I forgot to ask this during my long post.
I'm re-reading Sondheim and Company and there is a chapter about the Barbra Streisand Broadway album and how she and Sondheim worked together and how he changed some lyrics for her. I never picked up the album because it's later BS and I'm not a fan of her later work. She's certainly better than when she was in her pretentious period (my opinion only, Babs lovers don't attack me) doing things like Butterfly and Evergreen but she was so much better in the early days. Anyway, I digress. Is the Barbra Streisand Broadway Album Volume 1 any good? I have so many CDs but if it's a worthwhile listen perhaps I'll look for it and add it to the collection.
Discuss :-*
I forgot to ask this during my long post.
I'm re-reading Sondheim and Company and there is a chapter about the Barbra Streisand Broadway album and how she and Sondheim worked together and how he changed some lyrics for her. I never picked up the album because it's later BS and I'm not a fan of her later work. She's certainly better than when she was in her pretentious period (my opinion only, Babs lovers don't attack me) doing things like Butterfly and Evergreen but she was so much better in the early days. Anyway, I digress. Is the Barbra Streisand Broadway Album Volume 1 any good? I have so many CDs but if it's a worthwhile listen perhaps I'll look for it and add it to the collection.
Discuss :-*
I don't walk in the evenings any more, Cillaliz. For one reason, it's just too darn hot right now! It will be interesting to see what happens now -- this is all over the news. So will they strike again, or will they lay low for a while till some of the excitement dies down? Gosh, what some people will do for attention!
Just be careful, ok?
...every Saturday (with the exception of Labor Day weekend) I will be in the office through October 21st...
I forgot to ask this during my long post.
I'm re-reading Sondheim and Company and there is a chapter about the Barbra Streisand Broadway album and how she and Sondheim worked together and how he changed some lyrics for her. I never picked up the album because it's later BS and I'm not a fan of her later work. She's certainly better than when she was in her pretentious period (my opinion only, Babs lovers don't attack me) doing things like Butterfly and Evergreen but she was so much better in the early days. Anyway, I digress. Is the Barbra Streisand Broadway Album Volume 1 any good? I have so many CDs but if it's a worthwhile listen perhaps I'll look for it and add it to the collection.
Discuss :-*
So, DR Ben, you'll be working on Saturday, October 7? That's the second day of my conference there and we usually finish about 3pm. How late do you have to work on those Saturdays?
Red Buttons is gone....not my favorite in ANYTHING except Sayonara...where he truly did a fine acting job with Mr Marlon Brando hisself....
Not so hot in HARLOW and FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, etc.
Two Robert Conrads.
It presents one of those scientific conundrums: If each one had a duracell battery on his shoulder and challenged the other to knock the battery off, could either do it? It boggles the mind.
I posted about this yesterday. I had even forgotten he was in THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE until I rewatched it when the new DVD came out a few weeks ago.
I always felt like he was one of those folks that peaked very early and could never quite get it back to that level.
Red Buttons is gone....not my favorite in ANYTHING except Sayonara...where he truly did a fine acting job with Mr Marlon Brando hisself....
Not so hot in HARLOW and FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, etc.
And the word of the day is: PALLIATE!I shall not PALLIATE - when I first tried to make PAELLA, IT was a total disaster.
Ginny, I'll be done around 2pm. Since I'm half a block from the office, I can go home, relax a bit an wait for your call :)
Project Runway seems like a good mix of people. The Gary Numan looking faux British guy does seem like a joke, and the tattoo-necked guy is a little hard to look at, but I think the show will hold my interest once again.
Ah, I feel better now.
And now... I believe I'm in the mood for a cocktail!
:)
Back from a jog - I actually dared to jog bare-chested. SCARRRRY.
New episodes of MONK and the delightful new PSYCH tonight, just as a reminder for those interested.
Red Buttons is gone....not my favorite in ANYTHING except Sayonara...where he truly did a fine acting job with Mr Marlon Brando hisself....
Not so hot in HARLOW and FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, etc.
I am having a so so kind of day. But Rodzinski just called and is on his way home from work (summer fridays) so things are looking up.
Thanks for the info on appendicitis, DR Elmore. The flutters have stopped but it's still tender "down there." I suppose it could be kidney stones though when I've had those attacks, it seems to start in the stomach area and then move to whichever side the stone is trying to move through. At any rate, whatever was there sin't bothering me now and hasn't for several hours.
When he gets home, tell him you have a migraine! :o ;)
;D
This is not something you should take lightly, though. If the tenderness persists, you probably should get medical attention.
I will be careful.
It must be difficult to be the one to defend these guys when they are finally caught.
Just in case, maybe you better have some ice cream (a reference to last night's discussion)!;D
According to the Web page, it's "Fargo meets The Music Man (without the blood or the trombones)"
Don't Hug Me (http://www.donthugme.com/)
Jose, sounds like a wonderful time today - nerves and all. It's so cool to know you and hear of your continued adventures
I'm a Walleye Woman in a Crappie town. Boy to I know that feeling ;)
I shall now be on my way to LACC. I shall, of course, have a full report upon my returning.
So, Jose, after your eventful morning, did you have a relaxing lunch?
I'm a waffle person in a scrapple town!
...Then it was over to Macy's for some Australia's Best (?) Ice Cream. Yum!...
The Ten Questions With Matthew Ashford interview is up at www.kritzerland.com. Check it out. Just click on the Kritzerland Interviews icon on the left menu bar.
I forgot to ask this during my long post.
I'm re-reading Sondheim and Company and there is a chapter about the Barbra Streisand Broadway album and how she and Sondheim worked together and how he changed some lyrics for her. I never picked up the album because it's later BS and I'm not a fan of her later work. She's certainly better than when she was in her pretentious period (my opinion only, Babs lovers don't attack me) doing things like Butterfly and Evergreen but she was so much better in the early days. Anyway, I digress. Is the Barbra Streisand Broadway Album Volume 1 any good? I have so many CDs but if it's a worthwhile listen perhaps I'll look for it and add it to the collection.
Discuss :-*
TOD:
CD: Music from SON OF THE PINK PANTHER that I am using for DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
DVD: DECEIT and MR SARDONICUS
VCR: FRANKIE & JOHNNY with Mr Elvis Presley & Miss Donna Douglas, One Dollar at Dollar Tree last week
I will give him HORSES.....
LOL DRRLP....I purposely left out HATARI!
Good news DR FJL....my guess is that Bar Mitzvahs and birthday parties should have been his MAIN venues.
OK... Now that that is out of my system...
The audition went... I'm not sure if it went well, went just-OK, or went otherwise, but it went, and I walked out of the room not feeling like I had totally embarassed myself or wasted anybody's time.
I had fun. And that was the point of the whole adventure.
I do have to say that it was the first time I was nervous enough to actually feel and acknowledge that I was nervous. And, of course, none of the nerves really hit until it came time for me to sing. The sight-reading part went fine - and, actually, since I had not been sent the piano music ahead of time, I got points for sight-reading the piano material.
The singing went OK. -Boy, am I used to the higher keys! But it was passable, if just a bit nerve-inflected. Breathe, Jojo, breathe! And the reading was OK too.
It was great seeing the casting director again, as well as the music supervisor.
And now... I believe I'm in the mood for a cocktail!
:)
Give Susan my love!!!!!!!!
I emailed her earlier.
Scrapple Town.
That's the title of my next epic poem.
FJL, the only way to get a ticket to the 6th Annual Festival of New Musicals at Village is to be a paid-up sponsor or member of the Theatre. Unfortunately, the least expensive donation you can give to be a member is $75.00. I am afraid that after almost eight weeks off of work, that is a little outside my budget.
Well, I'm leaving work now. I have to go home and start cleaning my house before my mom comes over tomorrow and helps me clean my house! I've got a lot of "straightening up" to do. ;)
Well, I guess I'm off to Anatevka with my new friend, the accordion. Have a great night! Oh - and the Tevye in the show is Jamie Torcellini, I'm going to see if he'll sign my Man of La Mancha CD. It's not my favorite recording as I'm SO not a Stokes fan, but it least it will be fun to keep now!! Cheers!
I haven't had a serial killer, but I have had murder cases and have defended a lot of child sex cases. It isn't as hard as you would think. You see, I really believe that you have to make sure the most despised in our society do not have their constitutional rights trampled on and that includes the right to a zealous defense. Once you say "Oh but he's a really bad guy he shot people, he shouldn't have any rights - he did it - shoot him now and save the tax payers money" it's not a very big step to no one having rights. (Not that we have a lot right now anyway, but it's still slightly more than a quaint notion).
Plus, I believe that innocent people are convicted the most often in emotionally charged cases. Someone has to pay for the horrendous crime and people are often quick to say the police are right. The emotionally charged cases are the easiest for the police to cut corners. They have a lot of pressure to solve the case as fast as possible. Sometimes the "i"s aren't dotted and the "t"s aren't crossed, but they say they have their man and everyone is happy.
Do you remember the murder of the Buddhist monks in Phoenix years ago? They arrested a bunch of kids, questioned them for something like 36 hours straight and finally got them to confess. The only physical evidence they had was a cheap buddha at one of their houses. Well, it wasn't long until they found out the kids had nothing to do with it and they had to release them. They had the real culprits, but the case was undoubtedly a mess...I believe it was due to the pressure to solve it VERY fast. So not only did they possibly ruin the innocent kids' lives (which could have led to the death penalty) but possibly made it harder to prove the case against the real killer. In many cases like that the real killer gets away to kill another day
Enough....I'm climbing off the soapbox. You caught me on a day when I'm liking being a defense lawyer ;D
Well, I guess I'm off to Anatevka with my new friend, the accordion. Have a great night! Oh - and the Tevye in the show is Jamie Torcellini, I'm going to see if he'll sign my Man of La Mancha CD. It's not my favorite recording as I'm SO not a Stokes fan, but it least it will be fun to keep now!! Cheers!
I remember that case- it was discussed in a class I took as an undergrad with Richard Ofshe. Once they realized they had the wrong men, didn't they spend some time trying to create a connection between the innocent kids and the actual killers? That class was great- our professor travelled around the country serving as an expert witness testifying about police interrogation techniques and false confessions to crimes. The biggest thing I learned was that if I'm ever questioned by the police for ANY reason at all, don't say a thing except to ask for legal representation!
Soon I shall leave to meet some friends for dinner and a movie. We are going to see A Scanner Darkly.
I still have yet to see any of the big summer blockbusters: Superman, XMen, or Pirates. Maybe I'll catch some this weekend.
Heard from Matt Ashford who won't be doing the Hollywood Collector's Show on Sunday - family emergency.