Topic: SLAVING OVER A HOT KEYBOARD (Read 31173 times)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #30 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:53:51 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 29, 2008, 12:50:08 AM

And a few of us have really gotten around!

Oh go ahead - post your damn round tuit!

der Brucer

bk · « **Reply #31 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:54:02 AM »

If it wasn't so damnably slowwwww.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #32 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:56:33 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 29, 2008, 12:54:02 AM

If it wasn't so damnably slowwwww.

The total number of posts for this thread is gigantic - maybe we need to archive?

der Brucer

singdaw · « **Reply #33 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:56:55 AM »

Here is the story of the concert piece "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas."

Composer Eric Whitacre was largely untrained, but discovered that he had quite a compositional talent, and was accepted into Juilliard's program. He was writing all kinds of wonderful choral pieces, but his professors said, "Enough of that!" Give us something instrumental. He didn't cotton to that kind of authority, so decided to "show them" by writing "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas," intending it to be a parody score for a fictitious BAD Japanese horror film. So first he wrote a synopsis of this fictitious film, and then he "scored" it.

It has gone on to become one of his most successful compositions!

singdaw · « **Reply #34 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:57:50 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on June 29, 2008, 12:52:05 AM

Mine's just fine!

Your what?

bk · « **Reply #35 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:59:45 AM »

I'll check with Mr. Bakalor about archiving, but it really shouldn't be a problem.

singdaw · « **Reply #36 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:59:50 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on June 29, 2008, 12:53:51 AM

Oh go ahead - post your damn round tuit!

Oh, only on very special occasions...

singdaw · « **Reply #37 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:03:17 AM »

I have re-listened to the OBC of The Catered Affair. I really like it.

I think the producers could have selected a more appealing "clip" to highlight on the Tonys. I also think that Ms. Prince's problem was that she couldn't hear the accompaniment properly.

singdaw · « **Reply #38 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:04:42 AM »

What a coinky-dink, DR George!

I just got a copy of the 2-disc The Hired Man in the mail yesterday!

singdaw · « **Reply #39 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:05:32 AM »

Posting still taking longer than usual.

singdaw · « **Reply #40 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:06:31 AM »

Well, kiddos...

I think it's time for a nap!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #41 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:07:04 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 29, 2008, 01:05:32 AM

Posting still taking longer than usual.

Are you saying HHW is turgid?

der Brucer

George · « **Reply #42 on:** June 29, 2008, 01:29:04 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 29, 2008, 01:04:42 AM

What a coinky-dink, DR George! I just got a copy of the 2-disc The Hired Man in the mail yesterday!

Cool! Do you know the show or is this the first time that you've heard it?

singdaw · « **Reply #43 on:** June 29, 2008, 04:50:26 AM »

Quote from: George on June 29, 2008, 01:29:04 AM

Do you know the show or is this the first time that you've heard it?

I'm a Hired Man virgin!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #44 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:12:01 AM »

Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And, alas, it is not a day of rest for me. In fact, I leave for rehearsal at 8:30, and then we go until 6:00 today.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #45 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:12:51 AM »

I hope the casts of Curtains, Sunday in the Park with George, and Top Girls have wonderful closing performances today.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #46 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:13:38 AM »

*One "nice" thing about today's rehearsal - We're supposed to have a full cast. That is if everyone's planes made it in last night. Apparently, there were delays.

Michael · « **Reply #47 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:14:00 AM »

Jose check your email

Michael · « **Reply #48 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:15:09 AM »

Jose
Just read your posting so some of my email is moot.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #49 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:16:07 AM »

DR Michael S - No worries.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #50 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:16:23 AM »

OK - I need to get ready for rehearsal.

Laters...

Michael · « **Reply #51 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:17:16 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 29, 2008, 12:56:55 AM

Here is the story of the concert piece "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas."

Composer Eric Whitacre was largely untrained, but discovered that he had quite a compositional talent, and was accepted into Juilliard's program. He was writing all kinds of wonderful choral pieces, but his professors said, "Enough of that!" Give us something instrumental. He didn't cotton to that kind of authority, so decided to "show them" by writing "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas," intending it to be a parody score for a fictitious BAD Japanese horror film. So first he wrote a synopsis of this fictitious film, and then he "scored" it.

It has gone on to become one of his most successful compositions!

Has it been recorded?

singdaw · « **Reply #52 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:26:13 AM »

DR Michael S. - Yes, there is a recording available on Amazon, but you can listen to it for free on YouTube!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #53 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:32:35 AM »

Good morning all!

I think I'll go out and cut some grass before it gets too hot.

That is all.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:54:00 AM »

DRLAURA - Yes both episodes of COPS were reruns last night, not very interesting either, the second time around. Are you going to get a NEW television set?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #55 on:** June 29, 2008, 05:54:12 AM »

Work today - oh well.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 29, 2008, 06:30:42 AM »

Good morning, all! I have to finish today the gi-normous "Night and Day" (I always preferred Anna Russell's version Nacht und Tag) for Miss Kim Criswell so that I can turn over a copy of the full score tomorrow to her conductor before I begin copying the parts. My desdline is July 3, but thank God the conductor Mr Kevin Farrell, who conducted the Hayley Mills tour of Le Roi et Moi, lives only a block away.

That's my only news. For now.

For the record, DR MBarnum, I've never called you Lulu or Nancy, and I always defend you: when folk say to me you're not fit for pigs, I say, yes you are!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #57 on:** June 29, 2008, 06:31:35 AM »

Quote from: JRand57 on June 29, 2008, 05:54:00 AM

DRLAURA - Yes both episodes of COPS were reruns last night, not very interesting either, the second time around. Are you going to get a NEW television set?

I would swear that every episode of COPS I watch is a rerun.

I need more coffee!

Matt H. · « **Reply #58 on:** June 29, 2008, 07:12:21 AM »

Good morning!

Looks like a bright, sunny, warm day here. High 90 or near. Sunday is usually a heavy chore day, and so it will be. I won't be outside much at all today.

Matt H. · « **Reply #59 on:** June 29, 2008, 07:15:35 AM »

I'll be starting my new review set today: CANNON, Season 1, Volume 1. I only watched a few of the shows during its lengthy run, so I'm sure most of these will be brand new for me. It's a Quinn Martin Production, so that at least suggests a certain level of quality, badly missing in the WALKER TEXAS RANGER set I last reviewed.

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