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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had joy and stumbled through, and now it is time for you to post until the stumbling cows come home.

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And the word of the day is: QUINTESSENCE!

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Isn't it funny?  I wrote twelve pages and we had twelve pages of postings.  Maybe that's the new deal - as many pages as I write we have the same number of pages of posts.  I like it!

[KevinH]

Good morning!

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

Happy Sunday vibes.

[ChasSmith]

Good morning, all.

A little less Oy this morning.  Not as Oy-free as I would like, but I shall work on that.

[ChasSmith]

I am enjoying my little TWILIGHT ZONE excursion.  One should have one every few years.  This one is especially nice because, since the last, I've gone from the wonderful Definitive Edition DVD set to the Blu-rays, and except for one or two slight annoyances, they are exquisite.

The main annoyance is the addition of a contemporary CBS logo WITH SUDDEN LOUD MUSIC that follows the lovely vintage "CBS eye" already lovingly preserved at the very end of each episode.  I'm deliberately forcing myself to get used to it so that it doesn't remain a "problem".  In truth, it isn't that bad, lasting for all of two, maybe three seconds, and it isn't all THAT loud or annoying.  Trust me, there are far worse ones on many other things, and many people might not even notice or think anything of it.  But we purists like to take our Twilight Zones straight, thank you very much, and it really is a redundant, uncalled for bit of modern day intrusion on an otherwise perfect presentation of top notch vintage television.

[ChasSmith]

We got a little dusting of snow during the night.  It's so little there's nothing to do about it, maybe just throw a little sand over the lower steep part of the driveway, though with the sun out it'll probably just go away by itself before I get down there.  I can live with that, and best of all, nothing else is called for over the next several days.

[ChasSmith]

This month's show sounds wonderful, as always, and also as always, I wish I was there!!

Especially for "Sunrise, Sunset". 

[ArnoldMBrockman]

And the word of the day is: QUINTESSENCE!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  THE BEST OF TIMES

[Jennifer]

Yesterday DR vixmom wrote:

Jennifer

Have you read Stephanie Meyer'sThe Host?

Yes I have. I am excited for the movie. It's been a long time since I read the book though. I remember it was very long (like 600 pages). I remember the first 100 pages were very slow. But then the book was fantastic. Love it.

There are a few other book to movie releases coming up in the next year.

One is Beautiful Creatures. I still have to read that book (it comes out in Feb). I just reserved the book from the library.

Another is City of Bones. I think the movie is called Mortal Instruments. I have that book. It is supposed to be a great series. It's a series i've wanted to read for a long time.

Of course Catching Fire. Super excited about that.

And Divergent. I think this one might only be coming out in 2014. I would highly recommend the book to the Vixter if she hasn't read it yet. So far there are 2 books out (Insurgent is book 2). Book 3 comes out later this year. Veronica Roth is the author.

[Kerry]

It's Sunday morning!

[elmore3003]

It is indeed Sunday morning. I thought about going down to Toyland, and decided to stay home and watch some DVDs.

When I got to Toyland, the peculiar office across from ours, which has a lot of Mexican employees, had a large red and white sign, dated 01/03/2013, from the New York County sheriff's office forbidding anyone to enter. I cannot wait to learn from the super and doorman what happened. I've always thought the pffice was strange: I had long suspected them of stealing the rolls of paper towels from the men's room, and every morning one of the men was pouring buckets of water black from what I sus[ected was toner down one of the toilets. Most peculiar.

So, that's the news for the nonce. More coffee!

[elmore3003]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for tonight's performance!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Ben]

Morning all.

That is all.

[Ben]

I'm sure tonight's performance will be wonderful

[Jrand74]

So anyway - it's Sunday.....and the Coats are playing the Ravens to stay in the Playoffs.....or so I heard at Casey's Gas Station this morning, when I bought my paper and $8.16 worth of gasoline.

[Jrand74]

Maybe I will watch the third Daimjin movie today....although it turns out that it is really the SECOND movie in the series....they put the first movie and the third movie on the first disc and the second movie on the other disc.....

I am still wondering where the missing 10 minutes of each movie went.

[elmore3003]

DRvixmom, never seen an opera?  Since you like G&S, perhaps you might like Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann, which is about a drunken pet and his visions of love, and I can recommend two possible DVDs:

This one is from the Royal Opera, directed by the great John Schlessinger, and Domingo is fantastc as Hoffmann, falling in love with a doll, a courtesan in league with the devil, and an innocent young singer who family physician wants her dead.

The one below is an warly 1950s British film with many of the roles cast with international ballet stars who "sing" throough overdubs. It's a very bizarre version of the opera, but alot of it works very well.

[ChasSmith]

That bizarre version is a Powell & Pressburger film.  I have the Criterion DVD but haven't watched it.

I enjoyed the Met production from a couple of years back (it was on TV), but can't remember who did it.

[elmore3003]

If you'd like a good cry, this fimed version of Madama Butterfly is quite beautiful and sad and a great antidote to the rather dreadful Miss Saigon.

[Jrand74]

Watching AIRPORT 77 - Brenda Vaccaro is one of my favorite actresses and she and Pamela Bellwood have a few of the best moments in the movie......and then Lee Grant comes on with her Method Madness and stinks up the joint.

[Jrand74]

Those are all EXCELLENT dvd's DR ELMORE.....DR CHAS SMITH the Hoffman DVD should be watched!

[elmore3003]

That bizarre version is a Powell & Pressburger film.  I have the Criterion DVD but haven't watched it.

I liked a Met production from a couple of years back (it was on TV), but can't remember who did it.

I'm a big fan of the Powell film, even if a lot of it looks as though the cast fell into the clutches of a mad dept store window designer.

[elmore3003]

The little boy who plays Butterfly's son is just adorable, and the entire cast is quite photogenic.

[Jrand74]

The little boy who plays Butterfly's son is just adorable, and the entire cast is quite photogenic.

Which is always a plus.....

[elmore3003]

Or, perhaps you'd like seeing the great Teresa Stratas, a fantastic actress, as the tragic seamstress Mimi in the garrets of Paris of the 1840s, in a good, over-the-top Met production, very lavish!

[elmore3003]

The little boy who plays Butterfly's son is just adorable, and the entire cast is quite photogenic.

Which is always a plus.....

There was a 1960s recording of MADAME BUTTERFLY with Renata Tebaldi who had to have been past 45 at the time, and when she is asked her age, she says "I'm eighteen" and giggles like an old cougar chasing a 20 year-old sailor.

[elmore3003]

Wow! That film version of MADAME BUTTERFLY is out of print and selling at high prices! That's too bad; it's such a lovely film.

[John G.]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for tonight's performance!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An extra dose.