Topic: WEARY BLEARY EYEBALLS (Read 42540 times)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #120 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:10:05 AM »

In a day or so, I suspect Woody will go into "hermit mode" - the "Torchwood" box set has shipped. 13 Episodes of "Torchwoord", 13 episodes of "Torchwood Declassified" and tons of extras in a 7CD box set - all for under $60.

der Brucer

TPunk · « **Reply #121 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:11:17 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 22, 2008, 10:08:22 AM

You're welcome, DR TPunk.

Do you still need a delivery of Sudafed?

Nope, my roommate and I finally went to Duane Reade and stocked up. Well stocked up as much as we could with the new law that tries to prevent people from manufacturing crystal meth.

TPunk · « **Reply #122 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:14:55 AM »

The cats have appreciated my roommate and I being sick. They have had at least one of us home with them all day for the past week. I have confirmed my hypothesis that Pierre operates on only two speeds: asleep or holy terror.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #123 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:22:28 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 22, 2008, 10:00:47 AM

And when it did the Music categories become "Achievement..."?

A "misnomer" in this day and age, I assure you.

bk · « **Reply #124 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:24:48 AM »

We need to be very specific. Mr. Berlin, et al played the piano and wrote more than the melody line - he harmonized his tunes. Harvey Schmidt doesn't read or write music down on paper, but he creates the musical language of the song, not just its melody line. So, those are those types of composers.

The whistlers, who do not play and have no idea how to harmonize a song and create an accompaniment, let alone an arrangement, people like Mr. Newley and Mr. Bricusse, etc. who merely sing a tune into a recorder or to whomever their arranger is, completely rely on others to make the song have harmonics and accompaniment.

I am in the former category - I can't really notate music well enough and I leave it to others (I know the notes, just not enough about notation and timing), but the accompaniment, chords, structure and harmonics are all me.

In the musical I'm mentoring, when I've actually kept any of the original composers tunes, I'm sometimes completely reharmonized them so that they work, and I certainly have given them structure, and, most importantly form and pleasing arrangements, which make them work in a way their author would never have imagined, because he doesn't think in musical theater ways.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #125 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:25:00 AM »

Gosh! I couldn't work up "cheery" if my life depended upon it, or so it seems.

Sorry to be so gloomy today.

bk · « **Reply #126 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:25:16 AM »

So, I got back in bed at seven, and next thing I knew the phone was ringing at ten.

bk · « **Reply #127 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:25:37 AM »

I am now de-groggifying and I'll probably start writing by eleven.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #128 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:26:25 AM »

Quote from: bk on January 22, 2008, 10:24:48 AM

We need to be very specific. Mr. Berlin, et al played the piano and wrote more than the melody line - he harmonized his tunes. Harvey Schmidt doesn't read or write music down on paper, but he creates the musical language of the song, not just its melody line. So, those are those types of composers.

The whistlers, who do not play and have no idea how to harmonize a song and create an accompaniment, let alone an arrangement, people like Mr. Newley and Mr. Bricusse, etc. who merely sing a tune into a recorder or to whomever their arranger is, completely rely on others to make the song have harmonics and accompaniment.

I am in the former category - I can't really notate music well enough and I leave it to others (I know the notes, just not enough about notation and timing), but the accompaniment, chords, structure and harmonics are all me.

In the musical I'm mentoring, when I've actually kept any of the original composers tunes, I'm sometimes completely reharmonized them so that they work, and I certainly have given them structure, and, most importantly form and pleasing arrangements, which make them work in a way their author would never have imagined, because he doesn't think in musical theater ways.

I can hum a few bars of something...and do a little time step.

But basically, my main talent is "air conducting"!

bk · « **Reply #129 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:26:57 AM »

I've been told that In The Valley of Elah is a very good movie - however, it's no wonder it tanked and that few have seen it - if I hadn't been told it was good there would be no way I would see a movie with that awful, wretched title.

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:27:40 AM »

I, too, was surprised by The Simpsons omission, and frankly I'm surprised Alvin And The Chipmunks wasn't in the third position.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #131 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:28:16 AM »

I also used to play the clari-o-net.

A Selmer Bundy Bb clari-o-net, to be precise.

bk · « **Reply #132 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:28:20 AM »

Of the three Enchanted songs, I only care for two - I don't like the two pop ballady things in the film.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #133 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:29:14 AM »

I'm really good at selecting things to play from my CD collection.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #134 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:33:55 AM »

Hmm... I suspect someone has been getting his daily dose of Morning Buns lately.

;0

singdaw · « **Reply #135 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:34:22 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 22, 2008, 10:25:00 AM

Sorry to be so gloomy today.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #136 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:35:18 AM »

Quote from: bk on January 22, 2008, 10:27:40 AM

I, too, was surprised by The Simpsons omission, and frankly I'm surprised Alvin And The Chipmunks wasn't in the third position.

Hmm... Would "Alvin and the Chipmunks" been considered for the Animation category since it was mainly live action? -Otherwise, "Enchanted" might have gotten the third slot.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #137 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:40:34 AM »

I spy me a DR elmore!!!!!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #138 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:52:29 AM »

Sondheim, Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #139 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:54:25 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 22, 2008, 10:33:55 AM

Hmm... I suspect someone has been getting his daily dose of Morning Buns lately.

;0

Not for WEEKS. That MAY be the trouble.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #140 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:54:51 AM »

In other words...

Sondheim by Side by Side

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #141 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:55:07 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 22, 2008, 10:52:29 AM

Sondheim, Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins

Is Robbins "whistling" something that Bernstein is thinking about playing?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #142 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:56:08 AM »

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #143 on:** January 22, 2008, 10:59:02 AM »

On Sunday afternoon, I viewed two (count 'em 2) Harry Potter movies on HD DVD.

First, I watched "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and then I watched "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban".

They looked mahvelous in HD.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #144 on:** January 22, 2008, 11:04:02 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 22, 2008, 10:55:07 AM

Is Robbins "whistling" something that Bernstein is thinking about playing?

Hmm.. With that trio of men, that question has "euphemism" written all over it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #145 on:** January 22, 2008, 11:12:39 AM »

I Could not have finished without our DR Jose! Thank you, dear friend!

Good afternoon, all! Sunday was hell. I knew by 1 pm I was getting sick, and after my trip for more storage boxes I spent 3-5 pm violently ill, confined to my bathroom. After 5, I inflated the air mattress and fell over. On Monday morning, I called to postpone the exterminator. They were closed for the holiday, so I left a message, felt stupid lying around feeling queasy and decided to continue the moving and shifting. Around 1:30 I had two deliveries: matzoh ball soup and rice pudding from Arties and a huge floral display from a DR, followed shortly by a checkup callfrom the send.

It also turns out this is the latest bed bug situation in my building: 5A, 4A (over for now), 4B, 3B, 2B, and now me. The neighbors from 4A stopped by to offer me good advice, and by the time DR Jose showed up, I was down to the last round of activity: all the oversized books sittign on the floor. If he hadn't pitched in to help, I'd still be bagging them.

This morning I was up by 6:30, th laundry was in by 7, and at 8:15 I spoke to the extermonator. I told him to send the man if I were still on the schedule. At 10 am, the exterminator called to say he was caught in midtown traffic and he arrived by 11. When he finished spraying his various poisons, I went to Manhattan Storage at 107 and Columbus to rent a storage space. By the end of the week, I hope a huge number of storage boxes are sitting in a new home.

So, I believe my bout of sickness was poisoning from the Pledge and the bug spray. I'll never be certain. Tonight, I have to deal with washing all the dishes and cooking utensils, vacuum- AGAIN! - and determining which plastic bags have clothing and things I need ASAP. Nothing is coming out of their plastic for good until I know things are in safe con dition.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #146 on:** January 22, 2008, 11:14:24 AM »

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!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Greetings to Our DR Elan !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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elmore3003 · « **Reply #147 on:** January 22, 2008, 11:14:57 AM »

DR Jose, margaritas and festive Mexican food this weekend?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #148 on:** January 22, 2008, 11:15:32 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 22, 2008, 11:04:02 AM

Hmm.. With that trio of men, that question has "euphemism" written all over it.

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JoseSPiano · « **Reply #149 on:** January 22, 2008, 11:21:56 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 22, 2008, 11:15:32 AM

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Umm... That was Meredith Willson, DR Ron Pulliam.

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