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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #120 on: October 09, 2007, 08:57:47 AM »

Well, I think I'm going to head out for a bit and stretch my legs before the rain and storms come in this afternoon.

Laters...
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« Reply #121 on: October 09, 2007, 08:58:13 AM »

her coloratura and fioratura seems clean too


 :o What the ... no comment ...  ::) ...  


(;D just teasin' -- just sounded unseemly since I have no idea what you're talking about ...)
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #122 on: October 09, 2007, 08:59:34 AM »

that ;D was supposed to be a grin icon but for some reason showed up as a ;D -- go figure...
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #123 on: October 09, 2007, 08:59:45 AM »

I think I've already offered health vibes to all else as needs 'em.

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« Reply #124 on: October 09, 2007, 09:01:18 AM »

What the ... now when I type the semi-colon with the D together it shows up as the grin icon -- Murphy's Law -- of course ...
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #125 on: October 09, 2007, 09:02:18 AM »

I think I've already offered health vibes to all else as needs 'em.

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« Reply #126 on: October 09, 2007, 09:04:38 AM »

Radio personality Jonathan Schwartz talks about the amusing period when this song was brand new.  Before recordings had widely been disseminated, some UK personalities recorded this song, learning it just from the sheet music, and not realizing the irony in the differing pronunciations of the key words.  Without which, of course, the song makes little sense!  

There is also the joke about the clewless audition singer who does the same thing with the song - repeating "tomato, tomato" and "potato, potato."  The audition panel cuts her off:  "That will be all, Miss Levine." [Luh-veen]  She then curtly corrects them: "That's LEVINE!"  [Luh-VINE].

Well, I don't think I've ever played the song for a Miss Levine, but I have had singers who've come in and not realized what they were supposed to be singing.

My two favorite mispronunciations are:

From "Broadway Bay"
Working for a nice man
Like a Ziegfeld
Or a Weissman


-with "Weissman" pronounced as "WEESE-man".  -Come on, at least realize there's supposed to be an internal rhyme there.

And from "Carnival"
I come from a town called Mira

-with "Mira" pronounced as "Myra".  Boy, did it take a lot of "strength" to keep a straight face during the audition.

Although, I also "like" it when singers announce that their songs are by:

-StephAn Sondheim
and
-StephAn Schwartz
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #127 on: October 09, 2007, 09:05:05 AM »

The woman who is singing right now seems quite good - nice high notes and her coloratura and fioratura seems clean too.

Victor Borge used to joke: "She doesn't touch my piano, and I don't touch her coloratura."
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #128 on: October 09, 2007, 09:05:18 AM »

The woman who is singing right now seems quite good - nice high notes and her coloratura and fioratura seems clean too.  -OH!  I think she just hit a nice High-E! :)

I'm shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED that you got anywhere near her "fioratura"!
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #129 on: October 09, 2007, 09:06:23 AM »

that ;D was supposed to be a grin icon but for some reason showed up as a ;D -- go figure...

See what I mean? I typed a semi-colon and D together and it shows up as a grin but in the previous post when I did it, it showed up as a semi-colon and D together. I tell ya, things are screwy today -- I'm sure Uranus is doing something to the other planets ... I need to ask JRand what's going on in the universe ....
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« Reply #130 on: October 09, 2007, 09:06:53 AM »

And then there was that classic Ed Sullivan intro:

"And now, Ladies and Gentleman, here is Leontyne Price singing, "Pah-kay, Pah-kay, Mio Dio".
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #131 on: October 09, 2007, 09:06:54 AM »

I think I've already offered health vibes to all else as needs 'em.

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Ta!
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« Reply #132 on: October 09, 2007, 09:08:36 AM »

Oh...And one final thing...

bk - All this talk about papers, papers, papers.. I though you were starting to quote Menotti's "The Consul".


(Just continuing the operatic turn these posts have taken.)
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« Reply #133 on: October 09, 2007, 09:08:45 AM »

I'm shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED that you got anywhere near her "fioratura"!

You sure are feigning a lot today, Mr. P ...
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #134 on: October 09, 2007, 09:09:04 AM »

See what I mean? I typed a semi-colon and D together and it shows up as a grin but in the previous post when I did it, it showed up as a semi-colon and D together. I tell ya, things are screwy today -- I'm sure Uranus is doing something to the other planets ... I need to ask JRand what's going on in the universe ....


It's the "paren" in your construct, Miss K.

(;D  will yield no grin.

Put a space between the paren and the semi-colon and all will be well.....

( ;D

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« Reply #135 on: October 09, 2007, 09:11:37 AM »

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is why DR Ron Pulliam is the FIRST HHW GOD!  :)
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #136 on: October 09, 2007, 09:13:26 AM »

It's the "paren" in your construct, Miss K.


Watch your phrase-ology!  ;)
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #137 on: October 09, 2007, 09:13:59 AM »

You sure are feigning a lot today, Mr. P ...


I'm sitting on my feigning couch, Ms. Snarkie!
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #138 on: October 09, 2007, 09:15:50 AM »

DR JoseSPiano, don't forget to post your guidelines to auditionees regarding preparation, prompted by your last visit to the conference in North Carolina.
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #139 on: October 09, 2007, 09:16:40 AM »

I'm sitting on my feigning couch

LOOK OUT!

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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #140 on: October 09, 2007, 09:18:35 AM »

DVR ALERT!!!

Legally Blonde on MTV at 1:00 PM EST this coming Saturday, 13-Oct!
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #141 on: October 09, 2007, 09:19:23 AM »

LOOK OUT!

:)

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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #142 on: October 09, 2007, 09:19:49 AM »

Well, enough talk about parens in your construct, Uranus, colons, coloraturas, and fioraturas (the things you learn on HHW!) -- after all, it is a family site! (evil ACME laugh) ... I'm outta here!
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« Reply #143 on: October 09, 2007, 09:20:13 AM »

DVR ALERT!!!

Legally Blonde on MTV at 1:00 PM EST this coming Saturday, 13-Oct!


GOOD NEWS!

Thanks for this alert!
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Re:ATTACK OF THE KILLER PAPERS
« Reply #144 on: October 09, 2007, 09:20:23 AM »

Actually, Ann Coulter.  Alas, she's not running.  Yet.    :P

;)

Did you see her last night on Hannity & Colmes?  Oy.  Double oy.
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« Reply #145 on: October 09, 2007, 09:24:56 AM »

Did you see her last night on Hannity & Colmes?  Oy.  Double oy.

No.  But if I had, I would've changed the channel...double time!
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« Reply #146 on: October 09, 2007, 09:34:15 AM »

Adriana - i got your message.  I talked with Bk yesterday.
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« Reply #147 on: October 09, 2007, 09:34:44 AM »

There is no Hannity clause.
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« Reply #148 on: October 09, 2007, 09:35:06 AM »

Oh, that one was done already, right?
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« Reply #149 on: October 09, 2007, 09:42:23 AM »

Did you see her last night on Hannity & Colmes?  Oy.  Double oy.


It's the sole channel I block.

I don't want a single Fox "News" blip to enter my home when I'm channel surfing.
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