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Archives => Archive 4 => Topic started by: bk on December 29, 2005, 12:09:52 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were salted, hence they were Salted Notes, and now it is time for you to post until the Salted Cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SUPERCILIOUS!
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And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday for former dear reader Maya - who just up and disappeared one fine day, even though she continues to post elsewhere. We hope she has a wonderful day and that she is well.
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TOTD:
Some of the following would have been released in late 2004 I suspect:
The Chorus
Motorcycle Diaries
Finding Neverland
Spamalot
Opposite You - Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley
Tribute - Barbara Cook
The Likes Of Us
Piece By Piece - Katie Melua
Il Divo
Chaos & Creation in The Backyard - Paul McCartney
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Silly Sillier Silliest Supersillies
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Morning all. Just wanted to wish everyone a good day!
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TOD
Sondheim plays Himself (Vol. 2)
Lee Lessack's Duet album (In Good Company) (most enjoyable)
Harvey Schmidt plays himself
Guy Haines (New Guy In Town)
Last Starfighter
Craig Rubano's Duet Album (Change Partners)
Jane Monheit Taking A Chance on Love
Tami Tappan (Hot Notes)
Susan Egan (Coffee House)
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Hello, everyone.
Hmmm.....I bought several CD's this year, but they might not have been released this year! LOL.
But some of my favorites are:
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - OBC
DREAMGIRLS - OBC
DORIS DAY the 1960's SINGLES
ALEXANDER - soundtrack
DARK SHADOWS - three music CD's
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DRMBARNUM thanks for the Johnny Duncan site. Very interesting.
Here it is December 29, and DRGEORGE and DRJOSE have already spent ALL their Christmas money. It burned a hole right through their pockets!!
What a strange thing to have ALL the lights removed from the theatre - for no reason. The meeting will be interesting. And why would it be suggested that the shoot take place somewhere else? Does this person NOT have a script?
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I must get ready for a FULL DAY of work now - so I will not be posting today. 8-(
Back this evening!
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Yesterday was spent ladsitting. Yes, the entire day.
Today I'll be back at work. It will be much quieter.
We have a new word for my out-of-stepdaughter. It is "harridan."
Enough about yesterday. Time to move on.
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Good morning, all! Nothing much to report here. I've been listening to Christmas recordings by Jo Stafford and Pat Boone, working on taxes, and trying to finish this chart for Ron Raines. I have to finish it today, but I'm still waiting to hear from his copyist about beginning the copy work.
TOD:
New Guy in Town
Coffee House (Susan Egan)
Spamalot
The Last Starfighter
The Beggar's Opera (English Opera Group broadcast, 1948)
The Mines of Sulphur (Richard Rodney Bennett)
Ravel: complete chamber music
Peter Pan (Leonard Bernstein score)
Ron Raines: So In Love With Broadway
Rebecca Luker: Leaving Home
Ethel Merman: The World is Your Balloon
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Hmmmm....I bought a lot of CDs this year, but most of them were not new releases. Of those that were new releases here are some of my favorites:
NEW GUY IN TOWN
KAAL soundtrack
BEST OF THE DOVELLS
Those are the only ones I can think of right now that I know were released in 2005...if I were at home where I could see my stacks of CDs then my list would likely be longer.
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Good Morning!
Left for the airport at 6:30... My brother is on his way back to San Diego. Thankfully, the crappy weather this morning didn't cause any flight delays.
Then it was off to the Heidelberg and Balducci's... (hint, hint DR Jane)...
Then to the post office...
And now I'm just packing up some stuff and getting some other mail ready before I head back to the post office. (hint, hint DR Jane)...
Then I need to run to the bank and Trader Joe's... Then back here for a workout and a nap - although not necessarily in that order. ;)
Well, I best finish my puttering... I'll post my list...
Laters...
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DR Jane - hint, hint
;D
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Sort of TOD, and going against what I just wrote, we took the grandlads to Best Buy because they each had a gift card to let them pick out some music.
Alex picked out a CD by Toby Keith called Shock'n Y'all. I think it was deliberate on his part, because his father cannot stand Country music (because his father loves it) and because his mother would be upset by some of the lyrics. Hey, the first song on the disc is I Love This Bar. Der Brucer didn't know what he was helping to perpetuate.
William, far less rebellious, picked out a DVD of old Casper cartoons.
I, meanwhile, spotted a recent release by Elton John, Peachtree Road. It's very Southern influenced, and quite enjoyable. Not much hard-rockin', more thoughtful than he was as a kid. And Taupin's lyrics are as good if not better than they've ever been.
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TOD: NEW GUY IN TOWN!
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Good morning!
Need I say it again? Another gorgeous day! Not a cloud in the sky as I type from my upstairs office. And temps again should get near 60. SOunds like a walk should be upcoming.
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One movie I'm definitely going to re-watch today is TOY STORY 2. No, I didn't buy the new re-release. The original one has a purely digital transfer and Dolby Digital-EX sound. No way I'm going to double dip on a title that has that going for it.
But I haven't seen it in awhile, and certainly not on my latest TV, so I'm looking forward to watching it this afternoon.
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EVerything on TV tonight is reruns, and I'll have to check to see if tonight's SUPERNATURAL (which the WB has been running almost every night this week) is the one episode which I missed of the first run shows that have aired. The little blurb in the newspaper didn't give enough information.
Otherwise, I'll be DVDing it again tonight along with watching the repeat CSI, a show which plays just as well the second time around.
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First, I enjoyed the cast CDs of the four wonderful musicals that opened this past season: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, SPELLING BEE, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, and SPAMALOT. Of those four, SCOUNDRELS was my favorite CD (even though I enjoyed SPELLING BEE more as a show).
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This year, I have discovered the amazing Rhino issues of MGM musical soundtracks, and I have been buying them slowly to complete my collection. They may not be new to 2005, but they're new to me, and I loved SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, BRIGADOON, THREE LITTLE WORDS, LOVELY TO LOOK AT, and HIT THE DECK among others.
I still have SILK STOCKINGS and DUBARRY WAS A LADY to listen to; these got pushed back when CHristmas happened and I started playing CHristmas music around the house. That's all put away and I'll start back with them presently.
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I have the SONDHEIM SINGS CDs but haven't gotten to them yet. I also bought some reissues of things like A FAMILY AFFAIR that I haven't found the time for. But I'll get to them eventually.
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Jason, thank you for the kitty update. We knew that you guys would get along well!!
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Last night I watched two television shows that I don't normally watch. The first was CRIMINAL MINDS (with Mandy Patinkin). I enjoyed this show very much and I love Shemar Moore.
The second was CSI NY. I really don't care for this show too much. I miss the interpersonal relationships that are so well crafted on most of the shows I watch. There is just such a differenc to me between a show like MEDIUM vs CSI NY. They both solve cases. But on MEDIUM we get to see her family and her friendships with those she works with.
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Another dull day at work. It is always very slow this time of year. Thankfully I have Friday off work...and a 4 day weekend! Yipee!
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DR MattH if you ever want to know what is going to be on the WB, just go to their website (thewb.com). Tonight's Supernatural says:
9/8c Supernatural
It's a race against time when the brothers discover a treacherous identity-robbing shapeshifter is about to take over Dean's identity.
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Last night I watched two television shows that I don't normally watch. The first was CRIMINAL MINDS (with Mandy Patinkin). I enjoyed this show very much and I love Shemar Moore.
The second was CSI NY. I really don't care for this show too much. I miss the interpersonal relationships that are so well crafted on most of the shows I watch. There is just such a differenc to me between a show like MEDIUM vs CSI NY. They both solve cases. But on MEDIUM we get to see her family and her friendships with those she works with.
If you like CRIMINAL MINDS (I don't), another episode is being shown tonight on CBS in the SURVIVOR time slot.
MEDIUM and the CSIs are apples and oranges. Yes, they're both mystery-based shows, but the latter show is a procedural with emphasis on intellectual and scientific investigation. More often than not, personalities don't get in the way of the evidence in these shows. There have been concessions on CSI: MIAMI and CSI: NY to begin (very lightly) adding a bit of character development to go along with the evidence gathering and mystery solving. But they don't pretend to be character based shows and shouldn't be denegrated for that. (Of course, you weren't denegrating them; you were simply stating a preference.)
I find I can enjoy both for what they are.
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DR MattH if you ever want to know what is going to be on the WB, just go to their website (thewb.com). Tonight's Supernatural says:
9/8c Supernatural
It's a race against time when the brothers discover a treacherous identity-robbing shapeshifter is about to take over Dean's identity.
Thanks. Again, I believe I've seen that one. However, the one I missed had something to do with an identity-robbing creature, too, I think. I tore the page out of TV GUIDE the week I missed it to remind me what the plot was. Now, I just have to put my hands on it.
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And now I need to start prepping lunch.
WBBL.
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DR MattH, I was going to post the Supernatural blurbs for sunday and tuesday. But then I erased my message, cause i wasn't sure if i would be posting what was on last sunday or next sunday. They seem to be showing supernatural a lot though.
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Btw, do you know when the next episode of Veronica Mars is? I've been trying to find out.
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DR MattH, ah after searching a bunch of VM sites (including UPN.com) I found out that the next episode will be on January 18th, called Donut Run!
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If you like CRIMINAL MINDS (I don't), another episode is being shown tonight on CBS in the SURVIVOR time slot.
MEDIUM and the CSIs are apples and oranges. Yes, they're both mystery-based shows, but the latter show is a procedural with emphasis on intellectual and scientific investigation. More often than not, personalities don't get in the way of the evidence in these shows. There have been concessions on CSI: MIAMI and CSI: NY to begin (very lightly) adding a bit of character development to go along with the evidence gathering and mystery solving. But they don't pretend to be character based shows and shouldn't be denegrated for that. (Of course, you weren't denegrating them; you were simply stating a preference.)
I find I can enjoy both for what they are.
When I wrote my comments I wasn't even thinking that the CSIs were trying only to be procedurally driven.
The thing is, I didn't even find the mystery I saw last night to be particularly well thought out. Yes they used a lot of fancy equipment to find quick results. But the killers and the storylines were fairly lame (at least to me).
I'm not sure if I will watch CRIMINAL MINDS again. I probably will tonight. There were a few things I did like. One is Shemar Moore (from Y&R). ANd the other was the complexness of the criminal mind they were investigating.
DR MattH, I'm surprised you don't like this show (if you love the CSI type shows). I found CM to be sort of similar to THE CLOSER without the quirky personality of Kyra S.
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Exciting news from Ben:
Hey, Gang,
A dream came true for me this week. I was on the BBC live for an hour with Beverley on Showtime. It was an evening that was so exciting for me that it's hard to put into words. She sent a car for us at our hotel in Cardiff and we arrived at Broadcast House at 6:15. We went into the studio and Beverly prepared while I went over the outline of the show.
At 7pm Cardiff time we went live and between various show tunes we had a lovely chat. The hour flew by and then we left for dinner at the Wales Millenium Center. It was a wonderful way to end the evening. I can tell you all about it either in person (for your New Yorkers) or in another e-mail because it's still like a dream to me.
We are back in Dublin (it's mid-afternoon and I'm at an Internet cafe writing you all) after a flight on Ryan Air (the Bus in the Air) from Cardiff to Dublin.
For those of you unable to hear the show this week Dear Reader/Dear Friend George in Washington (a Hainsie Kimmlet reference, you know who you are) has agreed to be my producer and record the show. He will put it on a CD and send it to me. When I get that disc I will make copies and send them out to my fan club. Also, any HHW reader who gets this e-mail may feel free to post it for the other Hainsies who are not on this bulk mailing (there are some of them for whom I don't have e-mail
addresses)
The only unfortunate thing is that when you don't hear the show live it always begins just after the overture starts. You miss the "That's Entertainment" opening and Beverly's 30 second intro. Since that won't be at the Web site, when I send out the disc I will put her introduction of me into the CD notes so you can see what she said. You can't hear it but you will be able to read it.
This current segment will be at the Showtime site until next Wednesday, January 4th until about 3pm.
The instructions (as usual):
Here is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/shows/showtime.shtml
Click on it. You're taken to the Showtime page. Click on Listen to the Most Recent Edition of Showtime, The Player opens up and loads. No skips this week since I'm on for the entire program.
If clicking on the link doesn't work (the link is either not blue or maroon or when you click nothing happens) then just copy the address and paste it into your browser and click Go or hit Return/Enter. Or the easiest way is to just bookmark the Showtime page then you can go right to it after you open your Browser.
The current picture of Beverly at the BBC Web site does not do her justice. She is a charming and very attractive woman and we had a grand evening. I'm very excited for you all to listen to the show. I think it's great.
Enjoy!
Ben
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DR Jane - hint, hint
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:D :D :D
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Jennifer which one is Shemar Moore? We are getting hooked on CRIMINAL MINDS.
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Good day, all...
The office is frighteningly quiet right now...I hope I haven't cursed myself by saying so. They've just announced that we'll be closing at 1:00 tomorrow, so the Greek and I will be heading down to Times Square to see "King Kong" and "Brokeback Mountain" after I get off work. Pray for Rosemary's baby. ;)
I just made a major purchase for which I am MOST excited. I just bought a DVD burner. Yay!! :D Now I just have to figure out how to use the darn thing...
TOD:
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
ALL SHOOK UP
"Garden State"
Gavin McGraw's new album
25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
"The Color Purple" Motion Picture Soundtrack (I know - it's old, but I just bought it)
Fountains of Wayne, "Welcome Interstate Managers"
SPAMALOT
MARY POPPINS
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Good day, all...
The office is frighteningly quiet right now...I hope I haven't cursed myself by saying so. They've just announced that we'll be closing at 1:00 tomorrow, so the Greek and I will be heading down to Times Square to see "King Kong" and "Brokeback Mountain" after I get off work. Pray for Rosemary's baby. ;)
I just made a major purchase for which I am MOST excited. I just bought a DVD burner. Yay!! :D Now I just have to figure out how to use the darn thing...
TOD:
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
ALL SHOOK UP
"Garden State"
Gavin McGraw's new album
25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
"The Color Purple" Motion Picture Soundtrack (I know - it's old, but I just bought it)
Fountains of Wayne, "Welcome Interstate Managers"
SPAMALOT
MARY POPPINS
DRJason, have fun at the movies! I need to buy both a new DVD player and CD player, which I planned to purchase this week from my Frangoulis invoices. I have to say the Mario Frangoulis money men are pathetically slow, and I have invoices over a six weeks old now waiting for payment. I'm sick of begging for money about it, but we self-employed folk are often at the mercy of assholes. I am not happy.
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I don't know - last year at this time the jernt was jumpin'.
Mr. Haines is very appreciative and happily surprised to see the inclusion of his CD on a few listings.
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Thursday greetings!
TOD:
Carole King The Living Room Tour
Carly Simon Moonlight Serenade
Bryn Terfel Simple Gifts
The sparkling prize that came with my copy of Rewind
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On this blessed 4th day of Chunkah, I have been listening to a 2CD compilation given to me by DS Betsy, called The Hidden Gate, Jewish Music from Around the World. Who knew there were Jews in Zimbabwe, doing chants that sound like outtakes from Sarafina!?
I get so many CDs that it's hard to keep track, but among my faves this past year were the latest (and probably last) Percy Faith reissues, including the 3 Singles compilations that include stuff never previously released; The Carnival reissue (2nd CD release, this time with great liner notes and bonus tracks), the great group comprised of former Brasil '66 members, produced and arranged by Bones Howe and Bob Alcivar, so they sound kind of like a cross between Sergio & The 5th Dimension; Kila, an incredibly wonderful Celtic fusion band (any of their releases, I got several this year); and. . .well, I'll need to go look at various CD shelves. ;)
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Likewise, Skip and I very much appreciate the inclusion of Last Starfighter on a couple of people's lists.
Incredibly, and this is blatant self-promotion, Last Starfighter has ended up being footlight.com's #5 "top seller" cast recording for the last 60 days of the year (and three of the four that are ahead of Starfighter are recordings of major major productions with loads of press push behind them). This was out of 94 cast recordings on that list.
Certainly on that front, Skip and I feel very fortunate as we go into the new year.
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And it's no BS about Footlight either - they have reordered Starfighter five times since their initial order, and Ron tells me that it just flies out the door.
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Five people just sitting there like so much fish. Really! Let's dance the Lambada (The Forbidden Dance), let's have some FUN!
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Good Afternoon!
My trips to the post office and bank took no time and at all, and then I came back here and got my workout in...
And since then I've just been dawdling... watching TV, surfing the web, etc... I'm pretty sure a nap is somewhere in my near future.
;)
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Five people just sitting there like so much fish. Really! Let's dance the Lambada (The Forbidden Dance), let's have some FUN!
<raises hand>
Yes, I admit it. I was just sitting here like so much fish.
::)
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FJL, Skip and Bruce, congratulations on THE LAST STARFIGHTER! I listen to my CD all the time.
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Thanks so much, Jane.
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I listen to my CD all the time.
Well, no wonder you don't get anything done at home!! :D
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For you, kimlets in the L.A. area!
Thurl Ravenscroft, Robie Lester, Paul Winchell, John Fiedler, Howard Morris, Henry Corden, Joe Grant, Joe Ranft and many other artistic contributors to animation (and records) will be honored at
AN AFTERNOON OF REMEMBRANCE
Presented by ASIFA-Hollywood, Women in Animation and The Animation Guild Local 839
on Saturday, January 28 at 12 noon
at Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland (across from the Hollywood Bowl) in California.
This is a free event and open to all with no RSVPs necessary.
ASIFA is the animation organization that is responsible for the ANNIE awards for animation excellence every year.
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Five people just sitting there like so much fish.
That's the title for my next musical!! ;)
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they have reordered Starfighter five times since their initial order, and Ron tells me that it just flies out the door.
"FLIES" as to be the proper word!! :D
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Well, no wonder you don't get anything done at home!! :D
;D ;D ;D Along with chatting at HHW. :)
I do have work to do and must leave. :(
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Nothing going on at the office today, so I am tax-free until next year. :)
But then tax season (and mandatory Saturday working) starts in just two weeks. :(
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My dryer has been fixed and is working like new again. It needed a new heating element which the repairman had with him. :)
Now I need a new tile person. Just as we are ready for him it seems he is moving. It would have been nice if he had mentioned this sooner. >:(
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Thank you DR Ginny for the reminder.. I forgot about the Carly Simon Cd. I have other titles that I have not yet listened to as yet (Sorry DR FJL - that includes the Last Starfighter - which is in good company - Anthony Warlow's "SnowGoose" is yet to be played either.)
Other CDs of interest but I would not consider wonderful were the Sondheim Sings ones and the Schmidt plays Schmidt & Jones.
I've not played the best of the Orlons yet DR MBarnum . I have played the Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and Dee Dee Sharpe CDs in the same series.
The "box" set of Cameo/Parkway recordings is a favourite here.
Some DRs have provided me with some wonderful listening material this year - no wonder I don't get a chance for the new releases!! I'm not complaining.
I also like the new Streisand/Gibb Cd.
Of special interest was the "Tin Box" collection provided by DR Rodzinski.
Must also add the Cd by Isabelle Georges of Maury Yeston's "December Songs"
t really is quite a task to remember what CDs "belong" to 2005. So many are reissues etc.
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I shall now be on my way to luncheon and then a meeting, after which I shall return and hopefully find us past page two. Last year at this time the jernt was jumpin'.
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I am back.
I am home.
I am here!
I have arrived.
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Pleasing note from Amazon.com yesterday. My Cds of "Dessa Rose" have been mailed.
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Have you been away DR Ron?
Welcome back.
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... the Schmidt sings Schmidt & Jones.
Tom,
You must have gotten a special edition because on my copy Mr Schmidt
only plays!! ;)
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I'm back from CompUSA, where I picked up my DVD-R burner and some blank discs. Tonight I shall be pouring over manuals trying to figure the thing out! :D
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Likewise, Skip and I very much appreciate the inclusion of Last Starfighter on a couple of people's lists.
And one of these days (soon) I am going to purchase a copy of it!
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For east coasties, I awoke at 3 a.m. and got ready to leave. I finished adding things to my suitcase. I had some coffee.
Then, my mom and I picked up my aunt and we embarked on a journey to Columbia SC using the backroads and byways of the ridge area of SC. We left at just before 4 a.m. We got to the airport at 5:05 a.m. I checked in and discovered a lengthy, lengthy line awaiting security check-in. I joined the line and we chatted along the way until it was my turn to go past the point of no return.
I flew to Cincinnait in another winged bus. But my trip to California was on a much nicer, but not huge, Delta liner. I was served a nice breakfast and then got to watch "Cinderella Man" which is a most excellent film with powerful performances by Russell Crowe and Renee Zellwegger.
I arrived in SF at 10:10 a.m. PST (1:10 p.m. EST) and boarded a shuttle with several other passengers. I arrived home Noon to find the homeowner's association had changed the entry lock and code!!!!
I was so PISSED. I cursed and stomped and finally got someone's attention. I was let in and discovered, to my joy, that the garage opener code had not also been changed.
I am unpacked and ready to unwind.
I'm sleepy, sleepy, sleepy!
All in all...there's no place like home!
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Have you been away DR Ron?
Welcome back.
I have been posting daily, Tom...but, yes. I flew to South Carolina on December 14th and have just returned to California. I spent a wonderful two weeks with my mom and visiting with relatives who live there, too.
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I really should have put smiles there!!
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Tom,
You must have gotten a special edition because on my copy Mr Schmidt
only plays!! ;)
Always good to know someone reads the posts.
I was confusing it with my Cd of Josef Schmidt sings Delila and other Tom Jones hits.
Today is the official "Australia Post" holiday. I suspect it is the only holdiay of its kind remaining in this country. Many years ago (the first half of last century)we had special days for most trades etc. eg "Bakers' Picnic".
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DR Ron Pulliam - Welcome to your home. How did you enjoy your visit to Cincinnati?
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Screen Actors Guild confounds me. I am trying to get contact info for an actor who I would like to interview. I called...they guy is still a SAG member, but has not agency listing. They can't give me is phone number, which is understandable, but if I was a SAG member they could...now that doesn't make any sense to me....if someone is trying to get a performers contact info it is, normally, because someone wants to hire or interview them....but a film producer or journalist would not likely be a SAG member. Doesn't make sense to me.
Fortunately someone I know who is a SAG member offered to help me out if I ever run across a situation like this (he was a past president of SAG or some such thing), so I will ask him to get the info and hopefully he can...as it is I think he may have even worked with this person way back in the day.
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Always good to know someone reads the posts.
I was confusing it with my Cd of Josef Schmidt sings Delila and other Tom Jones hits.
Funny as it may seem, for a long time here in Paris, a music store had filed a copy of The Fantasticks under Mr Tom Jones, the singer!
I never tried to tell them the truth; they might not have believed me! :)
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So happy you got home safely, DR Ron. I would have posted good wishes this morning, but I knew you were already on your way home.
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I spent a grand afternoon revisiting two favorite films on DVD.
Up first was TOY STORY 2 which is thoroughly delightful and as entertaining as the first film was. Don't see how the video could be bettered from the enhanced transfer I have. The sound might have been spread out and deepened just a touch more on the new TOY STORY 2 DVD release, but again, it's already a Dolby Digital-EX track which is as sophisticated as DD 5.1 gets at this stage of DVD's maturity.
The "outtakes" they fashioned for the film are also really funny.
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Then I put in CHICAGO. Again, there is a new 2-disc DVD re-release with the same sound and picture transfer but with a second disc of special features, but I've opted not to double dip and remain with my original purchase. What a treasure it is to have this most entertaining picture available to watch whenever I wish. Wonderful.
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Thanks for your opinion on CINDERELLA MAN, DR Ron. The DVD on loan from a friend is still here, and I'm sure over the weekend I'm going to watch it.
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No package today, but I got a notice from Amazon on Tuesday morning, so I'm anticipating a box tomorrow or (at the latest) Saturday.
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Welcome home DR Ron. Glad you made it safely.
Samantha left this morning and also made it home safely, which is a good thing to know considering we have fog and are expecting that strange thing known as "wintry mix". We had a good time, but I think we timed it just right and I am very much enjoying not working and not dealing with the family.
The weather outside is rainy now but will turn to snow soon. I have a Jenny - O turkey roast in the oven and will make more of the trimmings and do the calendars I need to do tonight. Then I must make a HUGE trip to the Post Office tomorrow or Saturday to send out a number of things that are sitting here waiting for me to send. Whew!
I also found out there are many things turning up in the inspection that are not good news. I don't like hearing that and am hoping the sellers will be reasonable and fix them. I knew this was going to happen. The good news is the slate roof is in good condition. That's a good start...
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Good Afternoon!
My name is Jose, and I'm a Trader Joe's-aholic.
;)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.... I went in with a list of three things - eggs (organic), oatmeal (steel cut) and yogurt (organic, 1%)... Well... Somehow I ended up loading my shopping basket with Alaskan salmon filets, brown rice, mesclun, baby spinach, frozen blueberries... Heck, I even bought hand soap?!?!
And to sort of put in perspective, the gentleman in front of me at the register purchased four six-packs of beer and about 10 bottles of wine. And I still somehow ended up spending a few dollars MORE than he did! Harumphhhh! -Well, at least my fridge, freezer and cupboard are pretty well stocked for the week or two... Better be at least two!
;D
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Thanks for your opinion on CINDERELLA MAN, DR Ron. The DVD on loan from a friend is still here, and I'm sure over the weekend I'm going to watch it.
And I have it sitting here from Netflix, so I appreciate your opinion too!
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...And I also realized that I'm running on about three hours of sleep, so... Should be a fun show tonight!
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Good Afternoon, Jose
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...And I know that if I went ahead and took a nap now... Well, I can just hear my cellphone ringing at 7:55...."Where are you, Jose?" So... No nap.
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BTW, I have never done that. I've almost missed flights due to sleeping in, but I've never missed a show for that reason. -Or for hardly any other reason for that matter.
;)
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Good Afternoon, Cillaliz.
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I visited my local photo shop today and got such good news....my mother gave me several cameras when I was home including a Ventura 69 medium format camera, the Realist Stereo camera, a Kodak Brownie and an Argus C. Well I found out I can get the film and the processing I need for all of them (I'll have to make the stereo slides, but they can process the film for me). Isn't that too too? I am very pleased and will be snapping shots of all kinds of things so I can see if the cameras work.
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My ex-husband once mistook the flight number for the time of departure. He was VERY late and not a happy camper... I have to admit I thought it was very funny, but managed not to laugh until he was gone.
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There's no place like home, DR Ron Pulliam.
:)
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My watch stopped at 10:50am (dead battery, I think), so if I'm still logged in at 6pm EST, will somebody tell me to log out and GO HOME?
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Well it's almost 6:00pm somewhere, does that count?
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I can't believe we're still on page 3. What is everyone doing today....oh yeah, people are working. I keep thinking it's just a weekend and forget it's the middle of the week
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I'm jumpin'! I'm jumpin'!
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DR Jose, don't you travel with an alarm clock or have an alarm in your watch? Or, depending on where you're staying, couldn't you leave word for a wake-up call?
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Well, since CRIMINAL MINDS has gotten endorsements from a couple of DRs, maybe I'll give it another try tonight. Certainly am NOT going to watch JOEY reruns.
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Well it's almost 6:00pm somewhere, does that count?
LOL, don't I wish!
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OH....
And remember, postal rates go up January 8. Be sure to use up your 37-cent stamps now, or stock up on the 2-cent ones.
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DR Jose, don't you travel with an alarm clock or have an alarm in your watch? Or, depending on where you're staying, couldn't you leave word for a wake-up call?
Yes. And, Yes. And there have been times in the past where I've asked the stage manager to give me call just to check in. However... Right now, it's more a matter of the "detrimental" effect that a nap would have right now. Yes, I'd wake up, but I don't think I'd ever truly be awake.
But that's what Emergen-C and green tea are for.
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Yes, I usually don't feel better after a short nap; I feel almost drugged. But was just curious., Thanks, DR Jose.
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My afternoon sleepiness today is due to the fact that I stayed up 'til 12:30am watching my Michigan Wolverines lose their "loser bowl." Having to get up at 6am today came as quite a shock, but the Michigan loss did not ::)
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Off to clean the bedrooms now.
WBBL.
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I love taking afternoon naps...but unfortunately they tend to last about an hour or more sometimes and then the day is completely shot.
But I always feel very rested!
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I love afternoon naps too. The good ones are when I wake up and it's light out and I have no idea what day it is or whether it's morning or afternoon.
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Welcome home DR Ron.
DR Jane, Shemar Moore is the totally hunky one! Not Mandy Patinkin. And not the nerdy kid. I believe he is half black. And I think in this show he has fuzzy hair and a bit of a goatee. I'm pretty sure he has a website (probably shemarmoore.com). He was in the WB show last year with the batman story. And he's been on The Young & The Restless for years.
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Time to start my going-home routine. Bye for now!
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DR Ron: Once Sandra and I came home from a weekend trip, and my DH had changed the lock on the front door.
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Favorite 2005 cast recordings (in alphabetical order):
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (original Broadway cast recording)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (original Broadway cast recording)
- Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (original cast recording)
- The Frogs (original Broadway cast recording)
- The Last Starfighter (original cast recording -- I recorded Donald's radio show with Fred and Skip and I put that with the cast recording)
- The Light in the Piazza (original Broadway cast recording)
- Mary Poppins (2-CD remastered original soundtrack)
- Pacific Overtures (original Broadway cast recording)
- Spamalot (original Broadway cast recording)
- Stages/Together Again (reissue of original cast recordings -- again, I recorded Donald's show with BK and Linden Waddell...at least, I hope I remembered that correctly. :-\)
Favorite 2005 non-cast recordings (that I can remember):- Coffee House - Susan Egan
- Harvey Schmidt Plays Schmidt and Jones
- New Guy In Town - Guy Haines
- Sondheim Sings Volume 1
- Sondheim Sings Volume 2
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I also need to include Schmidt Plays Schmidt and Jones.
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So the acclimation to Kentucky gets lovelier all the time. My oldest friend from High School who is a lawyer in Louisville was in a nearby town taking a deposition and dropped in on us after it was over. It was great to see. His name is Gerry Toner and he has also written three wonderful books of modern-day Christmas stories of Capra-ish colour. A book of short stories called Lipstick Like Lindsay's; a novellette called Whittlesworth Comes to Christmas, and Holly Day's Cafe, another novellette with a couple of short stories. You can find them online at Amazon.
Today we spent money, buying two widescreen HD TVs...one 42-incher for the media room; and a 26 incher for the library. I also spent 1300 dollars on my Caravan, getting it fixed properly...Alas, my colourful mechanic from my tale of a few weeks ago...really only hit the tip of the iceberg as far as its problems went...I finally have heat in the car again. Hopefully, I can get another year or two out of it.
New Years will be spent with probably are two closest couple friends (that means four people...two couples), which should be very pleasant.
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Widescreen TVs! Pogue has entered the 21st Century.
Back from luncheon at Louise's and a meeting at the theater as regards tomorrow evening's video shoot.
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This is what I'M talkin' about. No posts in a half-hour despite people sitting there like so much fish playing with their Salted Nuts.
I am going to get very persnickety and I am going to haul out the bitch-slapping machine.
Where in tarnation IS vixmom? Where are the others? Where have all the flowers gone?
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I'm not kiddin' ya mugs. I'll plug you so full of lead you'll look like a used Swiss cheese.
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Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
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I'm too tired to post right now.
:P
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And it's no BS about Footlight either - they have reordered Starfighter five times since their initial order, and Ron tells me that it just flies out the door.
Well if they had a door to fly out of ;D
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I'm at work and sometimes quite busy. I sign in when I get here and check back every once in a while. I do what I can. :-\
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And now, I'm leaving work. I have to pay my bills tonight since I get paid tomorrow. And because I'm house-sitting, I have to get it all done at my house, because the house where I'm house-sitting doesn't have a computer. So, I'm off now, but I'll be back a little later. :)
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Soup? I'll give you soup!
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Listening to DR Ben on Whales Radio...
Is Beverly Humphries any relation to Barrie Humphries (aka Dame Edna)?
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I would think not Michael. Barry was born in Camberwell - an upmarket suburb of Melbourne here in OZ.
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Mr Humphies, are you free?
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I have been signed on but not at the computer. I was planning to do some of the projects I want to do this week, but after speaking with a friend have decided to do nothing productive. I may just do sudoku and watch movies as it gets icy and cold outside.
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Too bad DR Ben was preempted by Sports on the internet. Is there anyway to hear the rest of the show?
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Yee Haw it's page 5
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First, I just want to say how thrilled I am for DR Ben! It’s so wonderful that he got to live a dream come true! Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy!
I’m so happy that he and Ant are having such a good time over “there” but I’m sending good vibes for a fun and safe trip home as well.
Speaking of a safe trip home, I’m also very glad to hear that DR Ron Pullman is back from his trip. Click those heels and repeat after me, “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like HOME!”
I also wanted you all to know that I heard from the Childrens Zoo. They were thrilled with my letter and said they will be sharing it with the Zoo Director and with Timmie.
Lastly this was a very sad day for me as the lady I’ve worked with for the past year decided to leave and go home to Israel to live. We got along so wonderfully that it was very hard for me to tell her “Bye”. I had to get her a “going away” gift so I bought her a little bee pin to remember me by-- to bee happy, to bee good and to bee safe.
I walked with her down to the bus for the last time, saw her get on her bus and cried all the way home on mine.
I hate it when people leave. I know it's all part of life but I attach pretty easy and it hurts when someone I like is gone.
Someone else is leaving the department and we're taking him out to lunch tomorrow.
I hope we have a short day tomorrow. Getting off at 2 again would be GREAT!
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Cillaliz I hope all the problems on the house are an easy fix.
Speaking of calendars, Bryan gave me a beautiful one for Christmas. Each page is from the cover of a magazine from the 1895-1934, all hand drawn.
Funny ex story.
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Danise it is always sad when the good people leave. I'm sure you would skip for joy after escorting a few other co-workers to the bus stop for the last time. I’m sorry your friend has left and I hope she is very happy in Israel.
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Too bad DR Ben was preempted by Sports on the internet. Is there anyway to hear the rest of the show?
Yes, go there and click on "listen again", next to the ugly picture of Beverley Humphreys (You'll also get a better picture of her!!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/generic/showtime_playlist.shtml?focuswin
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I shall now be on my way to rehearsal. I'm going a little early so I can finally sample a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich from the place next to our rehearsal space. It's supposed to be the cat's pj's, so I shall have a full report for you later.
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Pogue you bring back fond memories of the year we spent in Tiburon with family and friends close by. The day we were moving in the children were surprised friends we hadn’t seen in 20 years stopped by. Even more surprising, to them, was the big greeting and how we all seemed as if we had been close all those years.
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Jennifer I can see why you like Shemar Moore. I get a kick out of “the nerd”.
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Yes, go there and click on "listen again", next to the ugly picture of Beverley Humphreys (You'll also get a better picture of her!!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/generic/showtime_playlist.shtml?focuswin
Unfortunately I don’t have real player. :(
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What DR Ben has not told us about his radio co-host, Beverley Humphreys!
Beverley Humphreys is a singer and broadcaster and writes and presents BBC Radio Wales' Showtime as well as many other Radio Wales features.
After graduating from university, Beverley began her operatic career as Rosina in The Barber of Seville for Welsh National Opera. Other roles include Carmen, Santuzza and Amneris. She has performed at all the major concert halls in this country, including the Royal Albert Hall before HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip! Across the Atlantic she has appeared in concert from Vancouver to New York.
Versatility is Beverley's hallmark. She is no stranger to Radio 2, 3 or 4 or to the television screen as singer and presenter. She is just as much at home with Anthony Worral Thompson in Sing For Your Supper as she is with the music of Stephen Sondheim and the jazz standards. In 1992, Beverley was given the singular honour of being the first singer in the history of Welsh rugby to step out onto the hallowed turf in the National Stadium to lead the tens of thousands of spectators in the field, and millions all over the world, in the singing of the Welsh national anthem.
Beverley has written and toured with her one-woman shows which include Seven Women Under One Hat, A Tribute To Ivor Novello and Legendary Ladies (Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland and Gertrude Lawrence). She is currently working on Virgins, Victims and Vamps and has made an acclaimed 4-part BBC Radio Wales series on Paul Robeson.
Beverley also manages to fit into her busy schedule extensive charity work - she is the Welsh representative for the Christian charity Feed The Minds, patron of Crossroads (Caring For Carers), trustee of Growing Space (mental health project) and the co-ordinator of the Let Paul Robeson Sing Exhibition.
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Thank you for that DR François.
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And another full night of TV and DVDs.
First up was another episode of CSI: NY from the DVD (the last episode on the second disc). One thing I've noticed about this boxed set is that the transfers, while enhanced for widescreen TVs, are not as sharp as their CSI counterparts. I'm not sure why they aren't, but they are clearly a step down in sharpness from CSI and CSI: MIAMI.
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I did watch CRIMINAL MINDS tonight
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, and I found the story hackneyed and predictable. From the credits alone, I knew something was fishy when Matt Letscher was glimpsed for about two seconds in the first half of the show yet got third billing in the credits. But even if I hadn't been familiar with his voice and face, the resolution would still have been very easy to predict. This ransom and kidnapping story done from the inside has been done many, many times, and I didn't see anything about this execution of it that made it unique.
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Also not top notch was the hour of WILL & GRACE that I watched. The first episode with Grace as a guest on Jack's talk show was the funnier of the two (the second was the one guest starring RIchard CHamberlain), but neither was a laugh riot.
I've missed one WILL & GRACE episode this year, too, the Thanksgiving episode featuring Debbie Reynolds which the local network affliliate preempted and never showed later. I'm assuming I'll see it at some point this season.
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Then, I watched the CSI episode at 10 which I had recorded at 9. An episode from earlier this season featuring a mass suicide of a cult, it had some moments of interest but is not one of my favorite episodes from this season thus far.
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Good Evening!
Well, I didn't fall asleep!
;D
-Actually, I did get a little "noddy" at one point in the first act, but then I just stood up and walked around the pit - it's a very roomy pit - and that helped to keep me awake for the rest of the show.
And it was a very good show tonight too. Wonderful audience.
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OH!
And I brought home my show poster signed by the cast and Richard Adler. I shall have to snap a pic and post.
:)
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And I already started my steel cut oatmeal upstairs in the kitchen - boil water, add oatmeal, boil for five minutes, let sit until morning. Easy-peasy. And I also started some water for some tea - chamomile.
...And I believe I shall be heading to the land of the Wussburgers in a little while... (an Amy Grant reference for you CCM fans ;) )
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OH!
And I brought home my show poster signed by the cast and Richard Adler. I shall have to snap a pic and post.
:)
I for one would love to see it.
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I think I'll be heading down to bed myself.
Good night, DR Jose!
Good night, everyone!
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I shall now be on my way to rehearsal. I'm going a little early so I can finally sample a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich from the place next to our rehearsal space. It's supposed to be the cat's pj's, so I shall have a full report for you later.
Sorry, BK, but the only place to get a good Philly Cheesestake is in Philly.
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George - Thanks for the nice mention. Hope Skip and I came across OK in that interview.
Michael S - I think BK meant they're flying out of the place Footlight ships from. I think the shipping place still has a door. :) :)
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I'm about to head to bed, but first I wanted to say -
I'M LOVING THIS DVD BURNER!!!!!!!
And now...goodnight. :)
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Jason, what kind of DVD burner did you buy--for the TV or for your PC? I bought one for my PC today at Best Buy. I haven't opened it up yet--I usually let things like this sit in the box for a day or two while I hem and haw on whether my purchase was a wise one or not. I'm such a whoose at times.
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DtM: I got a Sony DVD+/-R. CompUSA had them on sale and with the $30 mail-in rebate, I got it for $110! Woo and hoo! A friend of mine gave me a website link to order good blank discs at a low, low cost (100 discs for $28!). I'll find the URL and give it to you tomorrow if you're interested...
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Well... I believe I've hit the wall... Well, actually, it feels like the wall has hit me... So... The "gang" is getting together to watch "The Producers" around Noon, then an early dinner in Chinatown. We'll see...
Goodnight.
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Bonus??? What bonus????
Workers at Disneyland Paris protest against lack of bonus
The Associated Press
December 29, 2005, 8:00 AM EST
PARIS -- Hundreds of Disneyland Paris resort workers staged a protest Thursday to denounce the "stinginess" of managers who chose not to pay many employees a euro100 (US$119) bonus this year.
The protesters, many waving banners and chanting, said the retraction of the annual bonus was one of many complaints, including increases in maximum daily work hours and changes to compensation time.
"Management at Disneyland Resort Paris is giving huge payments to its managers and refusing to grant 100 euros to its employees," read a flier distributed by labor unions. "Such pettiness and stinginess!"
Pieter Boterman, a spokesman for resort operator Euro Disney SCA, said special holiday bonuses have been paid in eight of the resort's 14 years of operation.
The optional bonuses were paid either in years of profit or years in which special events like the opening of new attractions took place, he said. Euro Disney posted a net loss of euro95 million ($113 million) in its 2005 fiscal year, and there were no special events this year.
"There's no reason that we should pay an exceptional bonus this year," Boterman said. About 7,000 workers among Euro Disney's staff of more than 12,000 are not receiving the bonuses this year, he said. Euro Disney is in talks with unions over the other labor issues, he said.
Organizers from among the several unions behind the rally said about 500 to 600 protesters took part, while police put the figure at no more than 200.
Copyright © 2005, Orlando Sentinel
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Yep, Jason--I would be interested. I went with an LG model that had the lightScribe feature that allows you to burn a label right onto a DVD or CD. The thing is, I just found out that you have to use specially made DVDs or CDs to do this, and I am so stock-piled with blank DVDs and CDs that it will be a while before I ever have to buy more. So I'm still in the market for other models.
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George - Thanks for the nice mention. Hope Skip and I came across OK in that interview.[/quoted]
The phone connection made it a little difficult, but you can hear it all.
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Too bad DR Ben was preempted by Sports on the internet. Is there anyway to hear the rest of the show?
Right after I listened to the show yesterday, I asked the question via the feedback form at the bottom of the page. I haven't heard back, yet.
François, that's quite a biography of Beverley! Who knew?
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Page Six Dance:
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That has to be the Beverley Bounce!! LOL!
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That has to be the Beverley Bounce!! LOL!
And bouncing is what Tiggers do best!!!
Tigger.
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Right now, it does NOT look like this joint is bouncing! Oh no!
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Well, how about this:
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Or better yet, this:
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Or even better, this! ;D
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Well, I must be off. I've paid my bills and now I have to get to the house-sitting gig. Goodnight, all!
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Soup? I'll give you soup!
Had a very good workthrough of act one - it's getting very good, I think.
We ran a bit of act two as well, and I was dismayed to find my actor having basically forgotten everything we did in the workthrough last night. I had another long chat with him and told him that he had to start cementing what was working, that I couldn't spend all that time and then watch him go backwards to what wasn't working. I think I'm wearing him down, and I think we'll start seeing some results this week. I'm quite certain that he's had some very bad acting class teachers who teach that kind of crap I loathe and which does not work on stage at all.
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I had the small Philly cheesesteak sandwich. I've been hearing raves for this jernt from everyone, but frankly I found it pretty ordinary. Can someone tell me what a Philly cheesesteak sandwich is supposed to look like? This had really finely chopped meat, not too many onions (couldn't even see them they were so finely chopped) and American cheese.
At my pizza place, they do a great Philly, but it's more like thin slices of beef, with onions you can see, and mazorella cheese.
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Has Ann caught up?
Last year at this time the jernt was jumpin'. I guess this year it just isn't happening here at haineshisway.com. Oh, well.