Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on February 02, 2004, 12:05:35 AM
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Well, you've scoured the notes, you've pored over the notes, you've read the notes from top to bottom, so you know what to do and I say when one knows what to do one should do it and do it repeatedly.
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Have a wonderful birthday DR Ben.
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Swing: Everything as played by the genius of the Saxophone - Mr Freddy Gardner: - eg. I'm In The Mood For Love, I Only Have Eyes For You, These Foolish Things, Stardust and Japanese Sandman.
Plus: Artie Shaw's "Begin The Beguine", Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade", Harry James with Helen Forest "I've Heard That Song Before" and of course all those wonderful Benny Goodman tunes with Peggy Lee vocals.
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I don't have one for WWII, but I do have one for WWIII: "So Long, Mom"
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BEN!!!!!!!!
And Happpy Birthday to Elaine Stritch, too!
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I love many of the same songs as Tomovoz. I also love "Let's Dance," "Skyliner," "Cherokee." There are so many from that period that I like. So many great vocalists, too.
Cake for Ben-- but I want to know what kind.
DRLaura, we'll be having Oreo cake soon.
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Artie Shaw's (and just about everybody else's) version of "Moonglow" is tops with me. Benny Goodman's version of "Don't Be That Way" is pretty swell too.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR BEN!
(What's the cake du jour?)
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I'm listening to Donald's Minskoff show right now as I begin my birthday celebration. Thanks for the good wishes. Besides Miss Stritch and me, it's also the birthdate of Burton Lane, Liz Smith and Farrah Fawcett.
We will have cake this evening. Don't know what but something with chocolate in it. I'll let you know later.
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I think one of my favorite tunes is Benny Goodman's Swing, Swing, Swing. I also love Moonlight Seranade (what a romantic number). There are a couple of shows on BBC (oh, no, not again) that focus on Big Band and Swing Music. One is on BBC Radio Wales and it's called String of Pearls.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/shows/stringofpearls.shtml
Another is Stacy Kent's show on BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/bigband/
Malcolm Laycock also has an excellent show on BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/laycock/
Off to work. No, I'm not taking the day off, too busy for that, but I will work s l o w l y and I will check in often on this special natal day.
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Moonglow, I love Moonglow!
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I like just about anything sung by The Andrews Sisters. Regarding "Swing, Swing, Swing", is it a law that every compilation musical (from FOSSEE to SWING and everything else in between) has to use it for a big production number? It is a great song, but enough is enough.
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Fun "At Last" fact: It was originally used in SUN VALLEY SERENADE and was cut out of the film because it was decided that the film had TOO MANY potential hit songs (notably "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"), so it was put into ORCHESTRA WIVES the following year. Both times it was 'sung' by the delicious Lynn Bari (dubbed by Pat Friday). You can still hear a bit of 'At Last' in the medley in the finale skating number of SUN VALLEY.
There are literally dozens od Swing songs I adore, but I need more coffee first to jog them all into order...
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Interesting background on one of my favorites from the era, "I'll Never Smile Again":
"The song was written by a young Canadian songwriter, Ruth Lowe. The lyrics came from her heart - she had been married only a year when her husband died suddenly during a routine operation. Devastated, Ruth moved back to her home in Toronto. After telling her sister that she'd never smile again without him, she sat down one night to write a song that expressed her sorrow.
The result was a song that not only launched Frank Sinatra's career, but helped a nation get through the grief and loss of WWII.
Now, the fact that I'll Never Smile Again was written by a Canadian woman is not exactly obscure music trivia. However, few people know that a year before Dorsey and Sinatra got their hands on it, I'll Never Smile Again was heard by thousands of Canadians tuned into CBC Radio.
As far as Lost & Found Sound can tell, there's only one copy of this 1939 broadcast, and it belongs to Ruth Lowe's son, Tom Sandler. He came across the 78 RPM disc in a box of his mother's memorabilia after she died in 1981. This version was arranged by Percy Faith for his CBC program Music by Faith."
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DR Charlie Toft -
Welcome to HHW
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"Martha" by Connee Boswell, "Hold Tight" by the Andrews Sisters, "The Jumpin Jive" by just about Anybody, "Swingin' on the Reservation" by Ella Fitzgerald", That's How Rhythm was Born" by the Boswell Sisters, "Cow-Cow-Boogie" by Ella Mae Morse, "Shoo-Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy" by June Christy, "There Will Never Be Another You" by Just about anybody..."Artie Shaw's "Begin the Beguine"..
For a start! :-)
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For Jose, who yesterday bemoaned:
RE: The Super Bowl - I missed the half-time show - and, thus missed the mishap between Justin Timberlake and Miss Janet Jackson.
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/115137/1_21_020104_janet_breast.jpg)
der Brucer (who thinks the tastlesness of the above moment was superceded by the fart-blowing Bud Light horse)
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Favorite WWII songs:
God Bless America - Kate Smith
Now is the Hour - Gracie Fields
der Brucer (remembering listening to both on radio, huddled in bed when the black-out cutains were drawn)
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Wasn't able to finish listening to the Radio Show. It stopped after the clip from Scarlet Pimpernel (clip number 33 I believe) and nothing else loads. I'll go back later and try again. It was lots of fun up to that point.
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Wow, so many WW2 songs to choose from. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE 1940s (and 1930s, 1950s) big band music. Tomovoz already listed some of my favorites and I will add IN THE MOOD, 12th St RAG, and SNOWFALL to the list. I know there are many more that are favorites but I can't even think of them just now.
and.........HAPPY B'DAY DR BEN!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR Ben!!!!!!!!!
DR Charlie beat me to it - Glenn Miller is far and away my favorite big band leader and his orchestra's rendition of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" is my all-time favorite song from the war years. One of the first CDs I bought when I made the switchover from LP to CD was a Glenn Miller CD that had 40 of his hits in their original recordings. May have been mono sound, but I played that thing into the ground.
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I forgot to welcome new DR Charlie! Welcome!!! ;D
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I have to agree about the Andrews Sisters stuff during the war years, too. I loved their bounce and their fun vocals. I also thought that OVER HERE! the Broadway musical built around Patti and Maxene, was deserving of the Best Musical Tony the year it was nominated. (RAISIN won that year. SEESAW was the other nominee. I liked it a lot, but it seemed such a huge show for such a tiny little story. I felt the same way about MISS SAIGON except SEESAW has a better score.)
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Happy Birthday, DR Ben!!
Welcome, new DR Charlie!!
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Thank you thank you thank you!
Love ALL the Big Bandleaders, with the exception of Harry James. Always found his trumpet shrill and annoying. Even in "I Had The Craziest Dream", another Favorite WWII song.
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BTW, I read this morning that STAR! comes out on DVD April 20th along with ROXIE HART and CALL ME MADAM!!!!
;D
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Good morning, new reader bfried. I hope you will join us in posting.
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WOW!!! That IS great news, Matt!!! Thanks for the day-brightener!
Oh I HOPE HOPE HOPE they come out with new CDs of the soundtracks to STAR & CALL ME MADAM!!!!
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BK,
I had to reread a sentence from the notes. I thought you wrote that you'd be watching Lost in Tarnation.
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Those DVDs are list priced at $14.95, just like HELLO DOLLY. The STAR disc will have a Robert Wise running commentary (not sure if it's new or the one pieced together on the laserdisc) and that 1968 publicity feature on the making of the film.
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Besides me (and others mentioned today) here is a list of "famous" people born on Groundhog Day. I feel so old because I don't know who half of them are!!!
Singer Shakira is 27, Actress Lori Beth Denberg is 28, Rapper T-Mo is 32, Rock musician Ben Mize (Counting Crows) is 33, Rock musician Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) is 38, Actress Kim Zimmer is 49 (whew, I know who she is), Actor Michael Talbott is 49 (him, too), Model Christie Brinkley is 50 (and her), Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 55 (nope), Actor Brent Spiner is 55 (yep), Actress Farrah Fawcett is 57, Country singer Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 58 (not really), Television executive Barry Diller is 62 (from here to the end I actually know who they are), Actor Bo Hopkins is 62, Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 62, Comedian/Folk Singer Tom Smothers is 67, Actor Robert Mandan is 72, and Actress Elaine Stritch is 79.
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Happy Birthday Ben,
Love Jen :)
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And that brings us to page 2
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I have not had the chance to watch any of these yet. But here are last night's Superbowl ads on the net:
http://www.ifilm.com/?sctn=collections&pg=superbowl2004
Can anybody list some of the good ones that I should look at.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday DR Ben!![/move]
Hmmmmmmmmm......I think that Glenn Miller's version of "In the Mood" is one of my favorites, along with "String of Pearls" - both mentioned by other DR's.
And just to add some new music to the mix, I will mention "The Hut Sut Song" and "Mississippi Mud" and "Paper Doll."
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Didn't anybody watch Survivor last night? :(
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First things first: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR BEN!!! :)
Favorite WWII era songs:
Sing, Sing, Sing
Moonglow
String of Pearls
In the Mood
Sentimental Journey
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Take the "A" Train
Moonlight Serenade
The Donkey Serenade
I'm sure I'll think of lots more later... ;)
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Excellent lists thus far and thus far excellent lists. Good morning.
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Ben: I know who Kim Zimmer is, too! Who could ever forget Reva Shayne?
Has she remarried Josh Lewis recently? Or any of the other male Lewis family members...brothers, dads, uncles, cousins? I haven't watched GL in probably 15 years.
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Wiarton Willie sees a long winter
Martin O'Malley & Ruby Buiza, CBC News Online | February 2, 2004
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groundhogday/gfx/wiarton_willie1.jpg)
Wiarton Willie
On Monday, February 2, a white groundhog was rudely awakened in Wiarton, Ontario and at eight o'clock he looked around, saw his shadow, which according to Groundhog lore, means there will be six more weeks of winter.
In Nova Scotia, however, a groundhog named Shubenacadie Sam didn't see his shadow, which means for Nova Scotians, spring is just around the corner. For those who want to follow this through, Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil also saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter.
Wiarton Willie didn't take long to make his forecast. "He did a quick turn there, and I think it's because he did see his shadow and we have six more weeks of winter," said Carl Noble, mayor of South Bruce Peninsula.
It's always been a pack of lies, of course, but it's fun, and we need fun if we are to survive another Canadian February.
Groundhog Day was inspired by an old Scottish couplet:
"If Candlemas Day is bright and clear/ There'll be two winters in the year."
How groundhogs got a reputation for predicting weather patterns is a mystery, because they are not the least bit interested in their shadows or the number of winter weeks remaining. The only reason they come out of hibernation is for food and sex.
The original Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog said to be 22 years old, died during hibernation during the winter of 1998-99. The good burghers of Wiarton discovered this to their horror just before Groundhog Day 1999.
Willie's death made headlines around the world.
On Groundhog Day, they put Wiarton Willie face-up in a small pine casket, bright pennies over his eyes, paws clutching a raw carrot. But it was a fake! Turns out the real Wiarton Willie was so disgustingly decomposed he couldn't be put on display, so they found a stuffed facsimile and laid it in the casket.
"We didn't try to hide the fact that he was stuffed," said Tom Ashman of Wiarton Willie's publicity team. "If the media had been doing their job they would have seen the stitches on the belly."
But, why fake it?
"People needed closure," Ashman explained.
Groundhogs are woodchucks, members of the squirrel family, marmots, sometimes called "pig-whistles." They are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. When nervous, they emit a high-pitched squeal, which might as well be an embossed dinner invitation to predators who follow the squeal until they find and eat the groundhog.
So how did they gain a reputation for predicting weather? Fact is, they aren't very good at it. The people of Wiarton insist their Willie was accurate 90 per cent of the time, but what do you expect them to say when the Groundhog Festival attracts 20,000 free-spending tourists to the town every February? Scientific studies show groundhogs are accurate only 37 per cent of the time, which means you'd do better flipping one of the pennies that covered ol' Wiarton Willie's eyes.
Loyalists insist that Wiarton Willie possessed an uncanny ability to predict because he was born exactly on the 45th parallel, midway between the Equator and the North Pole. Wiarton is a pretty town of 2,300 on the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
The legend of Willie Wiarton began in 1956, with many groundhogs taking their star turn as Willie.
Other jurisdictions have their favourite winter-predicting groundhogs, the second most famous - after Wiarton Willie - being Punxsutawney Phil of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. There is a Brandon Bob in Manitoba, a Staten Island Chuck in New York, a Balzac Billy in Alberta, and a Gary the Groundhog in Kleinburg, Ontario.
Wiarton Willie's successor is Wee Willie, another albino groundhog. Actually there are two Wee Willies - Wee Willie and Wee Willie-2 - just to be safe. An Ottawa man captured them after Wiarton Willie died. He sent them to Wiarton for the big show.
And a big show it is, with hockey tournaments, curling bonspiels, dances, parades, pancake breakfasts, a Monte Carlo Night, a dart tournament, snooker tournament, horse-drawn sleigh rides, a mammoth fish fry and a circus.
Enough to make a groundhog squeal. Oops.
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Lulu, I also know who Kim Zimmer is. And yes she is actually married to a Lewis right now (Josh)!
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Happy Birthday, Ben!
And congrats, bk, on getting a great start on the Kritzer Time CD!
I love WWII songs. Most of my faves have been named, except Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" -- which has been somewhat spoiled by DR STRANGELOVE. But it still moves me each time I hear it.
Wonderful photo, NR Charlie Toft. And good story about "I'll Never Smile Again," Dan-in-TO.
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PennyO - did you find an accompanist??
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Nice photos DRMichaelShayne!
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Has anyone mentioned the Andrews Sisters "I Love You Much Too Much"?... Give me a smoky nightclub, Claude Rains in the shadows, a rose in my teeth - okay forget the rose - and that song.
I've put on the CD player "The Chesterfield Broadcasts, VOL. 1 - The Andrews Sisters with the Glenn Miller Orchestra." Great stuff. I'll listen while I have breakfast, then back to ze writing.
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Happy Birthday, Dear Reader Ben!
Welcome, Dear Reader Charlie Toft! Do tell us a little about yourself, please. And explain the picture that appears below your name. I'm betting there's an interesting story behind it!
Welcome back, Dear Reader Lulu!
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Welcome, new DR Charlie Toft!
Welcome back, DR Lulu!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR BEN!
**When it comes to birthday greetings (and a few other things) size does matter.**
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With the addition of the three titles above, April has enough DVDs coming out to break all DRs. Also in April are 5 Judy Garland films, 2 Sondheims (Angela/George in SWEENY TODD and "The Last of Shelia") and one or two others.
I just read that the producers of BOY FROM OZ are considering Ricky Martin to take over after Hugh Jackman's contract is up. No comment from me is needed.
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Never Gonna Dance is gonna close. Playbill On-Line reports that the final performance will be February 15th.
Also, the luminous Miss Barbara Cook will be doing another limited run one-woman show at Lincoln Center called Barbara Cook Broadway. It will play 12 performances over a month starting February 18th. Details at Playbill On-Line http://www.playbill.com/
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Fav Big Band stuff:
My Reverie by Larry CLinton's orchestra
Ballerina by either Buddy Clark or Vaughn Monroe
Wind & the Rain in Your Hair
Make Believe Ballroom
Nightmare by Artie Shaw
These Foolish Things
I'm Glad There Is You
Love For Sale by Skinny Ennis
Oh, Look at Me Now & Everything Happens To Me by Frank Sinatra with Dorsey
Skylark, the Herb Jeffries version
Bob-White
The Lamp Is Low
When Did You Leave Heaven By Carmen Lombardo
Indian Summer
Symphony
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, & Me)
I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)
Just a few off the top of my head...
Janet Jackson flap...Has this country really become that Puritanical and repressive that it gets its knickers in a twist over such a thing? From the photos, it seems like a very pretty breast too.
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Good Afternoon!
-Well, I didn't get up as early as I had planned last night, but I have already had a pretty productive day - and I've only been up for about 2 1/2 hours! I got some paperwork together to mail off; walked to my mechanic to explain my "possessed" car; walked to the post office to mail the paperwork; walked to the bank to take care of some business; walked through the grocery store just to scout out this week's specials; walked to McD's to get a Cobb Salad for lunch; walked to the local coffee roaster/shop (LOVE the smell in that place!) for a nice cup of coffee; then walked back home... Had lunch, checking the e-mail, and now HHW... I may even venture out later to get my hair cut -I'm about a week overdue right now.
As for WWII songs - I've always loved "Swing, Swing, Swing" too! I remember hearing it for the first time on a Boston Pops broadcast with Buddy Rich if I recall correctly - the drum solo was incredible. Then I just kept hearing it in various other places - TV shows, radio shows, commercials, and even our high school drill team used it for one of their routines. I always lamented that it never sounded the same on the piano.
Other songs - "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night of the Week", "I'll Never Smile Again" (thanks for the history lesson on this one!), "I Don't Want to Walk Without You, Baby"... Hmm.. Maybe I'll put on Judy Kuhn's Jule Styne album today...
And I remember analyzing the horn/saxophone voicings in Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade" for a project I was working on. And it's amazing how if just one of the tones is altered or revoiced, it totally affects the sound of the piece - well, at least moreso than I thought it would.
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DR DERBRUCER - Thanks for the pic of the "mishap" - or, as Mr. Timberlake calls it, a "wardrobe malfunction". WOW! I wonder how long it took for him and his team of publicists and lawyers to come up with that turn of phrase?!?!?
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H A P P Y
BIRTHDAY,
Ben!
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Superbowl half time, Justin exposing Janet's breast was a "wardrobe malfunction" :):
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/feb2_superbowl-ap.html
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A "wardrobe malfunction" or a ploy to get Janet's picture in the media? Methinks she is upset that her brother (in the fraternal sense since he is now Caucasian) is getting more publicity than she is.
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RE: Justin and Janet (sounds like a tabloid headline)
The newsradio station, I was listening to this morning, was reading last week's press release (apparently from AOL and MTV) concerning the Super Bowl Halftime Show. After naming the performers who would be taking part, the release ends by saying, "to watch for the special surprise at the end of the show.
Hmmm.
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Just mirroring what everyone else is saying. ::)
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What passes for "entertainment" so often is not my definition of entertainment, but to each his own.
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Has this country really become that Puritanical and repressive that it gets its knickers in a twist over such a thing?
In a word, yes.
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How groundhogs got a reputation for predicting weather patterns is a mystery, because they are not the least bit interested in their shadows or the number of winter weeks remaining. The only reason they come out of hibernation is for food and sex.
Hmmmm...been there, done that! I can empathize, completely.
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More about Ruth (I'll Never Smile Again) Lowe:
In the years following "I'll Never Smile Again" Lowe composed many other songs, including another Sinatra favourite, "Put Your Dreams Away", which was played at his funeral in 1998. Able to put her loss behind her, Lowe married for a second time in 1945, this time to Nathan Sandler. From this union two sons (Tommy and Stephen) were born. Ms. Lowe died on January 24, 1981.
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Re Ms. Jackson, I just thought she was impersonating her sister, LaToya!
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CLICK HERE (http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=450594§ion=news) for another article about the SuperBowl Half Time "incident" and it has the "reveal" picture.
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A second round of thanks to the afternoon well wishers. I thank you all for the birthday greetings and now I must get back to work (ugh), but you have all brightened my day.
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I’m back from Bethesda. I’m happy to say the weather, though very cold & windy, stayed clear. My friend and I enjoyed our trip to the Botanical gardens where it was nice and warm.
While I was gone Keith entertained himself on the computer and checked out the following site for unclaimed money: https://scoweb.sco.ca.gov
He found money for my Dad, sister, niece, his brother, my ex-brother in-law, our son’s girlfriend and her sister. I highly suggest everyone check out this site, you never know.
DRLaura, my deepest sympathy, I was greatly saddened to read you lost Roxie. I know how difficult and painful this is for you. :(
Panni you received your Green Card!! Now you can relax. Congratulations.
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy birthday Ben[/move] [/color] and a belated happy birthday to Kerry & Donald.
I only scanned the first page yesterday, sorry if I missed commenting on an important event.
I see a new member. Welcome CharlieToft. :)
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Welcome back DR Jane!
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Accident? Hahahahahaha. I don't think so. Not so much shocking as boring.
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Thanks MBarnum. It is nice to be home.
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Jane: So glad to have you back where you belong (a Hello, Dolly! reference). If Keith was entertaining himself on the computer while you were gone, why didn't he sign on to HHW under your name? Think of all the trouble he could have caused you!
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Dan-in-Toronto thanks for the history lesson on “I’ll Never Smile Again”. I love WWII songs.
“I’ll be Seeing You”
“When the Lights Go On Again” (All Over the World)
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”
“I Don’t Want to Walk Without You”
“I’ll Get By”
“Comin’ In On a Wing and a Prayer”
“It’s Been a Long, Long Time”
“Till Then”
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”
“I’ll Walk Alone”
And my absolute favorite, “The White Cliffs of Dover”
There are more but I’m stopping now.
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TCB LOL. Guess I didn't need him to post & defend me this time (remember the whip cream?)
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Emily don’t forget you can also repeat “Groundhog Day” on the Encore channel. :)
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Welcome back Jane.
I was going to mention the Andews Sisters singing "Ferry Boat Serenade" but thought someone would pronounce it as Fairyboat. Ok Jed.
Dan: You mean to say that "I'll Never Smile Again" wasn't written for Tab Hunter?
See you all much much later.
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TCB LOL. Guess I didn't need him to post & defend me this time (remember the whip cream?)
Ah, yes!
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Jennifer no wonder you asked for suggestions on the Super Bowl commercials. There are too many to watch them all. I just sent an email to my brother as I’m sure he watched the show.
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Thank you Tomovoz.
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Yes, I've always liked "The White Cliffs of Dover," too. And Doris Day's "Sentimental Journey."
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hey BK - is there going to be a chat çe soir?
there hasn't been one in oh so long... :(
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A little correction on your assessment of DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. The DVD that was just released ends with OTTO FRANK back in the attic with the retelling of how he found out how everyone died and Anne's voice saying 'I believe everyone is good at heart" and Otto saying " 'She puts me to shame"
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I meant to comment on THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. I agree that George Stevens became his own worst enemy as his films after A PLACE IN THE SUN become more and more ponderous. I'm not one of those people who thinks GIANT is a great film (I know I'm in the minority). I think it's too long and slow, but when you have two relative ciphers as the young leads, Millie Perkins and Richard Beymer, you know you're in for a long afternoon. I know Stevens tried to get Audrey Hepburn for the film (she played young pretty convincingly that same year in THE NUN'S STORY so she might could have pulled it off), and that Millie Perkins was far from his first choice. I think Anthony Perkins might have been the right idea for Peter, but I guess he was busy with FEAR STRIKES OUT.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!![/move]
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Welcome, New D(ear) R(eader) Charlie Toft![/move]
Emily don’t forget you can also repeat “Groundhog Day” on the Encore channel. :)
Speaking of "Groundhog Day," has anyone heard anything more about Stephen Sondheim getting the musical theater rights to this movie? Is it going to be his next new show?
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Yes, George, Sondheim is supposedly working on GROUNDHOG DAY. But he is also working on finishing up some songs for the Nathan Lane THE FROGS for this summer.
Another good swing-era song that makes me jitterbug on the gym treadmill: "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet". Also, anything Betty Hutton. And Dortothy Lamour's "Injun Gal Heap Hep" is another song that once heard, is never forgotten.
The picture is a childhood snapshot with my pug Percy.
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The picture is a childhood snapshot with my pug Percy.
Hokay, I'll bite.
It appears you lived a rather, um, formal childhood, Dear Reader Charlie Toft. Wouldst thou enlighten the minions of Hainsies and Kimlets who hold unquenchable curiosity about such matters?
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According to Playbill.com, Gypsy Revival to Close Feb. 28 (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84157.html). The article says:
According to a statement, "The producers stated that the current extreme weather conditions in New York, which have caused an industry-wide decline in ticket sales, contributed to the decision to close the production." If the box office shows a marked improvement, however, the producers may extend the Gypsy run. (The producers of Never Gonna Dance also announced Feb. 2 that that show would close prematurely on Feb. 15, also citing the poor weather.)
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As far as swing numbers, the ones that I can think of are ones that have already been mentioned...unless I look when I get home tonight. Anyway, here they are:
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive"
"Bob-White"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
"I Don’t Want to Walk Without You"
"In the Mood"
"Sing, Sing, Sing (as far as I know, I've never heard of "Swing, Swing, Swing" unless it's the same music but with lyrics)
"Skylark" (especially the way Dianne Reeves sang it live when I ushered for her concert on Saturday...incredible...although she doesn't do it in the style of the period)
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I think most of my favorites have been covered by one person or another today. Does With A Song In My Heart count as WWII?
I love I'll Be Seeing You
In the Mood
And, although it is a little early, or a little late, I would have to include I'll Be Home for Christmas
I played the grandfather in the play A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and I got to sing several wonderful old WWII songs, including White Cliffs of Dover.
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I suppose we can have a chat tonight if there are enough takers. Six?
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I can chat at six.
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It's time for a new dance-
I GOT MY CELL PHONE BACK DANCE!!!
Whew!
After getting a call from another dispatcher and driver earlier this afternoon, I kindly asked if they could just bring my phone by whenever they happened to be in my neighborhood anytime today - or tomorrow if necessary. Well, I got a call around 2:30, and the cab driver said she would bring it over this afternoon. Well, she came by, and called my home phone and asked if I could come outside. So, I step to the window of the cab, and she's holding out a cell phone... In a leather case... My phone doesn't have a leather case... AAGHH!!... So, she starts digging through the compartment betweent he front seats... And then holds up another phone, "So, is it this one?" YES!! WHEW!
I GOT MY CELL PHONE BACK DANCE!!!
-And who knew that a cell phone could absorb so much car air freshener smell? ;-)
-And isn't it kind of sad that I'm so relieved to get my cell phone back? Especially when I'm waiting on word on my car repair(s) - I should have a call from the shop tomorrow morning... And I've decided that if it's something major that will cost some major money, I may just sell it to them for parts and scrap.
On the bright side of things, I haven't been online too much - or as much - today since I wanted to keep my land-line free.
Well, time for me to get ready for dinner! It's 1/2 price burger and quiche night at Strawberry St. Cafe! They don't serve burgers and quiche together, but I guess you could order both... heck, they'd be 1/2 price, so... hmmm... lunch tomorrow? ;-)
Oh, and regarding Mr. Timberlake and Ms. Jackson... If it was a "wardrobe malfunction", how was the "wardrobe" supposed to function in the first place then? Was her whole top supposed to come off instead?
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Oh, I can make chat tonight... but will most likely be a little late... But prolly no later than 9:30.. well, 6:30 HHW time.
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II played the grandfather in the play A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Another favorite I missed. I love that song!
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To answer some questions from Jose who posted after I went to bed
Thanks DR Michael Shayne for the Universal Pics. They are bringing back many fond memories of my audition tour. And I didn't realize you were staying "on campus" at the Royal Pacific. Nice hotel, definitely built for the business and convention business, but still a nice hotel. -It's just kind of funny that the really nice hotel on campus down there is the Hard Rock Hotel - oh, and the Portofino is quite nice too.
I stayed at the Portofino last year and between the two I liked the Portofino better. They have a wonderful Italian restaurant. I so do enjoy staying onsite because you can get in the express land and bypass the long lines. It is soooooo worth it.
Were you able to catch the torch lighting ceremony around the pool?
No it was pouring rain so it was moved indoors
And did they leave interesting "mints" on your pillow?
No and I was very disappointed. The bed wasn't even turned.
I got a few kitchen magnets, a lei, and a shell filled with potpourri. Frankly, I would have preferred chocolates.
Not even that and worse of all I didn't get a lei on my birthday..
So, did you catch the Universal Monsters Live show? Too bad they don't run the Spiderman Live show down there... it's trash, but fun trash. And the "transformation" of Peter Parker is fun... and actually quite sexy.
I skipped the monster show. A lot more interesting things to do.
No transformation of Peter Parker in Orlando.
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Tonight I am off to see Steven Lutvak in concert this evening at the Crest Theater as part of their Cabaret series. I might be late to talk.
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I may be home in time for a 6 o'clock chat.
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Oh, and regarding Mr. Timberlake and Ms. Jackson... If it was a "wardrobe malfunction", how was the "wardrobe" supposed to function in the first place then? Was her whole top supposed to come off instead?
My understanding was she was supposed to be wearing something underneath
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My understanding was she was supposed to be wearing something underneath
So the star-shaped pastie doesn't count?
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Then chat there shall be.
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Isn't it amazing that breasts can still draw such an hysterical reaction? I mean, they've been around for quite awhile.
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While I was gone Keith entertained himself on the computer and checked out the following site for unclaimed money: https://scoweb.sco.ca.gov
He found money for my Dad, sister, niece, his brother, my ex-brother in-law, our son’s girlfriend and her sister. I highly suggest everyone check out this site, you never know.
THANK YOU DR JANE!
I'm to be $75 richer when I fill out the forms.
der Brucer (hoping Jane will have Keith surf the web more often)
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Apparently I am not owed anything, buy my late (by 25 years) father is, as is my not-late brother. If I'm to claim my father's money I apparently have to get a death certificate and such.
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Does With A Song In My Heart count as WWII?
Well, I would have thought so - Jane Froman sang it in her WWII USO shows; however, when I looked up the movie on IMDB I discovered:
"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART"
Written by Richard Rodgers (1929)
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung offscreen by Jane Froman
Reprised by Susan Hayward (voice dubbed by Froman) and Richard Allan
dere Brucer (who while searching found another WWII song favorite:
Chickery Chick
Sammy Kaye (#1 in 1945)
- words by Sylvia Dee, music by Sidney Lippman
Once there lived a chicken who would say "chick-chick"
"Chick-chick" all day
Soon that chick got sick and tired of just "chick-chick"
So one morning he started to say:
"Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la
Check-a-la romey in a bananika
Bollika, wollika, can't you see
Chickery chick is me?"
Every time you're sick an tired of just the same old thing
Sayin' just the same old words all day
Be just like the chicken who found something new to sing
Open up your mouth and start to say
Oh!
"Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la
Check-a-la romey in a bananika
Bollika, wollika, can't you see
Chickery chick is me?"
It was one of the first sonds I learned to sing and it drove my folks banaika!
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Can anybody list some of the good ones that I should look at.
How's your blood pressure? The ads for "Miracle" have changed from "The Greatest Hockey Game Ever" to "The story of the greatest moment in sports history"!
der Brucer (who loves to "Blame Canada!)
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Wiarton Willie's successor is Wee Willie, another albino groundhog. Actually there are two Wee Willies - Wee Willie and Wee Willie-2 - just to be safe.
I knew it! Canada's Groundhog has a Wee Willie (two if you'd believe it!)
der Brucer (who's sure our Phil has a plentiful phalus)
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Evening all!
Happy Ground Hog day! So the little guy saw his shadow. I can't honestly say I'm suprised. If I came out and saw all those weird people about, I'd head for my little den as well!
I'm so glad to see DR Jane back safe and sound! Welcome home! :)
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I'm was confused earlier today (no smart remarks, please, bk) -- "I'll Be Seeing You" and "We'll Meet Again" somehow became one song in my mind. I was thinking of "I'll Be Seeing You' when I said it moved me each time I heard it. But the reference to DR STRANGELOVE was about "We'll Meet Again"...
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And welcome back, Jane!
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While I was gone Keith entertained himself on the computer and checked out the following site for unclaimed money: https://scoweb.sco.ca.gov
He found money for my Dad, sister, niece, his brother, my ex-brother in-law, our son’s girlfriend and her sister. I highly suggest everyone check out this site, you never know.
Thanks, Dear Reader Jane! $85.92 that I didn't know I had!
And welcome back!
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Isn't it amazing that breasts can still draw such an hysterical reaction? I mean, they've been around for quite awhile.
It does seem a strange obcession, particularly since it's restricted to the females of our species.
Making it stranger still is how so many in our (western) society insist that for the beefcake shots the men shave their hair off of their bared chests, simulating the hairlessness of our women. Go figure!
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Our very own Nick Redman's new column is up at The DVD Place - check it out, very thought provoking. Chat in a mere twenty-five minutes.
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No posts in one half-hour. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Chat is open, get your butt cheeks in there or I'm closing it up.
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There are five (5) people in chat! COME ON IN...THE WATER'S FINE!
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THANK YOU DR JANE!
I'm to be $75 richer when I fill out the forms.
der Brucer (hoping Jane will have Keith surf the web more often)
How exciting! For those of you outside of California, check out this link to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA).
http://www.unclaimed.org/mainframe.asp?VisitorType=owner
Once in, click on “Find Property” on the top left of the page.
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Jay has money too! How nice. This is making my evening :) and you are welcome.
Bruce it isn’t very difficult to obtain your father’s certificate, but it does cost something.
Thank you Danise & Panni.
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Major news - five years ago:
TORONTO, Feb 3, 1999 (Reuters) - Canada's grief over the death of its most beloved groundhog turned to shame on Wednesday as officials admitted they had switched the corpse of the real Wiarton Willy with a stuffed impostor. Groundhog Day, observed in Canada and the United States, dictates that if a groundhog sees its shadow on February 2, there will be another six weeks of winter. Willy, who reached the ripe age of 22 before expiring, was Canada's official furry meteorological forecaster for most of his life in the small town of Wiarton, just north of Toronto.
When Groundhog Day observers arrived in Wiarton on Tuesday, they were greeted with the news that Willy was dead. On Wednesday, Canadian newspapers ran a photograph of a dead albino groundhog, purported to be Willy, clutching a carrot, and lying face-up in a small coffin. The only problem was that Willy's real body was discovered days before in an advanced stage of decomposition, indicating he had probably been dead for weeks.
"When the handler pulled him out, his remains were not presentable for public viewing," acknowledged Groundhog Day organizer Bill Walker. He said the town had meant no harm by displaying the corpse of the imposter, and had wanted to allow the public to reach "closure" over the rodent's death. The imposter in the coffin was a previous Willy, who had been stuffed years before.
Walker said Willy's remains were actually discovered on Sunday when a handler went to wake him up from hibernation so he could fulfill his role in the annual pageant. The town of Wiarton, which kept a special home for the rodent, has now launched a search for another Willy. "We've had calls from people who said they saw an albino groundhog last year," he said. "But they're hibernating right now so we'll have to wait until spring."
Willy's death inspired eulogies and even the occasional tear from elected officials in the national parliament and made headlines internationally. No one is quite sure of the origin of the tradition of groundhog watching. The U.S. counterpart of Wiarton Willy is Punxsutawney Phil, who emerged from his Pennsylvania home early on Tuesday as a crowd of 25,000 people watched. Phil failed to see his shadow, signaling that spring was right around the corner.
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Well, California didn't owe me nothin'! LOL! But I did check out the listing for Oregon and the state owes my sister and brother-in-law money from when they lived on Meyers Ct in Medford...which was about 30 years ago! LOL! Thanks Jane for letting us know about this!
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Good evening!
-Just because it's an All-You-Can-Eat soup and salad bar, doesn't mean you should eat "all-you-can-eat"... plus the 1/2 price burger... plus dessert - an ice cream sandwich made with chocolate chip pound cake and vanilla ice cream... topped with hot fudge and whipped cream... :-X
Hopefully, I'll sleep very well tonight.
I checked into the chat when I got back, and DR Dan-in-Toronto was the only one in there. And then is it was only me. So...
-I would have checked in earlier, but my friend, Mark, who picked me up for dinner was running late, so...
OK - Time to digest...
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Where IS everybody?
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Well, California didn't owe me nothin'! LOL! But I did check out the listing for Oregon and the state owes my sister and brother-in-law money from when they lived on Meyers Ct in Medford...which was about 30 years ago! LOL! Thanks Jane for letting us know about this!
Gosh this is fun! :)
Good night.
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Just wanted to say that I am continuing to enjoy the book WICKED. I'm reading slowly - about two chapters a day, but it's quite wonderful. AMazing that no one got the idea to do this before Gregory Maguire did.
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What is WITH Sundays and Mondays? Maybe I'll just skip those days from now on and we'll be a Tuesday through Saturday site. Every Sunday and Monday I am sure we'll achieve a new low and then we barely but BARELY squeak by. What gives? I know not, I care not but I shall laugh and laugh quite soon.
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I am still waiting for my copy of "Wicked" from the library. I actually requested a large print copy, thinking that since there were fewer requests, it would take less time. That theory doesn't take into account when people keep items past the due date. Grrr.
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But the good news is that my order from Footlight.com has arrived!! I bought some CDs that were total impulse buys:
Honk! the Music Theatre of Witchita's First American cast recording (I love the London recording!)
Boy Meets Boy (with an instrumental track not on the album)
No For an Answer by Marc Blitzstein with Carol Channing
Rap Master Ronnie by Elizabeth Swados and Garry Trudeau
Reginald de Kovin's Robin Hood (I've had a discarded library copy of the vocal score for years and finally I'll get to hear it)
AND the region 2 DVD of the live production of CHESS with Tommy Körberg
I love it when I get my income tax refund!
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Good evening!
-Just because it's an All-You-Can-Eat soup and salad bar, doesn't mean you should eat "all-you-can-eat"... plus the 1/2 price burger... plus dessert - an ice cream sandwich made with chocolate chip pound cake and vanilla ice cream... topped with hot fudge and whipped cream... :-X
I forgot, what was the name of the diet you were on...The Willy Wonka something or other?
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DR Kerry you have mail.
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I am just listening to one of those Capitol records Cd compilations with such wonderful stars as Helen Forest, Keely Smith, Peggy Lee and Dakota Staton.. Nearly all the tracks were recorded in the 50's and they are so good. It sort of leads on from the wonderful 40's sounds of today's topic. It is also another post!
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Has Laura II found out that people do indeed sleep at this time of the day? I think she has been missing for a few days.
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Happy birthday to Ben! (Hey, it's still the 2nd where I am!)
Wonderful to see Lulu around again.
Jennifer - re: Super Bowl commercials... I can't really recommend any, as I found this year's batch to be the most disappointing set I can recall.
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I've just has a long stretch without power -- which is MY excuse for not posting. What's yours? (Why do I suddenly feel like Baby June?) Not having power was not too bad. For some reason one of the phones worked and I have lots of flashlights and candles. The wonderdog and I cuddled up and all was cozy. I AM glad the power's back, though, because everything in the freezer would've defrosted - including my precious frozen roast chestnuts; and it was starting to get just a tad cold for comfort.
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Yes, Laura II has forsaken the likes of us. Kids today, I tell you.
Watched Lost in Tarnation, about which more tomorrow.
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I now have to reset the time on everything - which is so boring.
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...Especially the fax machine. I have an old one in which all the I.D. data has to be input all over again each time the power goes out.
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The good thing about losing power here in this semi rural environment is that as it happens quite often, I don't usually forget how to reset the clocks. Setting the sundial to daylight savings is far more of a problem. I was going to mention the egg timer but thought that would be going just a little too far. (We do have a sundial in the garden).
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(We do have a sundial in the garden).
Right under the the Kookaburra's Gum Tree, no doubt.
(http://www.gigglepotz.com/images/veg.gif)
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he,
Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be.
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I have a big meeting in the morning. I should get to sleep so that my brain is working tomorrow. I'm not going to reset anything right now except the radio-clock by the bed. Good night, all.
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Indeed my life is just that.
We are happy little vegemites
As bright as bright can be
We all adore our vegemite
For breakfast lunch and tea
We all adore our vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek.
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Another night without reaching an all time low!
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I lived in an apartment for about 4-1/2 years and never lost power, even during one of the worst frozen ice storms that I'd ever lived through...the apartment was on the same power grid as a hospital and a retirement complex.
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Now there, Tom, let's not leave out lines:
Our mother says we're growing
stronger every single week.
Because we love our Vegemite.
We all adore our Vegemite.
It puts a rose in every cheek!
der Brucer (I guess better a rose in every cheek than a daffodil between the cheeks)
From my collection of vital web sites: Aussie Kid's Songs (http://www.gigglepotz.com/f_songs7.htm)
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I live in a retirement complex now and we still lose power. Of course there are only two human residents and the building is not that complex.
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I don't remember ever hearing or seeing the lines about "our mother". Perhaps it is the Sydney variation. (Then again at 58 I am having memory problems). Perhaps the lines were never sung clearly enough for me to understand.
This site is always so informative.
No Kookaburras in view but I can see two cockatoos from my window - they want to be fed!
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Feeding finished. Sulpher crested cockatoos. We had five yellow tailed black cockatoos in the garden ealier. They do not feed from the seed bowls but "prune" the trees. Quite a parrot family day - we have also has the usual rosellas, king parrots and galahs here as well.
No wonder I hate to see caged birds.
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DERBRUCER: There was interesting book brought out in the early 1970's - "Cinderella Dressed in Yella" - it was about songs and rhymes used by Australian children - the variation between regions and over time was fascinating.
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Honk! the Music Theatre of Witchita's First American cast recording (I love the London recording!)
Boy Meets Boy (with an instrumental track not on the album)
Rap Master Ronnie by Elizabeth Swados and Garry Trudeau
Reginald de Kovin's Robin Hood (I've had a discarded library copy of the vocal score for years and finally I'll get to hear it)
Small World. The International City Theatre in Long Beach CA did Honk when I was on their Board of Directors.
At the same time Boy Meets Boy was playing to packed houses, Swados had a presentation of her Nightclub Cantata at the Top of the Gate.
Has any one evry seen this:
Alice at the Palace 1981 VHS [NTSC]
By Elizabeth Swados
With: Meryl Streep Betty Aberlin Debbie Allen Michael Jeter Mark Linn-Baker Stuart Baker-Bergen, Richard Cox, Sheila Dabney, Rodney Hudson, Charles Lanyer, Kathryn Morath Deborah Rush
"Amusingly eclectic and cute." -The Villager
This "music hall" version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass was adapted for television from Elizabeth Swados’ Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival production entitled Alice in Concert for which Swados also composed the score, adapted the book and directed for the stage. Starring Meryl Streep and featuring Debbie Allen and Betty Aberlin, "Alice At The Palace" is an entertaining and shrewdly conceived retelling of the Carroll classics with all of the beloved characters --from the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat to the Queen of Hearts-- given a unique twist by the witty and charming performances of an accomplished theatrical ensemble. "Alice At The Palace" was originally broadcast as part of NBC-TV’s "Project Peacock" series in 1982.
Directed by Emile Ardolino
der Brucer (reliving his youth...again)
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Feeding finished. Sulpher crested cockatoos. We had five yellow tailed black cockatoos in the garden ealier. They do not feed from the seed bowls but "prune" the trees. Quite a parrot family day - we have also has the usual rosellas, king parrots and galahs here as well.
No wonder I hate to see caged birds.
We have got to get you a digital camera! You could wake us each morning with glorious pictures of cock(atoos).