Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 23, 2011, 10:24:25 AMQuote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2011, 07:06:38 AMQuote from: Jrand61 on November 23, 2011, 06:11:16 AMDR ELMORE what style of music IS Lysistrata Jones?Very contemporary pop, I would call it, transformed into a theatrical idiom.. It sounds like stuff I would never listen to if I were twisting a radio dial. I can't imagine the characters in the show performing much else and I thought it worked really well here. Would I buy a cast album? I don't know....with a nice dash of hip-hop.There are a couple of audio and video clips on the show's WEBSITE.I didn't realize until I read the program bios that Lewis, the composer, was Doug's life partner. He was living with a costumer during his Drama Book Shop days. I met Lewis last night. He's very talented.
Quote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2011, 07:06:38 AMQuote from: Jrand61 on November 23, 2011, 06:11:16 AMDR ELMORE what style of music IS Lysistrata Jones?Very contemporary pop, I would call it, transformed into a theatrical idiom.. It sounds like stuff I would never listen to if I were twisting a radio dial. I can't imagine the characters in the show performing much else and I thought it worked really well here. Would I buy a cast album? I don't know....with a nice dash of hip-hop.There are a couple of audio and video clips on the show's WEBSITE.
Quote from: Jrand61 on November 23, 2011, 06:11:16 AMDR ELMORE what style of music IS Lysistrata Jones?Very contemporary pop, I would call it, transformed into a theatrical idiom.. It sounds like stuff I would never listen to if I were twisting a radio dial. I can't imagine the characters in the show performing much else and I thought it worked really well here. Would I buy a cast album? I don't know.
DR ELMORE what style of music IS Lysistrata Jones?
Quote from: Druxy on November 23, 2011, 07:19:58 AMI had a nice surprise this week.Every few months, I do a Google of my father, who died in the late 1960s and every now-and-then I come up with something new about him that I didn't know. [Everybody should try this. It's a great way to come up with family histories.]This week, I discovered that, back in 1919, Dad had written and copyrighted a song, "Encouragement".[Actually, as a child, I recall seeing a torn copy of the sheet music in out piano bench, but I never paid much attention to it and I have no idea what became of it.]In any event, I contacted the Library of Congress and the nice lady there is sending me a photocopy of the song.Now, I just need to find somebody who can play the piano and sing it for me, possibly as a MP3 file.BK? Maybe I'll turn it into a music video.That's a great story.
I had a nice surprise this week.Every few months, I do a Google of my father, who died in the late 1960s and every now-and-then I come up with something new about him that I didn't know. [Everybody should try this. It's a great way to come up with family histories.]This week, I discovered that, back in 1919, Dad had written and copyrighted a song, "Encouragement".[Actually, as a child, I recall seeing a torn copy of the sheet music in out piano bench, but I never paid much attention to it and I have no idea what became of it.]In any event, I contacted the Library of Congress and the nice lady there is sending me a photocopy of the song.Now, I just need to find somebody who can play the piano and sing it for me, possibly as a MP3 file.BK? Maybe I'll turn it into a music video.
Al Goodman was a Romberg conductor. He conducted THE NEW MOON on Broadway in 1928.
Beautiful photo, DougR. Almost makes me want to be London. (I'd rather be on a beach somewhere.)
~~~~~WORKING TECH VIBES FOR DR DOUG R~~~~~
I thought I'd better test my new camera last night. Here's a shot of the London Christmas lights:
Having dinner with friends tonight. It's become a Thanksgiving Eve tradition among us. We find a place that lets us bring in a bottle of wine and then we sit for hours being thankful for each other's friendship through the years. In the past, it was at the best French restaurant in the country (actually the No. 6 best restaurant in the country according to Gourmet magazine), but that place closed and is no more, so we have tried a few other places since. Tonight is a Cajun/French/Texas place. Should be fun.
Very classy DR ELMORE.....did they put up a plaque?
Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 23, 2011, 10:20:24 AM~~~~~WORKING TECH VIBES FOR DR DOUG R~~~~~Muchas gracias Jose. I can already sense the household electronic gadgets withstanding the evil influences and settling into a state of grace and workability.
Wow! I just got in today's mail the second disc of EILEEN. I can't wait to hear the rest of the score.
Everything is going wrong lately. By "everything" I mean gadgets, appliances etc. A few days ago my Fuji camera went wrong only a few months outside of the guarantee. Fuji's on-line standard repair quote was ridiculously high compared to the original price of the camera, so I took advantage of their repair upgrade where they supply a new camera at a discounted price and they supply labels to send the old camera back. At the same time my DVD recorder has stopped recording. At least it's still under guarantee so I can take it back to the shop for repair - but it's another inconvenience and will probably take weeks before I get it back. Then, this morning, I switched on my bathroom fan heater but it refused to switch off! So the bathroom was soon reaching astonomical heat levels. I had to switch the house electricity off, open the cover and disconnect the cables. It looks like the plastic device holding the switch pull cord has broken but there's no way of repairing it, so I've had to order a complete new heater from Amazon which should be here tomorrow.
Now they tell me department: Just got an email with the subject line: Russian Wives are BEST!!!
I had a nice surprise this week.Every few months, I do a Google of my father, who died in the late 1960s and every now-and-then I come up with something new about him that I didn't know. [Everybody should try this. It's a great way to come up with family histories.]This week, I discovered that, back in 1919, Dad had written and copyrighted a song, "Encouragement".[Actually, as a child, I recall seeing a torn copy of the sheet music in our piano bench, but I never paid much attention to it and I have no idea what became of it.]In any event, I contacted the Library of Congress and the nice lady there is sending me a photocopy of the song.Now, I just need to find somebody who can play the piano and sing it for me, possibly as a MP3 file.BK? Maybe I'll turn it into a music video.
Well, out of the blue, tomorrow's plans change for the better! Thank you, Skip and Fred.
Nice digs, DR Elmore!
