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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were full, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently eating penne moolognese.
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And the word of the day is: LEGERITY!
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Welcome ten GUESTS.
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TOD
CD Last Starfighter - for a more critical listen
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For DearReaderLaura:
Adirondacks
(http://www.aolcdn.com/features/fall-foliage-adirondacks-400.jpg)
Catskills
(http://www.aolcdn.com/features/fall-foliage-catskills-400.jpg)
Vermont
(http://www.aolcdn.com/features/fall-foliage-killington-400.jpg)
Arizona - whoda thunk
(http://www.aolcdn.com/features/lockett_meadow2.jpg)
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(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/25/wayne1.jpg)
LATIMES (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2008/09/smoking-in-movi.html)
SMOKING IN MOVIES ROOTED IN STUDIO-ERA DEALS
11:35 AM, September 25, 2008
The Hollywood A-listers of the 1930s and 1940s helped pave the way for smoking in the movies that continues today, according to a study of endorsement contracts between the studios and tobacco companies and advertisements from that era.
Researchers at Stanford and at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UC San Francisco examined records from the UCSF Legacy Tobacco Documents Library and the Jackler advertising collection at Stanford. During the '30s and '40s, two-thirds of the top 50 box office stars in Hollywood endorsed tobacco brands for advertising purposes and were paid a lot to do so, the study found. In return for the paid testimonials of their stars, the major studies benefited from ads for their movies in lucrative "cross over" deals, paid for by the tobacco companies, the research shows. Actors Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey, Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Bette Davis and Betty Grable all appeared in advertisements for such brands as Lucky Strike, Old Gold, Chesterfield and Camel.
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For Jane:
(http://news.bestfriends.org/resources/news/images/SI_baileybeau06423.jpg)
BEST FRIENDS (http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=news&fps=1&mode=entry&entry=8501AF6A-19B9-B9D5-9D4D43BDE9B28DA1&utm_source=delivra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%93I+wouldn%92t+trade+you+for+anything...%94)
"What I learned at Best Friends."
There’s nothing like a friend. And Bailey was definitely the kind of girl who needed one. Years ago, Bailey the dog was abandoned at a Dumpster in the middle of nowhere with some of her siblings. Thank goodness somebody found them. Yet, by the time they came to Best Friends, Bailey had already formed her opinion about people: They weren’t for her.
Then along came Beau. Beau had been rescued from Hurricane Katrina, and he loved hanging out with people. And while Bailey might have thought Beau’s enthusiasm for humans was a little weird, she let it slide. They hit it off right from the beginning. Before long, though, something interesting started to happen. Caregivers noticed Bailey was not so standoffish toward them anymore. You see, Bailey would watch from the sidelines while Beau had fun with his caregivers. She got curious.
She liked Beau, she trusted him. Why was he so smitten with humans? She had to find out for herself. Bailey began allowing contact bit by bit. Strictly for scientific research, of course. She’d join Beau on leash walks and everything. But before she knew what was happening, Bailey forgot all about the scientific approach and started having a blast! After enough time had passed, Bailey decided that people were not so scary after all. She may always be a bit shy with new faces, but she’s learned how to warm up quickly.
For Bailey, her own happy ending finally came. A family from Las Vegas found Bailey and fell in love with her. They’ve decided to adopt! As for Beau, the dog who helped her overcome her fears, he must be allowed to gloat just a bit. It’s easy to imagine him grinning and saying with a wink, "Told you they weren’t so bad!"
Congrats, Bailey! And Beau, thanks for all your help. Your day will come soon.
Story by David Dickson
Photo of Bailey (left) and Beau (right) by Sarah Ause
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Note: Comments on the site express displeasure that the dogs were separated
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FOX411 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428284,00.html)
HARRY POTTER GETS NAKED, HORSES AROUND
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In the audience were Glenn Close, George Segal, Kathleen Turner, and a few theater people. One of them was famous 94 year old playwright Budd Schulberg, author of On the Waterfront, A Face in the Crowd, What Makes Sammy Run among other works. The white haired Schulberg walks with a cane but still somehow managed to get down a steep flight of stairs at the Broadhurst Theater at intermission, looking for a set of infrared headphones so he could hear the show better.
It wasn’t so easy. The kid running the kiosk demanded Schulberg’s picture I.D. or driver’s license. Schulberg, who was coughing — probably from the walk — said, "I don’t drive." The kid then made his cohort accompany Schulberg to his seat to get I.D. When that kid was told who Schulberg was, he responded, "My company doesn’t care."
As Cindy Adams, who covered the press line, would say, "Only in New York, kids, Only in New York."
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Whew! Am I glad it's no longer Thursday and we're allowed to RANT again! ::)
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And the word of the day is: LEGERITY!
Heather Mills was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars because she was convinced of her own LEGERITY.
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Der Brucer isn't the only one who can find interesting tidbits on the Internet.
The following letter comes directly from PETA's website (http://www.peta.org/MC/NewsItem.asp?id=11993):
September 23, 2008
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Cofounders
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.
Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield,
On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's. Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers--and cows--would reap the benefits.
Using cow's milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer's health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease--America's number one cause of death.
Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup.
And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can't produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can't even turn around.
The breast is best! Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Tracy Reiman
Executive Vice President
WOW!!! What an amazing idea!!!
But I think Ms. Reiman has left out an important point - just think of all the welfare mothers to whom this could give gainful employment! And, once their milk runs out, as would their employment checks, they could instead go on welfare to cover the months before they start producing again!
My only question is whether the milk would have the same creamy mouth-feel as that to which we've become accustomed.
:P ::)
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TOD:
DVDs:
To Be or Not To Be, with Jack Benny playing a different character and proving that yes, he can act. Thanks to all who participated in that earlier conversation for piquing my interest.
Torchwood, Series Two, which I think was much better than Series One.
BOOK:
Stand Facing the Stove, by Anne Mendelson, who earns bonus points by me for pointing out that Edgar Rombauer, whose suicide repurposed wife Irma's life and led to her writing The Joy of Cooking, was probably manic-depressive, instead of trying to find external causes for his death. (Now there's a joyful way to start the day, what?)
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Workies.
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Morning all. It's a rainy Friday here in New York. It's supposed to rain off and on all weekend which means I may stay in most of the weekend. I have to re-tape Part 2 of the Warner Brothers documentary shown on PBS this past week because Part 2 was shown on Wednesday and the schedule was thrown off by somebody who apparently made a speech while I was at the theatre. The time was skewed and I missed the last 10 minutes. It's being re-broadcast tomorrow and I will try to tape it again.
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I'm glad my dear friend Larry enjoyed Tale of Two Cities.
We agree on the music. It's forgettable and some of the lyrics are awful.
I, however, was not taken so much by the book. The whole thing, for me, just plodded along. A story interrupted by bad songs and power ballad singing. There are some very good voices on stage but Mr. Barbour is rather over the top and every so often (especially at the end) his efforts to channel Ronald Coleman were not as successful as he (or the director) may have thought.
The story is a powerful and moving retelling of the French fight against the aristocracy but the musical was missing much of that power. It was just (for me) a series of trucks with different sets. Here's London. Now let's have some cages and go to the Bastille. Ok, now let's put on a different set truck and welcome to the Defarge's. It just didn't work for me.
It is being very enthusiastically received. Not that a standing ovation means ANYTHING nowadays but people were on their feet cheering and screaming at the curtain call. The producers have some deep pockets, according to Michael Riedel, and want to keep it running in an effort to build up an audience so it may be around for a while. Now that Les Miz is gone this may fulfill the wishes of those looking for 80s style epic faux British musicals. More power to them.
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I am, however, an unabashed TOSser (Title of Show). I finally got around to seeing the Broadway transfer last night (I had seen it at the Vineyard) and fell in love all over again. Yes, it's got some obscure references and yes, the meta-musical aspect can be confusing to some but I love it! It's not perfect but it took my heart. There are two beautiful songs which have been moved to different places in the show. In fact, I asked my friend who had seen the Vineyard production also if A Way Back to When was new because I didn't remember it so much in the first production. It was there (I checked the Off-Broadway CD when I got home). It was just in a different place in the show. Now it hits home so much and moved me greatly. The audience loved it and was clapping and cheering. I, however, just sat there basking in the memories and beauty of what it was saying. It took me back to my bedroom, at 17 years old, with my crappy little record playing, playing Company over and over again. And then we have 9 People's Favorite Things which is one of my new favorite songs. I'm not comparing this to Sunday in the Park in a Pulitzer prize kind of way, but the shows have much in common in the idea of living your art and creating and living your dream. I left the theatre floating.
I'm not surprised it's closing but I'm so glad I saw it. I will try to see it again before it closes, that's how much I enjoy it.
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And now I'm off to New Orleans (the community foundation).
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Friday and yes it is a work day for me as well.....oh well.
TOD:
DVD - a Bomba the Jungle Boy Double Triple Feature, I am also making copies for DR MBARNUM as he sent me a Bomba movie a couple of years ago....I found some more...and he will get them whether he wants them or not. And it includes Bantu the Zebra Boy - the TV pilot produced by Johnny Sheffield's father.
CD - Karmic Meditation.......
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Off to work....
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Der B - Hmmm, definitions of "critical"
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"
There is an emergency of amazonian, er, amazing proportions at hand, so I hope that's the definition of "critical" you mean :) :)
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Good morning, all! I am meeting this morning one of the Miami University librarians who was of major assistance in taking my collection for the University. It will be nice to sit in the Edison coffee shop and have a visit, although the rain pouring outside my window makes me very reluctant to step out.
DR Ben, I probasbly would have felt harsher about TWO CITIES if I hadn't had several friends involved, from set designer to cast. I think I will drag out the BBC 1989 DVD Revolution bicentennial dramatization with the French-British cast and rewatch it. I like James Wilby as Darnay and my memory is that Jean Pierre Aumont is Dr Manette.
TOD:
DVD: Madame Bovary (Francesca Annis), In Bruges, A Tale of Two Cities,
BBC Shakespeare Henry IV, 1 & 2, Henry V
CD: Boswell Sisters, Offenbach's Christopher Columbus, Guy Haines, Dorothy Provine
VCR: Ugly Betty (what a surprise!)
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Ben - This is not a comment on your analysis, but related to ATO2C comments on other chat boards, but if you have nay thoughts on this, they'd be appreciated -
Isn't is to a show's book's (and director's) credit that the show manages to preserve the emotional resonance of its source material? There are so many adaptations where the story has not been well-told, and where the resonance of the source material was lost, so I question those people on other chat boards who say "Well, the story was great to begin with."
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I meant "any thoughts" not "nay thoughts" :)
But that took so long to post that I didn't want to edit
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Friday morning greetings! Today's an information-waitressing day for me - I have fewer than a dozen of these left!
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Der B - Hmmm, definitions of "critical"
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
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being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"
There is an emergency of amazonian, er, amazing proportions at hand, so I hope that's the definition of "critical" you mean :) :)
Yeah - I'm prepping for a critical review; I need a more detailed listen to highlight some points. I think I understand why somepeople may be dissappointed in the CD and I need to find just the right words to express my appreciation.
In brief (but not yet properly "coined") -
A big brassy Broadway show it ain't - no Les Miz here. Some might say it is "thin" where it is, in fact, whimsical. And this is as it should be. The film was not a special effects Sci-Fi blockbuster, it was a charming telling of a modern fairy tale; and the CD follows this lead. The CD will not transport you to the Winter Garden for a grand perfomance of West Side Story; rather you are taken to the Sullivan Street theater for The Fantastics, or to the Theatre Lotal for a Nine, or, at best, the Music Box for a Godspell. The hearer will not be WOWED, he will be CHARMED. Here we find more beguiling enchantment than epic excitement.
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PD I will not comment on the fart/heart rhyme :)
The real gems. like Love is Like Water take careful listening
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I have read elsewhere on The Internets that, despite what IHOP says, today is:
NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY!!!!!! :)
(http://connectpoliticditto.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/pancake.jpg)
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Good morning, all! I am meeting this morning one of the Miami University librarians who was of major assistance in taking my collection for the University....
Hmmm - anyone I know? Say HI, just in case.
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Charlie's Angels, 2008 style...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SNvbIH--q1I/AAAAAAAABMk/MW2Q7a1lNR0/s320/bugstrio.jpg)
photo: Bedbugs!
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Hmmm--still on page one?
Well, with the nasty, cold and rainy weather we are having in Philly, it's a sort of still-on-page-one kind of day...
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Maybe if I go get a second cup of coffee, I can muster up the effort to push us to...
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Page Duex
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And a Page Deux Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/pasdedeux.jpg)
Question: why do they call it a "Pas de deux" when, clearly, it's two people who are dancing?
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Assuming I get in the mail today what I'm expecting to get in the mail today, this weekend I'll be watching the 2nd seasons of both 30 ROCK and BROTHERHOOD.
If they don't arrive, I have no idea what I'll watch.
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Ben - This is not a comment on your analysis, but related to ATO2C comments on other chat boards, but if you have nay thoughts on this, they'd be appreciated -
Isn't is to a show's book's (and director's) credit that the show manages to preserve the emotional resonance of its source material? There are so many adaptations where the story has not been well-told, and where the resonance of the source material was lost, so I question those people on other chat boards who say "Well, the story was great to begin with."
Fred, good question and I think you're right to question those who toss off the idea that the story was great to begin with. Unfortunately for me, I don't think the book in this case preserved all the emotional resonance of the source material. I'm not sure if it was clear in my post. As I read it again, I think it could be interpreted that because I mentioned how powerful the source material is that I was saying the same thing as those at other chat boards.
ATO2C has its vocal defenders and I bear them no ill will but I was not moved by the show either in the book section or by the music.
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Good morning!
It rained during the night some, and it's been raining most of the morning thus far. We hadn't had any rain in a couple of weeks, so it was time for some. It's once again not getting out of the 60s today.
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I spent two hours this morning finishing up FRIDAY THE 13th - THE SERIES. They basically used the last episode as a clip show reliving various creepy episodes from earlier in the season (though we did find out that Jack had a son).
Michael Constantine was the one famous guest star in the episodes I watched this morning.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - THE KING & I (Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley)
DVD - AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Criterion)
NUMBERS - Season 4
DVR - last night's THE OFFICE
last night's SMALLVILLE
last night's SUPERNATURAL
MICHAEL CLAYTON (HBO-HD)
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I'll likely watch last night THE OFFICE while I cook and eat lunch today. Then I'll work the rest of the day on Ozu's AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON. I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie. The extras look a little light for the set.
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I'm planning on recording THE MENTALIST tonight. It got great ratings on Tuesday night, and CBS is rerunning it at 8 p.m. tonight in the GHOST WHISPERER slot. Since I'm running hot and cold on FRINGE, I figured I'd pick this up if I liked it if I decide to ditch FRINGE.
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Media check:
CD(car) - audiobook, Brookland by Emily Barton, read by Ruth Ann Phimister.
CD(home) - original motion picture soundtrack, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl; original Broadway cast recording, A Catered Affair
DVD - Summer Stock and Stage Door, both suggestions from our TOD earlier in the week.
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Good morning!
It rained during the night some, and it's been raining most of the morning thus far. We hadn't had any rain in a couple of weeks, so it was time for some. It's once again not getting out of the 60s today.
But now that darn grass will grow!
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But now that darn grass will grow!
der Brucer
Yes, it will, but if it turns cold, it won't grow enough to need to mow at least right away. We'll see.
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A change in plans for today. The UPS man just delivered the 2-disc set of INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, so I'll be working on that today instead of AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON. I'll do it tomorrow.
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DR JRand, I look forward to the Bomba movies...so far I have seen only one.
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I'm heading down now to get cleaned up so I can go out on my usual Friday errands (in the rain).
WBBL.
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TOD:
CD:
Georges Guetary: MA BELLE MARGUERITE
DVR:
Last night's SURVIVOR
a couple of episodes of THE NAME'S THE SAME
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A change in plans for today. The UPS man just delivered the 2-disc set of INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Not the Blu-Ray?
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I guess it has been a while since we've had a good rain here in NYC.
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I'm planning on recording THE MENTALIST tonight. It got great ratings on Tuesday night, and CBS is rerunning it at 8 p.m. tonight in the GHOST WHISPERER slot. Since I'm running hot and cold on FRINGE, I figured I'd pick this up if I liked it if I decide to ditch FRINGE.
I was just going to post and ask if anyone had seen it, since i was debating whether to record it tonight or not.
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As for the Friday Media Check...
CD Player:
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Emil Gilels, pianist
Bill Evans - "Alone"
Bill Evans Trio - "...With Symphony Orchestra"
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Tonight i have on tv:
Kathy Griffin My life on the D list (i am loving this season)
Torchwood (i am still a few episodes behind for this season).
I just checked in my recordings system and it has monday already (chuck and life on nbc, yeah!).
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Ben - I understood your post, you were very clear. Just wanted your thoughts on that issue.
I was reacting to the people who find the story in the musical moving but won't give the people who made the musical credit for that.
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I'm up, I'm up... and I just finished my 1.5 hour hike around the mountains.
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Question: why do they call it a "Pas de deux" when, clearly, it's two people who are dancing?
Answer: In this case, "pas" means "step" and not "not". (Il n'est pas "pas".) So, it's a "step of/for two". Subsequently, you can also have a "pas de trois".
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der B - I'm almost sure that the "M Hunt" person on amazon was reacting to the workshop, a word he puts in quotes for some reason i can't get, and probably either never heard the CD or had heard it a long time before seeing the workshop. The workshop was May 23-25, 2008 and his post on amazon was on May 26, the Cd was not for sale at the theater or anywhere in Seattle, and it was Memorial Day weekend so he couldn't have gotten the CD by mail in time to post when he did after seeing the workshop. Unless he downloaded and bought the mp3 after seeing the workshop.
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Ben - I understood your post, you were very clear. Just wanted your thoughts on that issue.
I was reacting to the people who find the story in the musical moving but won't give the people who made the musical credit for that.
OK. I understand now. Thanks for the clarification.
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you can also have a "pas de trois".
And I'm sure you have! 8)
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I see PETA does it again! ::)
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I'm planning on recording THE MENTALIST tonight. It got great ratings on Tuesday night, and CBS is rerunning it at 8 p.m. tonight in the GHOST WHISPERER slot. Since I'm running hot and cold on FRINGE, I figured I'd pick this up if I liked it if I decide to ditch FRINGE.
Or, maybe you will decide to skip both shows.
Jennifer, we might give THE MENTALIST a second chance, at least a few minutes worth to see if it improved at all.
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I am currently doing a pas de deux. Deux doesn't care.
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The sun is out, I am up, and sitting here like so much fish.
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At long last, page three.
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I can see Rosh Hashana from my house.
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The financial community has a high regard for Wise Research and Keith thought you might find the report they released to congress this morning interesting. I found it a bit overwhelming, but then Keith had suggested I only read the first few pages of the Wise Report. (http://www.weissgroupinc.com/bailout)
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I see PETA does it again!
It's great, lightly toasted, with a side of hummus or baba ganoush.
;)
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And the word of the day is: LEGERITY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: ALL I NEED IS THE GIRL
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Hmm... I wonder if DR MBarnum would like the current (revival/remount) production of Don Giovanni at The Met?
Don Giovanni is being played by Erwin Schrott*:
(http://www.classicalsource.com/images/upload/4605_5.jpg)
And his servant and cohort, Leporello, is being played by Ildebrando D’Arcangelo:
(http://media.npr.org/programs/worldofopera/images/D'Arcangelo.jpg)
*There's also a nice feature story in today's New York Times about Erwin Schrott and his portrayal of the Cavalieri.
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Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! DAMN!
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I woke up this morning in a rather gothic mood.
I've a mind to write a Southern Gothic story.
My working title: "Samanthy from Rodanthe"
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Y'all wait for it now, y'hear!
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Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! DAMN!
Did you just drop a punch bowl too?
;)
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I'm planning on recording THE MENTALIST tonight. It got great ratings on Tuesday night, and CBS is rerunning it at 8 p.m. tonight in the GHOST WHISPERER slot. Since I'm running hot and cold on FRINGE, I figured I'd pick this up if I liked it if I decide to ditch FRINGE.
I watched it last night and found it entertaining. It presumes, I think, that the audience will pick up on the glib hipness of its central character a bit more than is comfortable (for me) in a "first episode", but it's worth sticking with for now.
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Did you just drop a punch bowl too?
;)
No. I realized it's ANOTHER workday!
That's FIVE in a row!
(The City of Oakland announced this morning that its employees will now have four-day work weeks...cost-saving measure!)
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I can see Rosh Hashana from my house.
How does he/she look?
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Is the Jewish New Year upon us? Is it tonight? I'm so out of the loop, Jew-wise.
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Answer: In this case, "pas" means "step" and not "not". (Il n'est pas "pas".) So, it's a "step of/for two". Subsequently, you can also have a "pas de trois".
Or a pas de quatre as in Tchaikovsky's Act Three of La Belle au bois dormant!
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Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! DAMN!
Where the devil ARE my slippers?
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Is the Jewish New Year upon us? Is it tonight?
Rosh Hashanah starts this coming Monday night.
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I am thinking that Don Giovanni would be right up my alley.
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Jew-wise
That's the title of my next sit-com pitch to the networks: Jew-wise in LA
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right up my alley.
Is THAT what they're calling it these days?
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The rain is over and gone.
For now.
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This morning I had to renew my driver's license. I tried to squat on the floor for the photo, but they wouldn't let me. I actually felt my face inflate at the moment she snapped the photo, then deflate quarter-second later.
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This morning I had to renew my driver's license. I tried to squat on the floor for the photo, but they wouldn't let me. I actually felt my face inflate at the moment she snapped the photo, then deflate quarter-second later.
ROTFLMAO!!! :D
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SNailO68wNI/AAAAAAAAAks/ExrxTFnVg3Y/s400/Van+Gogh.jpg)
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Yesterday I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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I am thinking that Don Giovanni would be right up my alley.
I do hope that's not a euphemism!
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Answer: In this case, "pas" means "step" and not "not". (Il n'est pas "pas".) So, it's a "step of/for two". Subsequently, you can also have a "pas de trois".
Ah, I never knew that. Thanks, DR Jose!
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Is the Jewish New Year upon us? Is it tonight? I'm so out of the loop, Jew-wise.
Hey there,
You with the stars in your eyes,
Love never made a fool of you,
You used to be Jew-wise!
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So that makes Monday afternoon the annual celebration of Rush-a-home-a
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Or the S&M version
Hey there
Jew with the scars on your thighs
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I am off to sell several hundred more dollars worth of DVDs to the same guy who bought my last stack. I'm loving this guy. ;)
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Best of vibes for the Karen Morrow Master Class.
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I'm listening to Brave Combo to keep me sane.
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to keep me sane.
That's a tall order!
;)
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On another note (A flat), there are a number of terrific actors on this site all around the country who I think would do a terriic and truly inspiring performnance as the psychiatrist in the production of "Eqqus" on Broadway. They could bring a whole new depth to the role!
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This morning I had to renew my driver's license. I tried to squat on the floor for the photo, but they wouldn't let me. I actually felt my face inflate at the moment she snapped the photo, then deflate quarter-second later.
;D ;D
Beautiful photo!
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I'm listening to Brave Combo to keep me sane.
Weird--I'm listening to Sane Combo to keep me brave.
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I am thinking that Don Giovanni would be right up my alley.
Is that a euphemism?
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I do hope that's not a euphemism!
Well, shucks! :P
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Or, maybe you will decide to skip both shows.
Jennifer, we might give THE MENTALIST a second chance, at least a few minutes worth to see if it improved at all.
I was reading some of the reviews at televisionwithoutpity and everybody there said it was excellent. I guess i will record it and see. Although i have a few conflicts tues at 9pm. For some reason i have a bunch of shows on that time!
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I feel like I am out of the loop. I did not know that kate hudson was in the movie version of NINE. Or that it was filming now.
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DR Barnum - Alas, both Señor Schrott and Signor D'Arcangelo remained clothed during this production. However, my friend, Joe, is one of their dressers, so...
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I feel like I am out of the loop. I did not know that kate hudson was in the movie version of NINE. Or that it was filming now.
Well.. It supposed to start filming last fall, but then the writer's strike got in the way of that... supposedly. In any case, it is apparently "in process" now. Just keep reading Playbill.com and BroadwayWorld.com for updates. ;)
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-Although, we've talked about the movie version of Nine on this here site too, but that was a while ago, so...
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DR Jennifer - Can't you just watch a show once and make a decision about whether or not it's a personal "keeper" without first reading all the forums and reviews?
I'm not trying to sound "harsh" here, but I'd always rather be pleasantly surprised by something rather than be pre-disposed to like - or dislike - "it" - a book, a show, a movie, etc. I know that there seems to be a lot of "must-see TV" out there right now - and, for some of us - precious little viewing time and DVR space - but what happened to just watching a show just watch it? -Then choosing not to watch it after that initial viewing if one chooses to do so? -Especially since it seems that you - and other DRs - seem not to agree with the critics from time to time.
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Oh!
Good Afternoon!
-It's still raining here in NYC - well, more like still drizzling in my 'hood. However, it looks like they're still predicting some stronger weather as the afternoon goes it. I think. ???
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And catching up from yesterday...
Casinos and I have a love-hate relationship. I love them when I come away from the roulette table ahead by $600, but hate them when the house "takes" my money. I used to do the slots, but then realized I'd rather have more "control" over whether or not I win or lose. -Thus, I started playing roulette. ;) Seriously, I started playing blackjack a few years ago, and found that as long as I stopped when I should stop, that I would always come out ahead - by some amount - when I left the table. Of course, there have been those moments when I thought the streak would continue, and... Then I would think it would come back... And then... Well... Play and lose. Live and learn.
*As for slots - I remember laughing when I saw the "penny slots" in Australia in the Crown Casino. At that time, a "penny" there was a about a half-cent American, so... Then there were the nickel slots in Puerto Rico, and the "addicts" who would sit there all day - even "holding" their machines by placing their keys in the coin slots when they went on breaks".
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I was ready to do the long jog at ten. Then the phone rang. Then I finished that covnersation and was ready to go. Then the phone rang. Finished. Ready to go. Then the phone rang, etc. I finally got on my way at eleven. I am now back and must now get ready for a three hour work session that I hope to leave after two hours.
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I don't know why, but out of nowhere I had about ten orders in the last two hours.
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OK - I think I'm going to head down to MoMA just to see how crazy the lines are for the Van Gogh exhibit today since it's "Target Free Fridays" starting at 4:00. Although, if the lines are around the block to get in, well... That may be enough "viewing" for me. But I do need to get out for a bit, even if it is raining.
Laters...
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BK - be sure to tell Karen Morrow that you have a friend in SW Ohio who has very fond memories of seeing her play Molly Brown at Detroit's Fisher Theatre back in the early 1960s.
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Not the Blu-Ray?
der Brucer
I'm not the Blu-ray reviewer for Paramount product. I get the DVD and another reviewer gets the Blu-rays.
I am the Blu-ray reviewer for Disney Blu-rays. And speaking of them, SLEEPING BEAUTY should be arriving on Monday.
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I began my afternoon of viewing by watching last night's THE OFFICE. Some funny stuff as always, love the ensemble and they way they work together with insults, helpful hints, etc. Always makes me laugh. And some momentous plot points, too!
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I spent two hours this afternoon watching INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. It was a fun movie but certainly not a match for the first INDY film, and not quite as enjoyable as the third one with Sean Connery.
It probably had less yucky moments than any of the other INDY pictures, but it did have all of the usual things: perilous events, a jeep chase, a big snake, angry natives, nasty adversaries (Russians instead of Nazis: it's set in 1957).
Shia LeBeouf is very effective as the juvenile lead, and it was wonderful to see Karen Allen back in the movie feisty as ever (though I'd have loved to have seen her do more.)
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The first disc had two bonus featurettes. The first was Spielberg, Ford, and Lucas explaining about the genesis of the idea for the fourth INDY movie and the various permutations the script went through to get to the final product.
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The second featurette had to do with preproduction: the previsualization CGI storyboards, the costuming, the casting of LaBeouf, locations, etc. All very interesting.
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I'll watch the second disc of bonuses tonight. The first is an 80 minute making of documentary plus a bunch of other featurettes. These will take me most of the evening. I may be able to squeeze in THE MENTALIST or SUPERNATURAL toinight after I finish this second disc.
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I did have a minute or two to skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing of interest, but Luke and Noah were in the previews for next week.
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I don't know why, but out of nowhere I had about ten orders in the last two hours.
;D
Perhaps it was my message on CASTRECL that Evening Primrose was getting close to being gone, gone gone?
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Vibes for more orders. Must have been my posting for Brain on amazon. :)
Seriously, singdaw explained on catrecl that Evening Primrose was a limited edition, and gave a word to the wise that they should get it before it fetches much more on (I think) ebay or places like that.
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Does all of this mean that singdaw is a sellout specialist?
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I'm hopping off-line now for a bit to write for awhile.
WBBL.
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DR Barnum - Alas, both Señor Schrott and Signor D'Arcangelo remained clothed during this production.
Evidently you don't believe it was the opera music I was interested. Don't you think I have any classical taste at all???
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Shutting down to get ready for my last half hour answering phones.
Bye for now!
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Evidently you don't believe it was the opera music I was interested. Don't you think I have any classical taste at all???
What's that line in Hamlet? Something about the lady protesting too much?
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Charlie's Angels, 2008 style...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SNvbIH--q1I/AAAAAAAABMk/MW2Q7a1lNR0/s320/bugstrio.jpg)
photo: Bedbugs!
Take ten terrific girls
But only nine costumes...
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And a Page Deux Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/pasdedeux.jpg)
Question: why do they call it a "Pas de deux" when, clearly, it's two people who are dancing?
If you were the father of either of those two kids, dancing practically naked like that, you'd understand.
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SNailO68wNI/AAAAAAAAAks/ExrxTFnVg3Y/s400/Van+Gogh.jpg)
That's pretty darned cool! And looks quite tasty!! :D
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...ATO2C has its vocal defenders and I bear them no ill will but I was not moved by the show either in the book section or by the music.
Personally, when I heard the CD, I thought the music sucked. But that's just my opinion.
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A quote from derBrucer in response to my comment last evening:
I hardly think holding an MBA from Harvard Business School qualifies as "economically unsophistacated".
der Brucer
Having worked for twenty five years in a building that houses 300+ social workers, the majorty of them with Master's Degrees; I can assure you that a degree does not automatically establish, in any sense, sophistication.
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A quote from derBrucer in response to my comment last evening:Having worked for twenty five years in a building that houses 300+ social workers, the majorty of them with Master's Degrees; I can assure you that a degree does not automatically establish, in any sense, sophistication.
Speaking about sophistication, I've been chuckling all day over the image of Sarah Palin and her DWI-arrested husband having high tea and discussing moose hunting with the Queen of England. We are becoming a white trash nation.
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Quote from: Jane on Today at 08:37:02am
I see PETA does it again!
It's great, lightly toasted, with a side of hummus or baba ganoush.
;)
Personally, I love PETA when it's filled with thinly sliced grilled lamb, with a garlicky yogurt sauce on top. Yummm!!!
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I am thinking that Don Giovanni would be right up my alley.
I'm sure he would.
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Or the S&M version
Hey there
Jew with the scars on your thighs
Strange place to get acne. :-\
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On another note (A flat), there are a number of terrific actors on this site all around the country who I think would do a terriic and truly inspiring performnance as the psychiatrist in the production of "Eqqus" on Broadway. They could bring a whole new depth to the role!
And, if we may speak euphemistically, a new level of excitement!
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I was reading some of the reviews at televisionwithoutpity and everybody there said it was excellent. I guess i will record it and see. Although i have a few conflicts tues at 9pm. For some reason i have a bunch of shows on that time!
EUReKA just had it's mid-season finale, if that helps free up your schedule.
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I spent two hours this afternoon watching INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. It was a fun movie but certainly not a match for the first INDY film, and not quite as enjoyable as the third one with Sean Connery.
It probably had less yucky moments than any of the other INDY pictures, but it did have all of the usual things: perilous events, a jeep chase, a big snake, angry natives, nasty adversaries (Russians instead of Nazis: it's set in 1957).
Shia LeBeouf is very effective as the juvenile lead, and it was wonderful to see Karen Allen back in the movie feisty as ever (though I'd have loved to have seen her do more.)
You didn't think the ants were yucky? I told der B that we couldn't take the younger grandlad to see the film because of that scene.
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Perhaps it was my message on CASTRECL that Evening Primrose was getting close to being gone, gone gone?
Speaking of "Evening Primrose," that's in my CD player right now. :) Before that was Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Cartoon-Motion-Mika/dp/B000NA2776/ref=pd_sim_m_3). :)
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Speaking of "Evening Primrose," that's in my CD player right now. :) Before that was Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Cartoon-Motion-Mika/dp/B000NA2776/ref=pd_sim_m_3). :)
DR George, did my envelope ever arrive?
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I'm not the Blu-ray reviewer for Paramount product. I get the DVD and another reviewer gets the Blu-rays.
I am the Blu-ray reviewer for Disney Blu-rays. And speaking of them, SLEEPING BEAUTY should be arriving on Monday.
I ain't got no Blu-ray!
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I can assure you that a degree does not automatically establish, in any sense, sophistication.
Or common sense!
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I ain't got no Blu-ray!
But do you have Blu-berry pie?
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DR George, did my envelope ever arrive?
Not yet. :-\ It could be there right now, but I won't know until I get home, later tonight.
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I ain't got no Blu-ray!
I don't have a Blu-ray player, but I've purchased several Blu-ray discs, so I'll be ready when I do. They were either on sale or from Amazon's Marketplace sellers...all very good deals.
I started buying CDs four years before I ever bought a CD player. ;D
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I ain't got no Blu-ray!
I've been wondering, and DR Matt H is the most likely to know, I think, can you play regular DVDs on a blu-ray player?
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Perhaps it was my message on CASTRECL that Evening Primrose was getting close to being gone, gone gone?
That was pointed out to me this afternoon - thanks for doing it. What is astonishing is that a newsgroup devoted to cast albums had people who hadn't ordered it yet, maybe didn't even know about it - that seems awfully weird to me, but not as weird as us still being on page five!
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I've been wondering, and DR Matt H is the most likely to know, I think, can you play regular DVDs on a blu-ray player?
I'm pretty sure that all Blu-ray players can play regular DVDs.
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Singdaw....
I saw this character making off with your slippers
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2330481224_8e09f3a2bb.jpg?v=0)
He was moving very fast!
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Back from the long work session - I was there for the duration and I was ON FIRE. I'd reinvented the theme of the singer's show last time we worked. It had a very clear thrust to it. I knew the first three songs would work fine with the proper set up. But starting with song four, I completely upended her original order, moving things around, opening them up, changing arrangements, creating the patter ideas, and completely reinventing one number that is going to now bring the house down - it didn't even have a point before. I cut two songs, added one, and it really feels like the act will flow beautifully. I'm very happy with her MD - he's so fast, and I was throwing a lot of stuff at him and he's great to bounce off and comes up with solutions that are very good.
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Post some more on castrecl - since few of them have bought ANY Kritzerland CDs. Everyone on that fershluganah list should have Starfighter and Brain.
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I must now eat my sandwich before I pass out.
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Great cake Singdaw....
Lovely pictures Laura. I always enjoying seeing your pictures.
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Media Check:
DVD: Water Horse
VHS: General Hospital ca. 1990
CD Player: DAys and Night - Kevin Spirtas, Down the old Plank Road, and billy joel
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Jane, that report was definitely interesting to read in the beginning.
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I've been wondering, and DR Matt H is the most likely to know, I think, can you play regular DVDs on a blu-ray player?
Yes, absolutely. It doesn't work in reverse, though.
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Hot damn! It's time to go home!
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DR Jane - last night you asked:
DR Ginny, is the swelling from the surgery or the blood clots, or both?
Yes. I think my surgeon would blame the blood clots and our family physician would blame the surgery.
Wishes the swelling goes away very, very soon!!!
Thanks. I read on the internet (so it MUST be true) that swelling after the kind of surgery I had can last 6 months - oy.
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DR TCB said last night:
LOL! I thought you wrote ice pick!
LOL! Richard looked at my swollen foot and suggested sticking an ice pick in it to deflate it. He was joking, of course.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep23/0,4670,OJSimpson,00.html)
WITNESS AGAINST O.J. SIMPSON ADMITS FOGGY MEMORY
LAS VEGAS — A witness who acknowledged saving himself from a potential life sentence by testifying against O.J. Simpson conceded Tuesday that his memory of the hotel room confrontation at the center of the case hasn't been the same since he suffered two heart attacks.
Charles Ehrlich, Simpson's longtime friend and former co-defendant, frequently answered "I don't recall" during a tough cross-examination by Simpson's lawyer Yale Galanter.
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Ehrlich gave damaging testimony against Simpson on Monday, contradicting Simpson's claim that he never saw a gun in the hotel room.
Galanter attacked Ehrlich's credibility Tuesday, repeatedly asking for specifics. Who was standing where, he wanted to know, and who told him what was going to happen?
"I can't remember that," Ehrlich said. "I can't recall. I can't remember that particular conversation."
Ehrlich said he had posed questions to middleman Thomas Riccio about the planned meeting at a room in the Palace Station Hotel Casino. But when Galanter asked what the questions were, Ehrlich protested, "You're asking me about specifics."
"That's what this trial is about _ specifics," Galanter said.
"I can't recall exactly the questions," said Ehrlich. "That was a year ago."
Since then, he said, he had two heart attacks and conceded some things have become "foggy" in his memory.
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"And clearly, Mr. Ehrlich, even though you were charged with a gun count, you didn't have a gun at the Palace Station," Galanter said.
"I didn't know about a gun," said Ehrlich, who had testified earlier that he saw a gun in the room.
And so another OJ prosecution sinks in the mire of reasonable doubt.
der Brucer
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What is astonishing is that a newsgroup devoted to cast albums had people who hadn't ordered it yet, maybe didn't even know about it
I know that the release was discussed on list a bit when it first became available. :-\
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Richard looked at my swollen foot and suggested sticking an ice pick in it to deflate it. He was joking, of course.
He learned his technique in a class on "Giving Comfort to the Afflicted"?
der Brucer
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I read on the internet (so it MUST be true) that swelling after the kind of surgery I had can last 6 months - oy.
~~~Quick Foot Deflation Vibes for DR Ginny!!~~~
;D
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Thanks, DR George!
I'm off to the other room to watch the debate.
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DR Ginny, I suppose either could cause swelling, so maybe it is a combination.
Again, best wishes it eventually goes away.
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Off to watch the debate.
'night
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Off to watch the debate.
I'm still at work, so I set my DVR to record it...after deleting several programs last night.
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Good Evening!
Well... I went for a walk today, and this is what I saw...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/MSQRainFlowers.jpg)
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And when I went for a walk earlier this week, I happened to see this...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/MSQTreeHut.jpg)
Something in a Tree (https://www.madisonsquarepark.org/programs/madsqart.aspx)
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Oh... And yesterday happened to be the last day for the Red Velvet Frozen Custard at Shake Shack, so...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/SSFCRedVelvet.jpg)
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Nice pics, Jose! ;D
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And I guess today's not-so-bad weather did keep people away from Shake Shack today...
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/SSNoLine.jpg)
Normally, when you reach the lamp post, that means you have about 20-30 minutes left to wait in line. As you can see, today there was virtually no line, and no wait.
*And according to the Shake Shack Cam (http://shakeshacknyc.com/camera.html), there's still no line right now (10:07pm EST). ;)
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Perhaps if I hadn't heard Barak Obama in person say he believes in preemptive strikes against Pakistan and that he would personally sit down with the Iranian President et al without preconditions, I could believe him tonight when he says he's never said that. He's so full of crap I can't believe it. He is so arrogant and so unwilling to admit that he made a mistake. The only person I know as unwilling to admit that is George Bush. Good heavens if you listen to him he has been the only member of the U.S. Senate to do anything or disagree with anything. Tonight he said the Iranian Republican Army is a terrorist group. When I say him in December he ridiculed Hillary Clinton for that vote. He didn't bother to vote. Pretty lies...when you gonna realize they're only pretty lies.
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I have said before and I shall say again - neither of these people should be President of anything.
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Perhaps if I hadn't heard Barak Obama in person say he believes in preemptive strikes against Pakistan and that he would personally sit down with the Iranian President et al without preconditions, I could believe him tonight when he says he's never said that. He's so full of crap I can't believe it. He is so arrogant and so unwilling to admit that he made a mistake. The only person I know as unwilling to admit that is George Bush. Good heavens if you listen to him he has been the only member of the U.S. Senate to do anything or disagree with anything. Tonight he said the Iranian Republican Army is a terrorist group. When I say him in December he ridiculed Hillary Clinton for that vote. He didn't bother to vote. Pretty lies...when you gonna realize they're only pretty lies.
Sadly... I don't think either candidate has given a truly direct answer to any of the questions tonight.
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Shortly I shall be on my way to Office Depot to take one final look at the newsletter before it goes to press.
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Neither impressed me....
I also felt it was rather odd that NBC coverage had Biden invited to speak but the Republicans sent Giuliani....
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Great pictures Jose!
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I am hoping to get a few pictures of fall colors this weekend. WE have had a mild weather the past few weeks....
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I am not overly convinced by either candidate...
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You didn't think the ants were yucky? I told der B that we couldn't take the younger grandlad to see the film because of that scene.
No, I didn't because they were so obviously CGI creations that they didn't bother me at all. The guts that squirted out when Cate squeezed one just seemed so phony. (And the bonus features show how it was accomplished.)
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DR George is entirely correct, DR Elmore. All Blu-ray players can also play regular DVDs.
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I am not overly convinced by either candidate...
It's the lesser of two (not quite) evils but for me, one is lesser than the other...IMHO (in my humble opinion, in Internet lingo).
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I'm going to be an actor again! Do (m)any of you know the play, "Loot" by Joe Orton? I've heard of him, but I don't know this play. My friend Tom called because he's directing a local production of it and they haven't yet been able to cast one part (McLeavy). My name was mentioned and he offered me the role. My friends Josh and Lauren are also in the show, so that would be a lot of fun. :D
I've pretty much decided to do it, but I've never been in a non-musical play with such a small cast (only six)..meaning, I would have a much larger role and much, much, MUCH (that's three muches) more dialogue than I've ever had to learn. That's what scares me...all the words. There are no songs to fall back on.
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I spent about two hours tonight going through the bonux features on the new INDY set. They certainly cover all the facets of the production.
They were produced by prime bk favorite Laurent Bouzereau.
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Meanwhile, back at the farm, Theater Artists Olympia (http://www.olytheater.com/) (I was in their productions of "Cannibal!," "Taming of the Shrew" and "Nite of the Living Dead: The Musical," and with Tom, too) were going to bring back "Cannibal!" Anyone who was in it the last time could play the same part(s) again. However, they've decided to do "Reefer Madness!: The Musical" (but not JMK's version called "Going to Pot"...and I did tell them about it!). Anyway, the two shows rehearse at the same time so I can't be in both. I was planning on doing "Cannibal!" (and subsequently "Reefer Madness") before the "Loot" offer came in.
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"Loot" would definitely be a stretch for me (and I would need to do a Scottish accent) but the new TV season has just started and I'll miss a lot during rehearsals (my DVRs only hold so much before they're filled up, you know ;)). "Reefer Madness" would be easier and the rehearsal schedule would be lighter (I'd be one of many instead of one of only six) and it's a musical (but just not JMK's version). So, I've got a lot of thinkin' to do (almost a Lee Adams reference ;D).
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But as I said, I've pretty much (but not completely) decided to do "Loot." So far.
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Just had to share.
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Page Seven Glinda Dance!!!
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I have LOOT in one of my anthologies here, but I'm not sure I've ever read it.
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After I finished all of the INDY JONES bonus stuff, I put the movie back on and watched the first half hour again (pretty much through Shia La Beouf's introductory scene).
I liked the movie fine though it did seem to meader a bit in the center. At any rate, I'll enjoy watching it all the way through at some future date.
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Then I watched tonight's reairing of the pilot to THE MENTALIST. The show was OK, and Simon Baker is appealing, but I think the show would be more intellectually stimulating if they showed you HOW he was able to read/observe people to come up with his conclusions. He stares at a corpse and can tell the man was gay? How?
At least on PSYCH, we see what Shawn is noticing and how he arrives at his conclusions based on his observations. With THE MENTALIST, viewers are kept in the dark completely as to what he's seeing. It spares the writers from having to explain anything, and that's simply not top notch writing.
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YOu have a point George but which one is the lesser of the two is the question..
They argue Obama has no foreign policy. The same could have been argued in the past concerning Bush who has even less...
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Tomorrow I'll work on AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON and its bonus features. Then on Sunday, I'll begin with NUMBERS, the last of my September TV box sets.
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YOu have a point George but which one is the lesser of the two is the question..
For me, it's Obama.
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And now, I'm finally leaving work.
Until later!
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DR George - If you've never heard of or read any of Joe Orton's plays, well... You're in for a 'treat'. ;)
*The movie "Prick Up Your Ears" is a good - and rather frank - biopic of Orton.
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Well... Time for me to head to bed since I'm actually working tomorrow, more auditions. Should be an interesting day.
Goodnight.
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I have said before and I shall say again - neither of these people should be President of anything.
Well, like it or not, one of them will be - time to pick a side.
der Brucer
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I am leaning towards Obama...
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Time to put myself to bed.
Good night!
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Good luck vibes for Jose tomorrow!
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Pleasant dreams Jose and MattH!
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Do (m)any of you know the play, "Loot" by Joe Orton?
That's what scares me...all the words.
Loot is a Hoot - we did it at ICT in Long Beach.
No fear - it has no more words that most plays it's length. And in an Orton play you get to chew the scenery instead of other cast members.
der Brucer
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Just read that the wonderful big band singer Connie Haines passed away at age 87, in Clearwater, Fl.
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-09/42578612.jpg)
Aside from two children, she is also survived by her 109 year old mother!!
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I'll be interested to hear MattH's thoughts on Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon. I'm an Ozuholic, you know, but the region 2 DVDs of his color films are all green and look horrible - then again, the Criterion Good Morning has appallingly bad color, so I'm interested to hear how this looks. It's a lovely film, if not quite prime Ozu.
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Office Depot was frustrating. I thought I was seeing a final version and I'd just say print it and that would be that. But page two was still not anywhere near being done and I just made the decision to simplify it and we did that fairly quickly. Then I found about two paragraphs that were in a slightly different font for some reason, so we fixed that, and then I made a few other adjustments. I was there for thirty minutes, then went home - I was e-mailed the final version, signed off on it, and it was, I'm told, printed. Next time we do this, perhaps my advice ill be heeded instead of scoffed at - I wanted this to put to bed last Tuesday - that way, we would have had a day or two of calm looking at it and if there were any problems it would have been simple business to fix them with no rush against the clock. But, it's done and it looks good.
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I'm listening to the soundtrack of Shaft. Meanwhile, the guesses about the new Kritzerland CD are fun, but wrong. I'm trying to give clews that won't give away anything but that may lead people in the right direction. The two scores are so obscure (the composer is not obscure - he's in the pantheon of great film music composers), that I'm not sure anyone will guess them. It's not an easy one, but all I can say is the music is cherce. It will be a short CD and I was worried about that, and I'm still deciding what to charge, but I pulled out one of the early Varese club titles, Alex North's Under The Volcano, and that was a full-price CD back then, and it's nineteen minutes long. All I know at this point is that I won't charge 19.98 - it will be at least two dollars cheaper than that, maybe three - I just have to make it work for Kritzerland financially.
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DR George - If you've never heard of or read any of Joe Orton's plays, well... You're in for a 'treat'. ;)
*The movie "Prick Up Your Ears" is a good - and rather frank - biopic of Orton.
Thanks for the info. :)
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I just watched last week's episode of "Fringe," and am going to start this past week's episode.
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PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
What a surprise! ;D
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Right now, I'm listening to the show tunes digital music channel on Comcast, and they just played "All That Jazz" from the revival with Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking. They edited it when Ann said "son of a bitch." I've never heard anything edited before! They've always broadcast all the language. I wonder what happened. I hope it's not the way thing are going to be played from now on. That would not be good. :P
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Loot is a Hoot - we did it at ICT in Long Beach.
No fear - it has no more words that most plays it's length. And in an Orton play you get to chew the scenery instead of other cast members.
der Brucer
Thanks, but I've never had a role with that many lines before...except maybe for Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha, but that also had songs and a LOT more people in the cast. And I don't improvise well. ::)
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...when things go wrong, that is.
;)