Topic: THE FRIDAY THAT WAS FRIDAY (Read 8765 times)

bk · « **on:** July 06, 2012, 12:28:05 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Friday-like, and now it is time for you to post until the Friday cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2012, 12:29:04 AM »

And the word of the day is: EPIGRAPHY!

Ben · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:10:28 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

Ben · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:11:24 AM »

Yesterday was hot and it's supposed to be hot today.

We may be going to a pool, depends on what's happening with a friend's sister.

If we're not at a pool, I'm stayin' in!!!

Ben · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:11:42 AM »

It's pleasant on the patio at 6:04am

Ben · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:12:17 AM »

Coffee.

Oatmeal with walnuts, raisins, a banana and some nutmeg (the cinnamon is gone).

Ben · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:12:52 AM »

I must go in the house and downstairs to check on the progress of the defragmentation of the hard drive on the desktop.

Bye!

Danise · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:32:14 AM »

Morning all! We had a couple of good thunder boomers and some big flashes of lighting. I didn't realize there was a storm around until that first flash when I was posting.

BK asked about hats. I just bought 2 but they are because of the sun and I will wear one for yard work and one when going to something out doors. I wore one to the medieval fair not that long ago.

I've told several people about us and invited them to post here. I guess they just want to use Facebook. There are people from work and old friends who I've found though using it.
I talk to Joseph there and Jason Carter (who is very nice, approachable and fun) as well.

Funny thing though, we can be on the board and I've seen fifty or more lurkers. Who are these people and why don't they step from the shadows to join us? They must know we don't bite and always like to make new friends.

Please, post with us!

Have a wonder filled day! Vibes to all! TGIF!

John G. · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:23:43 AM »

Good morning, all.

I miss ArnoldMBrockman's songs of the day when he's on vacation.

John G. · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:26:34 AM »

TOD:

DVD: The Frighteners, maybe Attack of the Puppet People

CD: The Pajama Game

Car CD: Ann Tyler's "The Beginner's Goodbye"

Jrand73 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:38:17 AM »

Quote from: John G. on July 06, 2012, 04:23:43 AM

Good morning, all.

I miss ArnoldMBrockman's songs of the day when he's on vacation.

Me, too.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:38:45 AM »

Congratulations to DR CHAS SMITH on surviving Robot Monster in 3-D!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:39:48 AM »

Last night's run thru was actually much better than I expected it to be.....first night with the lights, so that was a bit rough - but it should be better tonight.

Tonight our photographer is taking the production photos.

AND of course it's another expected 100 degree day.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:40:57 AM »

Maybe I should get out my FOLLIES LP so I can more appreciate the new CD that is coming out!!! I have never purchased the show on CD......

DR ELMORE thanks so much for the GOV'NERS report and link....it looks so funny.....and you are absolutely right - I would LOVE IT!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:42:07 AM »

Working one half day today....only.....I think I can do it.....whew!

TOD:

CD - Haines His Way.....and my THE CURIOUS SAVAGE mix

DVD - Love Express....a most excellent Bollywood movie that I need to finish watching

Jrand73 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:44:51 AM »

What is on my THE CURIOUS SAVAGE mix cd, you ask? Well it includes all of the scene change music.....

How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? - Miss Patti Page
Mr. Echo - Margaret Whiting
The Flight of the Bumblebee - Rafael Mendez on the trumpet
Side by Side - Kitty Kallen
Song From Moulin Rouge - Percy Faith
Whoop De Doo - Kitty Kallen
Ravel, Berceuse

Ben · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:12:35 AM »

I defragmented two computers this morning and just finished the virus scan on one. The other is running now.

I ate my oatmeal, had my coffee and now I wait for the rest of the house to wake up.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:14:58 AM »

Off to work. Oh well.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #18 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:21:02 AM »

Good morning, all. Leaving for home and hearth soon. Though, trust me, I'm not using the hearth in this weather.

TOD:

CD - SHOW BOAT (McGlinn), thanks to DR Elmore talking about the movie versions, and I hadn't heard or seen it in a while so I needed a fix. Listened straight through on the way up here yesterday.

Also had a hankering for some CAROUSEL, so I've got the 1994 Lincoln Center and London cast CDs with me, which is all I have on CD.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:33:33 AM »

Speaking of SHOW BOAT...
At the risk of getting DR Elmore's hopes up only to dash them to smithereens...
I have some good news and some bad news.

The Good: I have both the complete laserdisc set, and Criterion's release of the 1936 with its own extras including a commentary by Miles Kreuger. They should all still be in perfect condition.

The Bad: My DVD recorder recently started getting temperamental with the DL (dual layer) DVDs that are the lifeblood of a project like this. I might have simply had a few bad ones, but I need to order more and work with it a bit. These machines tend to be fussy anyway, and I had just moved it into a new setup. If I can get it all working again, I'll see about getting these (cough--ahem) backed up. But it will be a few weeks before I'm able to sit down to that.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #20 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:50:42 AM »

Also, if I'm remembering right, the 1951 version on laser at least includes a good stereo soundtrack and a commentary by director George Sidney which might be of some interest.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:24:29 AM »

Good morning, all! I slept late. My day is a slow one: laundry, which I musty begin; vacuuming and tidying; BALLET BALLADS proofreading. So, I slept late.

DR JRand61, there are a lot of other clips from ONE MAN; the British production was shown in movie theatres. It would be great if they released a DVD . I did order a copy of the script and the CD of the band last night.

DR ChasSmith, you had my heart fluttering like a wild thing for a moment. I really detest the 1950s version of SHOW BOAT intensely: listening to the Rhino soundtrack can have me in fits after the first track, which is usually when I turn it off. I generally hate the rescoring of Broadway shows for the MGM orchestra; Salinger and his team are good and theband plays well, but everything is so huge and hyper-inflated. It's never bothered me on soundtracks of film musicals like GIGI or SEVEN BRIDES FOr SEVEN BROTHERS, but I think the only Broadway to movie soundtracks I love are KISMET and THE MUSIC MAN.

As to the McGlinn recording on 3 CDs, it's one of my proudest achievements to have been apart of it, although I believe its success was the beginning of McGlinn's descent into complete madness and megalomania. He was always difficult and a social misfit with stunted adolescent problems, but the huge success of SHOW BOAT turned him into an unhappier and uglier person altogether. It will all be in the memoirs.

So, more coffee and laundry.

TOD:
DVD: BONES Season 6, whatever else is sitting there
CD: ONCE: THE MUSICAL, Guy Haines, Jacques Offenbach
VCR: Oy!

John G. · « **Reply #22 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:29:12 AM »

We await the memoirs, Elmore. Maybe then you'll tell us how you really feel.

So, is there to be a recording of Ballet Ballads?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:50:13 AM »

Quote from: John G. on July 06, 2012, 06:29:12 AM

We await the memoirs, Elmore. Maybe then you'll tell us how you really feel.

So, is there to be a recording of Ballet Ballads?

There are some stories I don't tell here, but are certainly wrth being made known. I've wrked with some of the best and some of the worst. It's the middling worst I bitch about here.

No. A new publication.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:55:31 AM »

We need a membership drive. The Kritzerland site gets visited by zillions, one of the reasons being Peter Filichia's column, and this site gets hit on daily by tons of lurkers, several of whom I know are daily readers from comments I occasionally get about things I post, and a few I suspect end up here by googling some topic or name and get directed here. So, how do we convince these regular lurkers to join the insanity?

Ginny · « **Reply #25 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:06:30 AM »

Friday morning greetings! We're in for another 100+ day here in SW Ohio

Michael · « **Reply #26 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:17:53 AM »

Good morning from Montreal. The weather has been beautiful and the jazz festival has been melodic.

Matthew · « **Reply #27 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:25:53 AM »

hello, goodbye

Matthew · « **Reply #28 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:30:29 AM »

bk, I think we are all looking forward to the Follies re-release. However, some of us don't have the ear that you do and might not notice the work you've done on the old masters. Is it possible that maybe you could have clips of the original and then the same clips from the re-mastered version so people can hear the actual difference? Maybe put it on the website or something? I don't know, it's just a thought.

FJL · « **Reply #29 on:** July 06, 2012, 08:20:45 AM »

Been on and off, around and about, much to catch up on.

I'd been planning to get to the D.C. environs at some point in July to spend some quality time with friends and family there, but that had to be put on hold of course because their lives have been on major hold due to the effects of the power outages there. So I won't have my cheap mini-vacation, but on the bright side, more time to catch up on the backlog of what I've missed.

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