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THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« on: November 22, 2008, 12:24:52 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were written today, and now it is time for you to post until the tomorrow cows come home.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2008, 12:25:49 AM »

And the word of the day is: DEHISCE!
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2008, 12:27:17 AM »

Welcome eight GUESTS!
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2008, 01:30:43 AM »

I wonder if DR George ever got home from the par-tay?     :)
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2008, 01:48:09 AM »

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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2008, 01:58:56 AM »

TOD:

I'm sure there are lots that I'm not thinking of at the moment, but:

HANGOVER SQUARE
THE COMPETITION
A STAR IS BORN [Garland/Mason]
SHINE
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2008, 02:48:49 AM »

TOD

AMADEUS

Runners up:

GREAT CARUSO
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
MELBA
RHAPSODY IN BLUE

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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2008, 04:29:00 AM »

I am feeling better today, and so it is a work day. Oh well.

I have not read the comments from yesterday, but I will later today.

TOD:

The Great Lie
The Red Shoes
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2008, 04:39:26 AM »

Purse strings tighten at Bob Baker's Marionette Theater

Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times
Bob Baker, 84, owner and creator of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater on the corner of 1st and Glendale, cozies up to a few of the 3,000 puppets in his collection.

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The nearly 50-year-old stage just west of downtown, where the owner crafts most of the puppets, is behind on mortgage payments. But he is determined that the show will go on.
By Cara Mia DiMassa
November 22, 2008

From the outside, the low-slung, white concrete building huddled underneath the Beverly Boulevard bridge looked like any other building in its industrial area just west of downtown, adorned with razor wire and a forbidding exterior.

Inside, as an elderly man wielded a marionette, the place's distinction became apparent. Bob Baker slowly tilted his hands this way and that, pulling on a series of delicate strings. And as he did, the 55-year-old puppet -- itself almost a senior citizen -- a black crow decked out in a straw hat, white jacket with red piping and matching tie, began to dance the Charleston.

Behind wire-rimmed glasses, Baker's eyes lit up as he worked, a peppermint pink polo shirt and gray hair framing his smile. "Ha, ha, ha," he whispered, in a syncopated rhythm. The crow's eyes darted open and closed, and its claws seemed to jive to the unheard music. And then, Baker moved his hands again. The crow jumped to his grand finish, and Baker exhaled: "Yeah, man!"

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is a place that is both magical and earth-bound. Operating from the corner of 1st Street and Glendale Boulevard just west of downtown Los Angeles for 49 years, it is a vestige of childhoods lived, where vegetables dance to old vaudeville tunes and musical instruments dance and jump across a black box theater festooned with crystal chandeliers.

But it's also been struggling for years, trying to eke out an existence on $15-a-head admission, amid the fickle nature of children's passions.

Spend any time with Baker, and he will tell you that he has plans. Even though he's 84, even though some of them seem vastly out of reach, they are his plans. He has bought a pipe organ and wants to install it in the theater to accompany screenings of old-time movies. He talks of renovating the building and opening a school within the theater space. He wants to expand more into the toy industry. And oh, he dreams of doing films again.


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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2008, 05:05:02 AM »

Good morning, all! I did not sleep well, and I had most peculiar dreams.  This morning I need to make a visit to the home of DR FJL and his wonderful partner Skip, talented composer and chef, and I will hopefully stop as well at the Salvation Army Thrift Store on 46th Street to look at their used furniture.

After that, it's back here to work on the two piles of music sitting on my desk. I have a deadline for the Men's Chorus on Monday evening, so I have those parts to finish up in the next two days.




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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2008, 06:42:17 AM »

And the word of the day is: DEHISCE!
You can always tell if a snake is near by DEHISCE that spews from it's mouth.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2008, 07:02:28 AM »

Good Morning, the proud and few!
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2008, 07:15:19 AM »

And the word of the day is: DEHISCE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2008, 07:20:19 AM »

And the word of the day is: DEHISCE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER

Get June a bra
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2008, 07:22:51 AM »

Music-related films?

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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2008, 07:26:20 AM »

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There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do.

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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2008, 07:40:48 AM »

TOD:

'ROUND MIDNIGHT
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2008, 07:44:56 AM »

Good morning!

COLD! Perfectly beautiful out with no clouds in the sky, but the cold air and chilling breeze will make it a totally indoor day for me.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2008, 07:45:39 AM »

TOD:

THE FIVE PENNIES

THE GLENN MILLER STORY
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2008, 07:46:54 AM »

Today I'll be working on the next Criterion in my stack, Samuel Fuller's WHITE DOG. I've never seen this, so it should be very interesting to watch given the controversy the film inspired.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #20 on: November 22, 2008, 07:49:01 AM »

Tonight's HBO-HD movie premiere is THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, a really entertaining spy yarn. I don't need to record it, however. I got the HD DVD on a cutout sale and have watched it several times already. Universal is planning to release the three BOURNE films on Blu-ray in late January, but I see no need to rebuy them since the HD DVDs look splendid.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #21 on: November 22, 2008, 08:22:09 AM »

Well, I've finished my morning surfing, so I'll do some computer maintenance stuff and then head down to check the mail and then get started on lunch.

WBBL.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2008, 08:33:51 AM »

Morning all.

I'm seeing my friend's cabaret show this afternoon and then Funny as a Crutch this evening.

Last evening we began to catch up on the taped episodes of My Hero, a Britcom from the mid-late 90s.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2008, 09:15:08 AM »

DR Michael S-very funny corrections. :)
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2008, 09:15:21 AM »

DR Dakoa, & all DR dieters, best of luck vibes for success.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #25 on: November 22, 2008, 09:18:37 AM »

I've been quite busy: the Svation Army Thrift Store, DR Fjl's apartment, the laundromat and Laytner's Bed & Bath where I bought two blankets. Before leaving the apartment, I moved a CD shelf and vacuumed. Now I'm ready for a nap!
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2008, 09:26:15 AM »

Finally got a long night's sleep - close to nine hours.  I needed it, because at best I'll only get six or seven tonight.  I've printed out my boarding pass.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #27 on: November 22, 2008, 09:26:28 AM »

And I'm up.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #28 on: November 22, 2008, 09:27:01 AM »

It's a little overcast outside, but the sun looks like it's trying to have its way and cut through it.
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Re: THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
« Reply #29 on: November 22, 2008, 09:27:25 AM »

But the most important question is why are we STILL on page one?
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