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[bk]

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were bustin' out like June, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they, too, are bustin' out, like June Wilkinson, and boy was she bustin' out.

[bk]

And the word of the day is: HIEROPHANT!

[singdaw]

bustin' out, like June Wilkinson

[singdaw]

DR JoseSPiano - enjoyed your playing on "With Your Hands"!  

[Michael]

Should clarify my post from yesterday.

When I said  "I am Alone" I waqs refering to the fact that there was no one else on the board when I was posting, which was unusual.

[Michael]

JUNE IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all! I ended up watching Offenbach's revision of Jules Verne, La Voyage dans la lune, which was quite peculiar but certainly funny and spectacular in its 1986 Geneva production. The director Jerome Savary did a spectacular job, and I cannot understand how he destroyed the wonderful La Perichole in his 2000 revision La chanteuse et le dictateur. I suppose inept revisicals are not peculiar to London and Broadway.

I also watched a bit of the BBC tv production of Marschner's DER VAMPYR and a terrible German production of La vie Parisienne. Offenbach may have been German but the Germans make him sound terribly heavy and misguided. That was my evening.

Today, more Brain surgery. My deadline is tomorrow, but I'm about a week behind, and my goal is to turn it all in to Rodgers & Hammerstein a week from tomorrow. I finished Act One of the vocal book yesterday, and I still have the short instrumental cues to consolidate into bigger cues so the band won't be jumping from 3 bars on one page to 2 bars on the next. In the original LACCproduction, the band was drowning in pieces of paper with these cues until DRs Adriana Patti and PennyO stepped into to consolidate them for me.

That's my day. I have nothing else to report.

[Michael]

I was watching Rita Rudner's special on PBS last night
She was talking about that she moved to Las Vegas and adopted a baby girl and she took her to school for the first time.

. My favorite line was. I am paraphrasing so I hope it is still funny.


"...Even the playground in Las Vegas are different. This one had a stripper pole"

[FJL]

I am feeling a little lethargic today.

[FJL]

I guess that's better than feeling a big lethargic.

[Jrand74]

Hucka da bejeepers!  It's June!

[Jrand74]

Like DR CP, I kept thinking the music was familiar as I was watching SCREAMING MIMI last night.....it had a lot of Ronald Stein type suspense strings in it......but as DR CP reported, it was recycled from ON THE WATERFRONT....them guys shore does like to saves money over at Columbia.

I thought the film was a failure on so many levels, beginning with Anita Ekberg who wasn't quite up to the acting OR dancing level of the project.  And Lee Scott, the choreographer, who did a lot of work for the Mouseketeers, certainly was ready for Ekberg or Gypsy Rose Lee.

All in all, interesting.....but not a classic.

[Jrand74]

Today is the day of the Open House for the 47th Season of Putnam County Playhouse....wherein the visitors will get to see numbers from FOOTLOOSE....though I think they might be better kept in suspense.

[Jrand74]

DRVIXMOM and THE VIXTER looked super in their photos from yesterday.  If I were having my picture taken where THE VIXTER did, the caption would have to read: "The jukebox is on the right."

[Jrand74]

It is a beautiful day here today, and the graduation and party were a lot of fun.  

[Jrand74]

I have a copy of a BBC production of RICHARD III which features my illustrious ancestor, Lord Stanley.  I may watch that when I come home this evening.

[FJL]

AP is reporting a large fire at Universal studios in L.A.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ieKlEB60J43hDZ39AB9VmsPZ72sgD9119OR82

[Jrand74]

AP is reporting a large fire at Universal studios in L.A.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ieKlEB60J43hDZ39AB9VmsPZ72sgD9119OR82

EMERGENCY!!!!

[DearReaderLaura]

Good morning. That is all.

[ArnoldMBrockman]

And the word of the day is: HIEROPHANT!

And The Song Of The Day Is;  CELEBRATION

(Music by Harvey Schmidt- Lyrics By Tom Jones)

[td]

The Universal Studios fire is indeed quite large; three buildings, at least, the King Kong attraction and word of a film vault.

[Jrand74]

This is most distressing.  I hope they can save all of the FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE and MA & PA KETTLE masters.

[S. Woody White]

The feminine reply to "Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

[S. Woody White]

The fire at Universal is very distressing, particularly with the film vaults at risk.  Sets can be reconstructed, what is in those vaults cannot.

And, unless my guess is way off, that fire isn't too far from where our esteemed BK resides.  Not that his home would be in danger, but the air quality has to suck right now.  Respiratory vibes to BK!

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[Jrand74]

Wonder why that horse is smiling?

[Matt H.]

Good morning!

My power went out during the night, so I had an irritating morning of resetting digital clocks and other bothersome things. It's BARELY cool enough this morning to have the windows and doors open, but in about a half hour, I'll close everything up and see if I can endure the day without A/C.

[Jrand74]

Off to work on the Promotions Report and then to the theatuh!

[Matt H.]

DR JMK, I liked "Tyger" just OK. It was moody and different. I rather tired of "City Paradise" and "Everything Will Be OK," though the latter had a great sound mix. Loved both Plymptons, and "Versus" was a real hoot combination of Pixar and Looney Tunes that I just loved.

But even the ones that didn't quite work for me were still very interesting to watch. Such creativity and such imaginations these animators have!

[Ginny]

Sunday morning greetings!  Today's a one-day weekend after a very long day yesterday.  After work, Richard and I met at the mall and left my car there while we went to Cincinnati for Swan Lake.  He'd brought me a sandwich, since we didn't have time to stop for dinner.

Swan Lake was beautiful and Mary Linda was one busy girl.  She had a significant solo in Act 1, was a Big Swan in Act 2, wore a beautiful costume in Act 3, and was a swan again in Act 4.  All through the show, I had to keep remind myself that we were on a college campus and the most expensive ticket had been $10.

ML had quite an entourage in the audience.  In addition to Richard, Rob, and myself, her parents and grandmother were in from Michigan.  Richard's brother John and his wife and daughter also attended.  Richard and I left right after giving her a big hug and a little present, because he had to drive back to Cincinnati this morning for church.

[Matt H.]

I'm taking a day off from reviewing and watching things that I want to see for fun.

I'll finish KNOCKED UP which I started last night. I will give the rest of the afternoon over to THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN if it's any good. If not, I'll delete it and continue with Blu-rays up to prime time.