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« Reply #120 on: April 24, 2007, 08:35:49 AM »

I'll be carrying a picture of Vincent Gardenia.

 ;D

You and DR elmore3003 can re-enact a scene from Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, right there in the middle of Grand Central!
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« Reply #121 on: April 24, 2007, 08:37:22 AM »

I usually carry a rose and a copy of ANNA KARENINA.

Somehow, DR ELMORE, I think you'd be memorable without the trappings.

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« Reply #122 on: April 24, 2007, 08:39:13 AM »

I hae had dreams with credit rolls and music at the end of them. I wonder what that means?

LOL.

Have I been missing entire worlds of dream experiences??
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« Reply #123 on: April 24, 2007, 08:41:10 AM »

First news group--The Little Criminals, which is a Randy Newman fan site. I've been E&T there for about 6 months though because of the many flame wars between members. It just wasn't worth it to wade through that much negativity to find the good stuff.

The LC site was where I met one of my dearest friends, Joan, who opened up a whole new universe of good music for me. But there have been some WEIRD people on that group as well. The flame wars have never ceased to puzzle me. The same is true about the Usenet group AFCA (alt.fan.cecil-adams), the other group I have participated in heavily. It's the group centered around the writings of columnist Cecil Adams, who writes "The Straight Dope." Fascinating and informative column, but if you think the LCs have a lot of nuts, you should see THIS group!

I think the common denominator seems to be about politics. Political topics have so greatly divided us these days that we've become ticking time bombs. You'd think that a group made up of Randy Newman fans would more or less be on the same page politically -- after all, this is the guy who wrote "Political Science," a sendup of the "let's drop the bomb on everybody who isn't us" mentality. But no, even Randy can evidently attract a group with incredibly disparate views.

For a long time, my reasoning was that it's only too easy for a lot of these people to flame words flying across the screen. The personal element is missing -- who could flame DR Amy after meeting her charming self in person? But no, I can name a bunch of people from the LCs who, even if they've met you and seen that you're a first-rate kinda guy, will still stab you with their poison pen, or keyboard, or whatever. It's a little disillusioning.

As an editor, I could almost endure the flame wars if everybody could learn to just. Freakin'. Spell.

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« Reply #124 on: April 24, 2007, 08:41:28 AM »

;D ;D

Good taste, man!    8)

Methinks DR ELMORE is a man of taste and charm.

Only guessing, of course.  :)
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« Reply #125 on: April 24, 2007, 08:49:29 AM »

But only GOOD things, of course.    ;)

Oh, of course....LEGENDARY....prodigious, even....
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« Reply #126 on: April 24, 2007, 08:50:43 AM »

TOD:
I can't recall which websites I visited first, but Amazon was an early regular. Despite spending a lot of time on the computer, I wasn't a poster until this site. It took me a while to take to it, but I admit it can be great fun.
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« Reply #127 on: April 24, 2007, 08:53:21 AM »

As an editor, I could almost endure the flame wars if everybody could learn to just. Freakin'. Spell.


The inflamed -- often enraged -- passions of a "flame response" do not lend themselves to a serious stab at proofreading...even if such an act would -- in many cases -- result in corrected spelling.

"Spelling" should be on the endangered subjects list in basic education.
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« Reply #128 on: April 24, 2007, 08:55:02 AM »

My first website message board was WORDPLAY, a site where aspiring and professional screenwriters mixed and mingled, run by pals, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Carribean).  I rarely go anymore because I pretty much said all I have to say about screenwriting on it.
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« Reply #129 on: April 24, 2007, 09:07:49 AM »

My first internet site was a "Lois and Clark" discussion group.  Shortly after I began posting there, I added myself to a "Due South" discussion group.

Through a series of odd posts, I found myself defending Danny Elfman's original score to the original "Batman" film in the wake of someone who said Elfman's score should have been scrapped in favor of more Prince music.

Sigh.

My response resulted in a private e-mail from a fellow in Canada who directed me toward a discussion group called "filmus-l" where I suddenly found a "home".  I posted there for many years, mostly happy ones.

As Bretty knows, there are always a few "floaters" even after you've flushed, and some of these floaters popped up again and again, driving folks away.  Filmus-l used to be very active, very thought-provoking and had an international membership.  Many folks left.  Some broke off and formed a private group with explicit goals of excluding certain "floaters" who fancied themselves the end-all/be-all to the subject of film music discussion.

This group remains active, if a bit unfocussed.

Another great site I found was a messageboard at the Film Score Monthly site.  Many friends have been made there (and the main "floater" from filmus-l occasionally poisons the water there, too...but not so much any more).

Additionally, I found myself one day straying onto rec.music.movies (a Yahoo? discussion group, IIRC).  It was interesting, even though one poster there named Guttke presumed to "own" the site and passed judgement on every discussion going on.  It was there that one Bruce Kimmel encountered me in one of my verabl duels with Guttke and invited me to HainesHisWay.com.  This was the day after the 2002 Academy Awards broadcast (for films of 2001).

I've also spent time at the MovieMusicMessageboard but found it to be, on the whole, jejune.

Oh, yes, I found it jejune.

I also joined some theater discussion group...the one where Stephen Newport seemed to malinger 24/7, posting to every thread and commenting on every post.  Very tiresome.

So it's HHW.com (in abbreviated lingo) and FSM Messageboard where I hang my hat these days.  

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« Reply #130 on: April 24, 2007, 09:08:37 AM »

The inflamed -- often enraged -- passions of a "flame response" do not lend themselves to a serious stab at proofreading...even if such an act would -- in many cases -- result in corrected spelling.

"Spelling" should be on the endangered subjects list in basic education.

CONCUR! And I don't proofreading was ever emphasized. As a manager, I've seen some of the worst--and often humorous--examples of typos, wordos, etc. Sincere young people, trying hard to get a job, but presenting themselves so poorly due to their lack of attention to their language skills. Sad, really.
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« Reply #131 on: April 24, 2007, 09:12:45 AM »

Forgot to mention: I viewed The History Boys on DVD last evening.  I had not seen the stage production, so can't judge the adaptation, but for me it was a very satisfying film.  Well written, and well acted.
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« Reply #132 on: April 24, 2007, 09:16:52 AM »

Just because we carry the bloody damnable things doesn't mean I'll be serving them to you.  I prefer to cook from scratch, as you bloody damnably well know.

LOL.  Even I prefer not to eat Quorn, which is fine since eating too much has been known to create bathroom problems, delicately speaking.  

FEEL BETTER VIBES!
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« Reply #133 on: April 24, 2007, 09:25:55 AM »

Reservations are made and confirmed for dinner tonight...Unfortunatly I cannot help with any reservations you may have about coming to dinner ;)
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« Reply #134 on: April 24, 2007, 09:26:16 AM »

DR Jane...

41 years?!?

WOW!!!                   **CONGRATULATIONS**        :)  :)

Singdaw-thank you.  Keith & I were 15 when we met & began dating when we were 17.  By then we were best friends & he was always there for me.  So… when Keith wanted more from our friendship, thank goodness I was wise enough to know he was a keeper & I would be a fool not to do so.
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« Reply #135 on: April 24, 2007, 09:27:05 AM »

The train decided to break when I got on it this morning, only a minor door problem, but they decided they needed to fix it right there and then, so I was late to class....
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« Reply #136 on: April 24, 2007, 09:29:13 AM »

I've heard of several different Plan Nine musicals - and I think I've heard the one you're talking about, singdaw, but it was so bad I shut it off half-way through and got rid of it.
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« Reply #137 on: April 24, 2007, 09:29:29 AM »

DR Laura the kitchen looks pretty.  The color appears more lavender than blue heron.  I also like the hardware.  We have a similar style in our powder room (yes we have a powder room) only in a darker bronze.
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« Reply #138 on: April 24, 2007, 09:32:50 AM »


Jennifer, thank you for the vibes.  

Ron, I really liked DUE SOUTH.
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« Reply #139 on: April 24, 2007, 09:35:14 AM »

I've heard of several different Plan Nine musicals - and I think I've heard the one you're talking about, singdaw, but it was so bad I shut it off half-way through and got rid of it.

Somehow I cannot imagine a Plan Nine musical that would not inspire this exact reaction!


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« Reply #140 on: April 24, 2007, 09:35:45 AM »

I got Web TV back in December of 1997, I think (or 1998, can't remember) - I had a computer at Varese but it was ancient and we had dial up and my few attempts to get online never worked.  We got the Web TV box set up and working by the end of my birthday party, and then I was up all night playing with it.

The first things I found (other than the few websites that had shortcuts that were listed in the manual) were the Usenet newsgroups rec.arts.theatre.musicals and rec.music.movies, where I lurked for awhile before jumping in and posting.  I also discovered the Usenet film groups, the ones referenced in Your Worst Nightmare.  

But I think the first actual website that I found (and I can't remember HOW I found it) was eBay.  I discovered eBay right away (it may have been in the manual) and once I did, I was hooked.  I bid on anything and everything.  In those early days, it was so weird and fun, but I didn't know what sniping was and they, of course, had no sniping in those days.  Also, the site was still basically being run by its owner, and there were a lot of problems with crashes.  You could still get personal (rather than form) responses back then.

I did find the sondheim.com site because Mr. Mark Bakalor called me at Varese one day and told me about it.  
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« Reply #141 on: April 24, 2007, 09:36:15 AM »

Oh, and I'm up.
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« Reply #142 on: April 24, 2007, 09:40:27 AM »

As Bretty knows, there are always a few "floaters" even after you've flushed...

Fecal imagery is my Achilles heel. Would monsieur care to see something in a nice sports analogy? :)

My copy of I Do! I Do! just arrived, so that's the platter I'll be spinning today.



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« Reply #143 on: April 24, 2007, 09:49:52 AM »

I've heard of several different Plan Nine musicals - and I think I've heard the one you're talking about, singdaw, but it was so bad I shut it off half-way through and got rid of it.

Well...let me put this diplomatically.  I agree with your assessment and reaction!  :)
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« Reply #144 on: April 24, 2007, 09:51:00 AM »

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« Reply #145 on: April 24, 2007, 09:52:03 AM »

Fecal imagery is my Achilles heel. Would monsieur care to see something in a nice sports analogy? :)

My copy of I Do! I Do! just arrived, so that's the platter I'll be spinning today.


One of the funniest things on TV, while it aired, was "Ally McBeal" and the character John Cage portrayed by Peter MacNicol, who was obsessed with having a "clean, fresh bowl" at all costs.


BK has an affinity for scatological humor...so the sports analogy might be amusing.
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« Reply #146 on: April 24, 2007, 09:53:02 AM »

Reservations are made and confirmed for dinner tonight...Unfortunately I cannot help with any reservations you may have about coming to dinner.

But now it's too late...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!     :o
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« Reply #147 on: April 24, 2007, 09:59:35 AM »

*patiently waiting for DR Dan (the Man)'s "rant and rave" about rec.arts.theatre.musicals...*  

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« Reply #148 on: April 24, 2007, 10:00:59 AM »


As an editor, I could almost endure the flame wars if everybody could learn to just. Freakin'. Spell.



And i wish theyd learn to capitolize and punkuate fewer mispellings would be nice two

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« Reply #149 on: April 24, 2007, 10:01:48 AM »

DR Singdaw, my DS sent a mail bomb to someone who sent him porn email. AOL was not amused and canceled my account on the spot (the day after the free month, by the way). I do not know how to send a mail bomb, nor do I really understand what it is or how it works.

Said son got his own AOL account when he moved out. I guess I am still banned. No great loss, I hear.
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