Topic: BURNT UMBER (Read 37792 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #60 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:20:08 AM »

DR Cillaliz - How very scary! Glad you are safe.

***conference vibes!!!***[/size]

Matt H. · « **Reply #61 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:21:11 AM »

Don't know a lot about French music. I guess LES MIZ started out in French so I guess that would fit the topic.

Clasically, I adore Debussy, especially "Reverie" and "Clair d'Lune."

singdaw · « **Reply #62 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:21:19 AM »

DR JoseSPiano - sorry to hear about your crumbly cookies [!] and poor service.

Matt H. · « **Reply #63 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:26:46 AM »

Yes, bk, in addressing your comments to DR Ron Pulliam last night:

HD-DVD and Blu-ray are inherently sharper DVD formats. Their resolution is 2 1/2 times that of standard DVDs - 480 scan lines of resolution for DVD versus 1,080 scan lines for high definition discs. Mastered properly, the high definition DVDs feature a depth of focus, color saturation, and level of detail that DVD can't hope to match.

That's not to say that DVDs can't look startlingly good when they're done right. But unless somone in the mastering process screws up royally or has limited quality materials to work with, the HD discs are always going to be steps up in quality to their DVD counterparts.

Matt H. · « **Reply #64 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:27:30 AM »

I just popped in for a few minutes because I am expecting company later this morning, and I must go get cleaned up now.

WBBL.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #65 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:32:26 AM »

TOD:

Hormis Edith Piaf et Jacques Brel, je ne sais pas beaucoup de musique française.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #66 on:** June 14, 2007, 06:39:38 AM »

Good morning, all! Another night of weird dreams: I remember a stalled car on the side of the road, an old small house in Oxford Ohio in which I was staying with several roommates and several ghosts, a hallway that wasn't always there, a trip to a mall by train, but nothing ties together.

Today, the NYPL: more BABES newspaper clippings.

TOD:
Marguerite Monnot: Irma la douce, her songs for Piaf
Jacques Brel
Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre, Samson et Dalila, Carnival of the Animals
Bizet: Carmen, Jeux d'Enfants
Offenbach: LA Belle Helene, Orphee aux Enfers, La Perichole, et al.
Messager: Veronique
Massenet: Manon
Thomas: Mignon, Hamlet
Ganne: Hans le jouer de flute
Ravel: Concerto for piano in G, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Tombeau de Couperin, Sheherazade
Debussy: Suite bergamasque, Ariettes oubliees, orchestra works

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #67 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:01:25 AM »

Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And I'm wondering where my friend Mike is.

His bus, I thought, was scheduled to get in around 7:30am, and then he was supposed to call me before he hopped on the subway uptown. Well, still no call, and it's already 10:00am. So... I've called his place in Richmond and left a message there, just in case. I hope to hear from him soon. -Guess I'll check the traffic reports in DC and NJ.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #68 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:17:14 AM »

I forgot Ravel's wonderful Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String quartet!

Matt H. · « **Reply #69 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:19:31 AM »

All cleaned up with nowhere to go!

Actually, I jumped back on-line for a second while waiting for my friend to arrive.

Matt H. · « **Reply #70 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:20:20 AM »

And since bk mentioned David Raksin, he also provided the lively score for THE BIG COMBO that I watched last night.

Matt H. · « **Reply #71 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:21:42 AM »

Today I'll continue with ANGEL episodes (getting very close to the end of the fourth season; I may try to finish it so I can start on another TV-boxed set.

I still have WITHOUT LOVE waiting to be watched. I may put in HOLLYWOOD OR BUST with Dean and Jerry today, too.

Matt H. · « **Reply #72 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:22:34 AM »

Tonight is another episode of THE STARTER WIFE (which I'm enjoying) and another STUDIO 60. I still haven't watched LAST week's STUDIO 60. May try to get to it today as well.

Matt H. · « **Reply #73 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:23:09 AM »

Now, since my computer is upstairs and my guest will be arriving downstairs, I need to head down there so I don't miss his knock at the door.

WBBL.

singdaw · « **Reply #74 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:25:28 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 14, 2007, 07:17:14 AM

I forgot Ravel's wonderful Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String quartet!

I forgot that one, too - and I agree, it IS wonderful!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #75 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:30:00 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

Rameau: Gavotte et Cinq Doubles

Debussy: "La plue que lente", "Images", the Preludes, the Etudes (and the rest of the piano music) and almost all of the mélodies

Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine", the Violin Sonata, the two Piano Quartets, and almost all of the mélodies especially "Notre amour", "Les rose d'Ispahan", "Les Berceaux", "La Bonne Chanson", and those amazing duets: "Puisqu'ici-bas", "Tarantelle" and "Pleurs d'or"

Poulenc: "Ç" - a truly haunting song, the instrumental Sonates especially the ones for flute and oboe, the Concerto for Two Pianos

Milhaud: "Scaramouche" for two pianos - So much fun to play!

Saint-Saens: "Carnivale des Animaux", and some of his mélodies are also quite beautiful.

Ravel: "Don Quichotte á Dulcinée", both Piano Concertos, "Miroirs"

Other art-song composers/specialists: Hahn, Duparc, Bachelet, Satie, etc., etc., etc.

MBarnum · « **Reply #76 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:32:21 AM »

I don't know from the TOD.

MBarnum · « **Reply #77 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:33:16 AM »

I think I have THE BIG COMBO on DVD or DVDr someplace, but have not watched it yet. I think someone I interviewed had soemthing to do with it, or else I just wanted to see Earl Holliman.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #78 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:38:00 AM »

As for more "modern" French composers, well...

For some unknown reason, one of my French teachers in high school would play a recording of Johnny Holliday singing "Big Bijoux" (sp?). Alas, I think the tackiness of that recording sort of spoiled my further appreciation of French pop music. $:-\$

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #79 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:38:27 AM »

OH!

Poulenc: "Les Chemins de L'Amour"

elmore3003 · « **Reply #80 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:39:22 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on June 14, 2007, 07:32:21 AM

I don't know from the TOD.

Quelle Surprise!

I didn't get your schedule yet!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #81 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:42:56 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on June 14, 2007, 04:37:33 AM

Any HHW'er who was planning to fly in to see CINDERELLA this weekend, I am sorry to tell you that all remaining performances are sold out.

Oh, shucky DARN!

And I just washed my hair and everything....!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #82 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:44:47 AM »

Oh... Whew!

My friend, Mike, just called... Their bus did get in a little later than scheduled, so they just headed up to MoMA, and will check their bags there while they are there. He'll check back in with me this afternoon. -He was going to call earlier, but since he knows I don't normally keep early morning hours, he refrained from calling until a more "civilized" hour. -Which is OK - it's been kind of nice being up early here in the apartment while everyone else is asleep - nice and quiet.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #83 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:48:12 AM »

Hmm.. I've been up for a bit, but have yet to have breakfast. Guess I better remedy that situation.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #84 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:48:18 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 14, 2007, 06:39:38 AM

Good morning, all! Another night of weird dreams: I remember a stalled car on the side of the road, an old small house in Oxford Ohio in which I was staying with several roommates and several ghosts, a hallway that wasn't always there, a trip to a mall by train, but nothing ties together.

Questions:

Do you know this house? Have you ever been there?
These ghosts...are they stranger ghosts or ghosts of people you once knew/loved.

The hallway "that wasn't always there"...VERY interesting. Are you imposing a hallway you always thought SHOULD have been there...or is it more a dramatic device your subconscious installed?

The trip to a mall by train....regular above-ground "traditional" train? More modern (i.e., fast rail)?

I think dreams are fascinating.

I envy you that one!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #85 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:52:34 AM »

DR elmore - Let's see... Mexican food, margaritas.... weird dreams? -Sounds normal to me.

singdaw · « **Reply #86 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:54:41 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on June 14, 2007, 07:42:56 AM

And I just washed my hair

Can you do a THING with it?

singdaw · « **Reply #87 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:56:19 AM »

Oh by the way, DR JoseSPiano - the Woodward/Newmans pass along their congratulations on your getting your hair cut yesterday!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #88 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:56:54 AM »

I slept very, very , very well last night.

IT was night two of sleeping in an air-conditioned bedroom.

For all unfamiliar with the Bay Area of California, "central air" is not a "usual" feature of homes. The "marine layer" is nature's air conditioning and is prevalent throughout the year. Yes, we have hot days....hot weeks, even....but never for extended durations. Folks are generally jiggy with waiting the heat out because the cool always returns.

That said, there are occasions when A/C is a necessity.

I live in a condo that has windows/balcony on the west side of the building...on the top floor....and my unit gets the full brunt of the sun until sunset. When the marine layer rolls in, normally in the afternoons, it blocks the sun during the course of the afternoon when my unit would "super heat."

When a high pressure system prevents the marine layer from penetrating inland, I get that "super heat". The only times that are bearable is when I'm getting an onshore breeze. I can then open my front door and get a cross-current in effect, drawing out the warm air and replacing it with cool.

When offshore winds are the norm, we get heated wind off the valley/deserts....and THAT's when I need my A/C.

I have a window unit in the living room. And about six weeks ago, I invested in a portable unit for my bedroom (it vents out the window). I used it two days a month ago. And I've used it this week. The past two nights, I left it running all night.

And believe me, the difference between a cool room and a heated, oxygen-deprived room is STAGGERING.

(And you could only read about such things here on HainesHisWay.com without getting a sales pitch).

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #89 on:** June 14, 2007, 07:57:31 AM »

TOD: Ravel & Debussy. Pretty much anything by them.. Other than that, I don't listen to French songs.

Well, I'm disappointed. I went to my history on the computer as I always do and pulled up this site on it, as I do every morning and started reading BK's notes and there he is talking about being halfway through a new Kritzer novel that will be very long. I 'm thinking, "Oh, joy! A new Kritzer novel! Sending young Kritzer off to college. What fun!" Then I realized I was reading notes from 2003 from the Archive that I had pulled up last night when I was doing a search on myself for something.

Now I'm crushed. But College Kritzer. Think about it, BK!

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