Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on July 09, 2024, 12:26:13 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes Fiedlered, and now it is time for you to post until the Fiedling cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: RIPSTAVER!
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Topic of the Day: I think my parents may have had a couple of Arthur Fiedler albums, but I wouldn't know which. I do remember watching Boston Pops on PBS with Arthur Fiedler and then Keith Lockhart.
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Good morning, friends.
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"Oh my God. It IS morning."
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[a little James Goldman reference]
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Good Sondheim reference last night, DR MichaelG!
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The cows are celebratin'.
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Thanks for the vibes! Off to the airport.
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Notes denuded. Stripped.
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Airport vibes dear Singdaw!
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My dad had some Fiedlers.
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One might even say he had a field day with Fiedlers.
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Good morning, all!
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This is a crazier morning than I would like. at 9:oo I have a two-and-a-half hour zoom meeting I would rather avoid, but it's an evaluation for my healthcare, so I'll be there.
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Good luck, DR elmore3003.
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Where do bad rainbows go?
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To prism.
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It's a light sentence,
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But it gives them time to reflect.
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I think Fiedler was the last great pops conductor. He conducted classical pieces well, and he seemed to have a sense of humor and a sense of style with pop material. I think rather poorly of the current crop, especially the one with the NY Pops who seems more interested in speeding through whatever he's conducting so he can spend more time schmoozing with the audience.
I didn't have many Fiedler albums; my first memory of hearing a Boston Pops recording was around 1963 when I fell in love with Friedler's recording of the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which I promptly purchased as a 45 and played to death.
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Good morning
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Feeling better this morning
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Hope you are feeling better this morning, DR vixmom.
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Oh - question answered. That's good news.
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I read an article last night saying some people are having entirely different symptoms for the new strains of Covid
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Safe car vibes for DR Jrand.
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Safe car vibes for DR Jrand.
DITTO!
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Apparently instead of coughs and sneezing and respiratory distress they are experiencing intenstinal distress and extreme fatigue
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So perhaps I’ve got the Covid again?
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Where does one place the swab in this case I wonder?
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DR Singdaw, once it is decided that we can't tender (take a small boat) to a location the ship then goes back out to see and our day is lost.
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In any event I’m feeling better and will blame it on rich food and hot weather
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We were supposed to have zero days at sea on this cruise and ended up with three days.
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DR Singdaw, once it is decided that we can't tender (take a small boat) to a location the ship then goes back out to see and our day is lost.
Sorry to hear that. :-X
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I’m not entirely caught up but send vibes for those in need and appreciate those sent to me
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I could have sworn the Boston Pops recorded a suite from Bernstein's Mass, but I can't locate it.
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I have no Fiedler records
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I’m not sure I ever heard the Boston Pops play
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Well wordle time
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DR George looking at the temps back home I am not complaining about a little rain and cooler temps.
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DR Rodzinsky how hot is it there?
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Bruce, yes this is the year we are attempting be home less :)
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Gee whiz
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Safe travel vibes for th DH of DR Singdaw.
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DR John, sorry about your Kindle. Are you in the middle of reading a book?
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We had a lovely morning the the city of Rouen. It was sad when we visited the spot where Joan of Arc was killed.
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Feeling better this morning
Good.
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I read an article last night saying some people are having entirely different symptoms for the new strains of Covid
Does this mean you have covid?
I kept reading. I hope not.
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Feeling better this morning
Great news, vixmom!
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DR Singdaw, once it is decided that we can't tender (take a small boat) to a location the ship then goes back out to see and our day is lost.
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singdaw, sending vibes that your DH has a safe and productive trip!
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Wow, 147 Guests are viewing this board! So early in the morning!
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Where does one place the swab in this case I wonder?
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DR Singdaw, once it is decided that we can't tender (take a small boat) to a location the ship then goes back out to see and our day is lost.
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Did I mention I was also looking forward to buying Engish candy? ;D
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I met my kitty cleanup deadline, and I am all set for my meeting.
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The rain stopped so we walked the upper deck track. It wasn't windy which was a treat.
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A Fiedler set would be nice, especially for the mono recordings. I learned to read at ag record labels, and my favorite recording was Fiedler's "Sabewr Dance" from Khachaturian's ballet Gayne. I have the mp3 file of Fiedler's suite from Disney's Alice in Wonderland, and I wonder what other show and Disney treasures are currently lost in mono limbo.
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Wow! Page 3 Dance!
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DR Freddie - in answer to your question from last night: yes, I am working today.
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I contemplated going back to sleep for a few hours, but decided to stick it out.
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I could have sworn the Boston Pops recorded a suite from Bernstein's Mass, but I can't locate it.
Found it! It's on here:
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Good morning, all.
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I contemplated going back to sleep for a few hours, but decided to stick it out.
Sending vibes to you!
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I had never heard of a Boston Pops Mass suite until you mentioned it.
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I'm up, I'm up - five hours of sleep.
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There's a four-CD set of Fiedler that I have - it's got the Mass suite. I had no idea they'd used my brilliant Fiedler on the Roof title sixty years before I did.
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Good morning, all.
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The Fiedler Beatles album was fantastic.
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I never fiddled with Fiedler.
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And yes, he had a great sense of not only humor but showmanship and he was a real conductor who could conduct anything.
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He was also adventurous with new material and jazz.
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I must ask Alexa to play him. Alexa does play Percy Fairh and Mantovani.
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Continued travel vibes for DR JANE & KEITH.
And the husband of DR singdaw.
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Meeting vibes for DR ELMORE.
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I am glad to hear that DR VIXMOM is on the vixmend.
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DR FREDDIE I learned not to stand in the leading lady's way when she comes barreling out for her bow.
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I put my computer in the kitchen and am slowly rebuilding my programs and emails on it.
I purchased a Corel Word Perfect disk - has anyone used it instead o Microsoft Word?
Is it very different?
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I think Fiedler was the last great pops conductor. He conducted classical pieces well, and he seemed to have a sense of humor and a sense of style with pop material. I think rather poorly of the current crop, especially the one with the NY Pops who seems more interested in speeding through whatever he's conducting so he can spend more time schmoozing with the audience.
I didn't have many Fiedler albums; my first memory of hearing a Boston Pops recording was around 1963 when I fell in love with Friedler's recording of the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which I promptly purchased as a 45 and played to death.
I think he was, too. Maybe the first AND the last. I was never a regular watcher or listener of Pops stuff, but the other conductors, to me, have seemed ordinary.
I have maybe a dozen Fiedler LPs which I originally acquired because of their purported RCA Living Stereo credentials, but in listening to them I discovered how good a conductor he really was. One that surprises people is his New World symphony, and a favorite of mine was his Nutcracker excerpts, consisting of more than the standard suite. I actually need to renew my acquaintance with that one, which I will do during the season this year. Also loved the Leroy Anderson pieces. And much more.
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I have to say I'm unfamiliar with the mono recordings. Yes, let's have that comprehensive box set.
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Jane, I can read Kindle on my phone and tablet.
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Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.
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First world problem, to be sure.
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I did finish a Kindle read during the night: Mary Poppins in the Kitchen; A Cookery Book with a Story. Even the recipes had comments from the Practically Perfect One herself.
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Onward!
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Four!
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Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.
Do you expect that you'll be feeling OK for your traveling?
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Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.
Do you expect that you'll be feeling OK for your traveling?
Yes. I don’t know how active I will be when I get there. I don’t have much planned, though.
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I will helping celebrate Mom’s birthday. I will have dinner with friends. I want to see The Tempest at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival.
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That’s about it.
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I had that Fiedler/Loesser album. Where in the HELL is it?
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I have to say, and I've pretty much always felt this way, I could never do what Jane and Keith are doing. Ever. The thought of being gone that much is anathema to me. I remember once when I was in the real heyday of doing albums, that I did three back-to-back in NY and was there for almost four weeks. I thought I would go mad, and I loved being there. I'm a homebody, I suppose. Back in the day, it seemed like I was half the year in NY but I always came home after a week or so.
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I have slept well this week, thus far, but odd dreams seem to be pervasive. Many deal with me being at work..,not necessarily anywhere I ever worked but with people I recognize, nevertheless.
The dreams themselves aren't concerning. Each one ends with a workday or event being over and me needing to find my way home because I did not drive my car or do not remember where I parked my car or I have a ride lined up but my ride seems to disappear, and I don't believe he remembers he was taking me home.
What the heck!!??
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My first Fiedler album was the "Ship of Fools" score album. An unusual recording for Fiedler, but that was the only way we could hear any of Ernest Gold's great score. It's a wonderful album, and it has been issued on CD, I believe.
My next Fielder was "Superstar" and I loved every track. I still have the LP.
I know I saw Fiedler on TV a few times.
I also had Mantovani albums, and 101 Strings albums of musical scores and Beatles music.
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I have to say, and I've pretty much always felt this way, I could never do what Jane and Keith are doing. Ever. The thought of being gone that much is anathema to me. I remember once when I was in the real heyday of doing albums, that I did three back-to-back in NY and was there for almost four weeks. I thought I would go mad, and I loved being there. I'm a homebody, I suppose. Back in the day, it seemed like I was half the year in NY but I always came home after a week or so.
i know a lot of folks who feel that way, Bruce.
I think my having been in the Navy and travelling so very much, and having lived in Europe for 9 1/2 years, broke me of being homesick (which I very much was during my nearly 11 weeks in boot camp). While I was about 90 minutes away from home during college, it was a different kind of separation that I quickly overcame when I began making friends. I still had my things with me in my room, so it was a home away from home.
Now that I am retired, I so fully appreciate having a home that is my own, that I am quite content simply being here. I do love to go away for a few days, but I haven't attempted any major "away" trips since I retired from the Navy 31 years ago.
I often think of taking a river cruise on the Danube, or travelling on the Orient Express, exploring my roots in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and even returning to Italy for a "dining tour" through Tuscany.
I "think" about it. That seems to keep me from actually doing it.
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DR Rodzinsky how hot is it there?
Mostly only been in the 70s here. I did buy a wee AC window unit just in case.
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And yes, he had a great sense of not only humor but showmanship and he was a real conductor who could conduct anything.
Yeah he had a couple funny album covers. Saturday Night Fiedler for example. I remember PBS showing his concerts often.
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FWIW, I am re-watching the TV series "Lost".
"Lost" became a topic of discussion in my Sunday Zoom chat. Not quite sure other than someone (me?) may have mentioned how much he admired Michael Giacchino's scoring of the series.
At any rate, our host became quite excited because (1) he had watched it when it first aired, but because of intervals between seasons and because the last three seasons were shorter than the first three, he hadn't really appreciated the connection between the show's first three seasons and the shortened last three. In other words, he felt the show lost focus because it was originally character-driven, with back stories, and it then became something that had dual time lines. He said the finale had really bummed him out. What did any of us think?
I'll get to his (2). Only two of us (out of four) had watched the whole series. The other guy agreed wtih host's first assessment. I, on the other hand, told him I had loved it from the beginning through the end and that the finale, to me, was absolutely wonderful. I added that the breaks between seasons never bothered me because I had recorded all the episodes and re1watched them during season intervals.
What I thought was going to be a pooh-pooh on my enjoyment was met with: (2) my host had recently re-watched the series with his dad on Amazon Prime, with no commercials and no season breaks, and he was absolutely invested in the entire story line up to and including the end.
After our Zoom chat, I thought I'd re-watch the finale of the show. I figured it might be a bit confusing as it had been so long since I had last seen it, but NO. I was wholly invested in each and every character and the entire thing was an emotional powerhouse for me.
I know we are all different and had different expectations for what might be revealed, but I guess the writers were tapped into my soul for this one
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DR Rodzinski, you must have an astounding record collection. If you'd mentioned it before, I'm sorry, I must have been out to lunch. What in particular does it consist of?
Mine was largely classical, then shows and soundtracks, but there's quite a bit more. I had amassed an estimated 4,000-6,000, mostly by cruising the secondhand stores and record fairs and such from the late '80s till around 2010. At that point I realized I had accumulated more than was worth keeping and I gave away a ton of it. I made a feeble effort at selling, but the stores I tried paid sh*t for obvious quality stuff and I'm not one who's had it in me to make the effort to sell individually, online or otherwise.
I still have too many, and I need to seriously weed out for condition and to narrow the field in what's truly important for me to have around. And except for a small handful of items, I've had zero interest in acquiring what's being released and re-released now, in the "renaissance". I personally love original releases from the last century. At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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I apparently got rid of the Fiedler/Loesser, and now I do seem to remember it being in iffy condition. I might seek another one out. If I luck out, I'll transfer it.
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
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(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7653.0;attach=22577)
Those are cute!
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Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Do you have the soundtrack for A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN? I really enjoyed Rod McKuen's contributions to that!
Rod McKuen sings "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcsDVsCIw8
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Ah, McKuen!! I have several near-pocket-sized books of his poems. "Listen to the Warm"!!
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I have slept well this week, thus far, but odd dreams seem to be pervasive. Many deal with me being at work..,not necessarily anywhere I ever worked but with people I recognize, nevertheless.
The dreams themselves aren't concerning. Each one ends with a workday or event being over and me needing to find my way home because I did not drive my car or do not remember where I parked my car or I have a ride lined up but my ride seems to disappear, and I don't believe he remembers he was taking me home.
What the heck!!??
No dreams that I recall about work, but I'd had some vivid dreams about not making it to final exams in college, though I can't remember what the obstacles were. The dreams were so specifically about college, not grad school or law school. And the fears were allayed by realizing that I'd already gotten my college degree decades ago.
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I have to say I'm unfamiliar with the mono recordings. Yes, let's have that comprehensive box set.
Several of his recordings from the 1930s and 40s are on YouTube. I love his Disney medley from Alice in Wonderland, which being mono was not on his stereo Disney album.
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The 2.5 hour assessment was interesting. On Thursday I have a second one-hour session. I'm curious to learn the outcome of this madness.
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
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When did the Alaskan territory become U.S. soil? Watching John Huston’s documentary about the Aleutian Islands during WII and it’s described as being U.S., though this was before it was a state.
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Of course it reminded me of Trump not knowing Puerto Rico was part of the U.S.
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The 2.5 hour assessment was interesting. On Thursday I have a second one-hour session. I'm curious to learn the outcome of this madness.
It really lasted that long? You have patience and endurance, sir.
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
8,000 is an impressive collection and the depth is admirable. I lost so many (maybe 1,500) when the house flooded. Still hurts.
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I've been putting off going out and running a few errands, including filling the gas tank, since about the Fourth. Or the day before, I've forgotten now. But it has to happen. There are things I need. So it's time to get off my ASS, wouldn't you say?
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I've been putting off going out and running a few errands, including filling the gas tank, since about the Fourth. Or the day before, I've forgotten now. But it has to happen. There are things I need. So it's time to get off my ASS, wouldn't you say?
No.
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Onward!
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Five!
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Already at page 5 noon Eastern time!
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Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Do you have the soundtrack for A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN? I really enjoyed Rod McKuen's contributions to that!
Rod McKuen sings "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcsDVsCIw8
I do. That album cover features the “Rod McKuen?!” Peanuts strip.
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Ah, McKuen!! I have several near-pocket-sized books of his poems. "Listen to the Warm"!!
Also a good record!
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
What’s the label that specialized in a lot of that stuff? Caedmon. Though big labels used to put out whole plays as well. Caedmon has a lot of poets reading their work, or actors reading older poets’ stuff.
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
8,000 is an impressive collection and the depth is admirable. I lost so many (maybe 1,500) when the house flooded. Still hurts.
Hurts to hear. We moved during a “heat dome” a couple years back and I was pretty sure everything would be warped. We’re talking dozens of boxes stacked. But they made it through!
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Back from breakfast with Doug.
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She of the Evil Eye got confused and thought she was coming next week even though today was the day for sure. She seems confused. She's coming tomorrow so that will be another night of not enough sleep.
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Kritzerland show has been announced.
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More songs have been chosen.
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Exciting!
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I read an article last night saying some people are having entirely different symptoms for the new strains of Covid
Oh, no! :-\
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We were supposed to have zero days at sea on this cruise and ended up with three days.
Demand a refund! File a PayPal dispute!! >:(
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There's a four-CD set of Fiedler that I have - it's got the Mass suite. I had no idea they'd used my brilliant Fiedler on the Roof title sixty years before I did.
;D
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
8,000 is an impressive collection and the depth is admirable. I lost so many (maybe 1,500) when the house flooded. Still hurts.
That's terrible! :-\
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I'm still upset that over 400 of my cast album CDs were stolen out of my garage in 2009. :(
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Exciting!
Very! :D
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I'm still upset that over 400 of my cast album CDs were stolen out of my garage in 2009. :(
Yikes! Did the thieves take other stuff, too?
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I'm sure my parents had a couple of Fiedler albums and I recall seeing him and the Pops on TV. I don't think I ever saw him in person though.
Our college buys out the Pops one night for our reunions, so we've been to a bunch of Boston Pops concerts over the years. Keith Lockhart isn't Fiedler - nobody is, that's why Fiedler was so special - but he does an excellent job. It's always fabulous to hear the orchestra in Symphony Hall.
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Continued travel vibes for DR JANE & KEITH.
And the husband of DR singdaw.
Thank you.
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DR FREDDIE I learned not to stand in the leading lady's way when she comes barreling out for her bow.
;D
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DR Jrand what do you think of the director?
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Jane, I can read Kindle on my phone and tablet.
That's good.
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Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.
Sending hugs. Any chance of getting that MRI approved?
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I have to say, and I've pretty much always felt this way, I could never do what Jane and Keith are doing. Ever. The thought of being gone that much is anathema to me. I remember once when I was in the real heyday of doing albums, that I did three back-to-back in NY and was there for almost four weeks. I thought I would go mad, and I loved being there. I'm a homebody, I suppose. Back in the day, it seemed like I was half the year in NY but I always came home after a week or so.
My parents traveled a lot and talked about their wonderful experiences. Not that he had fun, but Keith traveled the world for work and mostly left me home. I love seeing new places.
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DR Rodzinsky how hot is it there?
Mostly only been in the 70s here. I did buy a wee AC window unit just in case.
Nice.
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DR JANE my comments would be imprudent.
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If not insolent.
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Much effort from everyone resulting in not much.
But hopefully the audience will prove me wrong.
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We were supposed to have zero days at sea on this cruise and ended up with three days.
Demand a refund! File a PayPal dispute!! >:(
LOK, if only. There are never any guarantees ports won't be canceled or changed.
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DR Jrand I feared your response. Is it possible for you to avoid working with this pair in the future?
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SIX!
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I'm still upset that over 400 of my cast album CDs were stolen out of my garage in 2009. :(
Yikes! Did the thieves take other stuff, too?
Yes, they just took random boxes out of my garage. Some were CDs and others were DVDs. Of course, I have no idea exactly what was taken, so I'm sure other items disappeared, also. ::)
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Dealt with a PayPal thing - I'm furious at the jerk who did it but thankfully PayPal did the right thing with me so I'm not out anything. I will be publicly naming and shaming the idiot in tomorrow's notes because he's never responded to a single e-mail, his items were delivered on June 29, he'd already filed a dispute with his credit card company rather than PayPal, and despite his cc company being shown proof of delivery, they sided with him and gave him his money back - so he basically stole two CDs. Thankfully, PayPal credited me for the money as a favor because I've had the Kritzerland PayPal account for almost twenty years now.
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I will name and shame - mark my words.
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
What’s the label that specialized in a lot of that stuff? Caedmon. Though big labels used to put out whole plays as well. Caedmon has a lot of poets reading their work, or actors reading older poets’ stuff.
Columbia. Some superb ones! Mercury, too. Yes, loads of them on Caedmon. Shakespeare plays on Argo. Well, that guy got around to all the labels. What am I not thinking of without going in and looking at my shelf?
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It is beyond disgusting when these companies side with the buyer while faced with PROOF of the lie. Name THEIR names, too.
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Dealt with a PayPal thing - I'm furious at the jerk who did it but thankfully PayPal did the right thing with me so I'm not out anything. I will be publicly naming and shaming the idiot in tomorrow's notes because he's never responded to a single e-mail, his items were delivered on June 29, he'd already filed a dispute with his credit card company rather than PayPal, and despite his cc company being shown proof of delivery, they sided with him and gave him his money back - so he basically stole two CDs. Thankfully, PayPal credited me for the money as a favor because I've had the Kritzerland PayPal account for almost twenty years now.
I'm glad you aren't out anything.
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You forgot impudent, DR Jrand73.
Imprudent, Impudent and Insolent.
Shouldn't that be a Gershwin tune?
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;D
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'night
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Heard from David Jablin, who produced all the Likely Stories segments I wrote and directed. He's trying to remaster everything to hi-def so he can make a streaming deal - but is having only sporadic luck. Thankfully, he scored a home run with my Elephant Man musical segment - which looks and sounds amazing: https://vimeo.com/107305601?share=copy
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I'm still upset that over 400 of my cast album CDs were stolen out of my garage in 2009. :(
Yikes! Did the thieves take other stuff, too?
Yes, they just took random boxes out of my garage. Some were CDs and others were DVDs. Of course, I have no idea exactly what was taken, so I'm sure other items disappeared, also. ::)
:(
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Good night, Jane.
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Heard from David Jablin, who produced all the Likely Stories segments I wrote and directed. He's trying to remaster everything to hi-def so he can make a streaming deal - but is having only sporadic luck. Thankfully, he scored a home run with my Elephant Man musical segment - which looks and sounds amazing: https://vimeo.com/107305601?share=copy
That's fantastic!
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Heard from David Jablin, who produced all the Likely Stories segments I wrote and directed. He's trying to remaster everything to hi-def so he can make a streaming deal - but is having only sporadic luck. Thankfully, he scored a home run with my Elephant Man musical segment - which looks and sounds amazing: https://vimeo.com/107305601?share=copy
Fabulous!
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Did a quick Gelson's run.
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Had a really nice surprise telephonic call from ace composer Charles Fox.
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Yes to both questions.
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I shall be on my way in a bit.
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Caedmon was purchased in the 1980s by Harper & Row, who then destroyed the label and took most of the catalog out of print. The company was begun by a lesbian couple, and I used to place my Drama Book Shop orders with them over the phone. They used great performers, and a few of my favorite Caedmon recordings were:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Carol Channing reads the novel, accompanied by a 1920s dance band
Eudora Welty Reads "Why I Live at the P.O."
Mother Goose with Celeste Holm, Boris Karloff, Cyril Ritchard and music by Hershey Kay
Tartuffe translated by Richard Wilbur, performed by the Stratford Festival
Marat/Sade performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
A Streetcar Named Desire starring Rosemary Harris and James Farentino
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Lorelei Lee and Blanche du Bois!
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Good evening!
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Wordle: 5/6
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On This Day in 1962, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans made their debut at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, spurring the popularization of Pop Art in the United States.
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I had best get ready to go out for my haircut appointment.
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~~~CONTINUED PAIN ABEYANCE VIBES~~~ for DR John G.
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~~~GOOD MEDICAL OUTCOME VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003
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Thanks for the travel vibes. Despite an unexpected 3-hour layover in Detroit, my DH made it safely to the East Coast.
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One more.
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THE DREADED PAGE SEVEN
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More Caedmon! Shakespeare's sonnets read by Sir John Gielgud and its big seller, Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, one of the few Caedmons that Harper & Row kept in print.
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Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.
Sending hugs. Any chance of getting that MRI approved?
I will call again tomorrow.
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Internet has been out for six hours.
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During that time I had a surprise storm with high winds. Got an inch of rain in a half hour.
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Now watching Reflections in a Golden Eye. I’m finding it good, but slow. Elizabeth Taylor is really bad, almost as bad as her accent.
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“You hate classical records. It’s… morbid!”
Elizabeth Taylor, Reflections in a Golden Eye
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It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.
Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".
What’s the label that specialized in a lot of that stuff? Caedmon. Though big labels used to put out whole plays as well. Caedmon has a lot of poets reading their work, or actors reading older poets’ stuff.
Columbia. Some superb ones! Mercury, too. Yes, loads of them on Caedmon. Shakespeare plays on Argo. Well, that guy got around to all the labels. What am I not thinking of without going in and looking at my shelf?
Yes, Argo!!
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Caedmon was purchased in the 1980s by Harper & Row, who then destroyed the label and took most of the catalog out of print. The company was begun by a lesbian couple, and I used to place my Drama Book Shop orders with them over the phone. They used great performers, and a few of my favorite Caedmon recordings were:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Carol Channing reads the novel, accompanied by a 1920s dance band
Eudora Welty Reads "Why I Live at the P.O."
Mother Goose with Celeste Holm, Boris Karloff, Cyril Ritchard and music by Hershey Kay
Tartuffe translated by Richard Wilbur, performed by the Stratford Festival
Marat/Sade performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
A Streetcar Named Desire starring Rosemary Harris and James Farentino
Tragic, and the original label had such marvelous packaging as well.
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Argo put out a lot of great classical choral albums.
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Haircut? Check.
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Groceries? Check.
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:)
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So.... This Thursday is an in-person, all-day team building event.
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That is bad enough, as I detest these forced events.
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Today I found out that I am expected to give a nominal "gift" to each team member. So, at the grocery store, I bought small gift bags and small parcels of candy to put in each.
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I am also supposed to print up clever Award Certificates for each person.
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But if that weren't bad enough,
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While the internet was out, I listened to a punk polka group called The Bräts. They do a killer version of Come Together as well as Smells Like Teen Spirit. The title track is Livin’ la Vida Polka. Fine stuff. If only I had a beer and a polka partner.
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Today I learned that we will have to write and perform a skit for the entire rest of the company that demonstrates what our department does.
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Just kill me now.
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I feel the plague coming on.
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Cough, cough.
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I had best go and find an online award certificate template.
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Just kill me now.
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Did I say that already?
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I am an introvert.
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Leave me alone!
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Starting a Mexican drama, musical, crime flick called Victims of Sin. A prostitute has just dropped her baby in a trash can because her pimp told her to. Time for a rumba number.
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It’s weird.
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Call me crazy.
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PAGE EIGHT
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Just don't call me late to supper.
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I never miss a rhumba number with infanticide.
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Singdaw, you could play the dead person who didn’t get help.
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I never miss a rhumba number with infanticide.
Our heroine has gone after the baby.
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Which has led to a bolero.
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As it so often does.
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Honestly, can't Hollywood think up a new plot? 8)
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OK. Candy is bagged. Clever written certificates were written, designed, and printed.
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Now to cut out a large cardboard cutout of a bus (don't ask) and write a script.
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I can tell you right now, MY script isn't going to be sent to a New York producer.
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Or even to Joe's bar and grill.
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The local Sanitarium, perhaps.
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As it so often does.
Ha!
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Honestly, can't Hollywood think up a new plot? 8)
Haha!
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That’s 3 “ha’s” in 2 posts. Well done!
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Victims of Sin is why I love Criterion. This movie is a marvel and I never knew it existed. I nevrr knew about this whole genre of movies. So glad the library got it.
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It’s always you who complain the most about team-building exercises who mop the floor with everyone else with your cardboard buses and thrown together scripts full of inside jokes.
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Singdaw, you should steal your script from this movie.
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That’s 3 “ha’s” in 2 posts. Well done!
And we're hurtling like a rocket towards page 9!
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Will that make up for days when we stopped on the not-cared-for page 7?
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We’re only ever as good as the current day’s page count, sadly.
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Singdaw, you should steal your script from this movie.
You really make me want to see it now.
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We’re only ever as good as the current day’s page count, sadly.
Can we claim that now and forever, we will always be as good as today's page count? Do you think BK might let that provision get into the page count rules?
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And thanks for reminding me, DR John G. - I've got to go back and copy your Hitchcock highlights lists.
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Can we claim that now and forever
Silly! Only Cats is now and forever...
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Forever and a day
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Who wants to live forever?
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Or even for one more post?
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PAGE NINE
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Good night, friends.
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Such interesting conversations!
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I may have a Caedman or two.....I think one of them is Sea Chanties.....or something like that.
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The wheels on the cardboard bus go round and round....
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I was sitting backstage minding my own business when our leading lady walked up and started talking to me.
She is determined she said to wear some fur object in each of her scenes.....sort of her trademark, you know.....
She thinks it will bowl the audience over.
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I just said....."interesting."
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Now I must lie down....
We are getting a lot of this blasted hurricane left over rain.....so I got very wet running into the house from where I have to now park my car.......
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Now I must lie down....
We are getting a lot of this blasted hurricane left over rain.....so I got very wet running into the house from where I have to now park my car.......
Sending better-weather vibes!
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I was sitting backstage minding my own business when our leading lady walked up and started talking to me.
She is determined she said to wear some fur object in each of her scenes.....sort of her trademark, you know.....
She thinks it will bowl the audience over.
The PETA crowd will love it.
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I AM caught up!!
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Presentations to Singdaw
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Good night, all.
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Hi, Vixmom
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Jrand I think you deserve some sort of award for extreme patience despite aggravated annoyance
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Hi John G! Pain free vibes for you, myfriend
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I am sorry about your canceled excursions Jane
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No more cancelations vibes for Jane and Keith
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I myself love traveling, but I do not have much of an opportunity to do so with limited PTO.
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I should have been a teacher
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Ah well, next life.
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Heard from David Jablin, who produced all the Likely Stories segments I wrote and directed. He's trying to remaster everything to hi-def so he can make a streaming deal - but is having only sporadic luck. Thankfully, he scored a home run with my Elephant Man musical segment - which looks and sounds amazing: https://vimeo.com/107305601?share=copy
:)
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Yes to both questions.
Good.
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On This Day in 1962, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans made their debut at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, spurring the popularization of Pop Art in the United States.
Interesting.
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~~~CONTINUED PAIN ABEYANCE VIBES~~~ for DR John G.
DITTO!
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Thanks for the travel vibes. Despite an unexpected 3-hour layover in Detroit, my DH made it safely to the East Coast.
:)
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Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.
Sending hugs. Any chance of getting that MRI approved?
I will call again tomorrow.
Good luck and vibes!
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Now watching Reflections in a Golden Eye. I’m finding it good, but slow. Elizabeth Taylor is really bad, almost as bad as her accent.
I disliked that movie and hope to never revisit it.
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Today I learned that we will have to write and perform a skit for the entire rest of the company that demonstrates what our department does.
:o
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Just kill me now.
;D
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I feel the plague coming on.
;D
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TEN!
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OK. Candy is bagged. Clever written certificates were written, designed, and printed.
:)
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Now to cut out a large cardboard cutout of a bus (don't ask) and write a script.
;D
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I can tell you right now, MY script isn't going to be sent to a New York producer.
;D
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I was sitting backstage minding my own business when our leading lady walked up and started talking to me.
She is determined she said to wear some fur object in each of her scenes.....sort of her trademark, you know.....
She thinks it will bowl the audience over.
Groan.
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I just said....."interesting."
I would have something to say about wearing the fur of dead animals and upsetting the audience, and possibly getting something thrown at her in protest ;)
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Now I must lie down....
We are getting a lot of this blasted hurricane left over rain.....so I got very wet running into the house from where I have to now park my car.......
Do you own a raincoat with a hood or a poncho?
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I was sitting backstage minding my own business when our leading lady walked up and started talking to me.
She is determined she said to wear some fur object in each of her scenes.....sort of her trademark, you know.....
She thinks it will bowl the audience over.
The PETA crowd will love it.
Yup.
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Even though I do not like PETA I agree with them on this.
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I am sorry about your canceled excursions Jane
Thanks.
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No more cancelations vibes for Jane and Keith
Thank you. We don't have anymore tenders.
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I should have been a teacher
You would have been an excellent teacher.
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Sleepless in Saint Paul once again.
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Forgot to mention that I loved the "Elephant Man" musical clips. What I could see of them - the video kept stuttering and freezing. But it looked great and was quite funny.
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Thanks for PAGE TEN, DR Jane! :)
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Did I miss if John G watched the gold-tinted version of Reflections in a Golden Eye?
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I'm up, I'm up - oh wait - dozed off for over two hours.
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Must write notes.
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Actors trying to be funny through costumes is kind of desperate.
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Dealt with a PayPal thing - I'm furious at the jerk who did it but thankfully PayPal did the right thing with me so I'm not out anything. I will be publicly naming and shaming the idiot in tomorrow's notes because he's never responded to a single e-mail, his items were delivered on June 29, he'd already filed a dispute with his credit card company rather than PayPal, and despite his cc company being shown proof of delivery, they sided with him and gave him his money back - so he basically stole two CDs. Thankfully, PayPal credited me for the money as a favor because I've had the Kritzerland PayPal account for almost twenty years now.
Oh, my goodness! :o
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Heard from David Jablin, who produced all the Likely Stories segments I wrote and directed. He's trying to remaster everything to hi-def so he can make a streaming deal - but is having only sporadic luck. Thankfully, he scored a home run with my Elephant Man musical segment - which looks and sounds amazing: https://vimeo.com/107305601?share=copy
That was great, BK! Hopefully, a deal can be reached!
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So, we're on Page Ten!
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I've got some ketchuping to do!
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Had a really nice surprise telephonic call from ace composer Charles Fox.
You just know everybody, BK! ;D
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Caedmon was purchased in the 1980s by Harper & Row, who then destroyed the label and took most of the catalog out of print. The company was begun by a lesbian couple, and I used to place my Drama Book Shop orders with them over the phone. They used great performers, and a few of my favorite Caedmon recordings were:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Carol Channing reads the novel, accompanied by a 1920s dance band
Eudora Welty Reads "Why I Live at the P.O."
Mother Goose with Celeste Holm, Boris Karloff, Cyril Ritchard and music by Hershey Kay
Tartuffe translated by Richard Wilbur, performed by the Stratford Festival
Marat/Sade performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
A Streetcar Named Desire starring Rosemary Harris and James Farentino
I remember Caedmon.
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And I recently found my VHS tape of Marat/Sade.
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I haven't yet recorded it to DVD.
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I think I'll move it up in the pile. :)
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And, now that we're so close...
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PAGE ELEVEN and GRATUITOUS POST #300 DANCE!! :D
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Thanks for PAGE TEN, DR Jane! :)
Welcome.
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Internet has been out for six hours.
Oh, no! What's happening? :-\
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During that time I had a surprise storm with high winds. Got an inch of rain in a half hour.
Ah...that certainly would explain it.
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:)
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7653.0;attach=22595)
:))
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So.... This Thursday is an in-person, all-day team building event.
That is bad enough, as I detest these forced events.
So do I! :P
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Today I found out that I am expected to give a nominal "gift" to each team member. So, at the grocery store, I bought small gift bags and small parcels of candy to put in each.
I am also supposed to print up clever Award Certificates for each person.
Oh, no!
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Today I learned that we will have to write and perform a skit for the entire rest of the company that demonstrates what our department does.
I would HATE that!!
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Not only to write it, but to perform it, or even sit through it. :o
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I am an introvert.
I think I'm what can be called an extroverted introvert. I can be in a show with rehearsals, a script and a director, but I have no interest in creating a show, so I have great respect for people like BK who can and want to do such creating.
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Otherwise, today I went to the local Red Wagon (https://www.redwagontumwater.com/) burger joint and got the BBQ Burger and diet Pepsi.
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Quite delish, as usual.
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Otherwise, I really didn't do much of anything after I came home except play games on my phone. ::)
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We’re only ever as good as the current day’s page count, sadly.
Can we claim that now and forever, we will always be as good as today's page count? Do you think BK might let that provision get into the page count rules?
I'll drink vote for that!! ;)
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.
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Not necessarily in that order.
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Was hoping to be in bed by twelve-thirty but it will probably be one.
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Most likely.
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I was sitting backstage minding my own business when our leading lady walked up and started talking to me.
She is determined she said to wear some fur object in each of her scenes.....sort of her trademark, you know.....
She thinks it will bowl the audience over.
I just said....."interesting."
Um...is she the costume designer now?? :o
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Now I must lie down....
We are getting a lot of this blasted hurricane left over rain.....so I got very wet running into the house from where I have to now park my car.......
Sending better-weather vibes!
~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~