Topic: THE FULL REPORT (Read 31817 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:45:00 AM »

I must have mis-added then. The scrabble word and score was based on a real incident - I did just that word playing against the marvelous Ray Henderson backstage during Forget-Me-Not Lane. I'll have to lay it out again when I get home and see where I went wrong. SPOILER: Stop here if you haven't read the book. And I knew that someone might remember The Real A and have actually been surprised no one but you remembered it.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:45:41 AM »

It's quite rainy, but I still think I'll venture down to Footlight Records, as I haven't been in that store for over two years now.

Jane · « **Reply #92 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:49:33 AM »

Ann, nice new avatar-very sultry.

Thank you DRLaura, so far it is.

Ginny, I’m glad my day promoted you to a Jr. Member.

Danise, for someone late you made my wishes very colorful. I just opened my beautiful birthday present. I was good and saved it.

Thank you Ben for my birthday wishes. I hope you rested well last night.

Stuart it isn’t even 9:00 and it is a happy birthday-thanks.

Thanks Penny and have good flights tomorrow.

MBarnum, I love m wishes and card. The card appears very old, is there a story that goes with it?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #93 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:50:07 AM »

Penny O pleading for hamchucks or the elusive Parisienne Cake

And Lo! An angel appered in their Midst!

der Brucer

Jrand73 · « **Reply #94 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:56:21 AM »

Who dat in da yarmulke?

MBarnum · « **Reply #95 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:57:07 AM »

BK, have you found out if you will be doing a reading in Portland? If so let me know, perhaps we can get some publicity going...a book review in the Oregonian or Willamette Week newspapers, or at the very least a mention in the Friday supplement about the reading...or maybe we could even talk one of the local theaters to show The First Nudie Musical?? Could be fun!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #96 on:** December 07, 2004, 08:58:52 AM »

BK gets nekkid!

BK addressing the Coven:

der (Oh, yes, dear readers, there are more!)

JMK · « **Reply #97 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:03:18 AM »

Yes, BK, there's a tiny little bookstore in the Hawthorne district called Murder by the Book that would probably have you. My ex-girlfriend works there. It would be nice to show up and throw hamchunks and cheese slices at her, not that I'm bitter or anything.

And you could stay free with us if you so chose.

And true yet unbelievable yarmulke story. The local newsreader on the Portland NPR station once pronounced it phonetically--"yar--mulk". We were in hysterics.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #98 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:03:36 AM »

The Genial Host, Dan Finton:

Responding to a query about:

"Murder On The Stage" - or, (How Three-Named Composer/Lyricists destroyed the modern muscial) by Noel Katz

JMK · « **Reply #99 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:04:21 AM »

The Clinton Street showed FNM years ago--in fact, it was the poster outside the theater when I saw the double feature of "Frances" and "Come and Get It" that started me on my long 20 year journey.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #100 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:10:02 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on December 07, 2004, 08:56:21 AM

Who dat in da yarmulke?

Dat be Elan - here pictured in his more hirsute days:

Jane · « **Reply #101 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:11:15 AM »

Jennifer thank you for the cheerful and bright wishes.

Noel you make sense. I’m really too happy today to think of torch songs.

JMK, thank you and your welcome.

Elan thanks-wish I could have been at the book signing to meet you and everyone else who was there.

Matt H, may your wish to me come true.

Thank you Emily and funny news story.

DiT I’m glad you explained the three D’s, I was straining my eyes to read it.

Thank you RLP! A shame you didn’t know about Yetta at the time. Shall I watch all of the reunion or just glance at it?

The photos are great! I do wish I could have been there.

JMK · « **Reply #102 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:11:27 AM »

Actually, BK, Betsy just wisely said that Powell's (the largest bookstore on the planet) would be a better place for you--huge and they have readings all the time. Betsy knows everyone in the PR community here (she was a longtime news anchor up here) and could help you with press leads.

Jane · « **Reply #103 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:12:24 AM »

Now off into the cold to walk Echo. A true birthday gift that she can walk again.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #104 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:16:22 AM »

Ah! DRELAN - so let it be written so let it be done.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #105 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:29:39 AM »

DR elmoore suggested I post this to give DR Pogue a heads up before he returns:

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Some things to Do Before the Inaugural

1. Get that abortion you've always wanted.

2. Drink a nice clean glass of water.

3. Cash your social security check.

4. See a doctor of your own choosing.

5. Spend quality time with your draft age child/grandchild.

6. Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.

7. Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.

8. Hoard gasoline.

10. Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional law books, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer.

11. If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it now.

12. Come out - then go back in - HURRY!

13. Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.

14. Stay out late before the curfews start.

16. Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident".

17. Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition.

18. Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America".

19. If you're white - marry a black person, if you're black - marry a white person.

21. Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or a base-jumper.

22. Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.

23. Start your school day without a prayer.

24. Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.

26. Learn French.

28. Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.

29. Take a factory tour anywhere in the US.

30. Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.

31. Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.

32. Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.

33. Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill".

34. Visit Massachusetts while it is still a State.

der Anonymous

MBarnum · « **Reply #106 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:34:02 AM »

I agree JMK, Powell's would be a great place to have it! BK, do look into coming to Portland, it would great fun and Portland really is quite a book reading place (plus it is beautiful!). And that is right, Betsy probably has plenty of good contacts!

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #107 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:49:40 AM »

Quote from: JMK on December 07, 2004, 09:03:18 AM

Yes, BK, there's a tiny little bookstore in the Hawthorne district called And true yet unbelievable yarmulke story. The local newsreader on the Portland NPR station once pronounced it phonetically--"yar--mulk". We were in hysterics.

The host of the morning CBC show was interviewing the director of an acclaimed Yiddish movie called Mamele (prounced Ma-ma-la; diminutive for mother). The host asked the director to describe the story of "mameel."

And another CBC announcer was playing a Yiddish song called Tzimmes (which is a type of carrot pudding) and said: "This song is called Tzimmes. And we all know what they are."

Donna · « **Reply #108 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:49:46 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Many Happy Birthday Greetings, Dear Reader Jane![/move][/b]

TORCH SONGS
Love to sing them in all their full throatedness, but you need to pace yourself or they can get away from you.

GOGI GRANT is my all time favorite torch singer. Her version of AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME is perfection. Also ANY of the tracks from The Helen Morgan Story (by the by, Helen was no slouch in the torch department either). Other favs are most you've already mentioned:

CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN O' MINE
AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME (Also like Georgia Brown's version and "Eatie Gourmet's")
LOSING MY MIND - Dorothy Collins
MY MAN - Streisand (Fanny Brice's seems tame in comparison)
(IN THE) MEANTIME
ONE FOR MY BABY
And for a funny take - THAT MISTER MAN OF MINE (from Dames at Sea)

P.S. to TCB - Yes, 'Twas I! Read the latest http://www.cabaretwest.org

TCB · « **Reply #109 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:06:12 AM »

Good day, one and all!

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Great photo, Ann. I am glad that everybody at this site likes my new avatar, because it may have cost me a role in a TV documentary. The producer called and said he was very impressed with my resume, but that he was really looking for an actor who was old enough to play a grandfather. Damn that transporter of Danise’s, and that aging avatar of me up in the attic.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #110 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:07:08 AM »

If these three are torchy enough, add them to my list:

The Party's Over
Here's That Rainy Day
What Did I Have That I Don't Have?

And definitely add this one:

Supper Time (Ethel Waters, not Barbra Streisand)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #111 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:11:51 AM »

LOL TCB - a nicer rejection was never had.

LOL DiT - like the radio announcer talking about the production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Ca-ROW-sel.

Very WARM and windy here today, more like spring than December!

I have just had two very BAD experiences with Amazon.com MarketPlace sellers - so DR's if you are considering buying from them, please check the feedback carefully.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #112 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:15:50 AM »

DR BK,

Don Pippin and Jerry Herman are a great team. One of my favorite CDs is "Jerry Herman's Broadway - Don Pippin conducting the RCA Symphony Orchestra."

George · « **Reply #113 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:19:15 AM »

Quote from: Ann on December 07, 2004, 12:52:40 AM

Finally, I think I got my new proflie pic to work. I figured as long as TCB was making a switch...

Great new picture, Ann!

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR READER JANE!![/move]
(And thanks for the card!!)

Jennifer · « **Reply #114 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:24:09 AM »

Here is my HHW question of the day. I need some opinions.

Last month my mom went shopping with me and bought me a present for the holidays (i do not have it yet). It was a pair of pajamas. They came in a bunch of colors. But I was choosing between 2 colors (wine and mauve).

They didn't have my size in mauve, so I got the wine one. Well this past Saturday my mom met my sister to go shopping. And when I met my mom later, she said, "oh while we were shopping your sister got the same pjs as you, in the same color!"

Do I have any right to be slightly annoyed (I was).

To me, if she had gotten a different color I would have been okay with it. OR if they had called to say, "your sis likes the same color, is that okay".

But to just buy the exact same piece of clothing to me seems inconsiderate.

My mom thinks I'm a spoiled brat. But one interesting thing she said was that if it had been clothes that we wore outside, that she would never have done it (so at least she gets my point).

Oh and they now DO have my size in the mauve, so that would be one option (for me to exchange mine).

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #115 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:26:51 AM »

Most memorable torch song performance I've seen:

Constance Towers singing "Bill," in the Lincoln Center production of Show Boat.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #116 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:28:23 AM »

Grammy Nods:

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Best Musical Show Album
(Award to the Album Producer(s), and to the Lyricist(s) & Composer(s) of 51% or more of a new score. (Artist, Lyricist & Composer names appear in parenthesis.))

•   Assassins
Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (The Broadway Cast Recording With Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Cerveris And Others)
[PS Classics]
•   Avenue Q - The Musical
Jay David Saks, producer; Jeff Whitty, lyricist; Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording With Rick Lyon, Jennifer Barnhart And Others)
[Victor]
•   The Boy From Oz
Phil Ramone, producer (Peter Allen & Others, composer/lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast Recording With Hugh Jackman And Others)
[Decca Broadway]
•   WickedStephen Schwartz, producer; Stephen Schwartz, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast Recording With Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel)
[Decca Broadway]
•   Wonderful Town
Hugh Fordin, producer (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Betty Comden & Adolph Green, lyricists) (The New Broadway Cast Recording With Donna Murphy)
[DRG Theater]

MBarnum · « **Reply #117 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:31:47 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on December 07, 2004, 10:11:51 AM

I have just had two very BAD experiences with Amazon.com MarketPlace sellers - so DR's if you are considering buying from them, please check the feedback carefully.

Oops, that don't sound good! So far I have been lucky! Although now that I think of it...there is a CD from a marketplace seller that I have not received yet and it has been a couple of weeks!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #118 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:34:34 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on December 07, 2004, 10:24:09 AM

My mom thinks I'm a spoiled brat. But one interesting thing she said was that if it had been clothes that we wore outside, that she would never have done it (so at least she gets my point).

Need more data. Which of the following do you and your sister share"

A. Residence
B. Bed Room
C. Laundry Machine
D. Non-Gentleman callers

der Soloman-in-training Brucer

Jennifer · « **Reply #119 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:41:23 AM »

Sunday and Monday video viewings: WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON (cheesy, but cute) and UNFAITHFUL (steamy and uncomfortable, yet good).

Also, I could not get through SCARY MOVIE 3. Very stupid. And I also could not get into TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE. I know a lot of DRs enjoyed it. But it really was not for me.

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