Topic: BRIEFS (Read 17590 times)

bk · « **on:** October 22, 2004, 11:59:22 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were brief, the briefs were brief, and now it is time to post until the brief cows come home.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2004, 12:30:10 AM »

Topic Of The Day: Ferrante & Teicher "Blast Off".

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2004, 12:37:02 AM »

To continue the discussion from yesterday. I don't think children need to be enticed to the theatre with stage versions of cartoons they watched on the movie screen or video. Particularly when so many of the characters onstage look like refugees from a theme park.

There is plenty of wonderful children's theatre that kids can go to and be indoctrinated into theatre. Also I don't personally don't think young, young children belong in a theatre. They should be of an age old enough where they can behave and understand the proprieties and obligations of being an audience member and appreciate and pay attention to what's happening on stage.

Oddly enough the first live theatre I saw was another school excursion when I was in the fourth grade -- BEAUTY & THE BEAST, a non-musical version, that owed more to Cocteau than anything else. I remember hand sconces on a wall and other eerie, haunting things. My impression at the time, and ever since, has been of being part of a strange, enchanting dream. We saw another production by the same company that year. It was a comedy about a space ship,a mad scientist, and an interplanetary beastie, as I recall. Not quite as magical or mesmerizing as Beauty & the Beast, but fascinating. I wanted more school days like these.

BK, my favourite weird recording is Marcel Marceau Live...long tracks of silence, with intermittent bits of enthusiastic applause. I also have two records of Tony Randall singing twenties & early thirties ditties...I'm particularly fond of "You're Blase".

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2004, 12:47:30 AM »

A weird recording I've never heard all the way through. One of my favourite all-time singers, Johhny Hartman, recorded a record of 60's/70's hits like By The Time I Get To Phoenix, etc. My wife and I got through about two numbers before we took it off and have never played it since.

Another weird recording. A friend of mine burned a CD of nothing but various versions of THE TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC for me. In tribute to an old 78 recording of it we used to play in college. There are probably about two dozen versions on the CD. He also sent me a humour CD entitled INTERNATIONAL CREPITATION CONTEST. Besides this first selection, it includes such weird cuts as Wish I Was a Lesiban, Kill the Rabbit, and She's Looking Better Every Beer. He also sent me a CD of Max Bygrave songs which are pretty damned weird.

I also have a record of old Harry Lauder songs, which may be a little weird but are also great fun.

Panni · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2004, 03:53:38 AM »

I have a busy day ahead of transporting and schlepping. Which is why being up at 4 AM is not a great idea. But here I am. I'm going to start off the day be checking out an estate sale in the hood that I saw advertised in the Times. Then to the new place with a big load of pictures and dishes. I'm going to put together the bathroom cabinet (I hope), put in some shelf liner and the schlep some more. Yesterday I bought some scented drawer liner for the built-in drawers. La-di-dah!
Perhaps I should try for some more sleep....

Panni · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:06:21 AM »

Oh - weird recordings - I have a good throat singing CD - which I can't find at the moment for the exact title. (Note to self: must do a better job of organizing CDs in new digs.)
And there's one that's not all that weird, but some of the titles of cuts are winners - The CD is LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES - The Bulgarian State Rado & Television Female Vocal Choir. The first number is entitled "Pilentze Pee." (I'd translate that as You're In the Money" - but they don't.) Then there's "Mir Stanke le" (which apparently translates to "Harvest Song from Thrace" - go figure.) But then there's "Polegnala e Pschenitza" - easy for YOU to say - which according to the liner notes ALSO translates as "Harvest Song from Thrace"... Those wacky Bulgarians!
...Okay. back to bed.

Panni · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:08:13 AM »

Hello, Jrand!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:11:21 AM »

Hi Panni!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:12:44 AM »

Love your new house!

I had the same "shelf" experience - and may I suggest DRPANNI before you drive yourself to distraction - call a friend with aptitude and buy him lunch after he puts it together. There are times when TWO sets of hands are needed to hold everything together! Don't frustrate yourself and waste your time!

Panni · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:17:12 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on October 23, 2004, 04:12:44 AM

Love your new house!
I had the same "shelf" experience - and may I suggest DRPANNI before you drive yourself to distraction - call a friend with aptitude and buy him lunch after he puts it together. There are times when TWO sets of hands are needed to hold everything together! Don't frustrate yourself and waste your time!

Great minds think alike, Jrand. While you were posting the above, I was writing an e-mail to a friend asking for just such help.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:17:35 AM »

Hmmmmmmm....well almost all I HAVE are weird recordings. So.....

SPIKE JONES to be sure. When I was a teeny todd (a SS reference) - my aunt gave me a whole stack of 45 rpm EP's among them several SJ songs. I laughed and laughed and played them until they could play no more (shades of Les uns et les autres). Of course they were WEIRD on purpose.

I have spoken about this Columbia 45 before - from the late 1960's - a country singer named Jenny Clay (who also wrote these two songs). I don't know which was the "a" side - but the titles were:

"Another" and "Treasures With the Trash." Both are musically off the wall and lyrically challenged. I will post the lyrics to the second song in my next message so you can skip it - if you dare.

MRBK I am appalled (a Faye Dunaway reference) - can you please let me know the seller's new ID so I can contact him and EBAY. I have filed a Safe Harbor report. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR - I am so sorry I recommended him to you. But I bet he is even sorrier!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:17:56 AM »

LOL.....one track mind - one car on the track!

Panni · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:19:38 AM »

...And thank you. Glad you like the house. Hope my downstairs neighbors won't mind my middle of the night jaunts. Mind you, the people who owned the house before - and lived in my new digs - had toddler twins and a dog. So after that, i should be like a Trappist monk.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:21:19 AM »

Treasures With the Trash by Jenny Clay.

I found you in the arms of my very best girlfriend,
And my world fell down with a crash.

I sent you on your way with my very best girlfriend.
I threw out my treasures with the trash.

Took your ring from my finger
And your pitcher from the wall.
Your only suit from the closet
And your coat from the hall.

And I burned everything
That I couldn't smash.
I threw out my treasures with the trash.

Thanks to you
And her, too,
I cain't pick up the pieces.
There was nothing left after the crash.
Just some odds
And some ends
And some "used to be" friends.
I threw out my treasures with the trash.....

REPEAT REFRAIN with a hitch in yur git-along......

Panni · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:21:33 AM »

Is Spike Jones considered weird, Jrand? In that case, I'll list him as in my weird collection.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:21:58 AM »

Indeed - they will wonder if you are there.

Did the Paramount boi get your old house?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:22:19 AM »

Weird on purpose, so I don't know if that counts.

Panni · « **Reply #17 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:22:51 AM »

I also somewhere have - or used to have - selections from My Fair Lady in Hungarian. Okay - I MUST try to get some more sleep.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:24:43 AM »

Play Julie Andrews singing Stay Awake from MARY POPPINS - works for me everytime.

Panni · « **Reply #19 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:25:36 AM »

I don't think PB called back, Jrand. Someone wants the place and has said she will put down a deposit. But she's gone out of town and it's still being shown. Which means more running around for me to come home for showings and take Abie out. One thing I DON'T need right now is more running around.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:27:23 AM »

LOL....so you will be packing for your trip in your old digs....and unpacking FROM your trip in your new digs?

That is so metaphysical!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:27:51 AM »

I will let you alone now....off to EBAY.

Panni · « **Reply #22 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:28:18 AM »

'Night. (or 'Mornin')

Panni · « **Reply #23 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:31:28 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on October 23, 2004, 04:27:23 AM

LOL....so you will be packing for your trip in your old digs....and unpacking FROM your trip in your new digs?

That is so metaphysical!

No. I'm moving a few days after I return. Which (among other reasons) is why I must be careful to pace myself so that I don't go into the trip exhausted -- or I'll get sick, which would be a bummer.

Michael · « **Reply #24 on:** October 23, 2004, 04:50:51 AM »

DR TCB asked the following after I went to bed:

...but I want to know who Michael Shayne's piece of blind gossip is supposed to be about??? I could never figure those damn things out. Names, I want names!!

Okay I will give you names and even break it down. The blind item that I read.

Could it be that the onstage double of that closeted (and tweezed) actor has a double life of his own? So say numerous sources who have “procured” this man’s services by the hour, night, or weekend. He’s far more interested in Steve than Eve (regardless of what he tells you), and despite his proclaimed versatility, if you give him a task, he’ll happily get to the bottom of it. He’s handsome enough, but it’s his physique that’s particularly impressive – hardly earned by sweatin’ to the oldies.

It seems to be via other peoples' postings to be one Adam Simmons who is appearing in the musical of The Portrait of Dorian Gray.

Breaking down the clues

Could it be that the onstage double (The portrait)

of that closeted (and tweezed) actor (Max Von Essen)

has a double life of his own? So say numerous sources who have “procured” this man’s services by the hour, night, or weekend. He’s far more interested in Steve than Eve (regardless of what he tells you), (Adam as in Adam and Eve. Adam being his first name)

and despite his proclaimed versatility, if you give him a task, he’ll happily get to the bottom of it. He’s handsome enough, but it’s his physique that’s particularly impressive (One can see his ads and attributes online.)

– hardly earned by sweatin’ to the oldies (Refrence to Richard Simmons series of workout tapes. Simmons being his last name.)

Below is a picture from Dorian Gray. Max Von Essen on the left and Adam Simmons in the back Kevin Bailey is on the right

Jrand73 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 23, 2004, 05:08:34 AM »

Ah - the price of fame!

I think even our esteemed MR BK was once featured in a movie magazine detailing Cindy Williams' "porn past."

elmore3003 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 23, 2004, 05:32:57 AM »

Good morning, all!

DRPanni, beautiful home, but what does the guest room look like? Also, be careful with the shelves and remember my calamitous experience in August. I had my friend who rebuilt the one wall come and look at the opposite one where the bookshelves are beginning to sag, and hopefully, he'll be working on it by the end of the week.

Weird CD? Mrs Miller, Spike Jones, Florence Foster Jenkins. I used to have on LP a vanity recording of some Colorado production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC featuring the worst cast and orchestra ever to annoy the ears of God. It contained some of the Broadway score not recorded around 1980, such as the Waltz based on "My Favorite Things" in Act One and the "Do-Re-Mi" of the Act Two concert, but it was all played and sung so terrribly they could have been performing the "Crapshooter's Ballet."

Tomovoz · « **Reply #27 on:** October 23, 2004, 05:45:32 AM »

I guess my recording of music from "The Cornwall Museum of Mechanical Music" may seem a little strange to people. My Yma Sumac record might also fit the bill.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #28 on:** October 23, 2004, 05:48:55 AM »

A special thank you to the DRs who suggested I stick with this current series of "Six Feet Under". The first three shows were a trial but there has been a payoff. I think I am now up to #6 or#7. The show does seemed to regained its focus. (or maybe I have!)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 23, 2004, 06:20:49 AM »

LOL DRELMORE - The Von Trapp Family Crapshooters!

My MOST weird LP has got to be Patty Duke Sings Valley of the Dolls....which is a bit as if Natalie Wood had released an album of the songs from West Side Story.

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