Topic: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Read 37665 times)

Cillaliz · « **Reply #270 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:18:20 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on December 23, 2009, 04:05:01 PM

I'm going to get me a cookie.

I baked toll house cookies today

Cillaliz · « **Reply #271 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:19:01 PM »

Oh, look! Chocolate chip cookies works just like cranberries

Jrand74 · « **Reply #272 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:23:50 PM »

Mercury is moving this evening and tomorrow - don't be limited by small thinking and give all suggestions consideration.

td · « **Reply #273 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:23:54 PM »

Hello Guests! Happy Holidays!

bk · « **Reply #274 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:29:34 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on December 23, 2009, 05:18:20 PM

Quote from: Jeanne on December 23, 2009, 04:05:01 PM
I'm going to get me a cookie.

I baked toll house cookies today

Did you have to pay a toll? For Whom The Cookies Toll.

TCB · « **Reply #275 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:29:46 PM »

Quote from: Kerry on December 23, 2009, 04:57:28 AM

A BIG HAINESHISWAY.COM BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OCCASIONAL DEAR READER WILLIAM F. ORR!!!

and happy birthday to brother joel.

DITTO

and ditto.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #276 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:35:13 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2009, 04:59:29 PM

i didn't realize she was that close and i thought you were concerned she couldn't get home.

There was freezing rain, so I actually was a bit concerned about it

George · « **Reply #277 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:35:23 PM »

Later tonight, I'm going to an event...Saul Tannenbaum's CLAUS FOR CELEBRATION (this is a Facebook link, so I don't think it'll work unless you're logged into Facebook)! Anyway, it's a few friends of mine, getting together to put on a fun show. Saul Tannenbaum is played by my friend Josh, who will be the director/music director of The Brain From Planet X! It should be a blast!

Here's the description:

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This Christmas, join Saul Tannenbaum and his bevy of beauties as they reunite for a show the world thought it would never see!

After a long hiatus, Saul Tannenbaum and His Jingle Belles are back for one night only and appearing at a fine establishment in your town!

Saul Tannenbaum and His Jingle Belles will delight you with Yuletide favorites new and old, sung by a group of some of America’s finest singers of songs!

Saul Tannenbaum and His Jingle Belles present Claus for Celebration! An evening of music, laughter, thrills, spills, and chills!

Saul Tannenbaum and His Jingle Belles: patching up old wounds and reuniting for a holiday spectacular the likes of which you haven’t seen since the last time you saw Saul!

Music! to warm your heart!
Jokes! to tickle your funnybone!
Romance! to ignite your loins!

Saul Tannenbaum and His Jingle Belles: the ho-ho-holiday treat that willl have you hopping on Santa’s lap and asking for more, more, more!

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE at the 4th Ave Tav!
$5 pre-sale / $7 at the door

A few friends of mine and I are meeting for dinner at 7:30, then we're all going to the show.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #278 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:36:00 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 23, 2009, 05:29:34 PM

Quote from: Cillaliz on December 23, 2009, 05:18:20 PM
Quote from: Jeanne on December 23, 2009, 04:05:01 PM
I'm going to get me a cookie.

I baked toll house cookies today

Did you have to pay a toll? For Whom The Cookies Toll.

Nestle Toll House cookies....my favorite chocolate chip cookies

Cillaliz · « **Reply #279 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:44:57 PM »

My dad said his favorite cookies were chocolate chip cookies warm from the oven. so I made some

Jane · « **Reply #280 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:47:52 PM »

JMK · « **Reply #281 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:57:24 PM »

Quote from: George on December 23, 2009, 03:28:27 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 23, 2009, 01:31:13 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on December 23, 2009, 01:02:52 PM
Quote from: JRand59 on December 23, 2009, 09:47:28 AM
I am reading Meredith Willson's book about THE MUSIC MAN recommended here by DR MATTH a few weeks ago when it was ON SALE at Amazon.com! Very funny.

I'm starting it tonight. Looking forward to it.

I have loved this book since I found it in my hometown library in 1962 or so. In 1991 or so, when I was back visiting family, I checked the library and found the book still on the shelf; it had not been checked out since 1964! So, i had a friend of mine check it out for the first time in nearly 30 years, send it to me, and declare it lost. I paid the library for the book and I'm very happy to have it.

When I was going to Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, the public library actually had signs up saying that doing this was a misdemeanor.

I don't doubt that people everywhere do this all the time, but that was the first (and so far only) time that I'd heard about any library system criminalizing the practice.

I believe DR Elmore prefers to be called Ms. Demeanor.

TCB · « **Reply #282 on:** December 23, 2009, 05:59:13 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on December 23, 2009, 01:07:25 PM

Then I watched today's work project - 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. It took a while to win me over, but by the time Heath Ledger did his song and dance to "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," I was hooked and ended up deeply enjoying the film. I also though David Krumholtz, an actor I'm not always so high on, stole every scene in the early going, so much so that I kept wishing he were the star at first instead of a supporting character.

Matt H., I am glad you enjoyed 10 THINGS. We are very fond of that movie, becuase most of it was filmed here in Tacoma. Padua High School is actually Stadium High School, and it is a couple of miles from my house. I attended many summer school classes at Stadium, and I did a show in their old theater.

td · « **Reply #283 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:01:11 PM »

I'll bet you put on quite a show, DR TCB.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #284 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:01:25 PM »

Good Evening!

Well... After I put the last load of laundry in the dryer earlier, I headed out of the apartment... Down to 7th Ave... And over to the Ziegfeld for the 4:30 showing of "Nine".

I liked it.

Is it perfect? No. Enjoyable? Yes. Do the new songs really do anything other than add about 10 minutes that that movie did not need? Well... Yes.

There are some very nice moments throughout, and I really liked how Rob Marshall more or less retained the "Overture" from the original stage version. I did sorely miss "The Bells of St. Sebastian" and "Growing Tall", but, well... I wasn't the director, nor the producer.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd give it a very solid 7. *And I can tell one's impression of the movie is going to be highly affected by just how familiar one is with the original stage version and the original movie of "8-1/2". With the stage musical being realized on film, the specter of Fellini can't help but hover in one's mind.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #285 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:03:22 PM »

Quote from: td on December 23, 2009, 05:17:11 PM

Quote from: DAW on December 23, 2009, 05:16:25 PM
So... Has anyone listened to the soundtrack from Nine, yet?

Ummmmm. . .yes. . .Nicole Kidman STILL CAN'T SING!

Well, some would say the same thing about Karen Akers... and Andrea Marcovicci... And... <meow>

Sadly, the way that "Unusual Way" is sliced and diced up in the movie... Well... See for yourself. Or not.

td · « **Reply #286 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:05:45 PM »

Isn't "Unusual Way" the only song NOT in the original key?

td · « **Reply #287 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:07:11 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 23, 2009, 06:03:22 PM

Quote from: td on December 23, 2009, 05:17:11 PM
Quote from: DAW on December 23, 2009, 05:16:25 PM
So... Has anyone listened to the soundtrack from Nine, yet?

Ummmmm. . .yes. . .Nicole Kidman STILL CAN'T SING!

Well, some would say the same thing about Karen Akers... and Andrea Marcovicci... And... <meow>

Sadly, the way that "Unusual Way" is sliced and diced up in the movie... Well... See for yourself. Or not.

I do have to say that even Nicole Kidman admits that her singing 'talents' are quite limited, but, I don't even like her interpretation of "Unusual Way."

If the ice storm doesn't hit, I'll be seeing NINE on Christmas Day.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #288 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:07:49 PM »

I will say that the one thing that did really bug me about "Nine" were the over-slick orchestrations. I missed Jonathan Tunick's very elegant work - especially the harpsichord! - and some of the new arrangements just really don't fit with the period setting of the movie.

*Oh, and I did get a kick out of how the ethnic origin of Guido's women were altered (from the stage version) according to the casting of the actress in each role. -Did they spend the whole budget for a dialect coach on Daniel Day-Lewis?

-Who actually does the Italiano thing very well.

TCB · « **Reply #289 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:08:07 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2009, 02:45:42 PM

now i must call the doctor's office and see if i can get a renewal on my pain meds. if not i'm in trouble.

I'll sell you some of mine.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #290 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:09:10 PM »

Quote from: JMK on December 23, 2009, 05:57:24 PM

Quote from: George on December 23, 2009, 03:28:27 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on December 23, 2009, 01:31:13 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on December 23, 2009, 01:02:52 PM
Quote from: JRand59 on December 23, 2009, 09:47:28 AM
I am reading Meredith Willson's book about THE MUSIC MAN recommended here by DR MATTH a few weeks ago when it was ON SALE at Amazon.com! Very funny.

I'm starting it tonight. Looking forward to it.

I have loved this book since I found it in my hometown library in 1962 or so. In 1991 or so, when I was back visiting family, I checked the library and found the book still on the shelf; it had not been checked out since 1964! So, i had a friend of mine check it out for the first time in nearly 30 years, send it to me, and declare it lost. I paid the library for the book and I'm very happy to have it.

When I was going to Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, the public library actually had signs up saying that doing this was a misdemeanor.

I don't doubt that people everywhere do this all the time, but that was the first (and so far only) time that I'd heard about any library system criminalizing the practice.

I believe DR Elmore prefers to be called Ms. Demeanor.

It all depends on who's addressing me.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #291 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:09:55 PM »

Quote from: td on December 23, 2009, 06:05:45 PM

Isn't "Unusual Way" the only song NOT in the original key?

I think a couple of the other ones were altered too - like "Call from the Vatican".

*And in defense(?) of Ms. Kidman, as you stated, she has publicly admitted to her limited vocal talents. -Or however that is supposed to be grammatically phrased. She has also been very open about how they lowered the key for her in the interviews she's been doing for the movie.

George · « **Reply #292 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:10:52 PM »

Quote from: td on December 23, 2009, 06:07:11 PM

If the ice storm doesn't hit, I'll be seeing NINE on Christmas Day.

My niece, my friend Margo and I are going to see this on Saturday. My niece has the soundtrack and I loaned her the 2-CD of the OBC. She didn't even want to listen to the OBC.

Kids.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #293 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:11:35 PM »

And now...

Well...

When I got home from the movie - after making a few stops to finish up my Christmas shopping - I went ahead and packed my bags to get ready to head down to Richmond tonight. I'm gonna hop on the "red-eye" Chinatown bus at 11:00. I think this will be much easier than waking up at 5:00am to get ready to hop on the 7:00am bus. So...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #294 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:12:28 PM »

Thank You for the Travel Vibes!!

And...

Laters...

TCB · « **Reply #295 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:12:35 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 23, 2009, 04:05:54 PM

Happy birthday to DR Nursie's boy Craig!

No, it is Arnold's son Craig.

It is Nursie's son Bryan.

Happy Birthday to both, and to Jrand's niece.

TCB · « **Reply #296 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:13:32 PM »

Health vibes to DD Bosco.

Jane · « **Reply #297 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:15:46 PM »

Quote from: TCB on December 23, 2009, 06:08:07 PM

Quote from: Jane on December 23, 2009, 02:45:42 PM
now i must call the doctor's office and see if i can get a renewal on my pain meds. if not i'm in trouble.

I'll sell you some of mine.

lol-do you have dilaudid?

TCB · « **Reply #298 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:16:10 PM »

FEEL BETTER SOON VIBES TO DR JEANNE.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #299 on:** December 23, 2009, 06:16:55 PM »

I just got an invitation to something in mid-January that perked up my spirits!

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