last week, but the 2-CD set that I was just going to copy, "The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down In Birdland," went missing. :'( I have no idea where it is, so I'm compiling songs from all of TMT's actual CDs. That's why I haven't sent anything yet. But I will!
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Frankly, I don't understand these lengthy Francois absences.
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No hurry DR George.
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Floyd Cramer has been replaced by Sam Cooke.