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[bk]

To which I say, next time pay attention, trust that there is a good reason for us to have done a third CD release for this show, and buy it now.

[bk]

Now, get me off THIS damn page.

[TCB]

No PROMISES was delivered in Tacoma

[bk]

Call your post office and complain.  If they can get to the East Coast in a day, they should certainly get to Tacoma in a day.

[bk]

The Variety article - scroll down for the Promises section:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021309.html?categoryid=16&cs=1&ref=vertmusic?ref=sharethis

[elmore3003]

I was going to comment on the Perry Como song, one of my faves from the early 1960s, which is taken from from two 19th Century compositions; the original is "Espana," Chabrier's wonderful and brief tone poem salute to Spain, but the most likely source for the Perry Como song is Emile Waldteufel's Op. 236, "Espana Waltz,",based on Chabrier's themes. Waldteufel, whose most famous waltz is "The Skaters (Les Patineurs, Op. 183)," was the Parisian counterpart to Vienna's Johann Strauss.

Elmore, I love to read your posts.  Half the time I have no idea what you are talking about; but I love to read them.

It's so simple, really. Chabrier wrote a 6-minute rhapsody "Espana." and his light music contemporary Parisian Emile Waldteufel too the themes and turned it into a ballroom waltz. I think the Waldteufel waltz was the basis for the como song. I'll send you the mp3 files.

[bk]

Just heard that Skip E. Lowe cancelled AGAIN.  This is how amateur he is and where he tapes is: He tapes at Beverly Hills High - and last week and now next Tuesday, the Beverly Hills City Council are meeting in that space.  First of all - the council doesn't have their OWN space?  Second of all, I told them that when he rebooks (supposedly one week later) that it had to be certain, even if he booked the day before.  I'm not planning my days around that to only have it continually cancelled. 

[bk]

Get me off this damn page.

[bk]

And then there's Victoria Page.

[bk]

What am I, The Red Shoes all of a sudden?

[bk]

Listening to the new Kritzerland master with my few changes and I can now approve that.

[George]

I'm finally done interviewing helper candidates - there were three possibilities and I went with the one with no ties to the show business - a former firefighter, very computer savvy, will be bringing Kritzerland out of the Middle Ages and into everything being done on the computer, and, most importantly, is not looking for another job.

Congrats on getting the new helper, BK!

[George]

After that, I had to address then ship ten packages - the word is out now about the new mix and suddenly people are getting off their ASSES and ordering - of course, the problem is there aren't that many left to order.

Are there specific websites that you tell people to go to when Kritzerland is sold out?  Or do they just have to find other sources on their own?

[TCB]

And then there's Victoria Page.

And Patti Page.

[TCB]

I'm finally done interviewing helper candidates - there were three possibilities and I went with the one with no ties to the show business - a former firefighter, very computer savvy, will be bringing Kritzerland out of the Middle Ages and into everything being done on the computer, and, most importantly, is not looking for another job.

Congrats on getting the new helper, BK!

Did you get referrences on this new helper?

[bk]

Yes, references, address, social security, all of it.  She's really down-to-earth and I think will be very helpful as a helper.

[Jane]

And though KevinH may not be able to withstand the competition, we leave tomorrow for Wisconsin, so if I have internets access, I can post from such amazing locales as Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and/or Bismarck, North Dakota.   

I love Coeur d'Alene.  It is so beautiful.

I still haven't been there yet.

JMK, please pay attention if it is a dog friendly place to visit.

[Jane]

I'm finally done interviewing helper candidates - there were three possibilities and I went with the one with no ties to the show business - a former firefighter, very computer savvy, will be bringing Kritzerland out of the Middle Ages and into everything being done on the computer, and, most importantly, is not looking for another job.

Sounds good!

[bk]

The only two other places to get Promises would be Screen Archives Entertainment and Footlight Records, both online.  The only other dealers that took them are two overseas dealers and they only got ten between them, and then my local dealer who took fifty and who only sells to his list of people. 

Footlight initially ordered thirty - the guy who now runs it is so silly sometimes - I mean he sold three HUNDRED Illya and Anya, and two hundred Show Girl and House of Flowers, all flops, yet he orders this kind of incredible special edition at thirty.  I said "Fine, but you'll be sorry."  A week later he upped it to fifty.  But in his listing he didn't even say it was a limited edition of 1000 - I asked him to add that, but I have no idea if he did.  If he were to come back to me today and say he needed more, he would be out of luck because no more copies are going to dealers - I make much more money selling on the site, and I'm about to be down to less than 100 copies, and, of those, I will hold thirty back for emergencies (after which, I can sell what's left).

[TCB]

The only two other places to get Promises would be Screen Archives Entertainment and Footlight Records, both online.  The only other dealers that took them are two overseas dealers and they only got ten between them, and then my local dealer who took fifty and who only sells to his list of people. 

Footlight initially ordered thirty - the guy who now runs it is so silly sometimes - I mean he sold three HUNDRED Illya and Anya, and two hundred Show Girl and House of Flowers, all flops, yet he orders this kind of incredible special edition at thirty.  I said "Fine, but you'll be sorry."  A week later he upped it to fifty.  But in his listing he didn't even say it was a limited edition of 1000 - I asked him to add that, but I have no idea if he did.  If he were to come back to me today and say he needed more, he would be out of luck because no more copies are going to dealers - I make much more money selling on the site, and I'm about to be down to less than 100 copies, and, of those, I will hold thirty back for emergencies (after which, I can sell what's left).

Hmmm, perhaps I should buy twenty-five copies to sell on eBay?

[bk]

I think once they're gone and the word continues to spread - well, yes, eBay copies will go at a premium, especially as no dealers will have any more copies.  Screen Archives only took 175 and I'd bet that those will all be gone soon.

[Charles Pogue]

BK, congrats on the Variety article!

[George]

The only two other places to get Promises would be Screen Archives Entertainment and Footlight Records, both online.  The only other dealers that took them are two overseas dealers and they only got ten between them, and then my local dealer who took fifty and who only sells to his list of people. 

Footlight initially ordered thirty - the guy who now runs it is so silly sometimes - I mean he sold three HUNDRED Illya and Anya, and two hundred Show Girl and House of Flowers, all flops, yet he orders this kind of incredible special edition at thirty.  I said "Fine, but you'll be sorry."  A week later he upped it to fifty.  But in his listing he didn't even say it was a limited edition of 1000 - I asked him to add that, but I have no idea if he did.  If he were to come back to me today and say he needed more, he would be out of luck because no more copies are going to dealers - I make much more money selling on the site, and I'm about to be down to less than 100 copies, and, of those, I will hold thirty back for emergencies (after which, I can sell what's left).

Some people just never learn.

[George]

Well, I'm off to work concessions for something...I don't remember what, and it's not on the Washington Center's calendar.  Oh, well.

Have a good rest of the evening, all.

[Ginny]

Just ordered my PROMISES, PROMISES...

[Edisaurus]

Back to Dublin:

Funny you should mention Powerscourt, DR Edisaurus, because I had actually taken a tour there the day you mentioned it.  It was very impressive and I took lots of pictures--I hope I'll be able to post a few of them.

And Ben--yes, the tour did take us under the grounds of the Dublin Castle, where the river flows--fascinating!

The TNT version of David Copperfield filmed there (the one with Hugh Dancy) and it looked so beautiful I made a point of going there while in Dublin. It was kind of hard to figure out how to get there but once we did we had a marvelous time. Glad you made it there, Kevin!

[Jane]

Back to Dublin:

Funny you should mention Powerscourt, DR Edisaurus, because I had actually taken a tour there the day you mentioned it.  It was very impressive and I took lots of pictures--I hope I'll be able to post a few of them.

And Ben--yes, the tour did take us under the grounds of the Dublin Castle, where the river flows--fascinating!

The TNT version of David Copperfield filmed there (the one with Hugh Dancy) and it looked so beautiful I made a point of going there while in Dublin. It was kind of hard to figure out how to get there but once we did we had a marvelous time. Glad you made it there, Kevin!

I wish we could have gone there.

[John G.]

Promises arrived today. Already listened to it twice. Many thanks for the bonus track, too. What fun. And the score somehow sounds more dramatically coherent hearing it in order.

[Edisaurus]

I always thought it was diggity, too, but I didn't know it was Perry Como. I only remembered it from a hot dog commercial.

[Edisaurus]

This is a good time of year to listen to barbershop quartets.

I'm having a brain fart--what's the name of that ladies organization that has regional four-part harmony groups throughout the country...

Sweet Adelines?