Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 01, 2021, 12:27:56 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were 124% and welcomed the lovelier than lovely April, and now it is time for you to post until the foolish cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: JOCULAR!
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And the word of the day is: JOCULAR!
I knew one in High School.
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Good morning, friends.
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Like bk mentioned the other day, I kind of dread going on the Internet on April Fool's Day.
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I have a friend from college who, during COVID isolation, has turned himself into a fancy bread baker.
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Morning at DR elmore3003's house:
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I have a friend from college who, during COVID isolation, has turned himself into a fancy bread baker.
This is very pretty.
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Morning at DR elmore3003's house:
That is so Stella!
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And good morning, all!
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At 3:30 Annabelle came down from her bookcase aerie with every breath sounding like a loud fart. Her nose was completely clogged with dried gunk. I chased her down, cleaned her nose with a wet cotton ball, and gave her a dose of Lysine. She was amused by none of this. I got back to bed around 4:15, and had a long dream that Annabelle, Thatch, and I were at ther Miami University Library and I saw several old (and now late) friends, including my wonderful boss Helen Ball. When we left, Thatch and I waited in the lobby while several librarians brought armfulls of cats to me while I looked for Annabelle. We found her. Then we were riding to Middletown with my Dad and his girlfriend. Qw aropped at a garage where father and GF had a fight, she slapped him, and walked out.
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DR JohnG, I'm happy the Porter review was not a complete disaster. Yes, "Say It With Gin" was my first orchestration when we began work on The New Yorkers in October or November 2017. Josh and I had a deal that we would never reveal who scored what except for "Love For Sale" and "I Happen To Like New York," so don't tell anyone I revealed this one's mine, too.
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Any Offenbach lovers want to expaqnd their collection? There's a great 30-disc set on Amazon!
https://smile.amazon.com/Offenbach-Operas-Operettas-Various-Artists/dp/B07NB9BK5M/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=jacques+offenbach&qid=1617274823&rnid=2941120011&s=music&sr=1-3
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BK, in my various jobs digging into 1930s musicals of Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers, it's my observation that when it came to the "ballets" in their shows, they actually composed the music. It was the dances that accompanied the songs that were arranged by the orchestrator or his ghostwriter. So, Rodgers composed "La Princesse Zenobia" and "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" for On Your Toes, but another did the dance arrangements for "On Your Toes," "There's a Small Hotel" and other songs. Unlike later, he wrote out the entire scores.
"The Carousel Waltz" was actually a suite of waltzes he wrote in thew 1930s and I believe the orriginal score may be in the Rodgers Collection of the Library of Congress. I have never seen the manuscript, but it's my belief that the wonderful opening of the "Carousel Walt," which sounds a bit like a calliope warming up, may have been arranged by Russell Bennett, the show's original orchestrator.
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Hans Spialek, who orchestrated Om Your Toes, orchestrated The Boys From Syracuse, and for the fantastic "Sing For Your Supper" Chappell's Latin American dance arranger Menotti Salta was brought in to arrange the rhumba following the song.
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That's enough of me for now!
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I forgot! The unemployment situation remains a complete mess. Perhaps Suad will have good news today.
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Good morning, all.
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Hans Spialek, who orchestrated Om Your Toes, orchestrated The Boys From Syracuse, and for the fantastic "Sing For Your Supper" Chappell's Latin American dance arranger Menotti Salta was brought in to arrange the rhumba following the song.
Salta did a fantastic job with that little rhumba numba. (A Cole Porter reference.)
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Fascinating posts, DR elmore3003.
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Does anyone have the old OED (Oxford English Dictionary), the one that was in two volumes with an included magnifying glass?
That edition seems to have been replaced by an online subscription.
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30 CDs for under $50? That's a pretty great deal!
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Happy Birthday, Sergei (Rachmaninoff)!
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Good morning, all.
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I'd love to hear those Rodgers scores. I'm only familiar with Slaughter on 10th Avenue.
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Does anyone have the old OED (Oxford English Dictionary), the one that was in two volumes with an included magnifying glass?
That edition seems to have been replaced by an online subscription.
That's one of those things I used to think I just had to have. After years of waffling on it, about the time I decided to look for a copy is, I think, about when they were transitioning to publishing it only online, so it was already getting hard to find one for a reasonable price. Then, the more I thought about it, the less I thought I'd ever actually use it, so I crossed that off my list.
But it always seemed such an attractive thing to own. And wasn't it always - or very often - being offered for very little money when you joined a book club or something?
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:)
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HAH!! Good one.
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Friends on FB have been offering suggestions for an April 1 playlist.
So far we've got:
Dionne Warwick, The April Fools
Simon & Garfunkel, April, Come She Will
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Let's move on.
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TWO!!
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Good morning!
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Last night we watched Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" ballet. We watched this one from 2011, and there has been a second DVD release I would like to see as well. I enjoyed some of it, but I found by the end Joby Talbot's score exhausting and bombastic, although I loved the imaginative orchestration. I kept thinking, how do the dancers count this? How do they hear it? Then in the extras, I saw them rehearsing to a very simplified piano accompaniment.
The dancers and sets are amazing, and the funniest thing in the ballet is a quartet for the Queen of Hearts and four men, a very deliberate parody of the Rose Adagio from Act One of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, with four cowed men and one aggressive prima ballerina. It was my favorite moment.
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That certainly sounds like fun.
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Speaking of the Rose Adagio, here's Lauren Cuthbertson performing it from a Russian performance last year of The Sleeping Beauty, in which she played the Princess Aurora.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOu_CDqQ9Q
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Congrats to MR BK on his continued GO GO success.
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DR MATTHEW that was a nice song.
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Now I will tell you something you will never be able to forget, and it will come to your mind every time a discussion of a certain composer comes up.....
Mr. Offenbach's first name and last name sound like a German phrase for an American euphemism for masturbation.
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HA! Now try to say his name without laughing. :D
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Because of a casting blunder, I will be playing the lead in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME in June.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA........April Fool!
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Now I will tell you something you will never be able to forget, and it will come to your mind every time a discussion of a certain composer comes up.....
Mr. Offenbach's first name and last name sound like a German phrase for an American euphemism for masturbation.
And don't that take the rag off'n the bush.
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:)
I saw the word “bare” spelled backwards. I don’t think anyone wants that.
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Friends on FB have been offering suggestions for an April 1 playlist.
So far we've got:
Dionne Warwick, The April Fools
Simon & Garfunkel, April, Come She Will
Fools Rush In, any recording
April gets mentioned a lot in Company, but she’s no fool.
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TOD:
Remakes that work on their own. They may not be better than the original, but they stand on their own.
The Magnificent Seven
True Grit
Dawn of the Dead
The Thing
Heaven Can Wait
The Maltese Falcon
The Fly
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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I like DR JOHN's list for the TOD.
I really like:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake
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Thank you, sir. You don’t wanna play Quasimodo?
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For some reason, can't get the song "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" from Sweet Charity out of my head today.
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For some reason, can't get the song "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" from Sweet Charity out of my head today.
Oh, so, you plant it in mine, too!
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Good afternoon.
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I have had nothing to say for the several weeks, because I have not done anything.
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I loved the Alice's for the most part, but saw the 2017 version, which is the one I wrote about - I'm thinking about getting this original performance, although at least two of the cast members are the same - the leading lady and the tap dancer.
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I'm up, I'm up - nine hours of sleep.
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As far as film remakes: They should only be allowed to remake films that were lousy. I'd like to see Man of La Mancha and Guys and Dolls remade.
They should NOT be allowed to remake perfect films, like Princess Bride.
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It must be April Fool's Day - how else would we be on page two.
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I loved the Alice's for the most part, but saw the 2017 version, which is the one I wrote about - I'm thinking about getting this original performance, although at least two of the cast members are the same - the leading lady and the tap dancer.
This was the production that San Antonio Ballet staged a couple of years ago. Before the pandemic. I enjoyed it live.
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As far as film remakes: They should only be allowed to remake films that were lousy. I'd like to see Man of La Mancha and Guys and Dolls remade.
They should NOT be allowed to remake perfect films, like Princess Bride.
Amen.
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Great crawdad story, Laura.
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We can push for page three.
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Just for BK.
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Three!
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Which is due to be remade as Page 3 any day now.
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I forgot to thank you, TCB, for the idea of adult milk of magnesia with my new tequila.
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But then, I did enjoy this remake of Princess Bride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8pA_WV9QI
I don't remember if I posted this link earlier or not.
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It was filmed during quarantine.
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I have a friend from college who, during COVID isolation, has turned himself into a fancy bread baker.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6455.0;attach=11697)
Wow! That's pretty cool!
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Morning at DR elmore3003's house:
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6455.0;attach=11699)
:))
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Cauliflower Peeps?
https://www.today.com/food/14-funniest-april-fools-pranks-food-brands-today-t213748
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Any Offenbach lovers want to expaqnd their collection? There's a great 30-disc set on Amazon!
https://smile.amazon.com/Offenbach-Operas-Operettas-Various-Artists/dp/B07NB9BK5M/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=jacques+offenbach&qid=1617274823&rnid=2941120011&s=music&sr=1-3
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6455.0;attach=11701)
I had gotten a couple of Offenbach operas on vinyl when I was in college and enjoyed them. I don't think I've listened to anything of his since. This might just be too cheap to pass up!
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Any Offenbach lovers want to expaqnd their collection? There's a great 30-disc set on Amazon!
https://smile.amazon.com/Offenbach-Operas-Operettas-Various-Artists/dp/B07NB9BK5M/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=jacques+offenbach&qid=1617274823&rnid=2941120011&s=music&sr=1-3
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6455.0;attach=11701)
I had gotten a couple of Offenbach operas on vinyl when I was in college and enjoyed them. I don't think I've listened to anything of his since. This might just be too cheap to pass up!
I think the only things on this I don't have are the German Tales of Hoffmann and the 6 Fables. The complete Orphee aux Enfers and La Vie Parisienne conducted by Plasson are quite good.
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:)
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Well, Suad is also frustrated over the fact she's getting no response from her liaison at the Dept. of Labor.
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That is great!
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Well, Suad is also frustrated over the fact she's getting no response from her liaison at the Dept. of Labor.
Darn! >:(
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As far as film remakes: They should only be allowed to remake films that were lousy. I'd like to see Man of La Mancha and Guys and Dolls remade.
They should NOT be allowed to remake perfect films, like Princess Bride.
I totally agree! I remember when Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were dating, there were rumors (not an April Fool's joke...but fortunately, unfounded) that they were going to remake Casablanca! WTF?? :o
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Well, Suad is also frustrated over the fact she's getting no response from her liaison at the Dept. of Labor.
I'm hearing this kind of thing from people in other states as well, and it's an unconscionable situation. Unemployment departments everywhere have needed staffing, and more of it than usual, since this began a year ago.
At least for a while last summer, Connecticut had people picking up the phones from home to help answer questions and give people some kind of guidance through the system. For one brief shining moment, I was able to know I'd reach someone within one hour of dialing repeatedly. Then they cut back again, and it became impossible.
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That was pretty funny DR LAURA.
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Birdy Barnum is playing with his abacus.
I have told him he owes me $92 for 2 1/2 years of seed, but he won't write me a check.
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I think he's checking my figures.
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DR JOHN G - LOL there are few roles I would rather play less than Quasimodo.
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I have had nothing to say for the several weeks, because I have not done anything.
But boy does your handsome grandson look grown up.
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Great crawdad story, Laura.
I agree :))
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It was filmed during quarantine.
That explains it ;)
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:)
This had better not come true for me.
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I'm closing shop for the night. We're going to watch the Royal Ballet's production of Don Quixote, conducted by my friend Martin Yates.
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TOD:
Remakes that work on their own. They may not be better than the original, but they stand on their own.
The Magnificent Seven
True Grit
Dawn of the Dead
The Thing
Heaven Can Wait
The Maltese Falcon
The Fly
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Is The Man Who Knew Too Much remake the one with Day & Stewart? If so I agree with all of these except for Body Snatchers since I don't remember much about it.
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Sorry, DR Jane. I wasn't really being serious. And of course I don't wish that for you!
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Had a chicken Caesar for food.
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Two packages are coming but sadly it's Amazon delivering so he won't be there until the last possible minute, being the moron that he is. I won't know until then whether the important envelope has arrived.
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No go go at the Indiegogo today. Hopefully, someone will come in for something.
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I do think there'll be action in the last day or two and I'm hopeful that we'll get to the 10K
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TOD:
Remakes that work on their own. They may not be better than the original, but they stand on their own.
The Magnificent Seven
True Grit
Dawn of the Dead
The Thing
Heaven Can Wait
The Maltese Falcon
The Fly
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Is The Man Who Knew Too Much remake the one with Day & Stewart? If so I agree with all of these except for Body Snatchers since I don't remember much about it.
Yes. Hitchcock made both versions. The first was 20+ years before the second. Both excellent in their ways.
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Now for the worst remakes. I can’t think of anything worse than the remake of A Room with a View.
Other really bad remakes include:
Shall We Dance
The Women
Carrie
Fame
3:10 to Yuma
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I forgot His Girl Friday from my best list.
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Making a blueberry pie tonight for the weekend.
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But I have to tend to dinner first.
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Sorry, DR Jane. I wasn't really being serious. And of course I don't wish that for you!
LOL I know that :)
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Back from picking up packages and an important envelope. I went directly to the bank where I cash the pension check and thankfully they'd just changed their hours from nine to five, unlike BofA, who are always the end of the pack that way. No one was there at all, I used their indoor ATM and was cashed and out of there in two minutes flat. But, of course, BofA had closed at four, so I'll deposit tomorrow.
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Very warm today.
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Well, THIS (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HL1B1FH/) is interesting. I wonder if there's been any audio clean-up at all...probably not. ::)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61EZAeq9MkL.jpg)
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Gratuitous Post #100!
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One "review" is by someone who obviously doesn't know very much about Ethel:
I always thought Merman was singularly devoid of any talent. She couldn't act or dance, and her voice was atrocious. This recording from a live performance confirms the above. It's telling that the show ran for years and then folded within a short time after Merman took over the role of Dolly.
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Well, THIS (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HL1B1FH/) is interesting. I wonder if there's been any audio clean-up at all...probably not. ::)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61EZAeq9MkL.jpg)
no. But it is interesting. And it has extra songs because, well, Ethel didn't have enough to sing.
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Very warm today.
Very warm for May April.
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The second Munsters movie is horrible. Even if Lily did manage to warble "How are things in Transylvania?" to the tune of "How are things in Glocca Mora?"
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Good night, friends.
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Listening to the wonderful Messager/Lanchbery score for the Two Pigeons ballet - I love every second of it.
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And then I'm watching the old Royal Ballet Cinderella choreographed and featuring Frederick Ashton.
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We need some damn go go ACTION!
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We need some damn go go ACTION!
PUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And now, I must be off. My mom hurt her hand so I'm going to move her yard waste bin down to the street for tomorrow morning's pickup. It's the big bin and it's quite full, so it's also very heavy.
Be back later.
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Well, we just had us an April 1st miracle - someone came in as an executive producer and took us to 137% and over 10K so commentaries are happening, baby. And now, the higher we go the more stuff I can put on. I have several things in mind, one of them being the lossless hi-rez remix of the Sandy Bainum album of my songs - that would be like having Blu-ray Audio for those. And a few performances from the all BK online Kritzerland show, too.
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WELL, ALL RIGHT! ;)
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Yee and haw! Congratulations!
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Congratulations!
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What is this page four malarkey, an April Fool's Day joke? We're really on page fifty?
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I should be asleep. Last night I slept from midnight to 2:00am.
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I napped from 6:30 to 7:30 this morning.
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Well, we just had us an April 1st miracle - someone came in as an executive producer and took us to 137% and over 10K so commentaries are happening, baby. And now, the higher we go the more stuff I can put on. I have several things in mind, one of them being the lossless hi-rez remix of the Sandy Bainum album of my songs - that would be like having Blu-ray Audio for those. And a few performances from the all BK online Kritzerland show, too.
It's now up to 141%!! :D
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Continued Congrats, BK!!
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5ive!!!!!
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Tonight, I left work early and went to my mom's.
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She had her yard waste bin filled and needed help to move it to the street.
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It turns out that she fell this afternoon and landed on her right hand and now it hurts.
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Fortunately, it's not broken.
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She's a retired nurse, so she knows.
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I also brought the garbage bin and the recycle bin to the street.
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They're all being picked up in the morning.
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I'm going over again tomorrow for our regular Phase 10 playing.
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And the family is going over on Saturday for our quasi-regular family lunch.
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We used to get together later in the afternoon, but my sister and her daughter wanted to go over earlier, so we are.
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Not a problem for me.
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My mom ran out of the diet Pepsi that I brought over last week, so I'll bring some more tomorrow.
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Fred Meyer was having a sale, so I bought some more, so I'll bring a couple of those 12-packs.
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And as of this post, I'll be reaching my new plateau/millstone/milestone in only 10 posts!! :D
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That's a biiiiig milestone.
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Just saw the 141%. Great news. All of the first edition musical plays sold. I may think about putting up more and letting those buyers know - if I could do three more batches we'd get over 11K for sure if they grabbed them.
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That's so cool, BK!
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So, I just bought that Ethel Merman recording of Hello, Dolly!
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It's estimated to get here on Monday.
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I'll post a report on what it's like...how good (or bad) the sound is.
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Of course, my standards aren't up to the standards of BK, so I may be more forgiving.
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;)
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And now...
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...since I'm so close...
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It turns out that she fell this afternoon and landed on her right hand and now it hurts.
Should she see a doctor?
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...here is my...
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100,000th POST!! :D
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So, I just bought that Ethel Merman recording of Hello, Dolly!
From where?
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Yay for 100,000!