Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on July 29, 2005, 12:05:35 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've whizzed through the notes, even as the notes were waning, and now it is time for you to post until the whizzing cows come home - I think we all know how long it takes a whizzing cow.
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And the word of the day is: EFFLORESCENCE!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
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Just Hisaka and me, sitting in a tree.
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I need some TLC whilst sitting in a tree.
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Sparrow In The Treetop - Guy Mitchell
Sittin' in a Tree House - Marty Robbins
Bird on my Head - David Seville
My real list later.
I've just returned from visiting OzDerek who says hello. He tires very quickly but is in good spirits.
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Special thank you to DR Hisaka from OzDerek. Your words from this morning (last night) were delivered. He appreciates all the support he is receiving from the HHW gang.
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Thank you for the message from DR OZDEREK, DR TOMOVOZ.
Will keep my best wishes sending to DR OZDEREK.
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Excellent vibes and xylophones for a telephonic conversation with a good conclusion, dear BK.
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Good morning, all! Back to Toyland today; I only have one more week with the mighty Tom Murray before he's off to do ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Ravinia and be musical director for WINESBURG OHIO in Philadelphia. He's been a fantastic right hand for the past 6 months, and I will miss his observations, his humor, and his computer work. So, we've about a week to put the major chunk of this Toyland edition to bed.
Yesterday was tied up in a bit of housecleaning: DARLING OF THE DAY is filed away, invoiced, and in the hands of the copyist, and my work space is all tidied for the next projects, which include some restoration of a Harold Arlen show and another Victor Herbert score, THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER.
DRTomovoz, send Derek my regards and best wishes.
TOD:
CD: THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS and ONDINE, two contemporary scored I'm determined to learn to love; NEW GUY IN TOWN; Anna Netrebko and French operetta courtesy of DR Francois.
DVD: The same Netflix picks I've been meaning to watch for the past two weeks, I forget what they are!
VCR: cheap porn
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TOTD: DVD "Madagascar" enjoyable but would not watch it again.
CD: Last to be handled! I've been copying "Boom Boom Baby" (Billy "Crash" Craddock) for OzDerek.
More music in the new day I guess.
I've been listening to Brian Wilson's "Smile" quite a bit lately.
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Your thoughts etc will certainly be passed on to DR OzDerek DR Elmore. I would think he is well asleep now. I know he is being taken out for a belated birthday lunch tomorrow so he will certainly need his sleep.
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Good morning friend Ben. I trust you and Anthony are well and that your island home is being good to you.
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Hello, Tom!
We are well on the island. Thanks for asking.
I am listening to Revolver at the moment. One of my favorite Beatles albums (Rubber Soul is one of the others). I then make a big jump to Broadway (and Off-Broadway) with 110 in the Shade (OBC), 1776 (OBC), Romance, Romance (OBC), When Pigs Fly (Off-Bway), Whoop-De-Doo (Off-Bway), a live recording from 1982 by Jackie Cain and Roy Kral of their Sondheim show at Michael's Pub, and last, but certainly not least, New Guy in Town!
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We are about to watch "Spooks" on TV. It's called M.I.5. in the USA I think. Great editing and great tension.
DR Ben. I played "Revolver" only last week. It's a great album.
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Yes, it's Spooks in the UK and other civilized parts of the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/spooks/
and MI 5 here in the U.S. with a different Web site
http://www.aetv.com/mi5/
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I see Jason. You survived your sleep study!
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Today is Hapgood's (a long lost poster) birthday. Hope he's doing well at Northwestern.
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I did, indeed, survive the sleep study! Shakalaka Technician sends her love. She hooked me up to my machines and put me to bed last night - at 8:30! Who goes to bed at 8:30?!?! The first act of a show has barely started at 8:30!! I watched TV until 12:30 and then I dozed off.
I have to say, that the CPAP machine, bizarre as it may be, is BRILLIANT! I slept so well (once I finally got to sleep). I don't think I woke up once the whole night and the guy this morning told me I didn't snore at all.
I got very nauseated on the train coming home this morning. I think my blood sugar levels were low - I hadn't had anything to eat or drink since 7:30 last night! My hands were shaky and my knees were weak. I felt like puking on my own two feet.
But, here I am and it's all over. I have to make an appointment for an office visit to go over my charts and actually order my very own CPAP machine for use in my home environment, but as far as I know - no more sleep studies! Or wire hangers! EVER!!
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I just read that Ms. Alice Ripley will be playing Lily in the concert version of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY in Boston. Mr. George Dvorsky will be playing the Kevin Kline role.
Now, I love Alice, but...that seems like odd casting to me. Madeline Kahn...Judy Kaye...Alice Ripley. I dunno...
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I have nothing planned for the cd, vcr, or dvd players. It will be a whatever I feel like watching and/or listening to.
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I just read that Ms. Alice Ripley will be playing Lily in the concert version of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY in Boston. Mr. George Dvorsky will be playing the Kevin Kline role.
Now, I love Alice, but...that seems like odd casting to me. Madeline Kahn...Judy Kaye...Alice Ripley. I dunno...
I saw the original Broadway production with Judy Kaye and it has always been one of my favorite shows and scores.
It did turn out that I had a 101 degree fever at the time and I didn't know it and when I got back to Montreal the next day I was in bed for the next week.
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Anyone can suggest a good animee to watch? I have Akira, Appleseed and Ghost In the Shell.
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For Godzilla fans;
Yesterday, I encountered a beautiful statue of the first (original model) Godzilla in front of a new theater in Hibiya which many theaters have been for many, many years, in the center of Tokyo. A very old and historical theater, in which the legendary Godzilla was born in 1954, was reconstructed for its decrepitude a few months ago and the statue has been raised, for HIS great achievement and remarkable feats, by the Toho Co.
On the plate of the plinth, a well-known line of Prof. Kyohei Yamane(paleontologist), from the first Godzilla film in 1954, has been engraved.
“ I CAN’T POSSIBLY BELIEVE THAT THIS GODZILLA IS THE LAST ONE”
(I’m not sure how it’s been translated in English in the film …. Hope the fans know it)
And this is the one.
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and HIS face.
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and HIS back.
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and the last one.
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Have a beautiful day, all !!!
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Anyone can suggest a good animee to watch? I have Akira, Appleseed and Ghost In the Shell.
DR MS, try as I might, I cannot take a liking to any anime. I've seen the three you mention, plus Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Tokyo Godfathers, and none of them does it for me. It just seems to me that in all anime, there's always an underlaying silliness and sticky-sweet sentimentality that prevents me from relating to the story and its characters. And I always find the animation itself to be on the cheap side.
The only anime that I have ever appreciated on any level were the cartoon shows of my youth--Astro Boy, Prince Planet, Gigantor and Tobor the 8th Man.
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Now, Godzilla films--thems I could relate to!
Thanks for the lovely pictures, DR Hisaka. Especially the last one, where it looks like Godzilla is having a casual daytime stroll amongst the people of Tokyo.
I wish I still had my Aurora model of Godzilla.
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kcehC aideM
iPod: Laurie Anderson--Sharkey's Machine. Later this morning, Jeepers Creepers and, if I have a quiet afternoon, a replay of After The Ball.
DVD Player: the PBS American Masters biography of Richard Rodgers.
VCR: ???
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Happy friday to all - except to those whose day is now Saturday.
I do have media in my players today:
Lewis Gilbert's film of Harold Robbins' THE ADVENTURERS is in my dvd player; I've watched until the intermission. Anyone else have an opinion on this one?
As for cds, I've been listening to nothing except THE POGUES:
If I Should Fall From Grace with God
Rum, sodomy and the Lash
Streams of Whiskey
as well as Shane MacGowan and The Popes' Crock of Gold.
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Jose, your Dance 10, Looks 3 story reminded me of a special casting session we had a Nickelodeon. We asked the kids to sing a song a capella and dance/move around. It was for a short promo spot, nothing big and we were expecting maybe Happy Birthday or Yankee Doodle.
One little girl, about 8 or 9 years old, sang Missy Elliot's "Get Your Freak On" complete with booty shaking...soooo disturbing.
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Good morning! Back here at the Foundation Center in Cleveland for a meeting of the Advisory Board at 11:30. The hotel where I stayed last night had no business center, so I could not log on or check my email or anything. If I traveled more regularly, I'd have to have a laptop, but for the time being will just have to make sure there's a publicly-accessible computer available.
My meetings yesterday were finished earlier than I'd expected so I was able to spend some time on a driving tour of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which has been created to preserve the Ohio-Erie Canal. It's very pretty and if I'd had different clothes and shoes (and a trail buddy) I'd have hiked a little. As it was, I just drove the Towpath Parkway a bit and stopped at the visitor center, on Lock 38. I saw a red-tailed hawk and a blue jay. No photos, though, because I discovered that the batteries were dead in my digital camera and the replacements were back at the hotel.
TOD - CD (car, for the trip home this afternoon) - Carole King The Living Room Tour
DVD/VCR - haven't been home since 8am Wednesday, so I have no idea.
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Chuck and Julieanne Pogue made an album? I must hear it.
We had our own Dance Ten Looks Three story here a few months ago:
"You're all staring at my this, aren't you?"
Great Godzilla photographs.
td stopped by - I wrote quite a bit about The Adventurers.
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DR Ben - Cindy says HI back and that she wishes you could come back to do your workshop again!
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I'm with DR Dan (the Man). I just can't get into anime no matter how hard I try. Just not for me (almost an MGM - GIRL CRAZY reference).
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Always nice to see DR td even if only for a quick post.
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Speaking of sleep, I had a good night except that it rained off and on (which is usually condusive to sleep), but this was rain and THUNDER. Thunder woke me up at least twice during the night and maybe more than that.
Heaven knows we have needed this rain, and the temps this morning (low 70s) are quite a delightful change from what we've suffered through earlier this week.
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Delightful Godzilla photos.
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Friday Media Check:
CD (downstairs) - MAKE A WISH (OCR)
(upstairs) - A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (OCR)
DVD - THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, Season 2, disc 2
THE WOMAN IN RED
DVR - this morning's THE GREEN HORNET
21 GRAMS
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Initial phase of phone call was successful - so thanks to anyone who sent excellent vibes and xylophones. Next phase I'll know about in a half-hour or so, just to make certain the initial phase was received and has been implemented. I shall report on that as soon as I can.
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I have a problem with folks who are chronically late. It happens to us all from time to time, especially if you live in areas with heavy traffic patterns, but I really get ticked off by folks who are ALWAYS late with no excuse except that "that's the way I am."
Of course, I tend to irritate people for the opposite reason. I am invariably early to things when folks are really not ready to receive guests yet.
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I will probably get to THE RAINMAKER DVD at some point this weekend, too. Had it for more than a week and haven't gotten to it yet. Haven't seen it in ages and probably never in the correct aspect ratio.
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Yes, I'm a big fan of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, too. But it NEVER gets done around here. I'm not sure it's ever played this region before.
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I am very punctual and don't enjoy when people are late, especially to dinner parties. Speaking of dinner parties, I must do one soon. I'm in the mood for strogonoff.
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Michael Shayne, that's an interesting new avatar. Is that sheet music or poster art of some kind?
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I must go and get cleaned up for some shopping. Will return later.
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DR HISAKA thank you so much for the terrific GODZILLA photos! I am sure DR MBARNUM will appreciate them as well - when he returns from the Entertainment Capital of the World!
DRJOSE - I like "On the Right Track" as well - but my Pippin and Leading Player are not the BEST dancers in the world....well...probably not even in Greencastle - but I never tell them they're doing anything difficult - I just break it down and do it 8 counts at a time, tedious, but effective. That's how I work, anyways!
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I'm in the mood for stroganoff. That's one of my favorite big band songs.
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Yes DRtd - THE ADVENTURERS was discussed muchly around here a couple of weeks ago. I also have the DVD and haven't finished it yet. I like it, but it needs Carroll Baker in it.
Of course I think just about EVERY movie can be improved with a little Carroll Baker in it (sort of a SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS reference).
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Carroll Baker IS HUD!
Well, maybe not EVERY movie. :)
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DVD: Pippin
CD: Pippin (and New Guy In Town)
VCR: West Side Story
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Good morning, everyone!
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Re: Big Brother 6:
Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead!
Only to be replaced
By another witch instead!
That's how I feel, anyway. I like Maggie and good for her on winning HOH.
The only trouble is that the first private words out of her mouth: I'm going to do what Cappy wanted me to do.
Which means: Even with Eric gone, his disciples are not going to start thinking for themselves.
I'm guessing they'd all drink the Jonestown Kool-Aid if Cappy told them to!
:D
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E&T moi is the fault of the construction going on next door. Our phone line runs through their property, and they ran a bulldozer through the line yesterday...again!
I think they knew they'd done the wrong thing, as they ran off just as der Brucer ran out of the house, wondering why he'd lost the phone line. (He'd been talking to a West coast pal of his at the time.)
The official word from the phone company is that they'll be out to fix the line late Sunday night. For right now, der B has MacGyvered the line, so we've a connection of sorts.
:P
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We've been busy enough over the last week that I haven't any real media report to make.
Der B did take a movie for the lads to watch on Wednesday: L'il Abner. The younger lad, it turns out, loves musicals. He loved L'il Abner, even if some of the satire went right over his head. (The older lad insists he doesn't like anything but animation. His loss.)
Thursday, we were back over with the grandlads, because the older one had left some clothing in der B's car that will be needed when they go on vacation. At one point, the lads were watching Scooby-Doo, the movie, and I joined them...for a very brief moment. That they made a sequel to this film is frightening.
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Today is St. Martha's Day. St. Martha is the patron saint of butlers, dietitians, cooks, innkeepers, waitresses.
Is Martha Stewart Catholic?
This is also National Lasagna Day.
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A question for our esteemed BK: How do you make your stroganoff?
After all, if you hold a party there's no reason why those of us who cannot attend can't enjoy the food!
:D
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I'll do the recipe upon my return. I shall now be on my way to an auction.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
...I'm still waking up... And I've sort of been up since 8:00... Sort of...
I knew I had a FedEx package coming this morning - the score for the show I'll be working on up at Williamstown - and since I was worried that I would not hear the buzzer... I sort of got up around 7:00... Then around 8:00... Then FedEx came right at 9:05... Then I went back to bed... Sort of... Then...
Did I mention that I'm still waking up?
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Media Check:
....as a lone tumbleweed tumbles by....
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OH!!!
Nick - the guy I'm subletting from and who was the Hero in DR Ant's recent production of Forum - is about to start rehearsals for The Full Monty at Gateway Playhouse out on Long Island. Well...
They did a promo shoot the other day, and if you click below you can see Nick - he's second in from the right - as well as the rest of cast.
Enjoy!
You've been warned! (http://www.gatewayplayhouse.com/2005/fullmonty.html)
;D
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In my CD player here at work: Melissa Errico's "Blue Like That." After that will be Guy Haines' new CD, "New Guy In Town" then Guy Haines' first CD, "Haines His Way," which was, of course, the inspiration for the name of this here site, www.haineshisway.com!! ;D
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Well... let me continue waking up and finally get my buttcheeks in gear...
Laters...
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DR Jose, I guess it's just coincidence that the current children's production at Gateway is called The Mammoth Follies!
;D ::)
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DR Jose, I guess it's just coincidence that the current children's production at Gateway is called The Mammoth Follies!
;D ::)
LOL!!
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I'm sorry, but I will probably be E&T for most of the weekend. I am shooting an episode of MTV's HIGH SCHOOL STORIES: SCANDALS, PRANKS, CONTROVERSIES. I am the mean high school principal. I will drop in when I can.
Wow! Me on MTV!
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I'm sorry, but I will probably be E&T for most of the weekend. I am shooting an episode of MTV's HIGH SCHOOL STORIES: SCANDALS, PRANKS, CONTROVERSIES. I am the mean high school principal. I will drop in when I can.
Wow! Me on MTV!
Dude! Don't get punk'd!
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OMG I know what you mean about kids and the Scooby Doo movies. I had to sit and hear Scooby Doo the sequel played 5 times in a row (with a 5 yr old). That, and he watched Garfield the movie 4 times (which i kind of like). Kids are nuts!
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Last night from Rodzinski:
Cool link, Jane. According to that site, the place closed mainly because nearby construction made it impossible for people to get to it.
That surprised me. I don’t remember having problems parking. Bruce do you?
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re: big brother6
I was not happy that maggie won, although i had a feeling she would win. For some reason they seem to make it so this happens.
I'm sure she will nominate kaysar and james.
I really hate seeing them avenge eric's "death". And i hate seeing ivette and april and others dancing around with glee.
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Jose, thanks for thinking of me. I like brownies but I can quickly bake some anytime I want. As much as I want almond macaroons I don’t really need them. ;D I can also wait until I’m in NY for them.
Hisaka thank you for the beautiful photos of Godzilla. I will share them with Keith later today.
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Matt H, I’m guessing Michael Shayne’s new avatar is the cover from a Michael Shayne detective story.
I hope TCB is having a great time!
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TVO-THE MORE THE MERRIER
CD-WICKED
DVD-Depends if or what arrives in the mail today.
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I'm sorry, but I will probably be E&T for most of the weekend. I am shooting an episode of MTV's HIGH SCHOOL STORIES: SCANDALS, PRANKS, CONTROVERSIES. I am the mean high school principal. I will drop in when I can.
Wow! Me on MTV!
Congratulations!! Of course you must let us know when it's on! ;D
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and on and on and on.
You can't miss MTV programming even if you try.
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Yes, DR MS has a nice new avatar.
Thanks for the link DRJOSE. Looks like some of those monties are fuller than others. :)
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DRMichael Shayne, I would recommend SWEPT AWAY for your anime selection: interesting film and the score is quite lovely.
DRTCB, this is such neat news about MTV! I can't wait to see you in action.
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Off to rehearsal....last for the week!
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What could possibly be ON the Willison mystery tape?
And will it have to be baked?
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My dad on MTV... I'm gonna be the coolest kid on the block!
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I'm sorry, but I will probably be E&T for most of the weekend. I am shooting an episode of MTV's HIGH SCHOOL STORIES: SCANDALS, PRANKS, CONTROVERSIES. I am the mean high school principal. I will drop in when I can.
Wow! Me on MTV!
I shall record when the show is aired, then I may look adoringly on TCB any time I please.
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Shopping trip over with with items successfully bought.
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And then I came home to find my BLACK NARCISSUS DVD waiting for me. Hooray! I may put it in instead of THE WOMAN IN RED even though I just watched it a week ago.
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It has been heaven today. Overcast, cool (72 degrees right now), not very humid. Made running into and out of stores not a chore at all.
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As I've said on several occasions when the subject of PIPPIN has come up, "On the Right Track" is my favorite song from the score, and when I watch the PIPPIN video, it's always my favorite moment of the show and the moment I will replay (that and "No Time at All") several times.
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But since I had THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW cued up, I watched more of those episodes this afternoon. The episode where Rhoda redecorates Mr. Grant's living room: one of the all-time classic episodes.
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I've just had a phone call from DRMBarnum, now boarding the flight to Los Angeles. He sends regard to one and all,
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I am listening to a record of John Barry's fantastic score to Robin and Marian which I happened to catch on TCM the other night and fell in love with all over again...both the score and the movie.
I think I might try to watch THE 300 SPARTANS this weekend.
I'm reading STAND & DELIVER an history about highwaymen.
BK, THE POGUES is an Irish Rock Group. Their full name is POGUE MA HONE...which, in Gaelic, means "Kiss my ass...or arse, as they might say over there. Yes, "pogue", in Gaelic, means "kiss"!
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Just a reminder that CBS is showing the pilot to VERONICA MARS tonight followed by another episode of the show, just to introduce folks who haven't already gotten into it about its virtues. It's been pretty much embraced by the entire critical community, so I will tune in to see what all the shouting's about.
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And Fox is doing an ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT marathon tonight with four episodes back-to-back in an attempt to increase this award-winning comedy's core audience. It also starts at 8 p.m. EDT.
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As BK recommended once, do NOT watch the Ghibli Studios animated productions the way the Disney Studios release them in the States. They have wall-to-wall music and the dubbing is faulty...
Do watch them in Original Version with the English subtitles; they are masterpieces and the animation is far from cheap; they are done the "old fashioned way" with cells and painted backgrounds.
The stories are far from the old mold too, without the manichaeisms we're so accustomed to. "Good" characters are not totally good, and the "bad" ones are not entirely bad either.
I enjoy Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and Castle In The Sky as much as the Disney vintage masterpieces.
Last June I saw some of the original artwork from the Ghibli Studios productions on display in Paris and that was just out of this world!
Btw, does anyone know why Japanese animation uses a French term, Animé, to qualify that art?
That would translate into "Agitated" here!! LOL!
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DRFrancois, welcome back! Tell us about your sojourn.
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Salut, Francois! Comment ca va?
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In today's local paper there's a long article on a French singer who's a total unknown here in France but a biggie in Japan.
Her name is Clémentine and I wondered if DR Hisaka has ever... heard her?
She tours Japan twice a year, produces 2 cds twice a year there and lives in Paris the rest of the time!
http://www.francomix.com/article-Clementine___Long_courrier-120.html
and her blog is (in case you... care!)
blog.excite.co.jp/clementine
Interesting no?!?!
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DRFrancois, welcome back! Tell us about your sojourn.
Oh, DR Larry, I'm so glad you got SWEPT away by Spirited Away!
My sojourn was calm and bland but nice; I mainly stayed home with my mother and WATCHED too much TV, something I never do the rest of the time since i don't have a TV!
It was a nice break from the Parisian fastpaced life!
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Salut, Francois! Comment ca va?
Je vais très bien, merci!
Nice to see you again aboard the HHW Band Wagon!
Back on the... boards??
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DR Michael Shayne - "Norsica of the Valley Of The Winds" would be my suggestion. Of course if you like to filled with joy you could watch "Graveyard of the Fireflies". lol there.
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It's good to see you, too, Francois.
And I plan to be back on the boards very soon, God willing. :)
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Another welcome back from me, DR Francois! Glad to have you among us again.
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And now, as is my Friday ritual, time to adjourn to the downstairs and mop the kitchen floor. I'll be back later.
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I did one special visit one day to that castle, or what remains of it, which is located one hour and a half away from my hometown. My third vist over the years in fact!
http://www.t3a.com/LaRocheCourbon/frameEn.htm
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It's good to see you, too, Francois.
And I plan to be back on the boards very soon, God willing. :)
If you see God, tell him He'd better be willing!!
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Another welcome back from me, DR Francois! Glad to have you among us again.
Thanks for the greetings!
Mop the kitchen floor???
One of those activities I could do without for sure, but then there's no one else to do it for me!
AND with the dvd list given today by DR Michael Shayne we're gonna turn into Big Spenders again!
Oh.... forgot to say that I listened again lately to that gorgeous cd of Rodgers and Hart songs by divoone Dawn Upshaw and also SEVENTEEN, an oldie but goodie.
Now, why Dawn Upshaw has stopped singing show tunes is beyond me!
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Just a reminder that CBS is showing the pilot to VERONICA MARS tonight followed by another episode of the show, just to introduce folks who haven't already gotten into it about its virtues. It's been pretty much embraced by the entire critical community, so I will tune in to see what all the shouting's about.
And it looks like the second episode is the next episode in line for me. So i will watch too! Unfortunately our CTV station is playing around with it, and it will now be on sundays at 5pm (instead of thursdays at 8pm). Not happy about that.
DR MattH, I will be curious to see what you think of this show. It's better once you get into it.
I wish i got UPN. :(
Hopefully my sister who does will tape it for me. She said since it comes on with America's Next Top Model (which she does tape for me), that she might consider it.
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Francois: Do you have Ms. Upshaw's "I Wish It So" album? It is too too too diveen.
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Good Afternoon!
Just checking in before heading out again...
Got some more errands done. Got my hair cut - I headed down to Chelsea Barbers again (like I did back in March). Got a very nice cut, and, best of all, I only had a five minute wait before a chair (there are only three of them) became available. -It's so nice to feel the breeze on my scalp again!
WHHEEEE!!!!!!
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BK, THE POGUES is an Irish Rock Group. Their full name is POGUE MA HONE...which, in Gaelic, means "Kiss my ass...or arse, as they might say over there. Yes, "pogue", in Gaelic, means "kiss"!
I knew that DR Charles Pogue would supply information about Shane MacGowan's seminal band before I came back on line.
Well, they are Irish, they are rock, they are a group, but. . .they are also traditional, jazz-influenced, Morricone-influenced and a bar band.
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RE: Veronica Mars - Kristen Bell - who is Veronica Mars - is another Broadway Baby who has headed West to Hollywood. She was in the Tom Sawyer on Broadway, and she played Fredrika (sp?) in A Little Night Music during the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration. And she was in the Showtime production of Reefer Madness. Quite the spitfire - and her ever-youthful looks have served her well.
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And now I have some more flitting to do...
Laters...
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Hello François!
Well, hello François!
It's so nice to have you back where you belong!
;D
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Finally, the return of both Francois and myself.
Jane, parking was hardly the problem with POP - the problem was that they let it go to seed, and with all those owners it's not surprising.
What a strange day. I spent way too much time on the phone dealing with the problem I started dealing with yesterday - it finally got resolved at eleven this morning, although I'm going to double check at four, just to make certain that everyone did what they needed to do to resolve matters.
It's the second time this week when a mistake has been made, and sometimes the incompetence of businesses and government orginazations is just appalling.
The auction was a bit wacky. I had two items I wanted to win, and I got one of them, although I had to pay more than the high end estimate, because all the costume sketches in this auction went crazy, mostly from sickening and idiotic dealers on the phone and the Internet. While it's wonderful for the auction houses and consigners, this phone and Internet crap has taken all the fun out of auctions - there is no way to get a bargain anymore, what with these loonies who don't even know what an auction is, all jumping in and driving prices sky high. It used to be that you attended an auction, you bid, and you either won or were outbid on the floor. That was that. Now any yokel can get in on the act from their own home or phone and it's just ridiculous. But, I'm happy I won the main item and I still think I got a good deal since it's really two items I won. What were they, you might be wondering, and I might tell you because why should I withhold such things from you? They were two original Alvin Colt costume sketches (and gorgeous, detailed works of art they are) for the film of... Li'l Abner - Mammy Yokum's, and one of the Dogpatch wives' costumes from Put 'Em Back The Way They Wuz." It went four hundred bucks over the estimate, but, as I said, was still not unreasonable. Take away the phone and Internet wackos and I could have had it for half of what I got it for, because there was only one floor bidder besides myself, and he got out relatively early.
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Francois: Do you have Ms. Upshaw's "I Wish It So" album? It is too too too diveen.
Yes, I do! I believe it's the first cd of hers I ever bought; I have a lot of hers, even the "serious" stuff! She sings with a smile in her voice; as BK said of Liz Callaway's pipes (And I'm quotting BK tonight, right?!) her voice makes me happy.
There's a moving documentary about Miss Upshaw called "The Voice of An Angel" when she was appearing in some Messian work some years ago. (I have to admit that Messian bores me).
She comes across as a vulnerable artist who doubts about her own talent, and is on the verge of tears because she can't get a certain gesture her character has to do.
I love her rendition of "What More Do I Need."
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The item I lost was Danny Kaye's The Black Fox cowl from The Court Jester. The estimate was 300-500 bucks, but, again, the Internet and phone wackos (I was the ONLY floor bidder) drove the price up to a whopping 1800 bucks. How stupid are these people.
Every single costume sketch went way over the estimate except two - which were strange anamolies - a Donna Reed costume sketch from The Far Horizons by Edith Head went for only 200 bucks (a steal), and the creme de la creme sketch, Travilla's original costume sketch for Monroe's Diamond Are A Girl's Best Friend, went for the low end of the estimate, with only two bidders. Of course, the low end estimate was 8,000 bucks. There were a whole series of costume sketches from The Ten Commandments, and every one of them tripled their estimates of 300-500 dollars. Some did even better than that, so I guess I still got a relative bargain with my Li'l Abner paintings. As soon as I have them I shall photograph them and share them with you.
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Hello François!
Well, hello François!
It's so nice to have you back where you belong!
;D
"It's so nice to be back home!"
... and I DO remember the steps! Ah!
You haven't changed a bit, George!
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Oh, my goodness!
I have JUST found that info and... I'm a happy man!
NEWS FLASH!
Anthony Releases New CDs!
Anthony Warlow will release two new recording projects on the Skylark label later this month. The recordings, 'The Snow Goose', a narrated work adapted from Paul Gallico's moving short story features the London Symphony Orchestra.
His second release 'Tenor & Baritone' coincides with his success in Opera Australia's latest productions of 'HMS Pinafore & Trial by Jury'.
Anthony is joined on this musical voyage of Victorian & Edwardian ballads and duets by acclaimed Australian Tenor, David Hobson.
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Sad. I need to check with France to find out what is going on in OZ!
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Chuck and Julieanne Pogue made an album? I must hear it.
We had our own Dance Ten Looks Three story here a few months ago:
"You're all staring at my this, aren't you?"
That reminds me of auditions the other night for "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" - some woman came in and sang "Dance Ten, Looks Three" complete with the end of the monologue - Now remember the show she's auditioning for, not necessarily a "family" show... but she sang the song as "This and That" instead of the real lyric. I found it amusing.
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Will be leaving in about an hour for a family reunion (my other father's family). Will be nice to see them, as I wasn't able to make last year's reunion due to the wedding of a couple good friends of mine. My primary hopes for the weekend are that a) it won't be too hot in the greater Packwood/Randle, Washington area (aka The Middle of Nowhere), and b) Ann won't be too traumatized by meeting so many people at once. :D
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That reminds me of auditions the other night for "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" - some woman came in and sang "Dance Ten, Looks Three" complete with the end of the monologue - Now remember the show she's auditioning for, not necessarily a "family" show... but she sang the song as "This and That" instead of the real lyric. I found it amusing.
Perhaps she's a lurker, and sang that purely for your personal amusement.
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Just had a lovely conversation with my pal Dick Lochte, who recently blurbed Rewind. This is the first time I've spoken with him since he sent me the blurb, and I must say he was really taken with the book and had lots of compliments, which were wonderful to hear. He really understood the style of the book and really responded to it, and he found the plot really fascinating.
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You're all looking at my this, aren't you?
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and that
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Bought yourself a fancy pair??
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I shall now be on my way to the surprise partay - more when I return.
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DR HISAKA thank you so much for the terrific GODZILLA photos! I am sure DR MBARNUM will appreciate them as well - when he returns from the Entertainment Capital of the World!
Thank you.
Look forward to having DR MBarnum’s report on the collectors’ show and photos from a small gathering with dear BK and DR POGUE as well. :)
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I just read on Playbill.com that Moby Dick! The Musical Surfaces in First Major U.S. Production July 28 in Florida (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94244.html)! Does Jason know about this??
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers.
That's about all I have to say. Anything more would just be a rant.
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I'm here all alone! That doesn't happen often.
BB6 - I too and disappointed to see Maggie get HOH. They need to throw in something new so it won't just be back and forth getting even. It was fun at first, but is already gettin old
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers.
That's about all I have to say. Anything more would just be a rant.
Don't tell me DR Laura, but I'd bet you like "haïkus"!! ;)
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Btw, does anyone know why Japanese animation uses a French term, Animé, to qualify that art?
That would translate into "Agitated" here!! LOL!
LOL, DR François! THat pretty much sums up my feelings about Anna May.
Welcome back, sir! :D
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LOL, DR François! THat pretty much sums up my feelings about Anna May.
Welcome back, sir! :D
Thanks for the greetings!
Give the Ghibli productions another try; they have nothing to do with the cheap Japanese Tv fair.
Howl's Moving Castle is a visual gem, even though I didn't care too much for most of the story!
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I thoroughly enjoyed VERONICA MARS. I don't usually have a lot of patience for teen-oriented shows since I lived through that angst-laden era once and don't usually enjoy it in fictionalized form, but the character is such an atypical teen that I really liked it, and I can see why the critics have been so high on the show. I will certainly continue watching the CBS shows, but doubt I will watch it on its regular network since I would have missed so much of the investigation into her ex- boy friend's sister's murder.
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"Howl's Moving Castle" has a cinema release here in September. It was shown at the Melbourne film Festival recently. I think this will be the first of such films to reach the public here in mainstream cinemas.
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I watched the HOH competition on last night's BB6, and cannot stand Maggie and the folks that support her. The other players are much more to my liking, the little bit of them that I've seen.
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MONK also had a wonderful episode tonight that was certainly bittersweet, an emotion this show almost always handles to perfection. It was great seeing him fit into his little group and sad when he let them down and they deserted them. Sorry that Natalie messed up her chance at a hunky boy friend, too.
At least they still have each other.
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I'm also in the middle of Sue Grafton's last mystery novel R IS FOR RICHOCHET. Well, it's really a crime drama since no mystery is happening yet, and I'm more than halfway through the book.
Even without the whodunit aspect, I'm enjoying this one the most of any of hers since M IS FOR MALICE.
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I just read on Playbill.com that Moby Dick! The Musical Surfaces in First Major U.S. Production July 28 in Florida (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94244.html)! Does Jason know about this??
Well... If I may sort of answer this... Yes, Jason does know about this production...
:-\
...And it also turns out that my friend, Kevin Wallace, is the musical director. I guess that means he took the gig.
;)
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Will have to get to THE WOMAN IN RED and BLACK NARCISSUS tomorrow. I finished up the rest of the MTM episodes on Disc 2.
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Thank you for all the wonderful animee films
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One of the high definition movie channels showed the mediocrely reviewed remake of FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX this afternoon, and I recorded it since I didn't see this one in the theater. It's definitely shorter in length than the James Stewart original (this one stars Dennis Quaid), so I will get around to watching it at some point this weekend, too.
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Good Evening!
Back from another evening of social butterflying...
In fact, I joined the aforementioned DR Jason to celebrate the birthday of one his roommates. We met at some place off of Union Square. It was OK. -The waiter seemed "mad" from the moment we sat down. Ah, well...
We had a good time, but due to the mix of people and the physical layout of the tables, it was hard to converse with everyone. However, DR Jason and I did end up with some unexpected entertainment, so to speak. -I'll just say two words: Life Coach - and leave it at that.
;)
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And DR Matt and Jane thank you for your guesses on my new avitar. But actually it was a lot more simpilar than that. I found a stock photo from photo program and added my name to it.
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TOmorrow on (I think) HBO-HD will be the badly reviewed disaster movie THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. I plan to record it too for later viewing. Since we were just talking about disaster movies the other day, it should be interesting to watch even if it did get awful reviews. If it's THAT bad, I can also turn it off and delete it from the DVR.
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The simpliest solutions are often the best! Good job on it, BTW, Michael Shayne.
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I went shopping at Costco tonight and saw Volume 1 & 2 of the Twilight Zone series. They were $50 cheaper than Best Buy. So I got them. Also Season 1 of 3rd Rock From the Sun. Now I know what my DVD will be playing this weekend. Watch the first three episodes of the series. They look wonderful as if they are being broadcast for the first time. There are so many I have heard about but never seen. Looking forward to them all
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I didn't get to THE GREEN HORNET episode today, and another one gets recorded tomorrow, too.
Too much to see, too little time.
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After dinner - and settling the check(!?!?!?!?) - DR Jason and I decided not to join the gang at The Coffee Shop Bar on the corner. Instead, we took a nice stroll over to the Village where we eventually ended up at Magnolia Bakery.
:)
-And, surprise or surprises, I actually found the place on the first try! I usually have to backtrack a few times on Bleecker in order to get there. -That whole "West 4th St." is ever so confusing. But we found it. And we found the line. Which was out the door, out onto the sidewalk and around the corner.
It was my first time going there at night. I usually go during the day. It's busy during the day, but not crazy busy - at least the last few times I went there. However, the staff really keep the line moving, and there's even someone handing out plastic plates and pre-folded bakery boxes for your use. I'd say we waited in line for 15 minutes tops. Not bad at all.
I bought two cupcakes - one yellow cake/vanilla icing (yellow with sprinkles), one chocolate cake/vanilla icing (pink with sprinkles) - and a very generous slice of the Red Velvet Cake.
The cupcakes didn't even make it to Christopher Street. Just sooooo good. And lots of sugary icing too! I just had a few bites of the Red Velvet Cake... Very good too!
-I'll let DR Jason describe his selection of treats when he gets home - which should be shortly.
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I went shopping at Costco tonight and saw Volume 1 & 2 of the Twilight Zone series. They were $50 cheaper than Best Buy. So I got them. Also Season 1 of 3rd Rock From the Sun. Now I know what my DVD will be playing this weekend. Watch the first three episodes of the series. They look wonderful as if they are being broadcast for the first time. There are so many I have heard about but never seen. Looking forward to them all
Those are the two best seasons of TTZ. All the seasons had some memorable episodes, but Seasons 1 and 2 contain the greatest number of masterpiece episodes.
I'm not sure I ever saw a single episode of THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN during all its years on the air.
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Michael Shayne, let us know which episodes you like the best. Most people have seen some TZ, and I'm sure this will generate some lively discussion.
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And one for Mahler!
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OH! And the Yellow Cake Cupcake was surprisingly good. Well, surprising to me since I usually get the chocolate ones - I think this was the first time I ever got the yellow cake. Once I bit into it, there was this wonderful waft of vanilla... Hmm...
I may have to go back... Tomorrow!
:)
... Of course, they are open until 12:30am tonight, so...
;)
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I've been at my house just relaxing and eating dinner. Now I have to get going to the house-sitting gig...and no computer access. Until tomorrow.
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Jose, those sound absolutely delicious! ;D
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Here's a sampling:
(http://www.nyceats.net/photos/eats/magnolia02.jpg)
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And remember:
(http://www.nyceats.net/photos/eats/magnolia03.jpg)
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I do NOT need to be looking at cupcakes. I've been resisting baking a cake all week, but I think this weekend I will have to break down and actually bake one. If not a cake, at least some cupcakes.
Argh!
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Yes, if I bake tomorrow, it will be chocolate.
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Well, I think the lateness of the hour and the visions of cupcakes dancing in my head are going to send me off to bed, hopefully to sleep and dream of chocolate.
Good night, all.
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I'm also in the middle of Sue Grafton's last mystery novel R IS FOR RICHOCHET. Well, it's really a crime drama since no mystery is happening yet, and I'm more than halfway through the book.
Even without the whodunit aspect, I'm enjoying this one the most of any of hers since M IS FOR MALICE.
Last? The latest (or newest) Grafton mystery novel is S is for Silence.
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I should add that der B is the mystery lover in the family. He adores Grafton's work.
I'm more into non-fiction, most of the time. :-\
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Here's how we look tonight:
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Well... As I walking around yesterday, I decided to take a few pics... So...
*There will most likely need to be an old photo purge soon after I post these... ;)
In any case...
Just in case any of you missed it/her:
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Here's the view of Columbus Circle and the Southwest corner of Central Park from the fourth floor balcony inside the newish Time-Warner Center:
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And if you look down from the fourth floor balcony, you can see the shoppers descending into and ascending from the Whole Foods in the "basement"...
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And now the view from the outside:
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Here is a shot of the fountains as the sun was setting... *I love using the self-timer and no-flash mode!
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And the fountains a few hours later...
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Jose: I love the name of your pic file for Suzanne's marquee. It sums it all up quite nicely.
Tonight was a lot of fun. As Jose recounted, he and I celebrated my roommate's birthday at the Heartland Brewery in Union Square and then after settling the check - which was somehow $50 short (!?!?!) - he and I headed off to Magnolia Bakery where I got 2 chocolate and 2 yellow cake cupcakes and a small cup of banana pudding, which was INCREDIBLE! I haven't tried the cupcakes yet - I don't know why! - but they look and smell amazing.
I felt sorry for poor DR Jose - he ended up walking around NYC with quite possibly the sweatiest human being on earth: me. I don't know what's wrong with me lately - I've been sweating profusely for the last couple of days. It's not even that hot outside! I guess I'm sweating out what's left of my cold...?
Anywho...it's late and I'm tired, so I'm gonna be a wussburger and go to bed. 'Night, all!!
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And, finally, my favorite shot of the day... Two girls, sisters, just started walking around and through(!) the fountain... I just had to take a pic or two! Summertime!
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I haven't seen Columbus Circle since they finished the...well...the Circle! It must have just been completed recently - I was just there a couple of weeks ago. Lovely pictures, Jose...I love the one of the fountain at night!
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I haven't seen Columbus Circle since they finished the...well...the Circle! It must have just been completed recently - I was just there a couple of weeks ago. Lovely pictures, Jose...I love the one of the fountain at night!
Actually, it is quite a bit strange now that it is completed. I just got so used to all the construction barriers set up - and having no real "circle" up there. You don't have to walk on the ad hoc sidewalk on the southwest part of the circle anymore. There's a real sidewalk there now. -And, come to think of it, it was not completed yet when I was up here in March, so...
One "weird" thing about the fountain and the statue of Columbus is that is sort of dimly lit at night. -I'm wondering if that is due to some residential zoning ordinance. -Or maybe they're just not done lighting it yet.
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Just getting around to reading the board today. Strange day at the office. We had to totally redo a project, and nobody was blaming anybody, but the person that everybody knew was at fault was the one complaining the loudest about staying late on a Friday to fix the mess. Everyone kept asking him whether he had important plans, but he said no, he just wanted to get home because it was Friday night. This never would have happened before the company switched to summer dress-down. :)
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Random thought re "On the Right Track" from PIPPIN, discussed way above: Why does the proverbial everyone kvell over Sondheim rhyming "drank will" and "tranquil" in PACIFIC OVERTURES when several years earlier Schwartz had already rhymed "dank will" and "tranquil"?
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And just to get to my 18th post, I'll post again. Or as my parents would say, my CHAI post, in honor of all the $18 checks that Jewish parents have given all the years.
Shouldn't the CHAI amount be adjusted for inflation, though?
And now that I've reached 18 posting-wise, do i have the right to vote?
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Back from a splendidly splendid surprise partay for Kevin Spirtas. Photographs to follow.
Anime: Watch Kiki's Delivery Service first - a great, great film.
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Well... I need to be up and adam when the postman buzzes tomorrow morning with at least two more Overnight envelopes. I hope.
...And since I'm on a sugar crash right now...
;)
Goodnight.
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First we have Baby Ava - three weeks old, the child of proud parents Bob and Allison Boris.
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Next we have the Birthday Boy.
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Next we have Mr. John Boswell, Mr. Spirtas' musical director.
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Finally, we have the Birthday Boy and our very own Miss Tammy Minoff.
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Now that last picture especially was a reason to stay up until 1:40 in the morning. :)
Off to bed, I guess. Looking forward to Shabbos, which of course means an exciting Trivia quesion. Only I hope this one isn't as aggravating as last week's. Just kidding. Bring it on, BK!
Goodnight.
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Now that last picture especially was a reason to stay up until 1:40 in the morning. :)
I might have the same reason for.... working one extra hour!!
The dayshift colleague will be one hour late! :(