Topic: ON MY WAY TO THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (Read 13500 times)

TCB · « **Reply #120 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:37:03 PM »

Page Five!

TCB · « **Reply #121 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:39:34 PM »

Better Late, But Just as Sincere Travel Vibes to:

BK
JOSE

TCB · « **Reply #122 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:42:19 PM »

And while I am at it:

Travel vibes to elmore

(And May God Protect The Irish)

TCB · « **Reply #123 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:47:39 PM »

I think it is a shame that Kickstarter does not allow me to post a campaign to save myself from ending up living in my car!

Hmmm, maybe I could turn it my life into a new reality series?

Ginny · « **Reply #124 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:58:01 PM »

Quote from: Laura on August 12, 2011, 05:37:51 PM

Ginny, our previous pastor used a Mac thing called Pagemaker or something like that. I couldn't open ANY of his stuff. None of us could. Very frustrating.

DR Laura, converting to a PDF usually does the trick and the tech at Staples could open mine, but she couldn't get the printer to recognize it. I think it was operator error...

George · « **Reply #125 on:** August 12, 2011, 06:58:23 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on August 12, 2011, 02:15:11 PM

DR Jeanne, Kinko's was a possibility but there isn't one close by. My friend Suzy, who's a graphic designer and a Mac person, recommended a local printer. So, I've been over there and will have my invitations Monday - on higher quality paper and at about half the cost of Staples.

Great deal, Ginny! I love it when that happens.

John G. · « **Reply #126 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:10:31 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 12, 2011, 06:23:34 AM

On a related note, Anne Midgette also mentioned OKLAHOMA! in a recent blog article. She was talking about the "opera-ization" of the American Musical. Quite an interesting read. And we also got mentioned in a recent restaurant review too.

I found this article very condescending. Then again, I usually find it condescending when the "classical music" writers are assigned to anything having to do with the theater. Maybe Deborah Voigt is slumming it. I just think Midgette, whose writing often leaves something to be desired even when she's writing about classical music, displays a case of not wanting to be anywhere near Glimmerglass unless it's for a "serious" piece of writing.

Yes, "Annie Get Your Gun" is not "Oklahoma!" but both scores are serious pieces of American music, each in a different way.

Sermon over.

John G. · « **Reply #127 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:12:27 PM »

Quote from: Kerry on August 12, 2011, 08:25:43 AM

Quote from JOSE--[Kyle, our "Dream Curly"', then graciously allowed me to stay overnight at his place so that I wouldn't have such a long drive this morning to BWI.

"SLEEPING WITH DREAM CURLY" the title of my next book.

Given a comment from Jose a few days about dreamy Dream Curly, I'm sure the book will be a sizzler.

John G. · « **Reply #128 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:13:08 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 12, 2011, 09:21:17 AM

* * * * * NO MORE WORRY VIBES FOR DR ELMORE * * * * *

I'll second and third that.

John G. · « **Reply #129 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:15:44 PM »

Quote from: George on August 12, 2011, 03:11:32 PM

Quote from: Jeanne on August 12, 2011, 02:09:41 PM
Sweet dreams and smooth wedding and rehearsal vibes to DR Ginny.

Ditto, three!

And many more.

George · « **Reply #130 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:17:19 PM »

Well, it's time for me to head home and do some stuff...like watch TV.

Be back later.

Jane · « **Reply #131 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:17:51 PM »

STAYING IN YOUR HOME VIBES FOR DR TCB!!!!

Jane · « **Reply #132 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:18:02 PM »

'night

John G. · « **Reply #133 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:18:42 PM »

Last of the five Bing Crosby movies. Betty Hutton is in this one. Something about women joining the forces during WWII, while Bing sings "That Old Black Magic." Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen score. The music's great.

John G. · « **Reply #134 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:19:01 PM »

Quote from: Jane on August 12, 2011, 07:17:51 PM

STAYING IN YOUR HOME VIBES FOR DR TCB!!!!

Indeed.

John G. · « **Reply #135 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:21:27 PM »

Great "Sesame Street" parody, FJL.

John G. · « **Reply #136 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:55:48 PM »

Oh, no. More Bing Crosby and blackface.

John G. · « **Reply #137 on:** August 12, 2011, 07:56:23 PM »

Bing, blackface and "Ac-cent-u-ate the Positive."

John G. · « **Reply #138 on:** August 12, 2011, 08:13:47 PM »

Where is everybody?

John G. · « **Reply #139 on:** August 12, 2011, 08:24:53 PM »

Now, Bing is acting fey. It ain't any prettier than the blackface.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #140 on:** August 12, 2011, 08:36:43 PM »

I have returned from a lovely evening with BK, David Wechter, and Barry Pearl. I would have loved to stay longer, but I'm fading fast.

Thank you, BK, for the pleasure of your company!

Good night, all!

Larry Rosler · « **Reply #141 on:** August 12, 2011, 08:44:32 PM »

Bruce, I'm guessing that your trip east is limited, and you won't be in the area long enough to see Porgy and Bess. I'd be keen to read your reaction to the production. Perhaps you'll return when the show transfers to NYC? Truth to tell, I love Porgy and Bess, but I haven't thought about it for years. I'm reminded of an old cartoon in The New Yorker, back when the United States relinquished control of the Panama Canal. Two guys are standing at a bar, and one guy says, "You know, I've never given a thought to the Panama Canal, but now that we're giving it up, I can't live without it." Somehow, I can’t seem to live without Porgy and Bess as originally written by George, DuBose, and Ira.

John G. · « **Reply #142 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:01:53 PM »

Welcome, Larry Rosler.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #143 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:03:12 PM »

Welcome Larry Rosler!

John G. · « **Reply #144 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:04:29 PM »

Night, all.

bk · « **Reply #145 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:27:53 PM »

Back from a lovelier than lovely and long supper at Joe Allen. elmore and I arrived at eight-thirty. It was grand fun to catch up. He had a hamburger and I had a small Caesar and a shrimp cocktail, intending to eat something else when Barry arrived. Then David Wechter, who's in NY producing a reality series for seven months joined us, so that was grand fun, too. At my suggestion, he had a small Caesar (he LOVED it) and the pulled pork sandwich (he LOVED it). Looking at his sandwich, I knew I couldn't wait until Barry got there, so I ordered one, too - it was great, as always. Instead of fries I had two cole slaws so it wasn't too horrendous, calorie-wise. Prior to meeting elmore, I'd walked around for an hour, so even though I didn't get to the gym or anything I did keep moving and walking briskly and I jogged back to the hotel.

bk · « **Reply #146 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:28:21 PM »

It would be more than lovely if someone would get me off this damn page so we don't have a new all-time low before I post the notes.

bk · « **Reply #147 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:29:24 PM »

Oh, we're beyond the all-time low. Whew.

bk · « **Reply #148 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:30:55 PM »

Larry, glad to see you back. I would like to see this production of Porgy and Bess, but I'm not holding out much hope of liking it, based on what I've read. But, I, too, will keep an open mind. I saw the Houston Grand Opera production back in the 1970s and loved it.

Ginny · « **Reply #149 on:** August 12, 2011, 09:37:43 PM »

Welcome, DR Larry Rosler!

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