Topic: THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Read 49398 times)

bk · « **on:** December 16, 2010, 12:00:59 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were roasting on an open fire, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently roasting on an open fire and will soon be on a bun with bacon and cheese.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2010, 12:01:49 AM »

And the word of the day is: PROSOPOGRAPHY!

Michael · « **Reply #2 on:** December 16, 2010, 03:05:52 AM »

I hope that everyone that needs health vibes today gets what they need.

Michael · « **Reply #3 on:** December 16, 2010, 03:22:15 AM »

tod

bette davis
60's: Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

50's
All About Eve

40's
Corn Is Green

Michael · « **Reply #4 on:** December 16, 2010, 03:25:40 AM »

Henry Fonda

Once Upon a Time in the West
12 Angry Men
That Lady Eve

elmore3003 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:00:00 AM »

Good morning, all! Since my mood over not being paid yet and being $74 overdrawn is nothing but murderous rage, I'm sure my spirits are doing nothing to rid my system of this damned cold. Adjectives I could use to describe myself at the moment all all in the "pathetic and sickly" range. I'm sleeping poorly, and it's a very restless sleep.

Last night, sometime between midnight and 6:30 I took off my glasses - why was I wearing them is the other concern - and set them down in a different location. Since I'm blind without them, I went through a complete state of panic when I got up this morning and couldn't locate them. I crawled under the bed, took all the dressing off the bed wondering if I'd gone to bed with them on. It was only by luck that I found them in a completely different area of my apartment while I was weighing the pros and cons of staying home today or wandering about wearing prescription glasses over 2 years old.

So, enough of my misery. I've got a morning of the McGlinn estate, pulling scores and vocal scores for items already purchased by the Library of Congress. Then an afternoon of edits with Mr Skip Kennon. Following that, I will wander back here in hopes that the missing check is in the post.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:02:37 AM »

I'm playing this in an attempt to pick up my spirits. I love the Paragon Ragtme Orchestra but their director Rick Benjamin has pathetic taste in hiring sopranos, who are some of the worst singers I've ever heard. I don't know the lady singing on this one may be, but I'm sure she paid him for the opportunity to record. Since his lady soloists on most of the albums stink, I sometimes question his taste in singers.

As for this recording, most of the tracks are band only, and the Paragon Ragtie Orchestra plays vintage charts published for "Hotel Orchestras" of 11 or so players - flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, drums, piano and string quintet - with good tempi. great flair and elan. This recording has wonderful things like the 1903 medley from BABES IN TOYLAND for small orchestra, but I also like the variations on "O Tannenbaum" and the ragtime "Waltz of the Flowers" from "Nutcracker Rag."

I'm skipping the tracks with the dreadful soprano.

KevinH · « **Reply #7 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:07:07 AM »

Good morning. I have to get ready for my doctor's appointment.

KevinH · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:08:26 AM »

DR elmore--hope the rest of your day is better than the beginning!

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:16:59 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 16, 2010, 12:01:49 AM

And the word of the day is: PROSOPOGRAPHY!

And The Song Of The Day Is: ROTHSCHILD AND SONS

Druxy · « **Reply #10 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:23:36 AM »

TOD:

Bette Davis

THE LETTER
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
ALL ABOUT EVE

Henry Fonda

TWELVE ANGRY MEN
MISTER ROBERTS
THE TIN STAR
ON GOLDEN POND

Jrand74 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:40:51 AM »

Interview vibes for CRAIG!

Feel better vibes for DR BEN.

Surgery vibes for the Son of the Monarch Scientist.

Envelope & Package & Refund Vibes for Mr BK

Jrand74 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:41:45 AM »

We had more snow and ice and I do not know if we will be opening on time this morning, or if we will be delayed. I shall await a phone call from my sister.

She was scheduled to work on Sunday, and she closed the store.

I am scheduled to work today. My guess is - REGULAR HOURS.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:42:03 AM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on December 16, 2010, 05:40:51 AM

Interview vibes for CRAIG!

Feel better vibes for DR BEN.

Surgery vibes for the Son of the Monarch Scientist.

Envelope & Package & Refund Vibes for Mr BK

I'll drink to all that!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 16, 2010, 05:44:02 AM »

I like just about ALL Bette Davis movies - but not a LOT of them in a row!

ALL ABOUT EVE
MARKED WOMAN
DEAD RINGER

I like Henry Fonda - but the same - I can't watch a lot of his movies in a row, there's a sameness to him that bugs me. I can't say I have a favorite.....but I do like ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 16, 2010, 06:00:09 AM »

Two hour delay.....so I don't need to go in until noon, which is nice.

Ginny · « **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2010, 06:16:58 AM »

Thursday morning greetings! The weather forecasters called this one right and it's snowing heavily here in SW Ohio this morning. No word on tonight's dinner with the grantwriters yet...

Jennifer · « **Reply #17 on:** December 16, 2010, 06:25:06 AM »

Quote

Nightline just had a show about how being cold can make you lose weight.

Then I should be really skinny!

John G. · « **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2010, 06:30:32 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 16, 2010, 05:42:03 AM

Quote from: Jrand60 on December 16, 2010, 05:40:51 AM
Interview vibes for CRAIG!

Feel better vibes for DR BEN.

Surgery vibes for the Son of the Monarch Scientist.

Envelope & Package & Refund Vibes for Mr BK

I'll drink to all that!

Me, too.

John G. · « **Reply #19 on:** December 16, 2010, 06:46:26 AM »

TOD:

Bette Davis:

All About Eve
The Whales of August
The Letter
Thank Your Lucky Stars

Henry Fonda:

The Lady Eve
You Only Live Once (but seen as a comedy, not the melodrama the director intended)
There Was a Crooked Man ...

And together: Jezebel

Kerry · « **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2010, 07:00:35 AM »

All the vibes for all of us-- and step on it!

Laura · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2010, 07:09:50 AM »

Good morning, Kerry! See you this afternoon.

John G. · « **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2010, 07:26:18 AM »

Quote from: Kerry on December 16, 2010, 07:00:35 AM

All the vibes for all of us-- and step on it!

And God vibe us, everyone!

bk · « **Reply #23 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:11:17 AM »

I'm up, I'm up - earlier than I'd hoped, but up I am and I shall greet the day with aplomb.

MBarnum · « **Reply #24 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:22:13 AM »

TOD:

Bette Davis:

THE STAR (1952)
STORM CENTER (1956)

Henry Fonda:

THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938)
THE LADY EVE (1941)
YOURS, MINE, AND OURS (1968)

Matthew · « **Reply #25 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:44:39 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 16, 2010, 08:11:17 AM

I'm up, I'm up - earlier than I'd hoped, but up I am and I shall greet the day with aplomb.

I prefer to meet the day with a peach

MBarnum · « **Reply #26 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:55:43 AM »

This March 2011 release makes me very happy!

Ginny · « **Reply #27 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:55:57 AM »

Whew! Tonight's grantwriter dinner is being rescheduled - let the cocooning begin!

bk · « **Reply #28 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:59:54 AM »

Happy to say we are fully cast for the January Gardenia show - Zachary Ford, Juliana Hansen, Kim Huber, Damon Kirsche, and Alet Taylor, with special guest star Millicent Martin. The show is called The Stephen Sondheim Albums.

td · « **Reply #29 on:** December 16, 2010, 09:44:16 AM »

I am leaving with the EMS for the emergency room: mum has a possible blood clot which must needs be looked at immediately, the doctor has ordered a Doppler.

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