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Title: WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 12:07:04 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you've understood the deep meaning of the notes, the notes have understood the deep meaning of you, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently in the meadow chewing their collective cuds whilst contemplating that I have written over 1400 consecutive notes.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 12:09:18 AM
And the word of the day is: CRANIUM!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 12:13:12 AM
My iPod is on, and I've just heard all three versions of Love, Look Away from the new Guy Haines album.  That was a track I wasn't satisfied with for the longest time, and I kept changing it.  In version one, we had a synth oboe playing my vamp lines along with the guitar and piano.  I didn't care for that.  Then we recorded a soprano sax doing those vamp lines.  I still didn't like it.  I was beginning to despair, and I was sitting at Vinnie's just trying to get the mix to sound right, when Vinnie's girlfriend showed up.  She just happens to be a faboo cellist, and I asked her if she'd lay down a cello part (the other thing I wasn't happy with was that the track seemed to have no low end).  We went over the song about six times - with her improvising, and me telling her which bits I liked, and then I hummed her two or three lines for other parts, and we recorded it, and it absolutely transformed both the track and the mix.  I was then satisfied.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 12:15:10 AM
The only other wesite that I am prepared to admit to is "Amazon.com". I'd mention the other two I frequent but ....
Chat rooms are not my style at all. I feel more comfortable here.

I'd mention the word of the day but I should head of before I make some brainless pun. I'm not skulking off.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 12:16:11 AM
Yesterday's topic BK  - any decisions yet about a new recording by the Trotter Trio?
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Charles Pogue on September 15, 2005, 12:25:28 AM
Great minds, Bk...I spent several hours yesterday...cleaning stuff out of my closet and my garage.  I love to do this, by the way!  Just clear, cleanse, and get things in order.

Websites I visit besides this one:  I have so many things bookmarked, it's crazy.  Besides visiting this daily, I go to a theatre site in Lexington, and a site for WGA members only.  

I also go to my BBC radio sites amost daily...particularly radio 4 and 7.  They have great comedy/drama/quiz shows that you can listen to at anytime.   I also have several British newspaper and theatre sites I look in on frequently...to keep up with the culture and theatre across the pond.

And, of course, there is my daily ritual of tuning into WMKV out of Cincy...the best little radio station in the world.  What music!  I'm on it now, the just finished playing the original cast album of Finian's Rainbow and are now  back to a great diet of big band, standards, and easy listening (ala Jackie Gleason/Percy Faith stuff).

I have another screenwriting site I go to frequently, but far less than I used to...I have dispensed all the wisdom I have on it. I visit the Scarlet Street occasionally.  Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I check out Nick Clooney's column in Cincinnati Post and also check in on the Cincy and Ky. papers.
I have several book sites and favourite author sites I visit often.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 12:28:40 AM
Terry Trotter will be doing a solo piano album rather than a trio one.  We've picked the "theme" and are now picking the material.  We're both very excited about it.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: George on September 15, 2005, 12:30:24 AM
Most of the websites that I go to on a regular basis are:

www.haineshisway.com
www.playbill.com
www.tvguide.com
www.castalbumdb.com
www.ibdb.com
www.imdb.com
www.trlib.org (where I work)
www.time.gov
www.amazon.com
www.ebay.com
Get Fuzzy (http://www.mycomics.com/comics/getfuzzy/index.html)
Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)

And that's about it for the regulars.  I don't read "Usenet newsgroups" (I don't know exactly what they are), but I subscribe to the Sondheim e-mail newsgroup and The Manhattan Transfer's e-mail newsgroup...unless those are "Usenet newsgroups."
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 01:20:28 AM
Terry Trotter will be doing a solo piano album rather than a trio one.  We've picked the "theme" and are now picking the material.  We're both very excited about it.
I'm looking forward to it. I've enjoyed the others.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Hisaka on September 15, 2005, 02:28:32 AM

The World Weather Forecast site is my favorite.***
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Hisaka on September 15, 2005, 03:05:14 AM
DR VIXMOM,
Sorry for my slow reply…
As for the film “Hero”, regrettably, it’s not Japanese, a Hong Kong film. I’ve never seen through that film but it seems to me that the colors and the actors’ actions in it are very like the Chinese classical opera’s.
And RED is a color of LUCK in Japan, too, (Red is used in some points in most of temples and shrines) but for other colors in the film I have no idea what they indicate generally in China or in the film either.



Quote
They fly so high
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams
They fade and die.

In any case, these words(lyrics?) recalled me to an old song about Bubbles, since these words are very, very similar to the said nursery rhyme(song). Tried to transfer the lyrics in English for you and all dear readers, since it's very short. Hope you enjoy it.

BUBBLE:
They fly, fly over the roof
Flew over the roof
Then they broke and faded

They faded and faded away, not flied
As they were born
They broke and faded

Oh, do not blow, wind
Do not blow, wind
Let’s make bubbles fly


I suppose you'd have a rather negative image in it. For some reason, our Japanese nursery songs are almost a little melancholy for children, not only lyrics, but melodies.
Bubbles are nostargic but they are always likened to a breaf span of life and fragile thing.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 03:06:14 AM
Good morning, all!  I'm staring at the screen, trying to get my energy level up to accomplish some things before 8 am, and thinking, what sites do I hang out on besides HHW?  I'm feeling vague on all my options.  I know that at 9:30 I have a meeting with the conductor of the Chicago Humanities Festival concert, and I have to finish Faith Prince's chart by Monday.  Beyond that, I know that this doesn't feel like a Thursday, which confuses me, and I need to  stay on schedule thoughout the weekend.

The only sites I hit daily are eBay and HHW; I've bookmarked three eBay searches - Babes in Toyland, Victor Herbert, and Jerome Kern - and I check these sites at least twice a day for ephemera and music that I think may be helpful for the recording project research.  I go to Theatremania, whenever I think about, it to read my friend Peter Filichia's column and I then read the pieces in his archive that I may have missed.  
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Hisaka on September 15, 2005, 03:07:45 AM

For yesterday’s Ask BK Day;

Will Haines His Way CD be released from Kritzerland in the near future? It can be purchased only at amazon.com now and hereafter?
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Hisaka on September 15, 2005, 03:14:12 AM

And one more topic from yesterday;

I watched Buffalo 66 of Vincent Gallo three or four years ago and I don’t say I didn’t like it.  I guess (I’ve never seen the Brown Bunny so…) that the story (plot) is almost same as The Brown Bunny’s that dear BK described in the notes, however, there’re some delicate sentiments between leading characters, Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci, in Buffalo 66. The film couldn’t convince me to watch his other films, though.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Hisaka on September 15, 2005, 03:20:44 AM
Wow, "Well, dear readers" has been used as many as (close to)1400 times in the notes by dear BK!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 03:32:09 AM
DR Jed it is 3.30am!!!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 03:48:52 AM
Good morning, DRTomovoz!  I hope you've had a pleasant day.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Danise on September 15, 2005, 03:56:23 AM
Running late but wanted to say Good Morning and I hope everyone has a good day!

I did two T shirt designs last night.  I may do one more tonight and they can either pick one of those or reject them all.  I like to take my time when coming up with a design.  I only found out they wanted me to DO a shirt last Friday and then on Tuesday that they wanted it by this FRIDAY.  Gezzz.   :D

See ya'll tonight!

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 03:56:25 AM
Hello DR Larry.  A visit to the optician and no need for new spectacles - a good day if no deterioration in two and a half years.  I'm in contact with DR OzDerek's sister a lot. It helps us both.
Maybe this should have been an email!

I've still not had the courage to look at the Bluth "Babes in Toyland" yet.
Last night's viewing was "Some Like it Hot" It's amazing how it all still works so well.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 03:57:23 AM
Good morning DR Danise.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 03:58:08 AM
And Good morning DR Ben.

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 04:03:06 AM
Good Morning to my morning friends!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 04:03:48 AM
On the suggestion of a dear friend in London, I purchased a book by Chistopher Robbins "The Empress Of Ireland".  Colin finished it today. He recommends it highly - interesting, funny and moving.
It is about a young writer's friendship with Irish film director Desmond Hurst. ("A Christmas Carol" 1951 with Alastair Sim)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 04:14:01 AM
Hello, my name is Ben and I'm a BBC Junkie (Hello, Ben)

I visit many of the Beeb sites (even when I'm not on Radio Wales) usually daily. I'm listening right now to a Karen Carpenter documentary. I, too, listen to the Cincinnati station mentioned by CP (http://www.wmkvfm.org/), WMKV. I also listen to Radio Ireland. I go to Playbill On-Line, a gay news site based in Canada (http://www.365gay.com/), the New York Times, TDF (where I get many cheap tickets), Doonesbury and AccuRadio. During Tony season I go to that Web site almost daily.

I subscribe to the Cast Recording listserv but that's all. I find most of the newsgroups that I have visted depressingly obsessive and many of them are filled with mean people. I admit sometimes I will read a couple of posts at RecArtsTheatre but the two or three boobs who dominate the site seem so determined to insult and belittle everyone and everything that I'm glad I don't subscribe or read it regularly.

That's it for now.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 04:16:11 AM
I'm reading Ellen Terry's autobiography. I'm enjoying it very much.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Michael on September 15, 2005, 04:23:22 AM
Live365 (Homegrown radio programs)
Cabretdio (Cabaret themed radio programing)
IMDB
IBDB
Playbill
Home Theater Forum
American Widescreen Museum

but my absolute favorte site other than HHW is www.brucekimmel.com. There is not a day goes by that I don't take a look at it.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Michael on September 15, 2005, 04:25:55 AM
This was mentioned last nite in the notes. But in case someone missed it.


I woke up this morning to the announcement that Robert Wise had passed away. Sadly a couple months shy of The Sound of Music's 40th Anniversary release and hoopla. At least he got to record material for the release.

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Michael on September 15, 2005, 04:26:42 AM
Good morning Ben
Good morning Tom
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 04:28:09 AM
Hello Michael  I hope your aches and pains are gone.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 04:30:24 AM
Hello, my name is Ben and I'm a BBC Junkie (Hello, Ben)

I subscribe to the Cast Recording listserv but that's all. I find most of the newsgroups that I have visted depressingly obsessive and many of them are filled with mean people.


Did you see Mr Esche's email about me "pushing" Bruce?  Interesting how two stories about the same recording don't jive, but since Mr Esche is in league with the snake, I don't give his account much weight.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 04:31:48 AM


but my absolute favorte site other than HHW is www.brucekimmel.com. There is not a day goes by that I don't take a look at it.

DRMichael Shayne, you did a beautiful job putting it together!  I check out my lovely site about every 4 or 5 days.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 04:34:48 AM
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A FRENZY!  PAGE 2 DANCE!!!

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Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: FJL on September 15, 2005, 05:44:19 AM
I sheepishly admit that i visit Talkinbroadway.com (All That Chat) with alarming regularity (no scatological jokes, please!).  Also playbill.com and theatermania.com and broadwayworld.com, and (mainly for the reviews and for Ken Mandelbaum's column) broadway.com.  I just started subscribing to casrtrecl's mailing list, the day after the news about the Kritzerland LAST STARFIGHTER CD came out and I heard some nice things were being said on there about Skip.

And I also visit americanexpress.com almost every day, but that's just to make sure there are no unauthorized charges; I got burned by unauthorized charges a few years back, causing a mess of cyber-paperwork to set things right, and I'm obsessively determined never to let that happen again.  
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 05:44:23 AM
Larry, I saw the e-mail from Esche yesterday regarding music cut from the 1993 She Loves Me cast recording (I get one e-mail a day which lists all posts from the previous day in one long read). I could tell from the tone of his post that it was not something to be believed.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 05:46:24 AM
I also vist Theatremania for Mr. Filichia's column.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 06:15:58 AM
I spy a Kerry! Look in your mailbox later this week or early next week.

Hugs to Lyn.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Kerry on September 15, 2005, 06:17:04 AM
Well dear Readers,

Other than occasional journeys to google, amazon and, e-bay, this is about it for regular sites.  Oh and the New York Times and Arizona news.

And I do thnk the world would stop if you didn't say, "Well dear readers..."  I don't think we should take that chance.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 06:51:56 AM
Good Morning!

Well, I seem to be back to normal this morning - well, at least feeling "normal".  The dull headache is gone - which I truly suspect was due to some sinus stuff - and I'm not as lethargic as I was the past two days - which I also think was due to some sinus stuff.  In any case...

I've had my bowl of oatmeal, and I'm "allowing" myself a few more minutes of internet time before I head down to Ripley-Grier for another batch of Evita auditions.  And, yes, I have to admit that I am a bit nervous about the fact that Mr. Hal Prince will be in the room today.  But, as long as I keep saying to myself, "He's only Hal, he's just a person."  and "Well, I'm only the piano player."  - well, then that helps to lower the stakes.   ;)

Besides, it's not like Mssrs. Fuller and Prince will just jump out from behind the table and say, "Hey, give that man a job!"...

...Although, with the way my career has been going so far here in NYC - or at least how I've been landing gigs lately - who knows?  Strangers things have happened.

;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 06:57:12 AM
Topic of the Day

www.playbill.com - It's my homepage
I sometimes take a peak at the other theatre websites if someone tells me there's something I should look see for myself.

www.washingtonpost.com
www.styleweekly.com (Richmond arts and happenings)
www.timesdispatch.com (Richmond news)

www.firstmarketbank.com
www.citibank.com - Like DR FJL, I'm a bit obsessive about checking my bank statements and activity daily.  I've had to deal with at least four incidents over the years, and it's always better to be safe than sorry.  However, I will say that the banks actually caught "it" before I did, and called me to inform of the unauthorized usage.

And that's really about it for websites - at least ones I visit on a regular basis.  And can be mentioned on a family website.

:-X

As for usenet/listservs/etc....  Just the Sondheim one.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 06:57:34 AM
DR Jason

Thank you for your explanation of the unions. It is something I always wondered about.
I was confused because I thought you had to already be a member of Equity to get into an Equity show, so I couldn't figure out how you got the membership inthe first place.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 06:59:40 AM
Mssrs. Fuller and Prince will just jump out from behind the table and say, "Hey, give that man a job!"...

;)

From your fingers to God's ears!!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~VIBES~~~~~[/move]
for an especially excellent day
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 06:59:52 AM
DR Jason

Thank you for your explanation of the unions. It is something I always wondered about.
I was confused because I thought you had to already be a member of Equity to get into an Equity show, so I couldn't figure out how you got the membership inthe first place.

...And as DR Jason alluded to, there is that "catch"...  Most of the time, if you want to audition for an Equity show, you already have to be a member of Equity.  "Then how do I get my card?"  -And that's a discussion for another time....
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 07:00:35 AM
Well.. Time for my morning ablutions, and then it's off to Ripley-Grier.

(Note to self: Don't forget the umbrella.)

OK...

Laters...
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:01:16 AM
Its raining bucketfulls out here on the Island of Long and this morning's commute was  painfully slow

 
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 07:01:25 AM
From your fingers to God's ears!!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~VIBES~~~~~[/move]
for an especially excellent day

Thank you.

And there is a public computer set up at the studios, so if something happens...

:D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:03:23 AM
I don't have any other websites,  This is my first and only

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:05:58 AM
Dear Hisaka

Thanks for your  bubbles nursey rhyme.  I don't  know why, but when they were talking about the Emperor in the movie, HERO,  I just assumed it was the Emperor of Japan.  

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 15, 2005, 07:08:03 AM
My iPod is on, and I've just heard all three versions of Love, Look Away from the new Guy Haines album.  That was a track I wasn't satisfied with for the longest time, and I kept changing it.  In version one, we had a synth oboe playing my vamp lines along with the guitar and piano.  I didn't care for that.  Then we recorded a soprano sax doing those vamp lines.  I still didn't like it.  I was beginning to despair, and I was sitting at Vinnie's just trying to get the mix to sound right, when Vinnie's girlfriend showed up.  She just happens to be a faboo cellist, and I asked her if she'd lay down a cello part (the other thing I wasn't happy with was that the track seemed to have no low end).  We went over the song about six times - with her improvising, and me telling her which bits I liked, and then I hummed her two or three lines for other parts, and we recorded it, and it absolutely transformed both the track and the mix.  I was then satisfied.

Funny you should mention Love Look Away, I was listening to it yesterday on my way home from work and enjoyed it so much I played it 3 times.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:08:37 AM
Matt, Thanks for your review of The Corpse Bride.  Is it Vixter appropriate?

I hope you are well out of the way of Ophelia... I heard weather reports this morning of massive floodings on the NC coast lines

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: S. Woody White on September 15, 2005, 07:09:14 AM
And the word of the day is: CRANIUM!
"Crani-yum!" said the gourmet zombie.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:09:21 AM
...And as DR Jason alluded to, there is that "catch"...  Most of the time, if you want to audition for an Equity show, you already have to be a member of Equity.  "Then how do I get my card?"  -And that's a discussion for another time....

Someday I would like to hear about it   :)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 15, 2005, 07:09:40 AM
Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but am very behind on my preparations for heading out of town.  I visit lots of websites daily some news, some theatre related and some legal related. Too many to list.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: td on September 15, 2005, 07:10:00 AM
:'(

Oh, the sadness:
The New York Times
September 15, 2005
Robert Wise, Film Director, Dies at 91

Robert Wise, a conscientious craftsman in many movie genres who twice received Academy Awards as best director, died yesterday at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 91.

His death was confirmed by Lawrence Mirisch, a family friend.

Mr. Wise enjoyed a long career in which he became a notable editor of such films as Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane," then made a successful transition from making B-movies at RKO Studios during Hollywood's golden era of the 1940's to making important films in the 1950's, 60's and 70's.

His career soared with "West Side Story," the 1961 filming of the landmark Broadway musical, for which he shared an Oscar as best director with the choreographer Jerome Robbins. He received a second Academy Award as producer when the film was voted best picture. He gained his third and fourth Oscars with "The Sound of Music," the lavish 1965 adaptation of the musical stage hit, in which he was again cited as best director and as producer of the best film.

In all, "West Side Story" received 10 Oscars and "Sound of Music" won 5. Mr. Wise also was honored at the Academy Awards ceremony in 1966 with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement as a producer.

Other films by Mr. Wise that continue to enjoy enthusiastic support include "The Body Snatcher," a 1945 horror film with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi; "The Set-Up," a gritty 1949 study of second- rate boxers; and the 1951 science-fiction cult favorite "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Mr. Wise counted among his own favorites "The Haunting," a cult favorite from 1963 with Julie Harris and Claire Bloom, and the 1958 drama about capital punishment, "I Want to Live!" Mr. Wise considered himself a director of content, not messages, and he was not afraid to experiment. In 1959 he filmed "Odds Against Tomorrow," an antiracist drama with Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan about a brutal bank robbery that he made without the customary fades (going to black) or dissolves (overlapping scenes) to denote the passage of time. Fades and dissolves, he remarked, tend to slow the tempo and break the mood.

Despite Mr. Wise's versatility, dedication and skill at drawing consistently superior performances from actors, reviewers tended to complain that he left no personal stamp on his films. Detractors dismissed him as a sentimental technician whose movies were increasingly slick, uninventive and occasionally foolish.

Robert Earl Wise was born on Sept. 10, 1914, in Winchester, Ind., the son of a meatpacker and his wife. The Depression force him to quit college in 1933, and he headed for Hollywood, where his older brother, Dave, was an accountant at RKO. His brother helped him get a job as a messenger in the studio's editing department. Soon he was learning sound effects and music editing, and working his way up to film editing.

His work attracted the attention of Welles, who hired him to edit "Citizen Kane."

Mr. Wise and Welles had a falling out, however, over the fate of Welles's "Magnificent Ambersons" in 1942. Many filmgoers today regard that film as a masterpiece, but audiences hated it when it had its preview in Pomona, Calif. World War II had begun and Americans wanted escapist fare, not a tale about death and dying and a spinster's sexual frustration. Welles was in Brazil and a panicky RKO ordered that the overbudget, behind-schedule movie be recut and reshaped by others, including Mr. Wise. He and his assistant, Mark Robson, who would also go on to become a director, began working round the clock to cut, replace and transpose scene after scene in a frantic effort to "keep the audiences in the theaters," as Mr. Wise put it.

Welles denounced the editing of "The Magnificent Ambersons," saying the film was mutilated, "cut by the studio gardener." Mr. Wise conceded that "as a work of art" the original Welles version was better, but he defended his editing as saving the film from a worse fate at the hands of the studio.

A particular admirer of Mr. Wise's editing was Martin Scorsese, the director who was instrumental in getting Mr. Wise the American Film Institute's life achievement award in 1998. "His films became increasingly fascinating to me because of the editing style, a very crisp, clear style of editing that kind of points the audience toward where to look in a scene," Mr. Scorsese said.

Shortly after his work on "The Magnificent Ambersons," Mr. Wise got a big break. Gunther von Fritsch fell behind schedule in directing "The Curse of the Cat People," a children's terror fantasy that starred Simone Simon. Mr. Wise, who was editing it, was assigned to take over direction and completed shooting in 10 days. The film was hailed as one of the best of the psychological thrillers produced by Val Lewton and became a cult classic, and Mr. Wise was promoted to director. He believed that actors had a special language of their own and, with typical diligence, enrolled in an acting class to learn how performers viewed moviemaking.

For the next three decades he emerged as one of the most prolific and peripatetic filmmakers in Hollywood with films including "Born to Kill" (1947), "Three Secrets" (1950), "The House on Telegraph Hill" (1951), "The Desert Rats" (1953), "Executive Suite" (1954), "Run Silent, Run Deep" (1958) , "The Sand Pebbles" (1966) and "The Andromeda Strain" (1971).

He had some memorable box-office flops as well, among them "The Hindenburg" (1975) and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979).

He is survived by his current wife, Milicent of Los Angeles; a son from an earlier marriage, Robert E. Wise of California; a stepdaughter, Pamela Rosenberg of New York; and a granddaughter. His wife Patricia Doyle died in 1975.

In 1988 he received the highest honor of the Directors Guild of America, its D. W. Griffith Award for career achievement. He was a former chairman of the guild and a president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who had the respect of many associates for striving to strike a balance between commerce and art, for professionalism and patience and for helping novice moviemakers.

When Mr. Wise was 83 he told The New York Times that "Citizen Kane" was not particularly difficult to edit, partly because of the masterly cinematography by Gregg Toland. From the outset, Mr. Wise said that he knew the film was singular. "You would see those extraordinary dailies every day, the marvelous photography and angles and great scenes with actors that were new to the screen, you'd see this and know it was quite special," Mr. Wise said. "And to think that Welles was 25, and it was his first film. Remarkable really." (The self-effacing Mr. Wise neglected to mention that he was less than a year older than Welles.)
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Post by: MBarnum on September 15, 2005, 07:10:05 AM
TOD: websites that I visit regularly include:

www.imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com)

www.ebay.com (ftp://www.ebay.com)

www.indiaweekly.com  (ftp://www.indiaweekly.com) (this is where I buy most of my Bollywood dvds!)

I also have bookmared an associated press listing of daily news stories which I visit each day to see what is going on in the world.

As for boards that I post on, this hear board is the only one that I post on regularly. I will occasionally post on www.scarletstreet.com  (ftp://www.scarletstreet.com) and also on the Classic Horror Film board, but not as much as I used to.

I really miss the old forum that Sinister Cinema used to have. JRand55 and I were regular posters on that board long before I had ever heard of HHW, and it was a lot of fun...but then it was revamped and altered and it was just not the same afterwards, so eventually we both sort of drifted away from it.


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Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:10:15 AM
"Crani-yum!" said the gourmet zombie.

OOOOOOOOOOOH.. no groaning allowed....
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Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:14:16 AM
td

Thanks for that story on Mr. Wise.  I heard a short tribute to him on NPR this morning.  I wonder if they will have an old interview with him on  All Things Considered this afrernoon.
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Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:14:42 AM
DR Danise

Will you post pictures of your designs here for us to see?
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 15, 2005, 07:15:15 AM
Vibes to DRJose!

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Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:15:37 AM
Have a nice trip and enjoy the wedding Cillaliz!
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 15, 2005, 07:19:20 AM
OTHER SITES:

Reading: WaiterRant (http://www.waiterrant.net/) has provided me with lots of good reading.

Participating: This is going to seem obvious, but I post on occasion at the Good Eats Fan Page. (http://goodeats.dyns.net/index.php)  They're about as crazy as this crew here!

And there's lots of other places I drop by less regularly.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: S. Woody White on September 15, 2005, 07:19:57 AM
And now, I must head to work!
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Post by: Jason on September 15, 2005, 07:21:29 AM
...And as DR Jason alluded to, there is that "catch"...  Most of the time, if you want to audition for an Equity show, you already have to be a member of Equity.  "Then how do I get my card?"  -And that's a discussion for another time....

Exactly. I was watching a "Making of MISS SAIGON" video that I had back in college and I remember hearing Cameron talk about this very thing. Something to the effect of, "You can't work without being Equity, but you can't be Equity without work!" It's a frustrating catch-22. What frustrates me the most is that my voice is too big and I don't dance well enough to be put in the chorus of any show. As Carol Burnett put it, I'm not good enough to be in the chorus so they have to cast me in lead or supporting roles. I'm just not a chorus "type," but in order to get into EMC, you usually have to do a lot of chorus work. Equity theatres who hire non-Eq actors have to fill a certain number of Equity contracts, and they're obviously not going to hire Equity people to fill in the ensemble, so all the stuff I'd be right for automatically goes to the Equity actors, leaving me working for places like Bucks County Playhouse. And even they have gone Equity again... It's a puzzlement. So you see why many people keep their Equity card even after they quit acting? It's the elusive golden ticket, even if it doesn't guarantee you work. Getting my Equity card at this point would be the equivalent of getting a Tony as far as I'm concerned. Here's the kicker, though - I haven't had an acting job in 1 1/2 years. I'm out of practice, so to get my Equity card right now would most likely be a disservice and keep me from working. Oy! It all makes my head spin.

To the topic of the day:

www.playbill.com
www.broadway.com
www.cnn.com
www.mtishows.com
www.msnbc.com
www.craigslist.org
www.friendster.com
www.tdf.org
www.metopera.org

and those are all of the ones that I frequent. Well, maybe not all of them, but like Jose said, some things are better left unsaid on a family website.  :-X
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JMK on September 15, 2005, 07:32:58 AM
IIRC from my dealings with the NPR people who are putting together the upcoming broadcast on the infamous Dr. Walter Freeman, one of Freeman's victims who was lobotomized when he was 12 (no joke) is a regular poster at Good Eats.   Thankfully the operation did relatively minor damage to this poor young man, who is now a 50-something bus driver in California with a wife and kids of his own.  His story is very disturbing, to say the least--his mother died, his father remarried, and his stepmother contacted Freeman because the kid wasn't behaving.  The rest, as they say, is history.   :(

Like Pogue, I have too many bookmarks to be believed.  I do drop by a number of Usenet groups, notably the Musicals, Past Films and DVD ones, but I rarely post anymore.  Interestingly, several evacuees (we will NOT call them refugees, LOL) from HHW who had little tiffs here post regularly on Usenet, where they are subject to much more tsuris than they ever were here.  To each his own, I guess.  ;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 07:37:43 AM
Yes, I read the news about Robert Wise this morning, and I was very sad to read it. However, at 91, he had a rich, full life with lots of success.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 07:42:04 AM
Matt, Thanks for your review of The Corpse Bride.  Is it Vixter appropriate?

I hope you are well out of the way of Ophelia... I heard weather reports this morning of massive floodings on the NC coast lines



Good morning! Yes, it is vixter appropriate and vixmom appropriate as the film has elements that would appeal to kids and adults. I truly think adults would enjoy it more.

It's the poor NC coast that's receiving the battering from Ophelia's rain and wind. We haven't had a drop of precipitation all week.

As for the private message, the answer is yes. Keep eyes open for it next week.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 07:44:13 AM
Aother day of 90 degree temperatures means I'll be staying inside for much of the day. I skipped the walk this morning due to humid conditions. I'm waiting for the temperature to ease back to their more moderate levels from earlier in the week.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 07:47:53 AM
Besides this site, I go to Zap2It, Variety, and USA TODAY in the morning, E!, Playbill, TV Guide, and Broadway.com in the afternoon, and Amazon, Ebay, and other selected sales sites during the evening.

Mondays and Fridays I read Matt Roush's TV Guide Q&A column and dispatches.
Tuesday is DVDTalk day
Wednesday is DVD Verdict to see what DVDs are coming out the following week.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are Ken Mandelbaum days.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 07:49:05 AM
Oops (Spoo), and I read DVD Savant's reviews on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 07:52:03 AM
Since I have no plans away from home today, I should be able to get a fair amount of movie watching done today and tonight.

I would like to finish ROMEO AND JULIET first to get it off the DVR.

I have Greta Garbo's ROMANCE on the DVR, too, which I'd like to watch and then clear off.

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE also awaits on DVD.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: td on September 15, 2005, 07:54:35 AM
I gave up on newsgroups quite a while ago.
Daily I visit here (my homepage), Scarlet Street Forums, The Home Theater Forum, All That Chat, The World Clock, Campfire Discussions Board and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

ROOFTOPS wasn't mentioned as one of Wise's flops, but STAR TREK, which did turn profit (none of the TREK movies have lost money) was. . .
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: td on September 15, 2005, 07:55:35 AM
Oops (Spoo), and I read DVD Savant's reviews on Thursdays and Saturdays.

I have Savant's reviews delivered to my Inbox, thanks to RSS and Thunderbird.   ;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 07:57:44 AM
Good morning! Yes, it is vixter appropriate and vixmom appropriate as the film has elements that would appeal to kids and adults. I truly think adults would enjoy it more.
Thanks! Since a trip to the movies for the three of us now runs about $40 its nice to know in advance if it's worth it  ;)!

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It's the poor NC coast that's receiving the battering from Ophelia's rain and wind. We haven't had a drop of precipitation all week.
I hope you stay safe and Ophelia blows seaward.

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As for the private message, the answer is yes. Keep eyes open for it next week.

Thanks! I am looking forward to it!!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 08:20:58 AM
Since I have no plans away from home today, I should be able to get a fair amount of movie watching done today and tonight.

I would like to finish ROMEO AND JULIET first to get it off the DVR.

POSSIBLE SPOILER:

I don't know if this helps but having been banished for killing Tybalt, Romeo leaves Verona (after his wedding night with Juliet) and awaits word from the Friar who has promised to reunite him with Juliet.  Meanwhile, the Friar gives Juliet a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead.  She is told she will be interred in the family tomb and that Romeo will come get her by the time she awakens.  Next, the funeral ceremony is held amidst much grief, and one of Romeo's friends rushes off to tell Romeo the terrible news, actually passing a monk who is bearing the Veronese Friar's good news to Romeo.  Then, Romeo rushes back to Verona, finds Juliet in her deathlike trance, and takes a poison to join her in the afterlife.  Juliet awakens, finds Romeo dead, takes his dagger and kills herself.  Much town hysteria follows and, one presumes, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is ended in grief.  "For never was there a story or more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo...."
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 08:32:20 AM
To BK's last post of the evening yesterday:

Ann must be with Jed, wherever the frell HE is!!!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 08:34:17 AM
I tried watching "Bones" night before last.  It struck me right away as being another formlaic whodunnit with a female "Quincy" who studies bones.  A lot of time was wasted "developing" the trite female-scientific-expert-who-has-relationship-problems-and-friends-who-remind-her-of-why-every-chance-they-get.  And there is the ubiquitous man-she-detests-but-really-admires-with-whom-she-is-forced-to-work-and-creates-high-drama-about-it-while-pluckily-doing-her-job-to-spite-him.

Yawn.  Yawn-Yawn.  Sigh.

I saw bits of "Supernatural."  Teen angst with demonic results.  Been there.  Seen that.  

I don't have the highest of hopes for the new TV Season.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:41:48 AM
I disliked the detective's sneering epithet to the scientists as "squints." (I guess that's supposed to be less insulting than calling them "geeks.") The lady's martial arts skills weren't endearing, but I guess they were going for a kick-ass personality for her. Turned me right off.

Still, I give shows three chances, so I still have two more episodes before I dial this one off. Oftentimes, changes are made after a pilot is bought, so perhaps upcoming shows will be less abrasive to me.

As for SUPERNATURAL, I found it interesting enough (and Jensen Ackles hunky enough) to warrant its next two airings at my house.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:42:56 AM
POSSIBLE SPOILER:

I don't know if this helps but having been banished for killing Tybalt, Romeo leaves Verona (after his wedding night with Juliet) and awaits word from the Friar who has promised to reunite him with Juliet.  Meanwhile, the Friar gives Juliet a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead.  She is told she will be interred in the family tomb and that Romeo will come get her by the time she awakens.  Next, the funeral ceremony is held amidst much grief, and one of Romeo's friends rushes off to tell Romeo the terrible news, actually passing a monk who is bearing the Veronese Friar's good news to Romeo.  Then, Romeo rushes back to Verona, finds Juliet in her deathlike trance, and takes a poison to join her in the afterlife.  Juliet awakens, finds Romeo dead, takes his dagger and kills herself.  Much town hysteria follows and, one presumes, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is ended in grief.  "For never was there a story or more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo...."

Hmmm.... that does sound familiar. I taught the play for 29 of my 30 years in the classroom, so I thought I recognized some of those plot points.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 08:46:16 AM
POSSIBLE SPOILER:

I don't know if this helps but having been banished for killing Tybalt, Romeo leaves Verona (after his wedding night with Juliet) and awaits word from the Friar who has promised to reunite him with Juliet.  Meanwhile, the Friar gives Juliet a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead.  She is told she will be interred in the family tomb and that Romeo will come get her by the time she awakens.  Next, the funeral ceremony is held amidst much grief, and one of Romeo's friends rushes off to tell Romeo the terrible news, actually passing a monk who is bearing the Veronese Friar's good news to Romeo.  Then, Romeo rushes back to Verona, finds Juliet in her deathlike trance, and takes a poison to join her in the afterlife.  Juliet awakens, finds Romeo dead, takes his dagger and kills herself.  Much town hysteria follows and, one presumes, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is ended in grief.  "For never was there a story or more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo...."

Hmmm, this reminds me of West Side Story... I think this Shakespeare fellow may be a copycat....
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jason on September 15, 2005, 08:52:54 AM
Carrot-stick girl just made the most ignorant statement I think I've ever heard - a statement to which I take offense. She got off the phone with one of her southern customers and when she hung up she said, "That woman has to be a racist and a homophobe...she was WAY too nice and she's southern." She said that like it was the most matter-of-fact thing in the world. I find it sad and frightening that she feels so justified in judging someone based on where they're from but she doesn't seem to notice that she is, in fact, the one who is being judgmental - and she's not even southern!

Another girl in our office - carrot-stick's best friend, as a matter of fact - is from Richmond, VA, and is trying her best to be the best little northern liberal she can be. Everyone is a racist homophobic Bush-loving religious prude in her estimation if they're not "fabulously gay" or a drunk or if you live south of Staten Island.

Both of these girls are 26/27-ish and just feed off each other. You could get bruises for all the ass-kissing they do to one another. Someone needs to tell them that being liberal-minded and ignorant are not necessarily one in the same.

Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest.
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Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 08:54:36 AM
Hi All!  On the TOD:
www.dooce.com
www.gofugyourself.com
www.slate.msn.com

And not as frequently, but fairly often:
www.overheardinnewyork.com
www.broadway.com
www.playbill.com
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:59:52 AM
Yep, some of us Southern boys don't even like NASCAR.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jane on September 15, 2005, 09:01:47 AM
Hello from Brasov, Transylvania!  Boy, were we happy to leave Bucharest.  Crazy drivers, polution, wall-to-wall people, and stray & homeless dogs & cats--the first and last items are problems throughout Romania.

Brasov is a medieval town and, fortunately, we're staying in the "old town" area...otherwise it would be a BIT HELLISH!  Interestingly, right in the middle of the old town plaza they're constructing a stage for a Joe Cocker concert next week.  Tomorrow we leave for Sibiu and Bran...both towns linked to Vlad the Impaler (aka Dracula).

Craig's girlfriend is very sweet and lovely, too.  And they're very cute together--with photos to follow on my return.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 09:03:01 AM
Carrot-stick girl just made the most ignorant statement I think I've ever heard - a statement to which I take offense. She got off the phone with one of her southern customers and when she hung up she said, "That woman has to be a racist and a homophobe...she was WAY too nice and she's southern."

Being too nice makes you a  racist and a homphobe? Just because she lives in state south of the Mason- Dixon Line?  Maybe the caller just had manners!! ::)

Lordy I was born and bred in New York as were both of my parents and even I take offense to that snap judgement  :P


DR Matt H lives in the Carolinas, I guess he must be a homophobe and he's doing me a favor which is nice, so he must be racist too!!  :D


Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 09:04:26 AM
Hello from Brasov, Transylvania!  Boy, were we happy to leave Bucharest.  Crazy drivers, polution, wall-to-wall people, and stray & homeless dogs & cats--the first and last items are problems throughout Romania.

Brasov is a medieval town and, fortunately, we're staying in the "old town" area...otherwise it would be a BIT HELLISH!  Interestingly, right in the middle of the old town plaza they're constructing a stage for a Joe Cocker concert next week.  Tomorrow we leave for Sibiu and Bran...both towns linked to Vlad the Impaler (aka Dracula).

Craig's girlfriend is very sweet and lovely, too.  And they're very cute together--with photos to follow on my return.

 I hope you are bringing your photos to New York with you!!!
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Post by: Ginny on September 15, 2005, 09:11:13 AM
How delightful to log in at lunchtime and find so many friends here, even DR Jane!  Glad to hear the trip is going well - I'm looking forward to seeing those pictures!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jason on September 15, 2005, 09:11:34 AM
DR Jane: I hope you're having a wonderful trip!! Tell Vlad hi for me, but make sure you're wearing plenty of garlic when you go to visit. I hope you and DH Keith are having a splendid time and can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks!!

DR Vixmom: Yes, apparently being too nice and being southern makes you a racist homophobe. Does that mean she only hates black gays?  I don't think being southern and friendly makes you a homophobe. I mean, I'm self-loathing, but that's because I'm an actor - not because I'm southern - or even NICE for that matter! ;)

She and the other one just irritate the piss out of me and I think BK should lend out his bitch-slapping machine for a few hours so I can take care of these two twits.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ginny on September 15, 2005, 09:31:25 AM
TOD:

In addition to HHW, I try to read the New York Times online everyday - at least the headlines and the most-frequently emailed articles.  

Work-related, I spend a lot of time at:

www.daytonmetrolibrary.org (http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org) - my workplace
fdncenter.org (http://fdncenter.org)

Non-work-related:

www.uc.edu (http://www.uc.edu)
www.aauw.org (http://www.aauw.org)
www.orgsites.com/oh/joyluckclub (http://www.orgsites.com/oh/joyluckclub) - this is the website I maintain for my book group
www.umich.edu (http://www.umich.edu) - Go Blue!

When I was teaching aspiring teachers, I had them do what I called a "3-2-1 Web Exploration."  They were to find 3 sites for fun, 2 sites for professional use, and 1 site they wouldn't want their students to bump into on a classroom computer.  That last category =  :o


Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 09:32:35 AM
Well no one will accuse these New Yorkers of Being  "too nice"

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NEW YORK (Sept. 15) - A groom spent his wedding night in jail with his father, his brother his father-in-law and seven other members of his wedding party after the group allegedly brawled with another bridal party and police, according to a published report.
   
Police arrested the groom, Joseph Fortunato Jr., 29, and the ten others after officers were called to break up the melee at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, Saturday, according to an article appearing in Thursday's editions of the Daily News.

The altercation reportedly began with a case of mistaken identity. A member of the second wedding party confronted Fortunato's best man, believing him to be a wedding photographer, who had absconded. The best man allegedly responded with force sparking a bench-clearer.

"Everybody's fighting everybody," White Plains police spokesman Martin Gleeson told the Daily News. "And both brides are kind of walking around helpless like, 'This is my wedding? I can't believe this is happening!"'

After police intervened by arresting Fortunato, the other members of his wedding party objected violently, leading to their arrests. The eleven suspects, all from Fortunato's party, were charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and first-degree riot, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison.

They were released on bail Sunday.

Police said the melee caused $2,000 of damage to the hotel.

"We believe the event may have been alcohol-driven," Gleeson told the Daily News.



Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 09:35:50 AM
I'm up, I'm up.  Why are we so wide?  I don't see anything that should have caused it.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 09:36:43 AM
elmore: Esche responded to my version of the story?  What did he say?  I've bitch-slapped him before and I certainly can do it again.  You'd think he'd learn.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 09:37:19 AM
Why are we so wide?  Can anyone see anything that has caused it?  If so, point it out to me and I'll fix it.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 09:38:46 AM
I have to go buy more little envelopes to ship the Kevin CD in.  If the orders suddenly come pouring in I'm going to have to find a much cheaper place to get them than Staples.  There I'm paying about six bucks for twelve envelopes, which seems ridiculous on the face of it or even on the feet of it.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: td on September 15, 2005, 10:12:14 AM
Page Four isn't nearly as wide as Page Three. . . ???
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 10:13:58 AM
I have to go buy more little envelopes to ship the Kevin CD in.  If the orders suddenly come pouring in I'm going to have to find a much cheaper place to get them than Staples.  There I'm paying about six bucks for twelve envelopes, which seems ridiculous on the face of it or even on the feet of it.
Do you have a COSTCO near yyou?  They using sell things like that there quite inexpensively.  Our office manager gets the majority of the office supplies there these days.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Charles Pogue on September 15, 2005, 10:16:35 AM
Ben, I also listen to Accuradio, usually when WMKV is having one of their geezer programs.  All the BBC sites are great!  I frequently visit the National Theatre Site and The Royal Shakespeare Company. My favourite British theatre sites are www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk and the  www.albemarle-london.com
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 15, 2005, 10:19:24 AM
Why are we so wide?  Can anyone see anything that has caused it?  If so, point it out to me and I'll fix it.

Well, I'm not one to talk, but perhaps all the Popeye's Fried Chicken you had last night...
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 10:26:15 AM
I forgot about the NY Times. I read it every week day on-line. I stopped paying $1 a day for the paper though I do buy it on the weekends. Delivery is not a viable option since I live in a small, non-doorman building. It's hard to get things like the daily paper delivered.

Ginny, glad to see the FC Web site there on your list  ;D

If you're a Karen Morrow fan click on this link.

http://blip.tv/file/1580

She's performing at the Onna White Memorial. She tells a VERY funny story about rehearsals for I Had a Ball (w/Buddy Hackett and others) and then sings the title song. You need Quick Time on your computer for the clip to play. If you have high speed it will load very quickly, if you're on dial-up it will take some time.

Charles, thanks for the British Theatre sites.

I too, tune out when the talk comes on to WMKV.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ben on September 15, 2005, 10:33:37 AM
I just remembered another site I visit.

I detest most jargon. I feel like it's taking over the English language. Whenever I can, I try to remove it from text that I edit, replacing it with easy to understand English. IMHO, most people speaking jargon sound like they are trying to impress people, they don't sound any more intelligent. Rant over. Now, on to the Web site. The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation has a page on their site which discusses this very issue. It's called The Jargon Files:

http://www.emcf.org/pub/jargon/index.htm
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JMK on September 15, 2005, 10:35:03 AM
Page 3 looks perfectly svelte on my computer.   ???
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 10:36:14 AM
We have been invited to a rally at:

INTERCOURSE COMMUNITY PARK!

Unfortunately it's all about regulating Puppy Mills.

der Brucer

Yes, Virginia, there is an Intercourse: it is a town in Pennsylvania
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: FJL on September 15, 2005, 10:39:37 AM
I had Popeye's Fried Chicken twice this week.  Last night, I ordered the special box of five chicken strips (five chicken strips cost only 50 cents more than three for some reason), and the young lady was about to put the box in a bag, and I said no thanks, I'm having it here.  She said quizzically "You are?" which I interpret as her saying no one can eat five chicken strips in one meal all by himself.  I was sure I could.  But it turned out she was right.  I had to stop after the third chicken strip.  

If I hadn't, I guess I'd be even wider today as well, of course.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: FJL on September 15, 2005, 10:46:39 AM
DR Jose - The one time I met Harold Prince was at Shun Lee near Lincoln Center.  I was with my friend Michael on our way to a Sondheim benefit at Avery Fisher Hall.  We were leaving the restaurant, and we politely held the door and let two ladies go by, but then saw they were with about four other people, so we let them go by, too.  It turned out they were all part of Harold Prince's party.  Then Harold Prince said "OK, I'll hold the door for you guys now," and he did exactly that and wished us a wonderful evening.  A very pleasant encounter.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: td on September 15, 2005, 11:25:10 AM
On the subject of Robert Wise:

http://jclarkmedia.com/film/wise10films.html (http://jclarkmedia.com/film/wise10films.html)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 11:27:12 AM
I've packaged all of today's orders, and shall head over to the post office at some point before I head over to the auditions.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jrand73 on September 15, 2005, 11:28:36 AM
Thursday....only three more performances.  :)

I visit HHW several times a day.

I visit EBAY, of course.  And the Scarlet Street site, less frequently though.

The Frances Farmer Tribute site www.geocities.com/~themistyone/

I am webmaster of my theatre group site, so I also go there a few times a  day.  www.putnamcountyplayhouse.com

I like IMDB and IBDB.

www.epinions.com is a nice site for customer reviews of just about anything.

Amazon.com for books and movies and DVD reviews, etc.

NO usenet groups or anything like that.

AND of course www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com

If any DR is looking for a FREE site to host a personal website, you can get four pages (home, blog, photo album -100 pics -, and links) at www.zoomshare.com  It's a nice site that puts NO ads or popups on your site.  Also it's easy to USE!

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jrand73 on September 15, 2005, 11:31:25 AM
I am hungry.

GOOD VIBES for all the actors coming to MR BK'S auditions!  Hope you find exactly the PEOPLE you are looking for.

GOOD HAL PRINCE VIBES for DRJOSE.  "Give that man a JOB!!"  I could happen!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 11:35:12 AM
GOOD HAL PRINCE VIBES for DRJOSE.  "Give that man a JOB!!"  I could happen!

I could happen, too.

In fact, I already did!  :D


As for Prince, he must be older than Noah now.  He might not be able to hear very well!

JoseS must play EXTRA loud for him.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: George on September 15, 2005, 11:35:13 AM
And one site that I got to every once in a while (and it's quite addicting) is:

BOOKWORM! (http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=bookworm)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 11:46:39 AM
Look OUT!  I'm HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!

Hey life, look at me
I can see the reality
'Cause when you shook me, took me, outta my world
I woke up
Suddenly I just woke up to the happening

When you find that you left the future behind
'Cause when you find a tender love
You don't need to take care of
Then you better beware of the happening

One day you're up
When you turn around
You find your world is tumbling down
It happened to me and it can happen to you

I was sure, I felt secure
Until love took a detour, yeah!
Riding high on the top of the world it happened
Suddenly it just happened
I saw my dreams torn apart
When love walked away from my heart
And when you lose a precious love you need to guide you
Something happens inside you, the happening

Now I see life for what it is
It's not a dream
It's not a bliss
It happened to me and it can happen to you
Ooh, and then it happened
Ooh, and then it happened
Ooh, and then it happened

Is it real?
Is it fake?
Is this game of life a mistake?
'Cause when I lost the love
I thought was mine for certain
Suddenly it starts hurting
I saw the light too late
When that fickle finger of fate
Yeah! It came and broke my pretty balloon
I woke up
Suddenly I just woke up

So sure, I felt secure
Until love took a detour
'Cause when you got a tender love
You don't take care of
Then you better beware of
The happening
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 11:48:18 AM
My amazon package is waiting for me, so I'll be picking that up shortly.  It's got the new 4 disc Ben-Hur, and the two Psycho sequels.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 11:50:19 AM
TPunk- I  checked out Overheardinny  so funny!

This was my favorite so far....


http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/002501.html
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 11:51:17 AM
Look OUT!  I'm HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!


 ;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 11:51:41 AM
Ron, how's your co-worker doing?
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 12:10:59 PM
Larry, I saw the e-mail from Esche yesterday regarding music cut from the 1993 She Loves Me cast recording (I get one e-mail a day which lists all posts from the previous day in one long read). I could tell from the tone of his post that it was not something to be believed.

John was a pompous I-know-it-all-ass twenty years ago and some things never change.   I just got Warren's comment about petty fighting, and I sent him an email back defending Bruce from Mr Esche's very different account.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 12:19:04 PM
TPunk- I  checked out Overheardinny  so funny!

This was my favorite so far....


http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/002501.html

Isn't it great!?  I've gotten a good number of hotline counselors at GMHC addicted to it.  In between calls of course, never during.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 12:19:49 PM
So much reading to do!!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 12:20:06 PM
elmore: Esche responded to my version of the story?  What did he say?  I've bitch-slapped him before and I certainly can do it again.  You'd think he'd learn.

Actually, BK, I did you a disservice.  After posting your paragraph, I added my own commentary on how much I loathed the Roundabout revival and hated the recording.  Mr Esche thought it was your commment and went off on that, but he did accuse me of pushing you to respond.  I sent another email apologizing for my gaff, and now the MAN with the site has sent out an email about petty personal arguments.

I sent him an email back telling him that all I was doing was posting in your defense a story that varied greatly from the pompous moron's account.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 12:25:48 PM
..a good number of hotline counselors at GMHC addicted ..

Wait till my friends in the Bush admin hear about this!!!!

der Brucer
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ann on September 15, 2005, 12:25:59 PM
To BK's last post of the evening yesterday:

Ann must be with Jed, wherever the frell HE is!!!

Well, I certainly wasn't up with Jed at 3:30 am!  However, at the time that BK inquired as to my whereabouts, I'm quite sure I was.  I dare not reveal any more, though...this is, after all, a family website  ;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 12:31:02 PM
My daily web site visits always includes a stop at:

 Wacko Nutso Daily (http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=1676)

Here I can read about who is really to blame for the recent disasters!

Quote
What do these major record-setting events have in common?
•Nine of the ten costliest insurance events in U.S. history

•Six of the seven costliest hurricanes in U.S. history

•Three of the four largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history

•Nine of the top ten natural disasters in U.S. history ranked by FEMA relief costs

•The two largest terrorism events in U.S. history
 
All of these major catastrophes transpired on the very same day or within 24-hours of U.S. presidents Bush, Clinton and Bush applying pressure on Israel to trade her land for promises of "peace and security," sponsoring major "land for peace" meetings, making major public statements pertaining to Israel's covenant land and/or calling for a Palestinian state.

Are each one of these major record-setting events just a coincidence or awe-inspiring signs that God is actively involved in the affairs of Israel?

der Brucer


Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 12:34:55 PM
Oh Dear! The Wacko Right
 (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46324) has their panties in a twist!
Quote
In what is being characterized as an unexpected move, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved an amendment to a child-safety bill that adds "sexual orientation" to the federal "hate crimes" statute.

The amendment to the Children's Safety Act – which, among other things, creates a national website for child sex offenders and stipulates that sex felons face up to 20 years in prison for failing to comply with registration requirements – was offered by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and passed 223-199. Thirty Republicans, 192 Democrats and one Independent voted to add the "sexual orientation" language, while 194 Republicans and five Democrats voted no.

According an Associated Press report, current "hate crimes" law includes stiffer penalties for federal offenses when the attacker is motivated by the actual or perceived race, religion or ethnic background. The Conyers provision adds to that list sexual orientation, gender and disability.

The House has been the chief obstacle in numerous previous attempts to expand federal "hate crimes" law, and Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest homosexual-rights group, told AP today's was an "incredibly historic vote" that could give momentum to similar action in the Senate.

Robert Knight of Concerned Women for America was stunned the vote was taken with virtually no notice.
"We had no notice that this was happening," Knight said in an e-mail announcing the action. "The only positive thing I can say is that this was a recorded vote."

The Family Research Council is blasting the action in no small terms.

"Criminalizing thoughts as well as actions, and creating special categories of victims, are contrary to our entire system of laws," said FRC president Tony Perkins. "Furthermore, granting special protections based on one's 'sexual orientation' has repeatedly been rejected by Congress. It is shocking that a bill designed to protect children from sexual predators is now being used to protect the sexual preference of homosexuals.

"The Senate should reject the House's attempt to advance the political agenda of homosexuals at the expense of children."

der Brucer

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 12:41:08 PM
DR JRand.  I like your Theatre group site, very impressive.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jrand73 on September 15, 2005, 12:43:17 PM
Thanks DRVIXMOM....it has its moments.

And yes, DR RON - I am happening, too!  LOL
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 12:47:53 PM
My daily brousing also includes AndrewSullivan.com where I get links to  Grreat Events of the Day (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0509140174sep14,1,5630283.column?coll=chi-news-nav) where I learn:

Quote
While investigating the sexual politics of penguins and the hit movie "March of the Penguins," I discovered a startling penguin-related psychosexual development.

Even though the mainstream media have ignored this news, I am compelled to report it here, to you, today:

Roy and Silo, the two famous gay penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo, are no longer a pair. Silo has gone straight.

They broke up after six years together. Once, they were provided a donated egg. They sat on it and hatched it and this was celebrated as some kind of penguin lifestyle choice in the New York Times on Feb. 7, 2004, under the headline "The Love that Dare Not Squeak Its Name."

But that's so over.

These days, Silo has a girlfriend. And Roy? Well, lately he has been observed hanging around a few sexually immature penguins, but he has no real prospects. It seems Roy is a troubled penguin


der Brucer
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 12:49:07 PM
Isn't it great!?  I've gotten a good number of hotline counselors at GMHC addicted to it.  In between calls of course, never during.

Now, I am addicted too!  I thought you counselers were supposed to help people!!!








 ;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jrand73 on September 15, 2005, 12:49:35 PM
DR CP - the uber-rare Sony VHS release of Miss June Wilkinson's THE BELLBOY AND THE PLAYGIRLS is up for auction on EBAY at a bargain price!

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 12:49:43 PM

www.trlib.org (where I work)


And a nice place to find reading suggestions for the Grandlads -Thanx!

der Brucer
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 01:10:51 PM
elmore, the thing I despise about that cretin is that he didn't even respond to the content of my post, because, deep down, he knows I'm right.  He's upset (and has been since 1993) because Robert Sher is upset that I made the decision to not include the curtain call music.  Very few cast albums have ever included the curtain call music, and frankly I found it hurt the emotion of the ending of the album.  However, prior to making that decision (which was mine to make), I consulted with the only two people whose opinions mattered to me - Mr. Bock and Mr. Harnick, and they completely agreed with me.  That, of course, was the end of the story.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 01:11:57 PM
Ron, how's your co-worker doing?

I think I mentioned that he "fired" his heart surgeon last week.  He didn't feel confidence in a man whose staff was so staggeringly inept.

He went to Stanford Medical Center on Monday and had some tests.  He goes back tomorrow for some more.  On Saturday, his case will be evaluated with a group of doctors/surgeons at Stanford to determine what the best treatment will be.

On Monday, one of the surgeons said that his x-rays showed scar tissue, indicating he had previously had a heart attack..maybe two.  The doubt cast by that was whether surgery is necessary...something to do with scar tissue not requiring blood flow.

I don't understand it all, but that's where it stands now.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 01:14:48 PM
Wait till my friends in the Bush admin hear about this!!!!

der Brucer

Oh no, what have I started??  If our funding gets cut, I know who to go to...  ;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 01:19:31 PM
I finished ROMEO AND JULIET. It ended just like DR Ron Pulliam said it would! Imagine that!  :D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jrand73 on September 15, 2005, 01:22:45 PM
Ready for dinner and then the show!  
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 01:24:43 PM
An actor that I've seen in quite a number of MGM films lately is Reginald Denny. Of course, I remember seeing him on TV and in films as a much older man, but he was very attractive with quite an impressive body back in the 1930s. He looks great in those tights in ROMEO AND JULIET, and I've also seen him lately in ANNA KARENINA and PRIVATE LIVES, too.

I've been doing a little reading up on him this afternoon.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:24:48 PM
Good Afternoon!

Quote
Dear Diary,

Today I played some callbacks for the current tour of
Evita and Hal Prince was in the room this time.  And he liked me.  He really liked me.

:D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 01:32:01 PM
Then, I started ROMANCE starring Greta Garbo. Oh, dear. She may have gotten an Oscar nomination for this performance, but it must have been simply a gracious gesture from the studio bosses who nominated her, for it's one of her worst performances, I think.

She plays an Italian operatic soprano! Imagine her speaking English in her usual Swedish accent with a fake Italian brogue layered over that. Meryl Streep it ain't!

And she's also saddled with the most uncharismatic leading man in the history of movies: Gavin Gordon. Lewis Stone is the only redeeming feature here.

To her credit, Garbo wanted Gary Cooper for the part that Gordon plays, but Paramount wouldn't loan him out. Adolph Zukor must have read the script!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 01:32:40 PM
Good Afternoon!:DQuote:
Dear Diary,

Today I played some callbacks for the current tour of Evita and Hal Prince was in the room this time.  And he liked me.  He really liked me.
 




Who couldn't?!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ginny on September 15, 2005, 01:33:38 PM
Jose - Did you invite Mr. Prince to join us on the eating/walking tour Oct. 5?  ;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 01:33:40 PM
Ready for dinner and then the show!  

Oh No! They've turned it into dinner theatre?!!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 01:34:22 PM
I meant to mentionlast night that before CORPSE BRIDE began last night, Warners had tacked two trailers onto the front of the feature. One was a forgettable Jennifer Aniston-Shirley MacLaine-Kevin Costner romantic comedy that I don't even recall the title.

The other trailer was for HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Need I say that those few minutes were exciting, terrific, exhilarating, wondrous! Can't wait for November!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Charles Pogue on September 15, 2005, 01:34:36 PM
Favourite Robert Wise movie:  the noir western, BLOOD ON THE MOON, starring Robert Mitchum.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 01:36:08 PM
I think I mentioned that he "fired" his heart surgeon last week.  He didn't feel confidence in a man whose staff was so staggeringly inept.

He went to Stanford Medical Center on Monday and had some tests.  He goes back tomorrow for some more.  On Saturday, his case will be evaluated with a group of doctors/surgeons at Stanford to determine what the best treatment will be.

On Monday, one of the surgeons said that his x-rays showed scar tissue, indicating he had previously had a heart attack..maybe two.  The doubt cast by that was whether surgery is necessary...something to do with scar tissue not requiring blood flow.

I don't understand it all, but that's where it stands now.

I've been worrying about him since then, especially since you said he has been having chest pains.  I thought, when you said he was going in for tests , they were a preliminary to the procedure being done by (I assumed ) a different surgeon...
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: elmore3003 on September 15, 2005, 01:36:39 PM
elmore, the thing I despise about that cretin is that he didn't even respond to the content of my post, because, deep down, he knows I'm right.  He's upset (and has been since 1993) because Robert Sher is upset that I made the decision to not include the curtain call music.  Very few cast albums have ever included the curtain call music, and frankly I found it hurt the emotion of the ending of the album.  However, prior to making that decision (which was mine to make), I consulted with the only two people whose opinions mattered to me - Mr. Bock and Mr. Harnick, and they completely agreed with me.  That, of course, was the end of the story.

Dear Friend BK, I've known him since around 1982, but I haven't seen him since around 1985 or so.  He was a pompous-ass windbag then, and he's only gotten worse, like a cheese, with age.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jed on September 15, 2005, 01:36:58 PM
To BK's last post of the evening yesterday:

Ann must be with Jed, wherever the frell HE is!!!

Why, I'm right here, where I have been and shall be!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 01:37:46 PM
I meant to mentionlast night that before CORPSE BRIDE began last night, Warners had tacked two trailers onto the front of the feature. One was a forgettable Jennifer Aniston-Shirley MacLaine-Kevin Costner romantic comedy that I don't even recall the title.

The other trailer was for HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Need I say that those few minutes were exciting, terrific, exhilarating, wondrous! Can't wait for November!

I have not seen any trailers for that yet.  Who is directing it this time around?  Iwasn't as happy with the treatment of the last book as I was of the first two.

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 01:39:21 PM
My favorite Wise movie will always and forever be West Side Story.  I also really like The Sound of Music, Blood on the Moon (which I have on a region 2 DVD), The Set Up, Somebody Up There Likes Me and I Want To Live.  While I like The Haunting, I've never considered it the masterpiece others do.  Even though it's not great, I enjoy The Andromeda Strain.  For me, Star isn't something I care for at all, but I do really love parts of The Sand Pebbles, if not the whole film.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:41:41 PM
...And I really did have quite a wonderful time.  And I was less nervous than I thought I would be.  -Although, I've found that in situations like this, I've learned to keep my nerves at bay in order not to add to any nerves that those auditioning may be bringing in the room with them.  In any case...

It was a great set of callbacks.  Mr. Prince was, well, a prince.  He made sure to make each of the actors and actresses feel comfortable, and he gave advice/direction to them for the next time they perform the material - whether or not it would be in front of him again.  We had an amazingly talented slate of people to choose from, and I believe they were able to make their choices from the people we saw today.

It was just a thrill to hear him comment on each person - what each person's strengths and weaknesses were in his eyes.  Who really seemed to be right for Evita.  Whom he could see growing into an Evita.  Etc., etc., etc.

We actually ended up running ahead of schedule most of the time, so there was plenty of opportunity to chat.  We all just got to relax a bit and share some stories for a while.  It got a little surreal when Mr. Prince brought up the subject of the upcoming revival of Sweeney Todd - I realized that here I was talking with the original director and the original choreographer of Sweeney Todd... and Evita... and a host of other projects.  -Oh, and, of course, the cast of the revival - including Patti LuPone - was rehearsing just down the hall.

Somewhere along the way, Mr. Fuller brought up the fact that I had played for the Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center - I was very flattered he remembered that from our brief conversation on Tuesday.  Well, Mr. Prince mentioned that he was not able to attend any of the productions that summer, but he had some questions about the casting, and wondered what I thought of them.  And when I mentioned that I had done Sweeney and Night Music, he made some comment along the lines of, "Well, at least you covered the ones we [Mr. Fuller and himself] did originally."

After we had heard everyone, both Hal Prince and Larry Fuller thanked me for being there today, and said that they were very glad to have me.  No job offer, but I can live off the compliments for a while.  Nothing like a good stroke of the ego every now and then.

:)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:44:18 PM
Jose - Did you invite Mr. Prince to join us on the eating/walking tour Oct. 5?  ;)

Alas, I did not extend that invitation.  He was listing his upcoming projects - including some talk he was giving this afternoon - and I just knew he would not have been able to make it.

;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:47:44 PM
I have not seen any trailers for that yet.  Who is directing it this time around?  Iwasn't as happy with the treatment of the last book as I was of the first two.



DR vixmom - Just check out:

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/gobletoffire/ (http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/gobletoffire/)

You can view the trailer there - as well as some pics of the cast.  The trailer comes in different "sizes" according to your internet speed, connection.  But sometimes, it defaults to a setting before you have a chance to select any options.  So, if it's too small for you the first time, just let it finish, and then select another option - or two.

*I do have to say, some of those "bad boys" have that "bad boy sexiness" going for them.

;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:48:23 PM
Who couldn't?!

 :-*
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 01:49:19 PM
This will brighten bk's day - higher gas prices!

Quote
Three Wilmington area oil refineries that lost power during a citywide outage were still working Wednesday to restore normal levels of gasoline production and prevent a possible spike in oil prices.

 
The Shell Oil Co., ConocoPhillips and Valero Energy Corp. refineries provide about 16 percent of California's oil production capability.

"We're continuing to work around the clock to get our units up and running," said Andy Perez, a ConocoPhillips spokesman.

Shell spokeswoman Cecilia Moreno said the company's refinery did not shut down completely during Monday's outage but had not been able to produce gasoline since the blackout. The facility was expected to be back to its normal output of 100,000 barrels a day by the weekend.

"We're still working on bringing all our units up in a safe and orderly manner," Moreno said.

Valero hoped to have its plant processing oil at half its normal rate by Wednesday.

As traders learned of the outage, they pushed up the price of wholesale gasoline by about 8 cents a gallon, to about $2.15 on the Los Angeles spot market. By Tuesday, prices dropped to $2.13 a gallon.

If none of the refineries make fuel for three days, California would lose about 8 percent of its weekly gasoline production and about 5.6 percent of its diesel output, said Rob Schlichting, a spokesman for the California Energy Commission.

The reduced supply could raise prices.


Above from  Daily Breeze (http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/articles/1854172.html)

der Brucer

PS It is rumored that the DWP worker who cut the cable feels "really bad" about it.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:51:08 PM
I have to go buy more little envelopes to ship the Kevin CD in.  If the orders suddenly come pouring in I'm going to have to find a much cheaper place to get them than Staples.  There I'm paying about six bucks for twelve envelopes, which seems ridiculous on the face of it or even on the feet of it.
'

If you are going to be buying a "bulk" of envelopes, be sure to check to see that Staples is extending their "bulk" price to you.  Sometimes you have to ask for it, it won't automatically ring up when a certain amount of supplies gets scanned at the register.  I used to buy the supplies for the music store I worked at, and we always had to make sure we always got the corporate pricing.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:51:51 PM
AH!

So nice to hear from DR Jane!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:52:56 PM
POSSIBLE SPOILER:


:D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:54:09 PM

Another girl in our office - carrot-stick's best friend, as a matter of fact - is from Richmond, VA, and is trying her best to be the best little northern liberal she can be. Everyone is a racist homophobic Bush-loving religious prude in her estimation if they're not "fabulously gay" or a drunk or if you live south of Staten Island.


From Richmond, VA, you say.. Hmm... I wonder if I know her?

;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 01:56:03 PM
I have not seen any trailers for that yet.  Who is directing it this time around?  \

Watch the Harry Potter Trailers Here (http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?mid=19563)

The director is Mike Newell (Young Indiana Jones, Four Weddings and a Funeral)

der Brucer
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:56:10 PM
As for Prince, he must be older than Noah now.  He might not be able to hear very well!

JoseS must play EXTRA loud for him.

First of all, he's not that old.

:)

Secondly, with the voices that came in the room today, let's just say, I had to VERY supportive.   And it was thrilling and chilling at times!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:57:30 PM
Watch the Harry Potter Trailers Here (http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/articles/1854172.html)

The director is Mike Newell (Young Indiana Jones, Four Weddings and a Funeral)

der Brucer

Hmmm... Methinks you linketh incorrectly, DR DerBrucer.

;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 01:59:01 PM
OK  - I need to head back into midtown.  A little later on, DR Jason and I will be trekking down to Magnolia to fix a banana pudding fix, and then most likely a movie too.

Laters...
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 02:00:14 PM
keep my nerves at bay

...and beat out thyme while giving sage advice...

der Brucer
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 02:02:16 PM
Hmmm... Methinks you linketh incorrectly, DR DerBrucer.

;)

Methinth you right! Me fixith.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 02:10:43 PM
I have not seen any trailers for that yet.  Who is directing it this time around?  Iwasn't as happy with the treatment of the last book as I was of the first two.



I didn't flip for the third film as much when I first saw it, but in the additional viewings I've had since that first viewing, I've come to really love it.

Mike Newell is directing the newest one.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 02:13:11 PM
In talking about Garbo's ROMANCE a little bit ago, I meant to mention how generally good this 1930 film looked on TCM. Yes, there was some print damage, but on the whole it was a FAR less grainy picture than the DVD of ANNA KARENINA I viewed the other day.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 02:15:54 PM
I love I WANT TO LIVE! The first time I saw that movie, I was on the edge of my seat.

I still think WEST SIDE STORY and THE SOUND OF MUSIC are among the most cinematic of all Broadway-to-Hollywood musicals.

And DR td and I will never lose our attachment to STAR!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 02:21:55 PM
Methinth you right! Me fixith.

 ;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 02:22:58 PM
I'm off to clean the hallway and bedrooms now.

Then, I shall finish up with Garbo's ROMANCE (only about 15 minutes of this clunker left), and begin MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TCB on September 15, 2005, 02:24:04 PM
Alas, I did not extend that invitation.  He was listing his upcoming projects - including some talk he was giving this afternoon - and I just knew he would not have been able to make it.

;)

He was probably hinting, hoping that you would extend the offer.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 02:28:08 PM
Looks like the end o' the line is in sight for LENNON.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 02:30:28 PM
I shall now be on my way to LACC to hold auditions.  I do hope auditions doesn't mind being held by the likes of me.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ginny on September 15, 2005, 02:43:31 PM
Ginny, glad to see the FC Web site there on your list  ;D

If you're a Karen Morrow fan click on this link.

 ;D

DR Ben - I am a Karen Morrow fan.  The first show I ever saw at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit was the touring company of The Unsinkable Molly Brown.  She played the title role and Harve Presnell (be still, my heart) was Johnny.  I will click the link you provided when I'm on my home computer.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ginny on September 15, 2005, 02:47:54 PM
Well, Dear Readers, it's time for me to leave work and go to my book group, discussing Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: S. Woody White on September 15, 2005, 02:55:20 PM
...Someone needs to tell them that being liberal-minded and ignorant are not necessarily one in the same.
The only homophobe in my family is also the only Democrat.  And she teaches college.  Go figure.   :P

Of course, it is a very small family.

Quote
Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest.
And a fabulous chest it is, too, judging from your photograph!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 03:01:48 PM
I've lived in every part of the country except the Pacific Northwest, and I am always surprised at the amount of wrong ideas people have about places they've never been.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TCB on September 15, 2005, 03:22:25 PM
I've lived in every part of the country except the Pacific Northwest, and I am always surprised at the amount of wrong ideas people have about places they've never been.

Was there some personal bias that kept you from exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwet Northwest?
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 03:22:45 PM
I hope my ideas about the Pacific North West are not wrong!!!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: George on September 15, 2005, 03:33:11 PM
And a nice place to find reading suggestions for the Grandlads -Thanx!

der Brucer

My pleasure! ;D And the library thanks you for using the service!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 03:33:45 PM
Now, I am addicted too!  I thought you counselers were supposed to help people!!!








 ;D

Well we are... but with questions pertaining to HIV, not website addictions!
 ;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 03:42:49 PM
Okay, I feel like such a moron- I just made this connection.  Not that I am a religious viewer of House, but I never realized that the lead actor, Hugh Laurie, is the dad from the Stuart Little movies.

I have an internal IMDB in my head for current film/tv stars and usually make these connections... just ask Rodzinski who has had to sit through countless movies with me rattling off a history of tv shows the actors have guest starred on. :)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 03:45:54 PM


And I do thnk the world would stop if you didn't say, "Well dear readers..."  I don't think we should take that chance.

I agree- I was watching some science fiction program the other day where Malcolm McDowell was a psychiatric patient convinced that if he did not carry out a series of bizarre ritualistic behaviors, the world would come to an end.  His psychiatrist doped him up so that he would calm down... and the world did indeed get pretty screwed up.

I would stick with Well dear readers if I were you... we wouldn't want to take any chances!  ;D
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 03:46:20 PM
I feel giddy! Maybe it's the burrito I just scarfed down.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 04:01:04 PM
Hugh Laurie - well known (I would have thought) from his Black Adder appearances.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 04:24:34 PM
There actually WAS a daily column that did not start off with "Well, dear readers...." -- not exactly, anyway.

From the VERY FIRST column at Haines His Way.com after an introductory comment from Guy Haines, his very self, BK wrote:

"Bruce's first entry:

"Well, hello dear readers, and welcome to Haines His Way, the official website for my friend Guy Haines."
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TCB on September 15, 2005, 04:25:14 PM
Hugh Laurie - well known (I would have thought) from his Black Adder appearances.


Where is Black Adder?
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TCB on September 15, 2005, 04:26:42 PM
Wedged between Upper Red Adder and Lower Red Adder.

Ahhh, thank you, Ron.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 04:27:26 PM
Guess you call it an abacus in the PNW.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 04:28:24 PM
Waiting for Tom of Oz to verify:

Quote
The questions below are from potential visitors to Australia. They were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a sense of humour, &c., &c., okay, you get the idea.....

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, how do the plants grow? (UK).
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.

Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
A: Depends how much you've been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden)
A: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water.

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
A: What precisely did your last slave die of?

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does not. oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come naked. (Exegetical apparatus: Kings Cross is the red light/non mainstream/anything goes district in Sydney....)

Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? ( UK)
A: You are a British politician, right?

Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round? (Germany)
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is illegal.

Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make good pets.

Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
A: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out of Gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them. You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.

Above "borrowed" from  OxBlog (http://oxblog.blogspot.com/2005_09_11_oxblog_archive.html#112)

der Brucer

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on September 15, 2005, 04:33:05 PM
Ahhh, thank you, Ron.

Damn you're fast!

I thought better about my reply, and I deleted it...but I was too late...too late.  

Deleted it but it was already captured for all eternity.

Besides, I think I gave you geographically incorrect data.  Black Adder must certainly be closely situated near White Adder and Gray Adder.  The Red Adders are certainly to the South of that, while the Blue ones are to the North.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JMK on September 15, 2005, 04:42:51 PM
If anyone is in the vibe-sending mood, we could really use some to bring this house business to a close.  We are hoping against hope the first developer makes us an offer within the next day or two.

We found the first house we're really excited about today.  It's way out in the toolies, about 20 miles west of Portland, but it's gorgeous and it's on 10 acres and it has a swimming pool and it is "cheap," relatively speaking.  But we need to have an offer on this house first.

BK, your very thoughtful sparkling prize arrived today.  Thanks.  Gave it a cursory listen today as I looked up plat maps (oy) of this property we're interested in.  Love the Jonathan Goldman ( ;) ) tune--can I arrange it for the Tigard Pops?

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 04:43:40 PM

Deleted it but it was already captured for all eternity.


To be displyed in the Museum of Great Regrets next to Nixon's tape and Monica's blue dress.

der Brucer
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 04:51:28 PM
If anyone is in the vibe-sending mood, we could really use some to bring this house business to a close.

May the Kaufmann fortunes bloom!

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 05:09:30 PM
The list has been around for a long time and I would suggest it is for real.
The replies are indeed what any Australian might well say.
The questions are indeed typical and would not need to be invented.

Remember -
Many Americans think that the crocodile guy is a star and a typical Australian.  Of course we're more like Peter Woolnough and Dame Edna.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: George on September 15, 2005, 05:12:26 PM
From the hopefull:

MUCH HOUSE VIBAGE FOR DR JMK AND HIS DW BETSY!!

...to the very sad ;):

Quote
NEW YORK - Bridget Jones is untying the knot. Renee Zellweger, who played the lovelorn Brit in "Bridget Jones's Diary," and country music star Kenny Chesney will have their four-month-old marriage annulled, Chesney's publicist, Holly Gleason, and Zellweger's Los Angeles-based publicist Nanci Ryder, confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday.

Not another annulment of a celebrity short-time marriage! ::)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: François de Paris on September 15, 2005, 05:19:09 PM


If you're a Karen Morrow fan click on this link.

http://blip.tv/file/1580

She's performing at the Onna White Memorial. She tells a VERY funny story about rehearsals for I Had a Ball (w/Buddy Hackett and others) and then sings the title song. You need Quick Time on your computer for the clip to play. If you have high speed it will load very quickly, if you're on dial-up it will take some time.


Thank you SO MUCH for the link to that clip! It sure makes my night!
Karen still has it! What a voice! What a lady!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: DERBRUCER on September 15, 2005, 05:31:20 PM
Of course we're more like Peter Allan and Dame Edna.

Does Dame Edna misspell Peter's name? ::)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TCB on September 15, 2005, 05:31:52 PM
The list has been around for a long time and I would suggest it is for real.
The replies are indeed what any Australian might well say.
The questions are indeed typical and would not need to be invented.

Remember -
Many Americans think that the crocodile guy is a star and a typical Australian.  Of course we're more like Peter Allan and Dame Edna.

Really, Tom, like Dame Edna?  Then can I borrow your big purple hat, the one with the flower in front?  Oh never mind, that was Peter Allan.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 05:36:32 PM
Does Dame Edna misspell Peter's name? ::)
She never became used to his "stage name". She didn't ever really get over the marriage to that  Lisa Monelli girl.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: François de Paris on September 15, 2005, 05:44:07 PM
Karen Morrow's site has been updated and has new recordings in the sound files!

www.karenmorrow.com/
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: François de Paris on September 15, 2005, 05:45:48 PM
She never became used to his "stage name". She didn't ever really get over the marriage to that  Lisa Monelli girl.

Neither have we! All of them marriages!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: François de Paris on September 15, 2005, 05:56:04 PM
Bruce, you're not forgotten on Karen Morrow's links!!
I tell you; what a lady!

 

actors fund

ascap

brandon maggart

bruce kimmel

cabaret hotline

cabaretwest.org

cal state fullerton

david garrison

donnareed.org

ducylee recordings

eur.com

jim vukovich

maryjo mundy

ucla musical theater workshop

 

 

 
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: TPunk on September 15, 2005, 05:58:20 PM


...to the very sad ;):Not another annulment of a celebrity short-time marriage! ::)

Where did you find that?  It has been rumored for weeks, but everything I've read (even today) is her insisting that they are very happy together.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 06:06:23 PM
Okay, I feel like such a moron- I just made this connection.  Not that I am a religious viewer of House, but I never realized that the lead actor, Hugh Laurie, is the dad from the Stuart Little movies.

I have an internal IMDB in my head for current film/tv stars and usually make these connections... just ask Rodzinski who has had to sit through countless movies with me rattling off a history of tv shows the actors have guest starred on. :)

Do you know his work in the Wooster & Jeeves series?
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: George on September 15, 2005, 06:15:45 PM
Where did you find that?  It has been rumored for weeks, but everything I've read (even today) is her insisting that they are very happy together.

Click HERE (http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2005/09/15/222421.html) to see where I got the article.  It's on the Comcast.net (my cable TV and Internet service provider) entertainment news.

It also said that "People magazine first reported the breakup, which brings to an end a whirlwind romance that began shortly before a surprise wedding in May."

The Comcast article has a link to People magazine on-line.  Click HERE (http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1105707,00.html) for the specific PeopleNews article.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 06:20:10 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~FANTASTIC HOUSE OFFER VIBES~~~~~~~[/move]
for the Kaufman Klan
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 08:14:07 PM
Good Evening!

Back from the movies...  DR Jason and I decided to see "The Exorcism of Emily Rose".  We both liked it, and we were both a little creeped out by it.

After the movie we headed down to Magnolia for something a bit less "heavy" than the movie.  ;)  Banana pudding, carrot cake, and cupcakes.  YUMMERS!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 15, 2005, 08:19:48 PM
...And something is up with the A trains going downtown.  It was very slow going when I left the apartment earlier.  Normally, the trip to midtown take 12-15 minutes.  It took nearly half an hour.  And heading back uptown tonight, it looked like they were still running slow.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:33:47 PM
Hugh Laurie's American accent is one of the best in the business. In both STUART LITTLE movies and in HOUSE, it's flawless.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:38:11 PM
I watched about an hour or so of MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE. Still a most intriguing movie, but MGM's transfer isn't the greatest in the world.

I guess I shouldn't complain since it is enhanced for widescreen TVs, and I saw it so long ago at a revival theater that maybe it's always looked as rough this DVD looks. But the focus is definitely not sharp and the color sometimes looks smeared which makes me think maybe MGM went on the cheap and used an earlier video master instead of striking a new one for the DVD release.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Charles Pogue on September 15, 2005, 08:38:43 PM
Hugh Laurie, not only from his Black Adder appearances (one of the funniest TV series ever!), but also from his Jeeves & Wooster series and his series with Stephen Fry, A Little Bit of Laurie and Fry (I think it was called).

Back from a rollicking, rousing din-din with BK at a little bistro around the corner from me, BIRDS.  Great dinner (top-notch onion rings) and a ringside window booth that allowed us to watch all the girls go walking by.  And a lot walked by...many quite lovely, even if they were all too young for a couple of geezers like us.  We, of course, laughed and laughed, etc ad infiinitum, ad nauseam...and the merriment continued as we strolled from the resturant to the used book/record shop a few doors down.  They were playing something so Shindig, so Hullabaloo, so British Rock, so each-song-the-same...that BK and I could not stop laughing about it, thinking it was some new band playing in the style of...But we found out it was The Cyrkle of Red Rubber Ball fame....Man, was the album ordinary.  Did they ever have another hit after Red Rubber Ball?  I will let BK tell you of his purchases.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:41:47 PM
Another movie I put on for about an hour tonight was THUNDERBALL starring in addition to the always hunkalicious Sean Connery DR JRand's beloved Luciana Paluzzi.

Honest, DR JRand, I had totally forgotten she was in this film and when she appeared, I really did laugh out loud.

I just hadn't watched THUNDERBALL in many moons and thought I'd give it another spin. Being the first Panavision Bond and the first Bond DVD with a surround track, I wanted to experience it anew.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jason on September 15, 2005, 08:43:48 PM
I'm home! Finally! I waited nearly 30 minutes for the N train to show up to bring me home. By the time it DID show, I was completely soaked through and dripping with sweat because it was 5000 degrees in that subway tunnel and the humidity is that of a rainforest. I'm now sucking down a good deal of iced tea to cool off and rehydrate.

As DR Jose said, he and I had a loverly time at the movies and at Magnolia Bakery, though I did lead him a bit astray in finding it. Good thing he's leading the walking tour and not me!!

I highly recommend "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" to anyone who's into creepy, creepy movies. I don't think Jose and I moved a centimeter during the actual exorcism scenes. I really can't remember the last time I've been sucked so completely into a movie. It was quite a ride. And Laura Linney is GORGEOUS.

Oh...and Jose: Did you remember to lick the stamp? (Night letter!) Did you remember to slap the flap? (Night letter!) Did you remember to mark it S. W. A. T!

hehehe....
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:44:51 PM
The next time the three earlier Bonds are released on DVD (which might be on high definition Blu-Ray DVDs), those first three will have surround tracks, too.

I caught a showing of DR. NO on one of the Encore channels, and it was outfitted with a wide ranging, very loud surround track. The DVD I have now is mono only.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:47:54 PM
I never did get back to Garbo's ROMANCE. There is only about 15 minutes left, but I guess I owe it to my research to see it to the end.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 08:48:35 PM
Back from auditions, which were very odd, and which I'll tell you all about in the notes.  As Pogue said, dinner at Bird's was really great.  Great food, great waitress, great babes, and, most of all, great food, great waitress, and great babes.  I had their 1/2 chicken (all white meat) with various and sundried dipping sauces - yummilicious.  And their onion rings instantly entered the pantheon of great onion rings.  We also had a very nice German Chocolate cake for dessert.

JMK:  Mr. Goldman would, of course, be flattered.

I got three count them three LPs - a cover version of She Loves Me by Frank Chacksfield, a cover version of How To Succeed by Ray Ellis, and the soundtrack to Two For The Seesaw by Andre Previn.  I had the latter and transferred it to CD, but it was a very noisy LP - this copy looks much mintier.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 08:49:44 PM
Cyrkle had "Turn Down Day" #16 in 1966. "I Wish You Could Be Here" #70 1967 is also a pleasant song. (Another Paul Simon & Bruce Woodley song).
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 08:53:24 PM
I was going to post a Page 8 Dance, but my photo reduction program doesn't want to work tonight, and the pic is too big without reducing it.

Maybe tomorrow sometime!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: vixmom on September 15, 2005, 08:54:52 PM
Just stopped by to wish you all good night, except of course for you Tomovoz, I wish you a very good morning!!!

Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 09:06:00 PM
It's been afternoon for two hours Vixmom but thank you for the thought.  lol
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 09:09:28 PM
The Chacksfield is lovely. I transferred it to CD a few years back. I play it quite often.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Matt H. on September 15, 2005, 09:13:31 PM
Past midnight on my coast, so I will say good night.

Hope everyone enjoys what's left of his day.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 09:32:30 PM
"Two For the Seesaw" a  Robert Wise film.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 09:33:53 PM
Yes, Tomovoz, you beat me to it. "Turn Down Day" by the Cyrkle got a lot of airplay on Chicagoland oldies stations:
"It's a turn down day, nothing on my mind.
It's a turn down day, and I dig it."
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 09:35:15 PM
The question for BK is, do you type in "Well, Dear Readers" newly each day, or is it set in a template, always there for you?
It is slightly more impressive if you actually have typed it each day for all these years.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 09:39:00 PM
"Turn Down Day" was covered here by pop star Normie Rowe who was to eventually become Australia's Jean Valjean. Don't you love such trivia.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 09:41:07 PM
Websites I frequent, besides this one:

Some sports sites, aprilwinchell.com (she is Paul Winchell's daughter and is occasionally amusing), slate.com, straightdope.com, imdb, Pittsburgh postgazette, indianapolis star, weirdomusic (where I find some great free downloads), WMKV (which Pogue turned me on to), metacritic.com (a good distillation of all critics reviews on particular films)...
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Rodzinski on September 15, 2005, 09:45:04 PM
I saw NORMIE ROWE. Sally Field has never been better! And Ron Leibman was quite good in a supporting role.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 15, 2005, 09:54:36 PM
I listened to Stages/Together Again on the way to the lake today and absolutely loved it, even more than I thought I would. It made for a very delightful drive.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Cillaliz on September 15, 2005, 09:55:33 PM
It's late and the dial up is very slow.....so I'm going to sleep.Good night all
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Joey on September 15, 2005, 09:56:48 PM
Don't have time to really stay and chat but I wanted to let you all know that elmore was not bluffing and I have not given up on HHW.  ;D

I am thinking about getting a new laptop after all the trouble mine has given me. If I do I am going Mac. We'll see. My big news of the last week was my Acting 1 professor pulled me aside after class and asked me if i wanted to be in Sweeney Todd  because they had a couple of chorus members drop. (She is playing Mrs. Lovett.) I of course jumped at the opportunity. I didn't even have to audition, they just went on my prof's word. (She hasn't even really seen me sing or act yet so it has me curious as to why she asked me.) It's at the Muncie Civic Theatre. (I've never actually seen any shows there.) The director is in visiting from LA. His name is Dimitri Toscas and he works with the Falcon Theatre out there if anyone is familiar with him. From what I can gather, he does a lot of children's shows with Falcon, but I could be wrong.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 09:56:59 PM
lol. I'm not a Sally Field fan at all!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 15, 2005, 09:58:48 PM
Good to see you DR Joey.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Joey on September 15, 2005, 09:58:54 PM
The roommate wants to go to bed so I'll have to pop in some other time. Goodnight everyone.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: François de Paris on September 15, 2005, 10:07:33 PM
The question for BK is, do you type in "Well, Dear Readers" newly each day, or is it set in a template, always there for you?
It is slightly more impressive if you actually have typed it each day for all these years.

I believe Biquet, err, I mean BK mentioned he's typed "Eh bien, chers lecteurs" each and every time! Yep!
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 10:09:28 PM
Yes, as I said in the notes, for whatever reason I type Well, dear readers anew each and every evening.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: François de Paris on September 15, 2005, 10:15:54 PM
"Turn Down Day" was covered here by pop star Normie Rowe who was to eventually become Australia's Jean Valjean. Don't you love such trivia.

I love trivia, but I don't think trivia loves me!!

AND what's wrong with Sally Field, may I ask?
Everyone has to love the Flying Nun! ("That means you love me!!") ;)
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: bk on September 15, 2005, 11:41:55 PM
Another late-night ninety minute lull.  And do you know why?  Because we are infested with WUSSBURGERS.  Not only WUSSBURGERS, but WUSSBURGERS WITH CHEESE.
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Jed on September 15, 2005, 11:53:44 PM
No wussburger here!  Simply had to catch up with the multitude of posts.


Now... I'll wussburger...
Title: Re:WELL, DEAR READERS
Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2005, 12:04:17 AM
And I'll be back for the new notes.