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Re:EPHEMERA AND DETRITUS
« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2007, 05:01:29 AM »
OMG, Tom, in the rush of my brother visiting and other business I forgot to tell you! Chitty has landed. We played a few minutes and it looks great! Anthony is very happy and we plan to watch it this weekend. Anthony thanks you, I thank you, his mother thanks you (a George M. Cohan reference).

So sorry for the tardiness in letting you know.
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« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2007, 05:01:33 AM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on June 26, 2007, 04:55:22 AM
Thank you so much for taking the time to continue my music education, DR Elmore!

I had noticed that the number of cuts on each album ranged quite a bit, but your notes have brought new depth to my understanding of what Bernstein and the rest were up to.
I was inclined to buy the one you listed, but the 1974 had more songs like "Life is Happiness Indeed", "Sheep's Song", and I didn't see "Auto de Fe" on the track list for the 1956 version.

I liked Dr. Pangloss in the 70's version. But The 50's one has Barbara Cook, who rules!

You can see why I sought advice!

Bernstein's complete recording is now a 2-for-1 priced CD at B&N.

DR Tomovoz, the Scottish Opera broadcast from the BBC is fun, even if Marilyn Hill Smith is the homeliest Cunegonde on record! It's never been commercially released but the production by Jonathan Miller is quite good.
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« Reply #32 on: June 26, 2007, 05:02:07 AM »
And so to bed!
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« Reply #33 on: June 26, 2007, 05:03:40 AM »
And was listening to Ms Hill Smith singing Ivor only the other day. Love it.
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« Reply #34 on: June 26, 2007, 05:04:18 AM »
Good to know the car has landed Ben I'm pleased it is viewable.
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« Reply #35 on: June 26, 2007, 05:04:42 AM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on June 26, 2007, 05:00:23 AM
My client last night enjoyed hearing that shout-out from Beverly Humphries!

Ben, who sang the version of "This Nearly Was Mine" that she played on "your" show? She said his name twice but it was so fast I coudn't catch it. My DH thought he heard the same singer the next morning performing the "Going Home" piece derived from the New World Symphony.

It's Bryn Terfel. It's from the CD Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers and Hammerstein. He's a Welsh singer and Beverley is very fond of him.
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« Reply #36 on: June 26, 2007, 05:06:06 AM »
It is now 8:05am and I must get back to the AT&T Foundation.

Later.
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« Reply #37 on: June 26, 2007, 05:08:11 AM »
Is there an E&T Foundation?  :)
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« Reply #38 on: June 26, 2007, 05:09:40 AM »
Later versions of Candide have inserted and/or restored Candide's final aria, "Nothing More Than This," which is classic Bernstein, and which I love.
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« Reply #39 on: June 26, 2007, 05:12:05 AM »
DR Tomovoz, I have been doing a little Internet research on Peter.  I did not know of him previously.  Amazing story!
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« Reply #40 on: June 26, 2007, 05:13:18 AM »
Good morning, one and all!  I am never going to be ready to leave on vacation tomorrow!
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« Reply #41 on: June 26, 2007, 05:14:59 AM »
Are ephemera and detritus like flotsam and jetsam?
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« Reply #42 on: June 26, 2007, 05:16:09 AM »
Quote from: TCB on June 26, 2007, 05:13:18 AM
Good morning, one and all!  I am never going to be ready to leave on vacation tomorrow!

DR TCB, you don't need to pack.  Just take a bow tie and a smile!  :)
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« Reply #43 on: June 26, 2007, 05:18:14 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on June 26, 2007, 05:12:05 AM
DR Tomovoz, I have been doing a little Internet research on Peter.  


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« Reply #44 on: June 26, 2007, 05:19:37 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on June 26, 2007, 05:16:09 AM
DR TCB, you don't need to pack.  Just take a bow tie and a smile!  :)

You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile! (An ANNIE and a Jason Graae reference)
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« Reply #45 on: June 26, 2007, 05:30:14 AM »
Quote from: bk on June 26, 2007, 12:09:12 AM
And the word of the day is: AGRESTIC!
Two farmers were talking about a cooking competition they had watched on the Food Network the previous day.  One said to the other, "Well, that AGRESTIC chef with the orange clogs managed purty well with his barbeque, but I think what killed him was that he couldn't ACE GRITS."  And the other farmer replied "Yep, barbeque is only as good as the accompaniments that GRACES IT."
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« Reply #46 on: June 26, 2007, 05:32:56 AM »
Jose - very little games-playing yesterday, but I did play the video poker at several different casinos.  Netted a small gain overall.

The bus ride cost was interesting.  The round trip was $31, but when we got to Caesar's and got off the bus, they handed each of us a 20 dollar bill (not chips or anything that had to be redeemed at that hotel, but actual money), bringing the cost of the round trip bus trip to $11.    

One thing that annoys me is that you have to be vigilant since even if you start off asking to "Bet 1" - meaning one coin, be it quarter, nickel or whatever - in some casinos, the machine would automatically switch over after a short while to "Bet 5" telling you on the screen that it was switching over BUT you have to notice it - and you'd have to hit a button to switch it back to "Bet 1" again.  Lots of people just play mindlessly, and the casinos are clearly counting on that.  This clearly happened at one of the end-of-boardwalk casinos, but I came out ahead there, so I guess I shouldn't complain, but I don't think it's fair when people aren't being ultra-vigilant.
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« Reply #47 on: June 26, 2007, 05:42:22 AM »
video poker = monteVIDEO

[a Candide reference]
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« Reply #48 on: June 26, 2007, 05:44:42 AM »
Quote from: Ben on June 26, 2007, 04:59:50 AM
We have a copy of the 1945 State Fair. I never cared for the Pat Boone, Ann Margaret version so I'm looking forward to watching this.
Reading about Candide in the previous posts, I got confused and started imagining Pat Boone as Candide and Ann Margaret as Cunegunde.

Strangely, it sorta works.  NOT!!!
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« Reply #49 on: June 26, 2007, 05:47:01 AM »
Quote from: Tomovoz on June 26, 2007, 04:58:58 AM
I probably was led to the 1973 Candide by the Sondheim connection.
Ditto.

I enjoyed this recording a lot, back when I was in college.  My roommate at the time loathed it.  "How dare they make a musical out of Voltaire's book!" he moaned, more than once.
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« Reply #50 on: June 26, 2007, 05:47:58 AM »
One of my fantasies is to hear Phillip Ramey perform "Glitter and Be Gay."
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« Reply #51 on: June 26, 2007, 05:57:50 AM »
Dorothy Loudon received a prolong ovation when she performed Fifty Per Cent in the concert: MY FAVORITE BROADWAY: THE LEADING LADIES.

She sings If Anyone Told Me (a song dropped from the Broadway show) as intro to the song Fifty Per Cent.

It is performed just as BK has said it was. Positive and upbeat. And you see it in her face and body language

I also saw her perform it on Broadway from the front row and it was amazing. The high point of the show.

She loves Al despite knowing he is married.

some lyrics:

He says he loves me
And I believe its true
Doesn't that make someone belong to you
So I don't share his name
So I don't wear his ring
So there's no piece of paper saying tha he's mine



You don't plan to fall in love
But when you fall you fall
I rather have fifty per cent of him
Than all of anybody else at all
Or any per cent of him
Than anyone else at all
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« Reply #52 on: June 26, 2007, 06:02:48 AM »
Good day one and all!
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« Reply #53 on: June 26, 2007, 06:03:41 AM »
if you are Candide fan I recommend a well researched site

A Guide to Bernstein's Candide.

It list every major recording, production and all the songs written for the show and which they appeared in. I think it is excellent. I even printed it out.

http://www.geocities.com/bernsteincandide/
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« Reply #54 on: June 26, 2007, 06:04:43 AM »
TOD

The Gladiators....
Braveheart..... The world's best mooning scene!
Spartacus
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« Reply #55 on: June 26, 2007, 06:05:52 AM »
Troy was not too bad.... Some of the extras were nice to look at
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« Reply #56 on: June 26, 2007, 06:24:22 AM »
Lovely day today.

I like gladiator movies....

TOD:

COLOSSUS OF RHODES
anything with Gordon Scott or Ed Fury or Mark Forrest
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« Reply #57 on: June 26, 2007, 06:25:16 AM »
TOD, I exclude films like SPARTACUS, GLADIATOR because they are serious A pictures not in the same league of tackiness that THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES is in.

So my choices:

DUEL OF THE TITANS (Steve Reeves & Gordon Scott)
HERCULES UNCHAINED
JASON & THE ARGONAUTS (almost too good to be included)
THE TROJAN HORSE
ATTILA THE HUN
THE EGYPTIAN (Supposedly an "A" film, but man is it cheesy)
ULYSSES (sort of the "A" version of a Steve Reeves film)
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« Reply #58 on: June 26, 2007, 06:27:16 AM »
Heigh ho, to work.

This is going to be a long week.
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« Reply #59 on: June 26, 2007, 06:34:15 AM »
It is 6:30 a.m. and I am ready for my afternoon nap.
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