Topic: 1870! (Read 13658 times)

bk · « **on:** October 29, 2013, 12:20:40 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of the new musical, 1870!, and now it is time for you to post until the 1870 cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2013, 12:21:44 AM »

And the word of the day is: PECKSNIFFIAN!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2013, 12:56:24 AM »

Topic of the Day: I can't say that there's been any war that I've been interested in...other than something like the stage or movie musical 1776, which is about the Revolutionary War.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2013, 12:58:49 AM »

Today is going to be a day. I have a dentist appointment at 11:00 (should be okay). And tonight, I'm ushering for a performance by Rufus Wainwright at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts! I'm sure that it'll be a great concert!

George · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2013, 01:01:06 AM »

I hope that I remembered to wash my white shirt. $:-\$

George · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2013, 01:01:21 AM »

Time for bed!

Ben · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2013, 02:13:51 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

Doug R · « **Reply #7 on:** October 29, 2013, 02:33:29 AM »

Had a good flight to Frankfurt. Weather here is fine. Hotel wi fi is very weak making it nearly useless. I'm now in a coffee shop having my usual morning cappuccino. After my severe cold I had my best sleep for 10 days.

singdaw · « **Reply #8 on:** October 29, 2013, 03:16:46 AM »

Loved, loved, loved the first paragraph (especially) of today's notes... classic bk!

(I would call the song "Things are Bad in Baden-Baden"

)

singdaw · « **Reply #9 on:** October 29, 2013, 03:17:27 AM »

Glad that you arrived safely, DR Doug R. Hope you feel 100% pronto!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 29, 2013, 04:54:05 AM »

God morning, all! I have my physical therapy this morning, so I'll leave here around 9:00, hit the bank and deposit the check from last night, then take the bus up to 96th Street. On my way home, I will stop at the post office to post some bills and few packages.

That's my day.

Both the American Revolution and the US Civil War interest me. I've also been fascinated by the general stupidity of World War I since reading Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August while working on a production of OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR!

John G. · « **Reply #11 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:05:49 AM »

Good morning, all.

Vibes for all. My eyes aren't quite open yet, but it's lovely having "Simply" on this early. My ears are appreciative, at least.

John G. · « **Reply #12 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:08:29 AM »

TOD: I would probably have to say World War I. Though I'm not interested in who won which battle and where, I do liek the artistic response to the war, such as the novels of Dos Passos, which I need to read more of, Blitzstein's songs in "The Cradle Will Rock," Faulkner and even some Hemingway. Plus, the whole Dada reaction.

Sam · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:27:29 AM »

Sam · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:28:17 AM »

Good morning.

Michael · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:30:03 AM »

good morning to all

Sam · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:30:14 AM »

I've had no AT&T service for 3 days.
The palm tree next door, took down the lines.
Absentee landlord.

Sam · « **Reply #17 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:30:51 AM »

Must catch up later.
Off to work.

Mega vibes.

Sam · « **Reply #18 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:31:01 AM »

Michael · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:31:04 AM »

TOD

The War Of The Roses.

Nothing like flowers fighting one another.

Kerry · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2013, 05:42:02 AM »

War IS hell! There, I said it.

Druxy · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2013, 06:29:19 AM »

TOD:

WW2

FJL · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2013, 06:35:12 AM »

There was an israeli musical revue that dealt in part (but very directly) with the Six-day war called TO LIVE ANOTHER SUMMER, TO PASS ANOTHER WINTER that played on Broadway for a nice while.

Also, a show with a wonderful score about that same war played in Israel, called I LIKE MIKE. I have the CD, very fine songs.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2013, 06:40:21 AM »

TOD:

The American Revolutionary War
The American Civil War

Jrand73 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2013, 06:45:49 AM »

On MR SKEFFINGTON - James Agee in THE NATION:

...it takes her just short of 30 years and two and half hours of playing time to learn, from her patient husband (Claude Rains) that "a woman is beautiful only when she is loved" and to prove this point to an audience which, I fear, will be made up mainly of unloved and unlovable women..... MR SKEFFINGTON is...an endless woman's page meditation on What To Do When Beauty Fades. The implied advice is....hang on to your husband...and count yourself blessed if like Mr Rains, in his old age, he is blinded....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2013, 06:46:32 AM »

Waiting for the call so I can go get my CAR!!!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #26 on:** October 29, 2013, 07:22:21 AM »

TOD:

As a kid, I was a big Civil War buff and had a lot of books on the subject and my grandfather gave me a subscription to CIVIL WAR TIMES for several years and I still have a box of them.

As I got older my interest in Richard III sparked an interest in THE WAR OF THE ROSES. I probably have two shelves of books on that.

I also find the battles of Caradoc and Boudicca against the Romans in Britain very fascinating and have books both fiction and non-fiction on that.

Through the historical fiction of Bernard Cornwell, I've gotten interested in Alfred the Great's Battles with the Danes and the Hundred Years War somewhat.

Ginny · « **Reply #27 on:** October 29, 2013, 08:03:14 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings! Tonight is my second-to-last nonprofit board leadership class. I have most of the day at home to putter and get ready for the evening.

Ginny · « **Reply #28 on:** October 29, 2013, 08:05:38 AM »

Received word this morning that I've qualified to be part of THIS STUDY at Mayo Clinic. Acceptance confirms something that I asked my cardiologist about and he kind of blew off. Time to find a new doc!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2013, 08:06:52 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on October 29, 2013, 03:16:46 AM

Loved, loved, loved the first paragraph (especially) of today's notes... classic bk!

(I would call the song "Things are Bad in Baden-Baden" )

Visually, that's a nice tease, but aurally, I think "Things Are Odd in Baden-Baden" is more euphonious.

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