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[Ben]

Thank you Dan

[Dan (the Man)]

I, personally, had no problem getting to the train stations this morning.  Ice easily slid off of the carsicle (love that word!), roads were merely wet, parking at the Speedline was quickly found.  Speedline train quickly transported me across the river to Philly.  But the R6 train to Conshohocken?  My regular 7:40 train failed to show up at all (with no announcement.) And the 8:08 didn't decide to arrive until 8:20.  But at least I did make it to the office.  Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.

Grrrrrrrr....

[Dan (the Man)]

How many recordings of Candide does one need since most of the time I just play the original w/Barbara Cook anyway, though there are things about the 1997 Broadway revival that I like.

I know it's heresy to admit, but my favorite and most often played CANDIDE is the '74 revival.

[Dan (the Man)]

DR MBarnum's card for DR Iris reminds me--I better get those S&H green stamps cashed in.

[Jrand74]

It's almost too sad to tell to you.

She took seven books of green stamps, too.

Oy, my Zelda -

She take my money and run with the tailor.

[JMK]

I, too, have several CANDIDE recordings and I, like Dan, have a great fondness for the 74 revival.

[George]

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I would rather be 9 people's favorite thing...

And speaking of millstones, DR JMK also passed the 10,000 mark!  Congrats to you both!

[Jrand74]

I like the CANDIDE original AND the revival.....a smash-up....version....

[Jrand74]

10,000 posts? 
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Pikers!

 

[JMK]

Yes, at this rate I'll reach JR's total just a few decades after my demise.

[Ginny]

...But at least I did make it to the office.  Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.

Grrrrrrrr....

DR Dan (the Man) - that's how it used to be when I worked 25 miles from home.  My coworkers who also lived far away and I would often open the reference desks and keep things going until our close-by colleagues managed to get themselves there.

[JMK]

It's almost time for the weekly Skype staff meeting for blu-ray.com.  It's quite an interesting, international assemblage.  We have people in Sweden, people in Puerto Rico and, strangely, two people here in Portland. 

[George]

...But at least I did make it to the office.  Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.

Grrrrrrrr....

DR Dan (the Man) - that's how it used to be when I worked 25 miles from home.  My coworkers who also lived far away and I would often open the reference desks and keep things going until our close-by colleagues managed to get themselves there.

I could walk to work in bad weather.  I only live a mile from my work.

[George]

I hate it when I buy CDs I already have.  At least this time I got a standalone release with a different name and cover than I already had it in a two-fer.

So...about a year and a half ago, I had some boxes stolen out of my garage, mostly CDs and DVDs.  One of the DVD sets that I couldn't find in my garage was "Space Battleship Yamato," the original Japanese version of "Starblazers."  So, I finally found a website that sold all three seasons for a total of about $75!  They arrived a couple of weeks ago, but this past weekend I went looking for something in my garage and guess what I found...my original DVDs of "Space Battleship Yamato."  They weren't in a box that was stolen!  Evidently, I wasn't very thorough in my original searching. Now I have two sets.  The packaging is slightly different between the two sets (the new one is a bit smaller and the pictures on the discs are not all the same), but the discs seem to have all the same content. 

I hate it when that happens.

[Laura]

I understand we had rolling blackouts here in Arizona, too.

It is almost noon, and only 36 degrees in Phoenix. Unbelievable.

[Matthew]

I, too, have several CANDIDE recordings and I, like Dan, have a great fondness for the 74 revival.

I like the "sound" of the 74 revival.  Very 70's sounding.

[Jrand74]

Yes, at this rate I'll reach JR's total just a few decades after my demise.

Well some people have lives....and some.....well.....I guess we don't.

[Jrand74]

Finished my routine......it's down on paper and in my feet.....now I just have to teach it....which will of course require some refinement.

I always over-choreograph so then I can take the BEST parts and the steps my partner can do BEST, and THEN put the routine together.

That song is FAST!!

[Jrand74]

I hate it when I buy CDs I already have.  At least this time I got a standalone release with a different name and cover than I already had it in a two-fer.

So...about a year and a half ago, I had some boxes stolen out of my garage, mostly CDs and DVDs.  One of the DVD sets that I couldn't find in my garage was "Space Battleship Yamato," the original Japanese version of "Starblazers."  So, I finally found a website that sold all three seasons for a total of about $75!  They arrived a couple of weeks ago, but this past weekend I went looking for something in my garage and guess what I found...my original DVDs of "Space Battleship Yamato."  They weren't in a box that was stolen!  Evidently, I wasn't very thorough in my original searching. Now I have two sets.  The packaging is slightly different between the two sets (the new one is a bit smaller and the pictures on the discs are not all the same), but the discs seem to have all the same content. 

I hate it when that happens.

I had to buy another CAMELOT soundtrack CD - don't know where mine went!

[bk]

Had a really funny and interesting telephonic conversation with Dave Brubeck's manager - great guy.  We were trying to see about issuing a Brubeck score to a film but Brubeck owns the masters and the stories the manager told me were really amusing, but he said that issuing the score would be like having a colonoscopy for he and Brubeck.

[JMK]

ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE or DO NOT FOLD, STAPLE OR MUTILATE?

[elmore3003]

I just lost a post! What the hell?

I am back from the barber, luncheon with the Cole Porter Trust, and a visit to my bank branch manager, Hopefully, everything occurred to my satisfaction. Now it's time to tally several thousand dollars' worth of compact disc receipts, and that should take the rest of the afternoon.

[Jrand74]

Well then perhaps your should re-think the Brubeck.

[Jrand74]

I just lost a post! What the hell?

I am back from the barber, luncheon with the Cole Porter Trust, and a visit to my bank branch manager, Hopefully, everything occurred to my satisfaction. Now it's time to tally several thousand dollars' worth of compact disc receipts, and that should take the rest of the afternoon.

Don't forget the ones you bought for me.  I use them for work.

[ArnoldMBrockman]

HAP HAP SLAP=HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN

[Jrand74]

Watching SOUTH LAND on Comcast On Demand.

[bk]

ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE or DO NOT FOLD, STAPLE OR MUTILATE?

The former.  I have the tapes here, but we're not doing the Brubeck score.  Everything in the film is by him but not written for the film at all and everything exists on other albums. 

[bk]

I'm just relaxing and stuff.  Also, little Melody Hollis brought me more baked goods yesterday - this time she baked a huge number of sugar cookies, some with sprinkles, some sprinkled with chocolate - they're amazing - I just ate four of them.

[MBarnum]

Yesterday, I watched THE STRANGE DOOR with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff.

I remember when that film came out in the very early 1950s, yet this is the first time I'd ever seen it.

I can, truthfully, say that this is one of the worst written, directed and acted films I have ever seen.

But, the sets and the lighting were terrific.

I have the DVD of THE STRANGE DOOR sitting on my table at home, from Netflix. I saw it when I was a kid and all I recall is that I liked the leading lady, Paula Corday.

I have not yet gotten around to watching it.

Sally Forrest is the leading lady for THE STRANGE DOOR.

Paula Corday is in THE BLACK CASTLE.

Oh, I have always gotten those two movies mixed up for some reason. It is THE BLACK CASTLE that I have waiting to be viewed. However, I did see THE STRANGE DOOR not long ago.

[JMK]

Maybe there's a strange door leading into the black castle.