And we don't have an official rehearsal schedule...it's just everybody come every night....and we will do something.
.
There are four people out - away from home - but he is determined to block Act Three tonight - which is following the blocking in the book, except when he doesn't want to......so it's mostly confusion.
And we don't have an official rehearsal schedule...it's just everybody come every night....and we will do something.
Good morning, all!
It will be a really lousy day: I got up at 6:30, put the laundry together, opened the door to my apartment to head to the laundromat and find that the elevator is dead, . My entire schedule for the day is screwed: it was to be laundry from 7-9. wait for the AC repair men from 10-3, head out to dinner and vist around 4:15. So, now, depending on when and if the elevator men show up to repair the elevator, the ACrepairmen cannot cart off the air conditioner if they need to - I wouldn't carry the damned thing down three flights f stairs in 90 degree weather for anyone - and I'm not schlepping a heavy load of laundry down the stairs either, and back up when I've finished, so my day is essentially screwed.
Color me pissed.
DR TCB, I stayed last year in a 4-star hotel, the Merrion, and I wish I were there again. The Hibernian Club is beautiful, but it's for wealthy businessmenm such as the Man from Philadelphia who made the decision we would all stay there, only now the only one of the group going is me, and I'm not a wealthy businessman nor do I wish to work on a rehearsal-recording project dressed like a borker or an attorney. I've voiced my concerns..
DR Elmore: OY!!!
Quick elevator repair vibes to DR Elmore. Which floor do you live on?
Ah DR FJL - if only they had kept "The Tapioca" I would have been very happy. No we get lots of dreary songs that have NO feeling of the 1920's period in which the show is set.....some of them are cute.....but mostly they're forgettable.
DtM - I'm sorry, I know we're supposed to feel empathy for our fellow DRs, but "Fehh" makes me feel bad for you, while "Flehh" just kind of makes me giggle.I had a similar feeling, FJL. It's really a great word.
But I really do want you to feel better, even if I can't stop laughing when I look at the word "Flehh"
Oh, you meant a Broker
Pretty, Ginny.
TOD -
All I seem to listen to is Dear Edwina as the songs are so fun and catchy!!
TOD -
All I seem to listen to is Dear Edwina as the songs are so fun and catchy!!
Hola, Lola!
TOD -
All I seem to listen to is Dear Edwina as the songs are so fun and catchy!!
Hola, Lola!
Oh, wow, I heard that song the very first time the songwriters sang that song at the BMI workshop! What a joy!
I know, I know, it's August but the older I get the more I hate the heat.
TOD:
CD - FOLLIES, THE FLY
DVD - more Flash Gordon
Was that Blech! or more of a Flehh!?
And the word of the day is: CATHECT!
Good review of BK's Follies:
http://theseconddisc.com/2012/08/02/review-follies-original-1971-broadway-cast-recording-remixed-and-remastered-edition/
Good morning all! We passed a quiet night. I forgot that tonight is my yearly sleep over for my sleep apnea but I think everything will be ok. I don't have to be there until nine so I will have some time with the dogs before I go.
Rose is going to the Vet today instead of Wednesday, and she will also have a flea treatment and a grooming so she will be lovely.
Good morning, all!
It will be a really lousy day: I got up at 6:30, put the laundry together, opened the door to my apartment to head to the laundromat and find that the elevator is dead, . My entire schedule for the day is screwed: it was to be laundry from 7-9. wait for the AC repair men from 10-3, head out to dinner and vist around 4:15. So, now, depending on when and if the elevator men show up to repair the elevator, the ACrepairmen cannot cart off the air conditioner if they need to - I wouldn't carry the damned thing down three flights f stairs in 90 degree weather for anyone - and I'm not schlepping a heavy load of laundry down the stairs either, and back up when I've finished, so my day is essentially screwed.
Color me pissed.
DR TCB, I stayed last year in a 4-star hotel, the Merrion, and I wish I were there again. The Hibernian Club is beautiful, but it's for wealthy businessmenm such as the Man from Philadelphia who made the decision we would all stay there, only now the only one of the group going is me, and I'm not a wealthy businessman nor do I wish to work on a rehearsal-recording project dressed like a broker or an attorney. I've voiced my concerns..
Filichia on Fridays is a little sports-minded this week,I used to know Mike Tyson way, way back when. I was running the paper in Catskill, N.Y., when he was making a name for himself. Sat ringside for probably 10 or 12 of his fights, and we would walk across the street from the newspaper office to the boxing gym above the police station to watch him spar. Fame hadn't gone to his head at that point. His trainer, the gruff but persistent Cus D'Amato, was still alive and he was living under the protection of a wonderful woman named Camille, who was like the mother he never had. They and a manager, Jim Jacobs, protected him. Then Cus died, Jacobs died and things got out of control. Plus, the vultures in that small town started circling, wanting their piece of pie. It was all rather disgusting.
http://www.kritzerland.com/filichia.htm
so I'm sure some of the jock types who are reading the theater pages for the reports on the Mike Tyson Broadway show will probably want to read this Filichia entry as well :)
(yes, I'm kidding about that Tyson thing, but it's a fun Filichia item)
I used to know Mike Tyson way, way back when. I was running the paper in Catskill, N.Y., when he was making a name for himself. Sat ringside for probably 10 or 12 of his fights, and we would walk across the street from the newspaper office to the boxing gym above the police station to watch him spar. Fame hadn't gone to his head at that point. His trainer, the gruff but persistent Cus D'Amato, was still alive and he was living under the protection of a wonderful woman named Camille, who was like the mother he never had. They and a manager, Jim Jacobs, protected him. Then Cus died, Jacobs died and things got out of control. Plus, the vultures in that small town started circling, wanting their piece of pie. It was all rather disgusting.
So much of that story reads like a cliche, I know, but that's the way I experienced it.
I just read the NYT review. I think the show is more about dealing with or not dealing with the problems that happened later: his marriage to Robin Givens, his time with Don King, his time in prison for rape. He probably does spend some time just to set up the drama, but who wants to pay $199 to hear Mike Tyson talk about his Mayberry days?
I used to know Mike Tyson way, way back when. I was running the paper in Catskill, N.Y., when he was making a name for himself. Sat ringside for probably 10 or 12 of his fights, and we would walk across the street from the newspaper office to the boxing gym above the police station to watch him spar. Fame hadn't gone to his head at that point. His trainer, the gruff but persistent Cus D'Amato, was still alive and he was living under the protection of a wonderful woman named Camille, who was like the mother he never had. They and a manager, Jim Jacobs, protected him. Then Cus died, Jacobs died and things got out of control. Plus, the vultures in that small town started circling, wanting their piece of pie. It was all rather disgusting.
So much of that story reads like a cliche, I know, but that's the way I experienced it.
Thanks for sharing that.
Do you know if that part of his life is covered in his Broadway show, JohnG?
Good morning, all!
It will be a really lousy day: I got up at 6:30, put the laundry together, opened the door to my apartment to head to the laundromat and find that the elevator is dead, . My entire schedule for the day is screwed: it was to be laundry from 7-9. wait for the AC repair men from 10-3, head out to dinner and vist around 4:15. So, now, depending on when and if the elevator men show up to repair the elevator, the ACrepairmen cannot cart off the air conditioner if they need to - I wouldn't carry the damned thing down three flights f stairs in 90 degree weather for anyone - and I'm not schlepping a heavy load of laundry down the stairs either, and back up when I've finished, so my day is essentially screwed.
Color me pissed.
DR TCB, I stayed last year in a 4-star hotel, the Merrion, and I wish I were there again. The Hibernian Club is beautiful, but it's for wealthy businessmenm such as the Man from Philadelphia who made the decision we would all stay there, only now the only one of the group going is me, and I'm not a wealthy businessman nor do I wish to work on a rehearsal-recording project dressed like a broker or an attorney. I've voiced my concerns..
Can you change your hotel reservations?
Sorry about the elevator, etc.
TOD:
CD: Miklos Rozsa's THEKING'S THIEF; Noel Coward
DVD: I, CLAUDIUS; THE DAMNED UNITED
YOUTUBE: KING JOHN; 8 OUT OF TEN CATS
NIGHTSTAND: THE ACCUSERS by Lindsey Davis.
Don't know whether it's been discussed here or not in the last few days, but CITIZEN KANE may not be the greatest movie ever made, but it sure as Hell isn't VERTIGO. It isn't even Hitchcock's greatest...The only two movies on Sight & Sound's top list that would make my top ten would be THe SEARCHERS & SINGING IN THE RAIN.
FROM YESTERDAY
The Critics’ Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time:
“Vertigo” (Hitchcock, 1958)
“Citizen Kane” (Welles, 1941)
“Tokyo Story” (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
“La Règle du jeu” (Jean Renoir, 1939)
“Sunrise: a Song for Two Humans” (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
“2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
“The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956)
“Man with a Movie Camera” (Vertov, 1929)
“The Passion of Joan of Arc” (Dreyer, 1927)
“8½”(Federico Fellini, 1963)
Interesting that the "youngest" film is from 1968.
And it wants to be search out three of the films I've never seen: Tokoyo Story, Man With A Movie Camera, and La Règle du jeu.
Good morning, all!
It will be a really lousy day: I got up at 6:30, put the laundry together, opened the door to my apartment to head to the laundromat and find that the elevator is dead, . My entire schedule for the day is screwed: it was to be laundry from 7-9. wait for the AC repair men from 10-3, head out to dinner and vist around 4:15. So, now, depending on when and if the elevator men show up to repair the elevator, the ACrepairmen cannot cart off the air conditioner if they need to - I wouldn't carry the damned thing down three flights f stairs in 90 degree weather for anyone - and I'm not schlepping a heavy load of laundry down the stairs either, and back up when I've finished, so my day is essentially screwed.
Color me pissed.
DR TCB, I stayed last year in a 4-star hotel, the Merrion, and I wish I were there again. The Hibernian Club is beautiful, but it's for wealthy businessmenm such as the Man from Philadelphia who made the decision we would all stay there, only now the only one of the group going is me, and I'm not a wealthy businessman nor do I wish to work on a rehearsal-recording project dressed like a broker or an attorney. I've voiced my concerns..
I have a rehearsal tonight - even though I told the director that Friday nights were very difficult for me.
There are four people out - away from home - but he is determined to block Act Three tonight - which is following the blocking in the book, except when he doesn't want to......so it's mostly confusion.
And we don't have an official rehearsal schedule...it's just everybody come every night....and we will do something.
So I am not pleased.
And Follies is sold out.
Wow! Qantas is currently offering a 30%-off discount on their International First Class Fares... That would bring the round trip fare from Los Angeles to Sydney down to... Well... $16,986... <gulp!!!!>
Am I the only DR who saw the cane image last night from a different angle than was described? Pehaps it's meant to be seen in two different ways?
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh119/RonPulliam/sleeping_lady_on_the_rock_cane_sword_pk_5500_2.jpg)
PAGE FOUR FOLLIES IS SOLD OUT DANCE.
Thanks, DR George!You'll be noticeable in a heavy fog with that.
Now I'm wondering if it's too "summery" to take to England in January?
Am I the only DR who saw the cane image last night from a different angle than was described? Pehaps it's meant to be seen in two different ways?
:o Oh, my! I had no idea when I posted that picture!! Really, I didn't!
Thanks, DR George!You'll be noticeable in a heavy fog with that.
Now I'm wondering if it's too "summery" to take to England in January?
I have a rehearsal tonight - even though I told the director that Friday nights were very difficult for me.
There are four people out - away from home - but he is determined to block Act Three tonight - which is following the blocking in the book, except when he doesn't want to......so it's mostly confusion.
And we don't have an official rehearsal schedule...it's just everybody come every night....and we will do something.
So I am not pleased.
Good morning, all!
It will be a really lousy day: I got up at 6:30, put the laundry together, opened the door to my apartment to head to the laundromat and find that the elevator is dead, . My entire schedule for the day is screwed: it was to be laundry from 7-9. wait for the AC repair men from 10-3, head out to dinner and vist around 4:15. So, now, depending on when and if the elevator men show up to repair the elevator, the ACrepairmen cannot cart off the air conditioner if they need to - I wouldn't carry the damned thing down three flights f stairs in 90 degree weather for anyone - and I'm not schlepping a heavy load of laundry down the stairs either, and back up when I've finished, so my day is essentially screwed.
Color me pissed.
DR TCB, I stayed last year in a 4-star hotel, the Merrion, and I wish I were there again. The Hibernian Club is beautiful, but it's for wealthy businessmenm such as the Man from Philadelphia who made the decision we would all stay there, only now the only one of the group going is me, and I'm not a wealthy businessman nor do I wish to work on a rehearsal-recording project dressed like a borker or an attorney. I've voiced my concerns..
What is a "Borker" - it actually sounds like something that might be a lot of fun, but I can't imagine you'd need a business suit for it.
DR Elmore: OY!!!
Quick elevator repair vibes to DR Elmore. Which floor do you live on?
Thanks for the wishes DR ELMORE.....I am not optimistic in any of those categories, but I think our audiences will enjoy it.
I feel fine today also, but I still had the sweaty problem. I even took a cool shower. But the minute I stepped out of the house and into the humidity--Flehh!
It's like words with a K in them, I think
Am I the only DR who saw the cane image last night from a different angle than was described? Pehaps it's meant to be seen in two different ways?
TOD:
CD - FOLLIES, THE FLY
DVD - more Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon the movie, TV show, or serial?
Which reminds me, did you know that Princess Aura (Priscilla Lawson) is from your area...buried there, also.
(http://images.wikia.com/flashgordon/images/a/a6/101priscillalawson.jpg)
FROM YESTERDAY
The music video for Cheyenne Jackson.
Is it for a album of his? TV show? Movie? Did I miss some kind of connection?
I used to know Mike Tyson way, way back when. I was running the paper in Catskill, N.Y., when he was making a name for himself. Sat ringside for probably 10 or 12 of his fights, and we would walk across the street from the newspaper office to the boxing gym above the police station to watch him spar. Fame hadn't gone to his head at that point. His trainer, the gruff but persistent Cus D'Amato, was still alive and he was living under the protection of a wonderful woman named Camille, who was like the mother he never had. They and a manager, Jim Jacobs, protected him. Then Cus died, Jacobs died and things got out of control. Plus, the vultures in that small town started circling, wanting their piece of pie. It was all rather disgusting.
So much of that story reads like a cliche, I know, but that's the way I experienced it.
Thanks for sharing that.
Do you know if that part of his life is covered in his Broadway show, JohnG?
Danise, don't fall asleep before your sleep apnea appointment.:)
Where in tarnation IS everyone? Listening to their Follies CDs?
Where in tarnation IS everyone? Listening to their Follies CDs?
Filichia on Fridays is a little sports-minded this week,I used to know Mike Tyson way, way back when. I was running the paper in Catskill, N.Y., when he was making a name for himself. Sat ringside for probably 10 or 12 of his fights, and we would walk across the street from the newspaper office to the boxing gym above the police station to watch him spar. Fame hadn't gone to his head at that point. His trainer, the gruff but persistent Cus D'Amato, was still alive and he was living under the protection of a wonderful woman named Camille, who was like the mother he never had. They and a manager, Jim Jacobs, protected him. Then Cus died, Jacobs died and things got out of control. Plus, the vultures in that small town started circling, wanting their piece of pie. It was all rather disgusting.
http://www.kritzerland.com/filichia.htm
so I'm sure some of the jock types who are reading the theater pages for the reports on the Mike Tyson Broadway show will probably want to read this Filichia entry as well :)
(yes, I'm kidding about that Tyson thing, but it's a fun Filichia item)
So much of that story reads like a cliche, I know, but that's the way I experienced it.
Good morning, all!
It will be a really lousy day: I got up at 6:30, put the laundry together, opened the door to my apartment to head to the laundromat and find that the elevator is dead, . My entire schedule for the day is screwed: it was to be laundry from 7-9. wait for the AC repair men from 10-3, head out to dinner and vist around 4:15. So, now, depending on when and if the elevator men show up to repair the elevator, the ACrepairmen cannot cart off the air conditioner if they need to - I wouldn't carry the damned thing down three flights f stairs in 90 degree weather for anyone - and I'm not schlepping a heavy load of laundry down the stairs either, and back up when I've finished, so my day is essentially screwed.
Color me pissed.
DR TCB, I stayed last year in a 4-star hotel, the Merrion, and I wish I were there again. The Hibernian Club is beautiful, but it's for wealthy businessmenm such as the Man from Philadelphia who made the decision we would all stay there, only now the only one of the group going is me, and I'm not a wealthy businessman nor do I wish to work on a rehearsal-recording project dressed like a broker or an attorney. I've voiced my concerns..
Can you change your hotel reservations?
Sorry about the elevator, etc.
The producers assure me all will be fine. Let's hope.
And Follies is sold out.
I'm thinking I may just catch a cab to go to my sleep test. I really don't want to leave Bonnie in the parking lot.
But then again, I don't relish the idea of being in a parking lot a 3 or 4 in the morning waiting for cab.
What to do?
But then again, I don't relish the idea of being in a parking lot a 3 or 4 in the morning waiting for cab.
What to do?
Reschedule your sleep test.
I gpt home from dinner to find a sign on the elevator saying it would not be repaired until Monday. since this completely screws up my doing laundry as well as carting a lot of things downstairs tomorrow to cart to the office, I am very very very angry at the moment.
Love the headline on the front page of our print edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer, referring to Middletown native Kayla Harrison:Tristate native claims historic golden title
Gymnast Douglas also shines in Games
I'm thinking I may just catch a cab to go to my sleep test. I really don't want to leave Bonnie in the parking lot.
I don't know how you can sleep worrying about your car.