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[Jrand73]

It is a slow morning here at World of Wisdom, the weather is beautiful, but the clouds may be gathering for a storm this afternoon.

[Jrand73]

I can't dance at work...........so I will leave it up to someone else to trip the light fantastic for Page Three.

I am getting the impression that DR BRETTY did not love ALL of BRAINEX....

[Ginny]

Well, I survived my hour at Computer Services - what a waste of librarian time.

[elmore3003]

DR ELMORE - I liked your photo from yesterday much more than the one above.

I can't even recall now which one that could be.  I am surprised at the dearth of photos from the controversial CANDIDE: "Glitter and Be Gay" was an homage to Marilyn's "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend," for example, which doesn't seem so much controversial as a cliche.

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

Sun now, but feels like rain later.

I have been trying to catch up on some work that had piled up. I did make some progress this week, and I'm pleased about that.

[Jeanne]

TOD:

DVD: MEDIUM Season 1
         SHAMELESS
         CALL ME MADAM

VCR:  ENCORE (more Maugham)

[Jeanne]

Congrats to non-DR KEVIN SPIRTAS for his new gig.

[elmore3003]

I'm off to the post office and NYPL.  I am having a bitch of a time finding anything online concerning "men in white" that makes sense to The Lady Of The Slipper. In Act Three, to punish Montgomery & Stone for leaving the ball too late with Cinderella the Fairy Godmother turns them into "men in white" (whatever the hell that means) and they end up in white makeup and white satin clothes to perform a Harlequinade involving slapstick, cops, a cat, Harlequin and Columbine.

I can find plenty on the pantomime Harlequinade, and I even have a book KING PANTO about it all, but was "men in white" a pantomime term? a common expression beyond reference to the Ku Klux Klan or specialists in insanity (men in white coats)?

Off to NYPL to ponder all of this.

[Jane]

From George:
she confirmed that that specific Safeway only sells one type in an orange bag, which is why she told me to get the Iams in the orange bag.  So, all is well!

    Now it makes sense.

[Jane]

Hi Jeanne.  I need to make some of that progress around here so I too can feel good.

[JMK]

Re:  Elmore's page 1 photo.  I am personally responsible for funding Jay Parrino's The Mint LLC's child's college education.  

Re:  The Happy Time.  I had a regular piano bar gig for years at a really nice place across from Keller Auditorium, which used to be the main concert hall in Portland.  Goulet came in after a concert late, late one night (it was almost closing time, which, IIRC, was 1:00 a.m.), and I started playing The Happy Time when I saw him.  He grinned and gave me a thumb's up and left a rather sizable tip.  

[JMK]

CD:  Sean Jones, a very impressive jazz trumpeter (member of Wynton's group at times).

DVD:  I am in reviewing boxed sets hell right now.  Just finished the mammoth musicals set, only to be given the 17 disc (yes, you read that right) BBC Natural History set, which includes Planet Earth (which, luckily, I've already seen), Blue Planet, and a bunch of other stuff.  I also have a Daniel Radcliffe feature called My Boy Jack and some Bronte BBC adaptation.  All of this whilst Betsy and I attempt to make it through Sweeney Todd.  Speaking of which, it's been a while since I've seen the show, but doesn't the "old woman" first show up right when Sweeney gets off the boat?  Or am I misremembering that?

[singdaw]

DR JMK:  

I've written about her before, but we used to go to this little local Italian dive, and on Friday and Saturday nights they had live piano music supplied by "Blanche."  She was a woman of indeterminate age.  In any case, she knew only one chord progression, and every song fit into it, whether it wanted to or not.

Furthermore, the piano was in a side alcove on the way to the restrooms, and whenever anyone that she knew passed by, she'd stop - right in the middle of a phrase - and chat.  And when her conversation was completed,  she'd jump back in, mid-phrase, just exactly where she'd left off.  What a hoot!  

Thank you, music lovers!    I don't remember how the food was; we just went for the entertainment!    

[singdaw]

Oh, and it's too late now, but...

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[singdaw]

it's been a while since I've seen the show, but doesn't the "old woman" first show up right when Sweeney gets off the boat?  Or am I misremembering that?

In the stage show?  Yes, that is my  recollection also.

[BrettySpaghetti]

I can't dance at work...........so I will leave it up to someone else to trip the light fantastic for Page Three.

I am getting the impression that DR BRETTY did not love ALL of BRAINEX....

I very rarely like every song from a show. But BRAIN is damned impressive, I must say.

[JMK]

DR JMK:  

I've written about her before, but we used to go to this little local Italian dive, and on Friday and Saturday nights they had live piano music supplied by "Blanche."  She was a woman of indeterminate age.  In any case, she knew only one chord progression, and every song fit into it, whether it wanted to or not.

Furthermore, the piano was in a side alcove on the way to the restrooms, and whenever anyone that she knew passed by, she'd stop - right in the middle of a phrase - and chat.  And when the conversation was just, she'd jump in, mid-phrase, just exactly where she'd left off.  What a hoot!  

OK, now you're starting to scare me--first, you have a dog named after my son, and now you have a pianist named after my dog.

[singdaw]

DR JMK:  cue eerie music

Well, the dog came from the pound and was not named by me.

As for Blanche, well...

[S. Woody White]

And the word of the day is: CAESURA!

Beware the ides of April, when the IRS will come along and CAESURA bank accounts!

And if that doesn't give you pause, I don't know what will!

[S. Woody White]

Here is my firmware.  I only wear it on special occasions.

I don't think I'd be very comfortable standing in a queue with you right behind me!

[singdaw]

And if that doesn't give you pause

Not only that, but it gave me paws!

[singdaw]

I don't think I'd be very comfortable standing in a que with you right behind me!

Well, there is that.

But I'd respect your personal space.    

[JMK]

DR JMK:  cue eerie music

Well, the dog came from the pound and was not named by me.

As for Blanche, well...

My favorite daffy woman lounge pianist story concerns Jeannie Hoffman, who was a legend 'round these parts and actually had charting albums in the late 50s on Capitol, IIRC.  Jeannie had a bit of a drinking problem by the time I saw her.  One night I asked her if she knew "You Go to My Head" (which, if you ask me, any lounge pianist worth their salt should know), and she paused for a moment, where you could literally see the little wheels spinning in her head making one of those stream of consciousness connections, and then she slurred, "Well, I don't know that one, but I can do 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.'"  And she did.

[S. Woody White]

Here is my firmware.  I only wear it on special occasions.

On second thought...

Try re-imagining this in blue gingham.  Wouldn't it look great on Dorothy Gale?

[singdaw]

soupçon

And here I thought DR Ron Pulliam was announcing that dinner was ready!

[singdaw]

Daniel Reichard IS Candide.

[S. Woody White]

TOD:

Book: Setting the Table, by Danny Meyer.  It took him six chapters to get through all the "and then I did such and such" stuff, but now that I've gotten past all that, his comments on how to run a business are pretty interesting.

DVD: Stargate SG-1, Season Two, disc two.  And I've the second half of Howl's Moving Castle to watch.

CD player in my room: Mike Oldfield's Music of the Spheres.  Some of the rhythms are directly lifted from Tubular Bells, but there's lots of other interesting things going on musically.

[singdaw]

Val Kilmer IS Moses.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up, after a very good night's sleep, which I really needed.  Now I must hie myself to an hour rehearsal, after which I shall return and order boxes.  I woke up to about fifteen orders, so that's good, and about fifteen eChecks cleared today, so that's good, too.

[S. Woody White]

How did I get the day off to a rousing start? Well, by mowing my back yard, of course.

YUCK!

But though it seemed like it took me an hour to mow it, it was actually only 25 minutes!

So, your day started off well grounded!

Couldn't resist.