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« Reply #60 on: January 07, 2011, 12:24:04 PM »

My TOD media check will likely be a bunch of Netflix streaming...Netflix added a whole slew of streaming titles today with many golden oldies...a little Mari Blanchard, a little Mamie Van Doren, even some Race Gentry! Oh, and a bunch of 1950s British films that I had never heard of.
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« Reply #61 on: January 07, 2011, 12:25:29 PM »

How many of you are aware that Anderson Cooper had, as a guest on his show, former child star Kirk Cameron on AC 360...as an "expert" commentator on whether or not there is any "revelatory" meaning behind the deaths of thousands of birds and fish in recent days?

Yes, THAT Kirk Cameron...the one who became "born-again"...the one who starred in the very lackluster series of "Left Behind" movies (movies that might have been much, much better)...as an "expert" on possible religious implications?

I'm beyond apalled, frankly.

It's just too sad for words.

Oh, come on. You don't think Anderson and CNN were up to something?
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« Reply #63 on: January 07, 2011, 12:30:58 PM »

TOD: If I find time to get to the library, I plan on picked up "Toy Story 3" and "Great Expectations" for the weekend DVD viewing.

CD: "Happy End," "Kitty's Kisses," "13"

Car CD: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Disc 9 of 20.

Reading: Some stuff for class. Trying to get an early start before the classes begin.

Which "Happy End" recording? I've got "Kitty's Kisses," but I've never played it.  I don't care much personally for the orchestrator/MD.
The one that Ghostlight released from the American Conservatory Theater. It's supposedly the first English language recording and it's good.

I'm enjoying "Kitty's Kisses." It isn't a great score, but it's pleasant. I need to do some research on it though. Was "The Continental" written for that (it's only in the Finale and not mentioned by that name) or was it just incorporated to give the recording a "hit" song?

In a Review by William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide (quoted from e-music.com):

Krasker, however, sweetens the pot a little. He notes that one part of the score was missing despite his efforts, the "Finale Ultimo." "… [R]ather than omit it altogether," he writes in his liner notes, "we devised one of our own with a playful tip of the hat to the composer." That is to say, he interpolated another Conrad song at the end, perhaps the composer's best-known composition, "The Continental" from the 1934 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film The Gay Divorcée, the first song to win an Academy Award. Thus, Kitty's Kisses finally has its hit song, albeit drafted in from eight years in the future.

Thank you, George. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to read the booklets with any of the CDs I got for Christmas. I've barely had time to listen to the CDs. That makes sense on a certain level, but the song feels out of place with the rest of the score.

By the way, Danny Burstein practically steals the album. He's really funny.
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« Reply #64 on: January 07, 2011, 12:38:57 PM »

Here's some sad news:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/barbra-streisand-as-mama-rose-why-not-patti-lupone-.html

I don't have a problem with the idea of Streisand playing Mama Rose, but I do think she's a too old for the part.  I'd rather see her do MAME.
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« Reply #65 on: January 07, 2011, 12:46:09 PM »

Casino Royale and Genghis Khan have arrived...I'll be listening to these, right now. :)
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« Reply #66 on: January 07, 2011, 12:48:22 PM »

AND the 3-pack of HDMI cables that I'd ordered on eBay have arrived! 

True hi-def Blu-Ray...here I come! ;D
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« Reply #67 on: January 07, 2011, 01:00:14 PM »

Here's some sad news:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/barbra-streisand-as-mama-rose-why-not-patti-lupone-.html

I don't have a problem with the idea of Streisand playing Mama Rose, but I do think she's a too old for the part.  I'd rather see her do MAME.
I think she's too old for Mame and Rose. Patti LuPone was the oldest actress to play Rose so far on Broadway, older than Rose was supposedly in real life. I'd still watch it, though.
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« Reply #68 on: January 07, 2011, 01:12:36 PM »

I'm sure it will come to pass that the Streisand Gypsy was just a way to keep her name in the press.  I don't think it will ever happen and if it does it wouldn't be for at least two years and by then she'd be seventy-two or something.  It's laughable.
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« Reply #69 on: January 07, 2011, 01:14:44 PM »

I've written three pages and that may end up being it for the day, especially if Gregory Harrison is coming by at two-thirty (I haven't had confirmation, but it could happen).  I have to shower and then do a couple of errands.  So, unless I get home from the Gardenia by eleven and whip out a few more pages, then that will be it, and I'll probably do more than usual tomorrow.  I remember the days when I was thrilled if I'd done three pages in a day.  And I'm pretty far ahead on this one, having done an average of ten a day.
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« Reply #71 on: January 07, 2011, 01:29:27 PM »

Here's some sad news:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/barbra-streisand-as-mama-rose-why-not-patti-lupone-.html

I don't have a problem with the idea of Streisand playing Mama Rose, but I do think she's a too old for the part.  I'd rather see her do MAME.


Would they bill that as "Barbra 'Mame'" or "Streisand 'Mame'" (vis a vis "Lucy 'Mame'")?   :)
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« Reply #72 on: January 07, 2011, 01:30:59 PM »

How many of you are aware that Anderson Cooper had, as a guest on his show, former child star Kirk Cameron on AC 360...as an "expert" commentator on whether or not there is any "revelatory" meaning behind the deaths of thousands of birds and fish in recent days?

Yes, THAT Kirk Cameron...the one who became "born-again"...the one who starred in the very lackluster series of "Left Behind" movies (movies that might have been much, much better)...as an "expert" on possible religious implications?

I'm beyond apalled, frankly.

It's just too sad for words.

Oh, come on. You don't think Anderson and CNN were up to something?

After having watched Anderson Cooper giggle like a schoolgirl throughout his co-hosting gig with Kathy Griffin at the Tournament of Roses Parade, I have no clue what they'd be up to.

It would be interesting if they had been, however.
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« Reply #73 on: January 07, 2011, 01:38:54 PM »

Friday.

DR RODZINSKI is in Indiana to see the Colts/Jets game tomorrow and stopped by the World of Wisdom.

He sends his greetings to one and all....

He was with his friends Matt & Rebecca.....

I didn't have my camera to take a photo.....and didn't think of the camera phone until the car was leaving the parking lot....

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« Reply #74 on: January 07, 2011, 01:49:37 PM »

The last recording session was smooth and quick: Jeanne arrived at 10:30 and we had her three numbers finished by noon. Korliss and her husband Jerry Grossman, our solo cellist, arrived arounmd then, and we took a lunch break while Korliss warmed up. She had four songs, and we finished everything with her in about two hours. It was a great way to end the recording sessions.

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« Reply #75 on: January 07, 2011, 02:02:26 PM »

Received Casino Royale today and listening to it right now.

But I do have a question.

Was it not possible to have the Casino Royale end title vocal as a seperate track?

Otherwise I am enjoy listening to both versions.

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« Reply #76 on: January 07, 2011, 02:03:26 PM »

Here's some sad news:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/barbra-streisand-as-mama-rose-why-not-patti-lupone-.html

I don't think this is sad. 

I just think it's dumb.

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has been filmed twice.  Once with Roz Russell and once with Bette Midler.

The Midler one, as I recall, was pretty good.

If Hollywood is going to make a Broadway musical, how about one that has never been done before (e.g. LES MISERABLES, RAGTIME)



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« Reply #77 on: January 07, 2011, 02:03:48 PM »

“The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine.” – Abraham Lincoln
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« Reply #78 on: January 07, 2011, 02:12:53 PM »

“The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine.” – Abraham Lincoln

A forward thinker was our Abe!
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« Reply #79 on: January 07, 2011, 02:53:00 PM »

The last recording session was smooth and quick: Jeanne arrived at 10:30 and we had her three numbers finished by noon. Korliss and her husband Jerry Grossman, our solo cellist, arrived arounmd then, and we took a lunch break while Korliss warmed up. She had four songs, and we finished everything with her in about two hours. It was a great way to end the recording sessions.


Excellent news. Enjoy that Champagne. You deserve it.
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« Reply #80 on: January 07, 2011, 03:28:15 PM »

Friday.

DR RODZINSKI is in Indiana to see the Colts/Jets game tomorrow and stopped by the World of Wisdom.

He sends his greetings to one and all....

He was with his friends Matt & Rebecca.....

I didn't have my camera to take a photo.....and didn't think of the camera phone until the car was leaving the parking lot....



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Did he surprise you?
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« Reply #81 on: January 07, 2011, 03:28:40 PM »

The last recording session was smooth and quick:


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« Reply #82 on: January 07, 2011, 03:29:10 PM »

A couple of hours ago Richard and I started out to the grocery store with the intention that later we'd send Rob out for carry-out pizza.  However, we slid down our driveway, almost hitting the stone wall that borders the lower half on the driver's side.  So I called Rob and asked him to shovel and salt while we were gone and we bought the makings for homemade pizza.  The crusts have now been pre-baked and are cooling to get crisp.  Soon I'll add toppings and finish the baking and no one will have to go back out.
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« Reply #83 on: January 07, 2011, 03:46:59 PM »

Nice to have someone at home to take care of the driveway while you are gone ;)

Did you make your own dough or purchase it?  If purchased what form did it come in, pizza or dough shaped?

I'm very glad you did not hit the stone wall!!!
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« Reply #84 on: January 07, 2011, 04:14:49 PM »

DR Jane - I buy the Pillsbury pizza crust dough in a tube and make thin-ish rectangular pizzas.
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« Reply #85 on: January 07, 2011, 06:00:05 PM »

Thanks Ginny.  We purchased a pizza stone over the holidays & Bryan made us delicious pizza.  The dough was better the second day after sitting in the frig over night.  Now that we have the stone we should make pizza more often.  I don't think I can knead bread yet & am looking for a good pizza crust I can roll out & bake.  I'll look for the Pillsbury.
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« Reply #86 on: January 07, 2011, 06:00:54 PM »

At the moment I'm searching for an extra large dog bed for Sherlock.
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« Reply #87 on: January 07, 2011, 06:08:02 PM »

Well, it's time for me to leave work.  I have some laundry to do and I'll also be playing around with the streaming-Netflix-and-YouTube feature of my Blu-ray player. :)

Until later!
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« Reply #88 on: January 07, 2011, 06:25:00 PM »

Here's some sad news:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/barbra-streisand-as-mama-rose-why-not-patti-lupone-.html

I don't have a problem with the idea of Streisand playing Mama Rose, but I do think she's a too old for the part.  I'd rather see her do MAME.


I would rather she do SUNSET BLVD.
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« Reply #89 on: January 07, 2011, 06:25:54 PM »

One more.
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