Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on January 26, 2005, 11:58:38 PM
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Well, you've read the notes on your various and sundried boxes, you've rediscovered your various and sundried Buddahs, and now it is time to post until the various and sundried cows come home.
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Welcome six GUESTS. We're talkin' about screenplays. And pudding.
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Welcome nine GUESTS. We're talkin' about screenplays. And pudding.
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Sometimes I'm quite partial to tapioca.
Where else on all the Internet can you read such a sentence late at night?
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Anything by Preston Sturges. Anything written by Billy Wilder and his various and sundry partners.
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My first thoughts for brilliant screenplay writers were TV writers: Dennis Potter and Stephen Poliakoff.
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Rear Window - John Michael Hayes (from Cornell Woolrich)
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For Preston, I'll single out Sullivan's Travels, my favorite of all his films.
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Some of my favorite screenplays... CASABLANCA; THE GRADUATE; SOME LIKE IT HOT; NINOTCHKA; ANNIE HALL...
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But then I do love The Lady Eve.
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I would have to rank Billy Wilder (and company) in the top ten of all time.
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Should I reveal some interesting Guy Haines news?
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I'll even do butterscotch on occasion.
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You need an answer?
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I notice Guy Haines has not been seen at the Australian Open. Guess it is not tennis news.
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BREAKING AWAY; FIVE EASY PIECES; ONE, TWO, THREE; A PLACE IN THE SUN.... More tomorrow which is today....
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Should I reveal some interesting Guy Haines news?
Yes.
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Well, we do have some interesting Guy Haines news.
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Which is...
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I don't have all the particulars yet, but at some point this year Mr. Haines will be going back into the studio to do a new album. Songs are being chosen right now, so if you have anything you'd like to suggest, now is the time. We've decided on about five for sure.
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Great GH news! Congrats!
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Guy and I have been talking about this for quite some time, and we felt that now is a perfect time to do something. I think the title of the album is going to be This Guy's in Love with You, and yes, Virginia, it will include that lovely Bacharach and David song.
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I tried to go back and get the TOD - but got yesterday's notes. Is it favorite screenplays or screenwriters? Or both?
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And, he has graciously consented to sing a couple of my songs.
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Wonderful title.
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Today's notes are up. Use Safari. It's what are your favorite screenplays.
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Are you at liberty to say which of your songs? Or does Mr. Haines want that information kept under wraps?
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Today's notes are up. Use Safari. It's what are your favorite screenplays.
I read the notes before posting. I know the rules. Read them on IE. But now I'm on AOL - which I find faster to move around in than IE. So I went back on AOL and could not get the notes. But, of course I read them. I've already posted three times on the TOD - but suddenly thought I had it wrong as you were talking about favorite screenwriters.
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All songs are under wraps. Except the rap songs. Those are under raps.
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I hope Guy Haines goes back to the Randy Newman songbook too. Guy's version of "Marie" is beautiful. Maybe:"I think it's Gonna Rain today". Of newer songs "I'd Rather Be Sailing" is wonderful.
Good news indeed BK.
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And one for Mahler.
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"When She Loved Me" by Randy Newman might be worth a thought or two.
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I don't have all the particulars yet, but at some point this year Mr. Haines will be going back into the studio to do a new album. Songs are being chosen right now, so if you have anything you'd like to suggest, now is the time. We've decided on about five for sure.
Yea!! When you were deciding on what songs to record for the Kritzer books, were there any that you thought about recording, but decided not to...maybe because you only wanted so many songs on each of the CDs?
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No, I pretty much did the Kritzer songs I wanted to. All I can say is that this will be eclectic and will favor ballads, at least that is the plan - things can evolve, of course.
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Off to get some rest so I can get up early. I won't be posting for most of the day today. I'm in the final stages of this rewrite and I need to finish it up.
Hope you all have a good day.
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And - again - please give Mr. Haines my congratulations. I'm looking forward to his new album.
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It's 1:30 (a.m.) and I must brush my teeth and go to sleep. Good night!
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And about the new Guy Haines CD: "Ah, sir, happy news indeed!"
Name the musical that this quote comes from! No prize if you do, just bragging rights! ;D
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Good morning, all! I have an early meeting on the recording project that sends me out of the house soon. Right now I'm listening to Mr Gordon Lightfoot sing his beautiful "Song for a Winter's Night." Quite moving.
It's about time Mr Haines did another solo album. Having been present at the recording debut of the rather reclusive artist, I watch his recording news with great anticipation. Dear Friend BK, when Mr Haines lets us know what he's definitely doing, it might prompt some ideas for a few more songs.
Today's topic is the screenplay, so I won't include films I love like NASHVILLE and M*A*S*H since I believe their screenplays were only places to commence.
My first thought was DOUBLE INDEMNITY, but I believe that's Billy Wilder, and he's high on my list: THE APARTMENT, SOME LIKE IT HOT, NINOTCHKA, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION are all quite wonderful.
I would agree with DRPanni about BREAKING AWAY, and I would add Dennis Potter's DREAMCHILD, a film I feel has yet to be discovered.
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Screenplays:
Network & The Hospital by Paddy Chayefsky
The Usual Suspects
Ingmar Bergman's film whose name escapes me at the moment where Death plays chess with Max Von Sydow.
Akira Kurasowa's Rashamon
John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation (But on the 1st viewing I was too aware of all the cleaver dialogue)
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Song for Guy Haines:
If it is going to be a thematic recording
how about "Circles" from Stages by Bruce Kimmel?
If it isn't:
Once in a Lifetime
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What a wonderful news dear BK!
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Song for Guy Haines:
how about "Circles" from Stages by Bruce Kimmel?
One of my favorite Kimmel songs! I was thinking about the song after my post. DRMichael Shayne. Thanks for bringing it up. Did you get youe PennyO ticket yet?
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DR DAN(the man):Pops…Phil Spector (Motown) Sound is one of my favorites and I’m a fan of Elton John since in 1972 when I saw/listened his concert for the first time in my life. And I’d often listened to Joe Jackson in the ‘80s. Oh, yes. I quite agree with you, the 80s was the grorious days of the pop music scene.
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DR VIXMON: I suppose “ZATOICHI” is the one that you asked. If so, you’ll be able to find many many DVDs on amazon. If not, feel free to tell me, I’ll rethink.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/arts/television/27bust.html?oref=login&th
Education secretary Margaret Spellings has me riled today.
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Don't get me started on that. Postcards from Buster is a great show and no one would be harmed by viewing that episode. I have lost respect for PBS for their cave to the radical right. Of course, they deny that's the reason but it's bullroar as far as I'm concerned. At least WGBH will distribute the episode to stations that want to broadcast it. I can only hope WNET in NY will take them up on the offer.
One of the most annoying things about this is PBS, in essence, won't take feedback. You can no longer send regular snail mail to PBS. They don't "open unsolicited mail due to security concerns" So what, they throw away hundreds or thousands of pieces of mail because they didn't ask for the letters? At the Web site, after you slog through page after page to finally find a link to send something electronically, you find you're limited to 500 characters. So they know now they can pull crap like this and while there may be heat generated by some groups they don't have to deal with letters or e-mails complaining about their decisions. What a bunch of jerks!
Can you tell this makes me angry ;-)
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Forgot to mention birthday wishes to Music Guy! They will get through to him if a certain DR Kerry logs in today.
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Some Like It Hot and The Apartment would be at the very top of my list, followed by a number of other screenplays already mentioned. Vertigo and Twelve Angry Men are two more that immediately come to mind.
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'morning! On the Buster/PBS thing, if it goes the way of a lot of censorship incidences, the Vermont episode might actually be in more demand than if it had just been aired as part of the series. This often happens when books are challenged - readership goes way up. Years ago I answered my 'phone and my mother (without even saying hello) said, "Have you read Fear of Flying?" When I said, "No," she said, "DON'T!" I immediately went out and bought a copy.
And when we had the Mapplethorpe brouhaha at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the opening drew a record crowd and subscriptions to CAC were at an all time high.
Also, I've observed that many children are much more mature than their parents when exposed to ideas.
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Congratulations to Guy Haines on his recording plans. For Jane, maybe he should include "Soon It's Gonna Rain."
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DR DAN(the man):Pops…Phil Spector (Motown) Sound is one of my favorites and I’m a fan of Elton John since in 1972 when I saw/listened his concert for the first time in my life. And I’d often listened to Joe Jackson in the ‘80s. Oh, yes. I quite agree with you, the 80s was the grorious days of the pop music scene.
And the videos! It's funny to think that we looked forward to the video of a song as much as the song itself.
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And the videos! It's funny to think that we looked forward to the video of a song as much as the song itself.
Indeed!
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And about the new Guy Haines CD: "Ah, sir, happy news indeed!"
Name the musical that this quote comes from! No prize if you do, just bragging rights! ;D
"Sweeney Todd"
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And "The Usual Suspects"
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BK, is there a theme involved in Guy's new album?
I wouldn't mind hearing "You Took Advantage Of Me".
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DR VIXMON: I suppose “ZATOICHI” is the one that you asked. If so, you’ll be able to find many many DVDs on amazon. If not, feel free to tell me, I’ll rethink.
Thank you DR Hisaka! I didn't know the name I will try and find it because the DH would love some of these as a suprise gift. :D
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DR bk, please do give Mr. Haines my congratulations. I very much look forward to hearinghis new CD
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Has anyone mentioned All About Eve or Sunset Boulevard as favorite screenplays yet?
I also love John Patrick Shanley's Moonstruck.
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RE PennyO's show...WFO & our respective others are in C 1-4
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Whic reminds me, Dear BK , were you able to arrange a reading for the afternoon of 3/19?
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Debra (AKA Vixmom) said:
"RE PennyO's show...WFO & our respective others are in C 1-4"
Don't worry, Deb. We in Row D will make sure to snigger and laugh and point at the 4 people sitting in the row in front of us ;)
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I can't remember who posted yesterday about how hard it is to find films suitable for the entire family, but tying in to today's TOD I'm gonna suggest Babe, screenplay by George Miller and Chris Noonan (adapted from a novel by Dick King-Smith) as one that fits the bill.
Racing Stripes, which I have now seen twice, isn't as well written, but it's a fairly good film. It has good characters, with lessons learned (how to be a good parent, how to pursue goals, the evils of prejudice), all levened by good humor. Well, there's a few fart and poop jokes, but they're mostly given to the horseflies, principally to David Spade.
Good family films are out there; the better ones seem to be produced by independent filmmakers. They're made on smaller budgets, and get much smaller press, but the word of mouth among the kids is remarkably strong: we took the older grandlad to see Racing Stripes last week, and had to go again because the younger grandlad was hearing about nothing else from his schoolmates and was bitterly disappointed that he didn't see it the first time. (Luckily, Alex wanted to see it again.)
Included in the trailers for Racing Stripes is a film called Because of Winn-Dixie, about a motherless girl and her smiling dog. The cast includes Jeff Daniels, Cecily Tyson and Eva-Marie Saint. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Don't worry, Deb. We in Row D will make sure to snigger and laugh and point at the 4 people sitting in the row in front of us ;)
This is assuming, of course, that you'll be able to see over WFO.
;D :o
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Well, if I can't see over Mr. Orr, we will just have to swap seats ;-)
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Debra (AKA Vixmom) said:
"RE PennyO's show...WFO & our respective others are in C 1-4"
Don't worry, Deb. We in Row D will make sure to snigger and laugh and point at the 4 people sitting in the row in front of us ;)
snigger and laugh? I thought you had promised neck and shoulder massages!
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Well, if I can't see over Mr. Orr, we will just have to swap seats ;-)
Oh, yes, you are aware that he is 8'11", right?
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I can't remember who posted yesterday about how hard it is to find films suitable for the entire family, but tying in to today's TOD I'm gonna suggest Babe, screenplay by George Miller and Chris Noonan (adapted from a novel by Dick King-Smith) as one that fits the bill.
Racing Stripes, which I have now seen twice, isn't as well written, but it's a fairly good film. It has good characters, with lessons learned (how to be a good parent, how to pursue goals, the evils of prejudice), all levened by good humor. Well, there's a few fart and poop jokes, but they're mostly given to the horseflies, principally to David Spade.
Good family films are out there; the better ones seem to be produced by independent filmmakers. They're made on smaller budgets, and get much smaller press, but the word of mouth among the kids is remarkably strong: we took the older grandlad to see Racing Stripes last week, and had to go again because the younger grandlad was hearing about nothing else from his schoolmates and was bitterly disappointed that he didn't see it the first time. (Luckily, Alex wanted to see it again.)
Included in the trailers for Racing Stripes is a film called Because of Winn-Dixie, about a motherless girl and her smiling dog. The cast includes Jeff Daniels, Cecily Tyson and Eva-Marie Saint. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
That was me! Yes, we saw the previews for Racing Stripes and Winn Dixie when we went to see "Fat Albert", which I expected to hate, but didn't. Actually the previews to "Are W There Yet" was part of what started my rant...
We (Vixter , her friend and I )agreed that "Winn-Dixie" was definitly a must see, especially as boththe girls had read (and loved) the book.
The odd thing about Racing Stripes is that we remember seeing a preview for it about 12 - 18 months ago and it appeared at that time to be a live action story about a little girl who is determined to turn her pet zebra into a racing horse... then we saw the previews last week it seemd to have evolved into a CGI extravaganza...can anybody shed any light in this?
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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
SOME LIKE IT HOT
SUNSET BLVD.
However, my favorite screenwriter is George Worthington Yates who wrote the screenplays to some of my favorite films....ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, EARTH VS. THE SPIDER, VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT....ok, so perhaps I don't know what constitutes a good screenplay...lol! But I know what I like!
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DR Ann, glad to see you posting. And glad you got the What If dvd. Gee it took it's time!
Good health vibes for DR Der Brucer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Dear DR ANN...it was good to see your posts last night! Continue healing quickly. Here's a few more vibes!!
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Dear DerBrucer, I hope your bruises and bumps are all better soon. I hope you didn't suffer any burns from the tea.
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Der Brucer is taking it easy, feeling his lumps. Fortunately, the tea was pretty cold when he took his spill, so no damage in that area.
Racing Stripes would have been a very thin film if it had been simply about the human characters. What CGI work has been done has been on the animal mouths and complete animation for the horseflies. This also gives us voices by Whoopie Goldberg, Dustin Hoffman, and a goodly collection of others.
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Vibes to DR Ann:
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Recuperation vibes to Ann, derBrucer, and others who need them!
DR elmore, do we know yet where we're sitting for Penny's show?
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Dr Danise..
I wish you well with Bonnie despite your cruel rebuff and refusal to share ;D
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Der Brucer is taking it easy, feeling his lumps. Fortunately, the tea was pretty cold when he took his spill, so no damage in that area..
Glad to hear there were no burns to accompany the black & blues
Racing Stripes would have been a very thin film if it had been simply about the human characters.
Maybe that's why they changed directions, or maybe the CGI effects just weren't ready for the first preview. it originally appeared that the dstory would be told from the girl's viewpoint and that it would be HER dream to race the zebra, but from the blurbs I am reading, it appears it is being told from the zebra's viewpoint now
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TOD: Gone With The Wind
LOTR; all three extended versions
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Where did everybody go?
Was it something I said?
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Good Morning!
Well, today's episode of Uncle Jojo and Alyssa's Big Adventure has just been postponed. :( My sister-in-law forgot to tell my brother (a.k.a. her husband) that she had arranged for a sitter already - their next door neighbor. Ah, well...
In other news... Hmm...
Actually, the past 24 hours have actually been quite "news filled". Both with world events and things much, much closer to home. Unfortunately, most of it has not been good on either front, so...
Since I have the day off today, I'm gonna go ahead and take advantage of the sunshine, and just get out of the house for a while. Time to rack up some more Hallmark points. :-\
Laters...
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Oh...
My father actually worked a full day yesterday back at HHS. And he went in again this morning!
:)
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Oh...
As for screenplays...
Ditto.
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-I'll give this some more thought as I'm bandying (sp?) about today.
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The pool man showed up at seven-thirty and the pool is once again a sparlkinly sparkling thing. I'm quite tired and might go back to bed for a half-hour - then again, I might not.
Mr. Haines is quite interested in some uptempo songs - but not the standard fare - one of our favorite tracks is Here You Come Again - stuff like that, and also a couple of duet suggestions.
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Oh...
And I keep meaning to Thank all the DRs who have purchased tickets to JEWISH THIGHS already!
...So that should cover me through the Opening weekend...
;D
Looking forward to meeting all of you!! Mwah!
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Oh...
I guess that's all for now...
Laters...
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Good vibes to DRJOSE from a fellow traveler.
a new Guy Haines CD is just the ticket! That is exciting news. And I for one would like to hear him sing a duet with himself to the lively Oscar-Nominated "Zing a Little Zong." MR BK while you are out get the Bing Crosby-Jane Wyman double DVD of Just for You/Here Comes the Groom. GROOM also features "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" but JUST FOR YOU contains "Zing" - and the duet between Bing and Jane is a delight! And you can get the sheet music on Ebay for 99 cents - because I did!
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ZING A LITTLE ZONG!!! by Leo Robin and Harry Warren!
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Oh...
My father actually worked a full day yesterday back at HHS. And he went in again this morning!
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Excellent news!!!
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I'm VERY tired, but if I get back in bed I either won't fall asleep or I will fall asleep and sleep too late.
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Favorite screenplay: ALL ABOUT EVE
Runner-up: THE THIRD MAN
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Since we've heard Mr. Spacey's attempts at "Beyond the Sea," I'd love to hear Guy Haines swing it out.
For duet, "Too Many Mornings." Maybe a bit heavy for the crooner, but I'd love to see him tackle something a little darker.
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Vixmom/Debra said:
"Was it something I said?"
No, silly! It's because you're a lesbian!!!
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News from Playbill On-Line about the left coast and the Reprise concerts:
Los Angeles Reprise! Broadway's Best series, which presents classic musicals in a semi-staged concert setting, will offer mountings of On the Town, City of Angels and Zorba next season.
Here is a link to the full article
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90833.html
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Vixmom/Debra said:
"Was it something I said?"
No, silly! It's because you're a lesbian!!!
Of course!! I should have realized!!!
Whatta mistaka to make
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I'd love to talk about ALIAS. Problem is that I can't talk about it when I log on late at night because it hasn't even aired on the West Coast yet.
At any rate, I loved the "Stepford Wives" theme of the show and found it exciting and just odd enough to completely hold my attention.
I also adore Larry Sullivan who played the car dealership guy. I will forever regret that the powers at WILL & GRACE didn't see fit to have him hang around as Will's boy friend for more than one episode. Their loss.
I also have to say that with what we know about the breakup of Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan in real life, their love scenes in the show for me have an eerie kind of tension about them. Works for the characters since we know what they went through last season, but it still makes me just a bit uneasy to know the backstory of their real life relationship.
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That episode of ALIAS (from the promos) remineded me of an X-Files episode when Fox and Mulder went to a housing development and pretended to be married because people kept disappearing.
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Zing a Little Zong is found at Chapter 7 on the JUST FOR YOU DVD! I just watched it again. PLEASE give it a look and listen! It's a great party scene dressed by Edith Head and featuring a stunningly beautiful young Julie Newmar as one of the dancers!
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I have a question some of you musical and opera fans might be able to answer. Is the reason STREET SCENE hasn't been revived on Broadway because it's now a title opera companies might want to tackle and might be considered too heavy and oepratic for Broadway (especially since pop operas don't seem to go over well any more)? Just started thinking about this today and wondered if any of you have any insight.
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Screenplays....some of those mentioned....and to add:
PILLOW TALK - an original by Stanley Shapiro
AIRPORT - George Seaton from Arthur Hailey
THE CARPETBAGGERS - John Michael Hayes from Harold Robbins (not completely successful, but a good try)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - George Axelrod from Richard Condon
PEYTON PLACE - John Michael Hayes from Grace Metalious
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LOL! I just watched HERE COMES THE GROOM a few weeks ago, DR JRand but didn't bother with JUST FOR YOU since I had seen it on TCM a few weeks prior.
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Re: Alias, I think people here tend to talk about it more when really shocking events occur.
Btw, can someone tell me how the show ended last night. I saw Vaugh and Sydney on the plane. But I forgot that ABC keeps going over with many of their shows (this is really annoying).
Thanks.
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Along with DRs DtM and MattH, I chime in for ALL ABOUT EVE.
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I agree with Matth, BK, it would be fun to have Guy sing BEYOND THE SEA.
Also, how about having Guy sing one or two of Astrud Gilberto's hits...THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA, or my fave, THE CRICKETS SING.
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LOL! I just watched HERE COMES THE GROOM a few weeks ago, DR JRand but didn't bother with JUST FOR YOU since I had seen it on TCM a few weeks prior.
I have watched one, but haven't watched the other yet. I should do that.
DR Jose, I am sorry about the bad stuff happening at home...I hope it is nothing too serious!
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DR Ann, it is great to know you are up and about...at least for a moment at a time.
DER Brucer...be more careful!
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DR JoseSPiano:
Balut
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HEY TAR FANS! (nobody wanted to talk about the show this week :( ).
I'm curious who you guys think will win, who you want to win, and who will be final 3 (who will be eliminated next week).
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DRAnn: The pudding and the underpants reference....
DRBK: Your adding the word "chocolate" to the pudding and the underpants reference.....
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DRAnn: The pudding and the underpants reference....
DRBK: Your adding the word "chocolate" to the pudding and the underpants reference.....
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I hadn't put those together, thanks for sharing...
should help with my resolve to diet..... :)
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DR Guy Haines: How about something by Elton John?
Like "Harmony" or "Sweet Painted Lady" or "Daniel"?
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Re: The Crickets Sing for Anamaria. Bleccchhh on Astrud's version (sorry). The good news is the original IS a duet! Check it out--it's by Marcos Valle, with his wife (that would be Anamaria) singing with him. That would be a great choice for Guy.
Another under-covered Brasilian title is Canto de Ossanha, made popular in the US under the title Let Go (The Sandpipers had a modest hit with it, and Percy also covered it with his female chorus). It could also easily be worked into a duet (I have a 4 part arrangement I did for Tigard Pops, hint, hint, nudge, nudge).
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Screenplay Delights:
"A Letter to Three Wives" -- "Hi-ho!"
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For a word of the day, "pudding" has been given very short shrift. Let's give pudding some long shrift, shall we? The day is young, which is more than I can say - so let's give pudding the respect it deserves. I know dear reader Sandra will have something pithy to day about pudding so we await her pithy pudding pronouncements.
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I hadn't put those together, thanks for sharing...
should help with my resolve to diet..... :)
It could be a wonderful marketing tool...the "pudding in your underpants" diet.
Although the smartass AMA will say it's nothing more than diarrhea.
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Anybody know anything about this?
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We're still not sure about the signing in NY. I'll keep you posted, but these stores are really peculiar.
Alias: Was there something more to the Garner/Vartan breakup other than they stupidly had a relationship and then broke up? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Perhaps something along the lines of "a pound of pudding"...or a cooking reference to "pounding" the "pudding"....???
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Another wonderful Marcos Valle duet is Chup, Chup, I Got Away.
And a glorious Danilo Caymmi duet (with a partial Livingston/Evans English lyric, which I have completed for the Tigard Pops, hint, hint, nudge, nudge) is Open Your Arms. (It's partial because the original was sung half in English and half in Portuguese, so maybe you could duet with Bebel Gilberto).
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Yes you must MBARNUM.
MATTH I really liked JUST FOR YOU - the color was great!
JMK did you find Arthur Gage in your Seattle City Directory?
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For you bk , while you are sitting in your pool. think of we poor East Coasters..
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Oh, I don't think I'll be in the pool today. It's nippy here, although the sun is still threatening to break through and warm us up. Tonight, however, barring rain, I shall be in the Jacuzzi, sipping a Diet Coke.
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Re: Guy Haines. About Bloody Time!
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I would love to hear Mr. Haines wrap his larynx around a medley of "Not a Day Goes By" and "Sometimes a Day Goes By."
Still thinking of duets.
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I'm trying to shake off this tired feeling. I have been walking around the home environment, shaking wildly, like Ann Miller in Shakin' the Blues Away, and it is not working.
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Zing a Little Zong - that'll help!
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16 degrees here in Indiana. F!
Beach Blanket Pudding is a little known sequel - the only film in the series to be filmed in brown and white.
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HEY TAR FANS! (nobody wanted to talk about the show this week :( ).
I'm curious who you guys think will win, who you want to win, and who will be final 3 (who will be eliminated next week).
I am hoping for Kris and Jon to win.
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When I was in JR High school and making my little 8mm sci-fi movies, one of my upcoming releases was to be ATTACK OF THE PUDDING PEOPLE. Budget problems and lack of popular appeal kept it from being made, however.
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Well, we all remember this little ditty by Mr. Irving Berlin:
...I'm pudding on my top hat
Tyin' up my white tie
Brushin' off my tails...
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And Natalie Wood is just one the verge of becoming a beauty in JUST FOR YOU. Another reason to watch.
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It was 70 here yesterday. Gorgeous. Today not expected to get out of the 40s.
No wonder people get sick.
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True about Natalie DRMATTH - and of course in one scene she doesn't have her left wrist covered and we see the mangled mess that fall from the bridge made of her.
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There are quite a few Kander and Ebb songs I think Guy could do justice to. "Sometimes a Day Goes By, as DR Stuart mentioned, would be great for him, and so would "Seeing Things" and "I Don't Remember You," both beautiful ballads from THE HAPPY TIME.
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HEY TAR FANS! (nobody wanted to talk about the show this week :( ).
I'm curious who you guys think will win, who you want to win, and who will be final 3 (who will be eliminated next week).
I definately want Kris and Jon to win, but it seems to me that they more than occasionally run into a bit of bad luck that causes them to fall behind (next week they are shanghaied by a a taxi driver who takes them 10 blocks in the wrong direction--depending on the city, 10 blocks can be a LOT.) I do think that they will make it into the final three, however.
As for who will be eliminated next week, I say either Adam and Rebecca (love her, hate him) or Freddy and Kendra. I think the engaged models are beginning to simply tire out. If I were to bet on the outcome, I'd pick Aaron and Hayden to win.
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I'm waiting for the dirt on Garner/Vartan.
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And let us not forget the immortal Tweety's line: I tot I taw a pudding tat.
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I definately want Kris and Jon to win, but it seems to me that they more than occasionally run into a bit of bad luck that causes them to fall behind (next week they are shanghaied by a a taxi driver who takes them 10 blocks in the wrong direction--depending on the city, 10 blocks can be a LOT.) I do think that they will make it into the final three, however.
As for who will be eliminated next week, I say either Adam and Rebecca (love her, hate him) or Freddy and Kendra. I think the engaged models are beginning to simply tire out. If I were to bet on the outcome, I'd pick Aaron and Hayden to win.
I think most people seem to want Kris and Jon to win. I do like them, but I find myself cheering for Freddie and Kendra.
I hope that Adam/Rebecca go next week. Besides that I don't like them, I find them to be the worst team left.
I agree that it seems like Aaron and Hayden could win. Her bitchiness, and the fact that they keep showing it makes me wonder if we are supposed to dislike her. Plus they keep emphasizing how they have to overcome things.
I do think though that Adam/Rebecca (whether unintentionally or not) are the most disliked.
It is hard to predict, with bunching up and luck playing such a big part.
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Can NOBODY tell me how Alias ended last night? :(
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Yesterday I saw 'DA KINK IN MY HAIR – originally a fringe production, now being staged at the large and mainstream Princess of Wales Theatre. The play is set in a West Indian beauty parlour. Clients – representative of Toronto’s large and diverse Caribbean community – drift in and out. Along the way, about a dozen women (including a spurned wife; a deeply religious mother of a boy who’s been murdered; a challenged young woman whose stepfather molests her but stays silent because he sends money to her granny in Jamaica; a woman whose children are “too dark” for their own grandmother; and on and on) stop to tell their personal stories. Weaving the monologues together is the hairdresser, who can tell what’s going on in a woman’s head by feeling the kink in her hair. The audience was largely made up of Toronto’s typical matinee crowd – older and white – but at the end of the play you could tell they were all deeply moved.
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BK, I don't know any dirt on the Alias couple's real life relationship, other than they were a couple and then broke up. Although I think there were rumors that the two were involved while she was still married (causing the divorce).
Not sure if I'm right about that.
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I liked Adam and Rebecca but I hope Kris and Jon win!
Sad to see Lori and Bolo go - I loved to hear the way Bolo would pronounce the names of the places they were headed.
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Isn't Jennifer Garner now Ben Affleck's new main squeeze?
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Jay said:
"Well, we all remember this little ditty by Mr. Irving Berlin:
...I'm pudding on my top hat
Tyin' up my white tie
Brushin' off my tails..."
and it made me think of Mr. Sondheim's recent Broadway revue starring Carol Burnett (with replacement by Kathie Lee-Gifford)
Pudding It Together
Remember, no groaning[/i] or I'll sic Harry Groener on you ;-)
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I know there was one little scene after the airplane scene, but I can't remember what it was.
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And for my next number ...
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Or "um-ber-ellas" in their mitts
Puddin' on the Ritz
Strolling down the avenue so happy
All dressed up just like an English chappie
Very snappy
You'll declare it's simply "top-thing" to be there
And hear them swapping smart tidbits
Puddin' on the Ritz
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I'm pudding all my eggs in one basket.
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Zing and Little Zong.
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I know there was one little scene after the airplane scene, but I can't remember what it was.
Thanks it replays here on Sundays. So I'll probably just watch the end then.
Apparently the show won't be on for 2 weeks? What happened to it starting in January so it would have no interuptions.
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MattH, there is another song from THE HAPPY TIME, I'm quite fond of...Walking Among My Yesterdays...
A couple of Guy Haines suggestions: Nothing to Do But Relax; Haunted Heart; Very Warm; In The Heart of the Dark.
Are you familiar with a Gershwin tune: O Gosh, O Golly?
About Don't Put Your Daughter On The Stage, Mrs. Worthington?
You're the Woman for the Man Who Has Everything from last week's discussed SUPERMAN.
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As much as I like The Woman for the Man Who Has Everything, I don't think it would work outside the context of the show. It really needs to be sung by a very slippery character. ("Let me show you how to live ... Girls who get are girls who give ...")
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I think Guy definitely...DEFINITELY!...has to include POINT OF NO RETURN.
RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU.
MURDER, HE SAYS (SHE SAYS)
BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH
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More Guy Haines suggestions:
How Little We Know
I'll Remember April
The Moonlight Gambler
Star Eyes
Evelina
Baby, The Rain Must fall
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Point of No Return is on the list and a strong possibility. One of the already-chosen songs is one of my favorite songs from the Seventies.
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:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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More Guy Haines:
Everybody Wants To Take A Bow
Old Buttermilk Sky
Just A Little Lovin' Early In The Morning
It's A Lover's Question
You Couldn't Be Cuter
A Kind of Loving
Living In A Great Big Way
I'm All I Need or Oooh, What A Son-of-A-Bitch I Am, both from Heironymous Merkin
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There are quite a few Kander and Ebb songs I think Guy could do justice to. "Sometimes a Day Goes By, as DR Stuart mentioned, would be great for him, and so would "Seeing Things" and "I Don't Remember You," both beautiful ballads from THE HAPPY TIME.
And may I suggest, should Mr. Haines choose to record "Seeing Things" that he include the verse? Although I adore the Sexiest Man Alive's recording of it (produced coincidentally by Mr. Haines' very own producer), he leaves out the verse, and the song loses some of its depth, because the chorus doesn't tell us how the couple's ways of seeing things differ--the verse does:
You say, "Come down, you're going to fall."
I say, "Go up, you're touching the sky!"
That may not be quite right, but that's the gist of it.
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How about that one I heard the other night, "The Long Hot Summer"
Which reminds me of another Jimmy Rodgers song that might be right for Guy...Tucumcari.
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For a word of the day, "pudding" has been given very short shrift. Let's give pudding some long shrift, shall we? The day is young, which is more than I can say - so let's give pudding the respect it deserves. I know dear reader Sandra will have something pithy to day about pudding so we await her pithy pudding pronouncements.
I like pudding.
Is that pithy enough for you?
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Some years ago (wow!) I posted on this here site my top ten mathematical theorems. Included was,
Theorem: Pudding
Proof: Eating
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One of the high points of my life was when we went to Four Corners and I ate pudding in four states. (No joke.) If only I'd had my Swedish Chef hat then.
I had to read this crazy article for a class yesterday. It was long and boring and LONG! It just wasn't making any sense no matter how much I struggled with it, so I decided to take it on up to The Fifth Floor, where utter nonsense makes perfect sense.
I don't know if the article made sense up there or not because I got all caught up in a conversation that was going on about string cheese.
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An update on my little pudding, Callie. The tests were inconclusive, but she has been doing extremely well of late, so as long as that continues we're just going to wait and see.... So for now all is well.
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Good news, DRcillaliz!
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DR RON - I guess we are the only ones who watch PROJECT RUNWAY....but each of the designers reminds me of some wacko I have worked with on a play or musical. Costume designers and choreographers are guaranteed to be high maintenance and inflexible. One or the other or both.
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As JMK mentioned yesterday that Todd Rundgren had a new album out, I might put in that my Joe is a big fan of Todd's. In fact, in the 70's Joe was attending his concert at the late lamented Calderon theatre in the Stead of Hemp on the Island of Long and shared a, er, forbidden substance with Todd during the show.
Although his music is quite different from the music normally discussed on this site, he did record "The Lord Chancellor's Nightmare".
Rundgren songs for Guy Haines to record? I suppose "S.L.U.T." wouldn't count as a romantic ballad?
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And then since none of us could understand the article and we didn't want to have to discuss it in class, we all kept the teacher distracted for an hour and ten minutes. She goes off on tangents really easily. I like that in a teacher.
And my favorite screenplay has to be the upcoming Kudo-head and the Giant Green Blob.
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Now I want pudding. I am off to get a Cherry Coke and some pudding if I can find some.
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A good Todd choice consdering some of yesterday's "stuff" might be Time Heals. And did you know that Todd is Liv Tyler's stepfather and pretty much raised her (Steven was out of the picture until she was much older).
BK, check your AOL email. Two, count 'em, two presents are waiting.
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Perfect song for Guy Haines: DAYDREAMER, from the animated movie of the same name. It's time we had another rendition of this besides Robert Goulet's fine original. It's also just a good song for Guy's vocal stylings and sensbilities.
My favourite screenplays: My own DRAGONHEART (better than the final film) and my unproduced PRINCESS OF MARS.
Confession: I don't read screenplays. I'd rather read a book or play.
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Isn't ironic that the guy who chickened out of committing suicide may now be facing the death penalty?
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Isn't ironic that the guy who chickened out of committing suicide may now be facing the death penalty?
One lousy sentence and I leave a word out....isn't it ironic
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I would love to hear Mr. Haines wrap his larynx around a medley of "Not a Day Goes By" and "Sometimes a Day Goes By."
Still thinking of duets.
What about the "I Don't Remember You/Sometimes a Day Goes By" duet arrangement from And the World Goes 'Round? I love that arrangement. Maybe Guy Haines and Brent Barrett??
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Good moaning all .....
It's going to be another H-O-T day here in Melbourne ... 35 Celsius (with the occasional thunder storm thrown in).
I am digressing from the main topic of the day, but am hoping somebody may be able to clarify something for me ....
... Apparently one of our commercial tv stations will be screening a television remake of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE !!!
Can anybody verify that one has actually been made?
Has anybody actually seen it?
Did they re-work "The Morning After"?!!!!!
How can they make it without Shelley?!!!!!!
:)
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I think it is about the Australian Mining Company and the related stock boom/crash of the 1970's OzDErek.
lol. Ms Winters needed to dive into the flooded mine to save the cat. lol
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And about the new Guy Haines CD: "Ah, sir, happy news indeed!"
Name the musical that this quote comes from! No prize if you do, just bragging rights! ;D
"Sweeney Todd"
We have a winner!! ... Congratulations! :D
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I can't remember who posted yesterday about how hard it is to find films suitable for the entire family....
What about "A League of Their Own?" It's rated PG and it's a great movie! In my humble opinion (IMHO in Internet lingo). I don't remember if there is much "language" but I'm pretty sure that there isn't much (if any) vomiting. ::)
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Another most excellent Brasilian ballad to consider: Tom's glorious Sabia. A very meaningful lyric for those of us of a certain age. Sinatra did a beautiful version with Deodato, but I love Quarteto em Cy's version(s).
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Weird internet happening department: yesterday my Farmer article logged more visitors than hits. Now it's quite ordinary for me to get several more hits than visitors each day, since people (I'm sure fascinated and wanting to re-read--LOL) return, sometimes several times in a day. Cookies prevent them from being counted again as a visitor, but the site hits go up every time someone loads the page. But I have to wonder how I could have fewer hits than visitors. Hmmmmm......
JR I don't have Seattle directories. That must be my eBay nemesis.
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You MUST watch and report DR OZDEREK.
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Hmmmmmm.....I thought you did. LOL as far as I know your EBAY nemesis has been quiet of late.....although there are a LOT of new names on FF auctions. Most of them I don't recognize.
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I have a question some of you musical and opera fans might be able to answer. Is the reason STREET SCENE hasn't been revived on Broadway because it's now a title opera companies might want to tackle and might be considered too heavy and oepratic for Broadway (especially since pop operas don't seem to go over well any more)? Just started thinking about this today and wondered if any of you have any insight.
DRMattH, City Opera did a great broadcast of STREET SCENE in the early 1980s with Catherine Malfitano as Rose. I wish it were on DVD. My suspicions about the piece are the following:
1. no producer thinks it will run if revived
2. between the large cast and a large orchestra, which may be something the Kurt weill Foundation wouldn't like reduced to the current standard on Broadway of 15-18 playersplus conductor, it may be economically unfeasible.
Much as I love the score, I'd rather see THE GOLDEN APPLE revived with its large cast and original orchestration.
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Along with DRs DtM and MattH, I chime in for ALL ABOUT EVE.
I can't believe I forgot ALL ABOUT EVE this morning! It's the drugs.
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Isn't Jennifer Garner now Ben Affleck's new main squeeze?
The publicity would have us believe that.
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Isn't ironic that the guy who chickened out of committing suicide may now be facing the death penalty?
The dumbass deserves it for what he caused.
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How about a cowboy song for Guy? I know a good cowboy ballad by Ian Tyson, BARREL RACIN' ANGEL:
In the Arizona sunlight
In the Colorado Moonlight
When she gets there she'll feel all right
Now she's feelin' so tired
She's got her big bay horse
The one she calls the Rolling Sun
The hard-running faithful one
Out in front of all the rest
She's a Barrel Racin' Angel
Out there somewhere in the west
She's a Barrel Racin' Angel
Out there somewhere in the west
I wish you coulda seen them
At the short-go in Cheyenne
Ole Sun he's rolling like a thunderstorm
Fast as lightning on the plains
Now they're tired and sore
Still they gotta go some more
'Cause on the road to Las Vegas
There's no place to rest
CHORUS
Cowgirls are special when they follow their dreams
Every race is a brand new start
Some are running for the sake of running
Some are running from a broken heart
Just one thing you gotta know
You can't hold her you gotta let her go
You can't catch a silhouette
She's like ice and she's like fire
They're gonna fly as one
She and Rolling Sun
Out among the stars
Ahead of all the rest
CHORUS
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Can NOBODY tell me how Alias ended last night? :(
Just the usual end credits and previews for next week.
That, and a helicopter fell down and went boom.
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Dear Friend BK, I assume you are producing Mr Haines' recording, and I know you're a Loesser fan. Might I suggest for duet possiilities "No Two People" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside."
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Loving the song choices and have added a couple to the list of potentials. Also, seeing the songs listed helps jog my memory for other songs - as soon as Jimmie Rodgers was mentioned I thought of Secretly - which I adore.
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The roofers are here and are making a lot of noise.
My nominated song for Guy Haines to sing: Too Marvelous For Words
And I can't tell you how excited I am to hear that Guy will record again. He is one of my favorites!
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Dear Friend BK, I assume you are producing Mr Haines' recording, and I know you're a Loesser fan. Might I suggest for duet possiilities "No Two People" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside."
It is the drugs! I can't even type possibilities.
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Is there any difference between "Secretly" and "Silhouettes"?
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DR RON - I guess we are the only ones who watch PROJECT RUNWAY....but each of the designers reminds me of some wacko I have worked with on a play or musical. Costume designers and choreographers are guaranteed to be high maintenance and inflexible. One or the other or both.
Ha, I'd probably be watching it if we got US Bravo. :)
(i think that is the station it is on - or else some other US channel I don't get).
Good vibes for Callie! ~~~~~~~~~~~~`
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I want some Yorkshire pudding.
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Thanks it replays here on Sundays. So I'll probably just watch the end then.
Apparently the show won't be on for 2 weeks? What happened to it starting in January so it would have no interuptions.
That wasn't why it started in January. It was so there would be no reruns which are usually very low in the ratings for a serialized show like ALIAS. Special events manage to postpone every show at some time or other.
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DRMattH, City Opera did a great broadcast of STREET SCENE in the early 1980s with Catherine Malfitano as Rose. I wish it were on DVD. My suspicions about the piece are the following:
1. no producer thinks it will run if revived
2. between the large cast and a large orchestra, which may be something the Kurt weill Foundation wouldn't like reduced to the current standard on Broadway of 15-18 playersplus conductor, it may be economically unfeasible.
Yes, I saw that on either Bravo or Trio or A&E some years ago. Odd that it doesn't get frequent replays. It's a fascinating show, I think.
Thanks for your opinions, DR Elmore.
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More Guy Haines suggestions:
"Picnic"
"Tenderly"
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The gossip mill about Jennifer Garner:
Her falling in love with Michael Vartan on ALIAS caused the rift in her marriage to Scott Foley.
Falling in love with Ben Affleck on DAREDEVIL ended her affair with Vartan.
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BRAVO is correct DRJENNIFER.
I thought for sure my generalization about choreographers and costume designers would get some comments around these parts...LOL....maybe I was more accurate than I thought....
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Well, I would say that Miss Garner is another sad example of a youngster with no clew what love is, what commitment is. If she falls for every leading man she works with, well, what a silly girl she is. Too bad.
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Watched the Poirot episode "Triangle at Rhodes" today. One of the strongest and most surprising of the short mysteries featuring Poirot.
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Also got THE LETTER and KING SOLOMON'S MINES in the mail today. I see much DVDing for the weekend!
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Is there any difference between "Secretly" and "Silhouettes"?
Besides the definitions and the different melodies? :-*
I was so busy being facetious at DRTomovoz' expense that I forgot the reason for this post!
DRGinny, I will go to 42nd Street and Ticket Central and pick up the tickets next week when it hopefully warms up.
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To my ear the melodies are very similar indeed.
Wish we didn't have to meet se-cret-ly
Took a walk and passed your house late last night
Maybe it's just the same note values or something.
What do I know? I think "I Don't Talk To Strangers" (Placido Domingo) is the same as "All I Ask of You".
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I'm about to eat a tuna sandwich made by my very own self. I haven't had a tuna sandwich made by my very own self in some time.
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To my ear the melodies are very similar indeed.
Wish we didn't have to meet se-cret-ly
Took a walk and passed your house late last night
Maybe it's just the same note values or something.
What do I know? I think "I Don't Talk To Strangers" (Placido Domingo) is the same as "All I Ask of You".
DRTomovoz, you know plenty, kiddo! Perhaps the writer of "I Don't Talk to Strangers" and Sir Andrew are both stealing from Puccini?
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TOD:
"Some Like It Hot"
"Ball of Fire"
"Sunset Boulevard"
"All About Eve"
"Adam's Rib"
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Ah, yes, MattH, before both Bravo and A&E betrayed their mandate to broadcast Arts programming.
Looking at the paper today, I realize the tragic train wreck happened right next to the Costco I always shop at.
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Oh and "Inherit the Wind" (even though it was an adaptation)
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Jrand54, Dorian Gray is airing right now on TCM. It's always a bit of shock when the film goes from B&W to the colour portrait. It's a strange, arch film and I could do without Cedric Hardwicke's narration. But Hurd Hatfield is always a watchable actor. I think his best performance is in THE LEFT-HANDED GUN.
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I'm about to eat a tuna sandwich made by my very own self. I haven't had a tuna sandwich made by my very own self in some time.
Grandlad story, coming up!
Tuesday, while we were erranding with the lads in the car, we went to McDonald's for lunch. The grandlads had happy meals, while I had some Chinese I'd picked up at the mall, and der B had a tunafish sandwich he's picked up at Subway. (We did have drinks from McDonalds, two hot teas, thank-you.)
Alex, the seven-year, looked at what we were eating and made a face. "Why do adults eat such yucky stuff?"
I explained to him that, as people get older, their tastes change. What tastes great to someone his age doesn't taste so good later in life, and what you think you'll never like early on tastes great when you mature.
He was having none of this. With the assuredness of his age, he declared that he wouldn't let this happen to him. We told him it would, whether he wanted it to happen or not. He countered with the idea of having his taste buds removed. But that would mean having his tongue removed, since that's where his taste buds are located, we told him.
Of course, this devolved into talking without tongues. Given the chance, grandkids are lots of fun.
;D
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For those that don't know, "I Don't Talk To Strangers" is a Tim Rice/ALW song predating Phantom.
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Well, the tuna sandwich was yummilicious. I'm relaxing and then shall write a bit more. I got interrupted earlier by a phone call from the producer of Horror of Party Beach.
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Puddin'
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It's the voodoo, I tell ya, it's the voodoo!
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'n' underpants!!!
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People must still be purchasing Writer's Block - current amazon sales ranking: 36,807
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The visual just WON'T go away...........
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Of course, this devolved into talking without tongues. Given the chance, grandkids are lots of fun.
SWW - LOL at this delightful grandlad story! Thank you for sharing it.
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Another song reccy for Guy:
"April Love"
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Did you know that underpants are an excellent fabric to use when straining the lumps out of chocolate pudding?
Or is that going to cause another problematic visual? ::)
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Did you know that underpants are an excellent fabric to use when straining the lumps out of chocolate pudding?
Or is that going to cause another problematic visual? ::)
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On the same S. Woody White note: I must tell you I am exceptionally GLAD that I was not one of the people who ate the first pudding strained through underpants.
Can you imagine? I'd like to think they were clean, but dollars'll get you donuts they were used.
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Re: Hurd Hatfield. Don't ask me why I remember this, but years ago when I was living in a shared housing environment, we were watching the communal television when one of the wackier women who lived there (we were co-ed, wink, wink, nudge, nudge) walked in, looked at the t.v. and exclaimed, "Oooh! It's Hurd Hatfield." I had never heard (or Hurd) of Hatfield outside of Dorian, so it just struck me as funny that a 20-something (this was years ago, LOL), hippie-ish woman would get excited about seeing someone who wasn't exactly an A-lister. Maybe you had to be there.
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On the same S. Woody White note: I must tell you I am exceptionally GLAD that I was not one of the people who ate the first pudding strained through underpants.
Can you imagine? I'd like to think they were clean, but dollars'll get you donuts they were used.
Dollars'll get you donuts?
No No No!!!
Underpants have nothing to do with the donuts, only with the chocolate glaze.
And we're talkin' cake donuts!
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JMK...She's sounds like a woman who needed further investigation.
By the by, you did get my late-night correction that I think it was Judy Geeson, not Susan George, living with Kris Tabori...It was one or the other. But I seem to remember the Geeson mouth.
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I'm in a bit of shock right now.
I called my other employer to tell him I needed to take this Saturday off. He greeted me regretfully with the news that the program has now been cut. He didn't want to, but he had to tell me that I was laid off. I'm now without both jobs. Okay then.
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Definitely Judy Geeson. Checked IMDB. They were married for five years. '84-'89, the exact time they were living up the hill behind me. He's Don Siegel's son...why does he have Tabori's name?
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Ann, I'm so sorry to hear that.
You're due for a good bouncing back up. Hope that happens soon!
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Definitely Judy Geeson. Checked IMDB. They were married for five years. '84-'89, the exact time they were living up the hill behind me. He's Don Siegel's son...why does he have Tabori's name?
Viveca Lindfors was married to Gregory Taborri from 1953-1970. Kristoffer, offspring from her marriage to Don Siegel, was born in 1952.
I've not found anything that explains the "why" Kristoffer took his stepfather's surname, but it's clear he and his father, Don Siegel, got along as Siegel cast his son in several films.
Possibly, he thought the name sounded better as a "professional" name...or he may have done it as a tribute to the man who helped his mother raise him.
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I'm in a bit of shock right now.
I called my other employer to tell him I needed to take this Saturday off. He greeted me regretfully with the news that the program has now been cut. He didn't want to, but he had to tell me that I was laid off. I'm now without both jobs. Okay then.
DRAnn, the universe is telling you something about being in the wrong place.
How are you feeling today?
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DR Ann.. A new door will open soon or at least a window. The best of thoughts to you.
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Definitely Judy Geeson. Checked IMDB. They were married for five years. '84-'89, the exact time they were living up the hill behind me. He's Don Siegel's son...why does he have Tabori's name?
DRPogue, Viveca Lindfors married playwright George Tabori. One of my co-workers at Drama Book Shop went to Boston University with Kristofer.
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Yes, Ann should move to Los Angeles, where she will have no problem getting a job immediately.
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All right, I'm going to get in my motor car and go find Bunny Lake is Missing on DVD. Tower has it, but it's full price, which is ridiculous. Amoeba has it, but it will be full price there, too. But they may have a promo copy for less, so I guess that's where I'll try.
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For those that don't know, "I Don't Talk To Strangers" is a Tim Rice/ALW song predating Phantom.
Well, DR Tomovoz ... if I didn't talk to strangers, we would have never met ... (and they don't come any stranger than you ... lol ;D )
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and who would have thought THAT ALW song from POTO would be nominated? .... it really is as though he had a spare song lying around and decided to put it in the movie!!!
"oh, the injustice of it all"
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oh btw ... for anybody who is interested ....
DIRTY DANCING: THE MUSICAL is breaking box office records in Sydney. Playing to standing room only some nights.
Looking forward to seeing it when it arrives here in Melbourne (mid year).
"And nobody puts Baby in a corner!!!"
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I didn't know Dirty Dancing had been turned into a musical, that's very cool. I've always liked Dirty Dancing, and I think it'd make a good musical.
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What do I know? I think "I Don't Talk To Strangers" (Placido Domingo) is the same as "All I Ask of You".
DRTomovoz, you know plenty, kiddo! Perhaps the writer of "I Don't Talk to Strangers" and Sir Andrew are both stealing from Puccini?
For those that don't know, "I Don't Talk To Strangers" is a Tim Rice/ALW song predating Phantom.
I don't know how many know this story. I can't remember if I've told it here before. If I have...here it is again. "I Don't Talk to Strangers" was from a version of Aspects of Love that was supposed to have lyrics by Tim Rice, but their writing partnership fell through. Trevor Nunn was brought in to write new lyrics but the project totally fell through. Most (if not all) of the music for that version went into ALW's The Phantom of the Opera. Sometime in the early to not quite mid-1980s, Sarah sang and then-hubby Andrew played a song on the Merv Griffin show that turned out to be from that version of Aspects of Love (I was going to just use the initials, but that would've been AOL and I didn't want to confuse anyone! ::)). Anyway, I taped that song from the TV by holding a little tape recorder up to the TV speaker and that song, then called "Married Man," eventually became "Music of the Night." Here is the first verse:
Dreams of summer
Secret smiles between us
Our first meeting
You'd thought they had seen us
We both tried explaining
Then it started raining
Then you said "I love you, girl, but then
"I'm much too old to fall in love again."
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DR Pogue: Yes, I saw your updates. And the Hurd Hatfield girl was kind of scary--or else I would have investigated further, LOL. ;)
DS Betsy is being wooed by a Portland radio station (again--it happens like clockwork). I think she and I need to co-host a talk show where we can dismantle Republicans, though only in the nicest way. There's an Oregon state rep (Republican, of course) who's just been the subject of a major investigation because none of the people he claims to have paid during his last campaign actually got anything. Of course the R's had put him on the Finance Committee in Salem. Yes, this is the party of "fiscal conservatism", of "not spending the people's money." Please. Give me a mic and a follow spot and I'm off, baby! Oh, wait, this is about my wife. Never mind.
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The visual just WON'T go away...........
:(
It depends on how you are visualizing it.
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Thanks for that DR George.
Agree with OzDerek about the new POTO song - it is so nothing and seems to relate to nothing.
Still, if the M & M song can win!
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And I still think the new POTO song's title, Learn To Be Lonely, was borrowed from Ibsen (as used in A DOLL'S LIFE).
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I didn't know Dirty Dancing had been turned into a musical, that's very cool. I've always liked Dirty Dancing, and I think it'd make a good musical.
As there are a number of Australian investors involved with the production, it was decided to use our fair country as the "pre-broadway" try outs.
Juding by the response received so far, this should be on broadway in the not too distant future.
Word on a possible soundtrack release will be out soon. I shall keep you posted!
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want to read more ?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Review/Dirty-Dancing/2004/11/19/1100838214080.html?oneclick=true
(review is for the first night in Sydney - 2004)
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sideline here ... it appears the link to subscribe to Tony Central at the top of the HHW page does not work ... maybe it is my end (so to speak!)
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DR OZDEREK try holding down the "control" key and clicking on the link and it should work..
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Hmmmmmmmmm MR BK didn't mention picking up JUST FOR YOU/HERE COMES THE GROOM so I guess "Zing and Little Zong" is out....hmmmmm..I must hone my lobby skills!
It is now 12 degrees F here.
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Evening folks!
Sorry to be late. I had some things to do tonight—Still looking for a couple of warm socks for the trip. Not sure if fleece or wool is the right way to go. I found some fleece socks on a horse riding web site but they are over ten dollars a pair! Yikes! Any suggestions are welcome.
Thank you also, DR Jose. I was checking out the sites you listed for the Pocket PC. I have a keyboard that bought off of E-bay when I returned from my last trip. No more peck/peck/peck with that stylus for me when I’m trying to organize my thoughts.
I want a modem for it because they say that Downtown Tampa is going to be a “hot spot” for free internet service if you are set up right. They even mentioned using the Pocket PC. I guess I’ll have to go to Comp USA and ask what I need and ask them how to set it up.
It would be nice to be able to check my e-mails and possibly pop by here on my lunch break.
DR VixMom—Selfish devil, aren’t I? ;)
I went to Half.com to see if I could find any other books in a Sci Fi series that I just started called, Midshipman’s Hope by David Feintuch.
I had bought it and the 2nd book Challenger’s Hope at the book fair awhile back and am greatly enjoying it. I thought it might be a trilogy so I wanted to find the 3rd book. Much to my surprise, there are at least 7 (!) in the series! Half.com had them all so I just bought the 5 that I was missing. I’m sure I’ll read them. Eventually.
DR Ann! I’m so glad to see you posting again! I hope you continue towards a very speedy recovery. I was sorry to read about the job. I’m sure something else even better will come along.
I read an interesting bit of news. Michael Ball is taking over for Michael Crawford in Woman In White until Mr. C recovers from a nasty bit of flu bug. It would almost be my dream come true. That is to see all three of my favorite Michaels on the same stage together. Not likely but one can hope. :D
Jrand, you will never guess what is up for bid on E-bay. Two, count’em, Joestte’s Music Boxes. Sigh. The Holy Grail of Dark Shadows items. I have the wind up music-(the guts of the music box, if you know what I mean and it DOES play Josette’s theme) but I don’t have the actual whole Music box. Maybe someday……
Hate to post and run but I have a B-day card to make for someone at work and a CD I want to burn. (sheepish smile) I suppose if I have a CD player in Bonnie, I should at least test it to see if it works. I thought a CD of my favorites would be nice.
Have a GREAT evening all!
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BK, another duet possibility and one that should be close to your heart: Julius' Warm. The chromatic stuff that's "built in" would be perfect vocal lines. Maybe you and Sally K.?????
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DRDANISE that is faburoso! Josette's Theme is so pretty! Hope ya win!
And if you go ahead and get the "horse" socks, they will last FOREVER!!!
DRANN - sending vibes of recovery and employment!
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Minx Anastasia
January 1999 - January 2005
Minx left us tonight at 7:45 pm. Precisely one week following her 14th Birthday.
She will be remembered and missed greatly.
I remained with her to the end; she went peacefully and painlessly following a long, happy life.
We couldn't have asked for a better pet, friend or companion.
It's been a rough month around here health-wise, hence my conspicuous absences, still I want to thank all the DRs for the wonderful warm thoughts and messages in light of today's grief.
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Minx left us tonight at 7:45 pm. Precisely one week following her 14th Birthday.
She will be remembered and missed greatly.
DrTD, so sorry to hear of your loss.
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Dr TD - Holly the zaftig Shar-pei and I are thinking about you.
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That song was placed in the PHANTOM credits specifically to get him an Oscar nomination. His name fairly guaranteed that the song would be nominated. I'm looking forward to hearing the song from THE POLAR EXPRESS in a more complete version during the Oscaar ceremony. Of the Golden Globe nominees, it was the only one that appealed to me in the little snippet we heard.
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The news about Minx is indeed sad, but she had wonderful companions through her life.
Best wishes from myself, der Brucer, Marty, Mikey, Bonnie, Buster, Fletcher and Zeus.
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Oh, DR td, I'm very sorry to read about Minx, but she had a wonderful life, and I'm sure you'll find some comfort in that.
A dear friend of mine had to put one of his labs down last week, and we talked a long time about it being best for her.
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TD, what a beautiful dog...I am so sorry. :'(
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DR OZDEREK try holding down the "control" key and clicking on the link and it should work..
thanks for the advice. unfortunately, the link just kept jumping back to the screen. i think it may be a case of this pc playing up ....
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Hello TD .....
... condolences for your loss.
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Sorry to hear about Minx.
I'm back, and to prove it, I'm here. Jacuzzi is heating up. I couldn't find Bunny Lake is Missing at the few stores I went to - most annoying. But I did find a used copy of a three DVD set of The Best of Johnny Carson - that should be a lot of fun.
Now, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Got BK on his cell phone down at Amoeba and, since he was on my side of the hill, we decided to rendezvous for an impromptu dinner at Schwab's on Vine and Sunset (or should that be Sunset and Vine? Technically, I think it's just Vine...which is just vine with me). We spoke of shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings...and about his new book and tossed around song ideas for the new Guy Haines album...and yes, laughed and laughed until we could laugh no more. At which point, we left...but it might have been the atypical soggy onion rings that prompted our departure. They now sit in the bottom of my belly like so much leaden fish.
BK, here's the list of songs you wanted me to remind you of...
Liza (and Jolson stuff)
I Wish I Didn't Love You So
Ice Castles Theme (Hamlisch)
Far-Away Part of Town
Lazy Days
On Your toes
Sure Thing
Put Me To The Test
How Could Someone Nice Like You, Evie
Roar of Greasepaint...
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td, So sorry to hear about Minx...glad you were with her.
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DR TD, I am so sorry to read about your loss.
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Yes, the fershluganah onion rings were HORRIBLE - soggy, heavy, and really unappetizing. Of course, we at them all - one simply can't leave onion rings uneaten, but we didn't LIKE them.
I'm quite a fan of impromptu dinners, and I'm glad I had my cell phone on, which is a rare occurance.
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And I was VERY good at dinner - I only had a Caesar Salad (plus three onion rings). I was still full from my tuna sandwiches, actually, but the Caesar is so damnably good at Schwab's I just had to have it.
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DR Ann, that stinks. It's one thing to have bad news come to you but when you reach out and get it---Ugh! But this closed window will lead to open doors, I'm sure.
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Jrand, you will never guess what is up for bid on E-bay. Two, count’em, Joestte’s Music Boxes. Sigh. The Holy Grail of Dark Shadows items. I have the wind up music-(the guts of the music box, if you know what I mean and it DOES play Josette’s theme) but I don’t have the actual whole Music box. Maybe someday……
ARRGH! I can't get that tinkly little tune out of my head, now.
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Open a new window
Open a new door
Travel a new highway
That's never been tried before
I'll have some more Guy Haines news in tomorrow's notes. Now, should I try to watch a little Johnny Carson, or should I try to watch my next Patrice Laconte movie, Ridicule?
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Welcome nine GUESTS. We're talkin' about something - what is it? Oh, yes, favorite screenplays.
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DR TD good vibes to you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And DR Ann, good job vibes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Desperate Housewives, Lost and Alias stuff from the abc store:
http://abc.go.com/email/abcstore/valentines05/
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One more suggestion for Guy's new album: Joni Mitchell's "Twisted".
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Another Kander and Ebb suggestion for Guy Haines: "Yes."
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Ridicule...or On Guard, which you purchased and is dandy. Then a touch of Carson for dessert which will go down easy on top of those soggy onion rings.
Know we said no Porter, but our you familiar with a ditty, The Great Indoors...? A suitable number for Guy.
Some oddities:
Say It (Over and Over Again)
Montevideo (monte-vee-day-oo)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
The Night A Sinner Kissed An Angel
I'll Tell the Man In the Street
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When feeling sad and lonely, this is indeed the best site on the net to come to. Friends and family. That's what this site is.
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TD: So very sorry about your beloved Minx. It is never easy. My thoughts are with you.
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How about a fun duet like:
I Shall Scream from Oliver! A good partner might be Judy Kaye.
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We were talking Mercer earlier...Bob White is quite zippy. Of course, my favourite Mercer...Out of This World
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How's Guy's pucker? The High & The Mighty? Does it even have words or is it all whistling?
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High and the Mighty does have words - I have the sheet music sitting on my piano.
I was high and mighty
Tho' I laughed at love
And the stars above
Something like that... Guy has, of course, whistled on many albums - he is somewhat known for his whistling ways. In fact, he flew to New York to whistle for Donna Murphy on The King and I album.
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I must say that at first glance I misread "How's Guy's pucker."
td: Amen, baby. That IS what this site is about.
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I've chosen Ridicule for tonight's movie. So far it is absolutely wonderful.
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Ten more degrees and I shall be out in the sparklingly sparkling Jacuzzi.
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I've chosen Ridicule for tonight's movie. So far it is absolutely wonderful.
I chose IVANHOE to cheer me a bit.
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One more suggestion for Guy's new album: Joni Mitchell's "Twisted".
Technically it's Lambert, Hendricks and Ross' Twisted (Annie wrote the lyric, IIRC). Dave's daughter is a former WB executive and attorney who did some copyright work for me up here a few years ago (she is a raconteur par excellence).
TD, Minx was gorgeous. We've been through what you're going through. When the time feels right, think about getting a rescue dog (as in a dog rescued from being abandoned). We are so happy we saved BeeGee from heaven knows what.
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Out for my Jacuzzi. Ahhhhhh.
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Minx Anastasia
January 1999 - January 2005
:'( Very sorry to hear about Minx. :'(
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Is everyone having a siesta?
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I just had the most marvelously marvelous Jacuzzi. It's nippy out, but actually not overtly nippy. I was in there for a good twenty-five minutes and am now completely relaxed.
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I'm converting a few new CDs to MP3 files so that I can play them on my MP3 watch! I just got the original Broadway cast recordings of Pipe Dream and Allegro done. After that will be the soundtrack to "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" that I got from the library. Then will be the Audra McDonald concert that she did and was broadcast on NPR (it's archived there). The Audra concert won't fit on the watch with the other three CDs, but those will all fit. The watch only has 128 megabytes. That's about two to two and a half hours' worth. And when I listen to those, I still have real CDs and my little CD player at work. ;D
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I actually was having a siesta. I was trying to watch CSI, but couldn't stay awake.
Many many vibes to td over the loss of Minx. She was a beautiful dog. My thoughts are with you and your family.
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DR td: So sorry to hear about Minx. It is always so difficult to have to make that decision.
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Dear BK:
I would like very much if Guy Haines would sing "Laura" on his new CD.
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Would Laura sing "A Guy Is A Guy"?
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Have finished Ridicule, about which more later. I must now hie myself to write the new notes. Keep the home fries burning until my returning.
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BK, I have a CD by a woman named Deborah Boily called "Thank You For the Music (http://www.lmlmusic.com/artists/boi_recordings.htm)" on LML Music. She recorded the song known as "My Way" (made famous by Frank Sinatra), but she went back to the original French lyrics and wrote a new translation because the lyrics written by Paul Anka had nothing to do with the original French lyrics (she tells this story on the CD).
The original French title is "Comme D'Habitude" which translates as "As Usual." Have you or Guy Haines heard this version? I think it's quite good. The lyrics are repetative (she also sings it in the original French, so you can tell that that's the way it was written), but I like this version more than "My Way." But then I was never much of a Sinatra fan. ::)
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Haven't heard it, but will try.
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Good Evening!
Sorry to have been errant and truant all day, but like I sort of said in my posts this morning, I had a full day off today... So I took it!
:)
Thanks to all DRs for your comments and concern. There is one family matter that caught my totally off guard this morning, but now that I'm over the shock of it, I'm better.
Yesterday morning, however, just seemed to be Bad News Central. Before I left for the theatre, I got an e-mail from the woman who coordinates the upcoming theatre convention I'll be playing for. At the end of her e-mail, she asked for thoughts and prayers for her mother who was recently diagnosed with colon and liver cancer.
Then once I got to the theatre, there was an announcement posted on the callboard informing everyone that the husband of one of the stage managers had died Tuesday night. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer just last November. Martha was my stage manager for Camelot.
Five minutes later, I was talking with the contractor, and she asked if I knew anything more about the musical director's personal assistant - she was only here through tech week, taking notes, etc. I said No. Well... It turns out that the assistant was diagnosed with cancer sometime last year, and she had found out that it was terminal before the DC portion of the run started. She wanted to do the show to keep her mind off of her health condition. She needed to do the show. She recently went home to Japan to spend her final days with her family.
...And that particular bit of bad news just started the wheels in my head turning in regards to my father's recent bout with prostate cancer, and the repercussions, as it were, for myself and my three younger brothers...
So...
...Big Breath[/b]...
I'm OK. And I wasn't really that bad last night either. I just happened to have a day filled with "perspective" focusing news and events. And with that horrible train wreck in California, and the deaths in Iraq, we all had that sort of day.
And after reading through all the posts yesterday that had been posted since I had posted in the morning...
This is a very wonderful place on the internet. One big happy family. Yes, dysfunctional at times, but what family is truly "functional" anyway? It's nice to have a place where we all can talk about our daily lives, from the big issues down to the trivialities. We can laugh. We can cry. We can smile. We can offer words of comfort, and hearty pats on the back. We can talk about "pudding" and "underpants" in the same sentence. -It may not be pretty, but where else on the net could those two words be put in the same sentence, as BK would say - and I think he did.
Best of all, we can move on.
And we did.
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In other news...
DR Matt H - As DR elmore pointed out, STREET SCENE is just one huge show. Large cast. Large orchestra. And the Weill Foundation/Estate is infamous for their requirement of using a full orchestra - or just a piano. No in between. Wolf Trap mounted a production two or three summers ago with their resident opera company. It was the largest cast they every had to deal with - lots of "extras" (boys, girls, roller skaters... and isn't there a role for a circus performer or something like that?).
On a personal note, when I was in college, I sang the role of Mr. Maurrant in Opera Workshop. It was fun playing a bastard.
;)
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Haven't heard it, but will try.
If you want, I could e-mail you an MP3 of that one song...unless you want the whole CD (the song is part of a medley). Could you add it to your iPod??
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DR Danise - For a lot of the current modems to work, you have to have the current Windows Pocket PC version - which I think is 2003. Additionally, I noticed on HP's website that there is also a new ROM update which should be installed too - whatever a ROM update is. The cewindows site had the info, but..
In my searching and querying yesterday, I did take advantage of the free HP Active Chat with their tech support division. Is your Pocket PC and HP or Compaq model? Yes, it was a little slow, but I did get some questions answered.
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DR td - So sorry to hear about Minx.
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Bravo, Jose, beautifully put.
Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?
New notes in about twelve minutes. I'm gonna take a quick shower to was the chlorine from my not-so-svelte person.
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What was in the boxes you had to look through, DRJOSE?
Did "Zing a Little Zong" get knocked out of the box? Or was it ever in the box? *sigh*
And of course DR CP - the Theme From Ice Castles is titled "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" sung so beautifully by Melissa Manchester.
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I wish that they would show a floor plan of the homes we see on HOUSE HUNTERS. Sometimes the quick front view of the exterior makes it difficult to tell exactly how the rooms they are looking through work. Sometimes you can tell by some of the windows, but other times.....
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So...
I actually didn't end up leaving the house until around 3:00. After shutting down my computer this morning, I decided to vacuum the foyer since we've all been tracking in sand and dirt since we got snow on last Saturday. Well, then I decided to go ahead and vacuum the kitchen floor since it seemed in need of a cleaning too. Then I headed downstairs, and vacuumed the basement rugs - which I don't think had been vacuumed in a while.
-Oh, and for some strange reason, while I was vacuuming the "exhaust" smelled like "breakfast" - sausage, eggs, and pancakes. Oh, and maple syrup too! It was both strange and sort of pleasant at the same time. But, again, very strange.
Then I went ahead with my workout. How many more weeks till JEWISH THIGHS? ;)
After cleaning up and having lunch, then I headed out. I spent most of the time at the mall, Tysons Corner. I walked end to end on both floors twice. I didn't go into that many store, but I bought a few things here, and a few things there. A bunch of stores still had lots of Christmas Clearance stuff.
The one thing I may go back for is the new whisk at Williams-Sonoma that has a built in thermometer. Perfect for making custards, ice cream bases, certain frostings, etc. I saw a blurb about it in this week's New York Times. A cool gadget.
After spending about four and a half hours at the mall - ?!?!?! I headed home by way of Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. *Poor Trader Joe's. They had a lot of empty shelf space. -And I noticed this at the other location I went to the other day too. It turns out one of their main East Coast distribution centers is in Boston. Snowed in Boston.
...And I'm gonna hit Post now before I get locked out...
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Nothing is out of the box yet. I have to find the songs on our lists, listen to them and then see what fits with what.
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New notes in three count them three minutes.
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What was in the boxes you had to look through, DRJOSE?
Boxes? What boxes?
I don't know anything about no stinking boxes?
;)
...Tomorrow, tomorrow