Topic: ENDING OUR RUN ON A HIGH NOTE (Read 35690 times)

bk · « **Reply #1230 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:50:15 PM »

I think darling ChasSmith best pitch in here and do his belated bit.

bk · « **Reply #1231 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:50:26 PM »

Page forty-two? Really?

Dan M · « **Reply #1232 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:50:35 PM »

Quote from: CLaFong on March 02, 2014, 09:45:14 PM

Peter and I went to the Oscars two years ago. It's much more fun to be there live....
When you see it replayed on TV you realize how much they rely on canned applause!
But, that's show biz!

The highlight is sticking around on the red carpet after the ceremony. As people leave
The Governor's Ball, they are stuck there waiting for their limos. It's a great opportunity to meet people. Henry Stanny and I got to talk to Ennio Morricone seven years ago. And two years ago,
Peter Hackman was able to meet John Williams. Bruce -- maybe we should go next year??

Is anyone going to see Ennio Morricone in concert? I wish I could. As for John Williams, I have had a recurring dream on and off for several years that I was having lunch with him. Don't know why. About 30 years ago, I wrote to him c/o The Boston Pops. I waited and waited for a response. After 6 months, I pretty much gave up. But, he came through. He wrote me a very nice note and signed it with a great John Williams flourish. The wait was worth it and I've always thought of him as a genuinely good person. Plus, he and I have Floral Park, NY in common.

bk · « **Reply #1233 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:50:43 PM »

I'm forever blowing bubbles.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1234 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:50:59 PM »

bk · « **Reply #1235 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:51:01 PM »

Does anyone sing that song anymore?

bk · « **Reply #1236 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:51:13 PM »

I gotta tell you.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1237 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:52:58 PM »

I see vixmom here. Is her head on the keyboard? Does anyone hear snoring?

bk · « **Reply #1238 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:53:39 PM »

Vixmom has probably left the room. C'mon, it's early.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1239 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:54:01 PM »

I took photographic evidence as requested by DR Jrand63. Will post tomorrow.

Dan M · « **Reply #1240 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:54:19 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 02, 2014, 09:51:01 PM

Does anyone sing that song anymore?

I'm watching the Burns & Allen Show; I bet George sang that song!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1241 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:56:21 PM »

I wonder if it will take me as long to read Pages 13 through 40 as it took y'all to write them.

Dan M · « **Reply #1242 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:59:23 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 02, 2014, 09:56:21 PM

I wonder if it will take me as long to read Pages 13 through 40 as it took y'all to write them.

. . . . or endure the inanity of the Oscars telecast. To paraphrase Herbert Morrison, "Oh, the inanity!", as the blimp of a show fell over.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1243 on:** March 02, 2014, 09:59:32 PM »

So, apropos of nothing, and after all the hoohah, if we get any snow at all overnight, it will be but a dusting -- not 6 to 8 inches, 3 to 5 inches, or even 1 to 3 inches. It's all veering to the south of us. Yay!!

George · « **Reply #1244 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:01:29 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 02, 2014, 09:50:59 PM

42!

Which is the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything!

Dan M · « **Reply #1245 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:01:47 PM »

Someone should post in the control booth at the Academy Awards that brevity is the soul of wit, and the soul of an entertainment. Padding is only necessary if your trying to fill out a Santa suit.

bk · « **Reply #1246 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:01:47 PM »

I cannot get over Pink - how does that become a hit singer? Breathing in between syllables? I mean, does she even have a clew as to what she's singing about?

bk · « **Reply #1247 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:02:18 PM »

It's self-indulgence at it's height, all about her and the processed voice and not the song or its lyric.

Dan M · « **Reply #1248 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:04:55 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 02, 2014, 10:01:47 PM

I cannot get over Pink - how does that become a hit singer? Breathing in between syllables? I mean, does she even have a clew as to what she's singing about?

I can't get into many of the singers like her. Besides the lack of phrasing, I also hate when "singers" reach for the note calling that a style. Whatever happened to: there's the note, hit it, not wend your way to it.

George · « **Reply #1249 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:05:01 PM »

I'm cutting out the commercials and I stopped at John Travolta's introduction to "Let It Go," and it sounds like he called Idina Menzel, "Adele dah-Zeem."

bk · « **Reply #1250 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:06:09 PM »

I gotta tell you.

bk · « **Reply #1251 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:06:30 PM »

I have the TV on and I'm hearing Jimmy Kimmel's monologue - not funny.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1252 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:06:39 PM »

Pink reminded me of the kids who sing the solos in "O Holy Night" at this annual Christmas program, and their utter cluelessness re breathing and breaking up phrases and words.

"A thrill of hope the [gasp]
weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a [gasp]
new and glorious morn."

Dan M · « **Reply #1253 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:08:14 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 02, 2014, 10:06:39 PM

Pink reminded me of the kids who sing the solos in "O Holy Night" at this annual Christmas program, and their utter cluelessness re breathing and breaking up phrases and words.

"A thrill of hope the [gasp]
weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a [gasp]
new and glorious morn."

It's like hearing Shakespeare in a sing-song recitation.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #1254 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:08:38 PM »

Quote from: Dan M on March 02, 2014, 10:08:14 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 02, 2014, 10:06:39 PM
Pink reminded me of the kids who sing the solos in "O Holy Night" at this annual Christmas program, and their utter cluelessness re breathing and breaking up phrases and words.

"A thrill of hope the [gasp]
weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a [gasp]
new and glorious morn."

It's like hearing Shakespeare in a sing-song recitation.

Precisely.

Dan M · « **Reply #1255 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:09:16 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 02, 2014, 10:06:30 PM

I have the TV on and I'm hearing Jimmy Kimmel's monologue - not funny.

His pre-Oscar bit was very forced and unfunny. I think you should sue him for disgracing the surname.

bk · « **Reply #1256 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:09:58 PM »

Now they're doing some movie parody thing - really not funny.

bk · « **Reply #1257 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:10:23 PM »

I'm feeling page forty-three may be in our future.

Dan M · « **Reply #1258 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:10:50 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 02, 2014, 10:02:18 PM

It's self-indulgence at it's height, all about her and the processed voice and not the song or its lyric.

What's really sad is that most people take that as talent, as if she were an actual song stylist.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #1259 on:** March 02, 2014, 10:10:50 PM »

Quote from: CLaFong on March 02, 2014, 09:45:14 PM

Peter and I went to the Oscars two years ago. It's much more fun to be there live....
When you see it replayed on TV you realize how much they rely on canned applause!
But, that's show biz!

The highlight is sticking around on the red carpet after the ceremony. As people leave
The Governor's Ball, they are stuck there waiting for their limos. It's a great opportunity to meet people. Henry Stanny and I got to talk to Ennio Morricone seven years ago. And two years ago,
Peter Hackman was able to meet John Williams. Bruce -- maybe we should go next year??

Sounds like a memorable evening

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