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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were crispy yet non-caloric, and now it is time for you to post until the shake and bake cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: JOCUND!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Dino
Onid spelled backward.
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Dino
Onid spelled backward.
I have nothing to say to that. :-X
;)
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...so, off to bed I go. :)
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Morning all. Another busy day with little time to post.
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Good morning, all! Another day with the McGlinnventory. I have to be out of the apartment around 8:30 to be over to the East Side between 9 and 9:30. God knows how far we'll get today. I expect to be sorting through cartons for another year.
Last night I had a peculiar dream about an event at the Lincoln Center NYPL for singer June Bronhill, a screwed up subway system and climbing through mud, rock and rubble to get out. When I surfaced, I was in a mall in Trenton, Ohio, and I could not find a taxi.
I hate long weekends. This seems like Tuesday and it's Wednesday. I think.
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Question for BK regarding yesterday's DVD/Blu-Ray discussion...
Do you think any of the studios might ever pull a stunt and release a huge hit like STAR TREK on Blu-Ray only (with a DVD release to follow a month or so after?) I was actually expecting that to happen with THE DARK KNIGHT.
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Anybody else excited to see this CHESS concert on PBS (staring Idina Menzel and Gosh Groban):
June 17th:
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html (http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html)
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On tv tonight for me:
Another audition night on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. I really enjoy watching the auditions, since they tend to focus on the good dancers.
Also the 2nd season of IN PLAIN SIGHT is premiering here tonight (already started in the US). I really enjoyed season 1.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm up while the little hand is still in the single digits! ;)
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Is today Wednesday ?. Criminal Minds on TV for me, and to finish my bills, and air for the tires on the car.
I want May to be over. June will be fun, get to do 3 things I really want to do.
Nudie Musical 2 nights. Yea.
A fundraiser in Angelino Heights for Bleeding Through.
And to finish unpacking the moving boxes from last December. Yuck.
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OOPS. ;D
Good morning, happy Wednesday, health and happiness for us all.
Off to work.
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Question for bk... because there are only a certain number of CD's pressed per Kritzerland release, why are they not individually numbered on the CD jacket?
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Sountrack Guesses
David Raskin's score for Separate Tables
Jerome Moross' score for The Big Country
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Anybody else excited to see this CHESS concert on PBS (staring Idina Menzel and Gosh Groban):
June 17th:
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html (http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html)
I've never been a fan of CHESS. Aside from "Nobody's Side" and the incredibly catchy "One Night in Bangkok" I find the score completely forgettable and the book uninvolving. Add the dull-as-dishwater Josh Groban to the mix and you have (for me) the perfect show to skip and not even DVR.
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From the Official White House Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/) on Flickr...
Sometimes a picture does say more than a thousand words:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/3532376714_cc9ce8cf80.jpg)
President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
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Anybody else excited to see this CHESS concert on PBS (staring Idina Menzel and Gosh Groban):
June 17th:
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html (http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html)
I've never been a fan of CHESS. Aside from "Nobody's Side" and the incredibly catchy "One Night in Bangkok" I find the score completely forgettable and the book uninvolving. Add the dull-as-dishwater Josh Groban to the mix and you have (for me) the perfect show to skip and not even DVR.
I've always liked Chess, for better or worse. However, I have to say, that the one song I usually skip over when listening to the concept album or the Broadway OCR is "One Night In Bangkok".
*And at one point and time during previews for the Broadway production, the show ended with Florence singing "Anthem" after being betrayed and abandoned by the two men in her life and her countries. Heart-wrenching.
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Did AT&T like Kris Allen too?
AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/business/media/27idol.html?em)
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Anybody else excited to see this CHESS concert on PBS (staring Idina Menzel and Gosh Groban):
June 17th:
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html (http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html)
I've never been a fan of CHESS. Aside from "Nobody's Side" and the incredibly catchy "One Night in Bangkok" I find the score completely forgettable and the book uninvolving. Add the dull-as-dishwater Josh Groban to the mix and you have (for me) the perfect show to skip and not even DVR.
I've always liked Chess, for better or worse. However, I have to say, that the one song I usually skip over when listening to the concept album or the Broadway OCR is "One Night In Bangkok".
*And at one point and time during previews for the Broadway production, the show ended with Florence singing "Anthem" after being betrayed and abandoned by the two men in her life and her countries. Heart-wrenching.
LOL! Yeah, "One Night in Bangkok" was extremely overplayed on the radio when it did the crossover thing. It was the "Mambo #5" of its time.
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And the word of the day is: JOCUND!
And The Song Of The Day Is: COMEDY TONIGHT
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Wednesday morning greetings! More cleaning & sorting today - I now have 2 boxes and 3 bags of stuff for the AAUW garage sale and 2 bags for charity.
It's still terribly humid here in SW Ohio. We finally gave in and turned on the AC while I was frying chicken last night. Hated to close up the house, but it was just too muggy.
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Question for BK regarding yesterday's DVD/Blu-Ray discussion...
Do you think any of the studios might ever pull a stunt and release a huge hit like STAR TREK on Blu-Ray only (with a DVD release to follow a month or so after?) I was actually expecting that to happen with THE DARK KNIGHT.
Disney is doing this with SNOW WHITE in the fall, but, of course, it was already released once on DVD years ago.
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I'm not a fan of the stage version of CHESS (dreadfully long and dull in the version I saw), but I do like the score.
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Good morning!
More clouds this morning, but not as cool as I'd like (well, it IS almost June, after all). They're calling for more afternoon showers today, but I hope they're wrong. The mosquitoes here are just abominable; we don't need any more moisture.
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Yes, THE FIFTH ELEMENT on Blu-ray is one of the great transfers in picture and sound. However, Sony redid that release after screwing up the initial attempt on Blu-ray. They used an older dirty master, and people howled like banshees when that was released. Sony redid it, and offered a replacement program for those who bought the original release.
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Question for BK regarding yesterday's DVD/Blu-Ray discussion...
Do you think any of the studios might ever pull a stunt and release a huge hit like STAR TREK on Blu-Ray only (with a DVD release to follow a month or so after?) I was actually expecting that to happen with THE DARK KNIGHT.
They can certainly try, but they've been too nervous to do it heretofore. They don't need yet more outcry from the DVD millions who, after all, have given the studios an incredible ride for many years - I can only tell you that the studios have lost a lot of consumers because of Blu-Ray - as I said yesterday, the average Joe doesn't appreciate a new format wherein he has to spend more money to get things he was getting for ten dollars less. This is where they really miscalculated - the cost of the software - and if and when that comes down and the players come way down, then maybe sales will rise - but they probably waited too long for that to happen now, in this economy.
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I had planned on beginning CANNON - Season 2, Volume 1 today, but UPS just delivered a Blu-ray of the DR. DOOLITTLE made-for-video Blu-ray, and I'll have to see when it comes out to know if I need to work on it before I start work on CANNON.
Decisions, decisions.
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Question for bk... because there are only a certain number of CD's pressed per Kritzerland release, why are they not individually numbered on the CD jacket?
Labels gave up on doing that ages ago - too much work. Easier to just say what the limitation is.
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Yes, THE FIFTH ELEMENT on Blu-ray is one of the great transfers in picture and sound. However, Sony redid that release after screwing up the initial attempt on Blu-ray. They used an older dirty master, and people howled like banshees when that was released. Sony redid it, and offered a replacement program for those who bought the original release.
I had no idea that had happened. Whatever Columbia did wrong at the beginning, their transfers are really fantastic now - I've yet to see a bum Columbia Blu-Ray.
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Well, the good news is the earthquake bulldozer is gone. The bad news is they are not finished, as promised, and there's machinery out there making lots of noise since seven-thirty. I will be calling the company today to ask them why they told me they'd be done and aren't, and then I do think I will lodge a formal complaint with the police. I understand that there's nothing I can do about it, but, you know, any grief I can return I'm happy to do so.
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - WIPEOUT (season premiere), THE GOODE FAMILY (series premiere), SURVIVING SUBURBIA, THE UNUSUALS
CBS - GEORGE STRAIT: AMC artist of the Decade Concert
FOX - SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (two hours)
PBS - GREAT PERFORMANCES ("In the Heights"), AMERICAN MASTERS (Chinese-American film history)
COM - RENO 911!
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Yes, THE FIFTH ELEMENT on Blu-ray is one of the great transfers in picture and sound. However, Sony redid that release after screwing up the initial attempt on Blu-ray. They used an older dirty master, and people howled like banshees when that was released. Sony redid it, and offered a replacement program for those who bought the original release.
I had no idea that had happened. Whatever Columbia did wrong at the beginning, their transfers are really fantastic now - I've yet to see a bum Columbia Blu-Ray.
Yes, their stuff is really consistently good now. They allegedly didn't do well with another launch title, THE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS either, but that's heresay; I don't have it and have never seen it.
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LOL! Talk about noise, some county maintenance workers are jackhammering on the street opposite my office window, and it is LOUD!
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Question for BK regarding yesterday's DVD/Blu-Ray discussion...
Do you think any of the studios might ever pull a stunt and release a huge hit like STAR TREK on Blu-Ray only (with a DVD release to follow a month or so after?) I was actually expecting that to happen with THE DARK KNIGHT.
They can certainly try, but they've been too nervous to do it heretofore. They don't need yet more outcry from the DVD millions who, after all, have given the studios an incredible ride for many years - I can only tell you that the studios have lost a lot of consumers because of Blu-Ray - as I said yesterday, the average Joe doesn't appreciate a new format wherein he has to spend more money to get things he was getting for ten dollars less. This is where they really miscalculated - the cost of the software - and if and when that comes down and the players come way down, then maybe sales will rise - but they probably waited too long for that to happen now, in this economy.
There has been a lot of coverage about the drop in DVD sales over last year. Yes, spending money on a new format has been listed as a "turn off", but, basically, it comes down to people not wanting - and/or not having the extra money to spend on anything - whether it's DVDs, CDs, cars, homes, etc.
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My question for BK,
You and I have discussed (well, mostly I have discussed) Kritzerland releasing the music of film composer Albert Glasser. As it turned out there were rights issues with some of his work, however, many of the films he scored are now in public domain (Monster Maker, The Indestructible Man, The Gay Amigo, Philo Vance Returns, The Gas House Kids in Hollywood, The Negro Soldier, Oomo Oomo The Shark God, Port Sinister, and tons more). Since those films are in the public domain, wouldn't the music also be?
I for one would love to have those pieces on CD, and considering the popularity of those old poverty row films and of his music, many others might as well.
So my question is, would that be a possibility?
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Quoth FJL yestereve:
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
I'm sure they can work out a special tie-in when Orem, Utah sees Audra and celebrates OMIGOD, WHY IS HER SKIN THAT COLOR DAY? ;D
(I literally never saw a person of color *once* growing up in SLC, and Orem, ladies and germs, is the "sticks" compared to SLC).
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Yes, THE FIFTH ELEMENT on Blu-ray is one of the great transfers in picture and sound. However, Sony redid that release after screwing up the initial attempt on Blu-ray. They used an older dirty master, and people howled like banshees when that was released. Sony redid it, and offered a replacement program for those who bought the original release.
I had no idea that had happened. Whatever Columbia did wrong at the beginning, their transfers are really fantastic now - I've yet to see a bum Columbia Blu-Ray.
Yes, their stuff is really consistently good now. They allegedly didn't do well with another launch title, THE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS either, but that's heresay; I don't have it and have never seen it.
It's hideous. I wonder if I have the first FIFTH ELEMENT. How does one determine that, and if it is, how does one procure a replacement?
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My question for BK,
You and I have discussed (well, mostly I have discussed) Kritzerland releasing the music of film composer Albert Glasser. As it turned out there were rights issues with some of his work, however, many of the films he scored are now in public domain (Monster Maker, The Indestructible Man, The Gay Amigo, Philo Vance Returns, The Gas House Kids in Hollywood, The Negro Soldier, Oomo Oomo The Shark God, Port Sinister, and tons more). Since those films are in the public domain, wouldn't the music also be?
I for one would love to have those pieces on CD, and considering the popularity of those old poverty row films and of his music, many others might as well.
So my question is, would that be a possibility?
There are two problems, both significant: Problem one would be what elements are available. I talked to the lady who supposedly has tapes but they all seem to be cassettes from what I can tell and she never follows up anyway. The second problem is that it simply wouldn't sell enough to justify the cost of doing it. Sad, but true. When an online dealer STILL has copies of Two For The Seesaw, a brilliant score by a great composer (we obviously sold out of it), then you can see the problem with Albert Glasser, much as we may like his work.
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Good Morning!
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Sorry about the bulldozers again today, Bruce.
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Yes, THE FIFTH ELEMENT on Blu-ray is one of the great transfers in picture and sound. However, Sony redid that release after screwing up the initial attempt on Blu-ray. They used an older dirty master, and people howled like banshees when that was released. Sony redid it, and offered a replacement program for those who bought the original release.
I had no idea that had happened. Whatever Columbia did wrong at the beginning, their transfers are really fantastic now - I've yet to see a bum Columbia Blu-Ray.
Yes, their stuff is really consistently good now. They allegedly didn't do well with another launch title, THE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS either, but that's heresay; I don't have it and have never seen it.
It's hideous. I wonder if I have the first FIFTH ELEMENT. How does one determine that, and if it is, how does one procure a replacement?
I think by the time you bought into Blu-ray, the new disc was already in circulation. Did you get yours off Ebay or something? And the replacement program is likely now suspended, but don't quote me on that. You'll have to contact Sony, I suspect.
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The noise on my side of the country didn't last very long, much to my delight.
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Looks like I'll be watching that DOCTOR DOLITTLE Blu-ray (would that it were the 1967 musical version!). It came out LAST WEEK. Thanks, Fox, for another delay of a week to send out review titles.
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Now, I need to head downstairs to get lunch started and the mail checked before getting into work mode.
WBBL.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
I'm betting it's the overall brownish color.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
I'm betting it's the overall brownish color.
And/or all the whispering.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
The Vomiting?
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
The Vomiting?
I was going to say it was the not-so-shocking revelation which gets lost in translation, so to speak. But since that's not revealed in the first three minutes...
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...Gosh Groban...
I assume you are really in awe of Mr Groban.
der Brucer
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- can anyone guess why I bailed?
The lack of female frontal nudity?
der Brucer
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For DR MBarnum and other DRs-
A Dispute Half a World Away Darkens a Movie House in Queens (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/nyregion/27bollywood.html)
"By KIRK SEMPLE
Published: May 27, 2009
A disagreement that has shut down the movie industry in India has hurt New York’s small theater owners, who are already losing money because of film piracy."
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DR MICHAEL S when I first got cable - Headin' For Broadway was in heavy rotation on HBO and I watched it several times. I liked it. I think it head Carlo Imperato from TV's FAME in it.
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I don't remember the first 3 minutes of THE READER.
Still feeling bad, but feeling much better.
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The noise on my side of the country didn't last very long, much to my delight.
That's becasue all the mobile noise-makers have joined the convoy to Studio City.
der Brucer
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* * * * * FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR DR JRAND * * * * *
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I watched a very odd British "comedy"(?) last night -- "The Runaway Bus" (1954) starring Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford and Petula Clark.
Interesting, if a bit off-putting with Mr. Howerd's brand of humor (think of Trevor Banniseter's Mr. Lucas in "Are You being Served?", but with a "saucier" delivery...a bit of posh frippery). Sigh. Clark looked nothing like she did as a 1960s pop star.
Much ado about fog...lots of insults and putdowns...and the like.
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Feel better, Jrand.
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Some people have taken my MISS CALIFORNIA parody of "I'm Just Wild About Harry" (parody is "I'm just Wild About Carrie"), and been giving the video of the parody 1's (on the scale of 5) for no other apparent reason than they're obviously upset by the subject matter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mfpBpRLZ_I
The discussion started off normal for a parody, but the last twenty or so comments have gotten very very serious about the subject matter, so much so that I adjusted the title line, and in capital letters spelled out that it's a COMEDY video.
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The serious themed comments don't bother me, but the folks rating it a 1 because of the ideas expressed bother me.
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Of course, that's an assumption I'm making that the series of 1's are because of the point of view.
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
The Vomiting?
Bingo (ognib, spelled backwards). I will no longer watch any film with vomiting on screen. If directors can't figure out how to not show people spewing chunks, then they are stupid, ignorant cretins and should not be allowed behind a camera.
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A great location for a Windex commercial:
der Brucer
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I will no longer watch any film with vomiting on screen.
Have your purged (pun inteded) The Exorcist from your collection?
der Brucer
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DR dB - if the artist was trying to create a realistic landscape, they need to see their eye doctor...
;)
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My printer has suddenly and mysteriously started printing everything in reverse. ??? And no, the "mirror" effect was not inadvertently checked off.
I can now read my printouts only if I hold them up to a mirror.
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My printer has suddenly and mysteriously started printing everything in reverse. ??? And no, the "mirror" effect was not inadvertently checked off.
I can now read my printouts only if I hold them up to a mirror.
Did you place your glasses on backwards?
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Did you place your glasses on backwards?
Not that I'm aware of. :)
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DR dB - if the artist was trying to create a realistic landscape, they need to see their eye doctor...
;)
That is not a painting - it is a photo of a house for sale in LA:
LUXIST (http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/ferris-bueller-house-up-for-sale/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl3|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luxist.com%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Fferris-bueller-house-up-for-sale%2F) ( The Ben Rose house, the site of Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
The garage: (http://www.blogcdn.com/www.luxist.com/media/2009/05/aabenrose2.jpg)
der Brucer
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DR dB - if the artist was trying to create a realistic landscape, they need to see their eye doctor...
;)
That is not a painting - it is a photo of a house for sale in LA:
LATIMES (http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/ferris-bueller-house-up-for-sale/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl3|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luxist.com%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Fferris-bueller-house-up-for-sale%2F) ( The Ben Rose house, the site of Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
der Brucer
I think DR DAW might have been referring to the painting in said garage.
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DR dB - if the artist was trying to create a realistic landscape, they need to see their eye doctor...
;)
That is not a painting - it is a photo of a house for sale in LA:
LATIMES (http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/ferris-bueller-house-up-for-sale/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl3|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.luxist.com%2F2009%2F05%2F26%2Fferris-bueller-house-up-for-sale%2F) ( The Ben Rose house, the site of Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
der Brucer
I think DR DAW might have been referring to the painting in said garage.
You're probably correct. (The painting is in the main house, not the garage, although they look similar.)
der Brucer
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Of course, that's an assumption I'm making that the series of 1's are because of the point of view.
Or represents the IQ of the critic.
der Brucer
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Oh, I forgot to mention that last night, based on recommendations from several people, I began watching The Reader. I lasted exactly three minutes and then shut off the disc and it's on the trade pile - can anyone guess why I bailed?
The Vomiting?
Bingo (ognib, spelled backwards). I will no longer watch any film with vomiting on screen. If directors can't figure out how to not show people spewing chunks, then they are stupid, ignorant cretins and should not be allowed behind a camera.
When Richard and I watched The Reader, I said, "Oh, boy, BK isn't gonna like this!" as that scene was unfolding!
Do I get a sparkling prize?
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DR Laura - Play Timmy off keyboard cat! (http://bobsworth.dreamhosters.com/keyboardcat/index.php?id=QBOgJChn8lM&start=20)
;D
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Oy, the negotiating I have been doing to book next season's Rave in the Nave. My favorite so far--a certain woman with whom BK and I worked lived up to her "blonde" status when I asked her if she would be available June 5 or June 12, thinking that it was more or less obvious I was booking for next year's series (hence the 09-10 in the subject line). She responded she couldn't get anything together that quickly. I have reminded her that 13 months is usually enough time to get her act together and take it on the road. :)
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Back from the long jog and will now go sit at Hugo's or somewhere else for an hour or so to get a respite from the noise.
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The upcoming SAG vote is burning up several PDX listserves. That's what happens when suddenly your little burg is housing a television series or two.
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Skip has just left for the Wednesday matinee of the STAR TREK movie.
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Which two shows are now filming in Portland, JMK?
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ASK BK
How were my soundtrack guesses
David Raskin's score for Separate Tables
Jerome Moross' score for The Big Country
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OK, I'm off to deliver 3 boxes and 4 bags of stuff to the AAUW garage sale site...bye for now!
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I'm not a fan of the stage version of CHESS (dreadfully long and dull in the version I saw), but I do like the score.
Reprise! at UCLA, which Mark and I get season tickets for every year, was scheduled to run CHESS this month, but had to cancel it and ran The Fantasticks instead. We were really disappointed - Mark had heard that CHESS was good and I already saw The Fantasticks years ago, but since no one here seems to like CHESS, I'm not so disappointed anymore.
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We just got another spring shower. Very mild and only lasted for a few moments, but there it is, more rain. I have a feeling I'm going to be mowing the front yard this weekend.
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Thanks DR FJL, et al - I am feeling better. Time will tell.
I did receive my Ron Raines MAN OF LA MANCHA cd set today....I also received my OBC cd of the same show + the Mexican Cast LP version of la mem chose. None of which I have yet played.
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I watched RESCUE ME from last night as I ate lunch today. Very good drunk hallucination showcase for Denis Leary in the first half of the episode, and I was on the edge of my seat over what was going on. The second half was decidedly different in tone, but still very enjoyable. I suspect Leary will use this episode for his Emmy submission.
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Then I started on my work project: DOCTOR DOLITTLE: MILLION DOLLAR MUTTS. I've never seen any of the DOCTOR DOLITTLE remake or sequels, and this is the FIFTH in the series! How funny that the human star of the picture isn't even portrayed on the cover, but the various talking animals in the film are.
Suffice to say this is a kids' movie. Certainly it's innocuous enough to use as a babysitter, but there certainly wasn't anything here to hold my interest if I wasn't having to review it.
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There were three bonus featurettes on the disc, none lasting longer than 8 minutes, however, about various aspects of the production. But that was all, so since the movie only ran 86 minutes and the three featurettes ran about a total of 18 minutes, I had a nice chunk of the afternoon left.
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I watched an NCIS episode from season three. It was the one about a reality show featruing supermodels on a marine base. Good mystery and an enjoyable episode.
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Then I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. The boys were on, but were really just basically background extras commenting on what other characters were doing. The weren't really much a part of the plot. They weren't in the previews for tomorrow.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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TCM ran a string of PHILO VANCE movies today, and I recorded the ones I hadn't seen, so I'll be spending tonight watching two or three of these. I'm not sure how long each one is, but I should easily be able to get two watched and maybe more.
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DR CP - thank you for commenting on Mr Harlan Ellison. A appreciate what you wrote and have always appreciated your comments on him.
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I watched a couple of the Philo Vance movies today.....and now TCM is Jungle Jim territory.
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Wednesday.....a lovely weather here now as well.
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DR CP did you see this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Pieces-The-Crucifier-of-Blood-Willie-Rourke-Dance_W0QQitemZ200345075933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea57f40dd&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50 (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Pieces-The-Crucifier-of-Blood-Willie-Rourke-Dance_W0QQitemZ200345075933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea57f40dd&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50)
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I must do some writing now, so I'll hop off-line to get started on that. Then it's back down to watch THE DRAGON MURDER CASE, the first of the PHILO VANCE movies I hadn't previously seen.
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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Anybody else excited to see this CHESS concert on PBS (staring Idina Menzel and Gosh Groban):
June 17th:
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html (http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html)
I am! (Sue me. ;)) And it's going to be available for purchase, too. ;D
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Still feeling bad, but feeling much better.
~~~Continued Vibes for DR JRand!!~~~
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My new computer arrived!! I had it shipped to my work and it's here! Unfortunately, I still need to clean off my computer desk (it's totally covered with extra "stuff"). And tonight I have rehearsal and tomorrow is the volunteer appreciation dinner for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. I may leave work early today or tomorrow, though. :)
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ASK BK
How were my soundtrack guesses
David Raskin's score for Separate Tables
Jerome Moross' score for The Big Country
Excellent guesses. Incorrect, but excellent.
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LEVERAGE moved to Portland several months ago. There are a number of films which have filmed here over the past year (CROWLEY, etc.).
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I had lunch at Hugo's and have finished everything to do with the cast album, and have had several telephonic conversations with various building permit people - I've been given the number of the inspector who's handling the property next door and will be calling them - he can tell these people to hold the noise down. I also talked to the construction company who have now changed their story - they WERE supposed to be finished yesterday, but the owners have asked for more work - some drainage stuff. It really will be neverending until the two-story monstrosity is built and these entitled peckerwoods waltz in to their new home. If they'd been smart, they would have knocked on my door and the door of the people to the north of them and apologized up front for any inconvenience. When they do move in all I can tell you is I will make their life as much a living hell as they've made mine - that I can promise you.
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I had lunch at Hugo's and have finished everything to do with the cast album, and have had several telephonic conversations with various building permit people - I've been given the number of the inspector who's handling the property next door and will be calling them - he can tell these people to hold the noise down. I also talked to the construction company who have now changed their story - they WERE supposed to be finished yesterday, but the owners have asked for more work - some drainage stuff. It really will be neverending until the two-story monstrosity is built and these entitled peckerwoods waltz in to their new home. If they'd been smart, they would have knocked on my door and the door of the people to the north of them and apologized up front for any inconvenience. When they do move in all I can tell you is I will make their life as much a living hell as they've made mine - that I can promise you.
I've started yet another trend.
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Continued get well vibes to JRand.
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Just because.....
(http://www.thejudyroom.com/ziegfeldgirl/photos/pictures/laserdisc.jpg)
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Every day ought to have a little glitz and glamour in it.
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I had lunch at Hugo's and have finished everything to do with the cast album, and have had several telephonic conversations with various building permit people - I've been given the number of the inspector who's handling the property next door and will be calling them - he can tell these people to hold the noise down. I also talked to the construction company who have now changed their story - they WERE supposed to be finished yesterday, but the owners have asked for more work - some drainage stuff. It really will be neverending until the two-story monstrosity is built and these entitled peckerwoods waltz in to their new home. If they'd been smart, they would have knocked on my door and the door of the people to the north of them and apologized up front for any inconvenience. When they do move in all I can tell you is I will make their life as much a living hell as they've made mine - that I can promise you.
The just might be very, very nice people who would be horrified to learn you've been put out at them.
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I had lunch at Hugo's and have finished everything to do with the cast album, and have had several telephonic conversations with various building permit people - I've been given the number of the inspector who's handling the property next door and will be calling them - he can tell these people to hold the noise down. I also talked to the construction company who have now changed their story - they WERE supposed to be finished yesterday, but the owners have asked for more work - some drainage stuff. It really will be neverending until the two-story monstrosity is built and these entitled peckerwoods waltz in to their new home. If they'd been smart, they would have knocked on my door and the door of the people to the north of them and apologized up front for any inconvenience. When they do move in all I can tell you is I will make their life as much a living hell as they've made mine - that I can promise you.
I've started yet another trend.
So....BK is under YOUR influence, eh!!!??!
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That looks like Nanette Fabray at the head of the glitz line.
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ENTITLED PECKERWOODS - that's the name of my new award-winning play
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If they were very nice people they would have introduced themselves weeks ago, told me what was going on, apologized for any bother it might cause. It doesn't make it easier, but it makes one less angry about these entitled peckerwoods. If I was doing a teardown (not that I would be) that is what I would do.
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I just did the corrections to the Nudie title song - there were literally mistakes in every single bar, both notation-wise and chord wise. So, I sent those along and that's one less thing for Friday.
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The workers are done for the day. I think the trick will be to be gone during a lot of the day and come home by four.
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Well, I set off the smoke alarm while fixing dinner tonight. I was broiling chopped sirloins and, with the AC on and the windows closed, it got pretty smoky in here. At least now we know that they work!
Dinner was yummy, by the way.
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The Harlan Ellison documentary arrived and I think I'll view it.
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The Harlan Ellison documentary arrived and I think I'll view it.
Speaking of Harlan Ellison, according to my Futurama calendar, today is his 75th birthday! Happy Birthday to Harlan Ellison!
:D
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I don't know who Rob Thomas is but he sure entered my pantheon of heroes today!
http://digg.com/d1sGpj
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Chris Matthews is ripping Roland Burris a new one. Maybe a new two.
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Chris Matthews is ripping Roland Burris a new one. Maybe a new two.
Details!
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Burris got caught on an FBI wiretap basically promising money for the Senate seat, exactly what got the Governor impeached and something Burris denied he ever did.
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I gotta tell you.
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Burris got caught on an FBI wiretap basically promising money for the Senate seat, exactly what got the Governor impeached and something Burris denied he ever did.
I found the segment (video clip and transcript) HERE (http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/05/msnbcs_chris_matthews_cross_ex.html) on MSBNC.
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I gotta tell you.
I made the phone call, BK, got the voice mail, left a message.
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Anybody else excited to see this CHESS concert on PBS (staring Idina Menzel and Gosh Groban):
June 17th:
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html (http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2009/chess-concert-with-idina-menzel-and-josh-groban-to_19300.html)
No.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm up while the little hand is still in the single digits! ;)
And what is your little hand doing with the single digits?
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm up while the little hand is still in the single digits! ;)
And what is your little hand doing with the single digits?
?? What does your question mean, TCB? :)
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Jrand, get better soon!
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ENTITLED PECKERWOODS - that's the name of my new award-winning play
At one point in the QB VII mini-series, Lee Remick's character, having read Ben Gazarra's novel, says, "[name of novel] is a wonderful book, Abe. It will live forever."
I am now envisioning her saying, "ENTITLED PECKERWOODS is a wonderful play, Fred. It will live forever."
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That looks like Nanette Fabray at the head of the glitz line.
But you DO know who it really is, yes?
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I just read this on Playbill.com: Sjöholm and Watson to Star in Kristina Carnegie Hall Concert (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129596-Sj%F6holm_and_Watson_to_Star_in_Kristina_Carnegie_Hall_Concert)
;D
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ENTITLED PECKERWOODS - that's the name of my new award-winning play
At one point in the QB VII mini-series, Lee Remick's character, having read Ben Gazarra's novel, says, "[name of novel] is a wonderful book, Abe. It will live forever."
I am now envisioning her saying, "ENTITLED PECKERWOODS is a wonderful play, Fred. It will live forever."
I am anticipating the Broadway musical (or the off-off-Broadway musical) in which we will get the song "Dancing Peckerwoods".
And....perhaps....they will need someone to portray the Stunt Peck...uh...oh, never mind!
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Off to the family room to watch the In the Heights special on the big TV - bye for now!
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Just because.....
(http://www.thejudyroom.com/ziegfeldgirl/photos/pictures/laserdisc.jpg)
Ron, are you the fourth one from the bottom?
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I just read this on Playbill.com: Sjöholm and Watson to Star in Kristina Carnegie Hall Concert (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129596-Sj%F6holm_and_Watson_to_Star_in_Kristina_Carnegie_Hall_Concert)
;D
I'll have the ground glass with a chaser of Drano!
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I'm taking a break from reviewing my presentation for tomorrow morning.
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I've started yet another trend.
You are so au courant! :D
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PHILO VANCE
(http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:sRcdm0CMHzDyMM:http://www.baking911.com/images/filodough.jpg)(http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:NUpvd25h5NDRjM:http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/lucilleball/images/6/6c/Vivianvance.jpg)
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I just read this on Playbill.com: Sjöholm and Watson to Star in Kristina Carnegie Hall Concert (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129596-Sj%F6holm_and_Watson_to_Star_in_Kristina_Carnegie_Hall_Concert)
;D
I'll have the ground glass with a chaser of Drano!
Horseracing. :-*
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An Unmarried Gay Man's Dream Casting!
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are set to star on Broadway in Keith Huff's A STEADY RAIN.
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I don't know who Rob Thomas is but he sure entered my pantheon of heroes today!
http://digg.com/d1sGpj
Bravo indeed! Rob Thomas is the lead singer of Matchbox Twenty.
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An Unmarried Gay Man's Dream Casting!
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are set to star on Broadway in Keith Huff's A STEADY RAIN.
Something to see, indeed!
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An Unmarried Gay Man's Dream Casting!
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are set to star on Broadway in Keith Huff's A STEADY RAIN.
Something to see, indeed!
I'll be there!
It's much more tasty than ground glass and Drano
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An Unmarried Gay Man's Dream Casting!
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are set to star on Broadway in Keith Huff's A STEADY RAIN.
Something to see, indeed!
I'll be there!
It's much more tasty than ground glass and Drano
Hell, I would like to work backstage as the dresser. ;)
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I'll be curious to hear about the PBS IN THE HEIGHTS shows. The PBS station i get on digital is not showing it (or at least it's not scheduled this week). But i have another PBS station that i can record on my VCR and i see it is on at 5am on Friday.
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DR Ginny i have set off my smoke alarms many many times.
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DR Ginny i have set off my smoke alarms many many times.
So have I.
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Well, since we're so close...
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PAGE SIX DANCE!!
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Feeling better - thanks to all!
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An Unmarried Gay Man's Dream Casting!
Ya think?? ;D
(http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/gallery/bestofsummer/hugh_jackman.jpg)
(http://tesblog.com/images/daniel%20craig.jpg)
(http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/460/73/hugh-jackman-daniel-craig-broadway.0.0.0x0.300x225.jpeg)
:D
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Happy Birthday, Harlan Ellison.
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DR Ginny i have set off my smoke alarms many many times.
So have I.
At least I didn't actually have a fire break out in the oven - which has happened to both Richard and me as we were starting a dinner for the other! We've gotten rid of that stove. We've also now opened the windows to let the lingering smoke out and the cool evening air in.
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I'll be curious to hear about the PBS IN THE HEIGHTS shows. The PBS station i get on digital is not showing it (or at least it's not scheduled this week). But i have another PBS station that i can record on my VCR and i see it is on at 5am on Friday.
I really enjoyed it. I loved IN THE HEIGHTS, so it was really fun to see the documentary
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AGED IN PECKERWOOD will be the sequel.
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I'll be curious to hear about the PBS IN THE HEIGHTS shows. The PBS station i get on digital is not showing it (or at least it's not scheduled this week). But i have another PBS station that i can record on my VCR and i see it is on at 5am on Friday.
I really enjoyed it. I loved IN THE HEIGHTS, so it was really fun to see the documentary
Such a well done program! Now I really want to see ITH, but I'm glad I didn't drag Richard into it cold. We needed the closed captioning to understand the lyrics on PBS.
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I'm heading home now with my new computer! It'll be a while (a few days, maybe) before I can set it all up, but at least I have it!
Until later!
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I'd love for THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS to play in rep with THE ENTITLED PECKERWOODS
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Congratulations on getting your new computer, DR George!
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Computer congrats to George
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I've watched the Ellison documentary, about which more later, and am now listening to the ten-minute bonus suite for the new soundtrack release. We had the original LP masters, but I also had access to two reels of cues from the composer's archive - the tapes were really problematic - an audible audio hum throughout, along with loud static every now and then and wildly big volume shifts - I figured out which music wasn't on the original LP and my mastering guy somehow got it all to sound acceptable - no hum and no static (have no idea how he does this) and the music is wonderful, so what was a thirty minute CD is now a forty-minute CD.
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DR CP did you see this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Pieces-The-Crucifier-of-Blood-Willie-Rourke-Dance_W0QQitemZ200345075933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea57f40dd&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50 (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Pieces-The-Crucifier-of-Blood-Willie-Rourke-Dance_W0QQitemZ200345075933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea57f40dd&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50)
Jrand, I did not see it. But then I wasn't looking for it. I have that poster framed and hung on the wall by the door of my office, along with a pic of Heston, Brett, and me signed by Brett, a photo of Ian Richardson who was my film Holmes, and a picture of my pal, Eric Johnson, who played Holmes in my play THE EBONY APE.
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The Harlan Ellison documentary arrived and I think I'll view it.
Speaking of Harlan Ellison, according to my Futurama calendar, today is his 75th birthday! Happy Birthday to Harlan Ellison!
:D
It is Ellison's birthday, I called him up and starting singing that ole childhood bit of nostalgia, "Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too." And he hung up on me!
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I have just a couple of things in common with Mr. Ellison - namely my car behavior (I'm actually much worse than him in that regard), and I usually say what I mean rather strongly. I've been known to be called a curmudgeon, and like Mr. Ellison, I don't give a flying Wallenda what people think.
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ASK BK
Let's try these titles for the soundtrack releases
UA MOVIES
Ernest Gold (The Defiant Ones)
Johnny Mandel (I Want To Live!)
Non UA Films But Great Composers
Elmer Bernstein (The Buccaneer)
Dimitri Tiomkin (The Old Man and The Sea)
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I had a grand evening of mystery and music. I began with THE DRAGON MURDER CASE. I didn't think I had ever seen it before, but I had and remembered the murderer's identity about 20 minutes into the film. Still, it was fun to see it again, and the cast was just wonderful.
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Good Evening!
The gray that was over New York City for most of the day turned into more of a "bright haze". Perfect for a nice walk around the West Village. :)
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The next PHILO VANCE picture I hadn't seen, and what a surprise to find Rosalind Russell in a strong supporting role. This was THE CASINO MURDER CASE. I was mad that I didn't guess the identity of the murderer. I should have figured it out.
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After having watched two Vance mysteries in a row, I thought I'd save the other one I recorded for tomorrow or later in the week. It's THE GARDEN MURDER CASE. It's only 62 minutes long, so whenever I watch it, it won't take very long.
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To finish up the evening I watched STAR! again. After "Dear Little Boy," I turned on the commentary track and enjoyed listening to the various edited together interviews about the movie. Very well done.
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So, it looks like tomorrow I WILL finally get to CANNON (unless I get another surprise Blu-ray in the mail.)
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An Unmarried Gay Man's Dream Casting!
Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are set to star on Broadway in Keith Huff's A STEADY RAIN.
A friend of mine posted a link to the Playbill.com article, and followed up with this comment:
"please please please let there be at least one moment where they are forced to take comfort in each others arms."
;D
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I don't know who Rob Thomas is but he sure entered my pantheon of heroes today!
http://digg.com/d1sGpj
Yeah, Rob Thomas!
*And there are some other quite wonderful and moving "opinions" on The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/california-prop-8) today.
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I have actually finished my review pile for a day or two. Larry, have you seen the new BD of the 2006 Covent Garden Don Giovanni? It was great! Not a moment of Eurotrash in sight. :)
My favorite SETTING OFF THE SMOKE ALARM story: in our old house, I had purchased DS Betsy one of those pasta maker thingamajigs. After you've rolled and cut the pasta, you're supposed to put it on wax paper. Well, Betsy placed one of the pieces of wax paper too close to the stove burner and it caught on fire. OK, here's the deal--it was on fire on the stove, which was right next to our sink. A sink has water in it which will douse the flames. So what does Betsy do? Start screaming and running through the house with a piece of flaming wax paper, which is spewing mini-flaming pieces all over the hardwood floor. Not only did the smoke alarm go off, Betsy ended up actually scorching one of our bushes outside where she ultimately threw the remnants. It was hilarious.
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I guess I need to head down now to get some sleep.
Good night!
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DR CP - I thought I saw that poster either when you posted a photo of your library or on your blog, but it never hurts to have an extra!
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The Harlan Ellison documentary arrived and I think I'll view it.
Speaking of Harlan Ellison, according to my Futurama calendar, today is his 75th birthday! Happy Birthday to Harlan Ellison!
:D
It is Ellison's birthday, I called him up and starting singing that ole childhood bit of nostalgia, "Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too." And he hung up on me!
LOL.....exactly what the man in the documentary would have done. I remember him writing in THE GLASS TEAT that on the night THE OSCAR was scheduled to be on television, he planned to just take his phone off the hook and ignore any communication......but he forgot it would be on three hours earlier on the East Coast and had to field several calls....
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Heavy rains here now accompanied by thunder and lightning.
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Has Harlan ever discussed Percy Faith's score to THE OSCAR?
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Page Seven Harlan Ellison response to Christmas Cards Dance.
(http://www.hembeck.com/Images/FredSez/HarlanEllisonXmasCard489.jpg)
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I had lunch at Hugo's and have finished everything to do with the cast album, and have had several telephonic conversations with various building permit people - I've been given the number of the inspector who's handling the property next door and will be calling them - he can tell these people to hold the noise down. I also talked to the construction company who have now changed their story - they WERE supposed to be finished yesterday, but the owners have asked for more work - some drainage stuff. It really will be neverending until the two-story monstrosity is built and these entitled peckerwoods waltz in to their new home. If they'd been smart, they would have knocked on my door and the door of the people to the north of them and apologized up front for any inconvenience. When they do move in all I can tell you is I will make their life as much a living hell as they've made mine - that I can promise you.
I've started yet another trend.
Tilting with windmills?
der brucer
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ASK BK
Let's try these titles for the soundtrack releases
UA MOVIES
Ernest Gold (The Defiant Ones)
Johnny Mandel (I Want To Live!)
Non UA Films But Great Composers
Elmer Bernstein (The Buccaneer)
Dimitri Tiomkin (The Old Man and The Sea)
Excellent guesses. Incorrect, but excellent.
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I'm caught up, but have nothing to say.
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I'm really enjoying the Sprint commercial where a wedding director calls for "the stunt groom". Can't wait for the honeymoon sequel and the call for "the stunt c***".
Perhps BK can get some royalties.
der Brucer
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DR CP - I thought I saw that poster either when you posted a photo of your library or on your blog, but it never hurts to have an extra!
I think I've got an extra somewhere around here.
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..but since no one here seems to like CHESS, I'm not so disappointed anymore.
Well, I for one really like the music from CHESS; Woody and I saw both the original production in London and a revised US Version in Long Beach, CA. The book has some near fatal problems which make stage productions less than overwhelming, but the wonderful score makes a ticket worthwhile.
der Brucer
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I don't mind Chess.
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I don't mind checkers.
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I picked up the new Season Two Volume Two of The Mod Squad - good watchin' ahead with Pete, Linc, and Julie.
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I don't mind checkers.
You and Richard Nixon.
der Brucer
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Well, tomorrow is another... well, it is already tomorrow here, so...
Goodnight.
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Just after midnight I'll be giving everyone the jump on our new soundtrack release. The cast album will follow a week later - it was simply going to be madness to do them together.
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I'll be asleep before midnight. Hope I get up early enough to order new soundtrack cd.
Good evening everyone.
It's late and I must go to sleep. Really sleepy week.
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Have a stress free Thursday. ;)
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Congratulations on getting your new computer, DR George!
Thanks Ginny and FJL! I opened the box with the monitor and wow! It's big! I can't wait to set it all up...but I must. :D
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I'll be curious to hear about the PBS IN THE HEIGHTS shows. The PBS station i get on digital is not showing it (or at least it's not scheduled this week). But i have another PBS station that i can record on my VCR and i see it is on at 5am on Friday.
I really enjoyed it. I loved IN THE HEIGHTS, so it was really fun to see the documentary
I just watched this and loved it. It was done very well...in my humble opinion (IMHO in Internet lingo).