And the word of the day is: MAJUSCULE!Casey would waltz
Well... I'm leading a group of people around Central Park in seven hours, so...Around the park? You're never going to put a foot inside the park itself? And why will you be taking a full seven hours to do this?
Goodnight.
DR Laura-- Get back to bed; the sun isn't even up yet!!!
Larry, I will be joining the group for dinner at Rosie O'Grady's Since Ginny and Richard "aren't registered" I called her cell phone and we spoke about dinner tonight. Since you will all be there we will just push our way in to the crowd. Hope you don't mind :D
I spent a good deal of time on the phone tonight after I cleaned the den, so I only had time to watch the season finale from THE CLOSER's first season DVD set. Just love the opening when all her squad is making fun of her, and she enjoys their jokes. Finally, she starts to feel like she fits in. I loved that moment when I first saw it, and I love seeing it again and again.
Last night, after a satisfying Lost, der Brucer decided we were going to watch the Comedy Channel. South Park was fairly funny, a gross-ish depiction of Internet games and those who play them. What he really wanted to watch was the new Freak Squad.
The reason he wanted to watch Freak Squad was because one of the "superheroes" is named Log Cabin Republican, who can transform himself into a the leather-clad strongman "Burly Bear". Totally absurd - we howled through almost the entire show.
I'm going to jump in and mention the many volumes of English, Irish, Scottish, American and French folk songs arranged for the concert platform by Benjamin Britten, mainly for piano and voice, but there are volumes for harp and voice and guitar and voice. While a lot of them, because of their rather daring accompaniments, sound less like the "folksong" as we tend to recognize it filtered through the 60s folk movement, many of them - "The Last Rose of Summer," "The Ash Grove," "The Water Is Wide," for example - are moving beyond belief and capable of great power and emotion.
Larry, have you ever heard Sarah Brightman's CD of Britten folk songs, The Trees They Grow So High (http://www.amazon.com/Trees-They-Grow-So-High/dp/B000007PJB/sr=8-1/qid=1160067158/ref=sr_1_1/104-9264336-3384736?ie=UTF8&s=music)[/b]? If you have, what do you think of it? What do you think of Sarah?? ::) I love most of what Sarah has recorded (this included). :)
Larry, have you ever heard Sarah Brightman's CD of Britten folk songs, The Trees They Grow So High (http://www.amazon.com/Trees-They-Grow-So-High/dp/B000007PJB/sr=8-1/qid=1160067158/ref=sr_1_1/104-9264336-3384736?ie=UTF8&s=music)[/b]? If you have, what do you think of it? What do you think of Sarah?? ::) I love most of what Sarah has recorded (this included). :)
Just checked in with the NY Walking/talking tour led by DR Jose and attended by Cillaliz, Ginny, Vixmom, JHVW, and the Vixter (I think she was there...didn't talk to her). They were in the vicinity of the Art Musuem in Central Park when I called...the weather is lovely they say and they are having a blast!
I wish I was there!
Thanks for sharing, I had always wondered what one looked like.
Frank invited me to his room to share is newest treasure - a group of Decca 78s by a group called The Weavers.
(With some guy named Pete Seeger)
Coots are all over the place out here ...
A great documentary about The Weavers: "Wasn't That A Time"---which also, I suspect, inspired the mockumentary, "A Mighty Wind".
Don't forget to tell us the rest of the story, DR der Brucer!
Don't forget to tell us the rest of the story, DR der Brucer!
.. NY ...Art Musuem in Central Park ... blast!
And this:
Excellent news, FJL. We're going to have a very special get-together for those who make it here. It will probably be Saturday night after the show. The show will be out by ten, so it won't be too late an evening. Maybe we'll do it at Genghis Cohen, or maybe we'll figure out somewhere else that's fun.
A great documentary about The Weavers: "Wasn't That A Time"---which also, I suspect, inspired the mockumentary, "A Mighty Wind".
Don't forget to tell us the rest of the story, DR der Brucer!
"Jerry Falwell's God:
I had to evict DR MBarnum, but I am much easier to get along with.
Do I detect the airing ofdirtyabandoned laundry!
der Brucer
Except the Weavers are not represented by the groups in "A Mighty Wind." They appear to be based on Ian & Sylvia, The Chad Mitchell (or kingston) Trio and the New Christy Minstrels.
Well, he did leave his jockeys behind!
OK - Is that the God belonging to Jerry Falwell, or a declaration of Jerry Falwell's divinty,
.. or a dirty old man (but I'm not),
Find out for yourself. It's the song of the week on Roy's website:
www.royzimmerman.com
Find out for yourself. It's the song of the week on Roy's website:...a hyped-up drag who gives deities a bad name!
www.royzimmerman.com
And Woody has taken to mooning the neighbors again:
der Brucer
Moonflowers---I love them. And they smell so good!
Have you ordered your Hitchcock Presents one hour shows CDs yet?
der Brucer
Ah, I wanted to thank you for finding that! But I didn't see where to order it. Do you happen to remember....???
On a wonderful note (B#), books arrived today, earlier than expected,
TVDVDPLANET (http://www.tvdvdplanet.com/movie/drama/The_Alfred_Hitchcock_Hour.html)
der Brucer
I guess Ginny and Richard have left town without telling anyone. According to the Front Desk Clerk at the Comfort Inn they aren't registered!
Hurray....I will soon know how to write a dirty book!
Will it be an autobiography?
der Brucer
Thanks so much! Off to spend more money! (Anything to avoid doing my taxes and spending *more* money!)
DR EDISAURUS - do you remember the UNLOCKED WINDOW episode...and I remember one called something like WHERE THE WOODBINE TWINETH that really scared me when I was little.
DR EDISAURUS - do you remember the UNLOCKED WINDOWI don't, but in researching where to get the hour-long episodes, many viewers mentioned how frightening this episode was. The name seems vaguely familiar, but I think I was at an age where it was either on past my bedtime, or I was thought too young to see it. My father would tell me about the shows later, though. In fact, I never saw The Jar, but heard about it from my Dad and was just as scared from his description! (He liked to tell me scary bedtime stories, too!)
DR EDISAURUS - did you invest in the berserk and lurid AVENTURERA yet? Miss Ninon Sevilla is a revelation.
I am from Indiana, I do not know Eddie Scardino.
Try "hunting" for this wardrobe:
der Brucer
DR Jose: Sorry you didn't get the electrifying thrill from ACL that I felt in the peformance I saw at San Fran's Curran Theater.
Of course, that theater is a bit of beaut in and of itself...it's intimate as all get-out and yet has a spacious stage/pit.
I had only the movie in my ACL past, in addition to the OBC album, of course.
What's with this NEW film about Capote, Harper Lee, and the writing of IN COLD BLOOD....it's called INFAMOUS, I guess....
Anybody know anything?
According to Portland reviewer, former Theater Guild President Jack Booch (hey BK--remember our hilarious discussion about him over dinner?), it's much more true to actual events than the Capote film.
The cats would never allow it!
Thanks for the recommendation DRJOSE....I may do that.
Where are the photos from the HHW NYC celebration!!!
George had indeed ordered and I'll be able to ship his, too, on my way to an afternoon meeting.
MR BK - have you heard your Theremin yet?
I've just written my hosts to see if they'll mind putting up with me from Dec. 1-Dec. 9. I would hate to be evicted! I had to evict DR MBarnum, but I am much easier to get along with.
SAGA PART FOUR -THE LATER YEARSWhich is now in our living room...
Bought myself a piano
...Saw it in the same venue (The Wiltern in LA, I think) where years later Woody and I went to see a fantastic concert by his favorites:The Nylons are NOT a folk group, however. They do a capella in the style of the 50's. (Do/did? Two of the members from then have died, replaced by others, and they faded from view)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000000NO2.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
And, now, THE END
der Brucer
Here's another coot:Ah, yes. I remember taking those pictures well. (Along with your avatar. If we didn't occasionally take each other's pic, no one would know what we look like!)
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42010652.jpg)
and more cootery:
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42010627.jpg)
der Brucer
And Woody has taken to mooning the neighbors again:By way of explanation, those are moonflowers. I planted the seeds the same time as this year's morning glories. I know not why it took them until now to start blooming!
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/12217421/193210006.jpg)
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/12217421/193210004.jpg)
der Brucer
"Jerry Falwell's God:
OK - Is that the God belonging to Jerry Falwell, or a declaration of Jerry Falwell's divinty,Yep, both ideas really bite.
Both appropriately biting.
der Brucer
We usually have a few naked ladies in our front yard.
By way of explanation, those are moonflowers. I planted the seeds the same time as this year's morning glories. I know not why it took them until now to start blooming!My mother grows moonflowers every year. I love the smell of them at night!
Edisaurus, before you spend two hundred bucks, check eBay
But do you leave behind a pair of underwear to be auctioned?
Believe me, I will leave no underwear for them to discover!
...he also used to quote a line from another episode about a man who was an invalid and used to call for "Barbara....bring me some hot chocolate in my bone china cup"! ... Anyone know what episode that was?
Uncle Simon
ORIGINALLY BROADCAST AS EPISODE 128
STARRING CAST: Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Ford, Ian Wolfe
WRITER: Rod Serling
DIRECTOR: Don Siegel
SUMMARY: Barbara cares for her Uncle Simon, who can't stand the sight of her and vice versa. Barbara will get his entire inheritance, provided she stays in his house and cares for his latest invention.
REVIEW: V
Barbara has been caregiver to her uncle Simon Polk, a retired scientist and despicable human being, for the last twenty-five years. Obviously, she's only been in it for the estate she ultimately inherits. So, he's spent his post-stroke years building a robot that will take his place once he's gone to the grave. If she fails to care for the robot, she'll be shown the door by Simon's lawyer. If she stays, she'll inherit his entire estate. Cedric Hardwicke and Constance Ford (who played Edward O'Brien's fiancee in Serling's "The Comedian") cat it up very well with some classic old-school barbs. But instead of seizing the moment and getting out of the "decaying barn" once and for all, "Raggedy-Ann corpse" Barbara decides to stay locked up with the robot, who demands the same "hot chocolate in the English bone china cup" just as "ancient albatross with the dirty mouth" Simon did. Robby the Robot from "The Forbidden Planet" was hauled out of storage to play Simon's robot.
In answer to DR Laura's question yesterday about what's blooming, at my house it's mums, sedum autumn joy, roses and jewelweed, which I would pull up but the hummingbirds like it.
- farfalle with bacon, peas, sundried tomatoes, and roasted garlic in a light cream sauce and it was out of this world yummilicious. I split a Caesar salad
FARFALLE WITH CHICKEN AND ROASTED GARLIC
Bow-Tie Pasta, Chicken, Mushrooms, Tomato, Pancetta, Peas
and Carmelized Onions in a Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Cream Sauce
We always enjoy photos here!
...but forgot to take pictures at dinner and at Joe Allen when we were joined by Danny Burstein and Lenny Wolpe, both of whom gave stellar performances in DROWSY CHAPERONE.
We always enjoy photos here!
However you do not want to cross a Canadian goose in a parking lot...
It's OK if my son-in-law is along with his shot gun - DINNER TIME!
der Brucer