Topic: THE LIVELY AND FESTIVE NOTES (Read 24690 times)

Tomovoz · « **Reply #90 on:** November 17, 2004, 01:38:50 PM »

With all that reading I hope people still have time to post so that I too can read.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #91 on:** November 17, 2004, 01:43:45 PM »

Amazon are trying to sell me two new Darin biographies. One radio station here had a promo-giveaway for Darin DVD/Cd combinations last weekend. The world is being swamped in Darin.

People will think he is a new guy cashing in on Robbie Williams and Michael Bublé.

Worse things could happen - you could be forced to listen to 3 volumes of Rod Stewart's "Great American Song Book". Horses and Courses I guess. Rod has so much airplay here with those recordings. Urgh!!!

Panni · « **Reply #92 on:** November 17, 2004, 01:51:55 PM »

Hello, all. A short post. I just got FeExed 6 lovely books (short ones - but still 6) that I must quickly read for what I truly hope will be my next gig.
Abie is home. I took him back to the old place before bringing him here. For "closure." His nemesis the garbage truck was just pulling up as we stopped in front of the old house. He's petrified of the noisy beast. So he rushed inside his safe home environment. The door was open as he hurried in -- and stopped, stunned. (Or as stunned as a dog gets). He looked around, took in the emptiness, sniffed a few things, barked once, and headed for the door. A practical dog, this one. The garbage truck was still on the street, so he jumped happily into the car. We headed for the new place.
As luck would have it, another garbage truck was huffing and puffing its way down our new street. We got out of the car and I directed Abie to his future home. He ran upstairs, slightly puzzled, but happy to get away from the truck monster.
I opened the door -- and once again he was stunned. (Or as stunned as a dog gets.) All this familiar stuff in this strange place! I pointed out a few things - like his water dish, gave him a treat and a tour. Now he's happily snoozing on "his" sofa, which is in the office and just behind me.
Nice to be home.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #93 on:** November 17, 2004, 01:52:41 PM »

TO BRUCE or ANYONE-

Do you know where I can find on CD Irving Berlin's song A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY?

Noel · « **Reply #94 on:** November 17, 2004, 01:54:48 PM »

On my large list of criteria for how you tell the difference between a musical and an opera: If the composer did his own orchestrations, it's very likely an opera.

Stuart · « **Reply #95 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:03:55 PM »

DR Panni, I have forgotten to officially welcome you (and Abie) to your new abode.

Welcome! Enjoy it!

Jay · « **Reply #96 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:07:12 PM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on November 17, 2004, 01:52:41 PM

TO BRUCE or ANYONE-

Do you know where I can find on CD Irving Berlin's song A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY?

It's on the 5-CD collection of music associated with the PBS mini-series "Broadway: The American Musical."

Jay · « **Reply #97 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:09:11 PM »

Lots of mazel to you, Dear Reader Panni (and Dear Dog Abie), in your new place!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #98 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:09:16 PM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on November 17, 2004, 01:52:41 PM

TO BRUCE or ANYONE-

Do you know where I can find on CD Irving Berlin's song A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY?

DRArnoldMBrockman, I just went to Amazon.com, looked up music, then went to song title. They offer 132 compact discs with "A Pretty Girtl is Like A Melody!"

Jason · « **Reply #99 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:12:30 PM »

Random Post: I saw Dolly Parton in concert last week. I'm now obsessed with her music. What an incredibly talented lady!

Sorry about the bad mood the other day - it's been a bad week, but things are looking up, and Friday's my birthday. It couldn't be much worse than last year's, so hoo and ray!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #100 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:23:19 PM »

Quote from: Noel on November 17, 2004, 01:54:48 PM

On my large list of criteria for how you tell the difference between a musical and an opera: If the composer did his own orchestrations, it's very likely an opera.

DRNoel, I love you, but I can't buy that! Is BABES IN TOYLAND an opera because Victor Herberet did some of the orchestration? I'd say no, because even if the ton of music he wrote on and off between 1903 and 1905 is high quality, the book is still a secondrate mess that should have been better. CANDIDE has more Hershy Kay than Bernstein in its orchestration, but I consider it a first-rate comic opera (at least in its 1956 original). Even if it's totally sung, like THE GOLDEN APPLE, and Moross did about half the orchestrations, it still sounds to me like a musical, as does EVITA, which had orchestrations credited to Hershy Kay when La Lupone starred in it.

Then we get to BORIS GODUNOV which wasn't godunov for Rimsky Korsakov, whose rescoring, and some rewriting, was the standard for a long, long time, as it has been with a lot of Mussorgsky and with Borodin's PRINCE IGOR.
SWEENEY TODD, in its magnificent Tunick orchestration, is one of the 20th Century's great operas in my book, even though Steve and I have argued about that.

Arthur Sullivan did most of his scoring but he used assistants, we know from the autograph score to FLEDERMAUS that Johann Strauss relied a lot on others, and we'll never know in all that 19th-Century Viennese and Parisienne operetta school - Offenbach, Lecocq, Ganne,Millocker, Straus, and others - who relied on help to finish on time or to look better.

Jane · « **Reply #101 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:31:31 PM »

Emily I got a kick out of the very merry song.

Jose-The Funeral March-that is a riot.
The Ashland McDonald’s closed due to lack of business.

SWW it hurts my eyes to read Pibgorn. How is this a parody on STARGATE SG-I? Danise did you get through it?

Matt H I have used your sleep technique. It doesn’t work as quickly for me.
I also think of things I could get up and do but really don’t want to do. Mostly I read until I drop.
I will TIVO HOUSE for next week. Let me know what you think of it.

Panni · « **Reply #102 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:31:50 PM »

Thank you, DRs (and brothers) Jay and Stuart!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #103 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:37:32 PM »

So I'm listening to my favourite new radio station over the internet WMKV out of Cincinnati and they play a duet by Johnny Mercer and Bobby Darin of that Guy Haines favourite, If I Had My Druthers...with several verses I don't believe I've ever heard before.

Jane · « **Reply #104 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:44:25 PM »

JRand, nice photo of Dolores Hart. She doesn’t look her age at all. And Richard Long, I do miss him.

Stuart your former boss must be a very caring person to wait until after her parents were gone before becoming a nun.

Jane · « **Reply #105 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:51:15 PM »

Panni I could picture Abie while reading your sweet story. Smart dog now knows he is home.
I hope you also settle in quickly.

Where did the pictures go? All I’m getting are red x’s. I want a turkey dance and a pic of Lori Nelson with John Bromfield.

Charles Pogue is there a link to your favorite new radio station?

Jennifer · « **Reply #106 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:51:35 PM »

Hmmm, I wonder how long the book will take to make it here?

MBarnum · « **Reply #107 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:57:49 PM »

DR Panni, my warm wishes for a happy homecoming!

MBarnum · « **Reply #108 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:58:10 PM »

I hate those dang red Xs!

Jane · « **Reply #109 on:** November 17, 2004, 02:59:03 PM »

I have moved too many times. I’m updating my holiday mailing list and so far have 110 people on it.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #110 on:** November 17, 2004, 03:27:18 PM »

Good Afternoon! Good Evening!

This whole sun-setting-earlier-now thingy is throwing me for the proverbial loop. I leave for my walk around 4:00 - the sun it out, the sky is blue, etc. I come back from my walk around 5:15, and it's practically dark. Well, it is dark. It makes me feel like I've been walking around for three hours rather than one hour. Which is neither good nor bad, just a little mind-tricky.

But I had a good walk. No chocolate shop stop today. No French bakery either. But I did stop at Ukrop's to pick up some paper towels and some snacks (Chex Snack Mix is on sale this week!). Oh, I also swung by the bread bakery on the way back to pick up an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, and a free slice of their very good challah bread! Yum!

Now to plan/find/forage for dinner...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #111 on:** November 17, 2004, 03:31:33 PM »

Quote from: Jane on November 17, 2004, 02:59:03 PM

I have moved too many times. I’m updating my holiday mailing list and so far have 110 people on it.

...Which reminds me... Will this be the year I finally send out Christmas cards? Hmmm... Of course, the past two or three holiday seasons I've bought boxes of new cards to send out, but I never got to sending them out. I think I have about 15 boxes of cards just waiting to be filled out and mailed. We shall see..

bk · « **Reply #112 on:** November 17, 2004, 03:54:17 PM »

Krakowski was in the show by the time it hit Boston.

td · « **Reply #113 on:** November 17, 2004, 03:54:18 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on November 17, 2004, 01:05:59 PM

Liked what I've seen of the Spacey/Darin show and Spacey's voice is fine. Check it out on the "Midnight In The Garden OF Evil" soundtrack.

DRs know I am very much a fan of both Spacey and Darin. I for one am looking forward to the movie being successful.

Well, normally I'm a fan of Spacey, but remember, I'm the DR who has a disdain for AMERICAN BEAUTY; fine cast, indeed. I admire all the participants in the film, yet. . . .blah.
I am hoping for the best for the film, I've seen the trailer (haven't visited the official site yet), but I'm finding the ubiquitous Mr. Spacey's press agent to be, well, a bit ubiquitous right now.
Did everyone see the loving care that went into reproducing Darin's album cover work? Amazing.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #114 on:** November 17, 2004, 03:55:46 PM »

Oh... So they're going into the studio to drop in the vocals of Brooke Shields and Jennifer Hope Wills into the recent OCR of Wonderful Town. Hmm.. Do I really need a new re-recording of this OCR?

However, this does make the second re-recording that Brooke Shields has done, the first one being the Rosie O'Donnell (originally) Grease revival. Hmm... I wonder what show she'll be going into next?

td · « **Reply #115 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:01:05 PM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on November 17, 2004, 02:37:32 PM

So I'm listening to my favourite new radio station over the internet WMKV out of Cincinnati and they play a duet by Johnny Mercer and Bobby Darin of that Guy Haines favourite, If I Had My Druthers...with several verses I don't believe I've ever heard before.

And that duet is from one of my top Bobby Darin albums!
It can be had for a song at many online emporiums:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4791DDE46AE7120CC9B3350C6BA22D207DF56EE871D2F471BD2B025548B5F50CF78D0DD8EFDFB74AB78A8E02CA45A0B9FCDE456FED6623F2DED93&sql=10:yrazqj3bojsa

Tomovoz · « **Reply #116 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:02:18 PM »

"American Beauty" is not my list of see again movies either.

Danise · « **Reply #117 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:30:41 PM »

Thank you SWW for the link. I shall certainly check that out. I’m sure Jane will as well.

I was going to tell you that I bought a nice computer program called "Cook'n Deluxe". It has a lot of good receipes and you can add to it. There are tons of other software titles that work with it. I bought quite a few of them on E-bay this weekend. Do you use any cooking computer software?

I received a package in the mail today but what was in it I shall not say. No, I think I shall allow that to be a mystery for my fellow DR’s to ponder.

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Here's a question for everyone: What tricks do you use when you need to sleep and can't?

I've never had an answer for that one, myself.

Hummm, I don’t think that’s a question for me since my problem is the usually the opposite. I can’t seem to stay AWAKE. I pass out a few moments after my head hits the pillow and can sleep as many as 12-14 hours without a problem. I’m not proud of that and have tried to NOT do that but I can’t help myself.

I wake up tired, I’m tired most (if not all) of the day and I think that even when I’m sleeping, I’m tired. One thing that has helped is that memory foam pad I bought. I notice I’m not as bad as I was before but if I have a stressful day I’m back to square one.

BTW (By The Way in internet lingo), I had another one of those dreams last night. I was asleep in a bed in what I knew was a new house. My legs were cold. I kinda woke up (in the dream) and thought, “Gee, we finely have a house that has central air!” Then I woke up for real and discovered my legs really were cold because it was in the sixties and I had somehow pulled the blanket off my legs.

Noel, I’m sorry that I’ve been rude. I meant to say how happy I was to hear about Joy’s show. I hope she knocks their socks off.

Many happy house wishes to Panni and pooch! It’s always good to be home!

Speaking of houses, Jrand, I did some digging and came up with the following pictures. I didn’t take them and have never been there but a friend of mine was and sent them to me. The last photo is of someone you know and someone might recognize but which is which I will not say. It shall also be a mystery.

Not much else to tell for the day except I have a date for lunch on Friday.

Danise · « **Reply #118 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:32:00 PM »

Recognize the “hanging tree?”

Danise · « **Reply #119 on:** November 17, 2004, 04:32:48 PM »

Or does this version of Collinwood look more familar?

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