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Title: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 12:23:11 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were hopefully noteworthy, and now it is time for you to post until yesterday's cows come home.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 12:23:58 AM
And the word of the day is: SHIBBOLETH!
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 12:24:32 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 12:34:15 AM
Word of the day,  how would it apply to typed language on the internet?
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 12:34:56 AM
Topic of the Day:  hmm...that's going to take some thought.  The first thing that comes to mind (whether anyone else wants it, or if it's even worth it) is the soundtrack to "At Long Last Love."
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Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 12:38:00 AM
Hi George.   Glad your show is going well.
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 12:39:03 AM
Hi George.   Glad your show is going well.

Thanks!  Only five performances (and one pick-up rehearsal) left. :D
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Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 12:43:50 AM

The article about Michelle Nicastro was very nice.

I'll have to listen to the Toonful cd's after work today.


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Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 12:46:31 AM
Must sleep so I can get up in the morning.

Goodnight.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 12:48:23 AM
The two Toonful CDs are wonderful, but the first one is pure magic - just one of those times when the stars were in the right position and everything went perfectly, save for a really bad drummer, but we fixed him up pretty good, too, thanks to Vinnie.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 12:49:43 AM
I was just alerted to what looks to be a fantastic DVD (and Blu-Ray) from Japan - a concert of Joe Hisaishi's 25 years doing scores for Studio Ghibli.  I love Hisaishi's music and this looks like a swell set, so I ordered the Blu-Ray which looks to be region free.
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 01:05:47 AM
Topic of the Day (continued):  the London cast recording of 1776.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 04:55:04 AM
Good morning, all! I have a morning with the McGlinnventory and then I am back here for more work on Liz Callaway's charts. I would prefer not to go today, but I would rather go in this morning and take Thursday off to finish up, if I need to.

DR George, thanks for the article on Michelle. I had no idea she was going through all of that. She really is a wonderful lady, and I wish her all thr best.

TOD: Most of the recordings I've wanted to see transferred have been, although HarperCollins is letting the Camden catalog rot. I would love to see all of their spoken word albums, especially the plays, released. It's criminal.
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Post by: FJL on July 07, 2009, 04:58:03 AM
I'm hoping we'll finalize the work on that big group of returns today  - hoping, but not hopeful.
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Post by: Michael on July 07, 2009, 05:31:00 AM
I had no idea about Michelle.

I am so glad that I have all her cds

and that includes he solo cd On My Own

and her third concept album Reel Imagination

and of course her appearances on

The Burt Bacarach Album (ALFIE)
Everyone Has A Story (FRIENDS)
Hollywood Christmas (CHRISTMAS STAR0
Jeepers Creepers (AURORA)
Lost In Boston (WHEN I WENT HOME)
Lost In Boston III (PICK UP THE PIECES)
Unsung Musical (THERE ARE DAYS)
Unsung Musical II (BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS)
Shakespeare on Broadway (WHAT DO I DO NOW? Un Chanson de M. B. Kimmel)
Musical Adventures of Peter Pan (NEVER NEVER LAND)
Primetime Musicals (LISTEN TO YOUR HEART)

S.T.A.G.E. #11 Benefit Cast Recording: Over The Rainbow: The Music Of Harold Arlen (GET HAPPY)
S.T.A.G.E. #13 Benefit Cast Recording: Cole Porter: A Musical Toast (LOVE OF MY LIFE)
S.T.A.G.E. #14 Benefit Cast Recording: Lerner, Loewe, Lane and Friends (FROM THIS DAY ON)

Studio Cast Recording of PARDON MY ENGLISH

Recording of MERLIN (see Unsung Musical II and Something More)





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Post by: Druxy on July 07, 2009, 05:37:09 AM
I know that you've said that Universal is a "hard nut to crack," but I would love to see Kritzerland release the score of RUN OF THE ARROW by Victor Young.

If needed, I will send you a nutcracker.
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Post by: Michael on July 07, 2009, 05:37:33 AM
TOD

I think that one of the rarest cast albums ever

CLOWNAROUND

A musical directed by Gene Kelly
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on July 07, 2009, 05:39:28 AM
And the word of the day is: SHIBBOLETH!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  PLAIN WE LIVE
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Post by: Michael on July 07, 2009, 05:41:50 AM
BK

Do you still have Michelle's recordings?

Perhaps you can put together "A BEST OF" cd and profits can go to Breast Cancer research?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 06:10:16 AM
Good rehearsal last night.  Tonight we stage "the fight."

Whew!
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 06:10:51 AM
TOD:

Man With a Load of Mischief - off Broadway musical from the 60's.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 06:14:01 AM
TOD:

Man With a Load of Mischief - off Broadway musical from the 60's.

Bingo! It's  a shame this has never been released. What a wonderful small show.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 06:14:27 AM
Number One on the TOD however IS

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa88/rumrec/DSC01788.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 06:15:27 AM
I have the LP....which I got for fifty cents and now sells for $85 and more.....it's a lovely Space Pop, erzatz Middle Eastern LP with intriguing vocals and instrumentation.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 06:17:53 AM
Number One on the TOD however IS

(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa88/rumrec/DSC01788.jpg)
I was sure you were going to say ALL IN LOVE!

I have never forgiven Anita Darian for that maudlin rendition of "Bill" on the Columbi8a studio cast SHOW BOAT with Barbara Cook and John Raitt.

Okay, off to the East Side. I wrote two pages of score in the last hour.
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Post by: Ginny on July 07, 2009, 06:21:40 AM
Tuesday morning greetings!  Today I have to attend 2 (count 'em, 2) bored board meetings.  This afternoon, in Dayton, with the grantwriters, and this evening, here in Middletown, with my AAUW friends.  When today is over, I can concentrate the next 2 days on getting ready to go to Chicago for ALA.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 06:23:13 AM
DR ELMORE if you listen to the other album....all will be forgiven.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 06:42:22 AM
TOD:

DONNYBROOK (but I'm suspecting...yes, I'm suspecting...)
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Post by: Jennifer on July 07, 2009, 07:19:28 AM
My poor niece! After her weekend burn ordeal now her knee is all banged up. When my sis went to pick her up from daycare yesterday her knee was worse than her burns.

Apparently some girl accidently knocked her over and there was blood everywhere. And unfortunately the band-aids at the daycare hurt like heck to take off. She didn't cry during the fall, or the spraying of the knee. But she screamed when my sis took off that band-aid.

At least the burn is old news now.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 07, 2009, 07:21:53 AM
DR MattH, there is A LOT more Phillip3 on Tuesday's US Y&R (no rafe and adam although they are previewed for US wed).

I thought tuesday's show was one of the best in a while (although last friday's was good too).
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 07:25:11 AM
Now I shall try to download some vids from my camera.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 07:33:03 AM
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... Wassup?
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 07:46:36 AM
DR MattH, there is A LOT more Phillip3 on Tuesday's US Y&R (no rafe and adam although they are previewed for US wed).

I thought tuesday's show was one of the best in a while (although last friday's was good too).

I had read this was going to be a red letter day, so I'm looking forward to watching it. Thanks for the preview.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 07:47:44 AM
DR Michael Shayne:

It was Tucker Smith who dubbed Russ Tamblyn, not Robert Tucker (whoever that is).

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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 07:48:25 AM
Good morning!

Another humid, hot day here with more temps in the 90s. Ugh!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 07:49:45 AM
Unless something comes in the mail today, it's going to be another day off for me. I see no need of doing REPULSION on Blu-ray so far away from its street date (and since I did do the DVD, there's a review up already, and with such a wonderful video transfer, I expect the Blu-ray will be equally as good if not more so with the increased resolution.)
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Post by: Kerry on July 07, 2009, 07:50:10 AM
Good Morning.  Another hot day in the Valley of the Sun.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 07:52:04 AM
I do have last night's RAISING THE BAR and MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST I can watch (though I suspect I'll save D-LIST for WEdnesday at lunch time).

I'd like to do another Warner Archive set, maybe a Tarzan or IDIOT'S DELIGHT with Shearer and Gable.

And there is a stack of Blu-rays I can pick from, too, as well as some Christmas present DVDs unwatched as yet (PETE KELLY'S BLUES springs immediately to mind).
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 07:59:46 AM
On TV TOnight!™

ABC - SUPERSTARS, PRIMETIME: FAMILY SECRETS
NBC - GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
TNT - HAWTHORNE, SAVING GRACE
FX  - RESCUE ME
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:11:20 AM
Hmmmm picture but no sound.  It has to be something I am/am not doing.  But I am on my way!
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Post by: Laura on July 07, 2009, 08:15:06 AM
Good Morning.  Another hot day in the Valley of the Sun.

But notice that we are not complaining.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 08:24:03 AM
I'm up - very noisy this morning.  When I first heard the noise I was in a dream and thought it was happening at eleven at night and in the dream I was already out the door and on my way over there.  Then I woke up.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 07, 2009, 08:32:10 AM
DR MattH, there is A LOT more Phillip3 on Tuesday's US Y&R (no rafe and adam although they are previewed for US wed).

I thought tuesday's show was one of the best in a while (although last friday's was good too).

I had read this was going to be a red letter day, so I'm looking forward to watching it. Thanks for the preview.

I hope it does not get cut off due to the michael jackson coverage.

Since you're not really involved yet in the other storylines probably only the end will interest you.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 07, 2009, 08:33:36 AM
Tonight here we have Canada's Next Top Model. Really good season. Tonight Miss Jay is coming to coach the F4 in runway. Geez with him, jay manuel as host, nigel and nole (sp?) it's almost ANTM!
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Post by: FJL on July 07, 2009, 08:34:40 AM
DtM- Donnybrook? 

Sez who?

(almost a Donnybrook reverence, sort of)
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:38:40 AM
Just posted some rehearsal photos from MAN OF LA MANCHA...I am sure they will be immediately picked up by Playbill.com and broadwayworld,com for their UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS sections.

http://www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com/photo/categories.php?cat_id=115
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:49:02 AM
DR MattH, there is A LOT more Phillip3 on Tuesday's US Y&R (no rafe and adam although they are previewed for US wed).

I thought tuesday's show was one of the best in a while (although last friday's was good too).

I had read this was going to be a red letter day, so I'm looking forward to watching it. Thanks for the preview.

I hope it does not get cut off due to the michael jackson coverage.

Since you're not really involved yet in the other storylines probably only the end will interest you.


If it does get cut off, I'll just record the rebroadcast on SoapNet tonight. No sweat.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:52:10 AM
TOD:

Well, I'd love to have that one favorite LP of mine that's never been ported over to CD:

STARS OF THE SILVER SCREEN 1928-1930 with songs from George Jessel, Fanny Brice, Everett Marshall, John Boles, Bebe Daniels, Gloria Swanson. They aren't soundtrack excerpts. They were studio recordings of songs they sang in early sound movies.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:53:12 AM
Now I must head down to check the mail and then get started on fixing some lunch.

WBBL.
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Post by: DAW on July 07, 2009, 08:57:55 AM
DR JRand58 - great photos. 

I like how you're updating the play: Sancho Panza checking accuweather.com on his wireless netbook!      ;)
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Post by: DAW on July 07, 2009, 09:02:01 AM
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Canadian actor hand-picked by Sir Andrew to play the lead role in Phantom of the Opera II: Love Never Dies

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SlNMMyHe02I/AAAAAAAAETQ/20q2x90FrGE/s320/UINTD2.jpg)
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 09:10:27 AM
DR JRand58 - great photos. 

I like how you're updating the play: Sancho Panza checking accuweather.com on his wireless netbook!      ;)

I thought it was a necessity...there is NO SHOW that cannot be improved by interpolating the latest technology!
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Post by: FJL on July 07, 2009, 09:34:37 AM
TCB - Got your message about YouTube.  Thanks!
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 09:36:50 AM
Looks like Erik has been working out.
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Post by: FJL on July 07, 2009, 09:42:58 AM
Golden notebook of Jack Randall
Can we handle such a pearl
So much turf's there when he surfs there
He won't stop 'til he's our Earl

(almost a Golden Helmet of mambrino reference)

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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 09:44:54 AM
Very interesting things this morning, at least for the likes of me.  First of all, since last night, I was not seeing my roadrunner home screen - it was completely white.  I checked everything but still white.  This morning same thing.  Then I went into the other room and turned on the TV - and got a message saying that DirecTV hasn't been able to make a daily call for over ninety days.  Odd that - certainly predating the switch to the new TV.  I called them, but their system is updating so they asked me to call back in a few hours for troubleshooting.  When I'd previously seen this message I tried the phone setting test, which failed.  Wasn't getting a dial tone.  So, I tried it again today - same thing.  Then I realized that when I have messages in voice mail, it gives me a broken tone signal and call in devices don't get a straight dial tone (I learned this when trying to add postage to the Pitney Bowes machine).  So, I cleared the messages and tried again.  This time it got dial tone but I got the message "phone in use" - that made no sense.  So, I went in and looked at the access number it was dialing - same as always.  I decided to choose another - and that's where I realized what the problem was.  In giving me the choices for the new call-in number it asked if I just wanted to use the number or the area code and the number or 1 plus the area code and the number.  Well, duh - ninety days ago they made it so that we in the Valley have to actually dial our own area code to make a local call.  Bingo.  So, I set it up to dial 1 plus the area code, did the test, test worked, and finally it was able to update.  Problem solved all by myself.  So empowered, I came back to my computer and saw the white roadrunner home screen.  I cleared the Safari cache and logged on again - bingo - got my home screen!  Jose will be proud of me.
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Post by: Michael on July 07, 2009, 10:25:50 AM
DR Michael Shayne:

It was Tucker Smith who dubbed Russ Tamblyn, not Robert Tucker (whoever that is).



Of course. Robert Tucker was an opera singer (I think) who died in the early 80's
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 10:42:02 AM
DtM- Donnybrook? 

Sez who?

(almost a Donnybrook reverence, sort of)

Well, I'm not sayin' that I wouldn't bet one penny...
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Post by: JMK on July 07, 2009, 10:44:52 AM
Hi, all.  Well, hell week has begun in earnest.  Sitzprobe last night.  Dress tech tonight, then invited audience dress tomorrow and Thursday and our opening on Friday.  Pray for Rosemary's Baby--I'm dealing with a director who has never done a musical before and does not seem to get that in a musical you want to treat the band (not to mention the MD) with at least a little respect.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 10:46:43 AM
Good Afternoon!

And as Michael Jackson's casket has just been placed in front of the stage at the Staples Center... And as NBC - and probably the other networks (hastily) removed the network banner along the bottom of the screen...

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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 10:47:36 AM
And now a severe weather alert is crawling across of the screen...
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Post by: JMK on July 07, 2009, 10:50:20 AM
If you could get the rights, BK, there are two Sergio Mendes albums left that have never been released on CD, and I'm sure they would both sell very well:  his 1963 Philips release "Quiet Nights" (instrumentals, lovely, extremely rare album, released years after it was recorded) and Sergio's much sought after live album for A&M (released only in the UK and Japan), recorded in 1972 IIRC, "Live at the Greek Carnival," which has the added attraction of being one of only two albums Sergio featured Geri (AKA Dodie) Stevens on as co-lead singer with his wife Gracinha.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 10:50:31 AM
Just posted some rehearsal photos from MAN OF LA MANCHA...I am sure they will be immediately picked up by Playbill.com and broadwayworld,com for their UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS sections.

http://www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com/photo/categories.php?cat_id=115

That one little toughie is really getting into attacking Sancho in that third pic!  Is she bringing something outside into the role?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 10:50:32 AM
Hi, all.  Well, hell week has begun in earnest.  Sitzprobe last night.  Dress tech tonight, then invited audience dress tomorrow and Thursday and our opening on Friday.  Pray for Rosemary's Baby--I'm dealing with a director who has never done a musical before and does not seem to get that in a musical you want to treat the band (not to mention the MD) with at least a little respect.

WOW, DR JMK! It's just like you're working on Broadway!

::)


*I'm still amazed that when the press releases for a Broadway show go out, the one crucial person of the production staff that is usually left out is the Musical Director/Conductor.  -However, Musical Supervisor's tend to get listed.  I wonder if some Union and/or contractual arrangement involved.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 10:52:38 AM
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Canadian actor hand-picked by Sir Andrew to play the lead role in Phantom of the Opera II: Love Never Dies

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SlNMMyHe02I/AAAAAAAAETQ/20q2x90FrGE/s320/UINTD2.jpg)

Yep, I would have hand-picked him, too.  Several times.  Just to make sure...
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 10:54:11 AM
Uh oh....they hired the Tony soundman for the MJ Service.  I am having very ambivalent feelings about this whole event, and don't think I will watch the rest of it.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 10:55:28 AM
Yes DR DtM - that is Kyla....she plays fast pitch softball and knows exactly what to do in every situation, so naturally I cast her as Antonia the niece with the  plan.....
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 10:57:16 AM
MR BK will soon be GETTING calls from tech support!
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 10:57:48 AM
Had to package up a couple of orders, send in the contract for the new Kritzerland release, pay Kritzerland bills (endless), and now I shall endeavor to do the long and/or two-mile jog.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 10:58:15 AM
Walked past the magazine rack at WalMart today - and you can almost watch Michael Jackson grow up on all the covers.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 10:58:44 AM
COPS AND ROBBERS is still sealed in my DVD holder increasing in value as we speak.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 11:00:03 AM
Nope...had to turn it off.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 11:04:41 AM
Well, you can learn something new every day...

For years I thought it was Sammy Davis, Jr. who sang the title song (as the Cheshire Cat) in WHAT'S A NICE KID LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, the Hanna-Barbera version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.  Turns out it was Scatman Crothers.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 11:09:37 AM
bk - Yes, I am proud.

And relieved. ;)
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 11:14:43 AM
TOD:

Thought of another show I want on cd:  EUBIE!
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Post by: DAW on July 07, 2009, 11:21:58 AM
another show

And Philemon!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 11:38:45 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

It's not a show-related recording, but I would love to have Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's recording of the Three Songs, Op. 45, that Samuel Barber wrote for him.  I remember listening to those in Song Literature class in college - on LP, of course.  And the title of the second song is still one of my favorites: "A Green Lowland of Pianos".
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 11:39:19 AM
Walked past the magazine rack at WalMart today - and you can almost watch Michael Jackson grow up on all the covers.

And fall apart on them as well.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 11:39:33 AM
DR DAW wasn't that the title of a Neil Diamond song?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 11:40:05 AM
I am attempting to upload a BRIEF rehearsal video on Facebook....we shall see.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 11:40:31 AM
Hi, all.  Well, hell week has begun in earnest.  Sitzprobe last night.  Dress tech tonight, then invited audience dress tomorrow and Thursday and our opening on Friday.  Pray for Rosemary's Baby--I'm dealing with a director who has never done a musical before and does not seem to get that in a musical you want to treat the band (not to mention the MD) with at least a little respect.

Sounds like Broadway.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 11:42:56 AM
Between Facebook, Twitter and the TV broadcasts, this truly has to be one of the weirdest funerals ever.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 11:48:09 AM
In other news... It seems there's a chance that I - and Monkey - may have to brush up on my French and Flemish.  Hmmm....
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 11:54:24 AM
Intriguing DR JOSE.
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 11:55:20 AM
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Canadian actor hand-picked by Sir Andrew to play the lead role in Phantom of the Opera II: Love Never Dies

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SlNMMyHe02I/AAAAAAAAETQ/20q2x90FrGE/s320/UINTD2.jpg)

Oh, brother. ::)

Okay, he's gorgeous (really (http://www.raminkarimloo.net/photos/UINTD2.jpg) GORGEOUS (http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318/nickp730/danielboys-cosmo1.jpg) ;))
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:04:05 PM
DR JANE - the UFO HUNTERS came to Indiana to tape a segment in May - they included our friends Jason and Rachel who run MRIPA - http://www.mripa.net/ - who asked us to participate as well.  That is the episode that will air on July 22.

The production company - Lisa Pollack of Motion Picture Production Inc - http://www.motionpictureprod.com/ - VP of Non Scripted Development Programming signed Jason and Rachel up for a year, they are shooting their pilot on August 8th...and they want my sister and I as a family of Psychics as semi regulars on the program....including trips to various sites such as Stonehenge, the Mayan ruins, and other places of interest.

Hence -- my passport.  Of course this is all IN DEVELOPMENT and we have neither seen nor signed any contracts....I think it all depends on the pilot, which is ALL about Jason and Rachel and which right now does not include us.

And that's the long answer to your question, DR JANE.  News as it becomes available.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:10:22 PM
My video is still encoding.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 12:13:10 PM
The Show - well, the Opera - Must Go On! (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/mezzo-soprano-hobbled-but-still-singing/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat)

*Even if it means that the leading diva will be performing on crutches or in a wheelchair!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 12:16:55 PM
OY! OY! OY! OY! OY!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 12:21:20 PM
OY! OY! OY! OY! OY!

He did just come down from the stage... and go to the casket... and touch it...


OY! OY OY! OY!
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:24:11 PM
Oh it's up if you are on the Putnam County Playhouse Facebook group.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:24:44 PM
Page Four Moonwalk Dance.....in your imagination.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:25:48 PM
And on and on and on and on.....................
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Post by: Ben on July 07, 2009, 12:25:50 PM
Who???

It started at 12 noon and it's now after 3. It's gonna be a long afternoon.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on July 07, 2009, 12:35:27 PM
OY! OY! OY! OY! OY!

He did just come down from the stage... and go to the casket... and touch it...


OY! OY OY! OY!

Jackie Mason's at Michael Jackson's funeral?
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 12:45:05 PM
Back from the long jog.  Shall now go ship packages and hopefully pick up a couple.
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Post by: JMK on July 07, 2009, 12:45:37 PM
Strange but true department:  Gabe had his Hebrew lesson today for the upcoming Bar Mitzvah.  Zach and I usually walk around the neighborhood where his lesson is.  Today we were walking and spotted a fenced yard with a bunch of chickens and Zach said, "Wow!  Look at those chickens!"  At that exact moment another chicken--outside the fence--popped up in the flowers right next to Zach and he said without missing a beat, "Wow, look at *that* chicken!"  So this chicken started following us.  And I was a little concerned it would get hit by a car.  So I went to the door, rang the doorbell--no one home.  At this point the chicken is out in the middle of the road.  I walk up to the fence (where the "inside" chickens are totally freaked out that Harold--what I named him, though I don't if he was a rooster--was "outside."  And I ask Zach, "What do you think will happen if I call him?"  And I say, "Here, chicken," at which point the damned thing runs right over to me and sits at my feet.  So I gingerly picked it up and placed it back inside the fence!  I have never picked up a live chicken before--who says you can't teach a curmudgeonly old musician new tricks?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:56:21 PM
You should have let him cross the road and answered that question once and for all.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:56:58 PM
I want mine just like that....over at the Odd Fellows Hall, I think they twenty or thirty chairs....which should be enough.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 12:57:16 PM
To be followed by the world's largest Garage Sale!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:15:52 PM
Hi, all.  Well, hell week has begun in earnest.  Sitzprobe last night.  Dress tech tonight, then invited audience dress tomorrow and Thursday and our opening on Friday.  Pray for Rosemary's Baby--I'm dealing with a director who has never done a musical before and does not seem to get that in a musical you want to treat the band (not to mention the MD) with at least a little respect.

It would be nice if everyone were treated with respect.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:18:11 PM
OY! OY! OY! OY! OY!

This is a Jewish service?
:-\
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:19:48 PM
I watched last night's RAISING THE BAR while eating lunch. I thought for sure there was going to be a romance between Charlie and the new judge, but unless he's playing coy, I guess not.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:20:57 PM
I went ahead and watched NEXT week's episode of NURSE JACKIE which was up on Showtime on Demand. A lovely episode with Judith Ivey as a former nurse dying of lung cancer. Very moving show.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:23:04 PM
I had been meaning to watch BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, the fairly recent movie version of the classic, and I never could manage to catch it on Starz, but today I found it at Starz On Demand, so I watched that next. Eh, not very good, to be honest. I did like Emma Thompson, but I thought the actress playing Julia was particularly bland.
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Post by: DAW on July 07, 2009, 01:24:26 PM
Very exciting and intriguing potential international developments for both DR JoseSPiano and DR JRand58!!!!       :D

Keeping my fingers crossed!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:25:16 PM
I was going to watch THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, but it appeared that either an earlier episode was being shown or they played THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL instead (Susan Flannery isn't on Y&R, is she?) since at 1 p.m., it switched to the funeral. I set the DVR to record THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from SoapNet tonight at 7.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 01:26:31 PM
So, I watched about a half an hour of MY FAIR LADY but with the commentary track on. I'm not sure I ever listened to the commentary track before, Marni Nixon has been edited into the talk between Robert Harris, Katz, and Gene Allen.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 01:49:49 PM
Very exciting and intriguing potential international developments for both DR JoseSPiano and DR JRand58!!!!       :D

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Thanks, DR DAW.  Me, too!
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 01:50:30 PM
I shall soon be on my way to rehearsal to stage the fight between Don Q. and the muleteers, featuring Sancho and Aldonza.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 01:51:01 PM
When MY BLOOD RUNS COLD was featured on the CBS Thursday Night Movie, Ms Judith Crist in TV GUIDE proclaimed it tepid.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 02:14:50 PM
Well, for those of you lke me who deliberately missed The Funeral, the news media is insuring that you do not by replaying the damned shebang on the news! Not one person there referred to the dead star as a sistah. Bums me out.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 02:17:05 PM
When MY BLOOD RUNS COLD was featured on the CBS Thursday Night Movie, Ms Judith Crist in TV GUIDE proclaimed it tepid.

That Judith; she was such a card!
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 02:18:45 PM
Well, for those of you lke me who deliberately missed The Funeral, the news media is insuring that you do not by replaying the damned shebang on the news! Not one person there referred to the dead star as a sistah. Bums me out.

I didn't care AT ALL about The Funeral; well, only insofar as it would affect normal programming. I notice several networks have now revised their prime time plans and are airing news shows tonight which I'm sure will all be about today's events.

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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 02:20:17 PM
I have some reading to do now before I head down to continue with the evening viewing.


WBBL.
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 02:52:26 PM

The article about Michelle Nicastro was very nice.


Yes.  Stage IV! :o  It is a miracle she is here.

This is the the company (http://www.kleenfeet.com/AboutUs.html) my younger cousin started, for very similar reasons.  The photo is of my cousin.  She spent many hours helping others going through what she went through.

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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 02:55:15 PM


At least the burn is old news now.

This made me laugh.  I hope everything heals quickly.  BTW, a wet band aide comes off more easily.  A little mineral oil can help too.
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 02:57:27 PM
Respect vibes for DR JMK!
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 02:58:49 PM
In other news... It seems there's a chance that I - and Monkey - may have to brush up on my French and Flemish.  Hmmm....

Hmmmmm......? :)
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 03:01:11 PM
DR JANE - the UFO HUNTERS came to Indiana to tape a segment in May - they included our friends Jason and Rachel who run MRIPA - http://www.mripa.net/ - who asked us to participate as well.  That is the episode that will air on July 22.

The production company - Lisa Pollack of Motion Picture Production Inc - http://www.motionpictureprod.com/ - VP of Non Scripted Development Programming signed Jason and Rachel up for a year, they are shooting their pilot on August 8th...and they want my sister and I as a family of Psychics as semi regulars on the program....including trips to various sites such as Stonehenge, the Mayan ruins, and other places of interest.

Hence -- my passport.  Of course this is all IN DEVELOPMENT and we have neither seen nor signed any contracts....I think it all depends on the pilot, which is ALL about Jason and Rachel and which right now does not include us.

And that's the long answer to your question, DR JANE.  News as it becomes available.

Thank for the details.  If I'm not around to read the news please email it to me.  Vibes it all works out for you.
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 03:03:10 PM
The Show - well, the Opera - Must Go On! (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/mezzo-soprano-hobbled-but-still-singing/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat)

*Even if it means that the leading diva will be performing on crutches or in a wheelchair!

What a trooper! :)
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 03:05:33 PM
DR JMK, great chicken story.

Now I'm all caught up so someone else can post. ;)
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 03:23:13 PM
When I got back from lunch today (Port of Subs), there was a package from Amazon.com waiting for me.  In the package was the DVD to the recent "Chess In Concert" and the corresponding 2-CD set.  Also included was the cast recording to Stephen Sondheim's Road Show and the very first CD of a group called JaLaLa, "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1)  JaLaLa is a three-woman vocal group, made up of Janis Siegel (alto in The Manhattan Transfer), Laurel Massé (original soprano in The Manhattan Transfer) and Lauren Kinhan (I'd never heard of her before, but I found out that she is/was part of New York Voices).  I'll listen to this CD as soon as I'm finished with "Cops and Robbers." :)
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 03:26:32 PM
I am very muchly enjoying "Cops and Robbers"!
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Post by: DAW on July 07, 2009, 03:28:11 PM
Afternoon Critter Encounter Update:

5 doggies
1 kitty
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Post by: FJL on July 07, 2009, 03:36:29 PM
UFO vibes to Jrand!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 07, 2009, 03:52:36 PM
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Canadian actor hand-picked by Sir Andrew to play the lead role in Phantom of the Opera II: Love Never Dies

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SlNMMyHe02I/AAAAAAAAETQ/20q2x90FrGE/s320/UINTD2.jpg)

I still find it funny that we're getting a hunk to pay a role thast depends on a lot of falsetto, a ton of deformed makeup and a silly mask. Has Sir Andrew finally turned gay?

The new star is making appearances on a lot of sites today.
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 03:57:41 PM
....and the very first CD of a group called JaLaLa, "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1)  JaLaLa is a three-woman vocal group, made up of Janis Siegel (alto in The Manhattan Transfer), Laurel Massé (original soprano in The Manhattan Transfer) and Lauren Kinhan (I'd never heard of her before, but I found out that she is/was part of New York Voices)....

BK, since you're the Li'l Abner expert, I have a question (actually, anyone can answer, if they know).  According to the editorial review/product description of "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1), "Standout tracks are; Spring, Spring, Spring from the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Li'l Abner..."  But that song title is not listed on either the Broadway cast recording or the movie soundtrack, nor is it in the Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2585) page for Li'l Abner.  Is this really from Li'l Abner (maybe under a different title) or was it/could it have been written for a different show by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer and the reviewer got his/her facts mixed up?
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Post by: JMK on July 07, 2009, 04:04:02 PM
....and the very first CD of a group called JaLaLa, "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1)  JaLaLa is a three-woman vocal group, made up of Janis Siegel (alto in The Manhattan Transfer), Laurel Massé (original soprano in The Manhattan Transfer) and Lauren Kinhan (I'd never heard of her before, but I found out that she is/was part of New York Voices)....

BK, since you're the Li'l Abner expert, I have a question (actually, anyone can answer, if they know).  According to the editorial review/product description of "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1), "Standout tracks are; Spring, Spring, Spring from the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Li'l Abner..."  But that song title is not listed on either the Broadway cast recording or the movie soundtrack, nor is it in the Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2585) page for Li'l Abner.  Is this really from Li'l Abner (maybe under a different title) or was it/could it have been written for a different show by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer and the reviewer got his/her facts mixed up?

Isn't it from 7 Brides?
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Post by: Jennifer on July 07, 2009, 04:05:42 PM
I was going to watch THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, but it appeared that either an earlier episode was being shown or they played THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL instead (Susan Flannery isn't on Y&R, is she?) since at 1 p.m., it switched to the funeral. I set the DVR to record THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from SoapNet tonight at 7.

Susan Flannery is on the Bold & the Beautiful. I believe they showed that at 12:30pm. I'm guessing they will show today's US episode tomorrow, especially since it's an important one. Interestingly they showed the new episode here on Global. Only the channel was not playing for the first half hour. So i only saw the second part.
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 04:17:09 PM
....and the very first CD of a group called JaLaLa, "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1)  JaLaLa is a three-woman vocal group, made up of Janis Siegel (alto in The Manhattan Transfer), Laurel Massé (original soprano in The Manhattan Transfer) and Lauren Kinhan (I'd never heard of her before, but I found out that she is/was part of New York Voices)....

BK, since you're the Li'l Abner expert, I have a question (actually, anyone can answer, if they know).  According to the editorial review/product description of "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1), "Standout tracks are; Spring, Spring, Spring from the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Li'l Abner..."  But that song title is not listed on either the Broadway cast recording or the movie soundtrack, nor is it in the Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2585) page for Li'l Abner.  Is this really from Li'l Abner (maybe under a different title) or was it/could it have been written for a different show by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer and the reviewer got his/her facts mixed up?

Isn't it from 7 Brides?

That's it. (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Brides-Brothers-1954-Soundtrack/dp/B0000033JJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247007914&sr=8-3)  Thanks!
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Post by: Jennifer on July 07, 2009, 04:18:53 PM
DR MattH, actually I'm gonna change what i wrote above. Apparently Y&R (today's US Tues episode) was shown on the west coast. So CBS might show it sometime during the night.

So they won't be showing today's episode tomorrow (which i think they should have done). This was a key show, and a lot of people are gonna miss it. Although i guess people can watch it on cbs.com.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 04:21:30 PM
Yep, it's not from Li'l Abner.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 04:21:38 PM
Where has this day gone?
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 04:22:20 PM
Did you hear the great song about the Eyetalian bisexual who won't admit he's a bisexual?  Not A Dago's Bi.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 04:22:59 PM
And the one about the Eyetalian bisexual who sort of admits it - Sometimes A Dago's Bi.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 04:25:08 PM
The funny thing about the "king of pop" (I always thought the king was Elvis, but what do I know) has this media frenzy funeral that is ridiculous - and yet real legends, real bona-fide legends like Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly or Alfred Hitchcock or any number of far greater people who had far greater impact on the business we call show - those people don't get this kind of treatment or coverage.
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:26:45 PM
T.O.D.


That's easy.

ON THE FLIP SIDE
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:29:10 PM
Topic of the Day (continued):  the London cast recording of 1776.


The London recording of 1776?  That just seems so wrong.
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:30:12 PM
And the word of the day is: SHIBBOLETH!


I thought Shibboleth was in September?
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 04:35:15 PM
Bruce, dying suddenly & at a young age increases the frenzy & emotion.  I can imagine what it would have been like when Elvis died had the internet been what it is today.  Elvis was the King of Rock & Roll ;)
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 04:38:58 PM
I guess.
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Post by: JMK on July 07, 2009, 04:40:54 PM
Just had a very sweet, unexpected call from Dave Frishberg.  I am beyond excited he is part of this year's Rave in the Nave.

Well, off to Dress Tech.  Vibes appreciated.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JMK on July 07, 2009, 04:41:37 PM
T.O.D.


That's easy.

ON THE FLIP SIDE

That's out already, TCB, in a neat little LP jacket reproduction version.
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:41:53 PM
Just posted some rehearsal photos from MAN OF LA MANCHA...I am sure they will be immediately picked up by Playbill.com and broadwayworld,com for their UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS sections.

http://www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com/photo/categories.php?cat_id=115


Kenny and TJ are cute!
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Post by: Druxy on July 07, 2009, 04:49:33 PM
The funny thing about the "king of pop" (I always thought the king was Elvis, but what do I know) has this media frenzy funeral that is ridiculous - and yet real legends, real bona-fide legends like Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly or Alfred Hitchcock or any number of far greater people who had far greater impact on the business we call show - those people don't get this kind of treatment or coverage.

The difference is that Astaire, Kelly, Hitchcock and the others had "class".

Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 04:49:47 PM
Just posted some rehearsal photos from MAN OF LA MANCHA...I am sure they will be immediately picked up by Playbill.com and broadwayworld,com for their UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS sections.

http://www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com/photo/categories.php?cat_id=115

Kenny and TJ are cute!

Very. ;)
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:55:40 PM
The Show - well, the Opera - Must Go On! (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/mezzo-soprano-hobbled-but-still-singing/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat)

*Even if it means that the leading diva will be performing on crutches or in a wheelchair!

If I was appearing with Juan Diego Flórez, I wouldn't miss a performance either.
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:57:15 PM
OY! OY! OY! OY! OY!

He did just come down from the stage... and go to the casket... and touch it...


OY! OY OY! OY!


I assume you mean Usher.
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Post by: DAW on July 07, 2009, 04:58:40 PM
***DRESS TECH AND RESPECT VIBES***
for DR JMK!!!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 04:59:01 PM
Strange but true department:  Gabe had his Hebrew lesson today for the upcoming Bar Mitzvah.  Zach and I usually walk around the neighborhood where his lesson is.  Today we were walking and spotted a fenced yard with a bunch of chickens and Zach said, "Wow!  Look at those chickens!"  At that exact moment another chicken--outside the fence--popped up in the flowers right next to Zach and he said without missing a beat, "Wow, look at *that* chicken!"  So this chicken started following us.  And I was a little concerned it would get hit by a car.  So I went to the door, rang the doorbell--no one home.  At this point the chicken is out in the middle of the road.  I walk up to the fence (where the "inside" chickens are totally freaked out that Harold--what I named him, though I don't if he was a rooster--was "outside."  And I ask Zach, "What do you think will happen if I call him?"  And I say, "Here, chicken," at which point the damned thing runs right over to me and sits at my feet.  So I gingerly picked it up and placed it back inside the fence!  I have never picked up a live chicken before--who says you can't teach a curmudgeonly old musician new tricks?


Oh Hell, I picked up a lot of chicken when I lived in Portland.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 05:05:56 PM
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Canadian actor hand-picked by Sir Andrew to play the lead role in Phantom of the Opera II: Love Never Dies

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SlNMMyHe02I/AAAAAAAAETQ/20q2x90FrGE/s320/UINTD2.jpg)

I still find it funny that we're getting a hunk to pay a role thast depends on a lot of falsetto, a ton of deformed makeup and a silly mask. Has Sir Andrew finally turned gay?

The new star is making appearances on a lot of sites today.


Please don't let Sir Andrew turn gay.   I would have to turn in my toaster oven.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 05:14:34 PM
Bruce, dying suddenly & at a young age increases the frenzy & emotion.  I can imagine what it would have been like when Elvis died had the internet been what it is today.  Elvis was the King of Rock & Roll ;)

When Michael Jackson named himself the King Of Pop, everyone was outraged everytime the title was used.  But the minute Mr. Jackson died, it has suddenly become gospel.

I have no problem with the outpouring of grief and mourning for Michael Jackson.  In a way it is kind of a relief to know that our society still cares about something or someone other than themselves.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 05:19:04 PM
T.O.D.


That's easy.

ON THE FLIP SIDE

That's out already, TCB, in a neat little LP jacket reproduction version.

But now discontinued and selling for $40.00 and up.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 05:21:28 PM
Hello daughter-in-law!
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Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 05:24:07 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I ran into Ann and Jed and the WCB (World's Cutest Baby) at the grocery store.  I think it was the first time that Toby could actually focus on the fact that Jed and I look so much alike.  I think he was a bit confused.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Laura on July 07, 2009, 05:44:47 PM
I have nothing to say today.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Cillaliz on July 07, 2009, 05:57:21 PM
I watched a lot of the tribute to Michael Jackson.  I am glad I saw it.  I grew up with Michael's music, he's only 2 years older than I am.  I think he was amazingly talented and I'm sorry to see him go.  I especially feel sorry for his kids.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 06:13:12 PM
You won't believe what I've been watching - Show Girl.  Apparently this was taped for Pay TV back when it was on B'way.  We had Pay TV then, so I'm surprised I didn't see it - I did see The Streets Of New York many times.  Anyway, a Kritzerland fan sent it to me - quality is not so great, but you can see everything okay and it's a very interesting revue - and lots more material than what's on the album.
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Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 06:14:35 PM
Also, the new Kritzerland title is uploading so I hope to hear that later, and then tomorrow's work will be listening to it and watching the film, making sure what we've got is in film order.  This one has been completely confusing - the album master doesn't actually match the album, and all these score reels are of varying quality and oddly put together. 
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 06:21:22 PM
That's pretty cool about Show Girl, BK.
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Post by: George on July 07, 2009, 06:22:31 PM
Well, I'm off to the R&J pick-up rehearsal.  It shouldn't take the regular three+ hours...we've been told that we can go through it more quickly.  We'll see how quickly we can go. ;)

Until later!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 06:41:10 PM
Cilla, I thought you would like the new Titanic book.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 06:51:51 PM
DR TCB is there anything new in the Titanic book about my great, great uncle by marriage?  I think it is 2 greats.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 06:54:39 PM
DR TCB is there anything new in the Titanic book about my great, great uncle by marriage?  I think it is 2 greats.


I haven't unsealed the book yet, because I want to be wearing gloves when I open it.  But I doubt it.  I believe it all photos from Robert Ballard's collection.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Cillaliz on July 07, 2009, 07:04:02 PM
Cilla, I thought you would like the new Titanic book.

Yes, Indeed.   I haven't really looked at it yet, perhaps I should show Callie and Boo so they can get it for me for my birthday :)

Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 07:05:03 PM
Cilla, I thought you would like the new Titanic book.

Yes, Indeed.   I haven't really looked at it yet, perhaps I should show Callie and Boo so they can get it for me for my birthday :)




Great idea.  Maybe they can borrow your credit card too.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 07, 2009, 07:08:16 PM
DR Michael Shayne:

It was Tucker Smith who dubbed Russ Tamblyn, not Robert Tucker (whoever that is).




This may have already been mentioned, but Robert Tucker was one of MGM's finest choral directors...and he did such things as

The Sound of Music (1965) (vocal supervisor)
... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
My Fair Lady (1964) (vocal arranger)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) (music arranger: vocals) (as Bobby Tucker)
... aka Jumbo (International: English title: informal short title)
West Side Story (1961) (vocal coach) (as Bobby Tucker)
Can-Can (1960) (vocal supervisor) (as Bobby Tucker)
... aka Cole Porter's Can-Can (USA: complete title)
Gigi (1958) (vocal supervisor)
Merry Andrew (1958) (vocal supervisor)
Les Girls (1957) (vocal supervisor)
... aka Cole Porter's Les Girls (USA: complete title)
Silk Stockings (1957) (vocal supervisor)
This Could Be the Night (1957) (vocal supervisor)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) (vocal supervisor)
The Opposite Sex (1956) (vocal supervisor)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (vocal supervisor)
... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK)
Kismet (1955) (vocal supervisor)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) (vocal supervisor)
Deep in My Heart (1954) (choral arrangements)
Brigadoon (1954) (choral arrangements)
Rose Marie (1954) (vocal supervisor)
Kiss Me Kate (1953) (vocal supervisor)
Lovely to Look at (1952) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
The Belle of New York (1952) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (uncredited)
Show Boat (1951) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) (vocal supervisor) (uncredited)
Stars in My Crown (1950) (vocal music arranger)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
... aka Everybody's Cheering (UK)
Words and Music (1948) (vocal music arranger)
Easter Parade (1948) (vocal arrangements)
... aka Irving Berlin's Easter Parade (USA: complete title)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (music arranger: vocals) (uncredited)
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 07:09:49 PM
This was my other purchase last week.  Unfortunately, I should have spent the money on photography lessons because I had a terrible time trying to take a good shot of this watch.

(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/TheWatch-1.jpg)
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Cillaliz on July 07, 2009, 07:11:02 PM
Cilla, I thought you would like the new Titanic book.

Yes, Indeed.   I haven't really looked at it yet, perhaps I should show Callie and Boo so they can get it for me for my birthday :)




Great idea.  Maybe they can borrow your credit card too.

If they did I can't even imagine what they would do at Petco.com
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: TCB on July 07, 2009, 07:11:13 PM




G'night!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Cillaliz on July 07, 2009, 07:12:04 PM
Great Watch TCB!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 07, 2009, 07:14:39 PM
Bruce, dying suddenly & at a young age increases the frenzy & emotion.  I can imagine what it would have been like when Elvis died had the internet been what it is today.  Elvis was the King of Rock & Roll ;)

When Michael Jackson named himself the King Of Pop, everyone was outraged everytime the title was used.  But the minute Mr. Jackson died, it has suddenly become gospel.

I have no problem with the outpouring of grief and mourning for Michael Jackson.  In a way it is kind of a relief to know that our society still cares about something or someone other than themselves.


Yes, there is that aspect in your last sentence to consider.  And feelings for the family, of course, are the important thing.

Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 07, 2009, 07:18:03 PM
TOD:  One of my guiltiest pleasures is Riz Ortolani's "The Yellow Rolls-Royce".  I'd love for that to be on CD one day.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 07:21:03 PM
DR TCB is there anything new in the Titanic book about my great, great uncle by marriage?  I think it is 2 greats.


I haven't unsealed the book yet, because I want to be wearing gloves when I open it.  But I doubt it.  I believe it all photos from Robert Ballard's collection.

Good idea not to spend too much time handling the book.  Enjoy!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 07:23:21 PM
Fancy watch. :) 
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Post by: Jane on July 07, 2009, 07:23:37 PM
'night
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 07:25:11 PM
Listening to the new Kritzerland release - sounds good to my ears - another masterful job with material that ranged from excellent to problematic.  You'd never know it.  And what a delightfully delightful score it is.  I've only got the first fourteen tracks, the rest are still uploading.  I think there are twenty-four tracks or more, all told.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 07:25:29 PM
I shall shortly be on my way to do some editing.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ann on July 07, 2009, 07:40:34 PM
Good evening!  I was catching up earlier, but I fell asleep in the middle of it.  Now I am awake and here to post.  Not that I have anything to say, mind you. 
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Michael on July 07, 2009, 07:41:56 PM
DR Michael Shayne:

It was Tucker Smith who dubbed Russ Tamblyn, not Robert Tucker (whoever that is).




This may have already been mentioned, but Robert Tucker was one of MGM's finest choral directors...and he did such things as

The Sound of Music (1965) (vocal supervisor)
... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
My Fair Lady (1964) (vocal arranger)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) (music arranger: vocals) (as Bobby Tucker)
... aka Jumbo (International: English title: informal short title)
West Side Story (1961) (vocal coach) (as Bobby Tucker)
Can-Can (1960) (vocal supervisor) (as Bobby Tucker)
... aka Cole Porter's Can-Can (USA: complete title)
Gigi (1958) (vocal supervisor)
Merry Andrew (1958) (vocal supervisor)
Les Girls (1957) (vocal supervisor)
... aka Cole Porter's Les Girls (USA: complete title)
Silk Stockings (1957) (vocal supervisor)
This Could Be the Night (1957) (vocal supervisor)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) (vocal supervisor)
The Opposite Sex (1956) (vocal supervisor)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (vocal supervisor)
... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK)
Kismet (1955) (vocal supervisor)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) (vocal supervisor)
Deep in My Heart (1954) (choral arrangements)
Brigadoon (1954) (choral arrangements)
Rose Marie (1954) (vocal supervisor)
Kiss Me Kate (1953) (vocal supervisor)
Lovely to Look at (1952) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
The Belle of New York (1952) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (uncredited)
Show Boat (1951) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) (vocal supervisor) (uncredited)
Stars in My Crown (1950) (vocal music arranger)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) (music arranger: vocal arrangements)
... aka Everybody's Cheering (UK)
Words and Music (1948) (vocal music arranger)
Easter Parade (1948) (vocal arrangements)
... aka Irving Berlin's Easter Parade (USA: complete title)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (music arranger: vocals) (uncredited)

Then who am I thinking of.

He was a singer.

Died of from AIDS in the 80's

I know there are cds out there by him
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ann on July 07, 2009, 07:42:53 PM
Wait, I do have something to say.  I had truly hoped that Phantom 2 was a bad joke thought up by someone and spread around the internet...it seems that I was wrong.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Laura on July 07, 2009, 08:01:05 PM
Wait, I do have something to say.  I had truly hoped that Phantom 2 was a bad joke thought up by someone and spread around the internet...it seems that I was wrong.

I think it sounds like a Saturday Night Live joke or something.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:07:53 PM
....and the very first CD of a group called JaLaLa, "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1)  JaLaLa is a three-woman vocal group, made up of Janis Siegel (alto in The Manhattan Transfer), Laurel Massé (original soprano in The Manhattan Transfer) and Lauren Kinhan (I'd never heard of her before, but I found out that she is/was part of New York Voices)....

BK, since you're the Li'l Abner expert, I have a question (actually, anyone can answer, if they know).  According to the editorial review/product description of "That Old Mercer Magic! (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mercer-Magic-Jalala/dp/B0028R1M3C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247004421&sr=1-1), "Standout tracks are; Spring, Spring, Spring from the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Li'l Abner..."  But that song title is not listed on either the Broadway cast recording or the movie soundtrack, nor is it in the Internet Broadway Database (http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2585) page for Li'l Abner.  Is this really from Li'l Abner (maybe under a different title) or was it/could it have been written for a different show by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer and the reviewer got his/her facts mixed up?

Isn't it from 7 Brides?

Of course it is!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:08:51 PM
DR MattH, actually I'm gonna change what i wrote above. Apparently Y&R (today's US Tues episode) was shown on the west coast. So CBS might show it sometime during the night.

So they won't be showing today's episode tomorrow (which i think they should have done). This was a key show, and a lot of people are gonna miss it. Although i guess people can watch it on cbs.com.

Or, as I said a couple of times, on SoapNet, as I did.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:14:53 PM
I began my evening of viewing with PETE KELLY'S BLUES which one of my dear friends gave me for Christmas and I hadn't gotten around to watching it until tonight. I was very impressed with the sharp, clean transfer. And wonderful singing from Ella Fitzgerald (who couldn't act AT ALL) and Peggy Lee (who could act).
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:17:25 PM
After that, I put in A STAR IS BORN (1954), and boy was there a difference in transfer quality. I am SO glad Warners is working on a new transfer for the film because, althought it looked fine when it was first released, it should look so much better than it does.

I mean, PETE KELLY'S BLUES used WarnerColor. STAR IS BORN's Technicolor should look far better than this.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:18:55 PM
Next, I watched today's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS off SoapNet. Yes, Philip finally got around to saying "the words." Now let's see the ramifications of that little revelation. Also in the previews were Rafe and Adam, so tomorrow's episode should be interesting.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:19:23 PM
Skimmed through today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Nothing of interest there.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 08:20:21 PM
And I concluded my evening by watching tonight's THE MENTALIST rerun. I hadn't watched the show since the season ended, so it was nice to revisit it again, and this episode was pretty good.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:30:48 PM
I wonder how A STAR IS BORN escaped the curse of WarnerColor?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:31:26 PM
Thanks DR JANE - IF any news happens, I will be sure you know all about it!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:34:15 PM
Well the COMBAT is staged - and it actually looks very good.  I am happy to have in my cast one person who knows EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING from choreography to music to costumes to hair dye for all I know.  He can be counted on to express himself loudly about all of the above subjects.

There may be a Murder In Putnam County before August.

Yes DR TCB and DR GEORGE - Kenny and T.J. are very cute and very nice and neither of them is the subject of the sentences above.  Kenny plays the Priest - DR MATT H's part, I think he has written, and T.J. is Pedro the leader of the Muleteers.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:36:36 PM
Of course both of those parts were requested by said Know It All and he has already asked both T.J. and Kenny why THEY are playing the parts instead of him....I hope he is enjoying his role in MAN OF LA MANCHA which will be a PCPH debut and swansong all wrapped up in one.
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:37:11 PM
Now I want to watch A STAR IS BORN!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 08:37:21 PM
Good Evening!

It was another wonderful summer night here in NYC.  After taking care of my errands down my Union Square, I went ahead and walked back up to Columbus Circle to catch the A Train back uptown.  I was tempted to walk all the way home, but decided to save those "steps" for this weekend, when I'll be acting as tour guide for a couple of people.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 08:38:36 PM
Very exciting and intriguing potential international developments for both DR JoseSPiano and DR JRand58!!!!       :D

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Thanks, DR DAW.  Me, too!

Me, three!

:)
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:43:20 PM
LOL - DR JOSE it is lovely weather here too.  I washed my car!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 08:43:32 PM
I went ahead and traded in a couple more DVDs and CDs at Academy this afternoon, and was once again pleasantly surprised with my "return".

I also brought a couple of books down to The Strand to sell.  When they told me just how "little" they would give me for my books, I was almost tempted to say, "Nevermind," but I didn't feel like taking them back uptown. :-\
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:44:47 PM
No DVD for me....I just remembered it's Stewart Granger night on TCM.

KING SOLOMON'S MINES is just ending and coming up two of my favorites:

MOONFLEET and BEAU BRUMMELL.....I missed SCARAMOUCHE earlier tonight, but I haven't seen BB for years, and am particularly interested in seeing it since I recently read the biography by Ian Kelly....and watched the newer movie with James Purefoy....
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:45:29 PM
If I could part with books, records, or CD's - my life would be much less cluttered!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Jrand73 on July 07, 2009, 08:45:47 PM
Stewart Granger.....
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 08:48:41 PM
So...

When I talked to my cousin, Christine, earlier we set up a couple possible times to meet while she's in town.  She's coming into NYC for a bit of a vacation, and also to hang with a "new friend" who happens to live here in NYC.  I have a feeling that I'm not supposed to mention this "new friend" when I talk to her mother, my aunt. At least not yet. ;)

But I am looking forward to seeing her again.  I think it's been about 20, if not 25 years since we've seen each other.

*I called Christine's parents, my aunt and her husband, before I called Christine, and we had a very nice conversation.  And it had also been a while since I had talked to either of them.  When I talked to my aunt's husband (uncle?), we talked about my recent trip to the Philippines.  It was nice to hear that he had some of the same thoughts about some of my Mom's family as I had/have.  ;)
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 08:55:47 PM
If I could part with books, records, or CD's - my life would be much less cluttered!

At first, I thought the whittling down of the CDs and DVDs would be a much harder process, but it turned out to be much easier and less emotional than I thought it was going to be.  There really were so many(!) CDs that I had bought purely for reference purposes when I was in college, and almost of those CDs had never been played since I was in college.  I have been burning some of them into iTunes just to have some sort of record of them, but, for the most part... They've been going into the "Sell Bag" and down to Academy.

The DVDs have been a little trickier, mainly since I've always been a bit more selective when it comes to buying DVDs since I know that I tend not to watch DVDs regularly.  However, when I came across a box of DVDs that I had bought five or six years ago... and they were still unopened and wrapped... Into the "Sell Bag".

Now I just need to go through my "boxes of stuff" and "boxes of junk".  ::)
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 09:00:28 PM
Meet Ramin Karimloo, the Canadian actor hand-picked by Sir Andrew to play the lead role in Phantom of the Opera II: Love Never Dies

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SlNMMyHe02I/AAAAAAAAETQ/20q2x90FrGE/s320/UINTD2.jpg)

I still find it funny that we're getting a hunk to pay a role thast depends on a lot of falsetto, a ton of deformed makeup and a silly mask. Has Sir Andrew finally turned gay?

The new star is making appearances on a lot of sites today.

Well... Actually... Well...

*I need to check if I'm at liberty to say anything at this point and time.

**Or, for DR FJL: I need to check if I'm at liberty to say anything at this point in time.

;)
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 09:01:53 PM
This was my other purchase last week.  Unfortunately, I should have spent the money on photography lessons because I had a terrible time trying to take a good shot of this watch.

DR TCB - Do you have a "Macro" mode on your camera for close-ups. There's usually a little flower symbol on the camera to indicate that feature.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 09:02:52 PM
And the rain has started once again...

Well... we had almost four days of almost-rain-free weather, so... I guess it's OK.

But it sure is loud!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 09:11:38 PM
I wonder how A STAR IS BORN escaped the curse of WarnerColor?

It didn't at first. They began filming in WarnerColor and simple widescreen. After a few days, they began again in Technicolor and Cinemascope.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 09:15:46 PM
Well the COMBAT is staged - and it actually looks very good.  I am happy to have in my cast one person who knows EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING from choreography to music to costumes to hair dye for all I know.  He can be counted on to express himself loudly about all of the above subjects.

There may be a Murder In Putnam County before August.

Yes DR TCB and DR GEORGE - Kenny and T.J. are very cute and very nice and neither of them is the subject of the sentences above.  Kenny plays the Priest - DR MATT H's part, I think he has written, and T.J. is Pedro the leader of the Muleteers.

Nope, I played The Duke/Dr. Carasco. The Priest is a tenor part. My voice is as far away from a tenor as it's possible to be.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Matt H. on July 07, 2009, 09:19:28 PM
I think it's time to go to bed.

Good night!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 09:21:03 PM
Back from smoothing out some edits, adding credits, and now she'll finalize everything and I'll make some copies.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: FJL on July 07, 2009, 09:21:13 PM
Thank you for that alternate idiom, Jose!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Kerry on July 07, 2009, 09:34:23 PM
You should have let him cross the road and answered that question once and for all.

I was thinking the same thing!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Kerry on July 07, 2009, 09:42:03 PM
TOD:  One of my guiltiest pleasures is Riz Ortolani's "The Yellow Rolls-Royce".  I'd love for that to be on CD one day.

That's a great score!
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 07, 2009, 10:09:49 PM
TOD:  One of my guiltiest pleasures is Riz Ortolani's "The Yellow Rolls-Royce".  I'd love for that to be on CD one day.

That's a great score!

Haven't bits and pieces of that been included on one of the CDs in that "Nuovo Cinema Italiano" series?  -At least I think that's what it's called.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:18:33 PM
Just listened to Cops and Robbers again, it's so much fun.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:23:30 PM
Also committed to a date, Aug 19th, to scatter my dad's ashes at sea.  His friend Wolfgang, insisted we take his sailboat to the islands off the coast.   I forgot that my dad had won lst place in a photo contest for underwater photography during his scuba diving days.  Maybe I'll find that in one of the boxes too.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:27:30 PM
There also seems to be a memorial dinner at the Old Vienna Restaurant in Ventura tomorrow night, the drive is too long for me on a work night.  I would be the only non German speaking person there.  That's no fun.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:37:14 PM
I'll take rain any day.  When the front door is open, you can hear the fountain in the lobby.  If I close my eyes it reminds me of the waterfalls at June Lake Loop.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:37:47 PM
Now to go back to today's links.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 07, 2009, 10:54:08 PM
TOD:  One of my guiltiest pleasures is Riz Ortolani's "The Yellow Rolls-Royce".  I'd love for that to be on CD one day.

That's a great score!

Haven't bits and pieces of that been included on one of the CDs in that "Nuovo Cinema Italiano" series?  -At least I think that's what it's called.

Not to my knowledge.  There have been recordings of "Forget Domani" and "Now and Then", both rather beautiful songs introduced in the film, but nothing from the score itself that I know of.

It's a beautiful score.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:55:27 PM
Thanks everyone for the photos and links.  I always have a great time.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

Off to make my lunch for tomorrow and sleep soon.

See ya.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 07, 2009, 10:55:29 PM
I'll take rain any day.  When the front door is open, you can hear the fountain in the lobby.  If I close my eyes it reminds me of the waterfalls at June Lake Loop.

I miss summer showers and thunderstorms.   We don't get those in the Bay Area.  Seldom do we get thunder and even more rarely do we see lightning.  I love the smell in the air when a shower is approaching.  And,  of course, I love the air following a rainfall.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:56:01 PM
Dear Ron,  me too.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: Sam on July 07, 2009, 10:58:34 PM
Good night.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: bk on July 07, 2009, 11:02:59 PM
Finished listening to the rough of the new Kritzerland release.  It sounds very good, save for one track - I'll see what I want to do about that and where it fits in the film.  Since it features no new music at all, just a repeat of the main theme, I may just delete it.  He also put a ton of source music on the CD, and I'm deleting most of that and just making one or two short bridging tracks out of them.
Title: Re: YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE
Post by: MBarnum on July 07, 2009, 11:45:27 PM
TOD:

I cannot think of any albums at the moment, that I would like to see Kritzerland release...however....I would love too see CD releases of the soundtracks to any of the old Allied Artists or United Artists B movies....they all had swell music....HOT CAR GIRL, HOT CARS, DRAGSTRIP RIOT, VOODOO ISLAND, THE CRUEL TOWER, TEENAGE DOLL, UNWED MOTHER, etc. etc, etc.

I think I had mentioned before that they would make some grand double feature CDs.

And since those would all be owned by Warner Bros...well...it is at least a possibility.