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Well, you've read the notes, the notes went back to work, and now it is time for you to post until the back to work cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: CHIROGRAPHY!
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Wonderful pictures yesterday. Thank you for sharing.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
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To a pleasant Tuesday.
And a short work week.
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To a pleasant Tuesday.
And a short work week.
And payday (for me) on Friday!! :D
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And I'm supposed to get my new computer this week! ;D
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Health and happiness vibes for us all.
:-*
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Dear George, same time, same place, tomarrow night ?
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Dear George, same time, same place, tomarrow night ?
Sounds like a plan!
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Same Bat Time...Same Bat Channel!
;)
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I better get to sleep.
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Me, too.
Good night!
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Goodnight.
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Well -
Today is the day that the California Supreme Court will proclaim whether Jayson and I are indeed lawfully married, or if we're simply living together in sin. ;)
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And the word of the day is: CHIROGRAPHY!
Used in a sentence:
I don't need no damned chirography!
;)
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It appears that I purchased my Carol Burnett Show DVD set off ebay at a good time - several weeks ago. Prices are shooting up!! :o
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And the word of the day is: CHIROGRAPHY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: I COULD WRITE A BOOK
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AND THE TOD
For Those That have Blu-Ray What are your Three favorite Blu Ray Discs?
I'll Start
BLACK NARCISSUS
PLANET EARTH
WALL-E
And I'll add- THE ROBE
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Re: THE GAUNTLET
I've always felt that, if it wasn't for the last 15 minutes when the movie turns totally ridiculous, this could have been one of Eastwood's best action movies.
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Morning all. It's a very busy day in the neighborhood. I have files to work on, a 2-hour rehearsal at 3:30 this afternoon for a Thursday presentation. I have to do someone else's report because they are out this week. I have meeting at 3 which I have to leave early because of the 3:30 rehearsal so it's gonna be a long day.
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Good morning, all! It's Tuesday but seems lke Monday and I really do hate long weekends. I miss unexpected holidays in the middle of the week, like Memorial Days and July 4's used to be. Of course, I work for myself most of the time and no longer have a Monday-Friday work week with a weekend to look forward to, but I do dislike long weekends. Especially when they fall on an invoice weekend which means my payment is held off by 2 or 3 more days.
Today, MOST HAPPY FELLA. The current Moross deadline is over, but it was a bitch of a piece to proofread from the composer's manuscript; much as I like his music, he drives me crazy at times because he insists on writing in no key, which necessitates that he dictate all accidentals. Sometimes he forgets from one bar to the next and you're left reyling on theory, earlier patterns, and you're own taste to determine what he wanted. I'm hopng to get a copy of his 1941 Symphony No 1 to check for suspicious notes in this 2-piano reduction he did before his death.
Off to work!
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Good morning.
Dear DAW, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'll be sad if California goes back to the dark ages.
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Off to a busy day.
And a nap when I get home.
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Tuesday morning greetings! I'm simmering chicken that I will fry later for dinner - it smells good already!
My calendar is pretty clear this week, so I'm going to gather more stuff to take to the AAUW garage sale site. Today: my closet!
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My topic is WHY BLU-RAY? I've made a considerable investment in DVDS and Videos over the years. As someone who grew up watching old movies on TV cut-up with commercials, static, and shadows, the pictures I currently get on my system are just fine with me. I refuse to deal with any more planned obsolesence designed to pick my pocket getting me to buy stuff I already have. All technology must now stop until I'm dead.
http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Thanks for all the vibes - but I am still feeling terrible.....I can just imagine my state IF I had not received the patented HHW vibes! I might be at Carlisle & Son.
Such lovely photos yesterday.
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Chaps who did taps
Are now doing
CHIROGRAPHY.
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I saw a documentary last night about Harlan Ellison, friend of DR CP.
It was titled DREAMS HAVE SHARP TEETH and was most interesting.
Mr Ellison is an angry man it seems - most of his life is about confrontation and nobody is right about anything except him....and that's a difficult way to live. I certainly think he is one of the best writers ever - I used to watch him now and then on interview shows and never got a good impression of him as a person. And finally decided I would just read his stories and criticism and not watch him on television. Hearing him talk, I didn't think that if we were ever to come into contact that he would like me very much - and vice versa.
But I would still recommend his books and stories to everyone.
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LOL...that's a good blog DR CP.
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Good morning!
It was cloudy this morning and appeared to be another day filled with rain (we had 2 1/2 inches yesterday), but now the clouds have cleared, and it's beautiful outside. That doesn't mean we can't have rain later, but right now, it seems not.
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I woke up at seven all by myself. No expected noise. At seven-fifteen there were a couple of yokels yammering, but not too loud, and then someone was doing a little shoveling, and now the house is shaking.
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I'd like to see the Ellison documentary - is it out on DVD?
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Ordered VALKYRIE myself.....two disc edition. Thanks for the info, DR MATTH. I am not sure how I feel about the film since I don't like Mr Cruise, but we shall see.
Yesterday I also ordered the slipcase edition of TITANIC THE SHIP MAGNIFICENT, two huge volumes about the construction and the outfitting of the ship.....hopefully it will arrive sometime soon.
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I'd like to see the Ellison documentary - is it out on DVD?
Probably, I saw it on the IFC channel last night, which means it's probably on several times this month.
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Well, Charles Pogue, technology has always been about progress and innovation. If it weren't, we'd still be watching the flickers at the downtown nickelodeon.
I have always been thrilled when innovations have been made to make my at-home movie watching experience more pleasureable. Watching VHS meant I didn't have to sit through commercials and could watch movies I wanted to see when I wanted to see them rather than when local TV stations decided they wanted to air them often drastically edited or chopped up to fit in commercials every five minutes..
Moving forward to laserdiscs meant I could watch films often in the proper theatrical aspect ratio so I wasn't losing any picture information on the top, bottom, or sides of the picture, and the sound was often much clearer and cleaner than I was used to hearing.
DVD moved past laser as a more cost-conscious way to watch movies, with more convenience, and with the first real moves toward turning one's living room or den into a true home theater.
Blu-ray has now turned the viewing experience to something that often far surpasses the visual and sound quality I get at local theaters. I can't tell you how many horrible experiences I've had at local cinemas in recent years, not only with poor projection (old, damaged prints of NEW movies or fuzzy projection from overworked, underpaid projectionists) and less than ideal sound (speakers phasing in and out, some not turned on or working improperly).
DVDs are a fine way to watch movies in the home, and the best DVDs can also match poor local theatrical presentations. But Blu-ray, more often than not, surpasses anything available around here.
If you're happy with DVD, GREAT!
Some of us are always wanting the next step toward a more perfect in-home movie watching experience.
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Re Blu-Ray - I felt and even feel as Pogue does. If the player hadn't come with the TV for free I don't know that I would have bought it. As I've said all along, it was too soon to ask people to switch and that's why, despite people always trying to tell me I'm wrong, it's going to remain a niche product - yes, certain titles will sell a few hundred thousand, but most titles, and I have heard this from the horse's mouth, sell less than 6000 units. I likened it to laserdisc, which never got beyond a niche, and people don't want to hear it - and Blu-Ray is a bigger niche than laserdisc for certain titles, but it's still a niche because there are ten million people who feel as Pogue does - that the bump in quality is not sufficient to warrant spending their hard-earned cash on (especially now). Also, the selection for classics is pathetic. And I just don't care about new films, save for a few. Classics are what made DVD break out - despite the studios telling you otherwise. Yes, the big popcorn movies did the huge numbers, but it was the steady and excellent sales of the classics that turned DVD around. Then the studios began crying about lower DVD sales - and when did that crying start? When they thrust HD and Blu on the market. They shot themselves in the foot, frankly.
All that said, if the Blu-Ray is well-authored from primo source material, it's breathtaking - on a film like Wall-E it's beyond breathtaking.
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oh it's on the Sundance Channel - it's on again Thursday....I am guessing the times are EST
http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500335433
And I had the title wrong - Dreams WITH Sharp Teeth
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I took a somewhat opposite tack to VALKYRIE in my review--entertaining? Yes. Involving? No.
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For me, the best part(s) of VALKYRIE were the most excellent Kevin Burns documentary (2 hours) on the *real* story, as well as the 8 minute or so featurette with von Stauffenberg's grandson taking the viewer on a tour of real Valkyrie sites. For those two segments alone, I recommended at least a rental. The film is another matter entirely.
BTW, Bryan Singer and my brother in law used to valet park together at some lot in Hollywood when they had both just gotten to L.A. :)
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My topic is WHY BLU-RAY? I've made a considerable investment in DVDS and Videos over the years. As someone who grew up watching old movies on TV cut-up with commercials, static, and shadows, the pictures I currently get on my system are just fine with me. I refuse to deal with any more planned obsolesence designed to picked my pocket getting me to buy stuff I already have. All technology must now stop until I'm dead.
http://poguespages.blogspot.com
I absolutely agree with you.
I do have a Blu-Ray player, but only because it was part a package that included my sound system.
I have no intention of replacing any of my current DVDs with Blu-Ray and, unless somebody gives me a Blu-Ray disc, I have no intention of buying any. I'm perfectly happy with how my regular DVDs look using a Blu-Ray player on my LCD TV. They look great.
As my wife says, you can always play your regular DVDs on a Blu-Ray player, but you can't play your Blu-Rays on a regular DVD.
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Part of what probably influenced my opinion is the fact that I reviewed two documentaries, one excellent and one fair, about von Stauffenberg back when the film had its theatrical release. And so I kept wondering why VALKYRIE was not addressing salient issues in terms of class conflict, Catholicism and the like.
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As for my three favorite Blu-rays, that is a VERY difficult question. I'd probably pick (today, might be different tomorrow):
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
DREAMGIRLS
PINOCCHIO
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Druxy, a dime will get you a dollar that within a year or two ALL players will handle Blu-rays. It's just the nature of the beast.
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I am happy to report that LOHENGRIN was not EuroTrash, thankfully. A very spare physical production (a couple of missteps--our Knight Errant was clad in a shiny silver sharkskin suit with gelled and glittered hair), but magnificently sung and especially played under Kent Nagano.
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My work project today is DRIVEN TO KILL, a Steven Seagal potboiler that basically went straight to video. It is on Blu-ray, but I can't say that I'm looking forward to it. Seems like a pretty barebones release. There are no bonus features listed on the case, and it's not very long. It's on a single layer Blu-ray.
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I have to figure out something to say about GISELLE. I am just not a big ballet fan and those reviews are the hardest for me. I guess I'll blather on about Adam for a while. ;)
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And then my final opera/ballet in this stack is DON GIOVANNI. I'm looking forward to that, only because it brings back memories of Schenkerian analysis and plotting out the harmonies in the ghost scene in my junior year theory class.
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Evidently, I am my own frenzy, with sporadic interruptions. :)
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - ACCORDING TO JIM, DIAMONDS
NBC - BEST CATCH PHRASES
CW - REAPER (series finale), HITCHED OR DITCHED
FX - RESCUE ME
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Since best friend John and I didn't do lunch yesterday (he was off with family on the holiday), he and I will be lunching today. It'll be nice to get out of the house after a long weekend.
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Just ordered the Ellison documentary.
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On tv tonight for me is the premiere of Canada's Next Top Model. The host is Jay Manuel from ANTM. Hopefully it will be a good season.
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Just ordered the Ellison documentary.
Seeing it once was enough for me.....but it is interesting. I am not sure where he lives in LA, but the outside of the house is most extraordinary.
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I have also not taken that next step to Blue-Ray, but only because, so far, no movies that I really want have come out on Blue-Ray.
Blue-Ray machines are still too spendy, and I require an All-region player so as to be able to watch my DVDs from Europe.
When the price is right, I will buy!
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JRand, did you notice Allison Haye's brief appearance on SOUTHLAND last week?
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There are a couple of all-region Blu-Ray players, but they're too pricey right now. There are some really interesting Blu-Ray titles in other regions, so it's a shame we don't have cheaper all-region players yet.
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Fingers crossed--things are looking promising regarding Mr. Frishberg. I'm very enthused.
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DR Jose, thanks for posting that Advocate link.
re: The Young & The Restless.
I am curious though with what you wrote. Are you wondering if the actor in the article will be part of the new gay love story?
Since the other half of the pairing is in his 20s. My guess for the other partner would be the actor in the story's charactor's son (who is also going to be on the show and who is also in his 20s).
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for my lunch out.
WBBL.
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Ugh--nothing I love more than coming back to work after being sick and a three day holiday and then having a morning's worth of meetings.
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Then the studios began crying about lower DVD sales - and when did that crying start? When they thrust HD and Blu on the market. They shot themselves in the foot, frankly.
I would actually be surprised if the Blu-ray market is anywhere significant enough to have caused sales drops in DVDs. From what I've read, it was a combination of Netflix-type outlets and downloads with all the gimcrack machines that were gobbled up despite their costs of hundreds of dollars each. Young folks can download movies on their PHONES, ferpity'ssakes. WHY, you may ask, would anyone download a movie on a phone? Because they CAN, I suppose. Add to that an enormous number of PC downloads and you have sales figures dropping considerably.
That HD (which is not a sudden invention...we've been avoiding it for YEARS) and Blu-ray happened about the same time as downloading and disposable rentals came along does not, IMO, mean that Blu-ray or HD has any responsibility for the decline in DVD sales. Blu-ray might have had a larger share of the market, it's arguable, if the war with HD-DVD had not happened. Toshiba introduced HD-DVD first into the marketplace and then, for some unfathomably dumb reason, stagnated with it after Blu-ray was introduced. By the time HD-DVD was ready to gear up again, Blu-ray had taken hold and fired up imaginations of a large group of influential people. Sony was brilliant in putting Blu-ray playing capability into its PS3 game machines. Had Toshiba done that with the X-Box-360, we'd be watcing HD-DVDs right now.
HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs are, to my eyes, exactly the same in terms of quality. HD looks as good on one as it does on the other. HD-DVD might have been able to upgrade to compete with sound quality and storage eventually had Toshiba managed to maintain its hold on Warner Brothers. Studios were moving toward HD-DVD when WB insisted on doing both and when Paramount switched exclusively to HD-DVD. What happened next is anyone's guess, but mine is that Sony paid out piles and piles of millions of dollars to gain the "trust" of executives at Warner Brothers that caused them to announce Blu-ray exclusivity two years ago. That was the end of that.
I do not believe the Blu-ray marketplace is draining sales from the DVD marketplace to any measurable extent. Other factors, I'm certain, are in play.
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
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HAPPY MONDAY-EVEN-THOUGH-IT'S-TUESDAY-BUT-FEELS-LIKE-MONDAY TO EVERYONE!!!!!
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
LOL! We've not yet seen a Blu-ray disc "maxed-out" in terms of special material even though the main battle cry was always that the Blu-ray disco could hold more information.
If the 5D can hold the equivalent of 2,000 DVDs, that would make it possible to put out a disc containing every movie musical, for instance. Wouldn't ya love to see the retail price tag on that set!!! :D
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AND THE TOD
For Those That have Blu-Ray What are your Three favorite Blu Ray Discs?
Wall-E
How the West Was Won
and Casino Royale.
Pogue: Der B and I have pretty much stuck to our rule, that we'll only purchase Blu-Ray titles that we don't already own on DVD. Replacing titles that we earlier collected on LaserDisc or VHS is fine, but replacing every freaking title in our collection is out of the question. And there are titles that frankly don't really call for the Blu-Ray experience. (The exceptions to this have been American in Paris, Casino Royale, and Sleepy Hollow, and der B cheated on the latter because it came in a two-pack with Cloverfield, which he insisted was the film he was really buying - insert raspberry here. Our DVD of Casino Royale we gave to der B's son-in-law, which cleared the way for the Blu-Ray edition. I'm still not sure how I let him get away with upgrading AiP.)
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I have to figure out something to say about GISELLE. I am just not a big ballet fan and those reviews are the hardest for me. I guess I'll blather on about Adam for a while. ;)
One of the stupidest ballets ever! The score isn't particularly good, either. The first good one was COPPELIA, then Tschaikovsky.
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Speaking, as we are, of Blu-ray discs:
I was more than thrilled with the quality of the newish BD of "Grease" (The Bobby Rydell Edition). Why it's called the "Bobby Rydell Edition" is beyond me, but it is called that.
Happily, it's not in a case shaped like the head of Bobby Rydell, nor is it awash in Rydell artwork.
The insert is quite fetching, as is the film which has never looked better to these eyes.
The movie is great entertainment. All the singing is studio work, complete with reverb, but it all works. Everything is perfectly synched. Never for one minute do I think I'm hearing an actual "live" performance, but the sounds is so deliciously perfect I don't care. I'm "hopelessly devoted" to this film as a great movie-movie musical.
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I have also not taken that next step to Blue-Ray, but only because, so far, no movies that I really want have come out on Blue-Ray.
Blue-Ray machines are still too spendy, and I require an All-region player so as to be able to watch my DVDs from Europe.
When the price is right, I will buy!
I'm in agreement with Mikey! A region-free blu-ray DVD player is currently beyond my means, and then I'd have to buy a new television. Oy!
If only that damned property would sell in Ohio! or my lottery win came through.
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
LOL! We've not yet seen a Blu-ray disc "maxed-out" in terms of special material even though the main battle cry was always that the Blu-ray disco could hold more information.
If the 5D can hold the equivalent of 2,000 DVDs, that would make it possible to put out a disc containing every movie musical, for instance. Wouldn't ya love to see the retail price tag on that set!!! :D
More than likely there would still be one movie per disc but also one huge-ass Leonard Maltin documentary on the film.
(By that I mean that the documentary would be huge-ass, not Leonard Maltin. I have never seen Leonard Maltin's ass and cannot say whether it is huge or not.)
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
LOL! We've not yet seen a Blu-ray disc "maxed-out" in terms of special material even though the main battle cry was always that the Blu-ray disco could hold more information.
If the 5D can hold the equivalent of 2,000 DVDs, that would make it possible to put out a disc containing every movie musical, for instance. Wouldn't ya love to see the retail price tag on that set!!! :D
More than likely there would still be one movie per disc but also one huge-ass Leonard Maltin documentary on the film.
(By that I mean that the documentary would be huge-ass, not Leonard Maltin. I have never seen Leonard Maltin's ass and cannot say whether it is huge or not.)
I think Maltin would take a pass. Dr. Drew Casper, though....BK would have the infinite joy of a commentary by Casper lasting 3800-plus hours! LOL.
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I have to figure out something to say about GISELLE. I am just not a big ballet fan and those reviews are the hardest for me. I guess I'll blather on about Adam for a while. ;)
One of the stupidest ballets ever! The score isn't particularly good, either. The first good one was COPPELIA, then Tschaikovsky.
If it's OK with you, I'll just upload that as my review. ;D
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So little time, too much to do.
First we had the audit/inventory at the store.
This was immediately followed by Memorial Day Weekend Preparations, which was immediately followed by Memorial Day Weekend and the MOBS OF PEOPLE!!!
To which we can add Der B's Daughter and Family Coming Down For the Weekend And Needing Attention. (I really needed that - not.)
And next weekend is Race Weekend (Nascar up in Dover, which still affects us - Nascar is like that).
And immediately after that comes Dad and Stepmom Come for Their First Visit Since We Moved to Delaware. (Yes, that is big. Very big.)
Baking bread and making pasta are the only fun things I've had time for, of late.
Time to head on down to the Farmer's Market - lucky we can squeeze it in!
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
LOL! We've not yet seen a Blu-ray disc "maxed-out" in terms of special material even though the main battle cry was always that the Blu-ray disco could hold more information.
If the 5D can hold the equivalent of 2,000 DVDs, that would make it possible to put out a disc containing every movie musical, for instance. Wouldn't ya love to see the retail price tag on that set!!! :D
More than likely there would still be one movie per disc but also one huge-ass Leonard Maltin documentary on the film.
(By that I mean that the documentary would be huge-ass, not Leonard Maltin. I have never seen Leonard Maltin's ass and cannot say whether it is huge or not.)
I think Maltin would take a pass. Dr. Drew Casper, though....BK would have the infinite joy of a commentary by Casper lasting 3800-plus hours! LOL.
Yeah--that's the guy I meant. I couldn't remember his name.
How big is his ass?
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Yeah--that's the guy I meant. I couldn't remember his name.
How big is his ass?
The rest of him seems pinched.
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
LOL! We've not yet seen a Blu-ray disc "maxed-out" in terms of special material even though the main battle cry was always that the Blu-ray disco could hold more information.
If the 5D can hold the equivalent of 2,000 DVDs, that would make it possible to put out a disc containing every movie musical, for instance. Wouldn't ya love to see the retail price tag on that set!!! :D
More than likely there would still be one movie per disc but also one huge-ass Leonard Maltin documentary on the film.
(By that I mean that the documentary would be huge-ass, not Leonard Maltin. I have never seen Leonard Maltin's ass and cannot say whether it is huge or not.)
I think Maltin would take a pass. Dr. Drew Casper, though....BK would have the infinite joy of a commentary by Casper lasting 3800-plus hours! LOL.
Yeah--that's the guy I meant. I couldn't remember his name.
How big is his ass?
With all the nips/tucks he's had done, I'm reluctant to even guess.
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AND THE TOD
For Those That have Blu-Ray What are your Three favorite Blu Ray Discs?
I'll Start
BLACK NARCISSUS
PLANET EARTH
WALL-E
And I'll add- THE ROBE
How the West Was Won
The Robe
Pinocchio
Sleeping Beauty
Wall-E
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I don't know from Blu-Ray or Bluetooth. :(
I do know that I'm happy with a Supreme Court nominee who dresses almost as poorly as I do.
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My least favorite thing to do is proof and correct music charts. It's really slow work for me since I'm not a schooled musician. And, for example, in the title song, which is not a difficult song, there are huge errors in every single bar - once one verse is fixed however, then it's easy to conform the rest, but I found it really annoying and it took me forty-five minutes to correct that one chart. While I sometimes don't sing precisely enough on the demo it isn't THAT off.
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I'm only up to the fourth song and there are a LOT more. A couple of them have been easy, though, and I'm hoping he got more accurate as he went along.
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I'm only up to the fourth song and there are a LOT more. A couple of them have been easy, though, and I'm hoping he got more accurate as he went along.
If you hired a more competent copyist, you wouldn't be having these problems. Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, say n'more.
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Of course, I typically refuse to do stuff in Finale, which is probably what you require. Such a stupid, stupid program (IMHO, of course).
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I have to figure out something to say about GISELLE. I am just not a big ballet fan and those reviews are the hardest for me. I guess I'll blather on about Adam for a while. ;)
One of the stupidest ballets ever! The score isn't particularly good, either. The first good one was COPPELIA, then Tschaikovsky.
If it's OK with you, I'll just upload that as my review. ;D
For ballerinas, the role of Giselle is equivalent to an actor's Hamlet, but I find it all very silly, with the Prince/Duke/Whatever disguised as a peasant to court a pretty village maiden. The village maiden is clearly playing with half a deck, which should have been obvious to him, goes insane and kills herself when she learns of his general assholism, like swearing love to her while being engaged already to a local society girl. Then her ghost comes back and saves the jerk from the Willys, evil ghosts of dead virgins!
I like ballet but GISELLE is pretty stupid. Which version are you reviewing?
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DR elmore3003: ;D
More grist for DR JMK's review?
I would love to see Larry's Guide to the Ballet Classics on the NY Times bestseller list! :)
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Yes, DR MBARNUM - I did note the guest appearance of Miss Allison Hayes on SOUTHLAND last week. It was a most surprising and pleasant moment.
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Well, DR DAW, at least you and DH Jayson are safe...
But otherwise...#californiafail as they say in Twitterland...
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Well, DR DAW, at least you and DH Jayson are safe...
But otherwise...#californiafail as they say in Twitterland...
Yes, I was despairing that DR DAW might be declared illegitimate.
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The good part of Finale, and why I now insist this stuff be done in the computer, is the ease of changing the keys without having to recopy everything by hand.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And... Oh Bother!
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Sorry for posting and running last night, but since the internet "decided" to drop out, so did I.
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DR Jennifer - As for "Y&R"... Well... As far as age differences go... Have you been watching "The Bold & The Beautiful" lately? There's some truly cringe-worthy coupling going on there right now. And, sadly(?), it looks likes it has been set up to induce cringing. ::)
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The good part of Finale, and why I now insist this stuff be done in the computer, is the ease of changing the keys without having to recopy everything by hand.
Well I use software, just not Finale. ;) I use Finale when my clients absolutely insist on it, but I just find it a very tiresome program. Just my two cents.
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Larry, it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru. I pretty much agree with your assessment.
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it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru.
I prefer the 1953 bootleg with Ethel Merman.
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And thanks for all the DRs for the marriage support! :) I am filled with mixed emotions today. :-\
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The good part of Finale, and why I now insist this stuff be done in the computer, is the ease of changing the keys without having to recopy everything by hand.
Well I use software, just not Finale. ;) I use Finale when my clients absolutely insist on it, but I just find it a very tiresome program. Just my two cents.
DR JMK - I'm pretty sure we've discussed this before, but...
Which program(s) do you use? Sibelius? Encore?
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it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru.
I prefer the 1953 bootleg with Ethel Merman.
...as Count Albrecht.
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The good part of Finale, and why I now insist this stuff be done in the computer, is the ease of changing the keys without having to recopy everything by hand.
Well I use software, just not Finale. ;) I use Finale when my clients absolutely insist on it, but I just find it a very tiresome program. Just my two cents.
DR JMK - I'm pretty sure we've discussed this before, but...
Which program(s) do you use? Sibelius? Encore?
Yes. And Yes.
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And thanks for all the DRs for the marriage support! :) I am filled with mixed emotions today. :-\
I'm still processing all of it right now too... And the reactions and responses and "feelings" flying all over Facebook and Twitter... WOW! In the meantime...
DR DAW - I wish you and Jayson many more years of married bliss. Legal or otherwise. Hopefully, both.
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DR JMK - OK. And OK.
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There are actually a slew of other notation programs I've used through the years when clients have had them themselves and wanted something in that particular s/w--Erato, Magix, etc. Even the bargain basement ones are more intuitive than Finale, as far as I'm concerned.
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Larry, it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru. I pretty much agree with your assessment.
I've seen that one. It's very old-fashioned. A major part of the problem with the ballet is that it's essentially a ghost story that isn't particularly scary. I just realized that the term for the ghosts, "willis," are probably derived etymologically from the same word as Lehar's "Vilia" in THE MERRY WIDOW, where a vilia is a female spirit haunting the Balkan forests to prey on young men, only they don't die. It's also related to Keats' "La Belle Dame sans merci," but there she's a vampire, I think. All these misogynist myths!
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And speaking of Finale...
DR elmore - Are you still taking Finale lessons?
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And speaking of Finale...
DR elmore - Are you still taking Finale lessons?
Technically, yes, but setting a date with Josh Clayton can be very difficult at times.
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I just added the CREOLE GISELLE from Dance Theatre of Harlem to my Netflix queue. I saw some of the costumes at the Lincoln Center NYPL Dance theare of Harlem exhibit. It's got to be better than the Royal Ballet version.
The old American Ballet Theatre production from the 1970s with Carla Fracci was filmed with bizarre photography and images which gives the piece a more ghostly and hallucinatory image.
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Wow--Dorothy Malone was certainly the original cougar, wasn't she?
BATTLE CRY clip (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ia8i_dorothy-malone-in-battle-cry-scene_fun)
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Had a really enjoyable lunch and visit with best friend John. He and his wife went to see the national tour of THE COLOR PURPLE last night. He liked but didn't love it.
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When I got in from lunch, I immediately set about watching today's work project - DRIVEN TO KILL.
Though almost every Steven Seagal movie I've ever seen was really terrible (UNDER SIEGE was the exception), this one is really the pits. A simple revenge story with a bunch of Russian mobsters after him (who used to be Russian mob himself; imagine him doing a Russian accent), the plot to this movie could have written on the back of a postage stamp. Just 98 minutes of shootings, knifings, and beatdowns. I guess there are still people who enjoy this simplistic kind of stalk and kill movie, but it was pure torture for me to sit through it.
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I was right about the bonus features. There weren't any (unless you count a few trailers for other films as bonuses).
Anyway, glad to have that one behind me.
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Next, I scanned through two days' worth of AS THE WORLD TURNS. The boys were on either day, but they are in the previews for tomorrow.
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I really LOVED last night's "Medium".
Allyce Beasley isn't used nearly enough in roles perfect for her...and this one suited her to a "tee"!
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it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru.
I prefer the 1953 bootleg with Ethel Merman.
"Well....don't ivryone?" -- Lina Lamont
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I really LOVED last night's "Medium".
Allyce Beasley isn't used nearly enough in roles perfect for her...and this one suited her to a "tee"!
You liked all that intrusive stuff with Lee and Lyn's baby? I found it very irritating, but then I've always disliked INTENSELY the non-actress who plays Lyn, so that may have colored my judgment.
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Next, I finished watching the BONES episode I only got part of the way through last night. This was the second one set in London, and also the one where Angela and Hodgins broke up (in a very unconvincing way).
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And I completed my afternoon starting on another NCIS episode from Season 3. This is the one where Tony is set up as the murderer of a young girl. I remembered immediately who the real culprit was, but I'll finish watching it to see Michael Weatherly's performance as the noose tightens around his neck.
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I guess tonight I'll likely watch the second in the series of PLANET OF THE APES movies though that's subject to change after I go downstairs. We'll see. Other than RESCUE ME, there's nothing I want to see on TV tonight, and I'll save watching it for tomorrow's lunch.
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Some semi-out-of-the-blue quotes for today:
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." MLK, Jr.
"He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust." St. Thomas Aquinas
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I need to jump off-line now and do some writing. Then back downstairs to enjoy an evening of film/TV on Blu-ray and DVD with no notepad in my lap.
WBBL.
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I really LOVED last night's "Medium".
Allyce Beasley isn't used nearly enough in roles perfect for her...and this one suited her to a "tee"!
You liked all that intrusive stuff with Lee and Lyn's baby? I found it very irritating, but then I've always disliked INTENSELY the non-actress who plays Lyn, so that may have colored my judgment.
I'd forgotten your disdain for her. No, I thought it was good to see Lee outside of his work. I felt sorry for his girlfriend/mother-of-his-baby because she seemed to be doing everything on her own and he needed to be part of it.
I enjoyed the whole bit with Bridget and her trying to impress Marie while disliking having to obey her older sister. She regards Ariel as her peer, Each of them one of the children of Joe and Allison...and suddenly Ariel is acting like an adult and treating Bridget like a child. Bridgit didn't like it, and I've known a lot of kids to react that way. I knew kids who did the very same thing she did, and it had a great deal of veracity to it.
Conversely, I'd rather choke on a chicken bone that re-watch that "Bones"-in-London episode again. I consider it one of the low points in that excellent show's body of work.
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Getting ready to head down to Sheridan Square...
Laters...
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Give my regards to...oh, never mind.
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it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru.
I prefer the 1953 bootleg with Ethel Merman.
Der B: Ethel Merman in a tutu?
Moi: Well, it would explain why they invented the tu-by-four.
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it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru.
I prefer the 1953 bootleg with Ethel Merman.
Der B: Ethel Merman in a tutu?
Moi: Well, it would explain why they invented the tu-by-four.
[g-r-o-a-n]
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IN ORDER TO MAKE A MORE PERFECT PASTA...
Der B and I went down to the farmer's market, found some nice spring onions, radishes (oooh, purple and pink and white!), fresh new potatoes and snow peas, and then headed over to Nurture. Nope, they didn't have any semolina flour. But before they realized where they recognized me from, they suggested I try the SuperFresh grocery store. Then they realized where I work, blushes abounded, and der B smoothed everything over by purchasing some country pate.
Up to SuperGiant. Nope, we don't carry semolina. Strange. On up to Superfresh (there was a notary public across the highway we needed to see, so it was worth the trip). They indeed had the semolina. They also had Lawry's Lemon Pepper, which der B loves and we don't carry. Coming back home, I decided we could drop by the other two supermarkets. Safeway had the semonlina... at a higher price than SuperFresh. Food Lion did not have any semolina... but carried the Lemon Pepper... for less than we paid at SuperFresh.
Of the four stores, SuperGiant was doing a good business. So was SuperFresh. So was Food Lion. Safeway... boy, were they lacking in customers. They had four registers open, and not enough customers to justify that. Pity, in a way. They've been open less than three years, and will be lucky to last past New Years.
This has nothing to do with the recession. This has to do with customers rejecting the store.
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it's the Covent Garden performance with Alina Cojocaru.
I prefer the 1953 bootleg with Ethel Merman.
Der B: Ethel Merman in a tutu?
Moi: Well, it would explain why they invented the tu-by-four.
[g-r-o-a-n]
There will be no....
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Some semi-out-of-the-blue quotes for today:
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." MLK, Jr.
"He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust." St. Thomas Aquinas
Was Tommy Aquinas on Twitter today?
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Was Tommy Aquinas on Twitter today?
Darn it all! Missed him again??
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Back from the Kansas City Barbecue - the house shaking has reached epic proportions - it literally feels like a 7.0 earthquake every two minutes. Pictures are crooked and there's no sense in straightening them until these oafs are done. I'm told that today is it for the big machines - we shall see. If today isn't it for the big machines then tomorrow they get a call from me and a bill for piano tuning, aspirin, and whatever else I think of.
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I've finished all the corrections, so that's good - I'll be meeting with the transcriber on Friday and we'll fix everything. I'm going to do the most problematic of the charts via e-mail, as I think that will free us on Friday of the biggest fix.
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Well -
Today is the day that the California Supreme Court will proclaim whether Jayson and I are indeed lawfully married, or if we're simply living together in sin. ;)
DAW, it's nice to know that at least you're still legal. :)
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(I've finally caught up with all the posts.)
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I am not certainly an expert. I only believe what I see.In my opinion the dfference with Blu Ray and regular DVD's(on the whole) is staggering. There is no question that regular DVD's on a Bu-Ray player far excel what you get on a regular DVD Player. The proof-so to speak-is in the pudding- and as Jose would probably say it is Excellent and Tasty!
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DR Jennifer - As for "Y&R"... Well... As far as age differences go... Have you been watching "The Bold & The Beautiful" lately? There's some truly cringe-worthy coupling going on there right now. And, sadly(?), it looks likes it has been set up to induce cringing. ::)
Which couples are you talking about? I often ff thru the show and i actually find jackie and owen sort of interesting (if that is who you were referring to).
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I saw a documentary last night about Harlan Ellison, friend of DR CP.
It was titled DREAMS HAVE SHARP TEETH and was most interesting.
Mr Ellison is an angry man it seems - most of his life is about confrontation and nobody is right about anything except him....and that's a difficult way to live. I certainly think he is one of the best writers ever - I used to watch him now and then on interview shows and never got a good impression of him as a person. And finally decided I would just read his stories and criticism and not watch him on television. Hearing him talk, I didn't think that if we were ever to come into contact that he would like me very much - and vice versa.
But I would still recommend his books and stories to everyone.
JRand,
Harlan is a pussycat! Outspoken, yes! Doesn't mince words, yes! Doesn't suffer fools gladly (or at all), yes! Irascible, yes! At times, even difficult! But honourable and honest and incredibly smart and loyal and that loyalty is returned by his many friends.
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About Blu-ray vs. DVDs...I don't have any plans to buy a Blu-ray player anytime soon, unless one is REAL cheap (but not cheap, if you know what I mean). And if/when I do get one, I have no intentions of replacing my regular DVDs. Even the ones that people here have said are not that great, they're good enough for me...so far. :)
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Blu-Ray? That tired old format? 5D (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/tech-5d-storage-dvd-polarization-colours-3d-swinburne-chon-nature.html) is clearly the way to go.
:o Wow! The wave of the future!
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DR elmore3003: ;D
More grist for DR JMK's review?
I would love to see Larry's Guide to the Ballet Classics on the NY Times bestseller list! :)
I'd buy it!! :D
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re: last night's MEDIUM
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I liked it a lot. But i've liked every episode this season. I can see why some might not like lynn (lee's girlfriend). But i thought the scenes were interesting. And it showed us why lee is so distant re: the baby. So i liked finding out more.
I liked the bank teller storyline. And i liked bridget in the car. It was all interesting. And it showed us that it is going to be very hard for the family with hubby away so much. Next week looks like it will be a great season finale.
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I really LOVED last night's "Medium".
Allyce Beasley isn't used nearly enough in roles perfect for her...and this one suited her to a "tee"!
You liked all that intrusive stuff with Lee and Lyn's baby? I found it very irritating, but then I've always disliked INTENSELY the non-actress who plays Lyn, so that may have colored my judgment.
I agree about Allyce Beasley AND the "non-actress who plays Lyn." I never understood why they cast her...until I found her IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812582/) listing. Her name is Tina DiJoseph and she's married to Glenn Gordon Caron, who created the series and is the main writer. ::)
The people who post on her message boards hold back nothing when expressing their dislike for her on the show. :-X
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For those who are following the story of Chris Engen (Adam on The Young & The Restless), the guy who quit the show because he was being forced to kiss a man, here is his response:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=85598263&blogId=491217751 (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=85598263&blogId=491217751)
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Warning:
This Tone Matrix Generator (http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix) can be quite addictive!!!
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I have nothing to say, but I'll say it anyway
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I have nothing to say, but I'll say it anyway
Then say it Sister Margaretta!
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Hello, everyone.
I spent most of the day trying to straighten out all sorts of odds and ends that shouldn't have been a problem in the first place. I suspect most of you know what I mean.
Today's gem: Although I diligently submitted change-of-address notifications to the USPS before each move, my mail has not been following me as it should. Last week I phoned several organizations to be sure they had my current address. I've received replies back, acknowledging the change. But one organization made the change correctly, then changed my address back to my previous address. When I called them today, I was told that every six months they do an update, based on the USPS database and that's why they changed my address again. Oy! And double Oy! It was correct until they undid it!
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As for the "non-actress who plays Lyn" in MEDIUM, add me to the list of her non-fans. I have often found her poor acting distracting, but thought it was just me. I didn't realize so many others felt the same way. It's a shame, too, because the series is otherwise so strong.
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I am tired.
Tomorrow is more house-hunting, which leaves me unfit to be in polite society.
That is all.
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Page five?
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I have cast our leading lady - I got bored of waiting, she gave a fine audition, she sings well, she's cute as a button and I'm done - just Dick Davis to cast, and if I have to I'll go with a WHITE man instead of a BLACK man since there are apparently no BLACK men who can be bothered to audition. In NY that will not be a problem and I'm going directly for Andre de Shields.
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He's black, you know.
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And funny.
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Warning:
This Tone Matrix Generator (http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix) can be quite addictive!!!
I have no idea what this could be. :-\ I'm at work and I get the message "please install the latest flashplayer." Since I don't have administrator privileges, I can't. I'll watch it at home after rehearsal tonight.
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Tomorrow is an early day.
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PAGE SIX ANDRE DE SHIELDS DANCE!! ;D
(http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/073Gc6Zae71K5/610x.jpg)
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Time for rehearsal...be back later!
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G'night!
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I don't believe I have anything to add to today's discussion.
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Druxy, a dime will get you a dollar that within a year or two ALL players will handle Blu-rays. It's just the nature of the beast.
Could be. But, I do agree with BK. Blu-Ray is still going to be a niche market.
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BK
I know this is out of left field but what about Ken Page? I believe he lives in LA and I think you have worked with him before.
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The sun is setting, and it's not too warm out, so I think I'll take a walk.
Laters!
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Speaking, as we are, of Blu-ray discs:
I was more than thrilled with the quality of the newish BD of "Grease" (The Bobby Rydell Edition). Why it's called the "Bobby Rydell Edition" is beyond me, but it is called that.
Don't know if you were kidding or not, but its actually called Rockin' Rydell Edition. (Rydell is the name of the high school)
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Good Evening!
Earlier, I went out for a walk, and I saw this:
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/IMG_2858.jpg)
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And I wore this:
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/IMG_0806.jpg)
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And I also happened to come across this:
How much is that cyclist in the window?
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e49/JoseSPiano/IMG_0816.jpg)
Race Across The Window (http://www.raceacrossthewindow.com)
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Does anyone remember a movie called Headin' for Broadway (written, directed, scored by Joseph Brooks) from 1980?
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I have nothing to add to the discussion today.
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Ken Page is in NYC doing HAPPINESS at Lincoln Center. I believe that runs until June 7th.
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...But Andre de Shields just wrapped up his run in Impressionism.
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Had such a fun evening of viewing.
I began by finishing the NCIS episode about Tony being framed for murder. Really enjoyed seeing it again, especially the "troops" rallying around him when it appeared as if all were lost.
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Druxy, a dime will get you a dollar that within a year or two ALL players will handle Blu-rays. It's just the nature of the beast.
Could be. But, I do agree with BK. Blu-Ray is still going to be a niche market.
If it IS only going to be a niche (which I dispute), it's sure going to be a bigger niche than laserdisc was. Only 2 million players for laserdisc were ever sold (and I bought three of them). Blu-ray already has 10 million sold and counting.
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Some semi-out-of-the-blue quotes for today:
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." MLK, Jr.
"He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust." St. Thomas Aquinas
Was Tommy Aquinas on Twitter today?
No. But he was on Facebook. ;)
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I went ahead and watched another NCIS episode. This was the one with Tony and Ziva locked in a metal box with thousands of DVDs and $100 million in counterfeit bills. I remembered the identity of the schemer in this one, too, but I enjoyed seeing Tony and Ziva spar with each other before the rescue.
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Then I watched BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES on Blu-ray. Hadn't seen this sequel in quite some time, and seeing James Franciscus in high definition was quite something. Boy, was he a gorgeous man!
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DR Jennifer - As for "Y&R"... Well... As far as age differences go... Have you been watching "The Bold & The Beautiful" lately? There's some truly cringe-worthy coupling going on there right now. And, sadly(?), it looks likes it has been set up to induce cringing. ::)
Which couples are you talking about? I often ff thru the show and i actually find jackie and owen sort of interesting (if that is who you were referring to).
Well... Jackie and Owen, and Jack Wrangler's character and whats-her-name. -The "confrontation" last week truly made me laugh out loud.
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And I concluded my evening rewatching AN AMERICAN IN PARIS on Blu-ray. I tried different settings on the receiver to try to give some body and heft to the low bitrate mono soundtrack, but it is what it is, I guess.
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Tomorrow I start on my next work project - CANNON, Season 2, Volume 2. This is a box set I didn't request but Paramount sent anyway. It's the only disc I have that's due on June 2nd, so I don't mind doing it even though I didn't ask for it.
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IN ORDER TO MAKE A MORE PERFECT PASTA...
Der B and I went down to the farmer's market, found some nice spring onions, radishes (oooh, purple and pink and white!), fresh new potatoes and snow peas, and then headed over to Nurture. Nope, they didn't have any semolina flour. But before they realized where they recognized me from, they suggested I try the SuperFresh grocery store. Then they realized where I work, blushes abounded, and der B smoothed everything over by purchasing some country pate.
Up to SuperGiant. Nope, we don't carry semolina. Strange. On up to Superfresh (there was a notary public across the highway we needed to see, so it was worth the trip). They indeed had the semolina. They also had Lawry's Lemon Pepper, which der B loves and we don't carry. Coming back home, I decided we could drop by the other two supermarkets. Safeway had the semonlina... at a higher price than SuperFresh. Food Lion did not have any semolina... but carried the Lemon Pepper... for less than we paid at SuperFresh.
DR SWW - Do any of the grocery stores in your area have a "bulk aisle"? I remember when I would regularly make pasta and semolina bread, the only place I could find semolina flour was in the scoop-it-yourself bulk bins at Safeway and Whole Foods. -And, yes, it was cheaper at Whole Foods.
*There was also a fancy-schmancy brand - I forget the name right now - that came in 500g boxes in the "Ethnic Foods" aisle.
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In other news...
It's currently 54 degrees in New York City - at least in Central Park - and tomorrow's high is only supposed to get up to 66... with rain. -At least it all held off until after the holiday weekend.
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DR Ron Pulliam - A friend of mine is currently doing some research out in California for a new cookbook. He's in San Francisco right now, and raved about the breakfast treats at Tartine he had this morning. I suggested that he head to La Farine tomorrow if he has the time. :)
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For those who are following the story of Chris Engen (Adam on The Young & The Restless), the guy who quit the show because he was being forced to kiss a man, here is his response:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=85598263&blogId=491217751 (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=85598263&blogId=491217751)
DR Jennifer - Thanks for posting that.
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Back from the Kansas City Barbecue - the house shaking has reached epic proportions - it literally feels like a 7.0 earthquake every two minutes. Pictures are crooked and there's no sense in straightening them until these oafs are done. I'm told that today is it for the big machines - we shall see. If today isn't it for the big machines then tomorrow they get a call from me and a bill for piano tuning, aspirin, and whatever else I think of.
bk - You may want to go ahead and at least lodge a complaint against the construction company with your local Noise Enforcement Team - which is part of the LAPD. It will make it easier for you to file for any damages and whatnot in the future.
*And even though you're not the one having the work done, you may find some handy-dandy info here: Contractors From Hell (http://www.contractorsfromhell.com/)
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And since I seem to be in quote mode, here's another one - courtesy of the MTA's "Train Of Thought" (http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=080430-HQ13) program:
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the need for thought."
-Henri Poincaré
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Just downloaded the new Kritzerland CD master number one (number two will come in a day or two and I'm still not sure if I'll announce them together or a week apart). Going to listen now.
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PRESENTING
PAGE
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No Blu-Ray disciple wants to hear that it will remain a niche, but it will. Yes, a bigger niche than laserdisc, but one shouldn't believe the numbers being bandied about because I have it on good authority (from someone who really knows) that it's all a lot of hooey. You would be absolutely shocked to know the sales figures on things you would just assume would have done well. I know I was. It doesn't mean I don't love the quality because I do and I hope the studios keep putting out older titles. But the sales figures would, I assume, not make anyone at any studio very happy.
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Gee, I have nothing to add to the conversation today.
That's because I have not had the time to read them yet.
Just checking in.
See you in a couple of hours, after I read the posts.
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Since Audra McDonald was seen at HAIR tonight and this was just announced today, there may be a connection.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129586-Audra_McDonald_and_Will_Swenson_to_Star_in_Utah_110_in_the_Shade_in_2010
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And since a little religion never hurt anyone...
Praise Song and Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm9Ie87wjcM)
;D
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How I do love the new Kritzerland release - and it sounds very good for a 1958 recording. Let the guessing begin!
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I wish we could have some of the NYC cool right now. I have the window open, but it's kind of muggy in my office, so I have the floor fan on.
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Well, I gues I'm a part of the niche, then, and loving every minute of it.
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And now I've let time get away from me, and I need to head downstairs and go to bed.
Good night!
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I have to get up early tomorrow (later today), so...
Goodnight.
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I, too, am loving it, but then I was a laserdisc nut, too.
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Finished everything concerning part one of our new releases, so that's good.
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Why is there not enough time to do everything.
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It's wonderfully quite right now. Time to go to sleep. In a few.
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Thanks for the links everyone.
Goodnight.
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Hi George, sorry to miss you.
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Warning:
This Tone Matrix Generator (http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix) can be quite addictive!!!
I have no idea what this could be. :-\ I'm at work and I get the message "please install the latest flashplayer." Since I don't have administrator privileges, I can't. I'll watch it at home after rehearsal tonight.
I'm at home and played this...it's very fun! ;D
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Hi George, sorry to miss you.
Until the next time!
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Rehearsal tonight went quite well...considering we lost our rehearsal space. We were supposed to be downtown at a local small theater space, but I guess it became not available. We rehearsed in the driveway of the daughter of one of the actors and blocked two of the scenes that I'm in. The only other scene that I'm in will be blocked tomorrow.
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Gratuitous Post #200!
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How I do love the new Kritzerland release - and it sounds very good for a 1958 recording. Let the guessing begin!
Cast album or movie soundtrack??
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Or have you said already?
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We're doing a soundtrack and cast album release in tandem - but I was listening to the soundtrack.