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Well, you've read the notes, you've taken a gander and a goose at the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're looking for the goose and the gander.
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And the word of the day is: PHYLOGENY!
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TOD:
I have no idea what year I got my first cell phone, but I think it was a Motorola. I now have a Blackberry. I don't use mine all that often - don't even have it on all that much - but at times it has come in very, very handy.
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It is raining.
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It is quiet here in Manhattan (and around the world of HHW, apparently)
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TOD
One of the brands that Verizon had. I think its been around 10 years
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My first cell phone was a very bulky phone, and at the time I liked it that way because I was always aware of where it was. But it was hard to carry around during the summer or any time that a jacket wasn't needed. (Not sure exactly when I first got it, but I do remember using it during my nephew's bar mitzvah in October 2001 to get a car service back to Manhattan late on a Saturday night, and that I was not used to having it on me then.)
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And the word of the day is: PHYLOGENY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: TRADITION
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I got my first cell phone in 2002 -- just after my long solo drive to visit DR Megan. I had it when I made the long drive back the next month to bring her back home. I hate to be without it now.
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DR Ron Pulliam wrote:
Not to wreak any kind of havoc or anything, but Jarre's score to "A Passage to India" was no more a reworking of his score to "Ryan's Daughter" than was the latter (and last) David Lean film a reworking of the former David Lean film.
Oh, I won't create havoc, but the first ten notes of "Rosie' Theme" are repeated as the first ten notes of one of A PASSAGE TO INDIA's major themes. It's a very interesting usage of those ten notes: Adela Quested, the protagonist of A PASSAGE TO INDIA is also a character in one other of E. M. Forster's novels, albeit on the sidelines; the fact that Mr. Jarre would use a recurring motif for both Rosie Ryan and Adela Quested, two early 20th century heroines with similar minds is to me part of the genius which is Jarre.
After Bernard Hermann, there are more Jarre compositions in my ITunes/IPod than any other film composers.
Anyway, good morning, I'm up and I'm about to take a healthy walk around the Pittsburgh Mills.
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Tuesday morning greetings! Today I'm going to a meeting of fundraisers - last time they met I was their guest speaker.
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Congratulations to DR JMK and family on their new car!
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TOD - Fall of 1994. When I started teaching at Miami University in Oxford, a grizzly 25-mile drive from home, I said I'd get a "car phone" before the bad weather set in. Well, in September, my car died about 5 miles out of Oxford and I pulled off to the side of the road, put my HELP sign in the back window and waited. The cows from the adjacent field came over and peered into my passenger side windows and, finally, a Butler County sheriff stopped. He called a tow truck to come for my car and took me on to work in his cruiser.
The next day I got a clunky phone in a bag that I kept under the seat. It was a pain to hook up and would have been pretty useless in a real emergency. Since then, I've had 3 successively smaller models and, in 2003, added Richard and Rob to the plan. We're pretty dependent on our cell phones now and I doubt Rob will ever have a land line. If when Richard and I ever move from this house, we probably won't have one, either.
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The cows from the adjacent field came over and peered into my passenger side windows
;D
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Enter, if you dare, the NATIONAL STAR-SPANGLED BANNER SINGING CONTEST (http://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/sing-the-national-anthem.aspx)!!!!!
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GOOSE
(http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/goose-31159.jpg)
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GANDER
(http://rudugastsideal.com/fowl/images/PilgrimGander2006.jpg)
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I certainly can't tell the difference!
But if it's good, it's good, right?
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Good morning, all! I'm a little hung over from last night's bottle of wine with Lorin McGlinn. One of my dearest friends, who was on the emisl regarding John's death, was upset this morning because she didn't knowe aboout his death until today! Oy.
I'm working at home today and then heading down to the library and the pharmacy. This week's going to get crazier, so I need to accomplish what I can before then.
I bought my first cell phone in Nov 2006 so that I could keep in touch with my dad while I was in LA with THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X.
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I have had a cell phone for about six years, I guess. I only use it in case of emergencies, but I do carry it with me in the car.
It is a Motorola......this is my second one. The first one was also a Motorola.
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DR JMK got a silver Cobalt.....isn't that an oxymoron?
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DR MBARNUM is going WIRELESS!!!!
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he theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism, and often expressed as ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, was put forward by Étienne Serres in 1824–26.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory
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Thanks to DR FJL for putting up the TAPIOCA clip last night. I am always amazed that James Fox can tap dance in suede shoes.
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Coming this Spring, from PS Classics:
(http://www.playbill.com/images/photo/p/a/pasqualecover.jpg)
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Last night I watched Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - which I first saw on a drive-in TRIPLE FEATURE from 20 Century-Fox that featured:
Valley of the Dolls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Myra Breckinridge
It's still an impossible movie - but most of the cast (with the exception of Edy Williams) is attractive. But my favorite part of the movie EVER and ALWAYS happens about 20 minutes into it when the Carrie Nations sing a song titled "In the Long Run." A really nice song, and at least from what little I know about the guitar, Cynthia Myers as Casey Anderson seems to actually be playing the right strings and chords on her bass.
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(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/SnowGeese.jpg)
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"In the Long Run" starts at about 7:57 in this clip.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEvWV9fDvY
And Dolly Read (Mrs. Dick Martin) is wearing one of Sharon Tate's costumes from VOD to the party....and during the song that evil Ronnie Barzell is making eyes at Harris, who is Dolly's boyfriend/manager.
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(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/GooseGanderKids.jpg)
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Things are fowl on HHW this morning.
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Here's my secret for getting a photo of Canada geese with goslings without getting chased:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/MouseGeese.jpg)
Yes, that's correct -- make my kid go out there.
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Coming this Spring, from PS Classics:
(http://www.playbill.com/images/photo/p/a/pasqualecover.jpg)
He is SO adorable on RESCUE ME as Probie Sean. A complete airhead on the show, he constantly makes the wrong choices and is always befuddled when the roof collapses on his head as a result. I'll look forward to this release.
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Good morning!
Had a good night's sleep and awoke to a COLD day (though it's supposed to get to 50 today). It felt very cold outside when I got the newspaper. Still, the sky is a gorgeous blue and it appears to be a typical February morning.
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - NCIS, THE MENTALIST, WITHOUT A TRACE
NBC - THE BIGGEST LOSER
ABC - HOMELAND SECURITY USA, SCRUBS, PRIMETIME
FOX - AMERICAN IDOL (two hour semifinal round #1)
FX - NIP/TUCK
TNT - LEVERAGE (part 1 of 2)
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I'm looking forward to watching last night's THE CLOSER while I eat lunch today. I don't think I'll have time to do HEROES today, too.
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My work project today is Criterion's next John Cassavetes work FACES which has an infinitely better reputation than SHADOWS and features good actors. I've never seen it all the way through (It's over two hours long), but the set contains a second disc of bonus features, so I'll be working on this the major part of today.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm sipping some green tea... Ommmm...
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. . . shanti ommmmmm. . . .
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MMMMMMMMMMMM.....
DR LAURA - (thanks for the photo credit correction last night, sorry, DR derBRUCER) - send the kid is always a good idea!
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I found a sealed Criterion edition of RICHARD III on Ebay that only cost me $20 including shpg/insurance.....so I will soon have it.....
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Off to do the morning exercise routine!
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Today is good, but I could tell when it rained in the middle of the night because I think an elf crept into my bedroom and stabbed my ankle (the left one this time) with an ice pick. Luckily, the pain only lasted for about 15 minutes. So, it was no great surprise to see puddles outside.
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he theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism, and often expressed as ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, was put forward by Étienne Serres in 1824–26.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory
I believe I saw a book on that very subject at the Embryo Concepts bookstore in Greenwich Village.
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Would someone explain to me, please just what a "probie" is?
NCIS has "probie this," "probie that," and "probie some other damned thing."
It's as annoying as "intubate" on medical shows. I went a goodly 45 years of my life without ever hearing the word "intubate" and now it's one of most-abused words on TV medical shows.
That and "probie", that is.
And don't get me started on "sound byte" on the evening newscasts.
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he theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism, and often expressed as ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, was put forward by Étienne Serres in 1824–26.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory
I believe I saw a book on that very subject at the Embryo Concepts bookstore in Greenwich Village.
No doubt it would be a fascinating, if basic, read! ;)
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As for the Topic of the Day...
I think I got my first cell phone back in 1999. -Although it feels like I've had one for much, much longer than ten years.
However... I do remember buying two phones initially, one for me, one for Steve. And I bought them from a mail-order catalog - they were running a "Buy This Phone, Get This Phone Free" special - I think they were both Motorola models. Mine was a "clam-shell" - although the flip-cover was just a cover for the keypad (the keypad was not part of the "shell"), and Steve's was a one-piece model. The service was with Sprint, and I seem to recall jumping on the cellphone bandwagon right before I went on tour and/or took an out of town gig. -I did not want to deal with long-distance calling cards anymore.
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I am home sick today with a mysterious ailment.
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Probie is the same as newbie just usually connected to some service organization.
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Would someone explain to me, please just what a "probie" is?
NCIS has "probie this," "probie that," and "probie some other damned thing."
It's as annoying as "intubate" on medical shows. I went a goodly 45 years of my life without ever hearing the word "intubate" and now it's one of most-abused words on TV medical shows.
That and "probie", that is.
And don't get me started on "sound byte" on the evening newscasts.
"probie" = probationary officer
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My first cell phone was one of those A T & T phones that you would buy minutes for as you needed them rather than having a monthly service contract that spread over a couple of years. Since I only got it to have for emergencies when I was doing theater far away from home (50 miles each way for some of those shows), I didn't think I'd need anything else.
It was a "candy bar" phone style. I don't remember exactly when I had it. Maybe 2002 or 2003. Anyway, I've been with Sprint since I decided to get a regular cellphone and have been more than satisfied with the service though I still only use it to make long distance calls and again have in the car for roadside emergencies. Thankfully, I haven't needed it for that yet.
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I guess I'll head down now to check the mail and then get started on fixing lunch. Spaghetti with meat/mushroom sauce today. Yum!
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The first cel phone I had was one of Music Guy's cast offs that I just kept in the car for emergencies and never really used it much.
I still believe in things like phone booths and making phone calls for a reason.
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Oh, Probie--
Wants a girl who is dreamy.
Probie--
Wants a girl who’s creamy.
Probie, wants a girl to call his own.
Is she blond? Is she tall?
Is she dark? Is she small?
Is she any kinda dreamboat at all?
No matter,
He’s hers and hers alone.
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I also like Urban Dictionary's other definitions and usage of probie (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=probie). ;)
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TOD - Fall of 1994. When I started teaching at Miami University in Oxford, a grizzly 25-mile drive from home, I said I'd get a "car phone" before the bad weather set in. Well, in September, my car died about 5 miles out of Oxford and I pulled off to the side of the road, put my HELP sign in the back window and waited. The cows from the adjacent field came over and peered into my passenger side windows and, finally, a Butler County sheriff stopped. He called a tow truck to come for my car and took me on to work in his cruiser.
The next day I got a clunky phone in a bag that I kept under the seat. It was a pain to hook up and would have been pretty useless in a real emergency. Since then, I've had 3 successively smaller models and, in 2003, added Richard and Rob to the plan. We're pretty dependent on our cell phones now and I doubt Rob will ever have a land line. If when Richard and I ever move from this house, we probably won't have one, either.
Enjoyed your story, Ginny.
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TOD:
My first cell was what was then called a mobile phone from Motorola. Big, black and bulky and I don't recall that it had any kind of display at all (though the push buttons did light up and glow in the dark.) This was a Christmas gift from my sister in 1996 or so. Clumsy as it was, I stuck with it for at least three years before finally getting a smaller, snappier model.
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I also like Urban Dictionary's other definitions and usage of probie (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=probie). ;)
I can see the one about "one who is on probation" being applicable to its use on TV shows. But -- CRIMINY!
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Do you want to give Starbucks new instant coffee a try? VIA (http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?)
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The first cel phone I had was one of Music Guy's cast offs that I just kept in the car for emergencies and never really used it much.
I still believe in things like phone booths and making phone calls for a reason.
Yes, I, too, feel Superman needs a place to change out of his street clothes....and that folks ought to have something to say IF they are going to call you!
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Do you want to give Starbucks new instant coffee a try? VIA (http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?)
I've yet to have a Starbucks coffee that had any taste to it (i.e., coffee taste, that is).
I like a good jolt and always order an extra espresso shot. Whenever I've been faced with going to Starbucks or making do with the coffee in a corner diner, I've opted for Starbucks, but have never been satisfied with my choice.
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Kerry, love the new avatar!
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I also like Urban Dictionary's other definitions and usage of probie (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=probie). ;)
I can see the one about "one who is on probation" being applicable to its use on TV shows. But -- CRIMINY!
It's just another piece of "workplace slang". Heck, I've heard "probie" while walking around the city. There's a satellite police station located in "my" subway station, and there are usually lots of "probies" talking to other "probies" on the platform. -And there are more, I guess you could say more "colorful" terms for officers and certain procedures I've overheard from time to time.
*I don't really watch that many police procedurals on a regular basis, so I guess I don't hear the term as often as you do. As for "intubate", well, I know a couple of interns and doctors, and it is a common procedure, so... Although, "stat" being used in non-medical situations... meh...
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The first cel phone I had was one of Music Guy's cast offs that I just kept in the car for emergencies and never really used it much.
I still believe in things like phone booths and making phone calls for a reason.
Yes, I, too, feel Superman needs a place to change out of his street clothes....and that folks ought to have something to say IF they are going to call you!
;D
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Kerry, love the new avatar!
DITTO!
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Speaking of wireless, I just lost a post, but can post fine from another room. This always amazes me. I guess I'm just from the wired world.
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Kerry, love the new avatar!
It only took me 5 years to figure it out!
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Oh, Probie--
Wants a girl who is dreamy.
Probie--
Wants a girl who’s creamy.
Probie, wants a girl to call his own.
Is she blond? Is she tall?
Is she dark? Is she small?
Is she any kinda dreamboat at all?
No matter,
He’s hers and hers alone.
Truly warped!
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Sugar needs to take me for a walk, Be right back.
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TOD:
My first cell phone was for emergencies, but i'd often use it for placing an order at the Indian restaurant. I soon found that I didnt need it or the monthly charge. I've had three cell phones now, but haven't bonded with any of them. I'm currently shopping for something I actually LIKE. I'm looking into AT&T's plan. I don't want to be locked into a high monthly rate, but need the latitude to make calls when I need to.
Any recommendations (pro or con)?
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I already saw tonight's MENTALIST (for some reason they are playing it here on sundays). And the CW shows are repeats again (what is up with that?).
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Btw, re: tonight's IDOL
Is it 1 guy goes through, 1 girl goes through, and then the next highest vote getter?
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The cast of Shrek was just on "The View" - I know those people! Hi!!
;)
*Good promo for the show - long segment, two(!) numbers.
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Oh, yeah--another thing about my first mobile phone--you paid for each call by the minute! There were no call plans then.
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Btw, re: tonight's IDOL
Is it 1 guy goes through, 1 girl goes through, and then the next highest vote getter?
I have no idea. But I'm sure it's covered on Idol's website, isn't it? Or you could just stop wondering and worrying and just watch the show tonight and find out. ;)
*I'm just trying to remember if past seasons divided the preliminary rounds like this before.
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I also like Urban Dictionary's other definitions and usage of probie (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=probie). ;)
I can see the one about "one who is on probation" being applicable to its use on TV shows. But -- CRIMINY!
It's just another piece of "workplace slang". Heck, I've heard "probie" while walking around the city. There's a satellite police station located in "my" subway station, and there are usually lots of "probies" talking to other "probies" on the platform. -And there are more, I guess you could say more "colorful" terms for officers and certain procedures I've overheard from time to time.
*I don't really watch that many police procedurals on a regular basis, so I guess I don't hear the term as often as you do. As for "intubate", well, I know a couple of interns and doctors, and it is a common procedure, so... Although, "stat" being used in non-medical situations... meh...
I used to watch "E.R." It wasn't the stories or the cast that got stale. I got "intubated" and "stat-ed" to death.
AUGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH!
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I already saw tonight's MENTALIST (for some reason they are playing it here on sundays). And the CW shows are repeats again (what is up with that?).
On Thursday nights, it's manna from heaven. Thursday is the heaviest night of the week for shows I want to watch. "Bones", "Ugly Betty", "Smallville" and "Survivor" all air at the same time. I can record two and watch one as it airs. But which one to drop??
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TOD:
My first cell phone was for emergencies, but i'd often use it for placing an order at the Indian restaurant. I soon found that I didnt need it or the monthly charge. I've had three cell phones now, but haven't bonded with any of them. I'm currently shopping for something I actually LIKE. I'm looking into AT&T's plan. I don't want to be locked into a high monthly rate, but need the latitude to make calls when I need to.
Any recommendations (pro or con)?
For the very brief time I was with them, I remember that AT&T had a $49.99 single line plan (though I don't remember how many minutes.) You could probably pick up a regular old phone-type phone (meaning, not an iPhone) for about $50 after a rebate. If you aren't interested on texting or accessing the internet, you'll save on the added costs there.
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I already saw tonight's MENTALIST (for some reason they are playing it here on sundays). And the CW shows are repeats again (what is up with that?).
On Thursday nights, it's manna from heaven. Thursday is the heaviest night of the week for shows I want to watch. "Bones", "Ugly Betty", "Smallville" and "Survivor" all air at the same time. I can record two and watch one as it airs. But which one to drop??
You could always watch one online?
We don't get the CW here so Smallville airs on a station called Suntv (thurs at 8pm). But it repeats on the weekends on our Space station.
You'll be okay this week because Smallville is a repeat again. I guess just hope that the shows have a different repeats schedule.
Plus Ugly Betty is going off for a while.
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I already saw tonight's MENTALIST (for some reason they are playing it here on sundays). And the CW shows are repeats again (what is up with that?).
On Thursday nights, it's manna from heaven. Thursday is the heaviest night of the week for shows I want to watch. "Bones", "Ugly Betty", "Smallville" and "Survivor" all air at the same time. I can record two and watch one as it airs. But which one to drop??
Are any of those shows available on-line for free?
Spoo--DR Jenn beat me to it...
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I already saw tonight's MENTALIST (for some reason they are playing it here on sundays). And the CW shows are repeats again (what is up with that?).
On Thursday nights, it's manna from heaven. Thursday is the heaviest night of the week for shows I want to watch. "Bones", "Ugly Betty", "Smallville" and "Survivor" all air at the same time. I can record two and watch one as it airs. But which one to drop??
Are any of those shows available on-line for free?
Spoo--DR Jenn beat me to it...
Ha ha. I think survivor and ugly betty are online for sure for anyone in the US.
Ah that reminds me i did not watch last night's THE CITY and THE CITY aftershow yet.
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I am going to the movies tonight.
The funniest part is that the choices are:
1. Confessions of a Shopaholic
2. Slumdog Millionaire.
Not exactly similar!
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It's still an impossible movie - but most of the cast (with the exception of Edy Williams) is attractive. But my favorite part of the movie EVER and ALWAYS happens about 20 minutes into it when the Carrie Nations sing a song titled "In the Long Run." A really nice song, and at least from what little I know about the guitar, Cynthia Myers as Casey Anderson seems to actually be playing the right strings and chords on her bass.
IN THE LONG run is one of my all time favorite songs, and I also love that part of this movie! I met Cynthia Myers during my last trip to Los Angeles...she is very sweet and funny and kooky!
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I think I got my first cell phone about 7 or 8 years ago. I had dial up internet at that time and got tired of friends and family complaining that my phone line was always busy.
I don't use my cell phone all that much but it is certainly a handy item to have when on vacation or just out and about.
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Have any other DRs noticed a sudden surge in spam in their spam-email boxes over the past two days? -Just wondrin'.
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I'm up, I'm up. Very groggy, and my eyes are not focusing at all. I think my throat is feeling a little better but my voice is VERY weak right now. I've had a nice hot cut of EmergenC and am sucking on a Coldeez.
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I think I had my first cell phone in 1991 or 92 - I wore it in a holster. I got it when I was shooting the Hanna-Barbera kid-vid.
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We've come a long way, baby.
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Here's my secret for getting a photo of Canada geese with goslings without getting chased:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/MouseGeese.jpg)
Yes, that's correct -- make my kid go out there.
;D
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DR Kerry, my body doesn’t like damp weather either. I hope you bounce right back once the rains are gone.
You look very cute in your new avatar.
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TOD - Fall of 1994. When I started teaching at Miami University in Oxford, a grizzly 25-mile drive from home, I said I'd get a "car phone" before the bad weather set in. Well, in September, my car died about 5 miles out of Oxford and I pulled off to the side of the road, put my HELP sign in the back window and waited. The cows from the adjacent field came over and peered into my passenger side windows and, finally, a Butler County sheriff stopped. He called a tow truck to come for my car and took me on to work in his cruiser.
The next day I got a clunky phone in a bag that I kept under the seat. It was a pain to hook up and would have been pretty useless in a real emergency. Since then, I've had 3 successively smaller models and, in 2003, added Richard and Rob to the plan. We're pretty dependent on our cell phones now and I doubt Rob will ever have a land line. If when Richard and I ever move from this house, we probably won't have one, either.
Enjoyed your story, Ginny.
So do I. I also suggest you keep that land line. It is easier for you and Richard to speak on the phone with Rob at the same time. :)
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Probie is the masculine form of the noun. The feminine form is probette.
Just saying.
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TOD:
My first cell phone was for emergencies, but i'd often use it for placing an order at the Indian restaurant. I soon found that I didnt need it or the monthly charge. I've had three cell phones now, but haven't bonded with any of them. I'm currently shopping for something I actually LIKE. I'm looking into AT&T's plan. I don't want to be locked into a high monthly rate, but need the latitude to make calls when I need to.
Any recommendations (pro or con)?
I don't know anyone who has been happy with AT & T. Second, wait until you are settled in your new location. I suggest you then research & choose the service that works best in that area.
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If you goose a gander, there will be a reaction, I'm tellin' ya!
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Der Brucer has a doctor's appointment later today.
He's expecting me to do the driving.
Aren't you all glad you won't be sharing the road with me here in Delaware today?
::)
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DR MBarnum my computer is wireless as is the laptop. Keith set them up so I have no idea how it was done. In nice weather he takes the laptop outside & sits on the deck instead of using his main computer, which has a direct internet connection.
DR DtM, feel better soon from your mysterious illness.
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Der Brucer has a doctor's appointment later today.
He's expecting me to do the driving.
Aren't you all glad you won't be sharing the road with me here in Delaware today?
::)
Does this mean you've gotten a license? Or are you going to be scofflawing?
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FWIW: My DVD of "Rome Adventure" is not a brown mess. My TV has several different settings for color saturation and two of them would make it a brown mess. I've chosen one that brightens things up and this movie, along with other WB titles that get blasted for being brown, looks just fine.
The skies are blue. Troy's eyes are, too! The scenery is spectacular and natural looking. Been there, seen it, and know it to look exactly as depicted on this DVD. The buildings are the actual colors in reality, and the tile roofs are that wonderful clay-red shade I see on the DVD.
When Troy and Suzanne are travelling "up north", there are a couple of scenes of them in riding along a road bordered with Italian pines...all of which were shot around Rome and used, willy nilly, for filler in the northern segment (northern Italy looks nothing like central or southern Italy).
Does any of this mean I think it has a Technicolor pop? No. I've never seen it like that. I doubt many others have, either. It looks better than any version I've ever seen of it, though. And that's more than tolerable.
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Any cell phones in this (immediate) family belong to der Brucer. And neither of us like them. They are for emergencies, or to contact someone in a quick call while we are on the road.
We have (or had) DR Jose's number on our phone, thanks to a couple of trips to DC and a gathering of the Hainsies in NYC.
Der B's daughter is a cell phone addict. Cell phone addicts have brains made of jelly. Enough said.
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Der Brucer has a doctor's appointment later today.
He's expecting me to do the driving.
Aren't you all glad you won't be sharing the road with me here in Delaware today?
::)
Does this mean you've gotten a license? Or are you going to be scofflawing?
I shall not say. Oh, no, I shall not say... at this time.
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Der Brucer has a doctor's appointment later today.
He's expecting me to do the driving.
Aren't you all glad you won't be sharing the road with me here in Delaware today?
::)
Does this mean you've gotten a license? Or are you going to be scofflawing?
I shall not say. Oh, no, I shall not say... at this time.
AH-hah!
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FWIW: My DVD of "Rome Adventure" is not a brown mess. My TV has several different settings for color saturation and two of them would make it a brown mess. I've chosen one that brightens things up and this movie, along with other WB titles that get blasted for being brown, looks just fine....
So, you're suggesting that anyone with WB titles getting lots of Brownie points should try adjusting their sets, right?
Makes sense to me.
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FWIW: My DVD of "Rome Adventure" is not a brown mess. My TV has several different settings for color saturation and two of them would make it a brown mess. I've chosen one that brightens things up and this movie, along with other WB titles that get blasted for being brown, looks just fine....
So, you're suggesting that anyone with WB titles getting lots of Brownie points should try adjusting their sets, right?
Makes sense to me.
I'm saying that my set was "pre-set" to one of the options and said option was way too dark and brown for my tastes. I tried the other options and found the ideal one for me.
I'll concede, however, that if one's setting makes some films look spectacular and others look drab, then it's probably at the best setting for that set. I don't know what kind of encoding DVDs come with that allows TVs to adjust. It's possible some TVs don't auto-adjust for encodings.
I'm also saying that what I'm seeing is different from what others say they're seeing. Therefore, it's possible my set is auto-correcting based on encoding signals it gets from the DVDs. I don't know of any other way to explain why my DVD looks bright and natural and someone else's comes off as a brown mess.
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Have any other DRs noticed a sudden surge in spam in their spam-email boxes over the past two days? -Just wondrin'.
I thought I had, but it turned out that I was just in an email loop because my address was one letter away from the email writer's cousin. (The writer made a documentary on a musical subject that interested me, so I wrote him and arranged to buy a copy.)
The emails I was getting talked about him O.D.ing on coke after having 3 ways with stewardesses while his friends watched, and other icky things that apparently you brag about to your male buddies.
After reading that, I wanted to send his DVD back, just knowing he'd had physical contact with said DVD. Ick and blehhh. My only consolation was that the disgust I felt was probably nothing compared to the embarrasment he felt. Or maybe not..
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Yuck!
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Der Brucer wants to hog the computer for a while.
Everyone have fun.
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DR edisaurus - :-\
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It is hiking time :)
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Good Afternoon!
Well, I've actually managed to be somewhat productive over the past couple of hours. Gone through a bunch of mail - most of it junk and now in the recycling bin. I've also sorted through all the junk email too - and found a few that weren't supposed to be filtered to my "Spam Box". And I've taken care of a couple of phone calls too. -Tomorrow shall be my cleaning day. It will! It will! I tell ya!
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It is hiking time :)
For me too.
Laters...
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I've been noticing many many spam emails for Gevalia and the Acai Berry.
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Hmmmmm. I seem to be approaching a rather large millstone!
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Practicing piano parts. I guess I'll shower in a few minutes and then be on my way.
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Have any other DRs noticed a sudden surge in spam in their spam-email boxes over the past two days? -Just wondrin'.
I thought I had, but it turned out that I was just in an email loop because my address was one letter away from the email writer's cousin. (The writer made a documentary on a musical subject that interested me, so I wrote him and arranged to buy a copy.)
The emails I was getting talked about him O.D.ing on coke after having 3 ways with stewardesses while his friends watched, and other icky things that apparently you brag about to your male buddies.
After reading that, I wanted to send his DVD back, just knowing he'd had physical contact with said DVD. Ick and blehhh. My only consolation was that the disgust I felt was probably nothing compared to the embarrasment he felt. Or maybe not..
The more graphic and tawdry the talk, the less factual a story is (in my experience). Over-compensation is part of what drives this. Overcompensation for "what", exactly, can only be speculated upon. ;)
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I've been noticing many many spam emails for Gevalia and the Acai Berry.
Some of them red herrings, I expect, for sexual enhancement promotions. I get the most innocuous spam sometimes...and it almost always turns out to be some sort of tawdry come-on promoting "enhancement" drugs...!
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Over-compensation is part of what drives this. Overcompensation for "what", exactly, can only be speculated upon. ;)
Perhaps Mae-Ling's fear was reality.
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Have any other DRs noticed a sudden surge in spam in their spam-email boxes over the past two days? -Just wondrin'.
I thought I had, but it turned out that I was just in an email loop because my address was one letter away from the email writer's cousin. (The writer made a documentary on a musical subject that interested me, so I wrote him and arranged to buy a copy.)
The emails I was getting talked about him O.D.ing on coke after having 3 ways with stewardesses while his friends watched, and other icky things that apparently you brag about to your male buddies.
After reading that, I wanted to send his DVD back, just knowing he'd had physical contact with said DVD. Ick and blehhh. My only consolation was that the disgust I felt was probably nothing compared to the embarrasment he felt. Or maybe not..
The more graphic and tawdry the talk, the less factual a story is (in my experience). Over-compensation is part of what drives this. Overcompensation for "what", exactly, can only be speculated upon. ;)
It did seem a bit full of braggadocio.
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DR Kerry - I, too, love your new avatar! :)
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***FEEL BETTER VIBES***
to DR DtM!!!!
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***SAFE DRIVING VIBES***
to DR SWW!!!!
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DR Jeanne - sorry, no advice to give re: mobile calling plans. They seem to change so frequently, and it depends a lot on where specifically you will settle and what your needs are.
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for bk!!!!
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Can some knowledgeable DR(s) cite reference books that discuss songs in Broadway musicals by "other than" composers credited for same in the programs and on the OCRs?
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An idle thought:
Isn't it time for a new Guy Haines album?
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I have a pay as you go phone (TracFone). I bought it in August. Anthony bought one at the same time because he was going to Wisconsin and the Actor House has no land lines (because almost every actor has a cell phone). I bought a year of service on my phone and it has double minutes for the life of the phone. Between the bonus minutes (for buying a year's service) and other time I began the phone's life with 1200 minutes. I still have 1095 minutes which shows you how much I use it. I rarely give out the number and rarely use the phone. It's for emergencies or when I absolutely need to call someone and there is no other phone. Everyone who knows me knows to call the land line. I will never get rid of my land line, as I've said many times, because when we had the big blackout in 2003 we (and another neighbor) were only people in our building with phone service after everyone's cell phones had died. Our power was out for 29 hours but because we had a land line we had a phone.
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
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Has anyone here attached one of those converter boxes? DR Sandra is having trouble.
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Bruce, did you see that your Kritzerland e-blast is kind of wonky?
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DR Sandra is having trouble.
DR Sandra IS trouble.
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It's not wonky for me - but I know some browsers have problems. Can someone please post the release info to castrecl?
TWO VERY RARE SCORES MAKE THEIR CD DEBUT!
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition CD – the incidental music to two Broadway plays – by Alex North and Laurence Rosenthal.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN Music by Alex North
“Attention must be paid,” and sixty years ago, on February 10, 1949, attention was paid, instantly and loudly when Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre. It ran over 700 performances and was an instant sensation, garnering Tony Awards for Best Play, Author, Director, Supporting Actor, Set Design, Producer, as well as winning the Pulitzer Prize. The incidental music for the Broadway production was written by Alex North, who would, of course, go on to work with Salesman’s director, Elia Kazan on several more projects, including the film of A Streetcar Named Desire. The music is classic North, scored for a very small ensemble that somehow never seems small, but just seems right. He would later use many of the themes in the film version, but there’s something about these lean and spare original versions that are haunting and wonderful.
RASHOMON Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Rashomon began life as two short stories by noted Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa. They were famously adapted for the screen by Akira Kurosawa in 1950. The film won an Academy Award and became an instant classic, the film telling the same story from multiple viewpoints. In 1959, Fay and Michael Kanin adapted Rashomon for the stage, using many elements from the Kurosawa film that were not present in the short stories. The Broadway production ran for 159 performances. The cast featured the then husband-and-wife team of Claire Bloom and Rod Steiger, and the supporting cast featured Oscar Homolka, Akim Tamiroff, and Ruth White, among others, and the director was Peter Glenville. Laurence Rosenthal provided the striking incidental music, which has a Japanese flavor, but filtered through Rosenthal’s brilliant musical sensibilities. Rosenthal would go on to score many classic films, such as A Raisin In The Sun, The Miracle Worker, and three films by Rashomon director Glenville, Hotel Paradiso, The Comedians, and the classic, Becket.
A note on the sources: The Rashomon source material was in excellent condition and is presented in stereo. Death Of A Salesman was mastered from disc – several copies were used and all suffered from the same sound anomalies. Our mastering engineer has done the best possible job in cleaning up the sound, but the fact remains that the sound on Death Of A Salesman is archival in nature – but we felt that releasing the music far outweighed the less than optimal sound. We hope you agree. Due to the archival nature of Death Of A Salesman, we are offering this CD at a special lower price. A must for both theatre and film score fans!
The CD runs almost sixty minutes and the special price is $15.98 plus shipping.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only.
CDs will ship the second week of March – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to three weeks ahead of the street date.
To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com
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Well, I"ve opened the email in 3 different browsers now (IE, Safari and Firefox) and on all of them your album cover completely masks what looks like the text of the first paragraph (which may be the same as the text that's underneath). Also at the top, above the album cover, it says in big bold letters MESSAGE 1 HEADLINE.
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Just got my big new FSM/SAE shipment. Now, I'm as big of a soundtrack geek as anyone, but even I am not geeky enough to collect the composer cards that Lukas sends along. They kind of make me laugh.
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I have posted to CASTRECL.
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It's not wonky for me - but I know some browsers have problems. Can someone please post the release info to castrecl?
TWO VERY RARE SCORES MAKE THEIR CD DEBUT!
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition CD – the incidental music to two Broadway plays – by Alex North and Laurence Rosenthal.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN Music by Alex North
“Attention must be paid,” and sixty years ago, on February 10, 1949, attention was paid, instantly and loudly when Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre. It ran over 700 performances and was an instant sensation, garnering Tony Awards for Best Play, Author, Director, Supporting Actor, Set Design, Producer, as well as winning the Pulitzer Prize. The incidental music for the Broadway production was written by Alex North, who would, of course, go on to work with Salesman’s director, Elia Kazan on several more projects, including the film of A Streetcar Named Desire. The music is classic North, scored for a very small ensemble that somehow never seems small, but just seems right. He would later use many of the themes in the film version, but there’s something about these lean and spare original versions that are haunting and wonderful.
RASHOMON Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Rashomon began life as two short stories by noted Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa. They were famously adapted for the screen by Akira Kurosawa in 1950. The film won an Academy Award and became an instant classic, the film telling the same story from multiple viewpoints. In 1959, Fay and Michael Kanin adapted Rashomon for the stage, using many elements from the Kurosawa film that were not present in the short stories. The Broadway production ran for 159 performances. The cast featured the then husband-and-wife team of Claire Bloom and Rod Steiger, and the supporting cast featured Oscar Homolka, Akim Tamiroff, and Ruth White, among others, and the director was Peter Glenville. Laurence Rosenthal provided the striking incidental music, which has a Japanese flavor, but filtered through Rosenthal’s brilliant musical sensibilities. Rosenthal would go on to score many classic films, such as A Raisin In The Sun, The Miracle Worker, and three films by Rashomon director Glenville, Hotel Paradiso, The Comedians, and the classic, Becket.
A note on the sources: The Rashomon source material was in excellent condition and is presented in stereo. Death Of A Salesman was mastered from disc – several copies were used and all suffered from the same sound anomalies. Our mastering engineer has done the best possible job in cleaning up the sound, but the fact remains that the sound on Death Of A Salesman is archival in nature – but we felt that releasing the music far outweighed the less than optimal sound. We hope you agree. Due to the archival nature of Death Of A Salesman, we are offering this CD at a special lower price. A must for both theatre and film score fans!
The CD runs almost sixty minutes and the special price is $15.98 plus shipping.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only.
CDs will ship the second week of March – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to three weeks ahead of the street date.
To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com
Didn't I order this? I think I did!
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
...and the ones he did write for A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD?A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE...
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Has anyone here attached one of those converter boxes? DR Sandra is having trouble.
DR Laura, this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-pD-M0rY4) might be of help...
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
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...or it might not...
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
There was an episode of TWILIGHT ZONE or ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS about the passing of a gun. Also, an ABC Movie of the Week which I'm pretty sure was simply called THE GUN.
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She said there were very detailed directions on how to put the batteries in the remote; however, the instructions on how to install the converter box were in gibberish.
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***SAFE DRIVING VIBES***
to DR SWW!!!!
Oh, I forgot to say this.:-[
DITTO!!!!
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Doesn't TALES OF MANHATTAN center on an overcoat which goes from owner to owner?
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I already saw tonight's MENTALIST (for some reason they are playing it here on sundays). And the CW shows are repeats again (what is up with that?).
On Thursday nights, it's manna from heaven. Thursday is the heaviest night of the week for shows I want to watch. "Bones", "Ugly Betty", "Smallville" and "Survivor" all air at the same time. I can record two and watch one as it airs. But which one to drop??
You could always watch one online?
We don't get the CW here so Smallville airs on a station called Suntv (thurs at 8pm). But it repeats on the weekends on our Space station.
You'll be okay this week because Smallville is a repeat again. I guess just hope that the shows have a different repeats schedule.
Plus Ugly Betty is going off for a while.
UGLY BETTY is going on hiatus but not for another month.
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It is still very chilly outside, and if it gets to 50 today, I'll be surprised. The sun is out, but the air feels very cold.
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
The "Ring Around the Rosey" sequence in INVITATION TO THE DANCE. The EARRINGS of MADAME DE... also is in that vein. The gun story you referenced I think was an episode of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS.
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I watched last night's THE CLOSER while I ate lunch. I really enjoyed it, but everyone seemed to be SCREAMING during the first half of the show including Amy Sedaris as Fritz's sister and Lt. Tau, too.
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I spent most of the afternoon on FACES. Well, it was quite a bit better than SHADOWS due mainly to much better actors. Filmed in the same way with cameras right in everyone's face. There is a lot of raucous laughter throughout the film for no reason. I couldn't figure out why these people are just constantly laughing like hyenas. Then, in the first bonus feature, I got my answer. John Cassavetes was interviewed by a French film crew in 1965 during the film's production, and at several times during the interview, he just burst into this maniacal laughter. So, for him, that was real life.
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Gena Rowlands is drop dead gorgeous in the movie. John Marley is very good, and Lynn Carlin and Seymour Cassel got well deserved Oscar nominations. But the movie really isn't about very much, and at 130 minutes, it's VERY indulgent with scenes that go on way too long and lots of unnecessary scenes, too.
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
The Red Violin
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I got 1 1/2 of the bonus features watched. The first was the film's original opening which had some bar footage not in the finished picture (shows how John Marley met Gena Rowlands and picked her up) and some juxtiposing of a failed lovemaking session with the Marley character at work. Helped explain why he was out looking to pick up a woman in the first place.
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As I mentioned, the other bonus feature is a two part interview with John Cassavetes. The first part was in 1965 while the film was in post production, filmed in Hollywood. The second part, which I'll watch when I go back downstairs, was done in Paris after the film's screening.
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
Brush with Fate, a TV movie based on Susan Vreeland's wonderful book Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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Explanation of the phrase "tapioca for pudding," per Bob Gutowski on All That Chat:
"Pudding" was used in the old days generically, to mean "dessert," as in "We had tapioca for pudding!"
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Hopping off-line now to do some writing before heading back down to continue today's work project. Then, I'll settle in with some of tonight's prime time entertainment.
WBBL.
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Explanation of the phrase "tapioca for pudding," per Bob Gutowski on All That Chat:
"Pudding" was used in the old days generically, to mean "dessert," as in "We had tapioca for pudding!"
One of the most memorable movie lines I've had the pleasure of hearing was spoken in "Hobson's Choice" by Charles Laughton to Brenda de Banzie:
"What's for puddin'?", he asks lazily and with no more idea that what's in store for him from his daughter will turn his life upside down, inside out and strike a blow for womanhood when he least expects or wants it.
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
Yes...and songs other composers "didn't write" for other composers' shows.
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Just got my big new FSM/SAE shipment. Now, I'm as big of a soundtrack geek as anyone, but even I am not geeky enough to collect the composer cards that Lukas sends along. They kind of make me laugh.
I'M geeky enough to collect them. I got two packages today and both contained "Ennio Morricone." I had especially requested Morricone for one of the orders, but I asked for a different card altogether for the second.
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
Brush with Fate, a TV movie based on Susan Vreeland's wonderful book Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Betsy mentioned that very book when I was talking to her about this--one of her faves. I don't think she knows it was made into a tv movie.
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
Yes...and songs other composers "didn't write" for other composers' shows.
I don't think there's any book that deals in any way with such a discussion; the Ken Bloom book on Jerry Herman deals well with the HELLO DOLLY! situation, but I'm trying to recall how I know about the Bock and Harnick songs in BAKER STREET or the Sondheim song in HOT SPOT. Oy.
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
Brush with Fate, a TV movie based on Susan Vreeland's wonderful book Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Betsy mentioned that very book when I was talking to her about this--one of her faves. I don't think she knows it was made into a tv movie.
If she hasn't read them, I'd recommend all of Susan Vreeland's novels to Betsy. My book group also read, and loved, The Passion of Artemisia and The Forest Lover. Richard and I spent a delightful evening at a Washington, DC, bookstore hearing Susan talk about Luncheon of the Boating Party.
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
;)
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
Brush with Fate, a TV movie based on Susan Vreeland's wonderful book Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Betsy mentioned that very book when I was talking to her about this--one of her faves. I don't think she knows it was made into a tv movie.
If she hasn't read them, I'd recommend all of Susan Vreeland's novels to Betsy. My book group also read, and loved, The Passion of Artemisia and The Forest Lover. Richard and I spent a delightful evening at a Washington, DC, bookstore hearing Susan talk about Luncheon of the Boating Party.
Betsy also saw Susan at a reading and got her autograph on Girl. I think she's read at least one other, but I'll make sure she knows about these. Boy, it helps to have a (former) librarian around, doesn't it? :)
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
Yes...and songs other composers "didn't write" for other composers' shows.
I don't think there's any book that deals in any way with such a discussion; the Ken Bloom book on Jerry Herman deals well with the HELLO DOLLY! situation, but I'm trying to recall how I know about the Bock and Harnick songs in BAKER STREET or the Sondheim song in HOT SPOT. Oy.
And I'm quite sure I read on these here pages, once upon a time, that everything in "On A Clear Day..." wasn't Lane and Lerner.
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Has anybody here heard from DR vixmom? Our "puddin' pop" ain't posted since Friday!
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Is this workday NEVER gonna end??!!!??
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I left Mae-Ling's quote up for a couple days so she would see it. (Vixmom, that is.)
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DR DtM - that was one of the funniest videos I have ever seen.....thanks for posting it. I'm putting it on my Facebook page.
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
;)
;) right back atcha!
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Kerry, love the new avatar!
Actually, I would say it is an old avatar.
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For some reason, the President of the United States is in town. He is giving a speech at a high school tomorrow to sell the latest stimulus plan.
#1. I didn't know we had to buy it.
#2. I didn't know high schoolers could vote.
#3. Are the students losing an entire day of school for this?
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***SAFE DRIVING VIBES***
to DR SWW!!!!
We have returned!
The driving was entirely on back roads, on a route that der B had pre-mapped (ain't MapQuest wonderful!). I will say, driving on back roads is far preferable to driving on Los Angeles freeways. We only got lost once (thanks to a signpost someone had wrapped around their car at one point, and was therefor pointing in the wrong direction when we got to it), and only one personage believed they absolutely had to speed around me because I was driving at no more than the speed limit.
Soon, no doubt, we will be heading to the DMV so that I can obtain my very own Learner's Permit! Won't that be wonderful!!! We just won't be doing it tonight.
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The cast of Shrek was just on "The View" - I know those people! Hi!!
;)
*Good promo for the show - long segment, two(!) numbers.
I went home for lunch and watched this on my DVR. Very nice!
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
I believe DR Jose and I discussed that last Friday.
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Question for BK and other cinephiles: what are some films that use an object passing from owner to owner as their focus. I know there's one about a gun which for the life of me I can't think of right now, but there must be others. I'm starting my review of YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE, as if that weren't already obvious. :)
Brush with Fate, a TV movie based on Susan Vreeland's wonderful book Girl in Hyacinth Blue
That isn't the one about a toothbrush, I hope!
:P
;D
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
Yes...and songs other composers "didn't write" for other composers' shows.
I don't think there's any book that deals in any way with such a discussion; the Ken Bloom book on Jerry Herman deals well with the HELLO DOLLY! situation, but I'm trying to recall how I know about the Bock and Harnick songs in BAKER STREET or the Sondheim song in HOT SPOT. Oy.
And I'm quite sure I read on these here pages, once upon a time, that everything in "On A Clear Day..." wasn't Lane and Lerner.
I have never heard that from anyone nor seen it anywhere in print!
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Just realized that I will be a victim of the switch to digital TV. I have a small, small battery operated portable TV that I've been using to occasionally watch baseball games, the late news or Letterman in the backyard on summer nights. The screen is only 3" but it's enough to follow radio-on-the-tv type of events. Unless they make a battery operated converter box, the thing will be useless to me.
Do ya all think it would be a too crabby old guy-ish thing for me to write to my congressman and demand that he propose a permanent delay on the switch to digital?
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I've got my meds, I've been to the library, I've contacted Samuel French about McGlinn's death, and I've work to do on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
DR RonPulliam, regarding your book inquiry; do you mean a book that discusses things like what songs Jerry Herman didn't write for HELLO DOLLY!?
Yes...and songs other composers "didn't write" for other composers' shows.
I don't think there's any book that deals in any way with such a discussion; the Ken Bloom book on Jerry Herman deals well with the HELLO DOLLY! situation, but I'm trying to recall how I know about the Bock and Harnick songs in BAKER STREET or the Sondheim song in HOT SPOT. Oy.
The Sondheim songs in Hot Spot, "Show Me" and "Who Knows?/I Know," are identified as such in the liner notes for Hey Love: The Songs of Mary Rodgers, an album produced by... dang, his name is at the tip of my tongue... I'll think of it...
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I watched last night's THE CLOSER while I ate lunch. I really enjoyed it, but everyone seemed to be SCREAMING during the first half of the show including Amy Sedaris as Fritz's sister and Lt. Tau, too.
We haven't watched yet & now I'll know who is playing his sister :) I know her name but wouldn't recognize her.
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Has anybody here heard from DR vixmom? Our "puddin' pop" ain't posted since Friday!
No. I sent her an email on Sunday & haven't heard back. I rarely say this when someone doesn't post for awhile, I'm worried.
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Do ya all think it would be a too crabby old guy-ish thing for me to write to my congressman and demand that he propose a permanent delay on the switch to digital?
;D
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I had a tiny tv like that, Dan The Man. I used it when I was desperate for Monday Night Football. I threw it in the trash, as I knew it would be useless now.
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Do ya all think it would be a too crabby old guy-ish thing for me to write to my congressman and demand that he propose a permanent delay on the switch to digital?
YES, you Luddite!
;)
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I had a tiny tv like that, Dan The Man. I used it when I was desperate for Monday Night Football. I threw it in the trash, as I knew it would be useless now.
Desperate? For Monday Night Football? You? Were desperate? For Monday Night Football?
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I could have sworn "someone" here commented that Lane-Lerner hadn't written every song in the "On A Clear Day..." score. For some reason, "On the SS Bernard Cohen" springs to mind.
But...given all things that happen to one past the age of 50, I may be transferring "Motherhood" from "Hello, Dolly!"
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It was several years ago -- one of the times we had purposely broken the tv to break the kids' habit of not doing homework because the tv was on.
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
I believe DR Jose and I discussed that last Friday.
On All That Chat? ;)
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DR Laura, this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-pD-M0rY4) might be of help...
;D ;D
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DR DAW, did you pick up "The Nancy LaMott Songbook?"
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"Pudding" was used in the old days generically, to mean "dessert," as in "We had tapioca for pudding!"
I think they still do today, in the UK.
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DR DAW, did you pick up "The Nancy LaMott Songbook?"
DR td, didn't even know about it.... Thanks! ;)
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Have any other DRs noticed a sudden surge in spam in their spam-email boxes over the past two days? -Just wondrin'.
I asked that same question a week or so ago, and never got any answers.
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DR DAW, did you pick up "The Nancy LaMott Songbook?"
DR td, didn't even know about it.... Thanks! ;)
You are most welcome! I picked mine up today.
Then I opened my Itunes and made a playlist based on the book and burned it onto a cd.
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I asked that same question a week or so ago, and never got any answers.
But did you get the phone numbers?
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Then I opened my Itunes and made a playlist based on the book and burned it onto a cd.
DR td - You are quite the technical wiz. I feel old. :)
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I had a tiny tv like that, Dan The Man. I used it when I was desperate for Monday Night Football. I threw it in the trash, as I knew it would be useless now.
Desperate? For Monday Night Football? You? Were desperate? For Monday Night Football?
It had be those super-tight uniforms. Right?
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We got 2/3 of the way through last night's The Closer before the DH had to leave for a meeting at church, but so far I am really loving it. And I hope Amy Sedaris gets an Emmy nod.
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Then I opened my Itunes and made a playlist based on the book and burned it onto a cd.
DR td - You are quite the technical wiz. I feel old. :)
But-cha are, DAW, but-cha are. . . ;)
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It had be those super-tight uniforms. Right?
That's what DR TCB tells me...
But I am reticent. Oh yes, I am reticent.
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But-cha are, DAW, but-cha are. . .
Did you know we have rats in the cellar?
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But-cha are, DAW, but-cha are. . .
Did you know we have rats in the cellar?
I've written a letter to daddy.
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Good for you, DR SWW!!!! :)
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I've written a letter to daddy.
Yes, but your Sugar Daddy isn't quite what they had in mind... ;)
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I've written a letter to daddy.
Yes, but your Sugar Daddy isn't quite what they had in mind... ;)
:-*
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(http://www.birding.in/images/Birds/bean_goose.jpg)
YOU'RE TAKING A GANDER AT MY GOOSE, AREN'T YOU?
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Finally back from a long day with Grant. Got all the tracks recorded save for two, one of which I'll use from the previous demo and one of which I'll use from the soundtrack. But we did twenty tracks today. Whew! Tonight I'll be dealing with the shocking revelations and I shall try to be calm as I do so - the bottom line is another person bites the dust because of stupidity. I really thought I'd never have to go through this again after Miss Minoff, but, oh, well.
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Tonight I'll be dealing with the shocking revelations and I shall try to be calm as I do so -
To paraphrase some wise DR...
Just count slowly to ten and think... How will this look on YouTube? :)
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But we did twenty tracks today.
My goodness!! Do you have any voice left at all?
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I've an early Wednesday tomorrow, so I must bid everyone adieu as I turn into a big, fat WUSSBURGER!!!
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Just realized that I will be a victim of the switch to digital TV. I have a small, small battery operated portable TV that I've been using to occaisionally watch baseball games, the late news or Letterman in the backyard on summer nights. The screen is only 3" but it's enough to follow radio-on-the-tv type of events. Unless they make a battery operated converter box, the thing will be useless to me.
Do ya all think it would be a too crabby old guy-ish thing for me to write to my congressman and demand that he propose a permanent delay on the switch to digital?
They did the switch here today. I haven't heard any complaints yet
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I asked that same question a week or so ago, and never got any answers.
But did you get the phone numbers?
No.
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My first phone was sometime in the early to mid 90s. I was living in Spirit Lake and was driving to other towns quite frequently for work. So I got a bag phone so that the cows wouldn't be sticking their noses in my car windows
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I had a very frustrating day today. I hate it when that happens.
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Tonight we are going to get rain and sleet and snow. Oh joy
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Better-day-tomorrow vibes to Cilla
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Better-day-tomorrow vibes to Cilla
DITTO!!
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DITTO!
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DITTO!! DITTO!!
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DITTO!!! DITTO!!! DITTOO!!!
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Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Ditto!
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:
My first cell phone was one that my sister gave me years ago when she got two 2-phone plans...one for her and her boyfriend and the other for her daughter and me. It cost the same for one phone or two, so they added me. I don't remember what kind of phone it was, but it wasn't a flip-phone and not too small, but not huge, either. I had that for a couple of years. They wanted to get new phones and a new plan, so I broke from them and got my own plan with a new phone and phone number. I got a Motorola StarTak phone. I had that for several years (I didn't need a CAMERA on a phone!), but then for some reason, I wanted to make my own ringtones, so I got a new phone. I was with Verizon and kept the same plan, so I got $100 off the phone I bought (you can get a free phone every two years or $100 off a phone that costs more than that if you stay with Verizon), the Samsung SCH A970. I've had it ever since (more than three years) and I love being able to make my own ringtones. However, I had to buy a separate program and the data cable that went with that specific program to be able to do it, but it all worked. I don't switch ringtones very often, except when I've gotten into shows, I've made ringtones from the cast recording. ;D
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Good Evening!
During my subway ride downtown earlier, I caught up on some podcasts that had been languishing on my iPod. I brought up an episode of "This American Life" entitled "Music Lessons" (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1271). The first segment featured David Sedaris - brother of the recently mentioned Amy Sedaris. Well... The looks I got from almost everyone in the car when I started laughing out loud after hearing David Sedaris' rendition of the Oscar Mayer jingle ("My bologna has a first name...") in his Billie Holiday voice, well... I didn't care since I was truly laughing. And happy. :)
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DAW, I didn't sing today at all - just played the piano.
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Have any other DRs noticed a sudden surge in spam in their spam-email boxes over the past two days? -Just wondrin'.
I asked that same question a week or so ago, and never got any answers.
Well, at that point and time, I didn't have an answer. I guess all that spam finally made its way East over the past week.
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Listening to the next Kritzerland limited edition CD - to be released in tandem with Anya - this CD is a dream come true for me. Apparently, there was an album planned when the film was released, but it wasn't issued. That's what I'm hearing now, but I'm not thrilled with the way it's sequenced. Interestingly, the album master is a mix of stereo and mono tracks, very peculiar. But we also have a huge amount of other stuff - I have it all in iTunes now and will go through everything and probably end up putting everything possible in movie order.
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Better-day-tomorrow vibes to Cilla
Thanks. It wasn't that bad...one of those days where it would have all been mole hills if I hadn't decided there were mountains
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
I believe DR Jose and I discussed that last Friday.
On All That Chat? ;)
Preeee-cisely!
And now that it's official that Next To Normal will be transferring to Broadway, well... That's one more thing I don't have to keep under wraps.
*The show will be going into the Longacre, and to keep it an "intimate experience", they will be closing off the balcony.
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Thanks everyone! Tomorrow will be better. If the $#&* post office had delivered the mail I sent a week ago to the court 90 miles away I wouldn't have to think about driving down there on Friday and could do the hearings on the phone the same way I usually do it.
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
I believe DR Jose and I discussed that last Friday.
On All That Chat? ;)
Preeee-cisely!
And now that it's official that Next To Normal will be transferring to Broadway, well... That's one more thing I don't have to keep under wraps.
*The show will be going into the Longacre, and to keep it an "intimate experience", they will be closing off the balcony.
Click HERE (http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/331) to see five pictures from the Next to Normal cast album recording session. One of the actors, Louis Hobson, is from Seattle and has been in shows at Harlequin Productions, here in Olympia!
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Watching "American Idol" right now...
That's all I'm sayin'.
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T.O.D.
My first cell phone was about the same size as Maxwell Smart's shoe phone. To this day, I blame that phone for breaking my back. However, since then my thing has gotten smaller and smaller. Along the lines of Ben, I use Net10, so that I can buy my minutes as I need them. Ten cents a minute, and no other charges of any kind, you can't go wrong with that. Some months I use a lot of minutes and other months, very few.
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Click HERE (http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/331) to see five pictures from the Next to Normal cast album recording session. One of the actors, Louis Hobson, is from Seattle and has been in shows at Harlequin Productions, here in Olympia!
Yep... Aaron still has his abs. ;D
*Why do I suspect that those pics were taken with a cellphone/iPhone camera?
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Good Evening!
During my subway ride downtown earlier, I caught up on some podcasts that had been languishing on my iPod. I brought up an episode of "This American Life" entitled "Music Lessons" (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1271). The first segment featured David Sedaris - brother of the recently mentioned Amy Sedaris. Well... The looks I got from almost everyone in the car when I started laughing out loud after hearing David Sedaris' rendition of the Oscar Mayer jingle ("My bologna has a first name...") in his Billie Holiday voice, well... I didn't care since I was truly laughing. And happy. :)
What do I click on to watch?
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Better-day-tomorrow vibes to Cilla
one of those days where it would have all been mole hills if I hadn't decided there were mountains
That is worth quoting ;D
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this CD is a dream come true for me.
:D
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Click HERE (http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/331) to see five pictures from the Next to Normal cast album recording session. One of the actors, Louis Hobson, is from Seattle and has been in shows at Harlequin Productions, here in Olympia!
Wow! I have got to see more Olympia shows.
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DR td - I shall be seeing The Story of My Life again tomorrow night. If I get backstage afterwards, would you like me to pass on your greetings to Mssrs. Stanek and Dean?
*I'm really looking forward to seeing the show again. I saw their first preview, and tomorrow night will be their last preview - they open Thursday night.
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Good Evening!
During my subway ride downtown earlier, I caught up on some podcasts that had been languishing on my iPod. I brought up an episode of "This American Life" entitled "Music Lessons" (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1271). The first segment featured David Sedaris - brother of the recently mentioned Amy Sedaris. Well... The looks I got from almost everyone in the car when I started laughing out loud after hearing David Sedaris' rendition of the Oscar Mayer jingle ("My bologna has a first name...") in his Billie Holiday voice, well... I didn't care since I was truly laughing. And happy. :)
What do I click on to watch?
It's audio only. Just click on ""Full Episode". The "Pu Pu Player" window should pop up.
David Sedaris' segment starts at about the 6:00 mark. -Give the episode some time to load. If you don't want to listen to the whole segment, the "Oscar Mayer" moment starts at 17:45. Just click along the "play line" to get to the time point. -He also sings a little earlier in the segment too.
*The whole show is pretty good. I'd bookmark it for a later listen.
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The last singer just sang on tonight's installment of "American Idol"...
:) :) :) :)
*I even think DR Ron Pulliam would have liked him.
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HENRY SWEET HENRY is a CD I thought I'd bought when BK - I think BK did it! - reissued it but I do not have it and it's out of print. Does any DR have a copy to burn me one?
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Thank you Jose :)
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My first phone was sometime in the early to mid 90s. I was living in Spirit Lake and was driving to other towns quite frequently for work. So I got a bag phone so that the cows wouldn't be sticking their noses in my car windows
LOL!!!
That looks exactly like the bag phone I got after the cow incident.
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Thank you Jose :)
You're welcome, DR Jane. I do love me some David Sedaris à la Billie Holiday - sometimes his imitation is kind of eerie since it's so spot on. But hearing him sing the jingles... :D
*The final chapter of that show is quite moving. I listened to that one on the ride back uptown. It made me cry.
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While driving from my lunchtime meeting to my shopping stops on the way home, I caught a bit of "Fresh Air," on which Terri Gross was talking to Ted Chapin about Rodgers & Hammerstein and the new release of Allegro. Click HERE (http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13) to listen.
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I have never heard David Sedaris at all so it was a real treat for me. I've only read one of his books & keep meaning to get more. The problem, I kept laughing while Keith was trying to sleep ;)
DR Jose-Are you referring to the part about his Dad listening to the music alone?
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'night.
Feel better vibes for all who need them!
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I have never heard David Sedaris at all so it was a real treat for me. I've only read one of his books & keep meaning to get more. The problem, I kept laughing while Keith was trying to sleep ;)
DR Jose-Are you referring to the part about his Dad listening to the music alone?
The final chapter: Anne Lamott's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" segment.
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It turned out quite sunny and lovely today, and Sugar and I are both tired. Catch up with all you laters.
Vibes to many here and there!! :-*
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I actually ended up seeing Confessions of a Shopaholic (the time just fit better). And i really really liked it. I was not sure i would.
I am a big fan of the books. ANd i knew about a bunch of the changes. And the critic here did not like it.
But it was a really fun romantic comedy. And the lead actress playing Becky was fantastic. Perfect for the role. And most of the changes didn't even bother me that much.
The theatre was completely packed (not even sure that there were any empty seats). and i think most people enjoyed it. It was much better than i expected!
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I'm going to watch AMERICAN IDOL now!
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DR td - I shall be seeing The Story of My Life again tomorrow night. If I get backstage afterwards, would you like me to pass on your greetings to Mssrs. Stanek and Dean?
You know that I would want you to! You also should know that I would want you to deliver a big hug from me as well.
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I am at the Interval of DHOOM 2 - a fun, action-packed, sexy film.
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DR td - I shall be seeing The Story of My Life again tomorrow night. If I get backstage afterwards, would you like me to pass on your greetings to Mssrs. Stanek and Dean?
You know that I would want you to! You also should know that I would want you to deliver a big hug from me as well.
Hugs? But, of course! :)
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DR td - I shall be seeing The Story of My Life again tomorrow night. If I get backstage afterwards, would you like me to pass on your greetings to Mssrs. Stanek and Dean?
You know that I would want you to! You also should know that I would want you to deliver a big hug from me as well.
Hugs? But, of course! :)
I'll drop Jim a note now to tell him I'm stopping by tomorrow night. -Just in case he and Bradley get to leave "early", I'll try to see them before the show. -Bradley was my "Father/God" when I did Children of Eden at Ford's Theatre.
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You can also tell Jim that I have finally seen LESTAT - both versions - and that I have also seen CARNIVAL.
I think that Bradley was in the same CLO production that Jim was in the same year that I was in CLO's PORGY AND BESS, but I could be mistaken; at any rate, I knew Brad for the four years he attended CMU.
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I think that Bradley was in the same CLO production that Jim was in the same year that I was in CLO's PORGY AND BESS, but I could be mistaken; at any rate, I knew Brad for the four years he attended CMU.
Oh, I've heard great stories about your Serena.
;D
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HENRY SWEET HENRY is a CD I thought I'd bought when BK - I think BK did it! - reissued it but I do not have it and it's out of print. Does any DR have a copy to burn me one?
I do. But of course you'll probably want it from DAW. ;D ;)
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I think that Bradley was in the same CLO production that Jim was in the same year that I was in CLO's PORGY AND BESS, but I could be mistaken; at any rate, I knew Brad for the four years he attended CMU.
Oh, I've heard great stories about your Serena.
;D
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, I was a terrific Bess!
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I can't remember if this was posted here or on Twitter, but...
First there was David After Dentist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs).
Then came that whole Christian Bale tirade audio. *So, HINT - This is not meant for listening at work.
And now, here's a Mash-Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70r-Ca8wcVg) of both events.
:D
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I had an interesting evening of viewing. I still had a bunch more bonus features on FACES to watch including a 42-minute documentary on the making of the film. This was taped in 2004 and featured Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Lynn Carlin, and the film's cinematographer giving a complete rundown on the film's production. Very interesting. I didn't realize the film had won a bunch of awards at the Venice Film Festival.
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I believe I also have HENRY SWEET HENRY, so let me know if I'm needed.
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When I finally finished all the bonuses with FACES, there wasn't enough time for a movie. I did speed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing and nothing in the previews.
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Since I had season 1 of NCIS in the player, I went ahead and watched another episode. This is the one with the terrorist taking Ducky hostage and Kate also getting involved. The guy got away, and if I'm not mistaken, ends up killing Kate at the end of Season 2. (I don't have season 2 yet.)
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Then I watched tonight's new episode of NCIS, a Tony-centered episode which are always fun. I'm not sure I quite liked the ending, and the plotting seemed a little murky. Otherwise, OK.
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THE MENTALIST had some fun moments. Loved the teaser, and I was certainly glad that smirking woman get her just desserts before the end of the hour. Surprise killer, too. Not whom I suspected.
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Then I watched the first hour and a half of AMERICAN IDOL. I skimmed through everything and only stopped to listen to the performances and hear the judges comments. I still have one of the male singers I was most looking forward to hearing (he was at the end of the show), but of the first 90 minutes, I liked the first guy (last name Braddy) who had superb tone and control. I didn't much care for any of the women I've heard so far, and the girl with pink highlights in her hair that the judges all loved, I didn't think was all that great (though she was certainly better than the other women who followed her.)
As I said, I still have the last half hour to go, so there are probably three singers left.
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Anyone have the lyrics to Trust the Wind by David Friedman a friend wants to use it for his Comparative Religion class he teaches
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Anyone have the lyrics to Trust the Wind by David Friedman a friend wants to use it for his Comparative Religion class he teaches
Do you have the "David Friedman Songbook"? If not, you could order the single song from Midder Music, although, it looks like it would cost you $25.00. However, since your friend just needs the lyric, and since it's for a class - educational purposes - I'm sure if your friend contacts David Friedman and/or Midder Music, they would be more than happy to supply them. www.MidderMusic.com
*Or you could do it the "old-fashioned" way and just transcribe the lyric from one of the various recording and YouTube videos out there. ;)
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HENRY SWEET HENRY is a CD I thought I'd bought when BK - I think BK did it! - reissued it but I do not have it and it's out of print. Does any DR have a copy to burn me one?
If you would like the actual copy of it I will be happy to send it to you.
It is not a score I listen to often.
I think I only have the two Alice Playten numbers on my Ipod
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Anyone have the lyrics to Trust the Wind by David Friedman a friend wants to use it for his Comparative Religion class he teaches
Do you have the "David Friedman Songbook"? If not, you could order the single song from Midder Music, although, it looks like it would cost you $25.00. However, since your friend just needs the lyric, and since it's for a class - educational purposes - I'm sure if your friend contacts David Friedman and/or Midder Music, they would be more than happy to supply them. www.MidderMusic.com
*Or you could do it the "old-fashioned" way and just transcribe the lyric from one of the various recording and YouTube videos out there. ;)
I was just looking for an easy out.
The song goes well with the story of The Jumping Mouse. The line Trust the wind is used in the story.
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I just read on All That Chat that Faith Prince will be playing Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway beginning in April.
I believe DR Jose and I discussed that last Friday.
On All That Chat? ;)
Preeee-cisely!
And now that it's official that Next To Normal will be transferring to Broadway, well... That's one more thing I don't have to keep under wraps.
*The show will be going into the Longacre, and to keep it an "intimate experience", they will be closing off the balcony.
I'm really out of the loop on this one. I know next to nothing about this show.
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I'm going to head downstairs to bed now.
Good night!
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Page Ten Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!™
;D
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And now that it's official that Next To Normal will be transferring to Broadway, well... That's one more thing I don't have to keep under wraps.
*The show will be going into the Longacre, and to keep it an "intimate experience", they will be closing off the balcony.
I'm really out of the loop on this one. I know next to nothing about this show.
Well... It's had an interesting history over the past year or so. It started at Second Stage off-Broadway - where I saw it with DR FJL. Then Arena Stage picked it up for their current season with most of the original off-Broadway cast intact. -Brian D'Arcy James went on to Shrek, and Asa Somers role was recast. And now it's coming back to New York, but this time to Broadway.
Because of the involvement of some of the actors, it attracted the attention of some of those "screaming audience members": Alice Ripley, Aaron Tveit, and Jennifer Damiano (who had just left Spring Awakening at the time). And with a score by Tom Kitt, well...
I'm happy that the show is getting a second chance, and I'm happy that another musical is being added to slate of openings this Spring - especially in light of the current economic climate. However, because of the current economic climate, well... It's going to be an interesting Spring for everyone and everything on Broadway.
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Alice Ripley sang a song from NEXT TO NORMAL, when it was still called FEELING ELECTRIC, "I Miss the Mountains" on a live cd (featuring Emily Skinner) recorded at New York's Town Hall by some esteemed producer of note.
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Well...
Goodnight.
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Doesn't TALES OF MANHATTAN center on an overcoat which goes from owner to owner?
I believe it is a set of evening clothes, not an overcoat. The only reason I have some memory of this is that Sam Raimi once took me to lunch and talked about remaking the movie with me. Alas, it never happened. Charles Boyer and Charles Laughton are both in it; can't remember who else.
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td- I believe that was the night that you and I were in the same room but did not know it.
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Both at the theatre and at the after-party
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Jose - And didn't we end up sitting right next to Jay Binder at N2N? Or was he a few seats over?
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I am at the Interval of DHOOM 2 - a fun, action-packed, sexy film.
Woohoo! I loved Dhoom and Dhoom 2!
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I have had the conversation I needed to have and that's out of the way. I didn't eat any food until an hour ago. I sure do hope I have a voice for our reading tomorrow night. Luckily, I have no plans at all during the day, so I'll just keep my gaping maw shut. I'm not sure I'm up for highlighting fifteen scripts - we'll see how I feel about it in the morning. Someone was going to help, but that's not happening now.
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We've gotten some decent orders for our new release, but it's not going to be the instant sellout that the last three releases were - we say it over and over, but Alex North does not sell like Herrmann or Bernstein - I don't know why, either, but it's always been that way. Still, we're down to the last two hundred, so that's good.