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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #210 on: July 28, 2012, 08:16:20 PM »

I finished watching the Brit series MONDAY MONDAY, took a dinner break and watched THE COMPANY OF WOLVES, with the wonderful Angela Lansbury, right off the SWEENEY TODD tour, as the storytelling grandmother, who's fixated on tales of men, wolves, and girls who stray from the path, before she's eaten by a wolf waiting for Rosaleen in her red cloak to show up. I hadn't seen this film for years so I'd forgotten most of it, but it's  quite an amazing dream-like trip through a pubescent girl's subconscious and a rather frightening horror film.  The young girl playing Rosaleen delivers a stunning performance, running from innocent school girl to erotic tease, and the cast is quite wonderful, even if there may be too many different European accents going on in this neck of the village.

Visually, the filmreminded me a lot of SLEEPY HOLLOW and the Rackham fairy tale illustrations.  There are no bright days in this village terrorized by wolves and werewolves; it's all dark and the woods are dangerous. And very creepy.

The surrounding story is set in the present at a wealthy country home, but Rosaleen's dream is set squarely in the 18th Century; the use of color, from the deep blacks to the scarlet cloak, is beautiful. There's one shot from a distance of Rosaleen at the top of a tree she has climbed, where bird's eggs hatch blue human babies, and there's a distant shot of a lot of black trees against a gray sky and this speck of scarlet in the middle of the screen at the top of the tree.

Along with all of the wolves, four-legged and two-legged, there are lots of slimy frogs, huge spiders, phallic symbols employing animal, insect, and serpent: Rosaleen's trip to Granny's house is a walk from adolescence  to functioning sexuality and girls who get involved with wolves just might get hurt or learn a few things Granny prefers they not know.
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #211 on: July 28, 2012, 08:17:05 PM »

in othre news FOLLIES arrived today -  I have not been able to listen to it yet  but I did take a quick look through the booklet  and the case

beautifully packaged, BK, I cannot wait to hear it - unfortunately I have no sound system in the basement and even if I did between the washer, the dryer, the dehumdifier and the wet dry vac I would not have been able to hear a thing anyway
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #212 on: July 28, 2012, 08:17:14 PM »

!!!!!!!! 8 !!!!!!!!
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« Reply #213 on: July 28, 2012, 08:20:18 PM »

Did anyone happen to record the Olympics opening?  I did not get home in time to see it and I cannot find it available online
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #214 on: July 28, 2012, 08:36:07 PM »

Oh, Vixmom. It is never-ending for you.
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #215 on: July 28, 2012, 08:37:47 PM »

The sidewalks are still wet, so I guess we have been having some nice gentle rain. Usually the storms are very dramatic in the summer. Boom! Flash! Pouring rain! Then it quits.
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« Reply #216 on: July 28, 2012, 09:00:54 PM »

i seemed to have fallen asleep -  time to sign off

goodnight all
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #217 on: July 28, 2012, 09:11:34 PM »

Did anyone happen to record the Olympics opening?  I did not get home in time to see it and I cannot find it available online

If you get cable tv you can go to nbcolympics.com and sign in with your cable log in and watch all the olympics and they do have opening ceremonies.  They also have live streaming of everything
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #218 on: July 28, 2012, 09:12:24 PM »

We had enough rain to get the ground wet where there are no trees.  The trees prevented the ground from getting wet. In other words, it just spit out there
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« Reply #219 on: July 28, 2012, 09:12:45 PM »

However it was only 82 today.  Tomorrow back to the heat
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« Reply #220 on: July 28, 2012, 09:44:41 PM »

Better get some sleep.  I was really sore today.  It still hurts to drive because the seat belt hits right where I'm the most sore so other than the farmers market and the grocery store, I didn't go anywhere.   I also had to get a refill on my 5 gallon water jug for my cooler and carrying that probably wasn't the smartest thing I've done lately, but I like my water, so.....   I did take a nap with the cats this afternoon for about three hours.  That was nice. Anyway, tomorrow I have to go to the office so I better get some sleep.
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« Reply #221 on: July 28, 2012, 09:44:48 PM »

night
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #222 on: July 28, 2012, 10:10:06 PM »

Back from dinner and Spelling Bee - cute show - not sure why something like it would need to be on Broadway, since it is so off-Broadway in feeling, but there is no real off-Broadway anymore, I guess.
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« Reply #223 on: July 28, 2012, 10:11:30 PM »

Just watched "The Frighteners," which may be my favorite Peter Jackson movie. Yet, it may have been a little too soon since Aurora, Colo., to have watched it.
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« Reply #224 on: July 28, 2012, 10:11:41 PM »

Night, all.
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« Reply #225 on: July 28, 2012, 10:18:29 PM »

Good question.  Definitely "Off-Broadway". 

I played Keyboard 2 in a local one a couple of years ago.  Fun.
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #226 on: July 28, 2012, 10:19:47 PM »

THE COMPANY OF WOLVES sure sounds good.
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #227 on: July 28, 2012, 11:18:00 PM »

I gotta tell you.
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Re: FALL ASLEEPING
« Reply #228 on: July 28, 2012, 11:20:09 PM »

People are so funny.  I was listening to the cast album of Zorba, seeing if that was something I might want to revisit like we did for Follies.  I had the original CD with the green cover and hearing it I was actually shocked at the ineptitude of the mix - horrifying.  Then I read that the Angel Broadway redo was much better so I bought that - it's actually worse.  I will now try to license it because I suspect we can work some magic - it certainly wouldn't be hard to improve it at least 1000% and I really like the score.  We shall see.
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« Reply #229 on: July 28, 2012, 11:56:43 PM »

Well, I must be going.  I have to take a shower and make myself presentable for this barbecue that I've been invited to.  I expect to be back before the show tonight.  I can't imagine it lasting four hours...but you never know. :)

Have a good day, all!

The barbecue did last 4+ hours!  I met some very nice people and we ate some very good hamburgers and Polish sausages and bratwursts and played Qwirkle.  It was a lot of fun.  The show tonight...well, that's another story.  The actors were great and the audience really enjoyed the show, but there were technical problems.  The projector keeps overheating and shutting off (at least it shuts off quietly).  Anyway, we can't seem to remedy the situation yet.  I brought a fan to see if that would help and it didn't.  The show works well enough without the projections, but they help set the scenes and add to the show.
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« Reply #230 on: July 28, 2012, 11:58:19 PM »

People are so funny.  I was listening to the cast album of Zorba, seeing if that was something I might want to revisit like we did for Follies.  I had the original CD with the green cover and hearing it I was actually shocked at the ineptitude of the mix - horrifying.  Then I read that the Angel Broadway redo was much better so I bought that - it's actually worse.  I will now try to license it because I suspect we can work some magic - it certainly wouldn't be hard to improve it at least 1000% and I really like the score.  We shall see.

I would LOVE to get a Kimmel-ized Zorba!
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« Reply #231 on: July 29, 2012, 12:03:05 AM »

HERE is a write-up about "Titus Andronicus"!

(Interesting comments after it. ::))
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« Reply #232 on: July 29, 2012, 12:06:14 AM »

Follies, second listen. "One More Kiss" is especially wonderful.

Thank heaven they found that weirdly filed eight track session master because I REALLY didn't want to use the old album mix.  One More Kiss is the only track where I actually had to "fix" something - know one has figured it out or noticed it yet.  On the original CD (wherever that awful mix came from) at the final note, you'll notice that young Heidi stops early and then they quickly fade out old Heidi, which is WRONG.  On the tapes it's obvious what happened and their attempt to fix it is ludicrous - young Heidi was very hoarse - it was the last thing recorded - and she simply stopped singing early instead of holding her note out to the end.  Old Heidi holds her note properly to the end.  With a little digital trickery, they are both holding the note now and it's finally correct. :)

It's great when you're able to fix things like that...a Miracle of Modern Technology!
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« Reply #233 on: July 29, 2012, 12:07:35 AM »

I just saw that comment from "dramedy" on All That Chat.  I'm howling with laughter.  He only buys CDs of cast albums of casts he's seen.  Oh, lord.

??? What's the point of that?
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« Reply #234 on: July 29, 2012, 12:24:09 AM »

I just approved the final version of my audio book.

It should be available in 2-3 weeks.

Congrats, Druxy!
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« Reply #235 on: July 29, 2012, 12:30:52 AM »

I can't believe that NBC News just ruined the swimming final for me.  I can understand the other networks not caring, but NBC??

What happened??
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« Reply #236 on: July 29, 2012, 12:35:14 AM »

Sadly it looks like DR George's theater manager friend, who vanished last weekend, is now facing additional problems.  He has apparently now been arrrested on child pornography charges.

Yup...Capital Playhouse director arrested by Olympia police on suspicion of possessing child porn.

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