Topic: THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD (Read 15095 times)

bk · « **on:** January 17, 2012, 12:39:14 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes, like the pen, were mightier than the fersluganah sword, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - the cows are also mightier than the sword.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:41:01 AM »

And the word of the day is: PERSPICACIOUS!

Laura · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2012, 03:43:35 AM »

Good morning.

John G. · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:06:24 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:06:47 AM »

Vibes for all.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:11:19 AM »

Good morning. I woke up early and just decided to get up. I thought I may need to move snow, but no, only a skiff of it. It's really cold though. WC below zero

Cillaliz · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:12:36 AM »

Edith has her citizenship interview today. Vibes that it goes well.

John G. · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:20:40 AM »

Extra vibes for Edith.

Michael · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:25:35 AM »

good morning to all

John G. · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:27:59 AM »

TOD:

Unsung Musicals
A Broadway Christmas
Brett Barrett: Kander and Ebb
Laurie Beechman: No One Is Alone
Lost in Boston

And the re-releases of "Promises, Promises" and "Sugar"

Cillaliz · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:33:28 AM »

Thank John G

Kerry · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:08:59 AM »

It'll take awhile to get through all of the CD's to figure out which ones I like best. I've gottne used to listening to them on compilations with my favorite songs from various CD's.

Subject to change without notice:
The Sondheim CD (wasn't that the first Fynsworth CD?) has to be on the list
Broadway Christmas
You're Never Fully Dressed
Unsung Musicals (parts of all of them)
Lost in Boston (parts of all of them)

Michael · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:11:54 AM »

TOD

Since my desert island has several grouped together:

Island 1:
Liz Callaway (Frank Loesser)
Collete Collage
Jason Graae (Live at the Cinegrill)
No Way To Treat a Lady
Skinner & Ripley (Duets)

Callaway: Love the choices of material, the orchestrations and arrangements especially My Heart Is So Full Of You & Joey Joey
Collete Collage: I enjoy listening to the show and its bears multiple listenings. Great singers Judy Kaye, Jason Graae Judy Blazer etc
Jason Graae: Love listening to him and enjoy this live recording.
No Way To Treat a Lady: Another show I have listen to multiple times. It's fun to listen to and like to imagine Rod Steiger, George Segal, Eileen Heckart and Lee Remick singing the score.
Skinner & Ripley: Together or apart these ladies are great. I love the material chosen for this album.

2nd Island
Unsung Irving Berlin
Lucky Stiff
A Broadway Love Story (Christianne Noll)
Michelle Nicastro (On My Own)
Laurie Beechman (Songs of Hope...)

Berlin: It's enjoyable to listen to songs by Berlin that are not well known and there are 2 cds worth of them.
Broadway love: A concept album that works. The songs are well chosen and flow perfectly to tell a story and works if it's a man or a gay version
Nicastro: Hard to choose here as there were four to choose from. But this one is more "adult" than the "kiddie" cds
Beechman: This one resonates more for me than the Lloyd Webber album. Beechman knew she was ill and would like to think that this was her "f**k you" to her illness and it wasn't going to beat her.

3rd Island
The Gay 90's
Petula Clark
Drat! The Cat
Linda Purl (Alone Together)
Mary Cleere Haran (This Funny World)

Gay 90's: A fun collection of songs. I still chuckle at the funny ones and get chills at the more dramatic ones like My Superman
Petula Clark: I always enjoyed listening to her, but really had no albums by her except for this one. I have the release with the bonus Sunset Blvd tracks that BK did not produce. I enjoyed the Broadway songs that she sung.
Drat! Another fun show to listen to. They really need to revive this somewhere. Susan Egan & Jason Graae are great and so are the contributions from Judy Kaye, Elaine Stritch and Jonathan Freeman.
Linda Purl: Who new she could sing? This jazz influenced cd is one of the best and I have listened to it many times when I need to mellow out
Mary Cleere Haran: Another great singer who left us too soon. I had the pleasure of seeing her a couple of times live. Love her song styling.

4th Island
Debbie Gravitte (The Alan Menken Album aka Part Of Your World: Debbie Gravitte Sings Alan Menken)
Brent Barrett (Kander & Ebb)
Helen Reddy
Copenhagen
Beyond Therapy

Gravitte: Of her two recordings I liked the material better on this one, but both are well sung and enjoyable to listen to
Barrett: My actual preference is for the Alan Jay Lerner cd (Especially for She Wasn't You & the duet with Lauren Bacall) but BK did not have the chance to complete it. But I love Barrett's voice so Kander and Ebb it is.
Reddy: Another singer I enjoyed over the years but the only recording I had of her's was from Pete's Dragon.
Copehagen & Beyond Therapy: Two plays recorded for CD. A lost art really. Very few plays (if any) are recorded these days. These two vastly different in tone and style make great listening. Interesting to listen to what made one play succeed and the other one didn't.

JMK · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:17:29 AM »

SNOW ALERT! SNOW ALERT! SNOW ALERT!

Well, an inch's worth, anyway.

Laura · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:19:56 AM »

Vibes for Edith. Although, I don't think she'll need it, seeing how she has a competent attorney on her side.

JMK · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:20:56 AM »

JR, here's a dream that might stump the Dream-o-Matic 3000, or even the Dream-o-Matic 4000:

I had a very convoluted, disturbing dream this morning where my Mom was still alive and we were getting together with her to tell her my sisters and I had all been receiving ghostly visitations from our deceased Dad. That was a very difficult thing and my Mom just kept insisting she thought my Dad was still alive. This took place at my parents' home in SLC, which was completely empty of furniture. Then I had to get somewhere (Portland, I'm assuming), except I was walking, and I also needed to make arrangements with a housesitter (somehow this morphed to me getting from one place in Portland to another place in Portland), who had neither a phone nor email. I tried to drop by her office to give her quick instructions on how to get to a car dealership down the street where she was going to need to help set something up for some kind of street fair, but I didn't have time to completely make her understand. Then, I headed off, walking, to do a whole slew of errands, but was unsure which order to get them done in, on top of which, I missed catching a bus that drove by.

Then the alarm went off.

Doug R · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:28:10 AM »

My wireless router has suddenly sprung into life again after being down all weekend.

Doug R · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:33:32 AM »

Bright, sunny day but very cold. One of those days when visibility is extremely clear. As the weather forecast said, the current crystal-clear skies are providing the opportunity for serious stargazing in the night sky.

JMK · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:33:37 AM »

JR, I can probably save you a little time:

"You're crazy--NEXT!"

JMK · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:33:57 AM »

Quote from: Doug R on January 17, 2012, 06:28:10 AM

My wireless router has suddenly sprung into life again after being down all weekend.

We must assume this is not a euphemism.

John G. · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:43:21 AM »

Great list, Michael S

I have a soft spot for quite a few others, including "You'll Never Know," just because it's Cole Porter, and very well sung Cole Porter at that. And I love Rebecca Luker's Cole Porter album, Judy Kuhn's Jule Styne album, Judy Kaye, Sally Mayes ... the list goes on.

FJL · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:50:37 AM »

Hoping the Madonna-Elton John "feud" over the Golden Globes Best Song award is just a phony publicity stunt, since it just seems so silly, but the public battle is featured in our thumbs-down spot in this year's Golden Globes "Hollywood Gown" rundown,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9tZwsJKa6M

("Hollywood Gown" - the song parodies the legendary Manfred Mann recording of Harriet Schock's "Hollywood Town")

- also featuring a glimpse (in a good way, of course) of one of the most exciting people I had the privilege of meeting in 2011 (and helping a little on her and dear friend Harriet Schock's new show's reading at the Actors Studio in June) the amazing Diane Ladd, who is as effervescent and delightful in person as she always seems when she's herself on camera

Jennifer · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:58:02 AM »

I felt so bad last night. I went to pick up my nieces from school/daycare. I gave them dinner. They had their own dinner. But they liked what i'd brought for myself more (spaghetti). So i let them have that for their dinner (since i had extra).

It was leftovers. And it had meat sauce. But often my meat sauce gets too meaty if i leave it in the fridge. So i added so more sauce (from a can). Anyhow i just grabbed a can and didn't look at the details.

My 6 year old niece eats a plate of spaghetti then says on her 2nd plate "this seems a little spicy" (i hadn't eaten yet). And i look at the can and it says "spicy red peppers".

No wonder the 2 year old wouldn't eat the sauce.

It wasn't that spicy. But still it was too spicy for kids. Luckily there was not that much of the extra sauce in it. But boy did i feel bad!

Jennifer · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:59:06 AM »

Vibes for Edith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jennifer · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2012, 06:59:37 AM »

We are supposed to get 10-15 cms of snow again today.

And then it is going to be very cold for the next week (so no snow).

Jrand74 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:01:36 AM »

vibes for EDITH.....I am sure she will be fine!!!

Good news about Rex the King of the Kats.

FJL · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:01:59 AM »

Vibes for Edith

Jrand74 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:02:07 AM »

Yes DR TCB - Sea of Glass is my choice, too.....but $50 is a LOT of money for a pig in a poke.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:03:04 AM »

TOD:

to begin with:

Not of This Earth - music of Ronald Stein
Superman - music from the TV series
Ultimate Titanic.....

Damn I've already used up three.......

Jrand74 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:10:56 AM »

DR JMK - Dream-O-Matic 6000 tells us that you feel as if you were the communication link between your parents and your sisters. We also find that you are still seeking your own space in your own home. You also have a feeling that no matter how much you think about your decisions before you make them - in the end, the other direction would have been better.

That you are crazy is unarguable, but that is not necessarily reflected in your dreams. Those who are clinically diagnosed as "insane" or "troubled" usually have the most logical and calmest of dreams.

Please deposit $65 in my PayPal account.

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