Topic: THE LAST OF APRIL (Read 7547 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #30 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:05:15 AM »

Quote from: John G. on April 30, 2014, 07:53:22 AM

Quote from: Ginny on April 30, 2014, 07:22:28 AM
Quote from: John G. on April 30, 2014, 07:19:54 AM
Just read a story that Barnes & Noble will likely be closed by the end of the year. Bummer.

The WHOLE chain???

The whole chain.

No way, DR John G. No way. Say it isn't so.

I am feeling a bit faint...

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:10:33 AM »

John G. · « **Reply #32 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:13:06 AM »

Small excerpt from piece by Michael Levin, author of "Shark Tank":

If anyone gives you a Barnes & Noble gift card, be sure to cash it in by the end of the year.

This may be the last year that Barnes & Noble bookstores remain open.

It’s bad news for people who love books. It’s worse news for the next generation of readers, who may never experience buying a book in a bookstore.

B&N has been closing about 20 stores per year since 2012 and has said it will continue to do so for the next several years. But its financial position is bleak.

This follows a decades-long period of expansion, moving into neighborhoods where privately-owned bookstores thrived, destroying those stores with cut-price best-sellers, and all but owning the book business.

...

Barnes & Noble killed privately owned bookstores, and Amazon and technology are killing B&N. It’s downright Darwinian.

Can B&N hang on through the holidays? Most likely. But sad to say, once Black Friday gives way to the 12th day of Christmas, a once-proud book chain may well have reached its final chapter.

And that would be chapter 11, of the Bankruptcy Code.

John G. · « **Reply #33 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:14:17 AM »

I would one of the many millions who contributed to that. I bought one of my textbooks for this semester at a brick and mortar store -- and yes, it was a Barnes & Noble.

I bought about 30 from used book websites, such as Half.com and from amazon used books.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #34 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:42:53 AM »

I'm actually shocked to think about how few new books, period, I buy these days. I contribute to the problem, too, but more by being chiefly interested in older and out-of-print books, things in general that are rather harder to find, and which won't be found in any event in a Barnes and Noble store.

Can it be, though, that BK's books are just about the only NEW BOOKS I've bought over the past couple of years? Well, just about.

Here's where Barnes and Noble is valuable to me: I drop a TON of cash and plastic there at least twice a year on Blu-rays and DVDs ... led by Criterions during the sales, but I'm nearly always able to find more to add to the pile because ... it's a store, and being able to browse and discover things results in more sales.

Ben · « **Reply #35 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:45:11 AM »

What's the future of Rodgers and Hammerstein?

Imagem on the Block

Imagen owns R&H

ChasSmith · « **Reply #36 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:52:16 AM »

Quote from: Jrand63 on April 30, 2014, 07:35:07 AM

DR CHAS SMITH that's one of my favorite plays!!!

I'm just getting to know it. I sat in on an early rehearsal that whetted my appetite, so it'll be great to see tonight's -- especially since I can't attend their opening weekend because of my musical. I'll certainly go back again later, though.

Hey, it even reawakened some interest in GONE WITH THE WIND, so as time permits, I and a couple of friends involved with the play (one of whom has never watched the entire film) will be sitting down to some documentaries and a Blu-ray showing one of these days.

Ginny · « **Reply #37 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:56:35 AM »

Thanks, DR John G, for the detail from the B & N story. Pretty dismal forecast...

MBarnum · « **Reply #38 on:** April 30, 2014, 08:59:52 AM »

While the chain bookstores have closed up shop, a locally owned bookstore, the two story THE BOOK BIN, which has long been in downtown Salem, recently opened a second store on the east side of town, where BORDER'S BOOKS used to be.

Oregon loves their book stores!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #39 on:** April 30, 2014, 09:26:12 AM »

Re Barnes and Noble: In all fairness, I do recall that pretty much this same speculation made the rounds last year as well, with the selection of stores they closed (NYC, anyone?) being particularly threatening and depressing. But I'd sure like to hold out hope that they will persevere a bit longer...

singdaw · « **Reply #40 on:** April 30, 2014, 09:45:55 AM »

"Don't sweat petty stuff, and don't pet sweaty stuff."

Words of advice, as found on the Internet.

singdaw · « **Reply #41 on:** April 30, 2014, 09:52:58 AM »

I am leafing through the latest Verizon Wireless circular from Sunday's paper, and am astonished at the proliferation of new wireless devices for the home.

You can remotely control your thermostat, your car, your scale, your lightbulbs, and your dead bolt from your smartphone.
You can monitor the sunlight, soil, and moisture in the dirt in your garden.
You can track your sleep, pulse, and blood oxygen levels.
Not to mention creativity tools.

Technology continues to amaze!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #42 on:** April 30, 2014, 10:25:56 AM »

And I am home from therapy, the post office, and the market. I will get back to the "Thousands of Flowers" orchestration shortly.

I am very worried for my friends employed by Barnes & Noble and Imagem. I wish them all well. Perhaps this will be a good thing for the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

DR Ginny, thanks for the article about Carmon de Leone.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #43 on:** April 30, 2014, 10:27:54 AM »

I liked LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO. I saw the original production in which my friend Celia Weston had a big role. I think my friend Anastasia Barzee was also in it. I liked DRIVING MISS DAISY better, I think.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #44 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:03:54 AM »

Watched the Todd-AO "Oklahoma" in the newly released Blu Ray Rodgers and Hammerstein box.

Gloriosky! It's a blessing to have this in a very fine pressing FINALLY.

John G. · « **Reply #45 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:04:07 AM »

Quote from: Ben on April 30, 2014, 08:45:11 AM

What's the future of Rodgers and Hammerstein?

Imagem on the Block

Imagen owns R&H

I just don't understand business enough.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:20:57 AM »

The documentary on the GWTW DVD set is wonderful....I think it was transported to the BluRay....not sure.

singdaw · « **Reply #47 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:22:47 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 30, 2014, 11:03:54 AM

Watched the Todd-AO "Oklahoma" in the newly released Blu Ray Rodgers and Hammerstein box.

I previewed bits of it. It nearly looked 3-D on my decidedly NON-3-D television.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #48 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:30:18 AM »

Quote from: bk on April 30, 2014, 12:04:04 AM

And the word of the day is: QUIFF!

And The Song Of The Day Is: BIG SPENDER

bk · « **Reply #49 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:30:32 AM »

I'm up - I have no idea how much sleep I got because I had so much liquid yesterday that I was up every hour getting rid of it. And I couldn't fall asleep for an hour or two when I went to bed, and then the phone rang every thirty minutes from nine on. I'm hoping I did get eight hours in there somewhere.

bk · « **Reply #50 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:32:48 AM »

Barnes and Noble are going the way of Crown and all the others - they all robbed us of our beloved mom-and-pop stores. They did so by slashing prices so low that half of what they sold were loss leaders. But Barnes and Noble and Bookstar were something else - they became coffee houses where you could get coffee and sit and read books for free, which is exactly what everyone did. It was, I'm afraid, both predictable and inevitable. The mom-and-pops still exist online on the ABE.

bk · « **Reply #51 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:33:01 AM »

Page two? Really?

bk · « **Reply #52 on:** April 30, 2014, 11:33:10 AM »

It's quite windy today.

singdaw · « **Reply #53 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:03:50 PM »

Everyone Knows it's Windy.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #54 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:44:33 PM »

Quote from: Jrand63 on April 30, 2014, 11:20:57 AM

The documentary on the GWTW DVD set is wonderful....I think it was transported to the BluRay....not sure.

I have the Blu-ray, and the two-hour doc is definitely ported from earlier releases but is excellent. Got through 38 minutes of it last week and have had to put off resuming it. Hopefully, this weekend.

George · « **Reply #55 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:50:48 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 30, 2014, 05:33:24 AM

Good morning, all! Perhaps it's the rain, but I really wanted to lie in bed and listen to the rain for another hour. Instead, I'm up, and preparing for physical therapy.

Today is Sheldon Harnick's 90th birthday. What a wonderful man!

A Very Happy Birthday to Sheldon Harnick!!

Jennifer · « **Reply #56 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:55:40 PM »

Feel better DR JohnG!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That would be very sad about Barnes and Noble. Would they still have their online store?

Jennifer · « **Reply #57 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:58:35 PM »

In Canada our big bookstores are Chapters. I would be beyond sad if they ever closed. But they do also sell toys, magazines and have a big coffee house upstairs.

George · « **Reply #58 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:58:51 PM »

Quote from: FJL on April 30, 2014, 06:05:53 AM

The announcement of postponing TIME AND AGAIN at 54 Below seemed pretty darn classy, that they said in announcing it that Skip's score was near and dear to them.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/54-SINGS-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-Comes-to-54-Below-511-Replaces-TIME-AND-AGAIN-20140429#

"Unfortunately, we have to postpone indefinitely the presentation of Time and Again, a score near and dear to all of us at 54 Below," says Phil Geoffrey Bond, Director of Original Programming, 54 Below. "We couldn't find creative solutions to present the score in its best light and are postponing this until we do. We are thrilled that Merrily We Roll Along will be the latest score celebrated in our exciting '54 Sings' concert series."

That's too bad, Fred.

George · « **Reply #59 on:** April 30, 2014, 12:59:02 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on April 30, 2014, 06:49:09 AM

Tiny Hamster Eating Tiny Burritos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCtdw9FG-s

Now, that's funny!

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