Topic: OBSESSIONS (Read 3807 times)

John G. · « **Reply #90 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:28:20 PM »

Page four!

John G. · « **Reply #91 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:28:28 PM »

Page four? Really?

John G. · « **Reply #92 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:31:00 PM »

We did have the San Antonio Symphony play live with the San Antonio Ballet today. (Imaginative names, eh?)

The music was glorious. So was the new staging, especially for the first half. The only thing I didn't like was the hair style or wig on Clara. It looked like Liz Taylor's old hair.

John G. · « **Reply #93 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:34:53 PM »

Carol is coming to town Tuesday for a few days for a conference. I'm trying to find a Greek restaurant to go to. Man, have I forgotten the restaurant scene here. My brain must be too full of tango steps.

Ginny · « **Reply #94 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:45:10 PM »

Thank you to DRs George, John G, and ChasSmith for the birthday wishes for Mom.

Jane · « **Reply #95 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:50:40 PM »

Quote from: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:25:18 PM

Quote from: Jane on November 27, 2016, 03:03:59 PM
Quote from: George on November 27, 2016, 01:32:51 AM
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" that I saw last night in IMAX 3-D was great! You don't need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand the movie. They mention Dumbledore and Hogwarts once each (I think), and they explain the term "muggles," but otherwise, it was an independent story set after The Great War (WWI). The special effects were very good, of course, and the acting was really good, too. The only problem that I had was that Eddie Redmayne tended to mumble a bit. Everyone else ennunciated well, but Eddie had some moments that were difficult to understand. Otherwise, I recommend it.

Thanks for the report. I always wonder about mumblers. Isn't there someone listening to them to say "speak so you can be heard!!!"

Watching McCabe and Mrs. Miller now with the commentary on. Altman wanted Warren Beatty to mumble to go with the fumble of the character. He dropped it by the second day.

Good for him.

Jane · « **Reply #96 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:51:23 PM »

Quote from: John G. on November 27, 2016, 06:26:16 PM

And let's orchestrate some vibes for Elmore, too.

DITTO!!!!!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #97 on:** November 27, 2016, 06:57:52 PM »

I need to get to Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened at Lincoln Center. Tomorrow would have been the day, but we didn't get the decorating done tonight so that's a priority tomorrow. I'm thinking the 2:30 or 4:30 showing on Tuesday.

DR Elmore, I know you're waiting to hear when you're going. If it should turn out to be Tuesday, maybe we can manage to wave to each other. I'm going to wait till sometime tomorrow to commit to a time and buy my ticket online.

John G. · « **Reply #98 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:23:44 PM »

Watching Searching for Bobby Fischer for the first time in more than 10 years. I loved this movie when it came out. And I'm really enjoying it all over again.

John G. · « **Reply #99 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:25:58 PM »

I had heard the Altman commentary on my own copy of McCabe. I had checked the new version from the Criterion Collection out of the library. I was glad to find out I don't need another version.

bk · « **Reply #100 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:33:23 PM »

Back from a fun rehearsal with the Calabasas kids - Sami's getting over a little cold, but still sounded fine. And the kids, who are doing the Nonsense Words medley are having fun - I gave them some specific direction, broke the song up into solos, trios, and full group and now they just have to learn it by heart. I'll do a little staging with them at our second rehearsal, which is the night before the event.

bk · « **Reply #101 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:35:41 PM »

Prior to that, the two missing packages from yesterday and the one from today all showed up, so that's good. So, now uploading the Villa-Lobos Symphonies into iTunes and listening to the first of them as I do so - written in 1916 his musical language was already unique and the melodic invention superb. These symphonies were written from 1916 to 1957 (he passed away in 1959) - twelve in all and if the first is any indication of their quality, it's going to be great fun discovering them. I've never heard a one of them.

bk · « **Reply #102 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:36:50 PM »

After rehearsal Sami went home to some group study thing (they do it on the computer) and her mom and I went to Risto for Eyetalian food. I had my usual rigatoni with sausage and peppers (not a huge serving), a small Caesar and that was that.

bk · « **Reply #103 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:37:10 PM »

It's been too cold to jog, so I didn't do one, but really must try to tomorrow.

bk · « **Reply #104 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:37:17 PM »

Page four? Really?

bk · « **Reply #105 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:40:48 PM »

This is stunningly beautiful music - and the performance is lovely and so is the sound.

bk · « **Reply #106 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:53:52 PM »

Even though he wrote twelve symphonies, the music for the fifth symphony seems to be lost forever - so there are eleven in this 7-CD set, with some other pieces included as filler. Only one of his symphonies, the second, is of longer length - that one is fifty minutes or so - the majority are around twenty-five minutes.

vixmom · « **Reply #107 on:** November 27, 2016, 07:56:55 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on November 27, 2016, 04:04:18 PM

Quote from: vixmom on November 27, 2016, 03:53:06 PM
Happy birthday yo Ginny's mom! Wow, 98!!

Thank you, DR Vixmom! She can't remember from one minute to the next how old she is $:-\$

I have that problem sometimes and I'm only ...uh....um...

bk · « **Reply #108 on:** November 27, 2016, 08:16:15 PM »

Page four? Really?

bk · « **Reply #109 on:** November 27, 2016, 08:16:26 PM »

Shouldn't we already be on page fifty?

bk · « **Reply #110 on:** November 27, 2016, 08:31:28 PM »

So, did everyone shop on Black Friday and Beige Saturday and Indigo Sunday? Spent too much? Braved crowds. I did not shopping whatsoever, not even online where there were mighty find deals to be had - the only thing I bought were a few CDs.

John G. · « **Reply #111 on:** November 27, 2016, 08:57:24 PM »

Good night, all.

George · « **Reply #112 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:04:47 PM »

Our rehearsal is going well. I am going to help with the one and only scene change in the first act. Since I'm not in the first act at all, it's not a problem.

George · « **Reply #113 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:05:15 PM »

I got through my one scene in the second act and got some laughs! That's always good.

bk · « **Reply #114 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:41:16 PM »

Am on symphony four - this set is going to bring great pleasure and repeated listenings. Apparently critics are their usual full of themselves, pedantic twits - they give Villa-Lobos a hard time over the symphonies, because in "their" estimation they don't think they're as good as his popular pieces - and yet, they are great, at least the four I've heard. Go know. But critics then and critics now are a whole other ball of jelly and critics now have come to realize the worth and greatness of these symphonies. What a shame number five is lost.

bk · « **Reply #115 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:41:29 PM »

How can we still be on page four?

bk · « **Reply #116 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:41:42 PM »

Is someone trying to Gaslight me?

bk · « **Reply #117 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:41:55 PM »

We should have been off this damn page ages ago.

bk · « **Reply #118 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:42:17 PM »

It looks like there are a 130 posts on this page and yet here we are.

bk · « **Reply #119 on:** November 27, 2016, 09:42:30 PM »

Okay, this is stupid.

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