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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 12:35:53 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes had the power, and now it is time for you to post until the power cows come home.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 12:36:56 AM: And the word of the day is: CONSUETUDINARY!
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 12:37:35 AM: And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to Samantha!
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Post by: Ben on May 10, 2012, 03:22:15 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 03:54:49 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: FJL on May 10, 2012, 04:30:45 AM: Happy birthday, Samantha!
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 10, 2012, 05:09:40 AM: Quote from: bk on May 10, 2012, 12:36:56 AM
And the word of the day is: CONSUETUDINARY!

And The Song Of The Day Is: THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 10, 2012, 05:11:15 AM: Happy Birthday DR SAMANTHA
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 10, 2012, 05:15:54 AM: Good morning, all. I must be off to a family not-so-power breakfast at a hopefully very powered IHOP.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 10, 2012, 05:17:58 AM: I love Randy Newman's songs, but I'll bet there are a million I don't know. "I Love L.A." is iconic for me, and the film songs are almost sometimes heartbreakingly beautiful.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 05:17:59 AM: Good morning, all! I've been up snce 6, but the past two hours have been writing emails to Dublin and the Library of Congress. The madman has look up on the computer the names of the foundation members and is sending requests for acknowledgement along with his hyperventilated credits in the world and stirring up more of a mess. This fool doesn't work for God; he is God!

So, I'm back to Toyland this morning to deal with the second song for Valerian's recital. While I'm there I will proof another ROBERTA number and work on my recording schedule.

Too much to do.
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Post by: Druxy on May 10, 2012, 05:28:18 AM: BK,

I remember the time when I was living in my Calabasas condo that the water went off while I was in the shower.

>:(

Some schmuck doing work on the building had neglected to check to see if anybody was home.

>:( >:( >:(
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Post by: Druxy on May 10, 2012, 05:31:09 AM: Here's a new book (screenplay) trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD4mAF6ZVmU&list=UUQ6z6vyjJFsiqL33qbiSJSQ&index=1&feature=plcp

Yes, it is autobiographical.

At one point, Kirk Douglas was attached to this project, but we couldn't get the financing. The studios and the networks felt it was "too soft".
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Post by: Kerry on May 10, 2012, 05:55:19 AM: Good Morning on a Thursday. We had rain yesterday. A big ol' unexpected rain-- with real rain drops coming down from the sky and actually hitting the ground. Yippiyay!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 06:04:54 AM: Thursday in Indiana!

Nothing happening, as usual.

The Ebay seller sent me a note that read: "I am sorry. I sent your camera to the wrong person, and I don't know how long it will take. So I am giving you a refund."

To me, that means...."I think I can get more $$ for the damned thing, sucker!" So now I have to start looking all over again.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 06:05:26 AM: Interesting article about LOF.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/theater/leap-of-faith-is-the-seasons-biggest-broadway-flop.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 06:25:46 AM: Greetings from Toyland! The song is scanned and sent. I've dealt with more LoC feedback on how unimportant my madstalker's work was to them, and I will now work on a schedule!
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Post by: JMK on May 10, 2012, 07:05:11 AM: BK, I posted a link to an Android Forum App here a long time ago. I believe it was in a post about Downton Abbey and Edmundo Ros.
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Post by: JMK on May 10, 2012, 07:21:26 AM: I have had three anime sets to review this week with a very peculiar similarity:

Guin Saga: hero is half leopard-half man
Cat Planet Cuties: heroine is half cat-half woman
Squid Girl: well, I think you can guess this one
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Post by: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 07:31:17 AM: Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful early Mother's Day dinner last night with my Mom and Rob & Mary Linda at Montgomery Inn. The ribs, as usual, were delicious. I gave my Mom some 8x10 (so she can see them) prints of some photos from our recent trip to Michigan and Rob & ML gave me a UC thermal coffee mug to replace the one Rob lost at work. He'd given me the original for my birthday his freshman year (2004).
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 07:55:10 AM: I am hoping those don't come my way to review DR JMK.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 07:55:50 AM: Quote from: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 07:31:17 AM
Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful early Mother's Day dinner last night with my Mom and Rob & Mary Linda at Montgomery Inn. The ribs, as usual, were delicious. I gave my Mom some 8x10 (so she can see them) prints of some photos from our recent trip to Michigan and Rob & ML gave me a UC thermal coffee mug to replace the one Rob lost at work. He'd given me the original for my birthday his freshman year (2004).

Very nice....and someone is enjoying the original one even as we speak.
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Post by: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 08:02:34 AM: Quote from: Jrand61 on May 10, 2012, 07:55:50 AM
Quote from: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 07:31:17 AM
Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful early Mother's Day dinner last night with my Mom and Rob & Mary Linda at Montgomery Inn. The ribs, as usual, were delicious. I gave my Mom some 8x10 (so she can see them) prints of some photos from our recent trip to Michigan and Rob & ML gave me a UC thermal coffee mug to replace the one Rob lost at work. He'd given me the original for my birthday his freshman year (2004).

Very nice....and someone is enjoying the original one even as we speak.

LOL! Rob knows where he left it and said last night he'd probably find it next time he goes back there. I told him I really don't want it back...
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 08:04:33 AM: I sent off the first day's rehearsal schedule along with a breakdown of who sings what and when. I'm expecting the conductor to change it all, but i've begun my tasks.

I think I will head home now.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 10, 2012, 08:08:01 AM: Randy Newman Songs-I'm A Big Fan. Hard To Pick From The Many Out There
However,I Love " YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON" especially sung by JOE COCKER
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 08:46:09 AM: I asked the Randy Newman question because I'm trying to make sure I'm not missing something I don't know.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 08:46:27 AM: I'm up, thanks to the ringing of the telephonic device and my alarm going off.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 08:48:55 AM: TOD: Thank You for Being a Friend
We Belong Together
Louisiana 1927
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Post by: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:54:40 AM: Happy Birthday to DR Samantha!
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 08:55:30 AM: Quote from: John G. on May 10, 2012, 08:48:55 AM
TOD: Thank You for Being a Friend
We Belong Together
Louisiana 1927

DR John - Andrew Gold did Thank You For Being a Friend and Randy Newman did You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Toy Story")
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Post by: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:55:33 AM: I have watched the first season of Downton Abbey and liked it very much.

I have recorded the second season. I am anxious to watch it. Although i have quite a few tv programs from the week to catch up on. And a lot reading!
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 08:55:45 AM: hello, goodbye
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Post by: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:55:51 AM: For some reason i never feel like reading when i'm under the weather.
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 08:55:58 AM: Page Two dance
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Post by: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:56:33 AM: I really really need to start exercising again. I hate winter for exercising. I need to get back in shape!
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 09:02:42 AM: Re the New York Times article on why Leap of Faith failed. They have all sorts of wags saying all sorts of things giving all sorts of reasons, all of them based on this new "movie business" model of how to do Broadway - they didn't have a big enough box-office draw star (movie business model), the film brand it was based on wasn't current enough (movie business model) - all of it twaddle and ridiculous and while they are spouting this "knowledgeable" tripe they keep neglecting to mention one word - ONE word - and that word is: ONCE. Based on a movie few saw and know. No stars. Small. And: A hit.

Leap of Faith failed for one reason - it was not good. It wasn't good in LA thanks to a director who doesn't have a clew how to guide the team writing a new musical and whose ideas about this musical were pedestrian, and from what I've read and been told, it was worse in New York, thanks to a director imposing some weird concepts on the show. Yes, they did work on the show between LA and NY but they didn't do the right work, if there WAS right work with this particular show. And they would have known that if the work had actually been done during the LA run, which is where work SHOULD have been done. Little to no work was done. So, they do the work in a vacuum, and the composer tweets how marvelous it all is because he has lost all objectivity, and they invite all their pals to a workshop of the new version, just like they invited all their friends to the workshop of the OLD version, with the same result: Their friends clap them on the back, say GREAT show don't change a thing, and they all believe because they want to believe - especially apt with a show called Leap of Faith. And IF someone had some notes you can bet that the producers and/or writers didn't listen, thinking, "But everyone else loved it."

They found out differently in previews, but in previews it is too late to make sweeping changes, thanks to the other problem new shows now face - they are slaves to their technology. When Sugar was doing its out of town tryout, at some point Mr. Merrick had the sets thrown out and completely redesigned - WHILE THE SHOW WAS RUNNING in the few cities it was trying out in. You could do that then - you can't do it now. That's why the out of town tryout was so necessary and important - they could work on the fixing of the show in a tense, heated atmosphere where they HAD to do the work, HAD to put in massive changes, and could then see IMMEDIATELY what effect they were having on a REAL audience not filled with back-clapping cronies.

Leap of Faith never had a chance because in eight years of the development process, no one figure out how to tell the story well. It's really that simple. Would Hugh Jackman have helped the show limp along for a while - sure. Would a Joe Shmo in the lead have been fine if the show were brilliant and delivering - absolutely. In the end, one has to blame the creative team for not solving things, two directors (more actually) who kept taking them into wrong places, and, most importantly, an idea that was perhaps wrong-headed to begin with - turning a middling and not successful film into a big musical - the appeal was surely not a reason to do it - that appeal being, "Wow, we can have all this gospel music, that always brings people to their feet."

But it's easier to blame all the wrong things. The team responsible for Leap of Faith have talent. Its lead producers are like all of today's lead producers - and to be kind let's just say they are not David Merrick. They don't know how to talk to a creative team to get them to do what's necessary - you can't always be sweet about these things, even if the creative team is made up of successful people - in the end, all that matters is fixing your show.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 09:19:54 AM: Of all the words attributed to David Merrick, I cannot recall "please" or "thank you" ever being among them.
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 09:23:31 AM: Loving Disc One of the Victor Herbert set. Makes me miss playing for classical singers.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 09:24:54 AM: My favorite David Merrick saying is:

"There's a horse's ass for every light on Broadway!"
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Post by: JMK on May 10, 2012, 09:29:38 AM: I don't think I ever saw the film, but in reading the Wikipedia entry on the musical it sure sounds an awful lot like 110 in the Shade.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 09:49:25 AM: Quote from: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 09:23:31 AM
Loving Disc One of the Victor Herbert set. Makes me miss playing for classical singers.

I think the great Margaret Jane Wray will become of the the prominent Wagnerian sopranos very soon. Wait till you hear her "Kate Smith" number!

I have too many favorites, but I do like these immensely:
Indian Summer and everything Rebecca Luker sings
In Mondeslicht
Heart O'Mine
When the Sixty-ninth Comes Back
Tell Me, Daisy
I'm Going In The Movies

There are 5-10 I'm not crazy about.

And I am home from Toyland. I may run to the market for some water cress and alfalfa sprouts before I buckle down on this DEAREST ENEMY rehearsal schedule.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 10:26:15 AM: Yes, that's the problem with Leap of Faith - it's a low-rent 110 in the Shade crossed with The Music Man.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 10:26:22 AM: Back from storage.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 10:27:38 AM: Quote from: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 08:55:30 AM
Quote from: John G. on May 10, 2012, 08:48:55 AM
TOD: Thank You for Being a Friend
We Belong Together
Louisiana 1927

DR John - Andrew Gold did Thank You For Being a Friend and Randy Newman did You've Got a Friend in Me (From "Toy Story")
Thank you. Feeling fairly brain dead today.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 10:30:56 AM: Someone in the comments called it Leap of Fat.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 10:31:13 AM: Quote from: bk on May 10, 2012, 10:26:15 AM
Yes, that's the problem with Leap of Faith - it's a low-rent 110 in the Shade crossed with The Music Man.
So, the person who emerges from this relatively unscathed is Brooke Shields.
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 10:32:28 AM: Oh yay!!! THIS (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165819-New-Edition-of-Forbidden-Broadway-With-Spoofs-of-Newsies-Once-Mormon-Spider-Man-Will-Begin-in-July) makes me really happy!!!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 10, 2012, 10:43:09 AM: I saw Joe Shmo in CHICAGO on tour. He was actually pretty good.
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 11:20:22 AM: What a good idea for a show (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165821-Chaplin-Musical-to-Play-Broadways-Barrymore-Theatre-Starting-in-August) but does will Chaplin have to sing or speak? Weird....
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Post by: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 11:22:09 AM: Off to do errands - bye for now!
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Post by: TCB on May 10, 2012, 11:45:06 AM: If the power went out when you were in the shower, didn't the light in the shower also go out?
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Post by: TCB on May 10, 2012, 11:46:18 AM: Happy Birthday, Samantha!
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Post by: FJL on May 10, 2012, 12:02:54 PM: Quote from: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 11:20:22 AM
What a good idea for a show (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165821-Chaplin-Musical-to-Play-Broadways-Barrymore-Theatre-Starting-in-August) but does will Chaplin have to sing or speak? Weird....

Chaplin also write songs, like "Smile" and the Petula Clark standard "This is My Song" - my guess is it's the Little Tramp character that's silent, and Chaplin himself will be very vocal in sharp contrast. But I haven't read anything about this treatment of his life.
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Post by: FJL on May 10, 2012, 12:04:12 PM: Hi, TCB!
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Post by: FJL on May 10, 2012, 12:04:31 PM: Oh, I thought TCB was here.
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Post by: George on May 10, 2012, 12:20:25 PM: Quote from: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 10:32:28 AM
Oh yay!!! THIS (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165819-New-Edition-of-Forbidden-Broadway-With-Spoofs-of-Newsies-Once-Mormon-Spider-Man-Will-Begin-in-July) makes me really happy!!!

Hoo and Ray!! Although, I've never seen a production, I have (most of) the CDs.
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Post by: George on May 10, 2012, 12:21:29 PM: Quote from: Druxy on May 10, 2012, 05:31:09 AM
Here's a new book (screenplay) trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD4mAF6ZVmU&list=UUQ6z6vyjJFsiqL33qbiSJSQ&index=1&feature=plcp

Yes, it is autobiographical.

At one point, Kirk Douglas was attached to this project, but we couldn't get the financing. The studios and the networks felt it was "too soft".

Very nice trailer, Druxy. :)
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Post by: TCB on May 10, 2012, 12:36:00 PM: T.O.D.

I am not really a Randy Newman fan. I don't dislike his music, I just can't think of any of his songs that standiut in my mind.
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Post by: TCB on May 10, 2012, 12:42:18 PM: Hi, FJL!
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 12:54:20 PM: One more.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 12:54:30 PM: Page three!
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 12:54:44 PM: Hi, TCB.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 01:00:20 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 10, 2012, 12:36:00 PM
T.O.D.

I am not really a Randy Newman fan. I don't dislike his music, I just can't think of any of his songs that standiut in my mind.

Short People
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 01:49:28 PM: I thought Joe Schmoe was miscast in SEVEN TALL WOMEN.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 02:02:40 PM: If you love MGM musicals and, especially, the Conrad Salinger sound that goes hand-in-hand with them, I invite you to check this out. It's from the 2011 BBC Proms (late last August).

This Heart of Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aAoyi3dsq4&feature=share)

John Wilson and his orchestra!

Matthew Ford is the vocalist. The number lasts about 9 minutes. Ford sings the opening 3 minutes and the rest of pure MAGIC.
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Post by: JMK on May 10, 2012, 02:16:59 PM: Very excited about the new release of ROSEMARY'S BABY, although I have 2 other CDs of the score already.
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Post by: JMK on May 10, 2012, 02:26:09 PM: BK, not sure if you're aware, but THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA is out on Blu-ray. It's a Wal-mart exclusive for the time being.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 10, 2012, 03:19:02 PM: A Wal-Mart Exclusive.....
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 03:22:20 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 02:02:40 PM
If you love MGM musicals and, especially, the Conrad Salinger sound that goes hand-in-hand with them, I invite you to check this out. It's from the 2011 BBC Proms (late last August).

This Heart of Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aAoyi3dsq4&feature=share)

John Wilson and his orchestra!

Matthew Ford is the vocalist. The number lasts about 9 minutes. Ford sings the opening 3 minutes and the rest of pure MAGIC.

John Wilson is a friend of mine! I mentioned having coffee with hm about a month ago. If you have a nonregional DVD payer, his Rodgers & Hammerstein and Hollywood Proms concerts are really fine.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 03:26:29 PM: So, I finished my proposed schedule for August 14-16, andI hope it gets okayed. A second attempt will kill me. Then on Friday August 17 we have a day of orchestra, on the 18th the cast, chorus and orchestra run through the show, hopefully twice, and on the 19th we begin the recording. I'm getting excited.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:46:05 PM: From DR John G:
Quote
I have done a great deal of reading about the two of them, and the two features I seem to like best about the nook are the lighting and the battery life. For the trip to Europe, the longer battery life will come in handy.

Is that the Nook or the Nook Color?

Whatever you decide on make sure you turn off the internet access to keep the charge longer.

On our last trip I carried a couple of paperbacks to be safe and never needed them, but then we had night flights so I didn't read as long as usual.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:48:44 PM: (http://www.teddy-talk.com/img/members/47//SamanthaP09.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:50:30 PM: Quote from: Druxy on May 10, 2012, 05:28:18 AM
BK,

I remember the time when I was living in my Calabasas condo that the water went off while I was in the shower.

>:(

Some schmuck doing work on the building had neglected to check to see if anybody was home.

>:( >:( >:(

I would not have been happy.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:53:49 PM: Quote from: Druxy on May 10, 2012, 05:31:09 AM
Here's a new book (screenplay) trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD4mAF6ZVmU&list=UUQ6z6vyjJFsiqL33qbiSJSQ&index=1&feature=plcp

Yes, it is autobiographical.

At one point, Kirk Douglas was attached to this project, but we couldn't get the financing. The studios and the networks felt it was "too soft".

I like this trailer. Most book trailers I have looked at are a bit fast for my eyes, this was easy on them & I like the old photos.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:55:08 PM: Quote from: Jrand61 on May 10, 2012, 06:04:54 AM

The Ebay seller sent me a note that read: "I am sorry. I sent your camera to the wrong person, and I don't know how long it will take. So I am giving you a refund."

To me, that means...."I think I can get more $$ for the damned thing, sucker!" So now I have to start looking all over again.

Sorry & how very annoying.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 03:55:51 PM: I'm so senile. Went to Jerry's for the meeting with Juliana at eleven - at eleven-ten I realized we'd moved it to tomorrow.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 03:56:17 PM: Naturally the package that's arriving today is via UPS, so naturally it hasn't arrived yet.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 03:57:10 PM: TCB - I keep no lights on when I shower - it's an old habit. Also, I think it was confined to the kitchen area.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:57:24 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 07:31:17 AM
Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful early Mother's Day dinner last night with my Mom and Rob & Mary Linda at Montgomery Inn. The ribs, as usual, were delicious. I gave my Mom some 8x10 (so she can see them) prints of some photos from our recent trip to Michigan and Rob & ML gave me a UC thermal coffee mug to replace the one Rob lost at work. He'd given me the original for my birthday his freshman year (2004).

I think it is much better to have an early Mother's Day lunch, restaurants are too crowded on the actual day.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 03:59:51 PM: I got a Paul Glass classical CD in the mail today - it's the only classical CD of his music in existence (I may do something about that if terms can be met) - but this is one of the most ineptly packaged CDs EVER - forget the ugliness of it, but let's just tell you what happens when you put the CD in your computer. It opens in iTunes and there we see the track information. The first four tracks, instead of being the four tracks of his symphony, are labeled with the pieces subsequent to those four tracks. Therefore they run out of track names and call everything else "bonus track" - I fixed all that. Then they attribute this wonderful Paul Glass CD to Philip Glass.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 04:02:54 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:55:33 AM
I have watched the first season of Downton Abbey and liked it very much.

I have recorded the second season. I am anxious to watch it. Although i have quite a few tv programs from the week to catch up on. And a lot reading!

I'm glad you will be continuing with the series.

Three eBooks became available from my library at once. I will have to read at least 1 book a week to be done before they are taken away from me.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 04:04:12 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:55:51 AM
For some reason i never feel like reading when i'm under the weather.

Too bad. I find focusing on suspense novel easier when I don't feel well.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 04:14:30 PM: Package has been delivered - so now I have to make the second trip to the mail place - outrageous.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 04:16:06 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 02:02:40 PM
If you love MGM musicals and, especially, the Conrad Salinger sound that goes hand-in-hand with them, I invite you to check this out. It's from the 2011 BBC Proms (late last August).

This Heart of Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aAoyi3dsq4&feature=share)

:)
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 04:19:57 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:57:24 PM
Quote from: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 07:31:17 AM
Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful early Mother's Day dinner last night with my Mom and Rob & Mary Linda at Montgomery Inn. The ribs, as usual, were delicious. I gave my Mom some 8x10 (so she can see them) prints of some photos from our recent trip to Michigan and Rob & ML gave me a UC thermal coffee mug to replace the one Rob lost at work. He'd given me the original for my birthday his freshman year (2004).

I think it is much better to have an early Mother's Day lunch, restaurants are too crowded on the actual day.
How right you are. The worst day of the year to eat out is Mother's Day. Valentine's Day is next.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 04:21:15 PM: An interesting comment in Charles McNulty's review of "Follies":

Although its 1971 premiere is more distant to us now than the Weismann Follies is to Sally and Phyllis, the show, which combines extraordinary Broadway showmanship with the consciousness of Proust, is still light years ahead of us.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 04:51:02 PM: I would seriously doubt that Mr. McNulty, for all his posturing, was out of knee pants when the original Follies premiered.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 04:51:16 PM: Has the review appeared or is this a puff-piece?
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 04:51:47 PM: And I would seriously say that we'd best get a frenzy or three going on because page three does not cut the mustard or the ketchup or even the mayo.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 04:57:16 PM: Quote from: bk on May 10, 2012, 04:51:16 PM
Has the review appeared or is this a puff-piece?

Once again the idiot director gets praised for directing a show when the word is out he did nothing:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-follies-review-20120511,0,6304167.story
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 04:57:48 PM: Well, I just added one post. Where are the new members?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 04:58:25 PM: !!!! Page 4 Dance !!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 04:58:43 PM: End of my frenzy.
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Post by: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 04:59:56 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 10, 2012, 04:04:12 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:55:51 AM
For some reason i never feel like reading when i'm under the weather.

Too bad. I find focusing on suspense novel easier when I don't feel well.

I started reading again today. I have 2 books from the library plus the one i am reading from the library.

Plus 2 ebooks i really want to read in the next 2 weeks.

Plus I won a copy of Insurgent (the sequel to the highly acclaimed dystopian Divergent). So i really want to read that. But i think it's like 600 pages long.

I had to give back a bunch of new release library books that i really want to read. I'll have to take them out again in a few weeks when i've caught up.
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Post by: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 05:01:23 PM: I wonder who will get voted off of American Idol tonight? I hope it's not Phillip. I know he's not the best singer of the four left. But there is something about him. He has so much star quality and charisma. I love watching him sing. I love the sound of his voice. And i love the quirky way he sings. Plus he is so cute! :)
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 05:01:46 PM: Quote from: John G. on May 10, 2012, 04:19:57 PM
Quote from: Jane on May 10, 2012, 03:57:24 PM
Quote from: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 07:31:17 AM
Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful early Mother's Day dinner last night with my Mom and Rob & Mary Linda at Montgomery Inn. The ribs, as usual, were delicious. I gave my Mom some 8x10 (so she can see them) prints of some photos from our recent trip to Michigan and Rob & ML gave me a UC thermal coffee mug to replace the one Rob lost at work. He'd given me the original for my birthday his freshman year (2004).

I think it is much better to have an early Mother's Day lunch, restaurants are too crowded on the actual day.
How right you are. The worst day of the year to eat out is Mother's Day. Valentine's Day is next.

We don't go out for that one either. If I'm lucky Craig will cook me something yummy on Sunday.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 05:26:26 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 04:59:56 PM
Quote from: Jane on May 10, 2012, 04:04:12 PM
Quote from: Jennifer on May 10, 2012, 08:55:51 AM
For some reason i never feel like reading when i'm under the weather.

Too bad. I find focusing on suspense novel easier when I don't feel well.

I started reading again today. I have 2 books from the library plus the one i am reading from the library.

Plus 2 ebooks i really want to read in the next 2 weeks.

Plus I won a copy of Insurgent (the sequel to the highly acclaimed dystopian Divergent). So i really want to read that. But i think it's like 600 pages long.

I had to give back a bunch of new release library books that i really want to read. I'll have to take them out again in a few weeks when i've caught up.

A few weeks isn't a long wait for new books. I give my library eBooks priority. I have this fear of the book disappearing just as I'm about to finish reading it.
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 05:28:03 PM: Nook readers, I finished reading MILA 18 by Leon Uris and I noticed it is tagged "lend me" which means you can borrow it for free.
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Post by: George on May 10, 2012, 05:30:18 PM: Well, I'm off to a union meeting. We had to split our union into two separate groups...the base (non-supervisor) unit and the supervisor unit. The supervisor unit has fewer members. It's all very new so we'll see what happens tonight.

Be back later.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 05:49:51 PM: Page four - this will NOT do either.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 05:50:48 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 10, 2012, 03:22:20 PM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 02:02:40 PM
If you love MGM musicals and, especially, the Conrad Salinger sound that goes hand-in-hand with them, I invite you to check this out. It's from the 2011 BBC Proms (late last August).

This Heart of Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aAoyi3dsq4&feature=share)

John Wilson and his orchestra!

Matthew Ford is the vocalist. The number lasts about 9 minutes. Ford sings the opening 3 minutes and the rest of pure MAGIC.

John Wilson is a friend of mine! I mentioned having coffee with hm about a month ago. If you have a nonregional DVD payer, his Rodgers & Hammerstein and Hollywood Proms concerts are really fine.

I have the DVD of proms Celebration of MGM Musicals, but I've not found the R&H one. I do have an all-region blu-ray player.

Wilson is beyond fabulous. He has an ear that gets things RIGHT!
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 05:56:09 PM: Quote from: bk on May 10, 2012, 04:51:16 PM
Has the review appeared or is this a puff-piece?
The review is online.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 05:58:32 PM: Watching "Time After Time" for the first time. Charming picture. Fun Rozsa score.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 05:59:39 PM: I wish I didn't have work to do tonight.
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Post by: JMK on May 10, 2012, 06:01:42 PM: ABC has renewed a slew of its most popular returning series Thursday ahead of making any new pickups.

Producers on four dramas--"Once Upon A Time," "Grey's Anatomy," "Castle," "Revenge"--and three comedies "Modern Family," "The Middle" and "Suburgatory" all received official notification they're getting another season.

Not on the list but still not counted out: "GCB."

None of the renewals are a surprise.

More to come...
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Post by: Jane on May 10, 2012, 06:09:31 PM: Out of that list I only watch "Castle" & "Modern Family".
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 10, 2012, 06:18:01 PM: REVENGE is so much fun!
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Post by: Ginny on May 10, 2012, 06:20:22 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 10, 2012, 06:01:42 PM
ABC has renewed a slew of its most popular returning series Thursday ahead of making any new pickups.

Producers on four dramas--"Once Upon A Time," "Grey's Anatomy," "Castle," "Revenge"--and three comedies "Modern Family," "The Middle" and "Suburgatory" all received official notification they're getting another season.

Not on the list but still not counted out: "GCB."

None of the renewals are a surprise.

More to come...

Any news on BODY OF PROOF? We'd heard that its status was questionable because, even though popular, it didn't have the right demographic.
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Post by: KevinH on May 10, 2012, 06:25:34 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 10, 2012, 06:01:42 PM
ABC has renewed a slew of its most popular returning series Thursday ahead of making any new pickups.

Producers on four dramas--"Once Upon A Time," "Grey's Anatomy," "Castle," "Revenge"--and three comedies "Modern Family," "The Middle" and "Suburgatory" all received official notification they're getting another season.

Not on the list but still not counted out: "GCB."

None of the renewals are a surprise.

More to come...

Love "The Middle!"
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Post by: KevinH on May 10, 2012, 06:27:03 PM: Happy Birthday, Samantha!
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Post by: KevinH on May 10, 2012, 06:30:29 PM: Sorry I missed TCB earlier, but glad he was here.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 06:41:04 PM: Had a ducky lunch today. Bacon and eggs. Duck bacon and hard-boiled duck eggs. Nice.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 06:48:08 PM: Time after Time is a wonderful motion picture entertainment.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 06:48:19 PM: I'm watching a very interesting motion picture.
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Post by: KevinH on May 10, 2012, 06:50:54 PM: Speaking of John Wilson, here he is conducting while DR elmore's friend Kim Criswell does a great rendition of "Climb Every Mountain":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xKFOPsaW4g&feature=relmfu
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Post by: Laura on May 10, 2012, 06:55:32 PM: Happy Birthday, Samantha!
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 06:57:50 PM: Quote from: bk on May 10, 2012, 06:48:08 PM
Time after Time is a wonderful motion picture entertainment.
It is. I don't know why I hadn't seen it before this.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 06:58:51 PM: Huge thunderstorm rolling in right now. Glad I'm not out in it.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 07:16:57 PM: Interesting detail in "Time After Time": Patti D'Arbanville plays one of Jack the Ripper's victims in the movie and she has the original "Follies" poster hanging in her bedroom.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 07:17:08 PM: One more.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 07:17:17 PM: Page five!
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 10, 2012, 07:56:58 PM: Page Five, Reply #121!

Seriously, I don't like this checking in only twice a day thing. I'll be back to normal at the end of the week.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 08:20:08 PM: Back from a two and a half mile jog. That enables me to at least have a light snack this evening, having only had two bagels and an omelet at eleven.
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 08:20:33 PM: Well, I guess we're through for the evening? Have I got that right?
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 08:31:05 PM: I have followed the sublime "Time After Time" with the ridiculous "The House That Screamed," a badly dubbed foreign horror film with Lilli Palmer as a sadistic headmistress of a girls' boarding school. Quite the laugh riot.
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Post by: John G. on May 10, 2012, 08:31:29 PM: And with that, good night, all.

Vibes to those in need.
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:42:44 PM: well I am home from work
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:42:59 PM: my life continues to be interesting
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:43:33 PM: as in that old Chinese curse - may you live in interesting times
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:45:13 PM: i have decided that when I grow up i want to be a landscaper
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:45:34 PM: cutting grass - pulling weeds -planting flowers
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:45:52 PM: working outside in the sun and fresh air
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:47:08 PM: or may be i will move to Hawaii and drag a cooler around the beach selling cans of soda for $2 a pop to tourists
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:58:11 PM: i never did find out what FJL had for his birthday dinner
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:58:35 PM: the Vixter and I actually enjoyed Leap of Faith
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:58:56 PM: guess we are not discriminating theatre goers
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 09:59:41 PM: oh well
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 10:00:44 PM: the time stamp says it is 11:59 but it is actually 12:55 here according to our clock
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 10:01:18 PM: which means I must get up in 5 hours
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 10:01:27 PM: so good night all
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Post by: vixmom on May 10, 2012, 10:01:38 PM: vibes for allwhat needs 'em
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Post by: bk on May 10, 2012, 10:38:46 PM: Finished with my viewing. Listening to a Paul Glass symphony now.
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Post by: Matthew on May 10, 2012, 11:32:52 PM: I hear a symphony.

I'm out! Nighty night.
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Post by: George on May 11, 2012, 12:38:42 AM: Quote from: George on May 10, 2012, 05:30:18 PM
Well, I'm off to a union meeting. We had to split our union into two separate groups...the base (non-supervisor) unit and the supervisor unit. The supervisor unit has fewer members. It's all very new so we'll see what happens tonight.

Be back later.

So...there are about 40 supervisors who are actually in the union and all four of us supervisors from my building (including me) came to the meeting. BUT WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO SHOWED UP!!! Nobody else came to the meeting!
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Post by: George on May 11, 2012, 12:39:04 AM: Well, the main reason we thought that people didn't show up was that most library branches don't close until 7:00 pm and our meeting started at 6:00...so that makes sense...but still. :-\
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Post by: George on May 11, 2012, 12:39:39 AM: Anyway, we asked some questions, got some answers and can only hope that when a couple of e-mails go out, that we'll get more people at the next meeting. We definitely can't (and don't want to) do this all by ourselves.