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Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on November 30, 2003, 12:20:09 AM
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Now that you've read the notes, now that you've digested the notes, now that the notes are firmly embedded in your collective psyches, you may post until the cows come home.
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Chat is tonight? Darn. I'm forever losing track of which night chat is from week to week, and had hoped it was Monday, but oh well. I'll be off building a set... hope all y'all have a grand ol' time! After this show opens on Friday I should have better luck being able to attend chats.
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I have a question:
Why not just post "Today's Column" as the first message each day? The entire daily forum bears the subject of the column, which is the same thing as subject of a thread.
What is the purpose of having a separate place to go to read BK's column when the first message always exhorts us to read said column and then post away?
Just asking......
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Having properly digested the notes, I'm inspired to suggest this gastronomic topic o' the day . . .
For years I've been reading about BK's "various and sundried foodstuffs," and I've often wondered: how various ARE these sundried foodstuffs? There must be many, but the only one I can think of offhand is sundried tomatoes, which I've had mostly in pasta, and a couple of times in a mozzarella and pesto sauce sandwich on focaccia bread.
I guess prunes and raisins would also be considered sundried, although they aren't as often referred to in that manner.
So, fellow Dear Readers, what are YOUR favorite sundried foodstuffs?
(A subtopic: how many of you did I fool into thinking that I seriously don't know what "sundried" means?)
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TCB wrote:
I, of course, saw The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (released in Great Britain as The Bumpershoots of Berlin). I also went and saw The 400 Blows, but I was disappointed because it wasn’t about what I thought it would be about.
So, I guess I would have to say that my favorite French film was the original, Diabolique,
You made me laugh (with Bumpershoots of Berlin) and then Shudder (with memories of Diabolique).
One of Emily's proposal songs, something about Someone To Fall Back On - I'm not familiar with this title.
I think worst Berlin song is a fine topic. Currently, I'm in a stew about Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun. But Homework is probably worse.
Do you guys know the parody of Always that mentions Paul Whiteman? I'm away from my books, so I wouldn't be able to publish that today, but if someone else has it, it's cherce.
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Congrats to the Land of OZ and their Sterling Win.
Did you and Colin watch the Finals?
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Oh My!!! How could I forget Diabolique!!!! Better than any of its two American remakes!!!
Which reminds me of a Hollywood legend. A woman wrote a letter to Alfred Hitchcock. " Dear Sir. After seeing Diabolique my daughter refused to take a bath. Now after seeing Psycho see refuses to take a shower. What should I do?
His reply was: Have her dry cleaned.
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TCB makes me laugh too. That 400 Blows comment was priceless.
Btw, I am so proud. It is so hard to decipher tone on the internet. But I did indeed know that there was no way that DR Laura had bought those tacky inflatable people she is gonna show us a picture of today. :)
I wish I could find a picture of the ones we have here. They are so cute. And you could decide for yourselves if you think they are tacky!
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Um, DR Noel can you write me a song called "I am the most pathetic person here"? Gosh I used to preview all the time. Now I just come back and modify and re-modify! How many errors should one person find?
I guess I can see, by the amount of posts that are modified :)
Happy Sunday all.
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If you prefer to have religious decorations, there is always the ever-popular light-up nativity, complete with a flashing star.
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I must use my DeepDiscountDVD discount! I know what I will order. Hopefully they will let me use it to get THIS IS YOUR LIFE!
Hmmmmmmmm.....Irving Berlin wrote some songs I don't like, hmmmm....and since I only know SOME of his songs, I don't have a lot to choose from. I will have to study on this.
Sunday....back to work tomorrow! :P
DR MBarnum, glad YOUR pic is back up! With that famous star of the screen Miss Carolyn Keany!
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About half of "Mister Monotony" was presented in THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT III, edited in the usual way the musical numbers are edited for the TE films. If you got the director's cut boxed set on laserdisc of TE III, the complete number was there as an extra feature (along with the complete version of "A Lady Loves" from I LOVE MELVIN). The complete "Mister Monotony" is also a bonus feature on the EASTER PARADE laserdisc.
I LOVE the song. I think the fact that its monotonous tonal quality reflects the nature of the lyrics is INSPIRED.
I must also take a different path from bk and DR Charles and state my affection for "Always." I think it's a beautiful, simple song. On the A&E BIOGRAPHY of Irving Berlin, the sad story behind the writing of that song was explained, and it made me like it all the more.
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Sorry I won't be at chat tonight. The adventures of Sydney Bristow are at a crucial moment, a real turning point in her thus far season long adventure to accomplish something (trying to watch what I say for the benefit of those who haven't seen season three yet), and it must be seen in high definition. So, hope everyone enjoys himself tonight and will report of the happenings later tonight or tomorrow.
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What is the sad story behind"Always"? I thought he wrote it for and gave it (and all the royalties to his wife).
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DR Jrand, are you going to get THIS IS YOUR LIFE or Groucho's YOU BET YOUR LIFE? THIS IS YOUR LIFE will get you Ralph Edwards telling the life stories of celebrities with guests from their past. I guess he was the forerunner of BIOGRAPHY.
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DR Laura --
Oh my God, the light-up Nativity is indeed wonderful beyond tackiness.......the baby Jesus comes off looking a little like a Bell Pepper with a cherry tomato stuck on the top of it.
I loved it !!! ;D
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No, it was written on the death of his first wife after they had been together only a very short time.
And, of course, it became his first hit song.
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DR Michael S. --
Thank you for the anecdote about the mother and the daughter....I laughed out loud just hearing (in my mind) that wonderful voice of Alfred Hitchcock saying "have her dry-cleaned". That was terrific !!
Also M.S., .. you need to get a non-grainy, nice and sharp photo for your "left-side I.D." part of the screen. Such a "pixie punim" as that should have a better pic !!
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DR TCB --
I noticed yesterday that you are also a fan of the movie "Ship Of Fools," as I am. If you would email me a "snail mail" address for your good self, I'd like to send you a little something that you may enjoy.
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Dear esteemed, well-rested, sybaritic, international, and guapo BK --
The casserole turned out very tasty last night, and we munched a ham chunk in your honor. However, all of your talk of pancakes also stuck in my head and remained there the rest of the evening.
Of course, you have the option of going to DuPar's and finding superb examples.......and here in the desert wasteland we are lucky enough to have 2 locations of the wonderful Chicago-based "Original Pancake House." It is of a quality like DuPar's....everything made with real ingredients, and no skimping. The lightest thing you can find in there is half-and-half, because the batters for the pancakes are made with cream.
What is the correct title (and the releasing company) for the Groucho DVDs of his early TV stuff, that you were watching a little while back? I think my favorite "skewed" Groucho comment is still "Lady, I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in awhile!" That was awfully risque stuff for the early fifties, considering what the lead-up was.
Happy Sunday, Poobah-mensch . 8)
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Good morning...
Well, I'm about to run around, besides and through the house this morning trying to get everything together so I can venture back to Richmond after tonight's show rather than coming back between shows to pack. The success of my plan my just depend upon how I time the two loads of laundry I need to get done... Wish me luck!
As for my favorite "sundried foodstuffs", I'm also fond of sundried beef (especially in Vietnamese dried beef salads), and I guess "fleur de sel" could be considered "sundried" too.
Now as for "various" foodstuffs, well, I had many of those last night for dinner and post-dinner.
Well, time for me to get my own non-proverbial buttcheeks in gear. I'll see you all once I get back to Richmond tonight around 12:30AM EST. And I'm sure I'll have a plethora of posts to read. (Sorry I can't make tonight's chat, but I'll be in the middle of "If Ever I Would Leave You" when it starts up.)
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Least favorite Irving Berlin song? I'm sure it's something from MR. PRESIDENT, but I haven't listened to it in so long that I'd have to drag it out and go through the songs. There are many of them that I remember as being dull.
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YOU BET YOUR LIFE, of course.
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For some reason the YOU BET YOUR LIFE box set is NOT listed at deepdiscountdvd!
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Irving Berlin had many hits prior to Always, such as Alexander's Ragtime Band and Oh, How I Hate To Get Up in the Morning. I'm not sure your story is exactly right, but I, too, like the song.
There's an annoying Berlin song called The Ocarina, that mentions someone named Wilhemina just for the sake of a rhyme. She's not mentioned anywhere else.
Who's coming to New York? I'm sitting here in Pennsylvania reading an article in the Allentwon "Morning Call" called Lullaby Off Broadway about cheap hotels in Manhattan. They define "cheap" as $150 or less... It's an amusing article, and I'm proud to say that two of the first three hotels mentioned (and quite postively!) are the ones we selected for our wedding guests: The Hotel Beacon, and The Hotel Newton, both on Broadway.
I've not (yet) found this article on-line, so may have to send a hard copy.
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DR JRand, did you try THIS IS YOUR LIFE at deepdiscountdvd? :D
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I just munched a bagel with cream cheese and lox (that's smoked salmon, for the uninitiated amongst you Dear Readers out there in the dark) whilst reading this morning's newspaper. Isn't that exciting? Isn't that too too?
I have a concert to attend this afternoon. It features Mr. Pierre Boulez leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Adagio movement from Gustav Mahler's unfinished 10th Symphony and, after the interval, the second act from Wagner's Parsifal.
A question for Dear Readers: Alma Mahler led quite a life, marrying Gustav Mahler (a noted composer and conductor), Walter Gropius (a noted architect) and Franz Werfel (a noted poet, playwright and novelist), and dallying romantically, I believe, with other major figures of the day. I know Tom Lehrer wrote a song about her, but has there ever been a play or movie or opera written about her? I think she'd make an interesting subject.
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Good morning.
Ron: I don't post the notes here because I like the layout of our true home page. When we decided to have this board I wanted it to be an adjunct not the home page. I know people have bookmarked it for during the day, but I like the notes to be where they've always been, on the true haineshisway.com home page.
MusicGuy: The Groucho shows are You Bet Your Life.
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I believe Alma is a major figure in Mr. Ken Russell's film, Mahler.
And one for Mahler.
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And I love the 10th, even though it's been "completed" by, I think, three different completers.
The adagio sounds like Alfred Newman's score to The Diary of Anne Frank.
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BK, did you know that Ms. Laurie Mitchell is in LORD LOVE A DUCK? She has a teeny tiny role in it. I haven't seen that film since I was a child. Might have to check it out again!
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Good morning one and all!
DR Noel:
"Someone to Fall Back On" is a JRB song that he plays at the end of all of his concerts but which hasn't been recorded except on The Inaudible JRB. If you get MSN (the program is free) I can send you an MP3 version of it. Also, do you think you could name some of the hotels listed in that article you have? I could then look them up on the web.
Hostel Question:
Has anyone ever stayed at a hostel in NY? Can you recommend any good ones? We would be especially interested in safety (for our persons and our belongings) and location (preferably near the theatre district)
Update on DR Andrea:
I may be cracking Andrea's "I don't want to go to NY" exterior with the promise that we will run around the city acting like characters from Sex and the City (but most likely without the sex and definitely without the cash) and the possibility of meeting Maya, Swishy and my bethrothed.
Sundried foodstuffs:
I like raisins and craisins (dried cranberries) a lot
That is it for me, I have to go work on my last paper/look up cheap flights/bus/hotels for ny.
Toodles all!
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Good morning. I think I'll take a walk now, and then come back and read some more posts, and then watch a DVD. Last lazy day before three intense weeks of work, including one Saturday.
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I've now found that aricle, entitled Lullaby Off Broadway, on line, at the MCall.com website. I'm no good at posting links, but here's a try:
http://www.mcall.com/features/all-nychotelsnov30,0,2657250.story?coll=all-features-sunoutdoor-hed (http://www.mcall.com/features/all-nychotelsnov30,0,2657250.story?coll=all-features-sunoutdoor-hed)
As I said, it recommended Our Wedding hotels, the Beacon and the Newton. It also liked Amsterdam Inn, but not every hotel it mentions is recommended. That's what makes it a funny article.
The main point of the article is that you DO NOT want to be staying in Times Square. That area is the noisiest, crowded with tourists who move like cows 24/7. Yes, your Broadway theatres are there, but, I promise you, stay a mile away and you'll be a whole lot happier.
As a life-long New Yorker, I do my best to avoid Times Square at all costs. It just ain't New York to me, and it certainly ain't pleasant.
I don't have MSN or any particular appreciation of J. R. Brown, so New York politely declines your offer.
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I'm probably more generous than DR Noel, but I'd cut Irving Berlin some slack with Ocarina. After all, Wilhelmina is a pretty popular name in Lichtenburg. (And at least she's mentioned elsewhere in the song, which is meant to be goofy.)
But here's a question for DRs. Also in Call Me Madam is the lyric "mustn't leave her panties in the hall." Name other Irving Berlin shows that have songs featuring panties. I don't have the definitive answer, but a friend tells me there a surprising number of them.
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I don't see a THIS IS YOUR LIFE with Ralph Edwards listed at DD-DVD, but that's okay.... I guess I can find something else!
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NY hotels - Having only been to NYC once, I don't really have much to say on this, but I can say that I stayed at the Portland Square (on 47th between 6th and 7th). It was fairly inexpensive (especially for Times Square) and remarkably quiet. Those must be some thick walls they've got, because I'd never have guessed I was in NYC at all, let alone 1/2 block off Broadway, so quiet was the room.
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DR MBarnum - it's too bad they didn't save Jerre Turner's blue cashmere shortie when the hurricane sank the ship! She has been complaining about it ever since!
I ordered 1950's Greatest Comedies, Scrooge WS Edition, Once Upon a Time in the West, Bride of the Gorilla, Singin' In the Rain @ DVD Edition! All for less than $60!
I love internet shopping!
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you have the option of going to DuPar's and finding superb examples.......and here in the desert wasteland we are lucky enough to have 2 locations of the wonderful Chicago-based "Original Pancake House." It is of a quality like DuPar's....everything made with real ingredients, and no skimping. The lightest thing you can find in there is half-and-half, because the batters for the pancakes are made with cream.
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No one makes boysenberry syrup like Du Pars, however, I will take the Original House of Pancakes any day. They also have great hot chocolate. What do you usually order there? My favorite is the Big Apple. It really must be shared unless you have some one who can roll you out of there.
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Ah - hah - I was finally able to get my profile picture changed! It was not a technical problem - it was operator error of course!
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No one makes boysenberry syrup like Du Pars, however, I will take the Original House of Pancakes any day. They also have great hot chocolate. What do you usually order there? My favorite is the Big Apple. It really must be shared unless you have some one who can roll you out of there.
But do they have...
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Whipped cream???[/move]
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Oh yes Jay, they have delicious whipped cream. Bruce could feast to his heart's content. ;D
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Good afternoon all! I could get used to staying up all night and sleeping all day. Guess it's the "vampire" in me. A few days off and it doesn't take much for that side of me to come out. It makes it all the harder to go back to work. My days and nights are all mixed up but then I have another seven days off to look forward to. Not that I’m rubbing it in. Much.
One thing about being off from work for so long, I’m worried about my fish. He has a fish feeder and one of the ladies promised to watch him for me so he should be ok. Still, I worry. He’s over 2 ½ years old and I’m told Bettas or Betas (I’ve seen it spelled both ways) only live about 3 years. I’m attaching a photo I took of him the other day.
He’s showing is boo-boo face. When he’s mad, he puffs all up. I never really did get around to a name for him. Well, maybe Fish Butt. Everyone thinks it so funny that when we have a fire drill, I have a little cup with a lid that I scoop him into and take him with me. I wouldn’t leave him behind if it was for real.
I'm sorry if I offended you, Jennifer but I do think the blow ups are tacky. We just had news story about one being stolen last night.
It has long been a dream of mine to make my Christmas yard display a Christmas for the animals. A big tree with apples, pomegranates, sea shells, strings of cranberries, popcorn, fire flies for lights, etc all over it and then the animals–all kinds, wild and tame--gathered around it. I think that would be different from the ususal stuff you see.
The Exorcist. Spookie movies never bothered me one way or the other. Most of them are pretty dumb. If the movie has a monster, you know it’s gonna die by the end, only to come back in time for sequel.
Have good rest of the day all. I can be at chat for as long as I want tonight. Talk to you then.
D
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Walked over to our local farmer's market and was a bad boy. I had to have a bacon-wrapped hot dog - it was just staring at me and smelled so yummiliscious that I could not resist. It was, in fact, extremely yummiliscious.
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I'm with Dan-in-Toronto about cutting Berlin some slack.
I've heard FAR WORSE by others to engage in a thread singling out only one.
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Well, it's more fun to talk about great Berlin songs. So, let's take down the Berlin wall and discuss the best of Berlin. First off, anyone who wrote the score to Annie Get Your Gun and nothing else would automatically be in the pantheon of great songwriters. But he's written so many other great songs. And fully 3/4s of the songs I found in his trunk and that I recorded on Unsung Irving Berlin were gems, real bonafide gems.
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A good, clean, inexpensive NY hotel (at least it used to be inexpensive) is The Pensylvania across from Penn Station at 7th Avenue and 32nd Street. The phone number is the same as the song written about it (which is also used as their "Music on Hold" - Pennsylvania 6-5000.
We saw "Anything But Love" last night. I urge readers of this here site to run and see it before it totally disappears. It opened in five or six theatres, was down to 2 the second week and is now at only one the third. It is not the kind of film that today's average moviegoer will like. It's a musical, but unlike "Chicago" it is not full of sex, violence and big stars to draw the new milleiuum moviegoer. It's actually an homage to classic musicals and is completely entertaining. I have only two minor complaints - Eartha Kitt did almost nothing despite third billing; and Alex Korey in a musical where she doesn't get to sing one note? What were they thinking? Othrwise it's a delight from start to finish.
And Jose S, when the leading character goes to an audition and tries to explain her music to a bored piano player who totally screws it up, I wondered if you had seen this yet. You've probably played (without screwing up) for hundreds of singers like this at auditions.
If you read this site you will love this film. Don't miss it.
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Re Berlin's "Always":
He lost his first wife after she became ill on their honeymoon. He wrote a song called "When I Lost You" or something like that.
He met a woman years later and they wanted to marry, but her father didn't like Berlin. The father took the daughter on a world trip so she would forget about Berlin. This was when he wrote "What'll I Do?" After her return from the trip, they eloped and were married for many many many years. He wrote "Always" for this second wife and gave her the royalties as a wedding gift.
This is the story I read when I was taking a music class and sang these songs.
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WEL: But does Anything but Love have original songs or does it use standards or existing songs? No one I've asked seems to be able to answer this simple question.
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I'm sorry if I offended you, Jennifer but I do think the blow ups are tacky. We just had news story about one being stolen last night.
It has long been a dream of mine to make my Christmas yard display a Christmas for the animals. A big tree with apples, pomegranates, sea shells, strings of cranberries, popcorn, fire flies for lights, etc all over it and then the animals–all kinds, wild and tame--gathered around it. I think that would be different from the ususal stuff you see.
I think tacky displays are wonderful IF they are done to excess. One or two tacky items on a lawn, porch or roof are simply in bad taste. Dozens of same are a paean to gaudiness and should be celebrated and photographed and shared.
Now, Danise, I don't want to interfere with your dream about a Christmas for animals, but I'm not quite sure how you're going to manage lighting that tree with fireflies unless you inflict some damage to them by stringing them together with needle and thread.
If not that, how do you plan to get them to hover around the tree? Perhaps with double-stick tape?
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re: Berlin...
I have to say that one of my faves is "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" which was originally in "This Time It's Love" and then in White Christmas.
Speaking of White Christmas, there are some wonderful songs in the film that I adore. Sisters, Count Your Blessings, Choreography, Love you didn't do right by me, What can you do with a General, etc...
Last night I was treated to one of my guilty pleasures on TV - Xanadu. While the movie is clearly cheese, it was nice to notice that even tho this movie came out in the 80s, the director did not utilize MTV style editing for most of the film. In fact, Olivia Newton John sings an 11 o'clock number directly into the camera as if she were on stage alone. Not "exciting" - but a refreshing change to just WATCH a performer sing a song to the "audience" that way on film....
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WEL: But does Anything but Love have original songs or does it use standards or existing songs? No one I've asked seems to be able to answer this simple question.
It's my understanding that it's mostly existing standards, but there's also new material by our friend Steve Lutvak.
Other than the previously quoted Hostess with the Mostes', here's the only other panty reference I can think of in the lyrics of Irving Berlin:
You don't have to come from a great big town
Not to clean out a stable in an evening gown
You don't have to mix with the Vanderbilts
Not to take off your panties when you're wearing kilts
That comes natur'lly
That comes natur'lly
I forget what song I wanted them in, but I was informed that "panties" is a word never used by women themselves to refer to their unmentionables. But I did put it into a song in which a chorus line of college boys was welcoming the first co-eds:
They're rosy; they're peachy
They understand Neitzsche
Those beautiful brainy girls
They write well; they work hard
They talk about Kierk'gaard
Those beautiful brainy girls...
They know their Cervantes
Although they wear panties
Those beautiful brainy girls!
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I haz just returned from work, where there were a million more people than last night, thank the LORD.
RE- The Tacky Decorations: I have a neighbor that we like to call Mr. Griswold (Nat'l Lampoons XMAS Vacation...). Every year, he decorates his ENTIRE house, inside and out, with decorations. He lines his entire house with the large-multi-colored bulbs, he has the cheesy decals on the lawn, and he has electronic decorations such as the blow-up snowmen and waving Santas on the roof. He puts these up Thanksgiving day, and that night, all of the neighbors go outside to see him light them for the first time. If people have leftover decorations or lights, they give them to him to use, and he ALWAYS uses them. I can only imagine what his electric bill is.
The Exorcist: During the scenes where she was going crazy, I really did like this film. What she was DOING was kind of disturbing, and there WERE times when I jumped. But overall, the movie was kind of boring to me. Too much dialouge and weird scenes, and not enough frightening things.
Random: I went to Red Robin for dinner last night. All of the bathroom appliances were from a company called SWISHY SUPPLIES. I loved it :).
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I agree with Dear Reader WEL that Anything But Love is a darling little film that, unfortunately, is likely to disappear from theatres at any moment.
And Dear Reader Noel has it correct: the score is mostly standards, with a dash of new music thrown in.
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It's a cold, grey, rainy day here in Oakland CA!
It's hard to believe it's the last day of a four-day weekend. Whatever happened to the first three days????
I'm about to fire up the old fireplace and settle in to do some things I always do this time of year. Hopefully, it will be a relaxing day.
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The Exorcist was never one of those jump in your seat movies. It's disturbing and horrifying and scary in the get-under-your-skin way. And all movies should be looked at in context of when they were made. The Exorcist pushed so many envelopes so far, I don't know if there's anything that's been done since that's worse. I'm not talking about gorier, or jump in your seat time. The other thing is that it's been ripped off so many times by so many lesser films that of course it doesn't have quite the impact it had then. Lots of young kids who see Psycho today just shrug their shoulders because they've been so numbed by the gore-fests of today. I remember having to sit through The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (I was actually forced to see it by the head of production at Paramount) and thinking it was the most gruesome movie ever made. See it today. It's sleazy, but the grue is minor by today's standards. But, in context, again there had never been anything like it.
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Thank you Mr Brockman Snr. Colin and I did indeed watch much of the Davis Cup final. We are not really fans of Mr Philapousas (depite that he is from Melbourne) but admire the skills of Leyton who has grown up considerably.(a shame to be remembered for comments that were made as a 17 year old!) Pat Rafter was a hard act to follow. The Doubles playing was wonderful by Mr Woodbridge and Mr Arthurs.
Thanks DR Laura for the "Berlin" information. I like the song "Always" even by Willie Nelson and especially by Patsy Cline. It is a "standard" because it is GOOD and loved. That all songwriteres could write such a standard! There are probably people who don't care for "All The Things You Are" and "Send In The Clowns".
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DR Jay, and others who asked about Alma Mahler --
I'm not able to tell you the title, but I could swear that DR Kerry went to a play about 4 or 5 weeks ago, and the subject was Alma Mahler, and all of her various lovers and husbands. He is at work at the moment, and possesses the only operating brain cells in this family.
Maybe he can post about it later. In the meantime ....... I just can't resist * * * *
"Hail to thee, dear Alma Mahler......"
:P
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DR Jay --
By the way, listen carefully during the Mahler, and tell me if you can hear an organ part in it. If so, my concert manager (who is also the rep for the Allen Organ Co.) installed it at the new Disney Hall. The pipe organ won't be finished until well into next year.
Also, are you interested in going to the Christmas concert at San Sylmar on Friday, Dec. 12th? If so, let me know......I know the guy playing. ;)
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DR Jane --
Yes, I have shared the "Apple pancake" once at Original Pancake House.......it is a daunting experience, but really delectable. Most of the time I really like their version of Swedish pancakes. They are huge, as thin as paper, get cold quickly, but are so damned good with their Lingonberry sauce AND maple syrup on them. And of course, a side order of their top quality bacon.
Kerry usually opts for the French Toast, and a side of bacon.
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Where in tarnation IS everyone? I'm watching Mr. Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow.
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Hard to believe but Irving Berlin won the Tony for Best Score for CALL ME MADAM. Of course, it's a rollicking good score, but it beat out GUYS AND DOLLS. Very confusing information about this particular award. THE TONY AWARDS has Loesser the winner of the award, but THE TONY AWARD BOOK has Berlin. I went to the Tony website, and indeed, Irving Berlin is listed as the winner that year.
Berlin's counterpoint songs like "An Old Fashioned Wedding" and "You're Just in Love" are wonderful creations. I also love the score for the movie WHITE CHRISTMAS, even "What Do You Do with a General?"
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I'm here!!! I'm here!!!
What has everyone heard of the Chelsea Star Hotel? It looks delightfully cheap... which makes me very very very happy :D
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I'm here but only for the moment. I have to clean my extra bedroom (just being used for storage--and need to put more into it) but I plan to be at chat tonight. Until then!
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Ron said:
Now, Danise, I don't want to interfere with your dream about a Christmas for animals, but I'm not quite sure how you're going to manage lighting that tree with fireflies unless you inflict some damage to them by stringing them together with needle and thread.
If not that, how do you plan to get them to hover around the tree? Perhaps with double-stick tape?
Ordinarily I’d say you need to direct your questions to the tech dept. (Father, Brother, Boyfriend, Husband,) however, since I am a little short staffed this year (Ahem), several ideas come to mind regarding the fire fly problem.
A dab something they like it eat on the branches (Sounds like a Honey-do project to me) to attract and keep them or little cages like they use for the crickets in Japan, if I’m not mistaken. Animatronics also comes to mind. Or a God could use his powers and get them in position.
Just remember, Ron, it’s not the playwrights/screen writers job to figure out HOW a great idea is brought to life. They just come up with the great idea. :) :) :)
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Plaid shirt, beige cords.
What is everyone doing right now?
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I watched the third Hildegarde Withers mystery this afternoon (MURDER ON A HONEYMOON) and then started INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, but only got a half hour in before pausing to log-on. Will go back to it momentarily. The picture is scrumptuous, and the sound is quite good.
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I spent the last half hour talking to andrea and trying to convince her to come to new york.
I think she is cracking under the pressure. :)
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And I read their conversation. They need someone to kiss in Central Park. And they told me to take note and tell Craig.
Craig, they want you.
I hate cleaning. AAAAAGH!
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What post is this?
# soixante-neuf????
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Does anyone remember what day Bruce posted a picture of him with Dorothy Loudon and Claibe Richardson at Joe Allen's. I need the information of the names of the guys standing. I know one is the lyricist (I think on the left) but not sure who the one of the right is.
Thanks
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DR Ron, do you love Rozsa's "Madame Bovary Waltz" as much as I do? That entire sequence, Minnelli's whirling camera and that dizzying, hypnotic waltz, is one of the greatest ever done.
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I've just gotten off the phone on which I had my weekly chat with my mom!
She is well and looking forward to my visit home in exactly 18 days!
A load of clothes has just finished washing, too!
Miss Vickie is stretched out by the fireplace, it remains cold and grey and rainy, and I have a pot of hot coffee waiting on me in the kitchen.
DR MattH's comment about "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" has made me want to watch my DVD of it, too. I love the music in this Indy movie better than the other two (except I'm QUITE fond of the stunning Cole Porter-"Anything Goes" opening to "Temple of Doom").
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DR Michael Shayne: I believe that photo was run day before yesterday!
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I *am* available for Central Park kisses...
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DR Craig - I also enjoy the songs in White Christmas that you mentioned.
I also like a song that was included in Holiday Inn called "You're Easy Dance With."
The routine that Fred Astaire does to this song with Virginia Dale is very good.
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I didn't realize these movies were available as a "double feature."
"The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing" with Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen in WC is beautiful, even if she does stumble over his big feet in her last pass around him. ;D
Let me know if this puts us into CinemaScope.
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I think that Danny Kaye-Vera-Ellen dance to "The Best THings Happen While You're Dancing" is the essence of romance in a Hollywood musical: beautiful music that changes tempos excitingly, lilting dancing by two attractive people: sheer bliss.
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DR Ron, do you love Rozsa's "Madame Bovary Waltz" as much as I do? That entire sequence, Minnelli's whirling camera and that dizzying, hypnotic waltz, is one of the greatest ever done.
I do, I do! (Oh! A reference!)
Interestingly enough, that sequence was shot in one take with multiple cameras!!!! It's one of the great directorial set pieces of ALL time, IMO.
As for Rozsa's music, there is an anecdote about Judy Garland visiting the set where Vincente Minnelli was working which Rozsa shares in his autobiography "Double Life":
"Flaubert describes the waltz in detail and Vincente wanted to recreate it accordingly. For the pre-recording I arranged it for two pianos, one of which was played by a very young member of the MGM music department called Andre Previn.
"Minnelli was so excited by the waltz when the two pianos played it that he asked his wife, Judy Garland, to come over to hear it. There is a sudden modulation in the piece where the big tune lurches into an unexpected key, and at that moment Miss Garland gasped in thrilled amazement and goose pimples appeared on her arms. (Always the actress!) Minnelli shot the scene to the two-piano track, which was later replaced by the orchestrated version."
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What am I doing, you ask? I am taking a break from making address labels and am just about to begin folding, labeling, sorting, and counting newsletters. Isn't that just too too?
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After I saw that movie, I searched for YEARS to get the soundtrack album so I could have that piece of music. The MGM/USA soundtrack was out of print, but I finally found it (combined with music from two other Rozsa pictures) on the MGM/England issued soundtrack. I played that thing until it was worn out.
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DR Michael Shayne:
From Post #130, preceding the photo in #131 from Friday:
"On the right are the late and missed Miss Dorothy Loudon and Claibe Richardson. Standing on the left are Stephen Cole and Todd Ellison."
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I lost a Karma! Hmmmmmmmmmmm......
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DR Michael Shayne:
From Post #130, preceding the photo in #131 from Friday:
"On the right are the late and missed Miss Dorothy Loudon and Claibe Richardson. Standing on the left are Stephen Cole and Todd Ellison."
Thank you for the info I went added the info. I am putting together a tribute page for the late Miss Loudon. There doesn't seem to be a page for her any where on the web
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JRand: Join the club.
We've apparently ruffled someone's overly preened feathers.
So very careless of us.
I know I couldn't care less. ;D
But I'm sorry about yours.... ???
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Good golly!! I leave you guys alone on the site for two days and it almost gets closed down! :o
Like DR Jed, I'm glad I was absent for the dramatics, and very glad that things were resolved in such a dignified and timely fashion. I love you all dearly and I'd be very sad if this place was to disappear. I have my own opinions on what happened, but as the time for sharing them as past, I will let them lie.
Tomorrow is my rectial. I hope it goes alright. I did a practice recording with my folks this weekend and it came out rather well. Hopefully the real thing will go well too. Good vibes tomorrow night would be much appreciated.
If all goes well I shall be at chat tonight, and I look forward to it.
French films...recently DR Jed introduced me to 8 women, and I found that I enjoyed it quite a bit. Songs get stuck in your head easily, though.
I must rest up...didn't get a lot of sleep this weekend
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DR Ann: I must say I'm surprised that DR Jed knows eight (count 'em eight) French women.
That said, glad you had a good time!!!
What was the French film?
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DR Ann - I hope you meant recital and NOT rectial!
DR Ron - what can I say? Maybe somebody misses Gordon Scott already. ::)
I am watching STAR! on Fox Movie Channel.
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OK, back to Indiana Jones and his father, and then on to the adventures of Sydney Bristow. Hope those who participate enjoy the chat tonight.
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MATTH enjoy Sydney!
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Some Berlin songs I'm fond of:
I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
Let's Face the Music and Dance
How Deep Is The Ocean
Fools Fall in Love
Let Yourself Go
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I think, I just think, this will put us over onto page four. Let's see...
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It did, it did, it did put us over onto page four. Should I take some pix of some rare and interesting sheet music covers? I found some today and some are quite interesting.
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Yes, I would like to see some sheet music!
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Very well then - frequently sheet music to new musicals would be printed prior to the show coming to NY, and so frequently some songs that were eventually cut have actual sheet music. Here's one from Funny Thing, which, if you can read the credits, feature some interesting things that were changed on the program when the show arrived on B'way.
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And another - I also have Your Eyes are Blue - these are quite rare.
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Here's one of my most treasured - the actual sheet music for Scent of Mystery in Smell-o-Vision (you'll read all about this film in Kritzer Time).
A strange excitement in the air
Her fragrent perfume lingers there
Why does the lady always wear
The Scent of Mystery
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Very interesting...and a retail price of 75 cents to boot!
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Dear Jrand,
Consider yourself re-karma'ed......we can't have you desolate there in the wilds of Indiana!!
;) 8)
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Dear BK --
I love your sheet music examples. One of the things of which I am very proud, is that almost my entire music library is made up of original edition sheet music.
One of my mentors really drummed the fact into my head, of the importance of buying only the sheet music that was first published when a song was written. In some cases, the sheet music was prepared under the watchful eye of the composer, and included all of the interesting "intros," segues, verse, harmonization, etc., that is very often watered down and simplified in later "re-arranged" versions of the same song.
Gershwin was very well known for being a stickler about the preparation of his sheet music editions.
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:o :o :o
OH MY GOD ??!!
I just saw that I had graduated from a newbie, to a junior !!
Come to think of it, I thought I felt something descend just a little while ago.....
(turns head and coughs.....)
::) ;)
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Thanks, DR MG
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MR BK - I have the vocal selections book with those very same credits. Retail $3.50.....what is different about the credits?
I will scan another one I have that is one of my few original Broadway sheet music folios.
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Seems I owe some pictures I've promised but haven't delivered.
Since BK is showing sheet music, please allow me to show one of my treasures----
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Here is my contribution:
I also have "Wunderbar" from Kiss Me Kate with the original Broadway credits.
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And the one piece of art work I own that I think you will enjoy.
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"All the Things You Are" from Very Warm For May presented by Max Gordon, my scanner is a bit smallish, I guess
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Danise - both lovely images! Did you read that they are thinking about bringing Dark Shadows back?
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Again?
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LOL....yes!
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I saw the new version when it was on and I’ve seen the “old” series on DVD but their going for a 3rd time around with a new cast?
Who’s doing it? The Sci Fi channel?
I meant to say I know they released the old series on DVD. I haven't bought the DVD versions -- yet. :)
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I started watchng THE REGANS. one word.........BORING!!!!!!!!
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I'll get in the act. This is the cover page for the title song. I cropped off the title.
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What would have made those Funny Thing Happened sheet music a little more interesting if they had Karen Black and the other actor who was fired during tryouts.
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I'm baaack! While the NYC trip itself was excellent, the trip home was hell. It ordinarily takes us about 6 hours in regular traffic...but we left Queens at 11:15 AM this morning and only got home a half hour ago. We were on the road for about NINE hours. If I hadn't brought a book and A LOT of CDs, I think I would have gone crazy.
I LOVED both shows. Let's start with Wonderful Town. I haven't seen Wicked yet, but I can say without blinking that Donna Murphy has a damn good shot at the Best Actress Tony. She was sooo funny, and was the perfect Ruth Sherwood...acerbic and sassy yet tender. I think she's one of the most versatile actresses working in musical theatre today. I also loved Jennifer Westfeldt's Eileen, and was very pleasantly surprised at her gorgeous lyric soprano. Gregg Edelman was his wonderful leading man self as Bob Baker, although I have to confess that I DID imagine the WSMA in the role a few times throughout the evening. The supporting cast, including Nancy Anderson and Stanley Wayne Mathis, was great too.
I didn't really care too much that the set was really basic...who needs a lot of visual overkill when you have one of the most sophisticated and delightful scores ever? The choreography was great...."Conga," "My Darlin' Eileen," and "Wrong Note Rag" just about stopped the show. I sooo hope this show runs...it did have a pretty full house and got a standing O! Standing O's are too easily given these days, but the show really deserved it. And as I write this, I'm wearing my new Wonderful Town t-shirt!
Hmmm....on to Nine. I thought it was great, but I wasn't able to completely lose myself in it. It isn't the fault of the show of course, and the score is one of my very favorites. But in its current state, Nine does NOT have a strong Guido at all, and this is like a vacuum in the middle of a beautiful garden, as clumsy a metaphor as that is.
I want to give John Stamos credit for trying, but I'm sorry...he just sucked. I know within a minute of "Guido's Song" that this was NOT going to be a good performance, and it turns out I was right. His voice is decent, and of course he's gorgeous, but that just isn't enough. He doesn't have the charm or charisma of Guido Contini, and certainly not the inner torment. His acting was inconsistent, even though he was okay during "Only With You." Young Guido was adorable and completely upstaged him...and I think Stamos is smart enough to have realized it. After the curtain calls, when Rebecca Luker began to ask the audience for money for BC/EFA, he joked about how he had told himself he would never work with children again!
The women were all amazing of course. Mary Stuart Masterson not only has a beautiful voice but just acted every moment of every song, and was just the emotional center of the show. Eartha Kitt as Liliane La Fleur owned the stage, and it was truly a pleasure to see such a legend perform who is still in her prime, I think. Sara Gettelfinger is like Raquel Welch with talent....her voice is sooo good, and she was just terrifically sexy...I don't know HOW she got that high note so perfect at the end of "Vatican" where she rises back into the flies. And our very own Rebecca Luker just shone as Claudia....I always knew she had a gorgeous voice, but I didn't realize before that she was such strong actress. Unusual Way was heart-wrenching.
I actually liked the simplicity of the set...the table and the staircase worked for me, as did the spa in the second act with the amazing Botticelli backdrop. Nine was great, but it would have been incredible with a better Guido. Kevin Kline, anyone?
Jay--there was a biopic of Alma Mahler that came out a year or two ago called Bride of the Wind...Sarah Wynter played her, and Jonathan Price was Mahler. I find her a fascinating woman too, as both artist and muse.
Emily--Don't know of any good hotels in Manhattan (we stayed at the Adria in Bayside, Queens) but when you (and Andrea--keep working on her) DO come in, we must get together. That is, if you're not in Central Park with Craig!
Love all the sheet music!!
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Chat in a mere twenty-five minutes.
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I just took a nap. I very rarely take naps, but the last 24 hours had been filed with energy sapping activities, such as driving windy (as in full of twists and turns, not strong breezes) foggy mountian roads for three hours, and lacking activities such as sleep. But now I have rested and am ready for some chatting! I might have to leave rather early so I can go to my dress rehearsal for my recital (not rectial, thank you :)) but I will be there for part of it, you can be sure.
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Chat in a mere ten minutes.
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MAYA - thanks for the reviews! Yes driving anywhere this weekend has been a chore...even in Indiana.
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Chat be open. Come on in, the water's fine.
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Great chat!
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You must go to chat and hear what Maya thought about John Stamos! She said his performance [active verb]s.
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DR Jay --
By the way, listen carefully during the Mahler, and tell me if you can hear an organ part in it. If so, my concert manager (who is also the rep for the Allen Organ Co.) installed it at the new Disney Hall. The pipe organ won't be finished until well into next year.
Also, are you interested in going to the Christmas concert at San Sylmar on Friday, Dec. 12th? If so, let me know......I know the guy playing. ;)
There is no organ part in the Mahler's 10th Adagio, though there is a passage where Mahler uses the orchestra to make organ-like sounds. There is an organ part, however, in Mahler's 2nd Symphony, which I heard in the new hall a few weeks ago. There was a console on the stage; I assumed it was an electronic organ. (Or, as you multi-rank keyboardists like to call them, an appliance.)
I would love to hear you on the 12th at San Sylmar. Unfortunately, I have a conflicting obligation that I cannot change, so it's just not in the cards. Please do keep me apprised of future appearances in the L.A. area, though, as I really would like to see/hear you perform.
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Does anyone remember what day Bruce posted a picture of him with Dorothy Loudon and Claibe Richardson at Joe Allen's. I need the information of the names of the guys standing. I know one is the lyricist (I think on the left) but not sure who the one of the right is.
Thanks
It was Todd Ellison, a well respected music director.
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It was Todd Ellison, a well respected music director.
Old news. Serves me right for responding before reading subsequent posts.
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Regarding the pipe organ at the Walt Disney Concert Hall: It's true that the organ will not make its official debut until well into 2004. I believe there is an organists' convention in July when it will be first played for a public audience, and I imagine that the L.A. Philharmonic will program a goodly number of pieces that highlight the organ in its 2004-2005 season, as well as schedule a series of recitals.
But a few weeks ago, soon after the hall opened, some muckety-muck on the LA Phil board of directors got married at WDCH, and the organ was played. (It was the wedding march from Lohengrin, natch.) Though the instrument is still being tuned, that wedding marked the organ's unofficial debut.
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Really was not at all surprised about the mediocrity of John Stamos. Saw him in the HOW TO SUCCEED revival, and he was not very good in it either. Didn't really seem to get the satire of the show, and his voice wasn't very interesting to listen to.
I have one old piece of sheet music which I will go search out in a minute. I know it's in really rough shape, however, unlike the pristine copies you guys have been scanning on here tonight.
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Here it is, circa 1942:
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There are definate signs that I'm in a different place. Currently, the signs are all about Christmas.
On the Left Coast, it's quite common to see Christmas coming. The decorations pop up immediately after Thanksgiving, if not (and more frequently) sooner.
On the Right Coast, however, Christmas is not just seen, it is heard. In every store, the music is constant carols, and nothing but. This can be opressive, especially if one is muzak-aware, as I tend to be.
One bit of good news was at the Roadhouse Steak House, on Highway One. The theme there is country/western, as is the music, and they're not playing country Christmas the entire time. One carol per every five songs seems to satisfy them. (Their potato skins stuffed with crab and shrimp, topped with Parmesan, was satisfyingly yummilicious.)
The other bit of good news was the tree-lighting ceremony and carol-sing last Friday night. Der Brucer and I hit the tail end of the event, and were surprised by the size of the crowd, well over a thousand people. This in a town that year-round is only supposed to have a population of two thousand. Obviously, that's changing, but that a thousand would turn out for a tree-lighting is something special in itself, in my book.
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Whoops I fell asleep and missed chat and now I have to go back to bed and sleep again so I can go to work tomorrow.
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This is an excuse, this falling asleep? Shame on you!
Chat, however, is still going on, so no more excuses, get your bum in there.
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Chat room is still open...for now!
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I have a piece of sheet music from THE SOUND OF MUSIC that reads "Martha Wright in THE SOUND OF MUSIC."
Martha Wright took over as Maria when Mary Martin left the original company, but I thought that was odd that they'd replace Mary's much more recognizable name with her replacement on the music.
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Well, I'm turning in a little early tonight, earlier than usual, that is. Hope everyone enjoyed the chat, and will meet back on the forum tomorrow ready for some more postin'.
Good night.
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It occurs to me that there are at least three performance editions of Mahler's 10th Symphony that I know of, and an organ might be used in one of the editions that was not played today.
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I'm doing my best to make substantive comment while making my way to senior membership on this here forum.
No vanity posts for me, no siree.
I just had some lasagne for dinner.
That's substantive, isn't it?
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I'm wearing a blue, lilac and white checked shirt, bluejeans (dungarees, where I come from, though my grandmother, blessed be her memory, used to call them "kangaroos"), a white t-shirt, white boxers, white athletic socks and black oxford shoes.
That's substantive, too, isn't it, Dear Readers? And this post should bring me to the summit.
(Only thing is, once you get to the top of the mountain, whaddaya see but another mountain. Godship, here I come!)
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Jay: That's all substantive enough for me, especially the lasagne. I hope it was made with beef and was not a vegetarian lasagna. While I like the vegetarian variety, I think beef has more substantive value!
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And OH! MY! Gosh! I'm just 8 posts away from 800!
Shall I go slowly and let it happen, or run amok and do one-lined wonders?
(Like this one)!
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Chat is most definitely and sincerely over.
I went there and found myself alone.
I've been alone in crowds, but this was isolationism!
Guess everybody moseyed on....
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The complete "Mister Monotony" is also a bonus feature on the EASTER PARADE laserdisc. I LOVE the song. I think the fact that its monotonous tonal quality reflects the nature of the lyrics is INSPIRED.
Perhaps we could start a Vegas-style medley combining MISTER MONOTONY and JOHNNY ONE-NOTE? Any additional selections?
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You will NOT believe it - I could barely believe it myself. They are, right this minute, prepping a movie shoot one-half block from my home environment. How annoying - big trucks, big lights - I'm sure it will be lovely trying to get out of here in the morning.
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With all the talk today about Irving Berlin, I don't think anyone mentioned my favorite Berlin song, and one of my favorite songs period: "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep." It's a song particularly apropos to this time of year.
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"It's A Bore".(Gigi) and "Being Boring" (The Pet Shop Boys). OK I know they really would not work in a Vegas medley but he titles sprang to mind quickly and the Pet Shop Boys have written for the theatre.
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I feel a song coming on.
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Perhaps we could start a Vegas-style medley combining MISTER MONOTONY and JOHNNY ONE-NOTE? Any additional selections?
One Note Samba
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Well, we made it through our marathon of set construction. And the result... we have a set. Structurally, at least. Now in dire need of painting and such, but that shall be all finished up by Tuesday's dress rehearsal. We squeezed an amazing amount of lumber onto a small stage, in the form of many oddly-shaped little platforms on 5 different levels, a 6-foot revolve, and a 10-foot revolve. Fun fun fun!
Dry tech tomorrow night, so a night off for us actor types, then 3 dress rehersals into Friday's opening. Will be nice to finally get this thing in front of an audience.
Sorry to have missed chat, but pretty sure I should make it next week.
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Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been around much today. The scary thing is it is very late now and I am WIDE AWAKE. Not good.
I did indeed have blueberry pancakes today. And they were so good. And there are leftovers. So I will have some tomorrow too.
Went to the most bizarre L'Oreal warehouse sale today. Most of these warehouse sales here are open to the public and get people. But not tons of people. This particular one was by invitation only. They were very strict. You had to have your invitation. You could only bring one other person. You could only spend $500. And you could only buy certain amounts of each item.
Now with all these restrictions you would think there not been many people there. OMG, it was crazy. I have never in my life seen so many people. My mom and I could not find a space to park. We had to walk a long way. And when we got there we could not believe our eyes. There were literally thousands of people. So many that you could barely get anywhere near the products.
They had great deals. The Maybelline concealer stick I usually buy for about $10Cdn was $2. I love those prices. Nail polish was $.75 or $1.50. All in all it was fun. Any my sis came over for breakfast and ended up
staying till 5pm.
Happy December 1st everyone.
Btw, was that an AMAZING Alias or what? There must be a way that we can talk about this show, but not spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it (be vague or put huge spoiler warnings).
I won't spoil. But wow, wow, wow. I cannot wait to find out what happened at the end!